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Show I WHAT THE DEPARTMENT I OF AGRICULTURE I IS DOING LbbbbbbbbB a - vl 1 1 jj BKATINCJ SWORDS INTO jf ' PIXW 8HAICB6'W H ,, Uncle Sam now will use the raw H M stuff that was to blow Germany off H j tho map for tertllleed. Instead of M making explosive nholls out of It ho B Is putting It on the land to raise H food and cotton. Over 15,000 lona B of nitrate of soda, released by th B War department la speeding from 18 B v United States shipping points to far- J , mers via the bureau of markets, Do- J ' partment of Agriculture In view of H tho number of orders for early ship ment being received tho nltrnlo dln- bbbbbbI i 4 trlbutors say that spring must bo on H tho way. Farmers who did not want J to accept deliveries In February now J want Immediate shipments and tho bbbbbS h .....vmi. w. ......nvia a lljdlft 111 OIIIJI H 100,000 tons this month. J v Orders have already been Issued H- from Wanhlngton for the shipment H j of over 76,000 tons In small lots, and H Ravunnah and Wllmlgton report dally H n shipments of OTer 1,000 tons each. H Announcement that all applications H , for nitrate will b0 filled for tho full H ntnount was made today, but It was B 'I pointed out that applicants should H appreciate the Impossibility of filling m L all orders simultaneously though ev- M j cry effort Is being made to have tho H nitrate reach all applicants In time f for use this season. bbbbB ' H J , JIOYS'SWAT DOGS, 11UV SHEEP H ' For every dog kopt at a loss of ! $36.50 must bo pocketed every year. H j 1 ' For every sheep kept a profit of M $27.60' may be pocketed every year. H ) At least that Is tho way the pro- J position was Itemized on Uio black- J board of a mountain schoolhouso by J a farni demonstration ngent In Kcn- J tucky. And the figures were convlne- M Dig. 'Thero was not n sheep In th"o M district nt tho tllnc tho flgurse were J j placed on tho blockboard. Somebody J' i raid' there Used" to he ono sheep a J wither Vdown by tbo mountain n H wnys,!' but tho dogs atehlm. " J A few weeks from the tlnio the ng- J cnt placed tho figures on tho board J 15 boys each had 'contrived lo buy n J shcop. Eleven dogs, had bee;, killed, BH Several other families pestered by J ' tj their small sons, but still unwilling H' to kill their dogn, worn trying to glvo PPJ tho brutes away. PPJ SltnUnr movements wcro started nt PPJ other schools. Now, In that district PPJ thero are C22 boys who are members PPJ of the sheep club. Among them thoy J own nearly' 2,665 sheep. Dy tho bbbbbh papj tax retu'na the dog population np- PPJ pears to havo Increased also, but tho PPJ ngent says this Is not true Former- PPJ ly there was no sentiment for enforce PPJ ment of tho dog law, ho Bays,- but IPJ now thero Is a very strong sentiment H that, way, and, while thero has been 1 n considerable decrease In tho num- iior of dogs, there Is an apparent in- crease, because peoplo who formorly H I evaded tho dog tax nowthavo to pay IBBJ : IB i H VKW PINK llOUUOlt.MS H( AltE t-'OTJND bbbbbV ' SB HB I'dilt bollworms work in the Pecos B8 valley of. Texas Is being pushed by J thn United States Department of Ag- ilculttire. Tho War Department is BB cooperating by lending conaldorablo equipment for housing labor, cnabl- BH , Ing' the foderal horticultural board to Bfl add .TOO laborers to tho force. BSJ ' Infestation In tho I'ccos valley Is BBS I limited to points near tho two adja- BJBJ cent towns of Barsiow- and Pccosl BjBJ x Seven points of pink bollworm at- BBl tnck havo been dt;termlnod. Tho to- BBs ' Lai number of larvae found up to IBf February 9 watf'14, all dead except B 1. The clean up work will b0 extend- BBb',, d over a considerable arebeyond the B -i inflated points Id order to remove BBj jtny BMibt.ka4 ( nJtalto il. '' '" i'' '""" ' J BHfl f - Hi" BBbH y "i? '" "' " " bW " BVX' t the Insect. The Isolation of the Pecos ralley district and the fact that tho cotton In It is grown entirely under irrigation irriga-tion make It posslbfo to pursuo clean up operations with great efficiency. The fruthcr fact that tho Insect seems to have been largely killed by the freezes or early winter gives this dts-' trlct a different outlook from that of the Infested regions In eastern Tex-1 as. Plans arc being made to allow j the growth of cotton next season In ! thllt illftfrfpt iimtnp alinli attnnrvlatnn and control as .will permit tho prompt safeguarding of nny new outbreak, of the insect; Conditions give hope that the Insect in this reglou will bo thoroughly thor-oughly exterminated soon. , "IIP THAT TICK XOW" I "Dip that tick In March," the slogan slo-gan that has been followed vigorously vigorous-ly during March by the stato and federal fed-eral fighters of the cattle fever tick will become out of dato April 1. A now Blogan will take Its place. It is "Dip thut tick now." Posters bearing bear-ing tho injunction are already up In many tick infested' sections. "Dipping "Dip-ping now" means dipping with "tho least possible delay. The sooner n steer is put through tho dipping vat the sooner he will bo free of tho parasites par-asites that cause a direct annual lost of $40,000,000 and an indirect Iocs figured n't twlco as much by oflloliVs of tho Bureau of Animal Industry. United States Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. And tho sooner cvo y head of cattle In an Infected section becomes tick freo and ready for release fiorn tho federal quarantine restricting the movement of cnttlo MOKE FEED KHOM HPUK FETBIirA. A new variety of felcrln, developed develop-ed by tho Texas. Experiment Station and tested by the Untied States Department De-partment of Agriculture excels thu common varieties or this crop In tho yield, lQa'Iness, strength of stalk, and of i;l around adaptability for Btwthern culture Sugar fctcrlta la U-ss likely to lodge or fall down than tho common varieties. It carries ono third moru leaves which aio longer and broader than the common ones. On experimental plots in Texas in 111G, it produced 8 bushels