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Show Dairy Forecasts Will Be England's live Stock Issued Is Denied Admission Kept Out Because of Foot and Mouth Disease. Service Enables Dairymen to Plan Ahead in of Light Future Prospects. Moisture for Grapes Is Shown to Be Important were trained over a trellis near a chicken house. It happened that whenever the water pans in the poultry house were emptied that I always threw the water around the roots of these three Tines. One of the, which was more convenient than the others received .more of the water. the These three vines "outgrew others, so that there wrs no comparison. In fact, one season's growth was equal to two for those having ne vine having ordinary care. The-omore moisture than the others came Into bearing the third season, and It produced as good a crop as any fully matured vines you ever saw. The explanation Is In the fact that grapes need a lot of moisture. When they are fully matured the roots have tapped the subsoil where they have an abundant supply at all times! Wliere the vines are supplied sufficient moisture while the roots are getting down to the subsoil, they will also make growth and hasten their production time. Spraying From Ground to Kill Apple Aphids ex- periment statlop assert that It Is extremely difficult to control aphids on apple trees unless a systematic method Is followed in spraying each tree. In experiments conducted In apple orchards In western New Tork, it was found that when spraying was done from the top of the spray tank the remits were quite uncertain, due to the fact that the Insects congregated on the lower branches of the trees, where the spray mixture failed to reach them. At the same time, In orchards where the station spray system was followed, In which the spraying was done from the ground and under the rees, practically complete control of the pests well-bedde- d live-stoc- k live-stoc- k g wns In out tit Orchard Is Benefited by Flock of Chickens Writers on poultry topics all tell us that poultry and fruit go well to. Kt her. Very few who have given the matter a really true and honest trral say anything other than that It is the best combination yet tried out by poultry enthusiasts. Men who have for years followed flie crowing of fruit and chickens n the same ground testify to Its beinit an Ideal combination, says the Indiana Farm Guide. It is quite to assume that an orchard of fruit trees will be grently benefited by being used as a poultry range.- - A nenrer blenl plnce for rearing chickens I' bard to find. The shade of the trees Is essential for the welfare of the poultry when the weather Is hot Nature lins jriven os no better place for young chickens and laying hens 'bun an orchard, during the summer Senon. fh Irk ens will do an Immense "mount of work In ridding an orchard of insert pests. Chicks and laverssrs R" engaged In chasing the Insects. Tbe poultry droppings are highly benefieiai rn the orchard. Those who 'ie the orchard at a poultry range tell us that very noticeable returns can be seen due to the addition of droppings to the toll.' , Strongest Objection to Alfalfa as Cover Crop The strongest objection to alfalfa an orchard cover crop Is that .the grower apt to turn the orchard Into a hayfleld, that U. he Is tempted o harvest two, or three hay crops e"rt year, and to keep thla tip for sevPh,i years. When this la done. It is done at tht expense of toll fertility, "! the evil effect, will toon appear 'a decreased yield and poor quality t frntf . ht U!(4 Statu DartmM4 Alrtcultur.) Because of the persistence of Pr.p.r.d b, th. ifnn.d disease In Eniofe; the of Arlcultur. To enable dairymen to More Summer Fattening plan thelt I'nited States Iepurtiuent of Agricul aperations In the light of future pros? ture has been unable to lift the ban of Cattle Is Suggested pects as indicated by available against the Importation of live stock on current milk production, ttitia that country. American Import-er- s More summer feeding of young catof live stock had hoped that the tle for market la suggested by W. It prices, stocks, and changes In dairy herds, the United States Department outbreak of the disease which' occurred Peters of tie animal Industry division, of Agriculture Is on April 'Si would be tlie last, and the Minnesota College of Agriculture, who Inaugurating a special reporting service in the leading department had given them reason to has been watching market quotations dairying states. A tentative plan of believe that permits for bringing In on grain-fe- d cattle and