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Show i -- THE PAYSONIAN, PAYSON, UTAH, SEPTEMBER 1, 1922 Horticultural Points BEST HARVESTING REPLACING OLD DAIRY STOCK County Organization Striving to Save Animal From Oregon Stock. (Prepared by tb United State of Agriculture.) TERM STANDARD-BRE- FOWLS D That Bird Referred to Conforms to Standards of Color, Markings and Weight. Means Department While calves from cews are saved to maintain the herds on some farms, on other farms and In g other sections, where cattle are kept, calves from cows by purebred bulls are often sealed because no market Is found for them as dairy stock. This is an economic waste which, according to re- higher-producin- 300-poun-d A purebred, a cow, means whether It Is a hen or that the animal comes from a definitely recognized breed and that the parents were purebred animals of the same breed. If an anlinul has lineage of pure breeding, which can be definitely proved, and thus makes the animal eligible for registration. It is then a purebred animal. There Is the added stipulation that an animal must be healthy, vigorous and a creditable specimen of Its breed In order to be purebred. In reference to poultry breeding, perhnps the best terms of all to Indicate 100 per cent blood Is the expresstandard-bred.sion This means that the fowl referred to as standard-bre- d Is one which conforms to the standards of form, color, markings, weight, etc., for the various breeds under the standard of perfection of the American Poultry association. Standard-breIs a term which is growing In popularity among those doing business In the purebred poultry field, nnd Is perhaps a more distinctive expression than any oilier which might he used with reference to poultry. Of course, there are standard-brehorses which refer to a distinct breed of light horses, Including both trotters and paeers eligible to registration in the trotting registry. " Economlc Waste to Veal Calves From Cows. g ports received by the United States Department of Agriculture, the extension organization of Coos county, Oren Is striving to elimtnute. About thirty calves from the best stock In Coos county were saved last year by arrangements made with farm bureaus of other counties to take them when two weeks old at $12 a head, crated and delivered at the express office. Arrangements also were made recently for a representative of the Klamath county extension organization to spend 30 days locating newborn calves of good stock and linding a dairyman to feed them for two weeks before shipment to farmers In bis own county. The reports also say that calves two weeks old are shipped safely as far as 500 miles, or for 30 hours travel; day-ol- d calves can rarely he shipped. PUREBREDS MILK YIELD AID Tribute to Value of Improved Siree le Contained In Statement by J. C. McDowell. A tribute to the value of purebred alres Is contained In a recent statement made by J. C. McDowell, of the dairy division of the United States Department of Agriculture, who pointed out that the average production of 88,000 grade cows In cow testing associations in 1020 was 5,080 pounds of milk and 300 pounds of butter, while the average production of all cows In the United States was 4,000 pounds of milk and 200 pounds of butter. The average milk and butter yield of grade cows was 50 per cent higher than the average for all grades and scrubs taken together. The economy of produc-tlo- a was over 100 per cent greater. ' d d DUCKS FOR MEAT AND EGGS Pekin Breed Is Kept Almost Exclusively for Green Ducks Runner I Good Layer. OF FRUiT Proper Picking and Handling Will Save Winter Spoilage Sweating Hastens Ripening. Proper harvesting Is the most Important factor la preserving the keeping qualities of storage fruit. Picking when unripe, or allowing to hang too long are equally wrong. The seeds should be black and the stem should separate easily from the spur before picking Is commenced. If the color Is subnormal, it .Is sometimes policy to let the fruit hang for a few (lays, since luck of color Is as damaging as some Is Careful essential. handling Bruises either rot or dry out In storage, Injuring the fruit In either case. Picking should be done in burlup-llne- d baskets, or bags, and the fruit should be handled as little as possible between tiie tree and the storage packIf picking W done In bags, not age! s more than of a bushel should he allowed to accumulate at a time, as it is Impossible to handle a fuller hag without bruising the fruit on the Judder and limbs. All sharp edges on crates, chutes or grading machines should be ground off so as not to cut the fruit. Wherever the apples move rapidly or full, padding should be provided. Fruit should he moved from the tree to the storage as quickly us possible. The keeping quality is much shortened If fruit Is allowed to stand In the orchard or shed after picking. The old policy of sweating fruit In piles under the tree has no scientific foundation, except as a means of ripening fruit quickly. over-ripenes- three-fourth- HANDY ORCHARD STEPLADDER Wooden Appliance of About Eight Feet in Length Will Permit Picker to Reach Fruit. The Pekin breed Is kept almost exclusively by producers of green ducks, nnd also on many farms where they are grown for ment." says II. W. Sanborn, extension poultry husbandman. United States Department of Agriculture. They fatten rapidly and may be fed on rations recommended for chickens, but better results are usunlly secured by feeding more green nnd vegetable feeds and a larger proportion of mash. For the general farmer who la more Interested In obtaining eggs than producing meat, the Ilunner