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Show THE Getting Ready for Alfalfa Large Task THTITATT all the dairy cows in the country, the farmers grow two tons of nonlegume hay to one of legume hay. habits such as egg eatlngT feather pulling, etc. Also a liberal bed of straw protects the feet of the chickens from the cold floor. From the standpoint of sanitation, general health, and production, straw should be liberally used In the poultry house. (Soil Productivity Must Be BASH FABHEB Nutrient. Legume hays are not only far More a digested. In Cream allowed to cool In the air outwinter time may freeze on the can will reside, hut the center of the main warm for a long time. Such cream will not produce a good quality of butter even though It la sweet when delivered to the creamery. Milk-Makin- g su- perior to nonlegumes In palatability, nutrig bat furnish more ents at cheaper cost They are also far superior in the quality of their Cutting Back Pear and protein and in the content of lime, Apple to Medium Degree two essential nutrients for The pear and apple should be cut dairy cows. When there 13 a back to a medium degree. The side deficiency of protein in the ration, as n cereal branches should be cut back so as to Is the case where to reduce them one-ha- lf grains and nonlegume roughages are The central stem should be shortened fed exclusively, additional protein but left from 10 to 16 Inches higher usually must be purchased in the form n concentrates such as than any of the surrounding branches. of 'Cottonseed meal. In meal linseed and At the end of the first year the cost case this of 100 pounds of dithe manent framework may be established Is to five usually higher than gestible protein by removing all but from three on the farm in amount a like raised outward spreading form tree. modified of the secure leader to a limbs legume hay. When linseed meal is wortn $47.75 If the tree is large so permanent limbs may be chosen at the time of trans- a ton, 100 pounds of crude digestible planting, this permanent framework protein will cost $7.S5, whereas in the may be established then. If the tree form of alfalfa hay at $12 a ton the is a whip having no same amount of protein would cost branches it should be shortened to a but $5.65. Timothy hay is so low in height of about 21.? or 3 feet, with flic protein that at $11 a ton, 100 pounds view to securing a good branching sys- of crude protein would cost $1S.S5. tem below the point of cutting back. Right for Success. Preparation of a field for seeding overnight job, but should be started months before the alfalfa seed Is put Into the ground. Sail Jones, extension specialist In soils and crops for Ohio State university, has prepared a comprehensive of suggestions for growing alfalfa which makes this clear. to alfalfa isnt an seed will Be part oF the maluIeT milk-makin- high-produci- Little Pigs Swallow Incubated Worm Eggs farm-grow- Four simple steps are embodied in the gist of the McLean system. They are Intended to prevent the little pigs from swallowing any incubated worm eggs, until the pigs have gotten so their systems will resist the infestation, which Is when they are four months old. Cleaning the farrowing quarters and scrubbing them out with one pound of lye to 30 gallons of boiling hot water, and then using a spray made of a good dip is the first step. This is followed by washing the sides and udder of the sow with soap and water before she is put into the clean farrowing pen. This takes off worm eggs that may have been sticking to the sow. three-fourth- s. high-protei- Good drainage, corrected acidity, productive soil and proper Inoculation are fundamental necessities in preparing the soil for the alfalfa, Jones says. Since alfalfa heaves worse than the clovers and is badly d Injured by the heaving, a field Is necessary for its growth, and additional tile drainage should be put In If necessary. Failure to use enough limestone Is responsible for most alfalfa failures, Jones says. At least three tons of ground limestone per acre is necessary to prepare unlimed light colored soils for alfalfa In the western part of northeastern Ohio and four tons on Better Chicks Result the unlimed light colored soils In the if Vitamines Supplied eastern part of the area. Smaller apBetter chicks result If the hatching plications will do on the dark colored eggs are rich In vitamines A, D, and or richer soils. Limestone applications E. Yellow corn and green alfalfa made during the last five years may leaves supply vitamine A. Vitamine be subtracted from the above D will be supplied if the flock can amounts. range in plenty of sunshine. Whole Alfalfa Is preferably sown on fields kernels of wheat contain vitamine E. lhat have had good treatment and Each poultry raiser producing hatchmare been manured regularly In the ing eggs should see to it that his mast Four hundred to 500 pounds of breeding birds are receiving their fertilizer per acre may profitably be share of these vitamine-containin- g 'used when seeding the alfalfa. feeds. In case of a long spell of cloudy weather. It would be advisable to feed cod liver oil until sufficient Cod Liver