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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Poultry Hints
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Good hens are scratching out a
good living for many poultry raisers
Why not for you?
Never brighten the turkeys. If you
have, occasion to drive them, do 1t
slowly so as not to scare them.
Poultry raisers must learn that the
best hen medicine is sanitation and
must give big doses Of it regularly.
Sour and moldy food should never
be fed to poultry. The health of the
fowls is worth more than the saving
on the cost of the feed.
There ought to be more geese. We
find them the most economical poul-
try to keep and fine eating.
Chat and straw and hay should
be used literally on the poultry house
floor. They suggest leaves and seeds
to the hens and are valuable in pro-
noting exercise.
ANY unhealthy looking fowl should
be removed from the rest of the
flock and the trouble and remedy
sought. Sick birds should never be
kept with the healthy ones
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
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CHEAPEST FEEDS TO
PRODUCE MOST EGGS

When the farmers wife wants to
make a good showing on eggs, she at
once wants a good variety of feeds
from which she can prepare the dry
mash and scratch feeds for the flock.
Sometimes there are feeds in our ra-
lions that cannot be included because
of expense In some parts of the state,
or availability in others. The cheap
est ration which will produce the most
eggs is our aim, rather than the best
ration regardless of price. Here are
some suggestions by L. 3. Card, Uni
versity of Illinois:
For example, wheat mixed feed or
ground whole wheat may replace bran
and middlings In the mash If local
prices for these latter are too high.
Standard middlings will occasionally
be cheaper than the combination Of
bran and flour middlings and may be
substituted for these Hominy feed
may replace corn meal.
'Tankage or cracking meal may re-
place meat scrap If the latter is too
costly. However, meat scrap is much
more readily eaten and it is therefore
usually unwise to replace it with
tankage unless there is considerable
difference In price. A difference OF
ten dollars a ton between meat scrap
and tankage means a difference Of
only one to two cents day in the
cost of feeding a flock Of one hundred
hens. One extra egg daily will pay
for this small difference
amy change IN the ration should be
made gradually rather than abruptly
for the reason that marked changes
suddenly made are almost certain to
cause drop in egg production and
may cause the birds to molt"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
LICE AND RED MITES
CUT EGG PRODUCTION

Poultry lice take large toll Of the
production which a flock of hens are
capable Of giving. They work the year
around, but naturally are not as nu
merous in cold weather as in warm.
The louise proper should be distin-
guished from the red mite. The latter
seldom causes much trouble except
in the warm season. They can do lots
Of damage at that time, however. Lice
live at all times upon the body of the
fowl and are a continual source Of
irritation, while the mite spends the
day hidden away in the cracks and re-
treats in the henhouse from whence he
sallies forth to feed upon the blood
Of his victims. Spraying several times
during the summer season will keep
the mites in check, but will do very
little toward diminishing the number
of lice.
There are a number Of different
kinds of lice which feed upon the
bodies Of the fowls Scientists have
distinguished different species which
live upon different parts Of the body,
but, for our purpose, the different
kinds need not interest us. We know
that all of them are trouble-makers
and that they cut down production
when present in any considerable num-
Der. It is probably true that few focks
are entirely free from parasites, but
when only few are present they do
little harm.
It is stated that the offspring of a
single pair of lice will number more
than 100000 in the short space of six
weeks, and thus we can readily see
how important it is that they be kept
in check. The creatures live upon the
bodies of the fowl depositfng their.
eggs in the feathers, more particularly
at a point just below the vent. Here
they will be found clustering in large
numbers. The only way to control
them is by applying the remedy direct
ly to the parts affected. There are
various preparations which are effec-
tive.
Lice powders may be busted into
the feathers To do this take the bird
by the legs and hold her head down
ward while the powder is busted into
the feathers. Another remedy is a
sort of paste. A tiny bit of this rubbed
into the feathers below ths vent Is
usually sufficient to destroy all the
parasites upon the bird. One applica-
ton of the remedy is not sufficient, as
1t will not kill the eggs SO second
application a week later Is necessary
to destroy the second brood.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Lambs Fed Soy Bean Hay
Make Economical Gains

