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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1928)
Back from Jaws of Death Safe and sound, with his wife and two sons, Bert Hassell, pilot of the ill-fated plane Greater Rockford, which set out to Stock holm, Sweden, arrived ii^New York from Halifax, N. S-. aboard the S. S. Frederick VIII. With Hassell and two others, the Greater Rockford was forced down in Greeland on what was to be a three-legged flight across the ocean. The pilot’s sons are Victor and John. (International Nawarael Photo) On the Observation Platform First of her sex to fly the Atlantic as a passenger—if or.e ex cepts Boston’s Lady Lindy, Amelia Earhart—Lady Drummond Hay is here shown conversing with Dr. Hugo Eckener as the Graf Zeppelin bucked headwinds en route*to the United States. The photo is exclusive and was taken by Robert Hartmann, staff cameraman for MGM News and International Newsreel. (Copyright. 192S. MQM New* and IntaruaUon&l Nawnrcol) Trio Held in $325,000 Bail lliey don’t look particularly dangerous, these three Chicago misses, 1. to r., Florence Morton, Irene Valentine and Marjorie Roberts, but more than a quarter of a million dollars stands between them and freedom. The trio was bound over to the grand jury on numerous charges of robbing taxi drivers at ihc "oint of guns. ilatcrnatlonal W»w»r*»k> OF INTEREST TO FARMERS ELIMINATE THE W K>1S It is estimated that in many sec tions of the United State s as many os 90 per cent, of the fo" s are in fested with intestinal parasites. Chief among these from the stand point of damage and loss to the in dustry are tapeworms and round worms. The early indications that fowls are infested with these parasites are symptoms of diarrhea, nervous ness and twitching of the head, wry neck, weakness, loss of appetite, droopy, plumage rough, and in many cases partial or complete par alysis. Worming the infested birds and cleaning the houses and runs to prevent reinfestation are the two steps to take in a flock infested with Intestinal parasites. There are two commonly practiced methods of worming poultry. The collective treatment, where the worming material is added to the drinking water or to the mash with the idea of having the birds con sume it with their feed is one meth od. The other is the treatment of Individual birds. The collective treatment is not the most effective method of treatment because of the fact that often the birds that are badly infested will not eat and drink in any large amounts and hence will not receive as much of the worm expellantas birds less bad ly infested. One common method of treatment for roundworms is the use of two pounds of dry tobacco dust in each 100 pounds of mash. The tobacco dust used for this should not be less than 1.5 per cent, nor more than 25 per cent, nicotine. This should be fed daily for three weeks and then after discontinuing for three weeks, the treatment should be re peated. Epsom salts should be given at the rate of one pound per 100 full grown birds after the first week and at the end of each period. Other than the gneral ojection voiced against all collective treat ments, this system has still another flaw, in that the nicotine content of tobaccos used for this work varies a great deal. The nicotine treatment can be ad ministered individually however, with much more satisfactory results by using a capsule does prepared according to tne following direc tions, recommended by the Califor nia Experiment Station. The pre scription, which can be filled by any druggist, consists of 6.6 cubic centi meters (7.92 grams) of black leaf 40. thoroughly mixed with 16 grains of Lloyd’s alkaloidal reagent and packed in No. 2 gelatine capsules in sufficient quantities to make a 350 400 mlligram capsule when filled. This same preparation is also on the market under different trade names, in fact there are many good commercial remedies on the market. individual treatment is to be rec ommended for tapeworms as well as roundworms. One of the more ef fective means of expelling tape worms is through the use of tur pentine and olive or cottonseed oil in equal parts. Birds should be shut up at night and given from one half to one teaspoonful of this through a pipette the following morning. Mash be be fed the treat ed birds within three hours after treating and should contain one half pound of Epsom salts per 100 for adult birds. Regular feeding may then be continued, but the birds should remain in the treating pens until the second morning. Treatment should be administered in houses or coops that can be eas ily and effectively cleaned. After the treatment is concluded the birds should be moved to clean quarters. All droppings should be burned and all houses thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. All old runs should be plowed up if possible and the flock moved to new quarters. Where this is not possible, it is advisable to be doubly sure of doing a thorough Job cleaning to prevent reinfection. DON'T NEGLECT TESTING One good &rw well fed and cared for will make more money thau three or four poor ones. It is, there fore, a better practice to add a few good cows and take a little time to develop a herd through the use of good bulls. Cows not only must be good ones but also they must be well fed if good returns are to be se cured. They will need some grain in addition to pasture during the summer and well balanced rations during the winter. Furthermore, the producing ability of every cow In the heard should be measured by vsighing and testing the milk. This | information will be needed *n build- , ing, improving and feeding the herd. STRAW AS FERTILIZER. A ton of oat straw contains 11.6 pounds nitrogen. 