Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1905)
f I - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . Health of the Fowls. t x The first thing to look out for In the care of poultry Is the health of the birds , whether thor are kept at home 01' are sent away to shows. Health is the first requisite of successful pout try culture. Those that fail to make profits out of their birds generally are those that are unable to keep them healthy. The l.oalth of the fowls cannot bo E kept UII by feeding cayenne pepper and other lllco things. Many do this In lieu of good care and good foed. Cayenne pepper Is a curo-all in the , minds of some people wo know , hut t In reality it Is of little value except to stimulate the digestive organs of a sick bl1'(1. Healthy birds do not need a stimulant more than a human being needs n. . stimulant. ' Absolute cleanliness Is the first requisite for health and next acmes freedom from lice ! and mltos The , health or the fowls shoulll ho further . protected by not Introducing into nit ! flock birds that are not known to he absolutely hoalthy. It would ho well for every poultry raiser to have a building separate from others In which to keep for some weeks new birds purr chasod. Soft Feeds : Soft feed Is a hone of contention her I twoen the raisers of 110ultr Some of f the poultry journals take the position that a soft feed Is always hnnneuI , while others are just as sure that it is a good thing if fed once a day and no oftoner. The belief of the writer , is that tlio soft ' ' 0 feed Is a very great - . . help to fowls that woull1 otherwise n ' have whole grain all the time , while it is less necessary to those birds IVJ' - : that have green stuff , with chopped I , roots and largo quantities of table , scraps in wintor. The object of the soft feed is to , lessen the tax on the digestive organs , where the birds would otherwise have tt to digest whole grain. In a state of . , nature birds do not have to fill Ui' on 1 grain entirol ) ' . The birds : cf the air do indeed eat a great deal of such " grain as rice , but they are using their wings so much that the expenditure of muscle force is great , which Is not the case with our domestic fowls - . ' . . Where soft feeds are fed It is hotter r not to use one kind of feed all the time , hut vary the ration , giving in turn such feeds as pea meal , oat meal , chopped feed , middlings and urnn. Eggs for the Toilet. Circassian women , noted for their I beautiful complexions , apply to their I faces a half hour before their dully hath a thorough coating of white of egg When this has completely dried they wash it off with tepid water and - then bathe as usual in soap and wa tel' The egg penetrates the pores of the skin and takes ; : up impurities : , which are carried away when it is i ' washed off , leaving the skin clean and smooth Eggs also make the hest ' ; f kind ; : of a shampoo and hair food t Hub well into the scalp , the more thor . ough the massage time better , and rinse thoroughly in several waters or the hair will ho stlcley. T. E. 01'1' Re-elected. . . ' At the meeting ! of the America . ' , ' \ Poultry Association , held in 1\lInn'ap , ! oils , Minnesota , last week , Mr. ' 1' , Eo 01'1' was re-olected Iocrotal' ' I Iocrotal'treusurcr , I The work of the present Incumbent has been productive of so much good i to the association and to poultry in terests generally that this actloll meets with universal apPI'oYllI. The position of secretary Is the most 1m , portant one in any live , stock asso , elation and should he occupied always by a strong Ulan This the A111orl'u11 Poultry Association has In the IJe-son of \ 1\ ' . OIT-Farmers' Review l r . . - - : : - Discussions In Convention. Officers of our state dairy associa tons may proflt ) hy an action of the American \Varohousemcn's Associ1t lion at their convention \Vasllltlg . ton last weok. 1l was there dcclded that hereafter all such portions of commlllo ! reports as invite discussion . sion by the members at the annual convention shall ho printed and dis tribuied to the members before the meeting In the conventions or associations fonnell to forward the mutual Inter. ests of the memhm'shlp hy improving inethods of business , devising ! and urging legislation , otc. , a full discus slon by the assembled members Is , If properly conducted , the most } potent force. This is generally recognized and yet in a great majority of cases the time of the sessions Is so largely tHlccn up by the reading of alldresfes upon various subjects that time discus. sins are cut short and very often have to oe loft out atog'thel' ! At the meetings of dairy associa lions and butter and checsemalcors' as' soclatlons there are usually a number of papers prepared upon subjects dos Ignated by the olIlcers the reading of which takes much time If these could bo forwarded to the secretary In ud vane : they might he printed and : dls' trlbutod to the lIIelllhel's before the meet Ing with very little additional cx lJenso to associations which print their reports In full because the type forms could be kept standing for use In the full repOl't The advantages would he three fold : First , the members woulll 00 mnch better prepared to discus s the subjects brought ! up If they hM time to consider them before thl meeting ; second , the time of the ecu \'entlon could ho maI'o largely devote ( I ] to the discussion ; und third , the full 1 report of the proceedings could he pith IIshod much moro promptly after the convention had closed \Ve commend this plan to time consideration , . sldoration of all such association : : : as would 1.10 benefited by its adoptlon- N. Y. Produce Review - - - - - Dairying In Michigan. Michigan Is not considered a lair y state , and : rot , according to a reconl t census , there are In that state Hlle farms deriving their chief income from dairy rodllets. On these < lair ) ' farms there are 74,0'\3 \ cows , which ] makes an average of a little over five cows to a farm The number 01 cows In the state used for the lira' dllctlon of mille principally is ever 87G,000 , according to the census 01 1900. About COOOOOOO pounds 01 farlll butter are made yearly , and this haH a value of $9,000,000. In addition , over 2 , OOOOOO pounds of butter are made in the creameries , and the vale of this swells the aggregate value of the butter made to over $14,000,000. This Is a good showing when It Is i considered that in the enumeration of the cows must be a very large 111111 her that produce little 01' notltin . How much greater wOlllel bo limo 111'0' dllctlon If every poor cow were roe placed with a good cow ! - - - Vicious Hogs. The vicious hog is fit only to bo made into pork and should not bo retained : as a breol1el' The keepers of hogs have to go among thelll , fr d' ' . quently , and ! one that will attack a hllmun being should not uo tolerated the fal'ln. The ' on hog generations au' ° 'o ! short that It Is comparatively cas ) ' to breed out a vicious IlhjloslUOII - - - - 'rhe knife nIl1 ! sa w still remain the principal . remedies : against the hllgh 1 \ , ( > have not yet found a remedy th ct may be applied to and cure sick l limbs and twigs. - - - - - - - . f , ) o1 [ Boll the Strainers. , On a great man ' farms cloth strainers , I . ers arc used Those that have been in the habit of using such strainers will uo able to remember the history of some of thom. That history Is that the strainer Is used mold washed ont just nH the dlshl'ag Is uRed and washed out , in water not much over hl : do green in tempomtmo , which tenipera tore is comfortable for the hnnds 'rho i hl\1l1ls cnnnot hear a temperature much above 115 deg1'eos. Such low temperatures will not destroy the germs of lactic nclll fOl'monts. The inevitable result Is that thou sands of these invisible ferment germs l'en1l11n alive in the cloth. When the next mllllug ; : Coates nl'01ll1l1 the sumo cloths al'o used. 'rhoy look clean and are clean so far as dirt Is conce1'11od , for lactic acid ferments are not dirt. But they are starter for the new lot of mille , IInd In many cases account for time milk souring In twelve hours 01' stick a mattel" Where milk Is 10 be kept ; : for twee t.folll' 01' more hours care must ho , tnlcen to leeep out or It all ferment I germs that might act as stat'tot'S In the case of the strainer this cnn ho easily done ; for It Is not a. . Ilimeult matter to hull It. This ! can ho done by ' plllllng It in a dish of hot water and 1 setting it on the buck of tIle store when there Is a good llt'e The only trouble is to fOl'm time habit at doing this H really snakes line 11IITerence whether the strainer Is of wire or cloth so far as lellllng all the ferments Is conco1'11ed. Some of them will re main even III tin \\11'0 Hll'nhlf' " ' If "I'I n _ _ _ u _ - . . . . . . . _ . " 0'- ' " care Is not used ! in Its clcllnll1g' ' ! 'he 1 surest way is to even boil Mate wire Hlrahwl' - - - ' - Butter " Marketing Project That Failed. Not long ago the hulLer merchants of San Francisco realized the fact that their supply of hotter was so great that If somothlng vas not done at once the price of all their butter would ho forced down to a point too low to permit of a reasonable r roflt. It was therefore agreed that each house should contribute part of their butter to make up several cars to ho sent to points .farther east where p'lc0801'0 just enough higher to ellm able them to get rid of the surplus. All went well till the time came for putting the butter into the cars. 