Is a good breed. This duck holds the same relative position In the duck family that , About eight feet Is the length of this stpp ladder. An eight-foladder will permit the picker to reach high enough to reach all of the fruit on a low headed fruit tree, except that which grows on the top central branches. There is a good deal In selecting the material for a ludder, writes Herbert A. Shearer in the Orchard and ot INCREASE FAT ECONOMICALLY Best Plan Is to Put Cows on an Abundant Ration That Is Rich and Easily Digested. cowa It Is not In a herd of well-fe- d practical to try to produce milk containing more fat by giving rich feeds; d fact. In that la a pretty herd of poorly-fe- d cows, though, the percentage of fat can be Increased by patting the cows on abundant ration that is rich and easily digested. Tests In New York showed an Increase of of 1 per cent of fat, when the cows were kept on good feeds for two years. The increase was economical, too. There was 50 per cent Increase In amount of milk produced. well-settle- one-quart- er WAY TO AVOID LEAKY TEATS Plan to Apply Collodion After Each Milking This Closes Up Good ths Opening. The only way to prevent leaky tents IB to smear collodion on the end of the teat after each milking. Thle Closes up the opening and before the next milking It must be removed. This Is bothersome, but may be used to good advantage where the cow loses a quantity ef milk. INDIVIDUALITY IS ESSENTIAL In Selecting Cow It I 8ee That Strain I Producers. Important to of Large Breed Is of less Importance in selecting the cow than Is Individuality, for In every breed there are good Individuals and poor Individuals. It Is Important, not only that the breed, but the stratn or family represented be noted for large and economical production. Provide Supplemental Feed. If concentrated feeds are not provided to supplement the pasture, the cow must either reduce her production or draw on reserve materials from her body. Grain le Essential. The feeding of grain to dairy cows on pasture is ewentlul to sustained high production. Give Plenty cf Water. Give the calves plenty of clean wp ter to drink. Farm. It should be light, but It must It Is easy for the picker to break a leg If the ladder should break. The stringers should be made of straight-grainewood that does not split easily. Basswood or spruce meet the requirements about as well as anything, but there are varieties of pine that make good ladders. The rungs should be of hickory, oak, swamp elm or some similar timber that will not break off short without splintering. If a ladder round slivers or splinters It wont break down sudbe safe. Pekin Ducks About Sevan Week Old in Fattening Pen. the Leghorn does In the chicken famwhite egg ily. It lays a good-sizeconsiderably larger than a hens egg, and Is declared to be a small eater, a good forager, and hardy. The Introduction of this bred 1 helping to s build up a trade of duck eggs. These eggs should be marketed frequently, as they depreciate In quality more rapidly than hen's eggs." 1 d first-clas- HEN NEEDS SHELL MATERIAL Testa Show Decrease In Number of Eggt Where Oyster Shell and Grit Are Lacking. Tests made at the University of Wisconsin experiment station, where the feeding of hens could be watched show that hens have a closely, tendency to cut down on the number of eggs they lay when they run short ef material which goes Into the egg shell. Some believe that soft shells come as a result of not having sufficient oyster shells or ground bone material, but tests do not bear It out. So, for keeping up the number of eggs. It Is essential that hens running free on the farm have a supply of oyster shells, ground bone or some other mineral grit, near where the flock Is fed. FEED FOR YOUNG COCKERELS Where Market Is Available for Spring Chicken Plan to Feed Green Stuff Liberally. there Is a market available for spring chickens, It Is a good Investment and. t'ine well spent in building a little enclosure where green su' N available to feed the young cock-end- s nil they can eat for a couple o' seeks before selling tly m. Tf d denly. The stringers of this ladder need not be heavier than by 3 Inches, tapered to two Inches at the top, provided that the wood Is tough and straight grained. To make a fancy ludder both the stringers and the legs should be tapered. AROMA It IS GOOD STRAWBERRY Early, Good Producer and Succeeds on Wide Variety of Soil Also Ships Well. I Aroma Is one of the very best Of all strawberries, for both home and market use. It Is early, productive, ships well, succeeds on a wide variety of soils, Is hardy and a good plant maker. Senator Dunlap, Beder Wood, William Belt, Gandy and Klons dike, are other good sorts. The disappoint as many ns they please. well-colore- ever-hearer- Us Hydrated Lime. Fresh hydrated lime can be used In place of unslnrked lime In making Bordeaux mixture, but more should be used. one-thir- d Turn Orchard Cover Crop. Be sure to turn the orchard cover crop. If It is allowed to mature, the trros will likely suffer from loss of moisture. Spray for Apples. pruy the apples with Bordeau? mixture atui arsenate of lead. PREPARING STOCK FOR SHOW Much of Improvement in Breeding Is Made Possible by Comparing Animate in Ring. , i (Prepared bp th United State of Agriculture.) This i your corner. Make use of it for your information on questions that are puzzling you. It will be my pleasure and privilege to answer carefully and promptly all questions submitted to me. Your full name and For special information send address must accompany each letter sent. stamped envelope. All communications will always be held in absolute confidence. Department There are many of the elements of sport In preparing live stock for the show ring and In competing with other breeders for prizes, and showing animals at fairs and expositions Is no mere fad, although there are still some people who seem to think so.