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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH Farmers Shipping Association Grows (Edited by G. Douglas Wardrop, Editor of Radio Merchandising.) Aerial Condenser Ground Cooperative Marketing Is Gaining in Importance, Statistics Show. transacted 57 per cent of the total business In 1923. But 17 per cent of the associations are organized with capital stock. However, this percentage has 25 per cent of the membership 1923 (Prepared by the United State Department and handled 27 per cent of the of Agriculture.) of the cent business. Fifty-thre- e per As a marketing institution the associations, with 55 cent of the per farmers live stock shipping associa- membership and doing 51 per cent pf tion is gaining in importance, accord- the business In 1923, paid patronage ing to a recent statistical study made dividends. Only 8 per cent of all the of by the United States Department shipping associations had contracts Agriculture. It appears that the pres- with their members In 1923. ent tendency as regards this Instituastion is toward the Selling. mema with large enough sociation, selling agencies conbership and operating over a big area trolled by farmers have been operatto provide a volume of business suffin the terminal live stock markets icient to Insure the economies which ing since 1917, when such marketing agencome with lare scale operations. cies were established by the Farmers units Furthermore, with the larger union at the Omaha and St. Joseph there appears to be a demand for The 25 agencies operating markets. managers with training and experi- In 1923 handled nearly 10,000,000 head ence in the marketing of live stock. live stock, which would fill about of The results of the recent study by The animals were 150,000 stock cars. the Department of Agriculture have sold for $192,000,000. At different been released in a preliminary report times during the calendar year there prepared by It. II. Elsvvorth of the di- were returned to the shipper sums vision of agricultural to $820,000 as refunds on The study Is based upon reports re- amounting amounts paid as commission charges. ceived from 1,547 associations located In both the Kansas City and St. d In the rural sections and 26 Paul markets there were three sales sales agencies established agencies. In both Chicago and East In 20 of the larger terminal markets. St. Louis there were two Active Associations. associations. commission One of the existing associations has been operating since 1883. About of the associations have been acand tive for five years, over 10 per cent Animal, Vegetable Mineral Feed for Hens have been active for ten years, and for 3 per cent have been active nearly For high egg production a hen In fifteen years. Ninety-fou- r per cent her feed requires animal, vegetable of all the associations are in the 12 and mineral elements. Of these, aniNorth Central states. The three states mal elements are the ones most often of Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois are lacking in the diet and there Is no f credited with over of alt the doubt that the egg yield in most flocks live stock marketing organizations. of the country could be increased if The associations in ,the same three attention were given to this states contain 43 per cent of the total greater of ration. the part membership of all the associations. Animal protein is obtained from fish These three states with Ohio contain fish meal. Infertile eggs (from over 53 per cent of the total memoer-snip- . scraps, table scraps, fresh meat incubation), Average membership per assowhey, butterciation ranges from 444 in Ohio where scraps, milk, albumen,blood meal, bone cheese, milk, cottage most of the associations are organized cut bone, beef scraps, meat meal, green on a county-widbasis to 90 in Nortb and skim milk. Any of these are Dakota. Th" averages for several of meal can be had at 8 the leading states are as follows: In- satisfactory, if they Table reasonable scraps are all price. diana, 281 ; Michigan, 213 ; Illinois, small flocks, if fed when for 200; Wisconsin, 203; Minnesota, 169; right fresh. Iowa, 138. The average membership During five seasons from November for the United States as a whole Is to February inclusive, an average of given as 191 for 1923 compared with for each pen was fed practi25 birds 140 in 1915. same quantities of grain, the cally Shipping Association Business, and shells, but one lot remeal, grit it Is estimated that the 1,547 asso- ceived skim milk and the other beef ciations in the producing sections marthe scraps, object being to compare, keted live stock to the value of the most comfor winter production, in 1923. Sixty-twper cent of mon sources of animal protein. The the total business was handled by tha not milk skim birds only laid a given shipping associations In Iowa, Minnumber of but gained eggs, greater nesota, Illinois and Ohio. The amount received more which than those weight credited to each state Is as follows: to beef the experiscraps. According Iowa, $42,000,000; Minnesota, beef scraps cost about nine ment, Ohio, Illinois, $16,000,000; times as much as skim milk, weight 115,000,000. During the ten years. for weight, for egg- production. , 1914 to 1923, the average amount of business handled by the shipping associations Increased from $79,000 to and Dent Coras 1108,000. The average amount of busflave About Same Value iness per associatldn In 1923 credited to the leading states is as follows: Flint corn seems to have about the Ohio, $231,000; Iowa, $127,000; Illi- same feeding value for hogging down nois, $110,000, and Minnesota, $94,000. purposes as the dent corns, according There were increases in the average to the results of a tfst conducted at amount of business per association for the South Dakota experiment station. the two years ending with 1923 for Hogs were pastured on plots of Minnemost of the states. This Increase in sota No. 13, Wisconsin White Dent Ohio amounted to 41 per cent; Mis- and flint corn. Only very slight differsouri, 27 per cent; Minnesota, 13 per ences in the rate of gain on the varicent; Iowa, 7 per cent; Illinois. 