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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31
TROUBLE.

ooh, we should have a flivver,"
my good wife says to me, "twill
cure your torpid liver and help your
spawned knee" 1t was no virgin
story-she'd sung that song before
to me it had grown hoary and
bothered me no more, A dearth of
golden shekels had been excuse
enough to ward off wifie's heckles
and make her can the CUFF. And
then my Uncle Drewett must up and
kick the pail and leave me, dad
beshrew it, little wad of kale My
stock excuse was broken, l dared not
use it more, and by that self-same
token. bought a super -four" Oh,
somewhere birds are singing and
somewhere flowers bloom, but on
my coat tails swinging are imps and
gnomes of gloom. My peace of
mind has vanished, I've troubles by
the ton; the joy bugs all are Danish
ed and life is drear and dunn. From
early morn till even I'm working
like the deuce to pay, so help me
Steven, large bills for bolts and
juice My raven locks are CRAVING,
my brow is lined with care; and list
to what Pm saying, I've really learn
ed to swear. Each day sees new
expenses come from that little boat
in forty moods and lenses, your
Uucle buds the goat. | cuss my
/ Uucle Drewett with cuss words fine
and strong-some day / hope he'll
rue it, the way he did me wrong.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31

1t may be a poor rule that won't
work both ways, but it's a poorer
one that won't work at all.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31

through" is a very pertinent query,
and "Fifteen miles an hour may be
chill but fifty is fever" is not too
medical to be understood.
To towns troubled with too much
speeding by tourists, Mr.. Baer sug-
gests "Speed limit in this town fiji
teen miles an hour. One day for
every mile over that" of I'VE have
seven hotels and one Jail, take your
pick"
Don't try to scare locomotives
with vour horn" "The minute you
save may be your last one" You
wouldn't travel on a freight train, so
don't try to travel under one" are
all good to remember.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31

The stockman was in the city with
a shipment of hogs, and entered a
small hotel to get room. Just in
from the country" queried the
smart clerk. yes; brot in two
carloads of hogs" remarked the
stockman. Where are the rest of
them?" was the clerks second query.
"Oh, they're more particular than 1
am; they stayed down at the stock
yards" was the rejoinder and the
clerk set up the cigars.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31

The non-advertiser is content to
subsist on the crumbs that fall from
the advertisers table. Why not get
a table Of your own and furnish a
few crumbs yourself?
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31

These are the days when a man
climbs into a taxi and the driver
asks, where to-" And nine times
out Of ten the answer IS another
query, ''Where can | get it,"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31
Plum
----- AND =------
PHILOSOPHY
Rv Uncle Dnd.
By Uncle bud.

.
old days there were always a number
OF burning issues in a presidential
campaign but now there isn't any
thing but a lot Of smoke There
seems to be no age limit in the bob
bed hair marathon"
It's wise vinegar that knows its
own mother these days.
Don't waste time knocking your
competitor; make him do his own
advertising.
Defeat may be no disaster but it
usually makes things rather I'M
comfortable.
1t may be a poor rule that won't
work both ways, but it's poorer
one that won't work at all.
Sometimes a fellow bitches his
wagon to a star-and then forgsts
all about oiling the blamed thing.
Most anyone can WELD a hammer
but it takes an expert to blow a horn.
Why not get out of the ordinary
class?
Chickens come home to roost.
But some of the neighbours biddies
won't if he don't keep them out of
my garden.
Just about the time a man gets
money enough saved to buy new
home-the old car gives out. And
then he starts all over.
Italy may lie beyond the Alps
but most of our politicians can lie
any old place; proving that Italy isn't
so much at that.
Calling things by their right
names is all well and good But
what are you going to do when
you can't pronouee them?
"Send your husband to work
18th a SMILE" says an exchange
Tle smile may be all right but we'd
sooner pin our faith on a good
hot breakfast.
1t sure makes your uncle mad to
open up an important looking
letter and find that it contains an
invitation to buy oil stock. Yep
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31
We say the same thing.

