Latest Methods in |
Beef Production
Changing Conditions Call
for Better Handling
of Grazing Herd.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture. }—-WNU Service.
With the gradual reduction In range
areas available for grazing cattle, and
the Anereanse in the nation's population,
new methods of beef production have
developed. A farm or ranch properly
equipped for raising beef cattle now
has some acreage for raising grains
and roughages as well as pasture land
The United States Department of Agri
culture has studied carefully the im-
portant factors of raising beef under
modern conditions and has issued the
results in a revision of Farmers’ Bul
letin IDO2.F. This publication, “Beet
Production on the Farm,” reports that
owners of farms where nheef cattle pro
vide the major part of the farm in
come obtain best results when the
breeding herd is large enough to pro
duce at least a carload of cattle each
year.
Herd Bulls imported
As an aid in marketing fattened ant
mals the bulletin suggests that the
offspring be as uniform as possible and
show a predominance of some particu
lar beef breed. Much depends, there
fore, on the selection of healthy, reg
istered herd bulls, displaying quality
and at the same time representing the
approved type for the breed. The pub
lication lays special emphasis on feed.
ing and management of the herd and
lists several rations which Include
home grown feeds.
Inclosures for Calves.
In feeding calves for maximum gains
the authors recommend the use of
creeps or inclosures which allow only
the calves to have access to grain
while running with their dams. Re-
cent experiments have shown this
method of raising calves to be desir
able where finishing at an early age
is essentlal. Copies of Farmers’ Bul-
letin 1502-F may be obtained from the
Office of Information, United States
Department of Agriculture, Washing-
ton.
Coming Into Its Own
One effect of the drought which
seems almost incongruous is that It
forced many farmers to plan and work
up gardens on a scale which their real
importance warrants,
Heretofore, with the farmer becom.
ing more and more of a specialist, his
vegetable or “kitchen garden” has
been more and more neglected and lit-
tle or no time has been devoted to
the production of the family’s own
vegetable supply As a usual thing,
what attention has been given to the
vegetable patch was given in a spare
moment or two when there was noth-
ing else to do,
The lack of cash crops, due to the
drought, brought many farmers to a
realization of the importance of filling
the greater part of their food sup
plies from their own lands, The De
partment of Agriculture, sensing the
trend of the farmer's thoughts, is lay-
ing considerable stress this year on
the kitchen garden and is alding the
farmers with all the information
available. That part of the urban
population which has felt the pinch
of unemployment and is turning to
gardening on a much larger than
usual seale will also find that valo-
able aid may be had from the depart.
ment.
Soot Urged as Means
of Destroying Slugs
A direct and speedy method of exter-
minating slugs is supplied by the use
of soot, which, if it comes in actual
contact with them, is immediately fa-
tal he operation may entall time
and trouble, but on badly infested land
it is well worth while, The soot should
be broadcast as Inte in the evening as
possible, preferably on a moist, warm
evening or after a shower. Frequent
surface cultivation helps to keep slugs
in check. ns it does other soll vermin,
becanse it destroys them In embryo
farm. Certain birds are also very use
ful In keeping down the slug plague.
I.ime air slaked, rsed in the same
way as the soot is also an excellent
remedy.
Method of Destroying
Grubworms in Alfalfa
Frequent rotation will ald In con.
trolling white grubworms. The alfalfa
god in any case should be plowed
deeply, thoroughly harrowed and then
put in some such crop as potatoes,
oats, or some crop not seriously In.
jured by the such as soybeans, cow-
peas, and the like.
Hogs will gorge themselves on grubs
in badly infested land, and If confined
so that they will root it over thorough-
ly, they will effectually rid a field of
the grubs. Flocks of chickens and
turk following the plow will eatch
a considerable number of the grubs,
Profit in Vetch
County agents of southwest Arkan-
sas reported field meetings held
around vetch demonstrations, These
demonstrations averaged 55.71 pounds
pf green material on a 100-square-foot
plot, which is equal to 1,100 pounds
of quickly available nitrogenous fertl-
lizer. The average cost of growing the
vetch including seed, fertilizer, inocu
Iation, and labor was about $3.50 per
acre, while the amount of fertflizer re
placed would cost In most litles
about $25.
