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New Britain herald., 1923-06-29
PHYSICIANS URGED T0LEAD CAMPAIGN
Demand for Community Health
 Protection Overwhelming

San Francisco, June ss,-Ths de- Hand for individual and community health protection Is overwhelming, DF, Walter M, Diekie of Sacramento, told the child specialists and experts on protective medicine al their ssss sions with she American Medical asr seeiatien here today, Its develop menl has followed a natural course, receiving its inception in the war draft and in the health protection afforded our men while under arms !" he said, Public opinion is strongly entrenehed hehind the movement and scientific medicine must take the lead- eFship in fulfilling the demand"
 DF, Henry Boswell, Of aaAatoFium. Mississippi. told how the medical pros fessian could cooperate with nen- medical agencies in The prevention and control af tuberculosis,
 seek Interests of Public,
 In continuing the discussion pr, John M, Dndson. secretary of the council on Health and Public Instrue. ton of the American Medical asse- hAANhHh E-tA hsAAh hAN sNNf'hsANA Pthil must seek the hest interests of the public He pointed out that public health work is without the eoopera. ton of the general practitioner and urged family physicians 10 give more attention 10 preventive medicine.
 The child specialists and experts considered methods Of lowering the mortality Of infants in this country. Special emphasis wns laid by Arthur R. spalding, Of San Francisco. on the relation of vensreai disease and other infections Of the mother to deaths in Infancy II was pointed out that proper care Of the mother before the child is born will prevent many of these deaths.
 Dr. John A. Foote. Of Washington. D. C.. stated his belief that statistics give only an approximate idea of the influence which birth injuries and hemorrhargic diseases have on infant death, and urged more careful exam nation of the bodies Of infants dying from such causes in order 10 de- .ermine methods of prevention. Only
New Britain herald., 1923-06-29
Three Nations Now Are
 To Boycott Switzerland

Moscow. June 2a.-It is announced that the urkainian md Trans Caucas- ian republics have joined Russia in the boycott against Switzerland oc- casioned by the assassination at Lau- same of Vasivlov Vorovosky the soviet emissary to the Near East conference.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-29

with . knewlsdgs of the cause can prevention be scientifically applied, he said,
New Britain herald., 1923-06-29
IMPORTANT.
 FUR LOSS FACTOR.
hlOnahlt Women of Today fastening to Make Collection

Washington, D, C., June as.=NaH
 sllsts all over the United states
 worrying ever the probable eku
 etisR Of certain of our mammals
 2 70 the deeFess of fashion that
 omen wear fars all faur seasons of
 as year, Museums are hasteniHg ta
 btatn specimens fer their eellee,iahs
 .sfeFs it is toe fate, Newspa pers say
 aat Me are eRriehins the interior Of
 fFlea hY wearing monkey fur aH YaF gaFmetns Seen some of thms sHimals which exist in abundance to- day sill he in the class with the deda and the ank,
 Tt is only by educating the Amer lmah public ta the need for periods of protection for these animals that We MI ne ahle ta preserve ahs of the eenhtFys mes' valuable assets for the sAleyment and profit of future geneE. atlens." says bulletin Of the National Geographic Society from it's Wash. ington, n, C. headquarters,
 seals Esterminated
 An expedition ta the island of Guadalupe off the coast of Lower California, which the National Geo. graphic Society recently helped finance for the purpose Of finding if any specimens Of the fur seals which once lived there in great colonies still were 10 he found. proved eanclnsively that no traces Of these animals have appeared 0n the island for many years, They have heen eNterminated by interruptions fishermen. Unless the | public comes to appreciate the dan. ger menaeing many Of our other fur- bearers throughout the country. their | life story may soon be that of the seal |
 Tt has been estimated that America | spends yearly si00.60O.n00 for fur garments, the trade of fur merchants | in raw and manufactured furs for | import and export trade in New York ! alone being about s376. 1000. .0Oo.
 And for such a trade Billy Beaver. Tommy Marten, Jackie Skunk. and Harry Muskrat--to slip into the nomenclature Of bedtime stories- are not only paying with their lives but with the threatened existence Of their kind. The high prices which have led 10 intensive trapping, to the clearing of woodland and 10 the drain ing of marshes. In many parts of our country beavers and martens have been eytermnated. and even Alaska is beginning 10 worry about the grow ing scarcity Of fur-bearing animals within her boundaries.
 Muslrats Raise Mortgages
 Some of the states of the Union have realized the danger into which they have fallen and are establishing close periods for some of the most of the fur-bearers. Until a few years~aeo the farmer who had ma rshland infested with nluskrats on his farm voiced violent prejudice against the little animals. and set out 10 ext%'ninate them: now that same farmer knows that these muskrats ,an become valuable as any of the livestock on his place. He protects , hem during the mating season, and { akes only reasonable number of , belts for market during the dead of { winter when the fur is good. The great demand for furs has led S 0 the rapid increases of fur-farming this country and Canada S Recent reports say that there are al- , eady about 500 fox farms in Canada 2 llone and that the owners of them V Ire growing wealthy on their profits. a.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
USE PROTECTORS FOR TREES
Mice and Rabbits Do Considerable
Damage Unless Kept Away Dur
ing Cold Season.

