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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPER Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION Per Year in Advance Wm. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop. Entered as second-clas- s matter Feb. S, 1929, at the post office Randolnh. $1.50 May the Best Month for Alfalfa Sowing Poultr Intermountain News T 4-- H e Quack Grass Worm $ot INCOME Hailed as real benefactors In St Louis county, because they appeared to . feed almost exclusively on quack grass, some worms sent to A G. state entomologist and professor of entomology, Minnesota university farm, have been Identified as wheat stem maggots. While they might aid some in combating quack grass, these worms are decidedly a mixed blessing in grain areas, Mr. Ruggles explained, because of their tendency to Infest crops such as wheat and barley, causing the heads to turn white without filling. Considerable damage was reported from these insects In East Polk county this year. Several weeks ago, August the St. Louis county agent, reported the presence of worms which fed on quack grass and which It appeared might prove effective In combating this weed if enough of them were present. Rug-file- ST. Neu-baue- r, by feeding chopped alfalfa hay as a supplement reached a good marketable weight fully' 17 days before the other pigs and was produced at a saving of 41 cents for each 100 pounds, according to a recent report by the South Dakota experiment station. Twenty-fivpounds of chopped alfalfa hay was used In a mixture with 50 pounds of tankage and 25 pounds if T'nseed oil meal as a supplement o yellow corn. There was a saving of 16 pounds of feed for each 100 pounds of gain due to the alfalfa. Since chopping or grinding alfalfa Is resorted to where hay is artificially cured for feeding to dairy cattle, many feel that it should be even more worth while to adopt this practice for all classes of stock where patural curing makes It impossible to secure so a lf Illinois poultry men who used sanitation and otherwise practiced good management got a return of 31 cents an hour more for their labor last year than flock owners who did not use sanitation, according to a summary of their records by H. H. Alp, poultry extension specialist of the University of Illinois. He cites this as further evidence thal the difference between success and failure In poultry raising Is largely one of good management, since sanitation Is always part of good manFlocks bandied under the agement recommended sanitation system paid their owners a return of 76 cents an hour for labor, while nonsanitation farms paid only 45 cents an hour. Indiana Farmers Guide. product Wheat in the Ration The value of wheat In a live stock fattening ration and pointers to remember in feeding wheat as deter mined from the experience of successful feeders and tests conducted by experiment stations are summarized by the Colorado Agricultural 'college as follows: - For hogs wheat varies in feeding value from equality with corn, pound for pound, to 8 per cent greater effl- For cattle and ciency than corn. lambs wheat alone shows 90 to 100 per cent of the value of corn ponnd for pound. When fed half and half with corn wheat appears to be equal to corn for cattle and lambs. Wheat should be coarsely ground for cattle and hogs. Grinding appears to be unnecessary for lambs. one-ha- Sanitation Pays e high-grad- e According to the poultry department of the New York State College of Agriculture, feed is about of the cost of keeping a hen, 90 pounds being required per year for slightly better than average production. During the past 11 years the number of eggs per hen to pay for her cost of feed has ranged from 48 to 72 per year, averaging 62. In 1930, it required 69 eggs per hen annually to pay her feed costs. About ten dozen are required per bird to pay the entire On this basis you can easily estimate what your own flock is doing. Now is the time to cull the old hens. As with the dairy so with the poultry, this is the year to weed out the nonproducers mercilessly. Fortunately, the ratio between feed and eggs is relatively .good, so that if you do cilll closely and then exercise more than usual care your poultry business may come through fairly well during the next year. American Agriculturist. Chopped Alfalfa for Pigs produced and Save Cost of Feed cost However, upon being Identified by Mr. Ruggles from specimens furnished by Mr. Neulmuer, the worm turned as it were, proving to be an old pest, rather than a new friend. Pork e. Watch Flocks Condition j j Fowls should be handled frequently If one is to know their true condition. They are disturbed least by doing this at night after they have gone to roost. If too fat. reduce the feed and Increase the amount of bran. If results are still poor, increase the amount of animal feed, such as meat, scraps, etc. Hens with too much fat are not in good laying condition because the fat prevents the egg from It passing through the egg duct. takes some