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Show ! THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH TU KHJH Entered as COUNTY, second-clas- s at the RBAPKB matter Feh Human Sort of pet office Randolnh Utah, under the Aot of Mar. 3, 187SI 8. 1929. Fu. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop SUBSCRIPTION Pv fear in Advatu 91 JO Farm Drainage Is a Timely Subject Properly Maintained System Is Especially Needed, Says an Expert. By H. D. FRITZ, Extension University of Illinois. WNU Service. Specialist, Illinois farmers have an investment in public drainage systems and private drainage improvements estimated at $150,000,-00this investment in recent years has been taken for granted by the average farmer, and the maintenance of drainage improvements has been neglected. Proper maintenance of drainage systems is especially urgent now if farmers are to make the most of the soil improvement practices advocated under the new soil conservation program. In the new program legumes occupy an important place, and these crops must have a well drained soil. Application of limestone is another practice recommended in the new plan. To be of maximum benefit in making a good stand of legumes possible, limestone applications must be preceded by good drainage. Individual farmers can improve and aid in maintaining their farm drainage systems by careful inspection and correction of any defects that may be present. Most damage to crops from lack of drainage will be avoided if the outlet channel into which the drainage system discharges is open, is large enough and has sufficient fall to carry away flood water and surface water. An inspection of the tile drain outlet will reveal any damage by freezing and thawing, erosion, silting and stoppage by any cause. Surface inlets and catch basins also require periodic inspection. It is recommended that each farmer learn the location of his tile drains, as he is then better able to check for sink holes and wet spots. Greater productivity from highly fertile lands that previously were thought to be worthless has proved the effectiveness of the drainage systems. Maintaining the drainage systems will aid in maintaining the productivity that has been obtained by drainage. Although 0, Strip Crops Hold Soil When Wind Whips Field Strip cropping, one of the best and most economical methods of checking erosion by water, also is valuable in checking wind erosion. Whether planted on contour lines or at right angles to prevailing winds, strips of sweet clover, alfalfa, sorghum, sudan grass, or sunnot only stop soil that starts to blow, but also break the wind as it sweeps across the field. It is small soil particles carried by a high wind that produce the scouring effect known as wind erosion. Strip cropping stops drifting soil in the same way as fences and weed flowers clumps. Another advantage of strip cropping is that strips may be shifted from year to year. The top growth and roots are plowed under and add humus to the soil. This is one of the best preventives of blowSoil with a good content of ing. organic matter is much less likely to blow than soil cultivated year after year until most of the humus disappears. Holding Expenses Down The good farmer knows how to do the various farm operations with the. least expenditure of time, energy, and money, but with effective results. He has a knack, developed in youth or acquired in later life, of . doing things well. He strives for perfection in every operation, for he knows that failure to do one operation properly will result in trouble in other operations later. If the ground isnt broken well before the crop is planted, cultivation will be difficult and harvest small. The good farmer has good habits of work. Hoards Dairyman. Agricultural Notes Simple country life on a farm is declared the most hazardous. . Hides retain their leather making qualities indefinitely when stored under proper conditions. Permanent pastures may be treated with fertilizer and lime any time until the ground freezes. When animals gnaw bones, eat dirt, or show other signs of abnormal appetite, an unbalanced diet is a probable cause. pillow and cautiously peered over the top. Oomph! he chose that as the psychological moment to get tired of waiting and open the door uncere- Household moniously. and without warning; Miggie May felt slightly foolish. David backed up quickly till he By THERESA M. LIBBY could look up and see Miggie Mays HcClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Service. top of the head over the transom, and exclaimed dramatically: It is IGGIE MAY quit gulping my lady! O, it is my love! Miggie May knew her Shakesand blew her nose. too. O, that she knew she Whos t h e r e? she peare, were! she quoth sadly. straightened the sobs out She speaks! exclaimed the lad. of her voice and asked. O, speak again, bright angel! for David, the person answered. thou art Something tightened around Mig-gi- e Who made you learn that?" Mig Mays heart, and she remarked interrupted rudely. intelligently into space. Marge Dont you think I have intelliisnt here. gence enough 4o .like it for myself Dont want Marge. alone? Well, Lil isnt here, either. Miggie May looked at the cushion Dont want Lil. in her hand and extended a gracious Ruth isnt here and Hope isnt invitation, Well, why dont you here. come in? Dont want them. How the whosis can I when you What do you want then? she that blamed chair in the keep demanded with asperity. ' way? was the calm Miggie May She sat down cautiously on the reply. back of the chair. Listen, how did Oh, shut up! you happen to turn up? To which courteous remark he to recogOh, observed wisely, I dont think that nize me?you have decided youre very polite. Did you think that your voice Cant you understand that I'm made sucl an impression on my being perfectly