| Show 11 1 1111 S- S t f f Farmers and Stock Raisers lc i i ij c t t a i Sf r. r l rM- rM Orchard Management ll I IA A A demonstrate in iu orchard man man- conducted by a n county agent In New Jels Jel's Jersey y included the best practices Uces tices In pruning I spraying fertilizing cultivating and thinning and packing and amI shipping the fruit The records demonstration show that a of one acre E-acre apple orchard brought in during during dur dur- I ing the past year ear The total expense was which included and ed 30 depreciation on a sprayer I seed and labor in In seeding the cover cr crop 1 for the next 3 year ear This orchard I yielded a a net profit of or or per acre How flow to Build Stack Practice Is necessary to acquire the knack of stacking bundles About I J Jt fort 16 feet is s the ideal diameter for t t. grain stacks says M. M Coverdell in Farm and Home In a. a large stack the s sweating eatn process is dela delayed ed th the sf stack stack k kr r runs runs up up to too high a and d a p poor or topping out may result To ro build a round grain stack start Just a as ass you ou would a large shock of or grain In the field Jam the butts bulls of or orthe the b bundles down solidly against the grou ground ground i lo This gives a firm foundation nn aril protects the grain from the damp earth e th If the st stack ck is built on sloping sloping slop slop- I ing J i ground the lo lowr side should be built up even with the other at once The stack must go up e lI ly or the bundles will slip An After r la laying i lg the foundation and andi i seeing that it is level raise the center canter can cen ter slightly higher than the outer edges Beginning at the outer edge lay Jay a circle of bundles heads toward the center the shorter straws of the bundles up Ul to shed water M The second circle of bundles d be laid so the butts will reach about to the point where the first bundles arc are bound The third circle should the lap over to the same point on second row and anal so on toward the center of or the stack When the center center center cen cen- ter of ot the stack stacI Is reached return to the tho edge and proceed to before Each bundle should be bo pressed firmly in place as it Is laid and that part above the band ma may be bo tramped tramp tramp- ed ed but never step step on the tho butts Bulge the stack merely by extending and gradual gradual- the butts very slightly I ly Keep the c center a little full Cull and stack spreadIng spreadIng spread- spread spreading top out as in any other Ing long lon sheaves over the top to form a cap Uncooked Food for fut Hogs A man in order to be a good pig grower must like the work and be willing lg to look look- after its many de do- tails talis The animal husbandry department department department de de- of or the Utah Agricultural ral college insists that no hog farm farm equipment is complete without good disinfecting utensils and the they should be ho frequently used The old saying that Um t anything is good enough for forthe forthe the hog is not true in these da days s 's of good farming Stock raising for forI breeding purposes and Ul that t raised for I market must lie be treated differently Corn and alfalfa fed to hogs has been found found to make a splendid combination combination tion in producing strong pigs cheap cheap- ly If It sows eat the alfalfa hay there will be no trouble in securing healthy litters Cooking feed for swine has hasi been been abandoned since since we have found I that the digestibility of or most food J is lessened b by cooking |
