OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
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I 2 EDING GROWING STOC K
Many farmers rely largely upon
fhe range lor meeting the needs of
their fowls in the summer and fall,
ana as a result the growing s.ock
rue rarely well fed. This is especial
ly unfortunate in the case of the
latter, as it means the birds will be
stunted In growth and will be one
and two months late in coming to
maturity. This practice may reduce
the cost oi fcodmg, but the annual
fall and early winter shortage of
eggs probably can b’ attributed as
much to the slow development of
pullets, due to insufficient feed, as
to late hatching. As a matter of
fact, the feeding value of the farm
range Is greatly overestimated In
moet Instances. While it is a good
source of green feed and may sup
ply abundance of animal feed at
some seasons there is comparative
ly little elso for the birds to secure
in a heavily-stocked range. It is
not necessary for the farmer to feed
extravagantly and he should cer
tainly try to utilize all sources of
waste as far as practical, but it Is j
* it profitable to carry the practice \
to tne point where the birds are
kept in a half starved condition.
With the exception o( grain fields
to which the bird.! can have access
after the crops are harvested, it is
doubtful If there la any condition
under which it will not pay to pro
vide at least some feed for the fowls.
A practical plan, for growing stock j
In particular, is to supply dry mash
and scratch grains In hoppers, plac- j
jdk these where the birds can reach
them readily and.keep them sup
plied at all times. There is not the
slightest danger of the birds eat
ing more than is good for them, or
profitable for the owner. They will
eat freely of the scratch grain and
drv masn when hungry, but they
will leave either to glean nearby
grain fields or meadows for the
added supplies that may thus be
secured. Tne more rapid maturity,
fewer losses and better stock that
will always be secured where the
birds are well fed, are advantages
great enough amply to Justify the
slightly Increased cost of feeding. It I
should be borne in mind also that
while more feed may appear to be
demanded by the limited hopper
feeding here suggested, the actual
cost ef raising chicks Is not neces- |
mrily Increased Growing birds that, I
are well fed, that can go to the dry
mush or scratch grain hopper to
make up whatever deficiencies they
find on the range will do much less
damage to crops and will take less
toll in the feed lot than when they
nre compelled to steal everything
they get.
ARTIFICIAL MANURE
Animal manure Is a valuable fer
tilizer, but the supply is limited
and dependence must be placed on
other methods in the production of
vegetables and other intensive
crops. It now seems that an artifi- 1
cial manure may be made that is as
valuable as animal manure. It may
be made from straw, weeds, crop
refuse and other organic materials |
that accumulate. Thus, instead of j
burning these materials, one may
make a manure from them that can
be turned to profit. Weed se^ds will
ae killed in the process and will do
no harm. Cabbage r.tumps, tomato
vines and other refuse that rots
slowly by other methods and often
gives trouble In cultivation, may be
reduced to a finely pulverizedl ma
terial by the new method. Many
people have noticed that clover and
other nitrogenous substances rot
quickly when exposed to the weath
er. Non-taguminous materials, on
the other hand, rot very slowly.
This question has been tinder in
vestigation, and It has been found
that the non-leguminous materials
tot slowly because of a shortage of
Nitrogen and other essential ele
ments for the bacteria of decay.
When these elemen's are supplied
in commercial forms, rotting pro
ceeds rapidly and a good grade of
artificial manure is the result. One
western experiment station has con
ducted one of the best experiments
along this line in the country. It
found that excellent results were
obtained from a mixture containing
45 pounds ammonium sulphate, la
pounds rock phosphate or acid
phosphate, 35 pounds limestone, 24
pounds magnesium sulphate and
2’i pounds sodium chloride per 100
pounds. The materials were used at
the rate of 150 pounds to a ton of
straw or leaves. The same amounts
could no doubt be used with any
kind of refuse. The fertilizer ma
terial was first mixed with the
straw as it was piled In layers, but
it was later found that good results
followed application over flat
topped piles. The rotting took place
in about 3 months in this experi
ment. About 3 tons of manure were
obtained from 1 ton of straw and
the cost was about 85 cents a ton.
