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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER
And STOCK GROWER

Individual characteristics can be judg.
ed. After the stalk is full ripe and
has become dry it is difficult to pass
on its real merits. One of the best
ways TO mark stalk is to tie a rag
string around it.
The things to look for in a stalk
are a good root system, thick base
gradually tapering toward the top, a
large number of wide leaves, freedom
from suckers and a good ear placed
slightly below the middle point of a
s:alk of medium height. Also, care
should be taken that no smut and bar
rem stalks are in the immediate vicin-
ity OF a stalk that is selected. 1t
should be borne in mind that the stalk
Is the individual and plays as large
a part in corn production as the indi-
vidual does in livestock production.
And all of us know how careful the
animal breeder is in choosing the indi-
vidualiiy Of his breeding stock. Like
wise we must give as much impor-
lance 10 the good points of the corn
plant. II we expect to breed up our
corn 10 as good performance as the
livestock breeder has brought his ami
mails.
The second step in gathering seed
corn is consideration of the ear This
can be done after the ears have been
gathered from the desirable stalks
which have been selected and marke
indicated above. Only ears of coed
shape. having well filled and rounded
hatts and tips, with straight rows of
lcr@ grains fitting tightly together
I'D Of the same type should bestaken
fer seed purposes. Attention to these
points will improve the visible charac
Ter az any corn, but the improvement
in productivity must be accomplished
~ persistent selection of the most
productive ears.
VIM. A. SESSIONS, County Agent.
The Graceville Advertiser gives an
interesting account Of pickle factory
ever there. and with the success which
results in the planting of cucumbers
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-30
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
When Mixed with Sulphur It
Brings Back It's Beautiful
Lustre at Once.

Gray hair, however handsome. de-
notes advancing age. We all know
the advantages of youthful appear
ance. Your hair is your charm. 1t
makes or mars the face. When 1t
fades, turns gray and looks streaked,
Just few applications Of Sage Tea
and Sulphur enhances its appearance
a hundred-fold.
Don't stay gray! Look young!
Either prepare the recipe at home or
get from any drug store a bottle of
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" which is merely the old-time
recipe improved by the addition of
other ingredients. Thousands OF folks
recommend this ready-to-use prepare
ton, because it darkens the hair beau
tifully, besides, no one can possibly
rell, as It darkens SO naturally and
evenly. You moisten a sponge or soft
brush with 1t, drawing this through
the hair, taking one small strand at
a time BY morning the gray hair
disappears; after another application
or two, its natural color Is restored
and 1t becomes thick, glossy and lus-
trous, and you appear years younger.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound IL delightful toilet requisite.
II is not intended for the cure, miti-
CATION or prevention Of disease.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-30

seeking chance to serve the country
and to assure profitable future for
themselves can find such an oppor-
tunity in almost any part Of the United
States -
Farming offers Americans just as
good opportunities as it offers the
misunderstanding Plain Dealer
Oregon's farm crops specialist says
that sun burned hay is not good hay.
Well cured hay is cured either in
windows or ip shocks. 1t is allowed
to lie in the swath only long enough
to wilt, not to dry out Sun drying
wastes the juices, curing saves them.
A few dollars spent in making the
crib alright and for purchasing car
bon bisulphide will save a few hun
dred dollars in corn from hungry
Weevils this winter and next spring.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-30
Fafn Votes = ne couasy Agent

