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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Manure Shed With
Carrier Is Favored
Spreading Direct From Sta
bles Is Best Plan.

1t is generally conceded that spread
ing direct from the stable secures the
greatest returns from manure. Manure
as ordinarily handled is said to lose
about one-half of its value. In many
sections, however, everyday handling
is impossible and in these cases proper
handling can do much to conserve the
fertility as well as to keep things
shipshape about the barn The great
est sources of loss In the handling of
manure are failure to absorb liquids
by bedding, the teaching Of soluble
plant food from the heap and the
burning up of organic matter through
heating. These losses can be lessened
by the free use of bedding to absorb
stable liquids and the building of
compact manure heap which Will
lessen or prevent heating and leach
ing. A suitable clay or concrete basin
to retain such liquids as do leak
through still further reduces the loss.
A roof Is not necessary unless it is
desired to protect the carrier track.
\ A COW produces about twelve tons Of
manure yearly. This will require ap-
proximately 100000 cubic feet for
storage AS much of the manure will
be dropped in pasture you will have
to determine the size required by the
length of time elapsing between clean
ing the pit. If there is opportunity to
get the track we'll up it will lessen
the amount of floor area required and
at the same time secure more COM
pact manure heap. If the floor is to be
driven on 1t should be made of one
part cement, two parts clean coarse
sand and four parts crushed stone or
screened gravel and laid about eight
inches thick. Use easy grades and
rough surface to prevent slipping as
the horses haul from the pit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Flowing Deep in Garden
Will Give Best Results

"Plow deep while sluggards sleep" is
as true today as it was a hundred and
fifty years ago, but it is slogan which
is not as frequently acted upon as it
should be in gardens. 1t is said that in
European gardens which ere spaded,
the garden is often worked two or
even three spits deep. "spit' being
the depth to which a spade can be
driven Now this depth may not be
necessary but a garden plowed or
spaded ten inches deep will give
enough better results than six-inch
blowing to make the work we'll worth
while.
At the same time the gardener should
remember that in any work of this
kind, increasing the depth of blowing
must be done gradually. If the garden
or field has been plowed only six and
one-half inches deep. better increase
the depth of blowing by half inch or
an inch each year, rather than increas-
ing the whole depth all at once. Too
much of the subsoil must not be
brought to the surface at one time. AS
you turn the soil, bringing up an inch
or so of new subsoil. mix the ground
thoroughly with the new subsoil, and
II. possible with manure or compost. In
the fall you will be able to get one
inch in this way and then in the spring
you can get little more, and the fol-
lowing fall you can go down another
'nch If you choose.
well begun, half DONE" is SO true
in the garden that it is hard to pay too
much attention to the blowing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
n0''IlIIT TIM
[ UUII III
ROUNDWORMS CAUSE
BIG POULTRY LOSS

Roundworms of poultry and intes-
final parasites are directly or indi-
rectly responsible for the greatest loss
to poultry fiocks. In many cases where
birds become unthrifty, poor in flesh,
and finally die, roundworm infestation,
combined possibly with incorrect feed
ing methods appears to be the only
tangible cause.
Outbreaks of infectious disease are
more often found in flocks harboring
roundworms than in worm-free flocks.
This indicates that the parasites must
be factor in lowering the vitality and
resistance of the birds to disease In
some states it is estimated that intes-
final parasites are responsible for more
than 90 per cent of poultry losses. 4
large share of these losses is directly
attributed to roundworm infestation.
1t has been reported by some poul-
try-packing establishments that be-
tween IS and so per cent of the birds
purchased are infested with some
form of intestinal parasites Such in
tested birds represent an economic loss
not only to the poultry raiser, but also
to the packer
Nematodes or roundworms are cylin-
drical in shape and unsegmented.
There are several species, four of
which are quite common. These are
the large roundworm, the coca worm,
the gapeworm, and the gizzsrd worm.
The symntoms caused by these
four species Of roundworms are so
similar that it is not always possible
to tell when fowls are infested with
any particular type except in isolated
cases when the infestation is with
gapeworms Young birds may become
heavily infested in a relatively short
time, but may not show it Immediately.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Extra Feeding Assists
Young Growing Animals

