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: m 1 JUmt, US ut« *295 Order It Today* r.o. a DETROIT The spring rush for Ford Touring Cars has started Arrange to place your order at once, so that you will not be obliged to wait for delivery. Detroit, Michigan & If you do not wish to pay cash ior your car, you can arrange for a small payment down and easy terms on the balance. Or you can buy on the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan. See the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer - V CARS • TRUCKS • TRACTOKS F-60C FARMERS IRE URGED 10 RUSE MORE FEU Linseed Olf Interests Seeking to En-, courage the Growing of Thle Crop Continued demand by the linseed oil interests of this country for flax, has necessitated the employment of men to make a survey of 10 of the states In an effort to Increase the growing of this commodity, according to W. L. Stockton of Clarkeston, who I n Groat F a lls on o - to nr of t h e —was state to Interest farmers In this crop. "The producers of linseed oil,'' said .... Mr. Stockton, "are considerably agi tated about the supply of flax. Gov ernment reports of last year show that 6,000.000 bushels were raised in this country, while 24,000,000 bushels •were Imported. The linseed oil com panies are convinced that the demand of 1024 for flax will greatly exceed that of last year, and they would be exceptionally well provided for If the larger proportion of this raw material could he produced at home, closer to the market. Practically all of the Im ported flax comes from the Argentine, and there Is a 40-cent tariff on every bushel. , "I have been sent out by the linseed oil people to bring these fäcts to the farmers of the northwest, particularly decide whether Montana, and U* -r a is e flex. From present appear I look for an extra large crop of Farmers nnces flax, in Montana this year, who live from 20 to 50 miles from railroad experience considerable diffi culty in raising wheat as the hauling question entails quite a loss, because of the low price of wheat. If they raise flax, it Is a much lighter crop to handle and haul and the price last year averaged about $2.50 a bushel. The price might go to $3 a bushel this year because of the Increased demand for flag. Because of the fact that lin seed oil enters into the manufacturing of oil, varnishes, paints and linoleums, the demand has grown beyond all ex pectations." Radio Important Farm Utility The Importance of radio in the pro duction and marketing of agricultural products Is brought out In a special survey just completed hy the United States department of agriculture. More than 50 per cent of the 1.200 farmers repMng reported that they owned tube seta employing three or more tubes, while approximately 50 per cent of the farmers reporting have home-made sets ranging from simple crystal detectors to tube set*. Eighty per cent of these fanners said they Interested in receiving both were o.-oathar and market renort*. WCAxttvx OhU tnsm* net a upvi »ov Demonstration In Thrift The Montana farmer who found an - old abandoned hay rake on the place that he rented, fixed it up, pot a little point on it and sold It for $30 per formed « moot ' valuable demonstra tion In proving the value of keeping equipment in repair. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM OVER APPEARANCE OF GRASSHOPPERS There is no particular reason for either alarm or elation at the appear ance of grasshoppers during the re cent warm spell, soys K. A. Cooley, state entomologist for Montana. Nu merous letters were received at the entomologist's office from farmers In many parts of the state, announcing the appearance of grasshoppers. In many cases the writers were under the Impression that the grasshoppers were of the destructive kind that have been doing so much damage In Mon tana In recent years, and were of the opinion that the cold weather which followed their appearance would bring äTidüt thélr destruction.- P Prof. Cooley advises that the grass hopper specimens that have been re ceived at his office have not been the destructive kind, and that It Is un likely that any of such grasshoppers have appeared. He states that there about a half dozen species of grasshoppers that normally batch in the late fall or early spring. Warm spells during the winter may cause them to hatch and In extensive egg beds the number of grasshoppers may rather threatening. These are appear grasshoppers are not destructive, how ever, and such winter outbreaks are not at «11 exceptional. The lesser migratory locust, which 1« the "grasshopper" causing most of the damage in the state at the present time, may he expected to appear about the mdldle of May, advises Prof. Cooley. Foresters Fix Grazing Fees R. T. Ferguson, forest supervisor for this district, has returned from a month spent at Missoula, going over with Fred Morrell, head of the Mon tana and Panhandle of Idaho district, authorizations for the various national forests within the district. In the work at Missoula, stock was allocated on the 24 different national forests within district No. I. which In cludes all of Montana and the Pan handle of Idaho. There will be 195. 