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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Wheat Will Proitably
Assist Poultry Ration

Wheat instead of part of the corn
may proftably make up large portion
Of the poultry ration.
This is the answer given by ID. @.
Kennard, poultryman at the Ohio ag-
ricultural experiment station, In reply
to the use of wheat instead of corn.
Since yellow corn possesses some
properties not found in wheat, he
finds that it is well to add 10 or 20
per cent of ground corn to the mash
even though the price is considerably
higher than that of wheat. If wheat
is used to replace bran and middlings
in the mash it is well to use % per
cent bran to overcome the pastiness
Of the ground wheat.
The scratch grain may be composed
largely Of wheat but here again yell
low corn makes a valuable addition.
A grain mixture may be made of 60
per cent wheat, 20 yellow corn, and
20 Of oats, or the oats may be omitted
If desired. AS corn is valuable for
feeding winter layers just before
roosting time, it may be fed alone late
in the evening instead Of mixing with
the other grain.
Since wheat supplies little vitamin
A as compared to yellow corn, Mr..
Kennard finds it essential that an
abundance Of green feed, such as cab
bage, be provided during the winter if
little corn is fed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Selling Eggs Nearby Is
Reason for Big Profits

The success some poultrymen have
had in selling eggs on local markets
has been due to good management
more than good luck. They satisfy
the demand Of townspeople for fresh.
high-grade products:
BY producing infertile eggs, gather-
ing them twice day, and keeping
them in a place not over 60 degrees
in temperature.
BY taking to the consumers clean
kitchen, eggs equally as clean. Most
poultrymen use either cloth and
washing powder or steel wool.
BY using substantial, convenient car
tons of the dozen-size, by putting in
such cartons eggs fairly even in size,
and by leaving out altogether the
small eggs.
Deliveries are usually made at least
once a week. Some men run butter
route along with their eggs, and so
cut down the cost Of delivery of eacn
product.
Using the farm name or some at
tractive trade mark on the carton
helps advertise the producer and
broadcast more readily the quality of
his product.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
PEDlGREED GRAINS
LIKED BY GROWERS
Larger Yields Obtained
From Pure Bred Than
Ordinary Grain.

It is far call from Argentine,
South Africa, Europe, China, Australia,
and Egypt. the land of the Nile, to the
fertile acres of Wisconsin, but Badger
grown pure bred seed grains have
found their way to each of these coun-
tries and to several other foreign
lands.
The farmers of Wisconsin, as well
as Of other states, and the tillers of
the soil Of foreign lands, are looking
for four things in the seed they buy.
They want high-yielding varieties,
seed pure bred in performance as well
as in name, seed that is true to the
variety name, and seed that is free
from weed seeds. A well-cured and
properly stored seed is sought, as the
buyer knows only too we'll that it
means terminating power.
These requirements have been met
by the Badger pedigreed seed growers
SO fully that they have no trouble in
disposing of their surplus pedigreed
seed at very profitable prices.
Starts Pedigree System.
Back in 1902, r. A. Moore, veteran
pure bred seed breeder, University Of
Wisconsin, became interested in the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Two Old Ayrshire
Has High Years Record

B. Ms Canary Bell, a two-year-old
Ayrshire owned by the Kansas State
Agricultural college, has just complet-
ed a, years record of 9315 pounds of
milk containing 320.73 pounds Of but
terfat. She is the fifth daughter of
the senior herd sire, Bells MelrOse,
to complete years test, thus award
ing to this remarkable sire the honor
Of five daughters that, as two-year-
olds, average 11,007 pounds of milk
and 41124 pounds Of butterfat B.
MS Canary Bell is daughter of Mel
rose Canary Bell II, former worlds
record two-year-old, and a grand
daughter of the famous old Canary
Bell that made 744 pounds Of butter
fat in year.
The college Ayrshire herd is ma
tionally known for its high-producing
cows, having developed more class
leaders and world record cows than
any other institutional Ayrshire herd
in America. Two world record cows
and three French cup winners have
been developed here. OF the 16 Kan
sas class records for 300 and 365 days,
ten are held by K. S. A. G. Ayrshires.
There are II Ayrshires in the college
herd at present that during three
years averaged 1919 pounds of milk
and 44S pounds of butterfat A four
year-old Ayrshire produced 1852
pounds of milk and 6S.73 pounds of
butterfat during September.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Forcing Rhubarb During
Winter Is Easy Problem

