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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NOVEL,.

Plant some soybeans on the small
grain stubble.
Mustard plants are weak individually
but tough collectively.
Firm smooth eggshells are made
with plenty of oyster shell and grit.
Once every month level up the colts
feet so that he will develop nice
straight limbs.
Cool drinking water, nice legume hay
and some oats will make a good COM
bination for the colt while he is in
doors.
Milk kept cold does not sour readily.
Bacteria which cause sourness make
little growth at temperatures below 60
degrees Fahrenheit.
Keep the pig greasy and save him
from attacks of lice and mango mites.
Add a little creosote to the discarded
oil from the f1ivver crank case and let
the pig use this freely.
The garden is more valuable in sum-
mer than ever Don't allow 1t to be-
come an unsightly weed patch but
keep up cultivation and harvest the
health-glving vegetables each day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Big Danger of Bloating
on Wet Glover Pastures

Wet clover, especially sweet clover,
caused Iowa farmers heavy losses last
season from bloated cattle. Fresh
grass eaten rapidly Is likely to ferment
in the large stomach or rumen and
cause bloat. Wet grass Is especially
dangerous. Death occurs In thirty min
utes to three or four hours and Is due
to suffocation or rupture of the stom-
ach.
DR.. G. L. Rice, veterinary specialist
at Iowa State college, investigated
many of these cases. He prefers pre-
vention to cure and makes the follow
ing suggestions:
avoid turning cattle on clover pas
lures while the grass is wet from rain
or dew. Avoid turning cattle on fresh
grass when they are hungry. Give
them a fill of bluegrass or dry feed just
before turning them on clover. Driving
them about for some time after. turning
them out will help, by keeping them
from eating too fast. Even when pas
lures are not wet, it is poor practice to
salt cattle heavily before turning them
out, for they will be in danger Of
drinking a large amount of water af-
ter taking fill of grass, which often
produces boating"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Sudan Grass Found Good
to Reinforce Pastures

Pastures have been hard hit by
drought in many Minnesota farming
localities. In some instances farmers
have found it necessary to pasture
some of their hay land. In others, the
live stock has been turned into oat
fields.
Sudan grass, If drilled at the rate of
30 pounds of seed to the acre, will,
under ordinary growing conditions,
give pasture in 40 to so days, says A.
@. Army of the farm crop section of
the University of Minnesota Agricul-
tural college. Where soil constituents
are favorable, II pounds of scarified
sweet clover seed sown to the acre
should be inoculated. Rape makes a
fine pasture for hogs and sheep. Sow
four pounds TO the acre.
A soiling crop like corn, planted from
two to four inches apart in the drill
row, will ordinarily furnish good feed
and help to piece out pastures later in
the season.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Chicks Should Have Good
Care During the Summer

Chicks raised to the point where
they forage for themselves are not
necessarily insured of being future
profitable members Of the laying flock.
They must have some care during the
entire summer
The Illinois Agricultural college has
prepared number of pointed sug-
gestions on chick raising. A few Of
the ideas that apply to the larger
chickens are as follows:
A growing mash, fed throughout the
summer, balances the grain ration and
keeps the chicks growing without any
setbacks.
Early roosting keeps the chicks from
crowding into the corners.
Removing the cockerels at broiler
age gives the pullets more room TO
grow and develop. Birds of both sexes
will grow better when separated.
Heavy feeding before the pullets are
placed In winter quarters gets them in
shape for laying during the winter.
Careful culling before the pullets go
into winter quarters eliminates many
improbable birds.
Growing strong, healthy chicks re
quires the constant, careful attention
of the farmer or his wife.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Misbranded Seed
on Open Market
In Many Cases Samples
Found to Be Composed of
Foreign Varieties.


