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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Feeding During Summer
Months Very Important

Pullets are not expected to start
laying while they are still taking on
growth, and for the person who -
anxious 10 get them laying, the SUM
mer months of feeding are important.
Dual purpose types, such as the Ply-f
mouth Rocks or Rhode Island Reds,
will give little worry Of maturing too
early. The average early-hatched
chick should by careful feeding, be
ready for laying early in November.
Since pullets will not lay while they
are growing rapidly, further develop
ment can be checked oftentimes by
increasing the feeds which produce
fat, such as corn. AT the same time
feeds which stimulate the egg-laying
organs may be used, such as animal
food. This is method Of feeding.
which is intended for bullets to be
used as layers; it would be objection
able if the birds were intended for
the next seasons breeding pen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
BADGER FARMERS
FEED ALFALFA

Every growing thing, including al
falfa, has to feed, and sometimes al
falfa needs to be fed.
While alfalfa stands out as one of
the best soil building crops, it can,
according to Griffith Richards of the
Wisconsin College Of Agriculture, sup
ply only nitrogen and organic mat
ter. The lime, phosphorus and potash
it needs must come from the soil or be
supplied in fertilizer.
Sometimes, when field has been In
alfalfa long time and is to be left
in hay still longer Richards feels that
it paws to use some fertilizer on 1t.
The lime must be applied before the
alfalfa is sown, but the other ele-
ments may be added as top dressing
Of fertilizer.
Fine, well decomposed manure free
from weed seed is best, according to
Richards. "Use care he cautions,
Gin applying manure. Alfalfa is
smothered out if covered up, SO the
dressing needs to be thin and evenly
spread. This means the spreader must
not throw out Jumps. 1t is hard to
spread it evenly enough by hand"
About six tons per acre is good
application, he thinks. 1t may be APP
piled at any time when the alfalfa will
not be damaged. Just after cutting
is good if the ground is not wet and
soft so there will be damage from driv-
ING over the field. Another good time,
he says. is in the fall after the ground
is frozen and before the snow falls, if
the land is level so the manure will
not wash off and be lost. Early
spring is good, but the ground Is
usually too soft.
Commercial fertilizers may be used
if manure is not available. It is bet
ter worked into the soil before SOW
ing alfalfa but may be used as top
dressing in the spring. Richards
recommends 375 pounds of 16 per cent
acid phosphate or its equivalent.
He believes that fertilizer for alfalfa
is best applied before planting while
the ground is being prepared or else
to crops grown before alfalfa. Where
the stand is to be kept for hay as long
as possible top dressing is sometimes
needed, however, to keep up the yield
and give the alfalfa the best chance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Fertile Eggs Cause
Loss Every Summer
Can Be Prevented by Pro-
ducing Infertile Product.

(Preparai by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
A large part Of the loss caused by
eggs spelling in warm weather can be
prevented by producing only infertile
eggs during the late spring and sum-
mer. This loss, which is conservatives
ly estimated at more than $15,O0O,O00
a year, falls almost entirely on the
producer. Not only does he lose the
value of the eggs which spoil, but the
producer suffers a further material
loss in the reduction of the number
Of eggs consumed caused by people
getting bad eggs among those they
purchase.
This loss can be entirely prevented
by producing only infertile eggs dur
ing warm weather This is accom-.
plished by taking all male birds out
of the flock after the breeding season
is over. The rooster has no influence
on the number Of eggs produced, and
should either be marketed or killed
the meat can be canneA-or he should
be kept penned up
The United Stares Department OF
Agriculture has just published large
poster showing the difference in the
keeping qualities of infertile and fer
tile eggs during warm weather This
poster also gives simple rules for pro-
ducing good quality eggs on farms
during the latter part of the spring,
throughout the summer, and into the
early fall months.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10

