South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-11

The last two springs. at least. a
good many young chicks have died
with white diarrhea: some have re-
covered and therein lies the danger.
We are pleased &c announce that
Purdue university has worked on
a test whereby each hen in the
flock that can transmit this germ
10 the egg she lays can be easily de-
tected. DR.. L. =. DOYLE will come
up on the 14th OF November and
make a demonstration OF this meth
Cd on the Lewis White flock IN
White Pest township After this
demonstration, we expect 10 take
blood samples from several foc6s
In the county from which the folks
propose to sell Matching eggs next
spring. Bacilliary white diarrhea is
one Of the worst diseases Of young
chicks and we believe that g1laran-
teeing its absence IN Matching eggs
Will be real service to the poultry
interests Of the country
Sprtuted Oats Give Good Returns.
A number of the poultry keepers
are getting most excellent returns
from the use of terminated oats
given at noon. Thi5 does not refer
20 oats that have sprouts on three
or four inches long but 20 ones that
are just nicely terminated. This
time OF year, oats will get about
right in five or six days without US
Ing artificial heat. II takes six to
eight quarts Of oats for each hun
dred hens. These arc put in a bucket
covered with warm water and allow
ed 10 stand for one day; the oats
are then emptied out OF the bucket
into a box with holes in the bot
tom. These boxes are kept IN the
cellar and showed along each day
At the end Of five or six days. the
oats Will have sprouts on perhaps
a half inch long. These are fed az
noon. They seem very palatable
and the folks who are feeding them.
find their pullets looking up" in egg
production.
Follow the Blue Print.
The experience Of the various
people who built colony houses last
spring and laying houses this fall
that it pays TO follow the blue
print Some of the new houses that
have been built give evidence Of the
builder trying to abhreviate the plan.
The B-112 house. makes the cheap
est. hghtest, airiest. and most con-
venient house that we know Of and
those who have followed the plan
scrupulously have been very glad
they did.
Swine Husbandry
Basic Principles i'm Hog Business.
Pulaski county is ideally situated
for the production Of hogs. Its sit
uation gives it access to the principa
markets OF the country at the pay
ment of minimum freights Up un-
til this time however. folks have
/ not been growing enough alfalfa and
/ clover. to make il advisable 10 car
~ on a program OF hog production
for cheap pork is largely dependent
I on legume pastures of some kind
Now with a number Of pieces OF al
falfa in the county and these GO
ing into the winter in good shape,
some Of our folks are ready to adop,
a program of swine improvement
/ that will really mean profit
! Sanitation is Big Problem.
/ In the work which Ny Schwa 3
did last week as well as last spring
| a method has been presented. parts
/ Of which the progressive hog man
/ can now take and develop a hog
raising plan that means profit every
/ year. In the next five years a
| method that will get rid Of diseases
and worms is the one that viii make
money. This fall we have seen more
wormy pigs than ever before. With
/ individual hog houses. however and
! good pastures it should be possibls
to have pigs narrowed on clean
I gSound so they viii not be infested
with worms soon after BIRTH