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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
GOOD
BUILDING OF BETTER ROADS
Highway Educational Work Extending
Its Scope in Various Sections OF
the Country.

The extent to which the people or
the United States are committing
themselves to a definite policy of high
way development is shown by reports
reaching the federal highway council
from all sections of the country.
In the face of high cost for both ma
-terials and labor, and the fact that in
some states construction programs
must be altered somewhat to meet ex-
listing labor and material conditions
there is no tendency upon the part or
the people to slow down in their plans
to place the nations highways upon
higher plane in the country's transpor-
tation system. Tersely stated, they
are sold to the heels" on the PROPOSE
ton to construct highways that Will
release rather than restrict traffic, and
they are dsmissing labor and material
problems with curt instructions to
their official servants that it is up to
them to deliver the roads.
A curious fact in connection with
construction problems at the present
moment is that the building of roads is
seriously hindered by the same evil
which they are designed to remove
lack of transportation. According to
authoritative information, production
Is halted to greater degree by made
quate transportation facilities than by
labor shortage. At least this is true, II
is claimed, in the production of ma
terials for road building.
Highway officials-state and county
as well as national-are facing their
duties with patience and tact, and out
of maze of trying situations con-
struction is going ahead at fairly sat
sfactory rate 3ut as Paul D. Sar-
gent, state highway engineer of M"'ne
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
SHOCKED CORN GOOD SlLAGE
RefilIing SiIo With Surplus Even IN
Middle of Winter Is Most ECO
nomicaI Practice.

Corn cut at the proper time ana
nut into the shock can be made into
good silage, even in the middle of the
winter" says Alvin Kezer of the agron-
omy department of the Colorado
Agricultural college. "Of course, such
silage will not be as palatable as when
sliced early and there will be more
mechanical waste of leaves and other
parts of the corn plant because the
shocked corn had been stored for part
Of the winter, either in the shock or in
stacks. But if this dry fodder is run
through a silage cutter and the proper
amount of water run in with it, 1t will
make good silage and a much more
palatable feed than the dry fodder,
which will be eaten by the stock with
less waste.
Sometimes, shocking the surplus
corn after the Silos are filled and re-
filling from the shocked corn is very
economical practice a practice worth
remembering, especially when the
capacity of the silos is not great
enough to take care of the entire crop,
1t Is a good way of improving a valu-
able feed"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
SALT ESSENTIAL IN RATION
Material May Be Supplied by Mixing
With Feed, or 1t May Be Left in
Convenient Box.

Practical observations and scientific
Investigations have shown that salt
is essential in the ration of a dairy
cow From one to three ounces per
day is needed, depending upon the
amount of milk produced. Accord
ing to Babcocks investigations at the
Wisconsin experiment station, COW
needs one ounce per day per 1000
pounds live weight with an additional
Clio of an ounce for each 20 pounds
of milk produced Salt may be sup
piled by mixing the proper amount
with the feed, or 1t may be placed in
some convenient place where the cow
can get at it daily and take such
amounts as her appetite demands. Z
Many dairymen prefer to place lump
of rock salt where the COW can lick
1t at will. This is really cheaper and
there is less work. But, however you
feed it, don't forget that the cows
must have it-not once every week
or two, but at least each second day
and each day is better.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07

Poultry raisers are all too familiar
with the common red or gray mite
which infests poultry houses. In gen
eral those who are making a speciality
of poultry raising have comparatively
little trouble with mites, or at least
they keep them reduced to a point
where they are of little Importance.
On the other hand, farmers and others
who raise poultry as an incident to
other operations frequently find their
chicken houses Overrun by mites.
Detecting Presence of Mites.
The attack of this blood-suckiug
mite is of an insidiOus nature which
does not readily draw attention to its
presence and often the poultryman
is not aware of an infeStation until he
is attracted to it by the irritation pro-
duced by mites on his own body
through coming in contact with the
infested co0ps. The presence of the
pest may readily be determined, how
ever, by the detection of small areas
on the boards specked with black and
White lilJuSli huNlth WIN sat hiN
pepper This is the excrement of the
mites, which are hidden in adjacent
cracks or rough places. More careful
examination will reveal masses of
mites in hiding, together with their
eggs and the silvery skins cast by the
young.
In moderately infested poultry
houses the injury to the fowls is not
easily apparent, but the constant
blood loss and irritation are shown
by decreased egg production and the
poor condition of the fowls flesh. In
heavily infested coops it is not I'M
usual for the chickens to become
droopy and weak, with pale comb and
wattles. Sitting hens desert their
nests and thus ruin the eggs or as is
often the case, they are found dead on
the nest. being killed outright by the
attack of thousands of mites. In ex
IRENE cases a considerable number of
fowls succumb, even though not sit
ting, and all are so weakened as to
be very susceptible to various dis
eases.
Owing to the fact that mites feed
during the night and secrete them
selves in cracks and crevices during
the day, their presence very often is
overlooked until very heavy infesta-
tion has developed. In such cases
they should be attacked energetical-
ly. Although not hard to kill, the
greatest obstacle is the difficulty of
reaching them in their hiding places.
Dust baths will not control them. as,
at most, only the few which remain
on the chickens during the daytime
will be destroyed.
The first step necessary to destroy
the mites is to get rid of the hiding
places so far as possible. The roosts
should be taken down and all unnec-
essary boards and boxes removed. In
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
VERMIN CARRY HOG DISEASES
Feed Than Clean One, According
to Many Experiments.

