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Show FARM WIT AND WISDOM , i An Ohio conservative has reconcile cd himself to his now automobile by mounting a whip socket on the dash board, and carrying a whip In It. Np worBO, after all, than wearing but tons on tho back of a coat. Judge Landls .of the United States Court has warned tho Elgin Butter Board that If It makes quotations In future on anything but actual sales It will be called to account. The Elgin El-gin Butter Board has been a monumental monu-mental fraud and wo doubt tho power pow-er of oven tho vigorous Landls to mnko It bo good. The Nebraska Agricultural College" roports that tho crop ot colts Is short over tho United States as a wholo. That Montana Is still undeveloped agriculturally ls shown by .a statement state-ment In tho "Reclamation Record" issued is-sued by tho Department of the Interior. Inter-ior. The "Record" says: "Montana spends more than $600,000 every year for condensed milk and cream, notwithstanding not-withstanding tho fact that no other section of tho West Is better adapted to dairying. Tho same Is truo about potatoes, onions, and other vegetables Immense quantities ot which are Imported Im-ported each year, every dollars worth ot which should be produced within the Stato." A government commission In Saskatchewan Sas-katchewan has mado the calculation that under Canadian conditions It costs 55 cents n bushel to grow wheat. This means an avenge of G2 cents delivered at the railway tracks. Tho average net return to tho western wes-tern Canadian wheat grower In 1913 was only a fraction over 4 cents a bushel. Tho days ot tho western Canada wheat boom seom to bo over, temporarily nt least. Tho Nobraskn Agricultural College ls giving a Bhort course In running farm motors all kinds of motors from tho pony engine to tho tractor, or automobllo. Tho Tunis sheep utilized in the breeding experiments of the Arizona Station Farm have developed great efficiency as Johnson grass exterminators. extermin-ators. Director Forbes says that 175 of theso sheep were sufficient to keep' down the Johnson grass on five mlle of weedy ditches during the entire growing season. They saved tho cost ot ditch cleaning and at the shmo tlmo made wool nnd mutton grow where one of the most stubborn weeds ot Arizona had grown beforo. Tho Harrison County, Kentucky, Farmers' Union pooled tho wool of Its members this year and sold the 4,000 fleeces (24,000 pounds) at an estimated advantage ot 2 cents a pound over what would havo been received without cooperation. A mero trlflo of $480 for tho Interesting nnd agreeable Job of organizing. Glover of tho Colorado Station says that tho well known dlsenso of hogs which produces weakness or paralysis paralys-is of tho hind legs "Is now quite generally gen-erally attributed to a lack of plios-phato plios-phato of llmo." It has been lhld to Inbreeding, an unbalanced ration, and pnraBltes. Lack of phosphate of llmo Is another way of saying "an unbalanced ration." Olover recommends recom-mends tho following treatment: One tcaspoontul of cod liver oil, fifteen grains of phosphate of lime, and three drops of fluid extract of nux vomica mixed with tho food twice a day. A now cxploslvo called sabullte has been discovered and will bo manufactured manufac-tured by n Canadian concern. This explosive, according to tho United States consul at Vancouver, Canada. In three times as effective na dynn-mite, dynn-mite, ls not nffected by changes of temperature, gives off no poisonous fumes, nnd can bo handled without danger both during tho process of manufacture and In uso. It is said to bo especially cffcctlvo for blasting ! stumps. Any alfalfa field Is likely to bo cut up by hall. What shall wo do in such a enso? It tho Injury, ls moro than slight tho alfalfa Bhould bo cut at, onco nftor tho damage. Tho Injured plnnts nro wenkenod and may admit diseases which will spoil the year's crop. Thoy will certainly bo stunted nnd will Intorfore with tho growing crop, nnd nccordlng to Keysor of Colorado Col-orado may Injuro tho succeeding crop. Often tho crown shoots will appear attor the' hailstorm damage ovon when tho injury is slight, indicating that tho alfalfa is asking for tho mower. Cut It andglvo It h chnnco to start over again. Farm and Firo side. |