experience In handling to detect the pink of condition in a laying hen, but it is a knack that can be easily acquired. Around the Farm For Good Hatch Planting orchards on hillsides rath-- ' er than in valleys is advocated by a meteorologist of the fruit-froservice. The older, and better known essentials of a good hatch are these: (1) Eggs must be fertile. In the breeding flock there should be one vigorous male to every eight bens In the heaviest breeds, one to 15 In the Rocks and Reds, and one to 20 in the light breeds. (2) Eggs must be gathered same day as laid. (3) Eggs must be stored In a temperature between 32 and 63 de-grees Fahrenheit, and shouid.be turned daily. (4) Eggs should be selected normal In shaDe and size. st Fifteen carloads of potatoes were grown on 70 acres this year by W. J. Sapp. De Funiak Springs, Fla. . John Simons, who lives eight miles west of Wichita, Kan., harvested 70 bushels of wheat this year from 1.8 acres that bad been in a feedlot. Just as a man is better able to withstand the rigors of cold weather, so corn which has received an abundance of plant food is better able than poorly nourished corn to withstand frost attacks, both in the late spring and early fall, agronomists of the United States Department of Agriculture have found. Department plant breeders studied the question at Bloomington, 111., in the corn belt during the last three years. They produced frost with a portable refrigeration plant which was used in different parts of the com plots. The results of the experiments suggest that farmers may minimize or avoid frost danger to their corn by growing it ip fields that have been fertilized or are naturally rich in plant food. Corn was planted in 1930 on land plowed from virgin sod in the fall of 1929 and also on soil which bad been plowed from virgin sod In 1921 and , TWIN FALLS, IDA. A golf tournament opened the first days session of the Southern Idaho Laundry Owners convention ' held here recently. About fifty laundry-me- n and laundry supply men attended the convention. The main address was given by the .National Laundry Owners association president. club SPRINGVILLE, UT. summer work presented an interesting display in the community fair held here recently. PROVO, UT. Work on the Lost lake dam, qear Kamas, is progressing rapidly and construction is to be completed by October 1. BOISE, IDA. Atty. Gen. Babcock stated recently that he had been notified that a suit Is being prepared to test the income tax law passed at the special session of the legislature last winter. . 4-- Corn since. cropped continuously grown on the "new ground was much more resistant to the frost than that grown on the older land. While testing corn on cropped and on new soil, the agronomists also ex perimented with fertilizer in varying amounts on the old soil. Plants growing in fertilized soil showed more resistance to frost than those growing in untreated soil. Young plants of a strain in untreated soil were killed in a few minutes at a tern perature of 33 degrees to 34 degrees F. whereas plants of the same strain gorwn in a fertilized hill showed no ill effect from four hours of exposure to a 30 degree temperature. Fall tests gave much the same results. In one instance, approximately 50 plants were subjected to a temperature of 26 degrees to 27 degrees for two hours. Half of them were on fair soil and the remainder on soil capable of producing 15 bushels more to . IDA. BLACKFOOT, . ers An almost estimated to have lived ten thousand years ago, has been discovered by Dr. L. F. LeBaron, an archeologist. SPRINGVILLE, UT. In honor, of the eighty-firs- t anniversary of the settlement of the city the two camps of the D. U. P. honored the pioneers at a camp fire dinner and program on the historic spot where the camp was first made in Spring-vill- There Is a tuberculin test by which the disease can be weeded out of a flock in the course of two or three years, but unless the flock is a valuable one the better plan Is to change completely, beginning with chicks and raising them on clean ground. Nebraska Farmer. Non-Produc- UT. GEORGE, intact skeleton of a prehistoric man, It is generally conceded that the fowl tuberculosis germ Is not carried In the eggs, and. therefore, eggs are perfectly safe to use, even though the hens laying them are In the earlier stages of the disease. The tuberculosis 'germ Is one that is quickly killed by heat, hence cooking would destroy such germs even If they were present. , We doubt If it Is advisable to keep a flock of hens having tuberculosis to any considerable extent. Avian or fowl tuberculosis affects chiefly the liver and other digestive organs. The disease is communicated by food or water contaminated by bowel discharges; hence when a large number have the disease, keeping the healthy looking fowls usually means perpetuation of the disease, for one by one those that have the germs in them will reach the consumptive stage and scatter more infection. If you want to keep pullets or healthy looking young hens