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Show and rye. The more quickly this is done the butter, so ns to make as good growth as possible of this trap crop before the bugs nttack it. When the hugs have migrated Into the trap crop it should he plowed seven or more Inches deep. Care must be taken to plow deeply and well, then to pack the ground with a drag or harrow or roller. Little time or work is required to make Ibis strip and the cost Is small. It has hitherto been found very profitable. TOWN HAS PUREBREDS ONLY Ohio Township Is 100 Per Cent on Right Side No Grade or Scrub Sires to Be Found. The township of Jackson, in Hardin county, Ohio, is entirely free from grade and scrub sires. In notifying Hie United States Department of Agriculture Agri-culture of this fact, Prof. John W. Wnlchet of the Ohio agricultural extension ex-tension service, adds, "This Is the first township which lias come to our attention atten-tion that we feel satisfied is 100 per cent on the right side. No sire was considered purebred unless it could be proved that its sire and dam were registered." The survey of sires included the principal classes of live stock, except poultry, and was made for advance cVdlt by a student In the college of agriculture. The survey showed that the township included 105 .'arms, on which were 21 purebred boars, 26 purebred rams, 6 purebred eef bulls, 3 purebred dairy bulls, and 2 purebred stallions. No grade or scrub sires of ny kind were found In the township. |