The Ocala banner., 1922-08-04

These Junior farmers owned. last year.
76,148 head Of farm animals and SD
2S6 fowls, representing a total value
of $3,e05,176.
Kill The Scaly Leg Mites
Scaly leg of chickens is a very
common condition in the farm flock
and one that causes considerable
loss in the egg basket. 1t is caused
by the boring Of small mite into the
flesh OF the feet and legs, causing a
secretion which hardens on the legs
forming scales.
The mites are embedded in the flesh
Oh the legs and feet and in order to
Kill them they must be treated with
a penetrating oil, according to r. C.
Blake, poultry instructor of the Col
lege Of Agriculture.
The best treatment is the constant
application of an ointment made of
l part oil of caraway to parts Of
white vaseline, until the legs are
clean. Another method is to take a
quart can full Of kerosene and dip the
legs to within an ich of the knees in
the oil. Great care should be exercis-
ed in preventing any of the oil from
getting on the feathers as it will
blister the skin underneath.
The mite is found giving the most
trouble where fowls are confined on
dry barren runs, or on soils filled with
ashes or cinders. The baby chicks
viii also take the mites from the
mother during the brooding period
and appear on their legs at the end of
two or three months.
New Process to Prevent Sirup From
Fernentiag or Crystallizing
Sugar cane sirup if evaporated too
thick will crystalline, while, on the
other hand, thin sirup is very likely
to ferment. Experiments have shown
grees Baume (22-23 per cent water),
does not readily ferment in warm
weather, and sirup containing as lit
tie as % per cent water will crystal
lie.
Thus the problem of making
sirup that can be transported, stored
and marketed in bulk thruout the
year, develops into the production of
a sirup that will not crystalline when
proximately % per cent This is ac-
complished by changing the sucrose
of the cane juice TO invert sugar by
adding little yeast extract, or lin
yertase.
The use of invertase necessitates
The evaporation of the cane juice to
si1up in two stages. 1t is first evap-
Grated to semi-sirup, and the in
yertase added, then, after a lapse of
12 hours, the semi-sirup is evapo-
ra,ed TO the desired density.
The equipment required in making
sirup by this process, includes two
evaporators, one TO cook the semi
sirup TO finished sirup, and one
to evaperate mill Juice to semi-sirup.
Two tanks for treating the semi-sirup
with inverlase are also needed These
tanks should be Of 500 gallon capa-
city for plant that will grind 10 tons
Of cane a day.
The manufacture of sirup by the
invertase process is simple and mex
pensiye, and any experienced sirup
maker can follow the process success
fully. Invertase is a commercial pro
duct and can be purchased in guam
tity.
The Agricultural Extension Divi-
sions Gainesville, Fla, will furnish all
details Of the process on request.
Six Cows Give Quart of MiiH
Day for TO Babies
The improvement Of dairy cows
means a great deal more than increas-
ed profits to the dairyman. 1t means
cheaper food and more milk, the best
bone and muscle maker for children
What this Improvement means is
brought out forcefully by poster
prepared by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and sent free
to interested persons
An ordinary COW or scrub produces
only enough milk to feed children a
quart a. day, while a good COW yields
enough to give 20 children a quart a
day. The supercow, and there are