The velvet bean works we'll in dou-
BILE harness with corn
Clean, fresh water is essential to
the proper growth of animals.
Yes, a real dirt farmer loves his dirt
and protects and improves it.
Make garden work easier by the use
of good wheel-row cultivator.
Spring is a good time to peel bark
from young trees which you want to
use for fence posts.
Nitrate of soda is advisable as
fertilizer which will keep the grass
growing rapidly.
Whatsoever man sowerh probably
won't come up well unless the ground
is properly prepared
Potatoes require much work and at
tention and, like other worthwhile
things, pay back most when they re-
ceiye it.
One sure method of building up the
soils now in small grains is to follow
with a crop of cowpeas or soy beans,
or even velvet beans.
The roots of any plant set should
be given plenty Of room. Be sure
that the soil over'the roots is firm. but
leave the top soil loose
The Otootan variety is the best soy
bean for hay except on land infested
with cowpea wilt. IN this case the
Laredo variety should be used
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10

Lafayette counties was, ali agree, the
start of the foreign cheese section in
that part of the state. Hubbard also
found, from study of the region, that
cheese seemingly went with the
rougher land not suited to corn,
and creameries with the corn land.
Corn and hogs go together and butter.
milk has been more highly valued for
hogs than whey. This, he believes,
would account for the difference.
Developing Industries.
He gives two probable causes for the
development Of the Industries in other
sections of the state. Either cream
cry or cheese factory would get estab-
lished in a region and succeed. 1t was
then easier to start another Of the
same kind in the adjoining neighbor-
hood than it was to start the other, Of
which the people knew little. In this
way cheese or butter production
spread from centers and made one or
the other the leading product in that
territory.
Whether butter or cheese was more
profitable the few years before GER
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Make Preparations for
Poultry Shows in Fall

The poultry season begins with Sep
TENDER. 1t is the time of the year
when the fairs are on in full swing,
when the cockerels are beginning to
crow and the pullets are beninning to
Law. It is the time of the year you will
want to begin to advertise to sell your
surplus stock. Don't wait until the
last minute and then expect immedi-
ate orders. You may get such re-
Suits but you better count on few
DAYS or weeks for correspondence. Bar
gaining by mail is sometimes slow
process-it may take weeks to land a
particular order. In September buyers
begin to look around for their winter
show birds, and for breeders to fill
in the weak places in their own fiocks.
Start your advertising in September
and you will get more orders than If
you start month or two later
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Not Necessary for Roof
on Cement Manure Pits

Where a manure pit is built Of
cement and no real opportunity for the
LIQUID manure to leach away, there
would be no real necessity Of having a
roof on the pit. However, one Of the
objects Of roof is to have the manure
In a place where 1t Is not so objec-
tionable and the ammonia does not
evaporate so rapidly If the pit is
closed in. However, this evaporation
can be prevented providing the manure
is kept moistened.
Where great deal Of liquid manure
is obtained, which is usually the case
in up-to-date dairy barns, the manure
would not dry out, especially If there
was not too much bedding in 1t. II
there was considerable bedding and
not sufficient liquid manure going
with the manure from day to day into
the pit, it would be necessary to use
hose or some other means of wetting
down the pile. With horse manure,
which dries out very rapidly, it nearly
always is accompanied by large
amount of dry litter and 1t Is very es-
sential that the manure be packed and
dampened frequently. This would also
be true in dry times even though it
had no roof. Unless a very good alb
sorbent is used for bedding, horse ma
nure will go into the pit somewhat dry
and consequently it needs a great deal
Of wetting down in order to prevent 1t
from heating to such an extent as to
dry it our. A. Moore, Wisconsin
College of Agriculture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10

Most farmers do not know how easy
it is to advertise and sell surplus prod
ucts of good quality.
Some people insist that the cornfield
is the best termination tester, but It's
likely to be pretty expensive.
In the shifts Of crop production, the
wise plan usually is to find out which
way the crowd is headed and go the
other way.
Sudan grass has been gaining much
popularity as summer hay crop. 1t
makes very good hay and horses do
well on it.
Cultivate your garden throughout
the summer because, once you let the
garden go to weeds, you will become
discouraged and more apt to neglect it.
Corrosive sublimate, 2 ounces, dis
solved in hot water and Is gallons OF
water added, will make indicated
bath for seed potatoes. 1t kills the
scab germs and other diseases as well.
Poultry manure makes good FER
tilizer for almost any purpose. It Is
very high in nitrogen content and for
that reason is good for garden crops,
and is also good for melons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Moldy Sweet Glover Is
Dangerous Cattle Feed

