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FEEDS FOR BREEDING FLOCK
Results Given by New Hampshire Sta
tlon With Yearling Lambs-Flve
Good Winter Rations.

Five lots of five yearling lambs each
were fed per day during three WIN
ter months, says report from the
New Hampshire station, as follows:
Lot l, alfalfa hay, /; native hay, O,2o;
roots, 2.5, and cracked corn, O,25
pounds. Lot 2, native hay, l.5; roots,
rs. cracked corn, O125, and oil meal,
OF pounds. Lot 3, alfalfa. hay, l;
native hay, OBS; corn Stage, 2, and
cracked corn, 0.25 pounds. Lot 4,
native hay, 1875; corn silage, 2; oil
meal O.2, and cracked corn, ol2o
pounds. Lot 5, native hay ad libitum,
roots, pound, and oats and bran,
1:1.2.
The following gains were made per
head: 76, 2.9, A, As, and -o.2
pounds, respectively. In duplicate
experiment the following year the fol-
lowing gains were obtained: At, -Ol,
OF, 0 and -2.6 pounds respectively.
The first four rations are recon-
mended for winter feeding of the
breeding flock, but the fifth ration was
unsatisfactory.
Lambs on roots made slightly
larger gain than those receiving sill
age. Native hay and silage appeared
to be as satisfactory as alfalfa hay
and silage.
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DATA ON BREEDING FOR SEX
Expert of Maine Experiment Station
Gives Result Of investigations
He Has Made.

For ages untold the subject OF the
control of sex has been discussed and
studied over, with very little progress
except to discover that many theories
do not work. At that, knowing what
not to expect is a great deal. The
most promising theory now relates
to the influence on sex of the time or
breeding. OF that Dr. Raymond Pearl
Of the Maine experiment station writes
In a private letter which Hoards
Dairyman quotes:
My own Investigations on the re-
lation of the time of service in the
heat period itself, that is whether
early or late, shows that it does have
an effective influence on the control
of sex. We are collecting extensive
statistics on the matter by means OF
cooperation with breeders all over
the country and the more data we
get, the more clear does it become
that in this matter, time of service
related to the heat period is sig
nificant factor"
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GET SOUND BREEDING STOCK TO
PRODUCE WINTER LAYERS.
ROY II. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Let us begin now to prepare for
flock that will produce eggs for us
next winter. To many people chick.
en- is just a chicken. Little do they
stop to realize that the way chicken
is made or build up determines to a
large extent its usefulness as a layer.
Most persons realize pretty fully the
general requirements of strong
building. They know that it is neces-
sary TO have a solid foundation and
then that it Is essential to make each
step or section of the construction just
as strong. They know that ii does
not do any good to put lot of time,
energy, and expense into making the
top part of building substantial if
the foundation or lower part is weak.
But these same people, many of them,
seem to forget these things when they
start building a flock of chickens,
which they expect will be strong
enough and healthy enough to with.
stand a severe winter and have enough
energy left to produce eggs.
The foundation of the poultry flock
is, the breeding stock. If it is i'll ma
tured, poor, sickly or improperly
nourished it will be waste of time to
try to breed from it. The resulting
flock will hardly pay for its keep. II
on the other hand your stock is well
matured, in good flesh, healthy and
properly nourished you have the prop
er foundation for good flock for egg
production next winter.
It will pay most any one to take
little trouble to select out few of the
strongest and healthiest, most vigor'
GUS birds and save only eggs from
these for Matching. Sometimes it may
be best to Gull out the poor birds from
the flock and keep them separated
for time or what is probably better
sell them for market or eat them
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SERIOUS DISEASE OF CALVES
Diphtheria Is Due to Specific Infection
and May Appear in Animals on'y
Few Days Old.

