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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH Ua stock Titan Queen WorlcPs Seek to Reduce Cost of Honey Largest Duroc-Jerse- y NEWS of Growth Losses and Gains Shown to Interesting Story Sow. Colorado of Be Closely Related to IIow the worlds largest sow. Colony Yields. LIBERAL FEEDING OF BROOD SOWS (Prepared by the United 8tate of Agriculture.) Department Beekeeping practices and management as well as the marketing of honey have been studied during the past year by the bureau of entomology Liberal feeding of brood sows and agricultural economics of the while they are nursing their litters United States Department of Agriculpays big dividends, declares B. W. ture with a view to formulating methFairbanks, associate professor of an- ods that will help the beekeeper produce honey at a profit. imal husbandry at the Colorado AgriA preliminary report of the survey cultural college. "Excellent rations can be balanced of apiary practices In the with skim milk or buttermilk, bran, region Utah, Colorado, Montana, shorts, ground oats, wheat, barley, or Wyoming, and Idaho covering the data secured In 1928 will soon he A little leafy alfalfa corn, he adds. hay builds up the quality of the pro- ready for distribution. A similar study will be started this year In the teins and supplies vltamine A. In discussing the weaning of region and both studpigs, Fairbanks says that when the pigs ies will be continued until sufficient are two to three weeks old they will data have been obtained to warrant drink from a trough in addition to advice being given oi practices and their nursing. A shallow management in beekeeping as well as trough placed In a pig creek Is regarding honey houses and equipment ideal for the feeding of additional that have been found to be efficient milk. and profitable. Fresh milk Is generally fed the first Beekeepers Keep Records. with the day or two, and then skim milk Is Beekeepers substituted. Middlings or shorts may department in these surveys keep be mixed with the skim milk and fed daily records of labor and expenses, as a thin slop twice daily. make invoices, and report on the manWhen the pigs have learned to take agement practiced under a variety of freely of the shorts or middling slop, conditions. Tills information will be they are ready to wean, according to of Interest to all beekeepers who deFairbanks. Tills usually occurs when sire to compare their management they are seven to ten weeks of age. practices with those of other beeIf skim milk Is not available it will keepers. be necessary to keep them on the Forty apiaries were included in the sows longer. 1928survey, ranging in size from 150 After weaning, a slop of shorts or to 1,800 colonies, and covering a total middlings or corn meal is offered of more than 24, 000 colonies. twice daily. At first the pigs should The results of this survey, according receive a ration with a liberal supply to E. L. Seclirist of the bureau of enof protein, but this may be reduced tomology and R. E. Klfer of the buslightly later. reau of agricultural economics, show that the great variance in labor and investment costs, ns well as the yield Operations on Lambs per colony, have a marked Influence Pay in Real Dollars on the beekeepers profits. Docking and castrating will add Necessary. materially to the receipts from the Such investigations cannot be carlamb crop. Either operation is simple ried out successfully without the and the risk negligible when per- active of the various state formed on lambs at ten days to two agricultural extension agencies, the weeks of age. bee p ess, beekeepers organizations, Long-tailelambs sell on the marand particularly the beekeepers themket for 23 cents to S3 a hundred less selves. All these have done excellent than docked lambs, says W. E. Mor- work in the past, and help given by ris, n live stock specialist with the agthem in personei contact has been ricultural extension service of the of great value, the bureaus say. Thin University of Minnesota. The work undertaken in the clover Iambs are classified on the marregion this fall wfil depend to a conket as cull feeder lambs and suffer siderable degree on the assistance and the largest cut in price. of local beekeeping speItam lambs sell tor $1 to $3 per cialists and beekeeping organizations. hundred less than wether lambs of Any organization able to assist in the same quality. Fat ram lambs sell these surveys is invited to communion the market at a cent a pound becate with the division of bee culture low fat wether Iambs. Thin ram bureau of entomology, lambs are classified as culls and sold investigations, United States Department of Agriculto the packers as such, at about $3 a ture, Washington. hundred less than they would bring as feeders if they had been castrated. Generous Rations While Nursing Pigs Profitable. Inter-mountai- n long-taile- d Paradichlorobenzene Is Useful to ControLPest Feeding Breeding Pig for Efficient Growth of