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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-29

Mrs. Harold P. Edwards and two
children will leave this morning for
Ocean Point, where they will pass
two or three weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-29
Wednesday, July 29, 1925.
AUGUSTA LOCALS
THEATER ATTRACTIONS

Daniels and Raymond Griffith IN
miss Bluebeard". Fred Thomson
and his Marvel horse. Silver King, in
THAT Devil Quemado". News and
Fables.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-29
MANCHESTER

Attorney Herbert E. Locke Is con-
fined to his home by illness.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-29

Probation Officer Edwin Bullock
OF windsor was a business visitor
Tuesday In this city.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Pays to Fatten Poultry
Before Birds Are Sold

The finisher Of poultry cannot re-
main in business unless he can make
some profit, and the farm poultry
raiser needs the finisher 1t is esti-
mated that at least one-half of the
poultry sold off the farm is fattened
at feeding stations before it reaches
the market. The market will not take
poultry in the condition of flesh in
which most Of it leaves the farm.
Farmers may not generally appreciate
this, but such is the case. The fact
is that farmers should pen-feed their
Gull hens and pullets before attempt
ing to sell them, because they can do
so at good profit, even with the
present high price of corn. Farmers
may not be in a position to crate-feed,
but this is not necessary when done
on small scale on the farm. PEN
feeding will give practically as good
results as crate-feeding on the farm,
but birds cannot be proftahly fattened
unless their range is greatly restricted.
To fatten the birds while they are
running at large is a losing PROPOSE
ton. Under such conditions they run
off the flesh about as fast as they lay
Ii on
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
NEW GERMAN METHOD
FOR FEEDING WHEY

Dairymen who recognize the food
value Of whey but are well acquainted
with the difficulties of making full use
of it, will be interested in an expert
ment carried out in Germany in which
LIQUID whey was converted into solid
food. An account of the experiment
in the English Live Stock Journal,
reads as follows:
an addition to the albuminoid or
protein substances and the lactose or
sugar present in whey, it also contains
q certain amount Of fat, large pro-
portion Of the mineral salts Of the milk
respectfully Of phosphate of lime, which
is Of great Importance in building up
the animal organism), and finally Tactic
acid. an efficient aid to digestion. 1t
was therefore necessary to find some
means of using whey in which all these
substances could be turned to account
AS result of concentrating whey to a
high degree, Riedel, a German scien-
fist has succeeded in obtaining solid
stock feed. The apparatus employed
was caldron into which the whey is
thrown upon revolving wings which
present a large heating surface.
sIn this manner it is possible to
eyaporate at little cost large amount
of the water present in the whey. The
evaporation is facilitated by the fact
that the lactose solution remains rel
atively fluid. even at very high concen-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Early Matched Fowl Is
Sure to Be Profitable

The early Matched pullet can De
made the most, or the least, profitable
pullet on your farm.
Cared for in the usual way, she will
begin laying during August; lay until
fall, and quit, to go through mott,
when eggs are highest in price and
when they are needed most.
"A hen molts because she quits lay
ing, therefore our problem is to keep
her laying, fighting anything that tends
to retard production.
Many pullets, being fed on mar
row ration, begin laying before they
are fully developed. After a short pc
Rod they quit, because they haven't
the physical strength to stand up I'M
der prolonged production.
Having your pullets fully developed
is not alone sufficient. There comes
the season when the long winter nights
cut into the fowls feeding, thereby
reducing production. Here is where
the value of lights comes in.
January and February pullets, right
ly developed and properly handled,
should start laying in August, and uh-
der lights continue through high
priced fall season until about Feb
ruary, when they will spend short
period going through the mott.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Use Tractor to Shell
Corn and Grind Feed

Make your tractor shell your corn
and grind your feed for you this win
ter. Don't let it stand idle in the shed
eating up interest money on your In
yestment. 1t is much easier and warm
err to grind your own feed at home
than it is to harness up team 0f
horses and drive to a feed mill in cold
weather.N
eff you have several tons Of ferti-
Iizer or feed to haul, hitch your trac-
tor to two or three wagons and make
one trip take the place Of several trips
to town." says #. w. Duffee, of the
agricultural engineering department,
wisconsin College Of Agriculture.
.aThere are only a few jobs for q
tractor during the winter months, but
If they are done with the tractor the
interest on your money invested will
more than be returned.
"a tractor has the advantage over
horses that when it is standing idle 1t
does not use feed"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Protect Chicken Flock
During Severe Weather

