HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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Imitations of linen sheeting have been 

 brought to a high degree of perfection 

 and it is often difficult to tell the real 

 from the substitute. For example, sizing 

 and finish are often used to improve the 

 appearance of "union linen," a cotton and 

 linen combination, and of loosely woven 

 all-linen fabrics. If you rub a corner of 

 such goods between the thumb and fore- 

 finger, the chalky powder which makes 

 up the sizing will come off and reveal the 

 weave. 



You can easily determine whether or 

 not there is a cotton content by unravel- 

 ling a few of the threads. The cotton 

 strands will seem dull, while the glossy 

 linen threads will stand out distinctly. 



For some purposes, a cotton and linen 

 mixture is excellent. Linen is far more 

 absorbent than cotton, so that this mixed 

 towelling is better than one of all cotton. 

 It is not, however, so desirable as one of 

 all linen. 



In the case of a table cloth, it is proba- 

 bly true that one of all cotton is as good 

 as one of mixed linen and cotton. In 

 general, it may be said that when linen 

 is combined with cotton, its properties are 

 in a measure lost and the gain is in the 

 lessened price. 



Most of the retailers in Boston have 

 followed the Boston Better Business Com- 

 mission's suggestion that when a fabric 

 contains cotton and linen, or cotton in 

 imitation of linen, they should so repre- 

 sent it that it will not mislead the public. 



MANURE STORAGE 



if the manui'e is not stored upon a con- 

 crete floor, since the litter will retain 

 the liquid portion of the excrement, while 

 the roof overhead will keep off the rain 

 which would cause the pile to leach. 



As for the second objective — that of 

 controlling the heat of the pile — the pit 

 is supposed, theoretically, to take care of 

 this automatically through the rain that 

 falls upon its exposed surface. To elimi- 

 nate heating it is only necessary to crowd 

 out the air in the waste by moisture. 

 Sometimes, however, the amount of rain- 

 fall is not sufficient to keep filled the in- 

 terstices of the pile. In such cases heat- 

 ing ensues and loss of ammonia takes 

 place. We have seen badly "firefanged" 

 manure in open pits. However, this was 

 due to neglect on the part of the owner 

 and might have occurred had the manure 

 been held under cover. The chief virtue 

 of this last form of storage is that it 

 permits one to regulate at will the amount 

 : of moisture that manure contains. In 

 ' either case, the result will be the same 

 if the manure is not permitted to dry 

 out. 



j With the pit and the overhead .shelter 



I making for the same results the choice 



between them lies in other factors, chief 



I of which is the matter of handling the 



: manure when it is removed. It is easier 



to load manure into a spreader when it 



does not have to be elevated from a pit 



sunk below the surface of the earth. 



However, some pits are so constructed 



that the spreader can be driven into 



them. 



AUCTION:— Several head of pure-bred 

 Guernseys will be sold at public auction 

 to be held at Earle Martin's, Pelham 

 (Enfield, R. F. D.), Saturday, August 30, 

 at 10..30 a. m. 



FOR SALE:— Guern.sey Bull, Mixter 

 Columbus. Sire, Langwater Demon.stra- 

 tor. Dam, Mixter Alta Dean. .James 

 Loud, Williamsburg. 



IS BIG PROBLEM 



In providing for the storage of manure 

 during the periods when it is impractical 

 to take it directly to the fields for distri- 

 bution the choice rests between some form 

 of shed, or overshead .shelter, and some 

 kind of a pit, or reservoir. It may seem 

 that these quite different forms of storage 

 imply different theories in regard to 

 handling the waste, since one leaves the 

 manure exposed to the elements while the 

 other shelters and shields it from rain 

 and weather. 



In making provision for temporary 

 .storage of manure two things are sought. 

 The first is to prevent the leaching away 

 of soluble portions; the second is to elimi- 

 nate heating in the manure pile by crowd- 

 ing out the air with moisture so that the 

 bactei-ia which cause heating will be de- 

 nied air from which they derive the oxy- 

 gen necessary for their work. Both the 

 pit and the overhead shelter accomplish 

 the fir.st of these. When a concrete pit 

 is used it makes no difference whether 

 the manure is under cover or not so far as 

 leaching is concerned. The soluble por- 

 tions cannot get away in either case. 

 When an overhead shelter is used, their 

 will be a scant loss from leaching even 



Federjltiwn I'liin for Milk Marketins 



C"ontinu>-rl fio:n p:is:p 3. rolumn 3 

 by service, advertising, and satisfactory 

 goods. 



"The existence of a market price, de- 

 termined by supply and demand, which 

 is a necessity as a regulator of the 

 amount of production required to supply 

 demand, exi.stent or potential, would be 

 recognized. 



"Any dairy community would be ad- 

 mitted to the federation if it qualified 

 by erecting a suitable local plant and be- 

 came a member of the federation." 



FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE:— Four young cows. 1,300 

 lb. Work Horse. George Peaslee, Hunt- 

 ington. Telephone 1.5-C. 



WANTED: — Many people buy pullets 

 in the fall. If you have well grown 

 healthy pullets for sale, send in your add 

 for this paper by September .5th. Want 

 adds will likewise be published. Youi' 

 subscription entitles you to this .service. 



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