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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
REPORTS RESULTS OF
INSTITUTE SURVEYS

With the 1922 season Of Farmers
Institutes at hand, F. L. Allen, sup
ervisor thereof, announces results OF
various surveys made as a follow-up
to last years meetings. Remarks ON
these findings he addresses particu-
larly to persons planning Independent
institutes for their home communl-
ties.
Mr.. Allen recommends, first of all,
that such local committeeman spend
ON their institutes something more
than the $25 allowed for state-aid
Institutes.
an 1920" he reports, "15S insti-
tutes, spending no more than this
$25, drew average audiences of TAI,
while 1913 others, spending more than
SIS, average crowds Of n10.'
Groups expending less than the
small state allotment had the highest
cost per head Of audience, 15 cents
On the other hand, those groups
which spent the most money, up
around SIS, were next in ineficiency,
It cost them IA cents for each person
they attracted.
Institutes which matched the
States $25 with $25 of their own,
or thereabouts, came out best, the re-
turns show. They drew around 1000
people and at cost Of but IL cents
each.
Another questionnaire, widely cir
culated, revealed that farm people
are more interested this year in COM
munity than in individual practices
and institute committees are urged
to regard this fact in framing pro-
grams. Institutes open on Nov. 7 in
four counties.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
MILK HELPS YOUNG ANIMALS
Skim Milk and Other Creamery BY.
Products Are Useful Feeds for
Pigs and Calves.

While whole milk is natures bal
anced food and is valuable for young
animals, skim milk and other creamery
by-prOducts, such as buttermilk and
whey, are also useful feeds, say spe-
cialists of the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture. Skim milk is
fed to young pigs in the proportion of
about three pounds to one of concen-
trates, such>as cornmeal or shorts.
Buttermilk, which has not been di-
luted too much with water, has nearly
the same feeding value as skim milk.
1t is better food for swine than for
calves because it is apt to cause d.
gestive disturbances when fed to the
latter, unless considerable care Is
used. Whey is used almost exclusive
ly In feeding swine. It is about two
thirds as valuable as skim milk as a
food. Accordingly from ten to twelve
pounds Of whey are equivalent to one
pound Of grain. Sweet skim milk,
when supplemented with other feed
such as corn meal or wheat shorts, is
very good for young calves. II beef
calves are to be fed skim milk, they
should be fed in practically the same
manner as dairy calves.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
HOLsTEINs STILL LEAD

E. w. Nettleton still holds the hon
ors in Association No. ! and undoubt-
edly in the county, for the month OF
September.
DeKol Hengerveld Wayne, age 2,
produced 2064 lbs. milk and 1854 lbs.
butterfat for the month of September.
The honor for second place falls to
another pure bred Holstein, Happy
Pietertjl Lass, age 4, in the same herd
as the winner. She produced 1845
lbs. milk and 7l.22 lbs. fat.
Following are the other honor cows:
Kennedy Bros. Holstein, age S, 1909
lbs. milk; 51.31 lbs. fat
Geo. F. Abbott, pure bred Jersey,
age 9, 993 lbs. milk; 1905 lbs, fat.
A. G. Miller, Holstein, 1928 lbs.
milk; 4526 lbs. fat.
Also Holstein, age s., 1888 lbs.
milk; 4224 lbs. fat Tl
]. X. Bihn, Holstein, age 8, 1l07 lbs.
milk; 42.07 lbs. fat,
H. B. Wideman, Holsteip, age 6,
1900 lbs. milk, 42.0 lbs. fat.
Roy Kruggel, Holstein, age 8, l7l
lbs. milk; 41.19 lbs. fat.
c. F. Fuller, pure bred Jersey, age
S, ll04 lbs. milk. 40.85 lbs. fat.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
DRAINAGE
DEMONSTRATION