Lambs fed soy bean hay made
slightly faster and more economical
gains than those fed clover hay, and
settled lambs consumed move grain
but made more profit than handled
lambs. Such are the principal results
obtained by Purdue university In the
lamb feeding experiments recently
completed, when 200 head averaging
8S.5 pounds we're sold at $13.75.
r. G.. King of the Purdue station,
who conducted the test, states that
soy beans and soy bean meal were
comparable in feeding value to cot
tonseed meal Lambs fed soy bean
hay returned a profit of u cents a
head whereas the clover fed lambs
lost ~ cents each. The lambs were
western and were fed in eight differ
ent lots for 80 days. They gained a.
little under a third of pound day..
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Revise Federal
Grades for Hay
Glasses Have Been Simpli-
fed and Number
Reduced.


prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Revised United States grades for
timothy hay, clover hay, clover mixed
hay and grass mixed hay have been
recommended by the United States De
partment of Agriculture effective Feb
ruary l, 1924. The grades have been
simpliied and the number reduced
from 40 in the former federal grades
to 20. An additional class, clover
grass mixed, takes care of a consider
able amount of hay to which the old
grades did not apply.
The grades are based on the feeding
value of hay and correlate closely with
the time of cutting. AS a general rule
timothy and clover should be cut not
later than full bloom to meet the re-
quirements of q. S. No. grades. The
method of stating color in timothy and
other grasses has been changed so as
to be more easily understood by any
one familiar with hay.
Definitions Changed.
Definitions Of clover and other
grasses have been changed slightly
and the quantity Of clover and other
grasses permitted in the timothy class
has been increased to 10 per cent of
each. Three classes have been pro
vided for timothy and clover mixtures
light, medium, and heavy-and the
clover class has been made to include
all mixtures containing over 80 per
cent of clover (including foreign ma
terials) and not over 10 per cent Of
other grasses.
There are two cIasses-light and
heavy-for mixtures of timothy and
other grasses in addition to the mixed
grass class, which includes all mixtures
containing over go per cent of other
grasses and not over 10 per cent of
clover
Definite Grading Factor.
Foreign material has been made a
definite grading factor, the grade be-
ing lowered as the quantity Of for
eign material increases. The def1ni-
ton Of foreign material also has been
revised so that 1t will be more easily
understood In every case where the
grade Of the hay is lowered on account
of foreign material, federal hay in
spectors will be instructed to include
In their. certificates a statement to that
effect.
The reason for placing hay in SAM
pie grade will always appear on the
certificate together with the grade to
which the hay would otherwise be en-
titled, If It can be determined. When
hay is classed as clover grass mixed,
certificates will show the approximate
percentages of timothy, clover and
other grasses present.
Copies Of the grades and further IN
formation about them and the federal
hay inspection service may be obtained
from the bureau of agricultural
economics, United States Department
of Agriculture, Washington, p. G., as
long as the supply lasts.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Farm Notes

/. Sweet clover makes ideal pasture
for sheep.
Inoculation has been proven to be
quite figure in inducing clover stands
to come satisfactorily.
Farmers with roadside markets.
should take a tip from city sdvertis-
ers and start their signs several miles
down the road.
Since extension work began the
county agents have been responsible
for 100000 farmers changing their
farming practices.
Kerosene emulsion is one of the old
est and most effective of homemade
remedies for sucking insects. 1t is
used in fighting sucking insects hav-
ing soft bodies.
few days spent in hauling straw
and filing the gulleys in fields may
pay better than an equal amount OF
time spent trying to grow crops where
the soil is slipping away.
A good louise powder to use on cat
tie during cold weather is made from
one-half sabadilla seed and one-half
sulphur. Rub well into the wrinkles
on the neck, the head and other places
where lice hide.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Corn Borer Control
Is Shown on Screen
Ravages of European Pest Is
Visualized in Picture.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.0
The job of protecting Americas
greatest crop from the ravages Of the
European corn borer is visualized in a
new United States Department of Agri-
culture educational motion picture,
Corn Borer Control In the Corn Belt"
The corn borer was first discovered
In the United States in Massachusetts
in 1917, but was also present in On
tar1o, Canada, at that time. 1t spread
southwestwardl from Ontario, and is
now attacking the eastern limits Of the
great corn belt in Ohio and Michigan.
The picture tells how the federal and
state bureaus Of entomology are
tackling the job of controlling the
"borer" comparatively, and tells the
corn belt farmer what he must do to
prevent its spread to new territory
and to keep 1t under control in in
tested areas.
Burning of stalks, c0bs and nubbins
in the field, the blowing under of the
stalks left standing over winter, clean
ing up the barnyard and pigpen, en-
ploying the silo and shredder and other
recommended methods of control are
shown. Operation of guarantees to
prevent corn on the cob being shipped
out of the Infested areas is also pic
turized.
"Corn Borer Control in the Corn
Belt" will be circulated through the
educational film service of the depart
ment and the cooperating state insti-
tutions. Copies may be borrowed for
short periods, or may be purchased at
the laboratory charge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Alfalfa Hay Tends to
Insure Strong Litters

