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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-06
MRS. COOLIDGE LUNCHES
AT THE CAPITOL.

AT THE CAPITOL.
Mrs. Coolidge attended the lunch.
con at the Capitol today Of the
Ladies OF the Senate.
The Secretary OF State and Mrs
Hughes will be the honor guests at
dinner of the Minister of the
Netherlands and Nine. de Graetf on
January 20.
The Minitser and Nine! de Garrett
will also entertain at dinner on
January IL and on January %.
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BELGIAN ENVOY ~
ENTERTAINS FRENCH.
The French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand were the guests OF
honor at dinner last evening OF the
Belgian Ambassador and Baroness
de Cartier, The other guests In
cluded Senator and Mrs. George
Moses, Senator and Mrs. Claude
Swanson, the Swiss Minister and
Nine. Peter, the minister of Por-
tuga1, Viscount date; Congress
men Longworth and Burton, the
charge d'affaires of Argentina,
Felipe Espil; William r. Castle, jr.,
OF the State Department, and Mrs.
Castle; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lam
sing, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank b. Noyes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry But.
Ter, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Miss
Mary Patten, Miss Sarah Lee and
Miss Elizabeth Connolly.
The Spanish Ambassador and
Nine. Riano, who went to New
York Saturday, will return to
Washington this evening. Nine,
Riano VIII be at home Fridays In
January.
The Italian ambassador, Prince
Caetani. will return today from Il
short stay in New York.
Nine. Olaya, wife OF the minister
Of Colombia, will return today from
Baltimore, where she went with
her children, who are attending
school at Notre Dame.
DIPLOMAT AND WIFE
ARE HOSTS AT RECEPTION.
The retiring first secretary of the
Japanese embassy, Toshihiko Take
toni, and Nine. Taketomi are en-.
tertaining at a reception this after
noon from 4:30 to 6 o'clock at
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| to about 200 of their friends-repre.
sentatiyes Of diplomatic, official and
resident society Assisting the Sec.
rotary and Nine, Ta91etomi are the
ladies of the embassy staff. AS Mr..
and Nine. Taketomi are leaving to.
morrow night for San Francisco
where the former has been assigned
as consul general, the reception to.
day Is q. kind of farewell hospitality.
J. AK X
Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson
wife Of the Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy, will be at home tomor
row afternoon from 4 until $3.50
o'clock at her home. 1920 Massachu
sets avenue. She will receive
again on February II.
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i The officers stationed at the Wash
ington Barracks and their wives will
give q dinner dance this evening. x
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Winter Egg Production
Depends on Right Feed

Hens that lay eggs in the winter
are really producing an out-of-season
crop, for it is normal for the hen
to lay for time In the spring and
early summer and then rest for the
remainder of the year. Profitable hens
are really those that have the ca
pacity to force their egg-making ma
chinery, but they must have the right
sort Of feed with which to do it.
That means feeding well-balanced ra-
lions designed for the particular class,
and sometimes for the particular
breed A balanced ration is a COM
bination of feeds which furnish just
the necessary amount of nutrients to
produce the highest and most eco
nomical egg yields. The amount of feed
needed to produce dozen eggs varies
with the kind of birds. According
to experiments, general-purpose pull
let's produce a dozen eggs from 81
pounds of feed, and Leghorn pullets
the same number from 48 pounds.
Simple mixtures are usually the
most desirable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Farmers Use Limestone
to Increase Fertility

