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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1921)
President Visits Wounded World War Veterans WIDESPREAD WAR ON NATIVE FARM WEEDS SPRING IS PROPER TIME TO PUT HEN FLOCK ON PROFITABLE BASIS Survey Set on Foot by Depart ment of Agriculture. 1 1 New Varieties Constantly "Arriving in Foreign Seed and Through Other Sources— Entire Farms Aban- doned to Pests. « - * A 9 of atnerintn furm weeds. They are j classified in botanies and herbaria his, but there ure no detinite data in re- ' Kurd to their spread; the prevalence ■ of any particular weed in any local it y ; the amount of annual duniage; new weeds, increase of old species; or local methods of eradication. To supply the need for such data the section of weed investigations lias sent a questionnaire to all the more than 2,000 county agents of the de ( ‘resident and Mrs. Harding Inspecting Walter Iteed hospital In Washington and xlslting with the wounded partment. Tills questionnaire asks the «‘*-icrvicc men. names of live worst weeds in each county, In order o f their importance; tile methods, if uny, used by farmers COL. J. M. WAINWRIGHT to combat these weeds; and what weed problems are especially serious lu any particular county. Comparatively few native American weeds have given farmers serious trouble, liut new varieties are con stantly arriving In foreign seed and through other sources. Some of these ha\e become such pests that entire farms huve been abandoned to them. A canvass of 200 representative east ern farmers showed that an average of 22 days a year is spent at the busi est season In trying to get rid of weeds. Investigations by the bureau of plant Industry over a number of years ure taken to indicate thnt cul fixation after the seedbed is prepared has no other use than to destroy weeds. If tills theory proves correct. It will add more heavily still to ttie annual expense chargeable to weeds. It is the purpose of the department to use the projected survey ns a basis of operation in directing a widespread war on the weeds now here, or the Im portation of any new ones, and to j seek any local eradication mtthoih which may be worth general dissem ination. When Sap Flows soiled, roughened plumage. Choose a bird in good flesh, as a very thin bird is usually In poor health. Sick fowls, or those apparently recovered from sickness, ought never to be used for breeding. In selecting stock for mating, the purpose of the breeding must be kept clearly in mind. To produce table fowls, select a breed that has a standard type, or a body shape suit- aide for carrying an abundance of meat. This type has a broad, deep body, good length of hack and keel, and especially a broad breast well cov ered with meat. To breed for eggs, choose birds, as far ns possible, that ure good pro ducers or are the offspring of such birds and that conform to the standard requirements o f the breed. The best layers In the hens should have been handed or marked in some way in the fall, at which time their production is fairly well Indicated by their appear ance. The earliest maturing pullets should be tianded xx hen they stnrt to lay in the fall nnd early winter, as these early maturing birds usually make the best producers and tuny he used for brewing this year If desired. STRETCHER IS QUITE HANDY Col. J. Mnyhew Walnwrlght of Nexv York, who xxlll be assistant secretary of war. He Is a Nexv York National Guanl officer nnd during the xvar served as Inspector general on the stuff of Major General O’Kyan o f tlie Twenty seventh division. Particularly Convenient in Repairing Wire Fences and Is Easy to Put Together. When to Mate the Birds. In thousands of sugar maple groves In the I'nlted States and eutimia •weites like these may be seen. Above Collecting the sap for the sugar house. Iteloxv—Tapping the trees and banging the sap palls. Mating should lie made at least two weeks before beginning to save the eggs for hatching. It Is often desirable to mate even further ahead, so that a few eggs can be Incubated for five or six days to see whether they are fer tile. I f they are not fertile, there is still time to change the male bird. Tlie breed of birds influences the sire of the matings. If the fowls are con fined to a yard. It is usually desirable to run from 1 2 to 13 females of a small breed with one male, while the females of the heavier breeds, only eight to ten are mated usually with one male. When the fowls have free range and the male is strong and vigorous. It Is often possible to obtain fertile eggs with a much greater number o f fe males to each male. Washington Home of the Denbys Stretcher for Repair«. etid, and cut off the heads, filing them to a point. This keeps the stretcher from slipping on the post while in use. Then make a hook from a heavy piece of strnp iron as shown In the drawing and bolt to the stick with small bolts. PRODUCTION OF GOATS' MILK Result of Experiments Conducted at Government Experimental Farm at Beitsville. Dr. <\ !.. Alsberg, chief o f the bu reau of chemistry of the department of agriculture has recelved the ap pointment as director of tlie fissi re search institute established