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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPCT Entered as second-clamatter FeU TmTlT'nVPTYlPnf' rrF ss 8. 1928. at the pst office Randolnh, Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 187& Win. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop SUBSCRIPTION in Advance SUQ Per Pasture Is Easy fw Wild White Clover Will Do the Trick, Says Expert in Agronomy. Prof. D. B. Johnitone-WallacCornell Agronomy Department. WNU Service. c, HENS, GOOD FEED I tnemist Accidentally Finds Valuable I Growing two blades of grass where one grew before is a simple matter. 5vcn better results haTe been achieved. Experiments at Cornell show that four blades of grass and two leaves of wild wfalte clover can be grown where one blade of grass and one leaf of devilV grew before. paint-brus- h Egg-Boost-er. a Kansas City C. F. Schnabel, chem- ist, accidentally stumbled onto this discovery. For seven years he had been trying to boost egg production an'd disease resistance In his small flock by feeding green stuffs of various kinds, Including alfalfa meal. Beyond 10 per cent, alfalfa meal was harmful; common vegetables were no 'better. Then in 1931 his greens happened to have a lot of dried jyoung wheat and oats In It. His hens began laying their heads off: 103 Leghorns averaged 94 per cent from May to September and mortality was cut in ,half. Mr. Schnabel was puzzled, and Jset out to find out why. After several iyears more work he found the secret: Dried young grasses I These, states a yriter In the Country Home, reach heir peak In nutritional value Just before Jointing, normally about ' the twentieth day. Cut prior to jointing, 'there will not only be another crop hut the dried grasses will be two or three times richer in protein and vitamins.' Potato growers in the Kaw and the Missouri river bottoms who have been planting cereals after harvest for green manure have on this basis been plowing nnder a crop worth $200 an. acre to poultrymen. Scientists In the United States Department of Agriculture, at Purdue university, Louisiana State and elsewhere who have been investigating the Curing of alfalfa, soy bean and other hays report a much higher vitamin A content In hays ent early and cured bo as to preserve the leaves and green mix-tur- e On pasture Improvement it Is not an expensive process. An effective program should not exceed two dollars a year for each cow kept on the farm, or its equivalent In other animals. The essentials of pasture Improvement are : an adequate supply of phosphorus in the soli by liberal applications of superphosphate; the use of lime, In addition, on very acid soils ; and sometimes potash on light, sandy soils. More Important even than fertilization Is the management of grazing. Improved pastures should be grazed close-- , ly and should not be permitted to ex-ceed four Inches in height at any time. Ungrazed herbage must be mowed closely once or more during the grazing season. The combination of, fertilization and close grazing results in the development of a dense sward of wild white clover and valuable pas- ture grasses. Pale Butter in Demand in Markets of the East Danger to Middle western dairy farmers Is seen In the increasing demand in eastern markets for pale or white" butter. Pale butter is produced In northern conntries such as Canada and Latvia, where cows get a minimum of green pasture and hay cured to a green color. Not enough pale butter can be produced in this country to satisfy the increasing demand, says the Prairie Farmer. Carotene Is responsible for the natural yellow, color of mldwestern and southern butter. Green pasture grass color. and hay cured to retain Its green color Vitamin A is the one which is so contain large amounts of carotene. highly prized In eggs, butter and other When cows are on pastnre for a conhuman foods, and it is this vitamin siderable of the year, the butter part which is lost when hay is ent too late, has a deep yellow color. or when the leaves shatter, or are always The Middle Wests natnral yellow blanched by sun or rain. With vitamins butter is worth more money than pale ns all from at directions, being poked we get a little confused, but Its hard butter because of its higher nutritional to Ignore the practical results which value. To the farmer of the Middle men like C. F. Schnabel are getting. West who supplies the cream from which 85 per cent of the butter produced In this country is made, the trend towards increased consumption Advice on Feeding Green markets Is Ducks Given . by an Expert S !3 To grow "green ducks the first feed should consist of equal parts of bran, 6horts and corn meal, with about 10 per cent beef meal added. One per cent charcoal Is also recommended, advises a poultryman In the Montreal Herald. Moisten with water Just to make it. crumbly; sprinkle with sand Just before feeding. The sand serves as grit Feed only what the ducklings will eat up clean at each feeding. When the ducklings are well started, green feed may be added, 6uch as clover or alfalfa hay chopped fine and added to the mash. Increase the green feed gradually until It reaches about h of the ration. When the ducklings are six weeks old, discontinue the green feed and at the commencement of the seventh week feed this mixture: Fifty pounds corn meal, 35 pounds shorts, and 15 pounds beef meal, with coarse sand sprinkled over the mixture. When the ducklings are about ten weeks old, they should be ready for market. Market them just before they start to change their body feathers. Water in Grain and Hay Water, constitutes