| Show I FEDERAL FARM F FACTS ACTS I An Art increase In three years ears ot of I more than per cent in iii the II number of purebred sires owned In Kentucky has been reported I to the United States department ot of agriculture I Although the farming Industry Is i now no in the best general post post- position lion tion lance 1920 any general general ex- ex ex expansion In production this year would tend to place farmers In It a less favorable economic posItIon than at present the department Of agriculture reports A short piece ot of light board fastened across a turkeys turkey's back will prevent the bird bird- from flying 1 over a fence tence Cut botches In the I board boud and tie with a a strip ot of cloth to each wing Monthly consumption of ot butter In the United States has Increased nearly pounds since 1920 according to tho the United States department of ot agriculture Consumption In 1925 1025 Is estimated at pounds a month compared with pounds In 1920 Rusts smuts blights an J other plant diseases are aro now estimated to tobe tobe tobe be reducing average crop yields In Inthe inthe Inthe the United by 10 per cent and without doubt the selection and breeding of ot disease resistant crop plants will be used more and mote mOle In iii the future In an effort to check these thelie diseases Potatoes In storage do not need to be bo ventilated during the cold period ot of o winter Although the dormant tuber Is II a living organism the life processes are going on so slowly lowly that the air around the tu- tu tubers tu tubers ben bers In a pile or in sacks oxygen for their need The destruction of about DOO JOG OO prairie JOgs dogs and other rodents In northern Arizona In the tho course ot of a 0 recent poisoning campaign has hasIt It Is estimated Increased the forage pr ot of the area by more than tons More nore than pounds ot of milk was marketed by farmers operative operative co-operative associations In 19 1924 24 according to a survey Just com corn completed completed by the U U tJ S S department ot of agriculture The practice adopted by some farmers ot of o rolling their cotton seed In nitrate of ot soda to hasten ger- ger germination germination or to start off oft early Is la discouraged ed by the North Carolina experiment station be- be because because be because cause of oC results remIt secured from trem recent research on this subject s |
