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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1929)
It May Be When your " Children Cry for It Castoria is a comfort when Baby Is fretful. No sooner taken than the little one is at ease. If restless, a few drops soon bring contentment. No harm done, for Castoria is a baby remedy, meant for babies. Perfectly safe to give the youngest infant; you have the doctors’ word for that! It is a vegetable pro duct and you could use it every day. But it’s In an emergency that Castoria Weans most. Some night when consti pation must he relieved—or colic pains —or other suffering. Never be without it; some mothers keep an extra bottle, unopened, to make sure there will al ways be Castoria in the house. It is effective for older children, too; read the book that comes with it. For Caked Udder and Sore Teats in Cows Try Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh Mono? back for first bottle If cot suited- All dealers. Would Label Every Baby If a movement started by William €e Graaf, Pasadena, Calif., succeeds, there will be no “unknown soldiers’ ” graves, mistaken identities, or pass port GifticulLies in the future. De Graaf would have congress pass a law requiring all parents to tattoo the date, place of birth and name on their infants’ bodies. “Such a marking would serve as a living passport,” the promoter asserts. “It would al ways be a ready means of identifi cation and in later life would keep persons from going where they would he ashamed to be found.”—Capper’s Weekly. 'Attend the Party In Spite of Cold! Don't despair some day your social calendar is full, and you awake with a miserable cold. Be rid of it by noon! You can, If you know the secret: Pape's Cold Compound soon settles any cold, yes, even one that has reached deep in the throat or lungs.—Adv. Variety of Era* Anno Domini 3928 corresponds to tile year 334G-47 of the Mohammedan era; 2587-88 of the Japanese era; 8H88-89 of tiie Jewish era; and 743G 37 of the Byzuntine era. If time Is money the lazy man’s time must be counterfeit. Makes Life ■ Sweeter Next time a coated tongue, fetli' brenth, or acrid skin gives evidence of sour stomach—try Phillips Milk of Magnesia! Cct acquainted with tills* perfect an ti twi<l that helps tlie system keep sound nml sweet. That every stomach needs at times. Take it whenever u Lenity meal brings any discomfort. Phillips Milk of Magnesia has Won meiiicai endorsement And convinced millions of men and women they didn't have "Indigestion.'* Iton’t diet, and don't suffer; Just remember Phillips. Pleasant to take, and always effective. The name Phillips is Important: li identities the genuine product "Milk of Magnesia" has been the U. ?*. regis tered trade mirk of the Charles II. Phillips Chemical Co. and Its pre decessor Charles II. Phillips since 1873 Phillips r. Milk . of Magnesia SIOUX CITY PTG. CO., NO. 4-1S29. | OF INTEREST TO FARMERS | » 1 • • ... LIGHTING POULTRY HOUSE Artificial light, when properly used, has great possibilities. it is possible, however, to abuse the use of lights and obtain equally unsatis factory results. When to use, how to use, and where to use, are three points that one should not neglect or overlook. The use of lights is probably as old as time. Increased poultry interest has been responsible lor reviving interest in this phase of poultry management. Only one rea son may be assigned and that is a length of day comparable to that during the season of highest normal production. It is probably not only a length of day or hours of feeding that control the number of eggs ob tained during April and May. The temperature and the natural feeds offered at that time also are the most ideal. Length of day and feed ing may be artificially supplied. Lights will accomplish certain definite results. The advantages to be derived from their use in part answer the question of “when.” Lights will increase the winter and yearly production of pullets. Even though there may be some question about the increase in total egg pro duction obtained, that portion dur ing the winter months is greater with lights. Lights increase the pos sibility of carrying early hatched pullets through without molting. This practice also tends to delay the molt on late winter hatched stock. Hens are brought back into production in a shorter time after molting with lights. A higher aver age production during the fall is ob tained with lights. Lights will bring late hatched or slow maturing birds into production in a shorter time. There does not seem to be a defin ite answer to the use of lights on breeding stock. It is reasonable to assume that the use of lights is not harmful if proper precautions are observed. One must feed a ration that is complete. A burst of enthusi asm should not permit the flock to be carried on a race horse scale. Production should be held within reasonable limits. A slump in pro duction caused by a loss of weight in the flock should be avoided. WUh attention to these points, I believe that one can and should use lights an am tne Dreeaers. ui me un satisfactory hatching results seem to follow a period of body