White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17
Of Interest To Farmers
Western Needs Stressed
In Federal Farm Exhibit

Especially devoted to problems of the
West, an eight-unit exhibit from the
U. S. department. of agriculture is COM
| ing to the Western Washington Fair
at Puyallup this month
Use of range forage, value of forests,
animal pests of livestock, and early
poultry Matching are among the SUBJ
jects of the exhibit. The exhibit has
an aisle frontage Of 1873 feet and
weighs S and one-half tons when
provided where visitors may obtain
bulletins and other information.
The lamb market is pictured as a
judge from whose decision there is
no appeal in the exhibit 'tThe Market
Measure of Lambs" The. decision of
the market rewards the producer who
meets it's requirements but severely
penalties the one whose stock fails to
do so" the exhibit says. 1t compares
live lambs and dressed carcasses. The
contrast between "choice" and "com-
mon" grades is striking in represen-
tations of both live and dressed car
casses of lamb. Grade determines the
lamb price, and grade is made up of
three factors Conformation, finish and
quality.
"Use Range Forage at Proper Sea-
son" is a plea for more intelligent
use Of the range. Plants, like CATTLE
need good management, if sustained
forage is to be maintained. The ex-
hibit explains the needs of forage
plants. The leaves have an important
relation to the growth of the plant;
and as the hillside elevation increases,
the leaves develop later and later.
Thus, if cattle Craze these upper slopes
before the leaves have fully developed,
much valuable forage will be lost. If
ranges are protected in the summer, it
assures ample fall and winter grazing
Some of the suggestions are to not
overgraze, but Craze moderately once
and let the plants grow again, and to
move livestock to the higher zones as
the season advances.
In "The Forest and Water rain falls
all day on what represents dense
section of forest. The rain is slowly
asorbed in the forest carpet of accum-
ulated humus material, showing how
forests help pevent erosion. The for
ests absorb water The lesson is en-
phasized by a contrasting section of
forest where the protecting litter has
been destroyed by forest fires-the top
soil gone and the water-holding ca
pacity of the surface destroyed. 1T
rains in this section too, but the water
washes down the bare slopes and is
lost. Hidden sprinklers and drains
make it rain"
Although it costs only cent to kill
pocket gopher, these pests do an an
nual damage of $5O,OOO,OOO, another
exhibit states. Fifteen cents worth Of
poison will kill all the gophers in one
acre. The exhibit shows the destruc-
ton caused by the burrowing rodent
and the best methods for extermin-
ating him, including formulas and
methods Of using poison
Sheep and cattle owners are urged
to continue the fight against their
range enemies in the exhibit Stock
men, Rid Your Ranges of Animal
Pests" This calls attention to the an
nual destruction of $2O,OOO,0OO worth
OF livestock by wolves, coyotes, bob
cats and mountain lions.
| In the exhibit Highways from Saw
agery to Civilization" paintings and
models depict the evolution of trans
portation facilities from the earliest
primitive carts of the North American
Indians, used on dirt trails, on down
the years to the "prairie schooner of
to the present motor vehicles driven
at high speed over wide, smooth sur
faced highways.
Figures Don't Lie, and the exhibit
on cow-testing uses figures to show
that contrasting let's the owner know
whether his COWS are profitable or not.
The exhibit is built to resemble two
pages Of ledger revealing the records
lof two herds on neighboring farms
A mechanical device shows COWS COM
ing out of barn where coW-testing
is in progress. They pass on, some
back to the herd and some to the
butcher. AS they pass a penetrating
light from a Babcock tester and milk
scales Eliminates each COW and shows
in dollars and cents how much she
produced. This symbolizes the knowl-
edge obtained by weighing the cows
feed with the scales and testing her
milk with the Babcock tester.
Some fundamental reasons for early
Matching of chicks are pointed out in
the exhibit early Hatching". It
shows that March, April and the first
half of May is the most favorable
time to hatch chicks, except in the
southern states, where Matching should
take place about two weeks earlier.
Some of the reasons are: EARLY hatch
ing means early maturity. EARLY ma
turity means early laying. Early lay
ing means more eggs in fall and win
ter when prices are higher. More fall
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