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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-16O acres. Good for
Turkeys. Will let to party who
will pay taxes and keep up place.
Will sell Mrs. Dearinger. 24tf
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02

FOR RENT - Light housekeeping
rooms. Mrs. Mahoney. If
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02

FOR SALE Fancy Guernsey Bull
Calves and Grade Bull Calves,
prices reasonable. Inquire w. Wicher,
Indian Cove, via Hammett, Idaho
2St4
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02
WANTED

WANTED-Boy to herd dairy cows.
Call at The Daisy Dairy. 30t2
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02

FOR SALE - Good family COW 6
years old, fresh in April. $45.O0
H. C. Beach. *2St2
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02

More COWS are needed and then
after that we need SOME MORE
COWS.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02

WANTED-Clean cotton rags, &c per
pound. No lace curtains, carpet
rags or socks wanted. Republican
Office.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18

production; have vigor, constitution
and health; and command highest
prices from the buyers.
1.-THE calves selected should be out
of the best cows in the herd, and By
bred-for-p production sires. A calf that
is well born, has good lines and the
characteristic features, of feed ca
pacity, dairy temperament and con-
stitution is most apt to grow into a
successful dairy COW. Dairymen who
do not have calves of desirable breed
ing and type may often buy them for
butchers prices from herds close to
large condensing factories or cities
where there is surplus OF desirable
breeding stock"
Care Needed to Raise Calves.
Humphrey advocates leaving the
calf with its mother for the first two
to four days, after which it may be
raised by careful hand feeding. Two
to five pounds of its mothers milk
three times a day at first will encour-
age the greatest growth of the young
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
GOOD DAIRY CALVES
HELP FARM PROFITS
Selection, Care and Feeding
Are Essentials in Rails
ing Calves.

1T will pay the dairymen of every
community to organize campaign for
raising better dairy calves" says G.. G.
Humphrey OF the Wisconsin college
Of agriculture
Every dairyman in Wisconsin real
ICES the importance of good dairy
herd. In order to have a good herd,
Humphrey believes it is necessary to
raise good dairy calves. On the av-
erage dairy farm, Well-grown heifers
frequently increase the returns from
feed and labor by taking the place of
poor cows. Besides, the well-estab-
lished markets for dairy cattle enable
dairymen to sell choice surplus stock
at good prices.
.'Too much Importance cannot be
placed upon the selection of calves for
dairy purposes" says Humphrey. "a
good calf will reach maturity at a
comparatively early age; possess ca
pacity for feed and profitable milk
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Selling Inferior Stock
to Purchase Pure BREEDS

In connection with the Better Sires
Better Stock" campaign conducted
by the various states and the United
States Department of Agriculture,
many farmers are disposing Of infe-
rior live stock and are replacing them
with better bred animals The rea-
sons for the change are believed to
be of interest to live stock owners
throughout the country.
A Texas dairyman who had been
using grade beef bull at the head of
his dairy herd was readily induced to
obtain a pure bred dairy bull, to quail
ify in the better-sires campaign.
A West Virginia stockman replaced a
grade ram with q pure bred because
the latter was a better individual and
he believed it would help him to dis
pose of surplus stock.
A Vermont dairyman disposed Of an
inferior pure bred bull because he was
unable to obtain satisfactory produc-
ton records and was rather mediocre
as an individual"
An Oklahoman, in qualifying for the
better-sires campaign, stated that he
disposed of a "red buIl'' of unknown
breeding in order to purchase pure
bred.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
DAIRYMEN PROFIT
BY TESTING COWS

"The average Wisconsin dairy farm
er can increase his income 80 per
cent" declares A. J. Cramer of the
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
'"This is not a 'get-rich-quick' scheme,
nor plan to sell blue sky oil stock.
'The average COW, on the average
farm, where a scrub sire presides over
the mixed herd, no testing is done, and
no milk sheet kept, does WE'LL" Cramer
continues, ito average It's pounds of
butterfat a year. On the other hand
cows in carefully kept herds, tested
in a COW testing association, fed in
accordance with modern methods, and
headed by pure bred sire, seldom
average less than 275 pounds of fat a
year, and in such herds pound-a-day
cows are common. Many, of course,
maintain still higher averages.
.sIt is obvious then that all the aver
age dairyman has to do to increase
his income so per cent or more is to
get rid of his scrub sire, weed out his
'boarder' cows, adopt modern testing
methods, and check up on his animals
through a COW testing association"
While more than 1000 dairy farmers
are doing this through COW testing as
sociations, Cramer finds others blaming
fate for their small profits and ignor-
ing their opportunities to build In
come.
Wisconsin leads the United States in
number of COW testing associations.
Cramer says, with 1853 active organiza-
tons, testing 76,101 cows. This is 3.5
per cent of the total number of dairy
cows in the state.
Only 100 of the All members of
testing associations head their herds
with scrub bulls, Cramer finds. On the
other hand, go per cent of the farmers
in the state use the scrub.
The average butterfat production for
association cows is 273 pounds year.
In 10 associations the average is over
300 pounds and % have herds that
average more than 400 pounds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Preparation of Seeded
Has Important Bearins

