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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
tuberculosis Is
Traced by Marks
"Tattoo" instrument De-
vised to Expedite Eradica-
ton of Dread Disease.

(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The marking Of hogs with tattoo
instrument which has been devised in
the United States Department of Agrf-
culture, for use in tuberculosis eradi-
cation Investigations, has in some in
stances incriminated the "old hen" on
the farm as one of the accomplices in
the spread of the infection to swine.
The tattoo marks placed on the hogs
shipped from an area where tubercu-
losis is prevalent among cattle and
poultry maintains the identity of the
hogs even after they have gone through
the scalding and scraping processes in
the packing plants and makes 1t pos
sible to trace any infection to its
source.
Infection Suppressed.
During the period November g. 1928,
to April 2. 1924, a total of 1924 hogs
were shipped from Hillsdale county,
Mich, an area in which the infection
among cattle had been suppressed to
less than one-half Of 1 per cent, quail
flying the county as modified &C
credited area" OF this number about
one-sixth showed slight evidence of
tuberculosis. The LESSONS were so
slight, however, that is was necessary
to condemn only one carcass entirely
1--WE others, however, were rather seri-
ously affected. The packers paid the
premium of ten cents per hundred
weight on these hogs.
Marks Show Origin.
The tattoo marks on the infected car
casses showed them to have come from
50 farms In Hillsdale county. On % OF
the farms no infection was found
among the cattle. On 10 farms DO
vine infection had not appeared since
1921. On the remaining farms no cat
tie were kept. Going still further into
the investigation, tuberculin tests were
apDlied to Is lots of chickens contain
ing rs head Twelve Of the 10 lots
contained reactors. Tests were also
aDplied to the swine on those farms
with the result that II and fraction
per cent of swine infection was indi-
Gated. This figure checked rather
closely to the percentage, 1853 per
cent, as reported through post-mortem
inspection by the inspector at the pack
ing plant. In the absence of bovine
tuberculosis on the farms where the
hogs originated, the tests incrin1lnated
tuberculous fowls as the probable
;,oRooffoYH
The department cautions live stock
owners against needless exposure OF
swine TO tuberculous cattle and poultry
and urges the eradication Of infection
in poultry by disposing of the older
fowls especially and cleaning and dis
injecting the premises.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Alfalfa Pasture Is
Superior for Swine
Has No Equal in Palatability
and Protein.

I'm palatability and in production Of
ture crop for hogs. Alfalfa hay is a
profitable hog feed during the winter
months, says e. G. Filing, animal hus-
bandryman, Kansas State Agricultural
college.
After spring filters have been
weaned, brood sows will do well on
alfalfa pasture and light grain ra.
ton. A hog raiser will find it profit
able to feed corn literally to his
spring litters while on alfalfa pasture.
They will then be ready for the fall
market, which is usually higher than
the winter market, according to Filing.
At the Kansas experiment station
5O-pound pigs which were fed corn
with alfalfa pasture gained three
times as much per day as hogs re-
ceiving corn alone in dry lot. The
first group required only As pounds Of
corn to make pound Of gain, whereas
the second group required 11.25 pounds.
Even when well balanced ration was
fed, the pigs on the alfalfa gained A
per cent more per day than pigs fed
the same grain ration in dry lot.
The first Of these groups required 30
pounds of grain to produce pound OF
gain while the second group required
As pounds
Alfalfa pasture should not be grazed
too closely. 1t is better to have a
large acreage so that it can be cut
about twice and yield one-fourth or
one-half a crop of hay. This acreage
will, of course, vary with the rainfall.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Best Time for Cutting
Sweet Clover for Seed

Sweet clover should be cut when
three-fourths of the seed pods have
turned dark brown to black. At this
time some flowers and many immature
pods will be found on the plants, but
the field will have brownish cast.
The seeds shatter badly when mature,
and for this reason every precaution
must be taken to cut at the proper
stage and save as much of the shat
tered seed as possible. SCATTERING
will be reduced by cutting when the
plants are damp from dew or rain.
The seed crop is usually cut with
self-rake reaper, grain binder, grain
header or corn harvester the two for
mer being most satisfactory. The crop
should be stacked unless it is to be
threshed within ten or fourteen days.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Getting Stand Of Sweet
Clover on Alkali Soils

