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Show eee fHE MYTON FREE BASIN UINTAH More than 500,000 acres Irrigable and Tillable land Myton is in Uintah Basin. in the center of it. PRESS In addition to the Agri-| |. cultural and Stock Raising | | wealth we have > here billions of dollars worth of } hydrocarbons, oil and oil shale, practically undevel- Dairy, Farm and Poultry Page Down to 98 Pounds — Finally Restored to Health by Lydia oped E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound — Pe eas Farm Products _ Sold by Grades | | Notable Progress Was First PURE-BRED BULLS VARY VERY MUCH (Prepared " ‘the United States partment of Agriculture.) Figures recently compiled from records of the eow-testing associations of New Jersey and from the United States of association many records. Brunswick. the other third lower it. In all says bulls are the dom years swapped want later back them: the after if the animals original A bull having are owners ment five daugh- for dairy available. good feed amount silage put is taken off the top first opened. The based into the ceed 5 per cent. on silo Where the need not fodder corn can be reduced to cent, it is very low. Most Familiar Disease ex- Common in 10 per The last milk obtained from the udder at each milking is always che richest. Hence it is sound husbandry value, it. Aside it is of from hygienic its economic importance. Most udder diseases are caused by germs entering threugh the teat canal ane the milk cistern. If milk is left in these passages or a drop of milk is open. This is because milk smut of corn is one of thc wounds or bruised places. They germinate and grow rapidly and soon form on the surfaces of the plant the lustrous lead-colored.bolls which darkep and. swel' until they burst and let pormitted to remain on the tip of the teat the avenue for infection is left \,ide is an excellent medium for germs to multi- ‘loose the black smut spores that carply in. They do so by the million, fol | ry over the disease ip the soil for an towing the fluid to the interior of the ydder, where they produce mischief.| it is essential, therefore, to’ remove the last drop of milk obtainable. Washing the teats after each milk ing is advisable to safeguard the bighity developed udders of the better cows. It should be remembered that the better the udder, the more liable it is to infection, hence the precaution recommended. : BE rere 18> Facts Oe Crore Liberal feeding is factors in aol gorse * _ to Kill Grain Weevils Carbon g ee one the dairying. misauk as Oue the of and * the greatest low-grade unsterilized grain ‘with , * * i sources dairy utensil. of whole should then the chemical ; é . sour products is the chemical be covered with a- canvas or other covering and left for 24 to 48 hours. The gas from are particular and do nor or hay that has been nosed over. milk ole bisulphide most commonly used to destroy grain weevels in bins. About one pound of carbon bisulphide should be used te each 100 cubic feet of space in the bin. It may be placed in shallow containers on top of the grain or. sacks or pieces of cloth may be saturated with it and thrust into the grain The * ' Frozen silage sheuld not be fed to dairy cattle, but left until it thaws out. Calves eat feed other year. If the smut bolls form in the ear, the ear is ruined. If they form on another part of the plant, the whole plant is weakened and the yield is reduced though the ear may not be directly injured. Carbon Bisulphide Used OOO ORO OO OOK Dairy e by the United States Dement of Agriculture.) parasites injure live stock on the farms and ranches of the United States probably to the extent That the parasites are causing concern to stockmen is. indicated by the number of inquiries received by the Department of Agriculture. The experts of the department have devised of hun- dreds of millions of dollars annually. This is the conclusion reached by Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the bureau of an pecially the internal kinds,” he bues- says. “constitute a live stock problem of great importance. Losses from parasites have been tolerated too long and accepted too complacently. The live stock industry this when more more cannot afford to let situation continue, especially certain parasites are exacting and more tribute—more and blood money.” Parasites methods Doctor worms fluke in states and on kidney worms the Rocky the Pacific mountain so widespread and the obvious, better ticks, |- the life histories of the parasites and discover the points at which they can be -attacked most successfully. This should campaigns then of be education followed by among live not cease with this. is the will go down killing this all chemical temperature through the life. Best will be had is 75 degrees results when or above and it should not be attempted below 60 degrees. The gas is exceedingly inflammable and all fires should be kent away. not fully effective.” gains Have for several