Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27
AGRICULTURE

1t has long been rule on well-man-
aged farms to milk and feed the cows
ct the same hours every day. Regu-
larity was always thought to have a
beneficial effect on production. How
ever, experiments carried on by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture on the Government farm at
beltsville, Nd, have shown that cows
Of average production MIXED at the
same hours every day produced but
slightly more milk and slightly less
butterfat than those MIXED at ran
dom, provided the feeding was done at
regular times. When the feeding as
we'll as the milking was done at ran
dom hours the cows produced about
8 per cent less of both milk and fat.
The Office Of Cereal Investigations
in the Bureau Of Plant Industry,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, is working steadily to improve
the varieties Of wheat and other cere-
els grown in this country.
In the annual report of the bureau
recently made public are listed among
the significant accomplishments Of the
past fiscal year, two new wheats man,
ed Forward and Honor that have been
developed in the breeding experiments
in cooperation with the agricultural
experiment station of the Cornell
University. These are now being
grown commercially, and seed is Of
fered for sale by seedsmen and farm
ers in New York state.
Kota, bearded, hard red spring
variety, discovered in 1918 to be es-
recially resistant to stem rust, was
grown in 1921 at 80 experiment sta.
lions to determine its value in conf
parison with adapted commercial va
rieties Of both common and durum
wheats. During the past three years
it's resistance to stem rust has proved
nearly equal to that of the most re-
sistant durum varieties. The com
mercial stocks of Kota seed were in
creased to about 5000 bushels in 1921
and nearly all Of this was sown in
1922.
A number of other varieties devel-
oped by the department have continu-
ed to give good satisfaction with the
result that their commercial produc-
ton has been increased considerably.
Senator Weller will be very glad 70
distribute free, of charge his quota of
vegetable and flower seeds for spring
Planting to any resident of Maryland
who will write him, by postal or let
ter, on or before February Is, 1929,
to Room 227, Senate Office Building,
Washington, d. c. He will send each
applicant one or more packages, the
number depending upon the quantity
he has to distribute. Each package
contains five varieties Of seeds.
Care should be taken to give the
correct name and address of the ap-
plicant, and to state whether flower
or vegetable seeds or both, are d..
sired.
The seeds will be forwarded on OF
before March /, 1923.
A new one-reel film, entitled "Mak.
ing Poultry Pay" designed to present
the fundamentals of poultry raising
for the small producer, has just been
completed for the Bureau of Animal
Industry, and is now released for dis
tribution by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
This picture stresses the points that
the beginner in poultry raising must
observe if he is to hope for success.
Quality Of stock, care in selecting
eggs for setting hen or the incubator
ventilation and sanitation in provio-
ing quarters for the hens, treatment
of diseases, and the kind of rations to
feed for egg production, are some { {
the phases of the business covered.
Being popular rather than techn;-
cal in treatment, making Poultry
Pay" should be of value for use IN
communities where poultry consti-
tutes a side line in general farming,
rather than where fouls are raised OH
a commercial scale. The picture may
be borrowed for limited periods from