| OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
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PREPARING CORN SILAGE
Most fanners pretty well agree |
i hat corn should be cut for the silo j
when the kernels have hardened
and become glazed, but while the
Vaves are still green. At that time, I
dent varieties will be well dented, j
When possible, corn should not be
allowed to ripen before converting
it into silage, because its moisture
content is then too low for the
• Inge to pack well, and it is al
most certain to mold. On the other
hand, if for any reason the crop
can be cut. at the most favorable
period and it is too dry to pack
’horoughly. enough water should
be ndiisd to fully be added to*fully
make up for the amount lost in
ripening. This is not difficult for
those who prepared to force a stream
of water to the top of the silo into
the cut silage as it enters the silo
from the blower. Should the crop
be so dry that this process will
net mix enough water with the sil
age, more must be forced into it.
A few farmers here and there ac
tually nut shocked corn fodder into
live silo after the ears have been
husked out. When such dry fodder
ie to be ensiled it is well to run
a ton of water in for every ton of
cut fodder. In making com stalk
silage, great care should be used to
get the water uniformly distributed I
throughout the silage, and a little
ixcess water is more desirable
than not enough. Some men are
Inclined to ensile their com too
enrly — before the kernels have
reached the glazed stage. This is
objectionable for two main reasons.
First, when corn is cut for silage
in the milk stage, it contains about
25 per cent less dry matter per acre
than when it is allowed to stand
till the kernels have become glazed.
Secondly, when the corn is cut too
green, the silage has a tendency
to become very sour or acid, and
thus also lose in palatability. When
silage corn is overtaken by frost
before the glazing stage, a fairly
good quality of feed may still be
obtained if the com is rushed into
the silo as soon thereafter ns pos
sible. In that case, a considerable
amount of water should be run in
with the silage.
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COMBATTING EROCION
In some localities where a great
deal of soil washing has taken
place, and especially where
gullies from six to fifteen or
more feet in depth have been
washed out, the planting of
trees in these gullies is being
practiced with wonderful suc
cess. One county agent has a num
ber of tree planting demonstra
tions in his county that arc real
eye-openers to those who have not
seen anything of that sort. One
gully that was over 15 feet deep
two years ago now supports a
growth of poplar trees intermixed
with willows. In two years this
gully, the banks of which are
close to 20 feet apart and the bot
tom fully 10 feet wide, has already
filled in" to the extent of two feet.
The trees are growing vigorously,
end the open gully with its raw
sides is taking on the appearance
of becoming a useful part of the
farm. On another farm with a still
larger gully black locusts, willows
and some other trees were planted
three years ago. While this gully
may never fill up to the level of
the surrounding ground, it is cer
tain that It will never grow larger,
and during the next 10 or 15 years
It will produce a lot of valuable
fence posts and pulp-wood. The
point to this tree planting in deep
gullies, especially when done in con
nection with terracing the surround
ing land, is not the usefulness of
the wood that may be grown in
them, of course, but rather the stop
page for all time of further dam
age. Planting trees in these washed
out gullies can be done at very
lltle expense for seeding and labor.
It is estimated that one man and
a bov can plant about 600 seedlings
an hour. Thus a few hours of work
will put the worst gind of a gully
In shape to prevent further increase
in size, and actually to transform
an ugly-looking place into a spot
of beauty and usefulness. This sort
of work should be fostered where
cver there is need for it. Every farm
owner in gullied sections should
get busy setting out trees suited
for their particular sections. Black
locusts are apparently becoming
very popular for that purpose. They
not only grow rapidly, but they
are also exceedingly well adapted
to maintain themselves in ground
that fills up around their trunks.
PROTEIN ON PASTURE
Does it pay to feed a balanced
grain mixture to dairy cows on pas
ture? That is a question often asked
by dairymen, especially in these
days of low prices. A great many
would say ordinary farm grains ]
will do well enough so long as grass
is available In fairly liberal quan- ;
titles, but is that true? The pro- 1
ducing capacity of the cow should
be taken into consideration. A high
producer needs a balanced grain
mixture for the most satisfactory
results, and so does a cow that pro
duces only about 25 pounds of fat
per month. Here are some actual
figures on that point, collected by
a member of a cow testing asso
ciation. In May of this year, he
fed grain mixture balanced with
linseed meal, and in June he fed
the same amount of grain without
the use of any linseed meal. The
figures show the results as told
by the cows themselves. Ten of the
highest toroducers averaged 42.4
pounds of fat in May and only 27.1
pounds in June. Thus, they lost 15.3
pounds, evidently due to the fact
that the ration lacked protein. Ten
CAREFUL CULLING PAYS
If every producer of milk would
Dell all his unprofitable cows, those
which scarcely return enough in
come to pay for the feed they con
sume, it is estimated that 10 per
cent of our dairy cows the country
over would be sent to the butcher.
