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Show THE PAYSONIAN, PAYSON, UTAH, JUNE 23, 1922 Had Your Iron Today Horticultural Points t PARASITE KILLS GIPSY MOTH Adds Considerable to Its Value, Being Abit to Complete Life Cycle on Insects. Feeding and Management of 8heep Have Nothing to Do With Appearance of Black Lamba. (Prepared by the United State Department of Agriculture ) An imported parasite of the gipsy moth known ns Apanteles nielanosce-lus- . has been present In New England since 1911, and Is now (irmly established. It Is spreading rapidly from the colonies which have been liber nted, and Is increasing in spite of its being severely attacked by another parasite, according to Department Bulletin 102.8, by 8. S. Grossman, issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. The fact that the parasite is able to complete its life cycle on several native Insects adds considerably to its value as an Introduced parasite and makes its iennanent establishment more certain than If the gipsy moth were its only host. The parasite has two generations each year on the gipsy moth, and Is very abundant In many small areas. It gives promise, says the bulletin, of becoming one of the most valuable of the imported parasites. Its method of attack consists of laying its eggs in the larvae of the moth. The gipsy moth attacks both orchard and forest trees, particularly oaks and birch. It Is not fond of conifers, but is especially destructive In the mixed type of forests such os are prevalent in New England. That Luscious Raisin Toast! delicious breakfast bread. raisin toast! A new delight for the entire family. Made with big, plump, tender, seeded raisins Sun-Mabrand. The raisin flavor permeates each slice. You can get such bread from any grocer or bake shop if you insist. No need to bake at home. Once try it and youll always have this kind. Youll serve it at least twice a week. Fine food for business men and children due to ,the energizing nutriment and the iron of this famous, healthful fruit. Make dainty bread pudding with left-ovslices. No need to waste a crumb. Order now for tomorrows breakfast. But be sure to say you want one of those full-fruitraisin loaves. ANEW id , er PACKING CRATE VERY HANDY Tapering Molds Can Be Packed Field and Thus Save Much Handling of Grapes. ed in A grape crate Is shown in the Illuswhich has four tapering molds. When the crate is to be Ailed, the top is first nailed on, and the molds inserted through the open bottom, are packed firmly vith grapes. The molds Sun-Mai- d tration Seeded Raisins Make delicious bread, pies, puddings, cakes, etc. Ask your grocer for them. Send for free book of tested recipes. Sun-Ma- Practically All. Governor Allen of Kansas, who Is n ardent and discreet hook collector, was criticising the work of a western novelist, The man's early work was good," he said, hut his work today is wretched. Literature once, It Is now mere potbolling trash. This writer's ease is the case of practically all our writers. They begin with a wealth of thought and they end with' a thought of wealth." Literal. Persistent Commercial Traveler This time, sir, I have quite a new de- 1 parture . Relief pon i::c:S3srion 6BCLLANS water Hot Sure Relief tst and 79 PackagEvafywfcrt Shave, Bathe and Shampoo with, one Soap. w Cuticura Swliahwlllmililwowlt CWIi ciismvUitttB PLACID ANTWKIKB ATTRACTS AND KILLS ALL FLIK3. Nwit, eieA,orAAttal.con Wfticnt, ehMp. Lasts of ill naion. metal, eant spill or ; will net soil tipoter Or irjoro anything. effective. tli CnaranUed Oft 1 g friMKim, un li. iUU) !.. pnpad, An., Brooklyn, rf. Y. TREATED ONE WEEK FREE Fred Knew Johnny. badly crippled, physically; but his Indomitable spirit kept him on a par with other lads of Ids age. lie joined the pig dub, and took care of his pig with great skill und enthusiasm. One day I overheard Fred talking Grape Packing Crate. to his crony, and this is what he said: are s then carefully removed ; four boxes John Mitchell says his pig is are Inserted over the grapes, and the mine!" And then in a tone of great scorn, bottom is nailed on. It is claimed that the crate can be packed In the field, he added : Ill bet if we swapped hed still atfd thus save much handling of - the Farm Life. grapes. say his was the biggest I big-ger- Tfccusands Have Kidney WATCH PEACH TREE CLOSELY Trouble and Never Suspect It See That Branches Are Forming Property and Rub Off All Young ' Superfluous Shoots. Applicants for Insurance Often Rejected. Judging from reports from draggiM an constantly in direct touch with the public, there is one preparation that who has been very successful in overcoming these conditions. The mild and healing influence of Dr. Kilmers Swamp-Rois soon realised. It stands the highest for its remarkable record of success. , An examining physician for one of the prominent Life Insurance Companies, in sa interview on the subject, made tho astonishing statement that one reason why so many applicants for insurance are rejected is because kidney trouble is so common to