A natter that deserves mere atten.
Nnn - lhe farmers % the county Is
ths storage q sweet potatoes. The
eammon practice il % bank them in
hilis eat in ths open. which results In
q larKs psfeentage Of loss from decay
Thfs annuai waste can be avoided II
49, essentials ~ good storage are oh
nfFsfa Is the use ~ some kind OF a
niufaNe houss. The requisites for
g00d kesElnK II potatoes are: CD they
ahcaid - fally matured before dig
RinN. ca carefully handled. 60 thor
oaNhlF cured aieF being stored and
ca kepf - = uniform temperature
after tslnR cured. To observe these
SCENTS % the bet advantage. II will
g. necsskaaFy q have = house planned
ana baiif for this specific purpose
affsf ne dssign - the potato houses
Nufhea out ~ the L. =. Department
~ AKFlralinrs Bni Ia view of the CA.
Fsuss q taildilE ~ present prices Of
9afsflalf and labof, Il viii te wise &c
loek afound and ase II there Is not
eNmf uaufual tenant house or som,
afhsf % bulldlne on the place tsat
ean ~ eonxsFisa lnie q potato storage
hnass ~ ssry little expense. The
aams meiheds ~ insulating and venti
laflnN can ~ used 81 rsmcdeling cid
affaElafek 80 are recommended for a
$50 sfNfaNs hoase. and while In ever
eaFs ihs woFhsd over huilding may not
D. lHtf aF CUnvsnisnfiy arranged as
neN enc rlanned foF the special pur
Rose ~ a stofaRe house. wia grove
49, 81 saressffal AS one Interested
- gHtafn storage ean etfain info ~
tlpn fTom ihis Office a. "a plars III
baHaiaNs ana msfhcds - handling the
NfiHfNss
The Nfsf step 10 ths secretion %
$50 eUfn g - ehoosiuK the stalk
Wtea fNfH shuald net ~ taken from
enx baf desirable STALKS and ths only
waF ~ - safe e doinr this Il &c 20
wtf ls fht fe'a uuw before ths stalks
e. fen fiFs ana TIE TEEN whiie Their
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-30

chiropactc Spinal
a. Meuhnrdi should your
seMHn
sls chiropracte Physicians
nnmgssH III fnn nppoFtunny under his treatment
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-30

In operation IN tnlS part Oh FlOTlOa.--
Bay County Beacon-Tribune.
Jersey Cattle Club Offers Prizes
at international
One hundred dollars in additional
premiums will be given to the best
judges of Jersey cattle in the Inter
national Club Judging Contest at the
Southeastern Fair this fall. A letter
| to this effect has just been received
from Mr.. r. M. Cow, secretary, Ameri-
can Jersey Cattle Club, and Superin-
tendent Cobb announces that the
money will be awarded as follows:
To the state team securing the
highest score-Jersey attle-$S0.00;
second team, $500; third team,
$1,000: fourth team, $500; fifth
team, $1,000.
This money added to the already
sensational prize list will give even
more spice to the contest. 1t will en-
courage a closer study of Jersey cattle
and give assurance that those con-
testants not counted among the for
tunate four to win the trips to London
may win substantial prizes. In fact,
SO good is the effect of this additional
money as applied to Jersey cattle that
those in charge of the International
Club Judging Contest are making
efforts to secure similar sum from
each of the eleven other breeds to be
judged.
Everything now points to a red
hot" contest. approximately twenty
five states are making definite plans
to send teams, and this number will
doubtless be increased as the date
approaches. There's reason. Be-
sides the training, besides the trip to
Atlanta, besides the club camp, be-
sides the fun, it's not every day that
country boys have chances to go to
England with all expenses paid.
Farmer From Abroad
Evidently the fame Of Americas
thousands Of idle acres Of rich soil is
spreading abroad. An influx of Span.
ish farmers is predicted by a BARGE
Iona business man who is in New
York with 189 Spaniards, who have
come to the United States to engage
in agriculture.
The Barcelonan explains that thou
sands of Spanish farmers, who desert
ed agriculture to enter industry be-
cause of high wages paid mechanics
during the war, find shop opportuni-
ties decreasing since the armistice and
are anxious to return to the soil. In
Spain chances to engage in farmin
on a large scale are limited, much of
the soil is poorer than Americas, and
a considerable number believe that
fortunes awaits them in our vast agri-
cultural regions.
The arrival Of agriculturists from
this new quarter should serve as
lesson for this country. Agriculture
is the biggest business in America.
Prices of farm products are higher
than they have ever been before Men
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-30

more Of these factories will soon be
in operation in this part Of Florida
Bay County Beacon-Tribune.
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-30

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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-30

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The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31
GIVE PRODUCE BETTER CARE
More Attention Should Be Given to
Quality and Methods of Packing
and Shipping.

