The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-01-16

And say-if you don't cherish your
chickens you should.
A hen house or cheerless shed,
which isn't HOME for the flock isn't
what the hen and her children are en-
titled to. Stick a pin there, act on 1t,
and prosper in eggs.
Bulletins printed for the warm Gulf
coast country are of no interest In this
latitude. Nor are corn belt bulletins
of interest in the Sunny South. Make
your own selections according to in
diyidual needs. To do this get your
name on the mailing list at Washing
ton and indicate the class OF bulletins
you need in your business as hog rails
er, fruit grower, poultry fancier, or
what not.
Next: Read the bulletins and clip
or file whatever is of value to you.
A list of new publications is printed
every month Just ask the Depart
ment of Agriculture for it and it will
come right along.
In the list before us is one entitled
Steam Sterilization of Seed Beds for
Tobacco and Other Crops.
Bulletin 996.
Do you get the idea? A little hot
water. practically. to kill the bugs and
eggs and worms that infest garden
soils, etc. We haven't seen this bul
let1n but will bet big apple that
many of our readers would get some
thing out of it.
Then there is bulletin devoted tc
water systems for farm homes. Many
of you can install such systems at
little cost and once in working order
! you wouldn't be without that luxury
for untold millions. Farm Bulletin
941, price 10 cents, one of the very
few bulletins for which charge is
made, it being technical document.
In the new list we find the Spotted
Garden Slug tNo. 959). Bean and Pea
Weevils (No. 983), and Culture of the
Logan Berry (No. 99S), the later be
ing Of particular interest to the berry
and fruit grower.
The pith of all this is to impress you
! with the real value of Farmers Bulle
tins. They cover all conceivable prob.
lens which confront the man who
lives on and from the soil and you get
them for the simple asking
OF course many of you are in the
| habit of getting Indiana Farm Bulle.
tins from Purdue University at La
fayette. These are specifically writ
! ten to cover your wants. If you don t
get these bulletins, write for them and
when received CLEAN all you can of
benefit.
College Steer Tops Market
The department of animal husban-
dry of the University of Missouri sold
on the st. Louis market, December II.
1918, a pure bred Hereford steer.
; Guardian I'd, just about one year old
and weighing $40 pounds, at the price
of $3.50 per cwt., which was the high
market record price for beef steers
on the st. Louis market. This steer
sold for $2.15 per cwt. above the
former record
To Disinfect Seed Potatoes.
The same disinfectant as applied to
wheat last fall to control smut, can
be used to control the common scab
on Irish potatoes. This disease, as
we'll as several other potato diseases,
are carried on the eed. All these dis
eases can be largely controlled, where
potatoes are planted on new land each
year, by disinfecting theseed before
planting. There are several ways of
doing this, but the method recon-
mended by the Missouri College Of Ag-
riculture for the average grower Is to
use formalin. Use it at the same
strength as for wheat, one pint of the
forty per cent formalin solution, cost