The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, June 14, 1928, Image 2

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“My dear Doctor Chase! I
never was so surprised in my
ISfe. Are you—have you—•
been ill? T had no idea you had
returned. ”
Has pane was fixed on Schuy
ler's face, on which a painful
flush was spreading, momen
tarily wiping out its pallor.
But Sally saw that Schuyler
Buiiimoned his reserves to meet
this emergency—for to him it
was evidently that.
“J'd no idea you didn’t
know I’d returned,” Schuyler
fcaid. “As a matter of fact,
though I hadn’t thought
about it, I should have sup
posed everybody knew it. I
had a slight illness in London,
and my doetors decided that
rest hack here in the country
was better for me than travel
abroad,”
“Well, well—well, well—*
that’s too bad. That’s a
aim me,” said Mr. Pierpont
heartily. “I’m mighty sorry to
hear it Here we were thinking
of you as enjoying a fine trip;
and here you are, an invalid
marooned in Cherry Ilills.”
“I don’t call myself an in
Tivlid.” Schuyler straightened
his shoulders, and his voice be
came stronger. “My wife is
determined to pamper me, or I
sh ouidn’t be lying about in
deck chairs.”
“Some trouble with the eyes,
too*” persisted Ihe magnate,
who bail, Silly remembered, an
uncomfortable way of getting
to Hie bottom of every situa
tion. That was why, she sup
posed, he was a magnate. Noth
ing ever escaped his observa
tion.
“A touch of that. Anyhow,
for the present I’m ordered to
favor them. And how are you,
Mr. Pierpontt I don’t need 1o
inquire- T never saw you look
ing better. How are Mrs.
Pierpont and your daugh
ters?”
He had turned the conversa
tion, and he skilfully kept it
turned for some time, while
Sally listened and made plans
in her active mind. Whatever
happened, Mr. Sage Pierpont,
though he must be made wel
come and kept for as much of
the day ns lie would stay, must
not be allowed to burrow too
far into Schuyler’s affairs.
She thought rapidly. When
he* chance came she was ready.
The three had seated them
selves tentatively, but Sally
rose again as she said per
suasively ;
“Mr. Pierpont, with your
permission I’m going to carry
you off for an hour before
dinner. There’s to he a short
•ervie.c in the old church on
the Square, and I’d like to
have you hear a friend of ours
preach. You’ve listened to
plenty of city preachers, but I
uouni since you were a noy
you’ve been in a country
church, or heard a man like
this one. Will you come with
me, when I’ve put a hat on,
and arranged for vour chauf
feur to make himself comfort
able on our back porch?”
Mr. Pierpont rose, bowing
graciously. “Mrs. Chase, noth
ing could give me greater
pleasure than to accompany
you anywhere. And rather
than lire your husband I’ll
take myself off entirely.”
“You can’t do that.” pro
tested Schuyler, smiling his
pleasant, strained smile. “We
certainly want you for dinner
after the service. But I’d like
you to hear Mackay. He’s a
splendid chap and a great
friend of ourN, as my wife says,
tl <mgh the acipiaintauce is a
new one. I haven’t heard
•4ini speak yet, but I’m promis
ing myself that pleasure soon.”
S<< Sally took Mr. Pierpont
to church, walking with him
half way round the shaded
S -are, and calling upon him
to note how the people were
*tr<-.lining from alt directions
toward the white church with
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rroui the B*H imore Sun.
No i-iOtaa Murray Butter la • blithe
api'lt under ardlmijf cirtumilaiios
lie man Is public life la lea* aub
Sri to fita it Uie blue*. m wlteo
u1 ; desdiU x ll»e prewiv tepub
tirati aropalfti it “ttw moat 41* •
bni'inmn srlthln ni> men.,ay the
utterance tt tl|nllirtr!
But It It not inexplicable Dr
BuUe ipraiLi front the (arul point
mi an lioneat man and there la
plenty to degree* the ftitriia of
none*t men. etea one begin* to
awni op
Put inalanoe U la .at-ier dU*
Bear m«M to ftuu Uwt BwBMI
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the tall spire. Meanwhile,
Schuyler, shaken by the en
counter, insignificant though it
seemed upon the face of it, en
deavored to think out what
should be said to the president
of his board when the search
ing questions which would be
sure to be asked should be
upon him. The mere sight of
the man, whose word was all
but law in that church because
of his immense wealth and
power, had made Schuyler re
alize that which he had thus
far almost succeeded in shut
ting away from recognition.
