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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
Difficult to Determine
Sex of Goose or Gander

Ganders are usually a little larger
and coarser than geese. The head Of
the gander Is apt to be larger and the
neck thicker The cry of the goose
is rather harsh. while the gandet
makes a shrlll cry. The only accurate
way is examination OF the organs, OF
observation OF the flock at mating
time.
Laying ability Of geese depends on
the breed and the individuals. Tou-
louise geese viii usually average about
twenty eggs, and some produce thirty
to thIrty-tive. Willie Chinese geese
will lay from Atty to one hundred eggs.
The Emdens are not generally quite as
good layers as Toulouse, although very
similar
The lameness may be due to rheu.
matism caused BY spending the night
In damp roostlng place. Goslings
sometimes become lame. due to faulty
feeding methods caused by lack OF
mineral matter or animal feed In the
ration.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
How Neglected Orchards
Can Be Made to Produce

Neglected and rundown orchards
can be restored, in part at least, to
normal productiveness. The method
OF restoration will vary necessarily
with the condition Of the trees and
the soil. AS a rule. both the trees
and the soil need attention, says. A.
e. SchllIetter, extension horticulture
list of Clemson college, in a recent
statement telling how neglected or
chards can be made TO stage a pro
ductlve comeback.
Where pruning has been neglected,
the trees are usually full of wood
which must be thinned out. This will
act as a stimulant to more vigorous
wood growth and the storing up Of
reserve food for fruIt-bud formation
The pruning should be done from De
cember to March. and should not be
too severe II a large number of
branches has to be removed 1t Is pref
cradle to complete the pruning the
second year. The cuts should be made
close to the main branches and as
clean and smooth as possible. 8
The land should be plowed as early
as possible in the spring. but before
blowing, heavy dressing OF we'll
rotted stable manure should be ap-
piled.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
Soy-Bean Hay Excellent
for Cows During Winter

For the past two winters soy-bean
hay and alfalfa hay have been com
pared for dairy COWS at the Pennsyl-
vania experiment station. The hays
were fed during trials OF eight weeks
duration TO two evenly balanced
groups Of COWS During the first win
ter the COWS receiving soy bean hay
produced 80 per cent less milk than
those which had alfalfa, while during
the second winter the soy bean hay
group produced 9.3 per cent less milk
than those receiving alfalfa. The
Pennsylvania investigators, S. L Bech-
del and r. s. williams. recommend
SOY beans as an emergency hay crop
and state that for all practical pur-
poses soy-bean hay Is but slightly In
rerior to alfalfa.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
KINDNESS FOR DAIRY
COWS is ESSENTIAL

Raising dairy helfers from weaving
time until ready to caive Is generally
considered easy--sp easy. In fact, that
they are often neglected.
Another reason for neglectlng the
helfers Is due to the fact that they are
unproductive. Dairymen should be
come more farsighted in raising their
young stock. for the quality OF the fu-
ture herd depends largely on their
breeding and Inherited productive ca
pacity. II the helfer IL stunted By
poor feeding and neglect. she win not
become transformed into the kind Of
animal we want when she calves. She
viii be lacking in capacity. and as the
consumption OF roughage Is necessary
for economical milk production. It viii
be found that IN the end Il does not
pay to neglect the young stock. adj
vises Prof ]. p. LaMaster. chief OF
the dairy division OF Clemson college.
South Carolina.
This brings up the question Of what
to feed the heifers to secure best re-
suits. During the summer, says Pro
t~cotA Lu1AdbtCtf SA bCOu pasture III
tie II any grain Is needed, II the
heller is at least ten months old; but
when pastures are poor or dried up.
little grain is necessary. In winter.
however. to get The most rapid growth
1t Is necessary TO supply a consldera-
BILE proportion OF the nutrients In the
form OF concentrates. Where even the
best rOughage ls fed alone. the growth
will not be as much as where grain
Is fed In addition.
The following are suggestions for
rations for heIfers In winter In South
Carolina:
1. When sllage and Iegume hay are
available: Feed corn sIlage, alfalfa.
eowpea OF SOY bean hay at will. For
heifers less than ten months old. two
pounds OF grain daily In addition. The
grain may be equal parts corn and
oats. For heifers within three months
Of calving. In order to insure good flesh
at that time. three TO i've pounds OF
grain should be fed.
2. When corn silage is available.
but not Iegume hay: SiIage at viii,
hay or fodder Two or three pounds
Df concentrates should be fed daily.
one Of which should be Of high protein
content such as cottonseed meal
Equal parts OF corn. oats and bran
and One-third cottonseed meal.
8. When legume hay is on hand
)ut no silage: Feed all the hay they
viii clean up and also two pounds Of
.Orn or oats.
4. When no sflage or Iegume hay Is
valuable: In this case 1t will pay TO
Iegume hay, or If grass hay
s fed alone. feed all they will clean
ID. A grain ration for mixed hay Will
ave TO be somewhat higher In protein.
UGH as three pounds Of a mixture OF
wo parts Of corn and one part OF
meal.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
Gardens and Hens

