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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Ventilated Wheat Bin, Giving Views
Of ventilators in Position.

Improvement is essential to the sue
cess of the methods Of harvesting
and handling the crop now practiced
by many farmers. These methods of
harvesting and handling grain facili-
tate time and lessen expense, but
much of the early threshed wheat
whether harvested with a Combine
harvester or threshed from the bum
dies is not in condition for safe stor-
age, the department says.
The grain must be fully ripe and
dry when threshed If it is to be- stored
safely. It's storage condition is not
safe If threshed before it is quite
ripe, if ripened prematurely and made
tough by heavy dew or rain, or when
threshed from either bundles or stacks
while wet from recent rain, although
dry before the rain came. Weather
at harvesting and threshing time is
another important factor.
Arrangement Of Ventilation.
A series of ventilators is used Ia
the departments new system. Each
ventilator consists Of two boards 4
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Control Brown Rot of
Prunes and Cherries
Attacks Not Deemed Serious
in Many Seasons.

prepared by the United States Department.
of Agriculture.)
Brown-rot Of prunes and sweet cher
ries annually attacks orchards In
many sections. In most years the at
tacks are not severe enough to at
tract general attention, but OCCASION
ally the constantly present disease
breaks out into a serious epidemic
that causes the loss of large per-
centage Of the crop. The destructive
phases Of the disease have taken two
forms, says the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture-one form is an
infection of the blossoms and the 9th
er a rotting of the fruit as it ap.
proaches maturity.
The nature of the disease and the
life cycle of the fungus which causes
1t, together with spray methods for
controlling the spread of the disease,
are fully presented in Farmers Bull
letin 141O, just issued by the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
Flowing and narrowing around the
trees in the orchard are recommended
as Of value in the control of brown
rot. Fruit that is deeply buried Is
not likely to produce the urn-like
growths known as apothecia which
carry spores that are spread to the
blossoms OF the fruit trees and that
cause infection. Narrowing, in the
early spring and blossoming season,
is likely to disturb the partly formed
apothecia and prevent their further
development. Orchards that are not
plowed or cultivated until after the
blossoming season usually have an
abundance of appthecia, while those
that are plowed and cultivated before
that are usually practically free from
them. Orchards free from these
growths from the fallen and mummied
fruit, made so through cultivation or
otherwise, have been found to be free
from blossom infection and usually
relatively free from brown-rot.
An application of spray three 70
five weeks before picking time is Of
great value In the control Of rot on
the fruit and applications just before
the blossoms open and just after they
are shed are of value in the control
of blossom infection.
A copy of this bulletin will be
found Of value to orchardists and may
be secured, as long as the supply
lasts, from the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, Washington, d. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Every farm needs a garden.

Every farm needs a garden.
Give the little chicks milk, and plen-
ty of it.
The corn field as rag-doll tester is
too expensive.
Fall-sown rye or wheat, spring oats.
sudan grass and sweet clover are val
liable crops.
When soils and crops and live stock
are well cared for, they generally care
well for the owner.
Sandy soils which grow potatoes
successfully can usually be made to
produce good crops OF alfalfa.
Leaving the stable manure exposed
in the barnyard is one way some farm
ers have Of throwing away money.
Don't be afraid Of getting mixed up
III uA OlA SSdAudl JuoL UCCduSO you use
plenty of grease on your farm ma
chinery.
Alfalfa is the king Of all forage
crops, but it can be produced profit
ably only on large scale on the very
best lands.
Sudan, if planted on well-prepared
seeded, is sure hay crop, is easily
handled with moving machine and
rake and If well stacked will keep
wen.
During the dry, hot nidsummer
periods permanent pasture grasses
generally provide very little pasture.
Sudan grass may be used to advan.
tage during this season
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
LOANS TO FARMERS
FROM ANNUITY FUND

Badger farmers have another source
of borrowed money. The annuity
board Of the state retirement system
ia making loans on first mortgages on
Wisconsin farms.
From June, 1922, TO April 1, 1924.
the annuity board made 1876 loans to
wisconsin tanners amounting to ST.
2o9,75o. Tne average loan was se,172.
The annuity board, located at Mad
ison, passes on the applications for
farm loans. O. G.. Rewey, formerly
president of the Rewey State bank and
president OF the wisconsin state fair
In 1910 and 1914, Is the farm inspector
for the board.
No commission or inspection fee is
charged the applicant. A uniform In
terest Of 6 per cent is charged. pay
abse semlaSnualfy. and option Is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Valuable Trees Are
Hurt by Field Mice
Much of Loss Prevented by
Control Methods.

(fsrepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
Thousands of valuable orchard
trees are killed by field mice every
year throughout the United States.
Damage amounting to millions Of dol
lars annually is also inflicted by mice
on pasturage, forage, grain, and other
crops, and on tubers, small fruits,
Towering plants and shrubbery. By
the use Of proper control methods
much of this loss might be prevented.
In a new Farmers Bulletin, No. 1897,
Mouse Control in Field and Orchard,
James Silver of the biological survey,
describes the meadow mice and pine
mice which inf1ict most Of the dam
age, and explains why different con-
troll methods are needed with each
species.
The control of field mice in orchards
should be undertaken at stated in
tervals as regular feature Of or
chard practice, just as spraying Is
done to combat insect pests or fruit
diseases. Methods Of preventing in
jury in orchards may be grouped In
four classes: Removing mouse shell
ter; treating trees with washes to re-
pei mice; inclosing trees with mechan-
ical protectors, and killing the mice.
Mechanical protectors and clean cnl-
tivation around trees are successful
aids to meadow-mouse control, but
have very little effect on pine mice,
which do not rely on surface vegeta-
ton for food or protection.
The two practical methods of de-
stroying both meadow mice and pine
mice are trapping and poisoning. Field
mice are very readily caught in strong
mouse traps and are usually exter-
minated by persistent trapping. The
labor involved on large area, how
!. ever, makes this method costly. The
use of poison is by far the most sat
isfactory way Of controlling field mice.
The biological survey has developed
several successful formulas for pre-
pairing bats and gives these in the
bulletin, together with directions for
distributing them.
Certain birds and other animals
habitually feed on field mice and aid
in their control. These, according to
the bulletin, should be protected as
far as possible. When field mice be-
come so excessively abundant as to
menace the fruit trees and crops Of
whole community, concerted effort
is required to control the situation Of
all the residents. The biological sur
vey stands ready to assist as far as
possible in the organization of any
necessary campaigns over large areas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
SCRUB FEEDING OF
GOOD cows WRONG

Next to scrub cows in dairy herd
the scrub feeding Of good cows is the
greatest detriment to the dairy indus
try at large" says Earl Weaver OF
Iowa.
He suggests two rations for the use
of men who have no silage. In case
they have clover hay the ration may
be made up from three pounds OF
corn and cobmeal, three pounds OF
ground oats and one pound Of linseed
oilmeaI. If only timothy hay is avail
able, enough oilmeal must be used to
offset the constipating effect Of the
dry hay and to supply the deficiency
of protein. Such ration can be
made from three pounds Of oats and
two pounds Of oilmeal. If possible,
sell the timothy and buy clover or
alfalfa.
It will be cheaper to mix larger
quantities. To determine the proper
proportions, multiply the quantity OF
each feed suggested above by fifty
or one hundred, as you may wish.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
One Tier Of ventiIators Lies Across
Bin Three Feet Apart Near Floor
Others Extend to Top of Bins.

to 6 inches wide and long enough to
reach across the bin or to reach from
the bottom to the top of the bin as
shown in the illustrations. These
boards are set on edge inches
apart and cleats 8 inches long are
mortised in at the top, and other
cleats nailed across the bottom. Strips
of screen wire inches wide and as
long as the boards are nailed across
the top and bottom. The ventilators
placed across the bin connect with
openings in the sides of the bin, and
those standing upright rest at the
bottom on horizontal ventilators, and
extend above the wheat at the top.
In all cases the yentilators should be
placed not more than three feet apart.
Field tests Of the ventilating sys-
TEN were made last year with good
results. In one instance the wheat
had moisture content Of 16 per
cent when it went into the ventilated
bin and at the end of "A days came
out with a moisture content of only
14.3 per cent. Full details regarding
the construction of the ventilatcrs
and the results Of the departments
field tests and laboratory experiments
NAV be had upon application to the
department at washington, D. G. Ask
for mimeographed circular entitled
ssventilated Farm Grain Bins" pub
lished by the bureau of agricultural
economics.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
New Ventilating
Plan for Granary
System Recently Devised
Prevents Heat Damage
to Grain in Storage.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
A system of ventilating farm bins
that prevents heat damage to stored
grain has been devised by the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
The system involves the use Of wood
and wire ventilators that can be con-
structed on the farm at cost Of
about $40 to equip bin of LOCO
bushels capacity.
The monetary loss from damaged
grain during the past few years is es-
timated at around 100000 year,
the department says. During a six
months period Az per cent ,of the re-
ceipts at Kansas City market graded
one or more grades lower on account
of heat damage, it is pointed out.
Avoid Wheat Damage
Department investigators show that
much of the damage to wheat could
be avoided by better systems of farm
storage, and that such farm storage
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05

