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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
BEST FOWLS FOR BACK YARD
American Breeds, Such as Plymouth
Rocks, Wyandottes and orping-
tons, Are Recommended.
prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of AA-iculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
nent of AA-iculture)
Hens of the medium-sized breeds
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode
Island Reds and Orpingtons-are best
suited to backyard conditions. Large
hens kept In close confinement are
likely to get too fat to lay well. Small,
nervous hens are apt to develop such
vices as egg eating and feather eating.
The bad tendencies mentioned do not
prohibit the keeping of large and small
breeds in small back yards, but make
it necessary for the keeper to use ex-
traordinary care to keep them in good
condition and productive. White and
light-colored varieties are not desirable
for small back yards, because their
plumage soils too easily.
AS rule it is most satisfactory to
buy hens of local poultry keeper or
dealer in live poultry. Desirable small
flocks are frequently offered by people
who are obliged by change of work or
of residence to sell their poultry.
Dealers in live poultry everywhere sort
out from their general receipts the
hens that show good breeding and
quality to sell to backyard poultry
keepers. When satisfactory stock can
not be obtained locally, the advertising
columns of poultry papers, agricultural
papers or newspapers that carry poul-
try advertising should be consulted,
and the hens bought from the nearest
breeder who can supply what is want
ed at reasonable price.
For the backyard dock kept to pro-
duce eggs only it is not necessary to
have hens of extra good standard quail
ity. What breeders of standard poul-
try call choice utility hens are as good
as any for egg production and cost
but little more than ordinary mongrels.
Hens of this grade in the medium
sized breeds are usually little under
standard weights and have superficial
faults-as unsoundneSS of color. or in
regularity of markings, or of the shape
of the comb-which in no way affect
their having canAcitv hut make them
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
LITTLE TIME NEEDED
TO KEEP LABOR DATA
Records Often Are Means OF
Saving Working Costs.
Farmer Enabled TO Determine Mum.
Der of Days of Man and Horse
Power Necessary to Produce
an Acre of Any Crop.

A record kept of farm labor dies
not require much time, vet it is often
the means of saving labor costs. The
labor records show just how much
labor and team work is required on
each crop and the time in the season
when it is used. They should show
what proportion of the labor is de-
voted to work that produces an in.
come and the amount that is consumed
on odd jobs of unproductive tasks.
This will enable the farmer to de-
termine the number of days of man
and horse labor necessary to produce
an acre Of any crop, or the care of
any class of animals for a year says
the United States Department of Agri.
culture. Thus he may be able to re-
arrange his system of management
so that he can get along with less
labor and at the same time maintain
production.
A years labor records show also
just how much man power and horse
power is necessary to run the entire
farm at different seasons, and point
out accurately just when the rush sea-
sons occur. With such records before
him, the farmer knows approximately
what his labor requirements will be
in advance of the rush season. He
is able to increase or decrease the
different farm enterprises and fit them
together until he has outlined COM
)lete years work with an even load
Of labor for the entire season.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25

There is little difference of opinion
as to the plants to be seeded on rich
well-drained land. Timothy is seeded
alone if the hay is to be sold on the
market, and timothy and clover, often
mixed with redtop, where part or all
of the hay is utilized on the farm.
Some of the advantages of these plants
are that they have. good seed habits,
especially timothy and redtop. Red
clover is a deep-rooted legume, and
has a beneficial effect ON succeeding
crops.
Timothy is considered by feeders
the best hay for horses, and clover,
or clover and timothy mixed produce
better yields and are excellent for cat
tie and sheep. The comparatively long
period during which these plants may
be left standing without serious de-
teroration before cutting, together
with the fact that the time of their
maturity interfereS little with the har-
vesting of the cereals and other farm
work, have much to do with their pop
ularity.
The most serious objection to the
red clover and timothy mixture is due
to the difference in time of their ma
turity, the former usually being ready
to cut two weeks before the latter
For this reason mammoth clover, a va
riety of the common red, which is
somewhat later in maturing, is some
times substituted for red clover in the
seed mixture.
There are many soils along the
southern border of the area under dis
cuSsion which will give q larger hay
yield If seeded to orchard grass, tall
oats-grass, and alsike clover than if
seeded to timothy, redtop and red clo-
yer. These soils are usually poor in
organic matter and are inclined to
he sour. 1t is important that this
mixture be cut when the plants first
head out, for if harvesting is delayed
they will make tough, less palatable
hay. This is especially true of or
chard grass. If cut early, however,
this hay will be relished by all classes
of live stock, For general use in the
localities referred to, the bulletin
recommends the following mixture
Orchard grass, IA pounds; tall oats
grass, y pounds; alsike clover, 6
pounds per acre.
Gives Best Results.
Raising hay on poor land is not sat
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25

