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Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Millions of Americans
Are ODners of Homes

Fourteen million American families
are home owners today, it is estimated
by the Indiana Limestone Quarry
mems association in a survey showing
the growth of the homecoming idea.
America, perhaps rightfully tagged
the most extravagant nation in the
world, spends in one year the sum Of
nearly $3,000,O0O,00O for automobiles.
It's tobacco bill runs almost as high,
while candy, cakes, ice cream and the
like consume another $2,O0O,0OO 900.
Yet with all this seeming disregard
for the future the great enterprise Of
home-making is by no means over
looked" says the association.
Residential building being approxi-
mately 80 per cent of the years esti-
mated $6,000,000000 construction pro-
gram, home-making is easily the big
gest business of the country. Most
convincing evidence of the stability
and strength of the American people,
despite their so-called pleasure ex-
travagance, is the ever-growing influ-
ence of the more substantial type Of
dwelling"
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
GROUND SOY BEANS
SUPERIOR FOR COW

In Indiana experiment station Bulle-
tin 289, L. II. Fairchild and J. w. Will
bur report the results Of three trials
in which soy bean oil meal and linseed
Oil meal were compared as compo-
nents of the grain mixture of dairy
cows during lactation.
Three lots of COWS were fed in two
Of the trials, receiving old process soy
bean oil meal, with and without min
erals during different periods, and
linseed oil meal during third period.
In one trial two lots of cows were
used, the feeding being for three
periods by the double reversal meth
cd. New process soy bean oil meal
was fed in this trial. and one of the
lots received minerals.
The results of the three experiments
were not entirely uniform, but in gen
eral old process soy bean oil meal was
superior to the product prepared by
the new process, and both were SUI
perior to linseed oil meal for milk pro-
duction and in the grain requirements.
Old process soy bean oil meal pro-
duced milk Of a higher fat percentage
than linseed oil meal, but the reverse
occurred with the new process product.
No definite effect was observed from
the feeding of minerals
The second part Of the bulletin
deals with the results Of two expert
ments in which ground soy beans with
and without minerals were compared
with linseed oil meal for milk produc-
tiOn.
The combined results of the two
experiments indicated that the soy
beans increased the milk production
and maintained the fat percentage, as
compared with the linseed oil meal.
Less grain but more silage and hay
were required for milk production with
linseed oil meal. With the mineral
supplements there was a decrease In
milk production.
The authors conclude from the five
experiments that soy bean oil meal
and linseed oil meal are practically
equal in value, while ground soy beans
are superior to either.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Barley Used in Laying
Mash Meets With Favor

Farmers with barley to be used as
poultry feed, might use it to the best
advantage by adopting the Cornell
scratch grain and mash mixture for
laying hens. The scratch grain form
ula consists of 500 pounds of cracked
corn, 200 pounds of wheat, 200 pounds
of barley and 100 pounds of heavy
oats. If good heavy oats are not
available, they advise leaving the oats
out of the scratch grain mixture.
In the laying mash 100 pounds OF
ground barley is used in place of the
ground oats usually recommended in
a ration of that type. The mash con-
sists of 100 pounds each of yellow
corn meal, ground barley, middlingsy
bran and meat scrap containing so to-
55 per cent protein. Three pounds Of
fine table salt should be thoroughly
mixed in each 500 pounds Of the lay
Ing mash.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
FEED SKIM MILK
TO GROWING PIGS

Widespread reports indicate that
dairy scientists and practical dairy
men have joined in disapproval of the
use of old gravity systems and the
so-called water dilution systems of
separating milk. Despite this fact,
there are many water dilution sys-
TENS in use and the losses are fire.
quently very heavy because of this
fact.
One of the advantages of dairy
farming is that when cream is sold,
the skim milk may be saved and fed
to growing pigs and young calves.
Skim milk is regarded as valuable
protein feed, but dairymen are de-
cidedly opposed to filing the skim
milk with lot of precious butterfat.
The water dilution system has been
found by the Indiana experiment sta
tion to lose about 40 pounds of butter
from one cows milk in a year, COM
pared with less than two pounds Of
butter lost by the use of the centrif-
ugal cream separator.
It is a well-knOwn fact that even
the centrifugal cream separator will
not do good work when it's rate of
speed is wrong and when the cream
screw is not properly set by an ex-
perienced operator. Examples of sud-
den savings in fat losses by strict
attention and examination Of the sep
arator are numerous in Wisconsin.
Just why anyone, knowing the dan
gers involved in the careless separa-
ton of milk, should employ cheap and
useless methods of separating cream
or neglect the adjustment Of the cen
trifugal machine is something which
is hard to explain.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
DORMANT SPRAYING
OF RASPBERRIES

