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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH Stock Imrovement Flea Beetle Is in Various States Cause of Inj'ury Small Jumping Insect Feeds on Cabbage, Radishes and Other Crops, flea-beet- le one-sixteen- th Flea-Beetl- e. The potato is quite similar to the above species, except that it Is dul( black in color and covered with short hairs. It usually appears somewhat later. This insect feeds on many plants, including potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, beans, sunflowers, etc. Besides eating the leaves of the plants the larvae feed on the roots and tubers of the potatoes causing injury known as worm tracks or silvers." A larger species, the banded sometimes causes injury to a variety of crops. It is about Inch long, has a yellow thorax and two yellow stripes down the back. Control Measures. Control measures for these Insects have not been very satisfactory. Arsenate of lead, 1 pound to O gallons of water, sprayed on the foliage of (he Infested plants will kill them if it is eaten. Bordeaux mixture acts as a repellant. Lime or wood ashes mixed with paris green or lead arsenate gives some protection. Probably the best with two spray is the bordeaux, usual The of lead. of arsenate pounds result of spraying is that the beetles leave the sprayed plants and feed on most any foliage near by for a few days and then return to the unsprayed new growth. J. L. Hoerner, Colorado Agricultural College. flea-beet- le flea-beetl- e, one-eigh- th Water for Fowls Quite as Important as Feed DICKINSON SHERMAN Nature-Love- r has albeen a good scout ways Ills love of nature Is the outward and visible dgn of an Inward and spiritual grace. Nowaduys the nature-love- r Is not only a good scout but a useful citizen. lie Is a useful citizen nowadays because there are many of him, because he Is organized and because he Is aggressive In behalf of certain movements that are of vital importance to the nation, lie" In this case Includes she, for the women nature-lover- s are quite as active ns the men and have made themselves a power in the land. And the sportsman he'B the gentleman out of doors. Its hard to define the gentleman atd therefore the There are, however, cersportsman. tain things which mark the sportsman, lie always obeys the game laws. He never takes more game or fish than he can use. He gives the game a fair chance he does not shoot birds unless on the wing; he uses light tackle In angling; he does not chase down deer with an automobile. He frowns on magazine guns. He objects to gang hooks and Is considering the adoption of the barbless hook. The market hunter and the game-hoare a stench in his nostrils. Through organization, education and legislation he Is combating the destructive Ideas of taking without returning, of destroying without providing for the future Suggestive indeed are the pictures used herewith. No. shows a girl on horseback looking down from a height in Mount Italnler National park on one of the glaciers that flow down on all sides from the top of the great mountain, one of the most impressive in all the world. There are thrills In mountain climbing. And nature has hucurative ways with work-wor- n mans. Outdoor recreation In scenes of natural beauty Is the best antidote for the manifold ills of our Twentieth century civilization, which Is too strenuous and complicated at least In the big cities to be sane and safe. It Is outdoor recreation that gives us young women like No. 2 she is a Mount Ilolyoke' girl who took the Sarah Streeter cup for physical perfection. No. 3 shows us Mount Rockwell and Two Medicine lake In Glacier National park. There are scores of such scenes In our national parks. No. 4 pictures Samson Dawley and brook trout, caught near his lGH-inc- h HE g less heritage. This boy does not live, breathe and have his being in &rms of the movies. He Is learning something of life ns It is. n No. 5 gives us n glimpse of the section of the Palisades Interstate park along the Hudson, where hundreds of welfare organizations give New York boys and girls a breath of fresh air and a taste of country Har-rima- Joys. The nature-loveup to about ten g person. years ago was an He was content to enjoy nature In his own way. The silent places were fast disappearing, to be sure, but he had ten or a dozen national parks which were bits of the original wilderness and wild-lif- e sanctuaries, dedicated to the American people forever. r, easy-goin- So he went on his way, complacent and unafraid. Congress changed this disposition overnight by opening up the national parks to commercial invasion under act.the water-power Thereupon the nature-lover- s sent out a nation-wid- e S. 0. S." They first forced congress to reverse Itself and exempt the national parks from the operation of the act Next they proceeded to organize an army of defense. Finally they entered upon a constructive campaign which has made outdoor recreation In Its various phases one of the llvest nonpolltleal Issues of the day. This Nature-Lover- s Army now numbers about 5,000, 000 men and women, members of more than 125 organizations. Here are some of the more