The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-11-26
terial for the exhibit.

terial for the EXHIBIT
st. Lucie (Alfred Warren: The
communities of this county are jon
ing in the endeavor tc make the coun-
ty exhibit at the state fair first
class one.
Santa Rosa CT. c. Sechrest): Many
farmers are interested in having their
cattle tested for tuberculosis. Hog
cholera control, boys club work and
community organization are questions
receiving much attention in this coun-
ty.
Lee (H. z. Stevens) Much pepper
has ben shipped from this county
during the last few days.
Citrus Or. J. Dorsett): Syrup max
ing is the principal activity on farms
of this county at present. An exhibit
has been prepared for the state fair.
Citrus growers who wish first class
bright fruit should be watching their
trees for rust mites. These mites are
sometimes quite numerous during No
vember and December, particularly Il
the weather is warm and dry. If many
are found the trees should be sprayed
promptly with lime-sulphur solution,
1910, or busted with sulphur.
Never before has the farmer been
in such dire need of an organization
that will champion his cause on all
questions that affect his interests and
will give him an opportunity to man
age his own business. The Farm Bu-
reau offers him this medium.
Sunflowers are being extensively
grown for silage in parts of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and Montana,
where climatic conditions are such
as to make corn growing for silage un-
certain. Sunflowers yield as high as
Z or tons to the acre, and when cut
green for silage have not developed
enough wood in the stalks to seriously
impair their use for cattle feed. Grow
ing of sunflowers is being encouraged
by the county agents, and extensive
tests of the action of silage on sun
flowers are being made at the United
States department experiment station
at Redfield. S. Oak.
Vireina's Road Needs
Elmer J. Hanson, of Richmond, a |
good roads enthusiast, while in Wash
ington, said:
"Of greater importance to the State !
of Virginia than was the election Of |
Cox or Harding is the passage of the /
amendment to the State constitution
which will authorize the legislature to
issue bonds for good roads, and thus
pull Virginia out of the mud
'This amendment will authorize the
legislature, with the sanction of the |
governor to issue bonds for highway
building.
Cooperative marketing has resulted |
successfully for the cattle and hog |
growers of Craighead County, Ark. |
Cattle formerly sold at So to Sc hun
dred weight under ST. Louis markets, |
and hogs at two to seven dollars per
hundred weight below the market A |
car load of "a hogs was originally col.
lected and shipped through the activi
ty of the county agent and brought |
from five to eleven dollars above the
local price. Local buyers are now pay.
ing approximately the ST. Louis price.
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A flock of 10000 poultry, all Single
Comb White Leghorns and all stan.
dard bred, is one of the largest to be
enrolled in the Better Sires-Better
Stock campaign conducted by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture and cooperating agencies to i'm.
prove the average quality of domestic |
animals and fowls in the United |
States. This flock. in King County, |
Wash, ranks among the largest and |
best utility flocks in the country. The
owner also reported herd of 173