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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Insecticides Do Not Kill Insects j Certain Types of Trick Preparations Should Be Guarded Against. (Prepared failure to control insects and diseases. Housewives are especially cautioned not to believe the glittering promises made for attractive little cases containing a chemical, which, when merely hung in a room, will drive away or kill moths, ants, roaches, flies, and mosquitoes, and at the same time disinfect the room, purify the air, and prevent disease by the United States Department of Agriculture.) , Thousands of pounds of Insectifungicides and disinfectants are sold annually in complete harmony with the insecticide act as enforced by the food, drug and insecticide administration, United States Department of Agriculture, but certain types of trick preparations are also being offered for sale and should be guarded against, say federal officials. Many Are Warned. Farmers, suburban dwellers, housewives, and others, are warned by the administration against .buying preparations to be added to feed and drinking water which their makers say will control external parasites on poultry' and other animals consuming them. Neither should anyone be misled by the theoretically plausible claims made for preparations designed to be absorbed by the sap of trees to control fungous diseases and to kill insects on and in the trees. Preparations to be hung in the home to drive away all household pests, purify the air and to prevent disease are also branded as useless by the officials. One of the misbranded preparations sold to control lice, mites, ticks and fleas on poultry and other animals by being taken into the system with the food and drinking water, officials of the administration found could be bought for 18 cents a gallon This preparation, retailed in small containers, netted the producer $64 a gallon. Neither this mixture nor any of the many similar mixtures could produce the results claimed for them Control Diseases. Liquids, powders, and capsules to be placed in a hole in the tree, under the bark, or in the soil, and paints to beapplied to the trunk of the tree, have been examined for their alleged powers to control fungous diseases and to kill insects, when, according to the advertising literature, the substances are taken up by the sap and carried to all parts of the tree. Not only is the .value of these remedifes very questionable, the administration reports, but many of them actually harm the trees.. They may cause serious damage to shade and orchard trees, and ' in case of the latter, endanger the crop through cides, Health apd Vigor Are Important in Culling At least once during the summer or early fall the poultry flock should be culled to get rid of J;he birds that are not paying for their keep. Health and vigor are of first importance in culling poultry. Hens in good laying condition have bright red combs and wattles. Good layers have combs that are very waxy in texture. In breeds, the beak and shanks of the heavy layers are ordinarily pale yellow or white. The public bones of a good layer are thin and flexible and when the hen is in laying condition they are wide apart. The skin of a good layer is soft, pliable,' and of good texture and the back is wide nnd long. Another important point Is the time of molting. Poor layers usually molt earlier than good ones. Heavy layers generally do not begin to molt before September or October. Culling not only improves the breeding quality, of the flock, but if done early enough will save feeding costs and spread the marketing of surplus hens over a longer period than if the culled hens are all marketed late in the fall. yellow-shanke- d - Traffic cop gets summons Even he cant get away with it TkON'T try to put anything over on Nature, is the way a cop would express it. Sooner or later shell get you. Give yoa a ticket and lay you up in a place where youd JL rather not be. Even cops Can t get away with it. Like everyone else, if they dont pay attention to the warnings they get a summons that lands them in the doctor's office. . In 1 885, Ur. Caldwell made a discovery for which elderly people the world over praise him today I Years of practice convinced him that mafiy people were endangering their health by a careless choice of laxatives. So he began a search for a harmless prescription which would be thoroughly effective, yet would neither gripe nor form any habit. At last he found it. Over and over he wrote it, when he found people bilious, headachy, out of sorts, weak or feverish; with coated tongue, bad breath, no appetite or energy. It relieved the most obstinate cases, and yet was gentle with women, children and elderly people. Today, this same famous, effective prescription, known as Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, is the world's most popular laxative. It may be obtained from any drugstore Tha Awakening Her ideal is shatteied. Ob? How is that? She married it! What the doctor advises is Nujol, Says Nujol will regulate you just like you regulate traffic. Keep things from getting in a jam. And the doctor is right. Just ask the healthiest men on the Force. If they need Nujol with all the exercise they get what about the fellows that roll by in their cars? Just take a tip from me. You may have the best intentions in the world. But everybody gets tied up at