controlling the plum tree borer that is also inexpensive has been developed by the department of the South Dakota experiment station. The new remedy is simple and its estimated cost is not in excess of 3 cents per tree, according to Irof. George I. Gilbertson, of the department. Ordinary paraffin is melted and paradichlorobenzine, or P. D. B Is added at the rate of one part to nine parts of paraffin. A thin coat of this solution one pint to every four or five tree1; is then brushed on the trunks and larger branches of the trees. When It hardens, the pnraffln-P- . D. B. combination forms a protective coat which does not chip off In summer temperature and which allows the dissolved P. D. 15. to vaporize slowly and enter the tissue of the borer and kill it The fumigating action continues for several days until the larvae of the borer are dead. This method is believed to be the first practical and effective control ever produced during two decades of research. An effective method Pigs retained for breeding purposes should not be fed and handled In the same way ns those to be sent to market. Young breeding stock should be grown rather than fattened. Strong feet and legs and strong backs are more essential than fat In the opment of gilts for brood sows. They should be fed only enough corn to kpep them in a good thrifty condition. The rest of their feed should consist of shorts or oats with sufficient tankage or skim milk to balance the ration. zoology-entomoiog- Figuring Horse Feeds at Cost of Production Many farmers by figuring their horse feed's at cost of production find that they can keep a horse per year In very satisfactory manner at a feed cost of $50 to $60. To cover all costs of keeping a horse for a year including care, shelter and veterinary service. you would he entirely fair to the tractor side of the argument and reasonably fair to the horse by allowing a set charge of $100 per year ns the total cost under farm conditions of keeping a good work horse. inf y vy 'A1 Vs A y, A y Av av v. y A W A y, V A ,v n V AT vi v va vA a Prevent Horns Growing on Very Young Calves v u i va au vo vA au tv An Sixty per cent of all pigs are born In March, April and May. To prevent horns from growing on young calves secure at a drug store a stick of caustic potash. When tire calf Is two or three days old nnd as soon as the buttons where the horn grows can he felt, clip the hair close to the skin just where the horn will grow. Then vet the end of the stick of s Is the most The use of satisfactory system of growing hogs. caustic potash and rub tire button until it turns red but not until it bleeds. Do this with both horns and no horns will ram should never be considered an expense but as an excellent investment that will bring a high pereentage of profit when properly handled. grow. Be careful not to use too much of the caustic potash. If any of it runs off it will burn he hide Also use paper in your hands so as not to burn your fingers. Live Stock Facts - it-- It pays to summer fallow land be- fore sowing it to nifalfa. A good - y pure-hre- d An acre of good forage usually can be depended upon to carry from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of hogs. nog cholera first appeared In the United States in Ohio In 1S33. In a single year the losses of hogs by cholera have amounted to $05,000,000. rams will pay, through Increased profits on market lambs, their original purchase price in one year, provided tiiere are as many as 30 or 40 ewes in the flock In which they are used. Pure-bre- j Marketing of Different Products marketing of farm products is one way of increasing the farmers bargaining ability. marketing has been getting on a sounder basis in recent years, nnd termers will probably find it an Important way of safeguarding ttieir Interests in the future. The tendency in II business is toward concentration of bargaining power. is the farmers most effecthe way of accomplishing this end. Titan Queen, registered Duroc-Jerseowned by the Colorado Agricultural college, was built up to her present phenomenal weight of 1,123 pound in the past eight months is an interesting story as told by R. II. Broad, chief herdsman for the college, who lias had personal charge of the task. The huge sow is also the largest Du hog in the world. Titan Queen was purchased at the International Live Stock exposition In Chicago lust December by the Colo-radschool with the Idea of building her to a record weight. She weighed 840 pounds at that time, the same weight she had registered at the national swinp show In 1927, when she was the largest Duroc sow shown. Mr. Bread began feeding the big sow on a mixture of 00 per cent corn, 25 per cent oats, 7 per cent tankage, 5 per cent per cent alfalfa meal and 2 linseed meal. Broad believes that ttie alfalfa meal which helped to complete the balancing of the ration was largeTitan ly responsible for Queen's growth, after she was brought to Colorado from Illinois, where she was raised. This ration was continued until