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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1925
Page
3
The President funds food and personal services not covered by appropriations from his own military funds. Congress appropriates for most White House expenses including furnishings and automobiles.
United States Department of Agriculture reports that hog prices swing with farm conditions and corn factors. The bulletin, covering 1871 to 1915, argues farmers should study breeding plans and market factors rather than chase high prices. Copies available from USDA Washington.
The article explains designing fruit trees to carry large crops by building branches that spread outward. It advises shaping limbs to allow weight of fruit to pull growth in one direction, yielding gradual spreading and stronger branches with each bearing season.
Records from the United States Department of Agriculture trace the cooperative movement in the United States to the Civil War era. The first cheese factory appeared in 1563 and the first fruit and vegetable growers association formed in 1578. Grain grower groups began in 1897, followed by a stock raisers group in 1890. The movement progressed gradually as others applied their ideas.
The article notes sweet clover pasture supports about one head per acre on average during the growing season. Under favorable conditions four to five cattle may be pastured on a single acre.
Grain should start small for strippers and dry cows and be increased gradually as they freshen. A good rule is one pound of grain per three pounds of milk produced at five percent, and one pound per four pounds of milk at three to three and a half percent.
Fred Gray of Spokane county Washington won the 1924 junior pig contest for producing 3 055 pounds of pork from one litter in six months. He kept detailed records on feeds and expenses and achieved an average daily gain of 2 4 pounds per pig from birth to sale. The prize hogs sold at 11 10 per 100 pounds with a 25 cent per 100 pound premium for finish. Gray started in pig clubs two years earlier, built a movable hog house, provided clean water and pasture, and practiced good sanitation along with efficient feeding to raise eight pigs from the first litter.
Dr F H Lathrop of Clemson notes oil sprays help control San Jose scale with miscible oils or mineral oil emulsions. They are more effective than lime sulfur but risk tree injury and have less fungicidal value. use Ame sulfur for regular, safer control. Apply during dormant season or early spring as buds swell.
Garden pests are two types: those that eat foliage stems and blossoms, and those that suck plant juices. Eaters include potato bug and cabbage worm. sap-suckers mainly affect rice plants. Arsenical poisons suit eaters, while plant flee insects vary in color from pale green to black except blue, and may yield to nicotine or tobacco sprays.
Strawberries should be grown on fertile soil rich in manure from winter. Plant standard varieties in early spring though fall planting also works. Everbearing types fare better when planted in fall says W R Martin Jr extension horticulturist Kansas State Agricultural College.
The piece warns against wasteful stock and stresses soil conservation as vital. It urges owner verification of pedigrees from official records, advocates layout planning for vegetables with onion as an exception, cautions about trusting unknown seeds, and recommends Golden Bantam corn from reliable seedsmen. It adds notes on crop succession, asparagus and rhubarb planting, and root age for growth.
Sally Held, now Mrs Henry Holt of near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, rediscovered a box of chest nuts sent over 23 years ago to Henry Holt. The nuts were well preserved and tasted good, having been kept in an old trunk by her husband.
The article notes Lucullus, famed Roman general and epicure, as the first to bring cherries to Italy around the start of the present era. It also mentions a Department of Agriculture film showing methods to eliminate earthworms from putting greens.
Mrs Celia Cheeseman testifies after thirty two years of using Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nerve support for women. She credits relief from lifelong pains and strengthened well being during expectancy. Send 10 cents for a trial pack to Dr. Pierce Buffalo N Y.
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