finds that they reporting has been drawn up and ) cattle, sheep, and swine from England are higher now than at any time yet to be tried out In an would be Issued after July 1, but the this year. Market reports for the last experimental way In New England, New York and report of a new outbreak made it ten years also show, he says, that InWisconsin. An effort will be made necessary to continue the embargo. cattle, espevariably good grain-fe- d This action of the department la a cially yearlings, have sold for high to forecast as far In advance as possible the number of dairy cows on hardship on American Importers who prices through August, September and farms and prospective milk produc- would bring In stock from England, October of each year. He believes but the welfare of the entire k tion. .tnere is a suggestion in mis circumIndustry in the United State demands stance that should be used to advanInformation Requested. Thousands of dairymen in the vari- that the utmost care be exercised In tage by Minnesota farmers. ous states are to be requested to re- keeping out such a dangerous enemy Professor Peters does not overlook disease. No Importhe objections raised to the fattening port each month to the department as the number of dairy cows and heifers tations of ruminants and swine are of cattle on grain through the summer on farms at the end of the month, to- permitted from countries where this months. There is, of course, the difIn coungether with the number of heifers plague is well established. ficulty of securing suitable feeder catand calves under a year old being tries whre there are occasional outtle in the spring. Ordinarily cattle on feed do not make good gains through raised for dairy cows. Information breaks, England for example, the enwill also be obtained regarding the tire country' must be free for a period the hot weather and fly season; also, GO days before shipments may be all available lalwr on the farm Is neednumber of dairy cows and heifers bred work through the ed for farm-crop- s each month, the number of heifers made to this country. summer season. But he beUeyea.lt U freshening with their first" calves and the number of ether cows freshening possible to overcome these objections, Destroy Weeds in Soy and against them there Is tlie great each month. Bean Field While Young advantage of a high price for the finAn effort will be made to obtain InFarmers who are growing soy beans ished product through the late sumformation as to sales of dairy cows and heifers for slaughter, as well as will find that It is highly Important to mer and early fall months. "Summer feeding," he says, "should the number of deaths monthly. Fig- kill the weeds while the plants are ures wilL be obtained on the produc- very young. Crops men at Iowa State perhaps be confined to yearlings or the baby beeves, as It Is the handy weight tion of milk and the number of cows college recommend cultivating milked. It Is expected that a suff- young beans with the common harrow, fat beefy carcass from the 1,000 to steer that Is In greatest deiciently large number of dairymen can rotary hoe or weeder. Soy beans are be Induced to In the work very hardy plants and, except for the mand through the summer and early to provide the basis for state wide es- time when they are Just coming fall By starting In with a group of through the ground and ere making good beefy calves In the fall when timates. their first two Inches of growth, they they are weaned and carrying them The new service is In response to a long-fel- t need for more complete In- may be harrowed regularly without through the winter on alfalfa or clover bay and silage with a medium grain formation concerning the trend of the being damaged. The college men adnot getting them on full feed vise often ration, beans the until cultivating been have dairy Industry. Palrymen In April or May and then pushuntil Lare to ten Inches eight high. Special watching with Interest the progress df the system worked out by the depart- care should be given the cultivation ing them unttl sold In August or Sepment with regard to live stock and as when the beans are eight to ten Inches tember, the feeding of such cattle can be accomplished economically. Many results bwamt available an Increas- talL feeders of baby beef cattle would be A hoe la or effective weeder rotary ing number of dairymen and milk producers' associations have requested in cultivating the beana and has an ad- money ahead had they carried cattle were sold last May and June until the department to Inaugurate