Freeport Journal-Standard from Freeport, Illinois • 18

SATURDAY JANUARY 22 1927 Tt IK 3 wv 1 11 A i lle 1 4 two result of ox and 26 25 tint I was the only in poultry added zest'' lervo practlr THE EEDING DAIRY COWS in to EDERAL ARM ACTS year fivp houses wants the belt for some vears to bulletins at helpful in our of An tual outlay Of' con fl ml as no and tnr scouts of the approximating good ment of Agriculture 6thHow 4o calculi i 1600 i RY ROYJ GIBBONS loms EDERAL ARM ACTS It will open some 40(100000 acres would COMING EVENTS WHAT SENSES HAVE INSECTS? day ave of now WeaTToTMi 'wwfcf will receive active demand for feed loud the ns I MW damage ot untold millions to th grain crops of the world mar be held both and ajid eiectnfiea American born come who COMS have their well This con war exig in 1924 exceeded de be all New Hampshire farmers cut about 2SOOOO cords nf tirewood in a year accotding to the 925 forest census Distribution of the Mexican bean beetle has increased during the pres en year The Insect has become one of tho major Insect pcstn in this country In in per in per are built on tho 2b and can bo extended it desired JL housing often Bureau It is of Uns tune of the new houses wore Recoids of cow testing associations and faun suiveys show that everv cow In a heid must produce not loss than 300 pounds of butterfat each jeai In order to pay tho actual costs of dairy maintenance: and en the radio Sta as the voice out most interest A 9 letter follows: January 14 1927 ci A Old to maintaining health and tho conditions that pro commercial profit egg production is secur Tlie readers of Hoards Dairyman have had a profitable study of the problems of feeding for milk produc tion in the able and instructive ar ticles written especially to help the man who is working out his feeding problems as he goes along finding it a constant study are working with the ganism tnit functions world greatest food time nor opportunity away intod nia so tnat it is avail Address editor of ncluding windows der cetiient called "Garnet wheat" The new grain is the perfection of Newman ecreahst for tho Do minion of Canada He developed it after years of )alnstaking research thrqugh process of eliminating all but tin most sturdy crops of certain cliaractistica from the har vest Newman's discovery probably will bring riches to couptless farmers But the scientist who has tel ven tits Lot aii A Herbruck Ed Strbenow West Point James Haws Pi lew Arthur Ellis Daineier Buckeye Ray olgate grains in the central markets This is' Undoubtedly because the moet Profitable outlet for these feeds IS through livestock Hay Is reported short although prices are hot much changed from those of last year in the country While there 1s a short yield of hay for 1420 tlie shortage is" In clover rather than in timythy This is a telltale fact regarding the Increasing amount of acid soils In the prairie statta i the However Storch! such songs ns "my Home" and the them when SUPER POWER AND' 'DECENTRALIZATION JOJRING PROITS A good 'tobacco crop is predicted for Canada thty year In Ontario the 1926 crop will bo from'Stl to 25 per cent larger than that of 1925 COMMUNITY GOATS SAVE CHILDREN Milk for the baby a real problem in rural New Mexico is being solved by the confinunlty goat which lives cow nnd thus saves many a farm baby Tolmlp the milk to children mott in need of it tho farm women of Dona Ana and Ban Miguel Counties under the direction of the home demonstration agents each procured 1 fiock of etiunty goats which are loaned ent to fdrm with sick or under nourished children One Sunday afternoon the agent of Dona Ana County carried two goats tn lie' ear tjletniwe of'StfTWes families whose sick babies were much in need ot milk Thi method of plyfng uiilk to farm children in a country where it is impractical and often Impossible to keep cows is proving'very effective and furnishes many touching incidents One San Mhjyel County baby girl who was in a critically undernourished condition responded with a gain of 5 pounds in four months and that in spilfe of the Avhooping cough able when wanted arm a rd I tvpl? al of faini sheep practical system of pastures feeding on the lamb per from i In a highly nourished I This gross financial re turns to agriculture "111 be about the same as last says the De partment of Agriculture Spring wheat cotton and apples have made the poorest showing of the sea son It Is estimated that about 1 1 00t OOo youths are