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Uniform Marking System Is Urged flan Would Reduce Errors in Regard to Ownership to Minimum. <Pr*par»d by the United States Department of Afrlculture.) Marketing of live stock In co-opera tive shipments is a very important fea ture in conducting the business of Upping association, especially If the stock Is to be sold according to ownership or If the commission firm w expected to prorate the returns to each owner. It would he advisable to establish a uniform system of marking jive stock for use by all associations In the country, says the United States Department of Agriculture. Such a plan would reduce errors In regard to the ownership to a minimum. A system of marking which is suitable to the needs of all associations has been suggested, and is, briefly, as follows: Mark Cattle and Calves. Cattle and calves would be marked by using shears to clip four-inch Homan numerals on one hip, pref erably the right hip. Only the first ten numerals would be used. A single bur, like a minus sign, placed before each numeral would raise the number by ten. Two parallel bars before each numeral would raise It by 20. Thus V, —V, =V, would mean 8. 15, and 25, respectively. Hogs are marked h.v clipping the numerals on the top of the shoulder, back, or rump, using only such com binations as can be made with four marks or less. Or they may be marked on the side of the shoulder, body, or ham, in which case not to exceed three marks would be used. Shears with curved blades about eight inches long, commonly culled “reaching shears’’ are most generaWy used for marking. Fluid for Sheep. Sheep are marked by using brand ing fluid applied with a half-inch stiff round-bristle brush. The marks should be placed on the head, top of shoul ders, back, or rump. In no case should paint be used for marking an.\ kind of live slock. It Is detrimental to the wool of sheep and unsatisfac tory on hogs because It smears. Cut Alfalfa Soon After It Lodges, Says Expert Just what is the l»est time to cut Alfalfa for hay, all things considered la a problem which farmers and agrl cultural ex|>eriment station workers Have not definitely solved, according to A. C. Arny, field crops specialist the Minnesota Agricultural Expert carat station In a talk before a group •f scientists at the Minnesota station About one thing, however, Mr. Arn.v was emphatic, and that wns that id fklfa should be cut very soon after fit lodges, as It does generally in Min- Miota. The reason for this Is that wbau the crop lodges the leaves un -derneath turn yellow and foil off nnd •fib* bay produced Is decidedly Inferior, to 3024 alfalfa cut before lodging re talaed 50 per cent of Its leaves, while alfalfa cut after lodging retained only "to per cent. Mr. Arny, therefore, advises the Im mediate cutting of alfalfa that has lodged, even If It Is only in the bud stage. , Blindness in Hens Hens may become blind due to hits of foreign material lodging around the eyeball and sturtlng Irritation, or It may be due to occular roup. Most forms of colds and roup cause more <«• less trouble in the eyes of the bird. The blindness and weakness may be the symptoms of some disease. Some times a hen gradually becomes blind, due to causes which it seems almost impossible to determine. In such cases the only remedy Is to kill the bird. Plow early and deep for big wheut yield*. If you plow late, don't plow wo deep. • • • Cattle should be blanketed for a period of six weeks prior to showing -them at the county fair. • • • It usually pays to spray potatoes even though there may not be any eonapicuou* blight on them. Keep the hoops on the silo tight. A heavy shower when there Is no sl- In it may pile the whole thing ta the silo pit. • • • A stitch in time saves nine—cut one cockle bur this year instead of dine next summer. The same rule works for sunflowers. • • • Keep weeds out of strawberry beds wo the plants can grow well. Next year's crop de|>ends much upon the care the plunts receive this summer and fall. • • • Young chickens should have plenty «)f range and roosting space if they *)re to make good gains. Food will dot compensate for scanty quarters, especially if they are to be breed ing stock. • • • A root storage cellar Is an essential jtart of the farm equipment. A bul letin put out by the New York state college of agriculture describes the construction and management of them. Ask for it by number —fi 22. Avian TB Cause of Great Losses Particularly Disastrous in Com Belt Statfes and Is Spreading. (Prepared by the United BtitM Department of Agriculture.) Recently pathologists of the United States Itepurtment of Agriculture ex amined the glands taken from 319 tuberculous hogs which had originated in modified accredited areas —areas In which bovine tuberculosis bed been practically eradicated. The organism was not found In all glands, but of the 186 in which tubercle bacilli were found, 00 were Infected with the bo -1 vine type, 45 with the avian type, and ’ 31 with both types. Losses in Corn Belt. I Such facts as these demonstrate 1 that the avian type Is causing many ' retentions of hogs from modified ac -1 credited areas, says I)r. J. A. Kiernan. of the bureau of animal Industry, in I charge of tul>erculosls eradications. I This fact should stimulate