a higher percentage of both grain and roughage than Is commonly realized. Best grades of mature, well cured com, wheat, oats, barley and rye all contain approximately Id per cent water, while lower grades of new corn frequently carry as much as 20 per cent or over. This r, means, says the Rural that on at least one out of every ten cars of corn shipped we are paying New-Yorke- freight for ai carload of d water; straw and fodder also conhay, tain an average of about 10 per cent water, while fresh green roughage and grass average about 70 per cent, and in many Instances considerably higher. Corn silage from corn has an average content of over 70 per cent moisture, while root9 average nearer 80 per cent. one-fift- Cleanliness in Poultry Yard Cleanliness Is not an easy thing to maintain In poultry quarters; It Involves constant attention to the countless details which the care of poultry Involves from the time that the chicks leave the Incubator to their final trip to market Even the incubator will not stay clean of Itself, eating and drinking utensils soon become soiled by discharges and contaminate their contents, quarters are qnickly fouled If not given attention, yards suffer the same fate and hbld in their upper layers of soil embryo parasites, waiting to again obtain entrance to living bodies where they may complete their cycle of life. No one measure suffices to Insure cleanliness everywhere, but the hoe, the broom, the scrub brush and the pall of hot water are valuable allies In the fight against disease. In the Hen Yard Each hundred birds in satisfactory production will drink four to five gallons of water a day. . Where pullets show lack of good condition, an attempt should be made to find the cause. Intestinal coccidiosis and worms may be to blame. impmalTce! well-cure- well-matur- Fertilizer for the Pasture I A fertilizer containing both nitrogen and phosphate should be used for the establishment of a new bluegrass pas- ture - If the 8011 18 medium or above In fertility, says the Missouri Farmer, 200 pounds of or fertilizer, or 100 pounds of sodium nitrate plus 200 pounds of 20 per cent superphosphate should be applied. On soils below medium In fertility, 400 pounds of -4 -4 superphosphate should be applied If a good bluegrass pasiare Is desired. Lime should be added to those soils known to be very acid at the rate of one ton of agricultural limestone or 400 pounds of fine lime per acre. No attempts should be made to establish Kentucky bluegrass on the poorer soils. Pasturing Sheep To pastnre sheep In mature orchards is a common practice which seems generally satisfactory, says the Rural The question of graining would be the same as for any other It would vary enpasture system. tirely with the kind and abundance of the pasture in question. If on good mixed grass, or blue grass, and pastured not over ten head per acre, such pasture will usually keep the ewes in good condition until pasture starts getting short in late summer or early fail. New-Yorke- r. FLOOD CRISIS MADE NEW HEROES Scenes Revealed Courage and Resourcefulness of Relief Backstage Workers in Rescuing Sufferers. By ALWYN W. KNIGHT of a day stalking service stations sound rose to a wail: Wheres Mummie? It was an un part and sheds In The fortitude of these people was remarkable. cry for help, shrill with mounting hysteria. The woman paused, wheeling toward the abandoned house They had lost everything, yet they from which the sound had come. An arm brassard bearing the emblem could joke about their strays" . . . Two residents of Wheeling, W. Va., of the Red Cross identified her, told her business here in the deserted are dead. They contracted pneumonia street running knee deep with muddy water. This entire section of while engaged in rescue work. They residential Pittsburgh looked as though it had been floated out to sea. voluntered their services to aid the Wheres Mum-miIt was a scream now; there was no time plight of their neighbors, these men; to lose. The relief worker plunged to the rescue and reappeared a and paid for their heroism with their moment later with a parrot, a badly scared talking parrot, in her arms. lives. The desolation of a flood must also be reckoned In terms of its after-mat-h Behind scenes with Americas relief THE mid-strea- e! agencies changes the complexion of a flood. The human little Incidents tell the real story. Humor, pathos and Inevitably a quiet heroism do not penetrate the dally barricade of headlines. This Is especially true of this springs great eastern floods which have taken a toll of nearly 200 lives, caused property damage scaling to one half billion dollars, and driven hundreds of thousands from their . homes In 13 years with a broken meant lasting peace. hip, the flood ... THOUSANDS NEED HELP 'With flood crests receding, loss to the individual family becomes more apparent. It Is no longer colored by excitement, by terror. There may be some- Red Cross workers, evacuating families from the citys danger spots, reached their home. The woman would not budge. Her husband, grimly dething almost majestic about a house. termined, stood guard before her, bar- Immersed to Its gables, gallantly .. . ring the way. torrents. But straining against It was necessary to knock the hus- a home has a ghost-lik-raging a half bnried band out to get the woman into the look when the water has rescue boat. After she. was taken to a drained states. away. The runoff from unseasonal snow hospital she went on a hunger strike. Furniture is warped and broken. hanks started it Ice floes, gorging The husband, meanwhile, had