Show I II I Farm Notes I ISA SAVE HAVE SA VB MANURE 1 There has never been a time tima when the the making saving and utilizing of ot all sorts of ot farm manure was was was' wasso so essen essen al All fertilizing material is high in price price and some ome kinds c can n not noi be had in sufficient quantities at all Farm manure may be used for a number of purposes to a much greater great great- er advantage than commercial fer for The total quantity of manure manuro man man- uro ure can be greatly Increased by keeping keepIng keeping keep keep- ing live stock sheds and stables well bedded with straw leaves and other refuse about the farm m RETURN 01 OF FARM U SOLDIERS ASKED J I Kansas farmers ba have e petitioned the War Department to speed spend the return return return re re- re- re turn of at her sol soldiers ers to the farms 4 At a of f farm mn bureau burean officers of ot- and county commissioners ners recently recently re ro- cen y at Manhattan attan the ion ion- era IY en at of M Manhattan tho the committee committee com com- t p P on reconstruction ec th following resolution lont We So re respectfully respectfully respect respect- fully request the Secretary Se of at WarI War an and t the e Provost Marshal General to I adopt some plan pian planas as will wll return the soldiers to th the homes they left I at the earliest possible date In Int InI Kansas I an a th there ie has bas b been n sown to wheat t this fall fait a a r record cord acreage creage amounting I t to more than acres acrea with a crop prospect which If U realized will require an army of w workers to harvest next year rear The Th demands demanda of ot the farm for labor in n tha early spring for or ti c and aDd 1 planting the spring crops is II also alao I II I great and In Inno no other way can the situation lo lio so well be met mot as u through I Ithe the demobilization of our soldiers I j and sailors In is the manner suggested i I I 0 0 0 BUILD OK on TilE THIS ICE ICK ROUSE i I Of course youre you're planning to have hue I plenty flent of ot Ice next summer lummer It will be ba beI mighty mighty 7 helpful on those thole hot da days 1 In I July comfort Jul-comfort comfort In the home homo and say sav- lug IDE In la the dairy I Are you ready read Is Ie the Ice house I I in good gool repair or will you find when a good freeze comes that you have no to fit place to store Ice IceT It will willbe willbe willbe be to your Jour advantage to spend some somo of ot your spare time NOW In fn getting the tho Ice house In shape Repair the sides aides an and ana see seo that the roof root doesn't leak If you haven't built an Ice tee house this is tho the time to do so eo Dont Don't be without Ice next nelt summer Its It's expensive ex ox- pensive and inconvenient to depend depends on or haul from town You tan an build a good ice house If It yon you want to know how write to the UnIted United United UnIt UnIt- Unit Unit- ed States Department ot of Agriculture Agriculture Washington D. D C C. and ask for a free copy of ot Farmers Farmer's Bulletin DoIt Do Doit Dot it t now 0 0 0 TOUR TOUn COUNTY TO SEE HEE oo COMMUNITY mUN ITY WORK Stirring up P ambition and friendly li rivalry by gOI going g out to to see see what oth other oth-I oth othIer ther th- th er c communities have accomplished h d I Ian is isan isan an excellent way to r raise lse the the stand standards standards ards of a whole neighborhood in the opinion of home demonstration agents gents of the United States Staten Department Department Depart Depart- ment meat of ot Agriculture and the State agricultural colleges In Middlesex j County Ma Mass one ot of them st stimulating stimulating projects this fall faU was a one one- day auto tour to som some of the the most most Interesting canning kitchens food tood centers and community houses Inthe Inthe in inthe the county Sixteen automobiles carrying 70 persons made the trip and the occupants saw at first hand what the other towns in the county are doing In community work 0 0 0 HOUSEWIVES TRADE IDEAS THROUGH NEWSPAPERS s. s There will be competition this his winter winter winter win win- ter ter In Kl El Paso County County Tex among housewives in various communities as to which neighborhood can furnish furnish fur tur- nish the county with the most moat helpful helpful help help- ful tul ideas The county paper during Its Farm th the past year has given Home Department into the charge ot of the home demonstration agent atthe of at the Department of ot Agriculture working workIng workIng work- work Ing with the State State agricultural college college col col- lege loge the county agricultural agent and their theli helpers Each week the department is to be in charge of women women women wo wo- wo- wo men of different communities who will fill the columns with articles and ideas they consider most valuable able Another interesting feature in inthe Inthe inthe the same paper is called Bridgets Bridget's Corner This column is under the supervision of the home demonstration tion agent who has haB been beon giving cookery cookery cookery cook cook- ery lessons in it Tim TILE BASIS OI OK OF CROP REPORTS The Bureau Dureau of ot Drop Estimates United Unite States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture ture maintains voluntary crop reporters to whom schedules of regarding crop and stock live-stock conditions are forwarded I These schedules are tabulated and averaged The data thus collected and compiled complied s supplemented by reports reports re ro- re- re ports from the fi field ld service constitute constitute tute the basis of the monthly and special crop reports of the bureau O 0 O. O 0 0 O FARM HELP Tho The Department of recently recently recen re re- cen sent an investigator to learn from farmers how they have been su successful In retaining help on their farms not farms not only during the war perIod period per per- iod led but in ordinary times A number of the stories told to the Investigator will be printed in the Weekly News NewsLetter NewsLetter Le Letter te with the expectation that they will be of or help to other farmers in solving g the he labor labor problem The first few wll will deal with farms In Indiana and Ohio Stories from other sections sections sections sec sec- of ot the country are to foll follow w. w 00 Tests Teats upon clay tile the wrapped with wire and laid in concrete for distributing distri b buting Ung mains In farm irrigation plants have demonstrated that this mai material rial will serve the purpose excellently ex ex- ll withstanding considerable pressure and nd costing much less than iron or other oth r suitable material ml geny generally generally gen gen- orally according to the Bureau of Public Roads f r 0 0 0 CITY PEOPLE LEARN OF FOOD liD PRODUCTION Through ih the home demonstration agents ho ar and i girls girls' clubs 1 s 's slid and i. 1 garden specialists of the U U it S. S Department iii De De- ot of Agriculture and nd tile the the State Agricultural C Colleges a great many maDr clif city p people ri now vi h have Te expert advice an in ce in n food foo production pro pro- and conservation They hey are are arello also llo getting a better understanding ot of the problems Involved In lathe the pro pro- and marketing of farm products pro pro products ducts and are being brought into more helpful and sympathetic rela- rela I with their neighbors on the farms L I 06 04 ho rho War Department is now doing a great deal of base map making in certain parts of the country This work is similar in some respects to the the work carried on n by the United States Bureau Dureau of Soils and arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments have been made between the department and bureau by an excl exchange ange of ot h information formation will take place By Dy this this plan no duplication of effort will occur and the two Federal agencies are working for mutual ben ben- 00 During the last year the the United States Bureau of at Soils Solis carried on cooperative cooperative cooperative co co- co- co operative work in its soil soli surveys with the Office of ot Indian Affairs In Arizona and Utah with the tho Reclamation Reclamation tion Service on two protects projects in Wyom Wyoming lag ing ng and with the the Bureau Dureau of Plant Industry In Maine o 0 0 0 Rain water is soft and comparatively comparatively puro pure but contains ammonia acids dust and other impurities washed from the atmosphere |