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Show FARM NEWS NOTES j BY LEW MAR PRICE I j Cunty Agent j -----------------..------.'...---.-........-... Cull Early M oilers Now The laying ability of hens that have been properly red is easily and accurately determined by observing the time and rapidity of molting. Hens that molt before this time of the year should be culled from the flock, because they rarely produce enough eggs to pay for the feed consumed. con-sumed. Early molters are invariably boor producers. They .-eldom start laying earlier than the later molters. and never produce as many eggs w'hile in production. They never pro-I pro-I duce the high-priced eggs as they are J always on vacation during that period. ! It is a general rule that hens molting molt-ing before this time of year should be culled from the flock, especially in a year of high priced feeds such as the present. Bang's Test Coming Commencing October 1, this year, the federal government, through the bureau of animil industry, will conduct con-duct a systematic test of all dairy cattle in the state of Utath for the determination of individuals carrying Bang's disease. The test will be made on a basis similar to the tuberculosis test. Reactors must be eliminated, but will be paid for by the federal government in amounts not to exceed $20.00 each for grade or $50.00 each for pure bred registered animals. After a cow becomes- infected with Bang's disease she rarely ever becomes be-comes negative to the test. Even though she recovers to the extent of carrying her calves to maturity, she is still harboring the germ and capable of spreading it to other cattle cat-tle with which she comes in contact. She is a menace to the herd and to the industry. There is no drug or chemical known that will cure or prevent pre-vent the disease in cows. Drouth and Heat Cut Feed Crops The total acreage of field crops harvested will probably be the smallest small-est in 25 years, due to acreage reduction reduc-tion programs plus the effect of the drouth, reports Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture Wallace. The crops of corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye and flax are expected to be the smallest harvested in this country in 30 years. The production of wheat per capita of our population this year is the lowest for which there is any statistical statis-tical record. There is no likelihood that the human hu-man population will be short of foodstuffs, food-stuffs, but the livestock population is already short of feed. Pasture and range conditions are the lowest ever reported. Hay production will be the smallest in 40 years, and in relation to hay, consuming livestock will be the shortest ever known. Straw supplies sup-plies will be the smallest for many years. There is a fair corn crop and a large production of emergency forage for-age crops which will offset in considerable con-siderable part the short supplies of hay and straw. No real shortage of fruits and vegetables as a group seems likely this season in spite of the drouth. o |