7 per ous varieties were noted. cent. In Wisconsin and South Dakota In this case the dent varieties had there was a decrease in the average an advantage because they produced amount of business per association for large yields and would carry more r the hogs to the acrfcv However, the test period. It appears that 40 per cent of all indicates that lir sections where relithe associations are incorporated, that ance must be placed on flint corn such the incorporated associations have 54 varieties can be used for hogging per cent of the total membership, and down. Cleanses month and teeth and aids digestion. Relieves that over- eaten feeling and acid month. Its flavor satlsiles the craving lor aweets. Wrlgleys Is double value In the benellt and pleasure It provides. well-organiz- Connections for Use as a Filter. When Troubled by Nearby Broadcasting Station Break Antenna Lead to Receiver and Insert Coupling Coil. J'flericrf Fif.2 pi no: O Receiving Condenser Set Ground To Connect Parallel Filter Set Switch on Open" and Tune Receiver to Move Filter Switch Until Filter Condenser Is Adjusted. ' which Is obtained from this radio filBy LEWIS L. ELLIOTT A perplexing problem facing the ter, and therefore puss over the proper radio fan of today Is the elimination setting without noticing the signal. Practice .first on tuning In a loud of Interference from broadcast stastation. After the filter broadcasting In tions and about a great metropolis. With Its six or seven powerful stations has been carefully adjusted for maxiIn operation and whose wave lengths mum signal strength slightly retune are somew'hat close together, It Is the receiver, making a change in the quite difficult to tune In to a given amount of regeneration, if necessary. Use of the switch: Place switch Btation without hearing the side bands on open" to entirely disconnect filter from the other transmitters. This can be more related to the operation from receiver, on 8 or 5 for modand on 3 for of WEAF on 492 meters and the new erate Interference Desired Station. station WNYC on 520 meters would show only 34 meters In difference. A combination wavemeter and filter consisting of a precision vernier condenser and tapped coil or Inductanoe has been available to radio experimenters for some time. With this instrument the broadcasting listener can readily check the wave lengths of broadcasting stations or of the dot and dash telegraphic signals which may be Interfering with his programs. The device may also be employed effectively as a radio filter to reduce Interference from undesirable stations. The use of the instrument as a filter is shown in the accompanying diagrams. This device will Improve the selectivity of any receiving set. This improvement is more noticeable when used with the single circuit type of receiver than with the inductively coupled type. Its use with a crystal receiver is quite simple. There are two particular methods of using this Instrument as a filter; one is called the series method, the other the parallel filter. In Figure 1 is shown the proper connections for use as a series filter. When troubled by interference from a nearby broadcasting station, break the antenna lead to your receiver and insert the coupling coil as shown In Figure 1. Setting the Coil. Set the switch on tap 8 (eight turns in the coupling coil) and slowly rotate the condenser knob until the desired signal decreases, vanishes and again increases. Using the small knob, pass slowly back and forth over this point until the position for minimum Interfering signal Is located. The filter is now set for this one Interfering station (its wae length in meters can be read from the condenser scale). Both the interference and the filter may now be forgotten and the receiving set tuned 'to distance stations in the usual manner. The parallel filter Is used to reduce Interference from spark transmitters, static, A. C. hum and similar sources. It will also allow you to tune out several local stations broadcasting simultaneously and receive from a broadcasting station of a wave length differing by only a few meters from the nearest interfering wave. Connect the parallel filter as shown in Figure 2. Set the switch on open and tune your receiver to the desired station. Then move the filter switch to contact 8 and all signals will disappear until the filter condenser Is ad-justed to exactly the wave length of the desired station. The wave length markings on the dial are a help if the desired wave length is known. Listen closely for your station while slowly moving the filter condenser back and forth over the approximate wave length of the station. Use the small knob and tune carefully, because of one degree on the condenser dial is enough to tune the desired station in or out. How to Get Results. Most people ait; not accustomed to the highly desirable sharp tuning 1 one-ha- lf strong interference. It Is often desirable when listening for a certain broadcasting station to adjust your receiver to the proper wave length before the transmission begins. Many experimenters also find it convenient to have their tuning controls calibrated in wave lengths. This wavemeter can be used for this purpose only with regenerative receivers. With the usual single circuit tuner the operation