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IMPORTANCE OF THOROUGH CULTIVATION
INEXPENSIVE AND CONVENIENT CORNCRIB.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The most successful corn growers
realize the importance of thorough
early cultivation, thus preventing uny
check in the growth of the plants be
cause of weeds or crusted soil. The
farmer should see that, from the time
of germination to the maturing of the
corn the plants are not subjected to
any preventable unfavorable condi
tions, but are given an opportunity to
make a steady, vigorous growth. If
their development Is checked from uny
cause they will never fully recover, no
matter how favorable the later treat
ment. As a conseipience of heavy rain
fall the stalks may increase rapidly
In height, and at tin same time, for
lack of cultivation or of soil fertility,
or for some other reason, they may be
slender or of poor color. Thrifty corn
plnnts are thick, strong, and of oark
irreen color.
Horse weeders nnd harrows should
be used when needed to break a sur
face crust, check Insect depredations,
or kill young weeds that start before
the corn Is up or large enough to be
worked with other Implements. Dur
ing the first cultivation, or while the
plants are very small, narrow shovels
that throw the soil but very little
should be used, and fenders are usu
ally found desirable to prevent the
covering of the plants.
Favor Shallow Cultivation.
Many comparative tests of deep nnd
shallow cultivation have been made,
and on the whole the results arc in fa
vor of shallow cultivation. Thero are
but few occasions when deep cultiva
tion Is preferable. If excessive rains
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130 Bushels Per Acre of Corn.
have packed the soil and kept it water
soaked, deep cultivation will help to
dry and aerate the soil. Breaking the
roots of the plants must be avoided
so far ns possible. If roots are broken,
the plants will rapidly produce other
roots, but It will be at the expense of
the vitality ami food supply. After
the plants have reached a height of
"TSs or three feet, the soil, even in the
middle of the rows, should not be cul
tivated deeper than four Inches, nnd
usually a shallower cultivation will
prove better. For retaining soil mois
ture loose soil mulct) two or three
Inches In thickness should be main
tained. The best answer to the question of
how frequently corn should be culti
vated Is that It should be cultivated
often enough to keep down weeds and
to maintain constantly a loose soil
mulch until the corn has attained its
growth. To this end a greater num
ber of cultivations will be necessary
when rains nt Intervals of about a
week cnuse the surface soil to run
together nnd crust. This crut must
he broken nnd the soil mulch restored,
or evnporatlon will soon rob the soil
of Its moisture. It Is n mistake to
think thnt the longer the drought the
more frequent should be tin' cultiva
tions. After n fine mulch of about
three Inches In depth has been produced
Its frequent stirring Is not necessary,
except In so fur ns It Is required to
keep weeds from starting. The essen
tial object of Cultivation is to restore
the soil mulch as soon after n rain as
the condition of the ground will per
mit. If this time Is allowed to pass
and the ground becomes hard nnd
baked, the crop will suffer greatly, for
the cultivation of hard, dry ground
brenks It up Into clod-;, causing more
Injury Uufll If such cultivation had not
1 n given at nil. All observant fann
ers have seen crops Injured In this
manner. Many crops nre cut short by
stopping the cultivation, becnuse the
corn Is too tall for the use of a double
cultlvutor without breaking down the
stalks. If the condition of the soil de
mands it, shallow cultivation should
continue, even though the corn is tas
seling. A small implement with sev
eral narrow blades and a short single
tree may often be used for maintain
ing a soil mulch after the corn is too
tall for the use of double cultivators.
Some forms of the one-horse cultivator
nre especially adapted to cutting off
weeds. BlOCkl nailed on the handles
of the Implement will protect the
hands from the corn blades.
It is sometimes profitable to remove
weeds even by the costly process of
hand hoeing, nnd at as late a date as
the silking time of the corn.
Walking Double Cultivator.
With a good riding or walking dou
ble cultivator one man can cultivate
as many acres as two men with one
horse cultivators, and with the most
Improved types he can accomplish the
work more easily and fully as well.
Becnuse of this snving of lnbor, double
cultivators should be used wherever
practicable. Two-row cultivators
equipped with four gangs of shovels
nnd drnwn by three horses are meet
ing with favor In the central prairie
states. As one of these completes the
cultivation of two rows of corn each
time is crosses the field, one man can
cultivate 1" acres per day. In many
sections It is often difficult to obtain
laborers when they are needed and, as
with these two-row cultivators one
man can cultivate as many acres as
two men with one-row two-horse cul
tivators, their use Is likely to Increase,
ftgpedalljr In comparatively level sec
tions free from stumps nnd rocks
where corn Is planted by means of
two-row planters. Some forms of these
two-row cultivators nre mounted on
two wheels, like two-horse double eul
tlvators, while others made for plow
ing listed corn are carried on runners
or low, broad wheels designed so as to
follow the rows made by the lister.