With the black raspberry and the
black and the purple blackberry, the
dormant pruning consists chiefly OF
heading-in the lateral branches. The
most important effect of heading-in the
1ateralS is an increase in the size Of
the berries. There is also some in
crease in the number of berries per
cluster. The severity of heading-in
the laterals will depend somewhat on
the vigor Of the canes and also on the
fruiting habit of the variety, says the
Michigan Farmer With the black
raspberry, the best buds for fruiting
are found at the base of the laterals
cane itself, and for this reason it will
respond to a comparatively severe
pruning. In the past the general rec
ommendation has been to head-in the
laterals to IL to 18 inches in length
but it has been found that under
Michigan conditions a more severe
pruning does not decrease the total
yield, and the berries are much larger
and of better quality. Canes approx
imately one-half inch or less should
have their latera1s shortened back to
four buds in length, while those larger
than one-half inch can carry laterals
six to eight buds in length, depending
on the size of the cane. In a CONNER
cial plantation near South Haven,
Mich, ~four-bud pruning as compared
to the usual long pruning resulted in
a total yield Of nine more cases per
acre, and the berries were larger,
making it possible to save 80 per cent
or more in the time Of harvesting the
crop. With the blackberry, the maxi
mum amount of good quality fruit is
produced when the laterals are cut
back at least one-half, reducing the
number of buds to from seven to nine
Occasionally, it is necessary to short
eQ the laterals Of the red raspberry.
These should be left somewhat longer,
as the basal buds tend to remain dor
mant or produce vegetative shoots.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
"Hothouse" Steers Add
Much Trouble to Feeder

Protecting beef cattle in basement
barn tightly closed doesn't produce
beef half as certainly as it produces
trouble.
Gains on beef cattle are more rapid
and economical when cattle are quar-
tered in open sheds rather than warm
Easements.
Cattle-feeding equipment need not
be expensive A barn with a first floor
given over to cattle and hogs, with
hay and straw storage above, crib
running along one side, a silo at one
end, scales at the other end, and south
side open, is difficult if not impossible
to improve.
There is nothing but trouble in the
idea that fattening cattle need to be
protected in a basement barn that
may be tightly closed. Diseases, es-
pecially tuberculosis, are more COM
mon when cattle are closely confined.
A steer on a full ration generates
more than enough heat in the process
Of digestion to maintain body tenn
perature. Steers need a dry bed with
;he cold winds broken. A shed open
to the south will answer these re-
quirements.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Well Managed Sow Will
Increase Crop of Pigs

narrowing records Of STA sows on
So Kansas farm demonstrations con-
Quoted last year by the Kansas State
Agricultural college extension service,
indicate that exercise and protein
foods are among the most important
essentials of winter brood-Sow man.
agement.
In these demonstrations the far
rowing dates ranged from January 1
to April l. The number of sOws to
the farm varied from one to fffty-five.
All of the sows received corn in their
ration.
On % farms 263 sows received corn
and a protein supplement Of either
tankage, skim milk, alfalfa or linseed
oil meal They had plenty Of range
for exercise and the equipment was
about average. Those 263 sows far
rowed a total of 2,669 pigs, an average
of 10 pigs to the litter. Seventeen
hundred and thirteen pigs were
weaned or an average of six and a
half pigs to the litter.
On II of the remaining "a farms
166 sOws received mostly a corn ra-
ton without protein supplement,
They farrowed seven pigs to the litter
and weaned an average of less than
four pigs to the litter The equip
ment on those farms was above the
average On the 13 other farms 145
sows farrowed an average of almost
ten pigs to the litter. The soWs were
fed a well-balanced ration, but on ac-
count of poor equipment and poor
preparation of farrowing quarters
these sows weaned only 45 per cent
Of the pigs farrowed, or a few more
than four pigs to the litter.
The sows that were well managed
and on good rations weaned II per
cent more pigs than the sOws on low
protein rations and so per cent more
than the sows on good rations but
poorly managed.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Increasing Production