should make the detector tube oscillate at approximately the desired wave length. The wavemeter is then brought near the antenna tuning Inductance and the condenser slowly rotated until a double click is heard in the telephone receivers. This click is due to a sudden change In current through the telephones. When the wavemeter is tuned to the wave length of the oscillating tube it withdraws sufficient energy from the tube to momentarily stop it oscillating. New York Sun. farmer-controlle- one-ha- lf Three Cents Worth At the Faculty club at Indiana university a few nights ago the older professors were discussing how they saved the pennies when they were young professors. Tliq story that took the prize was told by the head of a department. He said he ordered three cents worth of meat from the butcher for Ills cat. The meat was delivered at his house, but before it came the cat had caught a mouse, so the professor called the butcher and asked whether he would come and get the meat and take It back refunding, of course, the amount paid for It. It was reported that the butcher took the meat back. Indianapolis News. Permanent roads are a good investment not an expense one-hal- America Must Have More Paved Highways e $162,-800,00- Almost every section of the United States is confronted by a traffic prob- lem. Month by month this problem is becoming more and more serious. Hundreds of cars pass a given point every hour on many of our state and county roads. Down- 0 o town city streets are jammed with traffic. , Think, too.how narrow many oi our roads are, and how comparatively lew paved highways there are in proportion to the steadily increasing number oicars. If the motor vehicle is to continue giving the economic service oi which it is capable, we must have more Concrete highways and widen those near large centers d population. Every citizen should discuss highway needs oi his community with his local authorities. Your highway officials will do their part if given your support. Why postpone meeting this pressing need? An early start means early 0; - Vernier Scale Similar to That on Calipers By. ROBERT G. GARLOCK There are dozens of vernier adjusters on the market, but no vernier scales, although there are many critical but stable receivers, and especially wavemeters for which a device for reading fractions of a scale division would be useful and convenient. The scale described here Is a modification Flint relief. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION two-yea- Vernier Scale Recommended for Close Calibration. that employed on calipers and maj be applied to any large dial which runs true and is accurately engraved. ' Cut a piece of bakellte as shown in the drawing. It should be as thick as the edge of the dial and fit the curve as closely as practicable. The curved edge can be shaped on a small emery wheel, and the straight edges cut with a saw and smoothed with a file. The ten divisions should be engraved with a sharp tool in the same space taken by nine on the dial and filled with white enamel. Accuracy is important in this operation. The scale is easily read by the following method : Take the dial reading opposite the zero line of the vernier just as if the zero line were the ordinary arrow. Then note which line of the scale is opposite a line of the dial. The number above this vernier line is the number of tenths of a division. For example, on the illustration the reading is 21.4. Simple, Isn't It? A little study will show why this is so. Radio News. of 111 West Washington Street I CHICAGO o 4 National Organization to Improve and Extend the Veet of Concrete Offices in 29 Cities DIFFERENT DISEASES OF UDDER CAUSE LOSS OF VALUABLE COWS AQIUnODDOIlTimV ' Prevention and Treatment Discussed in Bulletin. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The dairy farmer frequently suffers valuable cows- - because of udder troubles, and because of the importance of these losses and the possibility of prevention and cure, the United States Department of AgricuBulletin lture has issued Farmers 1422, Udder Diseases of Dairy Cows. This publication contains careful descriptions of (he most prevalent diseases of this nature and simple methods of prevention and treatment. It is the first bulletin of the kind ever issued by the department. The bulletin, which begins with the statement that A dairy cow Is no better than her udder, contains chapters on more than 20 common diseases and conditions which have been responsi a loss of ble for great economic losses to the In addition there Is some Industry. general Information on the' care and management of dairy cows with a view to the prevention of many by carelessness. There Is also a discussion of some of the vices developed by cows and calves and methods for preventing them. Copies of the bulletin may be obtained as long as the supply lasts, by addressing the Department of Agriculture, Washington. Oottff CMaspt 24 He La Grippe W.M. in J ca3 HU.LCqDIO'T. FPCHDAIL ed The move- ment on sound business methods is rapidly expanding over the country. In Minnesota the gradual reorganization of some of the weaker associations and practically all of the newer organizations Is being developed according to te BemomDsnaniff-StopsHairFaUil- sales departments for the farm surplus. it Restores Color and and Faded Hah Beauty to Gray 60c. sod f l.CX) at Pro Elista Cfaem. W kg. ft twx HINDERCORNS all Patchogoe1 ITT a, c, cu. itobi paint ensures comfort to the 16a by mail or at Drue walking' ffistk JBiaeox Chemicaleay. Works Patchogne, & Ioqmi, p--rr Cooperative Market marketing PARKER'S hair balsam ij it Cuticura Talcum Unadulterated Exquisitely Scented ir r--i) W. N. U, Salt Lake qity, No. 45-19- 24. |