923 head of cattle and horaes, and 931.240 sheep grazing In the national forests of this district during the com ing year. Mr. Ferguson declared. The fees that accrue to the govern ment from this grazing Is 10 cents per head each month for cattle and horses, and practically 3 cents per head each month for sheep. Of these fees. 25 per cent goes to the county in which the stock Is grazed, and 10 per cent goes to highway work within the national forests. Arrangement of Garden Planting* It doe* not make much difference about tie direction of the rows In your garden but it Is I mp o r t ant , to avoid planting tall growing plant* so that they will shade shorter one*. It is advisable to plant early season drop* together so that the ground may be need for later plantings. ^ Work of Little Honeybee A honeybee's work consumes about half the boors of daylight, the remain ing hours of the 24 being spent In rest, according to teste made by tha United Steten Department of Agriculture. AUTHORITIES ALARMED BY CATTLE EPIDEMIC Precautions Being Taken to Prevent Spread of Dieesse to Montana Alarmed by new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease among range cattle In California, Montana Is doubling her precautions to prevent Its spread to this country. A quarantine has al ready been established which abso lutely bars California livestock and provides for a 15-dnv observation of cattle from other states before they are allowed to enter. In addition the state veterinarian, Dr. W. J. Butler, has advised Inspectors throughout the state to be on the alert to detect any manifestations of the dreaded disease among Montana cattle. Although the plague Is of a distinct ly foreign nature and until the Cali fornia outbreak, had not made Us ap pearance In the United States for 15 yeàr», Dr. Butler says he is duly alarmed as It is the most Infections disease known to man or beast, and can be transmitted upon the slightest contact Not since 1918 has Montana known of a case, and then It was quickly ar rested, Dr. Butler says. _ As the name would Indicate, the dis ease affects the foot and mouth, which become Infected, often causing death. Homans may contract it. Dr. Butler says, though It Is not particularly fatal, and most dreaded because of Its highly contageous nature. The present threatening epidemic In California was noted In Alameda coun ty February 17, and later spread to three neighboring counties around Sun Francisco, cattle were killed and a buffer quar antine placed around the affected urea with the result that the disease was believed to be under control when It revealed Itself a few days ago In an other district to the south of San Franclsco among range cattle In the Los Angeles and San Francisco stock yards. Thousands of head of Champ Holstein of 'Montana Montana's new champion Holstehl cow for the production of butter In one year as a senior four-year-old Is Agate Pearl of Lansing Homestead of the David Lea A Son herd at Stevens vllle. Her record, as announced by the advanced registry department of the Holateln-Frieslan Association of Amer ica, Is 16,000.9 pounds milk and 474.77 pounds hntterfat — equal to 593.4 pounds of butter. As a consequence of t his record she displaces the former state leader In this class, Venus De Kol Eegls l'ont lac. owned by the United States dairy di vision form at Huntley, which, com pleted a record last year of 11.006.4 pounds milk and 486.6 pounds bqtter, - Dink Serves aa Colande A flat circular piece of perforated metal which can easily be field over cooking utensils also acts a* a colan der when draining vegetables. Italian Clover Is Not Favored Not Sufficiently Resistant to Cold Weather and Is Sus ceptible to Disease. / <Prepared by tha United .St, .ea Department of Agriculture ) Because .Italian reS^efeffer Is not sufficiently resistant to cold weather and is particularly susceptible to dis ease. Dr. A. J. Pieters and Mr. Edgar Brown of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, addressing the meeting of the Wholesale Grass Seed Dealers at Chicago, recommended that no red clover seed of Italian origin be Imported and that In certain sections, where the winters are severe, no for elgn-grown red clover seed he used. Observations and careful tests made in many parts of the country by the department and state experiment sta tions have provided ample proof that these recommendations are Justified. Wherever Italian red clover seed has l>een tried, with the exception of the Pacific Northwest, the result has been low yields or total failures ,,ln most cases, and when unusually favor able conditions produced a fairly sat isfactory first crop there was little second growth. Where winter condi tions are not so severe or where the snow covering has afforded protection against the cold the other foreign red clover has done fairly well, and be cause the supply of home-grown seed Is not sufficient It Is necessary to use it. Yield« Compared. Actual teats at a number of stations snow irow g eeff TMfii vsrrotn Birurivs produces In the United States. At Ashland, Wls„ red clover from Chile produced a first cutting of 8.77 tons per acre; French afeed produced 2.8 tons; Bohemian, 3.2 tons; and home grown seed from Idaho. Tennessee, Wisconsin, Ohio and Oregon averaged 2.S3 - tons. Here the heavy snows' cov ering reduced the effect of the severe