Ligonier Banner., Volume 84, Number 19, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 May 1950 — Page 5

Thursday, May 11, 1950

" . g Farm Topics By J. L. Guthrie, Noble Farm Agent

PASTURE SEEDED IN MAYX CAN PAY OFF FOR PIGS

Oats, rape and sudan grass can be seeded now on corn belt farms as emergency pasture for hogs. To make late spring and summer pasture, animal husbandry and agronomy specialists at Purdue University recommend oats and rape. They suggest following them with sudan grass for late summer and early fall. While not as” good as alfalfa, these crops will provide suitable all-summer pasture for growing and fattening pigs, according to C. M. Vestal and G. O. Mott. Farmers may need to use them where regular rotation pasture, such as alfalfa and clover, have failed to grow. ! Oats and rape seeded by the middle of May should be readyi to graze in five to six weeks.{ Six to eight pecks of oats are. planted to the acre, along withi three to five pounds ef rape. i Rape alone, seeded now for pasture at four to six pounds to the acre, will be ready for latel summer and fall grazing. Rape requires a naturally rich or well fertilized soil for satisfactory growth. ‘ Sudan grasg can be put in from May 15 to July for grazing from mid-summer to frost, It should be seeded 25-30 pounds to the acre, Feeding tests at Purdue University showed that pigs on emergency pasture of oats and rape, followed by sundan grass, made an average daily gain of 1.55 lbs. while similar pigs on alfalfa pasture gained 1.59 lbs. All pigs received a full feed of co§n, protein supplement and minerals.

EXTENSION INFLUENCE

CONTINUES TO GROW

A total of 136,214 different farm families and 56,298 nonfarm families were influenced by some phase_of the cooperative extension program in Indiana last year, according to the annual report of county extension workers compiled by L. E. Hoffman, associate director of the Purdue University Agricultural Extension Service. The report, which covers the period from Dec. 1, 1948, to Nov. 30, 1949, shows that changes in practice as a result of the agricultural program were made on 111,149 of the state’s 179,549 farms. Of this number, 14,302 were reached for the first time. Non-farm families making changes in practices as a result of this program totaled 26,501. ; The home demonstration program resulted in changes in 64,514 farm homes and 29,143 non-farm homes. 'Of these, 12,428 farm homes and 9,075 other homes were reached for the first time. Farm homes with 4-H club members totaled 38,309 while 15,697 other homes were also represented in the local clubs. Total 4-H enrollment for the years was 68,151 boys and girls, the highest of any of the 12 north central states and the tenth highest in the mnation, There were 3,198 4-H clubs in the 92 Indiana counties. In addition, 89 Rural Youth clubs held a total of 1,435 meetings during the year. They had a total membership of 2,665 young men and 1,979 young women.

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' Extension workers received as’sistance in their adult work from 37,026 voluntary leaders and comimitteemen. Another 6,027 men i:and women volunteered as leaders of 44-H clubs and older youth groups. Also engaged in this latter work were 2,579 older club boys and 3,668 girls who served as junior leaders.

: During the year, county agri—cultural and home demonstration I,agents participated in 23,931 ‘meetings. These included tours, demonstrations and general meetings. A total of 217 achievement days for adults and 920 for young people were arranged by extension personnel. They made 68,613 farm or home visits in connection with extension activities and they received 293,715 office visits and 297,883 telephone calls from farmers and other persons seeking information and assistance.

NEW WAY TO CURB

POULTRY PARASITES

Control of thyroid gland activity may become science’s newest weapon against certain internal parasites that prey on chickens and other poultry.

During the past few months, research veterinarians have been experimenting with thyroid gland control in chickens to see if it has any effect on parasitism—and they have found that it does.

For example, when drugs that speed up thyroid activity were fed to chickens, roundworms grew much longer than in birds not receiving the medication or in those given a drug that slows down the thyroid. Comparable results were obtained against other kinds of internal parasites by either speeding up or fetarding thyroid activity.

Some research men believe that it will be possible to chart the effects of these drugs on certain kinds of poultry parasites and to make practical use of this information on farms. The drugs could be fed to poultry to stunt the growth of internal parasites and thereby reduce the damage they do.

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TRICK OF NATURE SLOWS ANIMAL DISEASE FIGHT Hopes that vast tropica]l areas may be made livable for farm animals- through use of :a new drug are being dimmed by a trick of nature, ' '

The drug is antrycide, developed by British scientists, and heralded as a means of preventing and curing trypanosomiasis in livestock. ' . The trick of nature is the ability of certain germs and parasites to build up resistance against drugs intended to destroy them. ~ Trypanosomiasis, a deaculy blood§ disease, is caused by tiny para-} sites that are spread from the blood stream of one animal to another by biting insects, especial-‘ ly tsetse flies. It is so prevalent in certain fly-infested tropical re-? gions that it is practically im-| possible to raise healthy livestock of any kind. Human beings are affected by the disease. Belief that antrycide would solve the problem was based on extensive research which showed that single injections of the drug protected animals against infeecition for a considerable time, and the drug also was effective in treating animals already down with the disease. But when field trials were ecarried on in Africa to test it further, veterinarians observed that the microscopic parasites responsible for the disease were often able to fight back against .antrycide so as to overcome its effects. Insead of being killed or knocked out when' they came into contact

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DRUGS ALONE WON'T ' STOP BOVINE MASTITIS ' Repeated scientific studies have proved that bovine mastitis cannot be eradicated from a herd by drug treatment alone, the American Veterinary Medical Association says. v In a bulletin for livestock owners, the association declares that “the miracle drug for curing all

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