- Much of the Improvement In the various breeds of animals In this country, says the United States Department of Agriculture, has been due to the comparisons made possible by bringing animals together In competition. Not only do the breeders who compete reap a benefit, but also every farmer and breeder who attends the show as a spectator. Many a man marks the beginning of his success from the time of some show where he was brought to xi realization of the Inferiority of the stock on his farm. A good illustration of the vnlue of a state fair as a Improver comes from a state In the Middle West. A bill providing for the appropriation of $80,000 to build a hog barn on the state fair grounds was up before the legislature where It was encountering much opposition because of the comparatively large expenditure planned and the short time the building would be used each year. Finally, one legislator, a email-towbanker who had never made a speech before, got the floor and In a few words convinced his hearers that the $80,000 would be well spent. He told of having studied the list of depositors In his bank with the Idea of finding out which were breeders of purebred stock and how they stood In comparL son with the others. He found that 14 of them were breeders of purebred hogs and all of them were prosperous, far above the average. Then thla banker went to see each one of the 14, and he found that almost without exception they gave the state fair or some other fair credit for having taught them the value of better blood and the right type for the market. There are fanners who find it next to impossible to pick a real good animal unless they have the opportunity to make comparisons. They may be able to pick the best animal In a herd, but If the herd happens to be a mediocre one they will pick an ordinary - live-stoc- k live-stoc- k n All letter should be addressed very Helen Brooks, Box 1545, Salt Lake City. Dear Miss Brooks : I have been reading the questions and answers in your corner for some time and I enjoy reading them very much. I would like you to answer a few for me. (1) I am a girl of 16. I have been going with a boy of this town for some time and I am very fond of him- - But lately he prefers other girls company in preference to mine. What would you advise me to do? (2) What kind of a girl do boys like to go out with? (3) How can a girl be popular without being a flapper? (4) Is it proper for a crowd of boys and girls to go up the canyon at night and have a chickeree? Thanking you in advance, I am respectfully, TROUBLED BRUNETTE. (1) My dear, do not waste your affections on a boy who prefers another girls society. Boys, or girls either, rarely form lasting affection at the age of sixteen, and your friend, doubtless, wishes to be friends with more than one girl before he settles down to just one, and I think it much the better way, dont you? You should enjoy the friendship and society of more than one boy, and not be too fond of any one, at the age of sixteen. (3) Boys like girls who are a little independent and who do not show their affection too plainly. The girl who is modest and sincere, quiet and unassuming, will make many more lasting friendships than the girl who grows too fond of every boy she meets and shows it too plainly. The flapper Is a passing fancy, and her popularity is fleeting. Do not, I entreat you, imagine you have to become, or even imitate a flapper to be popular. Better far be in a class by yourself. And know this, the whole world has not gone permanently mad over the bizarre in style, but that there are those (boys and men included) who appreciate the sensible, sane acting and dressing girl. (4) A crowd of boys and girls should not go any place without some older person who can act as chaperon. Dear Miss Brooks: I have been a very interested reader- of your comer for some time, but I could not get up enough courage to write you about a question that has been bothering me for some time, and I am in hopes you will be able to answer it for me. I got acquainted with a boy over a year ago. He seemed to like me very much, and then he asked me to marry him. But I dont know whether I should or not. He is 30 years old, and I am only 18. I think lots of him one time, and then again 1 dont care so much for him. I told him I could not marry for two years. He said he could wait ten years for me, or longer if need be.. My parents think very highly of him. He is an exception to most boys these days. He works almost all of the time, and he can always get a job when he needs one. He also said there was nothing too good for me. But I dont seem to like him for some reason. He is a little but he is as firm as the Rock of He has white hair and mine is not any too dark. So what shall we do about it? I dont know what Champion Poland China Sow. in the world to do. So I will try and animal In the belief that they were get it from my mind until I get an answer from you. getting a good one. By making hia seHoping you have the best of luck, lection at the farm of a successful I am, breeder or at a show where many exSYLVIA, St George, Utah. can cellent anlmala be observed, his P. S. I dont like his white hair. chances of getting the right sort of And he is not very well educated and stock are greatly Increased. I have always had the desire for a well educated husband. He has a