you should confine them to a yard that can easily be made safe by changing the top soil. Let the disinfection of the range begin at Cut Out TAX ATTACK well-fe- d once. Benefactor, but a Pest Experiments Prove Rich Sol Increases the Vitality of the Plant. CLUBS SCORE PIONEERS HONORED FINDS ANTIQUE MAN BEST TO CUT OUT TUBERCULOUS HENS New Flock. actual sowing until next May, advises John H. Barron of the New Yrk state college of agriculture. Work the land well this fall and repeat the cultivating next spring and then sow without a nurse crop, he says. Mr. Barron cites the success of the Lovtjoy farm located near Pittsford in Monroe county. New York. Here the land was in cabbage in 1930, the crop was kept clean and alfalfa was seeded alone In May, 1931. By June 25 the seeding nad made an excelllent weed-frestand. The cutting of. hay taken this summer is worth more than a grain nurse crop would have been. And in addition, says Mr. Barron, when the alfalfa crop Is in its prime the yield will be larger than if it had beeen planted with a nurse crop. By seeding alone In spring the winter killing during the first winter is largely avoided and much ot the competition from weeds Is avoided by the fall and spring cultivation before seeding, he says. Attack of Frosts Briefly Told for Busy Readers Prepare Ground in Fall, but Safest Method Is to Raise Wait, Says Expert. It is all right to get ready to sow alfalfa in the fall, but delay the Corn That Resists Building on - the acre. The test was made about the middle of September when the kers nels were about matured. Following exposure to the cold, neither set of plants showed any noticeable Injury. When the crop was ripe, however, the corn on the poorer soil had failed to mature completely, while that on the richer soil had matured naturally and ully. four-fifth- son, embraced 160,000 acres of timber lands and the cost of handling was $410,000. This was in addition ,to $50,000 expended by the Southern Idaho Timber Protection association in its efforts to extinguish fires in the vicinity of the Boise basin. The loss in timber is estimat-ed- Good Season to Market Farm Grain on the Hool at $1,5000,000. This is a season when farmers ma; well plan to market as much as pos sible of their grain and hay on tbi hoof. Current market prices are no such as to encourage the sale of whea WYO. CHEYENNE, The Utah Construction company is suing the state for $350,000, which the company alleges is due it for construction of a road through the Wind River canyon. The company claims the plans for the road were changed after its bid had been accepted and is asking the $350,000 for extra work which it claims the altera- tions necessitated. ject OGDEN, UT. 600 bushels of peaches were hauled to this city by trucks and distributed to needy persons. The peaches were donated by orchardists throughout the county and picked by unemploy- city ed persons. MYTON, UT. The local lumber concern was destroyed by fire of unknown origin. CENTERFIELD, UT. The local sugar company here has commenced to test machinery before the fall run. The company will employ 200 men when it is put into operation about October 15th. Men are now working In twelve . hour shifts to place the factory in readiness for the crop. ST. GEORGE, UT. A new high record for the first few days enrollment has been set at Dixie college, with 315 enrolled students. RUPERT, IDA.: Potato harvest In Minidoka county is beginning to get under way and the average shipment of car lots from Rupert are showing well. At present 72 cars of this seasons crop have been shipped as against 83 cars at the same time last season. CALDWELL, IDA. A slight decrease is shown in the registration at the College of Idaho. A total of 342 students have reported for recitations. TWIN FALLS, IDA.- -A sale of boxes at a price apples in open-toof $27.50 a ton to the grower has given rise to optimism that the 1000 car load crop fruit being harvested in this district would find a favorable market. p e Tallest Known Men There have been reports among the less civilized tribes and among certain savage peoples that men have measured as much as 15 feet. From actual records that have been compiled, the greatest height found was that of Toplnards Finlander, who measured 112 inches 9 feet 4 Inches. Famous English Forest By its association with Robin Hood, the most romantic forest in England is, perhaps, Sherwood. On its verge is a curious amphitheater called Robin Hoods hill, and in the forest may still be seen a very old hollow oak tree called Robin Hoods larder. One of the ancient oaks, entirely hollow, called the Major oak, can shelter In its hollow trunk a dozen or fourteen people at once. Old French Institution The Academie des Jeux Floreaux is at Toulouse, France. The first floral games were held at Toulouse In May, 1324, at the summons of a guild of troubadours, who Invited the lords and their friends to assemble In the garden of Gay Science and recite their works. , In 1694 the Academie des Jeux Floreaux was constituted