Forcing rhubarb in winter either
commercially or for home use is COM
paratively easy, and should be carried
on much more generally than it is at
the present time, as supply Of this
very appetizing dish can by this means
be had from January until the early
spring. The roots for forcing are dug
in the late autumn before the ground
freezes, care being taken to preserve
all the buds on the crowns, and to
keep as much of the earth adhering to
the roots as possible. Past expert
ence has proven that roots that have
been completely frozen force much
quicker. 1t will require at least ten
days OF quite severe freezing to put
the roots in good condition for forcing.
When the time comes to bring in the
plants, dark cellar should be avail
able where temperature of so de-
grees to 60 degrees Fahrenheit can be
maintained
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Rhymed Ration Good for
Various Farm Animals

Mangel-wurzels, so they say, are just
the thing to make hens lay. They're
succulent and good to eat, and best of
all they are so cheap for chicken feed,
and that's thing that interests US
all, by jung! And just little acre
field will fill the shed with bumper
yield. They make a bully COW feed,
too, if they are ground or chopped in
two Just drop them whole in the
chicken pens, some place near the lay
ing hens, for the turnips keep them
In good health, which constitutes a
chickens wealth; for a roupy hen,
or one with cold, or one that's sick
or gettin' old, will eat as much feed
every day as the better one that.
pays her way. Some litter and some
protein feed are also things that poul-
try need Add skim milk and some
good meat scraps, and mash, and shell,
and this and that and the hens will
lar more eggs each day, and instead
of board will pay their way.-A Whit
tier.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
FARM MITES

Dead leaves make valuable humus;
don't burn them.
The waste land might have made
fine sweet clover pasture.
Are you going to leave that binder
out in the field all winter?
When the red clover Is in full bloom,
most men claim it should be cut
Protect the manure from the win
ter rains by building a manure pit with
good roof now.
Incubators do best when placed in
a room where the temperature is fair
ly uniform.
The rooster is the main bird in the
flock, and a poor rooster is dear at
any price. So get good one.
Do not breed from birds of low vi
tally. This causes poor matches of
weak chicks and Improbable pullets.
Infertile eggs culled out of the in
cubator can be boiled, until hard,
ground up and mixed with mash to
make an excellent food for young
chicks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Legume Hay Is Favored
for Farm Flock Of Sheer

There is no better feed for sheep
than good legume hay. Alfalfa is per-
haps the best. Red clover and AL
sike nearly as good, and sweet clover
is fine If well cured. Sweet clover
is rather difficult to cure, however,
and moIdy sweet clover hay has
caused much trouble and many
deaths.
Wild hay is good for part Of the
hay. Some millet IS good, but should
not be fed to excess. Corn slower is
well liked by sheep, but corn fod-
der should be fed sparingly lest they
get too much grain. One ear Of corn
per day is enough for eve, and
keeping to that limit will not permit
the feeding of many stalks where there
is much yield Of corn. Straw is good
for part Of the roughage, but sheep
should not be allowed to run to
straw stacks, for straw, chaff and
boards will get into the fleece and in
jure the sheep and lower the value Of
the wool.
Timothy hay is one Of the poor
est feeds for sheep on account Of
its constipating effects, and constipar
ton is one Of the enemies of preg
nant ewes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

