Show sali salt fixture mixture for sheep reduction of worms and heavier lambs tests have been carried on for four successive seasons at the tex as substation sonora to determine whether continued licking of obeno I 1 salt mixtures is toxic to sheep and also whether this tice will win control infestations of ach and other roundworms of sheep without drenching animals bally the cheno salt mixture was kept before sheep on pasture all the time there were no harmful results in fact the lamb crops were 3 per cent heavier than during three previous seasons when salt alone was kept kep t in the troughs use of the salt mix ture also resulted in reduction and checking of worms the sheep were heavily infested at the beginning iq ewes 1180 worm eggs per gram of feces in lambs 1700 1 eggs per t this sturdy baby southdown will gain by being fed salt gram in the fourth season the worm egg count was down to 60 for ewes and 30 for lambs on the strength of these figures dr I 1 B boughton who did the work concludes the mixture eliminated the need for individual treatment in the control of stomach and other roundworm infestation also he says there was as no ill III effect on the health of either the ewes or the lambs salt speeds gains in hog feeding tests hogs receiving some salt in their daily rations can gain two and one half halt times faster than those without it tests at purdue university indi cate average daily gain of hogs which received salt was 1 71 pounds while those receiving none gained only 67 pounds daily for each pound of salt consumed there were 45 extra pounds of gain each pound of salt saved 5 60 worth of feed con burned by bogs hogs alarm on freezer T ani Q 74 fv r of W 00 1 r vf a n 13 01 4 the symphony of the american farm its cow bells dinner bells and hog calling soon will be joined by another sound a distinct and not to be mistaken alarm which Is being added to the home freezer an extensive series of tests conduct ed by the USDA has resulted in the brown instrument company devel an audible signal which will warn if home freezers cease oper abing electronic potentiometers re cord temperatures instantaneous ly and constantly at 16 points with in each freezer improved construction of the freezer and the warning signal will result in better food protection reinforce He Re 2 4 D the mixture of ammonium salt of 2 4 D at the rate of 15 per cent with 2 8 urea and fermato at the rate of 2 pounds per gallons tor for small grains and grass is proving effective plow down cover crop to conserve moisture to save soil moisture cover crops should be plowed down as early as possible cover crops especially rye and vetch grow fast and use a lot of soil moisture during warm days iowa state agronomists point out if plants are allowed to grow too late they will take so much moisture that without additional ram there won t be enough to germinate newly planted crops na trogen also will be added to boll |