The Holt County sentinel., 1920-10-15
FARM BUREAU NOTES.
Get Pullets OFF Range Early.


condition of the young stock when il
is placed in permanent laying quar-
tiers. Too often poultry keepers allow
their birds to run on range until cold
weather comes. Natures chicken
house is not the right place for pull
let TO be roosting on late October
night. Delay in bringing the pullets
OFF the range was the cause of an I'M
usual amount of roup last fall, accord
ing 10 G. w. Hervey, Of the Univer-
sity Of Missouri, College of Agricul-
ture. Allowing them to run on range
late means added expense to the feed
bill. The birds consume more grain
and insufficient amount Of dry mash.
Feed that Is consumed, instead of
rounding the pullets into laying condi-
ton, is used simply to maintain ener-
Ky requirements against exposure.
There is no surplus to devote to the
building up Of tissue for the formation
OF eggs.
Keeping Hog Records.
Mr.. Jesse Cain, of Hickory town
ship, one of the farm bureau co-opcra-
tors, in keeping hog records, has some
very interesting data on his spring
pigs. Eight sows iarrowcd an average
OF : "a pigs. At breeding time they
had an average Of BIS pigs. Seven
pigs were lost from some unaccount-
able cause, ten died from cold. Mr..
Cain had another SOW to farrow late
which saved four out Of five pigs. Be-
ginning May !, after weaving, 40 pigs
were put on alfalfa, were fed light
feeding Of corn and the SKINNED milk
available on the farm. About May
10, three Of the pigs died leaving u
total Of 10. The pigs were weighed
again September 4, just before tuning
them in the corn field. During the
period from May | TO September 4,
these pigs were fed l97 bushels OF
corn, i25 gallons of milk and they had
access TO i3-acp field Of alfalfa.
During this time the pigs made total
gain of 5,l40 pounds on AN average
daily gain Of SO pounds.
Figuring the alfalfa pasture for the
period from May 10 September ut
$50, skinned milk at lOc gallon,
and corn at $i.a0 u bushcl, each 100
pound gain cost 1913. Figuring the
corn ut SO a bushcl, the cost would be
SS.46. To this IL the added other ex-
pcnscs. such as vaccination, labor, etc.,
which Is approximately about 10 per
cent Of that of the feed.
Mr.. Cain will continue TO keep u
record of the cost Of feeding these
hogs until they are put ON the market
He is also starting a record FOR pigs
that will be farrowed this fall. Mr.
Cain is an industrious and progres'
sive farmer and believes In knowing
where farmer Is making money and
where he IL losing. He believes III,
only way 10 find out these things In 6
satisfactory manner IL to keep careful
records.
Mr.. W. II. Rusk, representative OF
the Extension Service of the Missouri
University, called ON Mr.. Cain with
the county agent, and assisted him in
starting his records this fall. They
also called on MIR. Harry Hi,z, who
kept records of lot of spring pigs
which he fed and recently put on IN,
market. These hogs weighed ~
pounds and were sold few days be-
fore the market broke. A more detail
ed report Of his fceding operation viii
appear later.
Mr. Rusk and the county agent call
ed ON several other farm bureau mem
beers in the interest Of keeping records
of their hog feeding operation. The
following co-operators were obtained
MIR. Fred McIntyre, Paul Kicker, Clay
township, and Charles Childers, OF
Hickory township. These men will be-
L.. ...,Arls ..s,th tho tnl ltttAls
and continue the records until they are
put on the market. These men nj
promise to make splendid co-operators
and no doubt their records will be
watched with considerable interest.
I'd Hornecker Culls Fiocks.
With the assistance Of the county
agent, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Honecker and
boys and several Of the neighbors Gull
ed their flock of hens recently. Forty
eight hens were culled out of abou,
100. This Is the first demonstration
to be held In this immediate commu-
nifty, which Is about 2 l-2 miles south
Of New Point.
Mr.. Hornecker is planning to build
a new hen house this fall. He Is in
terested in the plan for the Missouri
hen house and probably will build u
house of this kind. MIR. Hornecker has
the Barred Plymouth Rock breed OF
chickens and has very nice cockerels,
Terracing Demonstration on Farm Of
II. NJ. Spillman 4 Son.
II. M. Spillman 4 Son recently com.
pleted the construction Of eight soil
saving terraces In a field on the east
side Of their farm. Mr.. Tom Derr, in
the same community, assisted Mr.
Spillman IN the work. He operated
the grader used in grading up the ter
races. The county agent assisted Mr.
Spillmsn In surveying the terraces.
This Is the fourth farm in Levi:
township TO have field terraced, .
fact which indicated that this projec,
is proving worthwhile there.
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