Watch the mice and rabbits. Per-
haps this seems like old talk to you,
but it is nevertheless true that talk or
no talk, year after year, thousands
upon thousands of trees are injured by
the mice and rabbits. 1t takes only a
few minutes time for each tree to
provide thorough protection against the
rabbits. A few cornstalks bound about
the trunk, OF newspaper of several
thicknesses wrapped about it will
serve in first-class shape as tree pro-
tectors. If the mice are likely to be
bad, clear away any weeds, trash, rub
bish or similar material which may
be in the orchard, and turn piece of
ordinary wire cloth or screening to a
cylindical shape about the tree. Good
tree protectors can be purchased if you
wish to buy. There is no use running
any risk Of injury to high priced val
liable young trees, especially since in
jury might cause the loss of several
years time as well as the expense of
purchasing and caring for the trees.
San ounce of prevention" and so on,
Is an adage well proven by the expert
ence of many a farmer and orchardist
who has found that an ounce of sure
prevention in the form of tree protec-
ton saves a good many pounds" of
worry and loss later on.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
DIPPING EGGS WILL
PREVENT BAD TASTE
Flavor Disappears When I'M
mersed in Preserving Fluid.
Disagreeabfe Odors Absorbed From
Filters and Flats Becoming Slightly
Moist-summer Product Is to
Be Preferred.
prepared by the United States Department
of AgricuIture

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Probably the best founded reason
for prejudice against cold-storage
eggs has to do with flavor. Everyone
recognizes the ''cold storage taste"
''This TASTE" say the specialists in
the bureau of chemistry, United States
Department of Agriculture, develops
in eggs that have been in storage for
several months, and is especially no
ticeable when they are soft-boiled or
poached. The flavor is not so marked
in the white as in the yolk, which con-
tains large percentage of fat. 1t is
known that fats have an affinity for
odors and flavors The facts indicate
that the cold storage taste is due to
the absorption of surrounding odorS.
when closed the storage room
itself has some odor, as have also the
cases and excelsior, but the straw
board filters and flats have an odOr
more nearly resembling that found in
storage eggs. The filters and flats be
come slightly damp in storage, due to
the absorption of moisture evaporat-
ing from the eggs and the air Of the
room, and acquire a stronger odor
than when dry. Experiments show
that when eggs are protected from air
by immersion in a preserving fluid,
and held in cold storage, the typical
scold-storage taste does not develop.
This proves almost conclusively that
the Objectionable taste is a flavor alb
sorbed by the eggs"
Dirty and cracked eggs, the poultry
specialists say, absorb this flavor more
quickly and to a greater extent than
do eggs with clean shells. Although
summer eggs usually do not keep so
well in storage as spring eggs, they
are preferable in winter from the
point of view of flavor because they
have not been held in storage so long
as the spring eggs. A storage tastep
usually can be found in April stock
in November; in May eggs in Deem
Der; in June eggs in January, and in
July eggs in February
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
CARING FOR EXPOSED PARTS
All Wounds Should Be Well Painted
With White Lead-Corrosive
SubIimate Helps.