Alfalfa hay fed to sows during the
winter months tends to insure healthy
filters of pigs. Alfalfa is rich in pro-
tein and minerals and furnishes these
elements at low cost. There are three
ways in which it can be fed: Let the
sows eat it from the stack, feed 1t in
a suitable rack, or add about five or
ten pounds Of chopped alfalfa or al
falfa leaves to 100 pounds Of grain
mixture. The leaves can be gathered
up from the barn floor where the hay
is pitched from the NOW.
Some suggested rations suitable for
a 250-pound SOW are as follows: Al
falfa hay, five or six ears of corn,
one-fourth pound of tankage; alfalfa
hay, two or three pounds of corn;
alfalfa hay, three or four pounds of
grain, one gallon Of skim milk. For
young gifts the proportion of tankage
to corn or grain may be increased.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
BRIGHTER DAYS ARE
AHEAD FOR FARMER
Patience, Marketing and
Balanced Farming Will
Stop Depression.

That patience, diversif1cation and
orderly marketing will lead the farm
ers out of the present period of de-
preston in agriculture, is the opinion
Of B. H. Hubbard, economist of the
Wisconsin College Of Agriculture.
Overproduction in agriculture, with
decreased buying power Of foreign
countries following the war, is as
signed by Hibbard as leading cause
of the existing unfortunate condition
of agriculture. He predicts that times
will be better. With many quitting
the farm, production is being decreased
somewhat, although the main hope is
In increased demand, readjustment,
and better marketing. He sees in the
situation much to encourage those who
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Rearing of Chickens Is
Most Difficult Problem

Unfortunately many people seem to
think that when the chicks are Matched
In an incubator the worst of the work
Is over. Such, however, is not the
case. With a first-class incubator,
good matches are comparatively easy
and sure, but rearing the chicks is a
more difficult matter.
Besides proper feeding and care, the
right kind of brooding is necessary.
That means that plenty Of warmth,
plenty of circulation of pure air SO
that foul air does not collect under
the hover and poison the chicks, is
absolutely necessary. To bring off
9 nice lot Of chicks and then try to
brood then 'by hand" in makeshift
brooder is to invite trouble and loss.
A good brooder will last good many
years and therefore is not expensive,
even if the purchase price does seem
a little high.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10

The price at the central markets Is
low and likely to remain so.
Marketing has been called the 9TH
er half of agriculture. Although this
idea may be slightly exaggerated, mar
keting plays an important part In ag-
riculture today. Cooperation rises
here as a magic word for some. Hib-
bard argues that cooperation is not
something that will accomplish mir
acles, but a movement which must
grow slowly and steadily. 1t will eff
feet savings, and Of more Importance
provide better service which can COM
mand better pay.
1.-THE best cooperation we have is
that which begins right at home, that
cooperation which prepares goods
properly for the market Hubbard de-
clares. 1.-THE first great secret Of farm
marketing is to produce the right
goods and then put them in such
shape that they may be graded, sold
by telegraph, and found as repre-
sented."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
sTl1ckv in Raising Pigs

