Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 29, 1920, Page 8

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS CLOSE OF SEASON GOOD TIME TO MAKE FARM INVENTORY ‘With anether season of farm work fast drawing toa closa the United States de- pirtmeént of agriculture is: urging that an annual property list or inventory be made by every farmer. . It is the only means ":xrknent speclalists sy, Where- by f: may know accurately their net financiel worth, what progress they are making from year to year, and how their investment in - farm property is being distributed. Property lists, with a lan outlined in the office of farm man- agement, United States departmefit of agriculture, are not difficult to make and =fe of great value to any farmer who is striving to. better his condition, overcome obstacies to success, and place his busi- nes affairs on _a secure foundation. To L along year after year, not knowing ether toward sucocess or failure, is not practice of buginess men. Specialists of the department are prepared to give complete directions for making a farm inventory that will put the farm on a businees basis | TAKING CARE OF THE WOODLOT In general, there are two types of #oodlots I each of them requires a diet method of handling, The first type is characterized by the presence of 14 trees which dominate the stan; second type s made up of a nearly aged stand of second growth. In the first type the old trees may al- exclude the younger growth or they a few scattered individuals | t the stand. Such material is! y to be losing value. The way ie loss is to cut the old trees! ¢ attained u mature growth and oom for a mew stand of se-dlings. ure tree should be cut for the same at one cuts a crop of wheat} thoroughly ripened. No dead | od timber should be allowed to| ely of mature work suff between the » to come up. If followed -carefully, the 8 ave a crop of w:iod his woodlot. When ure truber 8- femoved. in tiwo o | ittings the first cutting shou nanaged as to open up the crawn ¢ so that the leaves on may decomnose more d the germination 6f the seed be made tain. The remaining trees be-| re windfirm and. as a result of | swne reesiving mors sunlight, they e more seed When the f-rest| < % 2 good condition the sec rutting In a matu odlot can be made | furing th ter follow'ne a heavy seed | ' B <~cond o '8 the gre tr-sv. When fshed ard are s‘rons, themanlvas with third cutting may | tor proteciion the 70 ®seond tvme of woadlot. whara ! & farmar has omoevenoaged stand of | meonnd-rromtly v ho may haetn carvest Mle oran by gelenting, frst Adeeitaile mmeale Ar eanAs sneh trane ag irs to overte) erowd out .or da CASTQR!AQ. Por Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Adw nvs bears z 7%‘ ;;m:ured De | from a single Tennessee owmer at the same stockyards. These animals ware ot a2 distinctly southern type, says the Bu- veau of Markets representative, but they were well finished on corn, and sold readily at the top of the market, despite the fact that they came from phe so-call ed “doubtful territory.” The owner re- ceived a check for $72.417, the Jargest ever-paid to a patron of that market for a single shipment. valuable species like white ash or tulip poplar. sSprouts sometimes arise too thickly from-the stump cf trees recently cut. or the reproduction of a good species is too dense. In any of these cases sume of the' trees should be removed. This process is nothingemore than the weeding out of the poorer individuals where thev interefere with the better ones. In some- what the same manner, a thinning cut- ting is used when ,in from 15 to 20 years. the young stands reach a dense condition. The principal is exactly the same as that applied by the truck gardener who thins out his plants to secure thu best develop- ment of a portion rather than a_ poor de- velopment of the whole. Crowding at the beginning of the trees’ growth means a high commercial quality of timber, pro- vided the crowding is not allowed to continue after the lower brancehs die. The thinning -process .is productive ‘of cord- wood, post material and poles. USE SUNSHINE TO CUT HOG CHOLRA BILL | A few da work in the pig pens and | yards scraping, disinfecting and cleaning 's pretty good hog-cholera insurance. Strict sanitatiow is the best aid the farm- ir can give to the work of the hog-cholera serum. It is unwide and uneconcmical to depend entirely upon the serum to protect ! the swine from this costly disease. In 1918 the farmers paid a serum bill of over | $5,000,000 and they still lost $60,000,000 worth of pigs. There can be no doubt as to .the effectiveness of the serum treat- ment, but the sensible farmer will do what he can with shovel, hoe and disin- fectant to remove the cause of the trouble. The threat of cholera I8 always present so long a sthere’are undrained cesspools and wallows. Straw stocks should néver be left from one year to the next if they ae where the hogs can reach them. Shelters and pens shculd be %0 constructed that they ~may be’ easil cleans and exposed to the sunlight. A few days deveted to work of this sort in the fall when the hogs have been tak- en from the pens will do much to protect the herds of another year. GREEN FEED FOR YOUNG CHICKS If the best results are to be obtained with poultry, they must be furnished with a plentiful supply of green feed. Where fowls have unlimited range on a farm they will secure green feed during the ‘spring and summer, but during the winter it must be supplied for them. The question of how to supply the best feed at the least cost is one that each poultry Keeper must decide largely for himself. 