tBy DIR. NJ II. REY NOLDs Minnesota
Experiment Station.)
Calf diphtheria Is due to a speclhc
infection, and is always serious mat
ter. The trouble may appear Win
calves from three to five days ola.
Such calves refuse to drink milk or
suck. They show more or less DIS
charge of saliva from the mouth and
inflamed patches inside the mouth.
These patches gradually develop into
ulcers covered with a dead, granular,
or cheesy mass, which does not pee!
easily from the raw surface under
meath. There is considerable rise or
temperature and an offensive odor
from the mouth. The trouble may
easily extend to neighboring parts,
to the lining membrane Of the nose,
and then there appears a yellowish
DISCHARGE. 90 In some cases the lining
membrane of the digestive tract is
similarly affected and then there is
tendency to diarrhea Little pigs show
similar symptoms.
So far as now known the germ is
/. normal inhabitant of the intesthes
of healthy hogs and cattle and prob
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ably always virulent. When the dis
ease is prevalent, the virus Is, OF
course, scattered everywhere. very
young animals are most easily and
most seriously affected, but cases
have been reported in calves and pigs
six or eight months old, and even oc'
casionally in adult cattle and adult
hogs.
The sores may be cleaned with two
per cent creolin in warm water, ana
then treated with Lugol's solution, APP
piled twice day to the ulcers. Per
manganate of potash may also be
used, two ounces to each gallon OF
water; make up fresh each time, as
the mixture cannot be kept from day
to day. Either treatment should be
given to valuable animals about twice
a day for from four to six days.
Frequent and thorough disinfection
of calf pens and calf yards is one OF
tne first essentials in management.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24

Dumping Apples Into Barrels Without
Sorting Gives MiddIeman Greater
Profits. Because He Grades and
Sorts.
would only take q little more trouble
in preparing his fruit for market.
Some associations of fruit and veg
etable growers have adopted this plan,
and made certain brands famous.
The fruit sold under these various
brands is carefully selected and
packed under the supervision of the
manager employed by the growers.
and packages are guaranteed to be up
to standard in every way.
AS most of the apples grown in this
country are sent to market In barrels,
ii may be well to set down here some
rules adopted by the best associa-
tons of fruit growers for the barrel.
ing Of the fruit,
In the first place the apples are
taken from the trees and placed in
baskets or bags slung around the
shoulders of the pickers, and some
pickcrs wear gloves, in order that
their fingernails may not cut the fruit.
1t is a wellknown fact now that a
tiny abrasion made by the fngernail
will often admit harmful bacteria
which will, in short time, destroy
the apple.
The apples are then brought to the
packing tables, which are covered with
canvas or burlap under which is a
padding of moss or straw in order to
prevent bruising. The greatest care is
taken to prevent the apples from fall
ing from the table, or against one
another in a way to cause the slight
est bruise The fruit is rapidly sorted
into their proper grade and the pack
age-whatever the form Of packing
may be-labeled with the growers
name. A barrel properly packed can
be shipped long distances without in
jury TO the fruit.
All good apple growers now under
stand that apples keep better il they
are allowed to ripen upon the trees
and it is seldom that green fruit is
picked. OF course always there is
just the right day when the apples
should be taken from the tree, and
this can be learned only by close OBJ
servation and experience.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
SCIENCE IN HANDLING FRUIT
Grower May Secure High Prices for
Product by Exercising Care In
Sorting and Packing.

A great saving may be effected by
the scientific handling of fruit of all
kinds, In this case science means
right knowledge and care, The fruit
grower cannot always sell direct to
the consumer, but he can, by sorting
and carefully packing his product,
get much better price when selling
to the retail dealer than he can If he
follows the old,fashioned methods OF
dumping everything into boxes, bas-
kets and barrels regardless of size and
condition, The shrewd dealer will
make the most of the bad condition
of the stuff offered him, beating down
the grower to the lowest possible price
and then add to his profits by the
work of few boys in the basement
who are instructed in the art Of clean
ing and repacking. The grower, him
self, could get thir added profit If he
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24

fuls in order to fill it gradually into
machine hopper, for instance, the
workman quickly upends the headless
barrel and works it over toward the
edge of the platform and the material
flows to the hopper. AS the barrel set.
ties down it must be rocked slightly
SO as to keep the material flowing.
When empty there is a small amount
on the platform to be scooped into
the hopper.-Popular Mechanics.
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FEED FOR MILK PRODUCTION
Common Cows Frequently Capable OF
Returning Larger Yield Than That
Secured by Feeders.

fBy T. L. HACKER, Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station.)
Common COWS are frequently capa-
BILE of producing much larger milk
yield than the average feeder Sc
cures from the average common COW.
For ten years back we have always
had a number of COWS with no dairy
heredity in the dairy herd at the uni
versity farm. The average of 23 year
ly records of these COWS is 5000
pounds of milk and 222 pounds of but
ter.
The value of 222 pounds of butter at
27 cents a pound is equal in round
numbers to $50 The average COM
mon COW of this state produces a re-
turn yearly of but SAG. She is, there
fore yielding $14 year less than II
given the same care and feed that the
cows in the university herd received.
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GUIDANCE OF WOOL GROWERS
ture Issues Set of RuIes-Brand
Each Bale or Bag.