There is always the likelihood Of
spell Of cold, damp weather and it is
just at this time that colds, roup and
allied diseases are likely to get started,
with the result that we have them to
battle with all winter. Get everything
in full readiness for inclement weather
and whenever bad day comes the
flock should be given ample protec-
ton. The houses should be thoroughly
cleaned and if repairs are necessary
this should be attended to. There
should be plenty of clean, dry litter.
Many successful poultrymen follow
the practice of supplying little more
feed than usual when the weather Isl
unfavorable and some Of them change
the ration slightly, supplying little
more of the heat and fat-producing
elements. This is done on the theory
that the fowls are warmer and more
comfortable when so fed and there is
no doubt but that this is the case. In
any event special attention when the
weather is bad is the best way to
avoid the beginning Of disease and dis
orders.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08

it just right so that the tester can
visit one farm each day Of the month
and have Sundays for himself. The
average cost for the farmer to belong
to an association In the state of Wis
consin is about $40 per head per year.
All the members paying the same re-
CARELESS of the number of cows that
they have on test The tester Is paid
all the way from $75 to 500 per month
for his services. He receives his board
and room at the home of the mem
bers for whom he tests each day.
The Wisconsin Dairyman's associa-
ton, the Wisconsin College of Agri-
culture and the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture are all working
together in an effort to promote the
COW testing associations of Wisconsin.
A. J. Cramer, with headquarters at
the college has charge Of the work.
Three others who are called field men
namely: Erwin Sutton, Augusta; 81.
e. Searles, Fond du Lac, and Blaine
Paulson, Lancaster, will aid in their
respective divisions to carry on the
COW testing association work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
SKIM MILK FAVORED
FOR LAYING FOWLS

Hens muse have some form of ami
NAL protein in their feed This is usu-
ally supplied by beef scrap. Two years
experimental farm, Nappan, N. S., to
determine the relative values of beef
scrap and skim milk when added to
the laying ration. Two pens were
made up of ten birds, as uniform in
breeding, age and type as it was pos
sible to select. The rsltions fed to
each pen were alike ard constant ex-
cept that Pen received beef scrap
and Pen 2 skim milk.
The results show the possibilities
there are of realizing good value by
feeding skim milk. The average pro-
duction from the ten birds receiving.
beef scrap for the two six-month feed
ings periods November to April 80,
each year) was 615.6 eggs, at feed
cost OF $13.75, or 26.8 cents per dozen,
leaving a profit over feed cost, of 97.2
cents per bird.
In Pen 2 the ten birds receiving
skim milk over the same period had
an average production of 699.5 eggs,
at feed cost Of $12.70, or 21.8 cents
per dozen, leaving a profit over feed
cost of $1.49 per bird. BY taking the
average Of wo years it was found that
1887 pounds skim milk, valued at 20
cents per hundred and thus costing
$120, gave greater returns than SO
pounds beef scrap at market price
of $7.24 per hundred, thus costing
$262.
If, as believed at the experimental
farm, the increase in production from
the pens receiving milk can be at
tributed to the value of skim milk as
food for laying hens, 1t would only
be fair to state that the farmer had
received slightly better than one dol
lar per hundredweight for his skim
milk when he marketed it through his
eggs.
AS this feeding test has been carried
on for two years only, it does not per-
NIT the drawing of definite conclu-
sions yet. However, the results to
date would lead one to believe that
part of the skim milk available on
the farm can be very probably mar
keted through the egg and would seem
to be more profitable proposition
than paying 81 per hundred for beef
scrap in order to supply the amount
of protein so essential for profitable
egg production.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08


