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Show THE PAGE TWO maw FINDS NEW WAY TO STORE EGGS Eggs can be better preserved If they are stored where thertt Is a certain amount of carbon dioxide la the air, according to Paul F. Sharp of the New York State College of Agricu- sults of some experiments on the re- eggs In Science. Kggs stored In ordinary air spoil rapidly after they lose the carbon dioxide which Is a part of the egg. As soon as an egg Is laid It starts to be-- , come more alkaline and this hastens decay. This alkaline tendency, can be easily and conveniently neutralized and controlled If the eggs are placed where the air contains small amounts of carbon dioxide. Thin discovery baa a practical result because carbon dioxide can be Introduced into cold storage rooms In amounts which greatly retard the destructive changes In the eggs and yet the amount la the air will not be enough to prevent workmen from entering the storage rooms. Carbon dioxide can be used also In shipping containers and in refrigerator curs. A convenient source of this gas can be used, such as the solid form or the gas form In cylinders. Professor Sharp says the only method of preserving eggs which approaches this one In cheapness and practicability Is the oil dipping method In which eggs are dipped In a suitable oil which very nearly seals the pores. The carbon dioxide method Is superior to the oil method, because the whites of the eggs become cloudy In storage. Those preserved by the carbon are not cloudy after the eggs are removed from the air which contains the carbon dioxide. bow-eve- r, Concrete Runs Outside Brooder House Are New Concrete runs outside of the brooder house are a comparatively new addition to poultry farm equipment but are coming into use because of several advantages. They enable one to use a brooder house without danger from contaminated soil near them, save the labor of moving portable buildings and make it possible to keep chicks near the dwelling or barns. Bays a writer In the Rural New Yorker. As they do not have to bear h thickness heavy weights, a of concrete is sufficient, except at the edges, where double that thickness Is needed to prevent breaking. They should be smooth for easy cleaning, have a slope for drainage, two or three Inches, according to size, and need not be roofed. They, of course, may be of any desired size, so that they give an ample outside run, preferably not less than that required Inside for the same number of chicks. They may have permanent fences or movable wire covered frames to set upon the concrete. Movable frames will facilitate cleaning. They may be lightly covered with sand, loam or litter, though the essential thing Is that they be kept clean to prevent Infection from droppings picked up by the chicks running upon them. two-Inc- I Poultry Hints Early-hatche- d and winter eggs. pullets produce Increased Butterfat Production Brought About by Right Feeding. (Prpv4 Small Amounts of Carbon Dioxide Will Be Big Aid. lture, who has Just published Dairymen Gain I by Better Ways ky lb ef Unlt4 Btitm Dtpartmaot rlcultur. Owners of dairy cows in California have added XH,7.051 to their income over a period of seven years by raining the average butterfat production per cow for the entire state from 183 pounds In 1020 to 239.2 pounds In VJT!, says B. II. Crocberon, director of extension work In California, In a statement submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture. Or Way to Goal. At the beginning of the effort In 1910 the California extension service set op as a goal, to be reached In ten years, a state average production of 203 pounds of butterfat per cow. Seven years' concentration on a dairy Improvement program. Including proper feeding, breeding, and culling, bas brought them well on their way to accomplishment of the goal within the time set During the seven years the number of cows under test In the regularly or organized associations Increased from 80,000 to over 70,000. The work of these associations la the basis fir the Improvement program. From th testing records Is derived the Information necessary for proper feeding, breeding, and the detection of unprofitable animals In the herd. Other Big Factors. Other factors In bringing up the average In butterfat production have been competitions both In Individual production and community records, efficiency studies of Individual herds, nse of better breeding stock, Improvement of health of herds, provision of better facilities for care and management of herds, and the introduction of better management methods and better stock through the dairy work ef boys and girls who are members of clubs. Only the sustained effort of the extension staff and dairy cattle owners on a long-tim- e program, however. Director Crocberon believes, has made it possible to thus move forward the entire production of a state and collectively Influence the average of over half a million animals. cow-testin- g 4-- Alfalfa Pasture Great Help in Producing Pork Alfalfa pasture will produce more pork per acre on the average than any other forage crop. It Is one of the earliest pasture crops to be available In the spring and If kept clipped when necessary during the summer. It will provide good forage until late in the fall. Under average conditions