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Show 1 Will ThnrniiP'hhred to Breed of American Utility Horses rTRP mm its MM yMitjW IMPROVED ROADS FORCED Smooth Surface Needed FAILURE FfiUening Dairy Steers IS Profitable Business Tlie (hiirvniun who has a uuuiber of bull calves on hum) tlmt cannot be (iisM'd of for breeding purposes often wonders what U? lo with them when they huve reached one year of . Clin they be castrated, dehorned Bj.-and fattened for the market at that a'e by the breeders themselves, or can they be sold to men who are In To answer the feeding business? the question the Ohio expermient station conducted a feeding test with six llolsteln bull calves, 11.5 months of age, when they weighed an average of ft!6 puui.ds per head. The bull calves were dehorned and castrated In December, 1921, and on January 17, 1022, at the weight menration of tioned, were pu1 on f ground coin, oil meal, mixed hay and corn stover being fed. During a period of 154 days they consumed an average of 14 pounds ground com, 2.5 pounds oil meal. 4.4 pounds mixed hay and 2.2 luimls corn stoer. On litis they made a dully gain of 2.57 poi nds per head, at a cost of $10.16 pfr 100 pounds gain. During the same period a lot of Angus calves averaging 632 pounds per head were fed the same feeds. They consumed about two pounds corn meal, two pounds hay and one pound stover les per head than the dairy steers and gained .30 of a pound less per head per day. The dairy steers. In other words, proved to be the heaviest eaters and also made a slightly larger gain per pound of feed consumed. The dairy steers produced 100 pounds of gain ot a cost of $10.18 and the Angus steers at a cost of $10.34. The dairy steers were put In the feed lot at a valuation of $4.25 per 100 pounds and the beef steers at a value of $7 per hundred. The former sold on the market for $8.50 and the latter for $9.75 a hundred. The profit on the dairy steers was $10.83 per head and IN DAIRY Success Is the Man ' Must Liks Cows Himself H and Cars for Thtm. Lns-celle- TREATMENT OF CALF SCOURS Cut Feed Until Animal comes Hungry, Then Give Dose of Castor Oil. To treat One-Ha- lf Be-- a case of scours, cut , xX better lambs was 00.8 per cent greater than that of the lot of lambs sired by the Inferior ram. The feed eaten per 100 pounds gain by the lot of lambs sired by the Inferior ram was 59 per cent more than that eaten by the lambs sired by the uperlor ram. The grain eaten per 100 pounds gain was 88.78 pounds for the former lot and only 52.81 pounds for the latter, At three months of age the lambs aired by the ram of mutton type were 9.39 pounds heavier and made a total gain of 8.43 pounds greater than the lambs sired by the Inferior rnin. The lambs from the scrub sire required 2S per cent more grain per 100 pound gain than did, the other lot. Lambs sired by the good mm oWI for $7.35 per 100 pound, while those sired by the Inferior ram brought only $4.50 per 100 pounds. The lambs from the good sire were thicker fleshed, smoother, brmider In bark and lighter In the pelts than those from the ncruh. Feeding Fish Meal or Tankage for Protein All hogs raised on the experimental farm of the United State liepurtment of Agriculture at Beltsvllle, Md., huv leen given fish meal or tankage a their protein supplement since the de partment demonstrated by a ser.es o! experiment that fish meal ls as valu able as tankage as a hog feed. O'liei studies have shown that shrimp bran of the shrimp --factories a is a verv valuable protein feed for hoes. Khrlmn bran was i.mttloalb valueless before the department made this study. Now It ls worth almost a much per ton as tankage as a hop feed. Make Sure of Exercise. Locating the feeding place some dls tance from the farrowing house to force the young pigs to waik the dis tance for their feed and wuter Is a good way to make sure they get exer else. Vloorous Litter cf Pig If a brood sow gets out pound ot klin milk for each pound of coru shf. consumes, she 'will never go down In the back : and If she Is othi.TwU well strouu. cared for. she will raise healthy, vigorous Utter of Hga.1 construct a concrete surface for our primary rotuH, It is very Important that! the surface of the concrete should be made when-traveli- Imported Thoroughbred Stallion Glaltdale. (Prepared by the United Stale Department oi Af ncuiiure ) The Imported thoroughbred stallion Olalsdale, shown In. the Illustration, has recently been obtained by the bureau of animal' Industry from the remount service' of the War Department for use In the work for the develop ment of a breed of utility horses especially adapted to western range and farm conditions. lie will be used at g the station near