on the farms of the country ewes nn bouthuown and Currie not so much as a decoration Cor his discovery! Tests liave shown that gijrnet spdcles ripens from" 10 to 14 days earlier than the present staple variety of mprquls wheat used al most exclusively in the principal wheat growing sections of thls country nond Canada Tills means that the garnet weed will the rust st p'tHcu tan ivtlcstruepyjb In tho Dakotas Montana Kansas and ttio prairie 'Hie laige gmy or lobo wolves been so reduced In the stock raising regions of the west by the activities of the Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agrlcultuie that their depredations are almost ended 1 14 Institute at cease nnd the cost of living a at previous aier money value of the net before has been Halt or more of the work which ho Illinois farmer does 1st performed around Ins buildings and Jdts accord in rs to records of tho College of Agriculture University of Illinois dolhrs grout: a tional wealth figured in real property live stock machinery agricultural and mining products and manufact ured goods of all kinds states Jouis Dubini statistician for the Metro politan Life Insurance Company of out that you NEW WHEAT IS DEVELOPED TO CO MBAT RUST PARASITES I $4 A new produat made entirely from th juice of tire sugar cane and call ed ''cane cream" has been originated by the Bureau of Chemistry "Cane tle color of can syrup and the smooth aitmctlve consist cncy of the wifi center of chocolate coaled cream candy of cottonseed meai made moderate advances from recent low point but aro stilt below the December average for tho past 10 years according to the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture situation as it now exists er truly yours (Signed) lint chief Entomologist State Natural History Survey 0 a LIS full crop poultry house construction air is of first importance The of the hen Is protected with a of feathers She has a high Read The Journal Standard State rather than federal in forest conservation must be look ed to for the main progress In tim ber growing from now on according to Greeley 'chief of United States forest service These houses 20 unit plan 40 or 60 feet I ack of i rm 1 1 in I preparedness on the pint of tlie government was giv en by Secretary of Agriculture Jar dine as ofie of tho causes of the heavy public leases from tiros in Ilia national forests during the past feea son Sauerkraut shipments coming £11103fiYlhd federal fbdd and drugsTict will be watched by food inspectors to determine It the sauerkraut meets the federal standard announced last year ac cording to officials of tho Bureau of Chemist ryf different animals per pounds weight during 24 i ow 2804 cubic feet Horse 3401 eulne feet Hen 8278 cubic feet As a disease promoter factor in good production pure air stands high in importance JCothlni used bv the poultrymen in the at tempt to secure good production Is cheaper Oklahoma farmers can use 2 000 000 more acres of Jami for feed crops in 1927 than they did in 1926 and with an average yield have only enough foi the livestock in the stats declares Trent of the homa Agricultural College Tptal '521105 Mhy Housing Is Important I lie hen in her natural state only lavs very fev eggs and these only in tue spring' of the year The busi ness hen must lav many eggA and tor tins production during long 'sea sons abnormal conditions must be provided Heavy production also makes a heavy strain on natural vigor tluit requires special attention to housing and feeding Loth for Health nnd economy in production he real problem in poultry housing is to determine how to balance tbc conditions tliat make for method of vigor nnd due? mans The best cd from birds that are hannv and comfortable comfort pendent occupies is spent can be provided for her usually Neighbor all the talk in your Child father and mt thsr ar swapping animals" "Swapping animels?" "Yee TH other ixeSed the buck Ju hlm Jiml his fiouthern Agriculturist Excellent prices continue to char 1 acterize the auction sales in the Cureil tobacco sections of Virginia and North Carolina ns reported to tho United States Ds partment of Agriculture If costs a little over $10000 to raise a child to the age of self support into a family of tho $2500 in class 'ccording to scientists have made a study of living DAIRY EICIENCY soth greatly increased during Uio past tew years principally due to dairy cows and creameries becoming more efficient the population rural districts