Where large limbs must be sawed
off, or there are cankers or dead
patches on tree trunks, the exposed
parts should be well painted over with
white lead. A teaspoonful of zorro
sive sublimate well mixed into a quart
of white lead, with just little oil to
thin, makes a good paint and disin-
fectant Do not paint any Of the live
portion of bark, and if paint is inclined
20 run throw some dust on to take
up the surplus. Any dead bark on
tree shanIs should be cut out before
painting If trees have been pruned
to Il high head or the trunks are ex-
posed to the sun, it will be big help
TO wrap these with one or two thick
nesses. of burlap or gunnysack, after
painting the affected parts, tying loose
~ to lower limbs with cloth strings.
AS a rule most of the larger dead
limbs are found on the south side Of
the tree, which leaves it more exposed
than before. Encourage a new growth
to take place Of large limbs cut out,
If possible, and allow future trees you
may plant to head low.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
PLAIN CONCRETE FOR
FARM USE In FAVOR
Various Details Treated by En-
gineer in Bulletin.
Material of Great Strength Is I'm.
economical if Weaker Mixture viii
Serve Purpose-consider
Cost of Labor.
prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agricuiture)
The requirements of good concrete
and the making and placing OF plain
concrete according to the best prac-
tice. is discussed in Farmers Bulletin
1879. "Plain Concrete for Farm
Use," by T. A. Miller, agricultural
engineer, just issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The bulletin treats also Of quality, pro-
portions and quantities of material re-
quired, forms, mixing, placing, curing,
expansion joints, surface finish, lntels,
concrete exposed to fire, and water
tight concrete.
Rarely can a farm be found on
which concrete is not used for some pur-
pose such as foundations, walks,
floors, walls, springs and wells, fence
posts, siIos, dams, septic tanks, and
water and feeding troughs. Generally
something is known as to the mixing
of concrete, but it is not always that
a concrete of the desired quality is Sc
cured, or if secured, that it has been
done in the most economical way. A
concrete of great strength is uneco-
nomical if a weaker mixture will
serve and a cheap or weak concrete is
costly if it does not fulfill all require
ments.
The cost of concrete depends not
only upon the price of the materials
and labor, but also upon the judicious
use of the two. Lack of foresight in
locating the mixing plant, in the de-
sign of forms and in planning the sue
cessive operations may cause unneces-
sary expense, while neglect of any one
Of the precautions which should be OBJ
served is likely to result in unsatis-
factory work.
Copies of the bulletin may be had
free by writing to the United States
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, d. 9.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
COMMODITY COUNCIL
PLAN GAINING FAVOR
New Way of Handling Certain
Big Agricultural Problems.
SPECIALISTS in Culture of Crops, in
Soils, Pests, Grading and Market
ing Each Contribute to Final
recommendations.

tPrepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
The Commodity council plan is the
name given to a new way of handling
certain of the big agricultural prob
lens by the United States Department
of Agriculture. In the past different
phases OF a crop situation, for IN
stance. have been handled separately
by the various bureaus and offices. The
new plan which recently has been
put into operation brings all the yari-
GUS persons interested in the problem
together into a council where each
may present his views and where
definite inclusive policy may be de-
cided upon.
Already councils have been called
to discuss the cotton and potato stu
nations and recommendations have
been made for action that would be
beneficial in view of present condi-
lions. Department men who are spe-
cialists in the culture of the crops, in
soils, diseases, pests, grading and mar
keting each contribute to the final
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES II
other commodity councils will be called
to take up problems that are toubling
the producers of various other crops
and live stock.
AS result of the Potato council it
Is expected that the usual waste and
loss resulting when a very large crop
is raised may be greatly reduced. The
per capita consumption of potatoes IN
the United States is usually about 81
bushels, but this year enough potatoes
have been produced to supply each
person with about four bushels. Be
cause of this situation, which was dis
couraging to potato raisers, the de-
p&rtment. through this council, made
recommendations, which were sent out
to the principal potato producing
states. The council recommended that
farmers be advised to carefully grade
their crops and ship only the best,
suggesting that if all of the crop, in
Guiding culls, were shipped, food would
rot or spoil in the central market or
in transit markets would be glutted
and the price forced down to a ruin
Gus level. Such marketing would re-
suit in much waste all along the line
from the field to the market. The
council also made recommendations
on the utilization Of the poorer pota-
toes and culls kept on the farm, such
as storing for future marketing, feed
ing to rive stock and, in certain locali-
ties, selling to starch and -four fac
tories. It was also the advice of, the
Potato council that fields be picked
clean of culls and diseased tubers so as
to protect succeeding crops from dis
ease.
Another group Of department men
was called together by the assistant
secretary to take up the problems of
the cotton farmers. These men are
working on the problem of what the
departments policy shall be for the
present in making recommendations
for fighting the boil weevil, the devel-
opment of one-variety cotton communi-
ties, the growing of diversity of
crops. etc.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
POTATOES WITH BLACKHEART
Causes of Development of Dark Brown
Areas Are overheating and
insufficient Air.