at Leland Stanford university by the Carnegie corporation. Explosion Wrecks Greatest Elevator Milk-goat experiments In grading up from natlve-nnd gradeToggenhurg and Snanen does with purebred Swiss bucks, begun in 1011, were continued last year by the I ’nlted States Depart- quent of Agriculture, at the govern ment farm at Beitsville, Md. Tlie flock comprises 26 does nnd 8 kids of one-half. three-fourths, seven- eighths, nnd fifteen-sixteenths blood. The average dally milk yield per doe In 1019 was 3.02 pounds, an Increase o f 2.42 pounds over the yield of the ten selected native dot's which formed the foundation stock of the herd. The highest milk yield for an individual doe In one day is 8.fl pounds. For 1010 the flock -howed an average of 3.7 per cent butterfat. Size, Shape and Color Are Out standing Factors. Desirable Uniformity of Excellence Can Be Maintained In Every Practical Quality by Careful Selection of Breeder*. Standard bred poultry. as the phrase is commonly used in America, DR. WILBUR F. CRAFTS s poultry bred to l i e standards e s tablished by the American Poultry association. The principal points con sidered are size, shape nnd color, say poultry specialists In the United States Department of Agriculture. Size and shape are breed character istics and largely determine practical x alues of poultry. Many standard breeds are divided Into varieties dif fering In color, but identical In every other respect. Color Is not a pri mary utility point, hut as a secondary Fowls Affected Are Likely to Be -Ex point often comes in for special con tremely Thin in Cases of sideration. For example, a white va Long Standing. riety and a black variety of the same breed are actually Identical In table Some chickens have worms of vari quality, but because some black birds ous kinds. The intestines should be do not dress for the market as clean slit to find this out. t’hlckens having and nice looking as white ones. It worms are likely to be unduly thin, >ften happens that they are not as and this lo»s o f weight Is extreme in salable. cases o f long standing. When a flock o f fowls Is kept for ■gg production only, uniformity In -otor ts much less important than ap proximate uniformity In size and type, cut of tlie International reform bureau. yet the more attractive appearance of " ho has agreed to halt his campaign T o « Much Causes Gall Bladder to Be t flock of Mrds of the same color Jus come Swollen and Even Burst— for a federal motion picture censor tifies selection for color ss far ns It Flesh It Tinged. ship law ,>n the promise of the mo can be followed without sacrificing tlon picture producers to eliminate sny material point. nproper, salaries* and degrading In the caae of e' .-v.-s e.x'ing to When a poultry keeper grows his matters in their productions. The much green food »he gall Madder be- Natlonal As- elation of Motion Ptc- cameo greatly swollen, or may even own stock year after year, he should tore Producers has premised to aid herd, and It* contents Impart s green by ail means use stock of a well -es- In the movement for clean motion pic* tinge to the flesh or even to the skin isbtlshed popular standard hrecd. Ry doing so ar*I by selecting as breeders tnr, s. the gall bladder. WORMS OF DIFFERENT KINDS GREEN FOOD INJURES FOWLS An rxplosixsi which tore -, I World Into fragments. i t Irt o f live miles and was heard * « f.i believed to he tlend and the pr. p, lars. It le on the Calumet rlx, Grain dust probably canard the « POINTS CONSIDERED IN STANDARD-BREDS only as many o f the best specimens of the flock ns are needed to produce tlie chickens reared each year there is maintained n highly desirable uni formity of excellence In every prac tical quality anil a pleasing uniform ity in color. HOT WATER AIDS TREE SEEDS Sprouting Can Be Hastened by Soak ing in Water Heated Nearly to Boiling Point. Seed coats of certain hardwood tree* > which are almost Impermeable to wn - 1 ter often cause delay in sprouting. Fall j soxving or the cold moist storage of the ; seed over winter gives a long period ( for absorbing moisture, say specialists of the United States Department of . Agriculture. The seed then usually sprouts promptly tlie following spring or summer. Sprouting sometimes Is hastened by soaking the seed for sev eral days In cold wafer. I f stored dry and Intended for sowing In the spring, the bony-coated seed o f black locust, honey locust and Kentucky coffee tree should be placed In wafer heated near ly to the boiling point Just before planting. After the seed has swollen it shottld be removed nnd sown at once. The operation should be repeat ed xx hen the seed does not swell at the first immersion. MAKING PLANS FOR GARDENS Well to R-r-er-ber That Quick Grow ing Salad Plant* W ill Not Thrivs in Poor Soils. When laying off the garden It I* xvetl to remember that lettnce. radishes, tur nips, onions. beets, caM age and all of the quirk growing salad plants will not grow satisfactorily unless planted In rich soil. Qub k growth ts necessary to rvoid their he ng tough and unpala table. But tomatoes. I-cans, sweet corn and pole and lima bean* will grow well on any fairly fertile new solL