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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16

1t has certainly proved of vast value
to the coast artillery, which as a Sec
ond and third line Of defense will be
Entrusted with the defense of New
York. The first line is the navy. the
fourth is the mobile army.
Newport, R. l., the seat of q torpedo
factory, mine base, fuel station, mu-
milton magazines, the naval war COL
lege and other departments of high
naval Importance, was formally trans
ferred from the control of Collector of
Customs Fftzsimmons to Rear Admiral
Austin M. knight. The latter immedi-
ately set about protecting the harbor
and the entire Narragansett bay naval
district against any emergency.
Mines were collected at Forts Greble
and Adams ready for distribution in
the waters of the harbor approaches.
Every strategic center was placed IN
der double guard, the public was re-
fused admission and troops refused
leave of absence except In special in
stances. Officers received what is
known as the mobilization slate" in
d1cating the posts which they will be
called upon to fill in the event of an
actual mobilization order.
The naval torpedo factory was espe-
cially busy. Extra time by workers
and operation in shifts have been or
dered, while efforts were made to re-
cruit 400 additional machinists. Three
torpedo boat destroyers, with a full
quota Of torpedoes, are protecting the
factory and ready at the same time to
perform such other duties as the COM
mandant may order.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
THE AVERAGE REFoRMER.
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The average reformer having so
little at stake himself, plunges about
like bull in china shop, regard
less OF the results of his ardor.
An amusing incident is told of the
Secretary of Commerce. The can
manufacturers put up a howl that
unless they could get tin-plate to
make up, no canning of fruits and
vegetables could be done, so without
looking over the field it is said that
an order was made that steel was to
be diverted by the manufacturers
from other projects and put at the
disposal of the can manufacturers.
1t looked all right on the face of it,
but when the manufacturers of har-
vesting machinery demanded steel
which they contracted for, and found
that there was not steel for aprons,
1t having been diverted to cans, a
hurry-up call modifying the order
was issued, so that our harvesting
machines could be made in time for
the growing crop.
This illustrates how many plans
are ignorantly made robbing Peter
to pay Paul. Every enthusiast
who has pet reform which is
always hitting some other business
instead of his own, never looks
around to see what the effect will be
before he plunges. The manufac-
turers of feed and the most success
full feeders in the country have a
right to demand that that delicate
machine-the dairy cow-shall not
be wrecked by hasty legislation.
Revolutionary reforms are seldom
etticacious. Anything which disturbs
the, food equilibrium should be
handled gradually. Experience has
shown that the most efficient way to
handle cereal products is to remove
the human food first and feed the
residue to stock. Any other system
is sheer extravaganza.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
HOME MIXED FEEDS.

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When man undertakes to mix his
own rat1ons, what does he do? He
buys straight feeds. Take cottonseed
meal as common example. There
are great many different grades of
cottonseed meal, and the man who is
looking for low-priced feed is sure
to get a low grade. The demand for
cheap feeding ingredients has caused
the quality to be gradually whitfield
down. Consequently the farmer
nearly always works with feeds which
are poorer than he believes them to
be. He does not get adequate state
protection because inspectors do not
go to a farmers barn to draw SAM
pies, and even if they did, it would be
hard to get complete chain of evil
dence.
A farmer has no facilities for hav-
ing his feed analysed and he doesn't
know what he is working with. The
analyses Of mixed feeds costs about
ten cents per ton, and If every farmer
will read the various bulletins from
the agricultural colleges he will soon
know those brands which can be de-
pended upon. There is no doubt that
at the present prices of grain any
farmer can save money by selling his
cereal crops and buying mixed feed.
Cornmeal, oil meal and cottonseed
meal are all high, but the by-products.
of barley and rye are all more reason
able in price.
Corn has become costly largely due
to the demand for pork and beef.
Americans will have those meats at
almost any price. This puts corn on
meat basis, and the dairy business
will have to fall back on the by-prod-
ucts of grains
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
The EEsT DAIRY FEED
Made From Grain From Which the
Human Food Values Have
Been Taken. I
BY ProfA F.. D. Fuller.

