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COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 20. - Ohio
ranks fourth OF the states with the
number of farm motor trucks, with
|7319, and ninth In the number OF
TRACTORS, with 1O,469. a. report issued
|by the federal bureau OF the census
shows. One farm In every 35 In this
istate has a motor truck, and one In
every "a, owns tractor.
Pennsylvania, New York, and Iowa
/, lead in the number Of farm-owned
trucks with 1912, 9259, and 1910, re-
spectively, while Illinois boasts the
greatest number Of tractors, with 49,.
l1O2. Iowa, Kansas, and Minnesota
ranked next.
Automobiles were owned on 46 per
cent Of Ohio farms, and 81 percent of
them had telephones. Automobiles
were reported for more than half the
farms in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dako.
ia, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dako-
ia, California, and Illinois. Now quite
q lone out of six Ohio farms has water
lpiped into the house, and about one
, Iout of seven farm houses has gas or
electric light. In California, water
/ is piped into more than half the farm
houses.
Fifty.seven students in the beef cat
) .1ltle class of the animal husbandry de-
partment at Ohio State University
Ihave formed one of the first organiza
!, Itions of it's kind in a college-a coop
'lerative stock buying company to car
= fitting and selling pure bred stock
Try on experiments in buying, feeding
OF the company was di
rected by Professor T. Conkiln. The
: lstudents have purchased two pure
1bred Shorthorn heifers as their frs
a. business venture.
Officers and members Of the execu
tive committee of the company, &C
companied by Professor Conklin, Wis
tied several Ohio herds recently an
selected two animals of suitabl
breeding and individuality. One come
from the herd Of r. D. McGinigl'
Delaware, and the other from s.
Denton and Sons, Mt. Gilead. Thes
animals now are in the college ST
bles, and are being fitted for the Obi
State Shorthorn sale, January 10 an
II, 1922.
IN Forty-six head of livestock from tt
Ohio State University farm are beir
,ss shown at the International Livestot
Show, which started in Chicago ye
IN terday. The number is made up OF
sheep, 26 hogs, and 2 Percheron fillie
ke. the pick of the University stock.
The Percherons were winners in Il
,,v Futurity class at the state fair la
fall.
he The first dairy show at Ohio Sta
University since 1916, will be held
ar. the University armory during Far
ers' week, January 80, to February
md 1922. 1t will be held under the a,
pices of the Progressive Dairy Clt
lrd a students organization. Compe
tive exhibits of milk, cream, and b
,sy ter will be shown, and testing demo
strations will be given.
Mice breeding, to determine the p
;.,. sibility of applying the same prin
pies to live stock breeding, is bel
studied by Ohio State University s
dents. The students are working n
on color inheritance.
Because live stock multiplies sic
ly, and because breeding experimel
IA in live stock are too expensive,
present rperiments are being watch
with considerable interest. 1t
,tcr been found that the results can be
Ak. piled with success to larger anims
n,r materially Fastening an understa
, of ing of the hereditary characters
her live stock and offering breeders
and more complete knowledge.
l.GO
To control the peach leaf curl,
tho ticultural extension experts at o
g., in State University are recommend
spraying when the buds are dorms
thus killing the curl before it gets
tablished between the scales of
buds. A late fall spray is effective
A gallon of lime sulphur, to se'
gallons of water is a good mixture
of snrav with where an orchard "a :
rei from scale, the spray may be veal