Important things that have come about since hit the trail with his the nature-lova- s - war paint on: The following national parks have been established: Hawaii, Including thcee famous volcanoes ; Lassen Volcanic in California; Mount McKinley In Alnska; Grand Canyon In Arizona; Lafayette on the Island of Mount Desert, Maine; Zion In Utah (Including Bryce canyon). National monuments to the number of fourteen have also been established by Presidential proclamation. Congress has established the national park sendee. In control of the national parks. Previously the management of the national parks was vested In several clerks in various bureaus of the Interior department ; the national parks were considered a liability Instead of a great national asset. The See America First movement has been developed and carried to Increasing success. This summer more than two million Americans will visit nature-loverY. N. The the national parks and monuments Syracuse, you see, have kept this stream stocked. and keep half a billion good American The chance for a bJjr fp fish is a price dollars t home and in circulation. s, - Most efforts at Increasing the egg production of hens deal with the problem primarily from the standpoint of feeding. If water is mentioned, It takes a rather Insignificant usually Official recognition by the federal The fact Is, however, water Is place. Nature-Lovers government of this Army of as important as feed in the quite callcame last summer in the manufacture of an egg. ing by President Coolidge of the NaAbout 65 per cent of the whole egg tional Conference on Outdoor RecreaIs water; 73.7 per cent of the dib!e tion at Washington. The federal gov86.2 per cent of the white, portion, of one supnow ernments position is 49.5 and per cent of the yolk is comVarious comport and of this element These are avposed missions and committees are making of. a large mfinber of eggs erages e recrenation-wida survey of outdoor ation resources of all kinds with a analyzed. Hens may be given ever so much view to closer The rations may be perfectly feed. One of the Immediate results of the and may contain Just the balanced organization of the Recreation Conference Is an Investigation by an official right proportion of fat, protein, lime But commission this summer of scenic and everything else required. sufficient without hens will the water, areas in the Blue Ridge, Great Smoky and Mammoth Cave regions, with the be handicapped. view of establishing one or more national parks In the Appalachian moun- Standard-Bre- d Poultry tains. Congress will presumably deMost Important Factor cide at Its next 'session whether It will most Important factor the Probably appropriate funds for the purchase of that to the wonderful contributed has areas selected by the commission. which the American growth poultry The Migratory Bird Treaty with has experienced is the deIndustry insectivorous the Canada protects and recognition of standardbirds and the waterfowl. Both are velopment -bred This has been aided poultry. Increasing rapidly, to the benefit of by the work of the American Poultry Un the fanner and the sportsman. association in maintaining the StandIs sab state laws der better big game ard of Perfection. isfactorily increasing in several states. This standard has made It possible The American people are waking up to develop uniform breeding practices a of to the necessity forestry policy through the country. In all parts of that will save the United States from the United States birds are Judged by uecomlng a treeless nation. one standard. Without a this Nature study and natural science of this kind It would have beenguide Imare being put Into the schools as q to have secured the standardpossible part of the regular curriculum, with ization of the fowls we have today. the view of educating the coming generation to appreciate the necessity for the consercation of natural resources Bronze Turkey Popular conservation meaning use without The Bronze turkey Is most widely abuse. ' nown. It is larger and heavier than The state park movement which often .weighing as much as others, the comand includes county, municipal while the largest of the 86 pounds, munity parks is as flourishing as the seldom exceeds 30 varieties other national park movement. In color it Is a copperisb pounds. Redwoods Save the League has bronze, with black and brown stripes made a successful campaign for the and white-tippetail feathers. There preservation from the lumbermans ax are many crosses of this variety with of several virgin groves of Redwoods the wild turkey which can be distinThey will be state guished from the pure breed in California. by the parks and possibly a national park. color tips o the tall feathers, which The American people are being are yellowish brown Instead of white. taught that natures wild places are educational as well as recreational. Museums and nature guides In the Isolate Sick Fowls d national parks are Interpreting the records of earth In the making and the living exhibits of wild animal and plant life in these natural history sanctuaries. And everywhere the Nature-Lover- s Army is setting the example of good Rs rank and file outing manners. pluck few wild flowers. They pollute no streams. They leave no litter behind them. They set no forest fires. They strive ever to be Gentlemen and Ladies of Outdoors. Better Sires Better Stock Plan. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Several species of small Jumping Insects called flea beetles are common on garden plants at this time of the year. The western cabbage is about inch long, shining bluish color, and feeds on cabbage, radishes, turnips and closely related plants. The adult beetles hibernate over winter and appear early in the spring as soon as the weather warms up. They feed on the leaves of the plants, eating them full of holes. The eggs are deposited in the soil around the base of the plants and the larvae feed on the roots. Potato Benefits of The current year promises to be one of marked activity In the improvement of domestic animals in the United States, Judging from early reports received by the bureau of animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. During the first two months eleven states contributed the names of 275 new participants In the Better Sires Better Stock campaign, which is a much larger number than was recorded In the previous three months. Participation In this activity requires the exclusive use of pure-bresires In all Uve g operations. The Improvement of farm herds and flocks under the better-sire- s plan Is especially marked In Kentucky, where county agents have made the work one of their Important projects. Other states similarly active are Ohio, New York, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Vermont, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, California, and Iowa. The new participants own upward of head of breeding stock exclusive of about twice that number of poultry. Numerous educational features Including the distribution of bulletins and pictorial matter on animal breeding, are an Important part of the work and establish a sound basis for future Improvement through proper matings and general knowledge of breeding principles. d stock-breedin- 8,-0- Recommend Alfalfa and Corn for Work Horses During the last two years the Michigan Agricultural college has tested eight work teams on rations of corn and alfalfa on the one hand and corn, oats and timothy on the other. The horses weighed from 1,500 to 1,920 pounds and were three to fifteen years old. They did heavy farm work and teaming. The results show that horses may be fed corn and alfalfa even during hot summer months when they are cultivating corn and harvesting, and that they will do just as well and maintain health and vigor on corn and alfalfa as on a ration of corn, oats and timothy. The alfalfa-fehorses on an average worked 236 days out of 300, and the timothy-fehorses worked 232 days. The alfalfa-fehorses made an average gain of 21 pounds each for the year, while those fed timothy lost an average ?f,17 pounds a head for the year. The average' consumption for the alfalfa teams was 12.2 pounds of corn and 18 pounds of alfalfa hay dally, while the timothy horses ate 8 pounds of corn, 6.2 pounds of oats and 19.5 pounds of timothy hay dally. The feed cost was 31 cents a day for the alfalfa group and 37 cents a day for the timothy group, with timothy varying from $10 to $18 a ton and alfalfa from $10 to $23 a ton. It is pointed out that the ration of 12.2 pounds of corn and 18 pounds of alfalfa hay for a horse makes a feed higher In protein than necessary and lacking in dry matter. The substitution of oat straw In part for some of the alfalfa hay is advised. d d d 1,600-poun- d Best Food for Goslings proper food for goslings Is bread crumbs moistened with water for the first two or three days. A green sod should be placed bear the nest, or where the goslings can help themselves, from the time the young birds are 48 hours old. They may be put on free range on a good pasture after they are three days old If shelA wet ter from rain Is provided. mash composed of equal parts of bran, shorts, cornmeal and ground oats (hulls removed) should be fed four The times daily. FARMJQTES Grade or be degraded, says the tato. po- fertilizers containing Commercial a large percentage of nitrogen are good for the lawn. In addition to clover and alfalfa, dodder may also Infest garden crops, principally onions and potatoes. When sweet clover begins to bloom the stems become woody so that &n The first thing to remember when a Inferior quality of hay 18 secured. disease appears is to Isolate the sick bird or birds, clean up the premises More than 100,000,000 chicks break and thoroughly disinfect. The drink- through shells each year In this couning water may be made sanitary by try, according to recent estimate.' the addition of one teaspoonful of potassium permanganate to each gallon Potato beetles - can be killed by .of drinking water. Most fowls are spraying with either of the following not of enough value to waste time in sprays : Arsenate of tead powder, treating individual birds. The Inter- pound to 50 gallons pf water. Paris est of the producer is In the flock and green, 1 pound plus hydrated lime, that must be protected. 1 pound to 50 gallons of water. |