Nearly IS persons attended the
drainage demonstration at the farm ot
]. O. Beachler in Granger township,
Wednesday, Oct. S. Prof. Virgil
Overholt of the Drainage Department
of Ohio State University discussed the
principles of tile drainage. He pointed
out that more speed should be used to
drain the many thousands of acres OF
wet land in Ohio
AT the present rate of progress, it
will take 200 years before Ohio's till
able land is adequately drained" said
Oyerholt.
Medina county has her share of this
100000 acres of wet land in Ohio.
Mr.. Overholt also pointed out the
fact that it was possible to lay tile too
close together. Tile swell and If
laid too snugly will prevent water
from entering atithe joint. This is
especially true in stiff clay land.
Much interest was taken in the pow
er ditcher. Mr.. King, the operator.
talked -of the work Of the machine
which is one Of the improved Buckeye
ditchers. He dug over 1000 feet in
one day. If drainage pays why would
it not be a good plan to arrange to
have all your wet lands drained at
onces The increased crops viii not
only pay the interest on the money,
but win pay for entire expense in d
very few years, say experts.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
MEDINA, o, OCT Is. Is2l

ali crowd around the dish, and as each
one raises its head to swallow il
shakes or jerks its head to remove the
surplus milk on its bill and head. This
scatters the milk over the necks Of
each other, and when the dish is
empty, the fowls begin picking at
each others necks and breasts to get
every drop Of milk in sight, and &C.
ecasionally feather is jerked from the
victims neck and breast and is swal
lowed down with the bit OF i ilk se-
cured, and right there the vicious
habit Of feather plucking is born, for
each feather SO removed has bit Of
soft fesh-like tasting material at the
end Of the quill, and each feather 50
pulled increases the habit very fast.
and in less than "A hours we find the
bird q regular cannibal, attacking one
another with the ferceness 81 any
bloodthirsty beast; and as soon as the
feathers are removed from a victims
neck or body showing 4 bare apot
skin. IT is attacked at ones, andIth at
tacling bird stealthily follows up IL
victim, picking into its flesh at every
chance possible.
We have known fowls to Be entirely
AZ . ."4
ruined and killed outright in less thas
three days. the flesh Of the victim be-
ing 50 badly torn away that its en-
trails fell to the ground. The feed
ing Of blood or bloody meat Otter
works like the milk does. The cause
Is plain, and fortunately prevention is
easy, tho real cure has never been
found only in the form Of good,
sharp hatchet in the hands Of de-
termined beheader;
PREVENTION--Don't feed milk
or other food in a liquid Or sloppy
state. Mix it with millfeed to Al
crumbly state; feed good, fresh, green
cut bone or commercial meat scrap;
keep the latter before the fowls at all
times, but feed the former sparingly.
Keep fowls busy. It's the idle fowls
that form bad habits. If hens get
uneasy when confined in winter, just
put whole bundle ofScornfodder in
their pen, stand it up so they can get
it from all sides; go back in three or
four hours and you will find nothing
but the bare stalks left, and the hens'
crops will resemble toy balloon.
They crave more coarse food thaa
they usually get, and the Kinds Of ex-
ercise they get in tearing up the fod-
der is worth as much to them as TIE
fodder is as food.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
WEEKLY CROP REPORT

The seeding of wheat is progressing
rapidly and is well along towards
completion in the Northern half of
the State. Taking the State as q
whole from SO to go per cent of seed
ing is completed according to reports
received by G. ]. West, Agricultural
Statistician. The amount Of corn
left standing will be slightly larger
than usual this fall. The State av-
erage price for rental Of wheat seed
ers or drills is 80 cents an acre.
Prices being paid for stocker or feed
er pigs averages $3.50 per hundred
with the highest prices quoted in the
Western counties.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
KRUGGEL'S HERD HEADS
LIST FOR SEPTEMBER

