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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER PAGE TWO WVWWWWWVWWWMWW , COUNT-DUCHESNE C. F. WAHLQUIST Pres., Mvton, Utah Gnion Temperatures While in Storage Bulb Is Subject to Freezing Injury in Transit. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture ) Onions, one of the leading vegetable crops commonly held in storage, may under certain conditions undercool for a limited period below their freezing points without freezing, says the United States Department of Agriculture. Experiments conducted by the department at its cold storage laboratory at the Arlington Experimental .'Farm. Rosslyn, Va., show that the averagp freezing point of onions of the globe type is about 30 degrees F. When known to be at a temperature below their freezing point onions should not be moved or handled roughly as they are likely to freeze immediately. The freezing points and other temperature records were determined by the thermoelectric method. The study was confined to northern-.grow- n onions of the globe type, since the larger proportion of this crop is 3ield in common storage in the north-er- a states and therefore is frequently subject to freezing injury while in storage and in transit to market. Considerable variation was found among individual onions relative to the temperature to which they may he undercooled before freezing starts. One of the experiments was made to determine the length of time a bushel slat crate of onions could be held at low temperatures without injury. Details concerning the tests and their results are given in Department Circular No. 41.VC. Some Effects of Freezing on Onions, just Issued by the department. A copy of the new circular may he obtained free upon application to the Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. C. .Rake Up and Burn All Rubbish in Onion Patch Raking up and burning all rubbish In the onion patch or garden at this time of year Is more important in insect control than any single measure that may be taken next spring or next summer, says F. E. Whitehead, entomologist of the Idaho university extension service. If weather conditions permit," Mr. Whitehead says, this should be done at once. Rake up and burn rubbish of every variety, burn all weeds along fence rows and ipave no place for the overwintering Insects to live. The success of this method, like the success of other methods of insect control, depends upon thoroughness. The h cleanup campaign should he ns as possible. This practice is particularly important this year to growers of onions, according to Mr. Whitehead. Onion thrlps have been doing damage to the Idaho crops for several years and have become steadily worse. tlior-pug- Most Effective Means to Control Com Borer r One of the most o,,,ectIvp means discovered o. controlling the UREAU - r- ARTHUR WISCOMBE THOMAS ROBERTS Vice-Pres- ., Cedarview, Utah Sec.-Irea- . is ntUe more effort than milk which Ts spread of the European corn borer those and corn stalks to destroy the not clean. These precautions are disborers which the in of other plants cussed by Mr. Posson In Leaflet No. Proin the . hibernate before emerging 3, Improved Sanitation In Milk is very necessary, duction. just Issued by the departspring as moths. It however, to cut the stalks aa dose to ment The first requirement for clean the ground as possible, for It has been milk Is a herd of healthy cows. Once determined that as cool fall weather It Is determined by test that the cows sets in the borers travel downward In are free from tuberculosis and are the stalk. It is necessary also to cut otherwise healthy, pains should be the stalks as early as possible In order taken to clean them thoroughly before to capture most of the borers in the they are milked. Wiping the udders cut stalks and then kill them by enwith a damp cloth removes the danger siling, shredding the ears and stalks of contaminating the milk by falling or burning the stalks. hair and dust particles. Since bacteria cause milk to sour they should as be kept out of It by every possible Soiling Crop Supreme Among the various soiling crops, means. alfalfa stands supreme. If managed Further precautions In the producof will It large yields provide rightly, tion of clean milk require that only rich succulent feed throughout the healthy people be employed In a dairy, entire summer. The first cutting 13 that they wear clean clothing, and usually ready by late May or early that milking be performed with clean, June and, as a rule, at least three dry hands. The use of small-topalls more cuttings can be secured at inis recommended as a means of reductervals of four to six weeks. Lyons ing the amount of Impurities that fall and Haker of the Nebraska station Into the milk. found that they got double the yield Every dairyman should be certain from alfalfa as a soiling crop over that he has a pure, safe water supply. that secured when It was pastured. Wells should be located on the highA separate est available ground. room should be milk or house dairy never sold to Milk he should ? ? provided. Is a as in there he handled o dwelling 6 conof much chance too dangerous occurs In case In sickness tamination In a dollar Is lost the Many scrap heap of uncared for farm machinery. the family. Clean Utensil. which are not