years prices, by the United States states, where suil well as Instead the fungus as the on the plant mented with various planting them under able to smut De- 1,075 pounds, more and variable ment 500 than with the may bird soil egg is Albit, White Odessa has proved net but very were meal test was also and fed per tankage. unsatisfactory. splendid min- In with ots, in which not used, the results feed in Alfalfa that it adds the pig is able to assimilate is not a larger amount of mineral matter. In the absence of the needed amount of mineral matter or when a hog fails to assimilate the minerals in its ration, weak bones, due to the disease known as rickets, often develop. Exercise Breeding Ewes to Have Thrifty Lambs of superior the standard which and only quality varieties and out- grown distributed over each acre would tle less than six and at ferwas all the acres receive a lit- one-half pounds —not enough to make any appreciable difference in yields. Compare this amount with the applications in other countries and we find a striking difference. On the same basis Holland uses 647 pounds, Belgium 513 pounds Germany 200 pounds, and Italy ing . land? not. on The chances American their are farmers reserve are capital that In so far as housing it draw- and is concerned, warm barns, except during the lambing season if the lambs come in cold weather, are not desirable ing sheep. The wool sheep from cold and all shelter from cold, sharp dry place to sleep. for breed- protects the it needs is a winds and a 0K ere 0 OOo eee Live Stock Notes ; a0 2 OBO Oe ee ey >-0 uiorses and mules that are doing hard work must have plenty of grain. Close observations of sows and pigs have many times indicated mals on are more hand fed. self-feeders thrifty * look than ¢ that ani- better and those that are & Wher poor corn and tankage are put before hogs in self-feeders they often eat not ‘much tankage profitable. | enough corn but too and self-feeding is un¢ The ordinary & 8 stockyards continually. infected with are almost The will incur the least risk of suffering fron, too much green corn. | -Pennsylvania the same Farmer, either . way.— Nelson surely health is cause enough for happiness. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound may be the good fairy who piers. -you better health, Bunions ‘Quick relief from pain. Prevent shoe pressure, [ At all drug and shoe stores & Dr Scholl's Zino-pads & Put one on—the Pain is gone Phew! “So ding you have forgotten anniversary,” she our said wed- bitterly. “How could I remember it?” he in“Time has slipped away so_ quired. fast and so happily that the wedding seems but yesterday. ”__ Washington Star., For Colds, Grip or Influenza as a Preventive, QUININE Remedy. take Tablets. Laxative A Safe and The box bears the of EK. W. Grove. 30c.—AdY, signature The wise her husband wife has no wishes to gratfiy. for The Health of a Mother Is of Great Importance Reno, Ney.—“I do not hesitate to recommend Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription to be a fine medicine. During expectancy 4nd afterward I always took the ‘Favorite Prescription and I know that it was won- derful help and benefit to me. . It gave me strength and courage and helped me in every way. I would advise prospective mothers to give this old and reliable remedy a fair trial.”—-Mrs. Z. Clark, 683 W. 2d St. Go to your neighborhood drug store and get Favorite Prescription in tablets or liquid. Write Dr. Pierce, President Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., and receive good medical advice free. _ Have you ever tried Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for the stomach and bowels? Your dealer has them—60 Pellets, Drink Water to Help Wash Out Kidney Poison Bothers You, Taking When your Begin Salts kidneys hurt -and your back feels sore don’t get scared and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that excite the kidneys — and irritate the entire Urinary tract. Keep your kidneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts -which helps to remove the body’s urinous waste and stimulates them to their normal activity. The function of the kidneys is to filter the blood. In 24 hours they strain from it 500 grains of acid and waste, so we can rendily understand the vital importance of keeping the kidneys active. Drink lots of good water—you can’t drink too much; also get from any pharmacist about feur ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morn- Animals should|; the stockyards & e ¢ Experience has shown that pigs which have grazed on clover, alfalfa or other summer and has been used for years to help clean and stimulate to neutralize clogged kidneys; also the acids in the system so they are no longer a source of irritation, thus often Cyne bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot injure; makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink, which everyone should take now and then to help keep their kidneys