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Inc reason why the best dairy
reeds are less expensive than the same
grains on the farm is because the
principal elements of human food are
taken from these grains before they
are ever made into feed. The by
products of cereal mills, glucose fac
tories, malt houses, etc., constitute
often more than so per cent of the
total bulk of mixed dairy feeds of the
better class.
These oats, barley and corn BY
products are considered by experts in
animal nutrition as~very valuable
feed materials. After these cereals are
ground in the manufacture of alcohol,
Tor which the use is growing more i'm
portant daily in the arts, the solid
residue is dried in vacuo, and is then
known as "dried grains" If made
from corn, these grains contain on an
average of about 80 per cent crude
protein and 10 per cent crude fat. If
made from rye, while valuable, they
are OF somewhat lower feed value.
The barley residue contains over 20
per cent more crude protein than
wheat bran and twice as much crude
tat. In fact, their food value is
largely ipcreased-by the PROCESS.
All these products are widely used
by the best dairy feeders and are re-
lied upon very extensively in milk
production. There is no doubt of the
TACT that if the supply Of these prod
ucts were radically limited or entirely
exhausted, it would have a serious ef-
feet upon the milk production
throughout the country and the
dairymen would have one more bur-
den added to their already overtaxed
strength.
Cottonseed meal is composed prin-
clpally of the kernel, with such DOR
ton of the hull as is necessary in the
manufacture of oil. Cottonseed meal,
II choice, must contain at least IL per
cent crude protein. 1t is one of the
richest of all feeds in this substance
and carries about per cent crude
tat. On account of it's extreme con-
centration it can be fed only in lin
tied quantities and always in con-
junction with some products to fur
nlsh bulk. This meal is an important
ingredient in many manufactured
feeds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
WRONG FEEDING METHODS.

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There is an old story about a ship
captain who had a medicine chest. A
sailor was sick and he found that No.
AZ in his book was the indicated rem
.edy, but alas! the bottle of No. At
was empty, so he took equal parts of
No. 40, which was strychnine, and
No. Z, which was carbolic acid, and
added them together and made No. At
and the sailor died.
The application of this old story is
that many a feeder will think that II
a little of cottonseed. or oilseed meal
is good, a whole lot will be better.
And, like the man who put the green
spectacles on the horse and fed him
shavings-just after he got him
trained the horse died.
1t is human nature to experiment
in feeds, and the poor COW has to SUI
fer for an overdose or an underdose
before the proper ration is estab-
lished.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
DOUBLE DUTY
a Dairy Ration Has Two Main Uses
Life and Product.
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"A ration ID divided into two Iarts:
l.. The part needed to maintain or
keep the animal alive.
z. The part needed to make
stored up material like wool, fat,
meat or milk. .-.
Milk is roughly in solids, one-third
each casein (protein), fat and sugar.
The casein in milk can only be fur
nished by the protein in. the food.
The fat and sugar may be derived
from either protein, fat or carbo-
hydrates..
If cow has the ability to give so
pounds of milk containing two pounds
OF casein, and only gets enough pro-
tein to make one pound of casein,
then she will only give Is pounds of
milk.
A balanced ration is one that has
Just the exact amount of protein, fat
and carbohydrates that the COW
needs Just what this is we cannot
ever say exactly, because the amounts
vary from week to week and no two
COWS are alike, nor are feeds alike.
A practical ration is one that has
sufficient protein and enough total
food to make the greatest amount of
milk without the COW losing weight.
A commercially successful ration is
the one that makes the most milk or
profit, keeps the COW healthy and en-
ables the use of the most roughage.
All the hay and ensilage :. COW can
eat will keep her alive and make
about Is pounds of milk. Any more
milk has to come from grain or grain
feed.
The farm can usually raise carbo-
hydrates cheap in the form of hay and
ensllage, and, outside of clover, peas,
etc., protein can usually be bought
cheaper than it can be raised.
The average price of protein feeds
with 20 per cent digestible protein
was about SIS to $35 per ton before
the war, but the prices are much
higher now, while hay (clover) with
5R per cent digestible protein has
been rated at $40 per ton, so the pro-
tein feed at $40 would furnish protein
about the same as clover at $40.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16