and In 1917 10 bushhels more per acre than common, fotorlta. Tho crop is planted plant-ed in 36-Inch to 42-Inch, rows, 5 to 7 pounds of soed being required per aero for planting, For forage, spur fctcrlta -is at least equal to mllo, al-though al-though It la' perhaps excelled by tho kaflrs and sweet sorghums. Kor work horses, stock cnttlo or fattening sheep, the crop can bo fed directly from the bundle. It is about equal to the sorghums for use an silage. Farmers who g.ow this selected variety var-iety should exercise the greatest caro In protecting the seed from contamination, contam-ination, In order to provide a futuro, pure seed supply which will permit of Its extension In the grain sorghum atea' of tho United States. The Department De-partment of Agiiculture has no seed of tho now foterlta for dlstilbution as arrangements "already have been made for distributing nil of tho seed that Is available I i STRIVING FOR TUB "EARLY RIRnS' I The early bird referring to poultry poul-try not only gets tho worm, but seems to havo every other advantage over tho ono that comes Inte. Upon niJhntonlng largely depends tho success of poultry keeping, say specialists spe-cialists of tho United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture, who are now condncting a "Hatch early" campaign -ouo of the most Important in the poultry' program.' Karly batched s4ok?Dtor'My;' prawh wttM-aiatttr- I' ' ' ' J ed, vigorous pullets-, which will begin laying In the fall and early winter, and It Is only from such early maS-J ing pullets that the best production and greatest profits can be secured. Early batthed nhlcks also mean hens which grow broody earlier the next spring, and these in turn allow eflrly hatching to bto continued to a grca$-or grca$-or degree when natural methods ot intubation are relied upom This campaign has been pushed vigorously over the entire, country dnrlng the past year, and It Is being taken up again this spring Reports from poultry specialists and other sources indicate that early hatching is being practiced much more generally this spring than ever before. Fewer ear ily hatched pullets were marketed last fall than in previous years. Indicating tho specialists say, that poultry raisers rais-ers realize tho value of their early hatched pullets and have held them for their own use. MAKI.Nft RROOMS AT HOME Well mndo brooms command good prices and In the southern states where broom corn grows well and the , homo demonstration agents .under tho supervision of tho United States Department of Agriculture and thn state colleges are encouraging tho growing ot brush and tho making or brooms. Alabama produces excellent broom corn and the number of club girls in that state who arc Interested In this work is Increasing. Broom machines by which 25 to 30 brooms can bo turned out In a day, are being be-ing bought in some of the communities communi-ties where the work Is well started. I These aio rented to the club members who usually .pay In brooms for the use of tho machine. It costs about 20 cents to make a broom. When a girl has learned to make a perfect product she is allowed to uso the label "Home Demonstration Club Broom," on any she wishes to sell, Many of the club girls plan to pay college or normal school expenses 'with the proceeds from their broom work. I WORKING FOR IJIHTKIt POUMTRY Quality as wcil ui quantity, Is, the object of the poultry drive now being conducted by poultry specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. Ag-riculture. Special emphasis was placed last year on increasing production. produc-tion. This being accomplished, the poultry specialists, working in coop-cratlon coop-cratlon with the state extension forces, forc-es, now urge replacement of mongrel stock with standard bred stock to Improve both production and quality. The campaign really began last fnll when decided Interest In Improved stock was ahown by a number of uu-,dcslrablo uu-,dcslrablo birds, culled from flocks In nil parts of tho country. The culling work done In Mississippi is illustrative illustra-tive of what has been dono In many localities . The poultry specialist worked In nice counties arid secured jthe culling of 1,349 flocks, from which 10,792 birds, weighing 25,900 pounds were discarded as unprofitable unprofit-able producers. As can be seen from the extremely small average weight of tbo birds, culled 2.4 pounds the poultry stick in this section need- i ed the culling. Tho eggs were small and Inferior nd did not have a good 'standing on the New Orleans market. As th0 culllg campaign progressed-, the poultry specialists urged tho keeping of Improved stock. .Enough progress along this line has already been made to give Mississippi eggs n better reputation on the New Orleans Or-leans market. MOnB HIIOS FOR UTAH Seven years ago- tKre were only four silos In Utah, while last summer the silo census showed over 400 of such feeding conveniences on -Utah dairy farms. Representatives of the United States Department ot Agriculture, Agricul-ture, working with state and local forces, hopo to Increase tho total number ot silos to 1,000 during the year 1919. As practically all these structures for the housing of canned corn are located on dairy farms, It .lii apparent that Utah, as a milk farmer's far-mer's stato, Is beginning to find herself. her-self. Am AMERICAN HINDER WIRE American fminrrs uso 200,000,000 pounds of binder twine n year, white an nddltlo.-.al lOO.OOff.OOO pounds is necessary for tho other grain growing countries. Eighty per cent of tho henequrn used In the manufacture of twino comes from Yucatan and most of the sisal used In making twlno also comes from foreign countries. coun-tries. For tho protection of Amerl can farming interests tho United States Department of Agriculture Is promoting the growing of sisal and henegucn in the Phlllppino Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico, Florida Flor-ida in order that Uncle Sam's future t supply ot binder twine may be a "Made In America" product |