That would greatly reduce the
amount of dairy products on the
market, and thus help to raise
prices. In other words, such a cul
ling process would actually increase
the income from the dairy indus
try. The benefit derived from close
culling of the dairy herd was strik
ingly demonstrated by one dairy
fawner some time ago when ,^e
of the lower producers yielded an
average of 26 pounds of fat per .
head in May and 22.5 pounds in |
June. The low producers, therefore,
lost only 3.5 pounds of fat due to
lack of protein No figures are
needed to show that the high pro- 1
ducers paic. a very good profit on
the investment in linseed meal. |
while the low producers even paid
for the extra protein in higher
yield. You can't fool a dairy cow
much. She is partial to a well bal- I
anced ration, and it pays to sup- *
ply her with the nutrients in the
proper proportions required for milk
and fat secretior However, there
3s such a thing as supplying a cow
with more protein than she needs,
and when that is done the excess
is wasted.
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COOLING MILK
It is much more difficult to re
duce the temperature of the creamy
layer of milk In the top of a milk
can than that in the bottom, and
yet it is the top layer that needs
the most rapid cooling. The cooling
cf a can of milk, set in a tank
of water, proceeds as follows: The
warmer milk in the can that is
being cooled, because it is lighter
rises to the top along with the fat
blobules or cream For the same
reason, the warmer water next to
the can rises to the top. As the
warmer milk rises, it picks up bac
teria, so that the top layer soon
contains a higher bacterial count
than the lower layers. And when a
can of milk at 95 degrees F. is put
in water at 50 degrees, the water
close to the can at once starts
rising toward the top. where it
tends to spread over the surface.
This layer increases until in half
an hour a layer two inches deep
will be found to be from 10 to 15
degrees warmer than the water at
the bottom. This explains why the
layer of milk and cream at the top
not only contains a larger pro
portion of bacteria than the lower
layers, but also why it is the most
difficult to cool. It further explains
why the occasional stirring of milk
In the can. as well as water in the
tank, when the can is first placed
therein, brings about more rapid
cooling of the milk.
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RANGE PARALYSIS
Iowa and the surrounding states
have thus far suffered less from
range paralysis, a comparatively
new poultry trouble, than the At
lantic Coast states. However, it is
with us, and flock owners can well
do all they can to avoid it. In
general the symptoms are as fol
lows: The disease attacks young
stock, from four to eight months
of age most commonly. A drooping
wing or a slight lameness is the
first symptom. This followed by
the chick “going down’’ due to
paralysis of one or both legs. Chicks
frequently appear perfectly healthy
otherwise and If properly fed and
watered may live for weeks oi
months. Rarely do they recover,
however. It may effect a few oi
the bulk of the young flock. This
disease does not appear to be di
rectly transmitted from bird to bird
as roup or cholera or typhoid is
The disease has been most com
monly found in connection with
inflammation of the intestines
due to chronic coccidosis or tape
worms. While scientific proof oi
the connection between range
paralysis and one or both of these
parasites is lacking, the bulk oi
the investigators believe the pres
ence of these parasites at least
makes it easier for a fowl to get
range paralysis. Hence we have an
additional reason for trying to
raise our chickens free of cocci
diosis and worms.
FEED MORE OATS
With larger acreages and abun
dant yields of oats in many southern
states, dairy farmers are finding 11
economical to use oats in the dairj
rations. A standard ration recom
mended by one experiment station
for farm dairy herds is 100 pound!
of corn-and-cob meal, or ground
shelled corn, or corn meal, or ground
barley, or ground wheat; IOC
pounds of ground oats; 100 pounds
of ground velvet beans in the pod
or wheat bran; 100 pounds of cot
tonseed meal; 4 pounds of salt
This ration is being changed bj
many to take 2C0 pounds of ground
oats, omitting the beans or bran
These rations, it is found, are suit
able for milking cows and service
bulls, but growing heifers over sii
months old and up to within 1C
days of calving time could be fed
a mixture composed of 300 pound!
of ground oats, or shelled unground
oats; 100 pounds of cottonseed meal;
4 pounds of salt. Calves under six
months old still on milk may b«
satisfactorily fed shelled oats as
their only grain ration.
FOOT ROT
Healthy fee: are essential in the
efficient function of dairy cattle
Foot rot is an enemy of healthy
feet. It destroys healthy tissue. If
causes ugly, painful, obstinate, foul
smelling sores. Filthy stables: low
poorly-drained cow yards; and wet
mucky, stagnant piaces in field!
help foot rot get a foothold. If
in anv manner, the skin between
the toes is broken, the germs hop
right in and begin making puss and
pain. Begin treatment early — at
the first sign of infection. Clean
the foot thoroughly with snap and
water. Scrap;? away all dead tissue
Apply a good disinfectant. Put on
a bandage Place the animal ir
clean ouarters. If the Infection ha!
reached the under side of the wrall
of the hoof or has broken out
above the hoof wall, call a veter
anarian.
culled 11 cows out of his herd erf ]
32 head and sent them to the but
cher. As a result of this culling, he
put 38,000 pounds less milk and
1.334 pounds less butterfat on the
market the year after culling. Or.
the other hand, the 21 cows lef:
in the herd actually returned $985
more above feed cest last year than
the 32 head did the year before.
