THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, APRIL, 1928 



E. P. West Has High Cow 



Continued from pago 1. column 2 

 The cup was awarded at a meeting of 

 the Massachusetts Holstein Breeders' 

 Association which was held in the Clinton 

 Hotel, Springfield on April 5. The local 

 association held its spring meeting in con- 

 junction with the state program. About 

 75 breeders were present. 



Schilling is iVlain Speaker 



Mr. W. J. Schilling of Northfield, 

 Minnesota, was the main speaker of the 

 day. He is a director in two large co- 

 operative dairy organizations in his sec- 

 tion. One, the Twin Cities Milk Organi- 

 zation, handles milk from 96 cooperative 

 creameries. The other, the Land O'Lakes 

 cooperative, puts out about 88 million 



pounds of butter in a year*. He chided 

 New Englanders for being so slow to try 

 cooperation as a way out of their diffi- 

 culties. These cooperatives have tended 

 to create a known and constant .supply of 

 milk to the dealers which makes for a 

 more stable market. These are also back- 

 ing the T. B. test in an effort to obtain 

 better and safer milk. 



Is Your 

 Manure Pile 



Dollars? 



Manure stored in an open 

 barnyard loses more than half 

 its fertilizing value by seep- 

 age, according to tests made 

 by the New Jersey Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. 

 At present prices of crops, 

 manure has produced crop 

 increases equal to about $4.00 

 per ton of manure applied," 

 reports the Purdue Univer- 

 sity Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. 



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Fruit Growers Meet 



Continued from pugu 1. column 3 



observed in the college orchard seemed 

 to show that mulching gave as beneficial 

 results as fertilizing. 



Insect and Disease Control 



Prof A. I. Borne discussed insect con- 

 trol with reference to plum curculio, 

 coddling moth, apple maggot and red 

 mite. A spray just at the time of setting 

 and in seven days after the calyx seemed 

 to control the plum curculio. The coddling 

 moth is quite easily controlled with a calyx 

 and a spray about three weeks after the 

 calyx. Arsenical du.sts could be applied 

 later in the control of apple maggot and 

 gave very much less spray residue than 

 sprays. European red mite is best con- 

 trolled with a dormant spray of oil. 



Prof. M. L. Doran spent most of his 

 time discussing the control of apple scab. 

 Spores develop at different times in dif- 

 ferent orchards, depending on location, 

 according to Mr. Doran. Apparently all 

 new leaf .surface must be kept covered 

 with lime sulphur if .scab is to be con- 

 trolled. Additional sprays applied at 10 

 and 20 days after the calyx help materi- 

 ally in controlling scab. Both men in- 

 sisted that timeliness and thoroughness 

 are the most important factors in a spray- 

 ing program. 



You need the vitamins found in leafy 

 vegetables (a vitamin is not an insecct). 



Use an 

 Effective Disinfectant 



after removing reactors 

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Starting Mash Proves 

 Its Value to Poultrymen 



Never before in the history of the 

 Eastern States Farmers' Exchange 

 have so many members reported 

 that they are conducting te.sts to 

 definitely determine the compara- 

 tive value of Eastern States Start- 

 ing and Growing Mash. Most of 

 these tests are being conducted at 

 the request of salesmen attempting 

 to distribute to Eastern States 

 members nationally advertised 

 manufactured poultry feeds which 

 they sell through local dealers. 



From all parts of the territory, 

 members have reported either di- 

 rectly or through their local repre- 

 sentatives that Ea.stern States 

 Starting and Growing Mash has 

 outscored competing rations in cai'e- 

 fully conducted tests. 



For in.stance, George Withers of 

 Ward Hill, Mass., ran a te.st for 7 

 weeks, placing 600 chicks on 

 Eastern States Starting and Grow- 

 ing Mash and 600 on a nationally 

 advertised starter. At the end of 3 

 weeks the other brand appeared to 

 have a slight advantage over the 

 Eastern States. Soon after, how- 

 ever, the Eastern States birds went 

 ahead of the birds in the other pen 

 so markedly that at the end of 7 

 weeks Mr. Withers in culling out 

 his flock retained only pullets from 

 the Eastern States lot. At ten 

 weeks, the pullets averaged 2 J 

 pounds apiece and were a uniform, 

 vigorous flock. 



Contrary to the belief which still 

 exists among many poultry feeders, 

 there is nothing mysterious about 

 building a starting and growing 

 mash. The proper selection of well 

 known ingredients and the propor- 

 tion in which they are blended, 

 however, is vital to the value of the 

 mash. The difference in the grade 

 of oats, corn or milk used, for ex- 

 ample, has much to do with the 

 value of a growing mash. 



The Eastern States Starting and 

 Growing Mash is mixed solely with 

 the interest of the feeder in mind 

 by his cooperative buying organi- 

 zation. The ingredients are care- 

 fully selected to give the proper 

 nutrients, palatability and bulk. 

 Twice as much Eastern States 

 Starting and Growing Mash is be- 

 ing used in 1928 and was used in 

 1927. 



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