Ilow slight, in spite of all his
prestige, was his own hold
upon that church if Sage Pier
pont should become convinced
that the minister thereof was
ever so little less fit than the
fittest to go on with his work.
An hour later, when the two
churchgoers came out into the
Square again, the visitor’s
rubicund face was alight with
a new interest.
“ n.. AT..C > > Vw.
was exclaiming under his
breath as they walked along,
“I’m glad you made me go. I
went. I’ll admit, because I
couldn’t refuse a lady. But I
didn’t expect to hear a word
I hadn’t heard a thousand
times before. By George, that
man’s amazing! He stirred me
all up from the bottom. And
I’m not easily stirred, as your
husband can tell you. He’s dif
ferent. He’s original. I en
joyed bis direct way of put
ting things. I was absorbed
in everything he said and did.
How on earth did they ever get
him here?”
“I believe he’s only here for
the summer,” Sally explained.
She really didn’t know much
about Gordon Maekay herself.
She bad more or less taken him
for granted as a gift from the
gods to Schuyler. In her ab
sorption with her husband she
hadn’t inquired much into
Maekay’s history, thankful as
she was for his presence. “Va
cation work, he calls it. I don’t
know where he belongs, really.
If you like him so much I’ll ask
him over for dinner. My hus
band is always delighted to
have hm. They’ve spent many
hours together.”
“I should think they might,
though they’re as different as
two men can be. As you know,
Mrs. Chase, I’m an ardent ad
mirer of your husband. Nobody
can touch him, to my mind, in
his peculiar field. As a pulpit
orator lie’s unsurpassed. I’ve
considered our church most
fortunate to have him. And of
course this man can’t approach
him in eloquence. But, by
George”—and Mr. Pierpont’s
“by-Georges” were beginning
to have a monotonous and un
welcome sound in Sally’s ears
—“this chap has a power all
his own. I’d like to hear him
again, and I intend to. And I
don t know why—
He paused, and his listener
found herself waiting rather
anxiously, she didn’t know
why herself. ‘‘I don’t know
why,” he began again frankly,
as if thinking something out—•
and then again lapsed into
silence. Later Sally learned
what he had thought out, but
not until toward the close of
the dinner which followed im
mediately upon their return to
the house.
During that dinner Sally
noted that Mackav took no
special trouble to ingratiate
himself further into the im
portant guest’s notice. That
notice was obvious; Mr. Pier
pont took no pains to conceal
it He was gracious and friend
ly with Schuyler, as behooved
a man who must be naturally
sympathetic with the disap
pointment of one whom he had
sent off upon a holiday and
who bad returned in uncertain
health. Hut it was to Mackav
he turned with the roused in
terest of a man of discernment
I of pe<iple believe that the president
of the United States three times
has deliberately said what Is not
true namely, that Ire will not run
again The Kvrntng Omt still
rungs to the theory that Cool
idge did not lie. but plenty ol 'thers
do not believe It.
Again, the republican part? has
•elected fur Its keynote spruer a
»etf.ronfr»*ed liar and a public of
ficial who has taken money from
the Antl-taloon learnt. This does
nothing to cheer up nonset men.
IHiithermore the moat prominent
) oaadidste neat to the presilent, is
sms w!m Iras never rs plained where
kg stands on any of tl.s lu,.rtant
who had discovered another of
a calibre unexpected in such a
place as Cherry Hills. And
when dinner w'as over, and the
party had pone back out-of
doors to its comfortable seats
under the beech, he bepan to
feel his way with questions. It
was at this point that both
Hally and Schuyler Chase be
pan to understand that his in
terest had a motive other than
that of a casual encounter.
“I can’t quite account for
you. Mr. Mackay,” he said,
leaninp back in a bip cushioned
willow ehair which swayed
and creaked a little as he set
tled himself, crossinp one well
clad knee over the other, and
draw’inp deeply on the expen
sive cipar he haN taken from
his own pocket. Both Schuyler
and Mackay had refused the
proffer of the mates to this,
but Mackay had pulled a pipe
from his pocket and filled and
liphted it.
“Do you need to, Mr. Pier
pontf” Mackay asked, w'ith an
intent look.
“Well, men interest me. If
a man shows certain abilities, I
like te know somethin" about
him. I’m a preat believer in
heredity; I don’t think some
thinp often comes from noth
in!?. Fathers count—and moth
ers, of course. I could almost
venture the guess, Mr. Maekay, ]
that your father was a man
who filled the public eye in
seme way—was accustomed to
public speaking. Am I right?”