Three-row cultivators of this type nre
used to some extent on large fields
free from obstructions. Very stumpy
land or tall corn may necessitate the
use of one-horse cultivators.
Shovels for 'Cultivators.
The kinds of shovels with which It
is best to equip either single or double
cultivators must be determined by the
character of the soil, size of the corn,
and the size atid nature of growth of
the weeds to be destroyed. Without
exception, any form of shovel found
to do good work on a one-horse cultl
vator can be attached to n double or
two-roMf. cultivator. In some cases the
surfaceWultlvator does better work
than the disk cultivator which may
leave narrow strips of solid soil thnt
nre not covered with fine, loose soil.
All forms of shovels should be so ad
justed that the loosened soil will make
a fine nnd even covering for the harder
soli beneath. Shovels sometimes may
be modified at the farm blacksmith
shop for special use on river-bottom
land, where bindweed, man-of-the-earth,
nnd flher vines nnd weeds are
hard to control. Sharp horizontal
blades at the bottom of shovels strike
the weeds squarely, so that there Is
little chance for them to escape by
slipping by either side, ns is so com
mon with ordinary shovels.
TOO MUCH SALT MAY
KILL SOME ANIMALS
When Taken in Excessive Quanti
ties It Is Poisonous Chick
ens Are Susceptible.
(Tiy I. E. NRWSOM, Colorado Ajrrkultur
al College, Fort Collins.)
Samples of salt nre occasionally sent
to the agricultural college for analysis
with the stntemeut that animals, usual
ly cattle or sheep, were poisoned after
eating It In considerable quantities. In
no case has any foreign substance that
would nccount for the poisoning been
found.
Since salt Is necessary to life ami
Is in universal use, it is difficult to
realize that In lare amounts Jt is
poisonous. Many cases of poisoning
in chickens have been reported and
occasionally In larger animals. In one
instance salt was by mistake used In
stead of supir In making a cake. The
cake was given to the chickens and
killed all of them. Thickens nre very
susceptible to salt poisoning nnd, while
the amount that it takes to kill a horse
or cow is considerable, this sometimes
occurs when these animals are especial
ly salt hungry.
DAIRY
PROFITS IN DAIRY BUSINESS
Unfortunate That Farmers Can Make
Living Even When They Are
Losing Money on Herd.
It is unfortunate for dairy farmers
thai they cannot always tell how
much they are making or losing with
out u great deal of study and investi
gation. It is also unfortunate that
they are losing money on their herd.
If it were possible to immediately de
termine the profits uud losses In the
dulry business farmers would not con
tinue to lose money when they think
they are making a little. Men who
care only for a living are usually Iftit
isfied if they get it some way or other
and such men are slow to realize what
hey are losing by maintaining un un
profitable herd of cuttle.
The remedy for the situation is to
churge up the products of the farm to
the cows who are eating the products.
Test every cow and know what she
can do, breed to a purebred dairy bull
and improve the herd and then dis
pense with the boarders. There is no
mystery about how a man can lose
iuoney on the dairy business and still
make a living. He does not muke the
living from dairying.
URGE REGULARITY WITH COW
Does Her Best Only When Milked at
Equal and Stated Periods of
About Twelve Hours.
The cow can do her best only when
milked at equal and regular dally pe
riods of about twelve hours each the
year around. The full supply of milk
Is not in the udder ready to be drawn
out before milking time comes, but
some of It is produced by the glands
during the operation of milking. The
udder, however, is usually filled and
the cow becomes accustomed to this,
but if the operation of milking is de
layed and glands cease to some ex
tent to secrete milk, they will then
not be stimulated to good activity dur
ing the process of milking. This in
jures the glands and produces a de
crease in the milk flow.
SOURCE OF DELICIOUS MILK
Under Ordinary Conditions Only Dirty,
Diseased Product Is Obtained
From Family Cow.
(By PERCY WERNER, JR.. Missouri
College of Agriculture.)
The fnmily cow should be a con
stant source of cheap, pure and deli
cious milk. Such may be the case, If
a few precaution! are taken. It Is fre
quently observed, however, that under
the conditions surrounding the family
cow only dirty, diseased milk can be
produced.
A nmrany be suffering from tuber
culosis, the worst disease to which she
is subject, and still show no signs of
it to the proud owner. For the sake
Cows and Calves Thrive on Abundant
Pasture.
of the children who drink the milk
a qualified veterinarian should be
called upon to inspect and test each
cow every year.
