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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-22

could do my homework on the farm
without trouble. / recommended it
to my daughter-in-law after her sec
ond baby was born and it did her q
wonderful lot of good.s told her to
try it and if it didn It help her would
pay for it, and before she had taken
one bottle she said to me, You won't
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wonderfully i And she took three
bottles of it. You can use my testi-
monial if you wish. " - Mrs. ELSIE
ACKERMAI, Convoy, Ohio.
Consider carefully Mrs. Alderman g
letter. Her experience ought to help
you. She tells of the trials of middle
age and the wonderful results she OBJ
tanned from L ytlia Z. Pinkham' 9 Veg
etable Compound.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-22
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-22
BRITISH DoMINIoNS MAY
REJECT GENEVA PACT

SYDNEY, Jan. 22.-The Australian
cabinet has decided to recommend
to the colonial parliament that it re-
ject the Geneva protocol, it was an
nounced today.
It was understood here that other
British dominions intended to take
the same action
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-22
FASCIST PAPER URGES
STEFAN TO QUIT POST

ROME, Jan. 22.-The fiscist news
paper Impero started violent CAM
paign today against Finance Minis
ter De Stefani. It called on him to
resign and charged that he was a
Iukewarm fascist and was not sup
plying funds for the party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-22

could hardly do my
work. By reading
your advertise
ments ! found out
about Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
audit has straight
ened me right out
and made me feel
like anew woman.
By the time l had
taken eight bot
fJauIwaSwo1la and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-22
Old Dominion Ball

An Old Dominion ball win be
given in the new Willard Hotel to-
night by the Society Of Virginia or
the District, Women officers of the
society will be in the receiving line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-22
Lecture-on Orient

Miss Anne McElvaine will give
an illustrated travel talk on her
recent visit to the Orient, at the
Church of the Covenant tomorrow
night, under auspices Of the Bust
ness Women's Council.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-22
WOMEN BORN
1878 TO 1881
Now Is the Critical Time.
| Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will Help
You Safely Through

Convoy, Ohio. -''During the Change
of Life was weak and rundown and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Producing Abortion and
Other Breeding Disease

It has been demonstrated very con-
clusively that it is possible to produce
abortion and other breeding diseases
due to lack Of the proper feeding
elements being included in the ami
mails ration. The University of Wis
consin in some tests run several years
ago demonstrated that certain rations
would not enable the animal to sue
cessfully reproduce its kind. Yet these
same rations, according to our usual
feeding standards, were balanced. 1t
was thought for time that this was
due to the fact that certain vitamines
were not present in sufficient quaint
ties; it was determined later that this
was not the trouble at all, but that the
real trouble was the lack of sufficient
mineral matter or ash in these rations.
While it is not likely that, under or
binary conditions, rations such as were
fed in this experimental work would
be used, there is no question in our
mind that rations and feeding prac-
tees equally as dangerous are prac-
ticed in most sections Of the United
States at this time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Good Winter Production
Obtained by Right Feed

Too many poultrymen rely almost
wholly on grain feeds during the win
ter. Green food, beef scraps, milk by
products and mineral matter are too
often omitted altogether or fed too in
frequently and sparingly. Oyster shell,
prepared grit and charcoal, ready for
the fowls at all times, provide mineral
matter. Cabbage, beets, mangles and
sprouted oats make excellent green
foods; hung an inch higher than the
head compels needed winter exercise.
Any fresh vegetables, even raw pota-
toes, are whole lot better than moth
ing Of the kind at ALL
For animal food, beef scraps serve
the purpose splendidly. Milk by-prod-
ucts, when low priced, are used with
excellent results and probably with
greater returns, comparatively, than
when fed to farm animals.
The more the birds eat, the more
they lay, if the rations are properly
compounded and fed skillfully.
Good winter production means I'M
questioned success, Now is the time
to house comfortably and feed skill
fully.-A. G. Smith, Chief of Poultry
Division, University Farm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Body Type in Fowls Is
Quite Desirable Point

