Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 24, 1920, Page 7

| TUESDAY, EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1920 PAGE SEVEN | ;GOOD RECORD IN “T B” DRIVE :Officlal Tuberculin Testing in Octo- ‘" ber, 1919, Greater Than Any : Previous Month, i More officlal tuberculin testing of cattle was conducted during October, {1819, than in any previous month of |any year, according to a summary just iissued by the bureau of animal indus- itl'!. United States department of ag- Iriculture. During the mcnth 57,270 {cattle. were tested by state and feds iml veterinarians engaged in co-op- terative tuberculosis-eradication work. {Herds or iots tested numbered 38,251, and the total number of reactors found was 2,821, an averuge of slight- lly less than one reactor for each. From the standpoint of the number of animels tested the drive against tuberculosls was most vigorous in ‘Minnesota, where 6,269 cattle under went the test. Vermont was second iwith 4,035 and Washington third with 8,855 cattle tested. ‘* The figures, live stock specialists of || the department point out, indicate the nation-wide extent of the campaign ‘to stamp out the disease. At the end iof October the total number of herds officially accredited as free from tu- ‘berculosis after a number of tests was 1,824, iore than double the num- ber at the beginning of the year. PROVIDE WATER FOR CATTLE Ponds, Sprlngn, Troughs and Other * Facilities Should Be Cleaned and Put in Shape. (Prepared by the United Statés Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Before turning cattle that have been kept in the barn or lot during the winter onto a pasture a good water supply should be carefuliy provided for. Ponds, springs, watering troughs or other facilities for watering should be cleaned and put Into shape. It is frequently thought that the water sup- ply is abundant early !n the season and therefore that no attention need be given to it. This is a mistake, as eprings and ponds fill up during the winter and troughs become damaged (Water Supply for e Stock Is of Greatest Importance. i s0 they fail to hold sufficlent water for the needs of the cattle. In most ‘cases the water supply cannot be ‘materially increased, so care must-be itaken to conserve what is available. i1t 1s advisable to fence around springs ito prevent the cattle from tramping the earth and polluting the water. “The maximum use of water from a ‘sprlng can be obtained hy providing ltwo or three troughs set so that the .overflow from one will run into the next one. This arrangement not only ‘makes the water more accessible to the stock but keeps it cleaner' and better. COLLAR FOR MATURE HORSES Where Animal’s Weight Does Not Vary During Year Leather s Most Suitable. The best collar for the mature horse, whose weight does not vary much throughout the year, is the leather col- jar. But for most horses the best col- lar is one stuffed with hair and covered with ticking. oy 0 ] :4 X [ K [ o [ % X %> X o ] [} K " N [5 o % » K [ K () % X X DX = - m w - S (x} = = = m (7] XX e OO OO TSSO TOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTITOTO TS Breeding hogs should have lots of exercise. . o Every man who s using a scrub bull knows he ought to be using a purebred. . * With the present high prices of feeds and the good prices being paid for hogs, no farmer can afford to neg- lect his pig cro;:. Animals shoald be sheltered in wet weather. On cold days they will do better if confined in the barn than if | turned on pasture. The HE v = of the leaves,feed thereon pupae by harvest tim These pu;z rema: i entes clestyantc aplovee ner: i inthe Fall gl'hesz lesa Heryck Slies -leave the stubble ‘}Tms 1S Vi Plow under deepl allmfestedw(}mutub%lg | dyring sumeroreaany ticable whileit is still young: (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Serious injury to the winter wheat crop of 1920 by the Hessian fly seems extremely probable. Reports received by the United States department of agriculture entomological experts in the Mississippi basin winter wheat re- gion indicate a rapid increase of the Hessian fly in that important wheat- growing district. These reports show that considerable young wheat already has bezn killed by the Hessian fly, and that serious losses to the crop of 1920 are almost certain. Unless winter wheat growers east of the Rocky mountains can be induced to unite in a concerted movement.to observe the approved methods of com- bating the Hessian fly during the sum- ‘'mer and fall of 1920, it seems that a disastrous general outbreak of the pest very probably will occur in 1921. A shortage of farm labor and unfa- vorable weatlier conditions at planéing time have combined to influence many wheat growers in planting their grain too early in the season. This has re- sulted in a heavy infestation of Hes- sian fly In practically all of this early planted wheat. 