irSKYTHING POIH *
YEAR- FOR POULTRY RAI3ERS
With the number of storage eggs on
hand much less than they hav■- bo-m
for many months and much ] osthan
they were at this tim last year,
there is .every indication that egg
prices will 'sopn start upward.
Another fact' point, tg to a ,_ocd year
for poultrymon is tk statement from
irops & '.. ts .pi ly ty
the United-States ri of agri
culture as of February IP -3, t .at the
niim.ber of chickens on fares January
1, 1938 was estimated at c >'7 rdl 000
compared with 420,257,; 00 1 st y r.r—
a decline of 7.in. Present numbers
are probably the low si • 1922.
The report furth- r states that the
value of chickens has ircr"need since
1935 from 22~JTto 25£' per head.
In view of these figures, it is dis
couraging to to noto that locally
tho number of chicks ordered is con
siderably loss than last year. Only
one more setting of the incubator is
planned for this year, on A, ri1 13,
and the number of o_cs set if. ex
pected to be a small on., according
to Max Sherrod, r.uinag- r of tl ■
Hatchery. "The only Encouraging
thing '-bout it is,11 says '• that
the chickens being ord' rod 7 ro for
those farmers actually intores'yd
in the cere and nana^.-uaont of their
f 1 o c.k s. Fur the more 11, c chic k s o -
ing hatched this year arc v- r; much
stronger than those of previous years.
?A RICS -ELL3WORTH ELY BULL
The end of lost month LonaTcl Parks one
Lester Ellsworth, Butte farm-rs, work
out to the Experiment Station and pur
chased one of the year-oil hullo which
the Experiment Station had for sale.
The animal was of pure-hr ci Gu rusty
stock and out of a large-producing
cow. By the selection of sires that
are bred from corns that have high re
cords of butter-lot ore due:; ion and
other desirable characteristics, it
is possible to maintain or ir.rrovo
the quality of off-siring, says I. H.
C.Anderson, stock specialist.
During the past week prices on eg^s
paid to the farmer h re have been
29^ for #1's and 17^ for Email and
Culls.
NOW 16 TIME TO PLAN GARDENS
-Aft: GTAUT -INAOOH PH NT INC S
The-following quote.tions are from
the 1 • ill e tin “iloino Gardening In
Ale.sira" furmsh.d 'ey the Extension
Jei i cc < ! : h rrit 3ry .of Alai tea,
and varieties mentioned arc found
tc bo most successful during 19?7
by the Ex. crjmont otnti ^n at Ilatan
us ka:
all Alaska soils need fertilizer,
and crop growth will be improved
by the usof the correct kind of
fertilizer used in the Acquired
amount. In the long run, manure
is the best and cheapest of the
ferl ilizers. *se manure is bet
ter than cow manure• 1racticully
all A la sics, soils need lime to neu
tralize acid conditions. Most ex
periments 3how that nitrogen is
lacking from Alaska soils and it
is, therefore, necessary to furnish
this element. Of'the commercial
fertilizers sodium nitrate and
ammonium nit rate arc of about equal
value, Nitrate fertilizers stimu
late riant ^rowth, particularly leaf
and stalk growth. It is especially
gcod for cabbage, swiss chard, let
tuc -• afy /egotables.
While it tends to stimulate growth
it also prolongs growth into the
fr 11 and r tarris maturity, so oxcep
in the case of i xtra-early maturing
plants, nitrogen should always be
us d with other fertilizers. It is
usually necessary to use phosphorus
together with the nitrate and it is
suggested t h-1 triple sup .r-phospha
be used. It is sc net5 n s n< s ssary
to add potash but usu: llyr when a
garden is cleared and the wood
burned on the sit , tk.rc is suffi
cient potash deposited.
The mixed fertilizers should be
applied at the rate of about IOC
. Is for a ■ rden 60 feet square.
It should bo"y/ork:d into the soil
after lowing and .thoroughly, mixed
with the top owo or three inches.
It is )laced in the r'bw, being sure
that there is an inch or two. of
dirt between tic fertilizer and the
s3fd* (Continued next week)
//iliiam Crsler leas built himself a
round brooder house, .vh.jch with the
exception "of studs is entirely of
cclo-tex. He says he can keep ths
temperature with 1° oven in below
zero weather.