1t is always advisable to feed young
lambs or any kind of young stock
pigs, calves or chickens-extra. If
you would build lamb run, that is,
make pen large enough to accommo-
date the lambs SO that they could get
in and out and sheep could not, you
could feed the lambs extra in this
run. Feed them ground oats and corn
meal. and ensilage also; in fact, any
thing they care to eat. It might be
well to let them eat ensilage with old
sheep, also hay, but grain should be
fed alone so the old sheep could not
get to it. 1t is possible by this extra
feeding and care to make a big growth
on lambs. A farmer could get them
to market much earlier. Extra feed
ing put into young growing animals
is never wasted if fed with care.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Pertinent Suggestions
to All Poultry Owners

The following questions which are
put to the record flock keepers Of
Iowa by the Iowa State college are
pertinent suggestions to all poultry
keepers do you Remember?' they
say:
When milk ever spoiled the fertility
or hatchability Of an egg?
When a chick didn't make good
growth when it had milk in it's ra-
ton?
What time you used to have getting
a lot OF early chicks Matched with
hens?
When you had a mongrel flock and
wished some one would come along
and get you started with a good
breed?
The time you had raising chicks on
the old ground that had been used for
25 years without a change?
How your chicks acted when they
were affected by worms and coccidio-
sis?
How you tried to fight internal
parasites without new ground?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Hogging Off Corn Saves
Farmer Time and Labor

Farmers who hogged off a portion
of their corn crop and husked the
remainder on the stalk, made more
money on corn in the past five years
than those who cut, shocked, and
husked it all, according to the expe-
riences on Ohio farms where records
were kept.
The figures for this survey were re-
corded by the farmers themselves, and
F. L. Morrison, of Ohio State Univer-
sity, who compiled the figures, says
that by proper planning these men
who let the hogs do part of the work
greatly reduced labor costs.
BASED on the figures secured in
sGreene county from 1920 to 1926
writes Mr.. Morrison, "a farmer who has
40 acres of corn will spend 143
days of man labor in raising and har-
vesting his corn crop If he cuts, shocks
and husks it. If five acres are 'hogged
Off the 40-acre corn crop will take
131 days of man labor. Hogging of
not only saves labor in harvesting the
corn, but also saves time In caring for
the hogs.
IF this farmer with 40 acres of
corn hogs of 80 acres aud husks
the remainder off the stalk. 1t will re-
quire only Is days of man la
Dor to raise and harvest his corn
crop, or 65 days less than If he
were to cut, shock and husk it all.
AT the high wages paid for this extra
harvesting labor, the saving in man
labor would amount to more than
twice the value of the slower left
standing in the field"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Discourage Rats
Around the Farm
Rodent Is Robber and Pilfer-
er and Lives Off of Vari-
Gus Products.

