Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 34, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 June 1914 — Page 6

SOME REASONS FARMER SHOULD HAVE SILO By J. W. SCHWAB. Animal Hutbandry Department, Purdue University Experiment Station. . Purdue Unlveralty Agricultural Extension.

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Iq the first place the silo la the moat efficient means by which we can prevent tho enormous waste of corn stalks, leaves and husks, which contain at least two-fiftha of the feeding value of the corn plant. Farm land in Indiana is entirely too high in price to permit this waste to go on year after year. Of course we can cut our corn fodder, but the cattle pat but a little more than half of it. The remainder is wasted so far as feed is concerned. If by means of the silo, we can save all of this waste and at the same time preserve the palatahility and succulence of the green corn plant for winter feeding we have gone a long way toward getting the graft est amount of feed possible out of the corn crop. When we make an excellent feed out of what is often wasted we can increase the live stock capacity of the farm and at the same time not increase the acreage of corn. Another splendid advantage of the Ho Is the fact that if we are going to have silage at all. the com must be cut up and put into the silo where it will be convenient for feeding in stormy as well as fair weather. When we cut corn for fodder it is shocked In th'3 field and when dry' stacked in the yard or shredded and placed in the mow. Often we leave the shocked com remain out in the field so long that it has loet a very large part of its feeding value, because of the action of the weather. This is not the case when silage is made. As the com must be cut and put into the silo Immediately wnere its feeding value will not depreciate. The slip also assists in reducing the co8t of gains in fattening cattle and sheep. In buiietin 163 of the Purdue Experiment station we find that "tho addition of corn silage once daily to a ration of shelled corn, cotton-seed meal, and elOftf hay reduced the cost of gains $1.83 per hundred pounds and increased the total profit $S.Sr per steer." The addition of corn silage twice daily to a ration of shelled corn, cotton-seed meal, and clover hay re-

PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS

By C. Q. WOODBURY. Bcpartmcnt of Horticulture Purdue University Experiment Station. purdue University Agricultural Extension.

The typical farm home in Indiana is "ar from being as attractive as it whould be and as it may easily re made feo be. The farmer of all persons has the best opportunity to make the urroun3ings of hts home beautiful In not one place in a hundred is that opportunity being f ally realized It is neither difficult nor expensive to adorn tho homo grounds with suitable plantings of trees and ha'riy shrubs which will require little or no care and which will increase in beauty and attractiveness from year to year. For lb time and money spent in developing an informal plan of landscape treatment, nothing will add more to the cash value of the property For those who have the gardener's instinct and love to have an abundance of beautiful flowers throughout the season the growing of hardy perennials offers a most attractive field for study and effort with a certainty of great reward There are also a large number of showy annuals which are easy to grow and which should And a place in every farm yard or flower garden Neither these nor the oldfashioned hardy perennials are well enough known or are widely enough grown There are a few principles of good taste, in landscape gardening design which are universal in their application to the conditions of the usual farm home a :i th usual town lot. For the Fake of brevity und clearness these are stated rules 1. Arrange the planting so that thin are large open spaces in the center of the yard 2 Plant in masses, rather than us ng Individual ahrubs or flowers 3. Avoid straight lines In planting 4. Mass the shrubbery planting about the borders and foundations

duced the cost of gains 3.17 per hundred pounds aiid increased the total profits $11.10 per steer. These steers were choice two-year-old feeders weighing a little less than a thousand pounds at the beginning of the experiment. In addition to the above facts in favor of corn silage the following statements are made: "The more nearly corn silage replaced clover hay in the ration the cheaper was the gain and tho greater the profit,'" and "corn silage produced a very rapid finish on the cattle." Corn silage is an efficient roughage for fattening lambs and sheep. It is a good roughage for breeding ewes if fed intelligently. That is silage that is rotten, sour or moldy should not be fed. Many farmers in Indiana are feeding corn silage to horses with excellent results during the winter season. Moldy silage or spoiled should not be fed to horses. Silage should be fed with great caution to brood mares. Summing up some of the most important reasons for having a silo ou the live stock farm we have the following: 1. The silo preserves Uie palatability and succulence of the green corn plant for winter feeding. 2. It helps to make 'ipe of the entire corn plant. 3. The silo helps to increase the live stock capacity of the farm. 4. Silage is a good summer feed when pastures are short 5. Because of the small amount of ground space required by the silo it is an economical storage of forage. 6. The silo prevents waste of corn stalks, leaves and husks, which contain about two-fifths of the feeding value of the corn plant 7. The silo located near the feed manger is ap assurance of having feed near at hand in stormy as well as fair weather. 8. The sil' assists in reducing the cost of gains in fattening cattle. 0. Silage greatly increases the milk flow during the winter season and decreases the cost of production.