clean and active. Try. this; also keep up the water drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what became of your kidney trouble and all sorts of | backache. contagious diseases. never be taken from back to the farm. is 10004 se should charge against their crops a sum equal to the cost of fertilizer necessary to maintain the fertility of their land. The European farmers are supplying plant food through their pocketbooks, but American farmers are drawing it out of their soil. cost Riessinerer, ; ing for a few days and your kidneys. may then act fine. This famous salts Profitable pork production demands is made from the acid of grapes and the use of good sani ary pasture. lemon juice, combined with lithia, and * 6 ® os % 50 pounds. “But,” some say, “our land is naturally richer .and does not require such heavy applications.” But will it be richer when it has been cropped as long as some of the Buro- pean be shut away from the barnyard in the field or pasture during the day and made to rustle for its feed. descends Hybrid 128. smut resist- M. 80 cents, in handy glass vials. If breeding ewes can be made to walk at least one mile every day in getting a large part of their roughage, the chances for a crop of strong, thrifty lambs next spring are much better than if the ewes are allowed Washington agricultural experistate. Ridit is a red wheat and equally farmed, will iaying the thirteenth the entire number, 25 rachitic vitamine. When the ration -eontains an abundance of vitamine D, alfalfa Figures show that if all the tilizer used in the United States floor the eggs should be gathered more than once a day. Although a nest may have a dozen clean eggs in it, about only mineral matter and protein to the ration, but also vitamine D, the anti- in the United States keep- seasons heavily worth pigs alfalfa were a Low Cost of Fertility - and nests is essential in keeping the eges clean. An abundance of nests is also necessary and dur:ng the when the fowls are producing of one feeding alfalfa meal pounds —Mers. pound, are about -Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. If some good fairy should appear, and offer to grant your heart’s desire, ‘what would you choose? Wealth? Happiness? Health? That’s the best gift. Health is riches that gold cannot buy and BROMO Proven oats me wonders for me and I can do my housework now without one bit of trouble.” and erals, Albit a white wheat. Other smut-resistant selections and hybrids are in process of development. Some the hybrid yields the With more attention paid to. the sorting and grading of eggs so that they may command top market prices it is also necessary to pay more attention to keeping the. eggs clean. Anyone experienced ‘in marketing tirst-class eggs knows that a dirty ege must not be washed with water, as ‘this dissolves the gelatinous substance in the shell, thus allowing air to reach ing as well as it should. Of course, clean straw on little less lots ant experi- it from a both from This strains of wheat, conditions favor- preventing worth should be noted in connection | the tests herein referred to that ant Grading and Sorting of Eggs Need Attention and are It with be treated, and about 1,200 acres were grown in 1926. Another smut-resist. . strains were almost ruined by smut. Others were only lightly affected, and and three—White Odessa, Martin, Hussar—hardly at all. These and the egg, oats to 98 neigh- re as it helped her very much, so I tried it, After taking four bottles, I weigh 116 pounds. It has just done per bushel than. half the price of a bushel of corn. Or, stating the same facts in different words, pound for other wheats were crossed with sus to loaf in the yard around the barn ceptible but agriculturally important or shed. varieties, and the more desirable hyIt is a good practice to suuntes the brids that proved smut free were sein the flelds or pastures | roughage lected for further propagation. each day during clear weather when An offspring from Turkey and Flor- the ground is frozen or dry, they say. ence wheat is cailed Ridit. This In this way the ewes will have to take wheat has been tested by farmers and exercise in getting the roughage feeds. is so free from smut -that it need not When it can be done, the flock should seed. development. . advantage. ve ro Averaging all trials, 150 pounds per acre of gypsum increases the yield of alfalfa by 833 pounds per acre; 200 pounds gave 964 pounds; 800 pounds attached to them: as with the increases from alfalfa. . lives in the breeders identical. experiments with alfalfa indicate a possibility of using gypsum to -good and were of such character that not nearly as much importance can be Trying Hard for Remedy. {Prepared practically oat per the general farm crops in various parts of this country has not indicated the necessity for its general use. These were Been tested Comparing the oat consumption with that of the corn, one pound of corn was equal to about 