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:.ii Improved Farm of 200 acres, under irriga-;
tion, three miles from Mission, Texas.
This farm is in the Rio Grande Valley. I have
not time to look after it. It has a house costing
$2,500.00, with barns and outbuildings to match;
is fenced and in cultivation.
I am willing to sell for less than the price at
which unimproved land in that section is selling.
Address W. J. BRYAN, LINCOLN, NEBR.
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above ground and may develop in any
delicate growing part of the corn
plant. Usually no evidence of infec
tion is noMceable until the plant is a
foot or more high.
Unlike oat smut or the stinking
smut of wheat, or the covered smut
of barley, corn smut can not be con
trolled by any known method of seed
treatment. Infection apparently does
not take place at time of sprouting
nor for some time following the ap
pearance of the young plant above
ground. From the nature of the type
I of infection it is therefore obvious
tnat the disease can be controlled
only by the removal and burning of
the smutted stalk3. This method,
however, is practicable only when
corn is grown on a limited scale.
There seems to be considerable dif
ference of opinion as to the effect
produced upon cattle or other stock
when fed upon corn fodder contain
ing smut. It is doubtful, however,
whether con smut ever produces any
direct toxic or poisonous effects upon
animals eating it either with grain or
fodder. It is not unlikely, however,
that an excessive amount of spores
may mechanically affect the digestive
functions, and in this way cause sick
ness. The office o- cereal investigations
of the United States depart
ment of agriculture at the
Present time is engaged upon
an exhaustive study of obscure or
I unknown points bearing upon the
life history and physiology of the
smut organism. Experiments will be
carried on relative to the best meth
ods of controlling this widespread
disease.
EGG PRODUCING RATION
At this time of the year a good
deal is heard about winter egg pro
ducing rations. It Is a" good sign'
that this subject is receiving more
attention from farmers generally,
for a winter laying poultry flock is
one of the most profitable sidelines
on the farm. Little confidence should
be placed in "egg secrets" and ad
vertised "egg foods." A well bal
anced ration of good variety,- how
ever, should bo provided.
At the Purdue (Indiana) Experi
ment station, a ration which is
recommended for laying hens Is one
of cor.n, 10 pounds; wheat, 10
pounds; oats, 5 pounds. The dry
mash, fed at the same time, but from
a separate hopper, consists of bran,
5 pounds; shorts, 5 pounds and meat
scraps, 3 pounds. In addition to
the feeds, it is also necessary to in
clude green feed, grit, oyster shell
and water in abundance and as much
as the fowls will consume along with
their grain and mash. With this
treatment the flesh and egg forming
elements are furnished In the proper
proportions with the elements which
produce fat, heat and energy and
what is called a balanced ration is
had.
Care must be exercised in the feed
ing. The mixed grains should be fed
in the morning, in a deep litter to In
duce exercise, and more heavily again
in the evening. The heavy feed
comes at night because the fowls are
not able to pick up scraps of feed
during the night as they are during
the day, and it Is well to have them
go to roost with their crops full. The
dry mash is kept In a hopper.
CORN STALKS AND SNOW
about as much snow as when all were
left. This will in many cases mean
a good deal to the next crop. The
added moisture will make the soil
less liable to blow, and the standing
stalks will check the wind a good
deal, near the surface, and this will
reduce the drifting. Better try leav
ing a few rows and see if It does not
pay.
CARE
NEEDED IN
ALFALFA
FEEDING
The increased production of alfalfa
has attracted attention to its value
as hay for horses. It is a good feed,
but horses should not be allowed free
access to it until they have become
accustomed to its use. At first,
horses not used to eating alfalfa are
inclined to ovoreat on account of its
PAlatabillty. After It has become a
regular part of their ration there is
little danger. When the grain fed
with the hay Is oats, however, care
should bo taken. Oats are high in
protein, and when combined with al-.
falfa, also rich in protein, the ration
may bo overbalanced, causing an ex
cessive strain upon the kidneys.
Where part of the grain ration is
corn, this will not bo true. Because
they eat the big stems, horses will
clean up the alfalfa better than any
other stock.
It's easier to make a bad matter
worse than It is to make a good mat
ter better.
WPTTfl
$60 A WEEK and Expenses
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It is sometimes a good plan to
leave sbmo of the corn stalks stand
ing. Every fourth row left standing
wili hold a lot of snow on the land.
At the North Dakota experiment sta
tion it was found that one-fourth of
the corn stalks left standing stopped
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