Money tied up in idle machinery
pays no interest.
1t costs less to live in the country
than to exist in the city.
Want to save money? Buying acid
phosphate in bulk is one way.
For the lands sake, and your own
bank account, plant some legume crop
this year.
Many pastures which are weedy and
thin would be greatly benefited by
planting sweet clover.
A little thing, or even temporary
ditching, may make lot Of difference
with the yield of some fields.
Alsike clover is the best buy for
many farmers this year. There ara
three reasons. Ask the county agent.
Looking over the tile drain outlets
and cleaning out those that need 1t is
a good spring Job that may save money
later.
The dairyman who feeds legume hay
has the laugh on the fellow who feeds
timothy, when he figures up his feed
costs.
Sweet clover, seeded with rye,
makes 1t possible for the ground to be
turned directly into sweet clover
pasture after the rye Is pastured off.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Equipment Devised for
Scraping Hog Carcasses

Patents on mechanical equipment
for removing hair and scurf from hog
carcasses have been assigned to the
citizens Of the United States by DR..
Robert B. Leeper, federal veterinary
inspector at Denver, Colo.
The device invented by Doctor
Leeper, who is in the employ of the
bureau of animal industry of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture,
may be made, used. or vended by any
pne without paying royalties. It is of
particular interest and value to the
meat-packing industry, and reports of
those using the invention say that 1t
Is quite satisfactory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05

given the borrower to pay 500 Of the
principal or any multiple thereof at
any interest date Loans on Wiscon-
sin farms have never been refused or
delayed on account of lack of ready
cash to take up the loan as soon as it
was approved and the abstract salts
factory.
Farmers in 50 counties of the state
are included in the list of those %
whom loans have been made. Eau
Claire county leads the group with
total of $117,5OO in 10 loans, and
Douglas county has the largest num-
Der of borrowers, 81, with $4,000.
Grant county farmers have borrowed
$1O8,OOO from the board. Price coun-
ty holds the distinction of having the
least, only one loan Of $1,000 having
BON received in that county.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Separate Quarters for Sows

Sows which are heavy in pig should
not be allowed to sleep together, for
they may pile up and receive injuries
which may lead to abortion. Fresh
water is just as important as fresh
feed. 1t frequently happens that hogs
cannot get to water without difficulty,
and consequently do not consume as
much water as they need. This means
expensive gains and the farmer is tho
one who has to pay the bill.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
High Value of Milk for
Increasing Yield Of Eggs

Milk fed to laying hens brings bet
ter returns than when fed to hogs,
according to Purdue university. Re-
turns at that station show that the In
crease in egg production gives re-
turn Of $1.82 to IS per hundred
pounds Of milk fed to hens. Feeding
Of protein to hens will usually in
crease the egg production Of hen
about 100 eggs per year as compared
to hens that do not receive protein
supplement.
Milk cannot be compared with
other forms Of animal protein such
as meat scraps and tankage wholly on
the protein basis, since it's palatabil-
ity, ease of digestibility, and general
availability on the farm must be given
consideration.
For chicks, milk is almost a neces-l
sity since most people can raise
chicks easier and better and with less
mortality when given as a liquid diet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Deferred or Rotation
Grazing Aids Pastures

Deferred or rotation grazing demon
stration plats have been established In
number Of California counties
through the efforts of the agricultural
extension service to aid in improving
pasturage. In Shasta county pas
ture from which the cattle have been
removed early enough in the spring to
allow the forage to develop and reseed
for three seasons, produced, in 1923,
IL tons of good forage per acre, while
only one-half a ton per acre, largely
weeds and unpalatable forage, was OBJ
tanned from a similar portion Of the
same range which was grazed continu-
ously, according to reports to the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Produce Pork for Family

Nearly every farm can and should
produce enough pork to feed the farm
er's family. There is no better meat
than ham, sausage and bacon. Hogs
are needed to eat kitchen scraps and
unmarketable grain and to make profit
able use of skim milk and buttermilk.
Hogs mustn't be expected to live en-
tirely on scraps and refuse. They
must have other good feed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
MILK YIELDS HALF
OF FARM REVENUE
Live Stock and Its Products
Compose "a Per Cent
of All Income.