depletion. Depletion is caused either by an in complete ration of forcing a bird ceyond the point where she can maintain body weight. One may start the use of lights as soon as early hatched pullets are housed. The same may apply to the later latches if a more rapid maturity Is desired. However, it is possible ,o push pullets into production be fore they are matured. Hens should ce given an opportunity to complete iheir molt and then use lights to regain body weight and return to crbduction. Four methods of lighting are fol lowed: Morning lights are probably cest suited to the needs of the dairy nan. Under this system all of the •xtension of the day is given in the morning. It is planned to supply ights at four or five and permit the flock to go to roost without lights in he evening. During most of the win ter this permits a 12—13 hour day ind also avoids the necessity of dim mers in the evening. Night lights ire the opposite lights. Extension of ihe day is given from dusk to the required length. Some method of dimming to force the flock to roost after feeding is necessary. Most of the flocks socn get into the habit of roosting about time for "lights out” but there are always a few stragglers. Night lunch. The flock Is permitted to go to roost and then are given lights from 8—9 p. m. and a heavy grain feeding. A combina tion of the others. Some use morn ing and night lights. They turn on the lights about 6 a. m., run until daylight and then turn on the lights at dusk and run until 6 p. m. Others use a morning light and night lunch. In fact, any number of com binations may be followed. All of them seem to give satisfactory re sults. In terms of light one thinks of electric. That is natural because of lessened fire hazard, ease of op eration, and convenience. However, those people without home plants or iwjcesis i<o a iiign mie are not uui oi luck. Demand has resulted in the introduction on the market of spj cial gasoline lantern devised for j poultry lighting. Numerous lanterns of this class are in daily use A good, clear, bright light is obtained at a relatively low cost. Kerosene lan terns are not quite as popular be cause the light is rather dim. In fact, these lanterns are more use ful as dimmers than as a source of light. Any other light may be used, such as acetylene. A clear light is desired. Position of the light is important. Any light need be arranged so that the successive lights overlap and avoid shaded spots. As a control on this, one should note particular ly the height of the lamps, distance from the dropping board, and type of shade that is used. Tests show that one 40-watt bulb is required for each 200 square feet of flo;r space. Lights should be suspended six feet from the floor, 10 feet apart, and half way from the front of the dropping board to the front of the house. The usual! narrow shade that is supplied for llghU al low a verv limited light area. For best results a reflector should be made that is 16 inches in diamotcr and core shaped, with a height of four inches at the center. This greater diameter intensifies the light over a greater area. SWINE FLU "Flu" is primarily a dLs a.se of cold weather, although It may oc cur in the later summer months in exhibition swine. The specific cause of the disease has not been determined. Some in vp tigators are inclined to the re I lief that this disease la a form of hemorrhagic septicemia. It has been quite conclusively demonstrated that exposure to changeable weather, improper housing, and the unfavor able conditions incidental to ship ping and exhibition are predLspoet SAVE ALL MANURE One of the chief means of main taining a proper level of organic matter In soil Is bv the careful con servation and intelligent use of ma nure. A dairy row weighing 1.000 pounds will vend about 13 tons of manure in a year. One experiment station found the average crop producing value of a ton of manure to be a little over t3. Thus the annual val ue of the by-produc'. manure, from a cow is about 935 No farmer would think of throw ing sway milk or feed to the extent at 135 worth per cow annually. And wet this bv-USUduci at Um nianitlar ing factors of considerable import ance. All swine, regardless of age; are susceptible, although the disease is not of common occurrence in small pigs. Swine immune to cholera and those that have not been immunised are equally susceptible. This disease is characterized by a sudden onset and by the fact tnat a large per cent of the herd is sim ultaneously affected. It is not un usual for the entire herd of swine to appear normal at the time they are led in the evening and to find 60 to 80 per cent, of them severely affected on the following morning. The outstanding symptoms are: De pression, labored breathing, thumps, cough, no appetite, temperature from 105 to 108 degrees Fahrenheit, and usually constipation. There is a tendency for the af fected animals to remain in their beds, and In those cases in which breathing Is most difficult the ani mal will lie on the sternum with the front legs outstretched. Coughing is aggravated when the affected in dividuals are forced to move from