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Show - TIIE PAYSOXIAN, PAYSOX, UTAITt MARCH 24, 1922. msmn DAIRY LIVESTOCK HINTS FACTS I BEST TIME TO DROP CALVES INTEREST IN BETTER SIRES Records Show Campaign for Purebred Haa Extended tp All Statas and laland Possessions. D (PrDptred by th United States Department of Ayrtculture.) With exactly 5,000 persons enrolled In the Better Sires Better Stock" campaign at the dose of the calendar 1921, records of the United States Department of Agriculture show a con tlnued Interest In this work which has extended to all states and several island possessions. During the year the number of live stock owned by the persons enrolled Increased from about 400,000 to 750,000. The figures Include both male and female stock. All of the males are purebred, and the females, which may be of varied breeding, are bred In all cases to purebred sires. It is noteworthy that 56 ppr cent of all female stock listed in the better sires campulgn are purebred. This figure Is 1 per cent higher than a year ago. The effect of the use of pure bred sires in reducing the number of scrub nlmals on farms Is shown by the small proportion of scrubs In herds apd flocks headed by purebred males. The figurp. at the. end of the calendar year 1020 was 2.1 per cent and for 1921, 1.9 per cent scrubs In such herds. At the request of several state extension workers a special report has been made for the last three months of 1921 with respect to progress by states. Enrollments of persons agreeing to put their live stock on a purebred-sire basis totaled 716. The greatest activity during the quarter was in Ohio, Nebraska coming next, followed In turn by Washington, Virginia, Kentucky, and North Dakota. In the order named. The leading counties during the quarter were Hardin County, Ohio, with 100 persons signing enrollment blanks. Kittitas County, Wash., was second, with 56 enrollments; Belmont County, Ohio, 49; Grand Forks County, N. D., 47. Other active counties year Question Best Decided by Fsrm Considering Food Supply, Pasturage, Etc. Con-ditlon- s, The best time to have calves dropped Some farmers prefer to have them dropped in late February, In March, or early in April, while others prefer September or October. This question Is decided by the farm conditions, taking Into consideration feed supply, pasturage, equipment and labor. When calves are dropped In the spring they require less close attention and labor during the first winter and less pasture durlug the first summer, since cows 8nd calves run together, while the cows may be wintered more cheap- -' ly by usiug a greater quantity of coarse roughage. However, If culves are born In the fall, the cows are In better condition St calving time; they give more milk for a longer period ; the culves make better use of the frass during their first summer ; they escape files and heat while small, and may be weaned Just before calving time. Fall calves should not be weaned until they are put on grass In the spring. No matter what system Is used, all the calves should be dropped within a period of 60 days to give as much uniformity as possible to the calf crop. s IVOUEH mmm PLANTING trees in Cars Must Bs Exercised That Plants Are Set Out at Earliest Possible Date .In 8pring. Is debatable. Somewhat Contradictory. She (tenderly) And are mine the only Ups you have kissed?" He "Yes, and they are the sweetest of all. MOTHER, lf d The average dairy cow In this counabout 4.000 pounds of milk and ICO pounds of butter fat. According to 40,000 vearly individual cow records Just tabulated by the United States Department of Agasg riculture, the average sociation cow produces 5.980 pounds of milk and 246 pounda of butter fat a year. The world's records are 37,381.4 pounds of milk and 1.252 pounds. nf butter fat. Tlie average dairy cow has plenty of room for climbing, and such commendable Jive stock Improvement campaigns as the Better Sires Better Stock" drive will be effective In Increasing the efficiency and production of American dulry stock. try produces annually cow-testin- Diseases Decreasing. Diseases of live stock are said to be decreasing and a general Improvement in quality Is reported by the Department of Agriculture. Feed for Fed liberally of corn each winter as well on hay and on Wintering Sheep. on straw and one eai per day, sheep will and more cheaply than groin. Better Animals Result. Better sires la all cases mean baf Iso animals. Wedge-Shape- d Cow. GIVE Bee the 8afcty Fear, if You Bayer Cross. FOR CHILDS BOWELS s If you want the true, Aspirin, as prescribed by physicians for world-famou- : TANLAC i 1 MOMENTA 'and instantly opens your head e makes breathing easy. Fine for years, you must ask Even a fruity" over twenty-ontaste of California Fig Syrup. 