"The value of the good pure bred
dairy sire in grading up herds has
been demonstrated.
1.-THE cost of testing is so low that
the cost of one years testing in the
average herd is frequently less than
the loss sustained by keeping one poor
COW in the herd.
Experience ls Best Teacher.
Cow testing associations are built
up from long time experiences. OF
these experiences, the dairyman has
learned that he must know the produc-
tion of each COW during the year, and
the cost of feeds for each COW If he
is to intelligently build up the herd.
Reliable records can only be obtained
by actual weights and tests.
Daily weighing of the milk and feed,
Of course, is the only way to- get abb
solutely accurate records, but most
dairymen who are producing for the
ordinary market feel that it is too
much trouble. So the COW testing as
sociations are formed to relieve the
farmer of weights, tests and figuring.
Within Reach of More.
The ideal COW testing association
should have 20 members. This makes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Fall Freshening Is
Meeting With Favor
Many Excellent Reasons Are
Given for Practice.

Fall freShening is one of the meth
DDS that many scientific men and 9TH
ers have been for years endeavoring
to persuade dairymen to practice.
There are so many excellent reasons
for such advice.
Cows that freshen in early autumn
produce more for the year and con-
siderably more in the winter, than
cows freshening in the spring. Tho
winter is the time of year when most
cows should be in milk and heavily in
milk because, as rule. the price Is
consistently higher during the winter
and early spring months and also the
farmer who practices diversified farm
ing has more leisure time away from
his general farming operations at that
season of the year.
Professor Misner Of Cornell, in work
ing on this problem, compiled some
valuable information on over 1000
cows, from which he found that in
herds that had less than 20 PEI cent
Of the cows freshen in the fall, the
average yield per COW per year was
4,930 pounds and the cost of producing
100 pounds CT milk was $2.So In
herds where over so per cent OF the
cows freshened in the fall the yield
was e,O25 pounds and the cost $2.35 per
hundred (1921 figures for New York
state). While the difference cannot
all be accredited to fall freshening
yet 1t undoubtedly was an important
factor, and hence has very definite
bearing on the cost Of producing milk.
Between December /, and March 1,
is the ideal time to get the cows with
calf, thus insuring fall freshening with
consequent greater profits.-H. r. Las
celles, Fieldman, Colorado State Dairy
Commissioner.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Keeling in Trees

When you buy trees and plan not
TO set them until toward spring they
should be heeled in. To have them
handy to set when you are ready they
should be heeled in in upright position
in single row, and each bunch with
the labeled tree the last to be set. To
do this begin each row with the
labeled tree and when all Of that va
riety are set leave space enough after
1t to give room for removing 1t when
you want it. and then set the labeled
tree of the next sort. BY this method
you can set any trees you wish at any
time and keep them labeled in the
row until the last tree is set. Heel
the trees in rather deeply, and work
the soil in about the roots well. almost
as thoroughly as if you were setting
them and you will have them in fine
condition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Value Of Pumpkins in
the Fattening Of PIGS

Results from three experiment sta
lions show that $40 pounds Of pump
kins fed with 273 pounds Of grain,
gave 100 pounds Of gain with fatten-
ing pigs. Authorities state that PA
tons of pumpkins are equal to one ton
Of corn silage About the only way
of getting at the value Of corn silage
is by figuring it's actual cost and this
varies a great deal. Data kept in
Illinois indicated that a ton of silage
costs about $500 With concentrates
at 500 per ton and legume hay at $14
per ton, good silage is worth about
$3.50 per ton. Therefore, If it takes
21a tons Of pumpkins to equal one ton
of corn silage and 1t Is worth $3.50,
pumpkins would be worth less than
half that amount. However, we be-
lieve they would be worth more than
that for feeding hogs but we doubt
if they are worth Sc per ton. The
seeds Of pumpkins contain much nutri-
ment and they should not be removed
when feeding.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Dairy Herds Do Well
on This Mixed Ration