'I'hon ' some of the firms on one pretext or another held hack all of the butter that had peon premised for the cars Each one had reasoned that If ! the surplus butter was pushed off the market his own butter would all sell at a good price Thus each man ue. gnu to try to get ahead of all the others oy letting them matte the sac. rifices and hy lying low himself to reap the uenofit Unfortunately , so many tried to work this scheme that the protect itself failed , only one car Instead of several being sent out. Time dealers now have a very unkindly ; : feeling toward the men that promised butter but held it hack - - - - Swiss Cheesemaking Professor F. n. l\lurnforll , of the University . \'ersltr of Missouri , has recently \'Is- Itcd SwJl7.erlanll awl there Inspected ( a good ninny or the factories In which cheese is mado. lie says It Is a mis , talto to suppose that all Swiss cheese Is good. gven the Emmenthaler varies In quality , though as a general thing it Is good It Is more uniform In quality than wuud : ! ho supposed ! to ho possible , When It Is considered that It Is made , not In one large factory , In one place but In nunmet ' Outs fac torleu in IIlffcl'cnt plllc's - - - Climate has the effect of modifying all forms of life. This Is Illustrated as fully In the development ! of breeds of poultry as elsewhere ! i I , - I . , v I LIVE ! : I STOCK : o I Points of the Drafe Horse ! Prof. Oeo 1\1. HomhlOJ , or the Unit' I ell States DOllllrtment 01 Agriculture , ' relative to the recoiled qualities of I I the mal'l ketable draft Horse , says : I Size and Welghl.-'I'ho weight that will characterize a horse as Il drafter I will he that above which he can not wOl'le at n trot without waHto of effort stud horsollelih and ! below which ho can work mare econol11lellllr hy haul bug smaller loads nt IncrenHel1 "peed. I 'rIll ! weight ! If ! pretty generally cou ceded 10 ho ] , GUO 11011111111 In fair lIesh. I The height of u drafter will vary from 15,3 hands for the SIIIUllof "OI'tll to 17.2 hnnds for horses of great \ \ ' Ighty. The hnportul1Co of weight In a draft' II I 01' must not ho ' ' . I overlooked < . Ills purr pose Is solely that or heavy work , r pulling great load : ut the willie , and f to fulfill this /'t'l1l1lrolllont most perfectly - I fectly the first essential Is weight , 1 with , of course , proportional alz\ I Without weight time ImmcuBo baths I that are 10 ho hauled over our city I streets coulll not ho moved , und eltru- . fat observation of the average 1II'Iceft I huts shown that , otl1er things being equal , draft hm'ucllcsh Is worth uhout $25 for every additional hundred IJOUlHls ( It can show Over ] , GOO pounds. It Is also essential : ! that as much us possible of this wolght. ho hone and musele. 'J'hollgh many buyers uir quosllonahlr Ilel1lUIIII fut , awl the truth Is that a horse cannot sell for Il 'cd Itable price unless fat , the effective value of a horse all a wOrlto1' should not ue lost sight of. , Conformation. - 1I1s conformation ' Hhoulll enable the animal to notice tits weight as effective ns nnasihlr ) nnrll - - - - . , , at . the same clue , a88111'O : a reasonably lung period of IIseflllness. For this purpose ( he must hove a rattier short , heavy neck soil ! a shoulder sloping enough to take the collar well , but . not so ntraight as to cause a "post leg" and bring about premature un- SOlllllhIO H. ' 1 He hnele should ho short , well muscled and strongly coullled to the hind quarters , whIch should bo nicely rounded , smooth amid l plentifully supplied with muscle. Particular attention - tention should bo paid to the hock. The legs must bo moderately short and have a supply of bone sUlllcient to support the weight and work or the animal , and , of course , must he sound A short leg , with low , set knees and hocks , Is one that will stand wear and fear and usually goes with n strong , closely coupled hall ) ' . head and neck should IJO proportionate to the size of the hOl'se 'rho whole appearance I should he masslvo. Actlon-The action oC the drafter Is confined almost excluslvcly [ to time walle For this reason the walk Is or i vital ImllOrtanco Rapidity or step and length of stride enable him to cover considerable ground in the least possible tlmo Straightness , smoothness . ness , regularity , und lack of trllJtlul1 enable him to do this with the least posslblo wear and injury to himself. Time trot should possess all the merits of the walle. - - - Registered for PerormLlnce. In the Island : oC Jersey a cow 18 not registered because her parents wel e registered , but because of her own performance at the pall. A cow must ! reach a certain standard before she hecomes ollglhle. This is 11 very good practice to follow inside a breed It could not bo safely followed outside of a breed , as it would necessarily set aside the principle or ( Ire potency as It Is I represented In the established breeds. Registering for performance Is a very effective method of SIHl1'l'1I1 ! on the lIIpro\'ln ! ; of any hl'ced. l'le : IIno breeding merely gives us /IIor cows of the same breed , hut docs nut improve the breed except to fix its : qualities. B ) ' registering for perform ! ante 'We place a value 011 Increa ; 'd .lC'rformt' . - I t i 1 r , .