The use of ground limestone is in
creasing very rapidly, as hundreds
OF farmers have demonstrated that IT
is an investment that yields big re-
turns. Much land that is sour will
produce fine clover, and even alfalfa.
II properly sweetened with ground
limestone-and good time to apply
1t is during the fall months. In nu-
merous communities farmers are or
ganizing little companies for the pur-
chase of limestone crushers, for one
such machine can easily serve a dozen
or fifteen farmers and thus the in
vestment for each farmer is very
small. More clover on every farm"
would not only provide millions of ex-
ira tons of succulent feed, but it
would also greatly increase our soil
fertility-and this is one of the big
questions in the future of agricul-
ture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Test Poultry Ideas
to Determine Worth
Experiments Made Leading
to Conclusive Results.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
To determine the soundness Of va
rious ideas held by commercial poul-
trymen, the United States Department
Of Agriculture has conducted expert
ments leading to rather conclusive re-
suits. From a practical standpoint 1t
is highly desirable for poultrymen to
improve, If possible, the hatchability
Of eggs, to distinguish pullets from
ROSTERS at an early age, and to obtain
other similar information commercial
ly important but battling. There has
been considerable divergence Of opin-
ion on most of the questions.
Hatchability, says the department,
probably is best improved by testing
breeding birds for bacillary, white
diarrhea, and eliminating affected
birds.
The size of eggs has no significant
effect on their hatchabiIity.
There is no significant correlation
between either shape or weight of egg
and the sex Of the chicken Matched
from 1t. therefore, from q practical
standpoint, pouErymen cannot expect
to influence the sex of chicks Matched
by selecting eggs according to either
shape or size.
While there is a fairly definite rela-
ton between the weight of eggs and
that of the chicks Matched from them,
there is no significant difference in
weight Of either sex, and it is highly
improbable that pure-bred chicks can
be separated according to sex at
Matching time.
Male chicks grow faster than the fe-
males, and as early as two weeks of
age there is. significant difference
In the rate Of growth between the
sexes.
The addition of skim milk to a ration
Induces much faster growth, the differ
ence being observable as early as at
the end of the second week. This
points to the value of skim milk In
growing-chick rations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
FARM NOTES

Where you find scrub sires you usu-
ally find a scrub farmer.
Pile and burn all rubbish about the
barn and feed fewer rats this winter.
Barley makes an excellent winter
cover crop to prevent washing of the
SOIL
Silage, like other succulent feeds.
has a beneficial effect upon the diges-
tive organs.
Housing Is an important factor in
making a success of the poultry flock
and the poultry house and fix
lures should be among the first con-
siderations of the one who expects
the hens to show a profit.
The extent Of tuberculosis in fowls
is more common in farm flocks than
in backyard poultry, or poultry plants
in which they make a special study of
raising poultry. This increase is on
account of farm flocks coming in con-
tact with the infected manure from
tubercular animals.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
FdrrnE-.Iu.|1lt1l.1.'.

A farm inventory is the corner stone
of farm bookkeeping.
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Limestone may be applied at any
time, but it is better to spread it when
it can be disked into the soil.
The best farmer is not the one who
has no problems but the one who
learns to conquer them.
Seed houses carry cheap seeds, be-
cause farmers demand them. The
first cost of poor seed may be less, but
the last cost is usually more.
Corn in the crib ordinarily shrinks,
in normal year, from November to
June an average of 16 per cent, most
of this shrinkage coming during April
and May.
Chickens do not require salt when
they are fed balanced ration contain
ing either meat scraps or tankage.
These feeds contain the mineral ele-
ments necessary for production
Pullets that have been poorly fed
and poorly grown cannot be expected
to become good producers. The re-
quIrements for good growth are
Plenty of house room and range, good
feeding and cleanliness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Provide Nest Boxes in
All Convenient Places

Many farmers and other persons
who keep poultry fail to provide nests
for their hens, and then wonder why
they seek their nests about and under
the farm buildings in fence corners.
under brush-heaps, and various out
of-the-way places. If clean boxes.
provided with straw or other nest
ing material, had been put up at con-
venient points, the hens would have
used them and would not "steal"
their nests. A very good size for a
nest-box is little more than one foot
square and nine or ten inches in
depth. They should be well made ;
and If planed and painted, all the
better. Apply kerosene freely to the
inside, where the boards are nailed
together.
Nest boxes should never be per
manently attached to buildings. but
placed upon floor, or hung upon the
side of hennery or other convenient
place for both fowls and attendant.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Potash Useful to Cure
Various Corn Disease.

