The Gotebo Gazette (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1922 Page: 3 of 8
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GOTEBO OKLA.. GAZETTE
BATTLE AGAINST
BARBERRY PLANT
Digging Mutt Be Complete and
Thorough in Order Not to
Leave Pieces of Roots.
i
BUSHES DIFFICUlT TO KILL
Lars* Number of Seedlings
times Arc Found Growing Under
©sad Plant* That War* Dug
Whan in Fruitage Stage.
(Prepared bjr the United mates Department
Of Agriculture.)
In carrying on the light against the
common barberry, the plant that har-
bors stem rust of wheat, the United
States Department of Agriculture has
found that It Is very Important to do
the Job of digging thoroughly and to
destroy plants having berries, even I
though th y are only partly matured.
The bushes are hard to kill, and seeds
from plants that were dug August 1
produced a high percentage of seed-
lings.
After the bushes are taken out the
tops sL.iuld be separated from the
crown and balls of earth shaken from
the roots. Grubbed bushes, lying on
the ground, have been found produc-
ing green leaves. In such cases one
or more roots were In contact with the I
eoil. Some of the grubbed bushes |
were completely severed from the soli,
but there was enough earth left on the
roots to hold moisture until secondary
roots were formed. This condition
happens roost frequently in wet
weather or in moist woodlands.
Seedlings Under Dead Bushes.
Great numbers of seedlings some-
times are found growing under dead
bushes that were dug when In fruit.
The last of September berries were
collected from bushes dug August 1,
this reason it Is Important, say* the
department, to destroy them.
Advisable to Wateh *proute.
It also Is advlaable to watch the
sprouta that may come up where old
barberry plants have been taken out
These sprouts produce seed much
earlier than bushea that grow direct-
ly from seeds. Bushes were dug In
the fall of 1920. That aame fall
sprouts were produced, and during the
following year they grew vigorously.
By 1922 these plants were bearing
flowers in abundance. This summer,
therefore, special. attention must be
given to placea where bushes were
dug In 1920 or earlier, saya the de-
partment.
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DAIRY
POINTS
HENS HAMPER GRASSHOPPERS
Batter Showing on Infested
Nebraaka Farm Than Poison—
Fowls Bring Profit.
(Prepared by the United State* Department
of Agriculture.)
On the Scott sbluff reclamation proj-
ect, Mitchell, Nebraska, where the
grasshopper pest has been particular-
Chickens on Free Range Devour Many
Harmful Insects.
ly bad this year, various methods ol
control have been tried out. One ol
the most successful methods observed
so far was used by a farmer who hai
a quarter-section of land.
Five hundred chickens divided Intf
lots of 100 were kept In colony bouse*
on 80 acres of the farm and moved
about as occasion required. As a ro
suit, on the half of the farm wher<
the chickens were pastured there werf
only about 20 per cent as many hop
pers as on the other 80 acres. Thlf
is a better showing than has been
made on most of the fields whew
poison was distributed.
The owner and the renter found the
method profitable. After they bad usetf
what they needed of the poultry foi
domestic purposes, and after the
weasels and coyotes had taken theii
toil, the rest were marketed and
brought in about 75 per cent of th«
original investment. This year the
owner is stocking the farm with 1.00C
chickens as insurance against the
grasshopper pest.
The Proper Way to Remove Barberry
Buehes Is to Dig Deep Enough to
Remove All the Roote.
and 1.000 of them (about 2,000 seeds)
wero scattered on loose earth and
lightly covered with dirt and leaves.
The following June there were 282
seedlings on this area. The same num-
ber of berries were collected from
standing hushes at the same time and
sown under similar conditions. The
following June there were 307 seed-
lings on the area, showing that the
Immature seeds were almost as vlablo
as the matured ones. It Is probable J
that seeds from bushes grubbed out J
even before August will grow, and for
KEEN INTEREST IN POULTRY
Between 50 and 75 Letters Seeking
Information Received by Animal
Industry Bureau.
j Many requests for Information on
| poultry raising—averaging between 5C
I and 75 letters a dtfy since early In
the year—are reported by the bureau
I of animal Industry, United States De-
partment of Agriculture. In addition
the supply of poultry literature dis-
tributed by the division of publica-
tions has surpassed the records of all
previous years.