A bird of good body type must he
deep and broad and show great length.
She should be well developed in the
breast and abdomen. Great length of
back and keel Is especially desirable.
The bird should not be too loose
feathered. This is generally shown
by loose thigh feathers such as are
shown by the Cochin. The under line
should be fairly straight and long.
The back should be long and horizon
tai Qevel). This, of course, varies
with the breed. The Rhode Island
Reds have the most level back, while
the Leghorns have the most erect. The
most desirable top line is the one
which is the most horizontal.
The carriage Of the bird should
show maximum amount of activity.
The legs are generally placed behind
the central portion of the body and
are straight and wide apart.
A poor-producing hen generally
stands erect. There are several out
standing types. These birds may be
very shallow and cut away at the
breast and abdomen. In the case of
beefy individuals, the abdomen ap-
pears to be mainly made up of hard
fat. Another type is commonly known
as 'bagging down." This is generally
due to short keel Most birds with
a deformed back are generally poor
producers Of Illinois.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
FIap-Jack for Driving Stock.

F1ap-jacks, not the edible kind, will
save millions of pounds of meat and
hundreds of thousands of dollars for
the live stock and meat industry.
This is the belief of live stock ex-
perts connected with the Institute Of
American Meat Packers and the West
ern Weighing and Inspection Bureau.
These experts, r. w. Carter, chair
man of the institutes committee on
live stock losses, and w. j. Embree,
chief veterinarian for the western
weighing and inspection bureau, which
represents all the larger western rail-
roads explain that flap-jack is sim
pie instrument used for driving live
stock, and that its use is more humane
and considerably less costly than the
use of clubs, whips, pitchforks, and
poles for driving animals Losses from
bruises and other injuries incurred in
bringing live stock from the farm to
the stock yards represent annually
more than five million pounds of meat
or several hundreds of thousands Of
dollars.
Makes Loud Noise.
The fap-jack-some call it a slap
jack-makes loud noise when it is
slapped against an animal, a fence
or q building, but does not injure or
bruise the animal. The noise which 1t
makes is more effective than blows in
inducing live stock to move.
Flap-jacks are rapidly coming into
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Cost Barometer Is One
of Big Poultry Factors

Watching the costs of production is
about like watching barometer. You
try to gear your feeding machines to
the desired result 1t isn't chow
cheap" you can feed, but show cheap
in proportion to the gain"
Make the hens right now. The egg
record is the barometer. And eggs
are getting to be worth real money
again. And still, there are a lot of
folks feeding their hens nothing but
corn, or even worse, forcing them to
shift for themselves. Corn is two
cents pound and no egg producer at
that.
Under conditions prevailing all
through the corn belt, person can
mix Is per cent protein mash, using
bran, middlings, tankage and dried
buttermilk for less than three cents a
pound.
Feeding this mash, you get eggs !;
feeding corn alone you get disappoint-
ment 1t isn't the per cent fellow
makes on his investment, it is the net
money that counts.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10

use in the various stock yards, and, ac-
cording to Doctor Embree, and Mr..
Carter, should be used by every ham
dler of live stock.
A fap-jack for driving live stock eff
fectively and without bruises is easily
made. The accompanying illustration
will show the way to make one.
How 1t Is Made.
Take piece of canvas or any other
strong stiff cloth goods about a yard
square; lay 1t fiat on a table and with
a scissors cut from the near corners
diagonally toward the upper middle of
the. sheet, making a sort of inverted
V-shaped cut. About six inches from
the top turn the point of the scissors
inward a little Cut off the two three
cornered pieces, as shown on the small
sketch at the right. Then roll or fold
the two wings" inward in one inch
or inch and a half laps Fold In in
verified V-shaped part in large six-inch
laps, working from the outside edges
inward. Turn up the little piece at
IhO DoIIOn NudIhcu III uOJS III INC
diagram) to bind the end. Then sew
the entire length of the fiap-jack with
strong thread in five or six rows Of
stitching and bind the six-inch handle
part tightly with tape. The finished
article is shown in tho insert at the
left above the table.
The fap-jack is more easily made
than described on paper. Try It'll
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Consider Well Expense
of Deep Flowing Needs

