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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER ter shell? However, the majority of To Lessen Huge Waste in Hides people at the present time are of the opinion that usually a hen which is deprived of material of which to make shells will lay fewer eggs rather than d d to lay eggs. pggs may be caused by condiments. Spi .s often lead to trouble. It would seem that the thing for the poultry man to do is to balance the ration of these fowls with minerals If they do not already have access to them. Meat meal or tankage should be added to the mash along with some shorts in place of the tonic. A balanced ration of scratch feeds and laying mash such as have been suggested in these columns should be fed. Also provide plenty of oyster shell in addition to grit soft-shelle- Dealers, Tanners and Farm-- j ers Lose $20,000,000 by Carelessness. . Prepared by the United State Department of Agriculture.) ! Needless losses In the total annual value of hides and skins are estimated !at approximately $20,000,000 as the (result of careless or wasteful methods . (in curing hides and skinning animals. To stop the avoidable leaks in their business which have reached such alarming figures, representatives of (the hide dealers, tanners, butchers, cattle raisers, dairymen and farmers (met, several months ago, with officials of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce and a program of work for the (production of better hides and skins. Committees Set Up. As a result of this conference a number of working committees were set up, with a personnel selected from members of the government departments and of the interested industries, to cover the important phases in the production of hides and skins, such as: Classification and grading of hides and skins; skinning and curing practices; grub eradication; manges and other diseases; brands and other physical injuries and statistics on pro-- . duction. The work on skinning and curing, which is being conducted by the bu-- , reau of chemistry and soils of the Department of Agriculture has for its principal object the correction of care-- . less and wasteful practices that cause such defects as cuts, sores, rot, loose-graiand poor fiber. Information is collected from butch-.erhide dealers, and tanners, usually by personal Interview and observa- tions, on the ways In which they han- -' die hides and skins through the skinning and curing operations and, wherever there Is need of It, changes to improve production are pointed out fjand demonstrated, t At present two experienced hide anen are at work In the field, one in "Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, working chiefly on the handling of and the other in the region of Virginia and North Carolina, working i primarily on hides. The bureau of chemistry and soils invites tanners and hide producers to Vlbring promptly to Its attention cases of serious damage resulting from poor f skinning and poor curing and, if feasible, It will undertake to send in response one of Its representatives to d information and j. collect (.trace the origin of the trouble. Base Goods of Leather. Hide is the base goods of all es-- i i leather. Leather is a present-da- y Our of of walk life. sential every hide supply is falling shorter ,.and shorter of our leather require- ments. Every year millions of pounds hide substance are needlessly last (through ignorance and indifference. This work that the bureau of chemis-itr- y and soils is doing id purely con- structlve. Because of the large quantity of raw material involved and Its high value, the work has great eco- possibilities. It should receive from all the inomic Industries. Soft-shelle- I I Around the Farm l for-imulat- ed The practice of hogging off small fields of corn is considered a good one in most sections. Farmers who encourage their poultry to get out and pick up a living, usually dont pick up much profit from the poultry business. If chickens suffered for lack of shade this year plan for It next season. Corn or sunflowers will supply shade for the hot days, and food later. Whether farming pays depends more on the farmer than on anything else. Some farmers could not make a suc- cess of farming if the prices of farm products were doubled. , Wasteful feeding too often follows lack of Information on production. The good producing cow does not get enough and the poor milker gets too much feed for profitable production. Testing tells the story of production related to feed requirements. n, I s, Prevent Smut by Dust Treatment Method Is Much More Convenient Than Use of Any Liquid. calf-j-skin-s, ( first-han- Immediate Cause of Eggs Soft-Shell- ed The immediate cause of eggs is failure of the uterus to function properly. eggs may be caused by a lack of shell material, 'which may be the case if the hens of ijgur reader da not have, access t oyssoft-shelle- Soft-shelle- d d (lusting Increase Yields of Sugar Beets' Quickly Cooling Cream Phosphate Fertilizer Makes Helps After Separating Higher Percentage of creameries are Iowa this Beet Crop. generally paying a higher price year than last in comparison to the this price of butter. In reviewing situation C. Bechtelheimer, secretary Creamery associaf the tion, gives the credit to paying added attention M quality. When quality is the goal, there is nothing that is so important as quickly cooling the cream after separating and before mixing it with older cream. The next most important factor is keeping all of the cream in a clean, cool place until it is ready to be delivered to the market A cooling tank connected between the pump and the water tank, or connected with a spring, is the best method of cooling cream and holding