Through his dark glasses
Schuyler’s gaze was fixed on
Maekay. The invalid was real
izing, quite suddenly, that in
all his hours with his new
friend the subjeet of Maekay’s
birth and training had never
been mentioned. Schuyler had
in one way or another spoken,
time and again, of his own an
cestry, his early life, his uni
versity—had alluded to many
But the talk of the two had
been mostly about the books
they had been reading togeth
er, and with these and kindred
subjects Schuyler had been sat
isfied. Had he, he wondered
now, said so much about him
self, and inquired not at all
into the reasons for Mackav’s
really deep understanding of
life and life’s problems? Ex
traordinary, if true. How self
absorbed he—Schuyler—must
have been. Well, he should
learn something about this
man now.
Maekay nodded, over his
pipe, then removed it. ‘‘lie
was—and is—a preacher.”
‘‘Anywhere about here?”
‘‘Tn Edinburgh.”
‘‘Yes, Mr. Pierpont.”
Mr. Pierpont’s searehing
gaze looked as if he pounced
upon this fact. He nodded in
his turn.
‘‘Of course I recognized your
nationality. No Seotsmnn los
es his burr—if you don’t mind
my ealling it that—I like it,
mvself. Been in this country
long?”
‘‘Three years.”
Schuyler Chase sat up a lit
tle in his chair, and asked a
question. He could hardly wait
to ask it. ‘‘Is your father
Carmichael MackayT
A peculiar look, as of one
who hears mentioned the name
of one who means much to him,
flashed into Mackay’s face.
“He is,” he said quietly.
Schuyler leaned back apain.
Sally saw that this news had
for some reason come to him
with a shook.
“I wish,” Mackay went on
quickly. “I were my father’s
son. But I’m not in the least
like him. I have an elder
brother who is. He’s a preat
joy to father. I’m—the leav
inps.”
“I think I must have heard
of your father,” said Sape
Pierpont. “Of course, l know I
have.”
“You surely have.” This
was Sally, whose fnoe was
quick with interest in these
disclosures. “He’s the prent
est Scottish preacher on the
other side of the water. He
came over here, some years
npo, and pave n course of lec
{ tnres at some of the most fa
mous universities. Why, Mr.
Haues now before the country, and
one whose exhibition of temper be
fore a Senate mvestigeing n>nm..i
t«w foreshadows a savage and tight
campaign In case he Is nomtnatrd
On the democratic side these la
1 a religious quarrel which r^emises
one of the naollest politics! fights
; the country has era tern
But while all these factors are
■ calculated to dishearten honest men
they tend to make the campaign
BWukUIn Absolutely notning can
be taken for grained this year
Least of all dare one assume that
either part? will be restrained by
any considerations of decency. No
j holds are barred, aud WBog. goug
Maekay”—she turned to him.
smiling—“how could you have
failed to let us know he was
your father? You must tie
enormously proud of him.”
“I’m so proud of him,”
agreed Maekay, “that just to
hear him spoken of gives me
joy.”
Schuyler roused himself.
“That's a great heritage,
Maekay,” he said.
“But I didn’t,” added the
Scotsman, with a peculiar firm
ness, “come to this country to
trade on my father’s name.
I’d rather try to earn my
own. ”
“You’ll do it—you’ll do it,”
prophesied Sage Piorpont,
whose plans had been taking
shape rapidly since Iip began
these questionings. “And by
the way, while we’re talking
of your earning your own
name, I’ve a suggestion to
make. I learned last night
that the man who was to sup
ply our pulpit next Sunday has
been called to California by his
wife’s illness, and has can
celled the engagement. When
I came up here I meant to in
quire of Mrs. Chase whether
she could suggest anybody to
fill his place. We’ve some
prominent men engaged for
next month, but for this one all
the big guns have ceased fir
ing and we had to take a stop
gap. I'm not”—he smiled
broadly—“inviting you to be a
Stop-gap, Mr. Maekay—not af
ter what I heard you do this
afternoon. But I should like
it very much if you’d agree to
occupy the pulpit next Sunday.
It was evident that he felt
he was conferring a favor, and
so undoubtedly he was, from
Schuyler’s point of view. To
offer the prominent pulpit to
Gordon Maekay, of Cherry
Hills, even for a Sunday in
August, when the depleted reg
ular city congregation would
be mostly replaced by stran
gers from out of town, was to
offer an opportunity rather
large to one who presumably
• had had as yet no large op
portunities. But if Maekay was
impressed he gave no sign of
it. Scotsmen must have,
Schuyler reflected, his own
pulse quickening nervously,
remarkable powers of conceal
ing their feelings at critical
j moments.
