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Show yVWWyWWVVWVVWWVVyVWWWnnnnTnnrnriii- - DUCHESNE COUNTY FARM BUREAU ARTHUR WISCOMBE THOMAS ROBERTS . WAHLQUIST Vice-Pres- ., Pres., Hyton, Utah Sec.Treas., Eoosevelt, Utah Cedarview, Utah flyyyyyVyyyyyyvyVVVVWVWWWWWVWWAWVWWWWWVUVWVWWVWWWVVVWVVWWVWVUWVWVWrt The stock-foo- d peddler and the hog from farm to farm, and buyer going from one hog lot or pen to another, : are still regarded as potential factors in the carrying of cholera Infection. These men go to many places In the Infection May Be Carried course of the day and may tramp Infected premises. There Is From Contaminated Places through a possibility that the virus of always ' cholera may be carried In the mud to Clean Yards. or manure on shoes, hoofs of horses, and wheels of wagons. States United Department the prepared by of Agriculture.) brooks and canals. Small It Is positively known that the in- In which streams, cholera-sic- k hogs wallow befection of hog cholera may be car- come contaminated and the infection ried from contaminated sources to carried by the current may attack clean premises, from the sick herd to access to susceptible the healthy one. Though some of the these waters.hogs having not Immunized Hogs means of conveying the disease are should be kept away from such n still obscure, there are several streams. channels of Infection. Against While other possible means of transj these the swine owners may readily mission may be enumerated, those guard in protecting their herds. mentioned are considered the chief The most dangerous factor In the ones. If these factors are guarded spread of this disease, say veterinary against, much will be done to prevent specialists of the United States the spread of cholera and to reduce of Agriculture, Is the con-jta- losses. However, since It Is a difficult of hogs sick with cholera with matter to safeguard against all these susceptible hogs, that Is, hogs that dangers, the safe and positive method jhave not been Immunized. Sick hogs to follow in sections producing many should be kept apart from the of immunization of the is that hogs of the herd and should be herd. This done as yearly procedure well fenced In, thus eliminating the will remove all as to the safeanxiety danger of their escaping and mingling ty of the animals. It should not be With healthy though susceptible hogs. that sanitation in On the other hand farmers should forgotten, however, has much to do swine the of raising keep all hogs protected against roamwith the health and thriftiness of the fences. herd. ing hogs by having hog-tigInfection Ways Spreads. The Introduction into the herd of inew stock hogs coming from either .small local stockyards or from local sales has carried cholera to entire herds in many instances. These small Poultry need direct sunlight and assembling and loading yards become ventilation to keep In best health. good discontaminated with cholera and the ease, as a rule, goes with the hogs Years teach ns more than books, purchased there. There Is the same books will teach us more in fewer but danger in baying hogs at public sale, a wise farmer who reads. jas well as in borrowing for breeding years. Its j purposes and In returning hogs from In the constant cultivation and cropfairs or other exhibitions. Unless of our soils the organic matter is ping the home herd carries Immunity burned out, and used up. Manure against cholera, new stock hogs toward .replacing this loss. far goes brought to the farm should be kept by themselves well removed from the Concrete fence posts of unusual others for at least 21 days. The can be built by the use of shapes lending and borrowing of breeding molds. These are prometal special stock should be done with great preduced several manufacturers. by caution to avoid the spread of cholera. The1 failure of swine owners to Potatoes keep best in storage at a burn or bury the hogs that die on of from 34 to 38 degrees temperature their premises has resulted In many an outbreak of hog cholera. This Is Fahrenheit They are one of the the factor that enables the dog and easiest vegetables to store. Good ventilation is an advantage. Lthe buzzard to carry cholera Infection to other farms. All diseased animals Store credit costs more than bank thai iiie on the farm should be propbecause credit are storekeepers erly disposed of by either burning or equipped to handle merchandise and bu : ing deeply. i '1 lie f edlng of table scraps and not credit; bankers are equipped to handle credit and not merchandise. nonimmune hogs Is a dangn huge gerous practice from the standpoint A good, workable mortar for maof cholera Infection. Such feed may sonry construction on the farm can contain trimmings, rind and bones be made by mixing one part Portland originating from cholera-infectepork, cement to sis parts sand, to which is and the vims of the disease may be added one part hydrated lime. conveyed to the herd Prevent Spread of Hog Cholera : ! i well-know- I ! ; j ct ht Agricultural Notes . d K Pick a LUSTY BULL For Profit