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SUDAN GRASS IS
IMPORTANT CROP
Now Being Successfully Grown
In Nearly All Parts of the
United States.
Gaining Popularity Because of Its
Ability to Produce Fair Yield of
Hay Under Conditions of
Low Rainfall.
Ten years after its introduction to
the United States from Khartum, Afri
ca, Sudan grass was being success
fully grown in nearly all parts of the
United States. It does not serve well
either as a "money crop" or a soil im
prover, hence It may never find a
permanent place in regular crop rota
tions. It lias, nevertheless, a very im
portant place in the farmer's second
line of defense as a catch crop which
can lie; planted to give satisfactory
returns when conditions have brought
failure to other hay crops. This Is
the verdict pronounced by the United
States department of agriculture in
Farmer's Bulletin 1120 recently Is
sued. Sudan grass is replacing millet ns
the premier catch crop in many local
ities because of its ability to produce
a fair yield and a high quality of
hay under conditions of low rainfall ;
its rather sjiort growing season, and
its ability to thrive on a .wide range
of soil types. Large yields of Sudan
grass are obtained only on good soils,
but the grass fails completely only on
cold, poorly drained land.
Sudan Grass Produces Heavily.
In California under irrigation Sudan
grass has made yields of 0.S tons of
field-cured hay an acre, when alfalfa
produced but 8.3 tons under like con
ditions; it ordinarily yields about the
same as alfalfa under irrigation in
the Southwest, but Sudan grass gives
its full crop in three cuttings against
the four or five required for alfalfa.
It is the only grass yet found which
in this part of the United States ranks
as the equal of alfalfa in point of
yield and quality of the hay. Its rec
ord in this respect has led to Its use
in "patching" old alfalfa fields when
the stand of alfalfa has been de
stroyed. In the southern great plains
where there is a low rainfall, Sudan
grass grown without irrigation will
yield from one to three tons of hay to
the acre.
There are certain parts of the
United States where the department
of agriculture considers it unwise to
depend on Sudan grass for hay. This
is true of the strip of territory I!0)
miles wide along the northern
uoundary ; the regions of high nlti-
Sudan Grass' Grown in , Rows and
Cultivated.
tudes in the western states; and also
most of Florida and a narrow strip of
land along the gulf coast. Low tem
peratures prevent success with the
grass in the, first two regions named,
und disease Is the limiting factor
along the gulf coast. In a majority of
the central and southern states, how
ever, climatic and soil conditions are
favorable to Sudan grass.
Although Sudan grass Is best adapt
ed by nature to use as a hay crop. It
is also used with great success as a
soiling and pasture crop for summer
pastures. Its use as a silage mate
rial is limited by the fact that it is
easily made Into 'iy and fed as such
with very little waste, and also lie
cause corn and sorghum both outyield
it and are generally available through
out the region where Sudan grass Is
grown.
High Feeding Value.
The feeding value of Sudan grass
Is equal tp timothy flay. In localities
where soy beans or cowpeas do well
those legumes may be grown In .mix
tures .with the Sudan grass. Such a
mixture produces a hay of higher
feeding value than the grass alone,
because of the high protein content of
the legumes.
Sudan grass hybridizes freely with
the sorghums. It Is necessary, there
fore, If pure seed Is produced, to have
the Sudan grass field at some distance
from any sorghums, otherwise it will
result in a mongrel crop the follow
ing year. ;
The department of agriculture's new
bulletin goes very thoroughly Into the
details of cropping, planting, harvest
ingboth for hay and for 'seed as
well as the best- methods of feeding
the hay to live stock.
BIG HARM TO CROPS
FROM GRASSHOPPERS
Situation Is Particularly Serious
in Dakotas.
Pest Destroying First Good Crops
Farmers Have Had Since Begin
ning of Extended Dry Season
Poison Bait Favored.
Grasshoppers are infesting the
farms in the northern portions of
North Dakota, Michigan and Oregon
east of the Cascade mountains, ac
cording to reports received by the bu
reau of entomology. In the Dakotas
the situation is particularly serious
because fjie farms have suffered from
several years of drought, and the aver
age farmer's bank account is much
decreased by these years of extremely
low crop yields. Now comes the
grasshopper to destroy the first good
crop the farmers have been able 'to
grow since the beginning of the ex
tended dry seasons. In many cases
the farmer's predicament Is desperate,
Young Grasshoppers Feeding on
Clover. '
witn no funds available to enable him
to fight the pest which threatens him
with bankruptcy.
