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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1929)
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BUKUAffun'g Foot a Eat*, La i-ov, N r • OF INTEREST TO FARMERS PROGRESS IN POULTRY It is probable that greater prog ress has been attained in increased productivity among poultry during the past decade tnan was accom plished In the previous half century. Tin* increased production has been the result of three very definite fac tors. First, increased knowledge of the principles of Seeding has nude it possible for the average poultryman to feed his flock intelligently. Great strides have been made in com pounding high-quality feeds, espe cially laying mashes, and these are within the reach of every poultry handler. A second factor is the work done in selection and breeding. Knowledge acquired at the begin ning of the past decade, detfeioped the relation between external char acteristics and productivity, thus en abling poultry keepers to weed out unprofitable birds. Coupled with this has grown the tendency care fully to select and mate the breeding stock, for production as well as bleed characteristics, all of which has meant increasingly better birds in succeeding generations. Lastly, j there is the important tact taught j by our egg-laying contests—that hens differ greatly In their individ ual ability to lay eggs. Systematic trapnesting at our more than 23 egg-laying contests has shown the industry that individual records of 300 eggs are not uncommon. The number of 300-egg hens increases year by year and the average pro duction of contest flocks also is creeping up. Applying to culling and breeding the fact that individ ual hens differ in productive abil ity has made tha 300-egg nen pos sible. To what limits egg produc tion will ultimately attain it is hard to say, but by following the princi ples set forth, every poultry keeper can gradually advance the average lay of his flock. This will be the re sult of a higher production from certain individual birds, and also through a higher average produc tion attained by the elimination or low producers and the substitution or heavier layers. No poultryman should be satisfied with a flock av erage of less than 150 eggs per bird pei^year. and it should run nearer INSULATED LAYING HOUSES In speaking cf comfortable laying houses we are too prone to think of comfort in winter; we sometimes forget about making the laying houses comfortable in summer. There 13 little trouble with damp houses in summer, except in a pro longed rainy spell, but there is fre quently trouble with houses that are too hot. It helps considerably to I open up the house as much as pos I sible, particularly by means of win dows under the droppings boards so breezes will blow on the floor. But maldn? use of insulation as we do with refrigerators also would help to make a cooler house In summer as well as a warmer one In win ter. Insulating the house with build ing board or fiber board along the ceiling and the sides will serve to protect the Interior from the heat of the sun and will result In several de grees lower temperature Inside than out. When the temperature ouside drops In the evening, the tempera ture within the house will not fall so rapidly. One poult,ryraan takes care of this fact In his long laying house by having several large fans and openings in the rear wall. He turns on the fans for 10 minutes af ter the sun goes down and suck all the warm air out of the house. The fans also remove the dust. Fans are not necessary, however, when the house is insulated as long as some means of ventilation is provided. Openings In the roof that can be kept closed during the day and opened in the evening will help, or a carefully worked out ventilating sys tem can be Installed. ——. ♦ ♦ FEEDING BEEF CALVES With the Increased growing de mand for baby beef on the market, the owners of a beef herd can well afford to give some consideration to feeding the calves grain during the summer while on pasture with the dams. Experienced producers state that one of the points to be kept in mind In baby-beef production is never to let the calf lose Its baby fat. Most beef calves will begin to eat grain when they are from three to four weeks old. Calves should be encouraged to eat some grain as soon bus they show an inclination to do so. There are a number of combinations that can be fed, but a simple ration Is preferred. A com bination of four parts of ground corn, two parts of crushed oats and one part of linseed-oil meal, or six parts of shelled corn and one part of linseed-oil meal or cottonseed meal will prove satisfactory, if the calves are kept with the cows 011 pasture, a creep should be built In which the feed can be put daily. The creep should be conveniently lo cated. preferably where there Is some shade ana near the watering place for cows. The feeding of grain m a creep to the calves during the summer will add to the expense of developing the calves, but they will pay well for the feed In Increased gains, and such calves will have the additional advantage of being ready for market at an earlier age than the calves that receive no grain dur ing the summer. THE HAND DUSTER Horticultural enthusiasm runs high about the time seeds are be ing planted in the garden and foli age on vine, bush and tree is de veloping. Then come the plant lice j and other seasonal pests of early summer, and with them problems of control. Plant lice and mildew on roses, bug* and blight on pota toes, Insects and diseases on apples, small fruit and grapes, all contribute to the problems of the home garden and orchard in town or country. Spraying Is still considered the best treatment in some instances. How ever, there are several objections to j spraying around the home and gar- i den. In the first place, the opinion that spraying is an unpleasant and i WATCH LAMB PASTURE Stomach worms are one .of the : banes of a sheep grower’s life. The i cheapest and altogether the most satisfactory way to fight stomach worms and other sheep parasites is ; to adopt preventive measures and so i avoid having them. Sheep parasites ‘ make their way in the world large- j ly b? living over in the ground or i undei such cover as the pasture af fords them, making their contacts ! the following year. Thev lurk In damp buildings and yards and in wet, swampy land. Lambs with stomach worms, and with most other , parasites, appear listless, lack* the brightness of eye of the healthy lamb and show a dullness of lleeca ! laborious task is quite general, and in a way justified. In recent years hand dusters and dusts have been so Improved that dusting can in a great measure be substituted for spraying around the home. Even fruit grow ers witli large power sprayers and dusters find a good hand duster very useful. We have found