South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-16
ACTIVITIES AMONG THE farmers
From the County Agent

demand Tor this work we would be
glad TO see that u j. taken care OF.
II Is getting about time for those
who VIII produce Matching eggs
next spring 10 think about mating
up their best pens. Most sa,afac-
tor.ly results are secured when only
mature hens are used TO produce
Matching eggs. Pullet eggs hatch all
but the chicks generally are less
vigorous than chicks Matched from
/ old hen eggs. A flock Of pullets that
has laid very well during the early
winter is a poor basis for producing
hatching eggs. It Will be just as eco
Homical to use colony house brood
ers this year as IL was last, despite
the fact that the Prince OF Fiat
Feet declared them a fad.
Efficiency Pays Manwaring.
In the Wife CITY poultry farm. run
by &. l.. Manwaring at Mentone, In
diana, there are only 40 acres. The
owner reports that his gross income
last year was $4,000 and after
su6tra citing all costs. he had s12,-
/ 000 lott. Manwaring matches with
incubators. rears with a battery of
twelve brOoder houses. let's the pull
lets run 10 sef-feeders during the
summer. feeds mash % the laying
hens and uses electric lights 90
/ lengthen the hens winter working
days. thereby getting eggs wnen
! eggs are worth real money.
Poultry is Paying Them.
About a year ago. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Sturgeon started taking an
active interest in their farm pour
! try flock. A years summary shows
that after subtracting all costs. the
farm poultry has netted them just 3sc
| less than S225.0O. During the last
three years OF agricultural depres-
sion, the old hen has been scratching
her way to the front as a means of
keeping the wolf from the door.
Those who have lime or are I'm
ing their wheat or rye ground need
| to see TO it that their supply of al
falfa has been spoken for. While up
at the International last week, I
! learned that the bulk OF the alfal-
| IA seed crop OF the west has been
sold and that genuine Grimm al
| falFa seed will cost 45c a pound
| just as it did last year. Cheaper
seed OF course. can be secured for
| less money but we have not been
able to observe any fields in the
county where cheap seed really
paid.
Livestock.
The COW testing association rec
| ords for last month are now avail
able j. f. Frain had two COWS that
| produced more than forty pounds
of butterfat during the month While
! c. l.. Zellers had one. Frain's
Lady" a purebred Holstein pro-
duced 55.6 pounds of butterfat and
was third in The whole list. His
| Eta" produced 46.7 pounds Of but
terfat in the month. c. l.. Zellers'
Princess" purebred Holstein
produced 40.S pounds OF butterfat
during the month.
Iegume Feeds Make Cheap Milk.
The feed cost OF each one hundred
! pounds OF milk produced by Mr..
! Zellerys was 10 cents which made
each pound OF butterfat come at
J =
soy bean hay, corn meal, oats, and
! oil meal. The herd owned by Cal
vim Brothers returned $4.99 worth
! OF product for each dollar eXpend-
ed for feed-the best return Of any
/ herd in the work. In this herd, q
hundred pounds Of milk was secured
for each eighty cents worth Of feed
, which made the butterfat come al
sixteen cents per pound. The ra-
ton fed the Calvin Brothers herd
was sllage, soy bean hay. corn meal
and oats-all farm grown.
The most expensive milk was
given by the herd that had no le-
gume !n the ration. The herd IN
/ which the feed cost Of each hun
i bred pounds Of milk was S2.0s. was
fed silage and sheaf oats-certa.nly
not a profitable combination.
The Culver Cow Testing associa-
ton was started the first Of No
vember and takes in the COWS OF
/ three herds here in tho county
Those Of j. F. Frain, c. L. Zeilers
and Gottlieb Warmbrod.
The results from the first month
OF testing are now available and
show thai our herds are as good as
any Of the others.
There were POS cows in al OF the
herds under test. Three of the cows
in our herds made better than SO
pounds of butter fat during the
month OF November.