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Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Better Feeds Increase
Profits for Dairy Man

Last winter, Professor Fairchild
brought six COWS into Purdue univer-
sity. OF these, four were Holsteins,
zone was a Jersey and there was one
Guernsey. AL, Of these had cow-test-
ing association records. At the uni
versity, they were> given full rations
to see what difference feeding could
make in their production and profit.
In the cow7testing association they
had~averaged 268 days in milk and in
that time. they had produced 5,244
pounds OF. milk and 21O pounds Of fat
at "a feed cost of s4O79. The income
over feed was $75.56 each. -
Upon being given q full feed>of. the
427l mixture Ing 248 days GO less days
than the average in the cowetestinglas-
sociations) they averaged 1913 pounds
Of milk and 1865 pounds of fat. The
feed cost was $6133 while the income
over feed cost was $119.84 per COW.
Certainly / it. would have paid the
original owners Of these cows to have
fed them Better True, the cost of
feeding was increased In milk and but
terfat produced. There was a SO per
cent increase In milk, a SO per cent
increase in butterfat but the feed cost
was increased only so per cent while
the income above feed cost was in
creased So per cent
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Small To10ns Profit

Congestion of automobiles in the
cities is proving a benefit to small
town merchants Many of the lesser
communities report that parking re-
strictions in large and middle-sized
cities is hinderahg the 'small-town buy
er who used to 10 to the city to shop.
Apparently traffic. and parking diff
culties are making It, hard rFJshopz
pers to buy in the city, and they are
staying at home Marysville. Ohios is
a town Of aboSt 12,6Oo inhabitants,
just 80 miles from Golumhus Mer-
chants in this community report that.
since parking and traffic have become
so complicated, in, Columbus, many
people are hof going to the larger city
and Marysville merchants are pros
perings efa 1Eg1l O. x3-yklEE
A very interesting plan to aid the
Out-of-town- buyer and to prevent park
ing restrictions from hurting the local
merchants has been evolved through
the retail merchants bureaus of blue
fieldf w. Va In this esenterprfsing city
a One-hOur parking limit is strictly
enforced in business districts. An
Out-of-town buyer coming 9to the city.
however, receives special tag : to
place on his car. Police authorities
note this tag and will not take action
If the parking limit is violated.-Na-
tons Business Magazine.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Orchard Problem to Get
Apples to Bear Early

q The first apples borne on tree are
IT'S most valued ones. The first or or
is rarely large enough to more tn an
check the mounting expense connected
with starting an. orchard. This small
financial help Is, however, especially
welcomeA The early fruits $50 give
promise Of better times ahead. Al
least, one of the most discussed Or.
'chard cultural problems is the one ot
getting early bearing.
What should @e done or not done
to get apples to Bear at an early or
chard age? At timeA> the answer seems
clears at other times>it is not so def
Unite. Trees which grow very much
,are usually late In. bearing unless tn ey
produce terminal and 4ateSal blossoms
at>an early age. Checking the wood
growth, usually helps early fruiting
but starved trees are late in bearing
Pruning is commonly found to delay
Soaring, but there are frequent and
marked instances of cutting having
fastened blossom bud formation
Sometimes the use of readily avail
able nitrogenous fertilizers brings
trees into bearing, and at other times
it unquestionably retards early fruit
ting -E
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
IC.|Si !IgsI[li|S
H1a||Z ElSH
AAA1 % aA
MARY GRAHAlN BONNER.
THE LLAMA

Il had cousin once" said Mr..
Llama.
That's nothing" interrupted the
Alpaca, II suppose all Of us have had
cousins.
''In fact l don't believe there is
creature in existence who hasn't had
cousin or an uncle, or mother, or
father, or some sort Of relative.
In fact creatures have good many
relatives l think"
II was going to tell you about
special COUSIN" said Mr.. Llama
did he invent somthing wonderful,
or discover new country?" asked the
Alpaca.
"If not, he was no more wonderful
than anyone's else cousin.
II can produce cousin-that is In
my speech for l cannot bring one right
here at this moment-whO was white.
"As you know l am a very dark
brown and so are most of my family.
They say we are appreciated be-
cause of our long fleece, of wool.
I'VE are very useful"
yes, your wool is supposed to be
very useful. Even though you are
smaller than l am you have more
fleece and hair" agreed the Llama
"Tell me about your COUSIN" said
the Alpaca.
Il suppose he was rpusual to your
mind, anyway" ,
"Of course, here in the ZOO" said
the Llama, II am simply gazed at or
upon or on. ''f' ~ - a1't" @24''Hl
my beautiful long wavyi hair of
such wondrous brown and white coIors
is greatly admired s,i 7a-,eG
:. "'They say how fine J. am, and how
nice my hair is, and how useful it
would be. a., Y
"But it won't be useful to them
for belong to the zoo, and the, zoo
won't get rid of me, no indeed
when am not in the zoo l am
used as a regular carry all. sou 80
II always have been used to carry
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Glover Bloat Treatment
as Favored bY Kentuck

