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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14
Feeding the Dairy Cow

Feeding the Dairy Cow
In these days Of high-priced food
stuffs of all kinds, the farmer is con-
fronted with the problem of how to
get the most from his cows in return
for the expensive grain and other
feed which they eat. The object is
to feed the cow so as to secure the
maximum milk production for the
amount of feed used.
Food Requirements of Milk
The quantity of food required by a
milking COW depends upon many fac
tors, the chief of which are the kind
of food, the quantity of milk yielded,
the quality of the milk, as well as
the individuality, the weight and the
age of the animal.
Effect of Food on the Composition
of Milk
The most important ways that food
affects milk are its quantity and It's
flavor. The idea prevails that it is
possible to feed fat into milk. After
much experimental work it has been
found to increase or diminish the per-
centage of fat by changes in the
amount and character of food.
Food and Flavor of Milk
1t is definitely known that certain
foods, especially if fed in large guam
titles, impart bad odors to the milk.
Chief among such foods are cabbage,
turnips, onions, wild leeks and the
like. Because of the ilL-effects of
some of these foods on the flavor of
milk, the order Of feeding certain
of these foods assumes much import
ance. In the case of cabbage, turnips
and the like it is best that they be
fed after milking. Perhaps the ideal
way is to feed grain and succulent
food together, sprinkling the grain
over the succulent food, and then
when both these are cleaned up, to
feed the hay.
Effect of Food on Quantity of Milk
Occasionally the statement that we
cannot increase the percentage of fat
in milk by feeding is taken to mean
that we cannot increase the total fat
yield. This, of course, is not true
We can very materially increase the
total flow of milk by liberal feeding
This is demonstrated on every hand
On the farms where no succulent food
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14

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The good roads movement is now
fairly launched in Michigan, but the
good roads problem assumes each
The first great essential, an
awakened interest in the movement, is
now a reality. The solution of the
problem as to methods and kind Of
material is, as yet, in its initial
stages. Permanent road improvement
must be made. This, the automobile
has made imperative. Shall these
roads be gravel or stone or a combi-
nation Of both? Must the crushed
stone road be built with some sort of
binder to hold the top-dressing in
place? If so, what material is best
for this? Is the county system of
road building best? What progress
has been made under the township
system? How about the contract
method? These are some of the
questions to be asked and answered
in solving the good roads problem.
In the writer's section permanent
road Improvement is no longer in its
infancy. The pioneers in this work
are to be found in the writer's own
township. This township now pos
sesses IL miles of state reward, ma
cadam highway, constructed entirely
under the township system. Other
localities near at hand, have made al
most as much progress. Neverthe-
less, the problem is not, in my town
ship or any others wholly solved.
These road builders mentioned are
enthusiastic over the township sys-
TEN. They think from experience,
that it is best. In other sections, just
as enthusiastic supporters of the
county system may be found.
But like all new movements, time
is necessarily an important factor in
the determination of the wisdom of
certain fundamental points. Time is
proving in my township and in other
localities, that certain alterations
must be made in the method of stone
road construction. Taken as a whole,
the macadam road built in this sec
ton, is everlasting. But the top
dressing which makes the road desir-
able, is not standing the test. Eth
er the method of construction must
be altered, or a binder of some kind
must be used. The fine crushed stone
on the surface is sucked up by the
tires of the rapidly driven automo-
biles, washed by heavy rains, and
blown away by high winds. On main
Travelled roads the wear and tear
from countless automobiles is some
thing terrific. The problem is to find
something that will stand the strain.
In its main features the crushed
stone road is a success. To do away
with the necessity of too frequent re-
pairing, however, new methods in con-
struction must be introduced.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14
F A r. M A N D
O r G. H A r d


sociations. The function of these or
CARNATIONS is to make available, at
slight expense, the services of pure
bred bulls for the herds of the as
sociated farmers. 1t has been found
that often the total value of the scrub
bulls owned by farmers is sufficient
to supply through bull association
pure-bred bulls for the herds of all.
A number of "blocks" of the asso-
citation members are formed and a
pure-bred bull placed in each. The
bulls are shifted every two years to
prevent inbreeding.
A considerable proportion of the
nearly % million cows in the United
States are too inferior to produce
profitably. Where the bull associa-
tions have been formed the grade of
the stock has been raised appreciably.
Dairy specialists Of the department
believe that these associations will be
an important factor in increasing the
quality of dairy cattle throughout
the country.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14
POULTRY
CONSULTING DEPARTMENT
A Disease Preventive

