davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
HANDLING GRAIN IN
SACKS VERY COSTLY
Detailed Results of Recent Test
in Oregon Given.
Handling in Bulk Is Becoming Uni
versalIy Recognized as Most Eco
nomicaI System and Is Gain
ing Rapidly in Favor.
prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The unloading of sacked grain from
cars requires II times the labor used
in unloading the same quantity OF
bulk grain, recent tests conducted by
3. N. Bates and A. L. Rush of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture show. The tests also show
that the cost of unloading sacked
grain from a railroad car and piling
the sacks in a warehouse is four times
as much as the cost of unloading and
placing in bins of an elevator an equal
quantity of bulk grain. These tests
We're made at modern terminal ele-
vator and sack warehouse in Port
land, Ore, and the detailed results
are contained in Farmers Bulletin
1890. entitled 'The Bulk Handling of
GRAIN" just published by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The bulletin states that the handling
Of grain in bulk is becoming univer-
sally recognized as the most econom-
ical handling system known.
The bulk handling system has long
been in use in the large grain-produc-
ing sections east of the Rocky noun
tains, but the Pacific coast states
have until recent years handled grain
almost entirely in bags Bulk han
ding is now growing in favor in the
Pacific coast states.
The chief advantages Of bulk han
ding are said to be the saving in the
cost Of handling, the elimination of
the cost of the bags, the prevention
Of waste from leaky bags, the ease
and accuracy Of inspecting the grain,
and the convenience with which bulk
grain can be conditioned and cleaned.
The time and labor saved on the
farm by handling grain in bulk are
even more striking than the saving
at terminal points, the bulletin states,
giving as a reason that the handling
of grain in sacks is a slow and la
borious process, and usually no me-
chanical equipment such as hand
trucks and sack-piling machinery can
be handled on the farm.
Large terminal elevators, equipped
for receiving, handling, conditioning
and delivering grain in bulk into yes
sells for export are now located at
each of the Pacific coast seaboard
markets, and many cargoes of grain
loaded from these elevators are now
being successfully exported in bulk.
The bulletin gives the results of in
yestigations regarding the economical
phases involved in the bulk and sack
methods of handling grain and de-
scribes the equipment necessary for
the successful handling Of grain in
bulk on the farm. Copies Of the bull
letin can be obtained free upon re-
quest to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
BUYER KNOWS LITTLE
ABOUT COST OF FEED
Is the Second Largest Item
of Expense to Farmer.
Most Important Factors Controlling
Local Prices Are Availability Of
Substitutes, Potential Sup
plies and Surplus.

Prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Are YOU paying too much for your
feed stuffs? To determine this re-
quires a knowledge of how feeds are
sold by mills, market conditions, quail
ity of the product and methods of
purchasing, says G. G. Wheeler, in
vestigator in marketing feed, United
States Department of Agriculture
Although feed stuffs constitute the
second largest item Of expense to
American farmers, wheat feeds alone
in 1920 representing value of APP
proximately $200,OO0,000, little is
known by the average buyer about the
marketing of this commodity, says
Mr.. Wheeler.
The availability of feed stuffs
locally produced which may be used
as substitutes, and potential supplies
and production in surplus producing
sections are said to be the most i'm
portant factors controlling local feed
prices. Wide variations in prices in
heavy consuming and producing cen
tiers, and in sections where only mod
crate supplies are handled are at
tributed to the prices paid by indAVid
ual dealers, unsold feed in transit
which is frequently disposed of at a
sacrifice on arrival, grade, quality,
whether the feed is bought for cash
or credit, and whether the purchase
is foA immediate or NYtute delivery.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
GREEN FEEDS FOR CHICKENS
Where Fowls Have Unlimited Range
in Summer There Is No Difficulty
Different in Winter.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
If the best results are to be obtained
with poultry, they must be furnished
with plentiful supply Of green feed.
Where fowls have unlimited range ON
farm they viii secure green feed
during the spring and summer, but
during the winter it must be supplied
for them
The question of how to supply the
best feed at the least cost is one that
each poultry keeper must decide large
" for himself 1t win probably make
but little difference what kind of green
feed is supplied provided it is relished
by the fowls. Cabbages, turnips, beets,
potatoes, ETC., are suitable for this pur-
pose. The larger roots and the cab
bages may be suspended by means Of
a wire or string or they may be placed
on the floor, in which case it would
be well to split the turnips or beets
lengthwise with a large knife. Pota-
toes and turnips should be fed cooked.
The mangel is an excellent root for
feeding raw.
Cut clover. soaked in boiling water,
fed alone or with the mash, is good,
say poultry specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Clover meal and ground alfalfa make
very good feeds for this purpose.
Where the fowls are yarded and not
enough green feed is furnished by the
yards, a small patch of clover, alfalfa,
or rape may be sown. Any one Of
these, If frequently moved, will fur
nish a great quantity Of green feed In
a form relished by the fowls. Canada
field peas may also be sown for this
purpose, and when fed in tender,
crisp condition are eaten readily. Rye
is a good crop for late fall and early
spring, for it will terminate and grow
in cold weather. AS a general thing,
fowls should have once a day about
all the green feed they will eat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11