unfit for exhibition and undesirable
for breeding purposes.
When buying hens in person, partic-
ular attention should be given to gen
eral condition-whether the bird seems
vigorous and lively-and to the appear
ance of the comb and the condition of
the feet. Healthy hens have bright red
combs and bright eyes, say poultry
specialists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. A slight pale
ness of the comb is simply an indica-
ton that the hen is not laying at the
time but bird whose comb has either
a yellowish or a blush cast should be
rejected, for these are symptoms of in
ternal disorders. The skin and scales
of legs and toes should be smooth and
the soles of the feet soft and free from
cOrnS.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
BETTER SlRES FOR BANTAMS
Culpeper County (Virginia) Farmer
Raises Purebreds From Chickens
to Dairy Cattle.

From bantam chickens to Holstein
cattle is the range of live stock on the
farm Of Sam Sullivan & Sons, who re-
Gently enrolled in the Better Sires-
Better Stock" movement that is being
directed by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. This farm,
which is located in Culpeper county.
Virginia, raises Holstein cattle, Duroc-
Jersey swine, Rhode Island White
chickens, White Holland turkeys,
white guinea fowls. Cochin bantams,
and Muscovy ducks.
Purebred horses also are kept on
this farm, but no stallion is main
tanned. In accordance with the re-
quirements of the better-sires move
ment, which is aimed to improve the
average quality of farm live stock,
all of the stock listed is bred to pure
bred SireS
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
OBTAIN PROFIT IN DAIRYING
Feed Prices Have slumped While
Price of Butter Still Remains at
High Figure In Cities.

Feed prices down so per cent or
more and butterfat prices still high
should mean that men who are now
milking cows or who get into the dairy
business will make money. Corn and
alfalfa have made decided drops in
price, while butter is still retailing
around 60 cents a pound in these
cities. Hence the best way to mar
ket these two feeds would appear to
be through stock. especially milk cows.
A few good milk cows, with feed as
cheap as it now is, assures an income
and should mean a good profit.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
EGGS FROM GEESE IN WINTER
Good Plan to Arrange So That
GosIings viii Be Hatched by Time
There Is Good Pasture.

Geese are fed ration to produce
eggs during the latter part of the win
ter, so that the gosings will be
hatched by either hens or geese. Some
breeders prefer to raise all the Cos
lings under hens, as geese sometimes
become difficult to manage when al
lowed TO hatch and rear their young.
The period of incubation of goose
eggs varies from % to 80 days.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
GIVE GAS ENGINE ATTENTION
Vibration Tends to Loosen Bolts, Nuts
and Various Connections Which
Need Tightening.

All screws and nuts on gas engines
should be kept tight. The engine
should be gone over every day or so
when 1t is used, and all connections
frightened and all oil and dirt wiped
off Such practice will go far toward
preventing operating troubles, since
all gas engines vibrate to some extent
and this vibration tends to loosen
bolts, nuts and other parts.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
FAULT IN CREAM SEPARATOR
Often Happens That Foreign Matter
Lodges in Screw Causing De-
crease in the Flow.