prepared by the United states Department
of Agriculture.)
Much Of the seed of grasses, clover,
alfalfa, and lawn grass offered for sale
on the open market annually is found
to be misbranded or adulterated. For
the protection of farmers and other
seed users the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture maintains seed
testing laboratories at four state agri-
cultural stations which, in cooperation
with the laboratory at Washington, D.
O., test samples Of seeds mailed in by
farmers and others, and makes a re-
port on the exact contents of the saIn-
pie.
Much AduIteration.
During last year $50 samples Of seed
sold as Kentucky bluegrass were re-
ceived by mail and 65 lots of seed were
purchased by the Washington labora-
tory for testing purposes. In many
cases these samples were found to be
composed of higher percentage of
Canada bluegrass seed than any other
seed. Some samples of supposedly
Kentucky bluegrass seed contained as
little as 1 or 2 per cent of that seed,
the balance being Canada bluegrass
and other seeds, dirt and chaff In
fact one sample contained but seven
teen hundredths per cent Of Kentucky
bluegrass. The balance Of the lot was
8731 per cent Canada bluegrass, 40
per cent other seeds and 1882 per cent
dirt and chaff. The sample containing
the highest percentage of Kentucky
bluegrass seed which was 67.47 per
cent, contained sol per cent OF other
seeds (mostly redtop) and 24.52 per
cent dirt and chaff.
These samples represented the offer
ing Of 10 different seed dealers. In
accordance with the authority given In
the act of congress making appropria-
lions for the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture the names of these
dealers and the results of the tests Of
the seed samples have been published
In the department regulatory announce
ment.
Location of Laboratories.
The bureau of plant industry will
continue to examine and report prompt
ly as to the presence of adulterants
and dodder in any sample of seed sub
mitted for that purpose. According to
the location of the sender these sam
pies may be submitted to the seed
testing laboratory at Washington, D.
c., or to any of the following labora-
tories maintained through the coop
Grafton Of this department: Co-opera-
tive Seed-Testing Laboratory, Cali
fornia State Department of Agricul-
ture, Sacramento, CAL; Cooperative
Seed-Testing Laboratory, Oregon Agri-
cultural College, CORVALLIS, Ore; Co
Operative Seed-Testing Laboratory,
Purdue Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, Lafayette, Ind; Cooperative
Seed-Testing Laboratory, Missouri Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station, Column
bia, Mo.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
EARM EACT,N2

Do you need any new castings for
the binder?
Hot weather cuts the milk flow, but
poor feed cuts it even more.
For fine leafy alfalfa, most farmers
should cut when it is about one-tenth
in bloom.
The hen is the most efficient Of farm
animals in producing food, states an
Ohio university authority.
1t has been said that there Is no
gain without a loss. In other words.
gain alfalfa and lose despair.
A man who does not keep his live
stock well supplied with water is not
only poor farmer; he is mighty
poor kind of man.
For the city man home garden does
more than produce some vegetables
for the table; it produces real APP
petite to help eat 'em.
Early cut hay is best for dairy cat
tie. Greater milk production and
healthier cattle will result Glover Is
best when cut at or just before the
full bloom stage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Use Proper Sprays
to Save Grape Crop
Guard Against Speaking and
Rotting Before Maturity.

It Is not unusual for third or more
of the crop Of bunch grapes to be de-
stroyed by speaking and rotting a
short while before maturity.
The way to prevent this heavy loss
is to spray with the bordeaux mix
ture, which may be prepared in large
or small quantities In the proportion
Of three pounds Of bluestone and four
pounds of stone lime to 50 gallons Of
water.
Bunch grapes are more seriously
affected by attacks Of black rot and
anthracnose than are the Muscadine
and Scuppernong varieties, yet many
demonstrations have proven that by
proper spraying these diseases may be
controlled" says G. w. FAINT, extension
plant disease specialist at the North
Carolina State college. eve recon-
mend the bordeaux mixture. If 90
gallons of spray are needed, dissolve
the three pounds of bluestone in 25
gallons of water Stake four pounds
of stone lime in separate container,
slowly, with water, and when the
shaking has ceased, dilute with water
to make % gallons and strain. Pour
the two solutions together, stimuli
taneously, into the spray tank while
stirring thoroughly. One pound of lead
arsenate powder Is added to each so
gallons for the control Of insects. The
spray Is then ready to apply"
Mr.. FAINT states that in order to pro-
tect the grapes as they develop, the
spray should be applied every two
weeks and the work needs to be thor
oughly done.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Marketing Poultry and
Eggs Is Important Job


