OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
VITAMINS ARE REAL
In a discussion following the re
port of a demonstration to show the
food value of milk In a child’s diet,
the question was raised as to wether
there was such a thing as a vitamin.
One person said. “It can’t be sepa
rated and pointed out. and it is
doub;ful if there is any such thing
as vitamin A, B, O. D, or E. It looks
as tijt-ugh 'vitamin' 1s only a big
word for the purpose of concealing
what scientists do not know.”
The man who raised the question
as to the existence of vitamins is of
a type that must see and feel before
be believes, and there are many peo
ple like that In this world. We won*
der If such persons believe In the
law of gravitation. No one has ever
seen this force which draws all
things to the earth. No one has
ever seen electricity or have they
been able to define It. It would be
difficult Indeed to find any one
that did not believe in this force
for we have Innumerable demon
strations of such energy. We see
light produced by electricity when
the right conditions are brought
about for turning electricity into
Urht. We can feel heat and power
produced by electricity, but no one
has ever seen electricity.
We are living In a world of mys
terious forces, and through experi
mentations we are learning about
these forces even though we can
not see them or define them. To
ques’irn the existence of vitamins
cltv or the force of gravity. Sulfic
cltv or the force of gravity. Suf i
leiib demonstrations have bo°n
made to thoroughly demonstrate
that there are such things as vita
min , and people with open minds
and a desire for knowledge do not
queslion their existence. Children
fed foods without sufficient vita
mins do not grow well; are more
subject to disease; and may develop
eye trouble which has produced.
In many Instances, blindnpss. It Is
definitely known that vitamins are
necessary for growth, h^lth, ana
ropy cheeks of children, and there
is nothing to be accomplished in
quibbling about them.
STUDY POULTRY AILMENTS
Because the poultry industry rep
resents an annual turnover of more
than $1,000,000,000, and because of
recent changes In the organization
and management of egg and poultry
production, one of the leading vet
erinarians of the country says:
“What the veterinarians must do is
to keep our flocks healthy in order
that meat and egg production shall
not diminish. We are dealing with
fowls not only from a pathological
standpoint, but as commercial units
on which a great Industry Is based.
He also pointed out that the
United States is the most important
poultry raising country in the. wond
producing more than one third or
the world s supply, that breeders sold
800.000.000 baby chicks last year,
that the hens collectively lay eggs
at. the rate of 760 a second or 2,000,
000.000 dozen a year, and that the
annual value of poultry products is
now considerably in excess of the
total livestock production of the
country, and outranked onlv by
dairy products and the swine indus
,rFor years, he said poultry rais
ing w'as an incidental enterprise
on the American farm. Poultry
diseases were regarded as of little
eonscciuence, and chickens were left
to shift for themselves. The last
decade, however, has witnessed an
amazing change in the scope, and
methods of poultry and egg produc
tion. as the industry has rapidly
forged to the front line of dignified
commercially productive enterprise.
The humble hen is now recognized
as on asset, a chief source of in
come, and as such is favored with
the best of feed, shelter and atten
tion and the ingrease in size and
profitableness of flocks makes it in
creasingly feasible for poultry reisers
to employ veterinarians in case of
disease in their flocks.
T3IF. MACHINE ACE
Ar analysis of crop production In
the United Slates indicates that on
an average CO per cent of the cost
of er>"rying on the farm business
may be allocated to labor and now
er. Moreover, since these two items
are directly sublect to the control
of the farm operator, groat oppor
tunities exist for the lessening of
production costs through more
scientific knowledge of the energy
reouired for farm operations,
throuch finding more efficient and
less ernensive tvpes of nower units
suitable frr agricultural work end
by discovering new ways to a only
power an^ machinery to replace
human labor.
ROCKS DO NOT RISE
Regarding the forcing of rocks
to the sails surface by fr ezlng, I
am firmly convinced, savs a sv.ed
soil exDCit, that rocks are not
raised by heaving of the soil. The
earth expands in freezing but when
thawed, the rock.? settle back to
their places owing to their weight.
In order for them to stav up the
soli would have to get under them
some w’ay. This never happens
merely through the process of freez
ing and thawing. I have taken out
hundreds of rocks of various siz s
and shapes on different soils and
subsoils on this farm, where the top
soil. 6 to 24 inches deep is coal
black, and the subsoil Is yellow and
blue clav, vet I have never found
the black soil to be below its orig
inal level.
If rocks were raised up on level
land, some of this black soil would
of necessity have to get under
them It also is my contention that,
on sloping ground wtiere the soil
Is loose, cultivation and erosion
carries the soil away from the rocks,
thus cruising them to appear more
above the surface of the ground.
There are very few rocks left on
this place now, and those left are
deep enough in the ground so as
not to hother any in cultivating my
com This is a contrast to what it
was 2fi years ago when we moved
here Then it was one of the rocki
GROW MORE SWEET CLOVER
The two main uses of sweet clover
are for soil improvement and as a
grower and a heavy gatherer of ni
trogen it is a good crop to precede
corn. It may be plowed down the
next spring after seeding at which
time it will have gathered most of
its nitrogen as well as a large
amount of organic matter which
decomposes rapidly in the soil.
