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a few of them through their second
winter. Pullets in permanent
quarters should be well fed, and if
they have been hatched at the proper
season they will begin laying during
the fall months.
HOGGING OFF CORN
The practice of hogging off corn is
one that is meeting with much favor
among hog producers, says a Missouri
station bulletin. The scarcity of farm
labor, the cost of harvesting and the
further fact that it' has been
demonstrated that more pounds of
pork may be produced from an acre
of corn when harvested by the hogs
themselves are good reasons for the
growing popularity of the practice.
Nor must the importance of pasturing
off the crop on the ground, and thus
returning to the soil the greatest
amount of fertility, be overlooked in
discussing the merits of pasturing off
corn with hogs.
Another fact which makes corn as
a crop to be hogged down of impor
tance to the man who plans forage
rotations for hogs and handles them
most economically is that on most
forage crops the hogs do not come
off well enough finished for market.
By having enough corn to finish the
hogs which have been on other
forage through the summer they will
be made to harvest their feed for the
whole of the feeding period. If such
a practice is to be most profitable it
must, as in .the case with any other
method of harvesting, be rightly
managed. For best results the hogs
should not be given access to the
entire field but should have only the
run of what they will clean up in ten
days or two weeks. For this purpose
some kind of a movable or temporary
fence must be provided. Before plac
ing the hogs on the corn they should
be gotten on full feed of new corn
gradually by starting them on a few
stalks and increasing until they are
getting about all they will clean up.
Then they may be placed in the field
to do their own harvesting. The hogs
should be turned into the cornfield
when the dent has just formed in the
kernel. They will do better at this
stage than if the corn is allowed to
get harder. For profitable results it
is of importance to supply an abun
dance of water to hogs on a full feed
of corn.
from an invasion recently by the
poison bran mash method. Two days
after the poison bran was put out, a
representative of the agricultural col
lego, with the foreman of the farm,
made counts of the dead hoppers in
various parts of the field. As many
as 200 hoppers were found on spaces
only two feet square. An average
of the field made from a number of
counts was found to be twenty-three
dead hoppers to the square foot
enough to destroy the entire crop in
a short time.
To prepare the poison bran mash,
mix twenty pounds of bran, dry, with
a pound of Paris green or arsenic.
Squeeze the juice of three oranges
or lemons into three and one-half
gallons of water. Chop up the pulp
and peel of the fruit and add that
to the water and then wet the bran
and poison with this mixture, stirring
so as to dampen the mash thoroughly.
This amount of poison is enough for
five acres. It is important that it be
sown broadcast over the field, and
not deposited in small piles, as these
might contain enough poison to kill
farm animals, while there will bo no
danger to farm animals when the
poison is sown broadcast.
is ono of the most essential features
of a press that is to bo used for bal
ing corn fodder. The halo chamber
and feed table must bo low enough
for easy feeding. The farmer with
baled corn fodder is in a position to
sell his hay at high prices and still
have good roughago to feed to his
own stock.
MONEY IN RAISING HORSES
According to a report submitted by
experts of the department of agri
culture at Washington, horse breed
ing in the United States is a very
profitable industry. These con
clusions are based on the reports of
ten thousand breeders in all corners
of the country, and as a result it is
declared there is a profit of approxi
mately forty pei" cent in a three-year-old
colt over and above the cost of
raising. The experts announce that
the net cost of producing and raising
a colt to the age of three years aver
ages $96.54, while the selling price
of the animal averages $136.17. The
principal cost of rearing a foal to ma
turity is chargeable to feeding, fifty
four per cent of the outlay going to
keep it in hay, grain, pasturage
and other feeds, and sixteen per cent
to care and sheltering it. The re
mainder is necessary to meet the cost
of breaking to halter, veterinarian
service and miscellaneous items.
MULCHING VEGETABLES
At the Nebraska experiment sta
tion mulching gave favorable results
for cabbage, tomatoes, beans, cucum
bers, potatoes and sweet potatoes.
The yield of each of these crops was
materially increased by mulching and
the labor required was considerably
less than in the case of cultivation
alone. Mulched cabbage produced
larger heads than cultivated cabbage,
and there was less injury from rot.
The vigor of tomato plants was de
creased by mulching, but the yield of
fruit increased. The fruit was also
cleaner and less subject to rot.
Mulched cucumbers produced perfect
fruit during dry periods when the
fruit from the cultivated plants
was small and imperfect. The 'quality
of potatoes was not hurt by mulching
except in wet places. Celery is an
other crop often much benefited by
heavy mulching.
