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Tendency Is to
Small Ranches
Temptation Has Been to
Overstock in Years of
Good Prices.
<Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
On western cattle ranges the ten¬
dency is toward operation on a small¬
er scale and greater distribution of
land ownership, Virgil V. I'arr of the
United States Department of Agricul¬
ture, points out. To maintain profits,
he says, the ranchman will need to
pay closer attention to the details of
his business, the management of his
herds, and of the range he owns, con¬
trols, or shares with other ranchers.
As a rule ranching now includes
more farming and cropping than In the
early era of the open range. Also
ranch acreage is decreasing, but in the
northern Great Flains area, Mr. Farr
points out, many ranchmen are adding
to their owned holdings by acquiring
abandoned homesteads of settlers who
have given up their efforts toward dry
farming.
Methods of Management.
Ih Farmers’ llulletin 1395-F, Beef
Cattle Production in the Itange Area,
just issued in a revised edition by the
United States Department of Agricul¬
ture, Mr. Farr lias summarized the
methods of management that have
proved most profitable and satisfactory
in the range area. It is intended as
a guide to aid men engaging in the
business and as aid to established
ranchers in comparing their methods
with the best practice.
“The temptation to overstock dur¬
ing years of good prices,” Mr. Farr
warns, “is one of the most difficult
things a cattleman of the western
ranges has to overcome. There is a
tendency among many to stock heav¬
ily during good years to recover losses
sustained during bad years, and the
usual result is that the gamble is car¬
ried one year too far and a repetition
of loss occurs generally about ttie time
previous losses are recovered.”
Desirable Feeding.
For economical feeding n good stand
of forage grasses is highly desirable.
Range improvement Is good business,
either on owned land or by ,co-opera¬
tive agreement between cattlemen op¬
erating on the open range. "Many
stockmen," says Mr. Farr, “when they
consider range improvement, think
first of artificial reseeding. Investiga¬
tions on the typical range areas have
definitely shown that natural revege¬
tation is far more practical than at¬
tempts at artificial reseeding. The
first essential Is to limit the number
of stock to approximately the proper
carrying capacity. Secondly the range
should be so grazed as to give nn op¬
portunity for a high percentage of the
palatable vegetation to reach matur¬
ity.”
Native bulls are usually bejfer for¬
agers than are animals imported from
eastern herds. Mr. Parr discusses the
possibilities of range breeding of pure¬
bred stock for sale to ranchers who
wish to improve or maintain the qual¬
ity of their herds. Farmers’ Bulletin
1395-F includes a fairly complete con¬
sideration of most of tlie important
problems of the range regions. It is
available for free distribution to those
who apply to the United States De¬
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C.
Pruning Walnut Trees
When Young Best Plan
Wayward offspring of the forest
monarchs need some training in their
early youth if they are to grow up
into trees that make good lumber.
This is true of second growth walnut.
The young walnut tree, uncrowded
by other trees, retains its lower
branches indefinitely unless it is
pruned when young. And when the
tree matures, these lower limbs pro¬
duce large knots that extend so far
into Uie trunk that they ruin its value
for lumber. But a few minutes’ time
spent pruning the lower limbs makes
the sapling grow more tall and state¬
ly. And when the tree matures, the
effort yields big dividends in a clear
log that can be cut and sold at a good
price.
Agricultural Squibs
Roadside markets cannot have con¬
tinued success unless they sell quality
products.
Sell cows that test low in butter
fat : get high-test cows in their place,
and increase the herd average.
A Wisconsin authority says that
Americans eat 8,000.000 bushels of
pickles a year, or two quarts, on an
average, for each person.
Keep plenty of good fresh water be¬
fore the ducks at all times. Young
ducklings do not need water to swim
in, but they certainly need plenty of
water to drink at all times.
Some soils are peculiarly adapted
to alfalfa growing. Some soils must
receive special preparation, such as
liming, fertilizing, summer fallowing,
inoculation of seed, and other artifi¬
cial applications.
No grower is doing all that he can
for maximum fruit setting in Delicious
and Stayman unless hives of bees are
present in their plantings and effec¬
tive pollinating varieties are mixed in
the planting or are in adjacent rows.
Increased Profits
From Smut Control
Disease Reduces Crop Yield
and Market Prices.
Thousands of farmers know that
wheat smut reduces yields and some¬
times the selling price of wheat, and
have learned through their county
agents how to control this disease by
treating the seed before planting. The
copper carbonate dusting method is
now generally used for killing stink¬
ing smut in wheat because it is the
simplest, cheapest, and the most ef¬
fective method known.
The seed should be placed in a tight
container, such as a barrel, churn, or
box, provided with a tight-fitting open¬
ing, and arranged so that it can be re¬
volved on an axis. Two or three
ounces of copper carbonate per bushel
is sprinkled on the wheat and the con¬
tainer then revolved so that every seed
gets coated. It is best to wear a mask
of cloth over the mouth and nose to
prevent irritation or nausea.
Stinking smut changes the grain in¬
to masses or spores called smut balls.
