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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-02-02

Sewing Machines repaired. Singer
Co, 116 n. Main st. adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-02-02
IN THE CHURCHES

MT. PLEASANT M. p. CHURCH.
Rev. w. &. Pettet, Pastor.
Services Sunday as follows:
$50 a. M, Glass Meeting.
1890 a. m. and 7.30 p. m, preaching b
Rev. w. l.. Morton.
2.30 p. M. Sabbath School.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
Sweet Glover of Great
Value as Pasture Crop

The advantages of sweet clover are:
It is easily grown, does well on poor,
low. washed land improves soil WITH
stands drought; yields big first year; ;
starts up early second year; provides
pasture throughout the season; is high
in protein; does not bloat; and does
not winterkill readily.
The disadvantages of sweet clover
are that it encroaches on and reduces
weld Of the grain nurse crop. and that
it produces rather coarse hay in Sec
ond year.
Where finer quality Of hay IS de-
sired. one should cut the sweet clover
with the grain the first year. 1t IS
comparable to first cutting of alfalfa
with respect to quality at that stage.
However, we have found sweet clover
of greatest value to US as pasture
because of its earliness and because
of the fact that it remains sweet and
green when blue grass fails, says a
writer In an exchange. In contrast TO
other years we have practically not
touched our hay supply during sum-
mer or fail, as twenty-five acres OF
splendid sweet clover were available
to the cows at the close of the grain
harvest,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
Overcrowding Is One Of
Most Common Mistakes

Overcrowding is one of the most
common mistakes made in growing
chickens Overcrowding of the baby
chicks usually corrects itself by the
simple method Of the chicks dying
from day to day until the number that
can be accommodated with air Is left.
Any condition that depletes the vital
ity of the chick is apt to bring on a
looseness of the bowels.
All cases of diarrhea are not the in
fictitious white diarrhea; many of them
could have been prevented by provid-
ing more room for the chicks; the
diarrhea is merely an evidence of over
crowding.
When the young stock have reached
the sex-conscious age, the sexes should
be separated Separation of the sexes
promotes the growth of each.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
LACK OF VITALITY
CAUSES JUNE DROP

.srhere's a reason for everything,
including the "June drop" in the ap-
pie orchard.
n. RI. Roberts Of the Wisconsin Col
lege of Agriculture has found that lack
of vitality in the tree is one of the
chief causes of this untimely dropping
Of fruit. He has found that vigorous.
healthy trees with strong top growth
are least affected.
The belief has long been held that
the June drop was due to lack OF
nollination. Roberts doubts If this is
q factor In Wisconsin orchards which
are nlanted in mixed blocks. Exam
nation has shown that some properly
noI,inated fruits drop.
ON the lack Of fertilizer or care
Roberts places the responsibility for
low vitality and weak growth in trees.
Good care, needed to keep up the size
and quality of the crop, helps ma
tr.ially in controlling - June drop
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
Reduce Heavy Apple
Loss by Wrapping.
Early Picked Fruit Very Sus-
ceptible to Scald.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculturel
Heavy losses to the apple industry,
from apple scald can be reduced very
materially, according to the United
States Department Of Agriculture, if
certain practices in preparing the
fruit for storage and market are fol-
lowed. Apple scald is one of the most
serious storage and market diseases
of the apple and has an important
bearing on all market operations dur
ing the latter half of the storage sea-
son. Susceptibility to scald varies
with the season and with orchard con-
ditions and management. Early-picked
and poorly-colored fruit is extremely
susceptible to scald, while well-col-
ored, well-matured apples are more re-
sistant to the disease.
A summary of the practical results
obtained on scald control in series
of experiments conducted by the de-
partment is given ina new bulletin
just issued as Farmers Bulletin No.
1880. 1t includes brief descriptions OF
the effect of maturity of the fruit,
soil moisture, temperature, delayed
storage, aeration, oiled wrappers. and
the direct application of oils and
wakes to the apple, and states the rela-
tive merits of these different treat
ments in the control Of scald.
Oiled wrappers are the most COM
plete preventive Of scald that has been
found Thnv have eliminated the dis
ease as a market factor in all but two
of the eighty commercial tests that
have been made. Low temperature
and prompt cooling of the fruit are OF
first Importance in delaying the de"
velopment Of scald.
A copy of the bulletin may be Sc
cured, as long as the supply lasts.
from the United States Department OF
Agriculture, Washington, D. Q.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26