a great deal more thiin they cost to bring up according to nutrition spec ialists of tho National Dairy Council an organization promoting health and child welfare since the life in surance companies estimate that the present wortli of the net future earn ings the average man at tlie age of 18 is about $29000 If on tlie other hand the parent belongs to the $5 000 Income class at tlio ago of 18 ins fuTtire cardings will net $34001) After the age of 70 the economic value of the average person is nega tive statisticians find because earn ing: tinues "The Continuance of tlio complete re search and control program aganist the European corn borer as carried on liy the United States Department of Agriculture and its co operating agencies jvas strongly recommend ed in an international conference held recently in Detroit power of farmers in the surrounding territor according to a suivcy com pleted by the Illinois Agricultural Association follow ing the recent an nouncement of J2 months milk price agreement between producers and dealers The added increase In income go ing to the dairymen for 1927 com pare with 1926 figures base 1 production and prices during' the year just closed I The Peoria plan tn winch dairy men co operate with dealers to the mutual advantage of both without charging the consumer an unfair price is being studied by representa tives of both producers and dis tributois at other markets Indianapolis and Bloomington arc sending commissions to Peoria to investigate their milk producers or ganization with a view of a' favor able arrangement between the deal ers and the farmers in those cities Arc insects attracted to certain plants through their sense of smell? By duplicating certain odors artific ially cun Insects he lured to their destruction? Entomologists have been working along these lines for some timer fairly positive that In sects have definite senses which can be utilized by man in his contin ual warfare against them Tlie Bur eau of Entomology of the United States Department of Agriculture has developed a sensitive instrument called an insect "olfactometer" and by its use considerable progress has been rtiadc in determining the reac tion of various species of insects to odors from plant extracts from plants and from insects themselves Tins field of Is promis ing is pointing out ways fur tho utilization of materials to attract in sects in large numbers so they can be destroyed or to repel them from plants they are likely to Injure The senses of tjie cotton boll weevil have been given especial study and other investigations will follow: Another investigation of tho senses of Insects is rongerped wltfi the reac tions of bees to intensities and colors of light Whether or hot bees are "color blind is a point much' in" dis pute: and this study will endeavor to ascertain whether bees cun be trained to aseociato food with a cer tain wave length of light that Is to distinguish colors Service) New T'prk Jan 6 Decehtraliza the yopulaon and t'iie intro dtictiqn pf sufrerpower Qi farms are tlwfpYoelswiiich will change agri: culture from losing to a highly profltafale Indtistryrclalms Gen fiby Tripp chairman of the board ql the Westinghouse Electrio arid Man ufacturing conipany "DeceptraOzjtlon of Industry w)llenable the farmer to broaden the iambs Shropshire dael breeds A Spencer is in charge tlie investigation conducted at Brandon isfarm of a part vf 9 io 13 Corn germination at university of Illinois II to J9 Corn germination at University of Illinois 23 Annual consignment sale of Bure Breland grade Iloisteins at Yordy and Kerch barn reeport eb Disease Control end Pre vention at reeportrDatwanriTactf to be announced Dr MpCullen of Animal Pathology Laboratory uni yerity of Illmois to be speaker These men who wonderful or to supply tlie do not have to go to the schools vyliero technical information is to be had Thev appreciate this simple presentation of tlie latest in' formation in a way that they can put it into practice 'as they work along from dav to dav Tlie series of articles we are refer ring to on The eeding of tho Dsirv Cow began with tlie issue of October '5th 1926 Tlie seventh of tlie series will appear in tlie Jan uary 25th issue 'live more in tlie I ebruarv issues ACTIVE DEMANDS OR EEDS ARE REPORTED Governmcntjpprl3 StAtA th4k ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CORN BORER THREATENS LEARN TO BE ARMERS BUT MAY NOT BE SERIOUS OR SOME TIME To a large