The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-12-02


rudder-destined to be a foater and
drifter and sooner or later doomed to
be wrecked on the rocks and shoals.
There Is very good reason why tu'
berculosis doesn't make very much
Roadway In hogs that are raised for
market, the bulk of them being con-
verted into bacon. hams and salt pork
before the germs get squared away
and ready for business.
The United States army regulations
provide the following rations for ami
mails in the service: For horses, four
teen pounds Of hay and twelve pounds
OF corn. oats or barley per day; for
mules, fourteen pounds Of hay and
nine pounds Of corn, oats or barley.
The University of Missouri has a
Holstein cow that in a recent six
months milking test gave I, 400 pounds
more milk than any other cow I'm a
like period on record She ~ now on
the last half Of the period, and 1t Is
expected that she will break all rec
ords for both milk and butter fat pro-
ductiOn.
One Of the warmest as well as dri-
est stationary poultry houses we ever
saw was made of clay hollow blocks.
the dead air spaces in the block insur-
ing both of these conditions. The In
terror Of the house was plastered with
O. thin coat Of cement. which served
to make the structure still warmer
and filed up crevices which would
serve as q refuge for lice.
During the past summer reports from
the District Of Columbia were to the
effect that a bounty Of cents hun
dred was paid for flies. Normally this
might result I'm determination Of the
pest IL there weren't folks just deprav-
ed enough to view this bounty suff1-
cient to Justify breeding them purpose
Ivy, the way some farmers nourish pairs
OF old wolves SO as to get bounty on
the pelts of the whelps in the fall
Inagmuch aS "a tile drainage system
ls no better than the poorest section
Of II, 1t is matter of long run economy
and good business management to e1-
erctSe especial care i'm the selection of
Tile of the best make for the drainage
system. When this has been done the
purchaser should Gull out with utmost
care any pieces that are weak and de-
fective. An attempt is made to do
this at the factory, but the process
should be repeated by the purchaser.
When an article or commodity 1S
advertised at 80 or 40 per cent below
he prices which usually prevail there
g quite likely reason for it, and i'm
1 good many cases this reason In an
Inferior quality. The commodity may
De "wrecking house, lumber. $4.97
norris chairs or $199s buggies. We
ire not urging folks to stop buying at
he bargain. but only to- appreciate the
fact that considerable reduction in
price almost invariably denotes lack
IN both quality and durability.
The question Of fresh air for the
poultry is not a vital one during the
summer months. when they are out of
doors all day and when the door and
windows of the poultry house are left
wide open at night. During the win
ter months. however. the question is
very important. II IN true with hens
ls with human beings that there Is no
more prolific cause of colds and other
bronchial troubles than bad air.
Fresh air should be supplied in the
henhouse during the coolest weather
even at the expense of warmth.
The New Jersey mosquito, which
has deservedly achieved national
reputation, has in the past had as a
breeding ground some 100000 acres Of
salt marshes. But its days seem to
be numbered, for long straight bitches
are now being dug through these
which drain the depressions
and which contain sufficient running
water 50 that myriads of little fish
with which the drainage bitches have
been stocked are enabled to live, feast
ing on the mosquito larvae. for which
they have lusty appetite. Depres-
sions which do not drain readily are
doped with oil or filed with sand
The Maine experiment station rec
ommends the following spray for the
interior of poultry houses to kill lice:
Three parts kerosene to one part crude
carbolic acid. 90 to 90 per cent
strength. This should be applied as
paint or spray to roosting boards, nest
boxes, floor and walls. The mixtures
should be stirred when being used
The insecticide can be most quickly
applied as spray. and for this amy
two or three gallon hand outfit may
be used. 1t Is recommended that the
interior OF the henhouse be white
washed a. soon a. the spray has been
applied.
Some analyses of solid and liquid
manurcs which have been nratre 10y am
English soil specialist place the fer
tilizer value of fresh urine from q ton
of linseed cake at $3.50. while the
value of fresh manure from the same
quantity OF linseed cake Ns but $2.
This investigation gives emphasis to