a greater 1 I activity against the disease In poultry ' [ flocks, he says. Avian tuberculosis | exists only to a limited degree in the eastern and southern states, but it I Is causing great losses in the middle j western or coin belt states. In fact, 1 in many counties greater financial losses than bovine tuberculosis, and there is every reason to believe that It Is spreading rapidly. The held force, In Its regular work with cattle during the past 15 months, has inspected 202,538 poultry flocks, of which 12,301 flocks, or 0.1 per cent, were found to be Infected with tuber culosis. More than 10,450,000 fowls were included in the flocks inspected. This survey included work in those ! states known to have only a light Infection as well us those known to he extensively infected. Method of Fighting. The best method of combating avian tuberculosis matt or may not have been worked out. says Doctor Kiernan, but that fact should not prevent proceed ing with the present method until a better one has been devised. Where infected flocks are found the owner Is urged to dispose of the entire flock, thoroughly clean and disinfect the premises, nnd l»efore re-establishing a flock move the quarters to h new loca tion If possible. Test Strains of Native and Imported Alfalfa In tests designed to protect farmers against unsdapted strains of native and imported alfalfa, crop authorities of the college of agriculture. Uni versity of Illnols, have found that Argentine alfalfa, one of the common types In the 4 782*500 P«uu«ls of al falfa seed Imported Into this country last year, has averaged about 1.50 tons of hay an acre less than three recommended native varieties. As an average for the past two years. Argen tine alfalfa has made 2.07 tons of hay an acre, whereas Grimm, Cossack and South Dakota No. 12 common, the three native strains, have aver aged 4.29 tons, 4.14 tons and 4.54 tons an acre, respectively. Hose to a quar ter million acres of alfalfa ure now grown annually In Illinois and reliable facts on varieties and planting datea therefore are of interest and vulue to farmers. Foundation for D«iry The ownership of a calf, which later develops Into a cow that gives more milk than any other cow that hus ever been on the place, Is a real founda tion to the dairy business. If arrange ments are made to breed these heifers to a good pUre-bred bull, which Is usually done, the offspring will form a nucleus of a future herd. At the same time the whole family Is making more of a study of the dairy business than would otherwise be the case. Duck Eggs Are Fertile As a rule, duck eggs are very fer tile, hut they cannot be held as long as hen eggs. If possible, five days Is the limit for age with duck eggs. This is not saying some eggs will not hatch up to thr«g of ago. but the strongest ducklings are hatched from fresh eggs. Duck eggs are successful ly hatched In Incubators, hut they need more moisture than hen eggs More care must be taken also to pre vent overheating the first five days. RphßctsE umma mmmm -tmmtmmmmmmmmmmm Grata fed to cows that are on pas ture now helps All the milk pall next winter. • • • Don’t turn cattle or sheep in clover when the dew is still on. They are likely to bloat. • • • The man who farms with his head wastes no time shouting “hard times." Ha doesn't have any. • • • Removing the harness at noon and washing the work horse’s shoulders with cold water adds materially to his efficiency. • • • Every summer has Its dry sjk»ll— when the dairy cow needs Su dan grass pasture to fall hack on. The wise farmer will have it. • • • Sweet corn can be protected from the corn-ear worm by keeping the silks dusted with three parts of pow dered arsenate of lead and one part flowers of sulphur. THE ZEBULON RECORD JARDINE AND THE FARM PROBLEM I Honorable William M. Jardine, sec retary of Agriculture, as agricultural spokesman for the Coolidge adminis tration told a group of Kansas farm ers and farm leaders the other day that agricultural prices are suffering a handicap of 13 per cent as.gompared to the prices of industrial products tnd that something should be done to straighten the matter out. He argued against the McNary-Haugen, or equal ization fee, idea on the ground that it is unsound, unworkable, unjust, etc. He is for loans- to the co-operatives, and the like—but not for any sort of measure that would do for agricul ture what the tariff has done for industry-—and to agriculture. Such an idea, we are told, is distinctly un sound! The McNary-Haugen idea is the tariff policy of the present ad ministration applied to agriculture, and not a thing more or less. But agriculture, according to the adminis tration applied to agriculture, and not j a thing more or less. But agricul ! ture, according to the administration, lust not have anything of that sort —and maybe it won’t. If not, then 1 the present administration is not in any sense functioning as a govern | ment by industry and for industry— and nothing more. And as such is rapidly leading our country into the ! same situation that has all but pros- J trated England. The Industrial Conference Baord — | made up of a group of the nation’s most outstanding business men—in J discussing the present situation in this country, says: “It is recalled that it is now England’s fate to regret