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Show rTTTT Seed Potatoes Need rrncrTi it TT to the New York College of AgriT ture. Manure should he the rate of 10 to 20 tons toapplied at an acre. the iS f sr,la!ler areas to 100 pounds to 100 square feet of space. to Be Chilled Soon Due For Study bf Dormant Period Ends Some Time in January. The supplementary fertilizers should be applied at the rate of two to three Pounds to 100 square feet of garden On rich soils, it is advisable not to manure too heavily as tomatoes root crops may produce excessive and tor growth at the expense of fruit and roots. Under such conditions either superphosphate or a complete commercial garden fertilizer will usually overcome the difficulty, f manure is not available, leaves, lawn clippings and similar plant refuse may be used as a source of humus. These should be supplemented with two to four pounds of a high grade garden fertilizer for each 100 square feet Late In December or early In January the dormant period for seed potatoes grown and stored in Ohio will end. and precautions should be taken to establish a temperature of about 38 to 38 degrees Fahrenheit, which will prevent sprouting In storage. Until early January, the dormant tubers will not sprout, regardless of the temperature. Some 6JJ00 bushels of seed potatoes will be stored In Ohio this winter, according to Carl B. Tossing, horticulture specialist at the Ohio State university. Sprouting In storage, due to temperatures being too high, is far more common than damage from freezing of stored seed potatoes, which will withstand a temperature as low as 29 degrees, according to John Bushnell, of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment station at Wooster. When the dormant period of the potatoes ends, the low .temperature should have been established in the case of potatoes stored in basements, by ventilating during cool weather and closing the ventilators on warm days. When spring warmth comes, ventilating' should be done during cool nights, with the same end in view. If the potatoes are stored in pits that is, covered with alternate layers of straw and dirt they should be covered very lightly in the fall, so that the temperature may be lowered, and the heavy layers of covering added only after the 3G to point has been reached. In the spring the covers should be removed when the temperature commences to rise. 38-degr- ee Large Poultry Business Pays Better Than Small Large flocks of poultry pay better than small ones, says E. G. Misner, professor of farm management at the New York State College of Agriculture at Ithaca, N. Y. He points out that this is largely because of better labor efficiency In handling larger flocks, and because large businesses usually sell more baby chicks. Recent studies show that some poultrymen lost more than $3, (XX) lurh of ing 1926 and more than the poultry farms studied failed to make 5 per cent interest on their in vestments, although they got nothing for their time. About 26 per cent made as much as $1,000 for their year's work, managing their farms and earing for the hens. Only 19 per cent of the poultry farms studied made as much as $3,000, although 1926 was an unusually good year for poultrymen because feed was cheaper and eggs higher than ordinary. Professor Misner further points out that the farms included in his investigations have on the average, a caje ital investment of about $16.S82, and the average labor Income was $1,634. The hens laid an average of 130 eggs each. The 9S.970 pullets raised cost $1.10 each, and It cost $1.93 a year to feed a hen, on the average. one-tent- Manure for Gardens Is of Much Importance Most home gardens need fertilizer In the form of manure supplemented with a complete vegetable fertilizer or superphosphate, and, for some vegetables, lime Is good. Lime, however, encourages scab on potatoes and uai. be harmful ta beets, gopording. : Damaged Wheat Value The value of any particular lot of damaged wheat depends, of course, upon the extent of the damage but. In general, it may be said that shrunken, frosted and otherwise damaged grain may not be injured in feeding value, though rendered unsuitable for market Rather strangely, some lots of damaged wheat actually contain a greater proportion of protein than marketable grain does and so pos sesses a higher feeding value od the farm. Scorched wheat is often found in the market Useful Wood Ashes Wood ash is a fertilizer for the root crops. The wood ashes of the bonfire hold potash and phosphate only faster than usual during the Disease Laws Are Control of Livestock Ills Set For Consideration at Chicago Meeting. four weeks ended November 13. The U. 3. bureau of agricultural economics estimates that about 80 per cent of the crop has been sold by growers up to that date, compared with 65 per cent last year, 75 per cent two years ago and 45 per cent three years ago on corresponding dates. Growers continued to sell freely with the advance in prices. During the month movement was moat active in Montana, western South Dakota, southern Idaho and southeastern Colorado. County shippers indicate the foUojwing percentage of the crop as having l;ft growers hands in some of the producing districts: East ern New Mexico, 95 per cent; California, southern Idaho and western Texas, 90 per cent; wester" South Dakota, 85 per cent; Utah and southern Idaho, 80 per cent; and western Colorado, Montana Oklahoma, 75 per cent; Kansas 70 per