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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10

Infertile eggs from an incubator
make good chick food.
Sudan grass is one of the best nom
leguminous summer catch crops.
Legumes not only increase following
crops, but provide an excellent feed in
themselves.
In some cases the egg-eating hen can
only be cured by a dose of iron-ap-
piled with the Ratchet.
Flowing under crop Of hubam In
the fall will add from 10 to 20 bushels
per acre to the following corn crop.
Lice and mites are parasites which
suck away poultry profits. 1t is a
good investment OF time and money to
keep them In check.
Remember that clean poultry house
Is desirable. Clean the droppings
board once or twice a week. Oftener
in warm or damp weather.
Vegetables which may be planted
this month for fall or winter use are
carrots, turnips, winter radishes, late
cucumbers, late peas, sweet corn and
late cabbage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
LESSEN WORM INJURY
BY TOBACCO FEEDING
Treat Flock With Tobacco
Dust in Mash for
Four Weeks.

The unseen enemies which attack
poultry from within may cause the
poultry raiser no end of trouble dur
Ing the summer and fall months.
The worst ravages of intestinal
worms are made In the young stock
from three to ten months Of age, re-
ports B. A. Beach, poultry veteri-
marian at the Wisconsin College of
Agriculture. During the last few
years the department, of veterinary
science has examined many hundreds
Of fowls and found that the majority
Of them are infested with intestinal
worms. 1t is only when the number
Of worms increases to the point that
the drain on the system Of the fowl Is
unusually heavy that noticeable harm
results
Remain Thin in Flesh.
The first noticeable symptom Is the
gradual turning pale Of the comb
and wattles, Beach points out. If the
birds are handled they will be found
to be thin in flesh, although the ap-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10

at the Wisconsin College of Agricul-
ture. A greater knowledge Of the bee
is required in the production of comb
honey than in the production Of ex-
tracted honey.
Just before the honey flow strong
colony should require the use of two
brood chambers During the honey
flow the queen is permitted only in
the lower brood chamber through the
use of queen excluder. The queen
with one frame Of brood is placed be-
low the queen excluder. The rest of
the hive is filed with full sheets Of
foundation. The balance of the brood
is then elevated to the top hive with
one or more supers between. This
relieves crowding in the brood cham
Der and gives plenty Of extra storing
room.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Troubles of Binder
Can Be Prevented
Secure Better Operation by
Observing Few Rules.

According to farm machinery ex-
perts at the Nebraska Agricultural COL
lege, a careful observation of the fol-
lowing Ifs will secure better opera
ton and less trouble:
1. If the machine travels with a
jerky motion, main drive drain is too
loose or 1t may be dry. Try little
oil on It,
Il 2. If the Stats rip off the canvas, the
elevators are not square.
3. If the knotter hook is rusty and
rough, it will not work properly. Pol
ish it with fine emery paper.
4. If the binder attachment is not
timed properly, it certainly will not
work. Some binders are timed in as
many as five places.
5. If the knotter hook does not turn
far enough to close the fingers on the
Irvine, no knot will be tied. Look at
the knotter pinion. It should not be
worn.
6. If the twine slips through the
cord holder, the Irvine will be pulled
out before the knot is tied. Adjust
the cord holder spring. 1t should take
40 pounds to pull the twine from the
disk.
Z. If the disk does not move far
enough, the knotter hook grasps only
one cord, hence a loose end band.
8. If the needle is bent or out Of
shape. there will be loose end band
The needle is malleable iron and may
be hammered back to shape.
Q. If the Irvine is pulled from the
hook before the knot is tied, try the
knife, it may be dull.
10. If you wish to change the size
Of bundles, do it with the bundle
sizer spring, not the tension or COM
press spring.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Prevention of Disease
Most Profitable Plan