extent the of the hen is directly do on the kind of a house she A major part of her time there and It Is there care The word house usually suggests comfort safetv contentment and happiness Tlio man who provides them shows that he recognizes the fundamentals of egg production Egg production depends a satisfied mind as well as a In While poultry abusing' is listed as subject in the program of tne information Of tnat it can lie without going body fluff temperature naturally and breathes rapldlv Compared with larger ani mals she requires more pure air and throws off more moisture King gives Hie following table showing tlie amount of pure air required by thousand hours: YOUTHUL WORKERS Seventy per cent ar 2244 of 3L76 bpys and girls finished tasks they started last spring members of Hi 4 clubs In New Hampshire Knoxville Tenn Making cows contented is now the major duty of dairymen judging by the eTTort el' Sterclil here who employs radio individual drinking cups a 1 1 recti ve stalls to bring happiness to ins herd In the old days tlio cows tiicir private talking machine has been received at the arm Bui'eau office from State not including mugs of all jiersuns in the nearly fifteen hundred billion orc more than live times as capital as the total ot nil tin 1 i The efficient feeder and careful manager will make a success of puui tiy keeping when tlie average poul try keeper is just getting by nnd th inefficient one is getting ready to go out of business Jias been general satls thc houses shown in the cut above idea of tlie construction icse houses A view of the east side would show tho door and another window also valuable books and the arm Bureau office construction These are arranging roosts self watering devices nestoxand 1 his backwardness is largely due to the fact that farms are bo acat tcreil long pules Imus must bo run in order to serve a limited number of consumers whose total consumption is comparatively small aqd a high investment per user is necensarv "I armers now must pa relatively higher prices for electricity than those who live in thickly settled communities So high is this cost tliat many contend tlie non of the majority farms is impossible "By decentralizing and building up tho tlie farms will bo Hose enough to gctlier to allow cheap electrlflcatjoi) Bringing super power to tlie farms will enrich the rural corifmunitv make it attractive enough to courage decentralization" BIG' APPPLE CROPShipments of apples frpm Canada tj European poets will exceed by 50 per cent those ot last year accord 4o estimates mad by author! AVERAGE MAN AT IB WORTH $29000 amd ent to IdentWTTTion Systematic Bureau ofi examination was in which the I destructive of human capital on a large scale because they interfere with production nd cpt life short I adds Dr Dublin livery year sick ness alone costs the people ot the I nited Slates in excess of two and a quarter: billions of dollars in wages lost and in medical nursing and hos pital care Premature death on the most moderate basis costs as much On the basis of the above figures health authorities arc urging people to give more thought to the health of tlieir children to building strong constitutions giving them tlie right foods cxercitio and seeing that they get plenty of sleep in their curly years to build up a reserve with which to meet future responsibilities payent who is suffering from aliments of any sort or subject to sickness should npprccinte tlio need of instilling the proper health habits in their states Miss Aubyn Uhinn nutrition director of tlio Na tional Dairy Council "Me find In our study of school children throughout the 4 tliat tlie children who lotv these simple rules are most to build rugged constitutions longer and healthier lives: Use four glasses of milk every Liat fruit every dav Drink at least 4 glasses of water every dayf Ent some vegetable besides peftato every day Play part of every day outf'ot doors Brush teeth daily Take a bath yftene? than once 'a week Bleep many hours with tho win dows open" on less cured thereby saving expense and to as of the corn belt ed from as prepared by Poultry Extension service These with specifications are a great help in constructing the building In most eases considerable old lumber was used and no extra labor was hired There faction with The house specimen of mois within ow of the a State hue should not cause general a In rm will he controlled possible Evidently Mr I sure the farmers