1.25 pounds of oats. However, owing to the larger consumption of tankage by the corn lot in this case, the oats really showed a higher feeding value than is usually assigned to them. Roughly speaking, within the ordinary limits of market SEEMS PROBABLE SCIENCE WILL SOON CONQUER SMUT OF WHEAT Breeders been The -meal per 100 pounds gain. lo‘ gained 1.08 pounds per head day and the corn lot 1.10, making gave 1,335 pounds of alfalfa hay per acre increase over the check ‘plots not treated. In no trial did the gypsum fail to show an increase in yield. The highest increase was 3,060 pounds and the lowest 500 pounds of alfalfa per acre. The results with oats and clover Some. parasites has cent less as a hog feed than corn. This is due largely to the hulls which. of course, have no feeding value and, in fact, for hog-feeding purposes, are a detriment. gave These parasites do injury, as is commonly supposed, by sucking blood and by inflicting pain and irritation which interfere with -the animal’s rest and feed. But the injury does matter ner, consumed 3830 pounds corn, 40. pounds tankage and 12 pounds alfalfa water. It was used as a fertilizer as many as 150 years ago in European Its experimental use with countries. known, because more lice, and mites. The sbor told oats, 12 pounds tankage and 14 pounds alfalfa meal per 100 pounds gain. Another lot of pigs of the same age and weight, fed in the same man-- Gypsum is calcium sulphate composed of calcium, sulphur and oxygen, plus round: worms, This and down My WwLydia HE. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- with tankage and alfalfa meal to 48pound pigs, they consumed 420 pounds the results of some trials with gypsum, 20 per-cent of which is sulphur. the in hogs; only way in which these parasitic losses can be stopped, Doctor Mohler believes, is through thorough and painstaking research work to reveal research are It has been known Mohler attack- coast; for that sulphur increased the yields of aifalfa in certain sections of Oregon, but until recently practically nothing had been reported in this line of experimental work in the Upper Mississippi valley. The Iowa station recently reported ing sheep, which have been so trounow are blesome in the South. and spreading to the Middle West; the liver of sanitation ‘Yield of Alfalfa Crop Increased With Gypsum Spreading. As important pests mentions the nodular system sickly by a number of our corn-belt -experiment stations. One test, concluded by the Ohio station in January of this year, shows that when oats were fed control of roundworms in swine, and Doetor Mohler says “we are planning to augment the present force of workers and to provide means and facilities for more research with the ,hope of finding better methods for checking the inroads of the more serious parasites for which present contro animal industry, United States Department of Agriculture, after reviewing the evidence collected by his “The inroads of parasites, 'reau. excellent corn? my . igwent In a general way we all know that oats are a good feed for pigs, but they are not especially well adapted for. fattening purposes. The question often arises, what are oats actually worth, pound for pound, as compared with canal from functioning as they should. partment of Agriculture.) most familia. and widespread of all | After at least 2,000 years of injury plant diseases. It undoubtedly is the to the wheat crop from bunt or stinkmost destructive: disease of the corn ing smut of wheat, it seems probable crop that is now known if we take science will soon conquer {his into account the whole wide range of: that fungous disease and make it innocuits occurrence, Smut attacks only the ous. Since 1913 plant breeders in the parts of the plant that are above the United States Department of Agriculground. It lives through the winter in ture and in state experiment stations soil, in manure, and in other decaying have been striving to find means of organic material such as compost. saving the wheat that are better than and spreads by means of spores (virchemical treatment of the seed. tually its seeds) which drift through These chemical treatments are not the air. The.spores lodge on the corn ‘always successful in the Pacific Coast . plant and enter its tissues through Udder Diseases Caused by Germs Entering Teat to collect ec caaear Plant Common Smut of Corn Is entire the waste which Containers Standardized. Several of the styles of containers for fruits and vegetables have atso been standardized. In several of these classifications more than one set of standards have been prepared. depending on the use of the product. as for table use or canning, or by origin or variety. Before recommending standards every effort is made to make them practical and acceptable to the established trade. With a silo there is practically no waste if the silo has been properly in for wool, and fruits, vegetables, and related products, including appies, arti- Where