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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH Save Old Com for Use in Emergency It Is Possible to Secure Seed Supply if Gathered Before Nipped by Frost. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Late spring and continuous cool weather, together with the higher prices now being paid for com, may be the combination of circumstances which will cheat the farmer out of his usual supply of seed corn, says the United States Department of Agriculture. Corn is very late as the result of abnormal conditions at planting time and much of it is apt to be eaught by frost before it has matured to the stage usually regarded as right for selecting seed. Then too, many farmers had to replant a large acreage last spring, drawing more heavily than they expected on their seed supply. Finally, higher prices for com this fall have tended to reduce this source of emergency seed. The department says there Is a shortage of old seed and little old com from which to select it, and suggests further the probability of Immature corn this fall from which seed selection will have to be made. Save Some Old Ears. Where Immature corn is to be expected it is suggested that seed be selected from the 1923 crop. Throw aside a few bushels of the likely looking ears when feeding the corn or otherwise disposing of it In order that seed may be selected from It later, If necessary. The ear test for germination will make available much seed from this old corn which can be used in an emergency. As a further precaution it Is suggested that even though com is immature, it is possible to obtain seed if it Is gathered before a frost and properly handled. Most communities are In touch with the weather reports to such extent that coming frosts may be known somewhat accurately. At the first suggestion of frost, make a tion of new corn for seed. Com gath- ered in the milk stage, while not as ft good as ripe corn for seed, if carefully dried and protected from the frost "will germinate under favorable condi old-cor- n tions. Satisfactory seed can be selected any time after the corn is in the stage. Even if not entirely mature, the use of early selected seed of a strain known to be good will be safer than to buy seed later of unknown adaptation and productiveness. Features of Selection. Where it is necessary to gather seed before It has matured in order to save it from destruction by frost, the same features of selection should be observed. Select seed only from normal, vigorous plants., avoid smutted hard-doug- h stalks and those that are prematurely dead. The seed should be put In a dry place the same day it is gathered and placed in such a manner that the ears do not touch each other and where there is a free circulation of air but not cold enough to freeze. The best seed, of course, is that which has matured on the stalk. If frost holds off after immature seed has been selected, a second selection can be made and the immature seed can be used for feed. In this case the only loss will be the labor of gathering and drying it. The precaution of making an early selection is wyell worth the extra effort. It is a guarantee of some seed at least. Its the longest-lastin- g confection you can buy and Its a help to digestion and a cleanser for the mouth and teeth. Wrioley's means benefit as well as pleasure. from extermination. Two ardent sportsmen who are also cameramen were sent 10,000 miles through the big state in the last year to collect material for a picture depicting wild animal life, and now that copies of the film have been shown over the state, there has been started a persistent agitation for the preservation of Texas game life. Other states are becoming interested, and the two will make a similar picture for the state of Arkansas. Champions have been standard equipment on 12 Ford cars for years. They are also equipment on Ford trucks and Fordson tractors. Champion X is sold by 90,000 dealers at 60 cents. n Champion Spark Plug Co. Toledo, Ohio Whale of an Infant C HA M P ION Teach Children To Use Cuticurat Soothes and Heals Rashes and Irritations entlnir Snap Keepe the Skin According to Mr. llenry Nesbit, an American authority, the whale is a . for f ftJ ! mammal, and the female bears one whale calf a year. Until the young fish is six months old It is nursed by the mother just as any land baby of the mammal type is. A mother whale has been seen to swim through the water with its young cradled in Its W. N. U., Salt Lako City, No. flippers. C1vr - 40-19- 24. Poisonous Gases Formed in Silos Are Dangerous That poisonous gases formed in silos overnight while in process of being filled are deadly, Is the seasonable warning of the United States Department of Agriculture. Freshly cut silage in a partially filled silo produces a poisonous gas. If there is no circulation of air this gas remains in considerable volume. Death may result from entering a silo containing this gas. A precaution recommended by government specialists will avert the silo. danger of entering a They advise running the blower of the ensilage cutter for a few minutes before anyone enters the silo. Air currents stirred up by the blower will dilute the gases sufficiently or drive them from the silo. It is then safe to enter. gas-fille- d You can be sure theres longer wear in shoes soled with USKIDE consumption of milk and cream farms ten years ago was only 72 AJOW you can be certain of get 7 ting shoes that will wear longer. Be sure they are soled with on the tvonder sole for wean Then just try to wear them out! USKIDE fights wear. Will wear twice as long as best leather, often longer. And it is comfortable, healthful, waterproof and USKIDE soles are being used by many shoe manufacturers who want to give their customers the most for their money by putting longer wear USKIDE gal- anti-slippin-g. into