that all hope is not gone for protect ing the corn come Mr nt covered the following topics: 1st ting of crops through the cow 2nd Koughages 3rd of I oncentrates 4th Simple rules of I i z1 1 i i (i uuus oi nil to calculate good rations 7th eeding management Air water minerals and vitamines Sth Summary and complete tables re quired in Calculating Good Rations There is so much in these articles that can be re read with profit or used for reference when new ques tions arise that it is wise to file nf of the yjjeep Acres insect probable supposition and if the I public was to rest on that supposl non there would lie great danger of la wide spread distribution ot the in sect This is not the ease for both state and federal authorities arc giving all possible attention to the situation Besides every farmer in I tlie territory will be watching daily I for evidence of the presence Jan reeport city bull lleje Edgar Smith ot Argyle and Mrs Dunlap speakers Jan 13 Ridott ShippingAsociii tion annual meeting at Ridott Rep resentative of Chicago Producers speaker Jan 17 to 2 Week at $144000 per year to the purchasing n'eitV Illinois Urbano I Jun 22 reeport Shipping Asso Iciapon annual mcetiyg at Odd el temple Dinner at noon Jun 24 arm account meeting at arm Bureau office for members starting records for the first time Jan 25 James annual Bred Sow sale consisting ot fifty head of pure bred Poland sows at farm miles west ot Lena Jan 2b 27 Annual meeting of the I A A at Peoria eb 3 Stephenson County Pure bred Swine Breeders Association sale of fifty head of Purbred Duroc Jersey Toland Chinas Spotted Po lands and Chester AVhlie Sows at Yordy and Kerch barn at reeport Gilbert Molter Bred Sow aalo of 50 head of tiurebred Duroc Jersey bows arm Bureau regular monthly meeting of directors eb 9 Coin borer meeting Place to be announced later eb setroo! eb cchool eb APPROVED TYPE POUJJHY HOUSE 4 4 1 J1 NEWMAN IS CREATOR THE NEW RUST COMBATING SHOWN HERE MILK SWEETER I COWS HEAR SOOTH)NG TUNE Dear Sir: A single stalk of corn apparently containing a borer was found bv a farmer in Kankakee County the last week December 'J he specimen was sent in the stalk to Air ('oilier arm Adviser in Kankakee County Mr Collier removed the borer from the stalk killed it and forwarded it with the stalk to this office The specimen was identified here as th European Corn Borer Washington where was confirmed Entomologists in Entomology An made of the field specimen was found the day after it was received here but no other in the crease tn Business value ot ins farm and make his home more attrac Gen Tripp explains "Super power: will offer the farm er a means of increasing th effl ciency of Ills worker A district having 25 to 50 times area could function as easily as those of generations ago "The farming Industries will be specialized plants fitted Into inaife part of our present efficient 'industrial not the Little in efficient local'work shops of 50 or 60 years ago arm Profits Decline "Since 1900 dur agricultural plant has beet) slowing up and running down as compared with other Indus tries Until the beginning of the War the industry was faced with a tendency to increase costs per unit without increasing prices dition was interrupted by cncics only to be revived when farm bankruptcies all records increasing 1200 per cent since 1910" Statistics presented by Gen Tripp in regard to the participation of the farming industry in the total come of the nation show that 1850 the farmers received 346 cent of th country Income 1900 205 ner cent: 1910 180 cent 1920 138 per cent and 1921 93 per cent arms Scattered "Not mor than three per cent of tho farms In this cOuntrv aro re reiving current from power Gen Tnj) reports: no one de nies tho desirability ot electric eer fol 1 apt for CROP ROTATION PAYS 1 v'sY Ot the 12T Pennsylvania farmer who have won admission to the 400 Bushel Potato Club 36 percent hve Potatoes following a le gutne crop Mbg IU IIS Say it jvith Printer's Ink PEORIA DAIRYMEN PROIT BY CO OPERATION Tho Illinois A1ilk Jroluers Asso ciation the ovoperative rimpnacd of 849 (loirymen around Peoria has added $f00 per day or approximately dxation of the presence Eutopean Corn Borer was seen The area is now being scouted bvflLiirv men from the redera! Bureau 4 a 1 rsiiiuiiiuiogy State Department Inta is probably nierciv a ch 'nice light infestation which mav have come from tho flight of a moth from the infested area Such scattered