SILAGE FOR SHEEP
The norma! consumption of silage
by sheep or feeding lambs will
ranpe from 1 Mi to 3 pounds daily
when silage is fed in connection
with hay and some grain. It is be
lieved to be undesirable to feed
much in excess of 3 pounds daily
and the most profitable gains are
made where silage is supplemented
•with legume hay. Assuming a con
sumption of 3 pounds daily and that
these iambs will be on silage for 100
days, would mean that you will
need to supply 300 pounds of silage
per lamb or approximately 15 tons
ior 100 lambs. To supply this
sunount of feed, you win need a
trench silo 1214 feet long by eight
feet deep and an average width of
32 feet. There is just one caution
that should be exercised in feeding
silage to sheep and lambs. They
are much more subject to digestive
troubles from eating moldy or part
ly spoiled silage than are cattle
Therefore, particular care should be
exercised to reject all such silage
when sheep are being fed. Care
must be exercised in starting lambs
on silage. If too much Is given at
the beginning of the feeding period,
the lambs will probably go off feed
and scour. To prevent this, offer &
small quantity at the start and
gradually increase the daily allow
THE PPULTRY HOUSE
* 'Summer is the logical time to
•make any alterations in the poultry
house that may be necessary or to
■make needed repairs, as well as to
■build whatever new houses that may
be needed Aside from the ordin
ary items of repairing that demand
the attention of poultry flock owners,
there is one that is coming more
and more to the attention of these
flock owners. That Is the matter of
insulation of houses. Insulation with
soma sort of building or insulating
board not only helps to keep a poul
try house warm In winter, but also
helps to keep it cool In summer. Ia
all parts of the country one finds
a wider Interest in this subject. Poul
ance until they are on full fee-.
Lambs weighinj 50 to 60 pounds
rxiould consume about 15 pounds of
silage per head par day when re
ceiving grain and hay in add.tion.
Larger quantities oi silage cr.n be
fed, but seme protein supplement,
such as linseed or cottonseed caste,
should be added to balance the ra
tion. A fattening ration lor Iambi
that gave excellent results at the
Indiana experiment station Is as
follows: 1.53 pounds corn silage.
1.11 pounds clover hay. and 1.1
pounds of a mixture of lour parts
shelled corn and 1 part cottonseed
meal. In wintering ewe lambs, sil
age should form an important part
of the ration, and when led In con
junction with a good legume hay It
not only keeps the lamas in gsod
condition but furnishes a good
growing ration.
IMPROVED SWINE BREEDING
A method cf swine Improvement
has been developed in Denrnarit
and is being adapted to meet the
conditions in this country. This
promises to do »or swine breeders
what milk and bu leriat records
have done for the dahy cattle breed
ers and what speed records nave
done in guiding the standard and
thoroughbred hot >e breeders. In
other words, we are deveiop.ng a
method of more logically detei min
ing the productive ability cf our
swine. In a number of s ates, steps
have already been taken to find a .
wav for the swine breeders to work
real Improvement in tneir nereis. a
national committee, appointed last
fall by the National Swine Growers’
association, is at work on a swine
record of performance. They hoped
to locate the individuals and strains
of swine which will produce more
desirable carcasses, and to do so on
a lower feed requirement than at
present. One western experiment
station last year tested 10 utters of
pigs sent in by farmers. Four pigs
were taken from each litter—two
barrows and two gilts. These were
all fed and handled in exactly the
same manner so as to bring out
differences in the Inherent ability
of the pigs to gain rapidly and eco
nomically. and produce high qual
ity carcasses. This first test brought
out vast differences. One litter of
pigs gained an average of 1.53
pounds a dav and another only 1.13
pounds. One litter required 43S
pounds of feed for each 100 pounds
of gain and another took only 361
—a difference of 75 pounds, or
about 17 per cent. The margin per
pig over feed cost was over a half
more in some liters than in others.