The preparation Of the seeded has
an important bearing on the control
Of the Hessian fly, as well as on the
yield of wheat. Since infestation in
the fall wheat comes mainly from
two sources tubble of previous crops
and volunteer wheat-it is imperative
that these sources be eliminated. This
can be done (where wheat is not used
as nurse crop for clover) by blowing
the land soon after harvest to depth
Of about six inches. Care should be
taken to turn the stubble under at
least three inches of soil. The COM
bined rolling coulter and jointer has
been found very efficient in the cover
ing of stubble, weeds, volunteer wheat
and trash.
If it is not possible to plow soon
after harvest, the land should be thor
oughly disked at that time. Disking
not only conserves the moisture and
makes blowing easier, but also starts
the growth of volunteer wheat. and
this is conducive to the early emer-
gence of the fly. The land should be
plowed to a depth of about six inches
and worked down into a good seed
bed. The soil should be kept mellow
and free from vegetation until wheat
seeding time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18

floors and from drafts are good. Sun
light during the winter prevents
damp, frosty stables and adds to the
success in raising calves. In summer
calves will be most comfortable in
darkened stables which provide pro-
lection from flies and the hot sun.
The greatest growth and develop
ment are secured, Humphrey warns,
only by giving attention to feed and
care throughout the second as well as
the first year of the heifer's life.
Corn silage, good legume hay, and a
grain mixture consisting Of ground
corn, ground oats, wheat bran, and
linseed meal provide good growing
rations for heifers over six months
old during the winter period.
It is a mistake, he believes, to al
low heifers to run down in flesh, to
cease making a good rate Of growth,
by neglecting them while on pasture.
Pastures should provide an abundance
of feed, or concentrates and hay are
needed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Beans Thrive on
Different Soils
Crop Will Do Best on Warm,
Sandy Loans and Sits
Prepare by Flowing.

Beans will grow on almost any kind
of soil, from adobes to light sandy
loans. They do best, however, on
warm, sandy loans and sandy Sits.
Preparation of the soil for beans
should commence prior to the season
in which the beans are grown, and
should take into consideration proper
rotation and manuring. The soil
should be prepared by blowing. Wher-
ever fall blowing may be done with
out danger of serious fall blowing, the
soil should be plowed in the fall. In
the spring this land should be worked
down into seed bed, making as good
a seed bed as would be made for
beets or corn. Where spring blowing
Is done 1t should be done early.
Preparing Seed Bed.
Beans respond to good preparation
Consequently enough attention should
be paid to disking, narrowing and
compacting the seed bed. In some
sections listing has been attempted as
the method of preparing the soil for
bean planting. Listing, however, is
poor practice except upon soils which
cannot be safely plowed because of
their very strong tendency to blow.
Where the land Is prepared by listing
there Is a tendency to slow up the
development of the crop and delay ma
turity In addition to these handicaps
beans planted by the listing method
are more difficult to harvest; espe-
cially if there is damp weather during
the harvest there is likely to be much
damage to the pods by coming in con-
tact with the soil The tendency to
pick up adobe soil or stones is in
creased at harvesting time. If listing
is done at all, it Should be very shall
low, so as to make the furrow to be
filed about the growing plants as shall
low as possible.
PIow in the Fall.
1t is not always necessary to pillow
land in preparing bean seed bed.
Where the land was we'll plowed the
year previous and in wheat, a good
seed bed may be prepared without
blowing, provided the wheat stubDle
is disked right after the binder to
keep down weeds in the fall. The
spring preparation may consist Of
disking when the weeds start, which
will destroy the weeds and prevent
the formation of a crust, and then
disking and narrowing Immediately
before planting. After cultivated
crop such as corn, which has been
we'll cultivated, a seed bed may often
be prepared by disking and narrowing.
On irriglted lands after suga,; beets
or potatoes, it is not necessary to
pillow in preparing bean seed bed.
Disking, leveling and narrowing will
be sufficient in these circumstances
Alvin Kezer, Chief Agronomist, Colo
RADIO Agricultural College.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Good Breeding Stock Is
Best Paying Investment