When one goes into a chicken
house and hears the birds singing, it
Is a pleasant contrast to the appear
ance of a flock that Is droOpy, with
pale combs and indicating general
unhealthy condition. The difference
in the majority of cases is not due to
one producer curing the disease and
the other not curing it, but rather to
the fact that one breeder prevents
the trouble that is affecting the other
persons flock.
Most cases of roup and similar con-
tagious diseases are the result of the
disease being brought to the farm with
new fowls which were not isolated
until they had been proved to be
healthy. Sometimes the disease comes
from an outbreak Of a previous at
tack after which the premises were
not properly cleaned up and disin-
fected.
Lice and mites can do a great
amount Of harm if they have their
own way. The good poultryman does
not wait until they get strong foot
hold in the flock, but carries on a
preventive war on such pests. Under
such conditions pests never cause a
serious loss.
Most of the trouble from worms
and a good deal of the trouble from
coccidosis can be eliminated by rails
ing the flock on fresh ground each
year If it is not possible to have
fresh ground the next lest thing Is to
clean up frequently and use lime free
ly in keeping the ground sweet and
free as possible from germ life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Fix Grades of Hay
of Different Kinds
Government Favored Basis
on Nutritive Values.

Since the government recommended
the establishment of grades Of hay Of
different kinds on the basis Of the
nutritive values, hay is no longer just
hay in the markets of the country.
The reasons for the grading Of hay
are just the same as those for the
grading Of any other commodity says
#. H. Steinmetz of the Minnesota ag-
ricultural experiment station staff, In
charge of laboratory tests to aid in
fixing hay grades.
Feed men wish to know how a ship
ment Of hay is rated in order to be
able to advertise and sell intelllgently.
Buyers wish to know what they are
gettigg In kind, quality, end condition.
Fer example, alfalfa No. is supe-
rioF in feeding value and palatability
to alfalfa No. 2. If purchaser
bought alfalfa No. 2 thinking it was
No. 1, and there were no established
grades, he would have no recourse.
With grades established, however, he
wOnld have chance to recover-if his
purchase had been represented as No.
1 when it was really No. 2.
The same holds true as to prairie
hays, among which grades have now
been established.
The nutritive value Of the hay IT.
salf, though, is not the only thing.
Hay Is frequently mixed with weeds
and other foreign materials. Dealers
and consumers should be able to know
within reasonable limits how much
such material any given lot contains.
Weeds are Objectionable because they
are ordinarily unpalpatable and cause
mechanical waste, as animals will not
sort out the good hay from the bad
weeds. Moreover, there are some
weeds which cause losses among live
stock.
Hay grades are, therefore, highly
desirable, says Mr.. Steinmetz, and their
use is to be encouraged in every way
possible.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
ENLARGE HIVE ROOM
FOR RESTLESS BEES

At this time OF the year the ia
miliar buzz CT swarm of bees In the
air is often heard. A queen bee with
swarm of little bees is off to estab-
lish a new home where there will be
plenty Of room for the expansion Of
the colony.
It is this swarm in which the bee
keeper is principally interested, for
the loss of it materially reduces the
working forces in his own beeyard. A
month to six weeks after setting the
bees out extra brood-rearing room is
needed, for it Is at this time that the
colonies begin to swarm. BY provid-
ing more room one of the principal
causes Of swarming is eliminated. The
original ten-frame hive is hardly large
enough to house a prolific queen and
her progeny. Since it is contrary to
the nature of the bees to remain idle
they move out to seek a new home.
The queen with all Of the field bees
go away leaving the nurse bees and
the mature queen cells in the hive.
These cells soon give rise to young
bees, one of which Is destined to head
the colony.
1t is unwise to permit the colony to
divide, for neither part is strong
enough to build up a strong colony
and to produce honey in abundance
If, when examining the hive body, one
finds that all of the cells are filed
either with brood, pollen or honey,
more room must be given the colony
SO that it will be at it's maximum
strength when the honey flow starts.
Another hive body known as a super
must then be placed above the regu-
lar hive body. This super if full of
drawn combs in the case of comb
honey production and with sheets Of
foundation in the case Of extracted
honey production. Sometimes by plac.
ing a frame of brood in the center of
the newly added hive body the bees
are inclined to take to it more read
lily. Sometimes if the bees are I'M
usually active third hive body or
super needs to be added.
Start With Extracted Honey.
The beginner is more likely to he
successful with bees if he produces
extracted honey for the first few
years, says V, G. Milum, bee expert
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Loss From Shattering