Mr.. Wheeler advises buyers to ascer-
tain carefully all these facts in con-
nection with prices quoted before
placing orders.
Mr.. Wheeler has made a careful
study of the marketing of mill feeds
and his findings are contained In
United States Department of Agricul-
ture Bulletin 1924, entitled "The Mar
keting Of Mill Feeds" The bulletin
tells how feeds are sold by mills,
handled by cooperative societies, how
to study market conditions, what to
ascertain about prices quoted, and
present needs of the trade. Trade
rules, grades and feed stuffs laws are
also discussed. Copies Of Bulletin
1924 can be obtained free upon re
quest to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington,
u @
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11


White, Berkshire, Hampshire and
Spotted Poland China. The Tam
worth and the Yorkshire are the only
breeds of the bacon type grown to any
extent in this country and are the
only ones included. The minor breeds
given a place in the bulletin are the
Mule-Foot, Large Black, Kentucky
Red Berkshire, Cheshire, Essex and
Victoria. -
Most Profitable Hog.
The big-type. animals says the au-
thor, are found in all breeds, but are
more numerous In some breeds than
in others. Owing to an increasing de
mand for cured hams and bacon of
high quality, the type of hog becomes
q matter of much Importance. Hams
weighing from u to 10 pounds are
more likely to cure with high quality
and flavor than lighter or heavier
pieces. Neither hams nor bacon
should carry excessive quantities Of
Eat, but should be "weIl marbled"
The opportunity for producing meat
Of this character is greater in the
quickly grown big-type hog than in
the distinctly small type. The most
profitable hog is the one that can be
grown to the required market weight
in the shortest time. Well-bred and
welI-fed animals of the right type
wall make the market weight in from
seven to ten months The best mar
ket weight is generally from 175 to
225 pounds
Copies of the bulletin may be OBJ
tanned free by addressing the depart
ment at Washington, D. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
sILAGE CART is CONVENIENT
Considerable Time and Labor Saved
by Use of Homemade Device,
Says Iowa State College.

Building of a homemade silage
cart to be used in distributing silage
IN the feed lot viii save considerable
time and labor.
Some men at Iowa State college
have planned a cart which can be
made from an old pair Of cultivator
wheels fitted on gas pipe axle on
which a heavy packing box has been
mounted By measuring your silage
chute the cart can be made to run
under the chute and filed directly
from the Nsilo.
Grain can also be distributed by
means of the same cart and consider
able lifting of heavy materials can be
avoided in the feeding operations
through its use.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
BIC-TYPE HOES
ARE HvORITES
Department Of Agriculture Gives
Brief History and Origin
of Various Breeds.
LARGER ANIMALS FIND favor
owing to Increasing Demand for
Cured Hams and Bacon of High
Quality Size Of Hog Becomes
Matter of Importance.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
There is no "best' breed Of swine,
but within the different breeds the
'big-type' hog is now finding most
favor in nearly all parts Of the coun-
try, sags the United States Depart
ment ef Agriculture in a recent Farm
ers' Bulletin, 1868, Breed of Swine"
by q. z. Russell. The bulletin, which
is weli illustrated with photographs
of specimens of all the leading breeds
and OF some minor ones, gives a brief
history Of the origin of all the breeds
now found in the United States, de-
scriptions of their characteristics, and
names of the record associations, with
names and addresses of the secre-
taries.
Lard and Bacon Types.
The usual classification under lard
and bacon types is given. The breeds
included under the first are the
Duroc-Jersey, Poland China, Chester
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
POWDER CONTROLS HEN LICE
Mixture of Gasoline, Stock Dip and
Dry Cement Will Prove
Quite Effective.

