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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07

Unless more rain comes. there is no
danger of flood, it is said
John d. Williams, State highway
commission, director. Monday, re-
ceived word that State Rd. east
of Medora was covered with water
from White river. 1t is believed this
section of the road will be closed for
three or four days. Hoosier Motor
Club officials report a bridge wash
out east of Cambridge City on the
National Rd. A detour has been es-
tablished in State Rd between In
dianapolis and Kokomo because of
high water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07

A new market is to take the place
Of that destroyed during the bubonic
plague in Chincha, Peru.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Practical Plan to Wean
Young Calf Is Outlined

When a calf Is to be weaned. after
running with the COW for three or
four months, shut the COW up at night
for a week or ten days, milk her
every morning and let her run with
the calf through the day. Then. at
the end of ten days. after the calf has
run with the cow in the morning, say
one hour, and the COW eats a little
and gets drink, shut her up and milk
her in the evening. Then turn calf
with COW for half an hour or so and
shut up for the night. Repeat this
for week or ten days. By this
time the calf will conclude the cow is
about dry and will care little for her.
Put the calf weaner on the calf and
let the COW and calf run together as
at first. This does away with the
COW and calf fretting for each other
and makes it a much more agreeable
job for the one doing the work.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Around -
Orc,har r,elEz1
SUMMER PRUNING
is LOGICAL PLAN

Summer pruning, which consists in
pfnching and disbudding, is the most
logical method of directing the growth
Of trees. When proper attention is
given to this practice amputation of
branches will be unnecessary and the
consequent injury incident to pruning
will be eliminated
The perfection of summer pruning
provides for the complete control and
disposition of growth without invOlv-
ing any material removal of foliage.
When the extreme terminal bud Of
growing shoot is removed growth in
that direction will be checked without
injury to the plant. The vitality of
the plant is then distributed properly
without being wasted in the prOduc-
ton of wood that is to be cut away
the following winter. However, rude
and careless destruction of summer
foliage, like the cutting away of long
shoots on grapevine, will often lead
to injury. 1t is certain that full and
perfect maturity depends on a full
growth of healthy, matured foliage.
When the terminal bud of a branch
is pinched out it not only arrests
growth in that direction but induces
the development of lateral shoots
where more active extension is need
ed. Disbudding may also be extended
to include any superf1uOuS buds, flow
ers or shoots at any place on a stem
or branch in order to divert sap into
those which are stronger and are re-
quired to remain either for the pro-
duction of branches, fruits or flowers
Of superior quality and size. This
must always be done in early stages of
growth before the shoot removed has
developed to any great extent.
The branches of figs, peaches and
vines are usually so full of young
shoots and fruit buds in early spring
that If all were allowed to remain the
result would be a dense thicket of use
less branches. Many of such shoots
die without further attention from the
grower, but any useless growth will
be made at the expense of the ripen-
ing fruit or the remaining wood.
BY keeping in mind the principles of
summer pruning the difficulties in
proper training Of an ornamental
hedge will be largely eliminated. 1t
is the pinching back of strong, upright
branches that makes a dense hedge,
with numerous lateral branches near
the ground. Neither California privet
nor barberry should require much win
ter pruning after the first year.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
GRASS NOT ALWAYS
SUFFICIENT FEED

Good pasture is always considered
to be the most desirable ration for
the dairy COW. Yet, in some cases,
a heavy-producing COW may not be
able to get enough food from grass
alone. Pastures vary in capacity
One mans pasture may be knee deep
in rich and luxuriant forage, while
another's may be little better than
dry lot. 1t will depend greatly on
the productive power of the pasture
as to how much supplementary feed,
if any, is needed. According to the
department of farm management at
Washington, cow producing three
gallons Of milk a day On pasture
should get approximately three pounds
of grain additional or it's equivalent in
good hay or green feed. A COW pro-
ducing four gallons of average milk
should get about five pounds of grain.
and for five gallons of milk of average
quality, about eight pounds of grain.
This is just business proposition.
If pound of grain fed to certain
COW will produce an extra pound or
two of milk and the milk produced is
worth more than the grain, it will pay
to feed that much grain. If the COW
will not produce enough more milk
to pay for the grain she either does
not need it or is not capable of in
creasing her production. Obviously,
it will pay better to feed extra grain
when milk aud butter Is at good
price than when it brings a low price.
It must also be remembered that while
extra feed may not increase the milk
flow Of the cow Immediately, it may
prevent her going down in milk later
and may pay for itself that way
Chas. I. Bray, Associate Professor of
Animal Husbandry, Colorado Agricul
tural College.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Sure Way of Obtaining
a High Yield of Milk