hog affected with lice can't make
as profitable use of his feed as one
that is free from this pest. No sue
cessful hog man will dispute this
statement; yet, judging from the con-
dtion of some farmers hogs, 1t Is
doubtful whether all realize that 1t
really costs money to feed lice. How
ever feeding experiments have been
conducted from time 10 time which
show plainly that lousy hog con-
Sumes more feed per pound of gain
than clean hog. This loss of feed,
however, is not the only reason for
keeping hogs free from lice. Lice are
ilsO disease carriers. They viii carry
Infection from ope hog to another and
hat, perhaps, is as strong a reason for
old LIZ lice In check as any other.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
DUCKS GOOD EGG PRODUCERS
Begin Laying When Six or Seven
Months Old and When Weather
Is Extremely Cold.

There seems to be a question in the
minds of some people us to whether
ducks will lay in winter and how
young they can be induced to start
laying.
A breeder of considerable expert
ence writes, 81 have flock of young
ducks, from six to seven months old,
that have been laying for three weeks,
each duck laying every day, beating
nv White Leghorn hens. Another
correspondent writes to say that Run
ner ducks laying in winter is no nov
city. They will lay when the weather
is cold enough to make the hens quit
he says.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
DAIRY
FACTS
POOR cow is LIKE LAZY MAN
S, with and Replaced by Profit
able Producer.

How many dairymen would keep a
hired hand on their place who got up
when he felt like it, worked when he
felt like 1t, and did just as he pleasedg
Such a hired man would be a losing
proposition and the man who would
keep him would soon become bank
rupt.
On the other hand, how many dairy
men are keeping boarder dairy cows
that produce just as little milk as they
feel like producing, with little or no
profit to the owner?
A dairyman cannot afford to keep
a man that does not do more work
than he is paid for doing. Neither
can he afford to keep a COW that does
not return more money to him than
he puts into her in feed and labor.
How many cows in your herd are
returning fair profit for the feed
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
INSECTS SUCK THEIR LIVING
Sodium Fluorid Will Rid FOWLS ~
Parasites-Use Grease or Oil
on Live Stock.

Lice mites and other parasites suck
their living from fowls. Who ever saw
a fat lousy chicken?
Did you ever suck cider through a
straw? Which got the cider, you or
the straw? Which gets your feed, the
chicken or the lice? The lice and
mites get the feed. The fowl is the
straw.
Sodium fiuoride is an effective remedy.
Your druggist will supply you. busted
into the feathers it will kill the mites
and a pinch worked into the feathers
where the lice congregate will get
them. Lousy pigs, colts, calves, ETC.,
can be freed of lice with grease or oil.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
GREEN FEEDS FOR CHICKENS
sprouted Oats, Alfalfa Meal, Chopped
Alfalfa, Clover Hay and Beets
Are Recommended.

Good kinds of green feeds for hens
in winter, recommended by the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture,
are sprouted oats, alfalfa NEAL
chopped alfalfa and clover hay, cab
bages and mangel beets. Cabbages
NAV be hung up in the poultry house;
the beets are usually split and stuck
on q nail on the side wall of the pen
about a foot above the floor to keep
the feed clean. Keep oyster shells,
grit, charcoal and plenty Of clean
drinking water before the hens all the
time.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
FARM
POULTRY
SUCCESSFUL SQUAD RAISING
Birds Must Be Kept Free From
Disease and Insect Parasites
Keep House Clean.

There is very little chance of max
ing money from squads, unless the
pigeons can be kept comparatively free
from disease and insect parasites,
pigeon specialists of the United States
Department of Agriculture point out.
If healthy breeding stock is obtained,
the houses and yards kept clean, and
careful attention given to the birds,
diseases and parasites should not be
troublesome factor in SQUAD rails
ing.
The stock should be carefully
watched and any sick birds removed
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
VENTILATION FOR POTATOES
Fubers Tend to Sweat Upon Being Put
Into Storage and Air Is Needed
to Dry Moisture.