1t is easy to increase pre- duction of
average cows when we use pure bred
bulls of reasonably good breeding and
with ancestry of satisfactory produc-
tion. and when we succeed in getting
our average cow up to 300 pounds Of
butterfat year, other problems will
confront US. But our need now is to
get COWS that average 300 pounds or
more. In a study Of more than 1000
records of dams and daughters in cow
testing associations it was found that
the average bull did not increase the
production of COWS that produced 384
pounds Of tat per year.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
GiUe Trees Protection

1t is a known fact that trees and
shrubbery enhance the beauty of al
most any Ordinary-sized building, yet
it is surprising to see the utter lack
of appreciation OF this fact displayed
by great many contractors.
When working on a job they made
absolutely no effort to prevent grow
ing things from being killed, with the
result that there is not a live tree
left on the place when the job is done.
Trees are very easily killed by pill
ing rubbish about them or by knock
ing off the bark. If the builder will
take care to see that these things are
not done he will leave the premises
in such a condition that the trees
will continue to bloom.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Exercise for Brood Sow

The brood sow should get plenty OF
exercise during the. winter months,
The sow that keeps out of doors most
Of the time when the weather is good
is much more likely to produce a
strong litter than the sow that lies
around in the barn or shed. A sow
that is too fat will not produce a strong
litter of pigs-neither will she be able
to take as good care of them. Give
the brood sows the run of pasture
lot during the winter If possible, ana
scatter some feed over the ground 30
they will be induced to take plenty Of
exercise
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Early Spraying Is Best
to Kill Orchard Pests

Early spring is the time to strike
and strike hard at the aphids and
scale insects which later in the sea-
son are likely to infest trees, shrubs
and plants. According to entomolo-
gists the oyster-shell scale is becom
ing abundant in Minnesota, working
not only on orchard trees but on
hedges like the cotoneaster and dog
wood.
"Plant lice, or aphids, usually go
through the winter as eggs around the
buds or on the bark of trees and
shrubs" says A. G. Ruggles of the
division of entomology, university
farm at st. Paul, MINI. "In our ex-
perimental work we have found that
the dormant spray Of lime sulphur put
on just before the buds break in the
spring is a very effective method of
control. Lime sulphur should be fol-
lowed up, as soon as the young leaves
make their appearance, with nicotine
and soap spray.
"The lime-sulphur is on the market
in two forms, one liquid and the 9th
er a powder. If the liquid is used, one
part is diluted with nine parts of wa
ter and then sprayed on the trees. II
the powder is used, three pounds are
dissolved in ten gallons of water and
then sprayed. At this strength it
must never be used on trees in leaf.
''The nicotine sulphate is on the
market under several trade names, as
Black Leaf 40, Sulphate of Nicotine,
Nicoticide. Nicotine sulphate is diluted
as per directions on the container and
soap is added at the rate Of one pound
to Is gallons Of water. The spray is
then directed so that each and every
insect is touched"
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Winter Building Gains

Responses to a QUESTIONABLE sent
out by the Department of Commerce
show that the winter depression in
construction is being gradually leveled
out. During the last two years win
ter building has shown decided in
crease over that of former years,
which proves conclusively that the
agitation in behalf of year-round con-
struction is producing definite results.
Investigation and experience have
shown that except in the most north
ern sections and during extreme
weather, work can go ahead about as
rapidly and proftably as in summer.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Mark the Nonlayers to
Avoid Use as Breeders