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The man was sputtering angrily when the manager came Into tlie have been awarded. However, several dogs belonging to the British army lobby. Why did you eject this man? have received this honor. These were: asked the manager Bob, of the' Royal Berkshire, which in He was hissing the performance," the Afglianlstan war. saved the life of several soldiers; Jack, which accomreplied the usher. did hiss the perform- plished the same feats at the battle of you Why the Alma, and Jerry, a hero of the ance? asked the manager. I stammered Crimean war, which received from the the man. I city of Dublin a medal and a dinner. y The odds are that the mess made the friend beside me: It Pitts- dog happier' than the medal. New York Tribune. burgh Press. The Proper Way to Plant a Tree. nursery. All of the longest roots need to bo shortened In te about alx Inches and cut wltb a smooth clean cut Any roots that ars broken or bruised need to be removed, and ad cut surfaces need to be made smooth so they will beat quickly. Filling in the soli about the trees Is a very Important step In tree planting. To get the best results the soil must be packed closely about tbe roots, so that there are no air holes or crevices. The best way to do this Is with the hand. When the tree Is In place spread the roots out and throw a shovelful of soil over them, shake the tree up and down several times and then work It Into the crevices between the roots with the fingers. Throw In a little more soil and work Into the remaining crevices, and then with the feet tramp tlie soil solid. Throw fn more soil and tramp, repeating until the hole is full and the dirt about the tree Is packed down solid and tight Moving the tree up and down while tbe earth la being thrown In will assist materially in avoiding air boles and in bringing the soil In close contact wltb tbe roots. There Is little danger of packing the soil too tightly about the roots. The greatest danger Is In not getting It packed tightly enough and leaving air holes that will let the roots dry out and the trees die. The trees should be set Just a little deeper man they stood when In nursery, although not over an inch deeper. Setting too deep Is as dangerous os not setting deep enough. The best guide Is the line marking tie change In color of tbe bark at the crown where the tree enters the ground. The orchard plat should be well drained. SMALL A Short Time Ago Weighed Only SO Now Weigh Pounds 112 Pounds and is what built mu up go wonderfully, says Mrs. Barbara Weber, SIS Van Ness Aou., Son Francisco. Shu is bat onu of thousands simi-larl- y benefited. liar, Jobnsing. If yoa aru under weight, If Time wuznt, time aint, an time aint it impaired, if gwlne to wuz. NushvlUe Tennesseean. your digestion yoa aru weak and unable to enjoy life to the fullest measNAME "BAYER IS ON should take Tanlae . GENUINE ASPIRIN ure, you At all good druggists. Taka Tablets Without lf 800-Poun- QUICK! i CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP cow-testin- testing also showed the difd Caster, Registered Morgan ference In the profits of the different Horse. cows. Some of the cows made two one-hatimes as much as other were Ellis, Okla.; Gallia, Ohio; and and do. individuals These results make Lewis; Wash. It was through the testers sugHardin County, Ohio, with a total that we started iu with puregestion of 166 enrollments, the third highest bred (tie In earnest, and some day county In the United States, the first we are going to have a good pure-breand second being Pulaski County, Va., herd. Another thing the testing 446, and Greenville, S. C 176. showed us Is that we had sold a regisThe widespread interest In the use tered bull to he slaughtered which had of purebred sires as a means of Imfive daughters that averaged over 13, from evident is the live stock proving 300 pounds of milk and 525 pounds of number of counties where the work butter fat. A lesson like this one will has already gone forward. Live-stocbe remembered a long time. addiIn 548 owners in counties, and. It In few words, onr assoPutting tion, In the Islands of Guam and Porto work helped us to feed, care ciation In work were the Rico, participating for, and Improve our cattle and study at the end of the calendar year. the results obtained. 8ummary of Results In Better Sires Better Stock" Campaign, October 1, 1919, to December 31, 1921, TESTED COW ABOVE AVERAGE by States Having More Than 1,000 Animals Listed. Livs Stock Improvement Campaigns Effective in Increasing Dairy Production. 1 p one-tblr- day. Cow A Carver. The new boarder shyly took hts scat at Mrs. Simpkins table. May I nsk, sir," said the old boarder, what your occupation Is?" Oh, I am a sculptor," replied the newcomer. You carve marble, do you? pursued the veteran, J do." Then," continued the other, "I see you will be a valuable acquisition hi this happy house. Do you mind coming up to this end of tne table and carving the fowl? Or t, When planting of fruit trees must be deferred until spring care must be taken that the trees are set out at the earliest possible date. In rare Instances it happens that the trees have started Into growth slightly at the time of planting. Such condition Is not serious, provided the trees have not been allowed to make a growth of a few Inches before being planted. In any event It Is always necessaiy to prune the tree back somewhat at the time It la set. This Is done in order to .equalize the balance between the roots and the top. in digging the trees from the nursery the greater portion of the root system Is