Since the chaff is not destroyed the
disease is not easily observed, except,
for the odor. E. A. Miller, agronomist
in the Texas agricultural mechanical
college extension service, warns farm¬
ers that seed from fields that were
entirely free from smut last season
may develop the disease next year
unless the seed are treated. The rea¬
son for this lies in the fact that the
smut spores are given wide distribu¬
tion through threshing machines.
The copper carbonate treatment is
recommended only for stinking smut
of wheat and kernel smut of grain
sorghums and sweet sorghums. For
oat and barley smut the formaldehyde
treatment should be used.
Straw Loft Gaining in
Favor for Henhouses
One of the interesting developments
___Lt' poultry housing is the rapid prog¬
ress the straw loft poultry house has
made within the last year or two.
A great many of the poultry special¬
ists have approved this type of house
and it is gaining in favor rapidly. Al¬
most any shape of house can he
adapted to this type, the essential
Rabbit Is Troublesome
When Not Restrained
In regions where the common rab¬
bit is unusually abundant garden and
truck crops may suffer quite severely.
Melons, beans, cabbage, and similar
crops are usually more attractive to
the young rabbits than grass or clover.
Where it is not possible to protect
the crop with a wire fence, some re¬
lief may be had by carefully utilizing
bits of poisoned vegetable, apple, or
small quantities of poisoned grain.
On a small area, however, by watch¬
ing just at dusk and shooting the
young rabbits is perhaps a quicker
and more satisfactory and safer
method. Besides the young rabbits
make very good eating. By spending
a little time each evening after the
day’s work is over one can usually
kill or drive away rabbits from the
garden or from exposed truck patches.
Sour Cherry Production
Increased by Pruning
More vigorous trees, resulting in
more cherries, follow the proper prun¬
ing of Early Richmond, Montmorency
and English Morello trees, says H. B.
Tukey, horticnlturist at the New
York state experiment station, in com¬
menting on a series of tests made un¬
der his direction In the Hudson river
valley and confirmed by observations
in at! of the leading sour-cherry dis¬
tricts of the state.
Judicious use of nitrogenous fertil¬
izers should accompany the pruning
operations, says the specialist. He has
prepared a report on bis experiments,
giving detailed information on the
pruning and fertilizing of sour cher¬
ries. A copy of this report may be had
upon application.
Storage of Potatoes Is
Quite Often Overlooked
If best results are expected by stor¬
ing potatoes only potatoes of good
quality should be stored. Potatoes
will not improve in storage but are
more likely to go down in quality.
Many storage troubles are the result
of poor field conditions. Potatoes
should lie left in the field a few' hours
to permit them to dry. Immature po¬
tatoes will have to be handled and
watched carefully.
Potatoes may be stored In open
bins in a cool cellar or buried in the
ground. If stored in a cellar, they
should not be piled more than a foot
deop. When stored in layers deeper
than this or in sacks, there is more
danger of loss from decay.
Whenlbod
Sours
Lots of folks who think they have
“indigestion” have only an acid condi¬
tion which could be corrected in five,
or ten minutes. An effective anti-acid
like Phillips Milk of Magnesia soon
restores digestion to normal.
Phillips does away with all that
sourness and gas right after meals. It
prevents the distress so apt to occur
two hours after eating. What a pleas¬
ant preparation to take! And how
good if is for the system! Unlike a
burning dose of soda—which Is but
temporary relief at best—Phillips
Milk of Magnesia neutralizes many
times its volume in acid.
Next time a hearty meal, or too rich
a diet has brought on the least dis¬
comfort, try—
of Magnesia
OILS 24 EE 30 HOOTS or
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pain, ripens and herds worst beat
or carbuncle often ©▼ertiigjifc*
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and be free in 24 hours.
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4 New Exterminator that
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Dogs, Cats, or even Baby Chicks
K-R-O can be used about the home,bam or poultry
yard withabsolutesafety asitcontains no deadly
poSson* K-R-O is made of Squill, as recom¬
mended by U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, under
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State Form. Hundreds of other testimonials.
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Insist upon K-R-O, the original Squill exter¬
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as much) $2.00. Direct if dealer cannot supply
KiLLS-RATS-ONLY
Nicotine and Soap Best
There are many ingredients used in
contact insecticides but nothing better
than a combination of nicotine sul¬
phate and soap 1ms been devised says
Nature Magazine. Nicotine sulphate
may he purchased from florists and
seed houses and is used at the rate of
one teaspoonful to a gallon of water
together with one ounce of laundry
soap or fish soap. Various nicotine
dusts are also available.
Bcl'eve It or Not
Bill—Tiiis horse is so old he has
lost all ids teeth'
Trader—Oli, no; you are mistaken,
lie is so young he hasn't cut his teeth
yet
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Compound Gave Her Strength
Mt Carmel, Pa.—“After my second
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dressmaking and I highly recommend
the Vegetable Compound as a tonic. I
am willing to answer any letters I re¬
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Butts, 414 S. Market, ML Carmel. Pa.
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Vegetable Com
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