1.-THE time has come when serious
thought is being given not only to the
production of poultry and eggs, but
also to the marketing of these prod
ucts" So declares the poultry and
egg marketing department of the ILL
nois Agricultural association, f. A.
Gougler, director.
1.-THE states Of Iowa, Illinois, In
diana, Ohio Missouri, Pennsylvania,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Kansas together sell about 85,OOO,OOC
dozen eggs each year This amounts
to 28,OOO,OOO cases or 10000 carloads.
And if we add to the value Of the eggs
sold from these states each year, the
value of the poultry sold, we nave no
less than $295, 1904
Marketing of this large quantity is
as important a problem as producing
it, says the association. "Both produc-
ers and distributors of eggs and pOul-
try products are concerned with tbs
best method of moving this produce
from producer to consumer, so that
the spread between producer and con-
sumner Is reduced to minimum.
ut is estimated that the annual
loss in the United States in marketing
our egg crop ranges from $4O,000,00O
to $50OOO,O00 and those responsible
for this loss are everyone who has
anything to do with eggs from the
farms to the consumers. The trouble
is due largely to the fact that eggs are
not bought on the basis OF grade d.
rect from the producers"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Select Right Paint
for Each Farm Job
Best Way to Preserve Build
ings and Implements.

prepared by the United States Depal trnent
or Agriculture)
Palntlng improves appearance, Int
the chief purpose of painting on the
farm Is to preserve buildings, fences,
and implements from the effects OF
the weather. Interior painting is usual
ly done to make the home more attrac-
tive, but it also serves a useful pur-
pose in making walls and ceilings more
sanitary and dark rooms lighter. Paint
ing at regular intervals, says the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, is the cheapest way to keep
buildings and implements in good con-
dition.
A knowledge of the different kinds
of paint and their particular adapta-
bility is great advantage to the farm
er who wishes to do his own work.
The department has published Farm
ers' Bulletin 1852 for the express pur-
pose of helping the farmer to select the
right paint for the particular job at
hand. 1t gives directions for mixing
paint, for preparing surfaces, and for
applying the paint. Full directions for
making and applying several kinds of
whitewash are included also.
Painting should not be put off too
long. If wood has begun to rot or iron
has begun to rust, the rotting and rust
ing will continue after the paint has
been applied. Moreover, the longer
painting is delayed, the more difficult
and expensive it becomes.
A copy of the bulletin may be had
free of charge, as long as the supply
lasts, upon request to the United States
Department Of Agriculture, Washing
ton, d. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
D()UITRY
Hf556d i
FORCED PULLETS ARE
BEST EGG PRODUCERS

James e. Rice Of the Cornell uni
versity experiment station issued q
bulletin relative to the possibilities Of
feeding early Matched pullets during
the summer by retarded or forced
feeding.
BY retarding Is meant the idea that
feeding Is necessary during the late
summer to check the early tendency
Of laying, with the hope of getting q
larger egg yield in the eGrly winter.
BY forced feeding is meant the CIV
ing Of rich stimulating mash to In
duce egg production.
Concerning the results of his work
Mr.. Rice has certain findings drawn
from data which are submitted be-
low:
l. Forced pullets made a better prof
1t than retarded pullets.
2. Forced pullets ate less food per
hen at less cost per hen than retard-
ed pullets.
8. Forced pullets produced more
eggs of larger size, at less cost per
dozen than retarded pullets.
4. Forced pullets produced more
eggs during early winter than retard-
ed pullets.
5. Forced pullets have better hatch
ing results Of eggs than retarded put
let's.
8. Forced pullets made better per
centage Of gain in weight than re-
tarded pullets.
z. Forced pullets showed less brood
mess than retarded pullets.
8. Forced pullets had less mortality
than retarded pullets.
8. Forced pullets showed better Wig
or than retarded pullets
10. Forced pullets showed the first
nature mott earlier than retarded pull
let's.
IL. Retarded pullets gave better fer
tility of eggs than forced pullets.
II. Hopper-fed dry mash gave bet
ter results in gain Of weight, produc-
ton Of eggs, gain in weight Of eggs,
Matching power Of eggs, days lost in
molting, mortality, health and profit
Is. Wet mash and granted pullets
consumed slightly less food at less
cost, and produced eggs at slightly less
cost per dozen than dry mash and
granted pullets.
IA. Wet mash and granted pullets
produced slightly larger eggs of slight
ly better fertility, and showed less
broodiness than dry mash and grain
fed pullets.
10. Dry mash and granted pull
lets laid eggs of good size at an ear
lier period than wet mash and grain
fed pullets.
16. Hopper-fed puIlets ate more than
handled pullets.
IL. Pullets having whole grain ate
more grit and shell than those having
a proportion of ground grain.
IS. Pullets fed on grain were more
inclined to develop bad habits than
those having a mash.
10. Earliest producers did not give
as many eggs in early winter.
20. Early layers gained as rapidly
in weight as those beginning later to
lay.
81. ProIifcacy made by slight diff
ference in weight Of hen and weight
Of egg.
%. THE most prolific pullets did not
always lay earliest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Ten Per Cent Gain for
Capons Is About Right