a some years ago the Kentucky ag-
ricultural e, experiment station made
Investigations as to the cause and
cure of cattle Lbloating Oh dover
Their recommendations are as fol-
- 'swhen cattle are first pastursd or
clover they should only be kept m the
pasture sforS a short time End Aould
not be turned into etne pastureSun til
after the sdew has, disappeared. Fur
ather, rclovers that have been frosted
are much more apt cause abldat
than at any other time. After the
cattle (hayef become accustomed ito
clover, there is not so much danger
Of. bloat as thereais when they ane
firA pERetE on THIS kind of feed. The
treatment 6fs caseshthata do~ occur c9n-
sists, Of tapping or puncturing the
paaHeh, twhfeh permits the escape tof
gas that has formed, also to dren 81.
ipraediatsly with a Solution of o4s.
6alf to one ounce Of formalin to d
i Quarteofs water This may be repeh ht-
ed if necessary. 1t is always adHis-
able to follow with dose of salts"
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
ORCHARD
GLrANIN(Iy
USE OIL EMULSION
TO CONTROL SCALE

There is a growing tendency among
sions for lime-sulphur for the control
Of scale insects, especially the San
Jose scale. A number of growers in
New York state, particularly in the
Hudson river valley, where apple scab
is not major problem, used oil emul-
sions with bordeaux during the past
season for the delayed dormant spray
Their thought In using the oil was to
control the scale and rosy aphid, and
with the bordeaux they hoped to elimi-
nate the light infection of apple scab
with which they are sometimes trou-
bled, writes Glenn W. Herrick in the
Rural New Yorker The formula
which we believe safest to use Is as
follows: Potash flsh-oil soap, two
pounds red engine or diamond par
affin oil, two gallons; water (soft), one
gallon.
This emulsion is known as the lubrl-
eating Oil emulsion. 1t is being wide
ly used in the Middle West to combat
the San Jose scale.u A 2 per cent
emulsion is, employed for application
to the trees while they are in the DOR
mant stage in the early spring, and
even up to and including the delayed
dormant stage. The per cent emul-
sion is obtained by putting the whole
sbatchto stock emulsion containing the
two gallons of oil in a 10OIgallon tank,
and then filling the tank with soft
water.
The growers in the Hudson river
valley have combined the oil with a
3-3-1OO bordeaux mixture by adding
the batch of stock emulsion to 97 gal
ions, of the bordeaux, the latter being
made up in the usual way by using
three pounds of copper sulphate, three
pounds of fresh stone lime, and 100
gallons of water. This combination of
2 per cent oil and 3-3-1O0 bordeaux has
been applied during the delayed dor
mant period without injury. The Oil
should aid in the control of the oyster
shell scale, and the bordeaux although
weak, should aid in checking the scab.
We believe, however, that further ap.
plications Of bordeaux or lime-sulphul
should be made for the scab, especial
ly If this disease is prevalent and Sc
rious in Nova Scotia.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Feed Ewes Literally to :
Increase Crop Of Lambs

Il The sheepman twhos makes brood
ewes of his flock is likely tos ma Ike
more money than the man who helps
Only enough to fperpetuate hiss flock,
This fact is brought oout by a survey
conducted on 20 fQcks by the Ohio
State university. H. 4
Five AocksH having the highest per-
%eentageA of brood ewes and Elamb BIS
were compared with the five Efock ks
With the lowest percentage. In the
fiocks with the highest proportion OF
Iambs1 4SI per cent of the fiocY we're
bred ewes and 81 lambs were raised
for every 100 head of the flock. I'm
thk five focks of the loves proper
! ton of lambs, 33eper cent of the flo ok
! were bred Eewes Fand 421& lambs we're
raised for every 100 head. Compare ed
to this high and low market, the w.
erage of all flocks showed that 36
per cent. were 6bred ewes and 20 lam bs
were raised in every 10000 the flock.
The high Ave f6eks reported an
average profit of $2.04 on sheep !;
1hej low FIVE focks 95 cents sheep,
and an average of. all flocks of $1.66 a
sheep. The }conclusion drawn by the
university was that the difference of
profit can be attributed to the yhigher
percentage of lambs or theS higher
percentage of brood ewes in the more
profitable docks. w
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
GOOD PASTURE IS
FIRST ESSENTIAL