Buf falo, Wyd., where the United States Department of Agriculture Is cooperating with the state of Wyoming In this breeding work. Handsome Specimen. Olalsdale is a brown stallion, three years old, a handsome specimen of his breed, and he carries the blood of many of England's equine aristocrats In his veins. His sire, Rosendale, won two of England's high-claraces a.s d a and was third In the Derby the same year. His grands! re, St Fcusquln, has sired some of the greatest horses ever produced In Eng horse-breedin- Other famous horses appearing Glalsdule's pedigree are: Acclaim, St. Simon, Galopln, Isonomy and Ayrshire. The names of horses which were either winners or placed in the famous Derby appear nine times In Glulsdale's pedigree. Glaisdale was personally selected In England by Maj. Henry Leonard, a retired officer who has a national reputation as an expert Judge of horses. Major Leonard was delegated to select several stallions In England for use In the breeding work of the remount service of the United States army. land. In ss three-year-ol- wht Add Valuable Qualities. It ls thought by those conducting the work that the use of this thoroughbred stallion will add valuable qualities in the type of horse being produced at the Wyoming station. Officials of the bureau of animal industry are gratified to obtain such a royally bred young stallion for use g In Its investigations. horse-breedin- g horse-breedin- Practical Method of Big Damage Done Getting Rid of Rats by One Barberry Bush Exhaust From Gasoline En gine Will Destroy Them. Loss of $12,520 Caused by Single Plant Jacks Protect Highways From Overloaded Trucks Wlth0"t vw IE Hope TZ butterftj islng a L ""1 ' suffered .. tn " mistaken. IflO OU" Un , IS. the Desi c Little Boy reJ that ease room. ,f the , much,.h nil s be the most can never i nv binding. i i. were They W r bottu; the most rnn.i..u. r""s that those awful palnT j had 1 of It. hlX lac made certainly (Prepared bjf the United State of Agriculture Department ) "Not only can one barberry bush cause a loss of SW,000 In a single year, but it produces seeds from which more bushes grow," says Dr. E. C. Stakman of the United States Department of Agriculture. "Still there are those in the United States who think barberry eradication either Impossible or use less." A single bush can cause extensive loss, and there ls at least one Instance on record where a loss of 1 12,520 was caused by one bush. A special study to determine the extent of Infection and loss from a single bush was made b one of the state leaders of bar berry eradication. The outbreak of stem rust which started from a known bush traveled in one direction, at least for about five mile The total wheat area affected on 18 different farms was 963 acres. An average yield of only 8.1 bushels per acre was obtained. while It was estimated that had there been no loss from rust Infection the average yield would have been 21.4 bushels. The average yield for tht year was only 87 per cent of what It would have been without the black stem rust or a total 1ms in yield of lAo.'O bushels. At a dollar a bushel ine comomea money loss" from this single bush in this one direction was 112.520 or an average loss to each farmer of C96 worth of wheat. m. an iuuroerry ds destroyed too much grain In the past says the United States Department of Agriculture. It will multiply and destroy more In the future unless It Is destroyed first. barberry bush with a $10,000 potential damage possibility can be destroyed wun ten pounds of salt or an hour's worg with a irub hoe. Cabbage Maggot Attacks Prevented by Tar Paper Cabbages snd related crops sre gen erany Daaiy attacked by the cabbagi maggot, which gnaws off the outer surface of roots and bores Into the larger ones and finally Into the lower part of the stalk. By looking closely at young cabbage planto, near the ground level, the little white eggs may ne seen, ir tne eggi are exposed to the sun they will dry op and not ' hatch. The attack, however, la generally prevented by the use of squares or disks of tarred felt paper placed around the plants when set out, therefore preventing the rg laying of the fly. Common tarred paper generally curls op under the heat of the sun but tarred felt paper will not Three-Inc- h square or pads may be cut and silt, from the center to a corner or side of pal 8eversl short silts like a star should be made at the center to allow close fitting around the r'snt The squares should be placed around the plants when first set out being careful to press closely around the stem snd down agslnst the This paper mrst It tlghti ground. around the stem. five-side- d - talk a. night and r Then ln 1918 , me so weak I had my