Moldy sweet clover may cause for
age poisoning of cattle, according to
DR.. Geo. H. Glover of the Colorado ag-
ricuItural college. He says that for
age poisoning caused by the damaged
clover stimulates both hemorrhagic
septicemia and black leg, but Is not re-
lated to either Of them. Experiments
conducted in Canada seem to have
demonstrated quite conclusively that
the disease is produced by a toxic sub
stance which is present in moldy sweet
clover. Moldy foods are always under
suspicion but damaged sweet clover
is to be especially avoided. The dis
ease never follows the feeding of good
sweet clover or ensilage.
The poisonous substance produces
the disease by its effect upon the It's
sues of vital organs, destroying red
blood cells, causing delayed coagula-
ton and hemorrhages throughout the
body. Young cattle appear to be most
susceptible.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Per Cent OF

1t is evident, says the department,
that some Of the pigs lost might have
been saved with proper care and
management. Proof that there is
room for Improvement in this respect
is shown by comparison between the
number of pigs saved on the % per
cent of farms which were the least
efficient in this matter, and the number
saved on the % per cent which were
the most efficient. In eastern Iowa
and western Illinois in 1922, on % per
cent of the farms saving the least lit
tie pigs only 48 out of every one hun
dred narrowed were alive at weaving
time. Among the % per cent of the
farms saving the largest number of
little pigs there We're 90 weaned out
of every one hundred farrowed This
is further emphasized by the varia-
tion which existed in the number of
pigs weaned per SOW. In eastern Iowa
and western Illinois in 1922 the least
efficient group Of farms raised from
two to four pigs per SOW. The most
efficient farms raised from six to eight
shown for the other states in the
study.
Spring pigs raised to weaving time
on 10 farms in 1921 cost $4.31 per pig
compared with cost of $3.35 for fall
pigs. In 1922 on Is farms spring pigs
had cost 1888 per head at weaving
date and fall pigs $3.12 each. Pork
per 100 pounds from fall pigs, how
ever, cost more than from spring pigs.
Usually the price level at the time fall
pigs are sold is higher than at the
time spring pigs are sold. Fall pigs,
therefore, if well taken care of during
the winter may be as profitable as
spring pigs.
Management Of Herd.
Management of the breeding herd is
the first step in the production of
pork, and has a determining influence
on the profits of hog raising. Feeding
methods, care, housing and exercise,
have a great effect on the number Of
pigs raised. Many farmers, figuring
that some sows will lose out, breed
more sows than they expect to far
row. Improved handling methods
showed result in lessening the re-
quired number of sows to be bred for
the number of pigs desired. This, be-
sides being more economical, would
have the additional advantage of i'm
proving the size and strength of the
utters produced.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Soy Beans Make
Very Good Feed
Experiments Prove Worth of
Valuable Crop for Increas-
ing Flow-of Milk.

