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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-29
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SPECIAL MEETING
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November g. has been called for
Tuesday. October 80. at 1880 .. m.
at tho Hotel Washington. Mrs. s.
II. Jordan is chairman OF the card
committee.
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Celebrate Weddina An7eiyersaru

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Alexander Niven celebrated the
anniversary With dinner Of eight at their
evening, October IS.
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
Powdered Hellebore Is
Good to Kill Fly Larvae

One of the most common breeding
places of the common house fly is
the manure pile, which 1t Is not always
possible to spread on The land fire.
quently enough to bring about destruc.
ton of the contained larvae. The adj
dition of chemicals to manure for the
purpose of destroying these larvae has
its limitation, since some substances
used for this purpose destroy the fer
tilizer value of the manure, others are
so poisonous that there Is danger OF
poisoning farm animals and poultry
After careful study of large num-
Der of chemicals, the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture has found that
powdered hellebore, one-half pound In
ten gallons Of water, will prevent the
development of fly larvae In eight
bushels Of manure and possesses none
of the Objectionable features men
toned above. Borax is also salts
factory chemical for use in manure
which is not applied too thickly to the
land Too much borax In the soil will
Interfere with plant growth when
used. Clean premises closed garbage
cans, screened manure pits and out
door fly traps will also pay in fly time.
r. #. Bourne, Veterinary Depart
menf, Colorado Agricultural College.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12

other concentrates. IN herds where
the average production per COW was
as low as 5000 pounds or less, 81
pounds Of concentrates were used to
produce 100 pounds of milk, while
only 81 pounds were required in herds
where production reached from 5000
to 1000 pounds per COW. In those
herds where 1t ran above 1000 pounds
per COW 81 pounds of concentrates
were used to produce hundredweight
Of milk.
It appears that many farmers fed
too heavily Of grain in the ration for
their farms to be profitable. On "a
farms where on an average 5000
pounds of grain and other concen.
trates were fed per COW, the average
milk. production was 5000 pounds.
This shows that 60 pounds Of grain
and other Concentrates we're used to
produce 100 pounds of milk. On 100
other farms, where between 1000 and
1000 pounds Of concentrates were fed
per COW per year, the average produc-
ton was 5000 pounds per COW and
the amount OF concentrates used for
each 100 pounds Of milk was 2o
pounds On these farms the net re-
turn per co., was $54 larger than on
those where the heavier grain ratfons
were fed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
Popular Geese and Ducks
for Market or Feathers

Farmers are realizing more and more
that nothing but purebred geese should
be considered. For heavy geese either
for market or feathers, there is little
to choose between the Toulouse, En-
den or African For quick growing,
heavy laying, small geese, either the
White or Brown China is good. For
market, Pekin ducks are grown; for
laying, Runner ducks are one of the
best, and for home table ducks there
is only one superlative duck, the Mus
covy. Why this duck is not more gem
orally kept by farmers is mystery.
Certainly, were it more generally
known what good eating they are, how
easily they propagate themselves,
great many more would be grown Al
though the size Of a large duck, they
are not really ducks but geese. They
will not, though, interbreed with other
ducks or geese.
They are silent or quackless. They
do best if allowed to make their own
nests and hatch and rear their own
young and are remarkably successful
at this. Muscovy ducks come in two
colors (black and white9 and white.
Their principal faults are that they
are inclined to be pubnacious with
other poultry and on being moved may
not be good breeders the first year or
two, or may not breed at all. They are
very hardy and long-lived.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
japanese Beetles Are
Cause of Much Injury

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture
The fact that Japanese beetles at
tack over 200 species of plants, In
Guiding between 20 and % species
which they injure severely, makes the
control of this insect unusually diff
cult, because as soon as one infested
species is sprayed with arsenicals and
rendered distasteful to the beetles
they concentrate on other plants,
which frequently cannot be protected
with sprays.
A series of studies made for the
purpose of determining what the feed
ing habits of the Japanese beetle are,
has been embodied in a professional
paper issued as United States Depart
ment of Agriculture Bulletin 1854,
Feeding Habits Of the Japanese
Beetle Which influence It's Control"
by Loren B. Smith, entomologist. II
has been found that most of the Gull
tivated fruit trees, corn, beans and
various shade and ornamental trees
are attacked. Sometimes heavy in
festation will occur at first on peach,
smartweed, sassafras and apple, after
which the beetles leave for other food
plants and do not return during the
season. Ripening fruit of any kind,
silk and ears of corn, and peaches af
fected with brown rot are particular
ly attactive to the beetles. During
the early part of the season they are
more abundant on weeds, cherries and
grape; by midsummer fruit and shade
trees are more heavily infested, while
during August and September heavy
infestations are mostly confined to
corn, beans, clover and various plants
in bloom at that time. Most of the
feeding occurs on the upper and other
foliage of the various food plants.
The bulletin, which also gives other
data bearing on the control of this
pest, is available to those interested,
upon application to the United States
Department Of Agriculture at Wash
ington, D. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
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Fowls Will Respond to
Proper Care in Summer

