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Show Q. Is 2-4D Weed Killer elW I against cocklebur? I mia'ii I this weed is highly poisonous tT!"4 I and hogs. 10 P'KS I A. Yes, 2-4D Weed Killer is effw tive in destroying the cocklebur n,' germinating seeds and youne ' 5e lings of this weed are highly LI" I ous to all classes of livestock n I ticularly young animals. Acrnw I to the Florida Agricultural ment Station, to ibs 7f?" seedlings consumed over a shnit I terval will kill a 30 to 60 lb rT?" I from 6 to 24 hours. Sheep and cai.Z I are also susceptible. The best I to prevent this poisoning is to tr! I pastures with the 2-4D Weed K I Q. At what age should pullets h. I moved from the range to the la, I house? w I A. Pullets should be moved from I the range to previously cleaned and I disinfected laying houses when the, I have reached maturity and befoi I they are in more than 10 percent I production. Pullets should be housed I separately from old hens. I Q. What percent of the piEs Iaf I rowed each year in the U. S. nor. I mally reach market age? ' I A. Only 56 of the pigs farrow I are sent to market. This figure rep I resents a shocking loss to fanners I every year. However, this figure cac I be raised to 85 through a program I of good breeding, sound manage. I ment, careful sanitation, and good I feeding. By following such & pn. I gram, the Research Farm of the I Ralston Purina Company has been I able to market 85 of the pigs fat- I 1 rowed. I Q. Is any work being done on tie I problem of seasonal breeding of milt I goats? I find it difficult to brted I my does far enough apart to toU I overproduction of milk at freshet. I ing time and under production whu I they go dry. I A. This problem is being studied I at several research farms and expet. I imental stations at the present tint, I 1 but so far only slight progress ias I 1 been made in overcoming this dm- I culty. I j Send your question! about lirtitoi I 0 or poultry problems to FARM FACTS, I 1 835 South Eighth Street, St. Lodj 2, I i Missouri. Questions will be uuvend I without charge, either by mail or in dxi I column, as a servrce of this nevspipo. I |