infestations are hkelv to lie found at any time well beyond the area ofi general infestation The finding of one the corn borer in 1 I almost a stone tl Indian i any general alarm in Hie Hate Even though a number of scattered Infestations should bo found does not mean that anv occur for several tennined effort will made to clean up the infestations I am sending this may have the full facts in regard to tne ft council Specialist SUGGESTS NEW WAYS DE SERVINGCHILDREN can Iliw jitro thdtmy takes a quart of day?" is 'question oftoflaskied of Miss Dorothy Buckley 'Nutrition Siicrlalist of th totlj Connecticut lUnft i 'a "Sush''Authorities as Dr VMc Colltyn Slicrmanand 'others are 'agreed tliat ft fs essential for a child to us a quart of nftlk each day at least untiriie is fourteen' years old" Miss Bucklev eta tea "Bi this way only will he be furnished the necessary amount of lime lA lii dlet to build growing and teeth rNot' only is it necessary for the child to have a quart of milk but home high carry prac The Cl I 4 earned on during the summer andit is then that the teacher' into the country visiting the farm talking vith the boy and his father and testing out this farming" to see its cash value Stephenson County has but one high school cooperating the Smith Hughes plan of Agriculture in ij: the High School Mr Harold Allo 2 mnn'at the Dakota high school has been employed to conduct this tvpe o'work ie During 1926 Illinois farm bovs completed 2 398 projects in growing 7 and livestock' and in this case means turned into Jul 3 19 and July1 196 these 2398 projects showed total earning of an av erage of $11026 for each boy In ad dition these lads carried on 2G6 pro jects in arm Mechanics nnd armManagement which did not show a financial return During: that year the combined state and ederal ap propriation foe Agricultural Educa 't Mon in Illinois was $250000 $10000 JJess than these bojs earned with' Jbeir projects just want parents to know1 what it is all about" explains Dr pfolan "There Is still just a little feeling that this farming' Is a1oke Now If ever the American farmer has got to put farming on a scientific basis lie Jhlngs to chance as he did when economic conditions were more leni ent Th boys rired the cooperation of their fathers Wo have talked and talked And now we are going to show them that these boys are real ly getting that this vo retional education Is not an ideal ist's vision but a successful proven' experiment" 'this damage will years A certainly vicinity cf fHE TREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD ing indefinitely is a question developing into system Ate be glad to linvi methods of Him ir sod in constructing houses a minor work in special interest nt With AOI a vtiinihm nf built in the counfv the blue prints furnisned at the of fice It would be very foolish to build a new house without studying tho plans suggested by experts who I have given a great deal ot study to I the matter Convenience with proper ventila I Inn hrtii zlvoftw 1 fl nf firftt uper Sideration In 8 nitc niiAc COUNTY: ARM BUREAU' Swanzey President Niblqi VicePre A Mitchell Sedrery TreAiurer arm Bureau Office Xttej th State Ave) reeport I Phone Main 79 11 DIRECTORS Hoik firovfu Glcn Geiter fe Rqelt Otto Heitkatn rink luechtling I anf Roy ixing I I) Goeke rank Wichman I Hrrlen rhillins Sliver Albert Scheffner tv A New Use Government iJteratiir (rom orbes Macazinri Shortly after th niibhcation one of their books a letter was re ceived by the Department of Statistics from a farmer asking that th volume be to him A letter wax sent to the firmer explaining that the work wag in two volume one dealing with the regular commodities of commerce and the other with trade Th farmer wag taldHiat4f wuuM indicate which volume he wanted would be sent to him by return He wrote back saying thqt it did not make any difference which volume they sent so Idng it wa big fnd thick that hl daughter wanted it to press Autumn Itnvea in Experienced farmer in North Carolina arc plowing their lands thisail to take advantage of a cheap and effective harrow supplied by na ture for conditioning day soils Ten years ago the Smith LIugucs 1111 opened the doors of tue natron lugn senotus ano et euucBuvii vui among folks where it could ream i them the things they really wanted i to know Today radio lias lified tue roofs Off these high schools middle west at loasi clapped Jong distance specs on tne nose farm parents so thev mav