There are several important factors
IN economical pork production that are
strictly under the control Of the pro
Queer, although this is by no means
generally realized. Too many con-
slider that it is matter of "luck"
whether 65 or 90 per cent of the pigs
narrowed are raised. luck" is con-
yenient term to use for covering up
carelessness in management, but the
man who blames luck for not raising
more than 65 per cent Of the pigs far
rowed till old enough to wean is not
likely ever to make much profit out of
the hog business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Farm Facts

A well-equipped desk 10 a labor-sav-
er in the farm home
Nothing will add more to the app
pearance of farm buildings than
coat of paint.
When soils and crops and live stock
are well cared for, they generally care
well for the owner.
In planning winter and spring work
reserve a few days for rounding up
the machinery scattered about the
farm.
While the value of farm products
is largely influenced by quality, this
is a factor which has been individual
~ and collectively neglected by many
farmers.
A cheap form Of swine insurance is
the provision of dry sleeping quarters
for the brood sows. These quarters
should be well-ventilated, but free
from injurious drafts.
Try it and see how young pigs re-
spond to a feeding of clover or alfalfa
leaves in winter. 1t Is because the
leaves furnish vitamines which the
summer-fed hogs obtain from green
grass or clover. :
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Feeding silage to Ewes

The important points to emphasize.
in silage feeding with the eve flock,
are to provide a legume hay in adj
dition thereto, to furnish an abundance
of common salt at free will, to supply
as much grain as is consistent with
the ends desired, and to incorporate
in the ration under heavy production
conditions some highly concentrated
acceptable protein supplement. This
supplement may be linseed meal, cot
tonseed meal, or others, or else seel
to IT that green grass is one of the
components among the feeds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Rye and Oats Mixed Are
Satisfactory for Swine

IN sections where corn does not
grow so readily, rye may be an eco
nomical feed for hogs. It is less pal
atable than some of the other grains,
and for this reason is frequently
mixed with ground corn or ground
barley, and fed along with tankage
and the required minerals. Rye and
oats ground and mixed half and half
should make satisfactory feed for
hogs, but it will be necessary to sift
out the oat hulls. Be particularly
careful that any rye fed to brood or
pregnant sows contains no ergot, as in
such case abortion is very likely to
result. Possibly 1t would be better
to withhold the rye from pregnant
sows for this reason.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Comfortable Pig Gains

A fall pig that weighs $50 pounds
along in February that is eating
pound and half day out in the
open, will just about hold his own in
weight. The same pig, in warm,
sheltered place, that is stimulated
thereby to eat six pounds of feed, will
make about pound and half gain
per day. In the former case the pound
and half of feed, productivity speak
ing, is lost because no gain is made
from It; in the latter case the SIX
pounds produces pound and half
gain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Whole Milk Superior for
Fattening Young Calves

There is nothing quite equal to whole
milk for fattening young calves. This
practice provides veal Of the highest
quality. If one cow does not supply
enough milk to give the calf all that
it will consume, then two nurse cows
may be provided. Make sure that the
calf is confined in box stall heavily
bedded and darkened. This will
prompt him to lie down a greater part
of the time, and 1t is inactivity of the
muscles, coupled with lots Of milk,
that makes veal of the best quality.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Cause Of Leg Weakness

Too highly concentrated food and
too much of it is said to be the cause
of leg weakness In young ducks. Aside
from corn, ducks should have mash
of such ingredients as wheat bran and
flour middlings, with about 10 pounds
to the hundred of cornmeal, and plenty
If cut green food, as green rye, clover,
corn fodder, etc, mixed in It should
also contain one-tenth part beef scrap
and ono twentieth part coarse sand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
Best Use Of Fertilizer

Fertilizer pushes the crop on to ma
turity often full two weeks ahead of
the later wheat, and the average date
of maturity is at least ten days in
advance Of the wheat on land Of sim
liar quality without fertilizer. The
judicious use of fertilizer is quite an
other matter from the injudicious use
of it to the exclusion of crop rotation
and humus addition to the land by
legumes aid grasses Fertilizer, If
long continued in connection with
grain growing, will exhaust entirely
the humus content of the land and
leave it in a dap1orable state.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-10
More Pork Ia Eaten