People are losing their taste
for whiskey," says a headline in
daily paper. Yep, and many of
them are acquiring a taste for
"hootch" Take your choice.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31

It's a wise vinegar that knows its
own mother these days.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-31

Don't waste time knocking your
competitor; make him do his own
advertising.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
HENS PROPERLY FED
PAY FARM Ter BEST
Supply Biddy With Grain,
Animal Feed, Mash, Min
eral Feed, Water.

To feed the Badger hens so that
they will lay and pay is the order OF
the day. The proper kind of feed for
biddy is very important, but we must
not fool ourselves into believing that
feed alone will fill the egg basket.
1.-THE hens diet should consist of
grain, mash, animal feed, mineral
feed and water. For the most part the
flocks can utilize home grown grain
During the winter this should always
be fed in deep dry litter of straw or
other material, for in. this way the
hens will be forced to get exercise
along with their feed Exercise keeps
hens healthy and healthy hens lay"
This is the way the story IS told by
James G. Halpin of the poultry de-
partment Of the University Of Wiscon-
sin.
Skim MIX Is Good Egg Producer.
Because Wisconsin is a dairy state
there are naturally many farmers who
have skim milk to feed the flock, but
the farmers who sell all their milk
from the place have no milk to feed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
Formaldehyde and Water
Cures Smut in Seed Oats

The oat crop is usually the first
thing on the spring program. Often
times the yield is materially decreased
by delay in seeding and sometimes, in
the rush, the farmer is tempted to
overlook some of the precautions
which seem relatively unimportant at
the time. One Of these is the treat
ment of the seed for smut. 1t is one
of the little jobs that can be done
right now and laid aside till planting
time. Everyone knows the simple
process. For each so bushels of seed
dilute pint of formaldehyde with 5
gallons of water. Spread the seed out
on the barn floor or canvas and
have one person turn it with shovel
like mixing cement while the other
sprinkles the solution on with sprin-
king can.
Cover the pile with blankets or bur-
lap and leave for at least two hours.
BY this time all the water will be abb
sorbed by the oat grains. Spread the
seed over the floor and leave until the
fumes have escaped and it has dried
sufficiently to sack. If the seed is re-
turned to the same sacks they should
be treated also.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
Apples Not Looked Upon
as Wonderful Hog Feed

Some years ago the Utah Expert
ment station conducted some expert
ments feeding apples along with skim
milk and middlings to hogs In one
case 65-pound hogs were used at the
start, which when fed on the sewerage
Sc pounds apples, 6.8 pounds skim
milk and 3.4 pounds Of middlings per
day, gained lie pounds daily per pig.
Similar pigs fed no apples but the
same amount Of skim milk and five
pounds middlings per day gained 1.9
pounds daily per pig. With skim
milk worth 40 cents per hundred
pounds and middlingS $1.8O, the
apples were worth 14.2 cents per 100
pounds. In another trial, in which
heavier, or 115-pound, pigs were used
at the start, and similar rations fed,
100 pounds Of apples we're worth 81
cents. Thus the larger pigs made
economical use of the apples One
hundred pounds apples replaced and
therefore were worth from 10 to IA
pounds concentrates. In still another
trial when no skim milk was fed,
apples proved worth somewhat more
than pasture. With hogs and corn
high, apples have correspondingly
higher values, but they should not or
dinarily be looked upon as any very
wonderful hog feed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
Chicken Pox Is Common
Among Poultry FlockS

Chicken pox (sorehead) is very
common contagious poultry disease. 1t
is usually found during the changeable
seasons, and not much during the sum-
mer. Sometimes chicken pox and roup
are present in the same flock. Chicken
pox can, be very easily recognized
from the small nodules on the comb
and about the face of the bird, which
at first closely resemble small
pimples. The pimples gradually en-
large, the tops slough off, and then
they become small ulcers.
Treatment: The same sanitary pre-
cautions recommended for other infec-
lions and contagious diseases should
be taken, namely, separating the birds
and disinfecting the pens. A laxative
of one-quarter pound of EPSON salts
to % or 80 birds, mixed in bran
mash or with milk, should be given.
When given with the mash, dissolve
first in water, and then mix with the
feed. This can be given them after
the birds have been fasting for "a
hours. The sores on the head can be
treated with zinc oxide ointment,
using match or toothpick to apply
the remedy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
Stable Manure Is Best
Fertilizer for Garden

