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OPEN MIND ON FEEDS
To some folks, chicken feed is just,
chicken feed. In deciding bet wren
two diiferent mashes, or two scratch
mixtures, price is the deciding fac
tor.
Initial cost should not govern in
deciding on poultry feed, any more
than in deckling on other feeds. In
stead, Hie deciding factor should
be the value of service received—
just as in buying shoes, shirts or
shovels. Does tile cheaper feed pro
duce as many eggs, or at as low a
price, as the higher priced feed?
And how about health and vigor of
fowls? Commercial feeds have in
some instances suffered because of
this short sighted attitude on ini
tial cost, and unjustly so. The fact
that in those cases the commercial
product is not discriminated against
on account of poor results is in it
self a plain indication that the cost
comparison has not been carried all
the way through. To go from the
general to the specific, a careful
ly supervised feeding trial on a ljirge
poultry farm shows results distinct
ly favorable to a commercial feed
put out by one of the large feed
manufacturers. The commercial fe d
was $20 a ton higher than a stand
ard home mixed formula. While the
cost of feed was 27 cents per hen
less for the home mixed ration, the
hens fed commercial feed laid 18
c;> i more per hen per year, and
we e more he&lthy and vigorous
than the ones fed the home mixed
ration. Although it cost mere to
feed the hens on the commercial
feed than on the standard, home
mixed formula, there was an in
creased yield due to the lower mor
tality, larger eggs, better hatching
eggs, better shelled eggs, etc., on
the commercial feed. There was not
so great a difference in the cost of
feeding as there was in the price of
fe^d, for the commercially fed fleck
consumed 7 per cent less mash than
did the flock ted the home mixed
ration. The hens fed the commer
cial feed laid 18 egg3 more per h n
per ypor. That Increase in egg yield
in a flock of 100 hens would mean
150 dozen a year. That increase,
‘plus the decrease in mortality, bet
ter hatching, better eggs, etc.,
amounted to 5G cents greater re
turns per hen in those tests.
FEEDING COD LIVER OIL
The customary proceedure in
feeding cod-Liver oil is to feed about
1 pm' cent by weight of the total
feed. If grain and mash are fed
separately, about half and half, the
mash should contain about 2 per
cent cod-liver oil; or if the feed
is in the form of an all-mash mix
ture, about 7 per cent. If the oil
is fed in a mois£ mash or mixed
with the gram and fed in a trough
—or better still in the open box
mash feeder on top of dry mash
use throe tabtespoonfuls to 50 lay
ers, three ounces to 100 layers, or a
pound or a pint to 500 lyers, daily
When is cod-hver oil necessary?
Here is another one of those many
questions 'that cannot be answered
once for all. A different answer is
required for each poultry-keeper—
in fact, for each of his flocks—de
pending upon housing, management
and weather. Other things being
equal, the weather may vary so
from one year to another that the
answer for one year may not sui:
another. Hence it is obvious that
at best, it takes a lot of good judg
ment and a clear understanding of
the factors involved to solve the
problem correctly. However, here
are some general suggestions that
may help: In the first place, if
breeders are confined indoors, even
if some direct sunlight gets info
the house, it is safer to assume that
cod-liver oil should b? made a reg
ular part of the ration. On the
other hand, if the birds have access
to an outdoor range when weather
permits, the use of cod-liver oil will
depend upon how much the weather
permits. This varies gieatly in dif
ferent sections of the country, and
with different years.
In order to avoid the uncertainties
of weather and other factors, there
is a tendency on the part of many
poultry-keepers to use a potent cod
liver oil from November to April,
regardless of lange, weather or man
agement, and in addition to this
fake every posisble advantage of di
rect sunlight. This is probably the
beet nd safest procedure. Some of
the commercial feed manufacturers
are following this principle, and
going even fartner by using ccd
f’ver oil or its equivalent in their
feeds throughout the year, so this
vital factor will always be present
to meet the variable conditions their
feeds may be required to serve.
Whether an outdoor sun-parlor or
sun yard will take the place of
potent cod-liver oil. or best serve as
a valuable supplement to It, is not
yet known. So far as egg-shell tex
ture is concerned, it appears that
poter.t cod-liver oil is the best spe
cific.
HENS NEED MILK
Skim milk or buttermilk—liquid,
condensed or dried—may well be in
cluded in any ration intended for
promoting hatchability. not only be
cause milk is a valuable source of
pioteins, minerals and vitamins,
but because it serves as a partial
substitute for green feed. Liquid
skim milk or buttermilk is best fed
as a drink, instead of water. When
the supply will not permit this, wa
ter also can be kept before the
birds. Liquid milk also is valuable
in the preparation of a moist mash,
when such is employed.