With the present condition of heavy
production of almost every farm COM
modify and high freight rates, the bu-
reau of markets of the United States
Department of Agriculture advises
that greater care than ever should be
exercised as to the quality of produce
shipped by rail to markets and the
method Of packing and loading. Where
fruit or vegetables are of inferior
grade or quality in any respect, the
farmer will do well to market near
by, within the truck radius, or store
for home consumption.
After the stock gets to a distant
market the shipper is given protection
by the inspection service furnished by
the department at about $50 principal
receiving points of the United States.
This service costs $3.50 for a half
carload or less and 81 for full car
load. 1t enables the shipper to learn
the exact condition in which his pro-
duce reached the consignee by giving
the exact nature of the decay or 9TH
er defects, and gives him information
in regard to the best method of mar
keting each particular lot of produce.
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31
KEEP slLAeE FROM FREEZING
See That All Ventilation in SiIo Wall
Is Excluded by Closing
Upper Openings.

There is very little that can be done
to prevent silage from freezing
around the edge of the silo in severe
cold weather. About the only provi-
sion that can be made is to see that
all ventilation in the silo wall is ex-
cluded by closing the upper openings
of wall and in case there are any
along the bottom, to close these also.
says an exchange. If the trouble
comes from the freezing of the
silage at the top. we would suggest
that care be exercised in closing any
ventilation through the roof and, in
addition, it viii be found desirable TO
cover the top of the silage with tar
paulin or cloth bags, and in case these
are not available. a covering of straw
will be of some value The purpose
of the covering is to keep out any
circulation of air and to confine all
the heat there is in the silage.
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31
PLANS OUTLINED FOR
PREPARING POULTRY
Best to Kill Fowl by Cutting
Throat With Knife.
Dry-Picking Makes Better Appearing
Product for Market-cooling May
Be Done by Placing Carcasses
in Iced Water.

Birds to be killed and marketed
should be kept without feed for at
least IL hours before killing, say poul-
try specialists of the United States
Department of Agriculture. The best
method of killing is to suspend the
fowl by the legs and through the
mouth cut the jugular vein in the back
of the throat with a sharp-pointed
knife. After prosecuting this vein
once or twice. cut into the roof of the
mouth so as to pierce the brain with
the point of the knife, slightly turning
the point after it has pierced the
brain.
Fowls to be used at home may be
killed more easily by chopping off
their heads. The fowls may be either
dry picked or scalded. Dry-picking
makes a better-appearing market fowl,
but scaldlng, which is easier is often
preferred, if the bird is for home use.
Dry-picking should be done immedi
ately after the bird is killed as the
feathers then come out more easily.
Be careful not to tear the skin. For
scalding, use water heated just below
the boiling point, immersing the fowl
two or three times, or until the feath-
ers pull off easily, but do not leave it
in so long that the skin scalds
Cool the fowls after they are
picked. either by hanging them up in
cool place or soaking them in cold
or iced water Fowls for market are
usually sold undrawn, but for home
or local use they may be drawn by re-
moving the crop through an opening
made in the skin of the neck, and cut
ting around the vent and then remov-
ing the intestines and all other Wis.,
ceral material, making an additional
slit into the abdomen if necessary.
Place the liver and gizzard back in
he body cavity.
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31
sILo WILL HOLD MOST FOOD
Keeps Various Crops in Best Form for
Different Animals Till Needed
Later On.

More food can be stored in a given
space in a silo than in any other build
ing, making it cheap storage. The
silo also makes possible growing the
crop till it has produced the greatest
amount of food per acre, and keep
ing this food in the best form for the
animals till it is needed, Silage is like
having pasture for the live stock the
year around. The silage is nutritious
and has a good effect on the digestion
1t will mean big milk production and
good growth of the animal to which
it is fed.
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31

