Meade County news., 1917-07-12
HELPFUL HINTS
AND SUGGESTIONS
From Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas Council of Defense
U. S. department of Agriculture


U. S. department of Agriculture
The splendid response of Kansas
to the need of the nation for food /:
especially noticeable in the 100 per
cent increase in number of gardens
over normal years. More vegetab
les are being used on the table than
ever before in the history of the
state and the surplus is being care
fully conserved by canning or dry.
ing. There are more than 200 gar
dening and canning clubs in the
state, the mother.daughter clubs
alone having approximately 5000
members.
Hard wheat has been inspected
during the last three weeks i'll TWEEN.
ty Kansas counties and more than
1900, 900 bushels of wheat suitable
for seed has been listed. The OBJ.
ject of this inspection has been to
get the names of farmers who have
good wheat and to locate areas
where the wheat is generally good
and where anyone could 80 and buy
car load lots.
Kansss grocers can we'll afford to
handle home canned products be.
l'eves the committee on gardens,
state council of defense. CONNER,
olaieanneries already are overtaxed
because of increasing orders receiv.
ed from the army and navy and al
lies, and the sale of home products
would relieve the situation in manv
communities where there will be a
surplus of canned fruits, vegetables,
and meats,
The annual loss of wheat in Kan.
sas due to improper feeding of the
tnreshlng machine amolnts to thou
sands of bushels of grain. The
bundles should be fed head first
never butt Arst-and in constant
stream. By feeding properly no
unequal Mi:ttSHSt stSains are placed on the
separator, beft,. or tractor. The
SySk1sf;. raOh, ,anhI shoe can per-
torn tSSiE TIT ctlons properly with.
out being first overloaded and then
underloaded. BY feeding head first
the cylinder can do the work for
which it is intended. II butts are
fed fret the threshing at the cylin-
der 10 decreased and consequently |
some Of tho grain 6nds its way to
the stack.
Z The colt 10 the work horse Of to |
morrow and the care he receives
. during his first summer determines
to a large degree his efficiency when
mature. Don't take the colt to the
field and wear him out following his
mother, but keep him in the barn in
a we'll ventilated box stall that has
been darkened to protect him from
the flies. The colt should never be
allowed to suck while the mare is
warm and sweaty.
Vigorous effort will be necessary
soon after harvest to prevent the
large numbers of chinch bugs which
have developed in the wheat, oats,
and rye from injuring the nearby
fields of corn, ka6r, and sorghum.
The chlnch bugs can be kept out OF
adjoining fields by maintaining ct
6cient dust barriers during dry
weather, road oil or tar barriers dur
5ne wet weather, and destroying al
bugs that succeed in crossing tn
barrier and congregate on the hrs
few rows.
1t pays to combat the corn ca
worm Guaranteed worm ire
roasting ears sell for FIVE, cents
dozen more on the market than ott
.rcorn. The corn ear worm n'
long been recognized as one OF tn
most difficult of the staple Gro
nests to control, but the amount
injury can be greatly reduced
thorough dusting of the silk WI
powdered arsenate OF lead. /!
average number of ears OF corn
iured by this pest IN Kansas dur''
the six years preceding 1915 rang