A good pasture is the first essential
for successful live stock production
and one containing only the wild or
native grasses will not increase the
bank account ON the basis of grow
ing cattle since it will produce an
approximate gain of only one pound
per animal daily.
such pasture will only pay
about two per cent on the invest
ment," says Prof r. S. Curtis. of the
animal husbandry department at the
North Carolina State college. "A
business man figures that he must
have at least six per cent on his
money. A good pasture seeded to
tame grasses and properly made and
cared for will return this amount. In
other words, where. the live stock man
gets only one pound gain peFsday on
native pastures, he should get from
two TO three pounds gain on all ia me
pasture ~ ~ aE&
a2It is time tos plow up the Sold pas
lures, reseed them and makeSthe In
vestment pay. Some farmers who
are getting about 125 pounds of gain
per animal in a season by using old,
native grass pastures should remem-
Der that there oare numerous in
stances where other farmers are get
ting~350 to 375 pounds of gain per
season. This means that the live
stock~man who has good pasture
and is using it as business man, is
growing out steer in one year,
while the other man, not so business
like,(is taking two. or three years to
grow out his steer. In the meantime,
he has his money tied up and fncurs
the risk of carrying the animal"
b. Professor Curtis states that live
stock growers must learn that a beef
animal should be kept growing from
the time he is born until marketed.
There should be no lapse in weight
during this time. Pasture plus feed
is the way to do this. The live stock
grower must grow pasture, use plenty
of feed, with judgment, and place his
animals on the market with the least
delay possible. Money can be made
in the growing of beef cattle but only
on the basis of good pastures avail
able. D.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Freezing Has Decidedly
- Harmful Effect on Milk

Freezing has a decidedly injurious
effect on milk and cream, as nearly
every housewives has observed.
But it is not, commonly known, sayr
the dairy department at Rutgers uni
versity, that within certain limits the
longer milkeor cream remains frozen
the more pronounced the bad effects
become. Thes fat rises and is partly
churned and the casein appears In
flakes. Such milk 2oF 5crean1zis not as
readily digested,s as an unfrozen
pEoduct. and does not keep@as well.
:. Milk that has been frozen is. insult
sable :. for making junket and, like
zfrozea~ cream, is almost useless for
coffee. If either is placed in coffee the
fat rises as a disagreeabfe oil and the
casein remains in fine flakes, refusing
to give the drinkfits desifed eereamedt
appearance. This frequentlg fresnlts III
unjustifed criticism of the dairyman.
Much of the difficulty san xbe pre-
vented by having q. covered bo2s where
the milkman can leave The bottf9s:9 9ttri I'll.
less the weather is very severe this
will delay freezing for several hours.
AnAncrd4abg 1nidheR lofsda1ry Soidr
panies are changing their winter
sch zf are 1asselte aasls
during the daytime.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27

ing things-everythin from silver to
rags.
But was going to tell you about
my cousin" 800 -
The Alpaca nodded.
THAT is what you were going to do.
I'm all ready to hear about your
cousin. ear t.a.,f4 81 a
'In fact now l am curious to hear
about your cousin.
" "Tell me about him without delay"
SAT once,'' said the Llama. 'h''..e'
'"You know how pleasant most of US
areW av..t tftteI34I1l a5.H efl aj
The Alpaca nodded again.
'''We are gentle and mild and pos
sess very excellent dispositions.
eve are like camels without humps,
only we are far more pleasant.
"But when a Llama is cross.
. 'h"Whew r. He is a terror then. Oh
yes, when he is cross, ne is.
There is no animal who can beat
him. He is beyond all words-he is
SO Wild and dangerous. And when
say beyond all words l mean he is so
wild that words couldn't follow him
where he goes-not even the widest
ones" =" '3 @'47
Now my cousin was like that-he
was just as ugly in disposition as was
possible. ..4Q4a4 aj
"They said it was as though he were
quite insane-so horrible was he.
He tried biting and every other
bad act of which he could think
Eyes, am the usual Llama with a
good disposition, but my cousin was
a terror" he ended, almost with a
certain amount of pride and boastful-
ness. tdf 81 o Ia E2#f
j And the Alpaca grinned broadly at
the way the Llama had told his story.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
DAIRY
BUILD DAIRY HERD
ON QUALITY BASIS

