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Show V ijfnilMirMrtMiOtoiiifaa8t ( I A' f : f 4 THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH the MHDS Raising Animals Under McLean County System Corn, Alfalfa and Pasture Grass Most Suitable. United States Department (Prepaied bj the of Agr'culture Corn, alfalfa, and j nature grass have proved to lie the most profitable crops grown on the dairy experiment farm operated at lieltsvllle, Md.. by the United States Department of Agriculture. The bureau ot dairy Industry r uses a rotation, three years alfalfa and three years corn. The pasture is comparatively permanent und does not enter Into the rotation except at Intervals. T. E. Woodward, In outlining the roIn changing fioin corn tation, says: to alfalfa the ground is manured In the fall after the crop Is removed for silage. The land Is then plowed and left in the rough to allow pulverizn- tion by freezing. The nifalfa Is sown about the first of April and produces two small cuttings the first year In changing from alfalfa to corn the first cutting of alfnlfa Is removed the latter part of May, the ground is plowed, and corn Is planted for Rllage. Manure is applied for each crop of corn except the one following the alfalfa. and In summer, when it cannot be used on the corn or alfnlfa. It is placed on the pastures. Lime Is applied every six years previous to sowing he alfnlfa." A mixture of six pounds of orchard grass, four of timothy, three or red-tofour of bluegrass, four of red clover, and two of alsike, sowed about April 1 on land that has been fall plowed and manured, provides pasture about June. If the first crop of newly sown alfalfa Is weedy It Is made Into hay, hut instead of giving it bam spnce it is stacked in the pasture, which is fenced so cows can eat It when pastures are short and dry. six-yea- I Send Culled Spuds to Market in Cream Cans Minnesota creameries will pay fair prices this fall for culled potatoes, providing they are first fed to cows and converted into dairy products. Careful analyses show that, pound for pound, potatoes have about the same feeding value as ordinary silage. Silage has 17.7 pounds of total digestible nutrients in a 100 pounds, while potatoes have 17.1 pounds. Dr. C. II. Eckles, chief of the dairy division, university farm, St. Paul, warns against potatoes, since It has been found that 20 to 25 pounds dnlly per cow are about all that can be fed to advantage. Where it is feasible to cook the potatoes, this is a good plan and cooked potatoes may be fed tip to 30 or 35 pounds a day. Greater amounts result in giving the milk and butter a poor flavor and may cause indigestion. over-feedin- g Produce Clean Milk According to M. 3 Prucha of the University of Illinois In his recent bulletin issued by the University of Illinois College of Agricultural experl- nient station, the three most essential points in producing milk of low bacterial count are: The animal must be clean and free from dirt The utensils that come in contact with the niilk must be properly sterilized. The milk must be promptly cooled to a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Dairy Notes Feeding dairy cows according to the amount of milk they produce Is a profitable practice. Silage made from corn fodder Is not nearly so sour. It has a pleasant sweet smell, and the cows will like It and do well on it. Entirely dry fodder will make good silage, but the water added should equal the fodder by weight. It should be tramped down thoroughly. The best dairymen watch their cows very closely, weigh and test the milk, and feed each cow according to her capacity to respond to feeding. n feed, good manage- ment, and cows bred for production is the combination that many are using in making profits from small herds. Fodder silage not only makes better feed than dry fodder, but it Is also more convenient to feed. Even though the corn fodder appears dry and wilted, tlie stalk will contain considerable moisture. Icy water temporarily checks digestion, and for an hour or more will cause the cows to shiver. Such con ditions decrease the milk flow because i they Interfere with the cows digestive processes which must function properly in order to produce milk In maxi-muquantities, If there Is not enough moisture In the corn to pack the corn well in the silo, then additional water should hi added. Tlds may be added to the fan box. In this way the fan thorouahlj distributes the additional water. Traits Must Be Known for Best Results in Crops. The borne gardener must be well acquainted with the characteristics of (Prepared by tha Untied State Department the plants be grows if be is to secure of Agriculture the best results for his efforts, adllog cholera seems to he slightly less vises tlie vegetable department of the prevalent this year than last, and last college of agriculture at New Brunsyeur losses from the disease were the wick. The trait of our common vegelowest since the United Slates Depart table plants which cannot be overnient of agriculture lias been keeping looked In Hn.v way Is their sensitiverecords. Dr U. G. Houck, associate ness to climatic conditions. Some chief of ttie bureau of animal Industry vegetables require hot weather for unnounced in a summary ot Inforum their best development anil are killed lion assembled from thirty one states by a very light frost. Others do not In four of these states, however develop properly during hot weather Indiana, Michigan, Nctirask and Ohio but will endure lreezes. Each must hog cholera is more prevalent than tie planted at a season of the year last year. Approximately t he same which will enable It to make its best unnmm of cholera us last yeur was development. Of the eool season crops some reach