From one-ffth to three-fourths OF
the total seed yield of sweet clover
is lost from SCATTERING. 1t is possible
to equip the grain binder with pans
and extensions to the rear elevator
plate and binder deck so that at least
90 per cent OF the seed which skaters
when the crop is cut may be saved
These pans and extensions may be
made out of ordinary galvanized metal
and strap iron.
The plan and direction for making
he pan and extension may be secured
~ writing the Kansas State Agricul-
ture college Manhattan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
ored too much with black or horn

ored too much with black or horn
color.
The vent of a hen that Is laying
heavily is large, expanded and moist,
while that Of nonlayer is small, puck
cred and dry. In the case SX the yell
Iow-skinned breeds, the vent of hsE
that Is laying heavily Is usually white
or pink, but the vent OF the nom
layer Is yellow.
When a hen Is laying, the pelvic
bones (the two pointed bones between
which the vent is located) are rather
thin, flexible, and spread well apart.
When she is not laying, they are clos
er together, feel thicker, and are less
flexible. The distance between the
pelvic bones varies slightly in differ
ent breeds, 1t being usually Ia inches
or more for laying hen and less than
IA inches for nonlayer.
Abdomen Of Layers.
The abdomen Of the good layer is
more expanded than that Of the poor
producer or nonlayer, since the egg
producing organs are larger and re-
quire more room. The abdomen OF
the laying hen Is also flexible or soft
because a smaller amount of fat Is
carried when laying, while the abdo-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Handmade" Chicks Top
Market Prices for Meat

Close confinement and a soft pala-
table fattening ration convert the hard,
lean cockerels into the soft, tender
two-pound broilers which command a
good market price, reports o. N. John
son, poultryman at the Wisconsin Col
lege of Agriculture
The market is now demanding a
two-pound cockerel, therefore, those
cockerels which already weigh two
pounds may be sent to market dp
rectly while those which weigh under
two pounds are confined in small
crates or pens and fed a fattening
ration for ten to fourteen days. The
birds gain rapidly and their flash
takes on a superior texture because
Of the nature Of the feed used during
this fattening period.
A good fattening ration suggested
by Johnson is composed of go
pounds of ground corn, 40 pounds
flour middlings or Red Dog and one
pound of SALT This mixture Is mixed
with buttermilk or skim milk to a
pancake batter consistency and fed
twice each day. Only enough Is given
to the chicks at each feeding to
partially satisfy their hunger. After
they have eaten fifteen to twenty min
utes the remaining feed should be
removed.
After the birds have been fed this
ration for two weeks period the
bones become quite soft and are easily
broken. They cannot be shipped any
distance alive Johnson points out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10

lions are favorable. Later If IL is
taken into the digestive tract OF tho
chicken 1t soon develops into an
adult worm.
Before one Of the segments from
the tapeworm can develop into an
adult 1t is necessary for it to spend
some time in the body of another or.
ganism known as an intermediate host,
Beach points out. The short tape
worm is carried by three of the COM
mon garden slugs. Another tape
worm passes one stage of It's life in
the common hopsefy, while still an
other lives in snail during It's early
life. When chickens eat these slugs,
flies or snails, adult tapeworms de-
velop in them which usually grow
rapidly, and cause damage.
Sanitation Prevents Trouble.
The keynote of prevention is to-
keep growing chickens off ground that
has been polluted by the older birds
Beach maintains. Brooder houses
should be Of the portable type in or
der that they may be moved from
time to time. Chicks should always
be brooded at great enough distance
from the poultry yard to prevent them
from wandering back.
In preventing the infestation of
the older birds, no means of control
has given as good results as blowing
and cropping the yards each year.
Beach advocates rotating the pigs and
chickens in given field every two or
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Poultry Hints


Oatmeal and all that sort of food
is no good for ducks or geese. Keep
all this sticky stuff away from them.
Because chickens seem to drink only
an occasional teaspoonful of water is
no reason for thinking that they don't
need any water.
If broody hens are shut up the first
night they are discovered they can be
broken up easier than if left on the
nest for several days.
Keeping the house free of mites by
use of a good coal-tar disinfectant in
a strong mixture and the pullets free
from lice by sodium fluoride will be a
big help.
Laying hens need green food in sum-
mer as well as winter. If you neglect
ed this when you planted your garden,
why not try a row or two of swiss
chard and maybe a little rape.
One Of the best ways Of destroying
the bacteria that bother poultry is to
put the yards under cultivation. In
addition, the seeding of the yards is
very important from the standpoint
of furnishing green stuff fer the fowls.
When hens are we'll fed, but extreme
Iy fat and do not lay, either the feed
is not Of balanced character or the
hens are natural beefers-meaning
that their disposition is TO acquire fat
rather than to convert what they CON
sumo into eggs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Creamery Costs

