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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
GOOD SEEDED FOR ALFALFA
Preparations Should Begin Year Be-
fore Plantlng-keep Soil Well
Cultivated.
By M. A. BEEsoN, Oklahoma Expert
mental Station)

By M. A. BEEsoN, Oklahoma Expert
mental Station)
In preparing the seed bed for alfal-
IA you should begin a year or two be-
fore you wish to seed by planting a
cultivated crop, keeping the ground
well cultivated and free from weeds.
Corn is good crop to preeede alfalfa.
The critical period of alfalfa is the
first six weeks of the life of the plant.
The ground should be plowed early
and deep. 1t should be free from
weeds and as free as possible from
weed seed. 1t should be well TILED,
but firn up to the surface when seed
ed. Fan seeding in September with
out nurse crop is considered the sur
est method to follow. However, If
there is not favorable season and
sufficient moisture in the fall, you may
SOW at corn or cotton planting time in
the spring. From II to 15 pounds of
seed per acre is ample If the seed is
clean and strong.
When 1t is sown with a grain drill
attachment, on well-prepared seed bed,
and when sown carefully and not too
deep from 10 to u pounds of seed is
quite sufficient. The seed is small
and does not need to be soan too deep
just so you get 1t into the moist
dirt.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
WEEVIL IN BEANS AND PEAS
Eggs Of Insects Are Easily Destroyed
by FumigrtlOn and Risulphid'
q Carbon.

The weevll which makes the buggy
beans and peas lays its eggs in the
maturing beans and peas in the pod
during the late summer. The eggs
are not recognized by the naked eye,
and they do not generally hatch until
some time after harvest. The eggs are
easily and quickly destroyed by fumi-
CATION and blsulphide of carbon, with
out injury to the beans or peas.
Place the beans or peas in an air
tight vessel-a stone crock, barrel,
box or bin. Place q shallow dish on
top Of the beans, and in this pour a
quantity of bisulphide of carbon,
which is a heavy, colorless liquid, hav-
ing vile smell. The fumes are heavy
and will quickly sink through the mass
to the bottom. They are explosive, so
one must be careful not to bring light
In contact with them.
Cover the vessel quickly and leave
1t for "a hours. A tablespoonful will
be enough to fumigate the contents
of tive-gallon Jar and one ounce is
enough for two bushels. All beans
and peas should be treated in this
way, after which they can be kept
for an indefinite period without In
jury.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
SOIL PLANT FOODS REMOVED
Experiments Add Valuable Information
for Farmer In Use of Commercial
Fertilizer.

A great many experiments, care
fully controlled, have been made to
determine the amount of soil plant
food removed by crops, and while
In a general way they are more in
teresting than practically instructing
for the average farmer, yet they add
valuable information along the line
Of the use of commercial fertilizers.
The results obtained from the corn
experiments show an average use by
full crops of SO pounds of nitrogen, SS
pounds Of phosphoric acid, and 70 40
pounds Of potash. The husking corn
uses more nitrogen In proportion than
the ensilage corn, but this is no doubt
due to the prolonged feeding season,
developing and ripening the ears, the
ensilage being cut Ia green stage.
There is, however, quite a wide range
shown in some Of the tests, which is
apparently due to the greater avail
ability Of the soil ingredients. For
instance, in full crops Of both en-
silage and husking corn Its potash
has been shown varying from go to
100 pounds to the acre Of crops, while
the nitrogen and phosphoric acid main
tain their level average.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
CARE FOR GROWING PORKERs
n Plos Are Worth Producing They
Are Worth Extra Care and Feed
to Develop Them.

By w. L. BLIZZARD. Department OF
Animal Husbandry. Oklahoma A. and
M. College, stillwater.)
In feeding those growing pigs, DO not
forget that the larger they grow the
better. If they are worth producing,
they are certainly worth the extra feed
and care it takes to develop them. No
man ever made anything by starving
them, unless there was lack OF good
blood. If he hasn't the good blood, the
quicker he gets It the better. The old
saying, "A good one Is worth pasture
full of ordinary Ones" is just as true
today as II has always been.
II one hasn't the right kind. he
should make a study of the business
and grow the Kind that makes money
for the other fellow.
Many a livestock breeder stands in
his own light because he doesn't pro.
duce the kind that his fellow breeder
wants.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
USE SWEET CLOVER FOR PIGS
Ordinarily an Acre Of Crop VIII Sup
port Twenty to Thirty Shoats--
Other Uses for Weed.