l hesitate to tell what reliance /
place on permanganate Of potash in
the care of my 400 hens, because there
are lot of people who will think
dose my fowls.
/ buy ten cents worth and put half
Of it in a pint bottle and fill with wa
ter, and every time water my hens
or chicks of any age l pour enough
of the permanganate of potash COM
pound in the water to color it pink.
find this remedy much more valuable
to control bowel trouble than for the
treatment of colds for which it is CT
ten recommended. Before tried this
method-or preventative rather-one
sick hen or chick would spread in
lection like an endless chain letter,
but since l find such cases of bowel
trouble as have to contend with, do
not spread rapidly and are easily con-
trolled. And do you ask why? Be
cause the permaDganate of potash in
the water kills the germs that would
otherwise multiply and spread to the
rest of the hens from the sick one.
/ have been following this method
for three or four years and cannot
see that it has harmed my poultry in
any way. They thrive and lay at all
times of the year.
Permanganate of potash comes
from the drug store labeled poison
but when so much reduced that ten
cents worth will last for big flock
six months, it has no harmful effect
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14

Increases of from $40 to $15 and in
some cases much higher in the annual
profits from each dairy cow have re-
suited from the organization of CO.
operative cow-testing associations in
EAe United States, according to sta
tistics gathered by the Dairy Division
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. The expense of men,
bership in these associations, on the
other hand, has been only about $1.52
per cow per year. The organizations
therefore have been very profitable.
Because of the great and obvious
economic advantages arising from the
associations dairy specialists of the
department believe that the organiza-
tions are one of the most important
factors for the upbuilding and devel-
opement Of the dairy industry in this
country. Such an organization con-
sists generally of twenty-six farm
ers, living within a radius of few
miles, who cooperate to hire an expert
tester to keep accurate accounts of
the amounts and cost of feed consum-
ed by each cow in the association,
the quantity of milk produced by
each and its richness in butter fat.
These statistics usually reveal the
fact that some cows are not produc-
ing enough to pay for their keep,
while others are highly profitable.
vlcting on this information the own
'er of the cows disposes of the least
desirable of his animals and makes
up his herd exclusively Of those that
produce a considerable profit.
The membership of the association
is placed at twenty-six so that the
tester can make complete round each
month, devoting one work day to each
member, and that he may keep his
records on a monthly basis. 1t has
been found by careful experiments
that the averages based on monthly
tests do notvary more than two per
cent from the production, as shown
by daily observations. Since the test
er is an expert and can make the
necessary tests and computations
rapidly, and since he can be depended
on to make his observations indie
pendently of pressure of work on the
Individual farm, the owners of dairy
cows find it cheaper to have their
testing done through the association
than to undertake to do it themselves.
There are now nearly $50 cow
testing associations in the United
States, 1875 having been added during
the last year. These associations
have an aggregate membership of
$500 farmers, owning approximately
10000 cows. The cow-testfng as
ISOLATION originated in Denmark in
1895 and the first Of the organiza-
tions in this country was formed in
Michigan in 1906. Because of the
value of the associations to the dairy
industry of the country the United
States Department of Agriculture is
stimulating interest in them and is
assisting farmers in their organiza-
ton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14
Poultry in Small FIocks