Soundness, type, and performance
are the three qualities for which to
look in buying COWS or bulls to build
up herd. To largely increase the
production of herd is a slow process,
but 1t is much more difficult when the
original animals are not carefully Sc
lected
The three characteristics listed,
meaning freedom from disease, out
ward evidence of breed character and
dairy ability, and the recorded ability
to produce milk and butterfat econom-
fcally are the prime requisites for
which the dairyman should look.
Dairymen get considerable income
from the sale of surplus stock, and
therefore should be interested in so
selecting cows for their herds and in
so handling that this surplus will
bring a top price. ''i ha@a".ts5 ''''
Prof. n. A. Hopper Of the New York
State College of Agriculture at
Ithaca makes these statements, anG
follows them with remarks on breed
ing. He. says 1t takes a highly pre-
potent bull to get good offspring from
a herd of scrubby females. He says
that a good Sire may be expected to
overcome some deficiencies in the COW,
but that not all sires are worthy OF
suchGconfidence.
ss' Moreover, it is wasteful to use a
bull of great merit ON inferior cows.
when the effort would be SO much
more productive on cows of higher
quality. The lower the quality of
cows used, the less the proportion of
offspring worth keeping. For economic
reasons such procedure is not worth
while where more satisfactory cows
are readily obtGirable.
Get cows which have at least fair
type, and give promise Of the ability
to produce. This latter point can be
confirmed by testing them. 1t adds to
their value If they have good dairy
points and are out of families which
carry these qualities in a high per-
centage of cases. This indicates that
such factors are we'll fixed and may
be expected to appear in the offspring.
This is fully as important as select
ing the sire. Don't overlook health"
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
[ R0(g]llRT
OF SCABBY
LEGS IN POULTRY

The unSightly disease which affects
the legs of fowls, causing them to
swell and become distorted is due to
mite, small insect which is SINH.
lar in appearance to that which
causes scab in sheep. It is rOundiSh-
oval and semi-transparent, about one
eight-hundredth of an inch in length,
appearing, when magnif1ed 400 di-
ameters, about half an inch long. Be
meath the scales there are spongy,
scabby grOwths, in which the eggs
and pupae of the mites are to be seen
In great numbers. The pupae are
very similar in shape to mature mites,
but are very much smaller, appear
ing, when viewed with the above
mentioned power, about one-tenth of
an inch in length. The disease, being
Of similar character to the scab In
sheep, or the mango in dogs and cat
tie, may be cured by the same treat
menta Fowls We're cured of this dis
ease, before accurately knowing the
cause, by applying. to the legs mix
ture of lard with one-twentieth part
of carboliGs acid. This should be APP
piled with a stiff brush, such as one
of those sold with bottles of mucilage.
"A very small painters sash-brush
would answer the purpose; but some
thing must be used by which the
smedfcated grease can be applied thor
oughly totthe crevices between the
SCALES.
A mixture on equal parts of lard or
sweet-oh and Kerosene will be equally
as effective as lthe carbolic acid mix
ture. tt probable that lard, OF oil
alone, Would @be effective, but the
kerosene more easily penetrates be-
tween the scales and the carbolies acid
is sure deathAto the parasites The
remedy being so simple, it will be
Inc excusable if this dfsagreeable affec-
tion is suffered to remain in a flock;
while, however, one fowl is troubled
with it, it will certainly spread, as the
mites will burrow beneath the scales
of the other fowls If precautions are
generally used, the parasite can be
exterminated. Whenever affected
fowls are sent out, the disease goes
with them
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
C&9}nEr}mfu4nF1ilK5
= Building
Community Advertising
of Highest In1portonc,