The department's literature on poul-
try ralsinr: Is unusually complete,
ranging front* discussions of the prin-
cipal b—els of poultry to manage-
ment, housing. Incubation, brooding
and culling. The department's poul-
try publications Include more than
thirty bulletins for general distribu-
tion and many others of technical
character on special phases of poul-
try work.
IMPORTANCE OF ICING MILK
Product Delivered at Night Often In
Greater Need of loe Than *
During Day Time.
(Prepared by the United Statea Department
•f Agriculture.)
Some milk . distributors who would
not think of sending out loads of milk
during the dsy without Icing do not
b-e the milk delivered by their wagons
to the consumer's doorstep at nlgnt,
giving as their reason that night de-
livery la more rapid. The United
States Department of Agriculture, In
a recent statement, cells attention to
the fact that milk delivered to the
consumer's home at night often Is'in
greater need of Icing than that which
Is delivered during the day.
The Important consideration, says
the department, is the time elapsing
between taking the milk from the
plant until it Is placed In the con-
surfer's refrigerator. The fact that
the dealer delivers It quickly does not
mean that It will reach the refriger-
ator quickly. Bottles dellveied at the
door usually are not taken in until
after the sun has been up for some
time.
During the summer months It is'
very Important that milk on delivery
wagons be well Iced. When milk, is
liable not to be taken in at once. It
should arrive at the doorstep at a
temperature of 50 degrees F. or lower.
If the ordinary open-bottom cases are
used and stacked not more than two
high, It Is necessary to Ice only \he
top row, as the cold air will pass down
to the others. Ordinances, says the
department, may well prohibit the de-
livery of milk at a temperature higher
than 50 degrees F.
Consumers may help by placing a
properly insulated container on. the
doorstep, in which the milkman may
put the bottles of milk.
&MAKY GRAHAM
—**>'! ■ wwm. imJ:
SIMPLE WATER SYSTEM PLAN
Time and Work Saved by Construct-
ing Drinking Tank In Pasture
to Supply Cattle.
In order to save time and work I
figured out a plan whereby I was able
to eliminate the necessity of bringing
the cattle from the pasture field Into
the barnyard where the water-supply
tank was located each time they
needed a drink.
I bored a 1*4-Inch hole near the:
bottom of the large tank, putting a.
i Ipple through It; then I consected
l!ie nipple on the outside of the .tank
with a coupling to a pipe which ran
Sandy soli makes the best poultry
run.
WALNUT AND HICKORY
TREES HURT BY PEST
Species of Snout-Beetles Attack
Immature Fruits.
Methods of Controlling Nut-Infesting
Curculics Include Burning Fallen
Nuts and Spraying With
Arsenate of Lead.
(Prepared by the United Htaiee Department
of Agriculture.)
Several species of snout-beetles
neatly related to the common plum
curculio attack the Immature fruits,
tender shoots and leaf petioles of
walnut and hickory trees. A discus-
sion of four such species, all belong-
ing to the genus Conotrachelus, which
closely resemble one another In ap-
pearance. habits and seasonal activ-
ities. Is given in United States De-
partment of Agriculture Bulletin 1000,
t'liriiillos That Attack the Young
Fruits and Shoots of Walnut and
Hickory, by Fred E. Brooks, entomol-
ogist.
Special characteristics of the but-
ternut curcullo, the black-walnut cur-
cullo, the hickory nut, the hickory-
shoot curcullos are separately de-
scribed. Methods of controlling nut-
Infestlng curcullos Include burning the
fallen nuts, spraying the leaves which
they eat with arsenical poisons, and
spraying the nut trees with lead ar-
senate. While the dropping of cur-
cullo-lnfested walnuts and hickory
nuts before the larvae In them mature
affords an opportunity for destroying
the young Insects by collecting and
burning or otherwise disposing of the
fallen nuts, this method Is successful
only In cases of Isolated ireea or
plantations. Lead arsenate applica-
tions on the stems, leaves and fruit
soon after growth starta in the spring!
can be counted on to give good re
suits In reducing injurj from butter
nut and black-walnut curcullos. Spray-
ing walnut trees with leud arsenate
at a strength of six pouuds to fifty
gallons of water Is an effective method
of controlling the butternut curcullo,
i. . -AT. THE,PON p ,
"Weji, .4i .never heaj-d of anything so
ridiculous In all my life," laid Mrs.
Duck. -
"If I had'come out of the Water like
that," said Brother Bacon, "they
would have said It whs became I was
nothing but a pig who dldnU care, to
be clean."
