The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 24, 1912, Page 4

asistencia: GET THE SEED CORN ORY )~s2,r% If corn is stored in barrels or piled up it will not dry out as well as if stored in racks, and when freezing weather comes on it will be injured. If thoroughly dry, a severe freeze will Prof. CG. B. Hutchison, University of | not inquire the vitality of corn to any : Missouri. appreciable extent. CORN WITH SAP 18 LIABLE TO FREEZE OR MOULD. The importance-of taking good care WILL EXAMINE MANY WITNESSES of seed corn has been proven by ex- Periments at Columbia. Seed that was cared for in different ways was tested by the experiment station and the following results were obtained: Six Weeks Will Be Consumed In Tak- Ing Testimony in Steel Hearing —Held at Pittsburgh. ent | Gaetan Pittsburgh, Pa. Oct. 2—Harry P. 94.4 | Brown, spcial examiner, has resumed (83.6 | the taking of testimony io the sult .93, | of the federal government against the .67.1| United States Steel Corporation, i te 96g | which the Sineelneoe Wie Pad ites veeceseeeeeess67.1| tion is sought under erm: ere on fouee to be more thaa| Anti-Trust Law. The government 10 per cent difference in the growing | Wa8 represented by Jacob M. pickin power of the early picked seed asjS8°N, ex-Secretary of War; George W. compared with the late picking, fa-| Pepper of Philadelphia, Henry E. Col- voring the early gathered seed. ton and Barton Corneau of Washing- It is also notable that the seed not | ton, assistants to Attorney General properly dried gave a test nearly 30 Wickersham. The attorneys for the per cent below the dry seed. steel corporation were Joseph HH. ‘After the seed is gathered it should | Choate, John G. Jackson, B, W. Linda- be handled !n such a manner as to|bury, C. A, Severance, B. C. Boling) dry out thoroughly before freezing | and David AL Reed. It is expected weather. This can be easily done by | the hearings in Pittsburgh will con- making racks in which the ears are | tinue for five or six weeks as a large Method of Handling. Early husked . Late husked Stored in dry ..... In field or open crib. Matured and dry ..... placed and swung up in the granery |number of witnesses are to be ex- or barn in a dry and well ventilated | amined. place where the mice will not get at them. | The actual and known agricultural value of fresh farm manure contain. |ing both the liquid and solid excre- | ments is $2 a ton, if the value is measured in terms of plant food or | by the actual increase in crop yields | produced by the use of the manure |on long cultivated soils. Bars High School Frats. |. St. Joseph, Mo., Aug, 14.—The local Board with Nails for Storing Seed school board put a ban on all secret Corn. | societies in St. Joseph high school. Another convenient way of storing | All students entering the high schools corn is to take a board, say 10 by 20! must sign a pledge that they will not inches, and drive 12-penny casing! join any fraternity or sorority, Ex- nails through it from both sides) pulsion will be the penalty for a vio- three inches apart each way and stick | lation of the pledge. the ears on these nails. Bore a hole} i Black Hawk Buggies ‘* “ Manure Spreaders Charter Oak Wagons Janesville Plows FOR SALE BY DEACONS 43-tf SOUTH SIDE SQUARE We are not Giving You in the top of the board and suspend THE VENEER WRAPPER FOUND EFFICIENT AND ECONOMIC. we ‘ en oe : H. Eckles, Professor By W. H. Chandler, Assistant Pro- mS “ fessor of Horticulture, Col- lege of Agriculture, Uni- versity of Missouri. culture, University of Missouri. Protection of young orchards: against rabbits is a matter that can- not be attended to too early. Where orchards are valuable enough, the rab- bits may be combatted by means of rabbit-proof fences. In sections where a great many orchards are located, by combined efforts of the growers the rabbits may be killed out in the com- munity. In a Jarge percentage of cases, however, they will have to be combatted by protecting each indi vidual tree. There are a number cf appliances for protecting the trees against rab- bits, but probably by far the best, if not also the cheapest, is the wood veneer wrapper. These are simply very thin strips of tough wood about 10 inches wide by 18 to 24 inches high that are wrapped around the trees. The best ones have the base of the wrappers treated with a preparation to prevent rotting. The wood veneer wrapper, before being used, should always be moist- ened so it will wrap arcund the tree without splitting. The wrappers are then placed around the trees with the base pressed closely against the soil and are fastened with small wires. The wires should be cut the proper length before going into the orchard. The ends of the wire are given only one twist. Sometimes one wire is used and sometimes two. These wood veneer wrappers are beneficial also in protecting the trees against borers. So, after they are put on it is well to mourd the soil up about two or three inches around the base. tablished fact that a calf raised on skim-milk is equally as good as one aursed by its mother, skim milk only in the amount of fat {t contains. The fat is not the most Important part of milk for the calf, The protein, which is not removed, builds up the muscles, nerves, hair, hoofs and horns; while the ash, which also remains in the skim-milk, is used for building the bones. The fat in the milk does not go to form growth in the animal, but furnishes heat and fat. A substitute for the fat can be gupplied much cheaper with grains, Buch as corn. The first milk of ®e cow after calv- {ng is called colostrum. It is im; portant for the calf to have