Overheating and insufficient ventila-
ton are often the causes of the de-
velopment of dark brown or black
areas in the center Of potatoes, COM
monty known as blackheart. Even POI
tatoes stored in pits out of doors fire.
quently develop blackheart because Of
lack of ventilation. Potatoes shipped
long distances in cold weather may also
be affected if a car becomes over.
heated. University Farm potato men
say this disease and others peculiar
to the storage season can be avoided
by handling and storing the tubers I'M
der proper conditions. Ask the Office
of Publications, University Farm, st.
Paul, for pamphlets on storing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18

A plan similar to the community
council plan was used recently when
a group of men from various bureaus
was brought together to consider the
question of the use of peat as a soil
improver or fertilizer. AS a result
of all the information brought togeth-
er and discussed from various angles
the department decided to make a
public statement to the effect that
peat has very low fertilizing value,
contrary to the claims frequently made
by those wishing to sell it for fer
tilizer.
It is thought that the council plan
will result in getting out prompt rec
concentrations in emergencies and
farmers and others will be able to get
a concise view of the departments
stand and the reasons for making rec
concentrations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
'[gOULIW N)IFC'
i \

Good warm wheat makes a nice
breakfast for the biddies.
A good layer has a large abdomen
covered with soft pliable skin.
Use a little more clean litter on the
floors. Keep the fowls hard at work.
1t is form of health insurance.
The fancy poultry business pays
well but good judgment must be ex-
ercised.
The flock that gets bonemeal and
oyster shell will show few cases of leg
weakness.
A good layer may be described as
a hen having a soft, rich, red comb
and wattles, a prominent head, good
capacity, plenty of fat, soft, pliable
skin, and is well faded out.
Fowls that have been running out
may have needed no grit and may
even have got along without oyster
shell, but now that they are confined
all or much of the time a supply OF
these important ingredients of the ra-
ton should not be neglected. /
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18

prepared by the United States Department
+ of Agriculture.)
Good results in egg production can
not be obtained when the flock is con-
fined during the entire year, according
to tests that have been made by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, The department has kept a pen
Of 80 Rhode Island Red pullets and
one Of so White Leghorn pullets con-
fined in poultry houses throughout the
year, giving them good variety of
feed, including sprouted oats and al
falfa meal, the latter being used in the
mash. These trials have extended over
three years and the result has always
been the same-lower egg production
and excessive mortality.
The Leghorns stood the confinement
much better than the Rhode Island
Reds, but even in this case the produc-
ton was too low co be profitable. In
the different years the pens averaged
from 90 to 108 eggs per hen, while the
other hens on the farm, given good
yards or free range, produced from 125
to 100 eggs.
Freedom for Hens.
The hens that were confined to the
house produced well during the win
ter months, but in the spring the yield
was only fair and during the summer
production almost ceased. Many poul-
trymen keep hens used for egg produc-
ton confined during the winter months,
and this practice is satisfactory if the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
HEAD LICE IaJURE TURKEYS
Grayish White Louise Is Most Serious
of All Parasites-MeIted Lard
Kills Parasites.