Roy Kruggeps herd Of four Holstein
cows have the highest average butter
fat production for the month OF Sep
tember in Zimmerman's testing circle.
This herd averaged o75 pounds milk
and 31.1S pounds fat.
The herd having next highest aver
age is owned by G. F. Abbott. This
herd consists of nine Jersey cows and
averaged 516.3 pounds milk and 30.l8
pounds butter fat.
/ J. K. Bihn has third place with 10
Holstein cows averaging 865 lbs. milk
and 30.01 lbs. fat. -
C. c. Fenstermaker, 7 Holsteins, av-
eraged oO2.1 lbs. milk; 28.63 lbs. fat.
E. w. Nettleton, II Holsteins, av-
eraged 827 lbs. milk; $3.50 lbs. fat.
Kennedy Bros, 20 Holsteins,s av-
eraged 870.6 lbs. milk and 27.6o lbs.
fat
C. A. Dowd, 7 Holsteins, average
milk production 1045 lbs; average fat
production 27.57 lbs.
c. L. Briggs, 4 Ho1steins, average
milk production 800 lbs; average fat
production 27.56 lbs.
H. B. Wideman, Is Holsteins and
Jerseys averaged 847.7 lbs. milk; 27.22
lbs. fat.
Ohio Farmers Insurance Co., 5
Jerseys averaged 597.6 lbs. milk and
26.82 lbs. fat.
c. F. Fuller, E Holsteins and Jer.
seys averaged 644 lbs. milk and 26.3o
lbs. fat,
A. J. and V. L. Browand, 9 Hol-
stems and Jerseys averaged Col lbs.
milk. 1851 lbs. fat.
Z E. N. Whitman & Son, 9 Holsteins
and Jerseys averaged 58o.o lbs. milk
and 23.3s lbs. fat.
Fred Eastman, E Holsteins averaged
7l3 lbs. milk and 22.56 lbs. fat.
Roy Dague, 4 Holsteins averaged
813 lbs. milk and 22.45 lbs. fat.
F. D. Koons, II Holsteins and Jer-
seys averaged 628.5 lbs. milk and
22.17 lbs. fat.
A. G. Fuller, IS Holsteins averaged
603.4 lbs. milk and 2l91 lbs. fat. =
G.. S. Heilman. 9 Holsteins averag-
ed 566 lbs. milk and 20.7o lbs. fat.
R. M. Jameyson, E Holsteins aver
aged 637.0 lbs. milk and 20.66 lbs. fat.
S. ]. Vanasdal, 8 Holsteins and Jer-
seys averaged 552.7 lbs. milk; 1916
lbs. fat.
M. L. Fuller, Holsteins averaged
6l2.5 lbs. milk; 1901 lbs. fat.
D. D. Bowman, 6 Ho1steins aver
aged AIS lbs. milk; 1897 lbs. fat.
o. R. Cutler, 10 Holsteins averaged
508.2 lbs. milk; 1885 lbs. fat.
A. E. Packard, 4 Holsteins aver
aged 292 lbs. milk; l3.41 lbs. fat.
c. H. Yost, out on account of illness.
r. F. Mantz, no test---cows dry.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13

other. breathing the foul air thar rises
from the two or three inches Of drop
pings that has accumulated all sum-
mer; and yes, they are shut up tight
every night for fear the rats will get
them. oh we'll, the rats had better
have them than have them die by
pieces in this way.
Well, you say, these are extreme
cases, perhaps they are; but the fact
remains, there are altogether too
many Of these extreme cases. Right
today such cases can be counted by
the dozens, right thru the farming
sections, and even among fanciers who
value their stock BY SIS, los, 20's.
Why, chicks had better go on half
rations and have clean place to roost
and pure air to breathe. We believe
it's safe to say that if there's man
living in this part Of the country who
cant make money with chickens al
the average price of eggs receiyedsand
market prices for market chickens, he
is the man who neglects to do the
right thing at the right time, especial
" in getting ready for winter on time.
FEATHER PLUcKING
x -. i A.
We repeat w. G. Ms question Of
last week:
For several winters our hens II
have commenced feather plucking
nearly as soon as we get them in
winter quarters. always shut \
up our hens as soon as winter
starts in good and earnest and
keep them in till spring. Please
give cause and remedy"
The habit Of feather plucking may
well be called a bloodthirsty habit,
from the fact that the taste Of blood
causes a vicious attack on the mates in
a confined pen of chickens and even
on the attacking bird itself The habit
can not be called common one, for
if care is taken to remove the cadse
it seldom gets start.
How the Habit Is Formed
1t is well known fact that as soon
as chickens are confined in coops or
houses they crave animal food to re-
place the worms, bugs, etc, that may
be had while running at large; and
to supply this missing article of food,
we feed meat, bone, milk, ETC., all
high in protein, and the manner of
feeding milk as commonly fed comes
first as cause of feather plucking. Let's
see. Milk is usually fed in a thick,
soured state, in crooks Of dishes where
in their eagerness to get Il the fowls
4
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
OUR POULTRY
DEP ARTMENT
Conducted by s. P. Porter
GET READY FOR
WINTER EARLY