If the flow from the cream spout
of the separator seems smaller than
ordinarily, it usually pays to investi-
gate. In spite of all precautions. 1t
often happens that foreign matter
lodges in the cream screw thus caus-
ing part of the cream to be retained
with the skim milk. A test of the
skimmilk will tell.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25

iSfactory, but when II Is necessar,
this mixture gives best results. II
some places in the Middle West sweet
clover has given good results under I'M
promising soil conditions. Accord
ing to the bulletin, no perennial
hay plants will produce well on poor,
sandy soil. Under such soil condi-
tons, however, some temporary crop,
such as rye or oats and peas, and,
along the Atlantic coast, early sor-
ghum and cowpeas, are preferable to
perennial hay crops.
The best temporary hay plants are
the small grains seeded either alone
or in mixture with some legume, such
as peas, vetch or crimson clover. Mil
lets are sometimes used for this pur-
pose. as are sudan grass and coarse
forage such as corn and sorghum. In
the northern states a combination of
oats and Canada field peas makes a
very good hay crop. Excellent results
have been obtained in eastern Mary
land and Virginia with the following
mixture: Oats. l bushel; hairy vetch,
80 pounds white-blooming crimson clio
yer, 10 pounds per acre.
In order to avoid losing the use of
land for an entire season, and to per-
nit !late-Summer and early-fall seed
ing, grass crops usually follow small
grains. The seeded should be pre-
pared as soon as possible after the
grain is harvested. As a three-inch
mellow seedbed with firm soil beneath
will give better results for summer
seeding than one that is deeper. the
disk harrow is usually used in place
of the pillow for preparing land for
grass. Most grass seeds are very
small and must have a fine, mellow,
we'll pulverized surface soil in order
that the seeding may become estab-
lished. A good seeded may mean the
difference between the success and
failure of the hay cop.
Use Too Little Seed.
Most farmers use too little grass
seed for best results, according to the
bulletin. Rich land with a well-pre-
pared seedbed does not require as
much seed as thin land or land poorly
fitted. From 20 to 80 pounds of seed
per acre are generally sufficient, and
this rate is usually more profitable
than lighter seedlings of mixtures.
Small-seeded grasses, such as red-top
and timothy, do not require so heavy
seeding as orchard grass or rye grass.
Usually 10 pounds of timothy or
pounds of redtop are sufficient when
these are seeded alone.
In order that the seed may get a
good start, it is frequently advisable
to apply some readily available fer
tilizer. Formerly the grain crop re-
ceived the fertilizer, but experiments
have demonstrated that when it is ap-
piled to the grass it will not only in
crease the yield of this crop but fire.
quently show beneficial effects on sue
"eeding crops for two or three years.
Top dressings of suitable manure will
increase the yield of hay, and there
is probably no better crop than grass
on which to apply it. A great deal
of grass and clover seed is wasted
every year from seeding on sour or
acid soils Applications of lime cor
rect this condition, and should be made
particularly where iegumes are to
be grown.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Spot Markets at a Glance.
kExIco LEASES EQUIPMENT
Government Gets Use of American
Railway Rolling Stock,

Mexico City Francisco Perez, ma
tiona directo, of railways, announces
that equipment valued at 100000
pesos has been leased by the govern
ment from American roads
Thirty-five engines and 100 tank cars
form part Of the rolling stock soon
TO be sent to MeXio ., he declared, hav.
ing been leased by the government in
an effort to clear up congestion ~
'reght.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Excellent Balanced Ration.

One excellent balanced ration for
laying hens as worked out by the New
York college, is composed of 100
pounds wheat bran, 100 wheat mid
dlings, 100 corn meal, 100 ground oats
Or barley, 100 meat scraps and three
salt. 1t is fed dry In hoppers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Importance of Water Supply for Cows
Is Realized by Many Darymen.

replies stated that there was a saving
of labor ranging from one-half hour
to five hours per day. An approximate
average of these would be about l 12
hours, depending upon the size of the
herd.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
FEEDING Brood Sows.

During CESSATION sows should re-
ceive enough of feed to gain in weight,
besides allowing for increasing weight
of the developing young.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Avoid crowdinq With Sheep.