times. care of Nature cant always-takthings withoutTiclp. Our Medical Chief tells me that Nujol isnt a medicine. It contains absolutely nothing in the way of medicine or drugs. Its simply a pure natural substance (perfected by the Nujol Laboratories, 2 Park Avenue, New York), that keeps things func ' Start Nujol today. It wont cost you much not more than the price of some smokes. Worth a try, isnt it? Youll find Nujol at all drugstores. Sold only in sealed packages. Get some on your way home today. A Saying Proved Bump1 Everything comes to waits. Bumper I was for parking my car today. who tioning at all times as Nature intends them to. Normally. Regularly. It not only keeps an excess of body poisons from forming (we all have them), but aids in their removal. Expensive Meeting him fined She (at summer resort) ' Softening of Any Fruit After Picking Likely - The softening of fruit after picking depends mainly upon the temperature. Sealing fruit in air-tigjars, or coatwith the like, will it and ing paraffin delay softening, but aside from these exceptional conditions, temperature is the controlling factor in the softening of fruit. In general, fruit should be kept as cool as possible after picking. If several days elapse between picking and packing, the fruit should never be piled up under the trees or left out in the sun. If a cellar is available, it should be used for storing between the operation of picking and packing. Fruit picked during the day may be left outdoors during cool nights to lower the temperature, and put in the cellar early the next morning.' ' Bruises Detract Greatly From . Appearance of Carcass. v tions for preventing infestation of wounds by screw worm flies.. Farmers Bulletin 1600-is a revision and expansion of, and supersedes Farmers Bulletin 949. It is written in simple and condensed style, and illustrated. It may be obtained free on application to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. F (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Feeder cattle having horns do not feed out so well as dehorned cattle, say W. H. Black and V. V. Parr of the bureau of animal industry, United States Department of Agriculture, in Farmers Bulletin 1600-F- , Dehorning. Castrating, Branding and Making Beef Cattle, just published for free disBadly tribution by the department. bruised , carcasses," they go on to say, are usually found in shipments Bruises detract of horned cattle. greatly from the appearance of the caroasses, thus lowering their sale Besides the damage done to value. meat, the hide Is frequently damaged. Dehorned cattle usually bring from 25 to 75 cents a hundredweight more than horned cattle of similar quality and condition." The authors also make recommendations as to castration, spaying, branding and earmarking of beef cattle. The bulletin also includes simple plans for construction of dehorning and branding chutes, including a chute with a movable side, known as for holding the animal a squeeze, securely. On the range it is common to brand calves while still small enough to be handled by ropes, but the authors suggest the advisability of constructing corrals with a chute adapted for working with yearling or older cattle, and a smaller chute for handling calves. Under "such an arrangement it is possible to dehorn,- - castrate or spay, and brand the animals at a single operation. For dehorning, the authors mention the application of caustic to stop' the growth of the horns on calves, and saws and dehorning clippers for more mature cattle. They mention precau- - $ , Spoiling of Silage in Winter Can Be Lessened Spoiling of silage during the winter can be lessened by treating the inner walls of the silo with a solution which keeps out air. The mixture consists of one pound salt, two tablespoonfuls of alum, one teaspoonful of lye and four gallons of water, plus enough cement to make it the consistency of paste. In some cases, the iwide of the silo doors are lined with paper or the cracks filled with clay to keep out air. Another scheme is to sow oats or cane at the top of the silo. These grains feprout quickly in the warm silage and the matted growth serves as an insulator excluding the air. Agricultural Squibs The woodland enhances the value of the entire farm property. Potato aphids may be controlled in the field by the use of contact Lydia E Pinkltam and Her Great Grandcliildren Pinkham were alive today she would be 109 years old. Her continue to manufacture her famous Vegetable Compound and the integrity of four generations is behind the product. By accurate record, this medicine benefits 98 out of every 100 women who report after taking it. You can be almost certain that it will help you too. 10,000 Bottles Sold Every Day Lydia E. IFdescendants sprays. Of course it costs more per acre to get high yields, but then it .costs less per bushel or pound. The white grub, pilfering offspring June bug, of the ordinary, blundering is due again next year. . 1 hadnt The oldest Congregational minister In a controversy between two womin Wisconsin is Rev. H. A. Miller, of Madison, who is one hundred years en there is much to be said on both sides. old. METHODS OF DEHORNING CATTLE ARE DISCUSSED IN NEW BULLETIN i Cant you stay another week? He The worst of It is, if met you, I could have. Lujdia E. Brnkhams Vegetable Compound LYDIA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO., Lynn. Mao U. S. At, |