Large piles of potatoes should have
ventilation channels provided, either
by lattice work or by rows of crates.
Potatoes tend to sweat upon being
put into storage. Ventilation is nee
essary to dry this moisture. Only a
general rule can be given, but potatoes
should be kept as dry as possible, yet
avoiding shriveling, and should be kept
as near the freezing point as possible.
yet avoiding freezing.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
GOOD DAIRY HEIFER RATION
Missouri Station Recommends Alfalfa
and Corn With All the Silage
She Will Eat

One Of the cheapest and best winter
rations for the dairy heifer, according
to the Missouri station, is an average
daily of about six pounds of alfalfa
hay, two pounds of corn, and silage at
free will (this means on the average
about twenty pounds daily. This
kind of ration has kept the heifers
growing at JUS about the right rate
to make the best kind of mature cows,
AMI yet the expense has not been I'M
duly great.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
ROAD DRAINING AND GRADING
Highways Out of Commission but Few
Days In Year When Cared for
by Good Patrolman.

The first step in road improvement
is TO grade and drain the dirt roads
It is surprising, after
driving over some of our neglected
earth roads to see what a splendid
road can be made by draining and
grading alone, and how few days dur
ing the year 1t is out Of commission
when cared for by good patrolman.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
FEEDING COWS SAWDUST

The facetious statement, re-
peated in a joking way, put
green goggles on the cows and
fool them by feeding sawdust
and shavings," is apparently not
going to be necessary in future
to feed them that product. 1t
has been found by experiment
that sawdust from non-resinous
soft woods can be used, but it
first must undergo a process of
treatment with certain acids,
which change a part of the dry
matter into carbohydrates. How
ever, the low protein content
of sawdust as a feed would not
augur we'll for it's future use.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
HIGH COST OF COMMODITIES
Killing of Calves for Veal and Spsy-t
ing of Heifers to Fatten for
Beef Is Cause.

That the killing of so many calves
every year for veal, and the spaying
of heifers and fattening them for the
block, is responsible in large meas
ure for the present high prices Of
certain food commodities. there can
be no question.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07

and president of the American Associ-
alton of Highway Officials, pointed out
in meeting at Philadelphia recently,
when the people finally decide to au-
thorize the development of any partlcu-
Mar road project, they are prone to ex-
rect the work done almost overnight.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07

In all henhouses there should be
thick litter Of straw, hay, leaves or
something of that kind into which the
grain can be put to compel exercise.
When the fowls are confined to the
house, or the house and yard, they
ueed exercise to keep in good health
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
Size of mo- Consequence.

The size of the COW has little or
nothing to do with the cost of milk
and butterfat production, as has been
proved by experiments.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
Renefits of Dranninn.

A road dragged shortly after a rain
will harden and "cake" and become
very firm and smooth, while frequent
use Of the drag will eventually make
1t "shed" water effectively.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07

The business man, the farmer the
truck driver, the pleasure seeker, are
all asking and demanding better
roads.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
Something Wrong With Cow.

When a COW has the dairy type to
a reasonable degree and is not proving
profitable, there is some good reason
for it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07

The use of artificial lighting can
not be said to stimulate egg produc
ton in the same proportion that con
centrated feeds do.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07

ing little or nothing or even costing
money to keep? The profit made
from a COW depends upon the amount
of butterfat produced and the cost of
producing same. Monthly records and
the Babcock test will detect the
boarder cows. Why waste time and
money on cows that do not pay for
their keep?-W. E. Spangler, Colorado
Agricultural College, Fort Collins,
Colo.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
Cash for Lincoln Highway.

An allotment of S12,OOOOOO has
been made for Improvements to the
Lincoln highway.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
War DESTROYED Highways.

More than $4,000 miles of highways
were destroyed in France during the
World war.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
Noting PulIets.

Pullets Matched before the first OF
the year generally mott the following
fall.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
Comfort Fills MIX Pail.

Cow comfort helps fiji The milk pail
nd The checkbook.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
WILL AID WATERMELON CROP
Little Sandy Spot 10 by 40 Feet Fer
tilted Now viii Prove Quite
Profitable.