Condensed skim milk or butter
milk paste can be fed in a variety
of ways. It can be pasted on the
wells of poultrvhouse. but a better
way is to put it on top of the dry
Tiash in the open box mash feeder.
Quantity may range from two to
Tour pounds dailv, per 100 birds.
Dried skim milk or buttermilk Is
fed as a regular part of the dry
A SHIPPING HINT
Just what is gained by stuffing
animals to make them weigh heav
ier at the stockyard scales? Heavier
weights at home generally mean
excessive shrinkage, so that market
weight is a disappointment. In
winter, better give hogs 75 per cent
of a normal feed previous to ship
ping.
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BUT THEY USE ’EM
The attitude Of some farmers to
ward the good roads problem is like
the lazy man whose roof leaked.
When it rained he could not fix it,
and when the weather wa3 good a
*0of was not neaded
mash. The amount may range from
5 to 10 per cent by weight of tha
mash.
Strange to say, neither of the
foregoing factors alone proves effec
tive in securing hatchability—their
value depends upon their combina
tion. Per instance, if green feed
alone Is added to a ration consist
ing of grains and byproducts, meat
scraps and minerals, little or no
improvement to hatchability will re
sult. This is likewise true of milk,
direct sunlight or potent cod liver
oil. But add the proper combina
tion of green feed or legume hay,
or milk and cod liver oil. or direct
sunlight, and you get results.
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FERTILIZING BLUE GRASS
For some time sulphate of am
monia has been used as a fertilizer
for permanent pastures in Germany
with exceedingly profitable returns.
Last year the use of this, fertiliser
on blue grass pasture was given a
trial at a western experiment sta
tion. It was applied at different
rates, and at different times
throughout the growing season. The
yield of the fertilized grass was
fully noted as was its chemical com
position.
Sulphate of ammonia is a nitro
gen fertilizer and all fertilizers con
taining nitrogen are very soluble in
water and therefore leach out of the
soil in a short time. For this rea
son it is not a good plan to apply
heavy dressings at any one time
It is better to apply several smal'ei
dressings throughout the growing
season with a view cf giving the
grass roots an opportunity to *»b
sorb most of each apolicatlcn be
fore any considerable ? mount of it
finds its way into the drainage
■waters. One plot of blue grass prs
ture containing some red too was
given a single dressing at the r ite
of 525 pounds of sulphate of am
monia per acre, while to ar.othei
plot 1,050 pounds was applied pel
acre, but it was divided into sis
equal monthly portions. The smallei
dressing of 525 pounds per acre pave
excellent returns. It not only great
ly increased the tonnage of the
grass, but what was produced else
contained more protein. • Thus the
fertilized plot yielded grass contain
ing 21.7 per cent protein, as com
pared with that grown cn unfer
tilized check plot carrying only 16.6
per cent, of protein. In other words
the fertilizer increased the nroieir
content of the grass over 25 pel
cent. Alfalfa hay is ordinarily a
rather cheap source of prctsln. bill
the fertilized blue grass proved tc
be fully tw'o-thirds cheaper. It Is
possible that many of our Iowa blue
grass pastures might be greatly im
proved by dressings of 100 pounds
of sulnhate of ammonia at each ajv
plication.
LIME FOR CLOVER
Limestone spread and prmerlj
workedinto the soil in the fall will bs
taken into solution by the soil mois
ture and made available as a cor
rector of soil acidity in time to aid
in getting a good stand cf clover 01 I
alfalfa in the spring. The spe:.d and
efficiency with which it takes ef
fect depends upon the size of tat
particles applied, the evenness with
which it is spread over the surface
of the ground and the v.ay th?
soil is worked after lime is spread
Finely ground limestone, experience
shows, is preferable to ccarso parti
cles because it has a higher neu
tralizing value per unit oi weight
and is less likely to lie uselesily in
the soil over a period of years. Un
less the price dilierence is too
great, limestone which will pass
through a screen with 20 meshes ta
the inch is desirable. In sections
where farmers are a'e'e to quarry
limestone from their own land,
limestone crushers play an import
ant part in making the product
suitable for agricultural purposes
Limestone spread ever the soil even
ly and uniformly has a much betto:
opportunity to efficiently neutral.ze
its acidity. Lime sowers or enagate
lime spreaders can be used in this
connection to very good advantage.
Either cf these two methods of ap
plication eliminate unnecessary
waste and make a ton of lime go
further by spreading it evenly over
the entire surface besides eliminat
ing a great deal of hard work and
extra time required to scatter it
with a shovel.