The United States department of
agriculture lias no available funds for
the purpose, but is giving such assist
ance as it can toward putting control
measures into effect.
Grasshopper bait, made according to
the directions given below and scat
tered over the infested areas, is a
highly successful weapon to check the
pest.
Use 23 pounds of wheat bran; 1
pound of paris green, or white arse
nic; (3 oranges or lemons finely
chopped; 2 quarts of low-grade mo
lasses, and from 2 to 4 gallons of
water. n
Other baits are described In Farm
ers' Bulletin 7-17, United States depart
ment of agriculture, but there is very
little difference in their relative effi
ciency. In moist climates the baits
may be applied in the morning, but in
semi-arid regions it should be put out
in the evening to secure the best re
sults. HORSE'S FEET REQUIRE CARE
Doean't Pay to Neglect Shoes of Ani
mal Permanent Injury May, Be
the Result.
Many a horse becomes incurably
lame and has to bo killed long before
his time; and most often the cause is
some trouble in the fore feet. Do not
try to economize in the shoeing of
your horses. Go to the best horsc
shoer you can find, and let him have
his own way. Have your horse shod
at least once In four weeks. Avoid
long calks. The higher the foot is
raised from the ground, the worse for
the foot. See that the shoe is big
enough, and at the heels a little too
big for the foot. See that your
horse's feet are kept soft especially
in a long spell of dry weather. Re
move his shoes ifMie stands In for a
week or more, but give him bedding
to stand on, so that he will not be
come footsore. No doubt you know
these things yourself, but sometimes
you forget thein. "
FARM FORESTRY MAKES
FARMING PAY. BETTER
BY
1. Marketing timber profit
ably. 2. Supplying timber for farm
needs.
.'1. Furnishing employment for
men and teams In winter.
4. Making waste lands yield a
profit.
5, Increasing the sale value of
the farm.
PROVIDING SHADE FOR HENS
Quick Growing Plants Furnish Pro.
tection as Well as Feed Rape Is
Particularly Useful.
Artificial shade for the chickens
should not need to be provided more
than one year even if one is a short
lease tenant. There are quick grow
ing plants which will furnish protec
tion and fond as well. Itape is use
ful for thin purpose; sunflowers of
the various varieties, castor beans and
screens of morning glories. For more
permanent shade, put out curnilits,
gooseberries and berries.
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CARING FOR BREEDING DUCKS
If Not Kept for Production of Market
Eggs Fowls Should Be Given
Grass Range.
Breeding ducks, if not kept for the
production of market eggs, should have
u grass range, if possible, after the
hatching season is over and be fed
sparingly on a mash of 1 part, by
weight, corn meal, 2 parts bran, 1
part low-grade wheat flour, 1 part
green feed, 8 per cent beef scrap and
8 per cent grit, given' once or twice
daily, with one feed of mixed grains;
or the mash may be made of 3 parts,
by measure, corn meal, 4 parts bran,
2 parts low-grade wheat flour, three
fourths part beef scrap, and 2 parts
of green feed, with a small amount of
grit and shell or mineral matter.
Feed I'ekin ducks for eggs, begin
ning about December 1, on 1 pound of
corn meal, 1 pound of low-grade flour
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Pekm Ducks About Seven Weeks Old
in Fattening Pen.
or middlings. 1 pound of hran, 15 per
cent of beef scrap. 15 per cent of veg
etables or green feed, and some grit,
feeding this mash twice daily, in the
morning and at night; also giving 1
quart of mixed corn and wheat to ev
ery 30 ducks at noon when they are
laying heavily. These laying rations
should be fed throughout the year to
Indian Banners or to any breed of
ducks kept principally for the produc
tion of market eggs, poultry special
ists of the United States department
of agriculture say. If the Indian Ban
ner ducks are not laying, they should
be fed sparingly. All rations are by
weight unless otherwise stated. Thir
ty laying ducks (I'ekins) will eat about
10 quarts of moist mash at each meal.
FEEDING FOWLS FOR PROFIT
Early Hatched Chick Will Reach Lay.
ing Maturity Before Commence
ment of Cold Season.
The first rule for getting a good
profit from poultry Is to get the chicks
batched early, and the next Is to keep
them growing so that they will reach
laying maturity before the commence
ment of cold weather. There is no
profit in keeping a chicken just alive,
whether It Is intended for laying stock
or for the market. One reason why
more care should be exercised in feed
ing fowls is that the chicks know less
about what is good for them than do
the fowls. The healthy chick is a
hungry tiling and will eat what Is
given It ; the digestive organs being
weak are less able to dispose of ob
jectionable feed than are those of old
(T fowls.