1t is believed that nitrogen is the
fertilizer most often needed in Wis
consin orchards While commercial
forms have given good results, that
contained in stable manure is generally
used It has the added advantage Of
supplying humus, which is almost as
much needed as nitrogen.
Careful pruning each year is listed
by this orchardist as another impor-
tant factor in keeping up the health
of the trees. It should usually be
done during the dormant season. It,
like soil fertilization, not only helps
out the set Of fruit and yield, but i'm
proves the quality Of the fruit.
While cultivation practices vary
widely, Roberts is convinced that a
good system is needed to build up the
productive power of the trees. Year
round care is the way to control ex-
cessive dropping and helps to keep up
the quality and quantity of fruit in the
orchard. This summer, according to
Roberts, is the time to work for next
years crop.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
SUGGESTS WAYS TO
AVOID EGG SLUMP

The midsummer slump in farm egg
production may become matter of
historical interest if poultry keepers
follow the recommendations OF J. g..
Halpin Of the Wisconsin college OF
agriculture.
The feeding of a good laying mash
throughout the season is Halpin's way
of keeping up the egg supply Con-
trary to common belief. he is finding
that the average farm does not pro-
duce all the feeds that are needed by
the laying flock. He also realizes that
there often is time in midsummer
after the fresh spring feed is gone and
before the harvest when the chickens
do not get enough of the right feed
to keep up egg production.
Hens are especially likely to lack
protein, according to Halpin. He has
observed that they cannot find enough
insects on the range to supply the an
imal protein necessary for profitable
egg production. Milk will supply most
of this need, but some meat scrap or
high-grade tankage in the mash makes
1t more palatable and insures the sup
ply.
Tests made by the Ohio experiment
station show that hens on good range
that have been receiving mash will
continue satisfactory egg production
for two or three weeks after feeding
is stopped. The number of eggs then
drops sharply.
Practical experience in Wisconsin
shows the value of summer feeding,
Halpin says. One poultryman raised
the yearly average of his flock to
about ,12O eggs per hen, which Halpin
SAYS is good mark at which to aim.
During the culling demonstrations
last season, representatives of the col
leve found that focks fed laying
mash throughout the summer had
kent up production so that 1t hardly
paid to disturb them for examina-
tiop Three flocks had an average Of
more than so per cent, without Sc
rious slump on their record.
HaInin recommends mash to keep
before the flock in a self-feeder, COM
posed Of equal parts of ground corn,
ground oats, bran, middlings and meat
scrap or tankage. If milk is fed, the
meat scrap or tankage may be re-
duced to 5 per cent. He says 1t usu-
ally pavs to feed some grain at night
in addition to the mash.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
FarInELI,I|,l,tf'''.

The protein content of sudan grass
hay is not high and for that reason It
is not very satisfactory for a dairXig
herd.
A pint of formalin on the seed oats
may mean gain Of 500 pints of grain.
Home gardening pays in health as
well as produce.
No legume-growing farmer Is likely
to go bankrupt, for he is constantly
adding to his bank account; that Is,
his soil reserves.
Oats raised in the United States
constitute one-third Of the total crop
of that grain grown in six leading
grain-growing countries in the world.
The lettuce patch may be utilized
for root crops as it is leaf crop and
into the lettuce patch may go early
turnips, a second or third planting Of
carrots, beets or swiss chard.
Watch for bugs, spray currant and
gooseberry bushes for lice and worms.
Keep an eye out for cabbage butter
flies and dig for cutworms where a
small plant Is wilted with no visible
cause.
Orchard grass obtains its name from
the fact that 1t is capable Of growing
beneath trees. 1t is not as desirable
grass as olue grass but finds its
place in the shady orchard and pas
ture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
FARM I
POULTRY
MUCH TURKEY LOSS
DUE TO BLACKHEAD