POISONING GRASSHOPPERS
For 25 cents an acre, farmers can
poison grasshoppers with a Paris
green bran mash. When, done proper
ly this method of killing the hoppers
will be effective, according to the bug
men at the Kansas agricultural col
lege, who have proved this conclu
sively. Many farmers, also, who
have carried out the instructions sent
from the agricultural college, have
saved fields of crops at no greater
cost than that mentioned. On the
farm of Senator Jouett Shouse, near
Kinsley, a field of kafir was saved
CULTIVATING CHERRY TREES
Cherry trees should be given the
very best of clean cultural methods
up to four or five years of age, and
never allowed to become sod-bound
during that time. After this period
the grass may be permitted to grow
right up to the trees.. Young cherry
orchards may be profitably inter
cropped for the first few years with
out injuring the trees, providing
cover crops are used to restore the
fertility taken from the Boil by the
intercrop. The cultivation of bear
ing orchards should begin early in
the spring, and as soon as the crop is
harvested a cover crop should be
sown that will add nitrogen to the
soil and increase the humus content
when it is turned under.
NEW WAY TO HANDLE CORN
FODDER
Farmers generally are becoming
more appreciative of the value of
corn fodder. One of the most potent
factors in bringing this about is the
high price of hay. This year the Tiay
crop is going to bo very short in
many localities, and many will find
a good substitute for hay in corn
fodder. As a stock feed it Is nearly
as valuable to the farmer as hay.
Baling .corn fodder from the shock
with a hay press is a comparatively
new idea, and seems to offer an excel
lent solution of the fodder handling
question. By this method fodder can
be baled without being cut up or
shredded in any way; and yet, when
the bales are opened, the fodder is
found to be broken up in excellent
condition for feeding. Convenience
HIS OWN EXPERIMENT STATION
In order to find out the boat way
of fertilizing his farm to produce tho
highest results, Anson Schwoyer, a
farmer of Bethel, Pa., had eighteen
wire baskets mado, placed Boil from
his farm in them, and then grow
alfalfa in the soil. In each basket
he placed a different fertilizer, or a
different proportion of fertilizer.
From the result of this farming on a
small scale he knew just what ferti
lizer produced the best results with
his particular farm soil, and this
year he is getting the best alfalfa
crops on his farm that it is possible
to get. He says: "1 could have sent
a description of the soil on my farm
to the department of agriculture, and
they would havo been ablo to tell mo
what certain methods should bo pur
sued with it to produce a good crop
of alfalfa. But this test would not
have been definite. They would prob
ably have told mo that my soil was
lacking in certain chemical qualities
and suggested certain fertilizers,
after a chemical test, and then I
would have to try them all to find
cjut which was tho best. If I did this
it would take a long time and would
provo very expensive. Many farmers
can not wait to experiment with their
land, but they all havo tlmo to ex
periment tho way 1 did. Tho results
have been very gratifying to me, and
my land is now In fino shape."
SIZE OF THE FARM ENGINE
Just how largo an engine to pur
chase to get the most economy from
its use, is a problem that requires
some forethought on the part of the
purchaser, according to Prof. II. H.
Musselman, of tlic Michigan agricul
tural college. Engines may be di
vided into three general classes.
Those under 3 horse-power,, those
from 3 to 6 horse-power, and those
from 6 to 10 horse-power. Tho first
are. adapted to pumping, running
washing machines, cream separators,
small dynamos for lighting pur
poses, grindstones, etc. Those from
3 to 6 horse-power could probably
give greater satisfaction to the aver
age farm home. The engine can be
centrally located and used for all the
above purposes as well as running
small ensilage cutters, feed grinders
and wood saws. From 6 to 10 horse
power engines may be used for run
ning large feed grinders, wood saws
and other heavy work. There is little
demand for engines on the farm with
a rating of more than ten horse
power, until we come to consider the
gas tractor. The nearer an engine
Is worked to its full capacity the
more economical it is in the use of
gasoline. For the average farm the
middle class of gas engines will be
found most economical and advan
tageous. ADVANTAGE OF EARLY FALL
PLOWING
Fall plowing should be done as
early as possible, as more weed seeds
are started in the early plowing, the
stubble decays better and ' more
nitrates are formed and other plant
food is liberated in larger quantities.
Early fall plowing can be plowed
deeper than late fall plowing with
out so much danger of bringing up
too much soil at once from below.
KEEP THE WEEDS DOWN
Experiments have shown "that a
good system of rotation that includes
cultivated crops offers tho best
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Almost Hlxty per cent of tho total
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