Between 100000 and 100000
hogs were slaughtered under federal
meat inspection last year. This num-
Der exceeds that Of any previous year
by more than 100000.
Evening star., 1924-11-07

EST and that Of jackson s4,02S. Be-
tween the two Democratic candidates
for those offices DR.. McCulloch re-
ceived 1878 moro votes than Mr..
Davis.
The Coolidge landslide carried into
office all the Republican State candi-
dates, including Judge Benjamin n.
Willoughby, candidate for Supreme
Court Judge Of the first district.
Republicans also won the State SEN
ate. 80 to Is. by electing % of the Is
senators elected this year.
The congressional delegation will
consist of 10 Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, gain Of for the Republicans.
Evening star., 1924-11-07
DESIRE FOR HEALTH
PRAISED BY EXPERT
Cuban Sanitation Leader Declares
Strong Ancestors, Not Rich,
Is Boast of Today.
BY the Associated Preee

ffy the AEsOclaLed frefA
HAVANA. November 1.--Modern
man Is beginning to think more of a
sound body and mind than did his an
cestors, and the purpose Of the Fan
American Sanitary Conference is to
enable the peoples of the western
hemisphere TO realize that dream. said
Or. Jose Antonio Lopez Del Vale or
the Cuban sanitation department at a
banquet given last night in honor of
the delegates to the seventh annual
session OF the sanitary conference.
Time was when a man liked to
hraE that his father or his uncle was
q. duke or J. marquis" said DR.. Lopez.
Then came the time recently when
nc Dragged that his father or uncle
had much money. But today the
proudest boast a man can make Is
that his father was a man Of sound
body and mind and left him a heri-
tage of health. and that his uncle was
IL strong man."
DIR. Hugh S. Cumming. surgeon gen :
oral of the United States Public Health
service, replied in behalf Of the dele
5ates.
During yesterdays session Of the
conference DR.. Gregorio Arayoz AL
taro OF Argentina was appointed
chairman Of the committee which is
10 discuss and make recommendations
Tor a proposed maritime sanitary code
one of the most important matters to
ae decided upon.
Evening star., 1924-11-07
FIGHT FOR PURE COFFEE.
Maryland Officials to Enforce Law
Against Adulteration.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
BALTIMORE, November 7.--Adul-
teration of coffee in hotels, restau-
rants and lunchrooms, owing to the
high prices, has become so preva-
lent that q State wide drive against
this evil has been started by the
State Bureau of Food and Drugs.
Provision Is made in the Maryland
law regarding the adulteration of
coffee. In no case are dealers al
lowed to mix more than Is per cent
OF chicory or cereal in one pound of
coffee and then II must be labeled
properly as containing the adulter-
ant
Hotels, restaurants and lunchrooms
where this substitution is practiced
are required by law to post a sign
IN conspicuous place Informing
patrons that the coffee is adulter-
ated.
Evening star., 1924-11-07

A recently invented fire extinguish-
rr for airplane use has the general
appearance Of a big pistol.
Evening star., 1924-11-07
REPUBLICANS MAKE.
MISSOURI SWEEP
Baker Elected Governor.
Coolidge Carries State by
10000 Margin.
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST LOUIS. November 1.-Victory
For Republican candidates in Missouri
rom President down TO the smallest
state officer. with a few exceptions.
was shown in returns available today.
Unofficial returns apparently as
SQred Sam 4. Baker Republican
nominee fof governor. of his election
on his fftieth birthday. Mr.. Baker
rad lead of s,517 over pr. A. W.
Nelson, Democrat, with only 157
smaller precincts not included in the
count
President Coolidge. according to
Republican headquarters. will carry
the State by a plurality Of probably
$4,000. figured on the basis of the
returns from all but 1877 Of the State 8
1850 precincts.
Keeping step with the President
and gubernatorial nominees, Repub-
lican candidates for State offices were
all victorious. Two Republican gains
also were registered in the congress
Sional districts.
Only in the State Senate have the
Democrats apparently won a majority.