4 2 pounds phos phoric acid, and 30 pounds potash. A ton of fresh manure wil con tain approximately 12 pounds nitro gen. 3 pounds phosphoric acid, and 9 pounds potash. With nitrogen at 20 cents a pound, phosphoric acid at 7 cents, and potash at 7 cents, the fertilizing constituents in a ton of oat straw would be valued at $4 71, while the fertilizing constitu ents of fresh manure would be valued at $3.25. If the manure is stored under reasonably good conditions, there will be a loss of from 10 to 20 per cent, in its fertilizing constituents, with a somewhat smaller loss if the manure is hauled directly from the barn to the field. In addition, the fertilizing value of the manure is directly affected by the quality of the feed given the cows. If poor ra tions are fed, the manure will have a lower fertilizing value, whereas if legume hay and a oroperlv balanced ration are used, this value is in creased. According to its assumed money value, it would require about a ton and a half of fresh manure to equal in fertilizing value one ton of oat straw. However, because of the variable composition of this manure, it might fairly be said that it would KEEP BETTER COWS Many farmers belonging to cow testing associations are adopting the slogan "Fewer but better cows,” and are profiting by putting the underlying idea into practice. "Fewer but better” may not suit ev eryone but “better cows” should interest all who milk cows. It often happens that men are keeping more cows than they can feed properly ( and then, unless feed is purchased. ?irofits are often smaller from the arger herd than they would be from fewer cows properly fed. ■ — --- Feed no grain to the ewes for two or three days prior to, during and j Immediately after lamhing. k take two tons of fresh manure to offset a ton of oat straw. Although there Is a great deal of variation in the weight of manure as drawn from the stable according to the relative amount of bedding and liquid measure, it is probable that the spreader will hold approxi mately a ton. If the manure is hauled from the yard, the spreader will probably hold as high as a ton and a half. ♦ • - — SELECTING THE ROOSTER When selecting a male bird for the breeding pen, choose one that has good si/.e of frame, and is lree from any grave defect or deformity in limb or body. He should be well formed, in good health, full of spir it, and have a certain vivacity of temperament and proud mien. He should be a gallant fellow, one that delights in caressing his maves, and ever willing to defend them. A sulky, selfish, persecuting and dom inating disposition does great harm, and soon destroys the peace and happiness that will be found in flocks where the male is kind and gentle. If I were making a choice be tween two males which are equal in points, ancestry and vigor, writes an expert poultry raiser, I should choose the one which shows the most courage. While it is desirable that -he male be gallant, and ever ready to share his meal with the hens, he must not be overgenerous, to the point of de priving himself. Cases of that kind are not uncommon, resulting in an underfed body and a nervous condi tion; consequently, the male be comes a poor breeder. On the other hand, where the male is a glutton, he quickly overtittens, due to his greedy disposition, driv ing the hens away until he fairly gorges himself. In this rise the hens are underfed, and there is a poor egg fertility. A cockerel that weighs a half pound more than other cockerels of the same age may generally be de pended upon to possess strength and vigor, qualities of more worth than any adornment. Another point in mating is to have a male that Is exceptionally strong in these points in which the females are weak, and vice versa. No young male should be used that is not fully matured and well de veloped. Among the best breeders may be classed birds which range in age from 12 months to 21-i years of age. It is important, too, that the male be from sound parents, and not too heavy in weight. Heavy males fre quently injure their mates, and are not desirable. -* *— .. __ —— IN-BREEDING RISKY Inbreeding, and especially close breeding, is a much discussed sub ject. All sorts of bad results, such as lack of vigor, sterility, lack of size, etc., have been attributed to it. On the other hand, it is an est ablished fact that progress in ani mal breeding has been based on in breeding. Inbreeding is a means of doubling up the characters present in a herd. It does not introduce new characters and qualities in the herd, but it doe perpetuate what is already there. In other words, when closely related animals are mated, there is brought together animals with a more nearly uniform character in their herid tary material than when two ani mals are mated that are not related. If the stock on hand is faulty in one or nore of the essential points, then