It is very important for the proper
development of the pullets that they
be separated from the old birds. Par
ticularly is this true for late Matched
and immature pullets.
Remember that much mash is need
ed for production, but that ample grain
must be fed to give the birds protec-
ton from the cold
Some form of artificial lighting to
offset the short days pays well when
used on these pullets. A gasoline Ian
tern may be used if electric lights are
method is the simplest where the Ian
tern is used. Feed the birds grain
as usual before they go to roost. Light
the lanterns at eight o'clock and feed
more grain, all they will clean up
again. Turn the lights off at nine
o'clock.
Late pullets which are not grown
by December might as we'll be used
for food and feed saved on them.
Fully grown pullets which are not lay
ing SuOu1u mOll ldIo next year anu
be used for breeders if they are not
marked
If the pullets are not laying 40 per
cent or better now, there is something
wrong. See that there is a good
mash, we'll protected house and plenty
of green feed-O. G. Krum, Poultry
Extension Specialist Colorado Agricul-
tural College.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Heel-in Young Trees

If the trees cannot be planted i'm
mediately upon arrival they should
be heeled-in as soon as possible. This
is accomplished by digging a shallow
trench and covering the roots Of the
trees and a foot or more of the lower
1t is important that the trees spread
out in the trench so as to allow the
moist soil to come in close contact
with the roots. This will prevent air
spaces and later drying out of the
roots.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Entertain All Visitors
Outside Poultry House

Entertain your visitors outside of
to farmers by the Ohio State univer-
sity.
Chickenpox and other poultry dis
eases are often spread by people trav-
cling from farm to farm, the univer-
sity poultrymen explain. And with
eggs at present prices, they add, it is
wise to avoid all chance of letting
disease get start In the flock.
"Chickenpox, rOup and canker are
appearing all over the state" the let
ter to poultrymen continues. eve
know very little about the control of
these troubles once a flock is infected,
but must rely on preventive meas
ures."
Among the preventive measures the
poultry specialists list these:
Sick birds should be marked and
excluded from the breeding pen. Pull
lets should be culled throughout the
growing season and the weaker birds
removed. Poultry houses must pro-
vide ventilation in hot weather and
protection from draft and dampness
in cold weather.
Feed a complete ration, including
minerals and vitamins and plenty Of
green feed Handle a few birds ev-
cry night to see whether they are in
rood condition. Remove birds from
the flock when they show the first
symptoms of sickness, for one sick
aird may contaminate the whole flock
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Bricks Great Value

Brick is the material that succeeds,
as few others can, in adapting itself
to the wants of the man with good
taste and moderate income. In the
house built on proper plan 1t sug-
gests all the qualities that should be
associated with the word "hOme," per-
manency, hospitality, warmth, COM
fort, beauty. And brick has that rare
and wonderful characteristic which is
said to distinguish the elect among
womankind-it grows old beautifully.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Coorr1I9pHf}l11Dnrli1Na Coor1I9pH Dnrl1Na
? ? Building;
TOtUn Planning Needs
Ability of High Order

There is little to be gained by at
tempting to determine whether the en-
gineer, the architect, or the landscape
of town planning. Each has his own
peculiar advantages and limitations.
In this country, the landscape archi-
tect has taken a prominent part In
town planning for two reasons: First,
the profession has had the good for
tune for several generations of hay-
ing a leading firm of gifted men, with
high ideals of professional work and
public service and developed social
sense, who in turn have trained many
younger men.
"a second reason for the high place
occupied by the landscape architect
in town planning is the fact that the
most complete course of specialized
training in town planning offered by
an American university is most close
ly related to the advanced technical
courses and research work in land
scape architecture. These courses of
instruction, however, are equally open
to engineers and architects, and have
been taken by many men already well
trained in these professions.
Town planning finally SINNERS down
very largely to the relation between
design and construction, and the meth
DDS by which design can be translated
successfully into construction, keeping
always in view the element of cost and
the legal authority with which to pro-
ceed.
There must be wider training in de-
sign of those who have to do primarily
with construction, and a larger expe-
rience in construction of those who
have to do primarily with design. The
town plan itself must show an orderly
distribution of all its parts, with a
nice regard for the practical require
ments of each part, and it's esthetic
potentialities. And there must be
foresight and vision as to what is in
volved in the social and civic life of
the community in the execution of the
plan.-Philadelph Record.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
FARM NOTES