The usual practice is to disk and
harrow limestone into the soil after
its application. Plowing it under
throws it too far beneath the sur
face to be effective, affording op
portunity for much of it to leach awav
and be lost before it is turned back
up to the surface again.
The application of limestone hxs
aided in making alfalfa the most
profitable crop on the farm in many
sections. Three tons of alfalfa per
acre, worth $20 a ton, is not un
common from land that hod pre
viously been considered worn out
A limestone and sweet clover com
bination has doubled corn yields for
many farmers, boosting them from
35 to 70 bushels. Limestone and
legumes are probably the most con
sistent land reclaimers in exi 'fence
today, yet many farmers feel that
they cannot afford the cash outlay
necessary to lime their soils.
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TREATED WHEAT FOR CHICKS I
The question comes up occasion
ally as to the danger of feeding to
poultry wheat that has been treat
ed with copper carbonate.
Experiments made recen'ly seem
to indicate that the copper-carbon
ate-treated grain Is r.ot poisonous
to poultry when fed in ordinary
quantities. In the3? experiments,
one pen of young birds was fed
solely on treated wheat for a period
of about three months, while a peu
of two-year hens was fed for alter
nating i>eriod3, with treated and
untreated wheat. A flock of hens
and ccckerels was fed on treated
wheat for evening grain continu
ously for a period of two months.
No ill effects were noted in any of
these birds.
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HERE’S AN IDEA
Following a heavy snowstorm that
demoralized traffic in surrounding
towns, a farmer sent his 12 homes
to the nearest town, quartered them
in a stable and hired them at ex
tremely good rates to grocers, mer
chants, millers, bakers and others
who found it impossible to make
necessary deliveries. Farmers who
wish to make some extra money in
the dull season and who hav<* horses
standing idle, should keep their eyes
open. Better for the horses to be
at work than idle. But don t ne
glect such important work as get
ting up wood, hauling lime, etc., jual
to earn a few dollaxs.
PEACH AND APRICOT
BUDS HURT BY COLD
LINCOLN —(UP)—Ap.lcot and
peach buds fared badly during the
recent cold weather. Prof. U, C.
vVIggans of the horticulture depart
ment of ths university told the
United Press. Other fruit suffered
little damage he said.
Wlggans based his assertions on
observations made at the agricul
tural college orchard where about
90 per cent of the apricot buds and
50 per cent of the peach buds have
been killed outright. Apple, cherry
and plum fruit buds examined at
the experiment station showed rela
tively little or no damage he said.
The expert refused to forecast the
extent of the damage done to the
nop but said, optimistically, that
with favorable weather there was
still a chance for a satisfactory crop
of peaches and apricots.
CLAIMS DAMAGE
DONE BY BIRDS
Nebraska Farmer Says State
Should Recompense Him
for Crops Destroyed
LINCOLN. NEB—(UP)—Claim
ing that migratory birds damaged
his crops to the extent of $3,432 and
that the state protected these birds
from his shotgun, Walter R. Kent,
a Dawes county farmer, appealed
to the supreme court Thursday for
payment of the damage by the
state.
Attorneys for Kent argued that
the state Iras set aside large areas
in that section of the state as game
preserves and that the birds had
collected in such large numbers that
farmers could not protect their
crops without breaking the law by
shooting the fowls. The plaintiff
contended also that if sufficient
forage crops had been provided by
the state within the game preserves,
less damage would have been done.
They charged that because of the
state’s neglect the birds escaped and
came over to Kent’s property.
Kent claimed that in 1924 and
1925 he lost virtually all of a 220
acre field of corn.
The state denied any liability and
was upheld by the trial court.
SAYS NEBRASKA DEE
TO HAVE BAD ROADS
LINCOLN—(UP)—That the state
highways of Nebraska possibly will
be in worse condition this spring
than they have been for years was
the prediction of Secretary Cochran
of the department of public works
recently upon his return from an
inspection trip of the roads of west
ern and central Nebraska.
Roads will probably will be in
bad shape on account of the frost,
which has gone down to a depth of
three to seven feet this winter. A
condition is expected similar to that
in states farther north, where the
winters are more severe.
Mr Cochran explained that spring
thaws are expected to affect gravel
roads in particular. Unless thaws
come slowly the water forming on
top of the ground will accumulate
just under the gravel crust, as it
cannot be absorbed by the hard
frozen ground underneath. As the
ditches at the side of the highways
are frozen deeper than the road it
self, this water cannot drain in that
direction.