the stares are coarse, there may be as much as even 20 or 30 per eent waste in stalks that are left uneaten. When run through a cutter, it is practically all consumed. waste Too Long and Accepted Too Complacently. fi OATS MAKE GOOD ‘FEED FOR SWINE produce poisons. Others make openings in the flesh and tissue which allow bacteria to enter. At times the accumulation of parasites in the body may be so great as to prevent the lungs, the kidneys, or the alimentary chokes, asparagus, ‘beans, beets, cab~ stock growers, for practical applicabage, cantaloupes, carrots, caulifiowtion. er, celery; cherries, citrus fruit, cr As an example of the enormous recorn, cucumbers, dewberries and |. capacity of some of the blackberries, eggplant, grapes, honey, “productive parasites, Doctor Mohler says that a lettuce, onion, peaches, peanuts, pears, female roundworm in the intestines peas, peppers, pineapples, plums and prunes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, rad-— of a hog may produce more than 25,000,000 eggs. ishes, shallots, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes, turnips and water melons. Injure by Sucking Blood. cows when a silo ig not It is a better milk-produc- except what the silo is products riculture are cotton, dairy and poul try products, grains (corn, wheat. oats, rye, sorghums, barley, and rice), nine kinds of hay and related prod‘ucts, live stock and meats, tobaccc. ing feed than timothy hay. The amount of waste that may occur in feeding fodder corn will depend te a considerable extent on how it has been grown and cured. If it is grown quite thickly so that the stalks are. fine, most of it will be consumed and especially during the fcrepart of the season when it contains considerable juice. filled. when the farm Losses Have Been Tolerated stomach worms in sheep; worms, tapeworms, and lung standards have been formulated by the United States Department of Ag Feed for a Dairy Cow very for buying from lots. On the for success.” Standards Formulated. Among Fodder Corn Makes Good makes price differentials grades when in very smail to generally recognized standards will pay. In large-scale operation, however, standardization is now wuniversally recognized as a basic require- are used for five or six generations, @ dairyman can develop a- herd of cows, everyone of which will: be a heavy milker. All their daughters will be high producers and all their sons - will transmit great production. corn first ness the less likely it is that. grading certain that if proved sires Fodder was period of trade trade channels without conforming to recognized grading practices. As a general statement it may be said that the smaller the volume of busi- ters that excel their dams in produetion is known as a ‘proved sire.” The college asserts that it- is now reasonably progress the recent contrary, a large assembler of eggs might find it practically impossible. to engage in business through regular reaching the age of three or four years. Dairymen are beginning to see _ that this is a mistake. In order to prevent inbreeding, a plan is now being put into operation by a number of dairymen, whereby bulls are swapped -after they are three years old. Two or three establishes different producers eollege, butchered notable during effort and expense involved in mak‘ing such classifications depends upon his subsequgqent marketing practice. For example, a country merchant sel- This is not presented “Unfortunately,” years, or marketer is paid for the additional as an argument against the use of pure-bred sires, but as an argument in favor of more careful selection of dairy sires and the retention of those sires until their daughters come into production. “nearly the connection, says Lloyd S. Tenny, chief of the bureau of agricultural economics, “whether or not the producer other words, the college explains, only one pure-bred sire out of three is really desirable. in ble elimination of waste. The value of standards and the probability of profit from grading have been widely discussed by many groups. In this Records show that of pure-bred dairy bulls, one-third increase herd production, one-third barely maintain it, and work standards for agricultural. depression when every function of the marketing machine was tested with a view to the possi- the transmitting ability of pure-bred dairy bulls for milk production and butterfat test, announces the college of agriculture at New of national achieved from all parts of the United States, indicate that a wide variation exists in BOOS OS ee is made preliminary farm products has been under way for bureau of dairy industry, where a study Although developmént De- Ohio. —“After oo STOCK! & - Achieved During Recent Depression. LIVE. Battle on Live ECM Parasites Cleveland, fall forage WWETAMED, EVES DISFIGURE YOUR‘ Looxs/ crops Don’t experiment om’ them, use ee LVE for speedy Absolutely safe, oe 25 Feat all ee HALL & BR CKEL, New York City - ve |