winter. At Spooner, WMs., where con ditions were more severe last, year, the Chilean seed produced 1.94 tons; the French, 1.84; Bohemian, 1.97, and United States seed 2.19 tons per acre. At Marshfield, AVIs., the yields of all lots were less, Chilean producing 1.6 tons, French 1.5, Bohemian 1.4 and United States 1.0 tons. At East Lan sing, Mich., the Michigan seed pro duced 2.40 tons, other United States seed yielded 2.18; Chilean produced 2.52 tons; French 2.25, and Bohemian 1.94 tons. The clover grown from Michigan seed made a stronger seed growth than any of the others, al though the European, with the excep tion of the Italian, did very well. At College Park, Md., Chilean seed made 2.82 tons; seed from Ohio pro duced 2.94 tons; French seed 2.40; Bo hemian 2.08; Maryland seed 2.42; and Tennessee 2.22. At Blacksburg, Va., Chilean seed produced 1.57 tons; French 1.85; Bohemian 1.19; and a number of lots from different parts of the United States averaged 1.58 tons. At the State college, Pennsylvania, tne foreign clovers, except the Itallan. out ytelded that grown from American teed, but whether or not this was due yet been determined. Results have shown that In most cases American red clover seed Is more satisfactory than forelgn-grown seed, but the crop grown here is Insufficient to meet the demand. An average an nual importation of 10,000,000 pounds is needed to make up the deficiency of red and alsjice Jggd. If nil forrign seed were poor tftedepHsimtur^ould not recommend Its Importation even In the face of the great shortage, but tests have shown that certain strains do well here In certain sections where the weather Is not too sevore. There Is great need to Increase the produc tion of clover seed In this country. Much Seed Imported. It was brought out before the seed dealers that between July 1, 1923, and January 15, 1924, more than 0,700,000 pounds of red clover seed had been Imported, and that nearly 300,001) pounds of it had been brought from Italy. In addition, about 200,000 of the seed shipped from other parts of Europe is thought to have originated In Italy. Considering the known and suspected Italian seed. It seems that about 8 per cent of the imported red clover seed is of the kind which will not produce a satisfactory crop except, possibly*, in the Pacific Northwest. The seed Importation act administered by the Department of Agriculture, makes certain requirements as to purity, of weed seeds and vitality, presence but these requirements do not make It possible to bar this seed which Is germlnnhle enough and clean enough, but not adapted to our conditions. — The representatives of the depart called the attention of the seed ment dealers to the prevalence of onthrac of red clover, which Is nose disease sometimes severe from Washington, D. and northern Ala C, to Tennessee bama. It affects the second crop of all clovers, foreign and domestic, and he destroyed. even the first crop may There are resistant strains and it is important that they be developed and the seed put on the commercial mar ket. At present most of our northern domestic seed Is ns liable to the Imported strains exception of the Italian, which is the roost susceptible. At present the only protection for to« farmer la to Insist on Information an to the source of the red clover seed offered for snle and In buying only from reliable firms and organizations. If Italian seed is sold as domestic or under some other name much harm bn done, both to the farmers and grown this disease as with the tha send trade Chickens and Eggs Help Improve Home Poultry Products Favored to Increase Incomes. (Pr»p»re<l by th* Unlte.l Stfttu Department of Acrlculture.) Form women of Charleston, county, S. C., sold 5,441 pounds of poultry and 10,888 dozen eggs during 1023, as com pared with 000 pounds of market poul try and 1,000 dozen eggs In 1920. This large Increase In three years was accomplished, on the part of extension workers co-operatively directed by the United States Department of Agricul ture and the state agricultural col leges, hy constantly emphasizing the value of pure bred poultry and of the nord of grading all products. The home deiiionsiration agent rendered «II possible assistance In the market ing of these products, but the good respite are attributed largely to the fact that at every meeting held, no matter whnt subject was discussed, poultry was advised as a means of Increasing the home Income. Out of 138 women enrolled In home demon stration work, 70 Improved their flocks hy the purchase of standard-bred cock* erels or baby chicks. In addition to selling poultry, 3, 387 pounds of butter and fresh vege tables, amounting to $2,308.50, were sold In the county. The money earned by the women In these ways was divided Into three portions. One part was laid sway for a rainy day, one part was spent In supplying spe cial needs of the children or for food or clothing, and the third part was spent for heme Improvements. Among these Improvements, 28 houses were re modeled "By tmvnrg addit i on», new floors, nr new lighting systems. Elev en women bought gasoline Irons, two made wheel trays, and four bought kitchen cabinets; 16 planted fruit trees and 188 planted local trees and shrubs to beautify the home grounds. Alfalfa