their beds. The animals become gaunt and shrink very rapidly. There may be a discharge from the eyes and the eyelids may become adhered. The disease has a relative ly short course. When uncompli cated, the symptoms usually become less severe on the second or third day and in rare cases they persist for five or six days. The disease dees not have a high fatality—rarely do more than 5 per cent, of the af fected animals die. Its seriousness Is the excessive shrinkage. It usu ally requires at least one month of Intensive feeding to regain the loss occassioned bv an attack. Many exhibitors and several feed ers maintain that some swine that have bren injected with swine plague bacterin do not contract the disease when exposed to diseased swine and those that do contract the diseases have it in a mild form. The treatment of this condition in swine necessitates individual medi cation because affected swine do not eat and drink regularly. FARM SEWAGE SYSTEM Safe disposal of farm sewage la not a passing fad but a vital neces sity. Besides being an asset a good sewage installation greatly promotes the wholesomeness and healthful ness of the farm. The benefits are far reaching because farm products go into every home and the farm and urban populations mingle free ly. It is very commonly known that many of the diseases of the diges tive tract, such as typhoid, cholera and intestinal disorders are due to infection from polluted water and that such pollution often comes di rectly from household waste. This waste then must be properly dis posed of. In the city the problem ol sewage disposal long ago took on such proportion that the city sew age stystem became nect" .ary. Adequate disposal of the sewage must prevent any of the liquid household waste from filtering through the soil and reaching watei supplies until it has been purified. The septic tank does the purifying of the sewage by retaining for a pe riod of digestion in a water tight tank where bacteria attack and dis solve practically all solids. The dis charge from the tank is then nearlj clear, but not necessarily pure wa ter. This water must, therefore, b* absorbed In surface soil where oth er forms of bacteria abound so thal they may complete the purifying process. The water as it seeps awaj and percolates through the soil U comparatively pure and safe. Two distinct functions must be performed in the disposal of the household waste; first, digestion in the septic tank and second, purification In sur face layers of the soil. ALL YEAR FARMING BEST The big part that management I and labor play In successful farm \ ing was again emphasized in an anaylsis of last year’s business on 163 farms. For one thing, the more success ful farmers were found to be work ing 10 months in the year, com pared with six and one half months for those making little money oi coming out In the hole at the end of the year. The 25 most success ful men got mere from their live stock than did the other group Milk cows owned by the bcttel fanners returned an average of $113 a year, compared with $83 on th« 25 poor-paying farms. Sows re turned an average of $290, com pared with $164. Wheat yields av erage 20’i bushels an acre on ths better farms, compared with 16 bu shels on less profitable farms. Tha range of retufns on the 163 farms was from a loss of $1,100 to a nel earning of $3,000, the average being $700 on the right sfde of the ledger. These figures include fhe value oi all farm products used in the home. The 25 farmers making the highest net earnings averaged $1,045. while the 25 farmers making the least money averaged a less of $60. Tha better class of farmers had no par ticular advantage in lay of land, fertility of soil or location of farms. They do. however, have large* farms, on the average, which fact tends to support the thought now advanced that forming should be dene in larger units. The survey emphasizes the following points: Farmers must reduce their hired la bor bill3. Livestock must be mada more profitable by securing large* returns per head. Larger crop yields per acre are very important. Farmers keeping livestock have em ployment 10 or more months, com pared with six months for farm rs keeping little or no stock. Larger farmin’ units t.nd to be mere prof l table. — »» ... ■ - — — THOSE NEW ROASTERS If you have not yet bought tha new stock that you will need, you had better buy it in January so it will be accustomed to Its new horns before the breeding season arrives. tore of milk, the manure, is fre quently treated with grow care lessness and neglect. The time will come in this country when, like >n the Isles of Quern ey and Jersey, the wealth of farmers will be in in ured by the »iae of the manure pile In the barnyard. Conserving the fertility value of the manure produc'd in Dv.