THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Ptif^c Set ctilccn 



New "Vacuum Cleaner" 



Removes Cattle INj>t 



A\M t'l'M (I I.ANI K" u. .A- 

 ir.Kt ',)\ w.irlik's tiom I lie cow's 

 h.Kk li.is hjcu d-viscd by Doctors lines, 

 HomI, .iiul olh.-r .issoci.itcs of tlie United 

 States Dcp.irinv.-nt of Agriculture, wlio 

 .ire st.itioiieil at d ilesliiiri;, Illinois, to 

 snnl\ the prohiini of ox-warble in- 

 tislalioii ot cattle. 



The "vacuum clcuicr" lias been 

 moiMitecl on .m automobile trailer with 

 lour to six lines of su.tion hose .uu\ 

 no//ies. 



>X'lien ill operation, a nozzle is placeil 

 ever an o\-warble i;rub on tile .inimal's 

 b.ick .iiul the .i;rub is dr.iwn out through 

 llu- opennis; ui the skm. 



The machine w ill remove all ox-war- 

 bles, but because ot the tenacity of the 

 older grubs two or three attempts arc 

 frequently necessar\' to dislodge them. 

 Doctor Imes and his coworkers hope to 

 perfect the noz/les sulheient to get a 

 giub with every .suction. 



It is hoped that this machine will bj 

 pr.iciical for county-wide campaigns 

 .igainst tiie ox-warble in regions where 

 It is e.is\' to corral all cattle in large 

 herds and send them through chutes to 

 be "degrubbed. " 



1 leretotoie the most satisfactory 

 method ol removing the grubs was to 

 extract them through the openings in 

 I he animars back one at a tim.' with 

 lorceps, preferably of the alligator t\pe. 

 I his is a slow and expensive method. 

 Lxperimenters in Hurope found that 

 about all of the grubs could be de- 

 stroyed by inserting a small medicated 

 slick in the grub opening. 



I he tiepariment's ox-w.irble studies 

 ie\e.iled liiit \ouiig c.ittle .}Vi: more 

 lie.ivilv inlesteil by this parasite than 

 .ire older animals, and also that females 

 are more often parasitized titan bulls. 

 The heifer is most attractive to this 

 pest, while the old bull is the least at- 

 tractive subject. 



Arisen tine Corn 



The pine ol lorii in Argiiitm.i, plus 

 the sliippiiij^ cost .iiid the United Slates 

 laiitl is five cents less tlian the price 

 of corn at Chicago. If the price dif- 

 ferential continues an increase in im- 

 ports of corn may be expected, accord- 

 ing to tile Department of Commerce. 



C^orn in Argentina is now worth 

 about 5 2 cents, wiiilc tiic price at Chi- 

 cago, September 16, was about 92 cents 

 a bushel. Tiicre have been small im- 

 ports of corn from Argentina already, 

 but they have not been in large quan- 

 tities. The lower priced Argentina 

 grain is supplying various markets now. 



Capper Award 



The l">ill Capper Award tm Di-. 

 tinguished Serxice to Americ.in Agii 

 culture, which consists of a gold medil 

 and S 5, ()()() in cash will be conferred 

 on Dr. S. M. Babcock of the Universitx 

 of Wisconsin for his invention of the 

 Babcoek Milk Tester. The prize is .\n 

 annual one offered by Senator C^app^r 

 ot Kansas. 



I'. B. Nichols, secrel.ir\ of the C^iiiii- 

 mittee of Awards, in the Clipper build- 

 ing, Topeka, Kansas, is now receiving 

 suggestions for the 1931 award, living 

 Americans who ha\e made a contribu- 

 tion of national importance to .igricul- 

 ture are eligible. 



Increase Farm Income 



Pay more attention to increasing the 

 farm income rather than to decreasing 

 expenses, advised M. L. Moshcr, director 

 of the Farm Bureau farm management 

 service in Henry, Stark. Peoria and 

 Knox counties in addressing farmers 

 during the first annual tour and picnic 

 of the co-operators in that territory. 



.Mr. Mositer quoted Henrx lord in a 

 recent magazine article in whicii he 

 stated that s\stenis of management 

 were essential for prohtable business, 

 but what is needed more at present is 

 good managers to carry out these sys- 

 tems. 