In a number of tests made by sew
eral experiment stations with soy
beans, the results showed this crop to
be a very valuable feed for dairy
cows, as the animals used in the test
showed good gains in flesh and milk
production.
The Tennessee agricultural expert
ment station conducted feeding test
with milk cows, comparing soy bean
and alfalfa hay in combination with
corn silage and corn and cob meal.
Each lot Of cows consisted of four
Jerseys and the test lasted through
three periods of 80 days each. AT the
conclusion of the tests, the results
showed that the lot fed soy bean hay
produced 245 pounds more milk and
20.5 pounds more butterfat than the
lot receiving alfalfa hay.
Average Hay Yield.
The soy bean will yield from one to
three tons of hay to the acre and oc-
casionaily four tons, depending upon
the fertility Of the soil and the season.
OAU0E IdNOIdDIC NOuOALAOAO 0Oy OCdAAo
should average two tons to the acre.
The soy bean also forms valuable
supplement to corn for ensilage. Corn
In itself makes rather a wide ration
and should be supplemented with
feeds richer in protein to balance the
ration. The Maine agricultural ex-
pertinent station, in an experiment
with six cows, comparing soy beans
and corn silage with corn silage alone,
found the cows on soy bean and corn
silage with one pound less grain did
practically as well as on corn silage.
In all feeding tests with soy beans
and corn silage, the animals showed
good gains in flesh and milk produc-
ton.
FertlIizing Value.
The fertilizing value Of crop of
soy beans compares favorably with
that of other legumes. The Kansas
agricultural experiment station re-
ports an increase of IA bushels Of
corn to the acre where corn followed
soy beans in alternate years as COM
pared with corn grown continually.
Soy beans may be planted any time
after corn planting time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Change in Official
Grain Grades Made
No. l Hard Spring and Mixed
Du1um Added to List.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Changes in the official grain stand
ards of he United States promulgated
by Secretary Wallace, May IL, include
the establishment Of new grade to
be known as No. hard spring to be
added to the sub-class dark northern
spring of the grades for hard red
spring, and the addition of new pro-
vision for grades for mixed durUm.
The changes become effective August
15, 1924.
Number hard spring includes wheat
of the class hard red spring, consisting
of 85 per cent or more of dark, hard
and vitreous kernels shall be cool and
sweet and shall have test weight per
bushel of at least 60 pounds. The
grade may contain not more than IA
per cent of moisture; not more than
per cent of foreign material other
than dcckage, which l per cent may
include not more than $40 of / per
cent of matter other than cereal
grains not more than 2 per cent OF
damaged kernels, which may include
not more than ITO of / per cent Of
heat-damaged kernels; not more than
per cent of wheat other than hard
red spring, which per cent may in
clude not more than 2 per cent Of
durum wheat and may contain not
more than per cent Of wheat of the
variety humpback.
The new section providing grades for
mixed durum reads as follows:
Mixed durum shall be mixed wheat,
consisting of 10 per cent or more Of
durum wheat other than the variety
red durum and may contain not more
than per cent Of soft red winter
and white wheat, singly or combined.
Mixed durum shall be graded accord
ing to the requirements of the grades
for mixed wheat. The grade designa-
ton Of mixed durum wheat shall be
mixed durum, preceded by the number
of the grade, or the words sample
grade" as the case may be.
Other changes in the new regulations
include changes in the definition Of the
terms wheat and cereal grains, grades
for weevily wheat, and a change in the
definition Of western red wheat and
increase in test weight Of this sub
class. The special limitation against
white wheat in wheat Of other classes
in grades Nos. / and 2 of all sub
classes Of hard red spring and hard
red winter wheat is eliminated, and a
change is made in the grade designa
ton Of mixed wheat. Some changes
are also made in the standards for
corn, oats and rye.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
BADGER DAIRYMEN
GERRYMANDER STATE
Climate and Soil Help Them
in Choosing Dairy
Line.

Courtesy Wisconsin Crop and Live Stock
Reporter)
Did you ever wonder why one coun-
ty In Wisconsin makes cheese, another
butter, another sells whole milk and
another supplies condensary?
Many different ideas have been adj
vanced, but the final answer has not
yet been given. Almost everyone
agrees that the whole milk section is
due to it's location close to markets 1t
Is butter and cheese that are especial
~ puzzling. They compete with each
other over much of the state and the
dividing line between sections where
one or the othe1 predominates Is pos
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Color of Young Chicks

