The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 7, 1919, Page 16

4 3 Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers ADVERTISEMENTS e )\ DE LAVAL *CREAM SEPARATOR Every Reflection Shows Perfection. IEWED from every angle, the De Laval is distinctly in a class by itself. It has a business-like appearance. It looks as if it were well made, and it is. It looks sturdy, and it is. There is no make-believe about it anywhere, from the wide-spreading substantial base to the solid, seamless, symmetrical supply can. It's no wonder that big dairymen and creamerymen who have for years made a careful study of dairy methods and machineryrefuse to consider any other separator but the De Laval. They know that from every angle—clean 'skimming, ease of operation, freedom from repairs, durability—there is no other cream separator that can com- pare with the De Laval. They know that it has a record of 40 years of service behind it.. They know that it can be depended upon. They know that they can’t afford to take chances with any other cream separator— And neither can you. Order your De Laval now and let it begin saving cream for you right away. Remember that a De Laval may be bought for cash or or: such liberal terms as to save its own cost. See the local De Laval agent, or, if youdon’t know him, write to the nearest De Laval office as below. | THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY 165 Broadway, New York 29 E. Madiaon Street, Chica‘go EVERY NEW DE LAVAL IS EQUIPPED WITH A BELL SPEED-INDICATOR | Hogs $17.50—Barley 80c $2.00 for barley fed to hogs with a Hog Motor. Barley must be ground. The HOG MOTOR will grind it without cost. GRINDER AND SELF-FEEDER Grinds all kinds of grain, coarse or fine, mixed or separate. operate it. 40-1b. pig can One machine to 30 hogs. Hogs learn to operate it quickly. Hogs Furnish the Power and Feed Themselves Power Costs Money. Why Not Use the Power You Have? Runs on ball bearings. Life of machine a long one. We keep in repair one year free. It pays for itself on every bunch of 30 +hegs fed. - i 60 DAYS TRIAL—AIl we require is a de- it with: your local bank. Money re- unded if. not satisfied.- 'SEND FOR BOOKLET HOG MOTOR COMPANY 439 Pierce St. N. E,, Minneapolis - T o T Outmosk and Ontwear Stecl, Efl!u“nhE :’.I!INE e et slog. y or tand.fiug Mmmumgm Write G« H. Pounder, 5ta. 71 Fort Atkinson, \_Vt:-' %’;" lots ’g”b""'l R f,‘.’,""u - Ihuo permonth ~ Y % ‘ S I RS 3 T N A BT 0 DGy V5 T DY P T e e S New Basis for Milk Price Devised Professor F. W. Peck of Minnesota Experiment Station Makes Suggestion of Interest to Dairymen PLAN to use the price of New York extra but- ter as a basis for deter- mining the price of milk in order to simplify the business of fixing milk prices, has been proposed by F. W. Peck of the Minnesota experiment station. No satisfactory basis for de- termining what the price of milk should be has been made use of here- tofore. The price of New York extra but- ter can be made the basis, says Mr. Peck, by fixing upoen a differential be- tween the price ofithe butter and the price of sweet milk as marketed daily; also a differential for the feeding value of skimmilk contained in the whole milk. The first differential is determined by adding 25 per ‘¢ént to the price of New York extra butter and then mul- tiplying the total by the test of the milk. This allows for the spread be- tween the butterfat content of the milk and the butter made from such { fat; also for extra quality and extra service. The second differential is arrived at by assuming that 100 pounds of whole milk is equal to the farm value of one- half bushel of corn. As there is about 85 pounds of skimmilk in 100 pounds of whole milk, the feeding value of skimmilk is 85 per cent of the farm value of one-half bushel of corn. This is the way the problem would work out: Average price New York extra butter, December, 68 cents. This plus 25 per cent makes 85 cents. This multiplied by 3.5 per cent, the butterfat content of the milk, gives ........... $2.98 Price of corn per bushel, $1.30. Of this one-half is 65 cents, and 85 per cent of 65 cents is 55 cents, the skimmilk dif- ferential Total (price per cwt. at local oustation)is s iearan riaisaiceies $3.53 The use of this method of determin- ing the price of milk at any time al- lows the use of a ready reckoner table that shows at a glance what the price of milk should be as based on the price of extra butter in New York. - The Knack of Seeding Sweet Clover Right Preparation of Soil and Careful Inoculation Are the Secrets of Success BY DATUS C. SMITH O EVERY man who seeds sweet clover this spring I want to urge the importance of a firm seed bed, in good tilth; that is, with just enough loose soil on top'for the proper cov- ering of the seed. I can not attempt to give definite directions for the wide section covered by the Nonpar- tisan Leader, but will say that the need of ‘a firm seed bed for sweet clover can hardly be exaggerated. Even fall-plowed land in Eastern North Dakota should be thoroughly worked down, at least with repeated peg-tooth harrowings; while, on spring plowing, still greater effort should be made to get the firm seed bed. ‘ At Cloverlea Farm, in the Red River valley, we have- found barley, even on spring plowing, about the best nurse crop for sweet clover. Last year it was much the-best. Inoculation is often the most im- portant thing of the whole process. It is certainly the simplest and, I fear, the most neglected. Unless the bacteria is already in the soil—and no chances should be taken in the matter Baer Addresses —no one need expect success with sweet clover without inoculation. I have tried about all the different methods proposed for soil inoculation and conclude that the one method for the Northwestern farmer is the so- called glue-solution method put out by the Illinois College of Agriculture. Here it is: Dissolve six ounces of carpen- ter’s glue in a gallon of water. Spread out the seed on a_canvas or tight floor, and sprinkle on one pint of the glue solution to one bushel of seed. Mix the seed thoroughly until all the seeds are covered with the solution; then sprinkle on one quart per bushel of well-sifted inoculated earth and mix thoroughly. Care should be taken not to let the sun strike the earth or seed after inocula- tion. : The inoculated earth may be taken from any field where sweet clover or alfalfa has been growing well, re- jecting the top two inches and not going lower than nine inches. From about the roots of strong plants is still better. We are now using this method of inoculation exclusively at - Cloverlea Farm and can highly commend it. ‘ Big Conference | Well-Known League Congressman Speaks at Washington Meeting of Governors and Mayors HE recent conference of governors and mayors, held at the White House, Washington, D. C., to discuss re-employment questions and the return- ing soldier problem, was addressed on behalf of North Dakota by Represen- tative John M. Baer. Mr. Baer point- ed out that while other parts of the United States were experiencing hard- ships and disorders, Governor Frazier, elected by the organized farmers, was handling matters so well in North Da- kota that there was no danger of trou- ble of any kind. Mr. Baer said: “There: are few who are involunta- rily unemployed in North Dakota. I ‘have received a message from J. N. 'PAGE SIXTEEN . : Hagan, commissioner of agriculture and labor, stating that 30,000 experi- 9nc‘ed farmhands would be needed dur- ing the month of April, but at the present time the problem of unem- ployment is a negligible one. “Information from the various employment services confirmed the statement of the commis- sioner and showed that the point of saturation has almost been reached in North Dakota. It is a complete reversal of the condi- tions which have been heretofore reported at this conference. j“I believe great credit should be- given to the splendid avork of Governor Frazier. North Dakota . is a state which can be pointed to ‘as ‘an example of one which has