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Show ra6irpM' tee Tzsrm Control Sheep Tick by Proper Dippings I Parasite Is Readily Eradicated. Blood-Suckin- g ffrpr4 by th United Stttaa Depertmeat C yrienlture.) Though 'widely prevalent, especially Mood-suckin- dose-herde- d g ami! other farmer 49 miles. The difference diarrhea, foaming at the mouth, was caused by the relative conveni- abdominal pains. Paralysis, particuence of the farmstead and facilities larly of the hind quarters, may result,, for watering and feeding the stock. followed by coma and death In from The water pall proved to be excellent four to ten hours. As small a quantity prove fatal to equipment for Inducing tbe farmers as three pounds may amount a lesser may result while icow to walk great distances. or a of death In the sbep a hog. pasture land have 'Been "tried during the past few years. These Include very liberal liming four tons of limestone per acre plus disking before seeding, sowing on late snows or frost cracked soil, spading small areas to serve as centers of seed distribution, and various fertilizer treatments. Only a few stunted plants have resulted from any of these methods, and it is concluded that only tillable areas are suitable for tbe purpose of Increasing pasturage with sweet clover. From 1928 Report of the Director of the Storrs Experiment Station. range flocks, the parasite known as the sleep tick can be readily eradicated by flock owners who study Its nature ind habits and who will treat their Winter Proper Time to sheep according to government directions. Farmers Bulletin 798-"The Clip Horses and Mules Sheep Tick and Its Eradication by Horses and mules may be clipped Dippirg, just revised, describes and almost any time in winter, provided illustrates this enemy of the sheep In- the owner uses blankets after clipdustry. ping and properly houses the flipped The only practical way of destroyanimal. If the foregoing conditions ing the pest," declares Dr. Marion are not complied with, better wait unjlmes, the author of the bulletin, Is til the weather Is warm and dry beby dipping the sheep. Two dippings fore clipping. Clipped horses and are necessary about 24 days apart, as mules when exposed to cold winds or the first dipping may not destroy all celd rain are very liable to contract the eggs and these may subsequently pneumonia or pleurisy or both and hatch a new brood. Several kinds of quite often distemper, strangles or Indips are used successfully, the selecfluenza. Early spring dipping foltion being largely a matter of availlowed by exposure to cold winds among Garden Located With Care Best Select Soil Well Supplied With Plant Food to Get Good Returns. F, ability, economy, and convenience. Many farm flocks of the United States as well as those kept under range conditions harbor sheep ticks and In some cases the parasites are present In sufficient numbers to cause considerable damage. Tbe bulletin describes and Illustrates the parasites In different stages of growth, gives full directions for dipping, and Includes plans of wooden and concrete vats suitable for both small and large flocks. j Utilization of Straw for Insulation Board while being shipped In open stock cars brings out many cases of colds, shipping fever, influenza or pneumonia. Raising Dairy Calf Is Quite Serious Problem Those who know how to raise a human baby know exactly how to raise a dairy calf. By exactly, I dont mean, of course, that the calf and the baby eat the same kind of stuff, says a writer in an exchange. Bnt I do mean that the kind of care used In raising a baby is Just the kind of care required to raise a calf Babies require regular attention, so do calves. Babies require clean food. Exactly so with calves. Babies require' the right kind of nourishment at the right time and in right amounts. And calves not different. nm taua The question is often asked as to the lasting crop producing usefulness-o- f limestone. How long will limestone continue to Influence crop production? The West Salem field in Illinois affords some data on the subject. A. four-to- n per acre application made and without subsequent applications, was still giving a slight response in 1927. For the first nine-yearof this period this single application gave increasing returns; during the last seven years the returng-havbeen diminishing. in-191- In selecting the site for the vegetable garden this spring, care should be taken In locating the garden on soil that is well supplied with plant food, advises A. M. Binkley, associate professor of horticulture at the Colorado Agricultural college. Soil Is Important. Good soil Is essential to a successful garden, he says. It Is often possible to select a site a little distance Permit Cut Potato Seed from the house that will yield better to Heal Before Planting results, with less labor, than obe closer to the house with unfavorable It usually Is best to cut seed posoil. As a rule, though. It is desir- tatoes and store them a day or two-table to have the garden fairly close allow what Is called a layer of to the house. cork to form over the cut surface. A sandy soil, on land that slopes This protective layer which forma gently to the south Is desirable, for most readily In the dark, in moist air generally It willl warm up early at a temperature of about 70 and enable tbe gardener to plant and keeps the moisture in and harvest early crops. rot organisms out Good drainage Is very desirable. A If freshly cut 6eed is planted in soil good fence aronnd the garden is that Is too hot or too cold or too wet often indispensable for protection of or too dry, the cut surfaces do not the crops from