An acre of sweet clover ordinarily
will support 20 to 80 shoats. Many
other uses for this erstwhile weed are
told in Farmers Bulletin No. $40, pub
lished by the United States department
Of agriculture, Washington.
Stock may refuse to eat sweet clover
at first, but If they are kept on the
field for few days they will soon de-
velop a liking for 1t. 1t will furnish as
much pasture during the season as any
other legume, with the possible excep-
ton of alfalfa.
Sweet clover also makes a first-class
hay II 1t is cut before 1t gets too
coarse, and 1t is a remarkable soil
builder. 1t is one of the best honey
plants because Of the large amount Of
nectar 1t produces. Beekeepers would
do well to plant at least a small patch
of 1t solely for honey purposes.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
STRAW is WASTED ON FARMS
One Of Feeds Ordinarily Thrown Away
or Permitted to Rot In Pile
Where Threshed.

One Of the feeds ordinarily thrown
away Ii straw. which Is wasted or per.
mitted to rot In the straw pile where
threshed- The average straw crop
from the small grain harvest. when
properly taken care of. stacked and
protected until fed out. win help won
derfully In the wintering Of horses. cat
tie and sheep. Straw should be fed in
racks arranged 90 IL can be forked
down to the stock fresh every day, and
the leftover and refused stuff thrown
out for bedding. Feed sparingly each
day, and what salt is given may be put
on the straw as light brine. just enough
to carry q slight salty taste; this VIII
add to the palatable quality Of the feed
and Induce 1t to be freely taken up by
all fodder-eating animals
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
LAYING CONCRETE IN WINTER


Indoor concrete work such as Gel.
lar floors and barn floors under cover,
may be done successfully In winter. II
proper precaution is taken to keep the
concrete from freezing. Fence posts
and concrete blocks may be made sue
cessfully indoors during the winter,
but outdoor work In concrete is not
advisable after the temperature is be-
low As degrees. II You have some out
side concrete work to do In cold
weather, you must keep the concrete
from freezing By heating the ingredl-
ents. using warm water and covering
50 they win not freeze.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
HIGHWAY ON PACIFIC COAST
Dream ls for Macadamized, Asphalt
Surfaced Road From Alaska
South to Panama.

Good road advocates should turr
their eyes upon the Pacific coast states,
where their hobby is reaching devel-
opment nowhere else Appropriated in
the United States. The dream Of the
Pacific coast is for macadamized, as
phalt-surfaced highway from Alaska
south to the Panama canal. The reall-
cation of the project SO far is the &C
tual voting by the state of California
of a bond issue of $18,000,0 100000 and
by the public interest aroused in Ore
gon, Washington and British Columbia,
which promises early legislation for
the continuation of the California high.
way.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
DRESSED WEIGHT OF SWINE
Shown by Experiments That Animals
Average 76.44 Per Cent Tasted
Live Weight.

A number of experiments have
shown that the dressed weight Of hogs
Is on an average Of 1914 per cent
tasted live weight.
When hogs are fed corn or other
concentrated fat-producing feeds the
dressed weight may be so per cent Of
the live weight. On this estimate the
blood constitutes 20 to 8 per cent Of
the live weight; the liver, LIB to 1.5
per cent; heart, 2 per cent; stomach
and contents, 4.5 to per cent; in
testines, e5 to 8 per cent; kidneys, 3
per cent; spleen, ! per cent; intestinal
fat. 1 to 2 per cent; kidney fat, 4 to
As per cent.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
MOST EFFECTIVE ROAD TOOL
Drag Can Be Used In Maintaining Pub
tic HlGhways-They Are Easily
and cheaply Made.

The most effective tool which can be
used in the maintenance Of earth roads
is the road drag. The first drags were
made more than 30 years ago, but 1t is
only during the last few years that
they have come into general use. They
are easily and cheaply made, easily
operated and accomplish wonders II
properly used. Every mile of earth
road In the state of Texas should be
maintained with a drag, and IL the
time and money wasted under the pres
ent system of working the roads"
(this does not mean that all time and
money so spent are wasted) were used
In dragging the roads, our states
would have some of the best earth
roads In America.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
UTILIZE WASTE LANDS
Patchwork Farming Should Be
Do1e Away With At Once.
No Better Time for Putting Things to
Right Than Winter Months
Line of Tile Would Make
Wet. Hollow Productive.