Milk is the big income producer for
Wisconsin farmers.
OF the total gross income of the
state in 1923, milk contributed So per
cent, or $189, 100000 In no other year
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05

Poultry Notes

II
X X X X X X X X X
The wise poultry raiser knows that
early Matching catches the best profits.
Young goslings should be kept out
of the sun on hot days or they will
suffer from the heat.
Gather eggs to be set often and
keep them in a cool, dustless place,
turning them twice daily.
The best cure for hen with the
egg-eating habit is to give her a dose
of iron-applied just back of the ears.
You can count your chickens before
they hatch If you observe carefully tho
correct principles of egg selection and
incubation.
Milk is a very valuable feed for baby
chicks, since it contains the vitamines
SO essential to growth and also pro-
TEN required In ration.
The thermometer used in the incu-
bator should be tested to determine
whether or not 1t is recording the tenn
perature accurately.
The more ventilation allowed the
more the egg evaporates. Skill in rum
ming the Incubator consists In balanc-
ing these two factors SO the eggs dc
not smother or dry out. III
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05

has milk made up such large portion
of the total agricultural income. The
gross income from all farm products
amounted to 1852, 100000.
Hogs Are Second.
Hogs came in as poor second they
had only II per cent, or $41, 000,0 900.
Eggs and poultry with $33,0O0,OOO
barely crowded out the $3O,OoOOOO in
come received from cattle and calves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05

potatoes amounted to only $4,000
600 which was per cent Of the total
income. Tobacco, another important
cash crop, could boast Of only 3 per
cent, or $11,00O00O.
Wisconsin is the leading pea-canning
state, yet this important industry con
tributed only per cent of the $685.
100000 received for all Badger farm
produce last year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05

1t Is interesting to note that 81 per
cent of the total farm revenue was de
rived from live stock and live stock
products.
That Wisconsin farmers have got out
of the habit of selling their crops for
cash is indicated by the fact that only
l6 per cent of the farm income came
directly from that source. Grains and
hay, making up Is per. cent of last
years crop value, were kept on the
farm and fed to live stock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Pierce County Tests

In 1920 only 120 cattle were tested
for tuberculosis in Pierce county. Wis
consin. Last yeaf 1884 head were
tested. OF this number 100 head re-
acted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Sows Need Mineral.

means that they need more MINERALS
In their ration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-05
Little From Cash Crops.

1t is rather startling to learn that
Wisconsin's leading cash crop in 1928
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-12
SWINNERTON IS
HERE TUESDAY

Frank Hwinncrton. cciehntei nov.
eilai and literary critic for the Man.
chester Guardian. Is scheduled 10
speak al SIS Thursday evening IN
Meany hall Ills suhIsc, will be
Personalities Of Modern Writers -
Young Felix ''Soc,urne." '-T'hs
ChaHls wife" and The Thrcs
Lovers arc hIs best known novels
Speaking Of hIa brain children.
tho characters OF hts novel. Mr..
swinnsrtoa once said. MY folla
don't get down on tho knees 10
mo or inteIposo their own wills ia
any matter affecting their future
They arc real enough 10 Gals, apart
from tho things written down for
them. bns they cause no s,sepless
nights. Indeed. ! have a serupuioun
fancy. and do tho best ! can for
them"
swlnnsrton's Seattle appeawnc,
Is under the auspices OF Sigma
Epsilon. national literary fraternity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-12
DTugless Treatment
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IL
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-12
FILTER THAT DIRT
OUT OF YOUR BLOOD
You'll never feel as well as
you should il your liver
isn't straining out impuri-

"oh. wsiir' you hsvs heard u said
moro than once. Il have 10 eat a
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Where do you suppose they 90 to7
what DO you suppose soris out the
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what strains out the filth that has
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Your body's filter IL your liver.
n purifies your bloodi N you are
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digestion. nausea and constipation.
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Clean II outi Tone 10 up' Then
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ent DR.. Thschrr's Liver and Blood
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-12
You'll Get Rid of
Blackheads Sure

There II one simple. safe and sure
way that never falls TO get rid az
blaekheads, that IL to dissolve them
10 do this get two ounces OF calo-
mite powder from any drug store
sprinkle little on n hot, wet cloth
-ruo over the blackheada briskiy-
priaed how the blackheads have al
appeared. Big blackheadp. it'll.
blackhcads. no matter where thev
arc. simply dissolve and disappear.
hlacRhrnds are n mixture ~ d,t.f
and dirt and sccrotions that FORM in
INC pores Of the skin. The ralonits
pnwner ana me water dissolve the
leaving the pores FREQ and clean and
~ mir natural condition.-Adver-