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Show t - &'- I THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER PAGE SIX W.W.W.WWWAWlWAWJVWWVUWWAWAWVWWSftWVWVWVVWVWWWmVWWVVWWWWWAftWWAW,1 5 -- UINTAH COUNTY-FAR- F. O. LUNDBERG, First LEROY CARROLL, Second J. A. CHENEY, Treasurer J. N. LYBBERT, Secretary A. THEODORE JOHNSON, President ; i Vice-Preside- nt Vice-Preside- nt j Sv.V.V.V.Vo-.V.V.V.V.V.V-V.V.V.V.'.V.V-'.V.V.V.- ,AV.V.V.'.WWAWAVAVA'.'.W.,.,.V.WAW.W.,AW V.V Harvesting Soy Beans Now Easy Unit Is Found to Be Practical and Cheap. Illinois Trying to Get Improved Types of Oats Seventeen crosses between different varieties and strains of oats are being studied by plant breeders in the ex- periment station of the college of agriculture, University of Illinois, in an 'effort to get improved types of oats. These crosses involve several different characters, such as black and white color, presence and absence of grain Although the large combined harvesand presence and absence of awns, ter-threshers of the West have An attempt is being made. to Iigules. never been considered practical for combine high yield and good quality use in Midwest grain fields, because with desirable characters. other of the heavier rainfall in this section, these combines this past year made Caught milking a neighbors cow, a place for themselves with the IlliCharles West of Birnham, 111., wras n nois grower and also have fined for theft. shown to good advantage in the harvesting of small grains, according to I. P. Blauser of the farm mechanics little moiv. .nan S per cent. The average total loss for 14 tests made with department, college of agriculture, the combine in wheat was a little unUniversity of Illinois, It is estimated 6 per cent. der been that the cost of harvesting has In a the case of soy beans, the savreduced about third through the substitution of the combine for the ing in harvesting with the combine is much greater than by any other ordinary method. The combine harvester was first method of harvesting and threshing, used in Illinois in October, 1924, by even though the total loss is considGarwood brothers of Stonington to erably higher than the loss in harharvest ' soy beans. Credit must be vesting wheat. The same combine that had been used to harvest wheat, given to these brothers for pioneering g the combine in this state. After oats, sweet clover, red clover and turned down by two companies, timothy, gave an average total loss they succeeded in getting the third of 10.62 per cent for 14 tests in harcompany to sell them a combine so vesting soy beans. For harvesting that they might give it a trial in har- soy beans the cylinder speed, was vesting soy beans. Incidentally, the reduced, special shoes were put on harvesting of soy beans has been the the cutter bar permitting the machine most dilucult problem in growing and to cut lower, and the small grain riddles were replaced with soy bean handling this crop. riddles. First Machine Used. This first machine was used to harvest 212 acres of soy beans, 00 acres Different Forage Crops being so weedy that Garwood broth-- , and Grazing With Hogs ers said they could not have saed Growing forage crops and grazing them by any other method. By June, with hogs is a very desirable them 1923, there were seven combines of n to land, accordimprove the same make in Illinois waiting to way and expnumerous raisers to hog be given a trial in harvesting small ing eriment-station workers. Practically grains. Just one year after the first machine was introduced, there were all the fertilizing elements of the vegetwelve combines in Illinois. This is tation except that stored in animal is returned to the soil in the truly a remarkable increase, and is bodies and litter. Tile only danger manure manner due to the highly satisfactory in which the combine harvested the of injury to .the soil is in the trampling n by the animals on heavy clays when crop. It is quite commonly agreed by they are wet, and this Is easily avoid ed where a permanent sod pasture is those who have used the combine, that it is here to stay if for no other available. Furthermore, hogs, when turned into a new field, frequently crop than the soy bean. As one farmclean up a number of different kinds er said, We cannot get along without the combine for harvesting soy of weeds. They make good use of waste plants and tend to eliminatt beans. them from the fields grazed. This past season the combine has been used to harvest wheat, oats, sweet clover, red clover aud timothy, Lubrication for Wagon in addition to soy beans. One comWheels Quite Important bine in Champaign county harvested this past season, 530 acres, including: Wagon wheels need more than to have the axles well greased; they 230 acres of wheat, 40 acres of oats, would 4ast several times as long as 20 acres of red clover, TO acres of timothy, 10 acres of sweet clover, and they usually .do 'if they were oiled. 