When the pigs were slaughtered
and carcasses examined, it was
found that some were much super
ior to others in quality and in per
centage of the more valuable cuts
of pork. Since the work was started
at the station, two counties have
taken up the testing of litters wi’h
in the county. In these tests we see
the start of pu ting into practice
methods which may work for the
swine breeder much as the cow
testing associations have worked
for the dairymen. At the close of
the county tests, these farmers who
have entered litters will have a far
more accurate measurement cf the
producing ability of their sews than
they have ever had before. These
tests which we are conduc ing says
an expert swine grower In charge
of the experiments, ere based on
the Danish system. When I visited
that country recently they told me
that they had greatly reduced the
quantity of feed required for 100
pounds of gain through their swine
testing stations and. at the same
time, had vastly improved the qual
ity and uniformity cf the carcasses.
CLUING CLOVER
There is some uncertainty as to
the best method cf curing clover or
alfalfa hay. For many years the
cocking and capping of hay was
considered the best way to cure it.
It was argued that hav cured in
this way was more nutritious. It is
well known that when hay is ex
posed to a few h-avy rains from
25 to 50 per cent of its nourish
ing property mav be taken away.
Constant handling destroys the
leaves which is the most nutritious
part of hay. Science, however, has
thrown more light on the subject
of feeding and we have a new factor
to be considered. When hay was
cured in the cock and under caps
it was rich in the element viiamm
A. We now know that vitamin D
is important because it assist.; in the
assimilation of minerals. This vita
min is captured from the sunlight.
By leaving hay in the swath and
then with a side delivery rake roll it
into a windrow, this important vita
min is increased. There also is an
other factor to consider — labor.
Through the use of the side delivery
rake and the hav loader it is pos
8i“« to handle th- hav faster and
with less man labor. Further, the
hay euros quicker when rolled in a
windrow and it dce.m't take as long
handling this way before i is ready
to go into the barn. Everything con
sidered, it has been found that cur
ms* hay in the swath and the wind
fow not only provides a better qual
ity of hay but saves much labor.
HOG HEARTY DRINKER
It has been demonstrated many
tunes by experiment stations as well
as by thousands of producers that
hogs do better and makes larger
gains from a given amount of feed
when they h*ve constant access to
water. Normally a hog drinks only
small quantities at a time, but it
likes to drink often. It will drink
several times during one feeding
period when it can run to a self
feeder at will. When the feed is
thrown on the ground or on a feed
ing floor where the individual hog
must eat in competition with a
large group it is not likely to stop
for water so long as there is grain
to1#e*t. But when it can run to a
self-feeder it soon learns that there
will be plenty of feed left when it
returns. Then it begins to eat more
deliberately and to drink several
times before it has satisfied its
hunger.
try keepers are believing that house
should be ventilated better tha
they have been in the past, an
many believe that some sort of hea
should be supplied. In either c
these cases insulation is highly d«
. ,It ls therefore worthwhil
to consider in connection with an
building operations that are pianne
for this summer. The more comfort
a house can be made, at th
same time a good circulation of ai
is maintained, the less likolihoo
there is of troubles with roup an
colds next winter.
. ? t. about four weeks
hatch turkey eggs.
Chains Stores Show
Increased Earning*
CHICAGO— *-/n analysis cf
ihe investment possibilities of chain
s‘.or23, prepared by P. A. Er?wer
and company, reveals that almost
every branch of retail trade is
represented by systems of cl:;i»
scores.
Chains selling groceries iced by a
wide marg.n in the number of sepa
rate stores. The largest company
has 17,030 stcrc3, and seme cf the
other grocery concerns have
branches rang.r.g in number from
5,368 to several hundred.
Other chains deal in drugs. *o
bacco, shoes, furniture, women’s ap
parel, general merchandise by mail
order, candy, meat ar.d automobile
accessories. There ara several big
restaurant chains and a growing
number of "luncheonette” systems,
usually In conjunction with drug
stores.
The survey covers 68 different
chain store systems Fifty of them
report increases in net earnings dur
ing the first half of 1929. comp'red
with the same period loot year. The
increases range from two-tenths per
cent by a restaurant chain t,o 312 per
cent reported by a chain dealing in
apparel for men. women ar.d chil
dren.
