Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-23

with S..20 for those getting no tank
age.
The best thing Of all for pigs which
are hoggin., down corn is rape or rye
seeded in the corn. One-third Of a
pound of taLkage, or tankage at free
will. ought also to be fed, but the rape
or rye Will take the place of part OF
the tankage, and will furnish some
things which tankage can not furnish.
Pigs getting tankage when hogging
down corn with rape or rye in 1t Will
often make gains of one and one-third
to one and one-half pounds daily, and
the cost. with 60-cert corn, need not
be much over 81 per hundred. Oil meal
or skim milk may be used instead OF
tankage, bat tankage usually gives the
cheapest results.
Two hundred Iowa farmers claim
that hoeeing down saves nearly cents
on every bushe! of corn. At Ames.
Professor Evvard found that hundred
pounds of grain cost $3.50 on hogging
down pigs. where it cost little over
IS for the same kind Of pigs fed the
same feeds by hand.
In wet weather there is some waste.
and the training of the hogs may
hur, the land a little, but in the aver
You boys should learn all there is to
know ~about hogging down. The best
bulletin is No 143 OF the Iowa station
on hogging down you had best send
for it-WalIace's Farmer.
Give snutty Seed This Treatment.
The cheapest, safest most easily
treatment for smut is the formalin
treatment. Get sixteen ounce (one-
pound) bottle Of forrnalin, 40 per cent
strength, al the drug store. When ev-
erything is ready for treating the seed
make no the treating solution by care
fully mixing the formalin with water
at the rate OF sixteen ounces Conc
pound) Of formalin to forty gallons OF
water. This would be one ounce OF
formalin TO two and one-half gallons
of water.
If the shrinking method is to be
used. prepare clean place on the floor
or ground and spread down large
canvas or rDusiin sheet. Sr-!:k!e ~ q
sheet thoroughly, using garden
sprinkler Now place the grain to be
treated upon the sheet and sprinkle 1T
thoroughly When the surface is good
and moist. shovel the grain over as
concrete is mixed, SO To noist5n a.!
the grain. Continue this sprinkling
and mixing until the grain is well
moister:ei Then cover up the grain
with sacks o. blankets and allow 1t to
stand for at least two hours. At the
end of this time uncover the grain and
spread it out SO that 1t may dry thor
oughly. The terminating power IS
likely 70 be Injured unless the grain Is
well dried.
The dipping method is performed by
putting the solution in barrel and
then dipping the grain held in gunny
sack into The solution, allowing 1t to
remain ten minutes, taking 1t out and
letting i. drain back into the barrel.
After draining. the grain is placed in
pile and covered with sacks or blan-
kets in the same manner as in the
sprinkling method. and allowed 20
stand two hours, after which it should
be thoroughly dried before planting.
One pound of formalin to forty gall
Ions of water will treat $500 pounds
Of grain. Smaller quantities Of grain
will require about two gallons OF the
solution to e1 cry 100 pounds OF grain.
| Alvin Kevser, Colorado station, Fort
Collins.
FEEDING Lambs Difficult 70 Secure
The Chicago quarantine reguiatlons
| have prevented the sales OF FEEDER
lambs or sheep in that market ano
Omaha has been getting most OF the
! trade. p fair to good class OF FEEDER
7 lambs selling there for SI.oo q do
with an $3.50 top a short time ago.
| Feeding yearlings and old sneep are
/; very scarce. It is almost certain thar
there will be a greatly Inadequate sup
! ply OF feeding lambs and sheep TINS
wear. and that high prices will prevail
Lambs have been selling on the chi
cago market OF late higher than :.
wear ago. and the same holds true OF
warnings, wethers and ewes, altho the
| advance is wholly disproportionate 70
the great reduction in the supply.
W.tsrproofins Cement For Teoushs.
/ In making watering troughs. CTS.
terms silos and basement walls anu
! floors a waterproof cement Is desira-
bic. Mix a little mineral oil in the
/ concrete. The United States depart
lment of agriculture finds one-tentn
as much oil as cement can be used
without lessening the strength OF the