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CORNING OIL
UP rs CENTS

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Feb. a. An
increase Of 2Sc a barrel in the price
OF Corning Cado oil In Buckeye
pipelines was announced today by
leading purchasing agencies. The
Jew price was sl.ab.
All other oils quoted on the market
here wsra advanced last Saturday.
, 1925-02-02

WASHINGTON. Feb. The
power of tho president to remove
postmasters without obtaining the
APPROVAL OF the senate. involved in u
case brought from Portland. Oregon.
by Frank S. Meyers. viii be rear
gued in tho supreme court.
, 1925-02-02

WARRINGTON. Feb. a.-Bank
records are opsn 70 inspection by the
federal government IN the assess,
msnt Of income taxes. the supreme
court declared In effect today In az.
ftrming the lower courts in a case
brought by the First National bank
OF Mobile, Alabama
, 1925-02-02

CHICAGO. Feb. 2.-wheat, mum.
ber . hard. sl.e2k 9I.9e; number 8
hard. s1.s1N @1.a4.
Corn. number 4 mixed. S1.1s; mum.
Der .. yellow. -S1.2sa Ql.esh.
Oats. number 2. white. son a
SING; number 5 white. 5sh 9b9c;
rye. number ]. $40; barley. s5cQ
}l.o4; timothy seed, $5.75@s.so;
clover seed. $4,000 @s3.oo; lard,
sl6.72; ribs. s15.25; bellies. $3.50.
, 1925-02-02

WASHINGTON. Feb. a.-The
special grand Jury which Will hear
testimony In the new proceedings
here in the case OF Senator Wheeler
OF Montana, failed to begin its hear
inGs today as had been expected.
owing to tho illness OF one OF the
Jurors.
, 1925-02-02


WARRINGTON. Feb. IA state
law requiring q licsnss for ths sale
Of Intoxicating liquor 10 valid and
can be enforced Notwithstanding the
fsdsral prohibition amendment. the
supreme court held today IN affect
IN a ass from New Jersey. The
conviction in the lower courts Of
Anthony colora. charged with sell.
Ing intoxicating liquor without.
state license. was affirmed.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2.-Pness Of
Wyoming oils at . p. IA. today were
listed on the New York curb a. fol.
lows:
Standard OIL Qndiana) sax. Noun.
tain Producers 20; Salt Creek ASH
, 1925-02-02
SERMO EXCERPTS

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ceeding ESQ Words and Should Be IN This office Saturday
, 1925-02-02

For results try d Classified ad.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Plan to Reduce Expense
by Employing Farm Power

That farm power and labor cost too
much is the conclusion reached by ag-
ricultural engineers Of the Pennsyl-
vania State college. Under the lead
ership of R. U: Blasingame, head of
the college farm machinery depart
ment, part of the 1900 acres of col
lege farm land will be devoted to an
experiment to reduce these costs.
So far as is known the Pennsylvania
State college is the first agricultural
experiment station to put aside part
Of its farm for power farming expert
ments with a research engineer de-
voting full time to the work HI. B.
Josephson, graduate Of Saskatche-
wan university and the Iowa State col
lege, is in active charge. A four-year
rotation Of corn, oats, wheat and hay,
will be used in the experiments.
with power and labor constituting
IS per cent Of the cost Of producing
corn crops, we felt that some means
should be employed to decrease this
burden" says Blasingame. Figures
collected on 116 farms in Lancaster
county in 1923 gave that average. In
terest, depreciation, taxes, insurance,
seed, fertilizer, marketing, and profit
composed the other 35 per cent 1t
is hoped that a substantial reduction
will be obtained by means Of the plans
used in the experiments.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Potassium Permanganate
Good as Water Purifier