keep an eve for openings was the
advice given the chick BY the old hen.
Evidently this hen lived where there
vas . fairly good fence arpund the
garden. for Of all places that q hen
Wishes 10 be. the garden to her is most
attractive n takes only about one
rood huzky hen to make q wreck OF
the 0ness gartlen- Granting that chick.
ems are q nuisance on place where a
Rarden ~ kept the two 60 we'll to-
gesher and make a splendid comblna-
don, Il that combination Is hyphen.
afed By oSf0Ul chicken proof fence
even fhep Il may be necessary to crop
IA occasional winR
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
Lice Are Source of
Trouble With Stock
Seriously Hinder Growth if
Not Controlled.

Lice are a common source Of trouble
with young stock and unless kept IN.
der control seriously hinder growth.
Calves infested with lice do not thrive.
To get rid OF lice. the quarters must
first be thoroughly cleaned and thor
oughiy disinfected. every crack and
corner, with per cent solution OF
coal-tar dip. The calves themselves
may then be treated by one Of the fol-
lowing methods. all OF which have
been used successfully by competent
herdsmen:
Zone OF the cheapest and most sue
eessful methods Of combating lice Is to
brush raw linseed oil over the Infected
parts Of the calf every few days. -
storrs Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton Bulletin SO.
Washing the calf thoroughly with
a ? to 5 per cent coal tar disinfectant.
such as zenoleum or creolin, Is effec-
tive The washing should be repeated
In a week to kill any lice that hatch
In the Interval. II washing is done
In cold weather, the calves must be
rubbed with dry cloths and kept
blanketed until dry."-Illinols Agricul-
tuFal Experiment station Circular 2O2
"A good remedy for lice on calves
may be made by sleeping for four
hours four ounces OF larkspur (deI-
phinium) In a gallon OF boiling water.
then straining and applying the liquid
to the affected parts. In winter, II the
calves are badly infested with lice and
II Is too cold TO wash them. pyrethrum
powder may be used to good advan-
tage As rule, however. lice pow
ders are not as effective as thoroughly
washing or dipping the calves with
some disinfectant. Wisconsin Agri-
cultural Experiment Station Circular
SO.
when calves BECOME infested with
lice. thorough washing Of the entire
body with a coal tar dislnfectant, such
as a 2 or per cent solution Of ze-
noleum, creoiin or 1ysol. is recommend
ed. In the absence Of any Of these, a
mixture OF lard, one pound, and kero-
sene. one-half pint. should be smeared
IN the body. 1t is well to repeat the
bath in week or ten days to XIII lice
which hatch in the meantime. In cold
weather care must be taken to dry the
,alves quickly and thoroughly after
washing. to prevent chilling."-Ne
,raska State DaIrymen's Association.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
Weaving Pigs at
Very Best Time
Age VIII Depend Greatly on
System Of Management
Followed on Farms.