The following rules have been is
sued for the guidance Of wool growers
by the United States department OF
agriculture:
l. Adhere to settled policy OF
breeding the type OF sheep suitable TO
the locality
2. Sack lamb, eve, wether and
all buck, or very oily tleeces separate
ly. Ii the bucks or part of the ewes
or wethers have wool of widely differ.
ent kind from the remainder OF the
flock, shear such separately and put
the wool in separate sacks so marked
3. Shear all black sheep at one
time, preferably last, and put the wool
in separate sacks.
4. Remove and sack separately all
tags, and then allow no tag discount
upon the clip as whole.
5. Have Slated floors in the holding
pens.
6. Use a smooth, light and hard
glazed preferably paper) twne.
Z. Securely knot the string on each
fleece.
8. Turn sacks wrong side out and
shake well before filling.
9. Keep wool dry at all times.
10. Make the brands on the sheep
as small as possible and use a brand
ing material that will scour out.
IL. Know the grade and value of
your wool and price it accordingly.
II. DO not sweat sheep excessively
before shearing.
13. Keep the corral sweepings out
of the wool
IA. Do not sell the wool before it is
grown.
Is. When all these rules are fol,
lowed, place your personal brand or
your name upon the bags or bales.
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Nv Lord, the Elephant.

Recently an old circus man recount
ed a personal experience of an ele-
plants intelligence in obtaining what
1t wanted.
When feeding it with potatoes,
which the animal had been taking
from his hand. the animal failed to
secure one which rolled just out Of
the reach of it's trunk.
Contemplating the situation for q
few seconds, he blew a gust of wind
against the potato, causing IL to re-
bound against the wall, and thus to
come within reach.
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SHEEP NEED LITTLE CAPITAL
No other Way Of Investing Money on
Farm That Comes Back So
Profitaby or SO Soon.

Very little capital-that is, money
invested in sheep is called for, and
there is no other way of investing 1t
on any farm that comes back so profit
ably or so soon. One years use only
is called for before the money Is
coming back into the owners hands,
with it's double interest.
The fleece will pay one interest on
the cost and the lamb another, and
if the sheep have been well selected
there will be another interest paid
back in their growth. The benefit to
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
UNIFORMITY IN EGGS URGED
Light and Keep yhe Different
Sizes by Themselves.

1t will be worth an experiment to
assort eggs before selling them, by
separating the dark colored eggs from
those that are light. and also having
the different sizes together.
Appearance is worth a great deal
In the selling of an article, and eggs
will sell quicker than anything else if
sent to market in an attractive man
ner, which adds at least one-fourth
more to the prices.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
CHICKENS NEED GREEN FOOD
Cabbage Tied to Stake Is Excellent
Long stuff Is Liable to Cause
Trouble With Hens.

When green food is given to hens in
confinement it should always be cut
or chopped fine. A cabbage tied to
a stake is excellent, but variety is
better.
White clover, red clover, lawn grass,
tops of vegetables, or even young
corn fodder will be relished by the
hens if chopped into short lengths so
that they can easily eat it.
Long food sometimes causes the
hens to become crop bound.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
MAKE SUCCESS IN ORCHARDS
TilIaee Is Most Profitable Method
of Soil Management

(By DR. f.. Fl. JENKINS. Director Con
neCtiCut Experiment Station)
Certain sod orchards under special
conditions, such as heavy manure
mulching, together with some pastur-
ing to keep the grass down, give good
results-perhaps as good as clean cul-
tivation. But the skllful fruit grow
er can expect more than the law OF
averages will give. And even the gen.
eral grower should note that thorough
tillage is the most profitable method
of soil management.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
TREATMENT FOR HOG WORMS
Best Preventive Is to Give Animals
Clean Trouehs-keep Away From
Stagnant Water Pools.