DR.. S. Erikson of the Mountain
Grove (Mo.) experiment station has
carried on experiments to determine
the value of permanganate of potash
as purifier of water for poultry, and
has found that it is very efficient.
The germs Of cholera and Of other In
testinal diseases are destroyed in a
few hours. The quantity to use is IA
grains per gallon of water This guam
tity can be measured with sufficient
accuracy with a ten-cent piece as
measure, about IA grains being car
ried on it. Permanganate soon loses
it's strength, which is Indicated by loss
of the purple color. When this occurs
a new solution should be made up.
Erikson's experiments show that small
chicks are not injured by drinking
permanganate water over a period Of
nine weeks. 1t can be safely used
when sour milk is being fed, but it is
not recommended to be added to milk.
Poultry raisers should not place de-
pendence on permanganate as a cure
for any disease. Its use is not in
tended as cure but as a destroyer Of
germs that gain entrance to the drink
ing water from sick birds, thereby
lessening the chance of the disease
spreading in the flock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Hens Should Be Fed So
That They Molt Quickly

The old hens should be fed so that
they will mott quickly Eggs will be
high in price this fall and winter and
we should feed che flock so as to OBJ
tain every possible egg, suggests d. H.
Hall, extension poultry husbandman
at Clemson college
The mott is a natural thing and
the hen must be allowed time enough
for 1t. We can help them through the
Noting stage by feeding. The mash
feeds are very beneficial in growing
feathers, therefore, these hens should
have all the mash they want A pound
OF sulphur added to each 100 pounds OF
mash will also aid the hens in growing
new feathers. Sulphur is also a mild
tonic and aids in keeping the hens
body in condition.
During the Noting period, the hens
need a large amount of grain feed for
the upkeep Of the body. The mott is a
severe drain on the hen and a good
strong body, with plenty of extra en-
ergy should be kept by the hen. The
hen is also laying up surplus energy
for next years laying. The best feed,
care, land attention should be given
them at this time. It will always pay
you to send your hens to roost with a
full craw each night.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Fa..rlI:'r2!-11I1.l..E--II2tL'.
Seed selection is crop protection.

Seed selection is crop protection.
The 81 trail to prosperity stands
for lime, legumes, and live stock.
.
Once planted, cover crops take care
of themselves-as well as of the soil.
Many a good apple is spoiled by the
unnecessary rough handling that at
tends the picking.
Since good air is just as essential
to a COW as food and water, it should
be provided in the barn with lust as
much care and certainty.
The average hen deserves no blue
ribbon awards from the viewpoint of
egg production. She lays fewer than
90 eggs each year, less than one egg
every four days. Not % per cent eff
cient. So far as anyone knows, no hen
has ever laid an egg every day for the
entire year, yet there are authentic
records of as many as 335 eggs being
produced by single hen in 365 days.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05

TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF HIGHER PRICES

The high egg market last fall was
in the latter part of November. The
records indicate that the tendency is
for the high spot in the market to ad-
vance earlier in the fall. The prob
lem of the person who is interested
in making his poultry pay, is how to
prepare to rake adv ntage of these
high prices
Pullets which began laying late in
October frequently lay during the en-
tire winter. Pullets which are de
veloped too early begin laying early
in October and then begin to molt, and
unless they are exceptionally well fed
they will not begin laying again until
spring.
If Leghorns are Matched before
April and are well grown they will
likely start laying early in October.
Under good growing rations a Leghorn
will mature in about 200 days. Some
growers can carry their early Matched
pullets along more slowly and pre-
vent them from laying much before the
first of November. In order to do
this they feed very little meat scrap
and other high protein feeds and feed.
considerable ground oats and other
bulky feeds which grow good frame
but which do not hasten the maturity
of the birds.
The heavy breeds which are slower
maturing will lay better in the fall if
Matched earlier than April February
and March pullets of the breeds such
as Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds
and Wyandottes will be about the
right stage Of maturity for November
eggs if they are grown on a good ra-
tion
One trouble with a good many pro-
ducers is that they do not feed their
pullets SO that they mature quickly
enough SO as to start laying in the
fall. In other words you have two
sources of trouble in getting pullets to
lay in November. One is the Matching
Of Leghorns too early and thereby
having them go into a mott, thereby
losing production in the winter from
that source. The other trouble is on
account of late chicks and slow de-
velopment which results in the pull
let's not laying until the greater part
OF the winter is over and the period
OF high egg prices has passed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Packing Apples Is Most
Important Harvest Task