nrst stopped-J- ur, but LltJ the onij J t at flS iun on tr. 1808 in the bro We. ago.ZTllt. trained my HQ wnat was called Are " Wt clocl tweH ruck jw!vL Williams, 519 sTS, querque, N. M..'f0P ."In 1 of for the s,,iena joying years i soft-tone- ' "Well, sir better . ;:""",' m.'Z completely. me right up to where I l ache or a pain to one .hundred leftnye and fifry-and I felt better than ta "Words can't express tW of Tanlac." , " Tanlac ls 'or sale by . gists. Accept uuuiuu ouiues Tanlac no subsutntt 801a. Vegetable .' t Ptm.nv own remedy for constlpttloe. everywhere. Advertisement , An eloquent prayer doeat , higher than any other kind, j ThcSameOIdEscksf Does every day bring tin an your back a dull, Evening find you "eUpi, Don t be discouraged! ieim t Am 'Alice i worn merely a lign you haven't hka, of yourself. This kw strained your kidneys. Tjbipk1 easier for awhile and help toofc caw with Doan't Kidney Ptilt little cove wa; the boot sure of th Just heai kht new 01 Tta backache, dizziness, heedics i feelings and bladder trahla ti Doan'i have helped thowtac should help you. Ask ow sn& Weighing Jacks with which the load se. "Wh: carried by a heavy truck may be asire as oM-- l certained by road police are helping fe a story An Idaho Case Maryland protect Its new state roads Mr Ihtfek I night to ler. SOI Se( from damage by overweight vehicles. fs, and as Most roads are constructed to withEmUU, leather says: 1 ku stand a moving load of ten tons. POUBOilftlt but air scroti Heavier loads break down the sub- Not a couldn't 4t tn4 W : grade and start ruts, the police assert bran. take to mjW. Each weighing machine consists of ive fact a few dafi at In an screwjack operating pains eat tknc people cf me. Jtr cylinder. When four of these Jacks read. 1 tootttaii are placed under the suspected truck, I was troubMf! here, I avert iU lifting It clear of the ground, its V used Douit I and dltsy spells. weight Is transferred to the oil cylinoodnesa, h ney Pills and they modi 1 em' ders and can be read directly on the land ano Gat Does at Any Ste,lfeila pressure gauges. If the truck is found I tumbled to weigh more than ten tons, the exFOSTER.ICLBURN cess material Is unloaded by the roadCO. BUfTAIAl' 1 side. The Jacks are of aluminum alloy, weighing only 40 pounds each, so that the Inspectors can carry them A L about In a light car. State officials estimate that this By Jol supervision reduced overloading 75 Doatt Hide Tbem With a Vet; It per cent within 30 days. California W-TImca Wit Othine-Dou- bU has also recently passed a law tmt TV1 tfet eiMiiAretlBii for the limiting motorof weight EN th trucks, and road officials and tax- trackiM sad Slvlm a clear, wnam iw that It la eoia payers are seeking to reduce the ptexloa moaey If tt !" J maximum permissible weight below rafead the ?Doa't hide your frecklei the limit now set 30,000 pounds gross ee ot Othina aa , Krem th nm lew eppuc" tea d weight for trucks, and a wonderful Improvement, uw 40,000 pounds for vehicles. Ufhur freckle vealahms B .ear to aak the prmiaing the axles are at least 96 4.ki-t.vtV j Othlne: tt k Inches apart, and there are not more old a Um awaey-hao- h than 800 pounds on each inch of rub ber tire width. Pontii p aM Ended Puppy Lw Monthly. Howard was my Prince Cta and my thoughts were tmjty One day my brother W him. Iron Ore Quite Useful ww him over to our home, and in Road Construction an errand for something up Iron ore, found in northweetom tic. Howard was left alona i Louisiana, has proven of great value the next room and saw hta. Inroad building ln that state and, In did not know that nroM ??!!: room toN V some localities where It has been nm Ing. On the dining Wwith has effected a saving of $2,000 to and $3,000 dish of fruit, au am a mile ln the cost of fill to up construction. proceeded Flighway engineers In Louisiana have Right there and then ended been using the ore as a binder , Instead love affair. Exchange. of sand clay and have found It far superior to that material In many InFirst of Military DKorttlwW stances. During 1022 the Lonlln. The Medal of Honor, stste highway department completed awarded by congress 850 miles of new roads. Most IWJ: at of this bravery. I. a tvi mUeage consists of gravel. The re-- ing a medallion of Mlnerv. ""1 ...uuv, vounu,, or roads built of Inscription, "United -shells, sheet asphalt or bltullthlc The lea." with a laurel wreath "JJ. , 1923 program Includes a larger amount ed by the word 'Valor. vi iuaiuc construction. dates from the days 01 u hUW F and ls one of the military decorations. Growing , oil-fill- (Prepared by the United State Department ot Agriculture) Are you troubled with rats, espe the chicken house, cially around