The surest way of obtaining high
yield of milk from a COW is to have
her in good flesh at calving time. If
plentiful supply of good feed is
given the COW, before calving. the ami
NAL will be in good condition, vigor-
Gus and healthy. The material that
builds up the calf must come from
some source, and if it is not supplied
by liberal feeding, the cow will deny
herself and use her own tissues and
strength for producing her offspring.
AS a result when the calf is dropped
the COW Is weak and the calf is not
as strong as it would have been If the
mother had been on feed. The feed
fed is used for building up the partly
destroyed tissues and supplying milk
for the calf.
Thus by supplying a liberal ration
to the COW while carrying the unborn
calf, a reserve of fats and other build
ing materials is ready for the purpose
of milking the calf, and the mother
is not forced to use her own flesh and
blood for this purpose. AS a result.
she will be more likely to drop a
strong, vigorous calf, give her maxi
mum milk production and she and
the calf will be better off with no
more feed used in the long run.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
FATTEN BROILERS
FOR MARKETING

For the most part, farmers and
poultry raisers who keep Leghorn
chickens pay most attention to the
production of eggs. They think of
eggs as the chief end of poultry keep
Ing. My experience has been that by
paying little more attention to the
fattening and marketing of Leghorns,
the income from this source can be
considerably increased, says a writer
in the Successful Farming. Especially
is this true when marketing broilers.
Leghcrn broilers fatten easily when
confined and force fed for about two
weeks. They will consume about two
pounds of feed during this time and
should show gain in weight of one
half to threefourths of a pound.
There are two methods which l
nave employed in fattening broilers.
These are pen and crate fattening.
The simplest and most logical method
for farm conditions l have found is
pen fattening.
Following this method, the birds are
confined in small pens when about one
and one-half pounds in weight and
are fed the following mash: 25 pounds
cornmeal, Is pounds middlings, 8
pounds meat scraps, and One-half-pound
salt This is fed as a wet mash by
adding sour milk, buttermiIk, or skim
milk. The birds are fed this mash
three times a day and are permitted
to eat for half an hour at a time,
when the uneaten portion is removed.
1t is important that the Intervals
between the feelings should be as
nearly equal as possible.
The object of feeding this wet mash
is to get the birdsto eat large amounts
of food SO they will make maximum
gains in the shortest time.
Corn meal and milk in any form
should be the foundation of any good
fattening mash. It should also be re-
membered that when milk is used in
fattening fowls, not a too large amount
of meat scraps should be used.
One reason for the wide spread
in prices paid for Leghorn broilers
and those Of the heavier breeds is
because the Leghorn, being more ac.
tive, will not take on flesh as readily
as the heavier breeds when on free
range
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Control Currant Aphids
by Use of Spray or Dust

Currant aphids, while not generally
a serious pest, may be readily con-
trOlled should they become trouble
some, by the use of spray or dust mix
lures containing the necessary guam
tity Of nicotine, the fumes of which
are toxic to insects of this sort. Often
one application will suffice.
Liquid sprays containing one pint of
nicotine sulphate to 100 gallons of
spray mixture and dust preparations
carrying from 1 to, 2 per cent nico-
tine proved about equally effective
against currant aphids in spray tests.
A safe and efficient spray mixture is
recommended as follows: Nicotine
sulphate, one pint; soap, five pounds,
and water, 100 gallons. This should
be applied under high pressure and
should wet all the surfaces of the fo-
liage thoroughly for best results.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
How Are Calves Raised
ProfitablY for Market? /?