See that the entrance doors to the
sheep Shed are wide enough that the
flock can get in and out without
crowding.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Keep Animals Comfortable

Keep your animals comfortable
They appreciate being warm and well
housed us well as you do.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25

Sheep do not drink heavily when
on good pasture, but what they do
require is just as necessary as if they
lid consume lots of it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Returns From Purebreds.

Purebred or grade dairy cows fire.
quently earn for their owners % to
100 per cent more than the returns
received Erom scrubs.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25

There's a difference between feed
Ing cows so they can exist and feed
ing them so they can produce milk.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
new JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS

Jersey cOntemplates beginning work
soon on the proposed new 100000
bridge across Newark bay to substitute
the present wooden span connecting
BayOnue and flizabethport is admitted
at the company's offices in Jersey City,
James O. Smith, Jr., former resi-
dent of Newark and now assistant sec
rotary of the Paterson !. VI. c. ~, has
received special letter of commenda-
tion from the navy department citing
him for bravery in the recent world
war.
Dr. Edwin c. Broome leaves East
Orange with the knowledge that the
city reiuiceS over his going for only Il
single reason-he is taking a better po-
sitiOn In Dr. Broome East Orange had
the good fortune Of having a school su-
perintendent who upheld the traditions
Of the man highest in the esteem Of
East Orange rs an educator, the late
Vernon L. Dayey.
Newark has received official Motif
cation that the federal census taken in
that city showed total population of
4l4.524 Samuel l.. Rogers, director of
the census, sent Mayor Charles =. Gill
l.n communication To that effect.
During the last two decades there
as been constant hue and cry over
TIE alleged excessive trolley fares in
Sonth bergen Attempts have been
made by the officials of the different
municipalities to bring sufficient pres
sure to bear on the public Service Rail-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Index 70 pairYman.

The kind of bull man keeps Is
a pretty fair index to the kind of
dairyman he is.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
ESSENTIAL THAT
CROPS FIT SOIL
Red Clover and Timothy Should
Not Be Depended On En-
tireIy for Maximum Crops.
.REDTOP FAvORS MOIST GROUND
No Perennial Hay Plants Will Produce
Well on Poor, Sandy Soil-Most
Grass Seeds Are Small and
Require Good Seeded.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture)
While timothy and red clover I'M
doubtedly are the best hay crops on
good soils in the northeastern quarter
of the United States, they should by
no means be depended on to produce
maximum yields of soils. Other hay
crops are better suited and are more
dependable in some cases and under
particular soil conditions. Asike clio
Yer, for example, is better adapted to
sour and moist soils than common red
clover and the two mixed together and
seeded on some uplandS often inSureS
a crop where the latter seeded alone
would fail Redtop is the best wet
land grass and on such land mixture
of red-top meadow fescue, and alsike
clover usually gives good returns.
While no hay grasses can be depend
ed upon to make commercial crop on
poor land, redtop, orchard grass, and
tall oats-grass are better than any
others. These are facts discussed in
detail in Farmers Bulletin No ITO,
Meadows for the Northern States,
just issued and ready for distribution
by the United States Department of
Agriculture.
Has Bulk of Tame Hay Acreage.
In that section of the United States,
north of and including Tennessee, and
east of central Nebraska, Kansas and
the Dakotas, is found So per cent of
the tame hay acreage of the nation.
lightweight per cent of this acreage
is seeded to timothy and clover. While
these two plants undoubtedly will con-
tinue to hold the popularity they now
possess, there are number of other
plants which, though not so we'll
known, are more desirable for particu-
lar purposes and for certain conditions
of soil and climate. The latter are
given special attention in the bulletin.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Provide for SUNLIGHT.