A large part of the turkey losses
seem to be due to blackhead. Various
medicines have been recommended for
this disease and recently the ipecac
treatment has received great deal OF
publicity in hopes that it might be the
long-sought-for cure.
Up to the present time can locate
no cases in our section where the
ipecac treatment has given results
sufficiently good enough to prove that
1t is definitely beneficial, says writer
In the Indiana Farmers Guide. This
being the case. I feel that turkey
breeders must still rely on the old
methods of preventing disease and not
depend upon medicines. lnbreeding
must be avoided as it often results IN
weak poults which are subject to
disease like blackhead. Breeding from
mature stock seems to produce more
resistant poults than those from
young breeding stock.
Turkeys that range with farm poul-
try of all kinds seem more apt to have
blackhead as they are often scratch
ing in the dirt Of the other birds.
Plenty Of sour milk in the turkey ra-
ton seems to help the poults to resist
blackhead. The sour milk Is not
cure but it does stimulate a rapid,
vigorous growth and this in turn helps
to keep down digestive disorders which
might weaken the poults and make
them subject to blackhead.
1t is difficult to raise poults on land
where blackhead has been prevalent
and some breeders have cleaned up
their premises by ceasing to raise tur-
keys for a year or two. Then they OBJ
tain clean breeding stock and have
better success. At present there are
many farmers who might have good
success with turkeys because none OF
the birds have ranged on their farm
for five or ten years or more and the
soil is probably entirely free from the
disease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
Wheat Harvest Help
Is Serious Problem
Study Made of Conditions
Affecting Labor Demand.


prepared by the United States Departments
of Agriculture.)
Conditions affecting the demand for
wheat harvest labor have been inten-
sively studied by specialists Of the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture In a survey of nearly 1,3O0 wheat
farms from Oklahoma to the Canadian
border. Factors affecting the labor
demand in given districts were found
to include the number of farm family
workers and month hands on farms
at the beginning of harvest: the aver
age size of the farms; the extent OF
small grain farming compared to other
types the kind Of harvesting machin-
cry used; the time at which other dis
tricts of the wheat belt are harvest
ing; weather conditions both before
and during harvest; conditions OF the
crop; harvest wages. and working
hours. These factors were found to
vary from one district to another and
from year to year.
In making forecasts of labor needs
the department urges careful consid-
Grafton of the numerous factors mon
toned. The result should aid In ef-
fecting a more intelligent distribution
of the thousands of harvest hands who
go to the wheat belt every season.
This will mean to farmers greater GER
tainty of getting needed harvest help.
and be a guide to harvest hands in in
dicating the places where work Is
quickly obtainable, thus shortening
the periods of employment. the depart
ment points out.
A comprehensive discussion Of the
various labor requirement factors Is
contained in Department Bulletin No.
1880, entitled Conditions Affecting
the Demand for Harvest Labor in the
Wheat Belt" copies of which may be
obtained free on request to the De
partment of Agriculture at Washing
ton d. G.. The bulletin also contains
modification of the formula worked
out by the Kansas Agricultural col
lege to forecast the harvest labor de-
mand in header territory to make the
formula applicable to other wheat
areas. Labor officials and agricultural
authorities dealing with the distribu-
ton Of harvest labor in the wheat belt
of the Middle West will find the bulle-
tin of especial interest, the depart
ment says.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
Profit Made in Guinea
Brothers and RoasterS