The prices of chain store sharra,
In every one of the 68 systems, show
a considerable decrease from the
highs of the year. One issue la soil
ing at 64.7 times the earnings lor
1928. This figure ranges over a wide
area for the various systems, down
to 5.9 times earnings for a radio and
sporting goods chain.
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Rail Giants at Grip?;.
From New York World.
Scenes calling to mind the days
when Commodore Vanderbilt, Jay
Gould and other bold spirits were
fighting for railway empires m ;y
soon be re-enacted when the battle
of the Eastern trunk lines for the
additional links needed lor their
projected consolidatioas begins in
earnest. For two years there has
been much preliminary skirmishing,
and the combat thickens.
The Van Sweringenn of Cleveland
•nd the Taplins of Pittsburg are
now waging a fight for control of
the Wheeling and Lake Erie, whose
Joint acquisition by three of the
Eastern trunk lines has been de
nounced by the Interstate Com
merce Commission as being without
its previous authorization and also
in violation of the Clayton act. The
Van Sweringsns have also a work
ing agreement with the Balt more
and Ohio which seems to be aimed
especially at preventing the Penn
sylvania from obtaining any of the
properties they desire for their own
consolidations. For a time these
groups appeared to have isolated
their powerful rival but the Penn
sylvania about two years ago Joined
forces with L. F. Loree. president of
the Delaware and Hudson, who then
had ambitions to establish a fifth
trunk line in eastern territory. Mr.
!<t>- c finally abandoned this project
aSd dUpa ed of his holdir ?s in the
lieniKh and the Wabr.eh to the
Pennsylvania- which then emerged
trom Its isolation stronger than ever.
And now Mr. Loree has again ap
peared on the seme and Is contest
ing before the Interstate Commerce
Commission the acquisition of the
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
by the Baltimore and Ohio. What
project ho lias up his sleeve this
time is not yet disclosed, but evi
dently ho intends to make mors
trouble for the Van Swsringer and
Baltimore and Ohio allies. Mean
time, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has been at work on a con
solidation program of its own, which
it expects to publish larer in the
year and to hold hearings on it so
as to obtain the opinion i of railway
executives and ether expei ts as to
the groupings which will best serve
the public interest. Evidently big de
velopments are in the making, and
the outcome may radically change
the railway map in the eastern ter
ritory.
Misused Police Zral.
From Baltimore Sun.
Everyone in and around L03 An
geles is in faver cf sun tan except,
apparently, the police au bcritics.
Since the sun-tan vogue hit that
exalted city the police have been
trying to break it up. They have
raided the peaches regularly end In
force, seeking (0 bring the dermal
exposure down to the limit they
have set.
Up to yesterday their efforts had
been nearly futile. A cop is a con
spicuous object. Six cops are six
■imes as conspicuous. So when the
law in its majesty appeared on the
beach, the bathers simplv hitched
up their fallen shoulder-straps and
thumbed their noses, figuratively,
at the foiled officials.
But policemen, and especially
Los Angeles policemen, are a re
sourceful lot. They finally set two
of their number in a vacant house
and armed them with spyglasses.
Seven others hid themselves behind
a friendly sand dunp. A system of
signals was arranged whereby the
watchmen In the house could ccm
munica'e with the main body.
For hours there was no action.
Then, moved by the heat of the
sun, a few men end maidens slipped
down their shoulder straps. Tire
watchful dicks observed this scoff
lawism. signalled their brethren,
and the raid was on. The majesty
of the law was duly upheld—and
eight Calilornians. includina a man
and his wife, were hauled off to the
hoosegow.
The story Is interesting in itself.
But It occurs to U3 that it would
be more investing If it were ac
companied by statistics telling how
many robberies and other serious
crimes were committed while these
nine moral cops operated against
the sun-tanners.
Q. Who founded the Youth’s
Companion? E. N. F.
A. The Youth's Companion,
which is soon to be merged with
and known as The American Boy
was founded over a hundred years
ago by Nathaniel P. Willis. Sr.
Develop 295 Varieties
Of Late Keeping Apples
NEW YORK— —An apple
breeding record is reported to the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science by W T.