Oil 'Will returns, as such oil contains Increase Production sunshine vitamine D. Cod liver oil can be Probably there will always be more mixed with the grain feed at the rate or less disagreement as to the correct of 1 pint for each 100 pounds. way to feed cod liver oil to poultry, !but there is little dissension from the opinion that It is a valuable agent Whenever sunshine and green feed are limited. In some instances the addition of fresh cod liver oil to a 'Wet mash has Improved production and physical appearance, even when More Protein Would Matethere seemed to be plenty of sunshine and fowls were getting green feeds, rially Reduce Cost of tit Is of value in the fall to keep pulFeed Bills.' lets in good condition during their jearly laying period when the body Is (Prepared by the United 8tatea Department jnot fully matured and requires much of Agriculture.) nutriment to keep up both processes. If dairymen would grow and feed jCod liver oil Is credited with the more protein in the form of legume power of aiding assimilation, especialtheir feed bills would be reduced hays ly of minerals which are highly Im- materially, says J. R. Dawson, of the portant to growth. bureau of dairy Industry, United One per cent Is generally regarded States Department of Agriculture. An as sufficient to add to a daily wet abundance of home-grow-n legume hay, jmash, so the cost is not appreciable, he says, Is the basis for an economical while the effect, where there are no ration for the dairy cow. positive hindrances such as parasites Superior Feeding Quality. or organic troubles. Is usually an inThe superior feeding quality of lecrease in production, and in size of gumes was recognized nearly 2,000 eggs, that far outbalances the cost years ago, he says. "As early as the First century Columella, an early Roi well-distribute- d, well-draine- one-year-o- ld i ! : Legume Hays Are Best for Cows 1 ! Sunlight for Winter Hens Very Important Recent discoveries have shown that calcium or lime is not utilized by animals unless a substance known as vitamine D Is supplied. The ultraviolet rays of sunshine act in some way upon the animal to bring about the effect of this vitamine. The laying hen must assimilate a relatively large amount of calcium In order to make eggshells. Sunlight that passes through ordinary window glass loses the vitamine value because the ultraviolet rays do not pass through such glass. Hence It Is necessary to get the hens out Into the sunlight or provide some means of keeping out the cold and at the same time allowing the ultraviolet rays to enter the house. There is now on the market glass substitute material which does not obstruct the various elements of the sun, neither does It prevent light from entering. This material is now being used successfully for hen houses, and has passed rigid tests of experimental stations. Around the Farm Turkeys should always be fed in troughs, never on the ground. If you wish to double the strength of concrete, keep It wet for ten days after laying and setting it. Thin your woodloL You will get wood for the winter fires, an appetite for buckwheat cakes and sausage, and an Improved woodlot. I proper place to keep and handle the herd sire is as important as a pump In the well or any of the other things that we see so commonly on the farm. A BARGAIN 100 sheets paper and 100 en-- !! velopes with your name or and gf the name of your farm 0 address neatly printed. $3.00 Best linen paper. Only a few Agricultural Squibs Heat your hens water and they will lay you more eggs. 1 E boxes left MAIL YOUR ORDER TODAY R nneovolf QfnlnI i If the air from a hot air furnace is dry, hang a small pail of water before each register In the house. 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Hens which have nothing to do but stand eiqupd are also apt to develop vicious man agricultural writer, stated that the best forage plants are alfalfa, fenugreek, and the vetches. Alfalfa may be placed in the foremost rank of such plants: for when once sown It lasts ten years, fattens lean cattle, and has a salutary action on sick cattle. In spito of the fact that Columella had the right Idea centuries ago ami that his recommendations have been evening. uniformly confirmed and reconfirmed to reduce the If a f: rnor :'u her of p"- -- raised on his farm lie had hettir d.t it fi farrowing fewer sows rather than by neglecting the sows ntid pips at farrowing time, and thus raising smaller litters.' grown In the United States at preseut is legume hay. Furthermore in the north central and north Atlantic states, which contain 00 per cent of There Is a very definite dangr if not certainty that stock ranging in a field containing mature Johnson grass seed will spread that seed on other and on which they later range. Qnlv by all careful hay investigations Since that time, only 41 per cent of the hay wi-slic- Wong Sing Mercantile 1 s I The store with complete line of xys Groceries and Provisions, Dry n !f Goods, Notions, Ladles' and Gents' Furnishings, Boots and H3 Shoes, Furniture, ll&rdwar, Sto ves, Ranges, Harases, and Saddles. You will profit by trading here. FT. DUCHESNE. UTAH J mm4KW |