Show FARM TOPICS I 1 renovating RENOVA TING THIN PASTURE ADVISED seeding of legumes may be solution of problem B by R F r fuell fuelleman en A assistant in crop 0 elro production d uc n U university I 1 ivett y ol 01 illinois 5 service renovation of thin sods and bare spots by means of scarification ind and the seeding of legumes may bethel be the solution odthe ot the pasture problem on many farms arms renovation Is especially esp useful on eption pastures that should not be plowed or that have only small areas that a are re in need of attention such areas can be located this summer tor sor treatment in the fall first step is to test the soil and apply needed limestone in the fall phosphates Phosphate scan can be applied prior tor to scarification which consists ot of tear ing up the grass sod with a dise disc set at a sharp angle the 9 round ground is then harrowed usually i ally the three dry weather legumes alfalfa sweet clover and red clover are seeded along with some timothy in most cases 41 it win will pay to firm the seed bed by rolling after the seeding grasses muy may be seeded in this process but the prime objective of renovation Is the establishment of deep root ed drouth resistant nitrogen gath oring ering legumes timothy is usually seeded with the le legumes garries since it insures a percentage of grass during the first t and second years than would ordinarily be present alter renovation it la Is well to manage a gd the pasture in such a way that the legumes have an opportunity to reseed themselves i this practice Is not recommended on good goodpasture pasture sods which may need only a little rest neither Is it recommended for steep hillsides hill sides hens need special care during summer days in summer weather it aswell is well to give some consideration to the hens whether orrange on range or to in confine confinement in enta a advises a in wallaces farmer I 1 i first examine their quarters for mites it if any are present get right after them with a good painting i of the roosts boosts with some antl anti mite pre preparation n hens can scarcely stand both mites and hot weather much less lay eggs lice too should be exterminated if any are present another I 1 men menace ice to the summer health of hens hen i 1 is we the open corn crib if a hen frequents the crib dally she is apt to eat too much corn and to become too fat to lay and perhaps so fat tt that shi she will drop dead many young poultry raisers not no tiding how their birds run to the crib say 1 I dont know the matter with my hens they are dy ing sol their grandmothers grind mothers probably could tell them that the trouble is too much corn in suimei summer some grief is caused by the broody broods hen if 11 not broken up immediately broodiness almost always ruins a good layer she will hold to will dwindle in size until weak some poultry raisers simply gather up their broody hens and sell them but if what a culler once said at one farm Is true that policy is unwise he said your liens hens have almost culled themselves the best ones have gone to sitting to break up broodiness place the hens in a slat bottomed coop so that the air can circulate under it offer the birds plenty of mash and fresh water hog cho cholera leka cholera is to hogs what blackhead is to turkeys except that hog growers are luckier hickler than turkey growers growers in that one can vaccinate against hog cholera where aes this cannot be done tor for turkeys advises a a writer in the missouri farmer Black blackhead hea d can be prevented by an operation the blind intestines intestine scan i can be beti edoff almost entirely which prevents the cecal worms from gaining access access to these pouches but the operation Is both expensive therefore impractical strict sanitation will prevent blackhead however howa sanitation and n balanced ration r a which is also the case with nearly all alisea diseases ses |