Time Now to Plan for Fall Garden
Extension horticulturist B Morrow explains fall garden planning. Prepare moist soil and portal shaded seed beds for transplanted plants, using lattice slats or pine brush as cover. Keep air circulation, water well, and remove coverings as seedlings emerge while gradually hardening to sun.
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FE. B. Morrow
North Carolina State College
WNU
Merits of Yellow Star Thistle Dividing Farmers and Bee Men
A Los Angeles Times report outlines the dispute over yellow star thistle. Grain farmers label it a weed harming crops while bee keepers claim it provides valuable nectar for high quality honey. The state agriculture department has yet to resolve the issue.
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State Department of Agriculture
Los Angeles Times
Poison the Gophers Pocket Gophers Controlled by Bait
Gopher control notes from Wallace's Farmer describe using vegetable or grain baits with strychnine. Place bait into the main gopher run, seal the entrance with damp earth or grass, and set bait at two points per ten to thirty mounds. Reapply as new mounds appear.
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Wallace
Protect the Navel Cord
After birth disinfect the calf’s navel with tincture of iodine using a brush or cheesecloth. If iodine is unavailable use a 5 percent coal tar disinfectant solution. Submerge the exposed navel and repeat daily until dry to prevent germ entry.
Season Posts Prove Longer Life for Untreated Catalpa
A Iowa test shows catalpa posts lasting 18 years without treatment while those treated with creo sote lasted 28 years. Posts were allowed a year to dry after cutting. Falling season cutting helps them dry and reduces wood borers attacking when green.
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Iowa
Catalpa
Leaves Filter Water In Oklahoma
An experiment measured how much water the leafy cover on wooded land can hold. Findings show leaves filter water and keep it clear, while allowing soaking through soil cracks. Without leaf cover, silt fills pores and more water runs off, eroding soil.
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Oklahoma
Pruning Boosts Timber Value Says Cornell Foresters
Cornell foresters advise pine growers that pruning two hundred top trees per acre can raise lumber value by about 400 dollars per acre. Dead branches on crowded trees are cut to produce clear wood, with two subsequent prunings to clear the first 16 foot log and about 70 percent of a 15 inch tree’s volume in that log.
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Cornell Foresters
Vitamin D in Calf Diets Boosts Indoor Rearing
Dairy calves eating legume hay may receive sufficient vitamin D, but young calves with little hay and low butterfat in milk benefit from 1 percent cod liver oil in grain. Indoor calves lacking sunlight recover faster when vitamin D is added, as shown by two 40 week calves fed oxidized oil with normal vitamin D but destroyed vitamin A.
Gardening Hints for Azaleas and Rhododendrons
Azaleas and rhododendrons require acidic soil. Use oak leaves piled around the base to rot as mulch or mix peatmoss into the soil. These plants are surface rooted, so handle carefully to avoid disturbing roots. For planting, place oak leaves at the hole bottom and cover with a thin earth layer.
Palatability of Pastures In Maryland Trial
A Maryland experiment tested steer feeding preferences among legumes and grasses. Twenty five species were sown and observed by government pasture specialists. Legumes dominated the palatability results, followed by brome grass and ryegrasses with meadow fescue, ranking after the legumes.
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Maryland
Rodent Control Seed Treatments Not Recommended
Ga. C. Oderkirk of the United States biological survey cautions that treating seed with repellent substances risks severe damage and delayed germination. He advises using poisoned bait to curb destructive rodents and employing mechanical devices to deter birds during peak feeding periods.
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Ga. C. Oderkirk
United States Biological Survey
Agricultural Squibs and Crop Insights From Early Reports
The notes range from U.S. apple production to wheat as a hog feed and Idaho crop value. Michigan State animal husbandry experts compare wheat to corn for hog fattening. Spring seed crops rely on red clover cutting. Pigs should be immunized to reduce cholera risk. Illinois winter wheat output is forecast at 22,386,000 bushels versus 43,146,000 in 1981. no overproduction expected.
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Michigan State College
Illinois
A. J. Surratt
Young Lawyer Shamed by Court Note
In a civil action a young lawyer spoke at length for the defendants, boring the court. The plaintiff's leader passed him a note that he delayed reading. The judge ordered the note shown, and it revealed a quip that the old judge was the intended recipient, prompting a sharp reaction.
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