Macoun, dominion horticulturist of
Ottawa, Canada.
More than 30 years ago. he says,
there were only five known late
keeping applies that could be de
pended upon for hardiness at Ot
tawa. Now there are 300 result
ing from breeding work at Ottawa.
Conveniicn r.anncc’ io
Determine Man's Rights
A society which calls itself the
"World League for I Su* (lights of
Man,” proposes to a convention
in Vienna. Austria. nc':t year, when
tl:e following proposals will he ills
cussed. That : Divorced wives not to
la* entitled to alimony hefme rite
l-.p.-e of throe years after divorce.
Divorced wives to forfeit the right to
hear the names of their former tuts
hands; nnd to resume tiieir maiden
mimes. In paternity suits hlood tests
and anthropological examinations to
he required. Mothers of illegitimate
children capable of earning h living
to lie obliged to contribute to the
maintenance of their children in pro
portion to thoif incomes. Fathers of
illegitimate children to he given cor
tain legal rights In them, its well ns
responsibility.
Buitor Production
Whether I,'tide Samuel has been
slightly concerned of late about his
girth and is changing his diet or
whether it Just happened', production
of luiltor In Hie United Stales fell off
op.oOiMSIKi pounds in P.I'J'v as compared
with !ft!7. Still Hip figure shows rank
ns the second high production year of
history.
Where the dairy Industry made up
most of this loss, however, was In Ice
cream mu! evaporated milk, both of
wind) showed substantial gains.
Breakfast
During the Shore day festivities of
the lilks’ convention here, Andy, the
famous restaurant man, was among
those present. It was during a lull in
the rueh of visitors that Exalted
Hitler Brown of '.Will showed Andy a
clipping about a hen adopting a litter
of pigs.
“Well," said Andy Judiciously. “I
don’t see anything unnatural in the
association of ham and eggs."—Los
Angeles Tines.
New Film Marvel
The roioseope. a machine invented
In London, will lake slow motion pic
tures of objects revolving at a rate
Of .700 revolutions a second and slow
them down to one revolution a min
is .. Test pictures taken by this means
reveal that drops of water tire spher
ical, lightning a single intense spot of
light, and that Hie tin vie of an or
dinary gas jet fluctuates considerably
itclead of remaining steady, ns it n;>
pea rs.
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Keep school shoes
looking new
Wstcb scuff* disappear at the touch of the
dauber. Clean, smooth color comes back to
faded shcea More than 50 marvelous slunes
—to.ents. Colors for black, brown, tan and
whits oboes—a neutral poliah for others.
BARTON’S
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SHOE POLISH
Losses
“Work touches h girl the value of
money." “Still, you can learu some
thing at bridge, too."
A your'g man was arrested for bit
ing a girl on a beach—must have
taken her for a sand witch.
Lucky Fellow
“How did you come to beat your
wife?" “Quito by accident! She usu
ally bents me.”
In n controversy between two wom
en there Is much to be said on both
sides.
Traffic cop gets summons
Sven he can’t get
away with it
"T>,ON'T try to put anything over
U on Nature,’ is the way a cop
wou'd express it. “Sooner or later
she'll get you. Give you a ticket and
lay you up in a place where you'd
rather not be. Even cops can't get
away with it. Like everyone else, if
they don't pay attention to the
warnings they get a summons that
lands them in the doctor's office.
“What the doctor advises is Nujol.
Says Nujol will regulate you just like
you regulate traffic. Keep things from
getting in a jam. Ar.d the doctor is
right. Just ask the healthiest men on
the Force. If they need Nujol—with
all the exercise they get—what about
the fellows that roll by in their cars?
“Just take a tip from me. You m.av
have the best intentions in the world.
But everybody gets tied up at times.
Nature can't always take care of
things without help.
“Our Medical Chief tells tns that
Nujol isn't a medicine. It contains
absolutely nothing in the way of
medicine or drugs. It’s simply a pure
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Nujol Laboratories, 2 Park Avenue,
New York), that keeps things iunc
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not only keeps an excess of body {
poisons from forming (we all hav* i
them), but aids in their removal.”
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