CONVERTED BARN ON NUNAMAKER FARM 

 "The hens do well in the haymow." 



ALFRED LANDMEIER .... 

 Mixes his poultry feed in a home-made barrel chum 



intensively producing mostly truck 

 crops, and poultry and hogs. At one 

 time Landmeier milked 19 purebred 

 Holsteins but in 1929 he sold most of 

 his cows and began growing vegetables. 

 For about three years returns from 

 truck crops were quite satisfactory, but 

 since 1932, he says, drought and low 

 prices have made truck farming un- 

 profitable. 



On this farm, the White Leghorn 

 flock was reduced last year from around 

 .350 hens to 200. High egg production 

 per hen is secured by giving the biddies 

 excellent care in a comfortable, well- 

 ventilated house. The layers get a bal- 

 anced ration which Landmeier mixes 

 in a home-made barrel churn as fol- 

 lows: 100 lbs. 32 per cent Blue Seal 

 concentrate, 100 ground corn, 100 

 ground oats, 100 ground wheat. Cow 

 beets are fed every noon and whole 

 corn, oats and wheat in the litter for 

 scratch. 



These poultry producers are satisfied 

 Farm Bureau members who have used 

 the county adviser and the organization 

 to make their farming operations more 

 profitable and to save on insurance, 

 farm supplies and other services. 



j£ime4>toHe Plan 



In Pope-Hardin County, near the 

 southern tip of Illinois, a plan has been 

 devised to increase the use of limestone. 

 Farm Adviser Glenn C. Smith realizes 

 that limestone is the corner-stone to 

 profitable farming. 



Smith had a meeting with the Soil 

 Conservation Committee in which a 

 quota of 11,000 tons of limestone for 

 Pope County, and 9,000 tons for Har- 

 din County was set - — a total of 20,- 



000 tons to be spread during 1939- 

 This quota was broken down into pre- 

 cincts which were assigned from 300 

 to 2,000 tons per precinct. 



The soil conservation records were 

 carefully reviewed and estimates made 

 as to possibilities in the two counties. 

 The 60 committeemen, three men per 

 precinct, were assigned the job of get- 

 ting their quotas in each precinct. 



Many use lespedeza seedings on an 

 acre basis. This costs from 40c to 50c. 

 The soil conservation program pays 

 $1.50 for clover seedings per acre, and 

 as Farm Adviser Smith says — the other 

 $1.00 or so should be spent for lime- 

 stone. The committees confidently ex- 

 pect to make their quota of 20,000 tons 

 for the two counties. Most of the land 

 there requires an application of about 

 4 tons to the acre. 



LAW OK THE FARM 



Sheep-killing Dogs — In many Illi- 

 nois counties the raising of sheep is 

 virtually prohibited by the large num- 

 bers of stray dogs which roam the 

 countryside and molest flocks. Some- 

 times it is not strays, but the neighbor's 

 dog, that is responsible. In either case 

 flock owners frequently turn to the 

 law and its enforcing authorities for 

 assistance. 



There are four distinct forms of le- 

 gal protection against dogs. First is the 

 license requirement. The purpose of 

 this is to make dog owners more dis- 

 creet and responsible with respect to 

 the number of dogs they keep and to 

 build up a county indemnity fund for 

 flock owners who suffer loss because of 

 dogs. The fund may also be used to 

 compensate for losses of other domestic 

 animals. The maximum indemnity for 

 sheep is fifteen dollars for each ani- 



mal killed or injured. To secure the 

 indemnity the owner of the injured 

 livestock must present his claim to the 

 tov.'nship supervisor and follow a de- 

 finite procedure prescribed by law. In 

 counties not under township organi- 

 zation the claim should be presented to 

 a justice of the peace. 



A second form of protection exists 

 in the law which allows the owner of 

 domestic animals to pursue and kill 

 dogs when they are discovered in the 

 act of killing, wounding, or chasing 

 domestic animals. This law confers the 

 right to kill a molesting dog of persons 

 other than the owner of the livestock, 

 when the dog is not accompanied by 

 his owner. 



A third act of the legislature allows 

 a sheep owner to put out poison for 

 dogs, so long as he does it on his own 

 premises and with reasonable care and 

 good intentions. 



A fourth law provides that the owner 

 of animals killed or injured by dogs 

 has the right of action against the dog's 

 owner for all damages. 



These measures have all done some 

 good but when the number of stray 

 and wandering dogs becomes as large 

 as it is in many areas they are not very 

 effective. It would seem that either in- 

 dividual cooperation of farmers or rigid 

 measures by local authorities are the 

 only solutions in these localities. 



Anyone interested in dog laws may 

 read all the acts mentioned above in 

 Chapter 8 of the Illinois Revised Stat- 

 utes, sections 11 to 23. Copies of these 

 acts may be procured from the Secretary 

 of State, Springfield, Illinois. 



Gardeners can usually improve the 



growth of flowers by fertilizing them two 

 or three times during the growing season. 



Trout feed by moon light. That may ex- 

 plain why catches are better following 

 moonless nights. 



L A. A. RECORD 