disapMud and silt are piled feet deep over miles of the Easts great waterways, peared, fearing arrest once choice belongings. Plaster has broke, froze and broke again. The Several days passed and the woman flaked the soggy away, pyramiding Potomac, the Androscoggin, the Ohio began to weep for her husband. For mess below. . Walls have buckled; plumbing and electrical fixtures must be relegated to the junk pile. Small bonder that flood sufferers without resources must be helped to face the future. The Red Cross reports that In Wheeling alone, 15,000 families will require some form of hoqsehold goods or home repair assistance . . . An expectant mother at Powhatan Point, Ohio, was in desperate need of essential supplies. She lay on a mattress in a dance h.all in the midst of 75 other refugees. Lamplight flickered dimly and couples moved about the floor notjn the dance but to keep warm. The Point was practically Isolated. Somehow a relief truck fought through from Wheeling carrying the essentials for the stricken woman. A little later she gave birth to a child, both lives doubtless saved by the dogged persistence of relief workers who traversed impassable stretches of what had once been roads The United States Coast Gnard rescued 10,000 persons from Wilkes-Barr- e and Kingston homes. The Susquehanna loops here, and flood waters spilled across at right angles, closing the loop. There resulted some of the Red Cross Volunteers House, Feed and Care for Homeless Children in Pittsswiftest and most treacherous currents burgh Flood Area. ever encountered by small craft The Red Cross chapter at Wilkes-Barrand the Susquehanna these and other the first time she was receiving mediPa., established a first aid turbulent giants began to shake them- cal care, and life was worth station in a trolley car placed at the selves loose and come alive. Without on to. The Red Cross located holding the misssaying much about It people began ing husband and a touching reunion end of the Market street bridge. This made light and heat possible. Phyto wonder what would happen If It took place at the side of the cot In the should rain hard, and the department hospital ward. The woman will be sicians were In charge, aided by Red Cross nurses and the Chapter First Aid of rivers and floods at the United give a new start In life --. . . crew of 45 men. As Coast Guard boats States weather bureau, Washington, the first flood During crest the Coast brought refugees to the bridge, they spent a lot of time on the phone anGnard cutter Kenosha, nnder Capt. were inspected, then either sent to a swering questions. Henry Rogers, was rammed by a log hospital or treated on the trolley if reJOHNSTOWN THREATENED in the Ohio during a blinding blizzard. quiring medical attention . . And then the .rain came, deluging The cutter, loaded with relief supplies, The flood Is over. Rivers In prac- the northeastern watershed, converting melting snow Into runaway water by the ton, smashing river Ice free of banks. Surcharged rivers from Maine to Virginia and from New Jersey to Ohio, broke bank. Johnstown was threatened with duplication of the debacle of '89. Pittsburgh was isolated overnight, its light and power disrupted, its airports sud denly vast lakes. 'Wheeling, W. Va. was struck with 6uch devastating sud denness that 10,000 marooned men, women and children were trapped as water pyramided. Organized relief took the field, led by the American Red Cross, which quickly deployed 300 trained disaster workers to key points of flooded areas. The United States Coast Gnard sent a fleet of power boats to churn up and down the main streets of Americas most densely populated centers. Countless other organizations and groups pooled resources to avert a major tragedy. But the press of the nation has already given a composite picture of flood details. Day after day headlines paced the southward flow of each crest The real story, however, has been McClure Avenue Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Is Turned Into Emergency told. It Jibs come In snatches from . Refugee Station. the lips of the men and women who were there, who still are. It has been was hound for Powhatan, Ohio. The tlcally all affected areas are homeward told In part by volunteer workers, by crew stuffed the jagged tear In the bound for their banks. Mass feeding trained workers; by the rank and file hull with blankets, keeping the vessel and shelter stations are for comcaring afloat for hours until a second paratively few these eight of the great army of rescue. days. cutter piffled alongside and pumped WANTED TO DIE But rehabilitation has the Kenosha out sufficiently to shore just begun. For long, weary months relief It happened at Springfield, Mass. and patch her. agencies will Interview individual families and Rising water trapped a family of PEOPLE RETAIN HUMOR three. There was a woman who survey damaged homes. This, the heartWhen flood waters sideswiped Hadbreaking aftermath of catastrophe, is weighed 250 pounds, homes Mass., ley, and the version of the flood tale which grandfather and her husband. were swept downstream. outbuildings Sheds and will live The circumstances were unusual In roadside stands were tumbled longest In the memories of end this way: these people had had time end for nearly a mile. Citizens over families who have lost the bulk of of the their to move out But they wanted to The rest of the possessions. community formed a posse to hunt world soon forgets. die. To the woman, Hhree their dwellings and spent the better e, hlgh-and-d- ry ... e, , bed-ridde- n Western Newspaper Union. |