In addition to these cardinal points the following hints and suggestions will be found useful: The most beautiful effect with flowers, especially perennials with a long blooming stm, often may be obtained by using them in borders in front of shrubbery. Arrange the flower garden to provide a succession of bloom from May to September. By using bulbs it fs possible to have flowers in the yard from the middle of February, before snow goes, till October or Noyember. when the freezes cut off the late chrysanthemums. Arrange the planting of shrubbery w ith the taller growing plants at the back. Grow annuals to furnish cut flowers for the house out in the vegetable garden, where they can be cultivated easily, and where heavy cutting won t spoil the effect in the yard. See that the premises are neat that the fences are in repair and that garbage and the refuse doesn't accumulate in the back yard any more than in the front yard. Places that cannot be made neat may be concealed ty quickgrowing annual vines. Undesirable views may be closed by plantings of si rubbery. Use some shrubs for the w inter effect of bright bark or red berries. I'se "scale" in planting, i. e., don't use large coarse plants which should be seen from a distance in a small yard, and don't confine the planting in a large yard to small closegrowing plants. Don't plant closer than two or three feet from the house wall Niake a plan to scale on paper and work to it. Make the plan and then do a little every year. Keep the planting simple don't try to grow everything on the list at once. In getting shrubbery get a few kinds and a good deal of a kind; the results will be better. Make the plan with reference to how it will look from inside the kitchen and living roam, as well as how it will look from the road. In making the plan, the most important feature to be considered is the dwelling, and all plantings should be subordinate to it. A simple style of tMHM architecture is to be prefererd, with wide porches and a floor not too high above the ground. . A few specimen trees or shrubs of individual beauty may be planted on the open lawn For street or highway planting t only one kind of tree In a row par allel to the roadway.

Trade Secret. Where do you get the plot for your stories?' "I have never had but one plot." declared the popular author, "and I wiped that from 'Romeo and Juliet.' All you hav: to do is to change the cenery and the dialect"

Old hens are not absent-minded, yet their eggs are frequently mislaid.

Ten smile for a nickel. Always buv Red Ctos H.tII Blue; have beaut if uf clear white clothes. Adv.

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Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Bound to Be Heard. "Who is that man that always accompanies you to the ball games?"

"He's a Scandinavian. When I want to speak slightingly of the umpire 1 tell it to him and he translates it into

his own tongue. Nobody understands him, so nobody can take offense."

Most of us hope for the best, and then wish we had hoped for something better.

The Irresponsible Adjective. "I see you have announced me as the world renowned orator," said the gifted speaker. "Yes," replied the chairman. "We had to do something to make you seem important. Nobody around here ever heard of you."

"Hard Luck" Story. A Washington clubman is firmly convinced that the fates are against him, especially with reference to his golf playing. "It's no use." he said to a friend, 1 1 can't iift the hoodoo.' Nine times out of ten I miss the ball when driving off from the first tee at the Country club. And every one of those nine times I look around and find the veranda lined with people, all staring at me with eyes the size of porcelain plaques on a plate rail. The tenth time, however, I hit the ball; I knock it to a speck. Then I turn proudly around, my chest swelling with pride. And there's not a single soul on the veranda. Everybody has just gone in."