Farmers throughout the corn belt
have found that in many cases it is
possible to get stand Of sweet clover
on alkali spots when it was impossible
to grow anything else. In some cases
corn might grow to height of four
or five feet but then 1t would dry and
the wire worms on such land were
always thick. Oats would crinkle
add so down.
In years that are dry it is more no.
t,ceable than when the spring has
beR1 very wet. In wet spring the
alkali goes down into the ground. This
excess of alkali, when present in
large area, has been remedied by
tilling early. This was followed by
heavy application of straWy horse
manure. The main idea is to loosen
up the soil and allow the alkali to
seep down with the rains.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Study Draft of Plows

Extensive studies of the draft of
plows, conducted by the Iowa agricul-
tural experiment station, have proved
that the type of pillow bottom does not
materially influence the draft. Stub
BILE plows and breaking plows were
operated at rates of speed varying
from three-fourths of mile per hour
to six and one-half miles per hour,
and 1t was found that the increase of
speed will produce about the same in
crease in draft with any type of bot
TOM
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Cutting Sudan Grass at
Most Profitable Time

The most profitable time to cut
sudan grass is between the time it
begins to head until 1t is fully headed
OFT There is little loss, however,
when the grass is allowed to grow
until the seed has reached the soft
dough stage, only one cutting being
then required to harvest the crop and
obtain the maximum yield of forage.
When cut earlier more than one cut
ting may be obtained but the yield
per cutting will not be so large. There
are few grasses that are injured so
little by standing beyond the proper
stage of maturity as sudan grass. This
is due to the numerous tillers,> which,
arising from the base, mature success
sively and provide immature stalks
throughout the season.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Utilizing Sweet Glover
Depends Upon It's Needs

The best way to utilize sweet clover
depends largely upon whether hay or
pasture is needed. The first crop of
the second year, if cut early and high
enough, may be used for hay, and the
second crop come on for seed. 1t is
advisable to cut the first crop just
as the blossom buds form and before
they come into bloom. At least two
or three leaves should be left attached
to the stubble of each plant. If the
first crop is cut below the leaves and
branches there will be no second crop.
When the second crop is harvested
for seed, frequently sufficient seed
scatters to reseed the crop. Sweet
clover may be threshed with an ordi-
nary grain separator. If the growth
is not very rank, it may be threshed
with a clover huller.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Renovating Strawberry
Patch After Harvesting

The strawberry patch which has
borne one crop should be renovated
soon after harvest. This is done by
blowing out the plants on either one
or both sides of the row, leaving a
strip only about four inches wide. The
soil Of the plowed land is thoroughly
cultivated and, if spike-toothed har-
row is used, cross-cultivation may be
practiced so that good bed is made
for the new runner plants. Under
good soil conditions these will start to
grow within short time and will make
a row of new plants II to Is inches
wide by early fall. The new plants
are confined to the proper width by
continuing cultivation until they cease
to grow.
Usually it does not pay to renovate
a commercial strawberry patch that
has already produced two crops, al
though a home patch, under very IA
vorable conditions, may be allowed to
yield three and sometimes four crops.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Capons Are Profitable

To the average farmer capons meaR
more actually than appears on the sur
face. Given free range, after caponiz-
Ing time, and allowed to grow until
conditioning time, there Is no other
form Of chicken that can produce the
same profit; corn is the principal diet
for these meat producers, a cereal
most available as poultry food. A
hundred young cockerels can be trans.
formed into money makers in about
three hours-the resultant profit Ia
threefold the Droiler profit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Ground Soy Bean Hay