Young chicks should be fed a little
at a time and often, poultry special
ists In United States department of
agriculture say. They should lie fed
early in the -morning and just before
going to bed at night, and not less
than three times in the intervening
period. For the first two weeks they
may be fed three meals of soft feed
'and two of hard, and after that age
two of soft and three of hard, less
soft feed being fed as they grow old
er. No more moistened soft feed
should be given at one time than they
will eat up clean.
OBJECTS IN CULLING FLOCK
Insures Feed for Best Layers and
Saves Fowls Best Suited for
Breeding Purposes.
Culling of the flock serves two pur
poses: First, It insures that the feed
will be consumed by the better-producing
hens, thereby Increasing the profit.
Second, It makes It possible to save
those best suited for breeders, both on
account of their better production and
on account of their superior strength
and vitality qualities so essential to
layers If they are to stand tip under
the severe strain of heavy laying.
Weeding out the poor hens gives those
left more room and a better chance.
ESSENTIAL FOR YARDED HENS
Charcoal, Grit and Oyster Shells
Should Be Kept Before Fowls
All the Time.
Where the chickens are kept In
small bare yards, line charcoal, grit
and oyster shells should be kept be
fore them all of the time, and cracked
or ground hone may be fed. The bone
is not necessary for chickens that
have a good range.
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WHERE THEY WOULD BE LOST
Deaf Mutea Had the Advantage in the
Noisy Subway, but How About
the Darkness?
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon
tana and his secretary were returning
from a late session of the senate one
nifdit by way of the merry-go-round
motor that runs through the subway.
This queer, though reputed to be
luxurious, motor ear makes more noise
than an airplane, and In the clatter
and noise one usually sits with closed
eyes until whizzed through to the oth
er end. On this particular occasion,
however, two deaf mutes, utterly un
conscious of the din, sat conversing
easily on the front seat. Senator
Walsh watched their fingers fly, fas
cinated. Leaning over to his secre
tary, he yelled in his good , ear:
"Miles, they've got it on us, after all,
haven't they?" But in a few minutes
he followed it up gleefully ,ith: "Say,
Miles, where'd they be In the dark,
though?"
Right.
Wee boys have their own way of
judging time ns six-year-old Johnnie
proved the other morning. Ills mother
had taken him on a shopping tour
with her. She shopped long and then
met nn acquaintance and began a dis
cussion on the subject of her pur
chases. John endured It as long as he
could. Then he touched her elbow.
"Hurry up, mother," he pleaded,- "I
would like to go to dinner before sup
per time. Wouldn't you?"
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Marines Doubt Treasure Legend.
If there is any hidden treasure lying
on the bottom of the ocean near Paris
Island, and legend says there is,
United States marine searchers huve
given up hopes of finding it.
Bell divers of the marine corps are
operating off the coast of thtj island
in nn attempt to salvage boxes, metal
and odds and ends of cargoes lost"
overboard from the vessels. This Is
a side line for the marines, who so far
have been satisfied with patrolling the
land, sea and air, and have never gone
In for deep-sea diving.
Negro residents of this vicinity have
faith in an old-time myth that there
is hidden treasure on or near the Is
land, supposed to have been left by
Jean La Fitte, the pirate, on one of
his coastwise wanderings.
A Mild Hint
"I kinder tired of having that there
Spink feller coming to see my girl,
Kunzaline," admitted Gap Johnson of
Uumpus Ilidge, "and I sorter gave
him a hint to stay away."
"What did you toll hlm?,; inquired
a neighbor.
"Nuih'n' In pertickler. I just says,
'L;oky yur, you infernal, lop-eared,
pickle-headed shyster! If I ever ketch
you hanging nround my place ag'in
I'll shoot you so lull of holes that your
dad-blasted hide won't hold anything
finer than corn shucks! That's all."
New York Evening Post.
If a man never has anybody to tell
him what he would do in his place, he
Is friendless.
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Candid Criticism.
The family had just lost their little
dog. It had been run over by a motor
car, and the remains were awaiting
state burial in the garden. The two
younger brothers were discussing the
tragedy.
"Do you think," inquired the eider,
"that God would perform a miracla
on Toby and bring him back to life If
we asked him?"
"Oh, no," wisely replied the young
er. "You see, God wanted a little dog
In heaven, and ns Toby was the nicest
dog he knew, he took him." A pause;
then lie added under his breath : "But
It was a very mean thing to do !"
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