Oldest Welshman. The oldest Welshnan in the world is Mr. Thomas Morris, who lives at Westernville, Neb. Although he is now an American citizen, he was born a subject of George III, at the little village of Berriew, Montgomeryshire, on January 15, 1794. He is therefore one hundred and twenty years old. His father was an agricultural laborer and died when tae boy was three years old. Morris was apprenticed to a cobbler and followed his irade in this country until 1871. when, at the age of seventy-nine, he emigrated to America. The old man is very proud of the fact that he has lived in three centuries. He remembers the union of Great Britain and Ireland, the assassination of President Lincoln and the laying of the first Atlantic cable. Morris can still walk with the aid of a stick and see with the aid of spectacles, which he first purchased after passing his hundredth birthday. His hearing is good, and he enjoys a cup of tea or coffee with each meal. Daily Impress.

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Wheel Talk. Wayside Walter and Tired Tommie met for the first time in several months. Been across the country," Wayside Walter explained. 'Traveling incog?" asked Tommie. "Nope," replied Walter, "In the axle." Youngstown Telegram.

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the Deadly Fly and the Annoying Mosquito.

Glad to See Them Go? Patience I see a London railroad station has been equipped with pen-ny-in-the-slot machines for the sale of tickets to persons who wish to accompany friends to the train platforms. Patrice That's too cheap. I know I'd give more than a penny to see some of my friends leave the town-

Dog Mothers Kittens. Mike, a rat terrier owned by William Pailey of Georgetown, was discovered yesterday mothering a pair of kittens he had stolen from the home of a neighbor. Mike had gone to the house, picked the kittens up by the neck, and carried them to his own home, where he was discovered playing with them and making them comfortable in every way. When the two kittens were returned to their mother Mike was inconsolable, and has since refused to eat. Georgetown (Del) Dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Let us bear in mind that one of the prime objects of a spring c leanup is to eliminate the fly and the mosquito. When we are exercising our muscles and our ingenuity ridding ou dwellings and neighborhoods of dust and filth, it will be worth our

: while to give these twin winged pests

serious attention. The tirst spring fly, of course, came some time ago, though ehe is still pleasantly modest and retiring. It is aot reassuring, however, to reflect that the little insect is keeping carefully out of our sight and the reach of our swatters while she lays a few

, myriads of eggs, which presently will

hatch out into a whole flying regiment of nuisances and disease-carriers. The shy and unobtrusive mosquito is making the best use of her time for the same purpose. When the open season on human beings arrives she hopes to have a whole army corps of her progeny to lead to the attack. Now is the time to get busy if we want to preserve ourselves from the pests a few months hence. The swatter and the kerosene can are fully as important household implements at this season as the broom and the scrubbing brush.

by Those Afflicted With Tuberculosis.

Female clerks in the British postal service receive only half as much as the male clerks.

It's when things get too hot for us that we realize what a cold, cruel world this is.

The Sweet Thing. Miss Superbridge I should just like to see the man I'd promise to love, honor and obey! Miss Pertly I'm sure you would, dear. Brooklyn Life.

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"Wedding dates and brrdal pairs."

No one has ever lived who has been fast enough to catch up with tomor-

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All persons who are intimately

sociated with cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis cannot be too cautious about the proper disposition of tubercular sputum. Such sputum should always be received in cups containing a five per cent solution of lysol or carbolic acid. or. in the absence of these, milk of lime. Pit per cups, made especially for this purpose, may be used and subsequently burned. Soiled handkerchiefs md cloths should be immersed for one hour in lyr.ol or carbolic acid (five per cent) and then boiled before they are handled. The patient should be provided with a 6et of dishes for his exclusive use, and these should be kept by themselves and boiled thoroughly after each meal. Remember that tuberculosis is a preventable disease, but that ita control can be accomplished only by the strictest observance of sanitary precautions.

Dove on Gun of Death Ship. While the Montana was steaming slowly northward through the fog a white dove, the omen of peace, blown apparently from the Virginia shore, alighted on a ten-inch gun on the deck of the cruiser. More than 100 bluejackets on the Montana, their terms having expired, are glad to be home. A little yellow swallow, blown to sea near Cuba, remained on one of the cruisers all the way to Vera Cruz and is still on the deck of the warship. Nt-w York Correspondence Philadelphia Times

When a man puts both his money and confidence in the wrong bank he subsequently withdraws his confidence.

Some men waste a lot of their time looking for words of encouragement.

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