State advertising is not an expert
ment. Where it has not been con-
sistent nor systematic and maintained,
it has not succeeded. Where it has
not dealt with the facts, 1t has been
sooner or later exposed with a re-
sultant bad reaction on the region thus
falsely set forth. But where it has
been consistent, convincing, sys-
tematic and truthful, every inquirer
has himself become an advocate of
the locality or region thus ably and
honestly described. The history of
our national expansion is replete with
instances of glowing success following
closely on the heels of constructive
and reliable community advertising
whether that community be locality,
a state or a region.
Those who are to direct the adver-
tising of Alabama's opportunities have
fine field for the display of ability
and fine chance to see their efforts
richly rewarded by the results. This
state, from end to end and from side
to side, possesses all the facets of in
vitatiOn to new residents and new in
vestment that can possibly be imag-
ined. Every line of industry, every
factor in health and climate, every
stimulus to energetic endeavor is here
in abundance awaiting only the magic
touch of human intelligence to trans
mute them into wealth and happiness.
The first thing is to let the outside
world know about it all.-Mobile Reg
lister. "tst T." Sea
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Wisconsin Experts Give
...-u. Rations-for the Chicks

3 For chicks the first ten days Wiscon-
sin EXPERTS recommend this corn cake:
Finely, ground corn, II pint{5 wheat
bran; 4 teacupful soda, 1 teaspoon
full sour milk, l teacupfut. Bake one
hour and feed four times a day Mfx
o little dry grain chick feed into the
Hitter to induce exercise r gkn( +
3 Aft4 4the>frsSfeR days the follow
ing mash 9fsslhlrs is recommended, either fed
dry or mixed crumbly. with water or
Sour milk: Corn meal, $50 pounds;
wheat bran, 100 pounds; wheat mid
dlings, 100,4pqunds; rolled oats, 25
pounds; meat scrap, 20 pounds; oil
meal, 5tp6uhds; salt, 8 pounds.
The pbhtrJ fdepartment of Cor1ell
university reeQthmsndse tlAs ration for
fattenfng, with milk, and fed wet !;
Corn meal, SO pddndsa attite Swheat
middlings, 20 pounds; ground heavy
oats, 10 pounds 1Ais is to- be mixed
to batteR fresh at 4achefeedfhg,L with
buttermilk or skim anils.a eIfr vigil re-
Quire approximately two pounds OF
milk to one pound of mash.
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Propagating Currants in
Il Spring Is Favored Plan

: Currants will strike root readily in
m pst any way they are harit1led- Some
times they are planted cut in the fall
directly after being cut. butiordinarily ily
they are either buried outdoors butts
zup or. else stored in a cool cellar SO
%as to hasten 4callus formation. and
thenssin the spring they~age planted
out. !. The Qength of cutting depends
mostly upon the amount'of vooo avail
able ana THE convenience Of handling.
Ten Ainclfes. is a good average. A
threeEfoot cuffantacdtting .ds too long.
The roots that. it will form will not
be able te-keep such~a large top sup
piled WftA--food materials and mois-
ture. 1t will be just as well to defer
cutting back a11fil spring, on account
of possible killing back, but one or
two buds above ground are sufficient
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Clean Factories Count

Clean factories and offices mean
clean homes. It comes natural to a
man who works. in clean surroundings
to keep his hands and his clothing as
clean as his job permits. He, takes
pride in his appearance, and he has
to have home worthy sof it. That
explains why so many cities are los
ing their slnmsE2 It isn't that land
lords have reformea it isSbecause la
Dor will no longer live in funsanitary
surroundings. The clean factory is a
lesson to the immigrantr = used TO
squalor. 1t is great help in the
AmericaniZation movement. ~
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Daddy Was Dirty Pig

Walter, aged three, had been chas-
tised and called a dirty little pig" one
day when he came into the house al
most covered with mud. The follow
ing day his father, who had been doing
some work on their automobile, came
into the house much in the same condi-
ton. FsF 7''
! ''Why, papa, you dirty pig!" said
Walter. ,E-av .B1
a !"'Walter Y called his mother, is that
nice, for, you to call your. father a
dirty, pig?s Tell him you didn't mean
it, and that you are sorry"
''Oh, daddy sobbed the little fell
low, 9''I didn't mean that you was a
dirty pig, daddy; you is a nice clean
pigi"'2x e. $lsa 3z:'f
Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
Bird Sanctunriea Paw

The value of bird sanctuaries which
so greatly increase the bird popula-
ton is at once apparent. Two birds
can kill in a single day more insects
than two men with compressed air
sprayer in an orchard or a farmer
with a two-horse duster in a field
Bird refugees in such places as state
parks, town or county forests, or on
private property should be encouraged
BX fanersnaere than by any other
class. The more birds the fewer in
8.