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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1951
Page
10
A poultryman outlines a clever system to streamline chores in a three story coop. He adds a vertical two foot square flue with floor level openings and a hinged doors. Litter is scraped into the flue by a modified electric lawn mower and drops into a manure loader at the feed lot end.
The U S department of agriculture urges seed treatment with effective fungicides to improve stands. The cost is a few cents per acre, and neglect is reckless. Fungicidal seed treatment targets smuts and diseases in wheat oats and barley and seedling harms in corn sorghum. Officials note much seed such as hybrid corn is treated at the source and many farmers can use large plants for service. Farmers who hire treatment should ensure correct chemicals and rates per bushel.
A simple homemade washer for vegetables uses a wooden box with a wire mesh bottom. Place the screen side down on the lawn and hose vegetables to wash away dirt. Corn ripening prospects shift to hybrids for next year as soft corn concerns grow.
The American Veterinary Medical Association journal reports DDT is losing ground to a new set of chemicals that kill biting parasites on livestock and pets. Methoxychlor lindane and chlordan are filling the need as farmers require instruction on their use.
A small wind driven plane weathervane that spins with a light breeze. It provides amusement for children and adults and includes actual-size cutting guides for all parts. Price 2 1/2 dollars. Workshop Pattern Service, Drawer 10, Bedford Hills, New York.
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