One Of the pests with which the av-
erage farmer has to contend is the rat.
He is by nature a robber and a pill
ferer, living on the products of the
farm, and giving no return. The
United States government says that
this boarder who pays no board de-
stroys more than $200,00O,000 worth
of crops every year. In addition to
this money loss he is known as an
active agent in the spreading of disease.
This loss and the danger of spreading
disease to stock and members of the
family can be successfully and COM
pletely eliminated by the use of con-
crete in floors, Easements and founda-
lions Of farm buildings The rats one
impossible barrier is concrete floors
and walls. These will stop him and
effectually cut off his food supply.
When this is accomplished Mr. Rat
will hunt more fertile pIundering
ground.
Rat Menace Lessened.
Where farm buildings are construct
ed of concrete the menace of the rat
is materially lessened. If buildings
are constructed with concrete floors,
lower parts Of walls, and especially
concrete foundations, there are no
pockets in which the rats can hide or
make their homes. If the use of con-
crete is extended to the construction
of the feeding floors the rat menace
has been absolutely eliminated.
A concrete silo is ratproOf because
the rat cannot gnaw through it's walls
or get at the silage in any other way.
The same is true Of a concrete corn
crib which is the favorite feeding
place Of rats. Thus the corn is saved
for the stock or market. In a con-
crete poultry house the poultry are
free from the danger Of attack by rats.
This will develop feeling of security
on the part of the hens, which will
manifest itself in the greater number
of eggs produced. With concrete floors
and walls the entire place can easily
be swept and kept clear of all accumu-
lati0ns under which an occasional rat
might hide
Rats Kept Out.
In concrete granary there will be
no rats to consume or destroy what
the farmer has stored for his own use.
The rat cannot gnaw through the floor
or get in in any way excepting through
the door. A concrete feeding floor or
barnyard pavement prevents the rats
from consuming the grain and feed
distributed to the live stock.
Concrete should be used in the con-
struction Of farm buildings as far as
possible. It certainly should be used
in all foundations, floors and lower
parts of walls Of larger buildings.
Smaller buildings should be entirely
built of it. Concrete construction is
ratproof. 1t conserves stock, grains,
feeds and supplies. It saves poultry.
II protects your family against dis
eases spread by the rat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
TALL, SO that the roots can be gathered

fall, so that the roots can be gathered
up and burned.
When spring comes the soil again
should be thoroughly worked and the
hemp sown. The point to remember,
cautions Wright, Is that good results
will be had only when the weeds are
kept under control until the hemp has
been planted.
Not a Heavy Feeder.
If the average Badger farmer is
asked in what condition hemp leaves
the SOIL he will say without hesitation
that it takes a great deal of tho soils
fertility. But men who grow hemp
year after year know that this notion
is as unfounded as it is popular. AL
though hemp does have heavy, rank
growth, it does not deplete the soil
more than does a crop of corn. In
deed, when hemp is "rotted," or al
lowed to weather on the land on
which it is grown, most of the plant
food elements return to the soil.
Because of its expense merchants
do not ordinarily use hemp Irvine in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
FOOD, THE CHILD'S
HEALTH FOUNDATION

The child's food Is the foundation
Of his future With many mother the
leading question is, what kinds of
food are best for my child?
With the home garden going out of
business for the winter, an extra effort
must be made to furnish children with
fruits, vegetables, and other nourish-
ing foods. Plain, wholesome, and we'll
cooked food is needed If the child is
to grow up strong and healthy
Pure Milk Is Best.
Pure milk Is the child's best food.
Every child needs milk to drink and
foods in which milk plays a prominent
part, in order to attain greatest health,
strength, and usefulness. Mothers of
well-nourished children are now con-
vinced that "a quart of milk a day
helps to keep the doctor away"
But children are needing more than
milk these chilly days; especially is
this so of the bottle-fed baby and his
older brothers and sisters. Mrs.
Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, nationally
known baby specialist from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, prescribed for
the two-months-old baby fruit juices.
Every infant over two months. ac-
cording to his age, requires from one
teaspoonful to four tablespoonful of
orange juice diluted with an equal
amount Of water once or twice a day.
The juices of the cooked tomato as
T.,
furnishing the vitamins necessary for
growth and health. Prune and apple
juices are not considered good sub
stitutes for orange juice.
Babies Are Vegetarians.
Vegetables now have very impor-
tant place in the infants and child's
diet in winter as well as in summer.
Mrs. Mendenhall believes that cooked
vegetable pulp or vegetable soup
should be given to all children daily
from six months of age through child
hood. Before giving a bottle or breast
feeding to a child six months old 1t
is well to give one to two tablespoon
fuls of vegetable pulp. vegetable wa
ter may be used to dilute milk in a bot
tie feeding for the young infant under
six months Of age or strained vege-
table soup in amount from two to six
ounces may be used to replace part of
one feeding, breast or bottle, at any
time after the third or fourth month"
Quality Counts.
AS the child grows older, more
srinDIe h1It a tfra cfivaI1, carvad foode
are added to his diet. In addition to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Green Feed Helps Hens