Corn-soy-bean silage, clover hay,
ground corn and oats, -soy-bean
fodder roughage with small amount
of oilmeal added each day-that's the
ration Charles Beck, Bremen county,
Iowa, is using to produce the 1000
pounds of milk he delivers daily at q
nearby condensery, says writer In
a dairy-minded farmer long to see that
Beck, whose herd of 40 grade cows are
just starting their third milking sea-
son, has the right idea.
Last spring / planted soy beans
with the corn I expected to use in my
silo,'' offered Beck. II thought that if
beans were good in silage, they would
be all right in fodder, so planted a
high growing variety to be cut with
the corn for roughage.
"Besiaes cutting the cost Of concen-
trated feeds by reducing the require
ments of them, soy beans increase the
efficiency Of the silage," continued
Beck, while explaining his system Of
dairy farming.
An abundance Of clover hay is grown
each year by Beck, who started several
years ago to grow into the dairy BUSH
ness instead Of going into it In lump
sum. A pure bred bull was the first
move Beck made toward better dairy
farming. Next he began selling his
poor cows. That system has made his
herd one of the profit makers In the
county.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Orchard Draining Needs
Most Careful Attention

Many fruit growers fail to realize
that orchard land that is inclined to
be wet requires drainage just as much
as land for general crops. This Is
particularly true of peach, cherry and
apple orchards The pear, plum and
ounce usually withstand more moist
soil condition. Where the land is
heavy and naturally poorly drained the
trees make slow growth, are inclined
to suffer from root rot and winter In
jury, the bark is reddish In color and
they are often short-lived. Neither
good culture nor fertilizers will over
come this trouble Also good surface
drainage is no assurance that thing Is
not needed.
The most observing orchardistS are
using more tile and there Is unques-
toned evidence that 1t Is paying we'll
in better trees and crops. This is z
good time Of year to make critical
survey Of the orchard and determine
whether certain depressions or basins
need an outlet for the surplus water
in the spring If SO, ditching ma
chine may do the work better and
cheaper than to dig the bitches by
hand. The tile are usually laid about
two to two and one-half feet deep, al
though on some level areas It is neces-
sary to put them deeper in order to
secure enough fall
The main lines Of tile will follow
y
is quite irregular, and the laterals VIII
follow the minor depressions that lead
into the main one. Additional laterals
should be laid so as to give drainage
to the entire area that Is wet and
springy in the early part Of the grow
ing season. In more level fields the
main lines are usually about two rods
apart, depending upon the nature Of
the soil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Live Stock Consume
Much Raw Material
Convert Many Farm Crops
Into Valuable Products.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
In talk delivered during the Inter
national Live Stock exposition, held at
Chicago, DR.. John r. Mohler, chief OF
the bureau of animal industry, United
States Department of Agriculture, told
briefly of the Importance of live stock
in our national economy. .One may
ask" said Doctor Mohler, "why it is
necessary or even desirable to have
large animal population in coun-
try such as this with its millions of
automobiles and trucks and it's vast
acres for producing cereal grains The
answer Is simple. Our domestic an
imals, developed through long years
Of evolution, are marvelously efficient
in converting vast quantities of
grasses, forage, plants and other prod
ucts which are of slight direct value
to mankind into valuable animal prod
ucts. These products include meats,
milk, butter, cheese, leather, fats, wool,
mohair and almost countless by-prod-
ucts ranging from violin strings to fer
tilizer.
'The United States contains the larg-
est corn producing region in the world.
yet the human population uses only
about one-tenth Of that crop directly
as food. The public appetite much
prefers to use the corn crop In the
form of juicy steaks and savory hams.
Through the stockman's skill our do
nestle animals are becoming gradually
more efficient in converting coarse feed
into refined and concentrated products.
AS alchemists for the refinement OF
base materials. cattle, swine and sheep
to say nothing of goats-have an
enviable record"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08

goal that has been set for 1880 by the
testing officials of the state.
Testing pays those who are taking
advantage Of the opportunity. The
average COW in the Badger associa-
TONS produces 273 pounds of butter
fat in year, while the average COW
in the state only produces 100 pounds.
Figuring the butter fat at 40 cents
pound, A. j. Cramer in charge of the
Wisconsin Cow Testing associations,
roughly estimates that the average as
ISOLATION COW puts $500 more into
the pockets OF her owner every year
than the INFESTED COW.
Tells Advantages Of Testing.
Here are some Of the things that
the COW testing has done for the Colby
Cow Testing association, and If they
have been aided others can also be
helped.
while the production cf the cows
has been increased, the cost of pro-
duction has been lowered, thus adding
to the net income Of the herds.
"a better knowledge of feeding has
been obtained.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08