reported for Colorado, Kentucky North Carolina. Texas, Illinois, Mississippi. edlblp maturity quickly, und are Tennessee, ami Wisconsin. always grown without transplant- Less Cholera Reported. Ing. In tlds group we find pens; tlie In Alahamu. California, Georgia, root crops like radish, Kansas, Maryland. Oklahoma, South kohl rabl. and turnip; the greens, such Dakota, Virginia. Washington, West as splnneh, mustard ami kale; and Arkansas. Iowa, Florida Virginia, tlie salad crops like leaf lettuce, garIdaho, Louisiana, These Missouri, South den cress and corn salad. Carolina. Utah, and Oregon observers should be planted as soon as the dan- report less cholera tills yeur than Inst ger of killing frosts is over. With the exception of three states the Other cool season crops have a decreases are slight, hut Oklahoma relonger growing season than these, and must be started in a green house, hotports a reduction of 50 per cent. Lou isiitna 40 per cent, and Idaho 30 per bed or cold frame sometime before cent. they could be sown outdoors if they j The hog cholera situation, in gen- are to mature before hot weather. eral, 6ald Doctor Houck, seetns to Cabbage, cauliflower and bead lettuce be somewhat better than last year are in this class. The time to trans- According to our information there plant these crops from the greenhas been considerable increase tills house to the fleid is as 6onn as the year over lust year In tile amount of danger of killing frosts is past. Sucimmunization against hog cholera In cessive planting of some can be made fifteen of the thirty-onstates. There up to the first of May, but after this was no appreciable difference in nine date It is better to plant some of the states and seven states report less Imwarm season crops. munization than last year. Doctor Houck referred to a report Idaho stating that most of the Fix Garden Tools Now, hog cholera of recent months occurred Save Time Next Spring on farms where there had been purBy properly taking care of tire garchases at public grounds of uulmmun den tools In the fall, hours of making vet ized animals. A middle-westerin spring can be saved, says the erinarian explained occasional "breaks" ready November American Home. Rust has of the serum usually occurred when a knack of doing slow but effective too little attention Is given to the and is the thing to be guarddamage condition of the herd immediately ed against most carefully. to conse the immunization." prior Ail metal work, and wood, too, can queuee of administering virus when be rutibed with an rag. The the animals were not In fit physical oil used should be clean but not too condition to receive it. In such cases light, for it must give a perfect covlosses are likely to be severe. ering through the winter. All bear, Harm Done by Vendor. can be kept shiny, such hr Doctor Houck also quoted an ob ings, too, the share of the garden plow or the server of the swine industry In Nehoe blade, coat tlie surface liberally braska as saying that vendors of with hard oil. This work Is a dirty Job swine renfedies have become increas and should be done In old clothes. ingly prevalent during the last few Should you find a tool rusted, years In Nebraska. In many cases a brick bat will be found badly an excellent ; sick owners tierJs have caused of they thing to remove the rust. A fine grade to delay in securing competent veter of sand paper will also cut through inary assistance until too late to save This can be finished with their hogs. In other cases the reme- nicely. cloth, emery although a hulling wheel dies fed to prevent sickness have acat turned high speed with some emery observtually caused sickness." This on it will be the best to put on powder er also emphasizes the desirability of a highly polished surface that will raising hogs under the IcLean Counscour when first used. ty system of sanitation as sponsored of United States the by Department Agriculture, comments on the desira Alfalfa Will Furnish bility of feeding balanced rations, and High-Grad- e Roughage emphasizes the advisability of immeAmong all the standard feed crops, diately employing a competent veterinarian when disease appears in a alfalfa generally ranks at or near the herd. top in dollar value per acre. A good crop of alfalfa hay yields from two to seven times as much digestible proTractors Are Gaining tein per acre as any of the farm crops on Many Truck Farms commonly grown for live stock feed. An alfalfa field on the farm will do In regions around large centers of more than furnish very class of live population where truck gardening prevails and In other places where small stock with the highest grade of rough-agpossible at a reasonable cost. road crops are grown, the garden tracWith alfalfa hay available, other high tor Is gaining a strong foothold. can be used as pasPoultry, fruit or truck farms use yielding legumes ture, or they can be plowed under as this mechnnicai power very advantagesoil builders. ously in seeding, cultivating and harAlfalfa seeded In tl e fall requires vesting, as well as in other draw-ba- r a good seedbed, well pulverized and and belt power tasks. The garden tractor fills a demand firm. The soil pulverizer Is recognized as a good tool for crushing clods which results from the impracticability for firming the soil before seeding and set-in j of maintaining horses thickly areas. In tied truck or such areas land is expensive and the horse feed is too cost of high. These garden tractors are small and Sheep are particular and will refuse compact and enn be operated advanothor in orchards gardens, tageously er close quarters since they may be Plenty of direct sunlight is on lm turned sharply and since the tools that factor in producing good gains portnnt