Hay Tends to Insure Strong Litters Alfalfa hay fed to sows during the winter months tends to Insure healthy litters of pigs. Alfalfa is rich In pro tein'and minerals and furnishes these elements at low cost. There are three ways Is which It can be f*d ; Let the sows eat it from the stack, feed It in a suitable rack, or add about five or ten pounds of chopped alfalfa or al falfa leaves to 100 pounds of a grain mixture. The leaves can be gathered up from the barn floor where the bay la pitched from the mow. Some suggested rations suitable for a 259-pound sow are aa follows ; Al falfa hay, five or six ears of corn, one-fourth pound of tankage; alfalfa hay, -two or three pounds of corn; alfalfa hay, three or four pounds of groin, one gallon of skim milk. For young gilts the proportion of tankage to corn or grain may be Increased. Whole Milk Superior for Fattening Young Calves There is nothing quite equal to whole milk for fattening young calves. This practice provide» veal of the highest _ "quanty . If orté COW' does not supply enough milk to give the calf all that It will consume, then two nurse cows may he provided. Make sure that the calf Is confined In a box stall heavily bedded and darkened, prompt him to lie down a greater part of the time, and It la Inactivity of the muscles, coupled with lots of milk, that makes veal of the best quality. This will Comfortable Pig Gains A fall pig that weight 150 pounds along In February that Is eating a pound and a half a day out in the open, will Just about hold his own In weight. The same pig, In a Warm, sheltered plac», that I« stimulated thereby to eat six pounds of feed, will make about a pound and a half gain per day. In the former case the pound and n half of feed, productively speak ing. Is lost because no gain Is made from It; In the latter case the six pounds produces a pound and a half gain. Farm Notes Sweet clover makes Ideal pasture for sheep. • • • Inoculation has been proven to be quite a figure In Inducing clover stand* to come satisfactorily. Farmers with roadside markets should take a tip from city advertls and start their signs several miles ers down the road. « • • Since extension work began the county agents have been responsible for 2.500,000 farmers changing their fanning practices. * • • Kerosene emulsion Is one of the old est and most effective of home-made remedies for sucking Insects. It Is used In fighting sucking Insects hav ing soft bodies. A few days spent In banting straw and filling the gulleys In fields may pay better than an equal amount of time spent trying to grow crops where the soll U sli ppin g sway. • • • A good louse powder to use on cat tle during cold weather la made from one-balf sabsdllla seed and one-half sulphur. Bob wall Into the wrinkle* on the neck, tha heed sad other places where lien hide. — = SPRING TIME IS TONIC TIME The System Needs "Spring Cleaning," Just as the Home Docs. TAN LAC Has Been Called 1 the World's Greatest Tonic by Over 100,000 Persona, Who Have Testified That Janlac Has Helped Them Regain Their Strength and Health. V DON'T GAMBLE WITH YOUR HEALTH; DEMAND THE BEST O Tanlac Has Benefited Thou sands of Persons Suffering From Stomach Trouble, Indigestion, Rheumatism, Nervousness and Kindred Ailments—Tanlac Is for Sale by Ail Good Drug gists—Accept No Substi tute—Over Forty Million Bottles Sold. Sarcastic Milkman—Yes, Pm thinking of put ting in same improvement* at my-. dairy In the near future. Customer—What are yon pl annin g upi ml Milkman—Some electric milker*. Customer—Oh, I thought perhaps you'd buy a cow. WOMEN1 DYE FADED „ THINGS NEW AGAIN Dye op Tint Any Worn, Shabby 0*n ment or Drapery. bnondDyes, Each 16-cent package of "Diamond Dyea" contains directions so simple that any woman can dye or tint any old, worn, faded thing new, even If she has never dyed before, Chooee any color at drug store.—Advertlso ment. , Thm All-Important Question Mother—Don't eat so fast, Georgia. Once there was a little boy who ate a cake ao fast that be died when he'd eaten half of it. Oeorgle—What did they do with the rest of It, mammal No, Cordelia, a sailor Isn't necessar ily a fighter because be boxes the com pass. Aspirin Beware of Imitations! ' l&AYER Sk Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on package or on tablets yon are not get ting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physician* over twenty-three year* for Colds Toothache Neuritis Neuralgia Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" only. Each unbroken package contains proven directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug gists also sell bottles of 24 sod lOtt Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoscettcaclaester at Sallcyllcscid. Headache Lumbago Rheumatism Fain, Psln Green's August Flower The resmdy with a record of fifty-seres yean of surpassing ex ce lienee. All who suffer with nervous dytpepeis, sow stom ach. constipât km, iadigsatkia. torpid liver, dizziness, hrsdsches, cosnlng-sp of food, whsd on stomach. ptlpifsitos sad other indications of digestive disorder, wiH find Gmini Aucurr Flown aa effective and efficient remedy. Fnv fifty-seven yean I a million* of homehoidB sU over the riva lled world. 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