A FREQUENT cause of failure in the
poultry business is the fact that too
many hens are kept in the same flock.
Small flocks make for success, as has
been proven to our satisfaction many
times. Even in the winter, pens of
from twelve to twenty birds are bet
ter than larger collections, while in
the summer the colony plan seems to
be the ideal way of caring for fowls.
If we would seek the causes, OF these
facts, we find that birds on the range,
with the colonies scattered around
the farm, pick up much more Of their
food, for they cover larger terri
tory. Then, also, it is food particu-
larry to the liking of the hens and
particularly adapted to keeping
them in health and producing condi--
ton. 1t is easier to keep the small
house or pen free from mites than the
large building. While in the aggre-
gate the work Of caring for small
fiocks amounts to more than the work
of caring for the same number OF
birds in one flock, yet we much pre-
fer to clean a number OF small
houses than one large one. Diseases
can be combatted more readily In the
small flock and a closer watch may
be kept on the health and production
of the hens. If large number are
kept together and allowed to run at
large about the building the soil soon
becomes foul. 1t requires constant
blowing and turning over to keep such
soil in fit condition for the hens to
run on. This problem does not APP
pear in connection with the colony
plan.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14

How can we prevent frost gather
ing in poultry house? Our coop If
14x100 with 18 windows and ii mus
lin sahes and has 500 pullets and Q
few cockerels. All is fine through
the day but at night when we shut
muslin sashes frost gathers on cell
ing. A. ID. s.
1t is very difficult for us to suggest
the cause of the frost gathering in
your poultry house, as you do not tell
us the type of your coop.
Apparently you have plenty of win
dow space and sufficient muslin
sashes to give plenty of ventilation.
Even when coops are properly con-
structed with reference to the matter
of ventilation, there is very often con-
densation of moisture on the ceiling,
consequently a gathering of frost
which does no serious harm.
This is caused by the warmer air of
the coop coming in contact with the
colder air of the ceiling and condens-
ing the moisture. If the coop does
net feel cold and damp in the morn
ing, / do not believe you need worry
about the frost gathering on the cell
ing.
You might prevent it by putting the
muslin sashes nearer to the top, thus
causing the escape of the warm air
and in that way nearly equalizing the
temperature of the inside and out
side of the roof.
The type Of house used may sug-
gest a remedy along this line.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14
Agricultural Department
Conducted by C. w. PeHet- Agricultural Teacher
in Bedding High School

is fed during the winter, and very
little grain, it is well-known that
the cows will give a much larger flow
when turned to pasture in the spring.
On the average the percentage of fat
will remain the same.
The mich COW requires a liberal
amount of water. She not only has
the demands of her body to meet, but
must supply water for the milk as
well. The two factors in watering
the milking COW are regularity and
temperature of water in winter.
Whatever method of watering is en-
ployed, the animal should be watered
regularly and uniformly.~ To make
the cow drink ice cold water is an
expensive practice. 1t requires
much food to heat this water to the
body temperature and the animal will.
not drink as much as it needs.
Winter Feeding of Dairy ows
Winter Feeding of Dairy Cows
sive, and the profit to be derived will
depend in large part, upon the eco
nomy of the winter ration. This does
not mean that the cow should be fed
sparingly; on the other hand, the
good dairy COW should be fed abund-
antly with a variety of nutritious
feeds. A good dairy COW should
make economical use of seven to ten
pounds of grain per day, and fifteen
to twenty pounds of dry forage, or
better still, thirty or forty pounds of
succulent food, and five to ten pounds
Of dry forage, or hay; the exact
amount to be varied to meet condi-
tions. The following are some ra-
tons collected from various sources
and apply to a 1000-pound dairy COW
yielding twenty-five pounds of aver
age milk:
/. Three pounds cornmeal
Three pounds oats.
Two pounds linseed meal
Twenty pounds hay.
2. Three pounds oats.
Three pounds wheat bran.
Two pounds gluten feed.
Fifty pounds roots.
Cornstalks.
8. Three pounds middlings.
Three pounds dry brewers
grains.
Two pounds linseed meal.
Forty pounds corn silage.
Hay.
4. Four pounds oats.
Two pounds cornmeal.
Twenty pounds alfalfa hay.
Question. Of what value are soft
coal ashes as fertilizer. p. V. A.
Answer. Wood ashes are valuable
to correct acidity Of acid soils, but
coal ashes are insoluble and add moth
ing to the fertility of the soil.
Ever notice how you appreciated
the company of people who admire
you?
Bronchial coughs are not trifling.
They are even menacing if allowed to
hang on all winter. Foley's Honey
and Tar will check them.
CONNELL'S DRUG STORE
WORTLEY & FRENCH
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14

