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Show County Agent News Notes WALTER F. SMITH, County Agent. POULTRYMAN' GIVES ADVICE AD-VICE OX CARING FOR PULLETS. (Ey Carl Friscliknecht.) A serious handicap to good pullet development is the presence pres-ence of parasites. Mites and body lice are most common external parasites encountered during this season of the year, and cocci-dia, cocci-dia, round worms and tape worms are the chief internal parasites. Mites and lice multiply multi-ply rapidly during hot weather. For this reason frequent examinations exam-inations should be made to determine de-termine their presence. If the pullets are infested with body lice they can be killed by putting put-ting a thin application of black leaf 40 along the center of each perch at night just before the pullets go to roost. Since large amounts of this nicotine solution solu-tion will injure the birds, care should be exercised in its use. A small paint brush can be ue.l to apply the black leaf 40 to the perches and two applications made about ten days apart are usually sufficient to rid the pallets pal-lets of lice. If taken in time a ecod way to get rid of mites is to spray the perches and the dropping boards a few times during the summer with used crank case oil that has been thinned with kerosene suf.icient-ly suf.icient-ly to permit it to pass readily throuKn a spray pump. Carboli-neum Carboli-neum or cresote, crude carbolic acid and gasolene mixed in equal parts may alio be used for this purpose. Damp, unsanitary conditions in the coops and on the rang? favor the development and the jspiead of ccceiclia ar.d round worms. Tape v.orm- Infestation ';an usually be prevented by cleaning up the poultry manure piles beca . e l.e commo- i;ot:?-; fy multipli-s -apidiy in manure piles. Caie tc must be exe.i'i; in feeding n:'.);, meat ard mCh r feeds v'llch attract flies t.nrin ' warm weathtr for in this -r.y tape worm in'estation can c;i-P he brought ;o the premises fruir. a nei.Ol'cr's flocks. A capsul has been prepared and is sold on the market by the Utah Poultry Association. This capsul contains ingredients for expelling both round wurnii unci t&je worms. If you ar-j r-cr-tf-d ste the county a2jnt fi.r particulars. DAIRY 'OWS NEED SU . I -LENT FEEDS IN WIXTEF; TIME. Numerous scientific trials and experiments have demonstrated the value of adding succulent feeds to the rations of dairy cows, according to Prof. Geo. B. Caine, dairy husbandman of the Utah state agricultural college col-lege extension service. For winter feeding these feeds include corn silage, sunflower silage, si-lage, sugar beet pulp, mangels, carrots, and potatoes. The beneficial bene-ficial effects of the addition of any of these feeds are numerous, says Prof. Caine. Just as the human appetite is stimulated by i fruits and green vegetables, so is the bovine appetite stimulated by succulence, which induces the cow to eat more feed, consequently conse-quently more milk is produced. It is reasonable to believe that these palatable feeds stimulate digestion also, and it is known that their laxative action aids greatly in keeping the digestive tract in good condition. This year potatoes are cheap and many will never find a market. For this reason It is recommended the feeding of potatoes po-tatoes to dairy animals. The chemical analysis of potatoes shows they have a higher percentage per-centage of dry matter and total digc.-tible. nutrients than any of the other succulent feeds already al-ready mentioned, but they are slightly lower in protein than sugar beets. lea dei! i:ecommi;.is -1 1 I'liOGRAM. i (By Myrtle Davidson, Assistant State Club Leader.) Four-H club work has prepared pre-pared 5800 Utah members for service during the past year, with its home economic and agricultural ag-ricultural projects, Its literature, music appreciation, recreation, educational and observational studies. Four-H upells service to home and community as well as self. It teaches home and farm cooperation, welf managi'ini'itf, personal development, and assists as-sists In the choice of a vocation. Much or the technical training Is given to the club un'inber during dur-ing the summer reason; howver, w!nt"r months provide :m opportunity op-portunity to apply the InfoiMin-tion InfoiMin-tion gaiii'il through tin- -1-11 clubs. Crop club members may carefully plan the details of the project which includes selection and testing of seed. Livestock club members may be active in record keeping for a 12-month year; also, other problems pertaining per-taining to their project may be discussed. Every girl enrolled may ither remodel or construct a new garment gar-ment during the winter which gives excellent opportunity to utilize her knowledge of healthful health-ful clothing; proper selection of new cloth or material on hand: care of clothing to obtain the greatest service, and the principle prin-ciple of wise expenditure of her proportion of the family income. Foods members may study the needs and demands of the family; fam-ily; the quality and quantity most satisfying and healthful; the results re-sults of storage, and the possibilities possi-bilities of contributing more toward to-ward the food supply during the summer months. The lunch box may be adopted as a personal responsibility; also, the planning, plan-ning, preparing and serving of week end meals and food costs. Practical, inexpensive toys for birthdays and Christmas may be made as application of 4-H knowledge. UTAH AGENTS HELP IN RELIEF WORK County agents have assisted farmers in making out applications applica-tions for government feed loans through the office at Grand Forks, N. D., and for seed loans through the government office at Salt Lake City. County agents also assisted Red Cross officials in the distribution dis-tribution of 27.36S tons of feed wheat. This emergency work occupied oc-cupied a large part of the agents' ag-ents' time from the end of October Oc-tober to the fore part li May. AVOID DLLl-i ?. FLOCKS, ADVISES EXPERT This fall when pullets are placed plac-ed into the laying houses and are being prepared for their fir-: season of egg production, there are certain changes which may have a vital bearing upon the health of the bird, particularly with reference to colds, warns Dr. D. E. Madscn of the Utah State agricultural college Many pullets have been brooded brood-ed out on open ranges during the summer months and have become accustomed to roosting in open shed-type colony shelters where drafts are unknown and ventilation is much more perfect. per-fect. When the laying pens pre made up, pullets from several such colonies are placed in one group, the quarters are warmer and the roosttntr snare aonears unfamiliar and more crowded. Unless careful judgment is used in ventilation of the house at this time the birds are subjected to changes which may predispose the flock to an attack of colds. When the birds first enter the laying coops the greater danger is probably from overheating. A few weeks later as the nights become colder, there is danger of cold drafU sweeping across the perches. TOMATO USES No other vegetable gives quite so many kinds of value for the money as the tomato, and no other is more readily available in one form or another, in all parts of the country at all times of the year, writes Elna Miller, extension nutritionist of the extension ex-tension service of the Utah state agricultural college In a bulletin entitled "Tomatoes, Their Value and Uses." Because the tomato is such an imipoi'tant food It should be used liberally in the diet, both for the child and the adult. One pound of fresh or canned tomatoes should be provided each week for the child of two year or less; Cor the older child or the adult, ad-ult, one and one-half to two pounds should be used, advises Miss Miller. |