They are builders of Beef R. S. LUSTY & SONS, Duchesne, Utah Breeders of Pure Bred Hereford Cattle Big Machinery Saves Careful Cutting Much Manual Labor Helps Woodlot Is Made From New York Farmer Cut ?100 Comparison Records in Nebraska. Worth of Fuel From Each One of the best reasons why big Acre, Aiding Stand. In a woodlot on the farm of Henry Kellogg of Barnes Corners In Lewis county, $100 worth of fuel wood was recently removed from each, acre and the woodlot was left In better condition than before cutting, according to J. A. Cope, forester at Cornell uni versity, who had charge of selecting and cutting the trees. Woodlot Improvement. This was part of a woodlot Improvement campaign conducted by the Lewis county farm bureau In which Mr. Kellogg agreed to use his woodlands to show what could be done. An area was laid out In a woodlot, and were only cut the trees marked to be or crooked those that were defective, called were what are commonly weed species. At a woods meeting, attended by farmers of the community, the marked trees which had been carefully cut and ranked were measured. It was cords of wood found that 80 had been cut from each acre. This fuel wood had a roadside value of Mr. Kellogg kept a record of $200. time required to cut, haul and rank this wood, and found the 80 cords could be delivered to the roadside for $100, Including sawing it Into lengths, thereby netting him a clear stumpage value of $100 an acre. Saved Crop Trees. The group next visited the lot where the cutting was done to see that the main crop trees of thrifty ash, basswood and hard maple had not been touched. The cutting had Improved the condition of tlife stand so that the crowns of the remaining trees will be able to expand and thqs diameter-growt- h will be greatly Increased. Mr. Kelloggs experience Indicated that, as far as Lewis county woodlots go, yon can eat your cake and have It, too, Mr. Cope says. 20-ac- re 15-In- ch 15-Inc- h Stinking Smut Is Most Widely Spread Disease Stinking smut Is the most widely spread disease of wheat and next to black stem rust is the most destructive. It has been estimated to cause an annual loss in the United States of 25,000,000 bushels. Stinking smut grows within the wheat tflant and eventually forms smut bails in the place of the kernels. It causes a general shrinkage In the outline of the head but does not otherwise greatly change the outward appearance of the head and can be detected in the field only by close examination or by scenting Its odor which Is similar to that of decaying fish. When the smutted wheat Is threshed many of the smut balls are broken and some of the smut dost or spores is lodged on the surfaces of sound grains. If the smutted grain Is sown, the smut spores germinate with the seed wheat and again develop within the plant In this way the disease Is carried from one crop to the next teams and big machinery are popular is given in the annual report of the farm records that were kept last year under the direction of the Nebraska Agricultural college. Two farms in Dodge county are compared to show that one man made $5.32 profit per acre from his corn while another man, even though he got a higher yield, made only $2.21 per acre. teams The first man used fonr-hors-e and two row implements, while the second planted and cultivated his com with teams and one row machinery. The first man had 100 acres in com, the second only 40. The first got 50 bushels per acre yield while the second got 60 bushels, but the first spent only six hours of his own labor and 25 hours of horse labor per acre while the second man spent 12 hours of man labor and 33 hours of horse labor, per acre. In making this comparison, the agricultural college men. Mason Yerkes, and A. W. Medlar, who had charge of the farm records work, made it clear that the comparison of how two farmers raise com may not be a complete comparison of their entire farms profits, but that so far as the com crop was concerned the man witb the bigger teams is actually making about five times as much net profit in the year. He had 100 acres averaging $5.32 profit per acre, or $532. The other man worked on 40 acres and made but $2221 per acre, a total of two-hor- se $SS 40. ? Agricultural Squibs A farm Implement In the shelter is worth two in the storms. Concrete gate posts, covered with stucco, make attractive entrances to farms. ' shingles may be placed directly over an old wooden shingle roof. Cement-asbesto- s Poultry usually do not need such things as yeast, mineral or tonIc9 If they receive adequate rations. surface on a concrete apto a raised driveway will asproach sure a firm foothold. A grooved Probably the most important of &U the more recent tendencies In fruit growing Is the use of sweet clover in the apple orchard. "Price chasing of fanners in order to catch the high price crops or live stock has on many occasions resulted In disappointment It costs more for each koshel or for each unit to market a large crop of an agricultural product than it costs to market a small, .grqp. |