Bronchial coughs are not trifing.
They are even menacing if allowed to
hang on all winter. Foley's Honey
and Tar will check them.
C0NNELL'S DRUG STORE
WORTLEY & FRENCH
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14
Buu Associations

Another and somewhat similar line
of cooperative work which is being
encouraged by the department for the
improvement of dairying and cattle
raising is the formation of bull as
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14

Ever notice how you appreciated
the company of people who admire
you?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14

Question. Of what value are soft
coal ashes as fertilizer. p. V. A.
Answer. Wood ashes are valuable
to correct acidity Of acid soils, but
coal ashes are insoluble and add moth
ing to the fertility of the soil.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14

are sweet, wholesome, crisp and pos
sessing the wonderful egg producing
qualities will increase your egg yield
q great deal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14
Feed Snrouted Oats

From now on your fowls need some
good, succulent green food and you
can find nothing better than sprout-
ed oats. Correctly sprouted oats,
such as can be produced regularly.
cheaply and quickly in real first
class sprouting, and having oats that
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-14
Students Study Up-to-Date Farms

StuQtUtS Otuuy Op-tO-DatC dt uto
The boys of the agricultural clas-
ses of the St. Johns high schools, to-
gether with their fathers and other
interested persons, are to make trip
to the farm Of few of Clinton
county's most progressive famers.
Each boy will carry note book and
pencil and will make a careful study
of each place visited. Short talks
and an opportunity to ask questions
will be given at each place. This is
one of the several trips planned for
these classes, each of which is intend
ed to show the practice as well as
the theory of agriculture.
The places to be visited are: Geo.
Lapham & Sons Holstein-F reisian
dairy farm; Ormstron & Sons Guern-
sey Dairy farm; Hubbard's mule
farm, where may be seen also Mr..
Hubbard's big octogonal barn; the
Austin Cowles farm, where Mr.. Cow
les is feeding several hundred head
of steers, sheep and hogs; and pos
sibly Mr.. Bishops Belgian horse
farm and Anderson's Shorthorn
herd. From here, each automobile
will take the most direct route home,
Dinner may be obtained in Elsie.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
FOUR DEGREES IN
 MASONRY CONFERRED
 DURING AFTERNOON

The third days session of the Scottish Rite Reunion convened this afternoon at 3:OO o'clock in odd Eel. lows hall under the auspices Of Al. aska chapter Knights Rose Croiy. The interesting work of the first body of the Rite was concluded last night with the conferring of the l4th degree by the officers of the Lodge of Perfection. This session which is one of the most interesting of the Rite was largely attended by the membership.
 This afternoon and evenings ses- sion will comprise that portion of the degrees from the fifteenth to the Eighteenth, the eighteenth being con terred in full form by the officers of the Rose Croix under the direc- ton of Sumner F. Smith, Acting Wise Master.
 The delayed delegates arrived th's afternoon and joined the class which is taking the degrees.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
.FURTHEST NORTH RADIO STATION IS NOW WORKING Bureau of Education Has Fully Equipped Place
 on the Kobuk
 River. OPERATOR BREAKS IN Causes COnSternatiOn as He Asks for the News of the World; Joke
 Wasn't One.
OPERATOR BREAKS IN

SEATTLE, Jan. 31.-The rurthest north radio station on American soil now open and doing business is op- erated under the auspices of the Federal Bureau of Education at Nor. vik, on the Kobuk river, according to an announcement just received by the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commer. cial Club, says the Post lntelligen. cer. This is the new native settle. nent established by the bureau on a native reservation made for that purpose. Last year a teacher who also understood radiography arrived from the outside, and with him was shipped a wireless outfit
 Nome was startled later on by the bureau radio man sending down notification that his station was in working order and asking for the news. The wireless men. who had overlooked the fact that this station had been erected. first thought that they were being joked by some one with a trGnsmitter apparatus. After a while, however they realized the fact in receiving a regular message in due form from the Norvik sta ton.
 It is reported that the Bureau of Education has under consideration the erection of another wireless station at Barrow, whereby regular communications through Noryik may be had with this point on the Arc tic ocean and Nome and the outside Any important news which might be well to make known from the north could then be transmitted from Barrow
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
GARBAGE DUMPING
 ALONG THE STREETS
 WILL BE A CRIME