To keep hogs free from worms they
should at all times have drink from
clean troughs, feed from clean floor
and keep away from yards, wallows,
manure piles, pastures and stagnant
waters.
For worms, give eight grains of san
TONNE and five grains of calomel for
every 100 pounds Of body weight.
Give the medicines in little slop
after starving the pigs for Is hours.
sary.
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the land will easily pay all the costs
of a dock for the years feeding, and,
in general, this service to the owner
of flock from the years feeding. ana
a field has been known to add so
much to the next season crop as TO
repay the whole amount OF money
cost of the sheep, but it is mistake
to start with too many.
Three sheep to the acre are suf'l-
cient for the land that can be appro-
priated for the feeding of them. Thus,
if one has ten acres or lanu that
can be used for flock each year,
20 sheep only should be procured. II
is an easy matter to add to the num-
Der If desired But it is to be con-
sIiered that the flock will grow very
fast, doubling almost, under favorable
conditions, every year, II well cared
for, and the ewes are not more than
three or four years old. 1t is a great
mistake to make start with hock
of old ewes, and is money and care
wasted.
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LIME VALUABLE IN FREEING
POTASH IN THE SOIL.
Fl. J. PATTER SON,
iaryland Agricultural College.

Maryland Agricultural College.
Lime has not only the effect of aid
ing in the formation Of unions of pot.
ash which will be held in the soil, but
ash from combinations which are
locked up and unavailable to plants.
This is particularly marked when lime
is applied TO land containing frag-
ments of feld-spar. Gypsum is par
ticularly useful in rendering potash
available, and the sulpbate of lime in
dissolved phosphates often have an
indirect value In this way.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
EMPTY A BARREL GRADUALLY
Labor-savlne Method Is Shown In H.
Iustration for Use With Powdered
or Granular Material.

The sketch shows a labor saving
method of emptying a barrel of pow
dered, or granular, material where the
emptying is to be done slowly. Instead
of taking out the material by SCOOP
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Use LIME FREELY
IN SOIL BUILDING
The Kind To Use And How To Apply
It Economically.
III. J. PATTERSON,
Maryland Agricultural College.

The kind of lime to apply will de-
pend almost entirely upon the relative
cost of the different forms. The main
function of lime is to correct acidity;
any form will do this but it requires
practically twice as much Ground
Limestone. or Shells, and IL times
as much Hydrated Lime as Burned
Lime to do the same amount of good.
The tineness to which the raw ma
terial is ground determines to great
extent its effectiveness. The finer the
better.
Whether we should use lime derived
from Lime Stone or Oyster Shells de-
pends upon how we are situated with
regard to transportation, since freight
rates are an important Item to con-
slider.
We cannot say that either source of
lime is decidedly better than the
other.
How To Apply Lime.
The method of spreading lime will
depend upon the kind~ used. If we
use Lump Lime we may slack it in
large pile and spread 1t with manure
spreader, or ii may be placed in small
piles over the field and after slack
ing, spread with shovels If the lat
ter method is used, 20 pound heaps
Il peck) placed 20 feet apart each
way, or one bushel 40 feet each way,
will provide about one ton per acre.
The small piles have the advantage
over the larger ones in stacking more
readily, and on account Of being close
together, will not necessitate it being
thrown so far with the shovels when
spreading. Mixing this Stacked Lime
with fine earth before spreading will
make it less disagreeable to handle,
If the ground Stone or Hydrated
Lime be used, the most convenient
way to distribute it will be with lime
spreader Caustic Lime should never
be mixed with manure or commercial
fertilizers. 1t Is better to plow the
manure under and put the lime on top
Of the soil after plowing. If CONNER
cial fertilizer is to be used the lime
should be applied a few weeks before
the application of the fertilizer Is
made.
Amounts OF Lime To Apply.
1t is generally the best practice 10
apply not less than one ton of Burnt
Lime or two tons of Ground Lime or
Stone Oyster Shells per acre Hy-
drafted Lime should be used at the
rate of IA tons per acre. Such an
application need not be given oftener
than once in five years, which makes
the cost not more than soc to $lO0
per acre per year.
When To Apply Lime.
There is no doubt a best time to ap-
ply lime and for many reasons that
time is just after the land is plowed
for the corn crop. The processes re-
uuired in securing good seed bed and
the cultivation of the corn will mix
the lime thoroughly with the top lay
ers of the soil where it will be most
effective in performing its main func-
tion; correcting acidity.
If clover has not been doing well
on the land and an application of lime
be given rs suggested we may expect
vigorous growth of that crop when
it Is again sown to clover Probably
on no other crop will lime have so
decided effect as on the clovers. If for
any reason we do not get TO make an
application of lime for corn We should
not hesitate to use it in the fall when
preparing the land for wheat
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
Lends Zest to Game.