an acre of alfalfa will pasture from 10 to 20 sbotes, depending on the conditions previonsly mentioned. It should not be pastured too closely as It does not stand very heavy foraging. It preb-abl- y would be best to pasture It In such a way as to permit the cutting ot two small crops of hay during the season In addition to the pasture furnished. Alfalfa is a crop that Is high In protein and mineral matter, both of which are very necessary In anlmnl growth and which are decidedly lacking In corn, the feed that forms the basis for practically all hog rations. For this reason alfalfa is doubly valuable as a forage crop. Testing Seed Oats for Germination Is Advised I $ fall Overcrowding In the poultry house discourages production of eggs. Sitting bens should be dusted with sodium fluoride before being put on the nest. Gather the eggs frequently to avoid the dirt that "may be carried In on the hen's feet. Chicks hatched so as to begin laying the first of October are usually the most profitable. Testing of seed oats for geriulua-tioIs advised by L. F. Rickey, of the University of Illinois, who says that samples of seed oats received at the university have shown a great variation In germination. " Quite a few oats were In storage and the heat so generated was sufficient to destroy the life of a large part of the oats. Samples tested at the university tested as low as 0 per cent A quick test of 200 or 800 kernels in soil or moist cloths may be made in the house, an assurance thus se cured as to the vitality or lack of vitality of the seed before planting. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOf Around the Farm As many farmers have found, profits with poultry can easily be Increased by better feed and care. oooooooooooooooooooocooooo When possible It Is well to have a pen where the little pigs can go for food but to which the sows do not have access. Good ensilage is a long step toward economical milk prodnction. colt may be fed on cow's milk provided the milk la not too rich In fat Use the milk from a cow that does not give very rich milk. Unless pullets are laying by October 1 they will miss a great deal of the d egg period. If they start laying much earlier than this, there is danger of a fall moult A high-price- A small poultry flock properly fed and cared for Is more profitable than a large flock given Indifferent care. Protein Is a constituent of feeding stuffs which is used by chickens for building muscles and tissues. In addition to the prodnction of eggs. a Early feathering and early crowing mean early maturity. Early maturity means early profits. Always select the cockerels that feather first and then select from them the one that crows first. Clip the young pig's wolf teeth. Be snre you have enough room In your brooder bouse for your chicks. Overcrowding results in heavy losses. Not all plants need a "sweet" soil ; some do better In a fairly high degree of acidity. It pays to know your plants. Male birds help to spread baclllary white diarrhea among poultry, although the disease does spread with out males. Cultivate your orchard as soon as the ground is workable to kill the grass and weeds and to free the nitrogen supply which helps early growth. No stock tonic will cure abortion. Immunity to the disease develops rapidly In the bodies of infected cows. As a result of this Immunity most cows will calve normally the year after an abortion. TIMES-NEW- S. a United States Building at Seville Exposition News Notes I It's a Privilege to Thursday, June 6, 1929 NEPIII. UTAH V!-- , Lift In UTAH I GUNNISON Saturday and Sunday Gunnison valley was swept by a gale vTj i of wind of fifty miles velocity. It ended up with saow and rain and a heavy frost Sunday night, doing much damages to gardens and fruit. HEBER CITY More than 90 per cent ot the fruit blossoms la Wasatch ml '. TA' X " county were destroyed by frost recently. A heavy fall of snow followed rain terminated In the by an Garden vegetables killing frost. which were out of the ground, and alfalfa has likewise been damaged severely by the frost. SPRINGVILLE A discussion ot the plan for the Fruit and Vegetable Growers' association of Epringville and Mapleton to join with other growers of the state and form a cooperative marketing association, was held The exhibition palace of the United States at the International exposition at Seville. Spain. This is one of In the First ward with V. C. Menden-ba- ll the three buildings erected under the supervision of the United States commission to the exposition and houses and Tom Marsh, presidents ot the the principle exhibits of the 23 United States government departments and bureaus. The building was designed by association, in charge. William Tcmpleton Johnson of San Diego, Calif. PROVO The total cost of the new street lighting system which was completed a few weeks ago bas been submitted to the city commission by City Engineer Frank Demlng. The cost Is given as $11,213.14. Of this amount the city's portion is $189.50, and the balance Is assessed against abutting property owners. HEBER CITY Dairy day. typifying one ot the principal Industries of Wasatch county, will be celebrated June 7, at Charleston. The program, which is scheduled one ot the best arranged during the last eight years during which the citizens ot Wasatch