The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-03-17
YOUNG CHICKS NEED
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Il According to H. "A. Bittenbendei
u poultry expert of Iowa State college, TIL
feeding of young chicks requires NOR
skill and greater thought than TIL
the future health and productivness d
j the average farm flock depends direct
" upon the amount of care and atten
| ton given the chicks.
! The ration for chicks must he very
digestible, appetizing and nutritious ant
should have sufficient variety d
sweet, clean foods to stimulate heavy
consumption says Mr.. Bittenbender
Chicks should not be fed until they are
| to absorb all the yo}k that Is left from
| the egg. During this time they SHOULD
be kept In a broOder or in the incubator
Then start the chicks on sour milk OF
! buttermi1k. Never start them on water
as this has been shown to produce hAw
Ell trouble. Feed them often and a lit
tie at a time and this will keep them
working and hungry.
Cracked corn and steel cut oats are a
good feed after they have been, started
with corn meal and ,Oat meal mixed
half and hall. A. little bone meal or
charcoal is helpful also.
If this ration is sprinkled over the
straw the chicks will have to scratch
for it. Chopped green food is desirable
also. SiE& MA
he careful" continued Mr.. Bitten.
bender, mot to use musty or mouldy
grains for, feed as 1t starts trouble. The
greatest care must be taken to avoid
stunning the growth from the start.
Keep the litter sanitary and clean at all
times,
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Il The Chester White Journal says it
was very evident at many Of the bred
SOW sales held recently that the terri.
tory for Chester Whites is greatly in
creasing and that the so-called corn belt
will not hold them any longer. New
breeders were present at sales from far
eastern, western and southern states
and also from Canada. These men
sought to buy the best individuals and
the most popular blood lines, being will
ing to pay such prices as would enable
them to buy them. The highest priced
SOW Of the season, selling for $4,000 in
Boyer & Sons sale, went to Tennessee.
One Of Big Nellie Eds best gifts in
Raymond Browns sale went to Georgia,
as did the best gifts in Guy e. Smiths
and A.. G. Satre's sale. What was a
small industry a few years ago has been
turned into one Of the biggest indus
tries and has created q national popu.
larity for the Chester White breed.
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A 80 per cent reduction In South Da-
kota wheat acreage this year Is pre-
dicted by NJ. King. president OF the King
elevator and Western Terminal Efe-
vator companies at, Sioux City. Wheat
acreage VIII be reduced and corn and
oat acreage will be increased, 1t IS said.
since the farmer can make more money
on corn and oats than he can on wheat.
1t is Thought Iowa will show a reduc-
ton in wheat crop Of IS per cent.
& " z F]ls
~ Clinton county. farmaE3 claim to, haze
found new way to cut the high cost
6fsllytnSsss EonGI iid1nGs = a1af aSsaSSn6nxS
levied against their property by the
board Of supervisors for drainage work
,yyere. entirely rteo thigh. theY seelledasa;
pesfeGted Ithe Independeiit;
Drathaxe ptnpany. with. ~ eallt & Of
$40 1000. elected officers and bought a
modern ditching. machine. Then with,
out resealing their identity they sub
mites bids along with the other bidd9rs
for SEainege and being the low.
est WEE awarded the cont1sct
for The dra3nageswOfk in thetbsown dis
trict. E. Z. I,siaiAel3
fl i-AE FL 58
The Iowa threshermen held a converi-
ton in Des Moines last week, and pass.
ed resolutions favoring the changing of
the workmen's compensation law 50
that their line Of work would come UNI.
der the law. Their work now is classed
as agricultural and does not come i'm.
der this law, resulting in much con
fusion. IF the law is changed so that
we come under it our plan is to form a
mutual compensation insurance com:
pahy for the members Of the associa.
ton" said Pres. I. N. Shook.
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County Agent w. T. Maakestad, of
standardize wages for general farm
work. Many men are worth twice as
much as others and then some are not
worth their keep. Considerable Difficult.
ty has been experienced in the past
with men quittinEaat the critical time,
orswhen day wages get high along har,
vest time. Il number OF men in Kos
suth4 county, Nave aolved this pfoHenfI