fields communication to congress
shows that serious thought has been
given to the idea.
1t is also possible that with the great
weight in congress attached to the
magic word farmer" the members
will give the fish commission a new
building with more alacrity. The free
seed legislation always meets unani-
nous approval Perhaps In some fu-
ture congress along with the packages
OF turnip seed and corn there will be
sent out under congressional franks
letters something like this: o.
my Esteemed Constituent am
sending you under separate cover a
choice collection Of fish eggs, including
the roe Of the shad, the perch, the dace,
the club and the dogfsh. Plant these
in your fish ponds, where 1 hope they
will grow to be large and luscious
fishes"
Secretary Redfield has been a consist
ent booster for the bureau of fisheries
since he took Office in the department of
commerce, and under his administra-
ton the country has received several
valuable suggestions as to the edibility
of fish little known hitherto. On the
subject of fish for farms he says to con-
gress:
Nothing has been done toward the
improvement of the races of fishes in
respect to size, vigor, rapidity of growth
and edible qualities. It is certain that
the culture Of fish in ponds on farms
will assume importance within the next
few years, and the farmer should have
at his command the best brood stock
obtainable and information in regard to
its handling and improvement at least
equal In reliability to that which he
can obtain respecting poultry"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
DIFFERENT cows, Different
FEEDS
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NO suggestions that we can offer
nor any other formula that can be
made can be followed to the letter as
druggist follows the prescription of
physician. Feeds vary in their nu-
tritive values, some being better than
the average and some not as good,
and COWS vary in their ability to d.
gest and transform nutriment. These
conditions make it necessary for the
feeder to use good deal of judgment
and not follow too blindly the sugges-
tons of others. Any good stock feed
is recommended as base, to be SUD-
plemented by homegrown roughage.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
U. S. LAYS SUBMARINE NET.
II Blocks Entrance to Hampton Roads
and 10 Two Miles Long.

II Blocks Entrance to Hampton Roads
and 10 Two Miles Long.
Norfolk, Ya.-As protection against
hostile submarines powerful steel net
has been placed in Hampton Roads be-
tween Fort Wool and the government
pier at Fort Monroe The net blocks
entrance to the entire channel of the
roads and affords absolute protection
to Fort Monroe and Old Point Com
fort.
The net was laid with SO much Sc
crecy that it's presence was not known
until masters Of vessels were forbidden
to pass over it without authority from
the commanding officer Of the navy pa
troll boats now on duty in the roads.
The net Is about two miles long. It's
efficiency was proved by the capture
Of the steamship Madison.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
NO YELLOW PERIL
Terauchi Says War Binds Amerl.
ca and Japan.
RELATIONS NOT ENDANGERED.

Baron Goto Says He Hopes Nations
Will Find Prineiples on Which to
Base Abiding Relations Of Mutual
Trust and Confidence-Greetlna Ca
bIed to President Wilson.
Tokyo, Japan.-"By the participation
OF the United States In the war our
ties are strengthened" declared Pre-
mier Terauchi at the first dinner of
the recently formed Observation-Disclosures
society.
He had just asserted that never In
the history Of their intercourse have
the two countries come to such a pass
as to endanger cordial relationship,
and he went on to say: I'VE are on the
eve Of Joining our resources In chas-
Using q common and obdurate foe In
the cause Of world peace. The friend
~ relations Of the two countries should
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
"lT'S REAL SPORT"

This Fighting Of DueIs In Air, Aviator
+ on FurIough Says. IN.
Cleveland, Otis real sport" said
Robert Rockwell, a member of the
French aviation service. who is home
on furlough.
1.-The Americans in the SERVICE" said
Rockwell, "look upon it as sport. They
forget it is war. When we come back
and, laughing, tell how some enemy
birdman escaped, our officers remind
US we are at war;"
Rockwell went to France two years
ago as member of the hospital serv-
ice. He Joined the air squad last
March. He will rejoin the service on
the Somme front. His cousin, Kif1in
Rockwell, was killed in an air duel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16

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Starchy feeds like corn and oats
often sell as high as protein feeds be.
cause of the demand for them for
horses and other work animals.
Starchy feeds are also good to fatten
steers. That is why they are often as
high in price as dairy feeds, which are
strong in protein.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
FISTS TESTED RECRUITS.
Riley Made Sure Men He Recommend.
ed Were Fighters.