March 4. when it was changed to ail the whole corn she could eat, and all the skim milk site could drink. In addition she had access lo a mixture of five pounds of tankage, two and one half pounds of alfalfa meal, nnd two and one half pounds of linseed meal r untU April 17, wher' in a she weighed 1.Q25 'pounds. Broad says that no special treatment wms given the sow. She measures 0 feet 4 Indies from the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail; 88 indies in circumference around the heart; 84 indies around the flunk; 46 indies indies in height, and 1( around the smallest part of her hind AirmTEiE Kiemtt RADIO y self-feede- leg. Combines Require Much Skill and Attention Combines that have become so popular 'n the last few years require more skill and alert watching than do the old threshing machines, according to A. L. Young of the farm mechanics department. University of Illinois. Unless the operator is entirely familiar with the operation of the machine he should get the catalogue and directions and go oer them carefully. says Mr. Young. The number of days of operation Is an important factor in the cost of overhead tperation. In Older to make these as many as possible and to prevent the loss of any valuable time In the field it will be necessary to check over the entire machine so there will not he any delays and breakdowns in tiie harvest Cutting the grain too low should be guarded against ns it will overload the machine and make repairs more necessary, Mr. Young warns. The operator should watch his machine for loose nuts and for places that show excessive wear. The machine should he oiled regularly rather than when there is nothing else to do. Pastures Are Improved by Eradicating Weeds of the Where more than stand of vegetation In a pasture is comprised of weeds, it usually indicates that the land is either prematurely grazed, or a combination of the two. In planning to improve the pasture, consideration should be given to correcting the causes responsible for the weedy growth. On smooth pastures, most weeds may be successfully eradicated If such a method is used, by mowing. the weeds should he cut about the time they are in flower before any seed is matured. one-fourt- h over-graze- Operated by MATTIEMIIES Screen-Gri- d Electro-Dynami- c New improvements heretofore only in a bull Is NEWi-HE- AR Meal time with toads often begins before sunset and continues throughout a greater part of the night. can be put into cocks for there is plenty of labor, where curing time, and not too large on acreage. Millet Care should be taken that the sweet clover is not pastured too closely nt the beginning of the pasturing season. Volunteer wheat is one of the greatest sources of Hessian fly Infestation It is the only food to fall wheat. available at the early emergence of the pest The ensilage cutter should be put If there are any extra parts needed they should be ordered nnd fitted to the machine before the day of silo filling. in order. A machine that has recently been developed for conserving straw is a haler which fakes the straw directly from the threshing machine owl halo It without its having to be handled a second time. IT-TO- DAY EssKMBK3ugsmxMmtmsssssssss - Repairing Garden Hoie If the garden hose has sprung a leak and you are contemplating buying a new one, try painting It on the outside with pliable roofing paint and Brt'tf 'thalwlQqs, season for It. In Rainy Season Father (to son on first visit to seaside) Sonny, what do you think of it? Son All right, dud; but is tills big field always covered with water? Boston Post. POISON IVY Hanfords Balsam of Myrrh Honey back tor first botle If not AM dealer. Pathos in Passing of Old-Tim- Family Album e The London Sunday Times notes the wane ol ancestor worship (western type) : Ancestor worship is, apparently, on the wane. A French writer has pointed out that the custom of keeping a fuTftily album is no longer popular, and dravVsfrom the fact a moral concern ing tlieXtlncay in pride of race. There is, lndeeJ;'uU!rta!n pathos in the decline of the albuiH f family portraits. there is "Tiiere is pathos to How too. a'N,mni many danger, years gone by. tottering on the t(U'ge of dipsomania, has been saved by ttY recollection of his sisters and his cousins, whom he reckoned up in dozens? How many a man was rescued from the primrose path by the contemplation of Aunt Susan, awful in her sboulder-of-rnuttosleeves? Today, alas! it is unlikely thut the forgers hand would be stayed, the burglars jimmy arrested, by the solemn thought that Great Uncle Robert would never have acted thus. n Brief History was the first night of that new play? Its last. How Not the Same Thing Actress Did he really tell you Btnge fright? Friend No ; he said you were. Evan Fuller was graduated by the West Union (Iowa) high school without having been absent or tardy after he entered the first grade. honesty should never be allowed to drift into the class. has-bee- n Try to wear out your old clothes and feel