The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-11
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

mining the grade TO which veal cali
belongs. are age, condition and In les
ser degree weight. Though breeding
Is what enables calf 10 attain desir-
ability Cheaply it is not III evidence
from a butchers standpoint at that
age and the main thing is 10 get a
fine finish at eight weeks. To be
choice, calf must be fat and strictly
fancy grade. neither too old or toe
young, too light or too heavy. The
most desirable weight Is $50 pounds
and the best age seven weeks, Grades
below this are ranked as good medi.
! um and common.
When spraying is to be done on q
small scale, a knapsack sprayer or a
small compressed air sprayer may be
used 1t is very laborious method
, however, and when ever possible a foui
row horse spraYer should be pur.
chased This sprayer should nave a
: pressure guage on it, and should b.
run at pressure Of not less than GO
pounds and from that on up to 100
pounds It should have an agitatol
which will keep the spraying mixture
within the barrel or tank thoroughly
stirred, so that it will come out at a
uniform strength from the nozZles at
! all times.
For clover sod fall blowing is hest
This also helps to do way with cut
worms and other injurious pests, and
helps along with the spring work. For
a nice seed bed ii is important 70 disk
! thoroughly before the ground Is al
! lowed to dry out ana become hard
One thing to be remembered in all
stages OF preparations not to work
the soil when it is the least heavy
With thorough disking early. followed
by spring tooth harrow, and If little
dry, with the roller YOU will be able
to retain the moisture
In selecting the plants which are to
, be tested individually, the things TO
/ be looked for in the grain are large
yields, good quality and ripeuing at a
time suitable 10 the district In the
straw, its height, liability to lodge,
and resistance TO disease are the main
factors. Strains Of grains vary greatly
in their ability 10 withstand the at
tacks of rusts One of the breeders
greatest problems in the more humid
( climates is to get a heayy-producing
/ rust resistant grain.
The best corn for the slo, in any
locality, is that variety which will be
reasonably sure to mature before
frost, and which produces a large
amount of foliage and ears. In tha
early stages of SLIDING corn in this
country, the effort was to obtain an
immense yield of fodder per acre, no
matter whether the corn ri9ened or
not, Large yields were doubtless Of
ZEN obtained with these big varieties
although 1T is uncertain that the act
gal yields ever came UP to the claims
made.
Very good results in preserving eggs
in lime water have been obtained at
some OF the experiment stations They
cor,nared well With aras Eant in vat-
rer gloes As ,hn limo wstar j. mrcb
moro oasilv nranarod and il cbaarer
If u 1ikaly ~ ircreoea in nonulorttv
ror aar nrasarvotior
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where wolves ana strange aoss are
common me pasture must not be L O
'af away rom ihe tofF'l7' loF 'he
aheep must be dfI'eA IN at hl$hI Ior
pfo'attoH.
baMp' drained pastures are often
productive Oh i1'l-'o'' Aach tohel-
lehs cannot bee tolerated where sue
cess l' me "4."3"cfd'
Ray crops cannot compare III econ
oiaF ana aHtptaoliltJ WIN the grass
/ crop Tor shcsp.
As the weather gels 20 be warmer
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