The age at which to wean pigs
largely depends on the system Of man
agement followed on each farm.
sows usually Will not breed until after
the litter is weaned. Therefore. II
the practice is that Of raising two 1T
tiers per year II will be necessary 70
wean the pigs as soon as practicable
in order TO get the sows bred for far
lowing at a proper time in the fall
Il Is the usual practice when the SOW
Is 10 raIse a fall litter TO wean the
DIGS at eight weeks OF age.
Nurss Litter Longer.
Some breeders are able to induce
the SOW to come in heat BY keeping
her and her litter separated several
nights In succession. IN that case the
litter can be nursed a greater length
Of time. but this system can hardly
be recommended because It places
double burden on the SOW when she
should be storing nutrients within
her body for the litter 70 be farroWed
in the fall sows that are good milk
ers and are to be retained In the herd.
but are not to be bred for fall farrOw-
Ing, should be allowed to suckle their
pigs till they are ten or eleven weeks
Of age. The practice OF letting the
SOW wean the pigs usually Is not prof
table unless the SOW is good mixer
because she may do more damage by
way Of robbing her pigs Of feed than
benefit by way OF furnishing them
milk, writes Turner Wright, extension
live stock specialist. South Dakota
State college.
II the filters have been provided
with a creep. abundant feed, and are
IN good pasture the process Of wean-
ing will not work hardship on either
SOW or litter, because the pigs have
earned to depend on other sources
If food than that supplied by the
mother. On the other hand, II they |
ire on short. unpalatable pasture and
Ook upon the hog trough as a good
,lace to be stepped on, or roughly
ooted out OF by older pigs while try
ne to grab an occasional mouthful
4 slop during the mealtime fracas.
lnder such conditions weaving will
york hardship on them because they
ave learned to depend largely on
heir mother for food.
Take Sow From Litter.
For three or four days previous to
time the sows should receive
ne-half OF the ordinary ration. This
IN cause a decrease In the milk flow.
! is usually most satisfactory to take
he SOW away from the litter, leaving
he litter out on the pasture where
hey will continue to be under sanl-
lry conditions and surroundings
'hich are conducive TO rapid growth
I'D gain In weight. The SOW should
9 placed in dry pen on scant ra-
ons until her udder begins to shrivel
nd dry up. Some breeders prefer to
low the runts to remain with the
w for sometime longer or TO turn
Ie litter with her two OF three times
empty the udder. The latter meth
no doubt IL good practice II the
W is giving a large amount OF milk.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
clean strawberry Patch

Strawberries. one Of the earlier gar
den fruits. Will give better crop If
the patch, which has been covered
during the winter with straw mulch.
Is cleaned out, giving the plants every
opportunity to grow. They need the
light and the warm sun encourages
them to very marked extent. II they
remain covered the plants may be-
come stunted. and II they bear fruit
II may be much later and smaller than
II the patch had been cleaned.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22

soy-bean meal can replace the cot
tonseed meal or llnseed meal in any
good dairy ration. Peanut meal, soy
bean meal and coconut press cake
have the exact kinds OF proteIns which
are lacking In corn. The addition to
corn Of the proper proportion Of any
Of these three feeds win produce a
mixture OF proteins that win supply
all nutrItional requirements In grind
Ing soy beans for dairy feed il win be
well to mix them with fiinty grains.
such as old beans or barley. The oil
from the beans Is thus absorbed and
the grinding is done with leas din
Guilty.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22

Glycerin is one Of the best olntments
to put on cows teats to keep them
from chapplng Dry teats after milk
ing and apply q little o. the OIL rub
Ding II in gently. II the teats develop
large sores iodine may be applied. as
e viii prevent infection. Il does burn
considerably. however. and the COW
may develop the kicking habit through
It's application unless she Is handled
carefully.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
EarIv Hatchine Favored

Matching ln March and April Instead
Of May ana June has several advan-
tages. In the flrst place the early
matches do not meet the strenuous
competition OF chicks that are Incu-
bated by hens later IN the season. The
Incubator can be made to yield more
profitable returns by running II dur
ing the early months when farm work
has not become heavy.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-22
FIRST REQUIREMENT
FOR SANITARY COOF