! best there is to be had. Then there
is the registered seed which Is grown
by the association members. This
class is actually just as good as the
elite. Another class of seed is the
certified seed, which has not been I'M
der such strict inspection as the
other two classes. The certified seed
is 1915 per cent pure, which speaks
very well for it even for this classI-
fication.
All the small grains, including bar
ley, oats, wheat and rye are inspected
in the field after heading out and up
to harvest time and also in the bin.
Soy beans and field peas are only in
spected by the bin samples. The corn
is field and laboratory inspected.
The alfalfas. clovers, and timothy
hays. have had very little inspection
up to the present time, but now that
Wisconsin is growing more and more
of her own alfalfa seed, the system Of
inspection is being organized for al
falfa.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

Drain barn lots with bitches or tile.
Fill in low places with rock or gravel.
Burning woods Is double economic
murder; it kills trees and humus.
Feeding high-value feed to low
value live stock is like walking on
quicksand.
If you wish to get the most for
your money out of fertilizer put 1t
upon analysis.
Sanitation, administered in regular
doses, is the best medicine for poul-
try, sheep and pigs.
1t is better to let the pullets roost
in the trees than to crowd them in
the laying hoase. A mature pullet
needs at least seven inches of roost
The old-fashioned farmer who
sneered at scientific farming now has
T. club-boy son who uses science to
! beat his dad producing crops and live
ENacIy
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Electricity Helps
Production Of Eggs
Use of Artificial Light Fa-
vored During Winter.

The use Of artificial light in poultry
houses to supplement daylight, making
longer working day for the birds, and
thereby stimulating egg production
during the winter months, has been
proved conclusively to be practical.
Poultrymen all over the United
States are using gasoline lanterns, gas
lights, and electricity for the purpose.
Hardly any two, however, have the
same size Of light or arrangement of
lights for given floor space. The
different sizes and arrangements Of
lights have given widely varying in
tensities of light on the poultry house
floor, and in order to find out the
proper amount Of light to use, extern
sive experiments have been carried on
by the New York State College of Ag-
riculture at Ithaca, N. Y.
Results of these experiments have
just been published in Professor Fair
banks new bulletin, Artificial Iilumi-
nation Of Poultry Houses for Winter
Egg Production" which anyone.can get
by writing the college and asking for
e 90. One of the new facts brought
out was that the general lighting Of
the pen Is quite as important as light
on the floor alone. That Is, If the
perches were not lighted as well as
the floor, the hens would not all come
down off the roosts to feed.
Other points taken up in this study
were morning light, evening light, and
morning -and-evening light, with the
relative advantages Of each. Direc-
lions are given in the bulletin for wir-
ing the poultry house, how to make re-
Electors, and for spacing the lights over
the feeding area for the best results.
as well as other points on the use OF
all kinds of artificial light.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
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GULL CAREFULLY TO
IMPROVE HEN FLOCK

Culling results not only in immedi-
ate saving of feed, but aims at perma-
nent flock improvement in the selec-
ton of better breeding stock. The re-
cent rise in feed prices should prompt
the poultry keeper to prosecute Gull
ing program with unusual vigor.
Careful examination of every pullet
on the range should follow closely on
the culling of the poor layers. Pull
let's possessing obvious and harmful
deformities should never be allowed
to go into winter quarters. Such de-
fects as twisted beaks and toes will
hamper efficient egg production, while
crooked breast bones, slipped wings,
wry tails and roach backs often indi-
cate lack of constitutional vigOr and
are equally undesirable. Under ordi-
nary conditions, proper economy will
eliminate these individuals as soon as
they appear. In a year like this, how
ever, when feed promises to be higher
in price, the poultryman should Gull
his flock Of pullets with unusual Sc
verify.
Only the good pullets can make
money during the coming year, says
the Department Of Agriculture. The
late-maturing, slow-growing pullets
are not likely to lay many fall or win
ter eggs. The understood, thin pullet
is lacking in constitution and is flu
ture menace to the health Of the flock.
Among the late.hatched pullets only
the most thrifty can prove at all prof
liable. Early-maturing, well-grown pull
let's of splendid health and vigor have
used their feed economically during
the growing season and should be
found in good flesh. These promising
pullets should lay well during the win
ter months and prove profitable. In
the present period Of increased feed
costs, no other pullets should be kept.
If the present increase in cost Of
feed serves to induce more widespread
and careful culling practice, much good
will result to the poultry industry.
The smaller, more efficient flock will
produce more economically, raising the
average production per bird. The rigid
selection Of breeders will permanently
improve the productive qualities of the
stock
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