in-breeding will lead to disaster, for these faults are intensified. Con sequently, it can be safely concluded that danger lurks in the use of close breeding by any one but a breeder who can select his breeding animals only for the presence of desirable characters and also for the absence of undesirable factors. It follows, then, that the prac'ice of close breeding is a practice to be used only in the very best herds— herds that have been developed to such a state of excellence which makes it impractical to further ob tain improvement by securing out tide sires. Judiciously used, close breeding results in a rapid fixing of type and enables the breeder to ob tain results much more rapidly thao without its use. Linebreeding or the mating of animals of less—cousin mating—is the most popular system of breed ing among most of the breeders In this system the common ancestry of the parents ranges anywhere from 25 to 50 per cent. It is considered by most breeders that this possesses many of the excellences of close breeding and lessens many of the dangers. While with this system of breed ing the results may be slower in coming, it is, no doubt, safer in the hands of the average man than close breeding.. WHERE YOUR POULTRY GOES Every man and woman who mar kets poultry has no doubt wondered, at some time, where these chickens went after leaving the farm. While it is almost impossible to determine who finally consumes the bunch which were sold from your farm, it Is safe to say that a good share of the poultry sold from midwestern states goes to the Chicago market. Satlstics gathered show that each year about 24,000.000 birds are handled on the Chicago market. Nine million of these are live birds and the remainder dressed when they reach the market. About half of the 24.000.000 stay in Chicago, while the remainder travel on to other consuming centers, largely In the east. Chicago's 3,000.000 people consume an average of five chickens per person per year. AND SWELL BANK ROLL Nature abhors a bare spot and tries to cover it over with some sort of growth, even if it be only nox ious weeds. Follow nature, but keep the ground covered with food crops, instead of weeds. MONEY SAVING IDEA One of the best means of getting the kind of blood that is wanted for flock improvement, and getting It cheaply. Is by purchasing baby chicks or hatching eggs. The chicks can be grown out and the best of the cockerels put into breeding pens next winter, mating them with the highest producing hens that are now making Vieir pullet year rec ords. From these matings cockerels can be secured to mate on the gen eral range flock. In addition to having cockerels of high quality from the chicks or eggs purchased to provide this improved blood, the flock owner will also have some pul uets of mighty good breeding to go 'his laying flock. <(Lucile is the Happiest Girl** Ro many mothers howadays talk about giving their children fruit juices, ns if this were a new discov ery. As a matter of fact, for over fifty years, mothers have been accomplishing results far surpassing anything you con secure from home prepared fruit Juices, by using pure wholesome Cali fornia Fig Syrup, which Is prepared under the most exacting laboratory supervision from ripe California Figs, richest of all fruits In laxative and nourishing properties. It's marvelous to see how billow, weak, feverish, sallow, constipated, under-nourished children respond to its gentle influence; how their breath clears up, color flames In their cheeks, and they become sturdy, playful, en ergetic again. A Western mother, Mrs. H. J. Stoll, Valley P. O., Ne braska, says: “My little daughter, Itoma Luelle, was constipated from babyhood. I became worried about her and decided to give her some California Fig Syrup. It stopped her constipation quick; and the way it Improved her color and made her pick up made me realize how run-down she had been. She Is so sturdy and well now, and always In such good humor that neighbors say she’s the happiest girl In the West.” Like all good things, California Fig Syrup Is Imitated, but you can always get the genuine by looking for the name “California” on the carton. If a man Is easily discouraged, he will languish In obscurity. Will Cold Worry You Thia Winter? Some men throw-off a cold within a few hours of contracting It. Anyone can do It with the aid of a simple com pound which comes in tablet form, and Is no trouble to take or to always have about you. Don’t “dope" your self when you catch cold; use Pape’s Cold Compound. Men and women Everywhere rely on this amazing little tablet.—Adv. A green grocer Is one who trusts the family that has Just moved Into the neighborhood. DR. CALDWELL'S THREE RULES Dr. Caldwell watched the results of constipation for 47 years, and believed that no matter how careful people are of their health, diet and exercise, con stipation will occur from time to time. Of next importance, then, is how to treat it when it cornea Dr. Caldwell always was in favor of getting as close to nature as possible, hence his remedy for oonsti pation is a mild vegetable compound. It can not harm the most delicate system and is not habit forming. The Doctor never did approve of dras tic physics and purges. 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