The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23

he says, Is to force the poison into
the heart OF the calyx.
In the discussion which followed
his talk. the woody aphis showed itself
up as great worry to Yakima ranch
e $. No satisfactory method of or
termination seems vet to have been
worked out.
Profitable Poultry Work.
In telling of the way to mako
poultry profitable. II. l.. Blanchard.
of the Puyallup experiment station,
said that hen houses should he
wa med and fit for human habltation.
Comfort for hens, he said, resulted
in more eggs for the owner. Work
at experiment stations has shown Mr..
blanchard that the phenomenal lay
ng pullet does not transmit her quail
tiles to the hens. but that the male
birds only get good producers. "Thc
way to build up a flock of chickens iS
to get good male birds he said.
balanced ratiOns are necessary to
n chicken" continued M. Blanchard.
Domestic poultry should be fed
wheat, oats and corn every dav and
N addition hoppers of oyster shells.
dry bran. charcoal and milk or water
should always be at hand. 1t Ia not
possible to select a balanced ration
for poultry but if the foods I have
mentioned are at hand for chickcr"
they will select the food that suits
them best"
How to Get tho Vc.mln.
He recommended carbolnium rs
the best insecticide 1t should be
painted on the under sides OF the
costs and In the nest box es. he said.
and mixed with the whitewash with
which the chicken house il sprayed.
the quantities being one quart OF car
bollnium to a bucket of whitewaah.
Dry bran should be kept before the
chickens at all times according to
Mr.. Blanchard and they should have
at all times a quantity of green food.
The number of women present busy
with pencils and note books shows
the intelligent interest being taken
here In the poultry business.
Dai:'ying In Washington.
In the morning Mr.. Blanchard
spoke m dairving. saying that the
western Washington dairymen envied
eastern Washington its alfalfa. and
valued 1t 80 highly as a dairy food
that they bought 1t for their stock at
the rate of $50 to $25 ton. No
dairy farm is all that it ought tn be.
he said, without a poultry run In
connection. He admitted that on two
occasions the chickens had tided him
over a tight place in his finances.
Some of the scrubbiest of scrub an
tmals, acco ding to Mr.. Blanchard.
are of the pure breeds. On every
larry farm in the state one Is certain
to find number of good animals but
he successful dairyman is the one
who knows exactly how much return
he IS getting from every COW, how
much and the cost of the food she
consumes and whether or not she Is
paying. TOO often it happens that
the good COW is carrying he self and
perhaps a couple of 'loafei s."' The
dairyman must keep book account
with his herd and it's individual mem
bers.
Sire Is More Than Half.
Great stress was laid by Mr.. Blan-
chard on the sire chosen to head the
herd The bull he declared, to he
more than half the herd ana should
come from n Producing ancestry. ANY
animal transmits its bad as readily as
its good qualities. Therefore the ne
cessty of seeing to it that the good
qualities, especially the money ma
king qualities predominate in the
herd sire. The calves which result,
from the mating should not be de-
stroyed by bad treatment in their
young days. The first few weeks fr"-
quently determine whether the calf
is to develop into a useless or useful
COW, and detailed Instructions were
given as to it's Gaze. Mr.. Blanchard
reiterated the old advice of ex-Gov
Hoard Of Wisconsin to treat the COW
as ono would treat a lady and de-
clared that the successful dairyman
would thus take off his hat, once in
a while, to the successful butter AMI
milk maker.
Money for Advertising.
Fruit growers and ranchcrs were
asked by DR.. p. w. co nue., at the
request of the Commercial club to
raise towards the publicity fund of
the Commercial club. The CONNER
cial club, it was pointed out, has dur
ing the past three years spent $25.-
600 in advertising Yakima, most Of
it contributed by the business men of
North Yakima They thought it was
time 70" the fruit growers to take a
hand in advertising their fruit.
J. Il. Boyle said that the time was
at hand when fruit growers of Wash
ington would have to look out for n
market for their fruit, and that they
ought to make that market sure be-
fore some of the newer states will
with orchards soon coming into bear
ing, get into the race. The time Is here
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