The relation of potash to corn dis
eases is to be studied in an extensive
investigation now being started at
Purdue university. This work will
be done in cooperation with large
potash importing corporation, and the
work at that station will be regarded
by them as official for the entire
United States.
Corn plants frequently are affected
by the accumulation of iron and
aluminium compounds which make
them more susceptible to disease and
reduces their power to produce ears.
1t has been found In some instances.
however, that where an abundance
of potash is available, no such diff
ficulty is encountered. 1t is believed
that che entire corn belt may be af-
fected by this excessive amount of
iron, and this belief is the basis of
the potash investigation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Overcrowding Great Evil
in Winter Poultry Houses

Without doubt the greatest evil in
winter poultry management is over
crowding of the poultry house. IN
der farm conditions at least three
square feet of floor space should be
provided for each bird In order to
obtain the use Of the entire floor space
of the house, board may be placed
under the roosts to prevent the drop
pings from communicating litter.
If the dropping board is placed 80
inches high and is not more than 6
inches in width, it will not be dark
underneath the dropping board. To
insure equal distribution of light over
the floor, window may be placed I'M
der the dropping board. In putting
a window on the north side of the
house, extreme care must be taken
that it is put in tight to prevent pos
sible drafts.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
POULTRY NOTES

A~NNS~~~~~~N~A IA -
A farm without poultry is a finan-
cial mistake,
A turkey hen can cover from fifteen
to twenty eggs during incubation.
Raising geese, exclusively, would
hardly be found profitable The lay
ing season is too short. lasting only
about two months.
Without good mash before them
all the time your hens will fall short
in egg production.
The free use of kerosene or crude
oil on the roost and in the cracks in
your poultry house will help to exter-
inmate mites.
Watch for any bad habits among
your layers. If you find any broken
egg shells around on the floors, make
an effort to locate the guilty one and
try TO break up the habit or dispose
Of the offender.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
How to Kill the
Common Burberry
Such Chemicals as Salt and
Kerosene Recently Found
Effective.

Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The more recently adopted method
Of killing the common barberry which
spreads black-stem rust of small
grains, is by the use Of such chemi-
Gals as salt and kerosene. The meth
DDS Of their application are described
IN Department Circular 356, just is
sued by the United States Department
Of Agriculture. These methods have
several advantages over the digging
method formerly used. They are less
laborious, cheaper and more certain.
This is especially true If bushes are
growing in stony ground where digging
Is difficult
The circular also gives good de-
scription of the harmful common bar
berry and of the harmless Japanese
barberry, desirable ornamental
shrub.
The salt treatment is effective at
any season when the ground is not
frozen. 1t consists, briefly, of placing
sufficient salt around the base of the
plant so as to surround all shoots.
Crushed rock salt, often called ice
cream salt, is preferable as 1t dissOlves
slowly, although ordinary flake or
packers salt, commonly used on farms,
is satisfactory. For bush having a
group of shoots about II inches in d.
ameter at the base. use ten pounds
Of dry salt; for one 6 inches in diam
eter, use about FIVE pounds. For
large clumps or hedges use proportion
ateiy larger quantities of salt. The
sailed plants may be cut down or left
standing. Standing bushes make it
easier later to locate and determine
the extent of the killing. Bushes near
valuable trees or shrubs should be dug
or pulled. The use Of salt or kerosene
will harm the trees or shrubs as well
as the barberry bushes.
Kerosene Successful.
The kerosene method is successful
If applied at any time during the grow
Ing season, but the action Of the kerr
osene is slow, and immediate results
should not be expected. Apply kerr
osene to the base of the plant so that
1t vets the base of every shoot and
also the ground for 8 or A inches
around every shoot. One gallon Of
kerosene Is necessary to kill bush
II inches in diameter at the base, and
two quarts should be applied to a
bush inches in diameter.
For their own safety, as we'll as to
prevent scattering of the salt, cattle
and poultry that are salt hungry
should should be kept away from the
treated bushes. If this is impossible
the salt may be covered with dirt or
brush.
A copy of the circular may be Sc
cured free of charge as long as the
supply lasts by writing to the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Washington, D. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Different Ways to Pack
EGGS and Prevent Loss

different ways of packing eggs I'M
der commercial shipping conditions,
both as to crates and cars, was re-
Gently carried out by the committee
representing manufacturers, shippers,
railroads, and express companies.
The damage occurring during transit
was reduced to terms of the average
money lost per case. Returns showed
a very small advantage in favor Of
straw and hay stuffed cars and
showed the following range in terms
of money lost per case: Standard case
and standard filters with cup flats
throughout lost less than one cent a
case; case cut down slightly with
standard filters, embossed flats, and
four excelsior pads in them rank next /;
third rank was standard case with
standard filters and flats having six
excelsior pads.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Attention to Scales
to Prevent Mistakes
Devices Often Made Inac-
curate by Cold Weather.