Grow a cash crop. Once a year ik
will bring in quite a sum of money.
Just minding his own business win
keep a farmer going all the time II
months of the year.
An acre of twenty-bushel corn fod-
der made into silage will put twice as
much gain on live stock as 1t will IL
fed from the shock.
Produce something that your neigh
boring farmers will want to buy. IL
may be seed, breeding stock or some
variety OF food that they don't raise
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Hotbed Is Help
to Early Garden
Protection From Cold Winds
and Warm Sunlight Is
Important.

To have plants in time for the
early garden hotbeds and cold frames
may be used by the home gardener
with good results. Both of these gar
den accessories are easily built with
small expense.
Place for Hotbeds.
January is the time to prepare
the hotbed over most of the central
South,' says Robert Schmidt of the
department of horticulture at North
Carolina State college "Place the
hotbeds in a sheltered spot with
southern exposure. There they will
be protected from the cold winds and
will receive the warm sunlight. The
cold frames should be handy to both
the house and the garden, so that they
can receive constant attention. The
soil in and around the frames needs
to be well drained"
Professor Schmidt states that a hot
bed six by six feet will be large
enough for the average garden. Stand
ard hOtbed glass sash are three by
six feet and can be bought or made
at home.
sieating Material.
Fresh manure containing about
one-third straw litter makes the best
heating material for the hotbed. The
manure must first be piled up under
shed until 1t begins to heat and should
be turned each two or three days un-
til the whole mass is heating evenly.
The pit in which it is placed should
be about eighteen inches deep. Pack
in the manure to within about four
inches from the top and then build
the frame out of inch boards to fit
over the pit
Do not put in the seeds until the
first heating is over and the tempera-
ture has fallen to about 85 or 90 de-
grees, advises Professor Schmidt.
Some moisture must also be added.
The cold frame is made in about the
same way as the hotbed except that
NJ heating material is needed. This;
frame Is used to harden off plants
from the hotbed before setting them
In the open garden. The frame should
be covered with a light canvas or
heavy muslin.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Time to Plant Trees

Long winter evenings are the time
for planning Identification of the home
grounds. The man who plants a tree
will live to point it out with PRIDE
Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-13
Horticulture Facts

Make out orders for seed and nurs-
cry stock.
Guard the young trees against
girdling by mice and rabbits.
.
Trees set in holes blasted with
dynamite are said to bear earlier
than when set In spade-dug holes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
EVERYBODY FED7

The statement was recently made
by magazine writer that industry
was developing to point, where
everybody will be fed, and nobody will
be free" There is much food for
thought in this epigram which SO
aptly portrays the trend of modern
industry.
Intelligent employers are looking
forward to the organization of indus
try upon basis where everyone who
works will receive sufficient wage to
feed, clothe and house himself, but
will at the same time be powerless to
break the chains which bind him to
the machines. The prospect might
aptly be described as industrial feud-
alism. 1t is far from pleasant to
anticipate.
Man does not live by bread alone.
While important there is much more
to live for than full stomach and
warm body Since man first organ
lied into social units he has strug-
gled constantly to obtain greater free
dom. Man desires not only the means
of life, but he desires to obtain them
as right and not as privilege
granted him by some individual OF
group of individuals. The sense of
independence and liberty that result
from a control of ones own means of
life is a priceless possession which
many men have and will risk their
life to obtain. Industrial feudalism
as contemplated by some of the bene-
ficiaries of the present economic
order is the antithesis of freedom
Under it man will have sufficient oats
and be well stabbed. His tank will
be filled with gasoline and he will be
alemited and repaired when neces.
sary.
To escape this obnoxious and dis.
NAL prospect the workers must bano
themselves together in trade unions
Trade unions are the only thing
which the workers possess that car
develop and maintain for control over
their means of life.