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THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, SEPTEMBER, 1928 



Feeding Sprouted Oats 



Corrects Non-Breeding 



Continued from page 3. column 2 

 the feeding of sprouted oats to non-breed- 

 ing cows and heifers, it does not follow 

 that the good results obtained are due to 

 the vitamin factor, says Mr. Graves. 

 Enough investigation has not yet been 

 carried on to determine the reason for its 

 good effects ; sprouted oats, however, have 

 been reported to be one of the abundant 

 carriers of vitamin E. 



Poultrymen have long practised feed- 

 ing green feed to increase egg production, 

 and results have been successful. But 

 the practice is based on practical results 

 rather than on the belief that a specific 

 vitamin is present; no experimental tests 

 have ever been made to determine the 

 scientific reason for the value of green 

 feed for poultry. It is, however, a prac- 

 tice that simulates summer conditions — 

 a time when green feed is plentiful and 

 egg production is normal. 



The beneficial eff^ects secured by feed- 

 ing sprouted oats to dairy cows may like- 

 wise be due to the simulation of normal 

 breeding conditions, says Mr. Graves. 

 Animals in their undomesticated state 

 have a normal breeding season closely 

 allied with the spring flush of new grass. 

 Under modern methods of management 

 dairy cows and heifers ai'e bred at all 

 times of the year. Many of the breeding- 



troubles may be due to functional dis- 

 orders brought about by a high state of 

 domesticity in which the natural breed- 

 ing season with its attendant green feed 

 is ignored. The feeding of sprouted oats, 

 which is much like a green feed, may owe 

 its beneficial effects to the fact that nor- 

 mal dietary conditions of the breeding 

 season are brought about at an abnormal 

 breeding season. 



At the Federal dairy farm the oats are 

 sprouted in an ordinary poultry oats 

 sprouted. The mat of sprouts is broken 

 up into convenient sized pieces and fed 

 in adequate amounts, usually about 3 to 

 .5 pounds per head daily. The cows are 

 put on the feed and continue to receive it 

 until conception takes place. Some cows 

 require a much longer feeding period than 

 others. 



CONTROLLING THE 



PEACH BORER 



Paradichlorobenzene treatment is rec- 

 ommended as a control measure against 

 the peach borer, which is one of the most 

 serious insect pests that infest peach or- 

 chards. Each year this insect causes, di- 

 rectly or indirectly, the death of many 

 peach trees in both home and commercial 

 orehai'ds throughout the Southern States. 

 Peach trees of all ages are attacked. 



Young trees ai'e sometimes completely 

 girdled, and older ones severely injured, 

 by the larvae feeding on the cambium or 

 growing tissues of the trunk just below 

 the surface of the soil. The larger roots 

 are also sometimes subject to borer at- 

 tacks. 



Crystals of paradichlorobenzene of 

 about the fineness of granulated sugar 

 are spread in a ring around the base of 

 the tnink of trees 4 years of age or older. 

 This ring should be about li inches from 

 the tree. It is then covered with several 

 shovelfuls of soil in the form of a mound, 

 and the surface is carefully packed with 

 a shovel. A gas is given off by the cry- 

 stals which kills the insects. It is in- 

 advisable to use this method with very 

 young trees, however. About four weeks 

 after the treatment the mounds of soil 

 .should be torn down to permit the con- 

 fined gas to escape, in the case of 4 and 5 

 year old trees. Six-year old trees may be 

 left six weeks. The best results with 

 paradichlorobenzene are obtained in the 

 fall after the peach borer moths have 

 fininshed laying their eggs, and most of 

 these have hatched. At that time the 

 borers are small and more easily killed 

 by the gas. 



Trees that are only 1, 2, or 3 years old 

 should be wormed 



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 more good than you realize. 



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