look squarely into the class rooms and see their youngsters at work It there is any lingering doubt rthe minds of farm parents as vvhat the Smith Hughes school whether it is practical all thpy need do is tune in on tion which is known the and find 1 Probably one of the ing innovations In radiodoin is the series of broadcasts leing put on by I the bovs and teachers in the agricul tural high schools ot Illinois from statiori AVLS ot the Sears Roebuck Agricultural oundation 5 ''On alternating Tuesdays am clang of the bell announcln regular Supper Bell program from ULb finds a group of these brigit eved eager farm lads before the mi croplione ready with that confid tnc which is born ot "knowing to show the mothers and dads out on the farms and in the little towns within the radius of the sta tion what they learn at school how learn it and perhaps most in teresting ot all how they put their hook learning to practical use onfith home farm It was in 1917 that Hughes bill put nine million dollars In the hands of the high schools for vocational education and three mil lion of that was to be used for our sea in agriculture provided tlie state would match the amount allot ted to it Today sixtv five thousand boy are taking these high school agricultural courses learning the chemistry of soils the phvsicsof farm mechanics the biology of building pure bred stock along with their algebra American history and English literature In Illinois alone during tlie first year that this fund was available k15 schools established the prescribed course in agriculture 243 boys were enrolled Id 1919 the number jump ed to 42 with an enrollment ot 675 bovs At the dawn ot lij? Illinois 1 had 179 agriculture! high schools with 4530 boy taking the course The teacher ot agriculture in Smith Hughes schools is oil Die job at least eleven months out ot the year His confiact provides for a vacation not to exceed one month including holidays used asvacation or the most and jmost interesting phases ot thisdown to brass tacks brand ot educa is the project work carried on py tne boys on tlieir own farms In order to get his school credit each lad must on at least one "project" one Heal experiment in farming majority of these projects are )uuv VA 411 1 A effl is Important to include a generous quantity or mine in the daily family dietary as adults need lim 'to re pair bone tissue "The clever mother has learned that there ar many way of dis guising milk so that ths child will not tire of it favorite des sert the ever popular les cream esn well used as a means of making milk acceptable In a diet children just entering school plain ice cream should be given made largely with milk or light cream ruit milk sherbets are par ticuhuiy good and can Tie quickly and easily made at home In fact the children themselves could easily make sherbert freezing it in a tin baking powder or other closely cov ered can in pan of chopped ic or snow mixed with about one third tlie quantity ot salt the can in the ice mixture and scrape down the sherbert from lite sides of the can with a silver knife from time to time as it freezes The children wl greatly enjoy doing this and consequently will cat it with an I mi) miles deep bv miles wide which Canada is planning tb add to I her Wheat belt across the provinces I of Alberta Saskatchewan and Mani toba LEATHER "DRY ROT" DUE TO ACIDITY AND LACK CREASE Too much acid and not enough oil and greqso results in rot" of leather according to the Bureau of Chemistry Uinti Stales Depot ment of Agriculture Cliemists of the bureau recently analyzed two 11 vear old tan colored suit vase straps sent in for examination The straps were visibly in an extremely advanc ed stage of deterioration being cracky and easily scuffed and torn Analysis showed that tbc leather was very acid containing as much as 325 per cent: also Hint it contained but 195 per cent of oil and grease The findings in this examination served to emphasize again that lack of and greasfe and high acidity produce a condition responsible for much earlv destruction of leather Not only does the lack ofr oils and greases deprive the fibers of the leather of much needed "nourish ment" but it also permits tlie absorp tion of more acid during it period of service rom previous investiga tions on the deterioration of leather it is indicated that the acidity in these two straps when they were new was IcKver than that foltnd by analysis and tliat had Increased during