
Sowing Vegetables 
Don’t sow vegetable seeds 
too thickly—this nearly al- 
ways happens when seeding 
by hand. Thin while plants 
are still small to avoid slow 
growth and_ disappointing 
yields. 
Chicken Feed Ratio 
Feed consumption should 
step up as production in- 
creases in a pullet flock. 
Regularity is essential with 
any feeding system. A good 
ratio is not more than 50% 
of grain with a mash mix- 
ture made to be fed with 
that proportion of grain. 
Cows on Pasture 
Putting well-bred and pro- 
ductive cows on excellent 
pasture gives you high milk 
production at the lowest ex- 
penditure of cash and labor. 
Summer Treatment 
Side dressing of complete 
fertilizer 4 to 8 weeks after 
planting helps on long sea- 
son, leafy vegetables. Place 
it in a little furrow along- 
side the row or sprinkle it 
along the row or around the 
plants and work in with the 
cultivator or hoe. 
Stress Quality 
With wartime demand and 
under wartime price ceil- 
ings, most farm products hit 
the ceiling regardless of 
quality—many times _ poor 
products sold just as high as 
ood. This situation cannot 
ast—soon quality products 
will again command a pre- 
mium. Therefore, any steps 
taken now to improve qual- 
ity should be a paying prop- 
osition. 
New Yorkers—Note 
An experienced corn grower 
writes: ‘More corn fields are 
ruined in New York State 
by planting too thick than 
from any other cause.” Funk 
G Hybrid seed is SURE— 
top germination. To save 
money, plant kernel sizes 
shown page 30—no need 
for heavy planting. It’s 
wasteful! 
Let Trees Grow 
If a tree is healthy and 
growing at a fair rate, it 
will be more profitable to 
let it stand an additional 12 
or 15 years and triple its 
volume than to cut it when 
only 12” in diameter—in 
that time a tree can in- 
crease in diameter from 12” 
to about 16”. 
Hogs Need Salt 
Loose salt in a mineral mix- 
ture with equal amounts by 
weight of ground limestone, 
ground steamed bone mix- 
ture, salt and _ charcoal 
should be kept before hogs 
at all times. Experiments 
show this is a great help in 
putting on weight and a 
saving in feed costs. 
Watering Gardens 
Is no good unless done right. 
Don’t give the entire area a 
light sprinkling every night 
—concentrate on small 
areas, wet the soil down to 
a depth of 5 inches or so 
(dig down to check whether 
your watering has_ been 
complete)—then move on to 
the adjoining area next 
time. 
Manuring Pastures 
Hundreds of acres of old 
permanent pastures now 
producing poorly could 
nearly double in their pro- 
duction—by manuring. Good 
preci’ would be to put 
arnyard manure to about 
a fourth of the old pasture 
each year. Stock won't graze 
on that part until the ma- 
nure has disintegrated. This 
gives the grass a chance to 
come along. One recommen- 
dation is about 6 tons per 
acre. Excess straw could be 
raked off with a hay rake 
after drying. 
Growing Tomatoes? 
The less the time between 
pulling and transplanting— 
the more disease-free and 
better plants. Use of fertil- 
izer, like 3-12-6 or 4-16-4, 
applied along the row, 2 to 
3 inches from the plant, in 
addition to broadcast appli- 
cation, is recommended. 
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Good Business 
All indications are that feed 
prices will stay high for 
some time to come. Look« 
like good business to sell 
your poor producing cows 
or hens and concentrate on 
feeding the good ones well. 
Forest Loss 
Forest fires last year in the 
U. S. meant a loss of over 
$40,000,000. There were 
172,000 recorded fires, cover- 
ing 36,000,000 acres. Extra 
care on the part of every- 
body is certainly warranted 
wv Save our forests and wild 
ife. 
Cheapest Feed 
Good pastures mean BLACK 
INK in the farm’s books in- 
stead of RED INK, because 
summer milk is cheap 
milk.” There is no cheaper 
feed for livestock than good 
pasture, obtained by liming, 
manuring, fertilizing, clip- 
ping, scattering droppings, 
and managing the grazing. 
Step Up Production 
Use of phosphate is most 
important means of step- 
ping up production without 
Increasing acreage. ...Lim- 
ing, Manuring and protect- 
Ing soil also help. 
Farm Fact 
There is more milk at less 
cost by the silo route. 
Power Sprayer for Fires 
Good idea to keep in readi- 
ness with water and gas in 
the tanks. About one-tenth 
the water is required with a 
fog nozzle. Fine mist ab- 
sorbs heat of fire—keeps out 
the air—cools it off—acts as 
blanket to smother the 
flames. 
Fall Manuring 
A load of manure spread in 
the fall may be worth two 
spread in the spring. Ma- 
nure permanent pasture in 
fall—the closest grazed 
parts. After ground freezes, 
manure late-sown barley or 
Wheat. Before manuring 
pasture, apply lime, follow- 
ing with superphosphate. 