The usual result that the moisture
seeps to a low spot in the road,
where it is hidden under the gravel
crust. When a heavy vehicle passes
over such a spot, it sinks in fcr
some depth, leaving a large depres
sion. If tne ground thaws evenly and
gradually, the condition described
will be less severe, Mr. Cochran said.
The state engineer looked over a
number of bridges over the Platte
in the western part of the state,
and said there is little to worry
about in that section. A wide chan
nel has been found and the water is
draining properly in practically
every instance. The only danger of
bridge damage on account of ice
along the Platte in from Columbus
east, according to Mr. Cochran.
MISSIONARY FEDERATION
WILL MEET AT C ANTON
CANTON—A two-day session of
the executive board of the Women’s
Missionary Federation of South Da
kota was held here next Wednesday
*and Thursday to plan the work a»d
program fcr the district meeting of
the federation which will be held ir>
Canton, June 5 to 12.
The officers of the federation are
Mrs A. E. Johnson, of Watertown
president; Mrs. Henry Solent, of
Lennox, vice president; Mrs. John
G. Berdahl. of Sioux Falls, secre
tary; Mis N. N. Ciullickson, of Sioux
Falls, treasurer; Mrs. G. C. Chris
topherson, of Sioux Falks, and Mrs
Eli Lewison, of Canton, members at
large.
WOMAN PASSES AWAY
SPRINGFIELD—(Special) —MJrs.
Ann:.? Radway, 89 years old, died at
her home in Springfield. Wednes
day, and thus another early pio
neer has gone. Mrs. Rad way was
born in Montreal and came with
her parents to Wisconsin in early
childhood.
In 1877 the Radways came to
Springfield and have lived here
since then, part of the time on their
farm west of tov/n and part in
town Two children survive. They
are Harry Radway, of Haalron
county, and Mrs. Effie Bridgeman
of Platte. The funeral services will
be held Friday in the family resi
dence.
WILL ATTEND DISTRICT
MEET OF AMERICAN LEGION
CANTON—(Special—Dr L. L
Parke and R. L. Hollistcn will at
tend the district convention of the
American Legion at Dell Rapids,
March 12, as delegates from the lo
cal post. The auxiliary will be rep
resented by Mrs. L. L. Parke, presi
dent, and Mrs. Clarence Hale, sec
retary.
The auxiliary quartet consisting
of Mesdames M. P. Juel, H T. Aker,
O. P. Hirmer and Eddie Lanfel and
Mias Palma Anderson, accompanist,
will sing several selections on the
program at the convention.
Drink Water
I If Back or
Kidneys Hurt
Begin Taking Salt* If You Feel
IBackachy or Have Bladder
Weakness
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Too much rich food forrus acids
Which excite and overwork the kid
neys In their efforts to filter it from
the system. Flush the kidneys occa
sionally to relieve them like you re
lieve the bowels, removing acids,
waste and poison, else you may feel
a dull misery in the kidney region,
sharp pains In the back or sick head
ache, dizziness, the stomach sours,
tongue is coated, and when the weath
er is bad you have rheumatic twinges.
The urine Is cloudy, full of sediment,
the channels often get Irritated, oblig
ing one to get up two or three times
during the night.
To help neutralize these Irritating
holds and flush off the body’s urinous
■waste, begin drinking water. Also get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from
any pharmacy, take a tablespoonful
In a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys may
then act fine and bladder disorders
disappear.
This famous salts Is made from the
add of grapes nnd lemon Juice, com
bined with llthla, nnd has been used
for years to help clean nnd stimulate
sluggish kidneys nnd stop bladder Ir
ritation. Jad Salts is Inexpensive and
makes a delightful effervescent lithia
wator drink which millions of men
nnd women take now and then to
help prevent serious kidney nnd blad
der disorders. F.y nil means, drink
lots of good water every day.
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Through a Glat* Darkly
I have read of a glass kept In nn
Idol temple in Smyrna that would
make beautiful things appear de
formed, and deformed tldngs nppenr
beautiful; carnal sense is such a glass
to wicked men, It makes heavenly
things which are beautiful to appear
deformed, and earthly things which
are deformed to nppea • beautiful.—
Oldo State Journal.
The war has made table linen very
valuable. The use of Red Cross Ball
Blue will add to its wearing qualities.
Use it and see. All grocers.—Adv.
Not the Owner
“What Is Schmidt doing now?”
“He opened a shop recent Iy.”
“Successfully?"
“No, he was caught."—Fllegende
Blaetter, Munich.
Strategy—the science of inducing
others to walk Into your trap.