an academy by letters patent. At present It Is especially Interested in Provencal poetry. le a new structure at the Blackfoot asylum and the Installing of a new heating - plant and sewer system will begin soon under contracts awarded recently. Total of the contracts, including cement to be supplied by the state, was $180,357, leaving a balance of about $70,000 of the $250,00 bond issue authorized by the last legislature. OGDEN, UT. D. Parkinson, assistant regional forester of district No. 4. has returned to the city after assisting in making a survey of the forest fire damages in Idaho. The fire area, according to Mr. Parkin- HYDE PARK, UT. Poultry producers of Hyde Park, North Logan, Smithfield and Benson district met at the schoolhouse here recently to discuss poultry account records. C. Frischnecht, extension poultry specialist at the Utah State Agricul-tural college, explained this pro- Chance Happening Luck Is generally ' described as something that happens seemingly by chance. It may be an event, either good1 or evil, which affects the interest or happenings of an but this happening is entirely casual. Luck, however, carries the idea of good luck only. Drum Signaling The Smithsonian institution says: In the eastern Belgian Kongo tribes, particularly the Batela, have evolved a system of telegraphy through use of a wooden drum, the system of signals approaching that of a code. The drum vibrations are not articulated as in human speech ; rather the message is recognized through Intensity of volume, rhythm, kind of drum used, time of day,, etc. In a jungle environment much information may thus be signaled. and small grains. The man who wishes to get the mos out of grain as feed will find it profit able to grind it. Grinding increase! the digestibility, rt has been salt by experienced men that a feed grind er should pay for itself the first year through the extra profits obtained be cause of grinding the feed. Howevei that may be, this is a year when w do think farmers should feed theii grains and prepare then for feeding so as to get their greatest nutritive value. Indiana Farmers Knight of the Road Claude Duval, famous highwayman, was born in Normandy in 1643. He was sent to Paris in 1657, where he remained until he went to England in attendance on the duke of Richmond at the Restoration. He soon took to the road and became famous for his daring and gallantry. He was captured in 1670 in London and within a week was executed at Tyburn. His body was laid in state in a tavern and was viewed by huge crowds before the exhibition was stopped by a judges order. Sun for the Pigs House Acid low-price- . Circumventing Colic pretty little party from Pittsburgh, who always wears a straight flush and who cant understand the ways of a man with a maid, brings her problem to Oral Hygiene. My boy friend, she boasts, Is as fine as they come, but whenever he calls he Invariably waits 15 minutes before kissing me. Now, whats his system, please? Perhaps, grins the editor, he has learned how long it takes the paint to dry? Pathfinder Magazine. A d Guide. The pigs bouse should be built so s to permit the greatest benefit from tt suns rays at farrowing time. Thi means that the angle of the roof coi taining glass to permit admission sunlight would be different for Febri ary farrowing from that at the Apr farrowing. In planning a new- - ho house, therefore, consideration shoul be given the appropriate farrowin date of spring litters. A permanent hog house should nc be used unless it contains a floor tha can be thoroughly cleaned before fai rowing time. Pigs farrowed on worn: infested earth floors are seldom profil able. Concrete floors are seldoi profitable. Concrete, floors are satis fa tory, if properly constructed. Ur less arrangements can be made to sanitation in a permanent house, th portable type of house Is preferabk It can be moved to clean ground eacl year. At stomach CtHIIM" PHILLIPS: For Trouble due to Acid iNDlCeSTlOM ACIO STOMACH heartburn heaoachs CASES-NAUS- tA ExCESS acid is the common cause of indigestion. It results in pain and Less Barn Feeding the pasture day at the Mas college. Cl setts Agricultural Parsons, superintendent of the farm, stated that whereas the practice at the college had been about one pound of grain to eac! pounds of milk, he has this y duced grain feeding to 125 pou 12 per cent protein grain for production of 900 ponnds of mill out any apparent shrinkage in producton or flesh. The statk under way several feeding te connection with Intensive past' s sourness about two hours after eating. The quick corrective is an alkali which neutralizes acid. The best corrective is Phillips Milk of Magnesia. It has remained standard with physicians in the 50 years since its invention. One spoonful of Phillips Milk of Magnesia neutralizes instantly many times its volume in acid. Harmless, and tasteless, and yet its action is quick. You will never, rely on crude methods, once you learn how quickly this method acts. Be sure to get the genuine. |