ssIt may be stated without fear OF
contradiction, says A. G. Smith, chief
of the division of poultry husbandry
at University Farm, that under aver
age conditions farm focks yield no
more than 20 per cent during the sum-
mer months, while, If well managed,
the yield will practically be doubled
at small additional expense"
The reasons given by Professor
Smith for the failure Of farm flocks to
maintain April production are than at
the season advances the supply of in
sects and young, tender green's be-
comes insufficient to supply more than
the needs of the body; that external
parasites become abundant during the
hot weather; that coops are poorly
ventilated, and that broody hens are
mismanaged.
To maintain production, he says,
f1ocks must be plentifully fed with a
balanced ration Of grains and animal
food and with an unlimited supply of
greens, grit and oyster shells. War
must be necessarily Waged against
mites and lice. Houses must be kept
cool and comfortable by regulating the
ventilation to suit the day and the
weather. Broody hens must be brok-
en- up at once by removing them from
the nest and putting them where there
are no nests and no places to set.
With good treatment and ample feed
Ing the hens will soon return to work.
All sick hens must be removed while
those that are healthy and in good
flesh but do not lay should be culled
out at least once a month and sent to
market.
Some of the university fiocks are
now giving so and copper cent produc-
ton as result of proper care and
management, according to Professor
Smith.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
Comfortable Pigs Will
Paw Biggest Dividends

The happy, contented pig grows and
fattens the most rapidly, according to
John NJ. Evvard of the Iowa expert
ment station; it is the comfortable
pig that is the happfest and most con-
tented. Now it isn't necessary to keep
the pig In the parlor, but it is neces-
sary that he has a comfortable bed
and a comfortable place for his bed.
Your aim is to make the pig big. The
growing pig, the boar, the brood sow,
all need considerable exercise even
though they need a good place to rest
when the need and desire comes upon
them. But the fattening hog gets fat
more rapidly when he doesn't run
around or stand disconsolately wear
ing the fat off. Comfortable quarters
and comfortable bed make pig
heaven, where porkers wax fat and re-
turn dividends to their owners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
[)O(jLIW N0TE(

Breeding ducks lay more fertile eggs
If allowed bathing water in pond or
small stream. The breeders should be
given plenty of pasturage.
When hen, leaves her nest, or
when the temperature of the incubator
gets too high or too low weak chicks
will result. A chick that needs to be
helped out of the shell isn't worth
saving.
A healthy turkey loves to roam and
should be induced to do so by not
being fed too literally in the morn
ing. When about time for them to
come home to roost, have feed, water
and grit near their roosting places.
If the chicks are puny, look up the
cause at once Something is most
surely wrong with their care or an
cestry.
A record of 20 fiocks of scrub hens
showed that during 120 winter days
they averaged laying one egg apiece
each week This is an awful record.
Turkeys are seldom sick and should
not be continually dosed with nos
trums or medicines. If one is sick in
yestigate and treat according to symp
toms.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
Bordeaux Mixture for
SPRAYING Potato Crop

Much of the value of bordeaux
mixture In spraying potatoes depends
upon how the materials in the mixture
are compounded. The standard for
mula consists of five pounds Of blue
vitriol, or copper sulphate, and FIVE
pounds of freshly burned lime In 90
gallons of water.
The copper sulpf1ate is dissolved by
placing it into bag and suspendinS
In water. The lime is treated separ-
atelv. A little hot water is poured on
the lime until it becomes active Then
cold water is added slowly as the lime
Stakes until a fairly thin white liquid
results.
In mixing, either the copper sui
phate or the lime, should be fairly di-
Iuted. It is better, especially where
mixing small amounts, to pour the
copper sulphate solution into the milk
Of lime A heavy sediment is apt to
result If the opposite process is fol-
lowed. Many potato growers have
mixed 1t the wrong way and the re-
suits have been of comparatively little
value.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
Principles Shown in
Feeding Dairy Cows
Adequate Diet Must Contain
Mineral Ingredients.
prepared by tile United States Department
of Agriculture)