the mistake of too intensive an industrial development, achieved at the cost of having her agriculture kg behind so that for a long time the country has noi been se’f sufficient as regards food and other farm products, and that the difficulties arising out of her agricul tural problem today constitute one of the gravest issues confronting the British government.” And then the Board warns that “The shrinkage of our agricultural ‘plan’ in proportion to our population growth, the dwin dling of agricultural wealth and in come since 1900, are real symptoms of a relative decline in American ag riculture which challenge the atten tion of all classes, including that of the urban manufacturing and com mercial population, for reason of self interest if no other. The agricultural problem of this country is not one that is beyond so- j lution—not by a long shot. And neither is the farmer doomed to a condition of poverty that a favored few are at the present time tremend ously satisfied with their position of special privilege. Not only that, they are deeply entrenched behind high walls of political or governmental pro tection and are not going to yield even n inch of territory to any other group if they can help it, thought at, as the Industrial Conference Board point out in the long run is necessary to their own security. A slong as the pres ent governmental policy is continued, the farmer will be the victim or gross exploitation. The farm problem is therefore intimately a governmental j problem. And right or just govern mental policy must replace wrong or unjust policy before even an approach at solution can be made. The farm problem cannot be solved on the farm. The farmer, it is true, can do a lot about it on his farm, but he can’t solve it there. The farm problem cannot be solved by lending money to the farmer. Cheap money, as he is getting it now through the Federal Farm Loan banks and through intermediate credit corporations, will help. But cheap money isn’t the answer. The farm problem cannot be solved by the co-operatives, though i they be efficient beyond anything in history. The co-operatives can help; they are helping, and helping a lot. But there’s a limit to what they can do. When the farmer is treated ex actly as other groups are treated at the hands of our government, then and not until then can we get at his problems. If there is no workable plan that will do for him what tariff has done for industry and labor, then the tariff must come off. We must save our farmers from peasantry and the nation must save our basic indus-1 try from complete collapse. The agricultural problem is the ! gravest problem before the nation at | the present hour. It calls for cou i rageous action. . WILL ASSIST IN HOLDING COT TON IF FARMERS WILL DO THEIR PART Goldsboro, Oct. 6. —Agreement to assist in the holding of cotton off the market in condition that farmers will alter their farming methods for a : “live at home plan” and reduce cot- J ton acreage 25 per cent next year was | J reached by Wayne county bankers and time merchants in session here this ‘ afternoon. The bankers and mer- 1 chants not following resolutions adopt! ed by the board of commissioners of Wayne county requesting them to take action in the matter. All of the commercial banks of Wayne were present and included representatives from two institutions in Mount Olive, one in Fremont, one in Pikeville, and four in Goldsboro. The largest time merchants of the county were present and were a party to the resolutions which were adopt ed. Many a wife bakes heavy biscuits, and then cusses because hubby sits around the house with a weight on his mind. A SUCCESSFUL MARKET IS MADE BY SELLING TOBACCO HIGH " • sy, BBA •££ § ?:i * $« H | I Ki’fc v , <•-. . ... - • *•*•<« - : THE CENTER BRICK WAREHOUSE HAS MADE THE ZEBULON MARKET HIGHEST IN WAKE COUNTY BY SELLING TOBACCO FOR MORE MONEY THAN ALL COMPETITORS 1 A Sale Will Convince You i Bring Us Your Next Load ] We Stand Behind Our Promises In Every Instance CENTER BRICK WAREHOUSE R. M. SANFORD, Owner & Proprietor The Farmers Friend I Do My Drumming On The Warehouse Floors- Why You Should Cut Your Stalks It is generally known that leaving tobacco stalks standing through the winter will cause an increase in the number of tobacco flies. Then in the spring and summer these flies get busy and lay thousands of eggs in the tobacco growing sea son. Those eggs finally hatch and then you have the worm. Evetually your tobacco is damaged to a great extent Cut your stalks and save this damage. We Sell the Famous McKay Stalk Cutter After the stalks are cut it will be a good thing for you to sow Oats or Rye for a cover crop. We Have Abruzzi and Winter Rye Red Rust Proof, Appier and Fulgum Oats ” COME TO SEE US N. B. Finch & Co. One Hundred Dollars Reward That This Story Is True Seventy year old woman cured sound and well with last stage of cancer of womb. Mrs. Sarah F. Edwards was carried home from the hospital in Rocky Mount to die as she thought, Doctors there said there was no hopes for her then heard of Dr. Dan Harris, Cancer Specialist, RALEIGH, N. C. He cured her, if you are interested ask Mrs. Edwards, she lives be tween Nashville and Rocky Mount, N. C. Address Rocky Mount, N. C. Dr.
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