Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-03-16
STATE COLLEGE
BULLETINS


farming, along with explanations con
corning different ways of providing
soil incubation for new paintings of
alfalfa. Professor Hegnauer states
that the glue method" of incubation
in most cases will be the easiest,
most inexpensive, and most salts
factory for all legume seeds, and gives
simple directions for incubation in
this way
School Lunches.
Bulletin No. Is. by Miss Leila W.
Hunt, of the Home Economics De-
partment. discusses hot school lunches
for school children. 1t treats briefly
the five principal classes of food,
mentions some of the advantages OF
giving a child comfortable place in
which to eat a palatable lunch in lieu
of letting him eat it cold on the
schoolhouse steps or the woodpile;
tells how to organize and equip for
the hot school lunch: states foods
which can be quickly and easily pre-
pared and contains many simple re-
cipes.
Carrots.
THE Culture of Carrots" is the title
of an extension bulletin by Director
w. S. Thornber. The bulletin calls
attention to the American farmers
small appreciation of this crop as
succulence for livestock, as compared
with its use in European farming;
and discusses their soil requirements,
planting, thinning. cultivation, har
vesting and storing. varieties, and
acreage costs of production
Home Made SiIos.
1.-THE Home Made Stave Silo," by
Jas. N. Price, Extension Specialist in
Dairying and Livestock. of the State
College, states the required sizes Of
different silos, according to the num-
Der of cows to be fed from the silo
and gives bills of materials and d.
rections for laying out and construct
ing the silos.
SunfIower Seed.
Sunflowers, the seed Of which is
rich feed for poultry, but often
reaches Washington poultrymen at
cost of Is cents a pound having been
shipped along with eggs from China,
are discussed in Bulletin IS, of the
State College Extension Department
Attention is called to the fact that
Notwithstanding the high prices poul
trymen are willing to pay for sun
flowers, they can be grown on almost
any kind of soil and in out-of-theway
places on the farm where often moth
ing else will grow. The bulletin states
that the large, or Russian" varieties
are unapt to become troublesome with
weeds. 1t tells of the soil require
ments of sunflowers, planting, cult
walton, harvesting, varieties, seed i'm.
provements and the uses of sunflower
seed.
Washington Experiment Station
Bulletin 1874 entitled sheep Husband.
~ in the Pacific Northwest" by viii.
liam Hislop and c. E. Howell. is
based on the experiences Of Wash
ington sheep-growers controlling in
the aggregate. over 100000 ewes
approximately half the sheep popula-
ton Of Washington. In supplying
facts from which Messrs. Hislop and
Howell compiled this bulletin, the
sheep men answered questions per.
tanning to the breeds they preferred
the reasons for their preference
methods of handling lambs, ranges
and feeds used and preferred, sources
Of herd losses and ways Of preventing
losses, methods and time OF market
ing. costs of production and mainten-
ance. and wool clip.
Curing Meat at Home.
Extension Bulletin 10, of the State
College, gives instructions for killing
and dressing veal, sheep and goats
and hogs, together with explanations
of different cuts of meat from these
animals. The bulletin also takes up
curing and smoking, including the use
of liquid smoke" and smoke houses;
the making of dried beef, corned beef,
and preserving by the dry sailing
method. 1t tells how to make fresh
pork sausage. hamburger, liver sau-
sage, blood sausage, head cheese, DO.
logna, frankfurters, bockwurst, sum
mer sausage and similar things. It is
written by Professor William Hislop
head Of the Division of Animal Hus-
bandry, and MIR. Albert Haring,
practical butcher. ham and bacon
curer, and sausage maker.
Teaching the Calf to Drink.
In q four-page extension bulletin,
James N. Price, Dairy Extension Spe-
cialist Of the State College, tells how
to rear calves on SKINNED milk and
supplementary feeds. He states that
It has been demonstrated conclusive.
ly that just as good calves can be
raised on skim milk as by allowing
them to nurse their dams. Discussing
the difficult operation Of teaching q
young calf to drink, he says:
III the feeder will back the calf
into a corner of the stall, get astride
its neck. hold the pail firmly, let the
calf have hold OF two or three fingers
of one hand, gently coax it's nose into
the milk, then slowly slip the fingers
out of its mouth. holding them on the
nose; and each time the calf jerks
his head out of the pail and sticks his
head in the air looking for something