This story of inefficient cows Is
on old one, yet, since many still
continue to maintain a large num
ber of that kind in our herds, it is
evident that the story has not yet
been told often enough — certainly
uot too oftep.
Place of Beauty
Beyond All Words
Almost every one who has seen
Ite Grand canyon hns attempted to
describe It, in words or in paint; all
have failed and will forever fall;
high falutin writing should especial
ly he avoided.
The Grand canyon is a national
park (since 1919), through and at
the bottom of which flows a river,
the Colorado. Geologists tell us
(and a geologist, like an astronomer,
will say anything) that the action
of this river in cutting its way
through 100 miles of stone for mil
lions of years has created a canyon,
a gorge, a valley, so Immense in size
and so beautiful in color ns to be
unlike anything else in the world.
1 have seen it described as “a
mountain chain reversed" that Is to
say, if this great work of nature
were to be used as n mold and a
plaster cast made therein, when it
was taken out and set up it would
he like a chain of mountains 100
tulles long, from one to ten miles
i wide, and, in places, one mile high;
then all you would have to do would
he to paint it in every color you
could conceive of, and you would
have the Grand canyon in reverse.
—A. l'.dward Newton in the Atlan
tic Monthly.
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to PROPERTY OWNERS
TODAY a letter came to my desk that
deeply impressed me. It was written
by a woman — the mother in a typical
An^erican family. Her little home had
been saved from foreclosure by a coat of
new paint, for which a part of their meager
savings had been paid.
Those few gallons of fresh paint had so
revived the appearance and enhanced the
value of the property that the mortgagee
had consented to renew the loan . . . and
the little home was saved.
•
I could not help thinking of the thousands
of homes and buildings that are shabby
and unattractive today due to several years
of neglected painting; of the millions of
home owners who, because of reduced
incomes and enforced economy, have been
obliged to sacrifice painting for taxes, in
terest, assessments, to say nothing of food,
clothing, heat and other essentials of com
fort and health.
You have seen these paint-starved houses
and buildings, as have I. They are every
where about you. Perhaps your home is
included.
Do you understand what they signify? Do
you realize what will happen to wood or
metal that is literally naked of paint if these
houses and buildings face the attack of
another season of rain, snow, ice, and frost?
Never in the history of our country has
the situation been paralleled. Property
owners face an added burden of expense
amounting to millions of dollars for repairs
and replacements next spring.
And the crisis, in my opinion, will be
reached this coming winter when paint of four,
five, and even six years exposure to the
weather w ill be unable to resist the elements
—when badly weathered wood and metal
will be easy prey for rot, rust and decay.
Today the big question facing thousands of
property owners is plain. It is “paint or
pay. ” Either you must invest a little this fall
in new paint or you must take the risk of
mi—
paying many times the cost of paint to
repair the damage done by rot, rust and
decay this winter.
Even at the sacrifice of other things, have
your house or buildings completely
repainted now. No investment you can
make will pay better dividends. And nothing
you can buy will make you and your family
feel so uplifted and cheerful.
If you cannot arrange to do a complete repaint
ing job now', at least give the badly weathered
places a coat or two of protecting paint.
Look especially, to the window sills, thresh
olds, outdoor porches and steps; the joints
of porch railings and palings; the bases of
pillars; the edges of eaves; the roof; the
gutters and down spouts. These are the vital
spots where water lodges—where ice and
frost settle—where rot and rust attack first.
A few dollars worth of good paint, applied
now, will protect these vital spots—will tide
you over this crucial winter. And it will
probably save you a much greater expense
for repairs and replacements next spring
and summer.
Under existing conditions, you may be
tempted to buy a cheap paint because of
its low price. I hope you will not make
this costly mistake.
Even on sound lumber, inferior paint is a
poor bargain. But on weathered wood,
which is very porous, such paint is worse
than useless. It gives you a false feeling of
security and leaves you without protection.
Prices of well-known, established brands
of paint are now the lowest in fifteen years.
Enough good, dependable paint can be
purchased for a few dollars to protect all the
badly weathered surfaces on your building.
Again I repeat, do a complete job this fall
if you can. But at least do the vital exposed
• places before it is “too late.**
This message to the property owners of America is spon
sored by the following paint manufacturers and their dealers:
ACME WHITE LEAD AND COLOR WORKS LINCOLN PAINT & COLOR CO.
DETROIT WHITE LEAD WORKS THE LOWE BROTHERS CO.
W. W. LAWRENCE & CO. JOHN LUCAS & CO., INC.
THE MARTIN-SENOUR CO.
PENINSULAR PAINT & VARNISH CO.
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO.