use through absorption of acids from the polluted atmosphere Leather that is properly tanned and well cared for will stand up for a long time even under severe con cerea iisc These Mraps al I I 1 A 1 1 I 1 A AA 44 AKA! uauuivni'l'iUi lunuci vu eui a tc feu 14 years Had they been made free from destructive adds when tanned and given sufficient nourishment with oils and greases tlieir life of service would have been greatly extended had but Sterchi fearing their discontent if tncy wore not given the latest in novations supplied a radio Dance music from New York sup per clubs is of course favorite tune often finds that Old Kentucky Rosnrv sooth in a somber and make them givo sweeter milk Happiness and contentment I the motto of this bovine paradise Not only aro a esthetic yearnings satisfied with selected music: but the barn and stalls aro furnish elaborately to suit tlie requirements of the bovine tenants The water which the inmates ot tins homo for contented cowj drink from individual cups Is from tlio same spring which the Sterchls use Bterclu is continually catering to the whims of the herd and says that he Is now considering hanging cages ot tjanary birds in tho stalls to sing for the cows and make things more pleasant mfr I' li II TM BD flPERATiyE LIVESTOCK SHIPPERS TO GATHER AT i CHICAGO JAN 25TH av 1 XtlyestcTck pfoduters of ths xcbrribelt who art lnterestedin tho operative Marketing oft their live stock" vyill gather at JShfcbgOk uat 25th foi th fourth annuhl meeting th Chicago Producers Coffifiiis8lonA3Sociatlon Th primcipar address his meeting is to be delivered' by Prof IL Tiitsk who heaffiCth Depart merit of Ani mal Husbandry at the University of JillrlolB Prof Rusk has been one of th leaders of 1L Co operative I earniiig capacitj of he family In Marketing in th mid west fprr5 cars crease th business value of his farm ana nisT contnoution to pvesrocK marketing at this meeting will be followed with interest by th stock shippers in th midwest This meefing which is being for the fourth time has growh in size and in reputation it being now recognized as the leading forum of" the country for the expression ofthose who are interested in tho she cess of Co operative Marketing In sending out the announcement of this meeting the Producers have urged every livestock owjier and feeder to attend In addition to tho talk of Prof Rusk there are to bo several addresses by men of national reputation in the co operative field and an election of new directors to succeed those whose terms of office have expired It is hoped that a of officers and managers of Stephenson County Shipping Associations will be able to attend this meeting or tho third eonsecutlvo year the Chi cago Producers Commission Asso ciation a Co operative Selling Agencv supported by the American arm Bureau ederation has led all other marketing agencies in volume of livestock handled in the Chicago market During the vear 1926 tho Producers have handled livestock th Value of $2802061 327 AGEJS EDITED BY 'THE wawwav si as viim1 ovure ukhu hi LOCK OWNERS Bk I i ('oiupitsmg a of appiOj! 'mutely IfiO acre of tillable land IM Aijiipal Experiment (ayni at Bejtstvlle'' Md "Sheep Is yielding 'main respite of interest: tp flock owner theUnited SiAtcj 'Theframe Is gradual ly cmhli to nifcan the proving ground for problems Pf sheep ijro ftuitlon under' intensive conditions InpPal of sheep rafring A practical system of forage crop pasture cvpenments already have jrhowu epahles sheep to be pastured I longer and moMod from field to field ithbrebv controlling parasites more frillv than when maintained under tim usual permanent pasture method This practice makes it possible also to keep a farm flock feed labor Another important pei lmentltl wink at Sheep concerns the effect ot extra ot ewes at breeding time percentage of twins in the crop An advantage of 16 Iambi I hntiAvnl rxvrc VACiittorl 1 i 11 UUUl 44X0 Hill i it i vi i Hntoinologlst Mint wincii quiets t0 hoping cwm fsQine extent me aium over 110 (inditioii tliat season I European Corn borer Would 1 not Otlp exwrinients deal I growth of lambs both in weight anU Isize fixing of type in purebred sheep i bv selective breeding and rate of I I wool growt The flock at I consfsis of approximately 200' including rams representing the 1 lanipshfi NEA Service ritei' (lue'igo Jan 11 Destrin tn rust parasites whi li yearly caui I rrrnTiTWMitgrtffr RMMVP9HM 1 ife Bsi reeport Journal Stand 17 II 'l.