FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



AGROSPECTS 



Judging from the appearance of a lot 

 of hay fields, farmers are conducting 

 quite a number of top-dressing demon- 

 strations this year. Or is it that the ferti- 

 lizer spreader wasn't working just right, 



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that we see so many strips with and with- 

 out. A machine that does just half a job 

 is only 507f efficient. But maybe in this 

 case half a job is better than none at all. 



Noticed how the alfalfa has been step- 

 ping along ahead of the grass? Soon it 

 will have to be cut, but wait until it's in 

 the \ bloom stage before starting. 



Alfalfa has the long life of timothy and 

 the feeding value of clover — an ideal com- 

 bination to reduce milk costs. 



Did you get Grimm or Ontario varie- 

 gated alfalfa seed? The color of the 

 blossom will tell. If all purple it isn't. 

 If the blossoms over the field are of mixed 

 colors, blue to gray or almost white, then 

 it's Grimm or variegated. Check upon it 

 for future reference. 



One of the pests of summer about the 

 dairy barn is the unswatted fly's off- 

 spring. I have been interested to hear 

 from so many different dairymen that 

 where they used acid phosphate in the 

 guter or added it to the manure in the pit 

 or pile they noticed that the fly nuisance 

 was noticably reduced. Probably it is 

 because the acid phosphate has something 

 to do about discouraging the development 

 of the fly larvae in the manure pile. An- 

 other good word for acid phosphate, use 

 it for flies and see the difference in the 

 corn and clover. J. P. Helyer 



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ENEMIES 



From coast to coast on every farm, 

 The bugs are doing all sorts of harm. 

 There's bugs on squashes and bugs on 



potatoes, 

 Bugs on melons, and bugs on tomatoes, 

 Bugs on apples and bugs on the pears. 

 In fact they thrive on all sorts of fares. 

 There's bugs on grass and bugs on clover. 

 Bugs on the leaves and bugs all over, 

 Bugs on the weeds and bugs on the crops. 

 Just cutting up capers and funny flip 



flops. 

 There's bugs in the air and bugs on the 



ground. 

 Bugs that crawl and bugs that fly around. 

 Bugs that hide and bugs that sing 

 And bugs that hop on everything. 

 And so the list could be extended 

 With never a hope of its being ended. 

 Bugs there are and bugs there will be. 

 Until the end of eternity. 

 But the bug that I despise and most do 



hate 

 Is the fly that lands on my dinner plate. 



Spec. 



GAS TO CONTROL ANTS 



Modern warfare methods are very ef- 

 fective in controlling lawn ants which 

 bother not only the lawn keeper but 

 often times find their way into the house 

 to pester the housewife. 



Ants live in colonies in the ground and 

 go out in search for food so to destroy 

 them the housewife or lawn keeper must 

 locate the nest and then the rest is easy, 

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