Extreme claims concerning the gains
made by capons are not justified, ac
cording to G.. L. Stevenson Of the South
Dakota Agricultural college. Careful
comparisons have been made at the ex-
pertinent station of that state which
show that 10 per cent gain Is about
all that can be expected Lighter
breeds such as leghorns did not gain at
all.
"Since chicks hatch late on the farm
and since there is usually plenty Of
feed, caponizing will probably pay the
farmer" says Stevenson. The birds
should be caponized when developing
wattles and combs, or in the medium
weight breeds when they weigh two
pounds.
Two weeks before marketing, Steven
son advises that the capons be put in
close quarters and fed on fattening
rations, such as milk, cornmeal, bran,
tankage, etc. Any combination like
corn and milk is very good. During
the time previous to these two weeks,
the capons can be fed on corn and can
be allowed to run with the pullets.
In dressing capons for market, only
the soft feathers need be removed
The coarse feathers on the wings, tail,
etc., may be left on. The capon must
be dry picked, If a good price is ex-
pected.
AS capon feathers, especially white
ones, are in demand and will bring
from 50 to 90 cents per pound, the
farmer can afford to keep them clean
and dry and the colors unmixed. ac-
cording to Stevenson.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23

Typical Layer With Record of 25s
Eggs in Her PuIIet Year.
ing work This culling classification
has been worked out by j. G.. Halpln
and j. b. Hayes, pOultrymen at the
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
Gull.
!. Poor layers and all old hens.
2. Cripples. and hens with broken
down abdOmens or frozen toes.
3. The sick, quiet, inactive hens that
spend much time on the roost.
4. All 'crow heads" with long. slim
heads and beaks.
3. The large, coarse-hesded hens
with sunken eyes.
9. The large, coarse-headed hens
with feathers extremely heavy for
their breed.
7. All late-hatched immature bullets
and those that are early hatched but
much understood.
s. All hens that mott before Au-
gust 1.
8. The persistent sitter.
10. All hens with solid, fat abdO
mems
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Hens Pasture Feeders

Hens are pasture feeders, though
seldom considered such on many
farms, in that they are fenced away
from good pasture. ]. g. Halpin OF
the poultry department of the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin says that heavy
laying hen will not last long unless
the bowels are kept in laxative con-
dition. Most poultry keepers find green
stuff more practical than drugs. Green
feed adds the necessary bulk to the
ration and apparently assists ln the
assimilation of minerals.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23

IL. All hens having bad habits scan
nibals, feather-pullers, egg-eaters).
IL. All cockerels not needed foa
breeding purposes.
Keep.
1. Strong, healthy, vigorous hens
with short, neat heads and strong
beaks.
2. The hens with long, deep, rec
tangular bodies and parallel top-and-
bottom lines.
8. The hens with large, bright eyes,
active appearance and short, well-worn
toe nails.
4. The hens with dusty, worn feath-
ers, especially worn tail feathers, but
having bright healthy look.
8. The hens that mott late and those
that mott rapidly.
6. The noisy happy. friendly hens.
z. The early risers and those late
to roost.
8. The vigorous hens with the faded
beaks and shanks.
g. The hens with the thin pelvic
bones spread wide apart.
10. The early-hatched, well-grown
pullets
Ii. Large, strong, active, quick-ma-
turing cockerels Of desired variety
type and high-producing mothers.
Culling pullets Is more uncertain
than culling laying hens, but Is the
application Of sound common sense.
Out Of the same brood under the
same conditions the better prospective
producers mature rapidly. Slow-grow
ing, undeveloped, weak immature pull
let's are bill of expense rather than
a profit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23