1t will probably make but little difference what kind of green feed is sup- plied procvided it is relished by the fowls. Cabbage, turnips ,beets, potatoes, etc., are suitable for this nurpose. The larger roots and the cabbages may be suspended by means of a wire or string or they may be placed an the floor. -in which cas eft would be well to split the turnips or bee‘s lengthwise with a lurge knife. Potatoes RHODE ISLAND REDS COME TO THE FRONT In the eighth week of the laying con- test at Storrs, Rhode Island Reds oc- cupied the front of the stage, A pen owned by Charles H: Lane, Southbgro Mass., was an easy first with the spien- did production of 5¢ egss, a ; ¢ iy 78 Der cént. for all pen: a turnips should be fed cooked. The | Be2r m mangel is zn. excellent. root for feed raw.| Chaplin's pen of Reds from Longm Mass., was second with a )'xeld for the | “ut clover, 8o » boi vater. % . ! : § Cub vy e ";s}?“‘i';"g_og ay| Week of 47 ezgs. Deer Brook Poultry noultry Epaclalists of ‘the{ United States|ESrm’'s pen of the| same’ breed | from e foulturs, _ Cloter meal | Short Falls, N. H, wre a close third with a score of 45 ezgs. places go to two New B. Kent's Barred Rocks Fourth and ground alfalfa 1.ake very good feels ourth and for this purpose. Where the fow's rded and not enough green feed is i 5 1aid 42 cggs for the week ed by the yards, a small patch of | ;opincon's from Calverton fin claver, alfalfa or rape may be sown. Anv { (OISO, Crol FAIEEen SRR Y e of these .if frequently mowed, WIli n 71743 cges or a yield of 25 per cent. nish a great quantity of green fesd|ppig i5a sain of a neven ten dozen over in a form reilshed by the fowls. Canada | S 8 8 Z3i% OF & BOV fle'd peas , be sown for this pur- All pouitry flocks are now expected | gain in egg yield more or less steadi {2nd more or less rapidly from this time on to the zenith of production which { comes along in May., The weekly gain in pose .and when fed ‘In a tender. ition are eaten readilyv. Rye n for late fall'and early sori t wi'l germinate and grow in véry cnld weather. As a general thing. fowls as ropid as in some years. On ths otHer band tha mapagement has bsen some- what different in that the incoming pmi- lets were not foresd for ger production from Ue vewy Jdart At one time $his seefned to be geperally acsepted as the best s¢heme, but lately it has come to bej-believed that in the long run wmre be egEs " ean flock of ned from any given not by forcing them too 1 the pullets have ve thus becomie this Is accom- reached full more physic: plished by feeding grain® liberally for the first few weeks instead of forcing |' the #-ds to eat a lot of mash. During | the month of November the pullets in the contest consumed an average of four bat only of mash, more than two pounds t is a virtual certs ¥ when in heavy produs 1l be reversed and then read two to three pounds of grain and four or five pounds of mash. The four leading pens in each of the principal varicties are as follows: Plymouth Roeks. H. B. Kent ed, Cazenovia, N: Y. w. Rock. Roge Farm nah, N. Y. ..... s F. ll Pember (\\h‘?fi} X{Angsmn. et v " (Barred) Glea Ridge, N. J. Ehode Tsland Reds. White Leghorns. Head Poultry I<arm, Dover, day’s meeting, the majority the boatmens', engineers’ and Wo ganizations agreed.to ‘the Ci-hswi‘. ‘-tbflf Bpxc sold mm mo out-put e Added to their w hgt mvnhedne AT OF STRIKE CALLED AN “OUTLAW AFFAIR”| —The harbor strike. | the Boatmen% Unio! es and Pilots’ union ] d for January 1| affair” by Fred- ! dent of the Boat . in an ultimatum to zht. union leaders ton the laying contest has not, however, been “We are th h with them for good,” shonld have once a day about all ' the green feed they will ea . TROPER FEEDING BRINGS TOP PRICES FOR SOUTHERN HOGS ecured by the bureau of department of of \ have been Yards s and all wi well in cinity. S i e e wel sizsippi, and that’ he and fed them a mi corn and tan 4 wed intensive feeding 2 pounds or over when t all types of vegetables, ctc. i Order of your dealer or us. Booklet on request. plementar t bean ‘.1.unu“mv i DROSPERITY B OYAL WORCESTER FERTILIZERS Particularly adapced to soils in this vi. 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