&
of Horses and Mules
Shortage of Animals Means
Advanced Prices.
There (8 a shortage of good young
horses and mules, due to the fact that
the production of colts has been great.
ly curtailed.
During the ten years 1910 to 1019
inclusive, we produced and reared to
January 1 following foaling 16,142,405
horse and 3,060,512 mule colts; during
the next ten years, 1020 to 1929 inclu
sive, we produced and reared to Jan
uary 1 following foaling only 6,375,000
horse and 1,932,271 mule colts
In other words, out of the 13.3564,000
horses on furms January 1, 1003, less
than 6.375,000—under one-half-can be
under ten years of age. Most of the
others living were foaled between 1914
and 1919 inclusive, during which six
years 9057476 horse colts were foaled
that lived to January 1 following.
In mules, we produced in 1010 to
1019 inclusive, 2,660,512 mule colts;
fizan 1920 to 1020 inclusive only 1.9032,
T21—s80 timt out of 5.270.000 mules on
farms January 1, 1930, more than
three-fifths were over ten years old
Such conclusive evidence of a real
shortage cannot be ignored. Prices, al
ready rising, will go substantially
higher within the next five years
Mares bred now will furnish colts
that if well grown out will be fit for
work In 1035. jetter act now than
to pay long prices then,
The colts that pull the load (of
financial success) are the ones you
raise yourself,
Bull Calf Must Have
Roughage in Rations
Alfalfa hay is just as important in
feeling the bull calf as in the feed
ing of dairy cows in milk. The qual
ity of the roughage determines the
cost of the calf ration. A good mix.
ture for the six months’ old bull ealf
that has plenty of good quality al
falfa hay is equal parts of barley or
corn, oats, and bran, When the price
of bran gets tno high, the home
grown grains alone will suffice. For
a poorer quality of alfalfa hay or
for some carbonaceous roughage, we
would emphasize the need of from 0
to 100 pounds of linseed meal in the |
above mixtures. While the calf is be |
ing supplied skimmilk., four or five |
pounds of grain a day will suffice
This should be increased at wenning |
time. A fresh supply of salt and wa. |
ter must always be on hand so that {
they may be taken at will.—Exchange
of the Boll Weevil |
A great deal
hol soy il
holl wee Vil
is being written on the |
and many remedies are be
ing advanced as to how te exterminate {
Now, there
remedy: If all
boll weevils wil
them is but one known !
states infested with |
Il pass Inws making #t
a penitentiary “Tense of five yvenrs for
killing quall and other birds for 20
years, and if the states so affected
with weevils will go into other states
where there is plenty of quail and buy
1.000 for each distribute
them in infested with
weevils, | guarantee that the weevil
will soon he exterminated. jut pass |
this law first, for the sports in towns
and cities can kill all the quail in the
state in 10 days if allowed to do so
One quali will destroy more weevils
in one day than a man can with all
his bait.—J. A. Robhins in the Okla-
homa Farmer-Stockman.
state and
the counties
Importance to Crops
It has been shown that in the case
of alfalfa, sweet clover, peas or other
legumes that are being grown on the
land for the first time, that Inocula-
tion is really necessary,
Cultures for the inoculation may be
secured through your farm bureau
office or a commercial culture may be
obtained from your local dealer. In
applying the inoculant to the seed, the
general practice is to mix a small
quantity of the seed thoroughly with
the inoculating material, then mix this
treated seed thoroughly with the en.
tire amount to be treated. Increased
returns from legumes will more than
pay for the small cost of inoculating.