The guinea hen is good layer, but
on account Of the wild gamey flavor,
the eggs have never had an extensive
sale for table USE However, to turn
these eggs into young broilers or
roasters, considerable profit will be
derived The flesh is the nearest sub
stitute we have for the wild game.
The guinea is of rowing DISPOSE
tion, and one Of the best known de-
stroyers of insects.
The laying season starts in early
April and continues until October, the
hen laying as many as 12O eggs in q
season. In the early part of the
season it is not advisable to let the
guinea hen hatch brood, as she is
Of too restless nature, and will not
give her young the proper attention.
But after the first Of July, on account
of the warm weather, she will be more
quiet, and she can be safely entrusted
with brood.
It requires four weeks to hatch out
guineas. The hen always hides her
nest, and that, too, in some obscure
place. AS they come off the nest they
give shrill cry, and in this way their
hiding place can be detected All the
hens Of a flock are apt to lay in one
nest, and in taking away these eggs
they should not be touched with the
hands, for If the hen discovers that the
nest has been touched she will desert
It and hunt another place. But If the
eggs are removed with stick she
will not leave the nest, even II the
eggs are taken out nearly every day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
Repairing Damage
Done Shade Trees
Farmers Bulletin Outlines
Methods to Be Followed
in Mending Breaks.


Prepared by the United States Department
or Agricultural
The extensive injury and destruc-
ton of trees Of all kinds during recent
storms has brought many inquiries to
the United States Department of Agri-
culture regarding the proper methods
to be followed in repairing the damage
done. The following suggestions are
made by the department.
The first thing that should be done IS
to remove such large broken branches
as are now, or may become, menace
to life and property; this is usually
best done by cutting at the point where
broken. Attention should then be
given to injuries on the main trunk.
If limbs have been split, or partially
split. from the main trunk, all spin.
tered wood about the wound should be
removed with a sharp gouge and mail
let. If not so situated that 1t can pc
sawed off. The scar should be
smoothed in the manner indicated IN
Farmers Bulletin 1873, Tree Surgery,
and treated as an open cavity, or as
large surface wound, as the case
may necessitate.
Attention to Branches.
Attention should next be given to
repairing the injuries on the larger
branches in a similar manner, and last
Of all to the smaller branches. Some
times when a limb is broken away the
tree is so weakened at the point OF
breakage that it may again break in a
severe wind, and to obviate this the
top must be pruned back more or less
severely. In case of split crotches,
the advice given in Farmers Bulletin
l178 should be followed regarding the
general treatment, including boltlng
through and above the crack.
In cases of estates where a great
amount of injury has occurred, ana
only a comparatively small force IS
available for repairing the damage,
the final cutting of long stubs can pc
conveniently left for a time, put
wounds or breaks on the main trunk,
or close to 1t, should be attended TO
promptly, in any case before warm
weather arrives.
It is not necessary to fill cavities,
It is better in most cases to leave
them open. All final cuts should be
Immediately covered with some good
antiseptic and waterproof paint II
will not be necessary to specially treat
the ends of long stubs that are to De
removed close to the trunk later IN
the season.
Avoid Clubbing Spurs.
In no part of repair work shodld
climbing spurs be used on a tree. Spur
marks cause injuries through which
II is possible for disease and decay
germs to enter and cause damage, IN
some cases more severe than woulo
have developed from the original sim,
nle break. For details of treatment
Of ALI scars and wounds send for q
copy of Farmers Bulletin 1l78, when
can be obtained from the office OF pup
lications. Department of Agriculture
| Washington, D. O.
Remember that prevention Is better
than cure. The open wound OF TO-DAY
becomes the decayed spot of next veal
and the deep rotten cavity of ten years
from now. It is better to spend rev
DAYS or dollars in careful repair WORE
now than hundreds of dollars for ex
tensive tree surgery in 1880.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
Burning Cornstalks and
Straw Is Wasting Humus

Gradually farming prosperity has
moved from east to west. No soil can
long stand such wasteful methods as
burning cornstalks and straw. Ash IS
a good fertilizer, to be sure. especially
for potato land, but humus is wasted
when plant substance is burned. SOILS
are more in need of humus than OF
ash, especially in the old farming Sec
lions.
One can buy fertilizer to supply the
soil with the elements found in ashes,
but one cannot afford to buy humus.
That must be grown and worked into
the soil. Humus makes the SOIL re-
tain its proper working consistency. II
helps hold moisture in drought. IL
helps take off surplus water in HOOD.
It prevents soil from baking hard.
Nothing can take the place of humus.
Work the straw and cornstalks into
the soil
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
Feasible Plan Outlined
for Seeding Grass Plot