(Prenared by the United States Department
of AgnSulture.)
Users of farm scales are cautioned
by the live stock weight supervisor of
the packers and stock yards admins
tration, United States Department of
Agriculture, to guard against scale
trouble in winter and to take precau-
lions to prevent errors in weighing.
Scales are often made inaccurate In
cold weather by the presence of snow,
slush, and water which alternately
freeze and thaw.
Water may find its way to an out-of-
the-way but important scale part
where it freezes and alters the scale
action. Errors due to such cause
are particularly bad for the reason
that they are often large and occur
at time when there is no inclination
to study the scale carefully. Inaccu-
recies may not only be serious, but
most Of them may remain undiscov-
cred. When the ice melts the cause is
removed without a trace and the err
rors remain unsupported.
When the user Of the scale is on
his guard errors from ice can be de-
tected in numerous instances by noting
changes in the action of the beam. 1t
may become less sensitive. 1t may
swing quicker, or friction may develop
to cause its motion to die down rap
idly.
Water, snow. and ice should be kept
from the scale proper and from the
scale pit, in so. far as practicable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
What a Despised Nickel
Will Do on Most Farms

For five cents, a nickel, a gas en-
CINE will separate 5000 pounds of
milk at the proper speed to get the
most cream. It will pump 5000 gal
Ions of water, guaranteeing to man
and beast this most necessary life
maintaining fluid while protecting the
health of the household That nickel's
worth of gas will shell so bushels Of
corn for cattle, chickens and lambs;
it will grind II bushels of feed, cut
2 tons of ensilage, saw 2 cords of
wood, churn 400 pounds Of butter,
bale ton of hay, clean 60 bushels
Of wheat for seed. light up the farm
for four hours, dc 2 weekly wash
ings for the family, or grind the
mower knives for the season.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Blighting Of Trees
Is Easy to Prevent
Gather and Burn All Dead
Leaves Before Spring.

The sudden blighting or browning
of the leaves of horse chestnut and
maple trees is no cause for alarm, as
ctrtain simple measures will prevent
recurrence of the difficulty" says
q. M. Haenseler, assistant in plant
breeding at the New Jersey agFicul-
tural experiment station.
"The blighting of the horse chestnut
is caused by parasite which over
winters on fallen leaves killed by the
fungus the previous year. The spores
of the parasite mature on these dead
leaves in the spring, and III moist
weather they are scattered to the
newly formed leaves of the lower
branches The way to control the dis
ease is to gather and burn all horse
chestnut leaves before spring. To be
effective the job must be very thor
ough
In severe cases of leaf blight the
vigor of the tree is considerably low
cred through loss of foliage, but the
disease is never fatal.
Most of the leaf blighting of maple
reported throughout the state has been
caused by unfavorable weather condi-
tons and not by a fungus. A season
of plentiful rain and rapid growth fol-
lowed by few days of. extreme dry
heat or by drying winds will often
result in burning of the leaves Usu-
ally it is only the trees with poor root
systems that are affected in this way.
"The remedy is to stimulate a great
er root growth by cultivation and ma
nuring to supply moisture artifcially,
or to remove few limbs so that the
balance between roots and leaves will
be more nearly equal"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Destroy Chinch Bugs by
Burning Out Fence Rows