a sim vantage over the harrow In that It can that now. ilar system In the dairy Industry. Al be used throughout a longer season. "By giving yearling cattle the run of tne present time approximately su.uuu The Important thing, however, Is to shed during keep the weeds out, regardless of the a darkened, in the farmers aa to proso In the used. summer, daytime Implement service and It is planned to Increase tect them from the flies, and turning the number to 50,000. A departure of them out to a good grass pasture at Interest to dairymen will be to request Spread Manure on Land night, at the same time keeping them to separreport producers as In a full feed of grain, they will make Is Fast Made as It ately the number of cattle of the beef best The of the almost aa good gains asjn winter. The very way to get all type. It la planned also to Include In labor of caring for them Is also someon of value the out manure farm the the dairy reports Information concern-Inwhat less and the usual higher price Is on It as to aa the land Just fast put feed and pasture conditions. cattle In late It Is made. Manure loses a large part received for grain-fe- d Urged. of Its fertilizing vulue before It la summer and early fall will more than All dairymen are urged to used when It Is piled out of doors all make up the difference In the higher with the Department of Agriculture In summer, waiting for some special cost of labor and slower gains made." this new work by promptly filling out crop. Better get It on any crop or the reports received from the departpermanent pasture Just as quickly aa Prejudice Against Heavy ment. All Individual reports will be rather than leaving It out in possible Lambs in Many Quarters considered confidential, only totals In this way. As matter of fact, piles and percentages of change from have shown thnt manure late years there has been a Of experiments month to month to be published. Each allowed to remain in prejudice among consumers through plies growing dairyman reporting will receive per- three, four or five months In the sumlambs. There Is no against heavy sonal copies of the final monthly state- mer loses from a third to doubt that the texture of meat of a frequently ment Issued by the department tos of Its total fertilizing value. large animal Is' coarser than that of a gether with the statistics of various This Is too serious a loss to be aV smnll one, but the difference Is so dairy products manufactured, stocks lowed to pass unheeded. slight that It would talie a scientist to Information in storage, and market discover It. dls-! from manufacturers, gathered The real trouble Is that In certain trlbutors and handlers of dulry Renew Strawberry Patch quarters the word lamb has beproducts. for the Coming Season come rather elastic. It has been apAt the end of the fruiting season of plied to sheep of all ages with the Kill Striped Cucumber the strawberry patch It should be re- result that the consumer feels It newed for the following year. Re- safest to purchase the smallest specNicotine Beetle With will consist of barring off the imens he enn find and Is nsually willnewal Cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and obi row so as to plow out the old ing to pay more for this kind.,. the related crops cntt be protected In reality lambs are no exception thus leaving the new plants plants, from the Inroads of the striped cu- beside the old row In a new soil. Small animals to the general rule. Keep cumber beetle by applying a foHrth the strawberry patch cultivated not are classes of other usually preduring to a half ounce of nicotine dust, eon ferred to large ones. There Is no summer. entire the raining four per cent nicotine, to each doubt that lamb properly grown up to hill. The dust not only kills the In175 or 1.10 pounds' weight Is better food sects thnt come In contact with It, but Apple Scab Controlled than the same lamb mnrketed at 00 it acts as a repellent. If It Is applied or 100 pounds; At the latter-weighby Application without any properly It drives the beetle from the Apple scub can be controlled by bor- he should be consumed cracks In the soil at the base of the deaux or waste. but scab the plant, and so prevents very serious must be watched for. When It first Sometimes the heavier breeds are Injury. in an unfinished condition marketed It will show on the under side Even a cheese cloth snck with which appears on varieties that are very for the' purpose of keeping the welghf leaves of on a to dust the vines ' efficient Little olive green patches within