propMilk behind utensils saves the binder Disking moisture and makes fall plowing erly washed or sterilized may be the easier. greatest source of contamination. They should be rinsed Inside and outor cold water as side with lake-warsoon as possible after use. then placed In a wash vat, scrubhed with a brush in warm water containing a soda ash or alkaline washing powder (not soap, rinsed placed In a sterllzing cabinet, and thoroughly steamed. Need for Using Improved The best way to prevent multiplication of bacteria which unavoidably Methods in Production Is get into the milk Is to cool the milk More Pronounced. ns soon as possible after It is produced and keep It cold. Bacteria are the United States Department (Prepared by tiny single-celleplants, which, like of Agriculture ) most other plants, require warmth to The need for using improved methIf milk is cooled to SO degrow. ods in producing the public milk supgrees F. or below and held at that ply becomes more and more probacterial development Is temperature, nounced as time goes on, says It. J. much retarded. Milk should not very Posson, associate market milk specialbe kept cold until it leaves the ist of the United States Department only farm hut should also he protected of Agriculture. As cities grow larger from the sun and warm air while beor become more numerous, the milk ing transported from farm to city. supply must necessarily be transA copy of the leaflet may be seported from greater distances and cured by writing to the United States handled in larger quantities. To withof Agriculture, Washingdepartment stand such treatment It must be proD. C. ton. duced under the most sanitary conditions. Furthermore, says Mr. Possen, there Value of Wood Ashes as Is an Increasing demand for clean a Fertilizer Will Vary milk on the part of the consumer, and The value of wood ashes as a fertihealth officials are requiring that Improved sanitary methods be used In its lizer varies considerably, depending production. Unless care Is taken In uoon whether or not they have been ached, kind of wood they came producing It, therefore, great losses may result from the rejection of milk from, method of burning, etc. Good by dealers or henlth departments and quality wood ashes contain 5 to 7 from the lessened demand for e per cent potash and 1.5 to 2 per cent milk. TI'p responsibility for of phosphoric acid. If the ashes have elenn milk at the source Is placed been leached by lying out In the squarely on the shoulders of the milk weather they may contain not more than 1 per cent of potash and an producer. Produce Clean Milk. equal amount of phosphoric acid. The amount of calcium will vary from By observing certain precautions, denn mlRs can be produced with very 20 to 50 c?r cen but It usually runs Eoosevelt. Utah s., ' PJr ('Hit, c r.T of comparison hiuh srrade limestone may contain ns much a per cent calcium compounds. t! Blanching Celery si hi m- le th Growing Is While Best fo fti Metlr If celery Is not blanched growing the green stalks can it th u Ay be fully blanched. The common of blanching and perhaps best way Is to hill up the gnr celery as It grows, with earth will blanch slightly when store! a cellar or if grown in pots i placed In the cellar, but tn kn od PU off gre gre wil sho Ice r when-fo- winter most of the whitest are new growth made by moving: terlals from the older stalks t in leaves to form the newer stalks t This new growth tf leawes. practically white when the sun i not shine on them. stn ing. sho that p Agricultural Notes m Growing Demand for Clean Milk the Boy Scout Knev) How to Treat Snvkek med R size: Greenwood Lake, N. Haast, sixteen years old, a Paa boy scout, spending the summer i other scouts at Camp A!htaha,trr four' miles through rattler and co; head country to a marsh, wta Set about' the peaceful pursu berry picking. 'Just when he leaning over' for a particularly berry there sounded the whjr rattler. He didnt have time to: out of the way and the snake J.-- be c shoe 1L of t writ! men! D. C Am r hk the left forearm. Haast applied a above the bite. lie to d 0,n hasty had a - tout' fare: bad. prop so to suck snake poison was took s being bitten, lie razor blade from his pocket slashed about the bite and sf as much blood out as he could r. he walked four miles through country back to the camp. He was pretty sick that i said that he had done w could be done for t he bite, left him alone. Next da.v was well again anJ up and Wile equiv-t- s The Stat( head 1314. than grow sugai tirelj their cate aro- work d 1 low-grad- Interrupted at Pity Child Slays Carl the & fcets k floss Pittsburgh, Ia. years old but, according the c father, Clarence Ros, and -- two show day of fai ll accomplished hunter, sua to his credit one garter urlng 14 Inches. Carl and his James, were playing ffhe the Ross home here ran glided Into sight James Carl picked up a hnmmer the so bri The over tl 111 'vhen sna he had vanquished the after the enemy. grinding sas , ChiU t -a r N. Binghamton occurred .j, of freak lightning during lin, Delaware county, W1 the when a bolt struck McKune, drove splinters bodies of Mr. and twisted the iron framealtenlng out Injuring or aw sleeping in it C showei cent o is S5 i horses. Lightning Hits r'f Leaves w canno; four-ycar-- o amusing himself by into the ground. 1 for van in C. set: la ; |