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FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



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 Goshen: H. H. Bissell. 

 Granbij: E. T. Clark, H. A. Cleveland, G. 



A. & G. N. Galusha. 

 Hadley: J. G. Cook, Pelissier Bros., H. J. 



Searle and Son, E. P. West. 

 Sortham]>ton: Charles E. Clark, Broadlie 



Farm, W. W. Haswell, Mgr., Earle 



Parsons, Josiah W. Paisons, C. B. 



Tower. 

 Southampton: M. J. Madsen, W. A. Par-, 



sons, Henry L. Parsons, Edward 



Searle. 

 South Hadley: Quincy A. Bagg, A. 



Gagne, Herbert B. Lang, L. L. Titus, 



M. J. C. Walls. 

 Westhampton : Clifford Bartlett, Hugh 



Bridgman, J R. Clapp, Charles G. 



Loud, A. D. Montague, E. H. Monta- 

 gue, C. M. Norris, M. K. Parsons. 

 Williamsbing : Allen Adams, Sereno S. 



Clark, Hampshire Silver Black Fox 



Co., Edward O'Neil. 



WINTERING CALVES ON GRAIN 



TOO COSTLY FOR GAINS MADE 



In wintering calves the use of grain 

 in the ration increases the cost of winter- 

 ing very materially and does not suffi- 

 ciently increase the total gains at the 

 time or subsequently to justify the addi- 

 tional expense, says the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. This con- 

 clusion was reached from the results of 

 a series of experiments carried on by the 

 department in co-operation with the West 

 Virginia Experiment Station in which 

 grade Shorthorn, Hereford, and Aberdeen 

 Angus calves were used to determine the 

 effect of different winter rations on gains 

 the following summer. 



One lot of calves receiving a ration of 

 mixed hay and a grain mixture of 3 parts 

 corn, 1 part bran, and 1 part linseed meal 

 made a winter gain of 98 pounds each, 

 which was more than twice as much as 

 another lot which was fed corn silage 

 and clover hay. The latter drove, how- 

 ever, made a greater gain the following 

 summer on pasture and lacked only 42 

 pounds of reaching the same total as the 

 grain-fed calves. The cost of the grain 

 ration through the winter did not ju.stify 

 the extra gains, says the department. 



In fact, the experiment was carried un- 

 til the calves were 3 years old, in which 

 time the advantage in weight due to grain 

 feeding the first winter was practically 

 all lost by the time they were 3 years old. 



warmer sections of this country its in- 

 jury is so severe that dried beans can- 

 not be grown successfully. 



The erroneous belief that beans become 

 infested in storage has developed from 

 the discovery that beans apparently 

 sound at harvest are later full of the 

 charactei'istic round holes, and is one of 

 the "mysteries of Nature" which makes 

 the study of insects so interesting. 



Infestation occurs while the beans are 

 in the tield. Early in the summer the 

 female weevils fly from their hibernat- 

 ing quarters or the .storage to the beans 

 where their microscopic eggs are laid in 

 the splits of the drying pods, or in holes 

 eaten through the pod. From these eggs, 

 85 of which may be laid by a single fe- 

 male beetle, hatch tiny white grubs which 

 feed from 2 to 6 weeks, depending on the 

 temperature. When full grown the 

 grubs pupate within the beans, being in- 

 active until they have transformed into 

 the adult beetle. When beans are stored 

 in a warm place or in large quantities 

 which will heat, the beetles develop in 

 them and multiply until all of the beans 

 are infested. Otherwise they remain in- 

 active during the winter and resume 

 development when the beans are planted 

 the following spring. 



The control of the bean weevil in the 

 field is extremely difficult and can be ac- 

 complished only by a rigid starving-out 

 program induced by the prohibiting of 

 the growing of all beans and peas and de- 

 struction of all weevils in stored beans 

 over a large area for two or three years. 



Fortunately, however, bean weevils are 

 very easily controlled in dried beans by 

 fumigation or heat. Stored beans which 

 show any evidence of, or which have been 

 exposed to weevil infestation, should be 

 treated as soon as possible after they are 

 dried. 



The most satisfactory material for kill- 

 ing weevils in stored beans is carbon di- 



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•K CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE 



W is valuable for 



■S: Disinfecting Brooder Houses and Yards 

 Si We carry it in powdered form 



w Put up in the size package you need 

 It is cheaper by the pound 



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THE COMMON BEAN WEEVIL | 



Although there are several kinds of 

 weevils which injure beans, the most 

 common species is known as the BEAN 

 WEEVIL. This brownish-gray beetle 

 with mottled wingcovers, about one- 

 eight of an inch long, is probably a native 

 of Central or South America. In the 



FEDERAL TESTED DAIRY COWS 



Why go West when clean good producing cows are near at 

 hand? 



95 "/r of the cows of Sullivan County, New Hampshire have 

 been under Federal supervision for over 3 years and are free 

 from tuberculosis. As a final check, however, they receive a 

 Federal test just before shipment. Several carloads of High 

 Producing Grade and Pure Bred Holsteins and a few of other 

 Breeds are now available direct from farmers. Our agent 

 takes you to see them and attends to all details of testing, load- 

 ing, etc. Buy here and save on Time, Expenses and Freight. 

 Quick shipments insure arrival of stock in good condition. 



H. N. WELLS, Secretary 



Te'ephone 176 



Sales Committee, Farm Bureau, Clarcmont, N. H. 



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