THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, MARCH, 1928 



11 



LIVESTOCK IN FARM WOOD LOT 

 HINDER TIMBER DEVELOPMENT 



The farm wood lot is more valuable as 

 a producer of wood than as a pasture 

 for livestock, according to C. R. Tillot- 

 son, forester of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. A year's for- 

 age production in the average wood lot 

 is estimated to be worth from 25 cents 

 to $1.25 an acre. In the same time a 

 well-managed wood lot will add from 

 one-half to 1 cord of wood. In addition 

 there is the convenience of having a 

 supply of cord wood, poles, posts, and 

 lumber near at hand. 



Live-stock eat and break down the 

 young growth, bend it, strip it of bark, 

 and tramp it out. Also by tramping the 

 soil around the roots of older trees they 

 pack it so tightly that air and water are 

 excluded from the roots, and the trees 

 gradually die. Hogs eat the seeds of 

 oak and beech and thus interfere with 

 the establishment of seedlings. Heavily 

 pastured woods are easily recognized; 

 they are almost entirely devoid of bushy 

 undergrowth, a sod grass has begun to 

 creep in, and the old trees are beginning 

 to die in the tops. 



Livestock undoubtedly benefit from the 

 shelter afforded by woods. Two or three 

 acres, however, will ordinarily give them 

 all the shelter they need ; the remainder 

 of the woods had better be fenced off to 

 grow a good wood crop. 



CONTROL OF RATS 



Few farmers realize how many rats 

 their farms actually hold, say rodent con- 

 trol specialists, due to the fact that rats 

 are most active at night when the farmer 

 hasn't a chance to see them. Some idea 

 of the number of rats a farm may have 

 can be obtained from reports received by 

 the rodent control offices. 



One farm in Massachusetts reports 350 

 killed in two weeks. A Rhode Island 

 farm reports 47 taken from under one 

 small poultry house. In Ohio, a farmer 

 reported more than 1,750 killed in five 

 weeks. This did not include those which 

 were killed in the holes by the use of gas. 

 An estate in England reported more than 

 35,000 killed in a season. The number of 

 rats in a litter varies from eight to four- 



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teen, the average being ten. Rats begin 

 to breed when three or four months old 

 and have six to eight litters per year on 

 the average. 



Thorough cleanliness and orderline.ss 

 about the farm building is the first e.s- 

 sential in keeping down rats. Old wood- 

 piles, trash, and garbage dumps are fine 

 breeding places for these pests. With no 

 place to feed and no easy hiding place, the 

 rats usually seek other quarters. 



Making buildings and shelters rat proof 

 is the second essential in chasing the rats 

 from your farm. But once infested the 

 necessity arises of using other means. 



Poisoning, trapping, and using poison 

 gas are the most common methods in use. 

 Even the old Pliwer can be used to good 

 advantage. 



Farmers' Bulletin No. 1302, "How to 

 Get Rid of Rats," may be obtained from 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C. Inquiries 

 sent to E. M. Mills, Fernald Hall, Am- 

 herst, Mass., or to your county agricul- 

 tural agent at Northampton, Mass., will 

 bring you further suggestions as to how 

 these pests may be held in check. 



More than 30 per cent of the farms in 

 the United States have automobiles; 19.6 

 per cent have radios, while but 10 per 

 cent have running water and 7.0 per cent 

 gas or electric lights. 



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You Should Count 



Your Chickens Before 



They Are Hatched 



There are many reasons why the 

 successful poultryman finds it es- 

 sential to estimate accurately the 

 number of chicks which he antici- 

 pates placing in his brooder houses 

 from week to week, and one of the 

 most important of these is that he 

 must have the right feed on hand to 

 supply his needs. 



It is now generally conceded by 

 successful poultrymen that the feed 

 supplied young chicks controls to a 

 considerable extent the mortality 

 and growth of the flock. More and 

 more poultrymen are appreciating 

 the importance of feeding growing 

 chicks from the start a ration not 

 only formulated correctly but com- 

 posed of ingredients of unquestion- 

 able quality. 



The Eastern States Farmer's Ex- 

 change Starting and Growing Mash 

 and Eastern States Chick Grains 

 fill the need of large and small poul- 

 trymen alike. In selecting the in- 

 gredients for these vital rations the 

 Exchange exercises the greatest 

 care realizing that it can perform 

 no greater service for its members 

 feeding poultry than in the proper 

 selection for them of the ingredients 

 for these feeds. 



During 1925, 1,165 tons of East- 

 ern Starting and Growing Mash 

 were distributed; during 1926, 2,609 

 tons, and during 1927, 3,940 tons. 

 Many poultrymen have proved by 

 actual test that Eastern States 

 Starting and Growing Mash grows 

 chicks with a lower rate of mortali- 

 ty, more rapidly and more economi- 

 cally. 



■John H. Storer, .Jr. of Pinecrest 

 Orchards, Groton, Mass., writes: "I 

 think the chicks gi-ow faster on 

 Eastern States Starting Mash than 

 any other we ever used, and al- 

 though they often mature on it 

 earlier than we are told they ought 

 to, they seem to have the weight in 

 spite of their age." The Pinehurst 

 Orchard's pen leading the Vineland 

 Egg Laying Contest this year was 

 grown entirely on Eastern States 

 Starting and Growing Mash. That 

 Mr. Storer speaks with authority 

 can only be appreciated when one 

 realizes that nine consecutive pens 

 entered at Vineland, Farmingdale 

 and Storrs have averaged 202 eggs 

 per bird. In spite of high produc- 

 tion the mortality of his birds is 

 half that of the contest averages. 



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For information on Eastern 

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 them, write the office. It will pay 

 you handsomely to have a supply 

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