Show agricultural NEWS life of cotton duck used tor for protecting farm machinery sacked grain market fruits field crops etc may be prolonged and the cloth made more serviceable by simple methods of waterproofing and mildew proofing worked out by the united states department of agriculture american hemp is now used extensively ten with flax in hi shoe threat thread the united states department of agriculture ri finds without Vit hout the russian supply flax is s not available in sufficient quantities to supply the lemand demand muskrat hides once woith about af G cents sold for at the st louis fur auction last spring alif united state stales department of agriculture reports in a recent circular fur buyers say the supply of muskrat skins in m the market ia 19 decreasing at the rate of 30 50 per cent a year A aist of browes of pure sorghum seed eed lins has been issued this bear by the kansas state agricultural ment station at manhattan supplementing similar lists which have been published in the past on wheat corn and other principal cereal crops the list is made from field inspect fon and enables farmers to tell tuc jhc i exact grade of sorghum or pel runn tage of mixture with other variee iea i which is to be obtained from i gronn grower er this service hj h has j been oe oc great advantage to the farmers ortho state ono one reason corn has lodges so bad ly is that the corn Is afflicted wilba i 1 root disease which causes IV togo down even fu a slight storm ex peri ments have shown that thit ds ease is transmitted at least ifa yv through the seed the united states department of agriculture urges that seed bo be bield selected from roni healthy stalks groin grain dust and simi similar lir mill sift ing appear harmless but through the air and ignited in ill a closed structure they are as deadly as dynamite such explosions cost SO lives and property damage in 1919 the united states slates department of agriculture dust ex investigation service has practically eliminated the evil kentucky once lead in the hemi production but has turned to morel more profitable crops and relinquished ahr thc lead to wisconsin according to the united states department of agri culture the badger state cultivate ed acres halt half the country count rys total otal this year followed fol by I 1 minne ainne sota ota michigan ohio and california nith ith kentucky sixth |