The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-09

The value % cleaning wheat
% threshink time 50 once more
demonstrated ID experiments
pskosAs By the United States
bSpstEmsnt OF Agricuitute.
FARMERS coopsEating IN the eT.
periments With tbs most cue.
eeSsftil fscleAnsr gained an aver
ssSh bushsl thssiSsd. Various
types OF cleaning machines were
operated q connecsioA with
tkrSshsts, The 4. csnts galn
per 6pshsi includes the higher
priEe resolved tor the cleaned
wheat Me Ya1ue Of the screen.
iAEs removed md used for feed.
and q snail sAYing 10 tgApspor
talion. Nc AAakge was made to
cover the operation Of the 70.
clsensrs but Il q pointed out
hAt II . charge Of % much g. :
ssnts Per osiahsl had bssn made:
Simple ana sfic sissps disc es fscles n:
selSsssta rsesIvsd lie Sssfts IS.
d6Fxefne nt Of Abfing wheat farm
era because the new method not
6nly gives them . premium for
their wheat but also permits
them 70 make valuable uAe Of
TshSir toekagS which had pre-.
Fioasls sssa q so'sl los.
STOP sRREAp OF DISEASES
AZ the reeept W9rld's Dairy CON
gross. held q Washtpg ton, b. C., Dr..
John r. M6hlsf, chief OF the bur.
eAl OF animal industry, suggested
to the delegates that Efforts should
be made to obtain sorhe unif0rmfty
In the laws Of the various countries
regulating International trade In
lisestpck. Hotie move d this sort
is needed row, said Doctor Mohler,
because Of the great extent OF In.
tesnational trade In livestock, and
bseansa Of the prevalence Of de:
stSpctive animal diseases In many
parts OF the world. Certain funda.
mental features which probably
would be desirable Cor oil countries
were BROUGHT out - the statement
made to the delegates. 1t was sug.
rented that each country engaged In
domestic and foreign commerce IN
tsblish q competent veterinary serF.
have no riehf-t5 eSneof its af,imais
TO be received In other countries;
provisions should be made to pre.
vent the spread Of CONTAGIOUS dis.
eases In the country, the intro
LECTION Of infection from abroad. or
the transmission or diseases to other
countries: aud there should be an
internationRl cooperative system Of
exchange cooperative ID regard to
tries.
About eight years ago d farm
boy IN q. remote section OF Row
an county, N. c., Joined q big
club which the county agricui.
tnral extension aren't vas Or
gsniSing, and. As big club mem
hers do apder the guidance az
the COUNTY agent. he Ted and
cared for 2 pig. in THE case q
ils9s year tie comfy s lat III s sSs
tension agent. Recently when q
new agent came to the county
and Visited this section he found
that the club member, J. II.
MORGAN. now grown and on bis
own farm, has kept up his club
practices. has DEVELOPED q herd
of Poland China hogs OF excel.
lent type, and ia regarded as the
best hog grower In his com.
munlty.
AREA TESTING PLAN
Testing cattle for tuherculosis IN.
der the area plan-tbat is TESTING
al the cattle at once In q county on
other AREA is proving very popular
in many parts Of the Country. one
reason "a that county freed Of this
disease is q eentef TO which cattle
biyers are attracted; another is
that large nunibers Of cattle can be
tested a. a lover cost than when
only q feF herds or single herd
are tested. During. the past year
nearly N,S0o.000 cattle were tested
under this plan. and this was more
than 80 per- cent Of oil the cattle
tested ID the United states. A
reported as HAVING finisSed testing
alf Of tie cattle Within their bofaers
shows that the work was done at q
head, which incinSed all expenses.
exclusive Of indemnity. so faf
eighty.ons. counties have finished
testing ali OF the cattle once. an
increase OF nifty counties over the
year. Seventeen counties
-ore in Indiana, 2 In Tennessee
four 10 Michigan, and ten IN North
Caroli1a-have been approved as
modified accredited areas and cattle
may now be moved from within their
borders when properly Identified
without q frbercdiin test for 4 net.
iod Of three years to such States
as Will all; accept this class q cattle.
The spruce budyorm Is caus.
ing serious defoliations OF spruce
and ar ID northern and central
Idaho, Id the Yosemite National
3 Park, and In the Tower rails
and Camp Roosevelt sections or
Wyoming This destructive In.
sect, which has devastated thk
sprues and haffam fir forests az
Quebec, Ontario, New Bruins.
wick; and Maine, Is apparentiy
Distributed throughout the west.
ern ktatee.
ADyANcE CROP DATA
Reports of intentions OF farmers
70 plant crops are to be issued reg
nlarly hereafter by the f1nitkd
States department, OF agricultJire In
response TO demands from farmers
all oyer the country that the service
be. continued aud expanded. re-
D IssE,.S p i, spE a = crops iil IS
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