Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-19
The Strawpile

the cost Of producing the eat1ss crop
which makes the seed net peont q
the grower. In some Localities timotA1
seed has returned . crop worth 90 n
acre. which, with all expense eliminated
except that Of harvesting and AhPeshine.
u pretty good for year az esnssai
crop failures for small grains due q,
the rust and blishts. 4
We usually pasture the fields where
timothy seed has been harvested, stock
Is turned on them % soon - the crop
has been stacked q threshed. A TOP
dressing Of stable manure. applied with
. spreadsr. will put the raid In prime
condition for the following year. TIVE
or three crops Of timothy sesd may ~
produced befors the sod h turned down
for hax or corn. II the soil = not i1.s
tested with the wilt disease" dax %
the most profitable crop 10 follow
timothy. However. any Of the culti-
waited crops usually do wen, when
planted on . nicely prepared timothy
sod.
Where timothy II soWn for Sood
four to six quarts 10 sufficient for q
good stand Of plants The seed does best
when sown In the spring with . nurse
crop Of barley. Good results are o.
tanned where the seed Is Sown on fields
Of rye or winter wheat and narrowed
into the earth az soon a. the soil be-
comes settled in the spring Timothy
seed sown on q stubble held during the
month Of September ana covered with
a disk !or harrow will usually make 4
good crop the following year. Many
farmers and stockmen SOW timothy In
combination with the medium or mann
moth red clovers. The hrst usually
disappears in q year or two. when the
timothy is harvested for seed. Alsike
slower seed can not be separated from
timothy because Of its size. Save the
timothy fields for a seed crop next year
and increase them in size ana number
while present prices are maintained
Preparation Of Sheep psits.
Pelts are. Of course. very import
ant product in connection with tho
frozen meat industry Of New Zealand.
writes Henry d. Baker. Of New Zeal
and. which 10 concerned mostly with
the export OF sheep and lamb car
casses to England. The skins are taken
off these animals a. soon - they are
killed and carefully washed. The wool
Is removed from practically all Of the
skins destined for tho American trade
and they are picked for export In .
solution Of salt and sulphuric acid. The
American duty on wool appears to
make 1t Instantaneous to ship 70 the
United States skins with the wool on.
The wool - clipped by several diffse-
ent depilatory processes. either BY
sweating or by treatment with caustic
soda and sulphur or sulphids sodium.
Considerable Of the wool 20 removed.
chiefly that around the edges Of the
skins. Is usually injured BY the use Of
these chemicals. but this loss appears
to be offset by Q certain amount Of In
creased weight in the pelts. A. . rule
English trade seems to like the heavier
peits treated by chemicals. while the
American trade prefers pelts from
which the wool has been removed by
sweating. In the New Zealand trade
the term 'pelts'' always means the
sheep or lamb skins without the wool
In the preparation oe the sgins b.
fore being picked for expert In In
genious American machine II used to
scrape off all the fleshy surfaces. The
demand for New Zealand lamb pslts
from the United States 10 stronger
than from any other country. and II q
understood here that the greater part
Of the pelts that 20 to London event.
ually ind their way to tho American.
market At the Industrial exhibition
held in Wellington there was an inter-
esting exhibit Of the different uses for
New Zealand sheep and lamb pelts. In
Guiding bookbinding, pocketbooks,
bags. Masonic regalia, "chamois skins"
and substitutes for various high-class
and fancy laafheel