i
and pleasure. Health and public well
fare problems also come under this
head
Telephone connections, rural mail
service, and roads planned and main
tanned to make it easy for all resi-
dents of the community to reach the
city center are included under the
communication services. Newspapers
which give emphasis to rural as well
as city needs build the communities.
Cooperation between city business
men and country organizations helps
build good will and understanding and
is rated high by the committee. Sup
port for rural movements by city or
CARNATIONS falls In the same class in
scoring the cities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

pedigreed grains and with the aid of
Dean w. A. Henry, he organized the
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment
association. From small beginning,
the association has grown to a mem
bership Of 4,125. About 700 of the to-
tai number of members belong to the
grain growing division of the associa-
ton.
During the early days of the assoc
citation, only graduates of the short
course of the Wisconsin College of
Agriculture were made members upon
their graduation and return to the
home farm. Each new member was
entitled to enough pedigreed seed to
plant one acre of land. By this meth
cd Moore was able to multiply the in
fluences of few pecks of pure bred
grain a thousandfold within much
shorter time than would have been
possible by any other method of dis
tribution. Up to the present time.
the old policy Of allowing each mem
Der enough pure bred seed for one
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Mailing Many Kinds
of Seed and Plants
Proper Selection and Pack
ing Are Most Essential.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture.)
Seeds, plants, scions, CRAFTS and
other plant material intended for
propagating purposes may be shipped
long distances if properly selected
and packed. Long sea voyages
through the tropics are particularly
severe on plant material, so that great
care must be exercised where such
journeys are involved.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has prepared new cir
cular, Department Circular 1913, for
the information of persons who are
in the habit Of mailing various kinds
of seed and plant material-to show
how to collect, label and pack living
plant material for long-distance ship
ment. It is based largely on the OBJ
servations made from great num-
Der of shipments which the depart
ment has received from all over the
world, packed in many different ways
and by many different people. The
manner Of packing the particular
5iARAAlOA4t0 WAAANA AAdFC NOAhO lii OuSh
severe conditions Of climate and dis
lance in satisfactory manner is
noted and recommended for practice.
1t may not seem important, says the
circular, to follow some of the d.
rections given But so many failures
and disastrous results have occurred
from variations from the directions
that the department feels compelled
to urge that they be followed as close
~ as practicable in all cases. Neglect
to sew the cloth coverings on the
packages properly may result in a
total loss Of the valuable material.
Leaving off the dry burlap wrapper
and substituting newspaper therefor
may cause the sweating and holding
of collection of valuable scions or
budwood. Too much care cannot be
given to the selection Of clean, healthy
plant material.
A copy of the circular may be Sc
cured while the supply lasts from the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. @.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
More Attention Needed
for Production of Eggs


Good eggs are the best of food Eggs
are also an essential ingredient of hun
dreds of fine pastry dainties. Eggs
may be prepared in many ways and
are always wholesome and nutritious
whether fried, boiled, poached, scram-
bled or baked.
The quality Of an egg cannot be inn
proved but it may be maintained by
1. Paying attention to the egg char
acterfstics of the flock and of the
breeding stock especially.
2. Producing infertile eggs at all
times except during the Matching sea-
son.
3. Being careful as to the sanitary
conditions in the management of the
flock.
4. Exercising greater care in the
handling and marketing of eggs, that
is, gathering them frequently, keeping
them in a cool, well ventilated place
and marketing often.
5. Consuming at home or marketing
separately all eggs that are off size,
that is small or extremely large eggs
with defective shells, of any that may
be regarded with suspicion because
of having been gathered from a stolen
nest.
6. Selling to buyer or dealer whose
prices depend upon quality as well as
count
BY paying more attention to the
production, handling and marketing Of
eggs, eggs will gain reputation for
quality which will simplify our egg
marketing problem and increase the
income from the poultry flock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Reports on Cooperation