prepared by tile United States Department
of Agriculture)
Experiments in nutrition during the
last few years have resulted in the dig
covery of new principles in nutrition,
many Of which are important in the
proper feeding Of dairy cattle, says the
United States Department of Agrlcul-
ture. 1t has been found that an ade-
quate diet must contain certain mineral
ingredients, and also certain organic
compounds whose exact chemical ma
ture is still unknown but which have
been called vitamins. 1t is quite pos
sible to make up diet from ordinary
feedstuffs which will contain sufficient
protein and energy, and yet be deficient
in either minerals or vitamins, or both.
There Is every reason for believing
that the whole subject of feeding for
the maintenance of high milk yields
can be very much simplifed as COM
pared with the systems of feeding now
practiced, and also great economies IN
troduced into feeding practices, by a
systematic study Of the vitamin and
mineral contents of dairy feeds and OF
the relation of these to milk produc-
ton.
1t seems probable, also, that the min
eral and vitamin contents of dairy
feeds may be found to have an 1mpor-
tant bearing ON the breeding vigor, or
reproductive ability, Of dairy cattle.
These studies are under way and re-
suits of considerable practical lmpor-
lance have been obtained, some OF
which show that high-producing dairy
cows suffer from shortage OF lime
unless they are fed much larger
amounts Of legume hay than Is GUS
tomary in many parts of the coun-
try, and that there is vitamine IN
fresh, green feed which will probably
promote the assimilation Of lime by
milking animals. It has also been
shown that there are differences ID
the values Of protein for feeding dairy
cows.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
FARM TENANCY IN
WISCONSIN STUDIED
BY 3. II. HIBBARD

Less farm tenancy is found in Wis
consin than in any of the bordering
states. For the state as whole the
amount of tenancy is about IA per cent,
a very large part of which is found In
the southern and eastern counties. In
some Of the southern counties the ten
ancy runs above 30 per cent, while in
some of those in the extreme north 1t
falls below per cent. On the whole,
there is a very slight but gradual in
crease in farm tenancy in the state,
most of which seems TO occur in coun-
ties where the percentage is already
high.
A recent study covering farms in
Green, Rock and Jackson counties,
shows some interesting facts. The in
yestigation showed that in all of these
counties the owned farms were smaller
than the tenant farms, but the tenant
farms showed the larger proportion of
titled land, while the owned farms had
the larger proportion Of pasture.
Over a period of ten years it was
found that 20 per cent of the owned
farms had made important improve
ments at an average value of SLID +;
while on the 81 per cent of the tenant
farms. on which such Improvements
were made, only $526 was spent on
an average Less than two-ffths as
much Improvement was being made on
tenant farms as on owned farms.
Tn the Green-Rock counties district
the tenants owned almost as many au-
tomobiles and 10 per cent more trac-
tors than were found among the land
owning farmers. But in Jackson coun-
ty the tenants owned relatively only
about four-fifths as many of each.
AS In other surveys made, 1t appears
from this study that about 46 per cent
Of the tenants are relatives Of the land.
lord. and that in both these districts
tenancy in most cases is merely step
toward land ownership.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
Considerable Part of
Butter Made on Farms
Recent Bulletin Issued in
Aid of It's 2 Production.

prepared by the United States Department.
of Agriculture.)
When the present generation of mid
dle-aged men were boys, butter was a
farm product almost altogether, and
was shipped to the large markets like
other farm products. With the growth
of the creamery system, however,
farmers have come to dispose of their
cream through this channel. and farm
butter has fallen off very largely. In
1899 over billion pounds of butter
were made on the farm; twenty years
later, only 700,000,00O pounds and the
farm butter of today is consumed at
home or in nearby towns.
Nevertheless, considerable part Of
the butter of the country is still made
on farms, and to aid in the produc-
ton of a good product, the dairy di-
vision of the United States Depart
naent of Agriculture has issued Farm
ers' Bulletin 876, Making Butter on
the Farm. This bulletin first appeared
several years ago; it was later re-
vised; and the demand for it was such
that it became exhausted. A reprint
has just come out, copies of which may
be obtained by application 20 the de-
partment at Washington, D. G.
The bulletin discusses the quality
and preparation of the cream, the
process of churning, and how to over
come the difficulties which arise in that
process. Packages for market, and
how to pack the butter for storing are
also taken up. The necessary equip
ment is listed, and a plan is given for
a conveniently arranged dairy house,
which is highly desirable thing in
carrying on the manufacture of farm
butter
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
WOOL MEN NEED BETTER MARKETING
PLAN AND ARE TRYING OUT POOLING