An impervious soil or hardpan which
is unfavorable to root penetration,
might present condition that it would
be desirable to alter by subsoiling
Even in such case, the heavy expense
of deep blowing needs to be well con-
sidered before the process is attempted.
For each inch of additional depth
about 100000 pounds or $50 tons Of
extra soil is turned over for each acre.
This large weight is turned only at
considerable expenditure in power, and
the cost of power on the farm comes
high.
Flowing four inches deeper, there
fore, involves lifting to turn over some
600 tons of additional material to the
acre, and for 20-acre field, this would
run to $4,000 tons.
The actual cost of subsoiling 20 acres
would probably run close to 500, or
$40 an acre, and this is probably too
low for most farm conditions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Asparagus and Pie Plant

Fall is fair time to set out aspara-
gus and pie plant. Get good variety
of each. For the asparagus dig a
trench Is inches deep. Put in the bot
tom three to four inches of well-rot-
ted manure Cover this with three or
four inches of well-pulverized soil.
Set the plants on this layer of soil,
having them IS to SO inches apart.
Cover them, water them, and forget
them. In the spring of 1927 you will
have the best asparagus in the neigh
borhood. In the spring of 1947 that
same bed will be producing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10

SELECT BREEDERS
FOR NEXT SPRING

Now is the time to select the breed
ing stock for use next spring. This
matter is often neglected until it is
too late, and when the mating is
made, mistakes are liable to be made.
In the poultry business, success or
failure starts in the breeding pen. If
you select your birds for your breed
ing pen, you will have better stock
next year. If they are mated with no
selection, you cannot and will not
make progress in the poultry business.
The object of the breeding pen is to
get good, healthy chicks, in the opin-
ion Of ID. Ell. Hall, extension poultry
husbandman at Clemson college.
In picking the males to breed from,
remember that the male is one-half
the flock. The male should be of the
best type, and have vigor and strength.
He should also stand up well on his
legs, and possess the characteristics
of his breed. For instance, your bird
may be Rhode Island Red in color,
but may have Wyandotte shape, and
would not make good breeder, be.
cause this Wyandotte shape would be
undesirable In Reds.
Do not purchase fine male and ex.
pect him to do all in the flock. Select
the very best females to mate with
him. In the poultry world at least,
the females are as important as the
males. A good female breeder should
possess well-proportioned body, and
should be deer, broad and long She
should never have the appearance
of an undeyeloped male, but should al
ways look feminine. The best type
shows constitutional vigor and char
acteristics of the breed.
In selecting the breeders, the breed
characteristics should be strong ip
both males and females. You will
never be able to obtain a perfect
breeder. Every fowl will have some
defects and we must make up for
these defects by selecting fowls that
are strong where the other one is
weak.
Do not expect all the chicks to be
up to the standard. According to the
laws of breeding at least one-fourth
will be oe inferior grade and should
be culled out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Burning Is Sometimes
Produced by Oil Sprays

In investigating the burning some
times produced in using oil sprays,
George p Gray, chief of the division
of chemistry of the Iowa State De-
partment of Agriculture, has discov-
cred that the burn" is not produced
by physical characteristics Of the oil,
but chemical compounds known to
chemists as cracked oils" These are
the constituents responsible for the
offensive odors from burned gasoline
or kerosene and the cutting Of engine
bearings. BY treating the oil with
sulphuric acid they are removed. The
sulphonation test for mineral oils
used as Insecticides will show the pres
ence or absence of these Cracked
OILS" This, Mr.. Gray believes, may
lead to the manufacture of oil sprays
which will not burn foliage or fruit
when used as sprays.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Suitable Protection to
Avoid Winter Bee Los;

