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Show THE UI27TAII EAEE7 EAEHEE The first most Important thing Is a so you must be fine deep seed-bework to not your land too wet. careful d, tProtect Flocks From Parasites sown Rape and oats are sometimes results give some and feeding together rape-alonto as combination preferable this e. Worms Causing Greatly creased Losses to the Poultry Industry. In- y y - V " i The recent studies of parasitologists of the United States Department of Agriculture are of scientific interest and of practical value to poultry (owners. Referring to a 10 per cent decline in the chickens of the 1928 hatch compared with that of the previous year. Dr. Eloise B. Cram, of the 'bureau of animal industry, raises these questions: Why this decrease in !1928? Was it due to casualties caused by accidents and disease, or the closing out of flocks, or the cutting down .of their size by poultry raisers, and, if the latter, why this closing out or cutting down? Were diseases, and 'especially parasitic diseases, an im- in fanning, as In other industries, Is profitable for the Individual, profitable for the industry as a whole, and as its own protection. It Is np to each Individual farmer to consider first of all his own interests and those of his family and take every fair advantage he can get to go ahead. Rape may be sown any time after the danger of hard freezing is past and, if sown early. It should provide pasturage by the middle of May or a little later. It Is advisable to sow rape several times during the season so that continuous forage will be pro- Inroads of Parasites. In answer to these questions, Doc-- I tor Cram cites evidence showing that s parasites have been making more inroads pn the poultry industry 'of the country than Is commonly realized, though losses are sometimes difficult to explain until scientific observations are made. In general," isays Doctor Cram, "the worm para-- j sites of poultry seem to be causing greatly increased losses to the indus-;trSerious vided. ers of such a district as the Wenat- serl-jou- j & V y. v jv I- - . - ' 1 for instance, lost poul-tryma- I hs t i o Efficiency portant item? "A poultryman in Washington, D. C, 75 per cent of several hundred chicks from gapes. Investigation showed that this loss resulted from the use of one of the fields, for about 24 hours, as a restin' place for a flock of turkeys being driven overland. The chickens became Infested by gapeworms left by the turkey flock. In addition to producing the noticeable symptoms of gaping, by obstructing the windpipe, gapeworms also weaken their victims by sucking blood. "Tapeworms have been named as the cause of death of 50 per cent of the chickens in some Maryland flocks. There have been correspondingly heavy losses of domestic geese In Oregon from a closely related parasite. In addition to causing death, tapeworms bring about emaciation, reduced egg production, and more or lees complete paralysis. Worms Kill Turkeys. "Slender, threadlike worms in the 'crops of turkeys were found to have of caused the death of three-fourtthe birds In a flock of 200, and the survivors were scarcely worth marketing. The gizzard worm, one of a general class of roundworms, is also serious because It attacks the walls of the gizzard and Interferes with the food grinding function. "Control measures tc check inroads of parasites on poultry flocks," says Doctor Cram, consist largely in sanitary equipment and management of flocks in such a way that the life cycle of parasites is broken so that infection cannot get back to the fowls. Prompt disposal of droppings from poultry houses, plowing up or scraping off the top soil of chicken yards, the use of a rotation system of yards, the Judicious use of disinfectants, and providing sanitary feed and water containers, are among some of the practical means of prevention. "Even though poultry raising has been highly successful. It Is unwise to relax precautions against parasitic foes of poultry. By Increased attention nnd knowledge, the ravages of parasite enemies may be. checked and poultry, given a better chance. The object In growing a green manure crop, is to produce especially on poor soil as much material as possible-tturn under. '' ' S V- s t ns Starking Apple Tree; Apple In Inset. Color is recognized as being of the utmost importance in selling manuMotor factured articles nowadays. cars, alarm clocks, bathtubs, even kitchen ranges are being made in colors to help them sell. Is it strange that color should be considered, vital in marketing agricultural products, especially such an attractive one as a bright, red, apple? With its brilliant red color stressed ns Its most important improvement, a nursery firm of Louisiana, Mo., has Introduced a new strain of the famous Delicious apple, which has been given the name Shirking. The big point of difference between the Delicious and the Storking is that Starking is solid, rich red all over the apple while the parent is a striped and lighter colored apple. Further more, the Starking colors red several weeks before the original Delicious starts to color. Otherwise the two apples are of identical quality. As one expert puts it: The Delicious got ripe before It got red; the Starking gets red before it gets ripe. Whereas the Delicious lacked color, when it was picked at a state of proper firmness which permitted storage, the Starking has attained its brightest color when still solid and ready to be picked when bard ripe. It Is estimated by apple experts that the Item of Increased color alone would mean an Increase of $1,000,000 a year additional income to the grow ; returns as well as the Spend a little money to lime your soil and collect the Interest that will surely come ypur way as. a result. Soil gives bapk. Give your fence posts a treat. Prop-erltreated posts of nondurable spe cies last from V5 to 2(1 years: they average about five years. Treating' costs less In the end. chee, Washington apple grbwing district, could all the fruit on the Delicious trees In that section be given the solid red color of the Starking. Experience has proved that the color, which the buyer can see, Is far more important than the flavor, or any other quality in determining the market price. The markets, however, have recognized the superior quality of the Delicious type of apples. Only highly colored good quality fruit can be graded extra fancy and get the top market figure. This teddies that even orchardists are affected by fashion, and must pay attention to the appearance of their product The Starking was discovered On a single branch of a Delicious apple tree in a New Jersey orchard. This branch was observed to be loaded each year with apples that became red in late Augt, a month before ripening, when the apples on the other limbs of the same tree were still green. This is a natural phenomenon which occurs possibly Only once in a million or more trees; it is termed a mutation or an unexplained departure from type, one of the ways nature has of improving the species the cause of which men have so far been unable to explain. By taking the wood of this exceptional branch, and propagating it on root stocks, trees possessing the qualities of the single branch were obtained, and the Starking apple was made available to all orchards. The Starking apple was awarded the American Pomological societys Wilder, medal In 1826. Except for its color, the trees and fruit of Starking have the same characteristics as the Delicious. A number of orchardists have observed that Starking bears at a younger age, often when three or four years old. The apples have exhibited greater storage endurance, having been kept more than a year without deterioration. Like the Delicious it grows rapidly and is exresistant to the attacks ceptional of inserts jitul diseases. Good equipment, good seed and plenty of fertilizer, coupled with fertile soli, make a profit out of the farming business. Farm wood lots may be made profitable, by removing worthless trees and grapevines and planting and thinning where necessary. 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