cent and Nebraska 60 per cent. On November 13 prices averaged $19.30 p;r 100 pounds, basis clean, comparc- -i with $18.50 a month ago $14.75 a year ago and $15.10 two and :hree years ago. During the month prices advanced in the majority of districts, but declined in Utah, western Oklahoma and Kan- State quarantine laws for the control of livestock diseases will be considered at the coming meeting of the state commissioners of agriculture in Chicago early in December, it was announced Wednesday at the office of Harden Ben-niostate commissioner of agriculture. As a result of this consideration, it is believed that federal legislation giving the small states jurisdiction to continue in force regulations necessary ito the protection of the animal industry will be urged. It is feared by officials of the state department of agriculture that if a case were carried to the United States supreme court the local livestock laws quarantine would be held an unwarranted interference with interstate commerce. This was the attitude the supreme court took in regard to hay quarantine laws and similar cases. Later, congress passed a bill giving the United States department of agriculture authority to sas. make regulations governing interstate shipments of farm produce, and authorized the several states Alfalfa seed grown in to do so if the federal department Utah in 1927 amounted did not care to take such action. The Utah which to 265,000 bushels, and regulations might be affected are those relating worth to the growers to sheep scabies, tubercular cattle, $2,464,000, or slightly hog cholera and other diseases. n, Im-part- ant The latter food encourages tuber in growth at the expense of big leaves. is Nitrogen has the opposite effect, which 1926. is undesirable for root crops, and there is much nitrogen in the natural and the proprietary artificial manures. is W. W. Owens, state county agent The wood ash may be sprinkled along the bottom of the seed drills at the leader, under the direction of the owing times. Utah Agricultural college, recently made an inspection of the condiGas Formed in Silos Is tions in Duchesne county and has to Dangerous Farmers reported the urgent need for a Even modern farming has developed county agent for Duchesne county. 1 its perils to human life. The useful Some months ago the county comDuchesne of county silo can quick- missioners and innocent-appearin- g were were notified there that death-traas a treacherous become ly a funds for available Soy beans are an excellent hay subagent county d out the the as garage, points th-- ir when clover or alfalfa fails. stitute and with that by cooperation its readers Farm Journal, warning exBesides, soy beans are easily grown. that qn increasing number of deaths the assuming of the cost and from silage gas is being recorded pense of tavel of a county agent, The length of time required for milk arrangements could be urfecrei. yearly.' to sour is a good measure of the cleanFermenting silage gives off carbon However, due ro the fact tli' liness of the milk, the temperature beihe county has r.ot dioxide, which, if breathed, causes constant. death. it is explained. There is no ecessary arrangement fo ' such a ing g contingency by providing her this danger from the gas while the Feed all the roughage, Including a when but is on, expense in their 1928 budget, nc going operation feed such as silage or roots and juicy the operation stops for a while the definite action could be taken in a legume hay (alfalfa, clover, soy matter until the finst of Janugas settles. If is essential, therefore, that the cow will eat bean, etc.) time it is assured to turn the cutter on for a little while ary, at which before going back into the silo after that the expense will be included Newly set trees will be better for an interruption, or to take out the in the 1929 budget. a winter mulch of manure or straw. silo doors down to the level of the According to Mr. Owen, a county But leave a little space between the flow out agent will be appointed in the near mulch and the silage and permit the gas to trunk, or mice may before entering. future and that he will take up his burrow into the litter and feed on the duties immediately after the first bark. Sweet clover has no equal as a of January. It is planned that an to urge the farmers to secure a combined better grade of dairy cows and pasture, and hay crop. that they provide adequate barns TINGLEY & SONS The real test of a poultry house Is and shelter for the animals so that 1 whether it is so built that egg produc- the best conditions for the pro- 3 tion can be maintained during the duction of better milk and cream BUYERS OF coldest weather. may be accomplished. An efficient II county agent will undoubtedly be Cccd, 7csl, Hcssy, Pella Use of acid phosphate on fertilizer of great assistance to our fanners. about some outcud &21 hTTfully plots has brought accordMinnesota, in results standing ti Seed Is furs. ing to county agents. of all Only by careful sterilization sanitation strict utensils and by Movement of alfalfa seed from CrxCA milk be prothroughout, can clean continued of growers hands the duced where bacteria is present. more than the crop County Promised The average yield Agent by State Leader per acre for the state continues high, and seldom equaled in any northern state. Agricultural Notes p gas-fille- Du-ches- aa silo-fillin- soil-buildin- weed-fightin- g Alfalfa Selling Rapidly tmcrr, P.a ftatt |