f Sir n county have turned out to do honor to their dairymen, and especially the clubs doing dairy work. OGDEN Approximately only SO per cent normal potato acreage has been planted in Weber county this spring, says County Agent A. L. Christiansen. The slump Is occasioned by the low prices In the two previous years. Few , KJfct&d cars will be shipped out this year. d Acreage in Kaw valley, Kan., is less this year, the agent is Informed. GUNNISON The heaviest May snowstorm In ten years, and one ot gun and its movirg truck at the War Secretary of War James W. Good Inspecting a new the heaviest snows of any winter here as as The in truck the is almost gun, weighing 10 tons and carrying department Washington. interesting of late years, visited Gunnison and such loads as the light tank shown in it with ease, as well as towing the gun. vicinity recently. Six to eight inches ot snow weighed the trees, already In foliage down to the ground, and broke OSCAR IS SAVING The electric light many branches. service was put out of commission, u nam I. ui and it may take some days to comJqsymiMmmm , plete repairs. COALVILLE Work on the graveling of the Lincoln highway from Echo to Baskln, In Echo canyon, was commenced the past week by the Sumslon Construction company of Springville, employing about 20 men, 10 horses and seven trucks. As soon as this gravel has been plaeed, the state road cpmmissiojD. expects to begin oiling e the new gravel and placing the stretoh in condition for tourist travel. KAYSVILLE Farm crops In some sections of this state are reported to have been damaged by the frost which covered a large portion of northern Utah recently, according to information received in Salt Lake. Reports received from parts of Davis county "Kr indicated that the tomato plants had been damaged to some extent, while Information was also received that some fruit in the south of Salt Lake county had been injured. PROVO Frosts, which struck this section and Utah county, following , " iff'Titi Oscar T. Olsen, a veteran letter j a slight snowstorm recently, have Mount of Banier carrier (Md.) the done considerable damage to the fruit office, near Washington, bas colcrops of the section, according to re- post lected a huge ball of string measurUtah Into the county ports coming 75 Inches In diameter and weighagent's office. The strawberry and ing 66 pounds. Olsen gathered the ing tomato crops in the county were quite which was around the packseverely nipped, and it is estimated string of letters received at hla staof the crops ages that practically This huge building is being erected primarily to house the Chicago will be killed. Beans and other early tion and during a period of less than Civic Opera company and is nearlng completion. The view given is of two years has accumulated this enorthe river front of the structure. crops also suffered quite extensively. mous quantity. PLEASANT GROVE Utah's strawberry crop this year covers 1300 act s, or about 100 acres less than were harALICE AND PAULINA vested last year, the annual strawberry crop report, released by Frank Andrews, statistician of the United States department of agriculture, '''' shows. If the yield per acre this year Is the same as the average for the past few years, 1929 production will amount to 2,340,000 quarts, compared with 2.800,000 quarts in 1928 and in 1927, the reports says. CEDAR CITY Arizonlans living south of the Colorado river are enthusiastic over plans for the celebration, June 14 and 16, of the formal dedication of the new bridge over the river at Marble conyon in several respects one of the most remarkable bridges in the world. The people of the sister state will themselves come en mass to the celebration, and they are looking for a large crowd from Utah and other regions on the nortk as well. Car-me- l CEDAR CITY The ZIoa-Mt- . highway, one ot the greatest scenic roads In the world, now under construction In southern Utah, will not be officially opened until May, 1930, when prominent men from all ' . 'J? ' ' 1 ', parts of the country will be invited to 7fi : participate In the dedication. Horace M. Albright, director of national parks, said here recently. "We plan to make This posed portrait Is the first one this one of the biggest celebrations The title of America's most beauUful coed, Intended for one girl, I In three years to be made of Mrs. ever to be held at any national park," hared by the Dodd twins 'of Chicago, Helen and Lois, as a result of a Nicholas I.ongworth, wKe of the speaktie declared. "The highway will not contest, concluded In New York. The Misses Dodd are nineteen er of the bouse of representitlves and nution-wlde open to tourists this season and old and attend the University of Cbicngo. The perplexed Judges, years President of Roosevelt, late daughter is we expect to djaw more when tt who voted for the twins, were John Barrymore, the actor; F. Scott Fitziind her young dnnghter Paulina, who jurists than ever before,' Is a favorite In Washington. gerald, novelist, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., writer and fonmer publisher. i it? r ail-da- 7 War Secretary Inspects New Mobile Weapon m ai''-1- 1 one-thir- anti-aircra- ft New Home for Chicago Opera Company six-mil- if IMS'" Si, one-thir- d "Prettiest of Coeds" is fj&r X.) 4 Vi e Twins |