Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-09-12 | Page 7 | Farm Facts

I r Farm r i 0 Nearly cattle were tinder tin tin- n- n der supervision July 1 for bovine tuberculosis in this country More than more are waiting for tor testing by federal officials The Chinese Chines revolution consIderably considerably consider consider- ably hurt the export buness In frozen eggs egg pond and foreign processed dried eggs in that country reports I the U. U S. S department of agriculture But the Yangtze valley now now is open arid and this trade is r resume i to a bout about 80 O per cent of normal S S S SA A suggestion wa was made to the department department de- de of agriculture that the U tl ees ces ot of the giant cottonwood ests and other othel woo woods s in the flood areas of the 1 e cut cul I down to make room for the water I of any flood But Associate i Forester E 2 A A. Sherman believes the J space taken up by th the trees Js s corn com 1 negligible over that of the area covered by the flood S S 1 A study of rainfall in Ih open and I forest areas made malle by Professor I. I I II I T T. T Bode of Iowa State coll college ge shows that forest soils absorb and hold more w water ier than open soils thus h helping much in the prevention of floods While water water- runs off olf rapidly rapid rapid- ly on open g ground gound it is allo ed to sd OUt onlY gradually in wooded areas S S S. S Buyers ot of alfalfa red clover and othet seeds noon oon will be assured or of their true origin which Is of f prim primary m mary ry Importance with the ration of a seed verification service y the bureau ot of agricultural oco- oco ot of the United States tates d depart depart- part part- of agriculture The seeds will carry a verifIed orlIn on- on orl- orl In seed certificate Issued isue by this 1