A study Of creamery manufacturing
costs which since 1920 has been con-
Quoted by L. @. Thomson and e. Ell.
Harrington Of the dairy department OF
the Wisconsin College of Agriculture,
shows that the cost of manufacturing
a pound Of butter differs widely with
different manufacturing plants in the
state. 1t appears that the larger
creameries can reduce, to an appre-
cable extent, their labor cost per
pound of butter and, to some degree,
their other operating costs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Culling Poultry
Flock Is Favored
Economical Plan to Elimi-
nate Poor Layers and
All Surplus Males.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The most economical management
Of poultry requires that the flock be
culled regularly to eliminate unprof-
table binds. Poor layers and surplus
males are liability and should be dis
posed of. Weak and unhealthy birds
should be killed and burned or buried
deeply. There are several character
istics By which the poor layers may be
distinguished. They almost invarla-
bly, mott early and slowly, usually dur
ing August or September. The best
time TO weed out improbable hens is
from about August Is to about Sep
TENDER 10. The better producers con-
tinue laying until late in the fall, and
mott rapidly. Hens that have not
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Fall Flowing Best

Early fall blowing Is best, say farm
crops division men OF University Farm.
st. Paul, Mimi, because
1t gives longer period for the de-
composition of stubble and other vege-
table matter turned over in blowing.
1t opens the soil to the fall rains.
1t helps to eradicate weeds which
interfere with growth of crops.
1t lessons the amount of spring work
and permits of the prompt sowing Of
the crops in the spring.
1t also lessons crowding and rush
ing times on the farm, and therefore
is beneficial both to men and horses.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10

molted by August or September will
show dirty, worn, or broken plumage,
while those that have molted early
show fresh, clean plumage or growing
feathers at this time.
Poor Layers Marked.
f. There are other marks by which the
poor layer may be picked out. The
legs of hens that are naturally yellow
in such breeds as Plymouth Rocks,
Rhode Island Reds, Wyandottes and
Leghorns are pale and faded in August
and September If they have been lay
ing heavily. If the legs are still yell
low, the hen Is almost certainly a poor
layer. The same rule applies to breeds
having yellow beaks, although the
color fades more quickly from the
beak than from the legs. The lower
part of the beak bleaches more rapidly
than the upper, and may be used as
the guide when the upper half is cor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10

men Of the nonlayer is contracted, and
harder and less pliable. The distance
from the rear end Of the breastEone
to the pelvic bones also varies, &C
cording to the breed, from 21a to 8
inches for the good layer. A smaller
distance between these bones would
indicate that the hen is not laying.
When hen is laying or nearly
ready to lay, her comb and wattles are
plump and bright red In color. When
she Is not laying, her comb Is shrunk-
en-, pale or dull in color, comparative
ly hard, and covered with whitish
scales. A dark or blush color usual
ly indicates sickness.
The poultry raiser should not only
Gull the entire flock yearly, but should
always be on the watch for birds that
are sick or very thin in flesh, or that
show signs Of weakness or poor vital
ity. When such are discovered, they
should be culled out Immediately.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10

Five leadership camps for Al boy
and girl club members are being held
in Wisconsin this year. This is a new
type of club camp and serves as a
training school in developing boy and
girl leaders.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Horse-PulIing Tests

There will be horse-pulling con-
tests at more than twelve Wiscon-
sin fairs this fall. The agricultural
engineering department. of the Wiscon-
sin College of Agriculture is co-operat-
ing with the fair association managers
in staging the contests.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10
Stock Judging Teams

Nineteen high sch ol stock judging
teams took part In the last statewide
judging contest at the Wisconsin Col
lege of Agriculture These teams
were picked from about 1,500 boys who
tried out for positions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-01
Other Live Stock