Find Cost of Milk and
Butterfat Production
Dy periodically weighing the milk
of a dairy cow and testing it for fat
and by keeping records of the kind and
the amount of feed consumed by her
it is an easy matter, at the close of
a year, to determine the cost of milk
and butterfat production in terms of
feed consumed, Armed with such rec
ords the breeder of dairy cattle is pre
pared to select the most efficient pro
ducers for breeding purposes and
thereby make comparatively rapid
strides In developing outstanding pro
ducing strains, The poultry breeder
has no greater difficulties to overcome
fn building high egg producing flocks
Agricultural Hints
The principal object of summer fal
low Is to store moisture for future
crop production,
» . »
It is cheaper to prevent a disease
among chickens than to try a cure aft.
er It has appeared,
. »
Flaxseed acreage reductions in the
United States, Argentina, India, and
minor producing countries are in pros.
pect this year, says the bureau of
WELL STILL IN USE
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But Little Else Remains of
Scenes Recalled by
the Poem.
The Old Oaken Bucket is resting
easier these days, as it swings gently
to and fro above the historic well on
the old Northey place in Greenbush,
not far from Scituate, For the fa-
mous bucket has learned that it will
not have to come out of retirement
and go into active service again, as
was threatened at the time when
Greenbush ‘and other communities
near Scituate were protesting the
proposed increase in the water tax-——
and planning to use thelr wells
should the rate be increased. Had
Scituate not solved the problem by
purchasing the water company, pass-
ersby on the Old Daken Bucket road
might once more have witnessed the
dignified dip of the ancieat sweep
and heard the splash of the bucket
well immortalized by the poem of
Samuel Woodworth,
The author of “The Old Oaken
Pucket"—who Is often confused with
the English poet Wordsworth-—was
born in Scituate In 1785,
wns Benlamin Woodworth who later
took as second wife the widow of Capt,
Joseph Northey., It was an ancestor
of this man, John Northey by name,
who dug the well in 1675 and built
beside It a house which was sub-
sequently burned by the Indians,
Of the early Northeys, an interest.
Ing story is told, John and his wife
were absent on a visit to some
friends in another settlement, Their
baby boy had been entrusted to the
not far from the house by the well,
While the baby slept In its crib, the
good lady was baking bread. Chane-
ing to glance out the crude window
of her
marauding Narragnnsett
swooping down the hillside,
History does not
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does clironicle her flight to the block
house which stood beside the pond,
on the present location of the White
Swan inn. The baby, Grandma Ewell
discovered when she was safe within
the log walls of the fort, had been
left behind, Nor would the defend.
ers of the community venture forth
to rescue the child, for the savages
were already surrounding the walls,
There came a lull in the attack
and while the Indians withdrew to
thelr attack, Grandma
slipped out of the block house and
hurried to the cabin. Her loaves of
bread were gone—but there in his
cradle slumbered the rosy-cheeked
infant, And hardly had his thankful
grandmother returned to the block
house with him, than a band of red.
sking swooped down on the Ewell
cabin and burned it,
reorganize
When Samuel Woodworth was a
boy, Greenbush vas quite a civilized
community, with stage coach to Bos
ton twice a week and an occasional
packet boat sailing from Scituate
harbor ty Boston, The lad early ex
hibited his poetic nature to his teach-
er, Rev. Nehemiah Thomas, and was
the Columbia Sentinel, in New York.
Later Woodworth was connected
with George Morris, who founded the
Now York Mirror,
Of the incident of the writing of
“The Old Oaken Bucket,” Morris tells
the following story, in the introduc-
volumes of poems. The latter re.
turned from his office near Wall
street, one hot summer's day in 1817,
and gratefully drank a tumbler of
water—New York pump water—
brought him by his wife... As he set
the glass down, he sighed and sald:
“That Is very refreshing. but how
much more refreshing would it be to
take a good long draught, this warm
day, from the old oaken bucket |]
home.”
Mrs. Woodworth suggested that
this sentiment would make a good
theme for a poem, The poet immedi.
ton Herald,
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