RANGE AND SHADE
Give the chickens all the range
possible In summer. A light fence
run around a portion of the or
slwd makes an ideal place for
them.
est places in this vicinity, I hope in
a few more years to have this farm
entirely free from rock, thus prov
ing to anyone who would contest
my theory that it can b^ done.
I have some fields from which
most of the rocks were cleared 15
or more years ago and no more
rocks appear now t an wer. left at
that time. This proves to me con
clusively that when a nearly level
tract of land where soil erosion does
not take place, is once cleared of
rock to plowing d pth that no more
rock will be encountered. I be
lieve popular opinion Is that rocks
heave through freezing and thaw
ing but through close observances 1
have been otherwise convinced.
WHENCE COME PROFITS?
In farming as well as In any other
business there may occasionally bo
what is ordinarily termed luck.
Sometimes a man holds his gram
for a better price and succeeds in
getting it. Sometimes he gets no
greater profit by storing grain for
later sale and there are times when
he loses by such procedure. The
term “luck,'' however, is very much
overworked by some people. How
often one hears it said, that a man
had luck in the raising of his pigs
or his chickens. Sombody cr some
thing is responsible for poor returns
but there is a tendency on the part
of many people to blame luck,
rather than themselves for such
things.
Accounts were kept on 82 western
farms lor a period of one year and
the average net income was 5258
per farm. This income represented
net returns after all operating ex
penses, such as taxes, labor, interest
on the investment In land and gen
eral farm equipment had been de
ducted from tire gross income. This
average was low, as averages usual
ly are. In studying the figures In
detail it was found that the 20 farms
i wine the largest returns, aver
aged $1,841 a farm, while the 20
with the lowest return showed an
average net loss of $1,044 a farm. It
Is losses of this sort that bring down
the average. On the 20 farms that
brought the largest returns, it was
found, for example, that, the average
yeld of corn was 45 bushels an acre
and average yield of oats, 48. On
the 20 least, profitable farms the
average was 40 bushels of corn and
39 bushels of oats. But yield an
acre of grain is not the only one
factor in the income on a livestock
farm. On the 20 best managed
fanns, for every $100 of feed fed to
livestock there was an income of
$102, whereas on the 20 poorest
farms, there was an income of only
$115 for every $100 of grain fed.
On the best farms the average
number of nigs raised was 6.2 per
litter, whereas on the poorest farms
only 5.3 pigs were raised per litter.
Again, on the best farms the dairy
herd brought a return of $122 per
cow and on the poorest farms only
$1C3. The point to be em •'hcslzed is
that luck Is not usually responsible
for so many good or so many bad
returns as some people are inclined
to think. Management—good man
agement is responsible for good re
turns and poor management for
poor returns. On these 20 best man
aged farms not only were the grain
crops a little larger than on the oth
ers, but more was also gotten out
of the grain when fed to livestock,
presumably because the rations were
better balanced and were fed to bet
ter livestock. The cows on the bet
ter managed farms produced more
milk for the amount of feed con
sumed. More pigs also were raised
per litter on these farms. Better
returns were obtained on practically
every operation on the better farms
and It was due to management and
not to luck.
When there is a net income on 20
out of 82 farms after all expenses,
including labor, have been paid of
$1,841 and on 20 similar farms there
is sn average loss of $1,041, instead
' of a profit of $1,841, it is evident
that there must be somethin** be
sides luck to account for the differ
ence. In this connection is worthy
of mention that the 20 best farmers
handled 93 acres of crop per man,
while the 20 poorest farmers handled
only 75 acres per man.
Let us study our farming business
more closely, perform our work in
tne most economical way possible,
l.vn our grain and cur roughage
crops so as to get the greatest gain
tuerefrom and raise our pigs on
clean ground to prevent worm infes
tation and disease infection. Let
us lorget tiiat there is such a thing
as luck. Good returns, one year
with another, come from economical
management and not from luck.
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the roughage problem
A ton and a half or alfalfa or
clover hay per cow per year—that's
the yardstick a great many dairy
men are using to measure roughage
requirements of the dairy herd. Very
well, but don't let the amount of
alfalfa hay limit the size of the
nerd. There are supplementary
feeds which can be used satisfac
torily to make the better roughages
go farther. And the chapear rough
ag s. such as corn fodder, can, by
better preparation and the addition
of concentrates high in protein, be
made to produce milk profitably.
Alfalfa can’t be beat as roughage,
and this is no attempt to belittle it.
But everybody know? then? isn’t
enough alfalfa, or even clover, ta
go around at the rate of a ton and
a half per cow.
VALUE OF PHOSPHATE
Value of a ton of rock phosphate,
as fixed by the response of crops
on the soil experiment fields, varied
all the way from less than nothing
on one field to $23.96 on another
field, when it was used in addition
to manure, and from $1 to $41 when
it was used in grain systems ' of
farming. On both dark and light
colored soils, the response in grain
systems of farming was about twice
as great as in livestock farming.
