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Show FARM LOSSES THAT CAN BE PREVENTED H By P. G. HOLDEN. M THE PRINCIPLES of good business applied In manufacturing or com-' jH . mercial pursuits apply also In the business of farming. The average IH annual loss on the farms of tho United States is about 30 per cent of" 'MM the gross income. H The principal sources of this loss are as follows: H Failure to test seed corn, more than $100,000,000; Improper harvesting jH and storing of seed corn, millions of dollars lu yield and quality; planting M of Imported seed corn, cannot be estimated ; ravages of corn root worm, more M than $100,000,000 ; waste of cornstalks in field instead of being put In silo, at M least iJSOO.OOO.OOO ; failure to treat small grains for smut, fully $35,000,000; M waste of manure through careless handling, $100,000,000 ; weeds, fully $300,- M 1 000.000 ; hog cholera, over $65,000,000 ; Texas fever cattle tick, nearly $500,- JM 000,000; "scrub" dairy cows, fully $745,000,000; -depreciation of farm ma- M fr . I Some Unnecessary Losses The Scrub- Cow, Neglected Tools, Wasted Manure. H lohinery and tools from failure to house or care for them, Possible to ea- flmatc; soil erosion resulting from one-crop system of agriculture, many k millions, H I Easy to Prevent&Losses. M It is nn easy matter to harvest seed corn at the right time and to . storj MM it where It will be protected from the weather. It costs about 10 cents to test K enough seed corn to plant an acre, so why not test it? nJ, , 'can be easily starved out by crop rotation and corn stall s can bo concrteo " Into the best of succulent feed by placing them In the silo. . u H The treatment of small grain for smut with formaldehyde require bug H little time and costs but 1 cent a bushel; and the proper use and care oC MM manure Is met by the uso of the manure spreader. H Kill the weeds with profitable crops. Hog cholera ; can be Pen g dipping: vat will eradicate tho Texas Fever cattle- tick. The " f " - H Sabcock test and the, feed and milk record-will do -away with the boarder MM |