If you have little sandy spot on
your farm measuring 10 by 30 feet, put
on little fertilizer now. Those wa.
termelons will grow so rapidly next
summer that you will be amply re-
paid.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07

About s2,OOOOO0,OOO is what they
estimate plant diseases cost this coun.
ny yearly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-31

darkness, and as we faced our second
night of defense we had plenty Of time
to sit around and think and speculate
upon what the outcome was going to
be.
Taking it all in all, 1t was the fam
tastic humor of the thing that hit me
hardest. Six short weeks earlier peo-
pie at home had been calling me all
the hard names that fall to the lot Of
the idle ne'er-do-well young chap
with enough Inheritance money to keep
him in ties and shoes and shirts and
to buy gas for his car-though that
last asked for good bit on the rising
cost Of gasoline-and not enough to
make life, or anything connected there
with, very much worth while.
Also these same people were saying
behind my back, of course, but there
were always plenty Of them to repeat
the saying to my face-that was
good stock gone to seed, would never
amount to a hill Of beans in anything
that asked for initiative or resource
fulness, or primitive rough stuff Of any
sort; that was due to go on dolling
myself up and playing skittles to the
end Of the chapter-which would prob
abby stage itself in an asylum for the
Predetermined. Also, again, at that
same time, which was six weeks-or
six thousand years-ago, was en-
gagged to Lisette; with mighty little
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-31
CHAPTER XVI
Burnt Matches

Following the dog to the door, wa
could neither see nor hear anything
going on outside, though Barney's
sniffings under the door and his low
growl warned US that something was
afoot, either on the dump head or in
the partly wrecked cabin beyond.
While we were still peeping and peer
ing, each at his auger-hole and each
ready to take an offhand shot at any,
thing that seemed suspicious, the 81
lence of the mountain night was ripped
and torn by the most hideous clamor
imaginable, arising, apparently, in the
cabin or perhaps from the growing OF
trees just behind it. The racket was
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-31

ment at Blue-nose Bills place and we
heard the crackin' and poppin' up
here-Jeanie and me-like it was just
over yonder in Greaser gulch.'
"Well?" said I, 'tf your nephew or
any Of the others hear it, what then7'
As asked the question one Of the
low-aimed shots tore through the side
Of the building, struck the iron frame
Of the hoist, fattened itself and
dropped into the old mans lap. Pick
ing up the hot bit Of lead to dandle
1t from hand to hand he went on much
as II picking up bullets that were fired
at him had been his daily recreation.
curiosity killed the cat, stanine,
son. You let some one O the folks
down yonder In 'Tropia say, BY gol-
wonder what all that shootin's forY
and the next thing you know, some
body1l be moggin' up here to find out"
Along about dusk some member OF
the besieging party tried to make re-
connaissance. happened to be keeping
the lookout on the cabin side of our
fortress and saw man lodging among
the pines back Of the house. When l
reported to Daddy he took snap shot
at the place pointed out to him and
there was wild yell and a stir in the
young pines as though a hog were gal
Looping through them.
"Just to let 'em know that were
still alive and kickin'," said the old
man, with another Of his quavery
chuckles. 81 reckon maybe that's
what they was amin to find out. .
Possibly 1t was. At all events, the
rife fire stopped with the coming q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-31
CHAPTER XIV.
High Explosives.

The idea was one which ought to
have suggested itself much sooner.
The steam supply pipe for driving the
big centrifugals at the shaft-mouth
came through the wall over our heads,
and II was the sight of this pipe
steaming even ON the outside Of its
thick insulating Jacket of asbestos un-
der the wetting from the water jet,
that had set me thinking.
A spinning twirl of the engine
throttle valve set our machinery IN
motion, and when I had thrown the
pump clutch in, we crouched again In
the least-wet corner to watch the index
of the tell-tale steamgauge connected
into the supply pipe.
We knew that the centrifugals were
voracious steam-eaters; we had proved
that when we were running them in
the week-long test. had a notion
that maybe Fullerton had fired only
one Of the battery Of three boilers to
run his shower-bath machine, and the
result speedily confirmed this assump-
ton. In a few minutes the steam
pressure had dropped to a point at
which it would no longer drive any OF
the pumps, either ours or the one out
side, and the window cataract stopped.
This will be only breathing
space" l prophesied, getting up to
squeeze some Of the superf1uous water
out Of my clothes. Fullerton will do
one of two things: fire the other two
boilers, or disconnect this steam pipe
Of ours"
"Reckon soT' said Daddy.
you'll see In minute or So"
The attack began even while we
were speaking, sundry hammerings
and twistings that shook the pipe over
head proving that the besiegers were
going to stop the leak by cutting N
off from the boilers.
"Take your whirl at the inventions,
this time, Daddy!" I urged. when
they get this supply pipe cut out, We'll
be In for another ducking- one
that we can't STOP"
Daddy was shaking his head and
wringing the moisture-and mud-out
of his beard.
"Jerusalem-to-g Stannie, we got
to take a chancel' he muttered. "Any-
ways, I'd about as lief die as be
drowned to death. Wen have to muss
that blacksmith shop up and get 1t out
o. the way, somehow. Gimme match
out O. that tin box O. your'n-if they
amt all soaked to Jiz-whizzlin' sop"
found the matches, which, luckily,
were still dry, and handed him one.
Before I fairly realized what he was