this milk, for a few days, since it seems to = ee eet ee: _ ° —_— << ~~ — Experiment Young 1... vu a Wood Veneer | Wrapper. Cost and all considered, the use of the veneer wrapper is to be recom- mended in nearly all cases. The cost of the wrapper will vary from $4 te $6 a thousand, depending on the height. The usual price is $5 a thou- sand for wrappers 20 inches high. They may be secured from almost any box and basket company. Probably the next most important moans of protection again rabbits is the use of heavy wrapping paper. This paper should be in strips about 20 inches wide and should be wrapped around the tree in at least two thick- nesses extending to the ground at the base. It should be tied at the top, Something Nothing But we are giving mighty good bargains just now in Chinaware COME IN AND SEE ~ Our Groceries are now as always GOOD Come and see us bottom and middle. Since it is also valuable in protecting against borers, the earth should be mounded slightly at the bottom as in the case of the veneer wrapper. In a few cases rab- bits have been known to tear this paper off. Wrapping with wire netting is also satisfactory, though more expensive than the above methods. A coil spring of heavy wire around the tree seems to be a very satisfactory protection against rabbits, though these offer no protection against borers. If the orchard is smal! and none of these materials are available, wrap- ping trees with pieces of cornstalks about 20 inches long set up around them and tied is entirely satisfactory. Old newspapers wrapped _ several. times around are also used. Tie se- curely at top, bottom and middle. The first light frosts do not usually injure seed corn to any great extent, aie le] ry Husbandry in the Coilege of Agri. ° The milk of a dairy cow is usu- ally worth so much more than the calf that it is poor economy to feed the calf whole milk. It is a well eé-, The skim-milk differs from the un- This is done gradually and not by an abrupt change. The whcle milk should be. replaced at the rate of one pound. or‘a pint, a day, until the calf is get- ting only skim-milk. It may then be allowed 15 pounds a day, for an aver- age size calf. The skim-milk calf should be taught to eat grafn early. By the time it is three weeks old it should be eating considerable. good as any grain, but after the calf is two or three months old it can eat shelled corn just as well. The best way to feed the grain is dry in boxes. At first, the calf may have excess to it at all times. As soon as it begins to eat considerable, no more should he given than will be eaten up clean twice daily. The essential points to be kept in mind are these: 1. Do not overfeed. 2. Feed warm milk. October 26 sta Five Cents the Copy, The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN Qe OLDEST AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL de the WORLD ‘We CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY Philadelphia| Station. NOW READY Five Other Big Features in this issue are: Ohio’s Struggle to Check Hog Cholera, by T. L. Wheeler, of the Ohio College of Agriculture. How Ohio is spending $25,000.00 in her fight to wipe out hog cholera. Banking on Clover and Cattle, by J. C. Beavers, the noted expert on farm efficiency and management. THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN will be delivered t any addres 5 cents.acopy < _By Subscription $1.50 a xf incurables. Corn’ meal alone is as} ;other's: life. “independent” cerned. Killed Demented Brother. Chicago, Oct. 2.—Charles Neilson *atally wounded his demented brother and then killed himself.” His sister said he grieved constantly over his brother’s mental condition, ast few days he had read in news- vapers of the proposed legal slaying Apparently he decided It ought to be a humane act to end his He cut his brothers hroat and then killed himself. In the Chinese Loan Not Popular. DOUBLE Your Corn Crop A New Method that Assures 100 Bushels per Acre, Devised by E. M. East, Plant Breeding Expert of Bussey Institute, Harvard University, Based on Experiments Made at the Illinois By scientific cross-breeding of two selected varieties of corn, Dr. East has secured strains that will yield over 100 bushels of shelled corn per acre. The fundamental principle of plant breeding has here been put to use and is controlled as completely as the breeding of animals. Any farmer can adopt this method; it is simple yet revolutionary and might easily bring about double yields on the average corn farm. Dr. East explains his new method in detail in this week’s issue of ‘The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN The Best Peach for Your by Professor F. A.Waugh, head of the Horticulture Department of the Massa- ’ chusetts Agricultural College, and one of the leading authorities on peach culture. The New Era on The Mississippi, by John L. Mathews. Thestory of the revival of the packet on inland rivers. How to Give a Harvest Festival, by Mary Master Needham. And in addition the valuable regular weekly departments, written most authorities in the country, dealing with these vital subjects: ness Forecast —a look ahead at business conditions; The Signboards What The States Are Teaching The Nation—a clear and concise summary of interesting helpful suggestions for improving ome life of farm and the fore- The Farm Busi- of Science — for London, Oct. 2.—The issue of the Chinese loan was 8 ‘ailure as far as the public was con- Only about 40 per cent of the $25,000,000 offered was subscribed fcr by the general public, so that the underwriters had to take up the re maining 60 per cent. quoted at 2% per cent discount, The loan is