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Show WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS DOING INCIIICASKD USE OF ALSIKU ClioVKU. The demand for nlslko clover need this spring has been much greater than formerly, because seed ot this clover Is cheaper and has a greater .covering capacity. Present Indications arc that tho acre seeded In 1919 will i bo so largo as to reduco tho posslblo i I, carry over of nlslko seed to a mint- (mum. This will mean that tho 1920 nop of clover must bo grown almost entirely from feed harvested this I yCar .&. MOKi: GAliottN'S THIS VKAH Tho fact that tho war Is over docs not mean that folks aro going to stop making gardens. Tho interests that thousands of patriots gardeners had last year seems to bo growing Instead of lagging add their cnthuslams has attracted othcrB to tho gardenlg habit. hab-it. A report from tho Iowa Stato club leader shows that tho enrollment enroll-ment In city gardens clubs In that State Indicates a marked Increase over ov-er last year. Up to the last of Mar. the enrollment In Des Molnea showed f rC0 more memebcrs than we're re-gtsteredia re-gtsteredia year !MO.VXfVlD,7Xwa' elUwrtpoHIng SI bad 'already enrolled en-rolled paid garden club supervisors for the summer, more than twice as many as bad paid superrlsors last summer. SEAWEED FUKNISHES POTASH . feuthjIZer Since the war stopped tho supply of potash from Germany and Bureau Bur-eau of Soils of the United States Department De-partment ot Agriculture has been experimenting ex-perimenting with various processes for recovering potash from kelp, a senweod. One of tho experimental plants has been in successful operation opera-tion for soveral months. t Ono of tho by-products Ib keif) aBh, which contains a potash cohtcnt ot more than 33 por cont. Several car-loivds car-loivds ot this product havo bcon'plnc-od bcon'plnc-od upon tho eastern ninrkets for fertilizer fer-tilizer purposes. A carload waB recently re-cently sold to n farmors cooperative association In Now York and found so satisfactory that another Carload was-bought lator. A third' carload of kelp ash will reach Baltlmoro about ab-out May 1. Any ono Interested in buying kelp ash In carload lots for fertilizer purposes may secure further Information from tho Bureau of Soils. NO MHJj FIIM2S SINCE CAMPAIGN HKGAN. Nearly 18 months ago tho Ultcd States Department ot Agriculture bo gan a campaign ot education on grain dust explosions in mills and elevators. elevat-ors. Slnco that ttmo not a slnglo explosion ex-plosion and fire of any Importanco has accurcd in a plant visited by tho field men of the department. It was found at the outset that for tho most part workmen lo plants were not ac-pualntcd ac-pualntcd with the conditions undor which explosions would occur, though these conditions wero mostlir ot the kind that could be remedied by tho workmon. Field hi en havo visited plants through tho country and madb demonstrations, using lantern slldos, motion pictures, and all other means of visual illustration, They havo assisted ass-isted mill and elovator ownors in removing re-moving dangerous equipment and in adopting proventivo measures discovered discov-ered by tho department. Uoforo the campaign began, mill explosions and ! fires in which Jives wero lost and much proporty was destroyed wero freijuont. EAUTIIEN JAUS. EGG HANKS. Resurrect tho old earthen jnr from the cellar akin to Aladdlns wonderful wonder-ful lamp. Eggs put In it now can bo taken out next fall and winter when high prices return, and it Is not' unlikely un-likely they' will double in price In that jtlme, Farmenand''Vou'UyWnYie', poclally city dwellers who keep poultry poul-try and are befng urged by poultry specialists of the United States Department De-partment "of" Agriculture to preserve eggs- in .water-glass solution this spring nnd enrly summer when they aro relatively cheap, for uso during tho fall nnd-wintcr when theyvare re i latively scarce and high in price. This plan Is meting with ready and widespread response, as has been shown sh-own by demands for Information as to how to prcsorvtfsggs -and by reports received from druggists who havo noted a marketed lncreaso in their sales of walergldss, Poultry specialists special-ists say that there will bo a great In-crcaso In-crcaso as compared to former years This Is of benefit to tho producer and to tho custmer alike. It benefits the producer becauso it sltmulates thp consumption of eggs which usually us-ually falls off during the period of highest prico and It benefits tho consumer con-sumer by making l possible, for htm lo havo good, wholesome eggs for liberal use during the season of high prices. Ono effective moans employed employ-ed by the poultry specialists to en- Courage the preserving ot eggs has v ... yr beenmo -demonstrate ytheiproces8,tbo specialists and home demonstration agento giving demonstrations In home and department storts in many Stats. CASHING IN ON POULTIIT HELP. i. i i . This Ib the way poultry extension workers ot tl'ie United States Depart-ment, Depart-ment, ot Agriculture helped a Butler County, Mo., poultry raiser. Ho had a flock of 2 SO birds. Ffoni the scale of chickens and egggs ho received (189,80. Feed and other exponscs amounted to 1764, leaving a total cash gain of $725.80. 'To thisishould bo added Uie,.vnlue of 75-hens which ho raised on tho farm and added tq hie flock. His birds aro of tho Wlilto Leghorn breed, nnd thcro nro no unprofitable un-profitable layers among them, all slackers being called out. This, year tills enthusiastic poultry raiser In--teds to cooperate still further with tho extension workers and this .pqul try plant will bo used as demonstration demonstra-tion farm. s MEAT GltON'S MOUE PLENTIFUL IN SOUTH. Somo southern sections havo ceased cea-sed to import meat and other' food products nnd now aro not only able to feed thoniBelves but aro in a position pos-ition to export these products from, their farms. oCtton of courso, still has a prominent placo in localities where tho weevil Is not destructive, but dlversttod or safe farming is becoming be-coming popular, according to reports ot tho agent in Sumpter County, Fla., is an example. Recently this agent supervised the cooperative shipment ot 23 cars of hogs on toot and 3 cars of butchered pork, and soveral cars of hogs havo previously been shipped shipp-ed from other points In tho county Ho states that every family has plon-ty plon-ty of meat and lard at borne. The county agent in Orango County, Cou-nty, Fla, reports that the live stock men aro planting more feed crops than over beforo. One man who plan ted 10 acres ot corn and 75 acres of cabbago last year is planting 85 dcres to corn this year. Tho farmers ot Orango County purchased 249 Ions of nitrate ot soda from tho Government Govern-ment this yenr, with a saving ot $9, 707. Tho ngent in Do SO to County, Fla., reports that recently another Texas cattleman located in his cummunlty and purchased 16,000 acres of land and is now fencing of cattle from Texas. To this he will add some of the best native cows and breed, up "for 'better beef; ' v '. ' ln-. . t,. y .'"4 'i' |