Common hen lice that live on the
hairs, feathers and skin of the fowls
can be controlled by treating with q
homemade powder composed Of mix
ing three parts of gasoline and one
part of stock dip and adding enough
dry cement to make powder. Hold
the bird with its head down and apply
the mixture by working in the feathers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
TELLS OF GOOD RAT POISON
Department of Agriculture Recon-
mends 20 Per Cent Mixture
With Food as Bait.

Studies of barium carbonate as
rat poison made by the United States
Department of Agriculture indicate
that a 20 per cent mixture with food
makes a satisfactory bait. With this
percentage rats ordinarily need to eat
only about one-third to three-eighths
of a meal to get a fatal dose.
Experiments by various persons as
to the deadliness of barium carbonate
to other animals shows untrue the
cornmon belief that this material is
poisonous only to rats and indicates
that a bait which will be fatal to rars
Is more or less dangerous to small do
nestle animals also.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
HOG HOUSE FROM OLD BARN
Necessary Sunlight Admitted by In
genious Arrangement of Large
Windows in Walls.

Ordinarily it is not considered good
practice to house swine in a barn,
because of the difficulty of getting
the large amount of light which Is
necessary for the welfare of the AMI
mails. An ingenious arrangement
which overcomes this difficulty is
shown In the illustration. The barn
is Of the basement type with masonry
walls. A section Of ten feet wide
along the south side Of the basement
is set off by partition and divided up
into pens. Large windows are in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
ALFALFA NEEDS SOME LIME.
All Leoumes Are Injured More or Less
by Acid or Sour soils-Cause
of Failures.

The reason why so many farmers
nave failed in their attempts to grow
alfalfa is that they have soWn this
crop on sour or acid land. All le-
gumes are injured more or less by acid
Soils and alfalfa is one that refuses
TO grow in soils that are only slightly
acid. An application of lime will cor
rect this evil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
WHlTEWAsH is POULTRY AID
Filth, Dampness, Improper Ventilation,
Poor Feeding Are Causes of
Disease.

Prevention is better than cure in the
poultry business as in any other de-
partment of life. Filth, dampness, i'm
proper ventilation, improper feeding
and introducing infected birds into
the yard are common causes Of dis
ease Clean the dropping boards daily
and then sprinkle them with road dust,
coal ashes or 1and-plaster to absorb
the liquid excrement. New straw
should be put into the nests every two
or three weeks or oftener, especially
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
IMPORTANT CARE
OF LAYING HENS
High Egg Production Secured
Only by Duplicating Spring and
Summer Conditions.
SUCCULENT FOOD is USEFUL
Stock Beets, cabbages and sprouted
Oats Are Especially Valuable
EPSON Salts Is Most Salts
factory Substitute.

Only through careful feeding can
high egg production be secured IN win
ter, and the canny poultryman has
noticed that the number Of eggs car
ried out each day. is closely related to
what and how much in the way Of
feed is carried in.
One important factor in the care of
birds in winter is TO duplicate, in so
far as possible, the natural conditions
of the regular production season in
spring and summer Thus some form
of green, succulent food is very use
full to keep the birds in a healthy con-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11

If it becomes damp or dirty. White
wash the quarters once year at
least, late In summer or early in the
fall
Free range and plenty of shade,
especially during the hot days, are
necessary If chickens are to grow
rapidly and develop into vigorous
fowls. Growing chickens that have
free range find quantities of green
feed, bugs, worms and other things,
therefore require less grain, and they
are less liable to sickness or disease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
NEW YORK IS CHIEF MARKET
often Quoted as Paying Highest Prices
for Early Arrivals of Fruit
and Vegetables.