It's time to do away for all time
with the patchwork farming that is
a reproach in so many sections, and
replace 1t with broad, open, well or
dered fields. When we see a farm
with fence rows overgrown with brlers
and bushes, wet hollows that grow
nothing but crop OF weeds, plum
thlckets and brier patches that alter
nate with quilted and CALLED hlllsides,
we know at once we've found a sloven-
ly, unbuslnessllke, unsuccessful farm
err Moreover, we suspect that his
mental workings are like his fields
slovenly, patchy, ill-ordered, with no
system or method. Such a man on
such farm is setting an example that
Is bad for his children and his COM
munlty. Becoming accustomed to such
things, they will become content with
them.
There Is no better time than the fall
and winter months for putting these
things to rights. There's many a wet
hollow, worthless In Its present shape,
that line Of tile or a good open ditch
viii make one Of the most productive
pieces of land on the farm. Patches
Of bushes and briers, too, n It go.
They look bad. in the first place, and
they occupy land that ought to be at
work. Let's clean them up, beginning
right away and sticking to the Job I'M
Ill we are farming fields instead Of
patches.-The Progressive Farmer.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
ABUSE OF FARM MACHINERY
One Of Largest Losses to American
Farmer Is Neglect Of Implements
Can Be Prevented.

By e. B. DORIAN, Louisiana Experiment
Station.)
One Of the largest losses in Ameri-
can agriculture is caused by the mis-.
use Of farm machinery. Much Of this
loss can be prevented by proper care
and watchfulness on the part of the
operator The self-blnder is an agri-
cultural machine that requires close
attention. It is not so durable as some
Of the other farm implements for two
reasons: First, 1t has larger proper
ton Of rapidly moving parts; and, sec
ond, 1t does not have large, heavy
casting as a foundation or base, but
is merely a light framework Of steel
rods, straps and angle pieces.
Gasoline engines, feed cutters.
pumps and moving machines have
heavy cast-iron frames or foundations,
which are lacking In the binder. This
means that If the same return Is to be
had from money invested in moving
machine 1t must be given unusual at
tention and must be protected from
the weather and from careless opera
tors. The braces must be properly SCI
cured and adjusted, the bearings must
be in line, there must be no undue lost
motion, the parts intended to be held
in rigid. alignment must be held that
way, and moving parts must move
freely.
The life Of the average binder Is not
over four years, but some have lasted
more than fifteen years, because they
were cared for properly.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
PREPARING NOW FOR SPRING
Winter 10 Good Time to Rig Up Sew
eraI Three and FourHorse Even
ere on implements.

In view Of the probable shortage Of
farm labor next spring. now ID timely
occasion to rig up several three and
four-horse eveners to be used on the
farm implements. One man with a
four-horse team win do almost as
much work IN preparing the spring
seeded as two men. each using q two
horse team.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
JOB FOR FIRST STORMY DAY
Reduce Loss OF Young Animals by In
fectlous Diseases by Cleaning Sta
bles Thoroughly.

A good Job for the first rainy day.
From Q to 10 per cent of the young
animals are lost each year from such
infectious diseases as calf scours, hog
cholera, blackleg, contagious abortion,
navel Ill Of sucklings, distemper and
other infectious diseases.
Reduce this loss Of young animals
from infectious diseases by cleaning
the stable thoroughly and dislnfecting
with whltewash to which has been add
ed 2 per cent crude carbollc acid or 5
per cent coal-tar dip. This Is easily
applied to the walls, ceiling and floors
with spray pump.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
KILL RATS-STOP IMMENSE DAMAGE

prepared by the United Department of Agrcuure)
The rat is the worst animal pest In the world.
From its home among filth visits dwellings and to
pOlute and destroy human food.
carries bubOnc plague and other diseases fatal to
and has been responsible uey deaths human beings
than all the of history.
In the United States rats destroy and
other property valued at $200OO0000
This destruction equivalent the earnings Of of
100000 men.
On farm the grain eaten and wasted by rats and mice
could be s the proceeds would than all the farmers taxes
The breeds six times and produces
of litter Young females breed when only
three four months old.
At pair breeding unneruptedy and without
deaths the end of three Us generaons be increased
to 94S2 individuals.
the world has been fighting rats without organization
the time has been feeding them and building for them
fight them equal terms
hiding places We organize
to rid communities of these pests The time to begin Is
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
TROUBLE IN FINDING LABOR
whole Proposition Should De Studied
BY Farmer IN Winter With View
TO Eeonomlxlno.