Carelessness and delay in putting the
poultry house and surroundings in fit
shape for our long, hard winters, often
causes untold anxiety and worry for
the poultryman, the thorough-going
man Cor woman, we might say, for
women look after the poultry and egg
end Of the farm products on more than
60% Of the farms of today, is already
looking after their poultry house to
make sure that they do not get tcaught
with one of those early storms we
sometimes call squar winter; but the
careless poultry raiser who delays the
fixing DIP SO necessary in nearly all
poultry yards in late fall, will find his
chickens and coop some morning
like this: Chickens huddled in one corr
ner of the coop, or in the nest boxes,
trying their best to get whereNa draft
will not strike them or the snow and
sleet will not pour in upon them with
the arrival of the first cold rain and
snow storm. \
Now let's look over his coop little.
Right close to the perches, which are
located on the north side of the pen,
we find piece of siding gone, leaving
a crack in the side Of the building a
foot long and couple of inches wide
Two nails, hammer, a thoughtful
poultryman and two minutes time a
few days before would have saved
that sound this man is sure to hear i
few days after that sounds SO roupy,
he declares. He finds one or two
lights broken out of the window the
other side of the coop; but never mind
that doesn't matter bit. Yes, you
can knock the whole window out and
your coop will be the better off for
it (IF) the opposite side is in con-
dition that no storm or draught can
drive thru the building and out. An
other thing we may notice in this
poultry house; if we enter soon after
rain we see the rain has been pour
ing thru the roof and the floor is
damp, yes, wet, from an unrepaired
hole in the roof. A wet floor, ah
yes; another roup-breeder. Why, it
were far better that the fowls were
shut entirely out of such a building
and allowed to roost high up in the
nearby tree, place they would seek
if left to their own free will, rather
than be confined in coop in such a
condition as the one described.
CHICKS.
How about our chicks Of spring
hatch? Where are they this cold, rainy
weather--getting along toward winter;
Are they comfortable at night? or are
they still in the little three-cornered
brood coops where they were first
put last spring, when little downy
peeps, twelve of them, huddled in a
space where there ought to be only
outstanding, sitting, crowding each
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
1882 HENS HANDLED

Reports show that nearly $4,000
hens have been handled in Medina
county this year during the culling
campaign thru the months Of August
and September. Of the above mum
Der 4,661 were sold as cu1ls.
The interesting thing about it is
that in practically every case the egg
production did not decrease after cull-
ing. As a matter of fact, egg pro-
duction increased, due to better care
and feeding.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
HAS 2.YEAR-oLD WINNER

In FERNS Interested Owlet, a pure
bred Jersey, Mr.. Geo. F. Abbott has
the winning 2-year-old in Association
No. Y for the month of September.
She produced vi lbs. .of milk and
1886 lbs. fat.
]. K. Bihn, Holstein, o75 lbs. milk;
36.0S lbs, fat.
E. w. Nettleton, Alta Sindt DeKol,
1915 lbs. milk; 1878 lbs. fat.
&C. Fenstemaker Queen Henger-
weld Segis, $50 lbs. milk; 32.5? lbs. fat.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
FARM BUREAU AND
AGRICULTURAL NOTES

laterals.
son clay soils with blue, grayish
or mottled subsoils, make them 30 to
40 feet apart: on clay loans and
sandy clays, so to so feet; LOANS and
sandy loans, rs to 100 feet; gravelly
soils, 100 to 15O feet. For land that
is to grow truck crops, these distances
can often be proftably decreased
about one-half..
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13

meeting will Be held at the Farm,
Bureau offices on November u, as
10 a. m.
Nine institutes were held in the
county last year. II is the desire e
have one in every township this year.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
INSTITUTE OFFICERS
MEET NOVEMBER IL

Arrangements haye been made with
Prof. r. 4. Allen, Supervisor Of Farm
ers' Institutes, for 4 conference with
all officers Of Farmers Institutes for
Medina county this winter This
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-13
THE STATE or OHIO
MEDINA COUNTY, IS.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
HARMON ID. EVHRHARD, EFT AL
PLAINTIFFS J
VS.
OLIVER ID. OVERHEARD, EFT AL
DEFENDANTS