More than 10000 cooperative or
ganizations in the United States now
report regularly to the department re-
garding volume Of business, member
ship, management and operating
methods. A vast clearing house for
the exchange Of cooperative informa-
ton has thus been established which
has yielded information on specific
problems that has often been of great
value to co-operatives.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Tobacco Growers
Hit by Disease
Most Common Ailment Is
Known as Damping- Off or
Bed-Rot in Seed Bed.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Conservative estimates place the
annual loss to tobacco growers from
diseases at $25000,000, and controlling
them is one Of the biggest problems
the planters nave to contend with All
tobacco areas do not have the same
troubles in the same degree, as there
are differences in their climates and
the ktGds of tobacco they grow. In
cooperation with the University Of
Wisconsin, the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture has prepared q
bulletin that has just been issued as
Department Bulletin 1856, Tobacco
Diseases and Their Control.
Origin in Plant Bed.
A great number of diseases that
cause serious damage in the field, says
the bulletin, have their origin in the
plant bed. Preventive measures, there
fore, should be used in the preparation
of the seed beds. The most common
of these diseases is known as damping-
off or bed-rot
serious injury follows transplanting to
infested soils, although frequently
much injury results from the occur
renee Of this disease in plant beds and
the subsequent transplanting of in
fected plants to disease-free soils.
The mosaic disease of tobacco
which is very rarely noted or regarded
as Of any Importance in the plant beds,
usually originates, however, in the seed
beds. Its presence there is largely re-
sponsible for the general field infec-
lions frequently observed in many Sec
lions.
Several Bacterial Diseases.
Recently it has been shown that sew
eral bacterial diseases, such as Wild
fire, black-fire, and Wisconsin leaf-spot,
some of which are very important In
the districts where they occur, are in
practically all instances traceable- to
plant bed infection. Many other dis
eases of tobacco may also make their
first appearance in the seed bed.
The production of plants for trans
planting entirely free from such dis
eases as mosaic, wild-fre, and black
fire is, therefore, highly important,
since at no other point can their pre-
vention be accomplished more eff
GENTLY or economically.
In the field as well as in the seed
bed the principles Of control for all
diseases caused by bacteria or fungi
consist essentially in preventing in
lection either by eliminating the para
site or else by safeguarding the host
plants from its attack by spraying or
by the use of resistant varieties. For
nonparasitic diseases the principles of
control lie in seeking to correct or to
avoid the unfavorable soil or climatic
conditions to which these diseases are
due.
Copies of the bulletin may be had
free, as long as the supply lasts, by
addressing the Department Of Agricul-
ture at Washington, d. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

acres planting still holds good Long
course graduates in the college Of
agriculture, and prominent pure bred
seed breeders out in the state, have
for several years been taken in as
members of the association.
Steps in Distribution Of Seed.
Careful selection and breeding OF
the different varieties is the first step
in the scheme of breeding and dis
tribution of pure bred seeds. Down at
the seed plots at the experiment sta
lions, there, the veteran seed met
grow and select grains to determine
the best varieties suited to a particu-
lar climate and soil.
To get the pedigreed seed to the
farmers Of the state was simple. BY
permitting each member of the Wis
consin Agricultural Experiment asso.
citation to have enough of one variety
of seed for an acre of ground each
year, the value of good seed was DEM
onstrated. The association members
yields were far better than those of
his neighbors, and even before harvest
time, he had usually sold all his sur
plus seed in the home neighborhood.
inspection of grain fields and the
bin sample remains as the only logical
course for the seed men to insure
against poor quality, or so-called pedi-
greed seed that always tries to get a
foothold in the seed grain market.
Three Glasses of Grains
The service of inspection divides
the seed grains into three main classes
First are those called the elite, or
grains which come direct from the ex-
pertinent station. This class Is the