Riley Made Sure Men He Recommend
cd Were Fighters.
Chicago.-Tom Riley Of West Fiji
teenth street was told at the recruiting
station that he was too old to fight, al
though he begged for an opportunity to
enlist.
II guess I'm too old to fight" he said,
as he twisted his gnarled and bony
hands, "but maybe can send ye some
likely lads. Whin they comes in, cap,
and tell We THERE firm Tom Riley, take
me word they'll be all right
That was one day recently. Since
then more than twenty five huskies
have come in, saying they were ire
cruited" by Tom Riley. Barring black
eyes and bruised faces, they were ideal
recruits and were gladly accepted.
Old Tom himself appeared again at
the station and was Informed that all
OF his recruits had been accepted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
DIFFICULT TO MIX FEEDS
A More Scientific Result Can Be Pro-
duced BY Machinery.

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AS no two lots run alike, it is very
difficult to mix straight by-products
of oats, barley, rye, corn, cotton-seed,
1axseed, etc., by measure, because it ia
purely guessing. Only few years ago
Intentional fraud or unintentional
carelessness was the rule. Before the
feed laws were. passed, each manu-
facturer adulterated all the trade
would stand.
Every car of feed sold to the con-
sumner is not analysed, and the farmer
cannot become feed expert because
he has no laboratory. Not one car
out of five hundred is officially in
spected. In the old days country
miilers were throwing feeds together
with no knowledge of feed and were
running valuable cows and making the
farmer poorer. In those days the feed
tables were wrong, the feeds didn't
1T the tables; the digestible analysis
method was incorrect; feed standards
for animals were not agreed upon nor
complete; the animals didn't fit the
Standards the buyer didn't know
what was in the feeds he bought to
mix; and there was an unavoidable
variation in the concentration of the
feed. s.-........
These conditions have been largely
overcome through the joint action Of
the government and state experiment
stations 2rr' :niyed feed manu-
facturers who have every facility for
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Using these scientifically prepared
feeds, many herd has doubled it's
yielu and profits. There are some
painters who can buy lead, oil and
dryer and mix and match their own
color uniformly but the best painters
of today have learned that mill-made
brands are much better than any
thing they can mix with a paddle.
The same is true in fertilizers to q
great extent. In mixed feeds there
can be no economy in home mixing
because the mixing factories, being
near the large markets, can utilize
by-products to the very best advan-
tage. Home mixing cannot be accom-
plished at one-tenth of a cent per h.,
besides the result is never twice alike
and cannot be without the help of
laboratory
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
SALT FOR CATTLE.

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Professor Henry says that COW
requires three-quarters of an ounce
per day per 1000 lbs. of weight and
six-tenths of an ounce per day per 20
lbs. milk. Therefore, a cow which
weighs 1900 lbs. and gives 30 lbs. milk
should have 1.S ounce salt. It must
be remembered, however, that salt is
generally included in high-grade dairy
feeds: 1t is we'll to give COWS access
to extra salt. They will take what
their roughage demands.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
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A practical test shows that eight
tons of a first class dairy feed will re-
place 13 1-3 tons of farm grain, max
ing proportionate saving of about
$40 per ton and it also puts three
times as much fertilizer back on the
farm as is in the grain this farmer
could SELL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
Shave Renew. Hi. Youth.

Bridgeville, Del. Shaved for the
first time in fifty years, Daniel F.
Long, who lives outside Of Bridgevflle,
Is expecting to become regular vii
lage "cutup." Long is about eighty
years old and has not been shaved
since he was thirty years old. Long
has never visited a large city, never
saw a circus, never was on railroad
train and never went to moving pic
ture show. He expects to go to a
movie" and plans to visit Philadel-
phia on the next excursion.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
MINE FIELDS LAID,
Entrances to Important Harbors
Are Quickly Protected.
COAST ARTILLERY IS READY.