Africans Grow Corn 



While traveling through South and 

 I!ast Africa last year Dr. A. S. Hitch- 

 cock, botanist of the United States De- 

 p.utment ot Agriculture, was impressed 

 with the vast helds ot corn grown m 

 Africa. 



This Indian corn, calleif "mealies" by 

 the Africans, was introduced from the 

 United States and is now grown on a 

 large scale by white planters. Doctor 

 Hitchcock said he felt as if he were 

 tr.ivehng througli the coiiibelt while in 

 South Africa. 



Can't Burn C\)tton 



1 he burning of cotton or other per- 

 sonal property in Arkansas for the pur- 

 pose of improving the market price of 

 a commodity is a violation of the law, 

 ancl persons who engage in such prac- 

 tices will be vigorously prosecuted, ac- 

 cording to a statement issued by the 

 Assistant State lire Marshall. 



A citizen of Bcebe, White county, 

 Arkansas, burned a bale of cotton on 

 Main street in that town on September 

 20 in ag effort to stimulate others to- 

 ward doing likewise. 



Old Ni« k. Aiied Horse, 



Retired on FViision 



I'mle S.im iloes nut pi.ivi-,l.e i i. 

 liiemenl lund" tor h:s tour looUv) iin 

 plovees, a^ a rule, but h.- Iijis mule ,>" 

 exception in the case of Old Nick, 34- 

 \ ear-old horse, lecentK reiired on i 

 pension ot two measures of br.in. oil, 

 ,'iid alfalt.i meil ilaily. - 



\ick ueiit lo work loi lli t'nii'd 

 Si.iles Dep.inmenl ol Ag: i. iih ii' e in 

 !;-;99, when a geld;ng Itur uais iil age, 

 Mtd has been in Cjovernmiint hirness 

 e\ er since. I or more tiiait 30 years 

 he has plodded faithfulb tor "his 

 uncle. Now .it ilie stage ol lite com 

 parable to about ''0 \ears iil ige loi 

 man. with lalieriiig ^lit ..md te.ili 

 worn bin (.itliei w is., well pii Hived, h-, 

 i^ being given a rest. 



first he went to work il ilie I edei.il 

 quarantine station, .'\thenia. X. J. Since 

 1906 he has worked at the (iovernm.nt 

 Kxperiment Station at Helhesd.i. Md., 

 where, until 1'' I ^ . he pulled a u -g"!! 

 daih from the •.talion in the Dep.iii 

 ment of Agriculture luadqu irt- i^ in 

 Washington and back, ,i round iiip ol 

 about 20 miles. 



Born 111 the days when the horse wis 

 the master of llie inl.iiid tiMiispnil itinn 

 problem. Nick lias livcvl to see hiv kiiul 

 gr.idualK disappear fiom the higliwns. 

 Allliougli he shietl .H the lii'-t "gas bii;.; 

 gies " .mil later learned to pa>ts huiulred^ 

 ot them on the road without notice, he, 

 too, tinaliv fell victim to iIk- relentless 

 competition. Now a motor iru.k iloes 

 his job while he grazes leisureU iii Ir.s 

 pasture. 



Another Irrigation l*ro|rct 

 CJonsidered 



With .ibunil.inl water luir the exlen 

 sive desert laiuis of the Colufnbia River 

 Basin, the Bureau of Reclatnation has 

 begun work to determine the ' most 

 feasible w\i\ ol getting the water on to 

 the land, it was sl.iteil reeei«ll\ b\ the 

 Depailmeiit iit the Inlerior 



II. W. Bisliore ol ih..- |l'iiiriii i>* 

 lUx l.iiii ilioii, leg.udcil as beiiig ispeiiil 

 l\ skilllul .IS .1 lo(..iiioti enijiiieer, h i-- 

 been assigneil to a stuily ot a meins toi 

 reclaiming a sagebrush plain iji ilie St.iu 

 of Washington as big as the .nation's 

 two smallest states combined and con 

 verting it into an irrigated garden spot 



The Columbia, Snake and llie Spo 

 kane rivers flow past these pirchetl iles- 

 ert lands, but thev have cut deep into 

 the silt and their beds are no\l- iumdreils 

 of feet lower than the level of the 

 plain. 



All setbacks are merely temporarv to 

 the man who is going someivhere. 



