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Cows Need Vitamin A To Maintain Their Healti Cjows, like humans, need green leaves in their ration to supply vt tamin A and other essentials which are necessary for good health, says Dr. Frank Sherwood, animal nutri tionist at the North Carolina Ex periment Station. Vitamin A can be supplied best and most econlomicallyby a pasture or a good quality of hay. Not a bleached, pale-coSored one contain ing a lot of w<&dy stems, says Dr. Sherwood, but a bright green leafy hay. Too often owners feed their cows almost nothing but cotton seed meal and hulls during the fall and winter months when there is little or no green feed available. Cows fed this almost exclusively often contracts a condition which some call "cottonseed meal poisoning.” Dr. Sherwopd points out that such a condition might occur to dairy cattle which have been give feeds other than cottonseed me; and hulls, such as peanut meal, lin seed oil meal, or soybean meal wit a poor rfcughage. When afflicted with the condi tion cows become gaunt and phleg matic, the hair coat is rough an unkept, the eyes are cloudy, th milk yield falls off, and that whic' the cow does give has none of th creamy color of good rich milk. Un less supplied with green feed or som other source of Vitamin A in short time, the animal gets steadil; worse, and may finally contract fit and die. Given cod liver oil ,or a gooi quality of alfalfa hay, cows picl up wonderfully, states Dr. Sher wood. Ijoth cod liver oil and a goo( hay having a bright green colo: are rich in Vitamin A while cotton seed meal contains practically none Complete Information Aids In Testing Of Soils When farmers send samples to the North Carolina Experiment Station, it is necessary that com plete information be furnished so that a comprehensive analysis may be made. Letters accompanying the sam ples, says L. G. Willis, soil chemist at the Station, usually give some information as to the crops affect ed and previous <bil treatments but other important details are often lacking. The soil chemist points out that it is important to know whether the trouble occurs all over a field or 0nly some parts of it. It is usually necessary to report the appearance of the crops, whether corn has striped leaves or the stalks break over, whether the leaves of other cijbps burn around the edges or are colored yellow or red or whether the injury is found at the bottom or the top of the plant. One of he most serious difficul ties found in this work is that oi determining whether the crop fail ure is caused by a soil condition or a disease, Willis says. Sometimes these are associated and sometimes the disease is independent of any known soil condition. When the samples are sent in during the summer, the farmer has more information to supply the Station than if he sent the sample during the winter. In the summer he can observe growing conditions and report these accurately. In the winter this is not possible, and i the farmer may forget the actual growing conditions of the sum mer before. The work of testing soil samples cannot be carried on in a large way at the Experiment Station because of the limited funds for such pur pose, explains Willis. However, those that do send samples can do their part by giving complete in formation. To Discuss Care Of The Poultry Flock Combatting diseases and para-1 sites which attack the poultry flocks during the hot summer months will be discussed on the Carolina Farm Features radio pro gram Friday by H. C. Gauger, poultry disease specialist at State College. With a reasonable amount of pre caution and care, deaths among the flock may be reduced sharply, the specialist says, Not a great deal of extra work will be needed to keep birds in good condition thru out the summer, and the owner will be repaid many times over for his added labor. In addition to watching diseases and parasites in the flock, the far mer must also watch the ration which he feeds his bibrds if he is to secure the highest possible egg pro duction during the summer. The abundance of green feed at this season makes the task much simp ler. The best type of buildings for rousing the poultry flock will also be discussed. As a general rule, the houses should be constructed sc that they can be cleaned easily, This naturally cuts down the mor tality rate. The radio schedule for the weel of June 1-6 follows: Monday, F M. Haig, "Grooming Animals foi Fairs this Fall;” Tuesday, J. G Weaver, "Darlia Culture;” Wedne day, Dr. G. W. Forster, "The Far mer’s Share of the Tax Burden;’ Thursday, Home Demonstratioi Department; Friday, H. C. Gauger "Common Causes for Pfcultry Mor tality During Summer Months;’ and Saturday, Lentrall Wymar "Fighting Forest Fires.” Brief News Items The earliest strawberries might well be shipped by truck but the Shearin, assistant county agent of Columbus county, who rode to New York with a truck load of berries to study their condition on arrival. Celery is being grown as a dem onstration in Washington county. »'e _ *5 Dr. W. C. Houston of Cabarrus county is using a combination of legumes and terraces to “make wa ter walk down hills on my farm in stead of running.” The brooder houses of Burke county are filled with husky, grow-| ing chicks indicating an increase in pbultry production in the county. Side applications of quickly avai able nitrogen to cotton right afte chopping and to corn at knee higl will be needed his season. Edgecombe county will have it largest 4-H club this year with th members securing animals from dai ry heards of good breeding. During the past three years, th farm agent of Currituck count has vaccinated 12,000 hogs. Sine 1933, only eight hogs have die. from Cholera. Dorus Ballard of the Balls Cree 4-iH club, Catawba county, wo: first prize for writing the best stor on the Jersey Cow in a contest ar ranged by the Jersey breeders as sociation of the county. It's Wanderlust Season at the Zoo I i;r_..