220 acres of soy beans. This acreFrequent oiling of the wood also elimtwo farms inates the necessity of having the age was divided between tires set from time to time by a blacklocated 11 miles apart. Other masmith. The best method of oiling the chines In the state have similar box wheels is to make a trough-lik- e records. Loss. Total filled is under them and which Determine put The farm mechanics department of with llneseed oil or other wood prethe agricultural college has made a servative. By turning the wheel slownumber of tests to determine total ly through the oil every part of the loss in harvesting with the combine. rim will be soaked with the oil. With These tests were made both In wheut a convenient jack the four wheels of and in soy beans. The total loss for a wagon can be thoroughly oiled in a 53 threshing machines tested .was a short time. The trough can be kept from leaking by painting it. Harvester-Thresh- er soy-bea- be-i:- run-dow- soy-bea- BUREAU M Dipping, Horses Irrigation Useful for Apple Disease to Cure Mange Advisable to Treat Animals Picking Fruit at Right Time Also Is Big Help. in Fall Before Coming Winter. (Prepared by the United States Department or Agriculture.) (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Mange, one of the most injurious skin diseases affecting horses, may be cured by dipping the animals in. a dip or in a nicotine solution. Efficacious dips for horse lice creosote are the arsenical, coal-ta- r and nicotine dips, according to Farmers Bulletin 1493-F- , Lice, Mange and Ticks of Horses and Methods of Control and Eradication, just issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Means of Infestation. The most frequent means of Infestation with lice is direct contact with lousy animals. The parasites are carried from one animal to another on currycombs, brushes, harness, saddles and other equipment. Lice on horses increase very rapidly during cold weather when the hair on the animals is long, but when the horses shed their hair in the spring the parasites seem to disappear. None of the dips for treating horses can be depended upon to kill all the lice at one dipping, according to the author of the bulletin. The nits or eggs which survive the first dipping produce a new generation of lice. This new generation should be destroyed by a second dipping as soon as hatching Is completed and before the young lice become mature and be- Two dippings gin depositing eggs. with an interval of from fourteen to sixteen days can usually be relied upon to eradicate both sucking and biting lice. Dip in the Fall. It Is advisabl dip the animals In .the fall before he coming of cold weather. Biting lice can be eradicated with sodium fluoride applied in the form of a powder or mixed with water in the proportion of about one ounce to one gallon. The bulletin contains considerable information relative to lice, mange and ticks and means of control. A copy of the publication may be obtained free, while the supply lasts, upon request to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. lime-sulph- . Salt Needed by Cows It Is true that under modern condi tions of keeping dairy cows in stanchions a large part of the time, some of the cows fail to get enough salt for their needs, or at least for best results. Ir. Babcock, at the University of Wisconsin, conducted an experiment years ago which convinced s him that a cow should have of an ounce of salt daily for each 1,000 pounds live weight, and In of an ounce for addition, each 20 pounds of milk produced. three-fourth- six-tent- Water core, a serious disease of apples occurring in practically every Img section of the portant be reduced considerably world, may by liberal irrigation and by picking the fruit at the proper maturity, according to Dr. Charles Brooks, pathologist of the United States Department of Agriculture. Six years of investigation have served to show that, contrary to the prevailing opinion, the disease occurs when the supply of water in the soil is inadequate rather than when it is excessive. The real cause of the trouble, however, is in connection with high temperatures, intense sunlight, and the accompanying high sap concentration in the fruit. The watery or glassy appearance of the flesh of the apple, a characteristic distinguishing water core from all other apple diseases, is due to the filling of the intercellular spaces with cell sap instead of air. When water is not available in sufficient quantity high temperatures and intense sunlight cause the sap in the fruit to concentrate and exert enormous pressure on the cel! tissues to a point where they break down. In irrigated regions experiments showed that apples from heavily irrigated trees developed less water core than those from lightly irrigated trees. Also less water core developed when light irrigation was followed by heavy irrigation than when the practice was reversed. Picking at the proper stage of maturity is the most practicable preventive now known for the trouble, especially in the nonirrigated regions. The study showed that water core might increase as much as 90 per cent in 10 days after the proper time for pick' apple-growin- ing. Best Breed of Chickens In starting out in the poultry business, it is best to start out with a well established breed because they nre more likely to breed true to type and color than the newer breeds and there is also more of a demand for hatoliing eggs and breeding stock from the old established breeds than from the novelty. Of course, each Individual has some preferences as to color and type, which should not be overlooked. Dry Mash for Hens Hens should have mash before them In an open hopper. The following dry mash gives good results In egg production. The proportions are by weight: One part wheat bran, one part flour middlings, one part ground corn or corn meal, one part ground heavy oats, one part meat scrap. Mashes or meat 6craps do not cause cholera because tills is an Infectious disease. Some- -' times the liens get too fat at all times, preferably When J. V. Shea of Duluth was arraigned for stealing and pawning washing his wife had taken in, the judge said, You are the worst ADVERTISE IT IN husband in the world. iTAH BASIN' FARMER. THE UIN- - I f |