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Show WHAT THE DEPARTMENT! OF AGRICULTURE IS D0IN6 , r '2'. l'nOTECT RANGK AXISIAliS raou j POISONOUS PLANTS j Eatlmatcs made In many localUlos indicate that theavcrage loss of rango animals aB n result of reeding cit ( poisonous plants Is as great as h to ( G per cent, while in some range states he percentage Is much higher. In Colorado It Is estimated the loMr amount to one million dolla-s annually an-nually while sheep raisers In Wom-Ing Wom-Ing have placed their animal lets n? high as 14.6 per cent of their flocks. Specialists of the United States lo. jartment of agriculture pol.'t out it 5, these- ( to a tarflo extent r-: of matur.. alr.iK rta.ly or ucar-ly ucar-ly ready for market and for the rear-In rear-In of which large Bums have been spent. It Is especially Important for sloclc I men In range states to become famil iar with poisonous plants particularly particular-ly in tho spring when tho stock crate jjrocn food and when In some cas s poisonous plants offer the only green ' rorago that Ib available. Departmo.it J Bulletin C75 of tho U. S. Department I of Agriculture Washington. D. C j .tells how to Identify many of the plants that have caused thousands of animals to sicken and dlo. This bul-j bul-j letln contains numerous colored pic tures of tho plants and Is obtained from tho superintendent of docu - raents, government printing oDlce, ot 50 cents each. It also gives method or treatment for animals polsone-1 through-eating such plants. -The bu.-.. bu.-.. lvtln alms tp give .help of such a mi . . turo that scientific knowledge will not bo necessary In making use Ot tho information contained. HEAVY 'LOSvSES SUSTAINED lA ( W ' EXPORTING iVTPIiKS ( As a-step toward corerctlng faulty In the present methods of handling export shipments or American applet and pears and other fruits specialist of tho United States Department of Agriculture are studying tho prevailing prevail-ing transportation conditions. During Dur-ing tho last few months one of tbciis accompanied a cargo of amnios and pears from New York to London and inspected other fruit cargoes car-goes upon their arrival In London and Southeampton. j While foreign markets have generally gen-erally proved attractive to American .nippers much dissatisfaction nrlBes becaudo of the 'uncertainty ot transit conditions and tho heavy loa-1 cs'sutfored by the fruit. In two Important Im-portant cargoes during tho past season sea-son this loss was moro than 50 per cent and In the total export mow. ment of nearly 2,000,000 barrels l? Is estimated that at least 15 per cent, of ,tno' fruit U a total loss or shows substantial deterioration with conse quent loss In valuo. Various factors contribute to the loss and It Ib planned to inaugurate ce'rtnln definite experiments at tb beginning of tho noxt season, giving attention to more careulf culling or 1, ' injured fruit at tho packln house, bat tcr containers, prompt loading on trio tseamshlps, with special emphasis on proper; loading equipment and careful care-ful handling and proper refrigcratlo-i or vontlllatlon on routo. With careful care-ful handling at all stages the fruit should roach tho European morkoW showing no greater damage than in , ,- tho longer rail shipments in th0 d0-) d0-) Mfc niestlc trafllc. ' WYOMING BUILDS ROADS WHICH I ARE FREE FROM DRIFTS I ' Wyoming is attempting to con-, IBtruct federal aid roadB which may h.-used h.-used a3 highways throughout tho en-tlre en-tlre year. This Is being necompllBl. j I od In somo parts of tho state bl -J maintaining th0 grado lino at tho ,! ii ovation which will Insure tho roadbcu fc being Bwept clean of snow. P During bIx or soven months of ton J twolvo in Wyoming there la llkoly to mi be snow which Is generally accon:-puuicd accon:-puuicd by wind. Any portion of the highway which Is below the sum fnco of tho sunoundlng ground vrl.l drift full of stnow to a depth equal to the height of any nearby object above the grade, say spcclalsts of the United States Department of Agtt-culture. Agtt-culture. By building tho grad0 at an elevation slightly abovo the surrounding sur-rounding ground and tho brush o-weeds o-weeds which border the road, It is possible to hate a road which will ti- i free from snow and prevent a sow. muddy roadbed when tho slnow melti This cannot be accomplished In i t cry case, but on flat or generally rolling country It has geon fo'int that snow can be practically ellm:n- j atcd from the roadbed by carefullv studying the conditions and placing the grades sufficiently high. In nwiy instances the excavation quantlttr. may .appear to becxcMslvo, ns whco tho grade is kept high when approai'i ing a knoll In order to keep tho P' cent o'f grade low and at tho san'ej time to raise the roadbed sufficiently I high over tho knoll to prevent tho drifting of snow but slightly greati expenditure m this way at tho time the road Is built will save largo expenditures ex-penditures later to clear away tho VIOLATIONS OF GRAIX STAND. ARDS ACT The secretary of agrlcultuie Issu. ! on March 30. 1921, IiIb indings of o lulatton of section 5 of tho United States groin .standards act on' tiiul part of O. Vnnlcr, Falrbury, Neb. I The findings show that Mr. Vanlcr purchased from the Jansen Milling Co., Jansen; Neb., one carload of No. 4 or better White corn for shipment to Atchison, Kan., Atchison weights and official grades. Upon arrival at Atchison the corn was Inspected and graded by a licensed inspector, wn- found It to be No. 3 White, with a 'moisture content of 17 per eeui. I When the certificate was received by Mr. Vanler ho altered the sati1..! to show a grade of No. 4 White with a moisture content of .18 per cent, 'and transmitted the certificate so altered al-tered to tho shipper, tho JanBen Willing Wi-lling C, thereby representing to tint company that tho corn had graded No. 4 White at Atchison, when:a.j In fact tho license inspector had found it to be No. 3 Whito. CONTROL ALFALFA WEEVIL HV SPRAYING The county agent leader in Utah reporting tho United States department depart-ment of agrlculturo says tho spin." 'developed by the office of coreal and forage insect investigations, bureau of entomology, in tho department, has lucreabed tho production of tho sprajed over the unsprayed alfalfa rields by an averago of ono half ton to tho acre. Tills spray Is mado of 2 to 2 l-2 pounds of lead arsenate or calcium arsenate to 100 gallons of water. It Is applied in a flno mlii: with a power sprayer at tho rate or 80 to 100 gallons to the acre. Tho state leader Bays 351 farms vero in eluded In the demonstration, which covered 10,113 acres. It Is estimated estimat-ed tho saving effected by this form of alfalfa control amounted l-i 169,967. |