During the late fall and early
spring the addition of green food to
the rations of the hens will well re-
pay the efforts of the poultry keeper.
This can be supplied in many ways.
Green cut alfalfa, corn fodder lawn
clippings or clover are excellent green
foods. If these are not available,
roots, such as mangels or turnips, are
very acceptable. Many good poultry
keepers feed both. This, of course,
is in addition to the regular grain ra-
lions. BY using a little thought dur
ing the growing season enough Of this
material can be cured for winter con-
sumption.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
FARM NOTES
Some cows live on profits.

Some cows live on profits.
Deep cultivation of cabbage cuts too
many roots.
Noxious weeds, like diseases, should
be eradicated.
Where soil fertility is problem the
absence of legume in the rotation
hastens the date of the sheriffs sale.
An egg is only a dividend declared
after the body needs have been sup,
piled, and nature looks out for Mum
Der One first-to get lots of eggs, Gull
out the drones and feed to the limit
those that deserve It
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Fa.rlI::',r!.rlI1:.E-L,N1tLl..
urru11nlln1,1Eru1n1n HIt .......-
Seed selection is crop protection.

Seed selection is crop protection.
Soil, like horse, works best when
we'll groomed and fed.
Of some six and half million farm
families in the United States 634, S99
Of them, or about one-tenth, have rum
ming water in their homes.
Breeding fiocks should be ma,ed,
especially for early Matching. 1t takes
two weeks after the male has been in
troduced before maximum fertility is
obtained.
A large proportion of the poultry
diseases are due to improper feeding.
Feed nothing but foods that are in
good condition. Keep the drinking wa
ter pure and fresh.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19

the better grade fiber Of this crop the
farmer should receive eight to eight
and half cents pound. The poorer
grade, which Is known as "tow,' will
bring the grower from four to four and
a half cents a pound.
Effectively Kills Weeds.
Hemp, which thrives best on fertile
soils is an effective weed killer.
Wright declares that, contrary to gen.
eral opinion, hemp will not smother
weeds on weed-infested soil unless the
ground has been thoroughly prepared.
He explains that land infested with
Canada thistle and quack grass must
be worked until the mats of roots are
destroyed. This should be done in the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Culling Is Profitable

That 1t does not pay to keep poul-
try-has been demonstrated TO at least
one West Virginia poultry raiser and
his neighbors. Last fall he followed
the advice of the poultry extension
specialists and culled his flock. From
a flock of 81 hens he culled out 80
and sent them to the market. To his
surprise, the remaining AZ birds pro-
duced as many eggs as the original
flock and his feed bill. consequently.
was nearly halved.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
For That Rainy Day

do not know of a method whereby
returns from farming can be made
uniform year after year. But / do
know that it is possible for farmers
to lay aside in years of good profits
reserves upon which they can draw
In years that are not so good. can
not help but feel that too many farm.
ers have reinves ted their surplus earn
lngs in high-priced land when they
should have Kept at least a part Of
them in more liquid reserves upon
which they could readily draw in times
of depression.-Secretary Jardine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Nurse Crop for Clover

Tests at the Brandon experimental
farm emphasize the fact that sweet
clover is much more economically pro-
duced when sown with a nurse crop
than when sown alone. The yields of
the various nurse crops are in no way
due to the presence of the sweet
clover and the slightly increased yield
the following season in favor of seed
ing alone is insignificant. The stubble
also affords considerable protection
and hence winter-killing is less likely
TO occur.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Winter Care for Bees