Packing apples is. a most important
part of the harvest" says Prof. Joseph
Oskamp of the New York College Of
Agriculture at Ithaca. "More atten-
ton should be given to racking or
shaking the barrel to settle the fruit
"To get a tight pack, rack the bar
rel after adding each half-bushel
Over-flling the barrel will not take
the place of racking, as the apples
will settle later on and the pack will
become slack.
"a common fault in packing apples
is to overfill. Contrary to what might
be expected, it does not insure a tight
pack, and is apt to bruise the fruit
all through the barrel. A properly
racked barrel needs but little press
ing, and the fruit need be but slightly
above the top of the barrel before the
press is applied.
IF the fruit is of good quality, and
the crop is large, a grading machine
may be used economically. The sort
ing table is an important part of the
grading equipment and makes grading
a quick and sure Job.
"The grower should be governed by
his own conditions, however, and if
there is a large percentage of culls,
he may be wise to sell the crop 'or-
chard run without bothering to grade
it."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Care of HOMEGROWN
Seeds Is Important
Correct Labelling and Stor-
age Are Essential.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.l
The correct labelling and proper
storage of homegrown seeds are of
vital Importance if the best yields are
to be obtained. Seeds of satisfactory
quality when harvested often, through
neglect, are worthless at planting
time. Cloth bags are the best con-
tanners for large seeds such as peas,
beans, and corn and FOR large quaint
ties of small seeds. For smaller lots
ordinary letter envelopes, either home
made or purchased if gummed to
close completely, are satisfactory.
Every container should be Tabled to
show the kind and variety of seed,
the exact date when harvested, and
the place where grown. For the cloth
bags, in addition to the label on the
outside, slip of paper bearing the
above information should be inserted
with the seed.
Many seeds, especially beans, corn,
and lettuce, are subject to injury by
a number of insects, most of which
may be destroyed by fumigation with
carbon disulphid This LIQUID can be
purchased in tin cans at drug stores.
Carbon disulphid, when exposed to the
air, as when poured out into a dish,
produces foul-smelling gas that is
heavier than air. Therefore, in fumi-
eating seeds it is necessary to place
the liquid in receptacle above the
seeds in order that the gas formed by
evaporation may sink into them and
reach every part Of the container. A
tight tin pail, box. or barrel makes
an excellent container for fumigating
seeds. For tight barrel full of seeds
one-half cupful of carbon disulphid is
sufficient. For smaller containers a
proportionate quantity should be used.
Immediately after the fumigation has
been started the container should be
covered with several thicknesses of
heavy paper, or other tight cover, and
allowed to remain covered from one to
two days. A longer fumigation in tin
pals is apt to injure the terminating
power of the seeds. Seeds to be fumi-
gated should be dry.
Carbon-disulphid gas is highly in
fiammable. Therefore, no lights or fire
Of any sort should be allowed near
while fumigation is in progress, or an
explosion may occur. The foul odor Of
the gas disappears after the seeds
have been aired for several days.
After the seeds have been packeted
suitable place should be found for
storing them. Cellars are too moist,
attics usually are too hot. but second
story room ordinarily is an ideal place
providing the temperature does not
fall below freezing and the seeds are
dry when stored.
Seed can be protected from mice If
kept in tin boxes or mouse-proof wood
en- boxes, or If suspended in cloth
bags
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Oil From Crank Case of
Automobile Is Valuable

Oil from the crank case of the au
tomobile or tractor is too valuable to
discard, according to the agricultural
engineering department of the New
Jersey State College Of Agriculture.
The waste oil may be used for lu-
bricating almost all farm machines.
AS the oil is used in the crank case it
becomes diluted with fuel oil that es-
capes past the piston, and it may col
lect certain amount of fine metal
particles and pieces Of carbon. 1t is
then necessary to remove it from the
engine, but if it is allowed to stand
in an open metal container, much of
the fuel oil evaporates and the solid
material settles to the bottom. In this
way the lubricating qualities of the
oil are restored except that it usually
remains too thin for engine use. 1t is
excellent oil for farm machines, or
wherever a squirt can is used.
If the top oil is poured off, a heavy
residue remains. This may be put
into a convenient container and ap-
piled with an old paint brush to the
securing surfaces of the field nipple
ments.
Any lubricating oil may be used to
some extent for insect control. A.
small amount applied to the surface
of ponds or pools of water will pre-
vent mosquito breeding.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
EARN NOTES;
1T IT, -:

A self-feeder for hens will prove
profitable.
The only stock that should be
abundantly wetered is live stock.
Give the rhubarb bed a liberal ap-
plication of barnyard manure this fall.
Pillow oat and corn land now Every
acre plowed this fall means one less
to pillow next spring.
Egg production from home Is de-
pendent not only upon the ability of
the hens to lay eggs, but upon an
abundant supply of the kind of food
out Of which eggs can be produced.
While picking fruit the grower
should observe what kinds of insects
are bothering the trees. During the
winter plans and preparations can be
made to resist their attacks next
year.
Artificial light may be used on late
hatehed pullets, permitting them to
finish their growth A 12-hour day is
all that should be given until they
are well developed. After that 13 hours
OF light may be safely uSed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05

was noticed thai the CRAFTS having
poor growth were readily broken at
the unions. This led to the study of
the method by which an apple tree
conducts food from it's roots to its
branches.
Makes important Discovery.
R. H. Roberts, college horticulturist,
made the discovery that will mean
much to the fruit industry. Roberts
knew that the growth of the main
limb is always from the top bud. He
now observed that the sickly CRAFTS
were those on which the top bud had
died. "Why shouldn't that bud have
borne a limb?' he asked himself. The
answer came. The stunted trees were
those on which the buds did not grow
directly above the union of the graft.
AS q consequence the sap, which
flowed straight upward through the
callused surface of the graft, did not
reach the buds. Simple, isn't it?
This principle of food conduction is
better understood by taking a COM
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Drying Off Cow Often Is
Difficult for Dairyman

Often it is difficult to dry off COW.
Many practices are followed by differ
ent farmers. The practice of milking
cows but once a day is most common.
1t is often the sole method used to
end the period of lactation.
There are, however, other WAYS to
assist in drying up the COW. Some
milk at irregular intervals. Others
milk often, but do not milk dry. Elm
mating the grain from the ration is a
practice that is quite commonly fol-
lowed. Feeds rich in protein, like
grain and alfalfa hay, and also succu-
lent feeds, can be taken advantageous
ly from the animals while drying them
off. There appears to be a general
notion among the best dairymen to
let up gradually on both the feeding
and the milking TO encourage the COW
t. dryness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Velvet Beans Good
Ration for Steers
May Be Substituted for Cot
tonseed Meal.
prepared by the United States Department
Of A0ric1Ilf1Ira

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Velvet beans and corn Silage in
equal quantities form a satisfactory
ration for fattening steers. In such
ically substituted for cottonseed meal.
provided they do not cost more than
half as much per pound Tin the pod
as that product. These facts were es-
tablished in feeding experiments con-
Quoted in Mississippi by the United
States Department of Agriculture in
cooperation with the state agricul-
tural experiment station, and in SINH
lar Investigations carried on by the de-
partment at its experimental farm at
Beltsville, Md. In one of the expert
ments native steers showing no evil
dence of improved blood were used.
In all the others, high-grade feeder
steers were employed. The expert
ments were undertaken primarily to
determine the value of velvet beans
when fed with corn silage or sorgo
silage as compared with cottonseed
meal when similarly fed, and also
whether velvet beans should be fed
whole or ground, dry or soaked
Two pounds of velvet beans Tin the
pod) were found to be about equal in
feeding value to one pound Of cotton
seed meal. When the whole velvet
beans were substituted for cottonseed
meal in the ration for the steers,
only about two-thirds as much silage
was eaten, the large amount of rough
age formed by the bean. hulls being
responsible for the reduced consump-
ton of Silage.
Whole velvet beans when soaked are
more palatable than the dry beans, but
the latter are more economical when
the labor required for soaking them
is considered.
Grinding Of velvet beans is not adj
visable, since it renders them less pal
atable and impairs their keeping quail
ity. While from to 10 per cent less
of ground velvet beans than of dry
whole velvet beans are required to pro-
duce 100 pounds of gain, this saving
does not compensate for the cost of
grinding. Furthermore, ground velvet
beans are so unpalatable that steers
will not eat enough of them to make
good gains.
In the course of the experiments II
was found that cottonseed meal is
more palatable than velvet beans in
any form, and that it produces more
rapid, though not more economical
gains than velvet beans. The palata-
bility Of velvet beans may be improved
by the addition Of small quantity of
cottonseed meal to the beans. The
most economical form in which to
feed velvet beans is in the pod with
out soaking. Velvet beans Of the thin
podded, speckled variety are much
higher in feeding value and more
palatable than several varieties which
have very thick pod, and consequent
ly low Smelling percentage. Velvet
beans of this variety are, moreover, a
valuable protein concentrate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Bud