Chicks from eggs Of the black
breeds such as Black Langshans,
Black Cochins, ETC., often hatch out
white chicks, but are none the less
pure for all that, and will grow into
perfectly black fowls Chicks from
the white breeds, again, such as
White Plymouth Rocks, White Orp-
ingtons and White Wyandottes will
hatch out dark or yellow chicks. But
they will outgrow that and become
perfectly white after they have shed.
Rocks rarely show any barring at
first.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Save More Pigs
to Reduce Cost
Success Of Hog Raising De-
ponds on Getting Young
sters to WEAVING Period.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
There is apparently greater oppor-
tunity to make a saving on the cost
of producing pork by increasing the
number of pigs weaned per sow than
there is by improvement in some other
phases Of the reproduction process.
This is indicated in study recently
completed by the Department of Agri-
culture of the cost of producing hogs
In 1921 and 1922 in Indiana, Illinois
and Iowa.
Most farmers know that much Of the
success of their hog raising opera
lions depends on the way in which
they bring young pigs through the
sucking period. Apparently, how
ever, many have not understood the
degree to which this part of the work
surpasses other parts in relative i'm
portance. Usually hog raisers are bet
ter at feeding out stuff than they are
III handling brood sows. Improved
management of brood sows. says the
Department Of Agriculture, offers big
chances for increased rewards.
Variation in Cost.
Information obtained in regard to
the spring pig crop on about $50 corn
belt farms in 1922 showed that the
number of sows narrowing pigs was
only about SO per cent of the number
actually bred Wide variation also
existed in the cost of production per
pig at weaving time on the farms rails
Ing the lowest number of pigs per
sow and the cost on the farms rails
ing the largest number. Thus in 1922
the cost per pig, at the age of ten
weeks, on the farms where fewer than
four pigs were raised per sow was
1910, whereas on farms weaving from
six to eight pigs per SOW the cost
per pig was only $4.94. The cost of
producing 100 pounds of pork on those
farms weaving less than four pigs per
SOW was $7.98, compared with only
1851 on farms weaving from six to
eight per sow.
These wide variations of cost are
emphasized when the profits are ex-
pressed in terms of return per busheI
of corn fed to hogs. In central Iowa
the most efficient one-fourth of the
farmers averaged SO cents bushel
from feeding corn to hogs. The least
efficient one-fourth of the farmers re-
ceived only 80 cents bushel for the
corn fed to hogs. One-half of the
farmers between these extremes av-
oroood 60 cnntc rntI1t.n nor h11Shn1 of
corn. In Indiana during the same
year the return per bushel was $1.21
for the best farmers and 4S cents for
the least efficient.
Cause of Pig Losses.
The following table shows causes of
pig losses between narrowing and
weaving in per cent Of pigs narrowed.
1t covers the $50 farms included in
the study:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Keep Hen Contented

Farm land hat has been over
worked can be fert.nzed and made
productive again, but the poor old hen
cannot be rejuvenated and made to
produce the necessary number OF eggs
70 make her payer. She Is sentenced
to the boiling pot. This being true,
why not give her the best there Is
while she is in active service? She is
certainly entitled to all the attention
and good treatment 1t is possible to
bestow upon her. Make her lot a con-
tented one. n
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
co.oneration Counts

.-rhe main reason why Rock county
has made agricultural progress during
1929 has been the splendid spirit of
cooperation which Is a characteristic
at this county.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Milk From Grade Herds

Grade herds sired by high producing
pure bred sires may successfully COM
pete at the milk pail with pure bred
herds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Good Sire Helps Some

It's too much to expect good calves
from poor mothers, but a pure bred
sire will help
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Diversity

Wisconsin farmers can't afford to
carry all their eggs In one basket.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-26
The Best Cough Syrup
Is Homemade.
Here's an eA<y way 20 ave g.. and
yet have the best oosgh remedy
you ever tried.

You've probably heard Of this well.
known plan Of making cough syrup
at home. But have YOU ever used
~ Thousands OF families, the world
over, feel that they could hardly keep
house without u. It's simple and
cheap. but the way II takes hold Of a
cough will soon earn IL permanent
place in your home.
Into a pint bottle, pour ~, ounces
OF Pinerl then add plain grsnnlated
sugar syrup 10 Oh up the pint. or,
II desired. use clarified molaases,
honey, or corn syrup, instead OF sugar
syrup. Either way, Il tAstes good.
never spoils, and gives you full pint
Of better cough remedy than you
could buy ready made for three times
its cost.
IL Is really wonderful how quickly
this homemade remedy conquerA q
eough-usually In - hours or lesH.
II seems TO penetrate through every
air passage, loosens a dry. hoarse OF
tight cough. lifts the phlcgm, heals
the membranes, and gives almost inn
mediate relief. Splendid for throat
tickle. hoarteness. Group, bronchitis
and bronchial asthma.
Piuer Is highly concentrated COM
pound OF genuine Norway pine cx-
tract, and has been used for genera
tions for throat and chest ailments.
To avoid disappointment AJAX your
druggist for '-sis ounces Of Piner"
with directions. and don't accept any
thing else. Guaranteed 10 give abso-
lutte satisfaction or money refunded.
The Pincx Co, III. Wayne, Ind.