THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, SEPTEMBER, 1928 



Pelissier Boasts T. B. 



Eradication Campaign 



Continued I'lom pagi- 1. lolumn 2 

 The estabUshment and official recogni- 

 tion of modified-accredited areas has been 

 in progress 5 years, and the list has 

 grown until there are now 527 counties, 

 parts of 2 counties, and 21 towns so 

 classified. "This indicates," says Dr. A. 

 E. Wight, chief of the tuberculosis eradi- 

 cation division of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, "excellent progress in connec- 

 tion with ai-ea eradication work that is 

 being conducted in cooperation with State 

 livestock sanitary officials. There are 

 many other counties in which tuberculo- 

 sis testing of all the cattle is in opera- 

 tion, and as soon as the infection is re- 

 duced to the required minimum these 

 counties will also be added to the list. 



"The cattle owners of those counties 

 where bovine tuberculosis has been re- 

 duced to such a minimum feel well repaid 

 for their efforts and expenses in connec- 

 tion with the work of tuberculosis eradi- 

 cation. Any dairy cattle for sale in thes< 

 counties are in demand at good prices. 



Massachusetts dairymen have nothing 

 to gain by delaying to apply the test when 

 the state pays an indemnity on grades up 

 to $50 per cow and the federal govern- 

 ment pays an indemnity per grade cow of 

 $25. The figures are doubled in each case 

 for pure breds. 



LIME THIS FALL 



It is time now to plan for that alfalfa 

 or sweet clover which is to be seeded next 

 year. 



Fall plowing and fall liming are two 

 things which will help to insure a good 

 stand. It takes some time for lime to 

 change the acid reaction of the soil. 

 Therefore it is best to apply lime this fall 

 and preferably on both sides of the furrow 



Use an 

 Effective Disinfectant 



after removing reactors 

 We carry Parke, Davis & Co.'s 



COMPOUND SOLUTION OF 

 CRESOL, U. S. P. 



Recommended by the U. S. Dep't 

 of Agriculture 



Price right for quality. Free 

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WISWELL THE DRUGGIST 



82 Main Street 

 Northampton, - - Mass. 



slice. Remember that practically all 

 land, not previously limed, needs at least 

 four tons per acre. 



Fall plowing will permit a more com- 

 pact seed bed next Spring befoi'e seeding. 

 It will also enable one to get more com- 

 plete eradication of weeds and witch 

 grass. 



The county agent will gladly test the 

 soil of anyone in doubt as to the proper 

 amount of lime to apply. 



EMPTINESS 



The ones who seek their happiness 



By buying cars and clotlies and rings 



Don't seem to know that empty lives 

 Are just as empty filled with things. 



—The Cheerful Cherub. 



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55,562 Tons of 

 Daily Ration 



During the first 8 months of 1928 

 the Eastern States Farmers' Ex- 

 change has shipped on order to its 

 members .5.5, -562 tons of dairy ra- 

 tions, 7,298 tons more than during 

 the same period of 1927. 



This incrcafte amounts to 364 

 twenty-ton cars of dairy ration. 

 The increase in eight months would 

 supply 3649 cows with two tons of 

 grain apeice for a full year. Pas- 

 tures in general have been ex- 

 ceptionally good from .lune through 

 August this year. The Eastern 

 States Farmers' Exchange seed and 

 fertilizer program has tended to re- 

 duce the per cow summer grain re- 

 quii-ements of Eastern States fed 

 herds by increasing the feed in 

 Eastern States pastures. Quality 

 dairy ration ingredients have been 

 higher than for several years. In 

 the face of all of these factors tend- 

 ing to reduce the demand among 

 Eastern States members for dairy 

 rations, the Exchange has had to 

 ship 7,000 tons more dairy rations 

 this year than last. 



The extension service throughout 

 Eastern States territory has been 

 stressing the profit dairymen can 

 derive by adopting a year-round 

 graining program, and the Eastern 

 States Farmers' Exchange has 

 taken great pains to supply farmers 

 in its territory with a line of dairy 

 rations meeting fully the recom- 

 mendations of the feeding authori- 

 ties. 



Farmer after farmer has records 

 to prove the dollars and cents value 

 of Eastern States Fitting Ration 

 fed to dry cows and young stock. 

 Dairymen are finding out, also, that 

 calves under a year old do splendid- 

 ly on Eastern States Horse Feed, 

 and much of the increased demand 

 for this feed can be traced to this 

 use for it. (The 1400 ton gain in 

 Eastern States Horse Feed distri- 

 bution in 8 months, 70 twenty-ton 

 carloads, is not included in the fi- 

 gures in the first paragraph). 



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