*ir » *f Is an Important part of every dairy farm program. A GOOXK REI.I Hll The gorse will relish a feed of bolted potatoes oocaslmallv *nd wane heads of clover, etc. from 'he bare Dorothy 9z Mother Proves Claim Children don’t ordi narily take to medi cines but here's one that all of them love. Perhaps it shouldn’t Ite called n medicine at nil. It’s more like a rich, concentrated ifood. It’s pure. wholesome, sweet to the taste and sweet In your child's little stomach. It build* up nnd strengthens weak, puny, underweight children, makes them eat heartily, brings the roses back to their cheeks, makes them playful, energetic, full of life. And no bilious, headachy, constipated, feverish, fretful baby or child ever failed to respond to the gentle Influ ence of California Fig Syrup on their little bowels. It starts lazy bowels quick, cleans them out thoroughly, tones nnd strengthens them so they continue to act normally, of their own accord. Millions of mothers know nhout California Fig Syrup from experience. A Western mother, Mrs. J. (5. Moore, 115 Cliff Ave., San Antonio, Texas, says: “California Fig Syrup is cer tainly nil that’s clitlmed for It. I have proved that with my little Doro thy. She was a bottle baby and very delicate. Her bowels were weak. I started her on Fig Syrup when she was a few months old nnd It regu lated her, quick. I have used it with her ever since for colds and every lit tle set-back nnd her wonderful con dition tells better than words bow it helps." Don't be Imposed on. See that the Fig Syrup you buy bears the name, “California" so you’ll get the genu ine, famous for 50 years. Costly Omelet What Is believed to be the largest omelet ever served was dished out on an Amador county highway near Jack son, Calif., for $25 without coffee. Manuel Lopez was driving along In his automobile with 120 dozen choice eggs packed In the car when there came a collision with an automobile driven by J. H. Williams. Williams was forced to pay for the omelet which resulted from the Impact of the cars. The price agreed upon was $25. Estopped “When unexpectedly called on to speak at the banquet I couldn't open my mouth.” “Why not?” “It was full of spinach.” A method of putting out fires by freezing the flames with solid carbon dioxide at 100 degrees below zero has recently been devised. No Getting Awry From Defilement of Pitch When a man with a hitherto good character gets mixed up with some scandal, or allows Ids name to be as sociated with a shady transaction. It Is often said, “You can’t toucli pitch without being defiled.’’ Pitch Is one of those singularly adhesive things which, touch It ever so lightly, leaves, if not a stain, at least an odor. The correct quotation is, “He that foucheth pitch shall be defiled there with," and many people would he In clined to look for It in the hook of Proverbs. It Is not In the authorized version of Hie Scriptures, but forms the verse of Chapter XIII of the book of Eccleslastlcus, one of the books of the Apocrypha—those sacred writings which arc not Included In the cation of Scripture. Seeing the Signs “Do you know anything about palm istry, George dear?" the sweet young thing asked her suitor. “Well, not very much,” lie answered, with an air of becoming modesty. “But the other evening I laid a remarkable experience which might he called an example of the art." “Oh, George." enthused the girl, "do tell me." “Well," said George, "I looked at a friend's hand and predicted that lie would shortly have some inoivy. Be fore I left him lie laid quite a use ful jun: given him!" “And you foretold that from his hand, dear?" asked the girl. “Yes; lie had the ace, king. Jack nnd ten of trumps In it." Monkey* in Dentitt’* Chair Twelve husky, grinning monkeys nre undergoing treatment at the college of dentistry of the University of Cali fornia, at present having their teetii straightened. They nre kept espe cially to observe the olTcct of diet on teeth. Their teeth are much like chil dren's, having the same number, and two sets, milk and permanent, hut tlie monkeys differ in a vital respect. They like to go to the dentist. The doctors report that tlie monkeys throw back their heads nnd open their mouths cheerfully and seemed to chatter with interest nt the goings-on. Goggle* for Dog Motorists Thousands of pairs of goggles for dog motorists are being sold in Lon don. Fond owners have learned that their pets love motoring, but dislike the grit that gets into their eyes. Well known nnd popular canines such ns the prince of Wales’ Corn, Lord Birkenhead's, Jane, and Tallulah Binkhend's Napoleon, are nil experi enced motoring fans. 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The imnderfut deeert mortnf the Wee f Better "How is the new bridge getting on?” "Written reports by the contractor are glowing.” “Tell him to send some photo graphs.” children should eat KARO on cereals, » IEADING physicians now recommend Karo as the ideal J energy-giving food for growing children — Not only is Karo delicious aud fully satisfying to a child’s craving for sweets— > But Karo does not cause a child to develop an abnormal i taste for sweets—nor does it affect the digestion or appetite. , There are 120 calories per ounce in Karo —nearly twice the energy value of eggs and lean beef, weight for weight. Serve the children plenty of Karo — keep them strong, heullhy and happy. j Compare the price of Karo, ^ pound for pound, urith other m I staple foods. Isn't Karo economical ? _ _ « I . .- -'