fine WATER SHADE AND FOR STOCK nature and has lots of mother wit. When he writes me he always writes Abundant Supply Will Result in Rapid in pencil instead of pen and ink. How and Economical Gains With can I give him a hint without hurting his feelings? Hogs and Cattle. Well, my dear, you do seem to have Experience has taught cattle and hog a problem. They say love is blind, but I doubt it, dont you? You arei men that a good shade with an abundant supply of pure water near the a wise little girl to put off the fatal, feeding place will result In rapid and dav two year3. You should be able to economical gains, whereas lack of tell in that time whether or not his peculiarities, looks, habits, etc., have shade or shortage of water or stagbecome so obnoxious that they will be nant Impure water make slow and a source of irritation to you always. or fresh gains. Flowing costly springs He seems like an exceptional man,! well water are the best sources of supthough (we need more ply for stock. people, it seems to me) and so why! not keep his many good points as! USE PATIENCE WITH HORSES much in mind as possible, and forget-ththings which art not quite so at-- ! about him? We all have our tractive la Gained Where Animal Nothing bad you know. The question f points, Abused and Continually Kept hi light hair is rather a hard onei Nervoue and in Fear. to manage as I cannot see how it can1 be changed, and after all what is th: Horses that are handled quietly and difference? Too much college eduea-- ! patiently will do much more work and tion sometimes spoils an otherwise In better condition on a given wonderful man. One can cultivate keep amount of feed than will horses that wavs and habits which place them are abused and continually kept nervwell up in the scale of what the world ous and in fear of driver. considfrs a cultivated, well-bre- d person. Iet this be the subject of conversation and let him know in a tactBeef Producer Problem. The beef producers problem Is so to ful way what your Ideas are along this line and this would apply also to the feed roughage that It will bring him the greatest return. Cora fodder pen and ink problem. But remember, dear, we are never able to have any when fed with some kind of legume one made according to our own pat- or hay nitrogenous concentrate to bal tern (and I wonder if we would like nee, makes a cheap and satisfa'tory them if we could ) so we must always ration. I am bn able to bear and forbear. wishing you the best of luck and great ' Study of Feeding Value. happiness. The beef producer must study the Per. r Miss Brooks: feedhig value of the different enneen trses and roughages, and should h This is the second time I hare rvbled by the market price In be written to you but I do hope I am net Will you please tv ) much bother. mclng ration and feeding. I -- plainly in pen and ink t publish the words of the song entitled When Youre Gone I Wont For- get You?" Thanking you in advance, I remain, BETTY, Tooele, Utah. No bother at all, Betty, but because of lack of space we cannot publish songs which can be readily obtained in the music stores. Your song can be had for 30 cents. I will be glad to have it sent to you if you wish. Dear Miss Brooks: I have some questions I would like to ask you. (1) How old is Mary Miles Minter (2) Who was the leading man in the picture show, Durand of the Bad Lands? (3) Who first started motion picture shows? Thanking you in advance, WANETA. Cleveland. Mary Miles Minter is 20 years old. Dustin Farnum wa3 leading man in Durand of the Bad Lands. Thomas A. Edison is pioneer of the motion picture industry. Dear Miss Brooks: I wrote once before but received no answer, so will try again. Please give me the address of some store in Salt Lake where I can get music and words and for how much. Thanking you, I am, MAY, Manti, Utah. You must have overlooked your answer, my dear. You will have to send your name and a stamped envelope, together with the songs you wish, and I will then tell you where you can get them, and the price. Dear Miss Brooks: You have helped many girls with their Bee Hive work, perhaps you can help me. Would you please tell me about the Blue Violet? Thank you for the trouble I have caused you. A BEE HIVE GIRL, Burley, Idaho. The botanical name for the common blue Violet is Cucullate. The Violet stands for constancy and modesty. As the chosen emblem of Napoleonism, it has served many a sadly practical purpose, and it ha3 been the theme of the poet from the earliest time. As Viola, it was known to the ancient Romans, and the great Linnaeus adopted the name as the language of science. In those early times, when poetry and nature were blended so closely together, the Violet was received as especially the emblem of It has been found wild constancy. from Arctic America to the Gulf of Mexico, westward in the Rocky Mountains, and across the Sierra Nevadas, almost to the Pacific coastr It growe in deep, shady woods, as well as in the most exposed places, but generally where the soil is a little damp. Glad to serve you, I am sure. ROWLAND HALL All F.piscnpal School for Girl. Denomination. Writ far Catalogue. BUSINESS Salt Lake City COLLEGES I.. D. S. BUSINESS COLLEGE. School f Efficiency. A11 commercial branches. Catalog free. 60 N. Main St., Salt Lake City-PLEATING BUTTONS Aecordlaa. 8 iff. Box Pleating, HemaUtehln. 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Be sure to write your name below plainly, 5 HELEN BROOKS DEPARTMENT Boa 1545, Sat Lake City, Utah I encloee two cents in stamps for return postage on a free copy of Your Innure Hoys Against Hoy Cholera Name 4 rest 'ty i - - |