the same until It is time to market Tanks of this kind should be small so that the water will be changed often. They can be cheaply constructed and are worth the price. ( ve ! ! clover. The practice should' be to cut the seed with powdered infested fields until no sweet clover is copper carbonate. left Dust More Convenient The dust method is more convenient The markets for farm products are than the liquid method, and the grain changing. The market constantly reis not injured by this treatment corn, hogs, cattle, or any other wheat, The done. gardless of when it is varies from time to time farm product dust so that grain is mixed with the factors as affecting the supply of tie two every kernel is coated, using demand for these products the and of ounces of the dust to each bushel one No time Is always i set change. grain. sell. to The best time time best the The dust should test at least 50 per be be indged fairly accurately by may cent metallic copper and should conditions which affect the it of cent following 90 so that per fine enough prices. will pass through, 200 mesh sieve. The mixing may be done with a shovel on a smooth floor; or a mixconcrete mixer ing machine, such as a or a barrel churn with baffle boards in it, will do the job. "Uy ' Ordinary stinking smut of wheat, or bunt as it Is called in the West, does not destroy the entire head, as does loose smut, bat it atacks the interior of the seed and for this reason is often overlooked. The affected kernels are shorter, more plump, and darker than the healthy kernels. When such kernels are crushed they are found to contain a mass of black powder the spores of the fungus that causes the smut. Wheat that is badly infected has a distinct fetid odor that Is noticeable when it is threshed, according to a report from the state college of agriculture at Ithaca. Common Treatment The treatment commonly used In the past for the control of this smut consisted in immersing the cleaned grain in a solution made by diluting one pint of commercial formaldehyde in 40 gallons of water. The immersion continues not more than a few minutes, during which time the grain should be stirred and the light and smutted kernels, which float to the top, should be skimmed off. The grain Is then removed from the solution and should be placed in a pile and covered with sacks or blankets for two hours, after which time It must be spread out to dry. This method should be used if the grain Is badly smutted, but where the smut is not bad, it may be controlled Weeds and Dockage Are Result of Foul Seed Surely no one can expect to sow foul seed and not have weeds and dockage, and yet that is what thousands of farmers are doing right along. Effective cleaning devices are now available at reasonable prices whlcb will remove practically every trace of weed seed and defective kernels and leave only the clean marketable grain, with no loss in hauling, market price, or freight The dockage removed, when ground fine, makes excellent stock food and removes danger of further fouling of the land. I Agricultural Hints Conditions are favorable for profits in market hogs this fall and winter. It pays to feed turkeys well from the time of first feeding until they are marketed. Some one at Clemson college has well said that the farmer who makes hay while the sun shines, also makes repairs while the rain falls. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Bigger yields of sugar beets, with a higher percentage of sugar, can be produced on practically all soils where the crop is grown merely by the application of a sufficient amount of superphosphate. Limiting Element. Extensive experiments conducted In several different states and extending over a period of years have given conclusive evidence that phosphorus is the limiting element in most fields of sugar beets, according to the bureau of chemistry and soils of the United States Department of Agriculture. In these experiments It was found that enough superphosphate to carry 80 pounds of phosphoric acid increased the yield of sugar beets about seven tons per acre, while 80 pounds of ammonia gave an increase of only one and one-hatons, and potash used at the same rate gave no increase. When either ammonia or potash was of the phossubstituted for one-fift- h phate in these test3, the yields were slightly better than where the phosphate was used alone. Large commercial plantings as well as some of the experimental fields hve shown that even as small an amount as 125 pounds per acre of 16 per cent superphosphate (acid phosphate) will give very profitable increases. The beneficial effect of the phosphorus Is most marked early in the season, thus indicating that the good results are due mainly to the early start this fertilizer gives the plant. Sweeter Beets Secured. In addition to greater yields secured the beets from the fertilized fields were from 1 to 2 per cent sweeter than those from unfertilized fields. The low cost of the phosphate fertilizer and the fact that it Is easily applied are also factors which favor the use of phosphates in certain lf sugar-beet-growi- ng districts. pastures need manure, fertilizer to keep them -in a highly productive state, accordto farm crop specialists of the Pe sylvania State college. Permanent Hme, and -- An unladen bee can fly forty miles an hour, while one laden with honey ADVERTISE IT IN THE UINcannot go farther than twelve mile's TAH BASIN FARMER. . In the same time. When answering advertisements in It never pays to produce alfalfa seed this paper, please mention UINTAH on fields.. badly infected with sweet BASIN FARMER. Pick a LUSTY BULL For Profit They are builders of Beef R. S. LUSTY & SONS, Urccflers Duchesne, Utah of Pure Bred Hertford Cfettlo |