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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Dairy Farmers' Schools [ 



Continued from page 9, column 1 I 



plowed under is more valuable for the ] 

 succeeding crop than a sod made up of 

 moss, cinquefoil, butter-cups and daisies. 

 The use of acid phosphate with manure 

 shows how more manure can be profitably 

 split off from the corn crop and used for 

 top-dressing mowings. 100 pounds of 

 Nitrate of Soda plus 200 pounds acid 

 phosphate, plus 50 pounds muriate of 

 potash can profitably be used as a top- 

 dressing. If commercial fertilizer is 

 used, buy an 8-6-6 or similar mixture i 

 which is high in ammonia. The four 

 foregoing parts of the program are the 

 most important parts. The fifth is the 

 use of high grade mixed fertilizers on the 

 cash crop. Crops of high acre value will 

 pay for liberal fertilization, while crops 

 of low acre value will not. The sixth 

 point is the use of lime where necessary. 

 The strength of this system of perma- 

 nent soil fertility for the dairy farm de- 

 pends on how well every point of it is 

 carried out. A man may be a crank on 

 manure conservation, yet fail in the 

 other steps. If this happens, the chain 

 is broken and maximum results are not 

 secured. By following the whole system, 

 a fami which was once good can be 

 brought back to its former profitable 

 state of fertility with a minimum cash 

 expenditure and return a reasonable 

 wage to the operator while doing it. 



County Notes 



Continued from page 2, column ." 

 be taken not to carry (on the feet or 

 otherwise) contagion from adult stock. 

 This step is of absolute importance. In 

 the past three years we have noted many 

 men who walked directly from pens in 

 which mature fowls were diseased to the 

 brooding range without making an effort 

 to remove filth from their shoes. Natu- 

 rally results were disappointing and in 

 some cases the whole idea was brought 

 into disrepute. Henry Lego of Green- 

 wich Village took care of this matter by 

 having a pan of disinfectant outside of 

 the chicken range through which every- 

 one had to walk before entering the yard. 

 It may sound foolish but Mr. Lego is 

 entirely satisfied with results. 



Hope for those who have no Clean 

 Ground 



For the poultryman who cannot put 

 his chickens on new range there is a 

 chance for success. It requires absolute 

 adherance to a carefully prepared plan. 

 The brooder houses must be disinfected 

 as described above. In the case of dirt 

 floors in the brooder house, remove about 

 six inches of dirt. Then soak down the 

 floor with a solution of 2 ounces of cor- 

 rosive sublimate in 15 gallons of water, 

 using 1 gallon of this solution to every 

 10 square feet of floor space. This 

 amount of material cannot all be put on 

 at once, but should be allowed to soak 

 in gradually. Range which cannot be 



changed must be treated in the same way. 

 There are three men in the county who 

 have successfully demonstrated that this 

 method works. To succeed, disinfection 

 of both houses and yards MUST be 

 thorough. 



The chances of failure by using this 

 method are far greater than where range 

 is rotated. It is also a very expensive 

 method, both as regards labor and ma- 

 terials. 



Wanted 



Those who have never had disease in 

 their flocks do not know what trouble 

 really is. Those who have diseased birds 

 know that there is no profit in keeping 

 them. Hence we want every poultry man 

 and woman in Hampshire County to grow 

 their chickens under this system. Why? 

 Because it Pays. To put this work over 

 we are asking every poultry keeper to 

 agree to try this system. For complete 

 information, wi-ite now to the County 

 Agent, 59 Main St., Northampton Mass. 



RAISE HEALTHY CHICKS! 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE 



is valuable for 



Disinfecting Brooder Houses and Yards 



We carry it in powdered form 



Put up in the size package you need 



It is cheaper by the pound 



WISWELL THE DRUGGIST 



52 Main Street 



Northampton, - - - Mass. 



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