their shoes. money for hard walkers and workers everywhere. USKIDE is saving Have your shoe repairman put USKIDE soles on those shoes that get the hardest knocks. USKIDE will hard-doug- h stand the gaff. Qenuine USKIDE has the name USKIDE on the sole. Look for it. Farm Rcrafe Avoid And for a Better Heel to Walk On I A fit companion for USKIDE is the U. S. Spring-SteHeel. p 30,-00- Cocklebur plants are poisonous to swine, cattle, sheep, and chickens, according to the United States DepartThis weed has ment of Agriculture. but many persons been suspected, long from this deaths that reported thought cause were produced by the mechanical action of the burs rather than by the toxic effect of the plant. While the burs may produce some mechanical injury, and while the seeds are very poisonous, stock poisoning, the department says, is caused by feeding on the very young plants before the development of true leaves. To avoid losses from this cause the mbst important thing is to prevent the animals from eating the weed. If there is a shortage of good forage, they may eat enough of the young cockle-bur- s to cause serious results. Feeding milk to pigs immediately after they have eaten the weed has proved beneficial, probably because of the fat content. Good results also may be expected by feeding them bacon grease, lard, or linseed oil. , Motion pictures as educational factors are more and more recognized. New evidence of appreciation of their possibilities, says the Argonaut, Is given by the game commission of Texas. Popularity of automobiles has increased the numbers of hunters and fishermen until only an awakening of state pride can save the deer, wild turkey, trout and black bass sportsmen-camerame- lons. Farm consumption of butter has Dealso increased greatly, being now (Prepared by the United States more than double the average for the partment of Agriculture.) The increasing importance of dairy- United States. Per capita consumping in the United States as a source tion of butter on farms last year is of the nations food supply is striking- placed at 38 pounds as compared with ly brought out in a study just com- an average of 17 pounds for the counpleted by T. It. Pirtle of the dairy and try as a whole. This farm consumppoultry products marketing division tion shows an Increase of over two of the United States Department of pounds per capita since 1913. The average person on farms also Agriculture. The per capita consumption of milk and cream has increased eats about one case of eggs a year, about 12 per cent during the past ten and about one fowl per month, Mr. years, and per capita consumption of Pirtle says. butter has increased more than 6 per cent, Mr. Pirtle says. Selecting Com for Seed Special efforts have been made by The best seed com is that wffilch the department during the past two has matured on the etalk. Corn gathon the consumpyears to obtain data on in the milk stage, If carefully ered and tion of dairy poultry products 0 dried and handled, will germinate unfarms. Based upon .reports from township crop reporters in all der favorable conditions, although it parts of the country it is shown that will not have the vigor that mature the, per capita consumption of milk corn would have. Satisfactory seed and cream on farms Is much larger corn can be selected, however, any than In cities. The average per capita time after corn is in the consumption on farms with cows last stage. Select seed only from normal, year was approximately 81 gallons vigorous plants ; avoid smutted plants, whereas the average for the entire stalks that are down, and those that country was only 53 gallons. Average are prematurely dead: Cocklebur Plants Found Poisonous to All Stock f Motion Pictures Used to Save Texas Game LARGE CONSUMPTION OF DAIRY PRODUCTS IS NOTED IN REPORT Per Capita on Farms Much Greater Than in Cities. I1' United States Rubber Company Made of the new Sprayed Rubber the purest, toughest and most uniform rubber ever known. Get onto a pair of U. S. Spring-SteRubber Heels right away I p Send this Coupon for Free Booklet Fill out thii coupon and mail to the United State Rubber Co., Dept K., 1790 Broadway, NewYprk City and get a free copy of this money-eavin- g booklet How to Cut Your Shoe Bill. Name. Address . stagnant mud wallows. Turn idle horses on pasture and thus save grain. e Dont let the gardens grow up in grass where diseases can be harbored, Your farm reflects your personality. So does your backyard. The best way to get good profitable cows Is to raise them on your own farm. Even when young, weeds are not young and Innocent; they are soil robbers. The trustful telephone takes ani Woman has no sense of humor," Any summer girl Is willing to comof course ; except that every man promise by returning the young mans bodys word after the coin has droppet knows several who have. heart and keeping the ring. Children Cry for Castoria THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS that make a horse Wheeze, Roar, have 1 Thick Wind or Choke-dow- n be reduced with can Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages Fall and early spring heifers should Mother! Fletchers Castoria has recommend It The kind you have have some grain on short pastures to been In use for over 30 years as a always bought bears signature of prevent stunting. pleasant, harmless substitute for If you want some new farm ma- Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops chinery, let what you have stay out in and Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcotics. Proven directions are on the weather unprotected each package. Physicians everywhere - also other Bunches or Swell tags. No blister, no hair gone, and horse kept at Economical only a few drops $2.30 per required at an application. bottle delivered. Book 3 A free. work. ff. F. Yonni, lac, 510 Lyme St, SprarWJ, Mu. |