Here’s Action With Heavy Artillery A three-alarm blaze in the finan- - cial district of New York com pelled thp fire department to bring their heavy artillery into ► action. Picture shows powerful - monitor throwing thousands of gallons of water at a tremen ■ dous pressure in an attempt t® clear a path for the firemen t® enter the burning building. Princess Dancer Reflects so .. --» 1 liwawsssss • •• an ••.-.• m The last of a long line of Kurd princesses poses for her own ap proval in her New York hotel suite. She is the Princess Leila Bederkhan, gran idaughter of Ht* sum.'** * -i 1 •m • the last Emir of Kurdistan, here on her first visit and is shown wearing the costume she uses in presenting the oriental dance interpretations for wliicb she is noted. Senate Approval i me senate confirmed the nom ination of Eugene Meyer, of New York, to be Governor of the Fed eral Reserve Board by a roll call of 72 to 11. The opposition, led by Senator Brookhnrt, of Iowa, dwindled to a handful of votes cast by a group of insurgent Republi cans and Democrats. To Be Deported Uncle Sam struck two staggering blows at the Capone beer, booze and vice syndicate in sentencing "Scarface” himself, heretofore Immune in his Chicago fortress, to lix months in the county jail for contempt of court, and in orders from Washington to deport to Italy Tony (Mops) Volpe (above), long a Capone executive and listed as “public enemy No. 2” by the Chicago Crime Commission, Where the Earth Trembled amae ■- ZFWmBmimmm<..-. The terrible cataclysm of nature ♦ that struck the Hawke’s Hay I region of New Zealand early , last month, split the crust of the earth into great fissures. Picture j taken on one of the roads that | lead into Napier shows a couple . */*i ' ,'WWw i v.v.*w>: '.%fcr«»9 of automobiles engulfed in one of these openings. Nearly a thousand lives were lost and millions of dollars’ worth of dam age to property was, caused by the series of earthquake shock* that shook the district. CIosq Call for American Matador r---FT „ —1 This unusual picture records a critical moment in the career of Sydney Franklin, Brooklyn, N. Y.f matadoa, for the photog rapher rot t« work just ms a • ferocious bull the American waa ' supposed to kill drove one of hia horns through Franklin’s leg. The performance was part of the Washington Dar celebration > in the arena of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, before an enthusiastic following of bull fight fans. A Spanish matador ia shown as he went to the rescue. Two of a Kind Twin girls were bom to Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, the former Anne Gordon Colby (above). Her husband, elected Rhode Island State Senator in 1028, operate* an extensive racing stable. Co-ed’s Protest Sara Forsythe, pretty co-ed of Newcomb College, New Orleans, La., as she proudly displays the itripes, ball and chain she wears as a means of protest against a sentence imposed on her and Vir ginia Catlin. Both girls were forced to remain within the col lege ground for two weeks because they stayed overnight at a rela tive's house during the recent Mardi Gras celebration. Lady Unafraid _ ___ __• I-aiiy Wilkins, wife of Sir Hubert Wilkins, explorer, has declared her intention of accompanying her husband on his trip to the Arctic in a submarine. Wilkins plans to reach the North Pole by diving under the polar ice oack. 11 . -- ---—-fil OF INTEREST TO FARMERS) CAUSE OF CHICK LOSSES The cause of chick losses may be i divided into three general classes; First, weak and diseased chicks; sec ond. poor equipment; ar.d third, in efficient workmanship in handling and feeding the chicks. Experiment al data has shown it possible to improve the vitality of chicks by careful breeding and management of the parent stock This fact has been used by breeders and hatchery operators in the selection and man agement of the breecding stock in order that they may produce chicks which will live if they are gi"en the proper chance. A large amount of i bacillary white diarrhea may also be eliminated from the chicks by the elimination of this disease from the parent stock. Proper manage ment of the incubators is also im portant in the production of chicks with good vitality. Overheating or chilling the eggs or running the in cubators with insufficient moisture often causes weak vitality and sometimes bowel trouble, which is at times mistaken for bacillary white diarrhea. Hatcheries are overcoming a large portion of these difficulties through a careful check of their breeding stock and proper incuba tion methods. In addition they are testing chicks from their different flocks so that they can eliminate any flocks or methods which are not satisfactory. Poor equipment or lack of sufficient equipment is perhaps one of the greatest causes of chick losses at the present time. Over crowding makes it impossible to manage the chicks so that they will live and grow with the vigor that is desired. At poultry meetings last fall Ted Rood, of Ames, stated: "If you will double or triple the num ber of chicks above the amount that should go into a brooding house, you will not only have less chicks at the end of the brooding period in the houses where the chicks have been doubled or tripled in number, but they will be weaker in vitality." He recommends two chicks for every square uajl ui muui apace ui appiu.\ imately 250 chicks for a 10x12 brood er house. Inefficient workmanship in feeding or management also is an important factor in chick losses. It is not unusual to hear of pro ducers who have raised 90 to 95 per cent of their chicks. When one hears of such a record he knows that the details of management and feeding have been carefully exe cuted. The normal death loss will probably be 25 per cent rather than the figure indicated. In other words, if a person is able to raise to ma turity 75 per cent of the chicks put Into the brooding houses he should feel that he Is reasonably efficient, providing the chickens arc well grown and vigorous If he is not able to raise at least 75 par cent of the chicks to maturity, then he i should check up to ascertain wheth er it is inefficient workmanship and feeding, poor equipment or weak and diseased chicks that may be responsible for his trouble. — «« FEEDING TIIE BROOD SOW During the winter, the brood sow should be maintained as cheaply as possible, but at the