farm animals, includ- heal over and as a result many seed ing poultry. pieces rot instead of growing, and No amount of cultural care will re- produce a poor stand in the field. If the soil conditions are not favorplace sunshine 1 This highly important truth should not be overlooked able, store the cut seed in a dark, jin selecting the location for the vege- fairly moist place at about 70 degrees table garden and in arranging tbe Fahrenheit until cork forms, accordcrops, declares Mr. Binkley. ing io potato men at the state college-oExposure to 8unahlne. agriculture at Ithaca, N. Y. Careful consideration should be given to the number of hours of ex posure to sunshine each day. As a rule, foliage crops such as lettuce :and spinach do fairly well in partial shade, but should have not less than three hours of sunshine per day. 100 sheets paper and 100 enPlants which ripen fruit, such as velopes with you name ox tomatoes, require more sunshine, and the name of you farm and should have a minimum of five hours address neatly printed. $3.00 of sunshine daily. Best linen paper. Only a few boxes left s e degrees-Fahrenhe- The utilization of wheat straw for Insulation board is now a practical process and this year one factory at St Joseph, Mo., has purchased 80,000 tons of straw which Is being manufactured into Insulation board at the rate of 125,000 square feet dally, according to Prof. O. R. Sweeney, Iowa Canary Grass Valuable State college. for Protein Content It has been found that wheat straw, after steel fingers In a shredder have The following Is taken from a writeseparated It produces long tough up of tbe work being done at the fibers which can be fabricated Into a Waseca substation In Minnesota. It board that has great structural appeared In the Milking Shorthorn strength and will provide Insulation In Journal : Another interesting experiment Is bnllding that saves 25 to 40 per cent In fuel used for heating. with fellaris grass, or canary grass. The practical application of Insula- This grows in sloughs and wet places, Oklahoma Fanner Lost tion is recognized by engineers every- yielding 10 tons to the acre of grass Money Keeping Poor Cows where and farmers, too, are learning that has as high protein content .as story of a Payne county farmthat Insulation of poultry houses, hog eifatfa. it roots like quack grass, er The who has kept a farm account for houses and other buildings brings di- 'growing from the shoots as well as the last year illustrates how blindly rect returns In saving of feed and fuel. from seed. If the experiment shows we work when we do not know the that the grass has everything claimed of our dairy cows. This for It by farmers In tbe county that production Small Oat Hullers Now farmer made an inventory of his en- -j have grown It, there seems a considtire farm. The Inventory showed that ; Available for Farm Use erable future for canary grass. The he had $226 worth of feed on hand. Small oat hullers with capacities of prospect of a Minnesota farmer get- He had five milk cows which were 145 to 50 bushels per hour are now ting his wet land caught with grass fed practically all of the $226 worth available for farm use. They are yielding ten tons to the acre of grass ,of feed. From the five cows he sold usually owned by individual farmers as nourishing as alfalfa, is even worse $128 worth of products. He made noth!but are sometimes used by a group of than getting his good land seeded ing and paid the cows $98 for the privneighbors or occasionally mounted on with alfalfa, this is always having to ilege of milking them. Some allowa farm truck for custom work. Ma- be cut when be bas other farm work ance should be made, however, for the chines of this kind, which can be to do. dairy products used In the home. electric driven by a ' Lloyd Codley, county agent, Payne motor, will also hull and scarify clover Ohio Farmers Walk Many Okla. county, seed, crack corn, wheat or rye, hull Miles in Doing Chores gpeltz or skin and crack barley. These Common Salt Poisoning added uses of the huller help to keep The Ohio farmers walk an average It busy, cutting down its cost per hour of 99 miles a month In doing their Is Easily Preventable of operation and lessening the expense chores according to tests made by the to lead and paint poisoning, Next of making a more valuable feed out of rural economics department nt Ohio the most frequent type of mineral the oats crop. State university. To make this test Is caused by common salt. poisoning pedometers were worn by the farmers Ordinarily, salt poisoning occurs only while doing chores. Of two fanners Tillable Areas Favored animals are suddenwhen with exactly the. same number of to access liberal quantities of for Increasing Pasture horses and cows and approximately ly given fish brines, or pickling soluVarious methods of obtaining a the same number of pigs, one fnrmer dry salt, tions. They, gorge themselves, develop walked 15 miles. L month, and tha stand of sweet clover on .extrena. thirst accompanied. biLscvera l Lasting Influence of Limestone on Yields it f BARGAIN MAIL YOUR ORDER TODAY Roosevelt Standard SAVE THE UXBDLE-EIAIT- S PROFIT" by buying BAUDIO direct from tho manufacturer. Bend for our i free illustrated catalog; The Western CsdHs , Mfg. Got. 1651 Larimer St. - Colorado Denver, J Wong Sing mercantile : salt-hung- i iT-mgn- The store wjth complete line of I Groceries and Provisions, Dry Goods, Notions, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Boots and ' Shoes, Furniture, Frdwure, Sto ves, Ranges, Harness, and Saddles. You will profit by trading here. FT. 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