Ground soy-bean hay compares al
most identically with ground alfalfa
hay, but has only about one-thlrd as
much protein as oil meal or cottonseed
meal, while soy-bean meal Tor cake)
is equally as rich in protein as either
oil meal or cottonseed meal. Several
feeding experiments show conclusive
" that soy-bean meal or cake, that is,
the residue after the oil has been re-
moved. gives equally as good results
as either oil meal or cottonseed meal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Best Garden Fertilizer

while barnyard manure is the best
fertilizer for the garden, still the gar
den fertilizer that comes in bags is a
good substitute and has at times adj
vantages of it's own. Now, that auto
mobiles and motor trucks are taking
4he place of horses there will be less
horse manure and though cow manure
can be substituted the results are not
no satisfactory as when old-time
manure consisting of both horse and
COW manure was used.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Proper Temperature Is
Important in Churning

No factor in the efficient churning
of cream is more important than the
proper temperature. The temperature
will vary between the limits of so de-
grees in summer and 65 degrees in
winter For a minimum loss of fat in
the buttermilk and good firm butter
the chufning process should take from
80 to 45 minutes. When churning is
accomplished in 10 or Is minutes the
butter always comes soft and there is
a great loss of fat in the buttermilk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Kill Gophers by Poison

Gophers can best be killed by plac-
ing poison in their burrows. accord
ing to @. e. Nickel, of the University
of Minnesota. He recommends mix
fure of one-eighth ounce of powdered
strychnia aIkaloid, one-eighth ounce of
baking soda, and one-eightieth ounce
of saccharin. These amounts are suf-
fcient to poison four quarts of vege-
table bait. Potatoes, carrots, parsnips,
beets and turnips make especially good
bait, covered with the poison.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Silo Needs No Drainage

It is not necessary to make any
provision for drainage in silo. If
there is excess moisture the most Of
it will seep through the walls of the
silo, and If you have drainage at the
bottom, air will enter and some of the
silage will spoil. Green corn contains
Just about sufficient amount of mois-
ture SO that there will be no excess
moisture and no seepage. When dry
stalks are ensiloed water must be add
ed, and there is little danger Of get
ting too much.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Pasturing Sweet Glover

Stock can go onto sweet clover in
April and it may be pastured hard
clear up to- August 10. The harder it
is pastured early In the spring the bet
ter. for this induces new shoots and it
keeps down stems which light pastur-
ing would allow to become woody.
Early pasturing keeps the plants ten
der and nutritious. With new seeding
do not turn in the stock until about
July /, and then 1t won't do to pasture
1t as hard as the two-year-old field.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Handling Broody Hens
Is Problem for Owners

How to handle the broody hen in the
general purpose flock is problem that
confronts flock owners every summer.
If there are such things as plaques in
the poultry business the broody hen is
perhaps the worst one. A good way
to overcome the broody instinct is to
confne the hens in Slated coops, sus-
pended in the shade. Confine them
the first evening they remain on their
nests, but feed and water abundantly
the same as you do the non-broody
hens.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Alfalfa After Glover

Although a good crop of sweet clover
prepares the way for alfalfa it is often
hard to get a stand of alfalfa in the
fall after the second years growth has
died down. due to the fact that the
sweet clover uses up much of the avail
able moisture and food supply. How
ever, no otheIAcrop will provide lnocu-
Iation for alfalfa like the sweet clover
does.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Farm Records Will Pay

1t pays to keep farm records. Let
each member of the family have de-
partment in the ledger to keep up.
It's a lot of satisfaction at the end Of
the year to know just how much you
earned and how much you spent. Even
If the profits" are on the wrong side
of the ledger, you'll feel better to have
an accurate record rather than to
guess at it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Keep a Close Watch for
Sinking Smut in Wheat

During harvest, and especially at
thrashing time, 1t is well to keep a
close watch for sinking smut in wheat.
Seed should be used from fields which
show the least amount of smut. Badly
smutted wheat, however, can be used if
it Is treated before being planted. This
is sometimes more advisable than buy
ing new seed or exchanging seed. The
Indications to date are that there is
little sinking smut in South Dakota.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Millet Sown After Rye

Millet is very often sown after rye,
and the land may be prepared by dou-
BILE disking, followed by a narrowing,
after which the millet may be seeded.
Millet is not considered a good hay
for horses unless 1t is cut fairly early,
and then it should make up not over
half the roughage. Mature miilet hay
is dangerous to feed to horses.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-04
Value of Kafir Stems