same time she must be fed properly in order to anable her to farrow a large num ! ber of healthy, well grown pigs. The best results are obtained when suf ficient (pod is given to produce daily gains or tf to ?i of a pound. To do this the grain must be lim ited and diluted with some rough age for unless the ration has suf ficient bulk, the sows will become hungry and constipated, due to the undistended condition of the diges tive tract. Legume hays are the chief roughages available at this season, and their use will cheapen the cost of feeding. Either alfalfa, clover, soybean or cowpea hay makes an excellent roughage, and when fed, little or no high priced protein concentrate is needed to balance the corn. Bright, leafy al falfa hay gives the best results of any of these roughages. Alfalfa meal is simply the best grade of al falfa hay chopped Into meal. Clover hay contains almost as much nour ishment as alfalfa hay; and soy bean hay. cut and cured when the “xjans are almost ripe, is a very nu tritious food. Cowpea hay should oe cut when the first peas are rip-* ?ning, and consequently does not have as high food value as soybean nay. Great care should be exercised in curing soybean and cowpca hay, tor the stalks are very heavy and mcculent, and unless thoroughly dried are apt to mold. Under no ronditions should a brood sow be fed any roughage which is not bright, nutritious and froee from smut or mold. Smutty or mouldy hay is very apt to cause severe di gestive troubles and may lead to the sow losing her litter. The number of pigs raised per liUer is one of the most Important factors in growing hogs economically. In order to pro duce large litters of strong, healthy pigs, the brood sow must receive the proper feed and care during the gestation period. The feeding not mly influences the number of liv ng pigs farrowed, but also the veight and strength of the pigs at lirth. Corn alone is not an ade [iiate ration for brood soys, since it acks the protein and minerals nec essary to develop the bone and mus ;le of the litter. The extremely nigh loss of pigs In the Cornbelt iome seasons is attributable to too nuch corn being fed to the sows, he excessive amounts of corn being oo fattening and constipating the lows, and deficient in muscle and )one-building material for both sow tnd litter. Winter rations should iot only be balanced, but also should contain feeds which are )ulky and laxative. Pastures supply ihis need during the summer, but lsually there is little pasture avail ible during the w nter season. Al falfa or other legume hay self-fed mpplies the bulk desired, is laxative, ind cuts down the amount of pro tein supplement necessary. Oats or KEEP A LEARNIN* Progress in poultry raising is often a matter of finding out that what we have kno vn for sure wasn’t so. Or, to put it another way, know too much that isn't so. We have known for sure chat :hickens could not be successfully sept in confinement, that they must be fed grain in litter to make I :hem exercise: that all-mash feed ing wouldn't do; that lack of fresh air or damp litter caused colds and , roup: that sharp grit was required I for hens’ teeth in the gizzard to • grind feed: that best looking hens in fall were the birds to keep an other year; that chick® mu* wheat bran will answer i..e saint purpose. The amount cf Brain to feed bred sews will vary a cording to their conditions. Sows in fair flesh should have about 1 '/_• pound* of grain daily per 100 pounds cf ilvs weight. If they become too fat, the amount cf feed should be cut down. A few days Color, fa:row ing time the allowance i.hz4 be reduced. A laxative feed. h as bran, is beneliciai at in s rime. Minerals should be sup 1. at all times. Wood ashes, sa t i nd bone meal contain most of the essential elements. An abundance cf clean water, plenty ol exercise ar.d clean, dry quarters will also con*route to the brood sow's success on farrow ing day. —•. « * —— GRINDING Khrnccl! wide, and the intake of air is usu ally accompanied by a v.aeezinf sound. During expiration the head Is lowered oftentimes'until the beak rests on the breast. Many fowl* assume a sitting posture at d their eyes remain closed. Violent cougB=‘ Ing, by means of which masses of clotted blood or mucus may be ex pelled from the trachea, is vary Common. i xuiikcja, uu.Kh aim even .vpfirrow.% blackbirds, quail and pigeons which frequent poultry yards have been found susceptible to infectious bron chitis and may become carriers of of the disease. Infectious bronchitis may occur in birds varying from three weeks to three or four year;, or age. It appears, however, that chickens are most susceptible from 4 to 18 months old, and that hen* over 2 years of age are seldom af fected. It is commonly supposed that exposure to cold and dampness (not to mention undernourishment) is a frequent causa. While under nourished fowls or those lacking vigor, owing to parasites or other causes, do not appear to be more susceptible than well-fed and well cared for flocks they are subject to greater mortality in case of an out break of the disease. Infectious bronchitis is not related to chicken pox, although it may accompany common colds and roup. Although our best information does not sug gest definite causes of the disease or absolute methods of prevention or control, this much goes without saying: Correct feeding, housing and management, plus sanitation., undoubtedly offer the best line or defense, especially since it has been observed that the best cared for flocks are better able to withstand an outbreak of the disease. - i I SO BREED FOR RESULTS 1 The size of eggs laid by inci.vidual hens is to some extent an inherited characteristic. Daughters tend to produce small eggs in large percent-1 age if that tendency has bun char acteristic of their dams' record*. And the same is true in regard to big eggs. ! starved 72 hours before feeding. But now we know better. Let’s do the best we know. - ♦-— POULTRY FEEDING HINT Wideawake poultrymen, to secure vitamin D, equip their houses with sun parlors and glass substitute and feed cod liver oil. But some do not know that the vitamin D is in effective if the ration lacks lime and phosphorus. Grain and grain-by products carry considerable phos phorus, but not much Jime. Oyster shells before the flock at all times solve the lime problem. The sheila al«n ennfjiin iodio.