Proper winter protection for bees
should be more carefully provided by
the average beekeeper. Statistics for
Iowa show that winter losses Of bees,
due to carelessness in wintering meth
DDS, often run as high as 18 per cent.
This tremendous annual loss could be
avoided for the most part If beekeep-
ers would give the matter of wintering
more thought.
Two general methods of wintering
are outdoor or cellar wintering. OF
these the former method is considered
superior. In either method the essen
tial things to provide are good ven
tilatiOn, sufficient insulation against
wind, protection against rodents and
absorption of moisture given off by
the bees.
Complete information on wintering
bees by several methods as well as
much reliable information on practi-
cally all phases of agriculture is con-
tanned In the report Of the Iowa api-
artist for 1923. This booklet of nearly
100 pages was compiled by F. B. Pad
dock, state apiarist, Iowa State col
lege, and will be mailed free upon APP
plication to him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Overcoming Fowls Is
Cause of Much Trouble

The overcrowding Of birds in their
sleeping quarters during the winter is
responsible for considerable serious
trouble, according to poultry authori-
ties at the Kansas State Agricultural
college. Frequently building shelters
twice the number Of birds it was de-
signed to accommodate. The rule of
allowing a minimum of three square
feet of floor space per bird should be
strictly adhered to.
The vitality Of the flock is frequent
ly lowered by overcrowding. The dis
ease, infectious bronchitis. which
caused an embargo on Kansas poultry
last fall was due partly to improper
housing conditions.
The ideal house provides ample floor
space, roosting space of eight lineal
inches per bird, is clean and free from
drafts. Spraying once or twice weekly
with a per cent solution of good
standard disinfectant or stock dip is
recommended as sanitary measure.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Far.,T!..nII.!l:.E-1.Xf17
r7FIrrrurr1rs sfuzupp yLptf -. -

Well-greased tools stored in sheds
bespeak good farmers.
It does not pay to grind or soak corn
for pigs or large hogs.
Plan to grow few acres less next
year and to cultivate better.
Buy fertilizer comparatively and it
may pay to mix your own.
From one-half to one per cent OF salt
should be used in the poultry mash.
The farmer who plants legumes to
build up his soil, meets success half
way.
One Of the most common pests which
cause continual poultry losses la the
body louise.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Poor Lamb Crop if
Ewes Are Sighted
Breeders Will Face Spring
in Weak Condition.

If the ewes are neglected this win
ter they will face the spring in
weakened, rundown condition, which
will result in poor lamb crop. Sheep
generally need little shelter, but they
do need food. Attention to this detail
is important now that grazing has be-
come scarce.
1T has been found from a study of
the sheep industry that the small flock
of 20 to 30 or 40 is the most profitable
to keep on the average farm" says
Prof. R. S. Curtis of the animal hus-
bandry department at the North Caro-
lima State college. ct is essential,
however, even in this case, to give the
flock some attention. Now that the
grazing season is over, the owner
should not neglect his breeding ewes.
One of the greatest troubles that
comes to the flock owner usually is at
Landing time, and if some forethought
and management is given to the flock
this winter this trouble can be
averted."
Professor Curtis makes the point
that the breeding eve must be in good
shape during winter so that she may
nourish the lamb properly in spring.
Sometimes the ewes get in such poor
condition that there Is serious trou-
BILE at Landing time and only 80 to so
per cent crop Of lambs Is saved. I'm
der proper conditions tn Are should be
a $50 per cent crop.
To help keep the ewes in good condi-
ton, Professor Curtis suggests a RAJ
ton made up of 80 parts of corn, %
parts Of cottonseed meal and 25 parts
of wheat bran. Feed this mixture at
the rate of one pound per eve daily,
and give all the roughage that she
will consume. If possible, Professor
Curtis states that some silage or roots
might be given in connection with the
roughage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Red and Alsike Glover
Are Beneficial to Soil

Both red clover and alsike clover will
enrich ground about the same to the
extent of their growth. Red clover
usually makes heavier growth and
hence is more beneficial. Then, too,
the roots of red clover will grow into
the ground deeper than alsike, and
hence improve the soil to greater
depth.
Either sweet clover or alfalfa is far
superior for soil building to red or
alsike clover. Alsike will grow on a
sour soil which contains a good supply
of humus better than will red clover.
Sweet clover will not make much If
any growth on sour soils, and neither
will alfalfa; hence to grow these most
valuable clovers it is necessary to have
limestone in the soil, and when the
soil does not contain limestone nat
urally it is necessary to apply it.
Sweet clover should be sown rather
early in the spring; and alfalfa can
be sown in either spring or In late
summer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Hemp Is Best Crop
to Smother Weeds
Infested Soils Must Be Prop
erlJ Prepared.