Chinch bugs do not mind freezing,
but they dislike thawing out more
than once year, therefore they find
a spot which stays cold all winter.
Burning fence rows and other places
where the bugs live during the winter
makes it possible for the bugs to
freeze and thaw, freeze and thaw, and
finally die, say Kansas State Agricul-
tural college entomologists.
The best time to destroy chinch
bugs in Information is in early winter.
The grass is dry at this time and will
burn closer to the ground, thus killing
a larger per cent of the bugs by fire
and exposing the remainder to severe
climatic conditions. Repeated expert
ments in many localities and over a
period of years show that burning at
this time results in the destruction of
985 out Of every 1000 bugs.
Whenever possible the grass should
be burned with a back fire, against
the wind, authorities say. Such a
fire burns closer, holds the heat longer
and is easier to keep under control.
A head fire sweeps over the ground
rapidly, does not burn closely and
often gets out of bounds.
The method of burning, however,
will vary somewhat with the different
areas and must be determined by the
individual at the time. The princi-
pal requisite in burning the infested
grass is to handle the fire in such a
manner as to burn close to the ground.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Killing Weevil in Seed
Peas and Beans Is Easv

The insects which attack peas and
beans can be killed by treating with
carbon bisulphid, which can be Sc
cured at drug store 1t is very in
fammable and must be used with
care. Place the beans in tight vessel
of some kind and put little of the
bisulphid on top of them and cover
the vessel. You can calculate how
much of the bisulphid you need to
use for the size Of the vessel you
use, as it needs about one pound Of
bisulphid for 100 cubic feet Of space.
1t is best also to dry the beans or
peas quite dry, so they will keep
better. If dried with heat, not let
ting the temperature get above 1875
degrees the peas will not be injured
for seed purposes and the weevll will
be killed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
kRM EAC..T.S0e

Wheat tests higher in protein in dry
years
Some say dust potatoes, and some
say spray, but either is better than
neither.
To burn dead leaves is to burn hui
mus; they make pretty, but expen-
sive fire.
Cold, fall rains can also induce
colds. This is especially true when
pullets are under a temporary shelter.
Barley Is superior to rye or wheat
for winter and early spring pasture,
and Is readily eaten by all kinds of
stock.
Purple vetch, brought to the United
States by the Department of Agricul-
ture from Italy, is one of the least
hardy OF the commercially grewn
vetches and is a gamble where winter
temperatures drop below 10 degrees
above zero.
q
There is no color of horse so in
sensible to heat as the sorrel There
is seldom any coat so silky, or that
responds so quickly to care as the
sorrel, and many horsemen claim there
is seldom any horse with such sound
feet and limbs, or possessing the en-
durance Of the sorrel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Manure Applied to Land
While Fresh Best Plan

The best time to put manure on
the land is just as soon after the ex-
crement is voided as is possible and
profitable In some respects, the best
method consists In transferring the
manure directly from the stall to the
spreader and hauling it out daily or
as often as a load accumulates. This
method requires only one handling :;
it gets the manure to the fields with
the smallest possible loss of fertility
constituents; 1t gets the manure on
the soil one crop year earlier in many
cases; and it does away with the
unsightly, malodorous, and wasteful
manure pile,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Well Prepared Soil Is
Best for Sweet Glover

Sweet clover thrives best on good,
well drained and well prepared soils,
but due to it's extensive root system
and to the fact that it can draw it's
nitrogen requirement from the air,
1t will give good returns even on poor
soil. The climatic and SOL require
ments of sweet clover are well de-
scribed in a bulletin distributed by the
publications branch, Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa. in which the re-
suits of experiments in Manitoba are
given. These experiments show that
sweet clover does not there suffer
from winter injury to any great ex-
tent. 1t is also more resistant to
drought and to spring frost injury
than the other common legumes. Lack
Of lime and poor drainage are Diet.
rimental to it's growth
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Rye Is Hardy Plant

Rye is a harder plant than wheat
in nearly all respects. 1t will make q
fair crop on soil that is too poor to
grow wheat. 1t will endure greater
soil acidity. 1t will stand both earlier
and later seeding than wheat. 1t al
most never vinterkills, while wheat
frequently does. Rye is subject to
fewer insect and disease pests. 1t
will stand pasturing and still produce
grain crop. 1t is our best winter
AOver crop.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Care of Cows and Heifers

Cows and heifers soon to freshen
should be looked after closely. AT
this period, cold nights, short pas
ture and lack OF attention will add
greatly to the cost of any milk they
produce later They should be brought
to the barn and put into condition
on legume hay, some silage, and a
suitable grain mixture Cows handled in
his way will make cheaper milk later.