Maekay was regarding the
magnate as unemotionally as if
he had been offering the
chance to read aloud a hymn in
the same pulpit.
“I hardly see how’ I could do
it, thank you, Mr. Pierpont,”
he said. “I’ve agreed to take
care of the Cherry Hills church
until October. Its minister was
an old friend of mine, and lie’s
gone to Canada to be with a
sick mother till the end.”
This obligation seemed no
obstacle to Pierpont, who was
accustomed to do away with
obstacles when they got in the
way of his will. And his wish
to have Maekay accept the in
vitation was stimulated by its
threatened refusal.
“You won’t let that stand in
the way of such a request, I’m
sure. Easy enough to find a
country preacher somewhere
out of a job, who’d be delight
ed to supply this really attrac
tive old church here for one
Sunday.”
It was at this point that
Schuyler became conscious
that not only were Sally’s
eyes upon him, but that her
wish to have him speak the
word of approval and entreaty
the situation demanded was be
coming an urgent one. Though
for some reason he found this
difficult to do, he summoned
his sense of fitness and friend
liness to his aid, and spoke
without further hesitation.
‘‘Please arrange it, Mack
ay.” he said, ‘‘if only to please
me. Of course it would give
me great pleasure to have you
fill m.v pulpit. 1*. would be
easy enough to find a man for
this church—‘here are plenty
in summer places near by.”
‘‘I've never prenehed in a
i pulpit like that,” said Mackay
I frankly. ‘‘I might fall down
I the steps,”
' Tlmv *!1 smiled.
mg sort hitting in »he cllnrhea tn
already accepted Hence I! 6' 1s
fait to be lb • most ea&cibih^.y tu
eieatiMt fight in yw.ni.
Diahear rnlng It mav be. at least
to ..onest men: but errn to them It
act be dull
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Q. What are the origin and
i P railing of the phrsa#. * Open 8e
•arnet" H K C.
A. It was the paaaanrd at whteh
the door of the robber*' cave flew
open tn the Tale of the Forty
inievw (Arabian Mights', lienee, a
key to a mystery or anything that
acta like magir in obtaining a favor
i adtmawon, or rtergmiitoo.
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| OF INTEREST TO FARMERS |
—
DOES COW TESTING PAY?
Does it pay to keep books in a
bank or harcfA-are store? One ques
tion is just as wise as the other.
The day is coming when dairymen
will no more think of keeping cows
without keeping records than a
banker will think of loaning money
and trusting to his memory and
luck to collect interest. Here are
five advantages of cow testing, and
there are a lot more:
(1) We'll take better care of the
cows. Many a man, when he began
testing his cows also began taking
better care of them and surprised
liimself with how good his cows
were.
(2> We'll find out which cows
are paying a profit. There are
thousands of herds where part of
the cows are profitable cows and
the rest “boarders,” eating up the
► profit.
13» Our good cows will be worth
more when we know how good they
are. A good cow will bring $50
more if we can show her record
when we want to sell her.
(4) The calves will be worth
more. A wise man will give $100
or more for a good calf from a
good cow with a good record; he’ll
give $35 or less for a good calf
from a cow with no record.
(5) We can improve our herds.
When we know by actual weights
and figures that we have high pro
ducing cows, we'd be chumps if we
didn't keep the heifers from those
cows. The best way to judge the
value of a young heifer or bull is
by the records of its ancestors. The
way to tell the breeding value of a
mature cow or bull is by the records
il-O 1I.1£. VV UliUUt ICtUl Ud
we can’t make much improvement.
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HERD BULL AND HIS CARE
Whm six months old, the bull
calf should be separated from the
heifer calves and fed a ration that
will keep him growing rapidly. At
this age, feed from four to eight
pounds of grain daily, depending on
his size.
Most dairymen prefer to feed
bulls the same gram ration that is
fed to the other growing stock. But
in addition, a good leguminous
roughage is necessary, the amount
depending on the size of the animal.
Mature bulls will east as much as
15 pounds of hay daily. Silage may
be fed to the growing bull in small
amounts, say live pounds.
A common grain ration for the
mature bull after complete growth
is: Three parts cornmeal, three
parts ground oats, three parts
wheat bran, one part linseed-meal.
