Show ALFALFA AND BARLEY AND MAKING FINE GROWTH IN BERYL DISTRICT mr N B asplund farm operator lor for tho the mcgarry brothers on a farm next to the japanese school house in the beryl section reports sixty acres of new alfalfa planted with barley this spring as making a very satisfactory growth although the crop was planted late during the KEEP EG EGGS S COOL DURING deterioration due to to holding cogg in it too warm a place la a one of the principal reasons why low ei prices are received by many poul thymen during the dry warm bubmer months of 0 tho the year says carl extension poultry man carefully conducted tests in dacate that there is 19 as much loss docs in interior it e fl 0 r quality in three days ii wh when eggs g g s a are r e held at degrees r fahr a h r as in 23 days daya wh when en kept at i goa 08 degrees or in 65 days at H degrees F for or this reason every farmer who produces eggs should have a cool moist egg room 1 in which to hold lits his eggs before they are marketed too often the egg agga aro are not gathered often enough or they are left for an hour or two in ia t the he feed room under the kitchen stove or on the screen porch in stead of being taken at once to the egg room where the animal mat heat should be allowed to leave the eggs before beloro they are eased cased tor for market burlap sacks that are kept damp hun ahung around the sides of 0 the egg room and placed over the egg cases or wet sand on the floor between two 2 x 4 boards upon which the egg cases rest will do much to maintain the proper humidity ot of the air possibly the best beat way to keep the temperature below 55 degrees fahrenheit during the summer months is to locate the egg room below the surface ot of the ground preferably with a north entrance and to open the door and windows at night when the temperature is low and close them in the morning when the temperature rises aises insulated walls a vestibule or protected entrance and shade trees protecting the building and the grounds will likewise aid in low lowering rang the temperature pera ture in the egg room during warm dry weather many poultry men have improved the grading and the value ot of their eggs in the past by keeping the nests houses and yards clean providing at least one nest tor for every six hens gathering the eggs four or five times each day and taking them immediately to a cool clean moist egg room when the animal theat heat has haa been allowed to leave the eggs b before e fore they a are r e plat placed ed in the cases |