garage, barn, or vegetable farm! Fasten a length of hose on the end of the exhaust from your gasoline engine whether it be a "flivver" or a tractor back the car up within reach of the rat burrow, and adjust the carburetor for a rich mixture. Pack damp earth around the hose at the entrance to the hole to seal It Run the engine at a moderate speed for ten minutes or more and the rats will be destroyed. This method Is entirely practical, ac feed each heifer from two to five cording to the United States Departs l"7'1 Pr day. ment of Agriculture, when there are pounds of If no allege la available, feed two only a small number of holes or the pounds of corn dally with all the clover area to be fumigated ls not too exor alfalfa hay the heifers will contensive. It may also be used successsume. With silage, and no legume hay, fully In destroying rats beneath floors a good ration consists of a portion of or In other places where a concentrasilage and fodder or mixed hay with a tion of the gaa can be obtained. Community effort ls urged In getting grain mixture consisting of equal parts rid of rats by the above means and of corn and linseed meal. also by cleaning up rubbish, spreading poison baits, setting traps, and rat- AND CALVING SPRING FALL proofing buildings. Individual properties from which rata are extermiThree Years' Test Conducted by Mis nated soon become relnfested if there Determine to sissippi Expert are rats In the neighborhood. The Advantages. biological survey. United States Deof Agriculture, Is willing to Results of three years' work to de partment In organizing and carrying out termine the advantages of spring and assist fall calving with dairy cattle, made aatlrat campaigns wherever possible and will furnish upon application bulby J. S. Moore of the Mississippi ex letins and detailed directions for poisperiment station, show that cows with barium carbonate and setoning In averfall an the calving produced, ting traps. age of. 172 pounds of milk and 18.4 pounds of butterfat more than cows calving in the spring. In a comparison Soy Beans Can Be Grown of early and, late fall calving the averSuccessfully With Corn age difference per year per cow was 683 pounds of mint and 27.5 pounds of As a pasture crop for both beef and butterfat In favor of late fall calving. dairy cattle, sweet clover has several advantages over other grasses. It a NEEDFUL MINERALS IN FEED legume, high In protein. The succulent growth continues throughout the sumMeat Lime Contained In Legume Hays mer, even when dry weather occurs, While Phosphorus Is Found In furnishing pasturage when native Bran and Middlings. grasses are short and dry. This clever will carry more animals per acre than The common dairy feeds containing the majority of bluegrass or timothy the moat lime are the legume hays, pastures. cowpea, clover, alfalfa and soy bean, that from cowpea s containing the Quality Hides Will most Those which contain the most Bring Higher Prices phosphorus are wheat bran, middlings and linseed meal In the orExercise the utmoet care In removing der given. None of the concentrates hides and skins from the carcase with contain as much lime as the legumes the Idea of avoiding cuts and scores. do, and bo roughage contains as much Use fresh, clean salt on hides and phosphorus as the concentrates named. skins. There ls little strength In spent salt and consequently insufficient curBenefits From Cow Testing. cow testing increases the average ing properties. Quality hides bring higher prices. production of the dairy herd, first, by all cows, eliminating and second, by fnabllng' one to select Tillage Is Important foundation animals for his herd the Factor in the Garden on the basis of performance. Tillage ls one of the most Important Feed 8llage t Calve. In determining the mcceu of factors Calves may be fed silage In connection with skim milk as soon 'is Ihey Hiawren. It is work that often ho-comes drudgery, especially In the hot are old enough to eat It They, win summer, buflf a" satisfactory garden begin taking a little silage at three oe grown, tne vegetables must he weeks old, and rhey can be fed from is io tended during the entire carefully then on as much as they will eat reason. farm-grow- smooth. Not only does this" smoothness add to the comfort of the traffic, but It is also a factor in the lasting quality of the road surface. The ordinary layman very seldom thinks of the Impact as the load passes over the rough road. If the pavement Is rough the impact may be serious. Recent experiments by the United States bureau of roads have given us data concerning this Impact which are very Interesting. For instance, If truck wheels drop at a speed one Inch of 16 miles an