Along with this ration should be
fed leguminous roughage and some
corn fodder or stover.
To keep the bull in excellent con
dition, but not fat, exercise is a
factor that must not be forgotten.
If the bull can not have access to a
yard at all times, he should ac least
be tied outdoors and allowed to go
back and forth on a strong cable.
When selecting a herd bull, see to
it that he is not only of satisfactory
individuality himself, but that his
ancestry is a fair guarantee of a
continuance of that individuality in
his get Satisfied on this point,
study the pedigree. If you are a
Holstein breeder, for instance, you
will want to know the conditions
under which the seven-day records
were made, and you also will want
to know how much 365-day blood
is in the more or less immediate an
cestry. You will also want to know
if the butter records were made
with a normal Holstein percentage
of fat, or whether the large butter
records were made from a relative
ly small quantity of milk.
The conditions under which most
of the milk is sold in this country
will give a decided advantage to the
man who sells whole milk, and for
this reason the Holstein breeder is
looking for the largest possible flow
of milk of a satisfactory butterfat
content. Guernsey and Jersey
breeders usually cater to a differ
ent kind of market—either a spe
cial milk which demands a nice
premium, or else to a cream mar
ket. Therefore, they will pay spe
cial attention to the butterfat pro
duction.
The statement has been made
that production does not always re
produce itself, but that type nearly
always does. To get an accurate
answer to this problem, it would
be necessary to go more deeply into
the study of breeding than is prac
tical in a short article like this. But
. Vtnirn miealir nnfiaarl tVlof Q
slopy-rumped bull usually sires
slopy-rumped calves, and that a
good, straight-backed bull often
sires calves of good top lines out
of poor cows.
It behooves the dairy-cattle
breeder, therefore, to study this
qustion of types and individuality.
If you will study the pedigrees of
the winners at the great dairv shows
you will find that many of the cows
have fine advanced-registry rec
ords; that the bulls almost invari
ably have a good list of high-pro
ducing daughters, and progeny
which make good in the show ring.
Type and production go hand in
hand, and it Is a wise breeder who
combines them in his own herd.
IS YOUR CREDIT GOOD
A farmer worth $40,000 went into
a bank to borrow $2,000. The
banker refused to lend him the
money. A lawyer was In the bank
at the time, heard the farmer make
his request for lean, and learned
what happened.
A little later a poor young man
with no property and no one at
all to stand behind him came in
and asked for a loan of $100. The
banker cheerfully lent him the
amount.
The 1* v, yrr parried over it and
finally asked the banker why he
refused to lend to the wealthy
farmer but let the other fellow,
who had no .»n* Tf| the note
wtt'n him, have a lone
The barker said; "Why dto I do
that? Because that well-to-do,
hone.* former amply will not take
care of hta debts and the other
«WHT ItGGS NOSES
Hie r.uoe of a t >r U ar. 'tide* of
hi* or her nature or condition. Its
di*pe and texture shirw th*t rt i*
deeurned for rooting and f«* over
turning things, and thu U Hie na
ture of the brute «• rfwt <«*.. The
condition of the animal ts ut many
way* shown to the nose In the
heal!hy hog the row* u motet, cool
and iHnk in color. To the touch It
te elastic In disease It chtngm In
supra ranee, beguiling pallid or pur
plish, dry, ho\ and rigid, or else
flabby. Many an experienced breed
er ran ted at a glanoe the general
condittmi of * hog from the ruuci -
'too of tmi noee Wlten hogs grow
man will. That farmer 1 as to oe
notified again and again, and some
times it has been as long as fou*
years before we could get him to
pay. He never paid any attention
! to when his notes were due. It’s
■ too much bother to carry him along
like that. With this other fellow,
his crecEt was all he had in the
world. We very seldom have to
send even one notice to him. He
always comes in and pays or makee
some arrangement. And we know
j he always will, and don’t have to
go to a lot of trouble looking up
! his account.”
I have since wondered if this
j doesn’t apply to some farmers. They
are busy when a note comes due,
they know and the bank knows they
are good for the money, so why
worry to run to town? So. they let
it go. Probably a good many peo
ple abuse their credit until the
banks sometimes have to refuse
their patronage.
WATCH THE CHICKS
Chicks that bunch or pile up at
night are both a nuisance and a
source of loss. It is w'ell to prevent
this habit before it starts. Chick*
bunch because they arc either scared
or cold, usually the latter. Be sure
the brooder fire is warm enough
all night. Eliminate ail floor draft*
from circulating over the chicks.