operate are close to the source of powIn fall pigs. er, generally between the driver and the engine. Make repairs on your farm maehin ery now so that you won't have to waste valuable time inter on. Legume Crops Are Not j short-seaso- j j Old English Law Made Churchgoing Compulsory " Major Court Treattt of the Cn petal ro motor expedition was tlie first white man who hunted and killed elephnnis on foot wlib a speur. While I was on this spear hunting safari,' he a!d. we followed several herds j j Bouti-i- by Black Man's Magic? Is Emphasized. SUITABLE CROPS ON DAIRY FARMS Home-grow- Elephant Herd Losses From Hog Know Plant Habits, Gardeners Advised Cholera Lowest TlVA.TTTn Golfers, picnicker, Sunday nutolstc would be out of luck If an old Eng itsb law were In force today. Tin act of uniformity, 1552, required: "All persons, except those dissent ing from the worship or doctrines ol the Oiurch of England and usually at tending some plnee of worship not be longing to the Church of England, arv If they have no lawful or rensonnhb excuse for absence, to endeavor to at tend their parish church or accns tomed chapel, or. If reasonably pup vented from bo doing, iane oto plnee where the divine service of fhi Church of England Is performed, on all Sundays and other days ordained and used to be kept ns holy days, and to abide there orderly and soberly dur ing tlie time of common prayer, preaching or other divine service there Into waterless country In the Bahr district of tlie Sml. in, where the elephants usually trek to water only every third nr fourth iilght. When they do, nothing will stop them. We followed this itnrtlculur herd all day, and at night 1 was ready to give up. 1 made camp and stopped. Bubal-la- , a young hard bitten Mnndula hunter, who was said to he something of a magician, then came to me and said he thought he could bind' the herd with bis magic rope These magic ropes' are not uncommon In Africa. They are usually about a yard long and made of Dompuim filler. Battalia sat down with the rope In his hands, and went through the motions of tying his nrms, legs, ankles and reek, muttering Incantations ait he did so. His muscles became taut, and he relapsed into a semi trance. He sat so for a few minutes, and then suddenly relaxed, grunted That Is good.' and rose to his feet. Next morning we ran into the elephants only half a mile from camp, and killed one I They were almost stationary. By all reckonings they should have been miles away. performed." Failure to observe this law renders the offending parishioner or Inhabit ant of a parish who Is not legally ex empt from attendance at divine serv lee on Sundays and boly day linblp in proceedings taken agninst him In the ecclesiastical courts to he cen sured for the offense, admonished as to Its attendance in the future, and to be condemned In the cost of the proceedings." e fm One thing about the World wart little or nothing has been said sbont the soldiers going hungry. In this depart ment. at least, the old hardships seemed lo have been successfully eliminated. In contrast, one recalls Washington at Vnlley Forge. The plight of tlie t ontlnentnl army became so desperate that Washington finally sent General Knox and Captain Snrgeant to explain their condition to congress. It will he remembered that General Knox was very generously proportioned and It happened that Captain Sargennt was fur from wearing tatters. One member of eongnss noted this and remarked that In spite of the tale of starvation and rags he bad seldom noted a gentleman so fat and one so well dressed. "It Is true," suld General Knox, for out of respect, the choice was made of the only man who had an extra om.ee of flesh usd the only one who had a whole suit of cioibcs." English Tailor Not Slow tlie sullen of Zanzibar ordered clothes made In a hurry while In London recently. It was brought out the English claim the quirk tailoring record of the world. In 1811, It Is related, wool was clipped from two Snnthdowns at five o'clock one morning, washed, cured, spun and woven, the rloth scoured" and dyed, nnd a complete suit made from It so that ft Berkshire baronet wore It at bis dinner at 6:30 oclock thnt evening. By his quick work the tailor won a wager of $5,000. When She Picked on Him The wheels of the divorce mill were grinding out a heavy grist In court when a young man presented Ills plea for a divorce on the grounds that hi wife had been unnecessarily cruel to ; j Showing General Knox in Diplomatic Light Cir(lte Paper Practically all the cigarette paper In this country cotne from France, which makes tlie cigarette paper for almost the entire world. These papers are so thin and light that It takes several hundred of the tittle sheets that go around the cigarette to make an ounce. While commonly known as rice paper, this pnper is not made from rice, but from flax and hemp trimmings, only new material being used. The flax and hemp is cut into small particles, thoroughly mixed and ground almost to a dust Then It Is put through a washing process, crushed Into a pulp and rolled out into paper. him. Asked to describe the specific cruelty by the Justice presiding, the libelant, in somewhat of an effeminate Site hit voice, declared spiritedly: me, she bent me, she buried missies at me," and bo on. Ttie evidence concluded, the Judge leaned over to his clerk and in an aside which was audible to quite a few others in the courtroom, inquired: "Is there any reqnest in this libel for the libelant to resume his maiden' name? Brockton Enterprise. Shell for Shaving Shaving, originally, was a symboHd act deuoting that the person was In mourning or under a vow. It had nothing to do with s mans appearance. 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