EXTENSION SERVICE NOTES
Laying hens should be in their
winter quarters now. Once in the y
should be kept there until spring.
Turning out for exercise during
the winter is not necessary but
is detrimental. Their feet will
get cold and egg production will
go down.
Remember that a sudden chan e in
temperature of a hen's living
quarters is as detrimental as
sudden change in feed to egg pro
duction .
Foultrymen should 3tart putting
lights into the laying houses now.
Start with a short light period
and gradually increase.
'..hen storing large quantities of
potatoes in the root cellar a fire
should be kept in the room for a
couple days to take up er.cess
moisture on the potatoes. Vents
should be open to carry off the
warm moisture laden air. ."oilow
ing this period take out the fire
and lower temperature to 35° to
38° F, for winter storage.
Potatoes stored at a temperature
below 350 will likely cause the
tubers to become sweet. Starch
changes to sugar. If you have
sweet tasting spuds store a
small quantity in a warm room fer
a couple days before using, giv
ing the sugar a chance to change
back to starch.
Cabbcge can be stored at 32° F
with perfect safty. The tempera
ture for cabbage should not be
above ?6c.
ro careful with recently wet
threshed grain. It heats rapidly
in this kind of weather and can
spoil almost over night. After
going to the trouble of threshing,
it is worth tine trouble to take
care of it.
If stock Is away from homo on
p. sturo, check on then now. Pas
ture isshort and the snow rsn't a
growing stimulant. An an is 1 will
lose weight rapidly under s' ch
conditions.
Have you signed up to have your
cows tested for Bang's? I. not
•■on't you do so? Over 40 o" your
neighbors have already sip
E”°ry cov; in the valley must be
tested to make this test worth
anything to you. The Extension Ser
vice is being paid, to help the far
mers by recon: ending sound 'actices
and are not interested in trying
to run anybody out of bus! ss.
If you are fattening hogs . e that
eve lent? of water ot
frozen, fat moat is a high per
centage of water.
I'm wondering how many wives have
convinced their husbands that the
pigs would like a little salt on
their spuds I And how many hors
have died from becoming salt od.
I hoard of one man whose v; fc re
fused. to put salt in his grub 'un
til the pigs received theirs.
Too many of us set our eyes •r the
big things wc expect to c. and itor
get to do the little things that
come each day. Is not lif , though,
mostly little thir y with big
event just now and then?