OF the leading markets New York is
often quoted as paying the highest
prices for very early arrivals of fruits
and vegetables, but during the height
of the season is often quoted below
the others, says the United States De
partment Of Agriculture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
LEGUMES QUITE BENEFICIAL
Furnish Rich Feed, Improve Soil and
Are Drought ResIsting-AIfaIfa
Is Leader.

The leguminous plants are among
The most important Of field crops, for
they furnish rich feed, enrich soil and
are, at least some of them, the best
notwithstanding plants known. The
best-known legumgs are alfalfa,
clovers, beans, cowpeas, soy beans, pea
nuts. lespedezas, 1upine, medic, NELL
Illus, sanfoin, serradella, spurry, vel
vet beanG vetch, berseem, beggar
ygeed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
Balanced Rations.


Balanced rations consist of scratch
mixture and mash. The scratch mix
ture, usually composed of three or
more grains, keeps up the body weight
of the bird and supplies heat. The
mash consisting Of ground grains or
their by-products, being high in digesti-
bility and rich in protein, is more d.
rectly available for egg production.
Heavy mash consumption goes with
high production and the quantities of
scratch grains fed are designed to be
sufficiently low to encourage heavy
mash consumption
The scratch mixture used with best
results at the New Jersey experiment
station and egg-laying stations is
equal parts by weight of cracked corn,
wheat and oats This is fed in deep
litter at the rate of from 10 to II
pounds per 100 birds.
Makeup of Dry Mash.
The dry mash used Is composed of
equal parts by weight Of wheat bran,
wheat middlings, ground oats, corn
meal and meat-gcrap It is fed in hop
pers and kept constantly before the
birds. Careful feeders watch their
birds and regulate the quantity of
scratch so as to keep the birds in such
a condition that they will be eating
mash eagerly with no accumulation of
scratch grains in the litter.
Poultrymen often complain of lack
of production, when they themselves
are at fault through slipshod methods
of feeding their birds. The careful
feeder weighs or measures his feed
accurately and thus knows the
amounts and the proportions of
scratch and mash consumed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
FEED DAIRY cow LITERALLY
Animal Cannot Be Expected to Pro-
duce Large Milk Yield When
Given Scant Ration.

When the dairy COW is fed just
enough to maintain her body weight
she cannot be expected to give much
nilk. About one-half of the nutrients
IN the average ration go to sustain the
sods. Always feed full ration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11

with current at 10 cents a kilowatt
hour, the warmer will cost SO cents,
which is worth while if it adds only
two eggs a day to an otherwise doubt
full cold weather production. In Sc
we're winter weather, it may even pre-
vent the loss of some of the hens.-J.
n. v. in Popular Science Monthly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11

orchard must be on a good site with
no rock lodges or hardpan near the
surface, well drained and without I'M
usual danger from frosts; the trees
must have good vitality, without de
cayed trunks, cankers that girdle the
limbs, or weakness that would make
good growth impossible; and, finally,
the varieties must be good unless it is
practicable to top-graft the trees.
A neglected orchard is always a
menace to other orchards in the neigh
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11
Retain PuIIets in Fall.

Farmers are urged to stop the prac-
tice of selling their pullets in the fall.
These are worth more as winter lay
ers than as meat for the table. Win
ter eggs must come from the pullets,
so these should be kept and not sold
off
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11

dition and their systems in tone. Stock
beets, cabbages and sprouted oats are
especially valuable for this purpose.
If no succulent food is available Ep-
som salts fed at the rate of one pound
per 100 birds in the drinking water
about twice a month makes salts
factory substitute.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11

oUFFIIgnI NuHITtI5u 90 EI0y SI's'
serted at intervals in the upper half
of the exterior walls, to admit sun
light. They are hinged at the bottom
so that they can be opened to provide
ventilation also. Doors three feet
square are cut in the lower part of
the wall to provide access to the run.
ways outside, which are paved with
concrete, making it simple matter
to clean them thoroughly with a hose,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-11