Common stable manure is the best
fertilizer for the garden, but 1t Is
often supplemented by the use OF
some special commercial fertilizers
for certain crops. For the leaf crops
where nitrogen is most needed light
sprinkling of nitrate of soda will start
growth rapidly and improve the quail
ity as well as increase the crop. Acid
phosphate will aid in making the
plants set crops. 1t takes SO little
of any fertilizer to be effective that
the cost is hardly motto cable. 1t is
to be remembered that you are only
supplementing that which you have
in the soil to gain special results.
Adding manure has lasting effect
on soils, and the same is true of green
manures, but the commercial fertilizer
does not have such lasting effect,
and it is used for the one crop fer
tilted. One case where nitrate Of
soda was used on tomatoes made fine
fruits and plenty of them, and lasted
five or six years. A pound Of nitrate
Of soda will make suitable applica-
ton for from one to two hundred feet
of drill of lettuce, radishes or spinach,
all of which 1t benefits greatly, and it
costs only q few cents. Neither nj
trate Of soda nor phosphate will need
more than busting along the rows
or around the hills, and it should be
kept from the foliage or stems as
much as possible.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
Vitamines in Bran Good
Feed for Poultry Flock

Bran is standby foodstuff for the
poultry keeper. 1t is not as digestible
as some other feeds which enter into
the rations Of chickens, but it is rich
in mineral and vitamin elements.
When only concentrated food is given
to hens their vitality is quickly sapped.
Bulk is required to ensure the proper
assimilation of the food, and this is
obtained in large part when proper
ton Of bran enters into the ration.
Some poultrymen advise the feed
ing of middlings in place of bran, but
to do this is to do away with one i'm
portant "roughage" food necessary to
keep the birds in good trim. 1t is not
a question of whether we should use
wheat middlings or wheat bran. Both
should be used In nearly equal proper
tons, the two together, constituting
nearly so per cent Of the entire grain
ration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18

POULTRY MANURE is
RICHEST PRODUCED

Poultry manure is the richest of any
produced on the farm, says the New
York State College Of Agriculture at
Ithaca, yet it receives from the farmer
the least attention of any of the anil
NAL excrements. Average mixed horse
and cattle manure carries ten pounds
of nitrogen, five pounds of phosphoric
acid and twelve pounds of potash a
ton
Poultry manure contains in compar-
ison so pounds of nitrogen, 80 pounds
of phosphoric acid, and Is pounds of
potash. Where ordinary farm manure
has a fertilizer value of $1.50 ton,
poultry manure is worth $500 a ton.
Even when produced in small amounts,
such material, says the college, is well
worthy of careful preservation.
Poultry manure should be allowed
to dry as quickly as possible and be
kept dry. In this condition 1t will
lose but little Of its valuable constitu-
ents. Like ordinary manure it fer
ments rapidly when moist and will
lose thereby large percentage of its
nitrogen, worth on the market 70 or
30 cents a pound. Since much of its
potash, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen
is soluble, this manure may suffer
greatly from teaching.
Caustic lime should never be mixed
directly with poultry manure as 1t
tends to liberate nitrogen as ammonia.
Poultry manure is rich in nitrogen
and low in phosphorus. These two
conditions may be corrected by dilut-
ing and reinforcing the manure as fol-
lows: To ten pounds of the manure
add six pounds of sawdust Cor some
similar dry materially and four pounds
Of acid phosphate. This gives a fer
tilizer carrying s per cent of nitrogen,
SO per cent of phosphoric acid and 40
per cent Of potash or about the same
proportion Of plant food elements that
are found in a 1922 mixture but only
one-fourth as concentrated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
Pure Bred Hens Are Sure
to Produce More Eggs