Some crops require much more labor
than others and this factor should be
considered BY growers who have diff
Guilty In finding labor. The small,
quick-perishing crops. such as radishes
and lettuce. require much more labor
than others Ike cabbage. sweet corn
and cucumbers. The whole proposition
should be studied carefully durs1g the
winter months with a view TO ecOnO-
mixing In the employment Of labor and
utilizing labor to the very best adyan-
tage
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
PROTEIN SUPPLY FOR FOWLS
When Closely Confined Chickens WIN
Need Seine Kind Of Meat
Grain ls Not Enough.

Fowls confined In close pens. yards
or runs where they have little chance
to get insects win need some kind Of
meat. Grain win not supply enough
protein and mineral matter for best
results.
To supply this demand for protein
and mineral matter meat meal. meat
scrap or tankage Is generally fed
Laying hens especially need some OF
these forms Of feed. Young chickens
will thrive better Il fed meat in soms
form OCCASIONALLY.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
TO ERADICATE oUAcK GRASS
Small Patches Can BE Covered With
Tar Paper or Forked out-FoIlow
Disk With Harrow.
The following win eradicate qusck

The following win eradicate qusck
grass:
For small patches cover with tar pa
per or fork 1t out. For large area
first NOW II. then pillow Il under and
disk about once q week till fall Some
times Ii pays to follow the disk with
the harrow. II win sometimes be found
necessary to pillow It again at the end
Of the season. Corn IL q good crop to
put on this land the following year. II
there are any stray plants they can be
dug out.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11

cation is to NOW the plants, then pillow
them under and disk the land as often
as new shoots appear. Keeping the top
from growing will in time kill the
roots and underground stems, Growing
a crop of corn in hills and cultivatlng
thoroughly both ways and hand-hOelng
the hills is another way Of eradication.
Getting rid Of the patches Of Canada
thistle and SOW thistle now will save a
lot of work little later.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
GROW LARGE CROPS OF OATS
Farmer Should Provide Feed for
Horses, Sheep, Cows and Other
Stock-Plan ls Outlined.

The farmer who raises horses and
sheep, feeds dairy cows and fattens
beef cattle, annually should grow
large crops of oats. They should get
ripe enough to be cut and bound by
the binder, SO when dried out In the
shock the sheaves win not mold when
stored in the barn. These things at
tended to, with some kind Of power
and a modern straw cutter In the
barn, the entire crop, as needed,
should be cut mp quite fine and fed.
Fed In this way, the stock eats up al
most all the straw, and the grain en-
tire.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11

nothing Of the good appearance Of the
garden, and this can be accomplished
in no other way except by the use Of
a marker. In drawing the first line
the ground should be squared up ac-
curately and a string stretched at one
side as guide for the marker. It is
a good plan to use a line for all other
marks as well, setting 1t exactly Is
inches from the last mark.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
HANDY LITTLE SEED MARKER
implement VIII Be Found Of Great
Convenience In carden--Stralght
Lines Essential.

The little seed marker shown in the
Illustration will be found very useful
In garden work. The markers which
should be in the form of sled runners
are placed IL inches apart, an extra
set of lines can be run through the
first. It is important to have perfect
ly straight lines for planting all garden
stuff In order to save ground, to say
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
METAL sHEETING FOR ROOFS
Arranged to Enable Tlnsmlth to Rap
Idly Join Sheets Without the
Use Of Solder.