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08

terday afternoon by Judge Frank D. Haines, in superior court. inc charge being that of manslaught-r. X bond or S5,0o0 was fixed and Sutclilfe was given until 1 D. m. today to furnish q bond or he will be formally arrested.
 The court had recessed early in the day subject to the pleasure of States Attorney Hugh NJ. Alcorn. Ii sat just two minutes to hear Mr. Aicorn's re- quest for the Sutciiffe warrant and the rs mark that before the grand jury probe into the qualifications of ccr- tain physicians practicing in Connec- ticut had ended, he expected to ask for other bench warrants. Court then adjourned until Tuesday
 Sntcliffe is expected to furnish q bondsman.
 The basis Of the charge against Suteliffe Is that on August 22 last he gave to Hoody an overdose of an anesthetic while attempting to am- putate a finger which had been crush cd in drop press. Sutcliffe held diploma which he had obtained in St. Louis, Mo. and it has been charged that the diploma was be- gus. He recently was a witness be. fore the extraordinary grand jury which began probe Of the exist ence in this state of diplomas from alleged fake diploma mills" in the middle west.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08
Sure. He Was Thankful.

''I have just called in to say how much l appreciate your treatment, Doctor"
 But I am not your doctor. young man."
 "So, Rut you were my old uncles. and am his heir."--Kari- katuren (Christiania).
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
 AGAINST DR. SUTCLIFFE
Issue Warrant for Hoody's Death Against Prominent Figure in
 Medical Probe.

Hartford. Dec. S.--A bench warrant for George NJ. sutcliffe, who practieed medicine at Unionville, and under whose hands Albert C. Hoody. war veteran, died while being operated on for a crushed finger, was issued yes-
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08

Charges had been made that the Newark and Baltimore clubs were too closely linked and the acquisi- tion of the New Jersey outfit by some interests it is predicted, will do much to strengthen the circuit.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08

Purchase Of the Newark club by a syndicate of Newark business men headed by Michael McTighe, promin. ont real estate man from William Ashton and Bernard Moan, of Balti- more. is expected to smooth out a situation which has been a bone Of
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08
In italian Floods Wake

The circle shows the bordering around Lake Bergamo Italy inundated by the swelling waters of Geno Lake, which burst its dam at Dezzo Ten million cubic meters of water swept the hills and down into the valleys oterang three villages and devastating 50 square miles of territory Six hundred persons it estimated lost their lives Thousands of others were made homeless.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08

The first step in shakeup Of In- tcrnational club ownership was made known yesterday when President John Conway Toole announced the Newark franchise had changed hands. At the same time Mir. Toole disclosed that negotiations are under way to shift the Syracuse club to Montreal.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08

Sam Hyman, southpaw artist of the New Haven Profs, is to report to the Detroit Tygers Of the American league, contrary to rumors that have been heard lately. Hyman had plan ned performing in Cuba but he has received orders to eliminate winter ball from his schedule Of affairs, ath- lctic and personal.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08

contention in league circles for som time.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08

Walter koppisch, star athlete at Columbia, may be elected for the third time as captain of the Gotham university eleven next year. The bril- liant halfback Of the Columbia team has just been declared eligible 10 play another year and he seems the only man available to fill the role of leader capably.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08

Marty Conroy, Eastern league um- pirc. and George Weiss. owner Of the New Haven club of the same league arc rivals for the chance to lead a transforming nine to Porto Rico this winter. If Conroy managed the team he would probably be called on 10 umpire.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-08
OurHoliday Announcement

We cannot present in our advertisement true picture of our store with its wonderful selection of Christmas gifts. Therefore, we bid you welcome and invite you to come and see the many beautiful and interesting displays we are showing for the holidays.
 The Christmas thought find its fullest expres- sion only in the gifts we'll chosen. Such gifts are selected deliberately with definite thought for the tastes and needs of ones friends Jewelry presents wide range of gift selection For this we have taken special pains to buy the things our patrons will approve of. We know our trade and have done our best