hand dustera especially useful in dusting roses, sweet peas, grapes, currants, berries, potatoes, vegetables end fruit trees less than 15 feet in height. The work can be done in leas than a quarter the time required for spray ing. Early morning or evening is the most satisfactory time lor dusting Dusting may not be quite so ef fective as spraying in the control of certain diseases and insects; in fact it Is not recommended in seal; con trol. With few exceptions the result? are very sat.isfactorv if the dusting is done often enough and the work is thorough. Because of the sim plicity of application dusting i? much more apt to be done on time than spraying. POULTRY HEALTH PROCRAM Ravage# from diseases and para sites continue to distress the poul try industry. Every porltryman should study this oroblem in order to reduce his loe3es and insure a profit. Records show that where th* following recommendations were practiced, chick mortality was re duced to 14 per cent, whereas the average lo3« where the points were not followed was more than 20 per cent: 1. Hatch or Diireiiar.* chick* early. Karly chick* ar* mo;t easily brooded, are healthi er. and mature more quUVUy Into Iar#e bird*, capable of producing high priced late summer and fall egj* 2 Keep the brooder house elean. The brooder house should be thoroughly cleaned before chick* are placed In It. Regular twlce-a-weak clean ng until th* chick* ar» 12 week* old and once a w-wk thereafter will do much toward reducing the spread of disease and parasite*. S Provld* clean range Rotated range* •re essent'al If soil contamination la to be eliminated. 4 Keep old and young stock separated. Old bltds may nr a* carrier* of direana to the growing stork. 5 Guild n screened manure shed Drop Ins* rhould be regularly removed to * storage plate where flies cannot enter. If tapeworm* are to h« controlled. fl Wire In the droop'.nq* hoards with 18-gauge " * e of 'nch-and-.a-tiatf m'-rh. Such a practice w It *eve egg* and nre vent the production of dirtv eggs. Most Important 11 tie fact that It prevent* the »pread cf dl-'nsa and parasite*. -* ♦ ■ TOWS NEED VACATION A successful dalrvman reports a loss of $1,500 on the annual sale of milk due to a lallure on the part of cows in his laird to freshen at regular intervals. Several rea sons might account for this diffi culty. The health of the herd would naturally be the first con sideration, but attention is called to the cows’ being in good health and to the heavy production of milk which they are making. Again, one might consider the rations, but ic view of the fact that ample rations supplemented with minerals, arc provided, the difficulty does not seem to lie in this part of the man agement. It is furthermore stated that sires are In use which have proved potent, and with a general system of approved management th* difficulty Is not easily understood It is generally regarded necessary to give cows at least six to eight weeks' rest at the end cf each lac tation period and prior to the time of freshening. In observing this rule one may well take into consid eration how regularly cows have been bred to freshen at intervals of approximately 12 months. Cows which freshen at such intervals get the benefit cf rest periods that are not too far apart, while prolonged lactation periods and less frequent rest periods may result in serious breakdowns. With some cows it ap pears that the reproduction of off spring and of freshening is almost habitual, and breeding and having cows develop this habit is worth while and will insure rest periods at proper intervals. In herds which are free from disease and in which careful attention Is given to an ample supply of feed and to good management, It may be observed that cows which produce and freshen with regularity are the cows which make the most profit able lifetime productions of milk and butterlat. EWE FLOCK PROFITABLE Commercial sheep breeders have been able to increase th°lr inven tories in substantial manner by the high lamb market of the past win ter and spring. That market has stimulated demand for ewes, espe cially the yearling type, all over the country. At farm sales $20 to $22 dollars a head has been paid and 10 could have b >?n absorbed where one was available. Last winter's prices would speedily create an ex cess supply of lambs if the breeding stock needed to expand the indus try was ava’lable and consumption could not be increased to absorb production, but there is a marked shortage of young ewes all over the Western sheep raising area, and without constant replenishment from that source farm flocks can not be successfully maintained. Ad vancing cost of b’ef is resoonsible for popularizing lamb, probability being that any possible expansion will be readily absorbed at slightly lower prices, as whenever wholesale carcass cost of lamb exceeds 33 cents a pound th? product meets sales resistance. Cattle and sheep conditions are somewhat analagous, slaughter of yearling heifers and ewe lambs in recent years having ef fectively repressed rehabilitation of both branches of the livestock in dustry. A flock of healthy ewes promises to be a profifab!e invest ment for a lengthy period. ■ ♦ ♦ Amethyst, cairngorm, chalcedony, opal, Jasper, agate and some other precious stones are forms of quartz A change of pasture, which forces their enemy to die from a lack of opportunity to graft his living from some Innocent lamb, will solve the problem. Two years of ’St without sheep grazing will usually clear a piece of land from sheep parasites, and a single free year on land rea sonably well drained will usually make a pasture fairly safe. FEEDING BROOD SOWS Naturally a sow nursing a big lit ter of pigs loses fat rapidly and should be fed plentifully on nutri tious milk-giving feeds. This feed is not washed because it all goes to making the growth of the young sters Cases of recurrent constipation* due to insufficient bulk in the diet, should yield to Post’s Bran Flake* with other parts of wheat. If your case is abnormal, consult a compe tent physician at once and folium his advice. EFFECTIVE! DELICIOUS! —a combination that makes it America’s favorite bran cereal MILLIONS of people now eat Post’s Bran Flakes every day to avoid constipation. It gives them the bulk they need for health ful regularity and zest for living. And its de licious flavor makes it accepted as a matter of course on the breakfast menu. Here are bran flakes in their most appetizing form—and no less effective for being tempting. Try them every morning for the next two weeks. See for yourself how beneficial they are—how delicious. Fine with cream or fruit, i n muffins or bread. And always ready to serve, | YOU’LL crisp from the package. I LIKE B3?AN POST’S BRAN FLAKES WITH OTHER PARTS OF WHEAT_emp.ca.iac. 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