With the assurance of u healthy cow,
she should be housed In u clean, well
lighted shed and provided with a elenn
yard in which to exercise. The milk
should be drawn into a clean, small
topped milk pail and kept cool until
consumed.
Milk sours and spoils because of the
bacteria which enter it with dirt from
the cow and from palls not thoroughly
washed. Keeping these bacteria out
of the milk and preventing their
growth by keeping the milk cool, nre
easy and efficient means of procuring
the best of milk from the family cow,
provided she is free from disease.
Gentle cows are the result of train
ing and kindness.
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Mottled butter is due largely to un
even distribution of salt.
The dalpy fnrmer rnlses more grain
and batter grain nnd gets a hlgfcef
price than anybody.
Dairy cows that freshen In the fall
should receive some extra feed six to
eight weeks previous to calving.
The best cows are never cheap and
seldom for sale; so it Is up to every
dairyman lO kIvo Um heifer calves the
most intelligent care.
Test your cows for yield and butter
fat. You may be surprised to learn
that MM Hi OBly loafers while oth
ers aiD profitable workers.
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When a cow becomes accustomed to
being fed and milked nt a certain
time she becomes restless and uncom
fortable when the hours are chunged.
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CATERPILLARS OF THE FALL
Worms Feed Gregariously on Foliage
of Apple, Pear and Quince-Destroy-
by Burning.
The caterpillars of the fall web
worm construct tents and feed gregari
ously. The tent Is large and loosely
woven, and the caterpilbirs feed Only
on the leaves that are enclosed in the
web. When the supply of leaves with
in is exhausted, the web Is enlarged
to take in more, and, in this way, the
entire top of a young tree may be
webbed over and defoliated. The fall
Nest of Fall Web Work on Young
Pear Tree.
brood of this caterpillar is usually
much more numerous and destructive
than the spring brood. The cater
pillars attack a great variety of trees
and shrubs, but are especially fond of
the leaves of apple, pear and quince.
The web wonus may be destroyed by
burning or tearing out their tents, or
by the use of sprays.
ATTENTION TO GRAPEVINES
Pruning Should Be Done in Late Fall
or Early Winter Months, and
Never in Spring.
Grapevines should always be pruned
In the late fall or early winter mouths
and never in spring. If the pruning is
done in spring, the vines are sure to
lose so much sap from "bleeding" that
much of the vigor of the vine is lost
and consequently the fruit crop sutlers
in just that proportion. The grape is
always grown upon canes of the pres
ant year and not upon the canes of lust
season, hence it is necessary to pruno
away or cut off the major part of last
season's canes, leaving a few buds only
at the base or near the older wood
to produce the canes that are to be
come fruit bearers. Four or five buds,
or even two or three, therefore, will be
sufficient for this purpose. It will be
found also that the best fruit will be
nearest the main stalk or stem of the
plant. For this reason also leave a
very fow buds only for fruit bearing,
a few good young canes being worth
much more than a quuntity of poor,
weak ones.
MULCHING OF MUCH BENEFIT
Where Barnyard Manure Is Not Avail
able Coarse Straw Will Answer
Purpose Satisfactorily.
Mulch the orchard, do not nllow it
to go through the winter without a
cover. A mulch helps In 10,000 ways,
the benefits nre so evident there is
no use to enumerate them.
Mulch with barnyard manure If you
hnve it, if not, coarse straw will an
swer, but far better still is to grow
the mulch on the orchard, let that be
either clover, peas, beans, vetch, rye,
onts, whent, or if all these fail, mulch
with weeds.
Don't neglect this lmportnnt work.
Soli should not be left bure through
the winter, much less the orchurd.
PROTECT YOUNG APPLE TREES
Grass, Weeds and Litter Should Be
Removed to Prevent Mice From
Having Nesting Place.
As mice and rabbits are likely to
girdle young apple trees during the
winter months, the horticulturists of
the Nebrasku College of Agriculture
say that all grass, weeds and litter
should be removed from the base of
the trees to prevent the niio from
having a nesting place. Three or
four cornstnlks tied securely around
the young trees will prevent rabbits
from gnawing the bark of the trunks.
The stalks should be removed in the
soring
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It has stood the test of years and has
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This prescription was used by Dr. Kil
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sale everywhere. Get a bottle, 60c and
$1.00, at your nearest druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
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She Ought to Know.
Harold was passing through a pe
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He went one day with his
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husband bad been a general
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"Mother, don't you think u general's
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