There was but little difference be
tween dark and light colored soils.
SHRINKAGE MEANS LOSS
To allow dairy cows to shrink dur
ing the summer and earlv fall means
that they will be unpi'i Lable win
ter producers. On mo farms the
cheapest forage can b" oroduced in
the for mof silage ma.'j from corn
or cane, and cow keepe have found
that it is profitable to 1 ive a supply
of this succulent feed f r both win
ter and summer feeding.
FOR BETTER HOMES
Flirty thousand farm women have
united, through farm women’s or
ganizations and county extension
services, to tell what housekeeping
means on farms in 6<2 counties in
46 stated.
Oklahoma Girl
Strong as Boy
“Louise Alice •was
fretful, nervous and
nil run-down from
whooping cough,’’
Says Mrs, F. ,T. Kolar,
17.".0 West 22nd St.,
Oklahoma City, Okln.
“The little I could
force her to eat
wouldn't ever dig' st. She became un
derweight, sallow and weak.
“Then I decided to try California
Fig Syrup, and tlie results surprised
me. Her bowels started working Im
mediately, and in little or no time site
was eating so she got to be a pest at
the table, always asking us to pass
things. Her weight Increased, her col
or Improved and she began to romp
and play again like other children.
Now she’s the picture of health, and
strong as n boy.”
Pleasant-tnrting, purely vegetable
California Fig Syrup acts surely and
quickly to cleanse your child’s stom
ach and bowels of the souring waste
that Is keeping her half-sick, bilious,
sallow, feverish, listless, weak and
puny. Hut it’s more than a laxative.
It tones and strengthens the stom
ach and bowels so these organs con
tinue to act normally, of their own
accord.
Over four million bottles used a
year shows Its popularity. Ask for It
by tho full name, “California Fig
Syrup," so you'll get the genuine, en
dorsed by physicians for 50 years.
FERRETS, nil kinds, ([nod healthy stock.
Female*, t’t .60: Males, *C#0; Fair. Jx.oo.
(•lcnditle F'erret Co. - Wellington. Ohio.
LAD1KS, We Sell (•nstrniiteed Pure ('liilTon
Silk Hosp with Full Fashioned Lejr Fine
Quality !*9c pair postpaid. Write B. & J.
SALES CO., Hatred Heart, Minn.
STOMACH TROUBLES
A tired but restless feeling after meals
—gas on the stomach—a feeling of full
ness—headaches—pains—cramps—heart
bum—sour stomach, are usually warnings
that the stomach is not acting as it should
and needs help in digesting food. If you
have any of these warnings write Harold
Watkins, Box 298, Scranton, Pa., for infor
mation about a formula worked out by a
chemist and used for 17 years with amaz
ing success in'such cases.
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Eat Oysters to Musis
For the iirst time in the history of
the famous annual opening of the
oyster season at Gloucester. England,
the bivalves were swallowed to music
this season. To encourage the guest to
do so rhythmically, the mayor of Glou
cester Invited many distinguished mu
sicians. including Sir Edward Elgar,
Sir Henry Wood and Sir Hugh Alien,
director of the Royal College of Mu
sic. A special train took guests,
among them being the duke of Marl
borough, Lord Rirkenheud, the lord
mayor of London and Signor Marconi,
to the rose-decked tables. The inno
vation was a success and will be tried
again next year.
Many Boone Descendants
Word from Kentucky Indicates pio
neer stock is not running out in this
country. Nelson Webb, direct de
scendant. of Daniel Boone, is the fa
ther of twenty-four children, includ
ing three sets of twins. There are
two children by a first marriage,
eleven by a second marriage, and the
present Mrs. Webb is the mother of
eleven more. We foresee a regiment
of grand and great-grandchildren.—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Millionaires Own Lest
One out of every thirty persons in
the United Slates is a “capitalist,” if
we may believe the statisticians. He
has Invested in bonds or other securi
ties. Millionaires own less than 7
per cent of outstanding corporation
stocks. Large numbers of men wiio
live in little homes are the principal
stockholders. Nowhere else In the
world will you find anything like
this.
No Puzzle to Him
His Mother—And if you go to
school regularly and pay attention
you’ll soon know as much as your
teacher.
Small Sort—I should now if I had
the book in front of me, like he has.—
Tit-Bits (London).
An Object Before Him
Henry—You will never get the dog
to mind you, my dear.
The Mrs.—I will with patience. You
were just as troublesome yourself at
first.
Leading Question
“I’m afraid I didn’t make myself
plain."
“No? Who did?"
Suffer—something few men are able
to do In silence.
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He Knew
“I find the old Jokes very popular.”
“Yes, they’re new to some, to oth
ers they’re old friends.”
Opportunity
“When we girls parade we are
often annoyed by horrid men.”
“I’ll join you, my dear.”