The FIRST requirement for q sanitary
hen house Is roomy, dry buIIdinr
with plenty OF window space and easy
means OF ventilation.
Dropping boards under the roosts
are quite essential for the propeg
maintenance Of cleanliness. They
should be made OF toneued and
grooyed flooring well laid. and should
be at least three feet above che door
Of the house. II nests are under the
dropping boards. three feet six inches
would be better height In the case
OF heavy breeds runwaya up to the
roosting perches should be used. but
with ieghOrns and other light breeds
they are not necessary.
Dropping boards should be level. and
the perches arranged about six inches
above them. The perches should be
on level, also. and Of by material
They should be fastened to 2 by 4 sup
ports that are hinged at the back end
Of the house so that the roosts can
be raised out Of the way while scrap
ing the dropping boards.
A hoe with IS or IS-lnch blade Is
very satisfactory for scraplng the
dropping boards. and II used regular
ly once or twice week will assist
materially In maintaining the health
of the flock. A small box arranged to
hang from and slide along the front
edge OF the dropping board platform
TO receive the drOppings as they are
Bcraped from the board. will help TO
preserve the fertilizer for the garden.
One nest should be provided for each |
FIVE or six birds. and even more II |
trap nests are used Twelve by twelve
inches is large enough and One-fourth
inch mesh hardware cloth Is excellent
for the bottom. Wall nests are TO be
preferred TO those located under the
dropping platform. bur the wall nests
require a top place at an angle Of AT
east 40 degrees. to prevent the chick.
ems rOostlng on them. The runways
along the front OF the nests can also
be madeetO fold up in front OF the
nest openings. which will keep the
Ioung birds from roOsting In the neslA
Il night and fouIlng them.
Dry mash hoppers are essential to
he economical feeding Of the flock /;
hey should be raised on legs 10 inches
o feet from the floor.
Water stands should be raised the
anne as the mash hoppers. and are
est made with a Slated top in the
middle of which an opening Is ieft to
ecelve q 12-quart pail. The support
or the bucket should be about six
inches lower than the top Of the plat
orm.
A broody coop where feverish hens
an be confined and fed is much to be |.
to ducking them or to star 4.
alton.
A catching coop - very desirable
nd almost necessary where any regu-
If and consistent effort az cullIng Is !
tempted. A heavy wire with one !
I'd bent to form hook and the other J.
Id tied to an old broom handle is
seful in catching bird or two, as
.caslon may demand.
A bin where two or three hundred I
FUNDS Of scratch grain may be stored
the chicken house Is also q labor
yer. !,
Details as to the construction Of diff :
rent items mentioned above must of I
urse vary with the size OF the flock J,
ID local conditions. :
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-12
SOME MESS! YOUTHS
USE PAINT IN FIGHT

Specimens of futuristic interior
decorators art are on exhibition at
III Hotching Alley.
The weird cubist designs are the
property of A. +. Flournoy, 1914
North Flores Street, and he is dill
gently seeking TO identify and "re-
wardY the unknown artists.
Tuesday as he viewed the gro
tesque designs and figures that were
outlined upon new wall paper, Mr..
FlournOy wondered if the contractor
was n member of a strange, new cult
in his profession.
Throughout the dwelling fantastic
figures and Dante-like scenes were
depicted in Brilliant red paint.
Last week Mr.. Flournoy ordered
the house painted and the walls pa
pered.
Tuesday he went to inspect il.
A bucket of red paint had been left
behind by the painters.
Youthful vandals had held paint
fight inside the house he told city de-
tectiyes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-12
HEROINE, SH0T
SAVING TOTS,
|SbETTER
Odessa Wallace, IL, Has
Good Chance to Win
Fight With Death.

Odessa Wallace, who was accidental
ly wounded by a shotgun in the hands
Of her sister Matte, Monday night,
as they repulsed the advances Of a
Mexican at their barricaded home in
Camp Wood, was reported to be rest
ing easily at Robert b. Green hospital
Wednesday, where physicians declared
that she probably will recover.
Although posses Of Real county citi-
zens combed the cedar brakes Of that
vicinity throughout the afternoon and
night, no trace was found of the in.
truder, whose efforts to enter the Wal
lace home precipitating the shooting.
The two girls and n younger sister
who are motherless, were home while
their father was at work, when the
man attempted to enter their home.
Odessa was piling furniture against
a window when Matte fired their
fathers shotgun ut the intruder, who
had crashed through the window.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-12
NEW ORLEANS CALLED
WETTEST SPOT IN U.S..
My CHIEF OF AGENTS

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 12.-New
Orleans is the sore spot on the prohibit
tion enforcement lists where bootleg.
ging and traffic in contraband liquor
form n problem. Il. G. Yellowley, ma
tional chief Of prohibition agents,
said here today, discussing the cam.
paign launched yesterday by a force
Of 200 federal raiders. '.-'.'
New Orleans is the worst wet
spot in the country today" said Mr..
Yellowley, "and Detroit comes next.
We are going to try TO stop the flow
Of liquor into the United States
through New Orleans within 80
days"
"We want to bottle up this port
and II it can be done, wen do it..
Liquor rings operating from Chicago,
st. Louis, Kansas City and other
cities of the Mississippi Valley which
with their connections here form q
formidable enemy TO prohibition, are
the objective Of tais attack"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-12
ADVERTISEMENT
Sour Stomach
Phillips Milk of Magnesia"
Better than Soda