Much depends upon the breeding
stock. No amount of feed or care can
make bogus fowls pay, whereas good
stock is pretty sure to properly re-
ward good care and feeding.
The first point is to keep pure
breeds instead Of scrubs. The pure
bred fowl transmits to its progeny its
good qualities and the chicks grow up
uniform in color, shape and weight.
(Which breed shall keep" may be
satisfactorily answered by selecting
nearly any one of the hundred or more
Standard varieties. Pick the one
whose size, shape and color you like
best
After the choice of variety, it is inn
portant to pick out the individual hens
that are the best layers. The average
egg production on American farms is
only about IS eggs per hen per year.
The average production from pure
bred hens on speciality poultry farnHs
is almost three times this number. The
difference represents a good mark for
all to shoot at as it is mostly clear
gain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18

man, "there will be more economical
utilization of the forests Half a dozen
sawmills for instance, grouped in one
town They cut out the saw timber,
wasting huge quantities of slabs,
edgings and sawdust.
Vary Industries of Community.
"The future tendency Of the forest
industry will be radically different.
Instead of having the usual half-dozen
sawmills" relates Winslow, 1--WE will
have perhaps mill, pulp mill, box
factory, a wallboard mill and wood
distillation plant
The forest industry is large, for
wisconsin alone has SO paper mills
and AZ pulp mills with daily output
of 2,642 tons of paper and GAP tons
of wood pulp or ground wood. Then
there are 1,O63 tons of sulphite fiber
and $50 tons Of the sulphate fiber as
a daily output Today there are 20O,-
600 carloads Of material shipped to
and from the paper mills of the Badg-
err state annually. The value of the
timber industry amounts to $685.
600 and the paper and pulp industry
$8O,32S, 900, making total of $780,
211OOO for the combined industries.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
FARM MITES

The farmer who sells misrepresent-
ed produce gives away his reputation.
AS competition is the life of trade.
so cooperation is the salvation of
farm marketing.
Soils that are subject to flooding
for more than couple Of days at q
time are not good for alfalfa.
Alfalfa may be seeded as clover Is
sown on winter wheat or rye, using
10 or IL pounds of seed per acre.
The method of cutting seed corn
this fall will determine to large ex-
tent the success or failure of the
stand In 1925.
Almost any commercial "egg mash"
should keep hens laying reasonably
well at all times of year, except when
actually in the molt.
Grading is not a process for reduc.
ing the quantity of farm produce ia
be sold, but a process for increasing
the value of that which will be sold.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
Big Value of Silo
for Dairy Purposes
Plans for Feeding Vary in
Different Sections

The Silo has won permanent place
on the farm where good dairying is
carried on and the best interest Of the
stock looked after. The silos In this
neighborhood are mostly all built of
solid concrete. The contractor here
has steel form that he invented him.
self that enables him to put up silo
in few days, the weather permitting,
says a writer in the Indiana Farmer
and Guide. These silos have all given
satisfaction.
The benefits of silos are many. The
winter feed can be stored away at
time when other work is not very
pressing, large amount can be stored
in comparatively small place. all the
nutrient of the feed is saved IN the
silO, and there Is no waste to contend
with. The cost Of filling 32-foot sllo
In this section has been around SID to
500 for cutter. Field work is done by
a ring, that Is, five or six farmers
take their teams and hands and COM
bine and work together until they are
all filed.
Corn harvesters have been found the
quickest way to cut the corn for filling
silos. The punches being tied together
makes it easier to handle and the
wagons are better loaded. The main
idea is to keep the cutter running full
time and not stop for the wagons to
come from the field. A good three
horse team can generally keep ahead
of the cutter.
Plans of feeding the silage vary. The
best way to get the most of the silage
out of the silo in good shape will be
to adhere to the following rules and
not vary from them. When ready to
start to feed, throw all of the in
ferior silage off the top that has set
tied level all around. Each time
that you remove more take it all
level over the top as you go and it
will keep good all the way down.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
Flushing of Ewes Helps
to Increase Lamb Crop