duced into the more important mar
keting methods, farmers need facts.
Here Are the Facts
These have been obtained, indicat-
ing wherein the old method was weak
and expensive and just how it could
be improved. The outstanding facts
are:
Wool is a sideline production on
most farms and as rule brings in
a small fraction Of farm income.
Being a sidelir1e, wool does not con-
stitute very large volume Of bust
ness either In quantity or value for
the single community or even county.
Because of the small volume Of wool
to be marketed at shipping point, no
middleman can afford to become ex-
pert as local wool dealer. Conse-
quently he rarely knows wool grades,
has unreliable information as to the
real value of wool that he handles,
and therefore has to play safe by pay
ing the minimum prices that farmers
will accept. Besides, his costs were
excessive on account of the small vol
ume handled and the lack of facilities
for proper handling.
These evils, inherent in small
business, constitute the problem which
farmers can eliminate by pooling their
wool. But just as the private mid
dleman had to finance the buying OF
wool, when he did the marketing, so
also the farmer must now finance the
marketing of wool when he proposes
to do the marketing himself, either
by waiting for his money until the
wool is sold or by paying interest to
the banks and borrowing the money
until the wool is paid for. Will the
farmer do one or the other of these
two things? If he will not, he there
by refuses to do what he can to es-
tablish the most effective kind of a
wool marketing method. If the farm
er fails to create efficient cooperative
wool marketing, private agencies may
systematic wool marketing, but that
they will seems unlikely from the pres
ent competitive conditions or past ex~
perience.
It is, therefore. only reasonable to
suppose that substantial Improvement
is to be gained by actual organization
of the farmers to establish market
ing enterprises functioning in their
behalf. Information thus far obtained
by the wool investigation demon
strated the need fer increased eff
cheney in moving wool from farms to
wooden mills.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
CAREFUL MANAGING
NEEDED ON FARMS
Survey of the Systems in Wal
worth County Reveals Much
Valuable Information.
BY P. e. McNALL, University Of Wis

BY P. e. McNALL, University of Wis
consill,
Some farms pay while others OF
similar soils and topography, with the
same seasonal conditions and identical
markets. fail to do so. During the last
Few years there has been a general
decline In prices, and those Of farm
commodities have remained at the bot
tom of the list.
Under such conditions many farms,
which during other times have made
money, have lost heavily. Large farms
generally have. been heavier losers
than the smaller ones; and the few
farms which actually made money
were distributed among all sizes from
the smallest to the largest.
A study was made in Walworth
county to determine why some farms
paid and to learn If possible, to what
extent it is desirable to supplement
the dairy with other lines of income.
It was found that the two outstanding
ways in which the farms that made
money differed from the others were
the increased number Of sources of
income for the farm and the greater
production Of the dairy herd.
The well-diversified farms, or those
having four or five sources of income
of more than 500 each, made con-
siderabIy more than the poorly diver
sitied farms. In order of their impor-
lance the chief incomes were obtained
from dairy products, hcgs, Young
cattle, poultry, grain, hay and truck
crops. The less diversified farms de-
pended almost altogether upon dairy
products for their income.
- Spread Business Risks.
Good diversity provides opportunity
FOR the better use of man and horse
labor and for the utilization of by-prod-
nets such as skim milk from the dairy
herd and to cpread the risks Of the
business. Unfavorable weather con-
ditions or live stock diseases seldom
affect more than one crop or more
than one group of animals at time,
and the farmer having several sources
of income is not likely to be hit In all
of them at once.
In this study it was also shown that,
where average production per COW In
the dairy herd was low, the income
from this source was also low. The
average production of milk per COW
(5.6OO pounds in Walworth county,
was not enough to be paying propo-
gition. AS the production per COW in
creased from an average of 4,625
pounds in the lowest herd to 8,138
pounds per cow in the best herd, the
average farm income increased from
s476 to $1.205. The cost of milk pro-
duced in this case decreased $1.19 per
hundredweight.
Breed for Production.
The amount Of feed and the hours
of labor required to produce 100
pounds of milk were considerably less
with producing than with low
producing herds. The greatest saving
car. ba made la the case of grain and