Kafr head stems, according to the
results of experiments by the Texas
experiment station have digestibili-
ty close to that Of ordinary hay, and
a corresponding value The digesti-
BILE protein is low. Mesquite beans
were found to have high digestibili-
ty and productive value about so per
cent higher than alfalfa,
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26

with spawned knees who talk forever
of disease, from dawn till close Of day
And SO too often grandad feels, as he
rubs mustard on his heels, that
therell be glad and joyous spiels
when he is dead and gone; he thinks
the children wildly yearn to see his
ashes in an urn, OF see him planted
by the burn that babr1es past the
lawn. The children are not SO unkind
but they for laughter were designed;
his melancholy frame Of mind gets on
their nerves, tits trus; they would not
have him bump the bumps, but wish
he'd quit discussing mumps and wens
and other grevious Jumps, and gout
and Spanish flu. With aches and
pains I'm loaded down, they jar me
up from feet to crown, but when my
nephews come to town talk not of
my woes. l gossip ON some sprightly
theme, drink soda pop and eat ice
cream, and none of them would ever
dream that chilblains rack my toes.
Walt Mason.
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26

There were "a at Sunday school
It is requested that all come next
Sunday to get the new quarterly.
1t hasn't been decided yet wheth-
er the bal boys sell the ice cream on
the fourth or do otherwise. We are
expecting to have a good time to-
gether at the picnic. There will be
no big stunts performed unless it
might be tat womans race.
Clifton Harte and wife and son,
Everett were treated to chicken
dinner Sunday at the Otis Harte
home.
Carl Radtke and family were Sun
day afternoon callers at the Ollie
Hall home.
Mrs Clark was called to the bed
side of her mother last week at
Sioux City, South Dakota.
Cedric Damewood and wife and
baby of Akron were week end visitors
with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Glover were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Damewood
Sunday.
Our old friend and neighbor Vern
Shambow and family from Penn
sylvania are back here for the sum-
mer and they might stay longer.
Sam Rouze expects to be home the
last of this week.
Norman Stewart and family took
dinner with home folks Sunday, the
Stewards, Cecil Colglazier and family
were afternoon callers.
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26
DR.. SAPERo
COMING AGAIN

Many persons troubled with poor
vision are fitted with glasses or
rather misfitted when an examina-
ton by competent eye surgeon will
show that they are not needed, but
appropriate treatment instead. 1t
is better, therefore, to call upon an
oculist, who must always be an edu-
Gated physician and first find out
whether it is glasses or treatment
you need. DR.. Kalmen c. Sapero,
the well known eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist of Denver, has been
visiting Holyoke for over % years,
more than $4,000 patients in the state
He will again be in Holyoke, Friday,
July II, at the Sears Hotel. Con-
sultation also examination for glass
es free.
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26
Il 4 X II Il Il
Pleasant Valley
II II i Il II II

Those who have sweet clover and
alfalfa are busy making hay The
most of the farmers aroEii here
have :. ,ite b.. Of hay to pJt up.
The Mo- i Gather is mixing the
co: , - ds to-. s.een. Ev' or. 10
rushing c,ar -: corn to sat gu az
vautar. c',r the weeds.
'Sr are havi9 some ,n~v It
weather and we need some rain for
the crops.
We think it will be safe bet that
the corn won't be knee high by the
fourth of July.
Mr.. Penwell took Sunday dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Weis. Mr..
and Mrs. Jaycox were afternoon call
ers.
The two Weis girls and three
Arnold girls were Sunday visitors OF
Miss Laura Barbour.
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26
Anitie News
s 3 & 4 q e

