The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-07-18
P()IJL TRY
Industry in West Virginia is
Aided by the Expert
ment Station.

The West Virginia Agricultural
Experiment Station will distribute
over the state at very low cost,
pure bred white leghorn cockerels.
These are high bred fowls and would
retail by fanciers for several dollars
apiece. The object of this distrlbu-
ton is to encourage the poultry In
dustry Of the state and to encourage
the keeping of better grade Of fowls
for egg production. West Virginia
should produce large number OF
winter eggs, as in winter eggs fire.
quently wholesale intNew York City
for fifty cents per dozen and the ex-
press rate from West Virginia points
is only two and one-hah cents per
dozen when shipped by express by the
case Of thirty dozen. West Virginia
is almost an ideal place to raise poul.
try probably, as Its topography. eli.
mate, soils and markets are excellent
for this industry. The average. num-
Der of fowls in the state is thirty
seven per farm as comparedato sixty
two in Pennsylvania, sixty-three In
Maryland and sixty-elght In Ohio. 1t
is quite certain that greater profits
can be realized from the farm IL
more attention Is given to poultry
raising.
The following are the terms on
which the experiment station will
distribute these cockersls:
l.. To farmers who live on a farm.
2. To farmers who agree to keep
no other breed OF male birds with
their hens for two years, unless the
hens kept with the male birds OF other
breeds be penned separately during
the breeding season. n@.i =
8. The farmer to pay fifty icents
for each cockerel ordered. (ThIs
amount pays the cost of Grating, de.
EVerlng to the express office and a
small price for thegfow1J
a. The, purchase price. must be
sent with the order.
5. The farmer must pay the *.
pressage from Morgantown.
g.. Requests will be 'tfilled In the
order that they are received at the
Experiment Station.
q. This distribution closes Au-
gust /. 1912.
Farmers Wishing white Leghorn
cockrels for next years fiocSS should
sendAa letter at once agreeing to tho
above terms and enclosing q postal
money order covering the cost of
the number of fowls ordered and
stating the postofice and express
office. Address all COMMUNICATIONS
to e. ID. sanderson. Director Agrl-
cultural Experiment Station, Nor
gantown. w. Va.
Smut in WheAt,
HPlease tell me what Is. the mat
ter with the enclosed sample OF
wheat and give preventive treat
ment." q. H. 8.
The sample OF wheat sent Is az
fected with loose smut. Remedy:
Rotate crops and treat the seed
wheat, ali grain vessels and grain
drill box with tormalin before
seeding. Use one pint or one
pound OF formalin to forty gallons
OF water. Sprinkle this solution on
tho seed, vessels and drill box and
thcn cover over for few hours
with old sacks or carpet.
Remedy for Fire blight.
THE leaves and young shoots In
my ten-year-old orchard are turning
brown and drying. What IS the
trouble and remedy2" J. r.
Your trouble, Is known as fre
blight or pear blight. 1t is bac-
terlal disease and can not be con-
trolled by spraying or similar meth
DDS. The only remedy is to cut out
and burn all infected twIgs, taking
care to cut we'll below the lowest
on the bark. To pre-
vent reinfection moIsten the wound
with solution OF corrosive subll-
mate, made by dissolving one tablet
IN a pint OF water.