miserable all by myd that Id remember it for self and I dont want to talk with four asked the girL years? anyone? The same tactful little lady, he Why? murmured, Stand there like a grinning idiot that she still and took inthehercushion hand. dangled and ask questions, she exploded. did listen where Well, anyhow, Im not grinning, the idiot re- you come from? plied calmly. He placed the cushion on the top There was a silence, then: Have step and sat down again. From; you gone? Of course not. I havent been in going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it, yet. he replied flippantly. Well, please go. The lower door slammed and No. someone started running up the Why? Because youd much rather Id stairs in father a hurry. She stopped, with a startled expression, stay. when she saw the two sitting there Of all the conceited idiots . . . so well, to say the least I I say, thats twice now informally. Whats twice? Oh. Marge, this is Mr. Ander-- ; That Ive been an idiot. son. Mig introduced them without! Miggie did not deign to reply; un- there was a-- longer pause, then a moving from her somewhat sound as of bundles being deposited. steady support. And, David, ats!-' David arose to the comMarge. What are you doing? Miggie plete of his six feet three. dignity May asked. Her other name is Perkins,) bedown. You wouldnt Sitting Mig continued. David slurred his; grudge me the top step, would you? o and accepted Marges j What are you waiting for? hand He looked suddenly gratefully. To be let in. remembered very Miggie shy, I wish .you wouldnt act like a that he was. She May remembered that; vaudeville team. was one of the reasons why she had Well, youre feeding me the re- liked him so much; that he had marks. to talk; in difficulty finding I shant talk to you, Mig settled about with other things girls. He hadnt, that.' All right, quit. Ive brought a changed, Mig thought, and her heart went bump as she looked up book. grown up There was a long silence now, to upbe atsohim. But she had well well, gee! do very broken only by the occasional sibicould like her? still he you suppose lant of a page being turned. Miggie sudbroke little silence the Marge May stood up and looked over the over the Did you denly. get fireplace. She tiptoed towards the Mig? Youd better. Heres bathroom. A board creaked, and the the check from the printer for the lock on the door snapped when she whasis you drew last month. tried .to shut it softly. She turned Miggie May looked at her, a the hot water faucet slowly, and a hideous clanking arose from some- dreamingness in her eyes; she where in the depths of the building. didnt even see the check being; She washed her face, being quick flourished before her. Then she about the splashing only dropping grinned a grin that crinkled her the soap twice. Then came out eyes and tipped her nose a little, upper a blissful, quietly. And she blushed. grin. The idiot outside called, If Since when did you blush over a washed youve your face, may I check? asked Marge. I know the. come in now? and you should was punk drawing I beg your pardon! Miggie May blush, but was frigid. Huh? Miggie May inquired Oh, sure, he replied very obliging-like. blankly. Youre one of her best friends, Mig powdered her nose, and considered. Who the dickens was sit- arent you? David asked Marge. ting on their front steps back steps She .nodded. Well, dont disturb' all the steps they had to their attic her, then, he went on, shes restudio? Who, named David, ever membering the day I gave her my came up there, anyhow? No Davids, signet ring and she promised to she told herself, and felt little hurt- wear it as long as she remembered, ing memories. Well, she wished this me Oh are you who belong to it? one would go away. She listened. He was moving. He must be gathering Marge suddenly understood. They both looked at Miggie May. She was up his things. He was going. Oh that wasnt nice. twisting a boys signet ring round Da David, she called tenta- and round on her little finger. ' tively. Yes? Bishop Pictured Weird Land David who? she demanded. Joseph Hall, an English bishop Oh, come off, the. voice con- of the first half of the seventeenth; tinued. If you dont know any bet- century, wrote a book of satires ter riddles than that, Im not going picturing a land where the geese! to play. Think up a nice question generated out of the fallen leaves: the that you dont already know the of trees, lambs grew out of line-waanswer to, or else lemme read my earth, and, as for fish, when a thrown into the sea fish clung' book! in the thousands. Cooks, tavto it was She Miggie May indignant. ern called with exaggerated courtesy: keepers and bakers make up, Are you sure youre quite com- the chiefs of the city. Magnitude of stomach and not wisdom constifortable? Among their if Well, you had a little tute statesmanship. he suggested. cushion, These laws, any one guilty of fasting for. stairs arent upholstered so very four hours is compelled to eat a Miggie Mays mouth double dinner, and one convicted upholst. quirked at the corners and she of high treason is starved to death. snickered a little snicker way inGiant Kites In Japan side her. Each summer in Japan numerThen she carefully picked out the very largest and softest cushion and ous villages compete with one anopened the transom. Thank heav- other in the making and flying of ens, one part of the house didnt giant kites, some of which are 3,000 squeak. Why this funny old building square feet in area, weigh half a should have a transom over .an ton, cost nearly $1,000 and require apartment door theyd never quite 200 men to hold them steady while understood, but Mig was suddenly they are in the air. Sometimes grateful. She softly, softly put a even this number cannot holt one chair there and climbed up. Now if of them in a stiff wind