Tree surgery is comparatively SIM
pie and inexpensive and most persons
can, with little preliminary practice,
undertake the simpler types of tree
repair work that will prove immense
ly profitable in saving fine trees. A
few fundamental principles must be
observed to secure permanently good
results.
ID Remove the dead, decayed, dis
eased or injured wood or bark When
on limb this can often be done best
by removing the entire limb; on a
large limb or on the trunk it may
mean at times digging out the decayed
matter so that cavity is formed.
(2) Sterilize all cut surfaces.
(3) Waterproof all cut surfaces.
(4) Leave the work in the most fa-
vorable condition for rapid healing !;
this will often mean filling or cover
ing deep cavities.
(5) Watch the work from year to
year for defects and if any appear at
tend to them Immediately.
Removing Large Limbs.
A large limb rarely should be re-
moved by a single saw cut from the
upper side, as this usually strips the
bark and wood as it falls. A prelim-
mary cut should be made from the un-
der side, beyond the point for the
final cut; and second cut on the up
per side an inch or more beyond the
first one. Then cut the stub close to
the trunk. A coat of good shellac
should be applied over the entire area
of the bark. outer sapwood. and the
cambium Immediately.
Creosote should be applied to the
rest of the exposed wood not already
covered by the shellac as a protec-
ton, and the entire shellacked and
creosoted surface should be finally wa
terproofed with thick coal tar or as
phalt. Grating wax, particularly the
thick liquid alcoholic kind, is excel
lent for waterproofing small surfaces.
Another good method of treating the
scars is to char the surface with a
gasoline or alcohol blast torch and
then quickly cover the hot surface
with heavy tar, pitch, or hot asphalt.
The treated surfaces should be
watched from year to year and recoat-
ed as necessary to preserve the wa
terproofing.
In removing small branches and
twigs the cut should be made as close
to the supporting branch as possible,
so as to leave no projecting stub. The
pruning wound must be sterilized and
water-proofed. For very small wounds
shellac is handy.
When a wound has been allowed to
remain untreated for a year or more,
decay producing organisms are almost
certain to have started an area of de-
cay and insect activity behind the ex-
posed surface. Such regions gen.
orally require excavation of decayed
and diseased wood and sterilizing and
waterproofing of the cut surfaces.
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31

The tools ordinarily required are
two outside-groun socket-handled
gouges Zone three-fourths of an inch
and the other 1h inches), a knife,
ma&et or hammer, and an oil
stone. Only keen edges should be
used ON the bark or near the cam
blum.
Remove Diseased Wood.
Remove all the diseased or insect
eaten or water-soaked wood. In dis
eased areas of many years standing
there may be only thin shell of
healthy wood around the cavity, in
which case the tree must be braced
or guyed. and it is often better re-
moved and replaced by a healthy one.
Do not leave cavity so it will re-
tain water. In shaping cavity that
is to be filed with cement, ETC., have
the sides undereut, if possible, so as
to hold the filling more firmly in place.
Inrolled bark at the edges of the open
ing should be cut away after the de-
cayed and diseased matter has been
completely excavated and the edges of
the sapwood and bark adjoining the
cambium shellacked. The remainder
of the cavity also must be sterilized.
Creosote is recommended. Over this
heavy waterproof covering should
be applied.
Filling the cavity Is of much less i'm
portance. Often a cavity is better left
untitled. A cavity must be watched
from year to year and any tendency
of the waterproofng to crack, split,
or blister should Immediately be coun-
teracted by repainting.
Where sheet-metal covering is used
there should be a narrow half-ineh
ledge of bare wood around the edge
TO which the margin of the metal can
be tackled. The cavity must be thor
oughly sterilized and waterproofed,
and the sheet metal fitted tight at the
edges.
If a long cavity is to be filed with
cement or asphalt, it usually is advis-
able TO place one or more bolts
through it to hold the wood and filling
more firmly together. Long cavities,
as rule, should be bolted every is
or "a inches.
The most widely used material for
filling cavities is cement, usually in
the form of cement mortar or con-
crete. Under certain conditions as
phalt and sawdust and sand used in
combination with cement blocks OF
with wood would be better than either
used separately, and they often are
more economical. Often large piece:
of wood or smaller sectional pieces
can be fitted TO the opening and the in
terstices filed with the plastic.
The Department of Agriculture in
vites correspondence concerning meth
DDS in tree-repair work, and will be
prepared to advise for or against any
particular method so far as experience
and the results of experiments will
permit.
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31