Moldy corn is always dangerous
feed and the flock should not have ac-
cess to it.
The droppings boards, perches and
nests should be treated for mites. The
pullets also should be examined for
lice.
The Purdue laying ration with corn
neal has given excellent general salts
faction. A good grade of flour mid
dlings will give much better results
than standard middlings.
The white of eggs is chiefly water
combined with protein. The yolk has
some protein and much fat. To supply
the protein in egg production It is nee
essary to feed liberal rations of pro-
tein the same as is needed in feeding
cows for milk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
Birds Will Eat
Injurious Bugs
Farmer Is Also Benefited
by Consumption Of Vari-
Gus Weed Seeds.
prepared by thu United States Department
af Apricultural

f
prepared by the United States Department
of Agricuture.)
The economic value of birds, espe-
tricts, cannot be too strongly empha-
sized, in the opinion Of the biological
survey Of. the United States Depart
ment IF Agriculture. For this reason
the bureau is interested not only in the
protection of migratory game birds,
which is one of its important func-
fions, but also in the conservation of
all beneficial bird life.
Hardly an agricultural pest exists
but has numerous effective bird en-
emies. For instance, % kinds of birds
are known to feed upon the clover
weevil, and a like number upon the
potato beetle, 36 on the codling moth,
46 on the gypsy moth, 40 on horsefies,
81 on billbugs, So on clover-root borers,
9S on cutworms, 12O on leaf hoppers,
and 168 on wireworms.
Devour Weed Seeds.
Birds benefit the farmer also by eat
ing quantities of weed seeds. 1t has
been estimated that single species Of
sparrow in single state-IOwa--cO
sumed annually 875 tons Of weed seeds,
Birds do not, of course, especially sin
gle out the noxious seeds or an insect
pest for food; but eating indiscrimi-
nately and voraciously, the most
abundant food is taken first, and this
Is likely to be the moving caterpillar
or adult insect, or the seeds on the
plant or on the ground, where they
have been carried by the wind. Many
species of birds perform another inn
portant service to man through their
feeding habits, since they act as scav-
engers. In districts where the disposal
of waste is not completely taken care
Of by community and individual effort
birds make valuable contribution to
public health.
Domestic Cat Is Enemy.
Next to man himself, wantonly using
his gun, the worst enemy of farm birds
is the domestic cat. Storms also de-
stroy a great many birds by cutting off
their food supply. Protection against
the elements cannot often be provided
for birds except where refugees or sane
tuaries are maintained for them, but
a protective public sentiment, sup
ported by effective laws, will lessen the
damage done by man and domestic an
imals. Birds may be still further en-
couraged and increased by the pro-
vision Of food trees, such as the null
harry which will snr.vo fhn d0uh1n MR.
pose of attracting them away from
cherry or other fruit trees and supply
ing them with suitable food.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08

1t takes about six pounds of seed
cora to plant an acre. This means
about sixteen ears for each acre to be
planted.
The agricultural experiment sta
tons are lamps upon the farmers
pathway to intelligent and profitable
farming.
With more horse power and ma
chine power, we could grow with our
present man power all the cash crops
and then feed ourselves and our live
stock from additional acreage.
Sheep equalize the labor on the
farm, requiring least in the summer
when labor is scarce and high-priced
and most in the winter when it Is usu-
ally plentiful and cheap: Sheep-rals-
ing requires less labor than grain
farming.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-08
THOUSANDS OF COWS
ON THE HONOR ROLL
Test Officials Set High Goal
of 500 Associations
for State.

At the present time Wisconsin has
1859 COW testers, in that many cow
testing associations, who are ferret
ing out the worthless cows These COW
detectives are finding the worthless
mixers, too, for, according to their re-
ports, the contrasting association
members have disposed Of $4,000 un-
profitable cows during the past four
years.
Within the 169 cow-testing associa-
tons of the state there are 76,1O1
cows that are on yearly test. They be-
long to All farms. AS Wisconsin has
more than 2,217,000 dairy cows and
178,OOO farms with INFESTED cows,
there is plenty Of room for at least
500 associations. This is to be the