Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-10-01
Name the farm.


Name the farm
Tidy up the place and then keep II
tidy.
Improve the rainy days. Keep the
boys interested by letting them own
something OF their own.
Less acres better farmed would put
many farmer on the profit side OF
the ledger
The waste land on your farm Is
worse than dead loss to you. Got
It to work.
Wool should be stored In closely
tied packs 30 that II will not become
dusty or soiled. The wool buyer pays
more for clean than for dirty wool.
How IL the wood lot? Have you
ayailod yourself of the excellent In
formation which the government for.
cstry department IL ready TO furnish
you and which n followed viii make
your timber lots more valuable?
Just one more cultivation on the
corn than you think Is necessary and
then another one for good measure.
The corn win feel better by several
bushels more per acre.
Docs every COW in your herd Sc
turn you n proftg you cannot know
unless you have tested the milk and
Keep record OF the yield Use the
scales and the Dabcock tester. II Is
the only way.
II IL good practice to feed the |
calves I'm stanchlons. It is easy TO |
break them TO that method OF tying. |
Have the feed ready for them In the |
troughs and they viii soon learn TO put !
their heads through and will get into |
tho right places. BE patient with
them.
An abused COW will not return
profit II Is loss every time she Is
frightened. To run COW TO pasture
~ like throwing money away. A cow
In any way worried will not do her
best. The COW that Is made pet of
win mako money for It's owner. The
milk OF frightened or abused COW
Is poisonous.
The average American market pre-
fers brown egg, while New York
city Ia ready TO pay premium for
whito.shelled eggs. The brown.egg
buyers IN particular claim that the
eggs are of a richer flavor. All this is
| imaginary, when we come to under
stand that II IL food and not color
that navors the egg. Is II reasonable
| TO suppose the brown egg OF the Brah-
ma fed ON onions could be as sweet
as the white egg OF the Leghorn fed
on cloverg
Why not national pure feed law
20 protect live stock. In some states
such laws have been enacted and are
| enforced, while In others they have
been enacted hut are not enforced,
and still others have no laws regulat
/
all sorts OF stun Is sold for feed. and
the farmer has no means OF knowing
what he gets for his money. When
he buys wheat bran. he often gets
ground cornstalks. straw and oat
hulls; middlings or shorts are largely
bran ground ine and some OF the pre-
| pared stock feeds have very little
/ feeding value, What Is needed Is n
national pure feed law which viii be
enforced the same as the pure food
law
The practice OF following wheat
/ with wheat. while exceptionally ia
l yorable to the increase 81 the Hessian
! tly is So general In our large wheat.
growing counties that the steps" In
| ny control have been selected aud
/ tested IN accordance with this prac-
\ tice. Those desiring 90 use rotation
as q means of controlling the ny and
straw worm would de well 10 consult
a more extended treatment OF these
Insects Disking The disk should
follow the binder or header Just as
soon as possible. This viii throw out
a large percentage of the naxseeds
that would otherwise be protected by
lying in the stubble below the sur.
face, SO that their parasitic enemies
can attack them, The disking will
conserve the soil moisture. render the
blowing easter. and start the volun.
.eer wheat and thu weeds,