"And If I had come out of Jhe wa'ter
like that," said Billy Goat, "they
would have said It was because I was
a I°at. Of course I am a gout, but
sometimes* they'ifpeak of betng a goat
lir suth a rude fashion. They call me
a silly goat and-an old goat, and treat
me quUe disrespectfully at times."
"We never, will agaig, quack,
quack," styid Mrs. Duck, ^To think
that a duc£ could behave so absurdly."
"Moo, moo/' said Airs? Cow, who bad
slowly wandered'down near' the' pond,
"I wouldn't act llke'tMnt.' ' •
"I often wade in the stream 4jy my
pasture'for hhifrs- At a time."
"To be sure yt,k t|„, quack, quack
said Mrs. Duck-. - * v .
"Chirp, chirp," sal* ^ejgjpral sfynr.
rowfc \\hp wag jgercjyd jtff ukhnsh. near
the ponjl,. "lct^ me. hjyyr, hn^e
good fight. Jt would rejoice my. quar-
relsome heart.". ' ' ' " t-f
"GoogV-rdolii? $.fK-a-fdJnf,'j *tti(L
Grandpa Frog, "do not let the sparrow
see me 'quarrel!.-AM <teN**or let us
quarrel. I feel we should •give lit>r
chance. Goog-g-r«< mr site.should be
given.a cban«ej'
Grandpa Frog leaned* b^pje. oq his
favorite log and snapped.at a bug.
After he, bad 'eaten bug nnd
smacked his lips be saknffcultf "Give
"her a cfiance'to %peatf*" * •* '
8o the duck, who hud caused-all the
excitant. be£ii9'-H&*6peak: "My
?am«>" she saty •la Mrs. Jndlan Run
ner Puck. I am not Jke the other
ducks. I do not love the water as they
do. I" wfll g6 ftito It, but only for a
moment. I don't* enjoy swimming
about and calling on my-friends In the
pond. I would rather be euislde of
the pond. Suuft arc«the wftys of the
Indian Runner Ducks."
."Well, quack, quack,- said Mrs.
Duck, "that explains It, and as long as
she doesn't belong to my own'family.
Water System Saves Tims.'
a distance of 200 feet to tlte- pasture
field where I had placed a small drink-
ing tank, the water runnlngMnto the
; mall tank through a goose neck on
the end of the pipe. Inside the*.largc
tank I placed a globe valve so when
shut off there was no chance for the
water to freere If the supply tank
were kept full. The goose neck, was
laid over flat by pivoting at the lower
elbow, thus draining the entjre pipe.
A \-lnch pipe w-ould have been Just
as satisfactory for this system btit at
I had the l*4-lnch size on hand I
used It. ;
Of*course, this system- nariirglly re
quires an Incline In the distance b«$
tween the two tanks.—D. G.,Beaty, In
Power Farming.
KEEPING RECORD OF LAYERS
■y Means of Contest It Is Hepsd to
Qaln Facts for Selection of
Better Stock.
The first one-year egg-laying contest
In Indiana began March 1 in Clay
county, the United States Department
of Agriculture has been advised. One
hundred hens of several of the Medi-
terranean, American and English
breeds from several farms In the coun-
ty have been assembled at one farm.
Before establishing the hens In their
new home a record was made of all
their characteristics. As the contest
progresses the records of the hens as
layers will be compared monthly wittr
their physical characteristics. It Is
hoped by this means to obtain facta
(or the selection of more profitable
**Do Not L«t Us QtOrf-el/"
• > . •
and isn't on6 of "my hear relatives 1
do not mind. 1 feared she was die
gracing "the family mime."
. "{speaking t)t family qauiee.". said
Grajigpa Krog, "we have a family
name In trufli! And not oniy have'we
a family natne, but we have a family
history. Come. Animals, I will give a
Jertufe thls,-a/tcrnoon on Frog Fumily
^History. There will In* no dates to
learn and do lists of kings to' rehieui
ber so It Will" be pleasant history. In
deed.1 tfooK-a-room, goog-a-room."
. .^™nypn. Frog' sat on a log nr^'d all
of the animals who had come for the
event that afternoon sat "dh'ont.
Grnndpir-l>og* totd of thh different
change* one: had to ftmhe f before „n<
became u frog—jhiit. w**,. ,t( course,
provided ojje wqts going to betyttne a'
frog-
"Ah,1 yes. it frog ltos*aN-o/hp|'lBhed
something In life," said Grandpa Frop
"H* biyt J0rn%a .tadpole. .Nbw.be is a
&3W- ' Til"! alone. Is poigetljing."