LIUAh NUIlCE
e. M. Werner. whose place of resi-
dence is unknown. will take notice that
Harmon D. Everhard, Et-Al, has filed
Petition in the Court of Common
Pleas Of Medina County, Ohio, alleging
that the said Harmon d. EverhArd and
one Oliver D. Everhard are the sole
owners as tenants in common of 129.-
SO acres Of land In Lots No. 13 and a.
Tract No. 1, Wadsworth Township, Me-
dina County, Ohio. That they are
each owners Of an undivided one-hah
of said premises, and further allege
that the defendant e. M Werner. who
is one of the defendants in said action
has or claims to have, some interest in
said real estate by way of an oil and
gas lease.
The plaintiffs pray that said real
estate may be partitioned under the
direction Of the Court, and that the
said defendant e. NJ Werner be re-
quired to answer and set forth his
claim, II any, in the premises, in said
Petition described or be forever barred
therefrom, and that the plaintiffs may
have such other relief as may be Just
and equitable. The defendant, e. M.
Werner is hereby notified that he is
defendant to said Petition and that he
is required to answer the same on or
before Nov. 26,. 1921.
H.tJ. SADLER and r. w.
WOODS. Attorneys-for-
Plaintiffs.
Sept 29--oct 13-20-27-Nov. 8
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
CordeIe Chief Again
Heads Police Of State

CORDELE, July 8.-At the bust
ness meeting of the state police chiefs
and arrestiug officers Thursday, Cor
deles chief, W. /. Sheppard, was
again chosen president of the body.
He will serve the ensuing year. Spec
ial Agent M. h. Sumner, of Cordele,
was reelected secretary, The other
officers named were W. A. Ward, |,
sheriff of Henry county, as first vice
president; M. H. Phillips chief of the
DeKalb county police force, sec
vice president; Homer Hardison,
sergeant at arms; E. F. Newbe
chief of the Macon detective fierce
federal prohibition enforcement Off
Ger of Macon, and Sheriff L. II. Wat
sou, of Laurcns county, were made
members Of the executive commit
tee.
The meeting gave Police Chief Mar
tin Thompson, of Macon, AND his as
sociates from his force attending the
meeting the next convention of the
body.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
MILLIONAIRES'
CLIQUE IN
COTTON SCORED
Letters OIL G, Council,
OF Americus, Read
To u. S. Senate

That millionaire bear clique.
operating through the agency of the
New York Cotton Exchange, is re-
sponsibIe for the present low price
of cotton, and the exchange should
be abolished in the interest of the
growers, are opinions voiced by l..
G. Council, of Americus, one of the
leading cotton factors of Georgia,
in letters to Senators Harris and
Watson and read by Senator Harris
in the senate this week. Mr.. Coun-
ellis letters are strong denunciation
of the crowd that is costing the
South so dearly, and the appeals for
action by congress to relieve the stu
alton. Following receipt of the first
letter by Senator Harris, the SEN
ator asked Mr.. CouncJ for permis-
sion to read it to the Senate, which
permission was given by Mr. Coun-
Gil in. a second Letter to4SenatoT Har-
ris. No Acknowledgement was re-
ceived from Senator Watson.
Following are copies cf Mr.. Coun
ellis two letters, which have gone int1
the Congressional Record:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
'SCANDALOUS'
ACTS AGAINST z
NATIONSCHARCED
u. S. AS Well AS Mexi-
can Treasury Report
ed Victims

MEXICO CITY, July 8.-Secre-
tary of the Interior Gales told Mex
can newspapermen informally We'd
nesday night that the Mexican gov
ernment was prepared to unmask
the American oil producers, whom he
charged with "scandalous actions.
not only against the Mexican treas
ury, but again the United States
as we'll"
The statement was published by
three papers here yesterday and
there is much speculation as to the
meaning of the statement.
Official reassurances were given
today in statements to newspapers
that the Tampico situation does not
contain elements of danger to peace
full relations between the United
States and Mexico.
There is no need to give further
thought to the subject" said Seere-
tar yCalles, chief Of the cabinet.
tary Gales, chief of the cabinet.
ships at Tampico belong to a friendly
nation that merely seeks to protect
its nationals and this is no reflection
on our national integrity
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08

hardly believe that cotton would have
gone below g or 20 cents.
1t now seems that under the pres
cnt conditions our Southern cotton
planters are absolutely at the mer-
cy of an organized millionaire bear
clique who are determined, it seems,
to depress the price of cotton for
their gain, and which of course,
means ruination and bankruptcy to
many of our cotton planters, if this
is to continue.
feel that you understand my
keen interest, and the Importance
of what | have tried to state, and
your best efforts for the relief of
our people just at this most critical
time will mean much more than I
can explain.
| have been here actively in buSi-
ness in the city of .Americus for
some forty years, and | feel that in
measure | can understand the sit
uation, and / wish to say that we are
passing through most unusual con
ditions and in fact something that
| have never seen before from a
business tandpoint, and all of which
has been brought about on account