Show H L Short Ag Items I Milk cream and raw meats are aro especially Inviting to spoilage spoil spoil- spoilage age bacteria Keep them In il the coldest part of the refrigerator where the temperature is not over 15 45 degrees Under tho the freezIng freezing freezing freez freez- ing unit or or beside it are the coldest places Plan garden space for tomatoes tomatoes toma toma- toes cabbage chard kale and beet greens which are high on the list for food value and easy I to grow Other vegetables especially es- es esI especially es es- I valuable for nutrition are uro snap beans l. l carrots lettuce spinach and turnips A dead pig means the loss of or that much possible food as well as profit Most hog raisers are having difficulty in getting the kind of ot feeds bred sows should have o especially protein feeds These sows must havo have some concentrate concentrate concentrate con con- which is high in pro pro- tein Green pasture or legume legum hay will help holp make up tho the shortage short short- age of protein when there Isn't enough or Exercise Exercise Exercise Ex Ex- Is mighty ty good for brood sows and the pasture and aud hay tho they get got will help to supply the protein necessary if It thrift thrifty pigs n e to be bo farrowed Close to a hundred new now disContinued disContinued dis- dis Continued on page four Agricultural Items Continued from page one cries cO or definite steps in the progress of oC animal science are described In the latest annual r report of the Bureau of Animal Industry a major unit of the Agricultural Research administration administration adminis adminis- The report deals largely large large- ly with research affecting the productivity and health of livestock live live- s stock tock and poultry in the United States Other included disease control services and the tho administration of laws and regulations regulations reg reg- reg-I reg ranging from maintenance ance of or veterinary quarantines to supervision of the health of livestock at public stockyards Plan your jour 1944 crop program to seed alfalfa following an oats crop It is etter to precede alfalfa alfalfa altaHa alf alt alfa aHa with oats as tho the volunteer likely will winter kill therefore therefore therefore there there- fore it is less likely to smother out the alfalfa Searching for means of wood shaving accumulated at war contract punts plants as fuel Cuel In home furnaces the Forest Products Products Products Pro Pro- ducts Forest Service Department of Agriculture has de developed eloped a hopper unit attachable attachable attachable attach attach- able to ordinary furnace in which baled or loose shavings sawdust chunk or stove wood bundled edgings slabs or shop waste can be bc satisfactorily burned burned burned burn burn- ed for heating purposes ing only standard non critical materials without of or special parts the hopper can be constructed by a skilled mason In one day at a cost of around 50 Wipe soiled eggs with a rough dry cloth Washing will remove the protective bloom which seals the pores in the shell and protects the delicate meat of the egg from air and odors Wool clothing in unheated closets are not safe from moths unless the temperature Is down downto to zero Larvae Lanae become dorment at 50 degrees but they become active again when the room warms up Mend a hole or tear In n a garment garment garment gar gar- ment or fabric as soon as you discover er it or set it aside until you jou can take care of it The sewing sewIng sewing sew sew- ing machine speeds the mend mending f 1 ing on many articles Many farm machinery machiner me men I say the manure spreader is subjected subjected subjected sub sub- to more abuse than any other farm machine A great deal of damage could be avoided in starting the thc spreading mechanism mech- mech after it has been idle for tor some seine time or if Ie it is frozen up To put the spreader In in good shape jack up the thc front end and lubricate the bearings n the front running parts Jack up tho the rear end so the wheels will run free Put the driving mechanism mechanism mechanism mech mech- In gear and check tho the performance per per- performance of or the various driven parts by hy turning one wheel by hand Also check the rear wheels and examine the bearings pawls and springs and adjust repair or 01 replace as necessary Lubricate cate cato wherever needed 1 |