what Is considered the margin small area, but a lnrpcw nrea will pay susceptible. will begin to form. As soon as these of safety. This practice should be disfor a regular desr. Such a duster show their couraged for the quality of meat propresence, spray pump also applies the powder In such a should be a low class. put Into commission at once. duced must certainly be of deway that beetles cannot escape The way to overcome the difficulty struction by flight. with lambs of heavy breeds Is to began Lombard Is Considered to feed them or market a couple of Plum of First Quality months younger than Is necessary with Contented Cows Always the smaller breeds. Lombard Is one of the Domeatlce Make Highest Returns and has of or plums European type In the barn of a large and well been considered one of the best qualIs a Question of Labor in Wisconsin In dnlry equipped varieties. However, It Is like most ity posted large placard conspicuously Considering Fall Pigs of the European varieties In Its suswhich reads: reason. to for this and rot, If fall pigs are being considered, the ceptibility "No 8wearlng Allowed These Are It Is not grown so In the of labor arises. They might successfully question Contented Cows." or central state where the perhaps require a board or two nailed southin our all on rule "It Is a stringent over the cracks In the old hoghouse, brown rot Is worse on the plum. stock farms" says the manager, "that or a little more bedding and a little unklndness or harsh language more energy spent occasionally In seeforFresh Hellebore Apply toward the cnttle Is absolutely ing that their wants are properly bidden. Strange as It may seem, a Worms Kill to Currant are well But those irer supplied. cow la as responsive to pleasant time of labor at care serias taken of that becomes worm currant the treatment as a human being Is. If ousIf when the fruit Is and winter, fall the late Tlx., year. ripe, nearly she is pretty Is forced by nature to take tilings you are mean to a cow meanness. There- fresh hellebore should be used. Aa a the return to more or1 lesa easy. apt ounces four of at the rate apply We spray, fore we preach bovine optimism. or or three gallons of, water; and we find In two keep our cows contented milk." the plants may be dusted with a mix- Manner of Controlling better and more they give ture of one pound of the material la lime. five pounds of flour or Principal Insect Pests SUPERIOR 5-Pa- ss. Sedan '860 f. o. b. Flint. Mich. The Chevrolet Sedan la most popular for family use, because It affords comfort, weather protection and the home atmosphere all the year 'round for fire people yet may be economically operated with only one or two passengers. Its power, reliability and low upkeep appeal to men. Women like Its handsome lines, fine upholstery, plate glass windows with Ternstedt regulators, and fine finish. Everybody appreciates lt great Talue at $860, f. o. b. Flint, Mich. Pricea two-thrld- ' Spray lime-sulphu- It Is Difficult Task to Determine Age of Cow Give Dairy Cows Access It la more difficult to determine the than of a horse. A co age of to Water at All Time3 Olve the dairy cowa access to water at all times. If the source of water In the pasture lot Is a stream, precaution should be taken to eee that It Is not animal's tWee'the example, usually converted Into a mud puddle hy the of tht pairs age but remembering that water. It Is better nine months raws standing Id tne permanent teeth come a clean taut. water la the bare ta I aart will belp to rtrltg It fmm her cow's age my b determined of ",n" Dambw Tb teeth and ho11 for Dual rings" on the noma, plus two, Hog lice, mange, mifjs and fleas are the principal Insect pests of the hog. For lice and mange rubbing posts or oiled wallows will usually give relief. Tbe fleas are often troublesome In breeding houses and open aheda In early spring. Clean out all bedding and spray with roal oil or stock din. Repeat at Intervals of a week tintO the pest la completely con trolled. t .... St ... ..,. f.o,b. JOtac, Michigan SUPERIOR Roadttar SUPERIOR TourtnS . SUPERIOR Utility Coape SUPERIOR gjaMtta SUPERIOR live-stoc- Three vines, however, charge. PrPr.d r s generally true where the grapea are allowed to grow under ordinary Sue-fu- l conditions, says a writer In the Where they are Farming. first two the moisture of riven plenty be mayears, however, the tlmecan the and vinea lessened brought terially sooner to bearing a season or two shift are allowed to where they than for themselves. Three years ago, I set out two dozen Tines for