Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-10-15

Every farm an experiment station.
is a good slogan.
System and sense are as useful on
the farm as In the business world.
Reports are that this is the great
est crop year in the history of the
country.
The colt that Is started right and
handled right never has to be
broken" In the sense that the word is
used so often.
II Is absolutely necessary during
these hot days to keep every utensil
used In caring for the milk scrupu.
lously clean. scald, scour and set In
the sun.
One good brood SOW is a valuable
asset on the farm. She'll make you
more money than any other animal
on the farm In proportion to the mon
ey invested.
II is foolish economy which bor-
ders on the criminal 20 try and make
the weak and wornout harness serve
a little longer. Many fatal acci-
dent has been caused by failure to
recognize that fact.
The fair season is on. Plan TO take
them in. IL may seem hard to get
away sometimes, but II viii pay
you. The work will go easier after
you get back and you viii find many
new idea sprouting into careers of
usefulness.
Cheap land thousand miles away
looks mighty alluring. especially after
reading some OF the circulars and
newspaper stories, but remember be.
fore selling out and hiking after the
pot OF gold at the end of the rainbow
| that ten chances TO one you have
better opportunity for making good
right on the old place II you will work
II right.
Electrocute the peach tree borers is
the way the Long Island experiment
station man says bis friend rids his
trees of the pest. This careful observ-
er Is said to have noted that lightning
which had followed rift or seam In a
tree had destroyed innumerable Dor
crs. and this tree at once showed
thrifty growth. His plum trees were
badly infested with borers. He has a
household Parable medical battery In
his home. and decided to follow ma
lures example on his plum trees and
watch the effect. After heavy rain
he cut off branch to give clean
section full OF sap. lie applied the
battery, placing one terminal at the
end OF the cutoff branch and the 9TH
er at the base OF the tree, and turned
on the current, Investigation showed,
It's claimed. that he had killed every
borer with which the tree was in
tested.
A new stallion law has been passed
by the Illinois legislature which goes
into effect January 1 next II pro
vldes fine OF $25 to 500 for failure
60 enroll any stallion offered for pub.
lie service. or for failure to comply
with any OF the other provisions of
the law regarding his examination.
transfer and advertising. No stallion
will be registered unless certified by a
veterinarian TO be free from periodic
ophthalmia, bone SPAWN. ring bone.
bog SPAWN. curb accompanied by cur
by shaped hook, or any contagious or
infectious disease The law requires
that stallion must be enrolled and
advertised as either pure bred, cross
bred or grade. The stallion registra.
ton board is required by the law TO
use funds derived from enrolment
for publishing lists of stations and
other information pertaining to horse
breeding. Stallioners who comply
with the law win be given lien on
foals. the same as under the old law.
Prof William DIETRICH. swine spe-
cialist at the Illinois Experiment sta
ton. declares that nobody knows yet
how to feed a hog He complains that
in pig feeding, we have not been work
ing on any fundamental basis. Some
men have obtained good results. but
they are not uniform from year to
year, and these results cannot be sure
ly traced to their causes. IL has been
too much like guessing and gambling
He says that pig feeding will not be
mastered until we get the largest and
most economical gains and get them
every time, We must know what the
hog is made of. and supply the kind
and amount of each food material re
J Quired and no more than will be prof