The man who keeps accurate track
of his cows productlCu always has
record to beat, and beating former
record lends zest to any game.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
Grit Is Necessary.

1t is absolutely necessary to supply
grit, in order to keep fowls healthy,
as grit takes the place of teeth.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
Winter Horse Feeds.

DO not try to carry the horse
through the winter on hay or straw
ration. Such feeding induces indiges.
tion.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24
Measuring Productivity.

The productivity of live stock Is
measured by the value of the returns
to the farmer.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-02-24

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-25

Germany says it leads the world in
the use of machinery directly driven
by electric motors.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-25
GREENFIELD PAPER
RAISES ITS PRICE

GREENFIELD, Ind, Aug. 25.-The
high cost of print paper has caused
the Greenfield Reporter to announce
that on Monday, Sept 4, it will ad-
vance its subscription rate from 6
cents to 10 cents week 1t is paying
$40 ton for paper which formerly
sold at $45.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Aug. 25-In
order to conserve its supply of paper,
the Rushville Republican has cut off
all complimentary copies. This means
that hereafter there will be no dead
head" list.
WABASH, Ind, Aug. 25.-The Wa
bash Plain Dealer announces that
paper has advanced 800 per cent in
price and that there will be no more
free copies to anybody.
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BABIES YOU MUST ENTER CONTEST
FOR H0N0RS NOT LATER THAN SEPT. 2

Richmond's Better Baby contest will
be conducted September 5 to 8. All
babies must be registered before
September 2. These regulations were
sent out today by the contest COM
mittee composed Of Mrs. Lee Nus
baum, Mrs. Benjamin Rush and Mrs.
Millard Warfel, to the mother of every
child who was born in this city and
which is between the age Of six
months and two years.
The children may be registered on
any date between now and the close OF
the registrations between and II
o'clock in the morning and and
o'clock in the afternoon at the Social
Service headquarters in the court
house.
The entire time of the contest prop.
er will be taken up with the scoring
OF the children. Each child will be
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-25
AUG.
WITH THE CAMPERS

stacking tents was a popular diver
sion with some of the younger camp
ers Yesterday. Persons who spent the
day downtown were greeted with
scenes that resembled those on the
Dattie front in Europe on their re-
turn: Bedclothes, cots and other fur
hlshlngs were piled in a scrambled
mess. Several Of the culprits were
severely reprimanded by the chau-
tauqua police last night.
When you peacefully wrap yourself
IN the arms of Morpheus after pull
ing back the flaps of your tent to in
sure absolute privacy, you never know
where you will find yourself on awak-
enlng in the morning. Two campers
aWoke this morning to find that kind
friends, wishing them to get more
fresh air, had carried them from their
tents into the middle of Maple street,
while they slept
Already some of the folks on the
grounds have began the none to pleas
ant anticipation of the arduous labors
involved In moving the camp outfits
back to the city.
DR.. Jordan. platform manager, has
nattered the chautauqua audiences
into believing that they are unusually
well behaved. Consequently there is
a minimum of talking and other dis
tracing events during the numbers
on the program.
Personal experiences and testi-
mOnials Of sleepers at chautaunna
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-25
CONCERT COMPANY
WARMLY RECEIVED

The Fisher-Shipp Concert company.
which appeared at the Chautauqua
yesterday afternoon and evening, was
welcomed with enthusiasm. The
Fisher-Shipp company, and Mrs. Fish
er-Shipp in particular, make special
ty of doing a great many different
things. and songs, instrumental solos,
costume pieces, and movie" imitation
followed each other in rapid success
ion
One of the hits of the evening was
series of songs in costume by Mrs
Fisher-Shipp She sang German,
Irish, Italian and American character
songs, making her costume changes
between numbers in less than min
ute.
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Personal experiences and testi-
monials Of sleepers at chautauqua