Every Square Foot Of Water Near Port
Of New York Made Unsafe Even For
Rowboat-Rear Admiral Knight Set
About Safeguarding Narrasansstt
Bay Naval District.
Washington.-When the break with
Germany came two of the most elabo-
rate and intricate mine fields that a
nation ever devised for the safeguard
Ing of city's water gates were plan
ned by the coast artillery and the
corps Of engineers to protect the en-
frances to the waters Immediately
about New York. It was q task which
was completed in all save the last de-
tail, the actual laying Of the mines, and
these were stored by hundreds at Fort
Totten and Sandy Hook, ready for the
message from the war department
which would send the mine layers out
with their gingerly handled burdens.
The aggressiveness and determina-
ton with which an attack can be deliv-
cred are lesson Of the European war
which has not been lost upon the mill
tary and naval officials Of this country.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
THE PRICE OF FEED.

lN4uonaI Crop IMPROVEMENT Seryice.1
Feed is handled on a smaller mar
gin than coal, ton for ton. The retail
feed dealer who buys in carload lots
can sell as cheap as the manufacturer
can in less-than-carload lots, the diff
ference IN freight rates being the
dealers gross profit. In nearly every
instance, group of farmers can or
der their feed, through a dealer, in
carloads and make a material saving
The difference in freight alone will
show good profit.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
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Homegrown grains can often be prof
itably traded for protein feeds. While
oats are generally demanded for horse
feed, they are nearly always too ex-
pensive for dairy feed. Oats by-prod-
ucts, however. are very useful tor
bulk.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
HYMN GIVES WARNING.
Music Box Tells Autoist When They
Reach High Speed.

Taylors, s. c. Green D. Poole, a
clerk in the Southern railway depot,
claims to have invented device which
is intended to prevent accidents to au-
tomobiles. The working Of the attach
ment is simple and Is explained by
Poole as follows:
'While the car is running fifteen miles
an hour white bulb shows on the
radiator, at twenty-five miles a green
bulb appears, at forty a red bulb, and
when the driver begins to bat 'em out
around sixty per music box under
the seat begins to play Nearer My God
to Thee"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
ALMOST EVERYBODY
Is DOING SAME THING

San Francisco. y Jesse Lilien-
thai, president Of the United rail-
ways Of San Francisco, declared
that be might be called the man
) who put the ICON" in economy.
He stated that five years ago he
, figured he had enough money
saved to keep the wolf at bay
and decided not to save ant Their
cent as long as he lives. His
family hailed this plan. and Lii
ienthal asserts they have per-
formed their part not to let him
be disappointed by finding any
surplus on the first day Of Janu-
) airy each year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
CONCENTRATES FOR RATI0Ns
Taken From an Article by e. S. Saw
age, Professor of Animal Hus-
bandry, New York College
Of Agriculture
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A good rule to follow in all rations
IS to have at least three plants repre-
sented in the ration. There are seven
factors which should be considered:
% Bulk. CD Digestibility, go Rela-
ton between the digestible protein
and carbohydrates and fat, ca Vari-
ETY., 90 Suitability of the feeds to the
animal and product, 60 Palatability.
CD Cost.
AS an example, choosing the cheap
est feeds relatively, considering ma
nurial values, suitability and all, we
would recommend the following mix
ture of grains as suitable for dairy
COWS at present prices:
600 pounds distillers dried grains.
600 pounds gluten feed.
dried grains.
400 pounds hominy feed.
SUI POUNDS cottonseed or oil meal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-06-16
may HARVEST FISH
Secretary Redfeld Holds Out New
Cheap Living Hope.
FARMERS TO PLANT PONDS.

Predicted That Within-Few Year. Til.
Isrs Of The Land viii 30 Counting
on tho Fish Crop just 40 Now They
Count on Wheat, Corn and Other
Products.
Washington.-In communication To
the house Of representa- tives asking
for q new building for4the bureau of
fisheries Secretary Redfeld of the de-
partment Of commerce makes several
interesting suggestions, and one of
them is that within a few years farm
ers will be counting on their fish crop,
just as now they count on wheat, corn
and the other regular products of az
riculture. The idea Of planting and
harvesting sunfish, perch, fresh water
mackerel, shad, cells and carp is prob.
ably strange one to the average city
man, who has little practical knowl-
edge Of farming, but Secretary Red