2 Damage Feared in East. A dangerously heavy infestation of Hessian fly also exists in the Piedmont plain wheat regions lying east of the Appalachian mountains and embracing Maryland, Virginia and eastern Penn- sylvania. Complaints of serious Hes- sian fly damage in that. region have already begun to be heard, and there is at present every indication that early-sown wheat in these states will be considerably if not seriously re- duced In yield this year. There is no remedy for the Hesslan IDENTIFY VARIETIES OF SWEET POTATOES Department of Agriculture Is Working Out a Key. It Is Based on Color, Size and Shape of Stems and Leaves and in Qual- ity of Tubers Themselves— Results Promising. The United States department of ag- riculture is working out a key by means of which varieties of sweet po- tatoes can be identified. There has always been a great deal of confusion regarding sweet potato varieties, and this key will make it possible to posi- tively identify all true varieties. It ; 1s based on the color. size and shape of the stems and leaves, and on the color, size and quality of the potatoes themselves. That the key works I8 attested by the fact that by its use| varieties described at the time Colum- | bus discovered America have been identified. The development of varleties of | sweet potatoes for stock feed. sirup, starch and sugar making is under way, and the preliminary results secured in- dicate that the possibilities of the sweet potato have hardly been touched upon. Tt i yet too soon to say just what may be expected from this work, but the results thus far secured are very promising. This work is being done at Arlington Farm, Va., and at the Pee Dee experiment station, Flor- ence, 8. C. Investigational work in curing sweet potatoes has also brought out impor- tant results. It was shown that with proper handling in storage conditions sweet potatoes can be carried through the winter and as late as April 1 with not more than 1 per cent of loss from decay. SSIAN e 'Ihi: peét lives through X a8 pupee in small brown caifi; / RING Fy Tesem &SP Fr, flaxseeds4 X % fly to hea;thy wheat where they lay their eggs in row: th From the eggs hatch tin{}{na gots thaggc‘hal domit}:hlxegfi)kna e plant aap,xpatuu,md change again to e. ir i - . nin[t.hutub f- and look for o young 9 * - If they can find ter wheat no 7ive wheat, "Which FALL FLp : g ) s FALLFLIGH, | aohii ! F's : without layi 1\ their eggs. * and THIS v » AN >, TWO VITAL POINTS R IPY s forthe CONTROL 2 s of the Hessian fly: o Postpone .winter wheat until th%o.mt‘e% - So that none of the plan : where this is prac above and does not interfere with havedied. i the growing of clover or .__.Sowing on this date usually important forage grasses. o"f"fi%‘;-"rfi alm' t alfld’ in seasons | If voluri t . Consult coun nt or - i)l it By diskong or %Ev?nl t] State St Colede regardin ding the safe sowing dates for your regiton. he wanter i dbases of the wfieat stal. at The fall flies dive dut afew days. A ts will appear ound until after th%pflin‘ fly when once it takes possession of a SUBSCRIBE FOR THE crop of wheat. Grain that is so heav- ily infested as to afford little promise of a profitable yield should be deeply plowed down and lightly harrowed as early in the spring as is practicable. This should be done by March 1, if possible, so as to bury the stubble and prevent a large part of the flies from i{ssuing and reinfesting other fields of growing wheat or barley. The land may then be planted to oats, corn or other immune, quick-growing crops, so as to avoid a complete loss of profit from the land during the current year How to Fight the Fly. The methods for combating the Hes- sian fly are, in brief, as follows: 1. Practice crop rotation. Do not sow wheat on stubble if it is possible to avoid doing so. 2. Plow under all infested stubble, where possible, soon after harvest. 3. Destroy all volunteer wheat by harrowing, disking, plowing or some other method. 4. Plow all land to he sown to wheat as early and deeply as existing condi- tions permit, and prepare a thoroughly pulverized and compacted seedbed. 5. Conserve moisture against a pe- riod of drought at seeding time. 6. Use good seed. 7. Fertilize. 8. Sow wheat during the fly-free pe- riod as advised by your farm advisor or state experiment station. Adhere to these practices every year whether the fly is abundant or scarce. They will help to keep it scarce. Community co-operation s essentlal if success is to be attained, because one Infested field may furnish enough flles to damage the wheat for several miles around. i LEARN OF WHEAT VARIETIES Result of Comprehensive Survey Made by United States Department of Agriculture. For the first time in the history of wheat growing in America it will soon be possible to map the distribution of wheat varieties and to learn the large fumber of names under which the same varieties are known in different “parts of the country. This result has been made possible by a comprehensive survey of varieties made by the United States department of agriculture, through the bureau of plant industry and the bureau of crop estimates work- ing In co-operation. Schedules were sent to about 65,000 crop reporters to determine the distribution of wheat varieties, the source from which they came, the date of their introduction into the community, the percentage which each represents of the total wheat acreage In the community. The returned schedules have been studied and about a thousand letters of in- quiry have been sent asking for addi- tional information and samples. 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