Instead of soda hereafter take a
little Phillips Milk of Magnesia" in
water any time for indigestion. or
sour, acid, gassy stomach, and relief
will come instantly.
For fifty years genuine phillips
Milk Of Magnesia" has been pre-
scribed by physicians because it over
comes three times as much acid in
the stomach as a saturated solution
Of bicarbonate Of soda, leaving the
stomach sweet and free from all
gases. 1t neutralizes acid fermenta-
tions in the bowels and gently urges
the souring waste from the system
without purging. Besides, it is more
pleasant to take than soda. Insist
upon phillips" Twenty-Five cent
bottles, any drug store.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-12
WASHINGTON TO HEAR
PLEA FOR GOVERNOR,
NOW ATLANTA INMATE

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 12.-Move.
ments looking to the pardon of former
Governor Warren r. McCray of In.
diana, serving a ten-year sentence in
the federal penitentiary at Atlanta,
Ca, took definite form when a party
of Indiana men left for Washington
to present to the Department of JUS
tice a petition for McCray's release,
McCray was convicted Of misuse Of
the mails, the charges growing out Of
his efforts to recoup losses in dairyins
and cattle raising.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-12
FIANCEE is WITNESS
AS SHREVEPORT MAN
STABBED TO DEATH
by the Associated Press.

SHREVEPORT, La, Aug. 12.-
While his fiancee, whom he was to
marry Thursday, looked on, Walter
Myers, %, was stabbed to death Mt
the st. Maurice settlement in VIM
parish, according TO advices received
here. J. w. Smelling. 81, is held at
Winfield. charged with murder. A
Miss Wright, said TO be Myers H.
ancee, accuses Smelling of killing
Myers. Smelling had made no state
ment.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-12
2OO-Pound Wife
Scares Hubby
Into Divorce
By Universal Service.


CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Not
only was Harold Bigney afraid
Of his 200-pound wife, Florence.
but she was afraid Of herself. So
Mfr. Bigney declared in his suit
for divorce which was readily
granted after Sidney Bigney,
wealthy manufacturing jeweler
Of Attelboro, Mass, testified in
his sons behalf.
my daughter.in.law told me
she had attacks Of temper so ylo-
lent that she became afraid Of
herself" the elder Br. Bisney
testified.
On one occasion, he said, he
saw Mrs. Bisney jump on her
husband and stamp on his chest.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-12
TOT SPIRITED
Avn Ay BY
NEGROES
Search for Four-year-old
Vain as Entire Family
Missing.

Search for a 4-year-old white girl
who for many months has been kept
in a negro hovcl here, assumed ma
tion-wide aspect "Wednesday when
deputy sheriffs and investigators Of
the district attorneys office concluded
the child has been spirited away from
the city.
Mystery was added to the disap-
pearance of the child BIZ the fact that
her foster mother and family Of
negroes by whom the baby had been
reared have not been found.
All seem to have slipped quietly out
Of town, according to officers, who are
Of the opinion that the white woman
who said she was the child's mother
and the negro caretakers have learned
that court order has been issued
giving the child into the custody of
the humane society and that they will
go to any lengths to keep the baby.
PROBE IDENTITY.
While the search for the child is
in progress, Lee Johnson, invcstiga-
tor of the district attorneys office,
is endeayoring TO determine the true
identity of the tot.
Belief that the child may be one
stolen from wealthy and prominent
family, officers say, is strengthened By
the determination on the part Of the
white woman and the negroes to keep
the child.
Officers first learned of the case
several months ago when report was
made of the fact that the little white
girl was being raised by n negro fam.
lily under poor conditions.
RETURNED TO NEGROES.
At that time the child was taken
into court and left in the custody of
the white woman, who posed as her
mother, with the stipulation that the
baby be kept in proper home.
A short time ago it was learned that
the baby had been taken away from
the institution where it was being kept
and an investigation showed that it
was back in the negro hovel.
Further investigation developed thet
the white woman was not the mother
Of the child.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-12
MARRIAGE OF BOY, Is,
TO WOMAN, 36, CALLED
OFF BY u. S. JUDGE
BY the Associated Press.

DIES MONIES, Aug. 1.-THE mar,
riage of a 13.year-old boy to a S.
year-old woman, which took place in
Sybcan, Assyria, IL years ago, was
held to be no longer binding by Dis
trict Judge Hubert Utterback.
Basil Hazer asked the court to an
null the marriage on the grounds that
his mother sold him to the woman for
the equivalent Of $500 and that he
was forced into the marriage by
threat of death by the leader of the
village in which he lived.