Show Y conservation pays big cash dividends save the soil methods at 1 purdue prove ideal A soil conservation system corn coin tuning bining the teamwork of large amounts of fertilizer contour farm ing manure and m deep rooted leg umes not only saves sorely needed rainfall and reduces i AN the loss of soil or ganic matter and plant bant food through runoff but also pro motes greatly in creased yields of corn wheat and hay according to glenn bedell such a system proved its benefits at the purdue sta tion the test was vas conducted in 12 small fields from 1942 through 1945 all the fields had three year rota lions corn wheat and meadow six however were more wa farmed with corn ter boosts mon practices the corn yield other six with a con system on the fields which had the bene fit of extra fertilizer contour cropping manure lime and deep rooted legumes the water loss from runoff for tour four years was eight inches compared with 1712 17 on fields farmed under the common system soil loss was only 18 1 8 tons under conserva uon tion against 8 9 8 tons with the corn coin mon system organic matter losses were and pounds respect lively while those of nitrogen were 16 and 77 pounds phosphorus 19 and 62 and potash 10 and 24 pounds corn yields averaged 92 bushels per acre against 62 bushels on the common fields in 1942 by 1945 the corn output reached bushels per acre compared with 71 bushels on the common fields wheat yields averaged 25 bushels and 15 bushels KNOW YOUR BREED golden palomino by VV J DRYDEN originally a cross between palo mino and arabian the golden palo mino has become recognized al as the golden horse palomino photo shows some of the george garretson prides they are bigger and stronger than the sire and are the quarter horse type their temperament is fiery but they may be trained to gentle ness the infusion of arabian blue blood resulted bentor a classic gray arab turns rooster into good setting hen the application of hormones as an aid in fattening poultry has been carried on tor for some time the hormones tried have had the effect of tenderizing the I 1 flesh of poultry dr A V university of illinois demonstrates success of hormone experiments to lee campbell and ralph inhoff of ficiala ot of illinois poultry improvement association the use of hormones to transform roosters into setting hens has been successfully accomplished at university of illinois make cheddar cheese from r om pasteurized milk A new method of making amer lean ican cheddar cheese g greatly simpli fies the whole operation and enables the average cheese maker to pro due dac a uniform and high quality product regularly the new meth od uses pasteurized milk destroyed of undesirable bacteria to which an active and dependable starter containing only the essential bac tena teria has been added and acid and time control |