rows three feet apart. In this way
there are between 10000 and 10000
plants to an acre. The problem has
been to raise even a fair percentage
of the larger sized plants, for the loss
has always been heavy. The nursery
man prizes the larger sized CRAFTS be-
cause, by reason of their hardness
and productivity, they are his best
sellers
Three Theories Advanced.
For many years the common expla-
nation of the failure Of CRAFTS to ma
ture uniformly has been that the
seedlings, used as stocks, varied too
g 1atly in growing ability Other men
attempted to explain the matter by a
confusing array of words which, when
boiled down to their dregs, said that
the stock and top were not suited be-
cause of some internal difference. A
third theory held that the failure to
grow was the result of an imperfect
union of stock and scion.
On the college experiment plats it
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
Egg-Eating Habit

The habit or vice of egg eating is
difficult to break, once it has been es-
tablished. 1t usually starts from the
birds getting taste of a fresh egg
when it is broken. Sometimes fresh
egg shells thrown to the chicks with
out being heated gives them a taste
of the raw, fresh egg. Darkened,
large, roomy nests, the frequent re-
nova of eggs and the immediate re-
moval of any broken shells are the
most dependable methods for break
ing up this trouble.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05

trict, which makes brick cheese ex-
clusively, embraces all Of Dodge coun-
ty and small parts of the neighboring
counties Of Dane, Jefferson, Wauke-
sha, Washington, Fond du Lac, Green
Lake and Columbia.
Factories Aggregate $50.
There will be $50 factories in the
two districts according to the present
plans. Fifty of them will be in the
northern or Dodge county block, and
a hundred will supply the southern dis
trict. If the federation is successful
in it's attempt to secure $50 producing
units it will have an annual output of
100000 pounds Of cheese. The 8,0OO-
600 pounds that the southern district
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05

many who have carefully followed CO.
operative marketing In Wisconsin.
The strength Of the federation will
be twofold. The concentration of the
industry in small areas is it's first ele-
ment of strength. The second is that
specialization takes place within these
concentrated areas, rings within rings.
AS as example Of this specialization
parts Of Iowa, La Fayette, Dane, Green
and Rock counties constitute the south
ern district of the federation. The
northern section Of this group of coun-
ties is devoted to the manufacture of
block swiss cheese; the southwestern
part is given over to the making of
drum swiss, while the eastern side
makes limburger. The northern dis
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05

is certain to produce will give this
single district greater output than
the famous Tillamook County Cream
cries in Oregon.
Working with II. H. Bakken, mar
keting specialist Of the Wisconsin Col
lege Of Agriculture, were William Oh
son of Monroe, Green county, leader
of the foreign cheese manufacturers Of
the southern district, and r. f. Rob-
erts, Dodge county, northern district
leader. Olson and Roberts, who are
veteran cheese men, capably assisted
in the preparatory work of organizing
the federation. In this work no less
than $50 meetings were held which
were well attended by enthusiastic
Badger cheese men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05

mon example. At some time or other
every one has seen a tree whose
root system has been injured. Close
observation would show the leaves on
the branches above the roots dying.
Later the branches themselves would
fail to send out leaves and would, to
all practical purposes, be dead Just
as in the case of the graft in which
the food flowed straight up through
the callused union, so in this case the
sap went straight up from the root
producers to the branch and leaf con-
sumers with the result that only the
uninjured side of the tree was fed.
Applying the Remedy.
The obvious remedy lies in the care
full cutting Of the scion. so that the
topmost bud will be directly above the
callus union. The additional care
used in the work will, of course, mean
slightly greater expenditure Of time
and labor. The greater percentage Of
larger sized trees, however, will more
than offset this additional expense.