Dumping garbage along the edge of lower Front Street must stop, cording to orders issued by the po- lice committee today. Complaints have been received by the city Of. ficials for some time that certain persons have been in the habit of dumping garbage over the side of the street, at points where the tides sel. dom reaches the piles
 The police and street departments have been instructed to secure the evidence against any one caught dumping garbage along the street and they will be prosecuted by the city under the ordinance, which pre-. vents the dumping of garbage inside the city limits.
 w. D. Kesselring, of the street de- pertinent stated today that the par ties are known, and that as soon as they are caught they will be hauled up." A watch has been set in an endeayor to secure the necessary evi. dence.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
ALMA IS BACK ON
 RUN TO THE ISLAND

The big ferry Alma, of the Ju- neau Ferry & Navigation Co. fleet, is again on the run between Juneau and other channel points. The ma chinery of the Alma has been taken apart and given a complete over- hauling during the time she has been off the run and no further trouble is anticipated this sum mer.
 The Lone Fisherman, which broke her rudder early this week is on the beach and repairs are being made to her. As soon as she is in shape she will be taken off and used as an auxiliary to replace the Alma, if any further trouble develops.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
FARM LANDS

Z OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAIL- ROAD co. GRANT LANDS. Title to same reyested in United States by Act of Congress dated June g., 1916. Two million three hundred thousand acres to be opened for set clement and sale. Power site, timber and agricultural lands. Containing some Of the best lands left in United States. Large sectional map and description, showing lands, price one dollar. GRANT LANDS LOCAT- ING CO.,, P. o. Box 61O, Portland, Oregon. M23.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
NORTHWESTERN IS
 DUE TONIGHT FROM
 SOUTH; WATSON HERE

Word was received in Juneau this morning tiat the steamcr Northwest. ern Is due to arrive here t1nlSht atout II o'clock. The Northweslsru has been fumigated by the medical authorities at Ketchikan, and every passenger and member Of the crew has been vaccinated The Nor.h western has a good list of passcn. gers for Juneau.
 The Alaska, from the westward, w!ll be due in port tonight at IJ o'clock The Watson arrived from she south this afternoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
OLD CAIN SIGNS ARE
 REPLACED BY THE ZYNDAS

Within a few days nothing will remain on the Hotel Zynda to re- mind people that the place was ever named the Cain. Ed Keith, of Ken drick and Ferte sign painters is busy plotting out the old Hotel Cain signs from the windows of the hotel and will within few days replace them with Hotel Zynda," which is expected to remain on the window for all time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
Here's the Dope Sheet.
Wants a Miner.

Pardon this letter from an entire stranger, but would like the adresses of some nice respectable working men, min CTS preferred, that would care to write to a respectable work ing woman 38 years of age, good cook, good housekeeper. I would like to settle down in a little home of my own.
 SEATTLE" If cupid happens to hit any of tn above preferred" men in Juneau O adjacent "honey-love" territory, tn postmaster or The Empire can giv the right addresses.
 No trihers need apply.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
FIRE IN APARTMENTS

A small fire in the wall of the Juneau Apartments was extinguished by those discovering the blaze, with ont calling out the department. The walls caught fire from an overheated stove and the damage amounted to about $15.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07
SHACKLEFORD LEAVING.

Lewis p. Shackleord, well known Juneau attorney and Republican leader expects to leave today for the south where he has legal bus mess demanding his attention.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07

A Three-In-One P2!icy pays month. ly indemnities for sickness or acci- dent and one tenth of face of policy annually for life if permanently dis nbled. Call R. R. Stewart, Gas tineau. felt.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-07

Miss Margaret Lahoyary, said to be a member of the royal family of Roumania, has just arrived in America with Prince Emanuel Bi' bescu, of Roumania, who, 1t is be-
 licved, is on mysterious mission. When approached by reporters be refused to give any reason for his +in NY. Il. Spoela!