The Scientific American. in illustrat.
ing and describing metal roof invent
ed by ]. 81. Perry Of Middletown, N.
Y, says:
"The object Of this invention is to
provide sheet metal roof arranged to
enable a tinsmith or other person to
rapidly join the metal sheets for form
ing the roof-sldes and the ridge with
out the use of solder and. to render the
joints rainproof and thereby prevent
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
RAPID INCREASE: IN ALFALFA
Has Resulted IN More Careful Study
Of It's Possibilities az Food fer AL
Farm Animate

The rapid increase In the production
Of alfalfa In the United States during
recent years has resulted IN = more
careful study Of its possibilities as a
food for all classes Of i've stock. For
merry Il was used primarily as : cattle
feed. but now Il Is used as feed Cor
horses. swine and she~-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
PLANK DRAG COMES IN HANDY
Useful In LeveIIng Plowed Ground and
Breaking cIods-5oards Held
Together by Bolts.

This plank drag comes in handy for
leveling plowed ground and breaking
clods. 1t is feet long and made of
five 1h-lnch boards, s inches wide,
writes Charles Schroeder In Oklahoma
Farmer. The boards overlap one an
other little just as shown, and they
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF FEEDS
Full Corn Cribs and Smokehouses
Mean Much to Farmers-Drought
Reduces Crops.

Full smokehouses and corn cribs
mean more to farmers now than ever
before. While drought sometimes re-
duces crops and turns bright pros
poets into burned pastures and poor
yield Of crops 1t is our privilege to
do our best TO have plenty Of meat and
bread with an abundance of feed for
our stock.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
CHOLERA IS SERIOUS MENACE
Big Saving In Swine industry May Be
Made by Proper Feeding and sanI-
tary Measures.

Hog cholera is n preventable dis
ease, yet 1t constitutes the most
serious menace to successful swine
raising. At the prevailing price Of
hogs and feedstuffs. time and money
properly expended In sanitary meas
ures by persons engaged in raising
and fattening hogs will prevent the
spread and development Of hog chol-
era and thus result In a material saw
Ing to the swine industry.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
KILL OUT CANADIAN THfTLE
Weeds Are Difficult TO Eradicate, as
They Have Underground Stems
Now and Plow.

Canadian thistle and sow thistle are
hard to kill, as they have underground
stems from which new plOnts are sent
up. A piece of this stem If cut off and
given the right conditions will form a
new plant. The first step In the eradl-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
Handy Plank Drag.

are held together by being bolted, and
by mailing on the scantlings as shown
in the drawing. A chain is passed
around under the front end Of the
scantlings with the single-trees at the
other end to hitch on the team.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
FEEDING THE YOUNG CALVES
Animals VIII Begin to Nlbble at Hay
When Few Days Old II II 10 With
In Their Reach.

When only few days of age calves
will begin to nibble hay II 1t is with.
in reach. II is preferable to feed tim
othy for the first two or three months,
after which alfalfa or clover hay win
give better satisfaction.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11
SAVING SEED IS PROFITABLE
Zeal and Labor Spent In Cultivation
WIN Net Make Up feF Lack Of
Foresight.

II You neglected to insure plenty Of
high quality seeds for next years
planting al the zeal and labor you may
spend in cultivation win not make up
for lack Of foresight In saving the good
seed
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-11

Sectional Perspective View Of Sheet
Metal Roof With Parts Broken
Away.
leakage, use Is made of metal sheets
provided at each side with an upturned
abutting member terminating in an In
ward and downwardly bent flange and
a peak-shaped seam cap fitting over
the fianges.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-12
CORN SHUCKING PRICES FIXED
FOR IS COUNTIES

Richmond, Ky.-In order to settle
disputes that have arisen between
farmers and employees that have been
shocking corn County Food Commits
sioner A. r. Burnam, Jr., has issued
a notice that the following prices have
been fixed by the Food Administration
for eighteen Bluegrass counties:
For shocking shocks cut sixteen
hills square, % cents; eighteen hills,
80 cents; twenty hills, 95 cents.
However, as the practice has pre-
vailed here of paying by the barrel
the Food Commissioner says:
81 took this matter up with the Dis
trict Food Administrator and after
consulting with him was directed to
fix the price of shocking corn by the
barrel at 35 cents barrel.
ANY person paying more or less
than this amount will be deemed vio-
lating the fair price set by the County
Food Administrator and the county
chairman of National Defense. This
applies both to farmers and employees