Fir#t Aid—
Horn- Remedy Week
The Good Samaritan figure* In l!ie
1020 "First Aid—Homo Remedy Week"
and Is designated ns the “First First
Aid." This unnunl merchnndhi'ig
festival arrives with St. Patrick's
Day, continues March 17-22 and
marks the eighth anniversary of Hie
plan dedicated to Drugdom hy Ster
ling Products,* Incorporated, In 1022
and Immediately sponsored hy the
National Association of Retail Drug
gists. Seeing the great advertising
nnd sales possibilities In the plan nnd
its helpfulness to humanity, the Na
tional Wholesale Druggists’ Associa
tion has swung behind It with the en
thusiastic suggestion that druggists
use local newspapers, and providing
them with suggestive advertising
copy tied to the National slogan,
"Fill That Medicine Chest Now!"’
Coming at a time when housewives
are thinking of house cleaning, the
command has added pliy« liologh-al
sales value. Secretary S. C. Henry
of the N. A. R. D„ out of long ex
perience says: “No one knows hotter
than the average retail druggist how
much needless suffering there Is lie
cause most people nre neglectful In
the matter of making provision for
the hour of need which Is sure to
come when sudden Illness or unfore
seen accident calls for Ini nedlnte at
tention.”
"Quick Relief Insurance” Is flm
new definition of First Aid—Home
Remedy Week’s objective, and Is thus
bringing the nation’s “Health Serv
ice Stations” Into closer every day life.
The Poet of the Air
Peter Supf Is a German poet who
has dedicated his talent to nvlution,
and so conspicuous has been his suc
cess that he has been given a general
nnd permanent pass on any of the
Lufthansa planes, In Germany or
abroad. This was In recognition of
Ills service to aviation through Ids
verse. Supf was n flyer himself In
the World war, and It was while fly
ing over battlefields In France with
one hand on the control and the other
on a machine gun that his Inspiration
came to sing of flying. Later he was
shot down and severely wounded, and
it was while lie was on his sick bed
that many of Ids successful verses
were composed. Supf has done other
writing nnd editing, hut Ids main labor
nnd Ills main interest has remained in
aviation.—Pathfinder Magazine.
Facing the Muiic
“What do they mean hy the ‘witch
ing hour’?”
"Don’t yon know? That’s the hour
when the wife greets you with ‘Which
story Is It this time’?”—Tit-I’lta.
It’s n cold dny when ttie palm leaf
fan gets left.
IOLD FOLKS SAY
DR. CALDWELL
WAS RIGHT i
The basis of treating sickness has not
changed since Dr. Caldwell left Medieal
College in 1875, nor sines ho placed on
the market the laxative prescription ho
had used in his practice.
He treated constipation, biliousness
headaches, mental depression, indigestion
sour stomach and other indisposition!
entirely by means of simple vegetabU
laxatives, herbs and roots. These are
still the basis of Dr. Caldwell’s SyTUp
Pepsin, a combination of senna ana
other mild herbe, with pepsin.
The simpler the remedy for constipa.
tion, tho safer for the child and fc« you.
And as you can get results in a mild
and safe* way by using Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin, why taka chances with
strong drugs?
A bottle will last several months, and
all can use it. It is pleasant to tha
taste, gentle in action, and free from
narcotics. Elderly people And it ideal.
All drug stores have the generous bottles,
or write “Syrup Pepsin,” Dept. HB,
Monticello, Illinois, for free trial bottle.
Marvelous Climate — Good Hotel* — Tourist
[lampi-Sptrndlil Roads—tiorgeoua Mountain
Views. The irond»r/u(desert resortof the tFmt
PWrltm Crse a ChaffsJ> ^
dim Hpring%
CALIFORNIA ^
Haircuts Donated
Needy schoolboys get free haircuts
In Santiago. Upon Invitation of the
barbers’ union they began recently to
go In crowds to the barbers* school,
where they were shingled by student
barbers. Thirty youngsters were sent
in one dny by the principal of thel/'
school.
“Watch their freight Increase
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Says One of America’s
Greatest Children’s
Physicians ...
“When you serve children
This Wonderful Health Food”
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syrup is the ideal food for the under
JV. w eight child,” writes an eminent children’s
physician.
And he explains why:
Two tablespoonfuls of Karo in a glass of milk
improves its taste and doubles the food value
of the milk. , ■
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There are 120 calories per ounce in Karo —
which means Karo is a great energy food —
containing nearly double the energy value of eggs
and lean beef, weight for weight.
What is good for children is
splendid for the entire family.
Keep Karo on the table—serve
plenty of it—on pancakes, biscuits, j
waffles. , i( .
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