must fit the job or line of business.
70 meet the situation the manufac-
turers are building many sizes of
trucks, from half-ton to ten-ton ca;
pacity.
One of the units now in great de-
mand is the four-ton truck, which is
being widely used in many lines of
business.
The four-ton truck is especially
adapted to stake body work; that Is,
the carrying of boxed, Grated or barrel
goods. Not only is it a prompt and
reliable carrier for this class of
freight, but it also is economical
Compared with horses, it is far SUI
perior in every way, both as to mile
age ability and cost of upkeep and op-
Grafton.
In times such as these the truck
purchaser should study his situation
most carefully and employ expert ad-
vice whenever possible. Many a man
who buys a five-ton truck should real
ly operate four, and the same 18th
many buyers of three-ton vehicles. A
close study of delivery problems will
prove to many a business man that he
ought to be operating a truck of DIFF.
ferent size than that which he is
using. Get the truck to fit the job.
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31
See ADVANTAGES
IN COOPERATION
Most Effective Organizations
Found Where Farmers Were
Drawn Together.
MANY OBSTACLES, OVERCOME
That Principles Are Fundamentally
Sound and Practical Is Proven by
$4,000 or More Successful So
cieties Now Working.

The success or failure of farm de-
obtained in marketing the products
grown. Experience has proved that
the farmer who undertakes to market
his products through spectators or
who attempts to ship and market them
in some very distant market is labor
ing under a great disadvantage.
Marketing is a specialized function
and is really the most serious problem
confronting the farmer today, and the
rank and file of farmers are not
equipped to perform this service for
themselves in satisfactory manner.
Many difficulties encountered in mar
keting farm crops have been over
come through the organization and
operation of farmers cooperative
marketing associations. Cooperative
marketing has passed the experiment
tai stage, and the 1900 or more ex-
amples of successful organizations in
operation in this country offer posi-
tive proof that the principles of CO.
operative marketing are fundamental
ly sound and practical.
Work of Organization.
The most successful cooperative or
ganizations confine their efforts to the
shipping and marketing of certain spe-
cialized products, such as citrus fruits,
apples, peaches, potatoes, melons,
poultry and eggs, dairy products, live
stock, tobacco and grains. The sub
stantial growth of cooperative mar
keting activities in this country is
perhaps best illustrated by the fact
that the aggregate volume of business
done in single year through coop
erative associations and exchanges
runs up into the hundreds of millions
of dollars.
The handling of farm crops by
groups of farmers through central as
sociations and exchanges offers many
advantages, such as the improvement
and Standardization of grading and
packing; the obtaining and use of re-
liable crop and market information !;
the intelligent development of perma-
nent markets; the effecting of savings
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31

through the collective sale of farm
products and purchase of farm sup
plies; the proper financing of all ac-
tivities, including the building of
warehouses, the preparation of crops
for market, and their movement to the
markets; and the employment of
trained and efficient business and
sales management.
An organization founded on dire
need with a well-defined purpose has
the best chances of success. Farmers
who are satisfied with the results OBJ
tanned without an organization do not
feel a need for an association. Neces-
sity for an organization may arise
from the lack of marketing facilities,
Or from dissatisfaction with existing
agencies. When cooperative mar
keting association Is under considera-
ton it is advisable to have a pre-
liminary survey made by competent
local people or by experienced coop
erative organization specialists from
the United States Department of Agri-
culture. whose advice and services
are available upon request In max
ing such survey care should be taken
to ascertain the need for an organiza-
ton, the attitude of the farmers to-
ward such an undertaking, and the ap-
proximate development of business
available
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31
AVOID SUNScALD IN WINTER
Wire, Boards or Corn Fodder May Be
Employed to Prevent Injury
to Young Trees.

Smooth bark trees, like young ap-
pie trees, mountain ash and Eastwood,
are apt to be injured by, sunscald
during the winter. Shade on the
southwest side of the tree will pre-
vent this. Wire, boards or corn fodder
may be used.
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31
Spot Markets at a Glance.
EGGS DROP 5 TO 8 CENTS.
tleav. Receipts Of Western Produet
Force Market Down.

New York.-Prices of fresh Western
eggs dropped five to eight cents a
dozen in the New York market to the
basis of from y to 70 cents per dozen
wholesale. This represents decrease
of about 10 cents from prices quoted a
week ago. Local wholesalers explained
that the decrease was due TO heavy
receipts from the West and Southwest.
caused by unusually warm weather fos
this season.
The Lambertville record., 1920-12-31
PRODUCE SUDAN GRASS SEED
Most of Commercial Product Ii
Grown in States of Texas, okla
homa and Kansas.

Most of the commercial Sudan grass
seed is produced in Texas. Oklahoma
and Kansas, but western Missouri and
eastern Colorado and New Mexico
also produce more seed than is needed
for local consumption