Where it is desired to seed timothy,
red clover and redtop with oats. the
following seed mixture per acre has
proved satisfactory: Timothy, eight
pounds; red clover, seven pounds, and
redtop, FIVE pounds. This mixture may
be seeded with the oats, provided the
drill is equipped to seed both grain
and grass at the same time. It Is not
well to seed more than two bushels
per acre of cats, and better resulIs
may be expected if not more than six
-pecks Of oats are used. Heavier seed
ing Of oats tends to injure the young
grass plants. Unless 1t is known that
red clover will give good results on
your land, it might be well to add two
pounds of alsike clover to the mix
ture.-R. J. CARRIER, West Virginia
College of Agriculture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
ORIGIN of Pekin Duck

The Pekin duck is of Asiatic origin,
and was imported to this country
from China, about thirty years ago.
A traveller who saw them about the
streets of Picking mistook them for
small white geese at first, but upon
finding them ducks, was so impressed
with their snow white plumage and
noble carriage that he secured some
Of their eggs. They were brought to
Hong-Kong and Matched, and in due
time the birds were shipped to New
York.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
EARN NQTE:S

Yellow corn has more vitamines
than white corn they say.
One cannot make bricks from straw,
nor can one produce good crops from
poor soil.
Trapping is perhaps the most effec-
tive method of destroying moles. but
they may also be poisoned.
Rye Is q better pasture crop than
wheat because of its more resistant
qualities and in its being apparently
better adapted to thin land.
Sweet clover, five years ago con-
sidered a troublesome weed by most
farmers, now stands ahead Of alfalfa
in acreage in Ohio.
Farmers should prepare to fight the
destructive watermelon diseases which
seem sure to be with us this season.
Where farmers fail to make the right
kind of start, there is no hope for
their crop.
Sudan grass can be grown on
sandy loan If it is well drained and
fairly fertile. 1t is used as a summer
pasture crop. 1t should not be sown
with sweet clover because thev do rot
belong together
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
SHADE is NECESSARY
DURING SUMMER

Uncomfortable summer temperatures
show pronounced bad effects, first, on
very young birds and on those out Of
condition in any way, and particularly
those which are past their prime.
The infant, invalid, and aged birds
will show quite plainly the effects Of
degree OF heat which rugged birds
do not seem to mind much. Heat
that makes rugged birds inactive and
reduces their consumption Of diet
on which, under average conditions,
they grow or produce best, will, in
proportion to its intensity, its dura-
ton, and the provision or lack of pro-
vision made to counterfeit its effects,
check growth and reduce egg prodnc-
ton.
On the farm it ought always to be
possible to give poultry natural shade
apart from their night quarters, but
not too far away. The poultrymen
of the Nebraska Agricultural college
suggest that an orchard is the ideal
place for either old or young birds
in hot weather. Here there is shade
with good circulation Of air under the
trees. If the land is in grass it is
usually softer than grass growing in
the open and poultry will eat it more
freely. The grass on orchard land
is also more mixed with weeds of
various kinds of which poultry are
fond. The moist soil contains more
worms and insects than are found
elsewhere at this season. Many In
sects fall from the trees and are con-
sumed by the poultry to the benefit
of birds, trees and fruits. When near
ripe fruit falls such of it as Is not
worth removing makes feed for the
poultry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
series have been cut three times each

series have been cut three times each
season and the last one twice
Two Cuttings Yield Most.
Official reports Indicate that in 1923
at the end Of the third crop season
the stand on the plots cut at full
bloom was thick and vigorous. The
stand on the plots cut at earlier
stages was thin and full of weeds
The average yield for the three
years is reported at 1.8 tons per acre
for the plots cut in the bud state, 81
tons at the tenth bloom stage, while
for the plots cut at full bloom 1t is
3.5 tons. This is nearly ton per
acre in favor of two cuttings.
While the hay cut at the later stage
Is coarser and less palatable; 1t is
officially credited with yielding more
total nutrients per acre. The coarse
ness is most Objectionable in the first
crop. The second cutting is usually
good quality even though 1t stands
until in full bloom. To let the crop
bloom as much as possible without