Turkeys and Buckwheat 
Buckwheat is one of the best 
rains for short-time pasture and 
orage-crops for turkeys that na- 
ture has provided. Where it ripens 
early, turkeys can range the field, 
pick grains from the stalks. One 
hundred turkeys will harvest about 
two acres common _ buckwheat 
from late September to middle of 
November. 
Late Pasture for Hogs 
Rape may not be as rich in nutri- 
ents as alfalfa, but it has several 
advantages as a pasture crop for 
hogs. Can be grazed until it is 
frozen hard, and lasts until late 
November. It is an annual, and 
can be seeded for pasture where 
hogs are shifted from field to field 
to keep them on clean ground. 
Rat Control 
First rat-proof the premises. Fol- 
low by poisoning, gassing or trap- 
pus the strays. Keep the livestock’s 
eed away from them. They can 
readily waste a ton a year if not 
properly guarded. 
Chemical Research (USDA) has de- 
veloped a process for recovery of 
rubber from kok-saghyz (Russian 
Daisy),now grown in United States. 
Below, a scene in a Philadelphia 
plant, showing the dried kok-saghyz 
roots being started on their way to 
conversion into commercial rubber. 

““SPELT2Z’’ 
Speltz grows on poor land. Resists drought, 
smut, rust. Not readily damaged by rain. Adapt- 
able to wide range of soil and climate. Fed to 
cows, horses, cattle, hogs. Often mixed with 
bran shorts. Ripens medium early. 
““SPRING RYE’’ 
A grain-producing rye not as tall or plump as 
winter rye. Sow early. Handle about like oats. 
Good for spring pasture, soiling purposes. Sup- 
ply very short. 
SOW ““BUCKWHEAT’’ 
Here is a grain-crop to help out in any feed short- 
age. Buckwheat also makes good flour. The 
middlings have high protein content. 
You don't need to plow for buckwheat. Just 
run your disc over the land and seed—1 bushel 
to the acre. Yield in grain and straw is heavy— 
even on thin soils. Buckwheat will do very well 
on fallow land. Seeding may be done all of June 
and first half of July, so it makes a good standby 
for other fields in case a bad spring ruins earlier 
seedings. 
While some folks use buckwheat to choke out 
weeds and grass, it now has a bigger job in add- 
ing extra bushels of feed. It can be used, for 
instance, in Southeastern areas to follow an early 
maturing crop. Or in a worn-out hay field after 
cutting or spring grazing, develop a grain crop 
and still leave time to sow a late fall crop... 
bees like the blossoms. 
To tame wild land—idle ground—sow buck- 
wheat. Applying 200 pounds superphosphate 
steps up yield to maybe 5 to 8 bushels. It’s a 
quick sure crop for most any emergency. 
““\CERESAN”’ (DUST TREATMENT) 
FOR OATS, BARLEY, WHEAT 
Seed doesn't have to be smutty to need this new, 
improved ‘‘Ceresan.”” Extensive tests have 
proved that “Ceresan” treatment increases yield 
even where there is no sign of smut. In 65 tests 
with oats, over a three-year period, yield from 
“Ceresan” treated seed increased 18 bushels for 
every 100. Barley and wheat yields increased 
6 bushels for every 100—a big return when the 
“Ceresan” costs but a couple cents a bushel. 
With an effective treatment available at such 
a cost, it just doesn't pay to gamble with losses 
through stripe and seeding blight, covered or 
black loose smut, or seed rotting by soil fungus. 
Use it on your oats, wheat and barley seed 24 
hours BEFORE planting—!2 ounce of dust per 
bushel of seed. Postpaid prices: 
A ozs., $0.35; 1 lb., $0.80; 5 lbs., $3.40. 
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