tention to details Of production, name
ly, the kinds Of workers In the egg
factory on the farm, and the efficiency
Of their work. Beginning with July
many farm hens take a vacation Goa
sisting OF a slow mott which lasts
throughout the summer. The melting
hen, unless she has been an excep-
tional producer and has been forced In
to the mott because Of lack Of feed, will
not lay while she motifs This means
that the flock will contain many nom
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23

layers through the summer months
when the price of eggs as well as the
price of feed is high.
LIken Hen to Factory.
Like any other factory the flock can
be given the best materials In the
world to work with and still fall to
produce enough for running the plant.
Good feed In sufficient variety Is nee
essary for egg production, but the
ability to manufacture eggs from feed
must be there first, says J. G. Halpin,
head of the poultry department., Wis
consin College of Agriculture Halpin
tells Of one Dane county farmer who
culled his flock of 700 hens and sold
200 hens to the butcher without de-
creasing the egg production Of his
flock. The farmer said that the Gull
ing saved So a day on feed alone and
made the work much easier as we'll
The heavy layer can be told from
the poor layer. Her ability to manu-
facture eggs is told by the shape of
her body, her actions, the time of year
In which she molts, the loss Of yellow
coloring matter in beak and shanks,
and the size and softness of abdomen
Halpin states that no one breed or
strain of hens shows these character
tstics all the way through, but the poor
layer of any breed or strain betrays
herself.
Experience Aids In cuIIlng.
Culling Is not an altogether difficult
task. The best culling can be done
by the man who has closely studied
his flock for most of the season and
has marked especially good hens from
time to time. Shut up all the hens
and pullets some evening, look over
the flock and decide how rigorous the
culling can be without reducing the
numbers too severely. The next
morning the culling may be done.
The inexperienced person who at
tempts to Gull poultry will profit by
studying a culling chart such as the
following, previous to doing the Gull
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
REMOVE N0N-LAYERS
BY CULLING FLOCKS
Dane County Farmer Sells
200 of 700 Hens, Gets
as Many Eggs.

in the
hen house is the
keynote W hic h
t h g poultryman
trys to strike DUR
Ing the summer
months. Such a
program, just as
In the factory, de-
nQn6u roF,VI OF
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23
Give Pullets Best Feed
and Careful Attention

"The success of the poultryman is
measured very largely by the quality
Of the pullets with which he replen-
ishes his flock" says Martin Decker,
poultry research specialist at the New
Jersey agricultural experiment sta
ton.
Great care should be exercised to
keep the pullets growing uniformly
from Matching to maturity, as check
or setback will cause them to mature
too late for winter laying. Develop
ment is best promoted by free range
with an abundance of shade and green
food.
eve feed grain and keep mash be-
fore the growing stock continually.
The mash Is composed of nearly the
same combination as our laying mash.
but the pullets tend to begin laying
too early If allowed too much of 1t.
We must figure on having the pullets
come into production about the middle
of October, or before cold weather
sets in.
''The pullets should be transferred
to winter quarters, gradually-a few
at time. Do not put on the lights
until they have become accustomed to
their new surroundings. Then feed
the laying flock the following rations
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23

100 lbs. wheat bran
100 lbs. wheat middlings
100 lbs. cornmeal
100 lbs. ground oats
100 lbs. meat scrap
Grain
100 lbs. wheat
100 lbs. cracked corn
100 lbs. oats.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23

IL. All hens having bad habits scan
nibals, feather-pullers, egg-eaters).
IL. All cockerels not needed fol
breeding purposes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-23

layers through the summer months
when the price of eggs as well as the
price Of feed is high.