Turkeys, ducks and geese are more
easily killed by the head lice than are
other kinds Of farm fowls. The lice
are only one of the six or eight forms
which bother poultry, but a single
head louise has been known to kill g
turkey. 1t is a grayish white louise,
and the most serious Of them all.
For treatment, dip the tip of the
finger in melted lard and rub this well
around the comb. Dip again and rub
back of the ear, repeating for the
other ear, the bill and jaw. This does
not give the head a greasy appear
ance, but is enough to destroy the lice.
A few drops of kerosene. carbolic acid
or stock dip may be added to the lard,
to make it more effective. The bird
should be kept in a warm place for a
couple of hours after this treatment
has been given.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
~DRY" cow NEEDS GOOD CARE
To Be in Condition to Produce Thrifty
Calf Animal Must Be Fed
Quite Literally.

Extra good care through the win
ter months must be given the dry"
COW If she is to be in condition to
produce a good calf.
Many farmers turn these dry COWS
out and make them get what they can
from corn stalks, when they should
be getting a ration that is building
up their bodies.
often cows have had a long lacta-
ton period and their bodies are lean
and they should be fed plenty OF al
faIfa hay and silage A fine ration
is made up of three parts of ground
oats, two parts of bran, one part of
oilmeal and as much ground corn as
ehe condition of the COW demands
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18

hens are not used for breeding. Hens
kept as breeding stock should be given
as much freedom as possible, and it is
the policy of the department to let
their hens cut every day regardless Of
the weather
In these fiocks that were kept penned
up during the entire year there was a
death rate of almost so per cent in the
case of the Rhode Island Reds, and %
per cent in the Leghorn flock. Most
Of this loss occurred during the sum-
mer and fall months. Normal NOR
tality in good-sized fiocks kept in yards
or given free range averages about 10
per cent, according to the departments
experience. The mortality is usually
higher with general-purpose breeds
than with the Leghorns.
Yard Space for Hens.
There is no definite amount of yard
space that must be supplied for hens,
but the larger the yard the better,
More hens can be kept on a certain
space on light, sandy soil than on heavy
soil because the light soil is more cas-.
lily cleansed by rain and sunshine
Where only small space is available it
is advisable to use the double-yard
system SO that one yard can be used
in growing a crop while the other is
used for the poultry. Alternating the
use Of these two yards for the hens
keeps the soil in good condition and
does not endanger the health of the
hens.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
Hints for Pruning

/. Proper pruning gives more
and better fruit.
2. 1t costs less to spray and
pick well pruned tree.
3. All varieties are not pruned
alike.
4. Heavy pruning tends to In
crease wood growth, and may be
used to rejuvenate a rundown
tree
5. Light pruning tends to IN
crease fruit production.
6. The growing habit of a tree
varies with age.
Z. Watersprouts are usually
the result of heavy pruning.
Those sprouts near the base of
the scaffold limbs may be tipped
back and caused to produce
fruit.
8. A limb grows more from
the tip buds than from the lateral
buds.
9. Fruit may be thinned by
pruning.
10. Pruning wounds need to
be painted in Quebec.
II. Keep the top of tree some
what open. Light helps to make
extra fancy fruit.
IL. If the buds on your peach
trees have been killed and the
fruiting wood is in the upper
third Of the top "dehorn" your
trees back heavily to limbs one
inch in diameter.
10. Learn the principles of
pruning, the details will vary
with the tree.
IA. Common sense and good
judgment will help a great deal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
LIME SUPPLY FOR CHICKENS
Experiments Have Demonstrated That
Other Minerals viii Not Take
Its Place.

Feeding experiments with poultry
conducted over a number of years
in which an effort was made to SUBJ
stitute other mineral elements for
lime in the ration are said to have
demonstrated that other minerals will
not take the place Of lime and that
if this element is lacking in the food
the demands of the body will De met
by drawing on the lime stored up
in the bones and muscles of the fowl.
1t was also found that both lime and
phosphorus are more easily taken
from the bones of the living animal
than from dead bone ash fed ia
the animal.