Use muslin covered frames to circle
the chicks aTound the stove each
night. Wire off cold corners. Use
mash hoppers in which the chick*
cannot gather. Provide roosts early,
and teach the chick* to use them.
Do not scare the chicks at night
Dy unusual noises or ir/ unnecessary
use of light in the brCodor house.
CREEP FEEDING PROFITABLE
Creep feeding of beef calves is
proving profitable on many farms
where a herd of beef cows is kept.
If a creep is provided, calves will
begin to eat grain when but a few
weeks old. Calves which have a
little grain in addition to milk and
grass will be larger at weaning time
and will have a higher market
value. Creep fed calves may be
put into the feed lot and finished
for market earlier than calves
which do not get any grain while
running with the cows.
FEEDING GRAIN IN BOXES
A poultry experiment was recent
ly conducted in an effort to deter
mine the value of feeding the
scratch grain or grain ration to
chickens in the straw litter. Since
straw litter is often soiled and con
taminated, it was felt that feeding
from clean boxes would be much
more advisable from the standpoint
of sanitation. Whether or not the
exercise that the hens receive from
being required to scratch for their
feed is of enough value in increased
egg production to offset the risk of
disease that is involved was the
query that these feeding tests were
designed to answer.
Three flocks of Rhode Island
Reds and three flocks of White
Leghorns were placed on feed in
these tests. One flock of each
breed received dry mash fed in hop
pers and a scratch grain in the
straw litter, night and morning.
Another flock of each breed re
ceived dry mash in hoppers and
the grain mixture in shallow' boxes
or troughs, night and morning.
Still another flock of each breed
received the grain mixture ground
and mixed with the mash ration,
fed from the mash hoppers. The
mash ration fed in these tests was
composed of 17 pounds ground corn,
17 pounds ground oats, 17 pounds of
wheat bran, 17 pounds flour mid
dlings, 25 pounds dried buttermilk,
five pounds bone meal and two
pounds salt. The grain mixture fed
in all cases was composed of 70
pounds shelled corn and 30 pounds
oats.
The results did not show any par
ticular advantage for either litter
or box feeding of scratch
grain, although these two methods
did seem to have some advantage
over grinding the grain mixture and
feeding it with the mash. In the
case of the Rhode Island Reds, the
flock receiving the gain in the straw
litter produced an average of 117
eggs per hen for the 44 weeks that
the feeding was conducted. Those
receiving the grain in boxes pro
duced an average of 129 eggs per
hen while those that were fed
ground grain with the mash pro
duced 105 eu2s Der hen.
whit* Leghorns showed slightly
different results, however. Those
that received grain in the litter pro
duced 126 e$gs per hen; those that
received gram in boxes, 124 eggs per
hen; and. those that received their
grain in ground form, 116 eggs per
hen. Those results do not indicate
that one method of feeding is advis
able for Rhode Island Reds while
another is best for White Leghorns.
They indicate, rather, that one
method of feeding is as good as the
other, where the grain is fed whole
and not ground, and that any vari
ations between these two methods
is, no doubt, due to variations be
tween the flocks on test.
DAIRY EXPERTS
After an exhaustive study of the
influence of temperatures upon the
variation of fat in milk have come
to the conclusion that the content
of fat in cows’ milk shows a sea
sonal variation, that it is higher
during the first half of the winter
months, the gradually declining to
the second half of the summer
months -August and September.
The variation in the fat content
ranged from 6 to l per cent, higher
during the last summer months as
compared with the first months ,n
winter.
The several factors causing var
iation in the fat content of milk
may explain why the percentage of
fat is higher at one time than an
other.
CLEANLINESS MEANS dollars
Olve the hog houses a thorough
cleaning, and disinfect them. Re
move harboring places and vou will
have fewer pests to contend with
during the hot summer.
liities*, a’-d do laws nuixling than
usual, nod <*em to be dotting or
sleeping more th.Ni usual, Insult
their loan and vou are likely to
fine in idem the indications of
trouble.
KEEP FARM WOOD LOT
Flourishing woodland* mean
•new* than timber crops, permanent
Industrial «id an adequate supply
of wood. They minister to (.*'*•
need for outdoor recreation they
preserve animal and bird life they
beautify o«r hills idea
.2^ »treams; they preserve
<ne inspiring natural environment
which tiaa contributed ao much to
American character."