Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-02
Charles Pepper of Gilman Wants to
Know Who Can Beat Him.
A BANNER CORN YIELD.

Gilman Dec. 1.-Charles Pepper a
renter living on a farm adjoining the
town, has husked and weighed out at
so pounds to the bushel 2,714 bushels
from "a SO acres of corn. The ground
had been in timothy and clover for
several years and was plowed up last
spring. The corn was planted about
the middle of May getting a most ex-
cellent stand. Mr.. w. H. Beale,
grain buyer who visited the field sew
eral times during the summer says
that the stalks would average almost
three to the hill. Aside from this the
crop appeared no different than any
other corn field but the harvest of ITO
bushels per acre worth 80 cents per
bushel at Gilman makes it a record
breaker. Mr.. Pepper would like to have
readers of the T.-R. trot out their big
Yields if they can beat this one.
How to Have Eggs in Winter.
Feeding of poultry is a real science;
the poultryman feeds his flock with
some aim in view; there is no guess
work about it. He knows what to feed
to induce egg laying; to fatten. TO
get them ready for market, quite
different ration is necessary He has
found out that growing chicks, which
are making flesh, bone, muscle and
feathers at one and the same time,
need varied diet of the most nollr-
fishing food. Sloppy cold water, with
oat meal mixed in, he considers al
most poison, especially so when ne
expects to fill the egg basket.
The most profitable hens lay at sea-
sons of the year when eggs are
scarce and the price is high. Inc
thing to do then is to provide condl-
lions which will be conductive to egg
production. Laying hens depend less
upon the seasons Of the year than they
do upon the weather. This being the
case, all poultry keepers should pro-
vide comfortable quarters for the mems
in winter and summer. Why is it that
the hens will be in food condition, ana
lust as soon as the first cold snap
comes every one of them will stop lay
ing? 1t is a matter that is worth the
attention of poultrymen and phlloso-
piers.
1t is a serious thing, when eggs are
selling at 8 cents apiece, to have hens
suddenly cease laying wnen they
should be filling the egg basket. IL
seems hard on US when the mems,
after LAYING as regularly as clock
work during the summer WheS eggs
are low, shut down just when there is
the heaviest demand. But there IS
cause for 1t. It is not because OF lack
Of food, as the cessation OF egg pro-
duction may happen in single DAY.
1t Is rot due to disease, for the mems
may be healthy. The cause is lack OIL
warmth. While the heat of the BODY
comes from the food, yet the cold IS
so intense that the digestion is not
sufficiently rapid to create the heat
necessary to protect the bird from
the cold. Egg production will cease
because natures first effort Will pc
to protect the bird before it is permit
ted to do extra work in productlon.
The remedy is simply to guard against
loss of animal heat. This is done by
keeping the cold winds away, by pro-
yiding shelter and sunny PAGES FOR
the hens; by feeding them warm 1ooa
and warm water. No vent1lators,
cracks or openings are needed TO let
in the cold air. If you wish your mems
to Law as they do in summer, they
must have summer conditions.
A good feed is, for morning, mash
containing corn chops, ten POUNDS
harley chops, ten pounds; middlings'
five pounds, and bran, 11ve pounas
Mix all this together and then scala
with warm water to make a tnlck
mash. Add sufficient water or milk
to cool, SO that it can be readily eaten
nv the fowls. Oats, wheat and corn
are sufficient for the fowls at night
Poultry Tribune.