removed, and If tbe trees are planted without an equal reduction of the top the roots will not be able to supply the large top wltb crude sap, and tbe trees will not make as strong a growth. The amount of cutting back of the tops that Is necessary at the time a tree is set depends largely on the age of the tree, the kind, whether apple, plum, etc. apples are usually shortened back not more than and where whips are used, the cutting back d of COW TESTING BENEFITS HERD should as a rule be about the length of the tree. Where it Is necessary to transport Profitable Results Obtained by Mem. a number of trees from the heellng-l- n boro of Organisation In Wisgrounds to the orchard, It Is best to consin Community. pack the trees In tight wagon box, mix(Prepared by tbe United States Department ing tbe roots with a plentiful supply of wet straw. Small quantities of trees of Agriculture.) As members of the Cedar Grove may be placed In a barrel containing g association for the past a little water. In the Western states three and one-ha- lf years we have ob- It is a common practice to load the tained some profitable results, writes trees Into a barrel filled wltb water the owner of a Wisconsin farm to a and then, as a tree Is planted, to pour field agent of the Dairy Division of a little of the water around the roots the United States Department of Agri- of the tree before hole Is filled with culture. When we started, our herd oil. The hole that Is dng for the tree averaged 11,829 pounds of milk and 410.2 pounds of butter fat. while last should be large enough so that the year our average was 13,737 pounds of roots may be spread out naturally, milk .and 502.2 pounds of butter fat. without any crowding. These holes We were encouraged by our tester to need not be very wide, but need to be mix our rations before feeding and to deep enough to allow the tree to be milk some of out cows three times a set a little deeper than It stood In the day, which In one instance brought an Increase In production of over 3,000 pounds of milk In the year. Another probfem our tester helped us solve was our calf feeding. He encouraged ns to mix a good calf racalves have grown a tion, and-ou- rmuch as two and one-hapounds a Testing Association Helps Farmer to Increase the Milk Flow By Bettor Feeding. v SWAHP-BO- Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never euipcct it. Women's eomplainta often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneya are not in a healthy eondition, they may cause the other organa to become diseased. Pain in the back, headache, lose of ambition, nervousness, are often timet symptoms of kidney trouble. Dont daisy starting 'treatment. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Rooa physician prescription, obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Not Ever. Get a medium or largo size bottle imRastus (to Sambo, In an undermediately from any drug (tore. However, if you wish first to test this tone) I aint tlie man 1 useter wuz. peat preparation send ten cents to Dr. Time wuz when I could whip the ol Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a woman In a fair, stan-ufight. (ample bottle. When writing be sure and Tbe Old Woman (overbearing) mention this paper. Advertisement. Rastus Yous a black orchard one-thir- HEED Britains Balmy Climate. Proof. 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Yes, yes, my sweetheart. 1 have done even that Well, theres no need to get wild about it Why can't you come to hed at some decent hour? What on earth have you been doing down there alt London this time? " Tit-Bit- s. Idle to Borrow Trouble. Sorrow comes soon enough without despondency. It does a man no good to carry around a lightning rod to attract trouble. Aughey. Pi your years of strength for your years of weakness. Wishing for sleep is a poor way to get it A LITTLE wisdom in the daytime is a better assurance of rest thah of anxious wishing when amount any at night nerves are What you do at noon often has more influence on sleep than what you want and hope for, at midnight turbance to nerves or digestion. Even the little children can share in the enjoyment of Postum at any meaL Its better to anticipate warnings than to be driven by them. 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If you want to spoil a good cow sult of suppressing weeds will be se- quickly, neglect to milk her at regular cured. If the straw is placed on the hours and stripping her clean at each snow tlie ground will stay frozen some milking. The cow wants you to like what In the spring. milk well pnniieh to fake oil she ha d The part of wisdom, as so many thousands have found, is to turn away from nerve-stimulati- on and adopt rich, delicious Postum as the mealtime drink. Postum delights the taste, but brings no dis prepare 1 serve sound nerves and complete Your grocer haa both forma: Inatant Postum (in tins) made instantly in tha cup by the addition of boiling water. Postum Cereal (in packages of larger bulk, for those who prefer tp make tbe drink while the meal is being prepared) made by boiling lor 20 minutes. Postum for Health Theres a Reason j j Mad ly Postum Ceieal Co., Inc., Ball Cietk, Mich. 3c |