The Ocala banner., 1922-04-28

" pciCeHI ieSS than that from
Japanese cane or sorghum.
Among the newer crops comes Ma.
pier and Merker grasses. which ara
wei adapted to Florida. They rank
hlgh in food value, and their ranid
succuient growth makes them espe.
ciaiiy valuable as soiling crops.
FOR pasture grasses Bermuda and
Para take the lead. While Bermuda
mas been outlawed in MANY places
from the fact that it is so difficult
10 eradicate, it nevertheless gives
the largest amount of pasturage
for given area than any other south.
ern grass. Para grass requires a lit
Tie more attention than Bermuda
put It's yield is considerably greater
II also produces good yields of hav
velvet beans is crop that all
dalrymen should plant as much of as
possible, since it equals cottonseed
meal as milk producer. According
TO Professor j. NJ. Scott of the Flor
IDA Experiment Station. velvet beans
will reduce the feed bill of the dairy
man by so percent 1t takes three
pounds of velvet beans in the pod to
equal one pound of cottonseed meal.
but five tons of velvet beans in the
pod can be grown for what one ton
OF cottonseed meal will cost.
Chips
The last man to starve will be a
farmer.
Milk is an A-No. food for children
and it's just as good for grown-ups.
There amt anything any better to
look at than a field of growing corn"
says Grandfather Corntassel.
Give me the willing worker who
sees things as they are and is trying
hard to improve them by his own
service.
Don't eat spoiled foods, especially
those that have been canned They
often cause serious illness and some
times death.
If you succeed in the livestock game
without raising your own feed at
home, you may say that you are one
out of hundred.
Grow a few acres of peanuts. IL
will mean cash whether you sell the
peanuts outright or pasture them to
porkers. They also improve the land.
Well-managed hens make money
even when eggs are cheap. Poorly
managed hens doubtlessly never MAKE
money. Get rid OF your slackers
Good care Of the horse in spring
and early summer will pay dividends
later. Clean off old hair, especially
under the collars, and prevent trou-
blesome sores.
There is more profit in keeping a
few good cows than in keeping many
poor ones. Keep milk records and
find out which of your mixers are
loafing on the job.
| Anthracnose causes enormous losses
| in the watermelon fields of Florida
every year Spray yours with bor-
deaux mixture, using a 4-4-50 solu-
tion. and prevent your share of this
loss.
Florida lands may be kept busy
growing crops practically all the year.
thus preventing teaching and aroslon
and making it possible to produce, IN
the aggregate, as much as states
further north that have richer soils.
The Forest Service, United States
Department of Agriculture adopted
the following slogan for Forest Pro-
lection Week:
Green forests yield abundant tim
Der supply. reduce lumber prices IN
sure houses for all, provide outdoor
Fairgrounds, increase streamhoW'
build up communities, support indus
tries. use waste lands, create ma
tional wealth.
Forest fires destroy green forests
deplete our timber supply, increase
lumber prices, devastate forest COM
munities, sustain no industries, drive
away wild life, reduce streamfiow'
Law waste the beauty spots, reduce ma
tional prosperity.
Prevent forest fires. it pays.
e,.oa;al nrizoS are TO be Ouer6u at