Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-13
Farm and Garden Notes

of ice is produced. By this method
only a few cans are required, which
keeps the cost low.
about the same method is en-
ployed when special paper bags are
used, altho they do not last so long
as the cans The advantage of tiis
bags over the metal cans is maii1sy
in cheapness, for they are not SO
convenient to handle.
Another method that can be used
in very cold sections of the United
States is to run water into the ice
house and let layer freeze. This Isl
done by first constructing a dam ID
snow around the floor OF the house.
ten or twelve inches from the walls
in order to allow sawdust tnsulatieni
next to the walls. The interior ofi
the house is then flooded with few
inches of water. which soon freezes
the procedure being repeated until
the house is filled with ice. 1t is them
covered with sawdust and closed Epl'
until ice is needed. A great disad :
vantage of this method is that I'M
order to remove ice it must be cut
or chopped out with an ak, which re-s
suits in uneven and irregular pieces
and considerable waste Of ice."
Home AIMED Hides Don't Pay.
Apparently it doesn't pay the farm
er to tan his own leather. The bur-
eau Of chemistry is conducting
leather making experiments upon the
scale to which the average farmer
would have to adjust his work, and
specialists say that the results chs
tanned thus far do not warrant gcn-
eral practice. Good leather can
made in individual tanneries, but tie
results are too uncertain to give re-
liable profits.
The work was taken up ~ the de-
partment when it became evident
that the farmers were feeling the M
sold whole cowhide for less ttaa
they paid out for pair OF work
shoes-an occurrence not at all nn-
usual. Investigation shows that tie
leather dealer is not entirely to blasnet
for the low prices that the farmer r.;
ceives for his hides. Too often tasi
hide from the farm COW is taken efl
in a careless manner that leaves theI
skin fun OF cuts and holes-farni
hides are never as uniform as thosel
where the animals are carfully grad-
ed and the skins removed by expertI
SINNERS. For that reason the hsdei
huyeris always willing to pay more lori
the packers product than he can of-t
fer the farmer.
Then. too, the farmer frequently
sells his cowhide to the junk dealerl.
who deducts his profit from the pr.cs
he pays. Whenever it is possible 10
collect a number Of hides and Skin.
it will pay the owner to deal directyI
with a large dealer, the special IS
say. i
Loss Due TO Overlooking Ranges.
Experiments being conducted on
the tornado range reserve, in Newt
Mexico. by the United States foresf
service, indicate that the number OIL
| animals for the permanent breeding
| in that region should be only about.
so per cent Of the carrying capacity
| Of the range in good years. THIS
takes into account the reduction ia
forage and carrying capacity I'M
times Of drought and allows ranEa
| of safety for emergencies.
| Cattle raising on the open rangssI
of the southwest in the past has becnl
full of vicissitudes, and 1t was for u
| purpose Of developing some plan t,fI
mana cement that would stabilize 81
| live stock industry, and help ste, q
owners to meet trying conditiol. d
that the tornado range reserve, ne.tr|
Las Cruces, N. Mex, was establishad|
| In 1912.
| The studies carried on at The Js ~
nado reserve show that overstocki Il
the range at any time, and especia Il
during drought. is a poor practi i
that light grdzing during the ma All
| growing season is necessary.