the American people, and tho large majority of those whose application! are declined do not even suspect that they have the disease. Dr. Kilmers Swamp Root it on salt at all drug stores in bottles of two si tea, medium and Urge. However, if you wiah first to test this great preparation tend ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton. N. Y for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper. Advertisement. Threatened Strike. Robbie Fop, you gave me a nickel to keep quiet an hour and the hours up. Fnj) Heres n nickel for another hour. Dont bother me. F.oldile Double pay for overtime. A Hot Thrilla. Ken -- My fattier makes a living giving the public thrills. Owen An aviator? Hen No, a fire alarm salesman. Short breathing to few how; welling reduced in few lam rogaletee fbe liver, Udmjra. atomach Mail heart; purifiea thajilood. atmnjtoana the Science and Invention. '--- r tnrirt ix -- mimlaom ieket to, apt to., muuitl gl bawm eomfora CoV. FOOT-EAS- E FOR THE FEET Sprinkle one or two Allen Foot-Ea- se powders in the Foot Bath and soak and rub the feet. It takes the sting out of Grn and Bunion and amnrting, aching Ooioaseo. Waamanoo book Iroo. feet. Then for lasting comfort, shake Foot Ease into your shoes, it takes Brouwrrlow. fltlltm the friction from the shoe, rests the feet nd makes walking a delight. Always use it for dancing parties and to break in new shoes. Over One Million Five Hundred pounds of Powder for the Feet atorea; 85c by moiL Addrem Thousand were used by our Army and Navy daring York CooecnNew forkUrug the war. 22. la a Pinch, Use ALLENS FOOT-EAS- E No. fcity, Lako Salt U, da PATENTS RHEfi c o itchl i burn cut Ai-le- n - Q or 25-19- Watch closely the newly planted peach trees t see that the branches are forming properly. If the young shoots are well spaced around the body, select three or four to form the head and mb off all the others. But If they develop only on onn side, which would result in a poorly shaped tree, remove alt the shoots except one of the strongest. Allow It to grow until, IS inches high and then pinch out the top. Side shoots wtll form and by the end of the season yon wilt have a well branched, nicely shaped tree. " The appearance of black lambs in up entirely of white sheep has been for ages, anti is still, a cause for wonder and the busis of But the study of the superstitions. laws of breeding and heredity has explained the reasons for the sporudlc speciappearance of these mens. In a letter to a fanner who reported 25 black lambs from a flock of 175 purebred Shropshire ewes, all white, and who considered certain feeds the cause, the United States Department of Agriculture gives a clear statement of the principles Involved. Feeding and management of sheep, says Dr. Sewall Wright, specialist In animal genetics, have nothing to do with the appearance of black lambs. The black color Is hereditary even though It may be transmitted by ordinary white sheep. The black color in such a case is what is called a White sheep recessive character. which transmit this character at all transmit black in 50 per cent of their reproductive cells (ova In the case of ewes and spermatozoa In the case of rams) and white in the remaining 50 per cent. Thus, such white sheep mated with blacks (which can only transmit black) produce 50 per cent black lambs and 50 per cent while. All of these white lambs can transmit black. White sheep which transmit only white, mated with blacks, produce only white lambs, but all of these lambg'can transmit black. When both ewe and ram are white, but both transmit black, about 25 per cent of the lambs are black, 50 per cent are white, widen transmit black, while the remaining 25 per cent are true-a flock made off-col- (Prepared by the United States Department of Asrlculture.) The bull offered by a breeder of purebred cattle near Lincoln to the bull association to first be organized in Nebraska was won by Saunders county, where an association has been formed, through the efforts of the county agent and a state dairy extension specialist, assisted by a field man of the United States Department of Agriculture. As In other associations of this character, the members will be arranged in several groups or blocks, those in each block having about the same total number of cows and all using the same bull. This association has five blocks to start with, and as many more are planned. The separate blocks do not own the bulls, but the animals are joint property of the association, and every two years they are shifted from one block to another. It is planned to have a novel feature in this association. The blocks will be arranged in two or more circuits, each circuit made up of three or mor.e blocks, and paying for the bulls It uses and owning them ; the biennial exchange of bulls will also be confined to the circuit; but there will be one set of officers and board of directors for the whole association, the secretary-treasurer keeping record of the receipts and obligations of each circuit. The circuit system