-._ American Bison at Washington (D. C.) Zoo YV7TTH Spring at hand, wild anl ” mals caged in municipal zoos crave the wide open spaces again. This lordly bison at the Washing ton (D. C.) Zoo has the vernal wanderlust in his heart, but doesn’t know just what to do about it with a wall of heavy gauge wire fence in the way. However, the captives in the zoos are not always in the mood to give up, and fencing does not always escape undamaged when they lunge for freedom, creating a constant maintenance problem for zoo superintendents. At the Washington Zoo. not only is heavy guage wire used, hut it is assembled and partially fabricated | right at the zoo, with double stays and locking clips to provide extra strength and rigidity. Zinc-coated wire must be used to prevent corrosion which would quickly weaken the strands to the point where the animals could easily break through and escape. To meet the severe bending strains, the friction of the bodies of the large animals and the nnusual acid conditions, the Washington Zoo uses bethanized fencing wire, made with about twice the normal thick ness of zinc coating, integrated with the wire firmly In a newly devel oped process by molecular deposi tion through electrolysis. Since a zoo is primarily a show place, visibility and good appear ance are much to be desired. The picket type of fence which is so annoying to the bison visiting the nation’s capital against his will permits visitors to get a good look at him, and the specially processed wire, from which the coating of zinc does not flake off or rub off, adds an atmosphere of orderliness. Plow Will Save the Newly Made Terrace Proper plowing and running rows along instead of across terraces saves soil and prolongs the life of the terraces. When plowing, divide the space between two terraces into three lands or sections, said IT. R. Tri Ls;u agricultural engineer of the Soil Conservation Service in North Carolina. Land 1 is the terrace ridge; land 2 covers a distance from the ter race channel 10 to 18 furrows up the slope; and land 3 the remain der of the space between the ter races, or the space from the upper edge tof land 2 to the lower edge of land. Tribou advised that land 1 be plowed so as to throw furrows to ward the terrace ridge both on the front and back side until the ter race channel is reached. The second land should be start ed 6 to 12 feet above the terrace channel and furrows thrown uphill away from the channel. This leaves the dead furrow at the terrace channel and keeps the channel clear, said Tribou. The starting point for the second land can be varied a few feet each year to avoid forming a ridge above the channel. To give the furrows the same slope as the terraces, land 3 is plowed parallel tjo the other two lands. Row crops following the same direction as the furrows protect the terraces against breaks. Tribou suggests ocating one row along the top (of the ridge leaving the channel clear for the flow ot water. I-—-1 Farm Questions i . Answered At STATE COLLEGE Q. What is the cause of im packed and sour crops in poultry? A. When this condition appears suddenly and a large number of birds are affected the cause is us ually due to spoiled 'E>r poisonous feed. All vessels should be care i fully cleaned and the feed examin ed to see that it is not spoiled or sour. If only one bird is afflected, the condition is generally caused by a weakened condition of the muscle of the upper digestive tract. In the latter case the bird should be destroyed as there is no way to correct this fundamental weakness. j J. Will a cash tenant receive all ; soil-conserving and soil-building | payments? i A. A cash tenant, under the soil conservation program is classi fied as the "owner,” and as such will receive all the soil-conserving , payments. The soil-building pay ments will be made to the produ cer who incurred the expense with reference tto the soil-building crops or practices. Any fixed commodi ty payment made as rent is also j classified as a cash rental and the j tenant paying rent with a definite amount of any commodity is en titled to all benefits of soil-con serving payments. Q. How much corn should 1 plant to prtovide silage for my dairy herd next winter. A. This, of course, depends up jon the productivity of the land and the numbber of mature animals in the herd. The Average Jersey ot Guernsey cow will consume from 30 to 3 5 pounds of silage a day and aHout three and one-half tons should be provided for the six months period. On an average corn will yield one ton of silage to each five bushels of grain and the necessary planting can be comput ed by getting the number of tons required f^>r the herd and then multiply this by five. Divide the answer by the average corn yield on the farm for the number oi acres that should be seeded for sil age. PESTS ON BIRDS DO NOT AFFECT HUMANS The idea that swallows, bats, fly ing squirrels and other wild animals and birds carry on their bodies such pests as bed-bugs and lice of var ious kinds anj that these birds and animals actually bring them inoo human habitation, to the detriment of the human race, is nothing but superstitution, according to George B. Lay, Junior Biologist at State College. "Most of our native birds carry at least one species of louse, some times more than one; and often on* species from each of the two or ders bf chewing lice and sucking lice. Usually, each species or group of birds has a particular kind of ouse as a permanent resident or occasional visitor; and such lice, it they try to get along on a differ :nt species or group lof birds, find the food not to their liking and die,” Lay said. For this reason, man is not troubled by the insect pests of wild oirds and animals, hats do carry ;uch pests, in at least two orders (of insects, but such pests cannot get along on human beings. However, the idea seems to be quite preva lent and I am asked about this su perstitution almost every wtvk. Ot course, the reason is not difficult to find: ir/ist lice, to the casual obser ver, look alike and the differences between species is structural or very insignificant and would not be no ticed except with a magnifying glass, due to the small size of the insects. "To make my point clearer, let me explain. The chances are good that a louse, found (on a Red Shouldered hawk, would nor live on the body of a Cooper’s hawk, although both hawks are closely related. A louse ffc>und on an Eng lish sparrow, would not get along well on a Chimney Swift. If the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird has a louse species as a resident, that louse would not live on the body ot any tether bird. The same is true of other groups of animals, and most birds and animals do have such lice on their bodies normally, which means that water and dust baths are most enjoyable and sought World Fair Manager NEW YORK . . . Here is the man, W. Earle Andrews, who has been made general manager of the New York World Eair, which is schedaled to ope* ia 1939. 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