The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-07

OoooA ooAuuCteu IN ulHerenC parts OF
the e country have established the fact
Ihat good strain of hens is absolute.
essential to success in the industry,
is demonstrated beyond doubt that
Inc breed is not so important as the
straln. There are good and bad
among all kinds of poultry and the
necessity Is to get rid of the poor ones
ana secure strain which possesses
the laying qualities. The demand for
Hrst class birds and eggs is going to
continue and the business Is sure to
pc OF increasing importance. Those
y charge OF the contests at Newark,
delaware, feel that the time has now
come to make the results of their work
practical and directly helpful for all
VINO are poultry keepers. Heretofore
the producer has been left to his own
resources as single scholar in large
school, dependent for results from the
lessons taught as he saw the light,
Inc plan now involves individual
neip to be furnished those the more
IN need OF special instruction in an
eHOrt to raise the standard of pro-
ductton above the present average.
The entire scheme Is dependent IN.
on the introduction, without cost to the
recipient of special help, of new blood
into the hOck, this new blood to come
from pedfgreed stock Matched on the
grounds OF the competition under ey.
cry condition that will make for accur-
acy In recording the offspring from
known parentage. None of the layers
N the competition will be employed
TO produce progeny for distribution
among those poultrymen specially Sc.
lected for the purpose outlined. All
eggs to be Matched will come from
Hooks with pedigreed ancestry, at
present trapnested, or with cOmpeti.
ttOn certification as to laying ability.
Each selected poultryman receiving
an allotment of new blood will be re.
CURED to furnish some form of Sc
curity for care and management, mat
ing and complete reports of the way
he cares for his flock. Those who OBJ.
serve the trend of things see ten
dency on the part of breeders of live.
stock of all kinds to get corner on
their special breed or strain not for
public welfare and progress, but for
personal profit. This plan above stat
ed Is excellent and If it fails the state
should take the matter in hand to give
us more and better poultry.
"Service-that's the first and last
word in successful advertising for the |
farmer. merchant or manufacturer"
Insists F. w. Beckman, head of the !
agricultural journalism department at
Ames. Advertising becomes more
necessary in direct proportion as COM
latittOp- becomes keener. The success
m livesy6c breeder, fruit grower or
poultry raiser today must advertise.
form advertisements ana
other conventional ad matter, OF
course, play their part, but 1t is the |
farmer who goes the last mile In out |
doing his competitor as far as service |
goes, who gets the business and keeps |
Il. Let the livestock man land this
applies to any agricultural producer?
make his premises part OF his ad-
vertising campaign. quarter mile
stretch OF highway in front OF MS
place, kept in the primest condition;
an artistic sign at the gateway; well
barbered and manicured front lawn,
these are the things which subcon-
sciously attract the customer ana
bring him back. Thoughtful attention
given him when he does arrive-thats
the final secret Arrange to meet him
Mt the train. Educate the station mast
er, pay him il necessary, to guide the
customer to your farm and answer
questions. Such things make for the
satisfied customer" who becomes
travelling billboard for your business.
The person who has cabbage pulled
with the roots and the leaves is fixed
to furnish dandy green feed for the
chickens this winter. The cabbage
should be suspended from the ceiling
by q string, with the head down, ana
high enough from the floor to compe!
the chickens to reach up. or jump, 10
get It. This also gives them exercise
which is so important to the health OF
the fowls. Glover or alfalfa mixed
with the mash is also good.
when being advised as to the
necessity of the conservation. we are
all q little apt to say, Go tell 1t to
George; he needs just such advice"
Advice is the cheapest thing that can
be given, whether it be by a govern
ment or by an individual. But the
advice which the government and the
food control body is giving today is
being followed by many and almost
TO the lettcr. IL IS HcCcSSuIy W w
low this advice, and, with the high
prices OF today, the people will eat
and live more economically. The
nome women have about worn them
selves out putting up canned stun,
waste is eliminated as much as the
people know how to eliminate 1t in {
he homes, and the valuable sugges-
ions given by the authorities have G
helped greatly in this matter. They a
ire simply helping us to do what e
necessity demands us to do. a
e. J. Mccartney has a hog house 4
Utmost completed on the farm in sec I
ion twenty-six, East Boyer township n
e is one of the best looking hog houses II
have seen in the county. Its gable t
'oOf gives it an artistic appearance. c
{ Is in size 26x4O, built of hollow tile e
rick and the pen floors are of the Il
Iame material. There is cement a
loOr driveway through the center of II
he building. The cupOla ventilators D
n this building add to its beauty and c
he roof window ventilators also add q
q its beauty as we'll as furnishes n
that is indispensable in e