Build your poultry house so as to
admit as much sunlight to the floor
f the house as possible.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25


ton. Mason Young, Jr.. of the Ole
Short Hills section was elected to fill
the place of Robert 5. Oliver Jr., who
did not seek reelection.
so long has Augustus w. Cutler
served as a member of the Board OF
Water Commissioners of lIackettstown
that he has quit keeping an account
but 1t has been more than 30 years
Most of that time he has served as its
president and at the r"cent annual
meeting was chosen to serve another
term
Rev. DR. Jesse L. HurIburt's pres
ence Last week at the twenty-ninth an
niversary services of Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church, North Plainfield,
where lie was a speaker with Bishop
Luther g. Wilson of New York city,
recalled the fact that he was one of the
early pastors there, where for some
time he served the First Methodist
Episcopal Church.
BY the adoption of building zone
plan the Board of Commissioners Of
Montclair seeks to bring about devel-
opment of the mountain town along
lines which will maintain its attrac-
tiveness as Il residential place, while ut
the same time permitting essential
commercial activities.
Tbe controversy that arose in NutIey
as to who has Il most prestige. Mayor
Ernest p. Cook or Miss Anna |. Van
Wrinkle. has ended. Nobody seems to
know5 lust when it was settled or who
won, bur its ended. so that's all there
is to it,
New Brunswickers are numerous ain
this wear. particularly in Mi
ami. called the Magic City. because it
IS the fastest growing community i'm
he country.
An unidentified man was killed re.
Gently an tbp trolley tracks of the New
Jersey and PENNSYLVANIA Traction
-,omnanv At Roads Crossing 9 short
Iis+anca outside If Tran+on
,1o,ohars Of tho Kao,.nr TOWN council
80 da+an,,,f,ad - ha,.o oroo+ad in Tho
'a,,.,, s,,i+abIo nan,o,.ioI r. tho mon
If Kearny who lost their lives in the
world war.
Gustave Reese of Washington street.
South River. while transacting bust
less in New Brunswick left his Stude-
,aker touring car parked along curb.
When he returned the car was gone.
Stephen CHAM. formerly of Hungary.
llso formerly of Franklin. has been an
the State Hospital at Norris
plains for more than veors Dur
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Live Stock.

BeeVes. -Shipplng steers, SIO0OWl0 Is;
butcher grades, $75O@9 so; heifers, SIS. 90
6D9OO cows, $2.500775; bulls, 81 500 100;
feeders, IS 50g7 rs; mich, $40 90 a 10000.
Sheep and Lambs. Choice lambs, Sill so
M12.oO; Gull to fair, $700@ll00; yearlings,
50 00W100Q; sheep 81: 75@6 Is,
oil 90; mixed. $1025 a 10, SO, heavy, $40 rs
0l05O: roughs. sS25QS50; stays, S. 50V
hO
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Don't Overlook Moneymakers.

DO not overlook the COW and the
hen as moneymakers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Safe Place for Grair

Grain is safer in granary than in
tarn.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-02-25
Fruits and Berries.

Prime timothy hay, No. /. s17O9175,
No 2, s1.55@l7O; No. 8, $1.4OG1 SIS: clo-
yer mixed, S1.4001 CO. rye straw, csc; oat
straw 85c; all nominal, per 100 pounds.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-11-10
SCOUTING in SCHOOLS.

It has long been a matter of COM
mon knowledge that scouting can and
does work hand in hand with our pub
lie schools, but it is perhaps less well
known in how many of the best pri-
vate schools of the country, the move
ment is established and operating sue
cessfully to the mutual betterment of
both the school and scouting.
Schools which foster scouting among
the pupils in their midst are Greenwich
academy, Peddie, Blair, Bordentown
Military institute, Perkiomen, etc. The
president of one of the largest mill
tary academies in the East recently
made the following interesting state
ment:
1--WE always have sixty and some
times more students Of the school
who have come to use from boy scout
organizations throughout the country.
We find them to be our best boys,
and we have always tried to encOur-
age them to keep their affiliations
with their home organizations. There
always has been a strong pressure on
the part of these boys to have an or
ganization here. Therefore, with the
opening of the September term, l wish
to organize a thOrOughgoing unit
Amongst our teachers there are al
ways several who have been scout
masters, and we wish to avail our
selves of their training, making them
leaders of the movement here. This
organization would be an entity sep
arate from our regular military or
ganizatiOn, and in relations to the
school would be somewhat like our
fraternities, Y. NJ. c. AS, etc. We
would give them quarters and stimu-
late them by rewards, etc."