IWell," said .me of the animals, "a
man"Has nc<V>irtpit(ihed something ' In
life too. First lie wme^-bojk intd" then
"Goog-ii-rjMim ^goog-a-room, vou
think you're; fflnaft,** Safif OVanilpn
Fro*. : "itfif M-ffcn. a boy becomes a
man it-is. not .like, a tadpole becoming
a frog. We Jose our ta{1s^-we change
our whole ,appenrq'nces.* We're differ--
ent fresturi*' net bally—though ve'w
Changed.; ourselves.- -We. Iiuve n«*
changed Into another's^, skin. We've
dope the Hianglng.. But n-lyiy simply
grows bigger and* (lien he becomes a
foam •'*h* ne.fetlist la stify different.
Still, If every one c«u ld Wonle #
fm^qp I linjeJ would not be such Vnr
honor to be one. And now let .u*.have
fc (IMilk of phnd water."*said Griuidp*
Frog, "and some delicious Ifugg, or at
sn.v r^m,Ijll^iave a; 'ttle refreshment
I'm hungry after my lecture and talk*
And then a tine banquet took pluce
>Tf.ill N
FEEDING PI6E0N8 IN LOFTS
Meet Popular Method la to Have
Stated Hours for Placing Grain
Supply In Troughs.
Self-feeding hoppers are seldom
found nowadays la the lofts of veteran
pigeon breeders. Their argument Is
that they have, not found It profitable
to have several dsys' supply of grain
within reach so the birds may help
themselves st will. There are two
reasons for this: First, Inferior
«quabs are raised In lofts where feed
Is constsntly before the birds, as there
Is no regularity among the breeding
pigeons In feeding their young; sec-
ond, this continual picking at the
grain Eventually leads to poor appe-
tites, resulting In (he squabs suffer-
ing.
Another disadvantage In having
feed lying around, Is that It attracts
mice and even rats, and when once
these enemies get in a loft there Is
great loss of young birds.
The most popular method for feed-
ing is to have stated hours for plac-
ing the grain In the troughs. These
Loose Grain in Pigeon Lofts Attracts
Mice and-Rata.
troughs are placed, In the center of the
floor, so that there will be plenty-of
m for all the birds to gather
around It. Galvanised Iron drinking
vessels are preferred to stone foun-
tains.
There are three open boxes In each
loft, measuring 12 inches In length,
three Inches in width, and three-Inches
In depth, and these boxep contain
oyster-shell, grit and charcoal.
A bathtub Is placed In the aviary of
each pen. These are made of ;alvan-
Ized Iron and of convenient size for
handling. . During the winter the
birds are given a bath about once a
week, but only on bright clear days.
In summer it mav be given twice a
week. These pans are filled about
eleven o'clock J|n the morning and al- *
lowed to remain for about two hours,
when theya are emptied and turned
upside down. If the water Is not emp-
tied shortly after the birds are
through bathing, they may drink of it
and become sick. '
LIME OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Mineral Element le Essential -for Egg
Production and Development of
Young Chicka.
Provision for an adequate supply
of lime In the ration should be made
by poultry raisers,., for If this Impor-
tant mineral element Is lacking In the
food a 'drain Is made oh the reserve
supply In the bones and soft
of the animals which Interferes
terially wlth^ egg production In
ture bens and In the propc
ment of thev growing chicks.
BIG VALUE OF ANIMAL FEED
Experiments Made at Purdue Univer*
Ity Showed Gireat- Increase in ,
- Egg Production. 1
Animal feeds have a decided value
In the ratibfi'of 'laying'Jw na and pul-
lets. ^ *
due
record-¥ r
pen of puftets fed :Hklin -.milk; 185.9
eg^r from thode;fed rtwsat scrap; and'
61.2 eggs fropi thos^tfiaf received no
animal feed of 'an/ find.
Working Off Excess FaL
Working, off excess fat on laying
hens Is a process that will require enn-
aldernble ' t hue / end . attention, but
ftiould be the only means usedt If the
hen has been a good layer or has the
Indications of having been a good one.
GrMi Range f
.Goslings d.o not w
s do turkeys' or chicks, and
growth Is so rapid that they
raheh- .the age when a
range is all they need
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