The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-07-04
Whole Number 1886
FARM BUREAU NOTES
Mixed Fertilizers to be Cheape

hiAeu rerthiIers 10 De Cneaper.
1t may be of interest to the farm
ers of the county to know that this
office is in receipt of information
from the office of information, De-
partment of Agriculture, to the effect
that the farmers of the county should
obtain their mixed fertilizers for the
fall season of this year at a price
averaging 80 per cent lower than the
prices which prevailed for the spring
season just passed. Space will not
perit US going into detail regarding
the prices the local dealer or farmers
ordering fertilizers of given grade
in car load lots should pay for the
same, but we can upon request fur
nish such parties copy of sched-
ule of prices which the Department
has worked out as being the maxi
mum price the purchasers of car lots
of fertilizer should pay.
EntomOlOgist Suggests Early
Cutting of Clover.
The Farm Bureau Office is in re-
ceipt of letter of recent date from
Prof. Petit, Entomologist at M. A.
c. in which he emphasizes the impor-
tance of the early cutting of clover
fields this year. Prof. Petit suggests
early cutting of the first crop of red
clover, as this practice has ten
dency TO make the second crop bloom
early, so early in fact that the adults
of this clover seed midge are not ma
ture enough to lay eggs in the bios
SONS and then the clover stands a
much better chance of escaping in
jury from the midge and the result
is a better seed crop.
Glover seed was very high and
scarce last spring and promises to be
still more so next spring because
very few good clover fields are to be
found owing to the exceedingly hot
and dry season of a year ago. By
early cutting is meant cutting when
the clover is in full bloom just be-
fore any of the blossoms begin to dry
and turn brown. Every year it is a
good practice to cut clover early,
this year it is more important than
ever before that a supply of seed
may be secured and the growing Of
fields of clover continued.
Hog Cholera Present in the County
We have at present one case of hog
cholera in the county. This is moth
ing to be proud of nor yet anything
to be ashamed of, but it is a fact
which every hog owner of the county
should know of, that he may keep
careful watch of his animals and at
the first sign of sickness report the
same to the Farm Bureau office and
call his local veterinarian. We have
sick hogs reported often when the
is due to causes other than
in fact most cases reported
turn out that way, but it will be
more agreeable to all concerned to
ten cases of sickness and
find no cholera than to fail to inves-
tigate one and have cholera gain
foot-hold in a community and attack
a number of herds.
After July 1st, the Federal Govern
ment will again have a hog cholera
specialist at Kalamazoo, who will
work with the local veterinarian and
the Farm Bureau in a campaign to
suppress hog cholera in Van Buren
county. :. is getting to - 'he ti''N
Of the year when outbreaks of
cholera may be looked for and real
which is neglected may
mean at the present price of hogs,
thousands of dollars of loss to the
farmers of a community. Report
every suspicious case and save your
hogs.