the purpose of supplying the Most of family table with grapes. these were trained along the garden efenc- where they were given only sea-to- n ordinary care during the growing H accomplished. tlie station method, the spray Is equipped with a sufficient length of hose to enable the nozzle man to work from the ground and under the tree. He then takes up certain di's'nnted positions In spraying each tree, which Insures the spray mixture reaching the under side of By moving every brunch and twig. from place to place, and by maintaining a pressure of ut least 2(10 pounds nt the spray tank. It Is claimed that ea'li tree can be completely covered in a relatively short time. The station tests and spray system are fully described In Bulletin 48", which may be obtained from the station free of Motor to Church in Comfort ,.. vnm. Tbere Is an old saying to the effect u take five years to produce a I have found that this dpe vine. Entomologists at the New Tork JVE, Mu , . . US . . M SUPERIOR Light IMlnry . . Utility faproi Track ( hmll . S Chevrolet Motor Company ofGtneral Mofn Division Corpormtiou Detroit, Michigan Black Alkali. Oh, That Funny Feeling. A l class of five girts Investigations have been made of the almost complete loss of fertility of about the age of eight had gone Car from 40,000 to 50,000 acres In the San a "hike" with the teacher. A sjORiter Luis valley of Colorado, and this con- of a mile failed to aatlsfy the yeanf- dition la attributed to the sters and the "bike" lengthened "black alkali," composed largely of one and miles. Then a Sunday-schoo- one-ha- lf sodium carbonate. Thla carbonate la carried In the waters of tbe valley, Including the rivers and the artesian wells, and the practice of sublrrigatlon has brought It to tbe surface by capillarity and evaporation. It Is suggested that the remedy lies in a con version of the carbonates Info sul phates by the use of a liberal amount of gypsum about nine pounds of gyp sum to one pound of black alkali and downward washing by means of surface Irrigation with lurrows or by was made for lunch. Each of hikers had enough "eats" for the party, but all was devoured regardless. Tike teacher was quaking with tear leat someone be unable to make the return Journey, but It waa accomplished at last although about midway of the trip one little girl piped : "My atomach feela awful funny." - Tersely Described. "Mah Jong," says an English writer "la said to be a combination of domft-noe- s, bridge and poker, with a dash flooding. But thla la putting H nUdljL. After "punglng and 'cheelng and beiaf More Likely. make use of some told that my hand contained twe green "Newspapers very strange expressions," remarked lucks, three one bamboos and ai east wind. I began to feel aa kf I had beea Mrs. Snaggs. "Do they?" replied her husband. smoking opium In a Llmehouse lodgiauf "For Instance, here Is an article house. But It'a fascinating, and I feet, which speaks of speculators pocketing sure I shall try again when the effect their losses, when I should suppose of the first dose has worn off." Boatoa ' Trunscrlpt. that they really unpocketed them" f Jig-sa- When you do a favor for anyone, he Milk of human kindness looks doesn't like you to talk a great deal or I ens blue after It haa been sklmmesl about It. by an lngrate. tHrer stop to think of this J We are what we eat! It's a startling (act, yet a simple truth. This is the reason every one should Vnow thai his food is really nourishing not merely filling. Grape-Nut- s made from wheat and barley is one of the few cereal foods that includes the vital mineral salts so necessary far supplying proper nourishment for nerve and bone structure. In Grape-Nut- s, too, is retained tbe important vitamin-of the wheat No food has greater influence in strengthening And the body of a growing child than Grape-Nutremember, children need ths very best there is io the way of nourishment. B s. Grape-Nut- s is fust as delicious as it is healthful, whether served right from the package cs a break fast cereal with milk or cream, with fresh or stewed fruit, or made into an appetizing recipe. Try the suggestion given below. GRAPE-NUT- S ICE CREAM Prepare plats flavored iee ema la the vmbI way. Just before the hsrdeoe la treesiof.sdd CraNets as it eomes from tbe psckij., ia tbe proportioa of ooe-b-ll to one enp ol Grape-Nu- ts quirt ofK crita. If you buy ioe cream fedy-md- a add Grape-Nu- ts la ptaee el eel meets. Yee'U fiod the result- la flsror anique. Where yon Son firuf CrapeKutst you won i una people- - mcthere's aTleasori |