In support Of increasing evidence
that well-bred live stock pays better
return on investment than scrub stock,
a Massachusetts, dairyman notified the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture of his experience. He purchased
a pure bred heifer bred to an excellent
pure bred bull of the same breed The
heifer cost $500. He sold the first bull
calf for $500, and the second one for
$500 The next calf, heifer, sold for
1925, and the milk produced by the COW
during the SO months covered by the
report sold for S1,275- The total IN
come thus received totaled $2,100, and
the farmer still owns the original ami
NAL The COW has made very credit
able milk and butterfat records in the
the meantime, qualifying for the ad-
vanced register.
81 think this Stock the farmer
states in conclusion, shows the value
of getting good pure bred stock for a
foundation. Even after making the
deduction for feed and labor, there is
a much larger return than from a
grade"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Convenient Nests Easy
to Keep in Good Order

Good nests are easy to clean and
easy to get at when collecting eggs.
They are most convenient to reach
wlen located under the dropping
boards or on the side walls Unless
the dropping boards are at least four
feet from the floor, the nests should
not be under them.
There should be one nest for every
four birds in the pen. A box Il by II
inches is the most suitable size for the
average bird. A / by 4-inch piece
placed about four inches in front Of
the nests will give the hen a place to
step from into the nest. BY Ringing
this strip it can be used to close the
nests against pullets in the fall and
the broody hens in the spring.
The New Jersey experiment station
ranks nesting materials In the follow
ing order: hay, shavlngs, sawdust
and straw To make cleaning easy,
they suggest building nests In sections
IL by IL by 16 inches, with strip In
front Of by 4-inch material to hold
In the nest filler and similar strip
for the back Of the nests. This sets
on a platform the width of the nests
and as long as the row Of nests is to
be. The nests are covered with top
Of matched lumber which answers for
the platform for the second tier of
nests. When it is desired to clean
the nests, they are simply pulled off
the platform and all the nest material
falls to the floor. These nests can be
used either under the dropping boards
or on the side walls.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Invite Suggestions for
Live Stock Improvement

Suggestions for new information
needed on live stock Improvement are
invited by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture in recent sum-
mary Of results of the Better Sires
Better Stock" campaign. During the
progress Of the campaign thus far the
department has obtained information
on the cause and prevention of runty
stock, the utility value of pure breds,
the utilization of feed by good and in
ferior stock, and the meat yields of
different classes of food animals.
Plans are now under way to get adj
ditional facts and dependable esti-
mates on number Of other practical
questions. 1t is on this proposed
work that suggestions are especially
invited. Such information, it is be-
lieved, will greatly advance the work
of live stock Improvement. Commune
cations should be addressed to the bu-
reau of animal industry, United States
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, d. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Diseases of Apples
Found in Storage
Percentage Depends on the
Growth and Preparation.

prepared by the United States Departments
of Agriculture.)
The percentage Of diseases, particu-
larly rots and scald, found in apples in
storage and on the market depends,
according to the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, upon their whole
past history that Is, upon the condi-
tions under which they were grown
and prepared for market, the amount
of disease they showed when they
were shipped or when they went into
storage, and finally, upon the condi-
lions under which they were held, in
transit or in storage. The percentage
of disease depends to considerable
extent, also, upon the length of time
the apples have been kept in storage,
those stored longest being the most
seriously affected. Inspection Of the
commercial apple crop over a four
year period showed that the box crop
suffered from steady increase in per-
centage of disease from October till
June; the barrel crop only from De-
cember to June.
All dudlJ VI LAlC AOSOANo ~ sSAAO
inspection service for 5,222 cars in
spected during the four-year period,
1917 to 1921, Is published In Depart
ment Bulletin 1858, Diseases of APP
pies on the Market" Considering the
inspections for the four-year period as
whole, blue-mold rot occurred more
commonly than any other disease. In
the box crop, scald was second and
other rots third; in the barrel crop,
other rots exclusive of black rot came
second and black rot came third. Sum-
mer and fall varieties showed less dis
ease, on the average, than winter or
long-storage varieties.
In the barrel crop the percentage of
disease was less in cars from New
York, Michigan, Virginia and West
Virginia than in those from all other
eastern states, considered as whole.
The percentage of disease in the box
crop was slightly heavier in cars from
Idaho than in those from all other
western states considered as whole.
A copy Of this bulletin Department
Bulletin 1859 may be secured, as long
as the supply lasts, from the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, d. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Drainage Great
Help to Gumbos
Should Be Plowed in Fall
When in Good Condition
and Easy to Work.