and those he were on the top step shed be who courageously hang on too long able to see who it was and land the are carried up by it and fall to pillow on his bean-o-! She raised the their deaths. Colliers Weekly. . . . child-min- i how-d-y-d- i ; Questions SERIOUS FEEDING TIME FOR TURKEYS To prevent the juice in fruit tart boiling ' over, mix a little cornstarch with the sugar before adding it to tart filling. , Green bananas may be ripened Growers Should Be Putting by placing in a paper bag and keeping in a dark closet for a Pounds on Birds. few days. By L. E. CLINE, University of Nevada Agri- cultural Extension Division. WNU. Service. Turkey growers who want to make profits at the business are putting the pounds on their birds as fast as possible these days. The four or five months of the summer feeding period are the most vital to making profits. The first six weeks of the turkeys life is a very critical period, but little weight is put on. The finishing period just before marketing the birds is also important, but in it likewise little weight is added in proportion to the large expense for feed. But during the period, according to Cline,, the rapidly growing turkey adds pounds economically because it converts, at a rapid rate, large amounts of a relatively d low priced feed into a commodity to grace the table during the fall and winter. During this fast growing period a relatively small proportion of the feed given is needed for maintenance while a large proportion is available for growth and profits. When the average turkey is two months old, it will weigh about 2.5 pounds. This weight is put on at an average rate of 2.15 pounds of feed per pound gain in weight. A month later the turkey will weigh 5 pounds, and will be gaining one pound for approximately each three pounds of feed eaten. At the end of the fourth month, the turkey should weigh at least 8.25 pounds and is turning feed into turkey meat at the rate of 3.5 pounds of feed to one pound of turkey. Good gains may be made also during the fifth month, but thereafter the ratio of pounds gained to feed consumed declines very rapidly, until it takes 5.6 pounds of feed to produce one pound of turkey in the sixth month and approximately 10.7 pounds of feed for one pound of meat in the seventh month. After that the feed often costs more than the net price which will be received for the additional pounds of turkey. While feeding in adequate quantity is very important, the composition of the feed is equally important. The two must go together if the most pounds of turkey are to be put on. high-price- After bottles have been washed water they can be further cleaned and sweetened by dropping small , pieces of fresh lemon into each bottle half filled with water and shaking. with soap and Week's Supply of Postum Free Read the offer made by the Postum Company in another part of this paper. They will send a full weeks supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it Adv. Philosophy of Langhter Always laugh when you can; it is a cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence. Byron. ATONE STATE FAIR . tin record ai M exhibitor wbi has not way brads bit who mw KM CLABBER GIRL tttoMv. mm NEXT YEAR GO : ng s to j! es, Turn on Electric Lights to Increase Egg Supply WNU Service. Associated Newspapers. ; !; Westminster College i SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH W I Juiir ui Cotlega. Ci0t(i This. The normal decline in egg pro41 acr Modern Beautiful campus. duction which follows as summers Hick Building and Equipment. advance can be checked somewhat Character and Scholarship, Strong Social Hnsic Special development. by the use of artificial light, reports work for credit. Physical education. C. S. Platt, associate professor of Low Cost Tuition, Board and Room in regulated home-lidormitories. poultry husbandry at the New Self help offered. of H. W. REHERP, D.D., Pres. Jersey College Agriculture, Rutgers University. During the . last two years, he says, artificial light has been used at the New Jersey egg laying conDeceives, Then Betrays tests. The result in both years has The zeal which begins with hybeen a slight increase in production pocrisy must conclude in treachover a period of two or three weeks ery; at first it deceives, at last-ifollowing the introduction of the betrays. Bacon. light. Lights are turned on at 4 a. m. daylight saving time and turned off at sunrise. Dont continue artificial lights on old hens after late October. Twi llgt SckMl Two j ; ke i II - Weak-Legge- d Chicks just PASH mOUK LA'Gio.BnhApPlicetor mil il ium i nr in a IN KATHWSMUCHFWHa , ,1 ; Leg weakness in chickens may be caused from a number of things. One common cause is lack of cod liver oil or sunlight, something which wfil provide the necessary ROUGH vitamins to offset this form of weakness. There should be no difficulty improved, and smooth skin often with this ailment, states an authorstored by daily treatment with ity in the Montreal Herald, as letsunout chickens into the the ting shine should correct the affliction. Feeding cod liver oil at the rate of about 1 to 2 per cent in the mash 3736 should correct it even if the chick- WNU W ens are kept indoors. Internal parasites might also cause leg weakness. In this case it would be advisable to have a post mortem made of Opening some of the ailing specimens by a pathologist to find out if internal FEMALE AGENTS parasites are present. RMTCHY, )r complexions for . Chickens Must Have Water Hot weather sends the poultryman to the well many times during each day for a refreshing drink of cold water. He must remember that his layers get just as thirsty as does he, and they need water just as much as he does, or even more, because of the body functioning which he expects of them. 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