Mrs. Lawrence Wilcox and daugh-
ter spent several days last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Stewart.
Mrs. E. T. Harte and son, Roland
spent sunday with Otis Harte.
Ransom Whitley is spending this
week with his sister, Maye.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pugh and Mrs.
w. E. Pugh called Sunday afternoon
on A. G. Cauble.
Ross Stewart and Glen Poe helped
Mike North stack sweet clover this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Owens spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Owens.
Mrs. VIM Shultz and son, returned
home from Fort Morgan Sunday, via
Julesburg after a three weeks visit
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. McNey
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Harte Spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Otis Harte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Lock OF Hol
yoke called Sunday at the home of
A. C. Cauble.
Several of the boys around Amitie
went swimming Sunday.
Mrs. Lawrence Wilcox and daugh-
ter, spent the week end with Norman
Stewart.
Mrs. Fred Miles father left Mon
day for Sterling where he viii visit
friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Colglazier and
family spent Sunday afternoon at C.
L. Stewarts.
Jake Unhru, Ezra Meek Claud
North and William Meel; helped A.
c. Cauble with his sweet clover Wed.,
and Thursday.
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26
OLD AND YOUNG

The young are mostly well and
strong, their lives are like a grand
sweet song, they're right side up,
there's nothing wrong, they're seldom
sick or sore; and so the grandsire in
his chair, who talks of corns and fall
ling hair. and aches and pains beyond
compare, becomes to them a bore.
Youth has no patience with the walls,
Of those who have ingrowing nails,
who soak their feet in steaming pals.
rheumatics TO allay: youth wearies Of
the mournful wheeze OF ancient men
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26

and family, Vern Shambow and family
Mrs Herb Briggs and family, Miss
Mabel McCutchen and Mr.. Heilman.
Amy one knowing the Martin hos
pitality and Mrs. Martins good cook
ing never refuse an invitation.
Frank Huges and family were
among those who partook Of big
feed at the home OF Dock. Norris Sum
day. ,sM&5E
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26

The Colglazier girls spent Sun
day afternoon with the Jaycox girls.
Mrs. Jaycox and Mrs. vern Eckard
spent Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Rockwell.
There was another big crowd at
the Robert Martin home Sunday for
dinner. They were: All the Martin
boys and their families, Otto Eichel
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26
No Babe. Wanted

The small girl met the doctor near
her home.
"You brought little baby next
door, didn't your" she inquired.
"Yes." he answered; 'shall bring
one to your house?''
"No, thanks" came the prompt re
My. "Why, we've scarcely time even
to wash the dog"
Phillips County herald., 1924-06-26

The Herald furnishes the news.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-17
Touched as Little as Possible

The modern cannery is as
sanitary as a dainty woman's
kitchen because it is constructed
on strictly sanitary principles
and kept clean by the use of hot
water and live steam. The con-
tents of the cans, fruits, meats,
and vegetables of all kinds are
gathered when at the proper ma
turity or ripeness, in the vicinity
of the canneries where grown
and are washed, cleaned and pre-
pared almost altogether by ma
chinery without being touched
by hands.
No handling .is done that can
be avoided. Peas or corn are
scarcely touched by hands in
canning. Tomatoes only are
peeled by hand as are some
fruits and most of these are now
peeled by machine. Salmon and
canned meats are handled al
most exclusively by machinery.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-17
Creamed Scallops

One of the favorite shellfish
of early winter is the scallop.
That curious bi-valve which
looks as if it should be as quiet
within its shell as a clam or an
oyster, but which really swims
about as actively a. any fish,
has a flavor and character all Of
its own. Quite unjustly it has
been accused of being indigesti-
BILE. Those who have found it so
have usually eaten the scallop
fried. 1t is good that way but
may we'll be considered too rich.
Try creaming scallops. Take
the scallops; pour of the liquor
into an enameled ware sauce
pan. When very hot, add the
scallops and a dash of salt. Cook
moderately until the scallops are
tender. Then add a tablespoon
full of butter. In an enameled
ware double boiler make a white
sauce of milk, with butter and
flour rubbed together until they
cream and then dissolve in the
milk. Add this sauce to the seal
lops about 10 minutes before
serving.
Some people like a dash of
paprika added at the last mo-
ment, but that is matter OF
individual taste. Enameled ware
preserves the delicate, natural
flavor of the scallops and 1t
seems a pity to disguise It with
anything as strong as red pep
per.