Preparing the bees for their long
winter vacationsis a part of the fall
program of work. Each colony should
have sufficient supply of food in
order to winter through and make
strong brood before the honey flow
starts in the spring. Put the colony in
a packing case for protection from the
cold before the ground freezes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19

wrapping packages. For that purpose
string made Of jute or cotton is used.
The strength of he fiber, however,
makes it's use vital in a number Of
industries. Upholsterers consider it SO
necessary that hemp Irvine is a stand
ard requirement in that trade. Manu-
factllrers of marine rope lind in hemp
the ideal material that will stand the
toughest usage. In caulking ships and
In making tight connections in water
pipes oakum, the cheaper grade Of
hemp, is used. In the sewing Of shoes
and harness it is used to large ex-
tent. Additional uses of hemp are in
the stringing of hams and in the sew
ing of brooms.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
Don't Crowd Chickens

Avoid filing the chicken house be-
yond its capacity with chickens. Each
bird ought to have at least eight inches
Of space on the roost. There should
be one open nest to every eight hens
or where trapnests are used, one nest
will accommodate four hens if the nests
are visited every two hours,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19

DO you KNOW
That Wisconsin became q
large producer of tobacco large
~ through the farsightedness
. Of Ralph Fomeroy? This man
: is credited with growing near
Madison, in 1854, the first crop
: of tobacco ever grown on
Badger soil. It is noteworthy
that he received only four and
a half cents pound for his
first crop. Though the pioneer
. is dead, tobacco is still grown
on his farm. For the 1922 to-
; bacco crop of the Pomeroy
farm, % cents a pound was re-
: ceived. Because of his studies
of tobacco growing in other
: states, and because. of his long
. series Of trials in Wisconsin, he
was successful in developing a
. hardy variety of northern to-
bacco. That Wisconsin's tobac-
. co pioneer possessed the unself-
. ish spirit of the research work
: er is shown by his successful
. efforts to teach his neighbors
. much that he knew about tobac-
co.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-19
COUNTIES REVIvING
GROWING OF HEMP
Three Wisconsin Counties
Grow More Than Half
Americas Production.

@{ HREE counties of Wis
" ~ consin produce 65 per
cent Of the hemp grown
IN in the United States.
GD This center of the hemp
industry embraces Dodge,
Green Lake and Fond du Lac coun-
ties. Other hemp producing sections
of the country are in Kentucky, north
eastern Illinois and northeastern Iowa.
This year the 1900 acres Of Badger
soil planted to hemp should yield 800
pounds to the acre, according to A. H.
Wright Of the agronomy department,
Wisconsin College of Agriculture. For
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-24

You needn't blow up just because
your auto tires does. The opinion
OF those with you are much harder
to change. 'i''i uer
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-24
SATURDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER "a, 1925

You can always get few more
miles out of last winters clothes.
Don't be impolite, but wait for
some people to finish what they are
saying and you will die of old age.
There is a difference between ar
guing and talking things over. Argu-
ing only proves who can argue the
best.
Be honest with your wife and it
follows as the day follows the night
that you can't be so awfully ter
rlDle.
Some people marry for better or
worse while others marry so they
can get some sleep.
1t isn't hard to make boy go to
to bed. Just tell him to studp his
lessons
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-24
Cotton Ginned Prior To
October 1St. In Georgia
Crops Of1025 and 1924

The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of Census, an
nounces the preliminary report on
cotton ginned by counties, in Geor-
gia, for the crops of 1925 and
1924. The total for the state was
made public Thursday, October y s.
Quantities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales. Lint
ers are not included
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-24

After schoo, the boys and gilrs of
Bolivia High school, at Canton, o.,
tease one another and make dates
for parties just as the girls and boys
in bigger cities. All but Wilma
Kline, junior at the school. Will
ma, instead, goes straight home and
takes up her work on her fathers
farm. She was narrowing the field
for the winter wheat crop when this
picture was taken.