wretched all the time youre doing it. After a good dinner one can give anybody, even ones own tions. Wilde. forrela- Come to Think of It, What Did It Matter? When the labor bill was before the legislature In Sacramento William Burnell, one of Californias big contractors, said: 1 am a believer in the tneory that certain types of people are fitted for certain types of work. This last was forcefully brought to my mind recently when I visited a national park where the waitresses were college girls making money through the vacation period. Maybe they were great college girls but as waitresses 1 said to one of them one day, I this pie apple or peach? she Pm sure I dont know, gapped. Cant you tell by the taste? maam, I cant, I politely admitted. Well, thi!i vvH a t difference doe it make? was ti!.Vart rejoinder." Los Angeles Times. cr Too Humble had I We farmers are humble, but were not as humble as some of these poll ticians seem to think. George L. Quacltenbush, the millionaire farmer of Virginia, was talking in Richmond about the farmers hard luck and his demand for government aid. Yes, were humble, he went on. but were not like little Willie. Where are you going. Joe? little Willie asked his friend. Down to the drug store, says Joe to get an ice cream soda. Little Willie looked up at Joe wistfully and said: Say, Joe, can I come and watch v ye? " ' Paints of Blotting Paper the venerable Archdeacon Malcolm Grnham of England, has hecome dissatisfied with his style of painting and is A statesman who writes his memadopting blotting paper as a medium. oirs has seldom been known to fail Archdeacon Graham, one of the few to keep up the pose. nrtists In the Church of England, recently held an exhibition Like may beget like, but we also of his wntercolors, which won high get to have our dislikes. praise. woman knows that her gown Isnt a perfect fit when another woman tells her that It is. At A seventy-eigh- t Stoke-on-Tren- t, well-know- Friend of Youth Both Alfred E. Smith and President Hoover are ardent believers in young men. To the latter a grnybeord said in Paris during the World war; "Bui young men are totally lacking In experience." Pooh said Mr. Hoover. Whats the good, after nil, of knowing what the weather was like day before yes terday?" Traveler Can you speak Esperanto? I should think so. I spent several years In Esperanto." Steering Ships by Echoes The fatnoiiieter is an Instrument e To stick to that religion, thut measures the depth of water by you have to have much of that e timing electric echoes. This humanity tn you. enables navigating officers to Virtue is bold and goodness never pilot t heh course as accurately in darkness and fog as In daylight and fearful. Shakespeare. clear weather. al- Try some of the newest sweet corn. It may lie better than the older type you've grown. sets house-curre- nt Agricultural Notes Sentimental regard for ways misplaced. ! old-tim- old-tim- A Sour Stomach First County Agent J. L. Stallings, deceased, of Smith county, Texas, was the first county of gas and sour stomach, Phillips farm demonstration agent in America, appointed in 1900. The work he startMilk of Magnesia has acidity completeed is now being carried on by more the and organs checked, ly digestive than 2.400 county agents. Furm and tried all tranqulllzed. Once you have this form of relief you will cease to Fireside. worry about your diet and experience Short-LivePoliteness a new freedom In eating. Politeness is ail very well. This pleasant preparation is Just as Well? good for children, too. Use it when"But it fills me with mixeu emotions ever coated tongue or fetid breath when the telephone girl thanks me signals need of a sweetener. Physl-clanand then gives roe the wrong numwill tell you thnt every spoonful of Phillips Milk of Magnesia neu- ber. tralizes many times Its volume in acid. How Natives Learn Home Town Get the genuine, the name Phillips is Biiuks You seem pretty familiar Important. Imitations do not act the with all tiie points of Interest around same! your own city. Jinks Yes, we have a great many In the same time It takes a dose ot Boda to bring a little temporary relief d s PHILLIPS Milk r.of Magnesia g&n Mountain home or land part pavi Cuttcn A to., 1008 Kay Bill , Oaklaud, n folks visit us. The Way Today I think Ill give the bride a rolling pin to handle her husband with. Buy her a revolver. Reason is the life of law. GREAT RESULTS FROMGWOUND Read How This Medicine Helped This Woman Brainerd, Minn. "I read about Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound in a newspaper and I have got great results from its tonio action at tho Chnnge of Life. Before I took it I was nervous and at times I was too weak to do my housework. I was this way about a year. But now Ido all my housework and do chores outsido also. I must say that Lydia E. Pink-ham-s Vegetable Compound has done wonders for me and no woman should be without it. I sure ran speak a Mrs. Jtu SillTB, good word for it. R. R, 7, Brainerd, Minnesota. |