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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GRINDING Kh<jUlREM7ENTS
Kouainy au g*.r eem, o. cue gram
ration red. dairy caUle m t..e great
er porticn ol thh country is made
up of coin, oats, barley, ’..neat and
similar grains uiafc requite grind
ing, the other 50 per cent oi the
concentrate ration consisting large
ly of mill feeds and proum con
centrates, A stud) ol mere than
35.000 Dairy Herd Improvement As
sociation records tatmuUu by the
United States department ol agri
culture indicates that good dairy
cows producing around 500 pc a..da
of buuerlat consume approximate
ly 2,000 pounds oi grain per .,ear.
Half of tiiis, or f,000 pounds, must
then be ground on the term or pur
chased dlrertly or indirectly from
a dealer or milling company that
does grind it. Tims, lire quantity
of grain that mu t .he ground an
nually or 10 millting cows would
approximate 10,000 pounds. Our
studies show that about 30 per cent
should be added to this figure to
take care of the feed consumed by
non-producing stock such as calves,
heifers and herd bulls. The feed
grinding requirements of a 10-coiv
herd would thercfoic be 13.000
pounds of grain per year or 250
jjuuiiud jjli wcciv, uh a xu“tuw unu
375 pounds; for u 20-cow herd 5<W
pounds; for a 25-cow herd 025
pounds, and for a 30-cow herd 750
pounds per week. When grinding
with electric power, experience has
shown that lor each n se power
the farmer may on the average
grind each hour lour bushels of
ear corn, eight bushels of shelled
corn or three bushels.of oats. Fig
uring roughly that 40 per cent of
the grain fed comes from ear corn,
40 per cent from shelled corn and
20 per cent from oats or similar
feeds, this men ns nearly cne and a
half bushels ol ear corn, almost two
bushels of shelled corn and three
bushels of oats would have to be
• ground each week for a 10-cow
herd. Thus, the time rerjui td each'
week for grinding grain for herd*
of various sizes w;ou!d b? approxi
mately as follows where a flvo
horse-power motor is used; For *
JO-cow herd, figuririg cne and a
half bushels of ear corn, two bus-u—
e s o' shelled corn and three bush
els of oats approximately 20 min
utes; for a 15-cow herd 30 min
utes, for a 20-cow herd 40 m.n
utes, for a 25-cow herd 50 minutes,
for a 30-cow herd 60 minutes per
week and larger herds In ptopor
tion. These figures may be taken
as indicating that a five orsc-,
power motor furnishej abundant
power for grinding all grain feed*
used on any ordinary dairy hum,
INFECTIOUS BKOMiuitS 4
Infectious bronchitis (or a cold
in the windpipe, as we seme time*
call it) is becoming more prevalent.
One of the first symptoms of infec
tious bronchitis is that the eyes be
come watery, as in a common cold.
Tills is'generally preccdec by a de
crease of appet.te and Its c./ J egg
production. One fowl or n number
may show the typical aillicuty of
breathing within 24 hours. At in
spiration the head Is elevated, th®
neck is extended, the be,.a oi>rnccl!
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.
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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.
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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.