Flock owners interested in increas-
ing the lamb crop should flush ewes
before breeding season. says G. G.
Filing, sheep specialist, Kansas state
agricultural college, who calls atten-
ton to results secured in tests with
IL groups of ewes.
Ewes not fed grain during the breed
ing season gained IL pounds and had
a 129 per cent lamb crop. Those get
ting feed of various kinds gained 8
pounds per head and had lat per
cent lamb crop. In terms of 1000
sheep this would mean $50 more
lambs. The ewes got only one-half
pound of grain per day at that time.
1t made little difference how the
ewes were fed so long as they gained.
Some got extra pasture, some were fed
oats, some corn and oats, and some
various mixtures OF corn, oats, bran,
and lipseed meal. In the grain fed
lots as well as in the pasture lots,
some were above the lat per cent av-
erage and some below.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18

In case the skim milk is sold from the
farm, there must be some form Of pro-
TEN to replace the milk.
The feed that will replace skim
milk, according to Halpin, is either
green bone meat scraps or tankage. He
urges that laying hens be given either
skim milk or tankage and meat scraps,
or else, II possible, combination Of
the two. During the cold weather 1t
Is practically impossible for the hens
to get enough animal protein from the
skim milk alone, and so, at that time,
Halpin finds it best to feed conlbi-
nation of the skim milk and the meat.
MANY farmers and poultrymen
have discovered that even the best of
feeds for their f1ocks fail to get the
eggs" reports Halpin, land the posi-
BILE reason for tie failure is that the
young pulleis have not become full
grown" 1t makes no difference how
well the undergrown pullet is fed, she
cannot produce the eggs. When egg
production is desired, the pullets must
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18
Poultry Feed Must Have
All REQUIRED Nutrients

Feeding a balanced ration to poul-
try means feeding mixture of feeds
that contain proper nutrients for body
maintenance and egg production. This
ration should consist of as much home
grown feeds as possible. A very good
scratch feed is made by mixing equal
parts of corn, oats, and wheat. Each
of these grains can be grown on al
most every farm.
The grain feeds primarily support
the body of the fowls The mash
builds up the eggs. high protein
content in the mash is necessary. The
following mixture will make a good
mash.
Ten pounds meat scraps.
Forty pounds cornmeal.
Twenty pounds wheat bran.
Ten pounds finely ground oats.
Twenty pounds wheat middlings.
Feed the above mash dry from hop
pers and substitute two ounces Of grain
ration for each bird in the litter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-18

be fully grown. A heifer gives no
milk, then why expect the undergrown
pullet to lay eggs?
Follow Definite Feeding Schedule.
Here is a feeding schedule that is
being used by many of the best poul-
trymen with fine results: At daylight,
or even earlier, one-third Of the daily
allowance of scratch feed Is given in a
deep dry litter, and for drink, fresh
water and skim milk are given. Then
at noon light feed OF moist mash and
green feed is fed. Again the drinking
dishes are filled and, If the weather is
cold, warm water is given. The last
feeding of the day is given at about
8 80 in the afternoon. At this time
the remaining two-thirds of the
scratch feed is thrown into a deep lit
ter and water again given.
All the dry mash, oyster shells and
lime rock grit are placed in self
feeder, so that the hens can go and
help themselves at any time.
.sThe scratch feed that we are using
at the present time and recommend"
relates Halpin, consists of wheat, two
parts (by weight; corn, two parts,
and oats, one part. The mash, is a
mixture Of 100 pounds each Of bran,
middlings, ground corn, ground oats,
meat scrap or tankage and three
pounds Of salt In cases where the
skim milk is fed to the chickens, the
meat scrap and tankage can be cut to
so pounds In the mixture.
At least one pound of mash should