Soils designated by the term gum
Boz" include those that are more or
less gummy and sticky, and they are
often poorly drained. Because they
contain a high percentage Of clay, they
do not drain easily. If an attempt Is
made to work such soil before 1t is
in proper condition, the results are
disastrous.
w. A. Albrecht of Missouri has
made a careful study of gumbo soils
and the most satisfactory methods OF
management. He recommends drain
age as the first thing to consider. This
is best done by combination OF tile
and open bitches. The tile may be
omitted, however, If the expense ap-
pears too great, for it is necessary to
lay the lines close together. The open
ditch Is made in the natural water
course and the field then plowed into
permanent lands 16 to 20 rows wide
so the dead furrow will drain into the
open ditch.
Drainage Helps.
Drainage helps to loosen the soil,
and after a few years improves Its
nature considerably. Corn should be
plowed level so heavy rains can run
off rapidly. The open-ditch method is
the one generally used on land recent
ly brought under cultivation.
The second important consideration
In the successful management of gum
DO is suitable cropping system, says
Albrecht. A popular rotation for
gumbo is corn, wheat, timothy and
clover. The corn Is cut as early as
possible, the land disked and sowed
to wheat and timothy. Late in the
winter, when the ground is "honey-
combed," clover seed is put on. The
wheat may be omitted and timothy
sown directly on the stalks, which may
be worked down after the ground is
frozen. Alsike may do better than red
clover. Oats are not recommended.
Corn Is Favored.
Because gumbo is considered fertile
there is a general tendency to plant it
to corn. AS rule, however, it is bet
ter suited to grass and small grains.
Should wheat lodge badly, 1t will be
necessary to use corn, but ordinarily
wheat is preferable because it can be
sown in the fall when the ground is in.
good condition. Furthermore, the fine
roofing system of wheat improves the
soil structure.
The third point to bear in mind with
gumbo Is cultivation. Pillow in the fall
when the soil Is in good condition and
works easily. If possible, allow at
least two rains on it before planting.
Use a surface cultivator, for it will
stay up out of che sticky soil and form
a dust mulch that prevents the ground
from cracking Avoid large shovel
cultivators and never work gunlbo
when it is wet. A little haste at such
a time results In a hard-baked soil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18

calf. The milk should be fell at body
temperature or about 80 to 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit. The calf should
be fed whole milk for at least three
weeks or until it has had not less
than 800 or 400 pounds. The ration
should then be changed gradually to
skim milk. This change will take
week or ten days. Greatest returns
on skim milk will be secured by feed
ing not more than 20 pounds a day.
When the calf is ten days or two
weeks old it will begin to eat small
amounts Of choice hay, according to
Humphrey. A good quality of clover,
alfalfa, or June grass hay is best.
Stale or moldy hay may cause trouble.
A concentrate mixture which
Humphrey has found excellent for
calves receiving skim milk is three
parts by weight of ground oats, four
of ground corn, two of wheat bran,
and one of linseed meal. A concen-
trate mixture should be fed in such
quantities as the calves will eat with
out waste up to five pounds head
daily for older calves.
Need Pure Water and Salt.
Calves need plenty of pure fresh
water and salt. Free access to them
will be the best way to regulate the
supply. Pens must be kept clean and
comfortable. Board overlays to pro.
tect the calves from cold cement
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Chicken Lice Destroyed
bv DINING in Solution

Chicken lice can be easily destroyedl
by dipping the birds in solution OF
sodium fiuorid and water. Five ounces
Of sodium iuorid dissolved In tub
containing five gallons of water will
be sufficient to treat 100 adult birds
or twice that number of chickens ten
to twelve weeks old. Every bird on
the place should be drenched in this
solution to entirely eliminate poultry
lice for the next few months. Selectf
a warm day and dip the birds early
in the forenoon
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-18
Central Depot for
Return Truck Loads
Of Great Benefit to Both
Farmers and Truckers.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
investigations by the bureau of pub
lie roads of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture indicate that
a central depot or warehouse where
trucks delivering farm products to
cities may secure return loads Is OF
great benefit to both farmers and
truckers
A large number of trucks enter each
of our cities daily bringing milk, gar
den and other farm products. Nest
of them return empty, so that half of
the mileage travelled is without profit.
Many have attempted to secure re-
turn Loads by giving cheap rates and
going to various points about the city
to collect shipments. In some cases
this has proved worth while, but in
others 1t has been abandoned, as the
profits did not justify the time and
expense.
In the city of Baltimore number
of motortruck operators are main
tanning jointly central freight depot,
which, according to all Of the truck
operators who make use Of 1t, is a
great success. Any freight or mer-
chandise to be delivered to farmers
in the surrounding territory may be
delivered at this station through the
delivery system Of concerns from
which purchases are made. A truck
from the country after delivering the
incoming load calls for the freight
consigned to points along it's route.
This plan does away with the hit
and-miss system of collecting mer-
chandise all over the city from many
different business and manufacturing
concerns. One operator who has kept
record Of his expenses and profits
has found that his truck earned in one
year a net profit of $2,362, of which
fully 65 per cent was due to return
load earnings.