hour, and If the wheel load ls 8,000 pounds, they will deliver of 56,000 blow to the pavement pounds, or seven times as much as the load of the wheel. Under 'the same load, the pneumatic tired wheels deliver an Impact equivalent to 14,000 pounds. Often this Impact ls not caused by rough pavement but by a defective wheel, or a small obstruction dropped on the road surface, or u large saia chains are used. The wheel strikes the obstruction, rises over It and falls, delivering an Impact Or, If the solid rubber tire Is defective, each revolution of the wheel delivers an Impact to the pavement. It may be that with our heavy truck traffic, the cement surfacing will be stressed to an extreme extent by this Impact on account of the rough surface or defective wheel. The surface cracks and breaks, and repairs are necessary. The surface of the concrete for our roads can be made smooth If care ls taken In surfacing the same, and the Inspectors should see to It that this surfacing ls rightly done. E. B. Col House, Colorado Agricultural lege. fxyc w Declares Tanb If we are going to Grettett Factor to the feed to half or even less than that until the calf has become hungry, A dose of one to three ounces of castor oil or paraffin oil will help to clean out the on thejieef steers $0.62. animal and may well be given. Three Tltls test, so far as one test of this of formalin in a hundred parts parts consort can prove anything, showed of added to the milk at water, .n li.dlAl ntiuir, Man h fed the rate of a to the pound out nt a good profit by the feeder when of milk will teaspoonful sometimes relieve the he buys them at the right price and. trouble. Another very satisfactory also, that they make excellent use of treatment is to add about four to five feed. their drops of fluid extract of gelsemlum to about one ounce of paraffin or castor oil rad give It to the calf before each to 'Shown Ram Purebred feeding of milk. It is always advisable geles South over the Utah sceer to reduce the milk to a half or a third highway. There would be no ciwo and divide that reduced quantity Into from two to four feedings a day. clam on either of these as then would nee Utah at Its bh but to Just let them se 8alt Lfen KEEP ALL HEIFERS GROWING City and the salt beds, mud flats, w "alkali beds to the west of Salt Ls Young Animals Are Unduly Neglected by Many Dairymen Feed 8llage Is nothing but a crime against bs and Legume Hay. state. 54 ne i state officials who are reap,, Returns get our attention. Possibly sible will And that It will react. for this reason the heifer calves are unduly neglected. But this stock should ram at four months (122.5 days) of be kept growing normally. With silage age. The average dally gain of the and clover or alfalfa hay, one should - for ConcreteHighways BUSINESS Failure In the dairy business Is due to one of three things? 1. The business Itself. 2. The cow. S. The man. The business is sound. Tills Is shown largely by the fact that the in come derived from the dairy business la larger than the Income derived from all other classes of live stock on the farm combined." The cow must be a good cow. one that can return a good labor Income to her owner. But the greatest factor to success In the dairy business Is the man. He must know bis good cows and not guess which are his good ones. He must be a dairyman, and like cows, like to work with them and like to care for them. He must not be In the dairy business Just in order to pay off that grocery bill contracted when he had no use for cows. He must remember that the funda mental basis of the dairy business lies In the maternity of the dairy cow. He must know how to feed profit ably and apply that knowledge and to feed only cows that can return a profit. ne must use a good purebred bull to keep up the future quality of his herd. He must know how to work and ap ply that knowledge. Harold R. Fleldman, State Dairy . DOAN'S'S Emm 1 t"" tt four-wheele- . J , r m, l mt - Popularity of Autos Shows Road Needs With the growing popularity of the automobile, there has Increase In the need of building up th. highways. Of course, It 1. not to be done within a few rear. tlon. of th. Old World have excellent b tt bore Is a roan who . say and Insists upon saymjo-A hm b0t cen urtea. But certainly we ahould begin now to lay the foundation of a system. uaj mwior vsniciaa. According to figures bureau of public road. In Washington! 'ere re 12.2rw.373 motor vehicle. In " S;'"- - The report shows 10.S0O.U2 1S-.7- 14 'b.. motorcycles and qoq cahX trailers. Illinois State Reads. The Ilimoi. hlgnwa. cmmlMl , working Um.ri th, Comp,etloa "WTO "'He. of pnve(1 lately enough to g,v, ardent tourS a run for his money . m si a 1 |