"Hemp is the best crop we have for
smothering weeds" This is the claim
made by A. H. Wright Of the agron-
omy staff, University Of Wisconsin.
for this well-known fiber plant.
While championing the crop which
has won a high place on the cropping
lists of four wisconsin counties,
Wright insists that weed-infested soil
must be properly prepared in order to
give the hemp a chance. He is con-
vinced that Canadian thistle and quack
grass lands cannot be cleaned by seed
ing them to hemp, If no more than or
binary preparation is given before
seeding.
Wright recommends that such lands
be thoroughly worked to destroy the
mat of roots. According to him,
good way is to plow the infested soil in
the late summer or early fall, then
spring-tooth it thoroughly and keep it
worked until the land freezes. The
loosened roots should then be removed
by raking and burning. If the land
lacks fertility, 1t should be given a
heavy application Of manure in the
fall. In the spring, the soil should be
worked until the time the hemp is
seeded. Good results can then be at
tanned.
This hemp enthusiast assures that
there is no danger of trouble with the
hemp itself as a weed, because it is
an annual plant and easy to eradicate.
Motions to the contrary are entirely
unfounded," is the conclusion he has
reached after extended experience.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
Soils for Sweet Glover

Sweet clover grows on variety Of
soils. If your gumbo soil produces
other crops it will produce sweet
clover unless there is something es-
pecially different with it in compari-
son with the average gumbo soil.
Sweet clover is a good crop to grow
on gumbo because it helps to improve
1t, making it easier to farm. Sweet
clover should as rule be planted
early in the spring. 1t is good feed
for dairy cows, both in the form Of
hay and pasture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10

Turnips will withstand hard frost,
but freezing and thawing Injuries them.
October shows most feeds down;
buying early may save many dollars
on the winters feed bill.
Saving sometimes means losing:
eggs held only few days develop wa
terry whites on the way to market and
thereby bring lower price.
Fresh. clean drinking water should
always be provided in the poultry
yard. Charcoal, grit, and oyster shell
should be placed before the fowls so
that they can have access to them
at all tines
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-10
KEEP HORSES BUSY
TO SAVE EXPENSES

Old Dobbin Is an active partner In
the prosperity Of every Badger farm.
While he is working he renders great
service at low cost, but in his idle
moments he may be an expensive
boarder
Records showed that the great diff
ference Of $77.62 marked the cost of
keeping two horses. One owner was
able to work his horse efficiently at
yearly cost of $58.79, while another ex-
pended $136.41 in keeping one of his
horses for a year.
The feed consumed by horse Is 65
per cent Of his total upkeep. Labor
expended in caring for the horses, In
terest on the investment, insurance
and taxes account for the remaining 35
per cent of cost to the farmer.
The cost per hour of horse labor is
far more important than the cost for
the year, affirms L. E. Ellis of the
Wisconsin College of Agriculture's
economics staff. The cost per hour Of
horse labor ranged from 8 cents to
slightly over 20 cents. The records
over period Of three years bring out
that this wide range in cost was due
to the great difference in the total
number of hours men worked their
horses.
On farms where horses worked less
than 80 ten-hour days during the year,
the cost Of horse labor was 20 cents
an hour But this cost decreases as
the days of work increase. For this
reason the farmer who used his horses
80 or more days year did so at
cost Of only IL cents an hour.
The situation has been summed up
by Ellis who afirms that the solution
Of the problem lies either in finding
enough work to Justify keeping the
horses, or in reducing their number.
Horse labor costs may be reduced by
careful feeding, and by raising colts.