CHICAGO, Sept. 1-Cattle-Receipts
5000; market, glutted with grassers ana
scarce. latter about steady with Monday s
uneve ndecline; grassy offerings weak on
catch as catch can basis she-stock weak
to unevenly lower; others about steaa1 S /;
SIG bid on choice weighty steers bulk Jed
kinds of value TO sell at Sl2 and below
gish 4, asaseFs at S959G@ no yeafs
600; market fat native lambs active. zoe
up bulk Sl5 q l5.20 with moderate Sorts I,
few TO city butchers S15.50; Gull natives
sharing. spot lamb advance; bulk. S11.o0 q
IL; asking higher prices oh western lat
lambs; feeding lambs strong; choice Ilgnt-
weights upward to $1,000; .weighty kinds
67.5O. mostly. Hogs-Receipts. 81 900;
market slow. uneven TO 5 a 15c lower; top.
% S9Ifhq sq a So 30 h medamvi faSys
$4,000 1885: lightweghts, $l1.3O@
1910; light lights. 10 y IS 40; pack
Si2.25 a 1895.
CINCINNATI. Sept. ,1,-Cattle--Re-
ceipts, $50; ,markets SLOW; shipping steers.
s stesdy 70 r SnSi'H to Choice s13@iS Hogs
Receipst. $500; market. steady; ,goqd TO
choice packers and butchers S13.22 q
Market. 25 a SOC higher good to choice.
S15 1915.
CLEVELAND. Sept. 1-HQgsMi Re
SIPS 5sed H sf54 m sSsdaSg Es
piss, $500; roughs, S11. 50; stays. So
Cattle.Reeeipts, 400 market naG4 ste, steady "
heifers, SSGiO; good to choice cows, S. q
500; fair 70 g9Sodb cows SS44q65G common een
and acknowledgements. 300: market. steady
top. S1450. Calves-Receipts. 1.OOO
market. 25c up; top, $1,000.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. Cattle = Re
ceipts light market slow. 10@15 higher (;
choice. S10Q1O50; good. .Se.5Oq ~;
81 rs; fair mixed, s. 80: lambs.
decks: market steady: prime heavy. S131O
m1325; mediums, S13S0@ $780,. heavy
YpgisTs Sda$Sso&5Sss5 gffRt % q Ygrg 5o
f S5S2S s Sii93a5 a 1I25; siaFs, $3.50 a
$50.
EAST, BUFFALO, Sept. 1.-cattle.-R5s.-
$3.50 a925S cows, So q6.25. Calves
d aqe E6 ch SGS sSS 2S and Sheet sfsn saSd
lambs-Receipts. 200; market active. Poe
lower; choice lambs. S150 10 22i Gull TO
S46oG3. Hogs@Receipts, 5000; market,
slow, loo lower; workers., S13 q 1875;
ggSs slg 9o1gbs mlSffa stags Re3 So
EAST ST, LOUIS. Sept. 1.--Cattle-Re-
ceipts,. 1900; market tending lower; year
5.25: Gamers and cutters, S2.50@3.50:
calves. 25612.50: stockers and feed
ers. .S5.5O@6.5O. Hogs-Receipts 10000:
market 15@.2 Zoe lower 6heaviess;, ~ Sl2 500
S12S5 ais. so; light lights, SI2.5Q a
1880; packing sows, 1922 q 1890; pigs.
SO 613.40a bulk, S11 g 10. Sheep.sRe-
CENTS. $500; market strongi ewes. S5,Q,
7.bO: Gamers and cutters. 81 a 4; wooded
lambs. SID q 1875.
TOLEDO. Sept. l. - Hogs - Receipts.
700; market 25c lower: heavies. S12.75 a
i3; mediums. s13.25G13.45. Yorkers.
f350@13.60; good, pigs, S13.25 2 1850.
Calves-Market steady Sheep and lambs
Market steady.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-01
GAS PRICE GOES
DOWN ONE CENT
Standard Announces Cut and
Others Follow.

The sun looked fairer and the
breeze felt balmier this morning to
Indianapolis motorists as they rolled
down to work. The price Of gaso-
line is a cent less, effective today.
The Standard Oil Company an
nounced the 1-cent slash, and the
other companies followed suit. Stand
ard quoted these prices: Tank wagon,
1872 cents, low test, and 21.2 cents,
high test, including the State tax of
3 cents a gallon; service station.
PIP cents and 232 cents.
The Sinclair Refining Company
and the Western Oil Refining Com
pany have service station prices of
212 and 25 cents for low and high
test, respectively. The Indian Re-
fining Company announced prices
identical with the Standard, while
the National Refining Company is
selling White Rose gas at "a cents,
service station.