Milford chronicle., 1928-03-09
culture believes, should take the
lead in bringing about the reform.

culture believes, should take the
lead in bringing about the leform.
In a number of States testing cat
tie for tuberculosis in every county
has become so much the rule that
eradication is practically on state
wide basis. North Carolina leads in
this movement, and cattle in about
nine-tenths of its area have been
tested. 1t is probable that before the
end of 1928 the few remaining coun-
ties will have finished testing, in
which case North Carolina will be
the first State to be recognized Off
cially as free from bovine tubercu-
lOsis.
The quantity of hay, silage, and
grain to feed to dairy cows will de-
pend largely upon the condition and
production of each COW. All cows do
not produce the same quantity OF
milk and butterfat; consequently,
they should not be given the same
quantity Of feed. Economical feed
ing usually demands that cows be
fed literally. Under most circum-
stances during the winter when COWS
are in milk and largely on dry feed
they should be given all the rough
age that they will eat readily, and
the grain ration should be adjusted
according to the individual cows
production.
Many sloping fields could be pro-
tected from erosion by terracing, but
some types of soil wash too readily
for cultivation and should never be
used for any purpose other than
meadow, pasture, or forest. Terrace
ing will become more popular, engi-
neers and soil experts of the De-
partment of Agriculture are conf
dent, when research has developed
new methods of soil conservation
and when experimental demonstra-
lions have proved that terracing is
good business and will result in di-
rect profits to the landowners who
provide such care for their fields.
If often pays to make an investi-
CATION of the markets before selling
timber from farm woodland, says
the Forest Service of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
AS an illustration of this a Forest
Service officer relates a recent ex-
perience in the South. "In one in
stance" he says, while riding along
a road with a truck driver, it was
learned that the mans father-in-law
had approximately 10000 feet of
cedar lumber for sale. The owner
was offered only $25 per thousand
for this material by local buyer.
Information was sent to him,
through the truck driver, as to |
where he could sell the same lum-
Der for $50 per thousand. This meant
a saving of $35 on thousand feet,
or a total of $780,"
North Carolina strawberry grow
ers rid their land of parasitic nema-
todes by using a rotation which
would be feasible in other regions.
Following Strawberries, corn is
planted with a nematode-resistant
variety of cowpeas drilled in the
rows; the corn is harvested, the
cowpeas are turned under, and win
Ter oats are sown. In the spring the !
pats are ployed under or harvested, |
md corn and cowpeas are planted
again. After this corn crop is har-
rested, and the cowpeas turned I'M
Ter, the growers plant strawberries
n the autumn and SOW oats among
hem. The next spring the oats are
harvested and the Strawberries Gull
ivated and hoed. This system
achieves three objects: it reduces
he nematodes; it produces crops of
.orn; and it adds humus and fertil-
ty to the soil.