seems to combine the advantages of small associations and a large association all in one. When the Saunders County Bull association is ready for business, it will be given the prize hull. The association will have to pay for its other bulls, but It can well afford to do so, has for this method of been found highly profitable in many other parts of the country. Its advantages 'are: (1) Providing high-clas- s bulls at low expense, and thus proving the character of the dairy herds; (2) keeping proved bulls In service (Prepared by the United Statee Department of Agriculture.) There are three general ways of selling poultry direct to the consumer, direct to the retailer, or to commission merchants for selling on the open market. Selling direct to the consumer Is believed by poultry specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture to be the most e profitable method of disposing of goods, for the charges of the middlemen are eliminated. Very often the producer Is situated so that he can build up a retail trade among the families of a neighboring town or city, delivering his goods once or twice a week, or oftener if desired. In this way he can obtain a substantial Increase over prices paid in the open market. Especially Is this true In the case of strictly fresh eggs. Often It Is possible to find customers in a town or city within reasonable hauling distance, taking eggs and poultry to them at regular Intervals. Ilotels, restaurants and clubs are good customers which can be supplied In this way by contract. Often there are grocery and provision dealers catering to a select trade to whom the producer can sell regulat supplies of eggs and poultry. Of course, the simplest way to sell produce is through the commission merchant. It does away with expense high-grad- A Shropshire Sheep. breeding whites. In this case it la an even chance that a given ovum even will transmit black and a chance that It will be fertilized by a male cell which transmits black, making one chance In four that both transmit black, which is necessary for the production of a black lamb. With 25 black iambs appearing in the flock, it Is indicated that about 100 of the 175 ewes transmit black, assuming that all of the rams used transmit It. If not all the rams transmit this color, then It is probable that an even larger number of ewes transmit tt. Department of Agriculture Bulletin 905. Principles of Live Stock Breeding. contains a detailed discussion of this problem. It may be obtained of public from the superintendent documents, government printing office. Washington, D. C.. for 15 cento. Only Purebred Bull Should Be at the Head of Any Herd. for many years ; and (3) making financial Interest and public sentiment combine to sweep a community entirely clean of Inferior sires. The United States Department of Agriculture has given a good deal of effort to the Introduction of bull associations, and stands ready to supply Information thereon to anyone desiring it Plucked and Ready for Consumer. and trouble of private trades, but the returns usually are not so large, except when dealing with certain commission houses that have built up a fine trade along certain lines. The Department of Agriculture has several bulletins covering the subject of marketing poultry. Farmers' Bulletin 830. Shipping Eggs by Parcel Post, may he had free upon application to the division of publications; Farmers' Bulletin 528, Hints to Poultry Raisers, 5 cents ; Department Bulletin 561, Feed Cost of Egg Production, price 10 cents, may be ordered of the superintendent of documents, government printing office. Washington. ABNORMAL DRY BRAN GOOD FOR HORSES BOWEL TROUBLE Bettor for Animals Easily Purgsd Than Warm Mash Easy on Olgtstlvo Apparatus. PROPER ORCHARD FERTILIZER Stable Manure la Boat, as It l All Cropa Weed Supply Needed Humue. for In cases of hones that are easily purged, tt Is better to give dry bean than a warm tuush, and good clean bran may, with bepeflt, always form a portion of the dry food of all sorts of young hones, as the mineral cong stituents will be available as material. In most cases of Illness a bran mash may with safety and benefit be given, as It does not overtax the digestive apparatus, but when there is evident irritability of the iKiwels, as In diarrhea, etc., it is better to give bran In a dry state than in the form of n mash. A wann bran mash is, however, of great. service to horses that are working hard nnd weiring a large amount of grain. It should be given on the Saturday night, or any other time when the horses are resting the following day, as it has a decidedly laxative effect on the bowels. Bran In a dry state is an astringent, but in the form of a mash it is a laxative. If given once a week It will rouuternct the feverish symptoms which are supposed to result from higli feeding, hut this should not follow If a proper system of feeding Is adopted. bone-fortnln- Stable manure Is the best and most natural fertilizer for the orchard, as tt is for all crops. Unless we let the orchard