Show baby chick need of riboflavin is great curled toe paralysis cause of deficiency riboflavin a crystalline yellow vt vi amin containing nitrogen and abose has proven necessary fori tor I 1 crowth of poultry it Is also fin I 1 lorrant in connection with the for nation of an enzyme responsible tor for 4 NO chick at lett left Is afflicted with curled toe paralysis due to riboflavin lack right same chick a week later after being furni furnished s hed this vitamin photo university ol 01 missouri utilization of feed within the cells at of the body riboflavin Is widely distributed in feeding materials it is present in greatest amounts in milk products yeast live meal alfalfa cereal grasses and byproduct byproducts of the fer enting ni and distilling industry only a few grams are required per ton of mixed feeds many poultry authorities have stated there Is an advantage in using natural riboflavin flavin concentrates in preference to synthetic riboflavin the natural concentrate genera generally ii Y supplies other important nutrients aside from riboflavin flavin when chicks are fed a ration low in riboflavin flavin they start squatting and develop a condition known as curled toe paralysis in the past the lack of riboflavin to in feed ingredients has caused con sid erable economic loss baby ch acks require greater quantities than older in birds deficiency I 1 in laying flocks lowers egg production and results in inferior eggs or poor hatchability I 1 BURNING RUI RUINS HS SOIL when you bum burn straw cornstalks and other crop residues on the field you lose valuable nitrogen and de stroy stray organic matter vital to soil re building and crop production it if the stalks of a bushel corn crop go up in smoke 6 pounds of organic matter and 55 pounds of nitrogen are lost when you light a match to a mature sweet clover crop you lose about pounds of nitrogen and three to four tons of organic matter nitter it takes more effort to plow these materials under than it does to burn them but an extra 10 to 20 bushels of corn per acre and a more fertile soil should be worth the ex tra trouble blew disease of sweet potatoes in the south A new and distinctive disease of sweet potatoes known as internal cork has been the subject of in studies by dr C J nus baum south carolina experiment station sweet potatoes affected with the disease are char characterized by the occurrence of dark brown corky spots of irregular shape and size there are indications that it may be possible to develop rests tant strains the disease Is caused by a virus but little else is known about it farmers money not all increased earnings what farmers do now with their liquid assets and credit will deter mine their financial position for the next two decades it is imperative for farmers to recognize that much of their present money in fact is not increased profits it represents the soil fertility sold off the farm de pre clation of buildings fences and equipment the money farmers now have in large part belongs back on their land to restore soil to mod bernize the land trapping Is good way to control moles in the spring the activities of the common mole appear to be more noticeable ke rodents such as rats and mice moles live chiefly on earthworms and insects the mole is unpopular with farmers because his tell tale ridges and mounds dis figure the fields nun ruin new seedbeds and damage gardens and lawns trapping appears to be the most mosi satisfactory way yet found to control the mole |