grow up in weeds and thus cateli and hold the leaves and with the weeds form a decaying masa of vegetable matter, we rob the soil of humus. GARDENING IN LATE, SUMMER On Account of Dry Weather Small In, rigation Plant Might Be Initalled as Remedy. It is often difficult to have a good garden during lute summer on acAs a remedy count of dry weather. for this a small irrigation plant might Ik installed if water is avail-aidIt will pay for itself In a very short while with the Increased yield of nil vegetables. Pinch Back Berry Canes. Finch hack the tops ef new rasp' berry unit blackberry canes when they reach a height of about three feet. Tills will make them branch, Incrcas- lug the truitlng wood for nett year. 8ad Orchard Practice. It is had policy t put coarse manure in holes where young trees are to be planted. Tree Produce Shade. Fruit trees that get no cure produce snout as much as shade trees. EXCELLENT Pasture Grain FOR YOUNG PIGS Supplnented Allowar.ee Limited by I Fine-An- imal Kept Thrifty. Good pasture supplemented by a limited grain allowance Is an excellent ration for young pigs. The pigs on pasture not only make cheaper gains, but. the succulent feed and ex ercise they obtain aids in keeping them thrifty TASTES IN MILK There Are Several Factors That part Peculiar Flavor Besides Grazing Crept. IN POULTRY One Good Way to Prevent Ailments Is Not to Feed Anything Solid Hours. for Seventy-Tw- o V- - e. For years new experiences are sought, anil after that old ones are lodged. ALLENS Wns, totoo gifjDsncs:3?i kr ia'l or ot Dn. swwciifl.1 Uarta.rilcama.ILl. , Department Fred Smith was eae idea la that the. Smire United State of Agriculture.) Specialist Believe It to Be Most Profitable Method of Disposing of Best Fowls. Membership 13fi00 Fresno. Calif. Buay Manufacturer Good! Let me ee yon do it.. The worst thing about the mao with Idea is seldom Njuqpough. (Prepared by th SELL POULTRY Saunders County, Nebraska, Winner of Offer by Breeder of Pure-- , bred Cattle. TO CONSUMER Raisin Growers id Uc-pt-. Blue Package BULL SOCIETY BUCK COLOR IS HEREDITARY To prevent white diarrhea and bowel trouble, chicks should not be fed any solid feeds for at least 72 hours after hatching, says Harry Embleton. head of the poultry department of Oklahoma A. and M. college. During this period, however, they should receive sour, skim milk when taken from the incubator, and this should he kept before them all the time. In addition to the milk they should receive some fine sand which acts ns a grit. When loginning to feed solid feeds, feeding should be little and often. A commercial chick feed In a finely cut litter accom-plniiewith some rolled oats or johnny cake or a mixture of these feeds d with eggs makes a very good feed for starting young chicks Care should he taken not to overfeed them. scat-teap- Im- There are a number of plants which when eaten by the dairy cow, will transmit an unusual taste to her milk. Some of them are fed to her injudiciously by the dairymen, and others are eaten by the animal while grazing. Plants known to possess such properties are beet and turnip tops when fed In large quantities; excessive feeding of chopped roots; garlic, rape, lupines, orchids, kale, rutabagas, chicory, sorrel and pasturage on areas which have been Inundated. . There are many other factors sometimes responsible for a peculiar taste in milk, such as Improper sterilization of utensils, spoiled foods, brewers grains, potato slops, fish meal, rape cake, flaxseed meal, poor straw, nnd, occasionally, medicinal agent administered to the animal. CARING FOR SPRING CALVES Necessary That Youngsters Be Kept "Thrifty and. Free From Disease and Sickness. d hnrd-bolle- !fc Bumble Foot Remedy Tills trouble Is an abscess on the bottom of the foot caused by a splinter in the foot or jumping off a high roost. If the roosts are at fault they should lie remedied. Tie a cord tightly around tie leg above the foot to control thu flow of blood. Open the abseesw and thoroughly clean out tho core. Disinfect In a dilute solution of tincture of Iodine, after which apply a generous dressing of carbolated vaseline and bandage. In two days repeat the dressing of Iodine and carbolated vaseline. The good dairy calves born this spring are needed as milk cows two from now, so the dairyman yea should do his part by giving these animals a ehance to live and develop. Spring calves are usually harder to raise than fall calves, and since the dairyman has less time usually during this busy season to care for the cnlves It is very necessary that the attentior given be thnt most needed to keep them thrifty and free from disease and sickness Salt Improves Appetite. palt improves the call's appetite, so keep a box with clean salt in a slid tered place where the calf may eat of It jTreely. - f Keep Youngsters Separated. iSever allow the calves or vending to run with the herd. i Satisfactory Cow Ration. If is quite difficult to make a Yeally satisfactory ration for dairy cow without using olther clover or slfalf baf |