Many farmers think that at the pres
ent price Of milk and veal, it does not
pay to produce veal, therefore, many
calves are ''deaconed." On the aver
age it will take ten pounds of milk to
produce one pound of gain in a calf.
If milk is $500 per hundredweight,
then every pound of gain costs 20
cents. If it were not for realizing on
the original weight of the calf, every
pound of veal would be produced at
loss. Suppose a calf weighs IS pounds
when it is born, and by feeding it to
marketable age you increase it's
weight to $50 pounds. You have in
creased it's weight 75 pounds, and it
has taken at least $50 pounds of milk,
worth $15. You sell the calf for IA
cents a pound, or $21. You have real
tzed $6 for the original weight of the
calf, less the expense of feeding and
the cost of marketing, for had you
"deaconed" the calf you would have
received nothing for the carcass, ex-
cept, possibly, 80 cents for the hide.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Producing Apples Of High
Color Most Profitable

Apples that are high in color sell.
themselves readily. Wise apple grow
ers will so handle their orchards that
they will produce apples of the high
est color. Prof. f. G. Sears, head of
the department of pomology at the
Massachusetts Agricultural college,
recently outlined five methods by
which apples with high color can be
produced.
First, keep the tree open enough
to let in sufficient light Second, space
the trees widely enough in the or
chard so that they may get plenty of
light; or if filters have been used, re-
move them before they crowd so much
as to give poor color. Third, use fer
tilizers more carefully so as to obtain
the proper degree of growth for good
color without too much foliage.
Fourth, adapt our varieties to our
soils in order to get the best color.
One soil will give highly colored Bald
wins, but poorly colOred fruit of some
other variety. Fifth, thin the fruit.
Color is chiefly dependent on ma
turity and sunlight. To get good col
or, maturity should be hastened by
avoiding the use of undue amounts Of
nitrogenous fertilizers, by sod culture
where practicable, by stopping culti-
walton early, and by using large-g grow
ing cover crops. Utilizing sunlight to
the best advantage involves pruning
to open up the tree and thinning to
expose surface to the SUM-
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
BALANCED RATION
FOR YOUNG STOCK

1t has not been many years since
the balanced ration came into favor
with progressive live stock breeders
and feeders. For many years expert
mentS have been conducted for the
purpose Of determining the exact ra
ito between various classes of feed
ing stuffS that were suitable for the
use of live stock. 1t was thought un-
til recent years that any ration con-
tanning the required amounts Of car
bohydrates, fats and proteins, prOvid-
ing they were of a soluble kind, was
all that was required for complete
nutrition of the animals body. By
chance 1t was discovered that there
are other food substances that are nee
esSary for growth, maintenance and
development, particularly of young
animals. These discoveries promise
dustry, especially of young animals,
and breeding stock. A few years
ago the question Of vitamines was un-
heard of. There was no attention
paid to any such substances, nor was
it thought there was anything needed
excepting the usual carbohydrates
fats and proteins. The discovery Of
these food substances brought out the
fact that, for successful growth and
reproduction in all kinds of live stock,
that certain substances were neces
sary and must be supplied in some
form in the rations. This has opened
new fields for investigation and re-
search, and, as has been the case with
all such discoveries, the vitamine
principle has been greatly over
worked. There is no question that
vitamines are very essential for all
kinds Of animals, but just at the pres
ent time we have no knowledge as to
just what we can expect from their
use, nor can we determine whether or
not we can supply them from a COM
mercial source with any satisfaction
or profit.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Caustic Is Very Useful
in Dehorning the Calves

The best time to deh0rn calves, is
when they are from one to two weeks
old. The following is a practical way
to do it: Clip the hair away from the
little horn Button; where the horn
starts and rub the button" with
caustic potash. Rub until a spot
about the size of dime appears red,
but not bleeding.
Don't use too much caustic, and
put it on the "button" only. Don't
turn the calf out in the rain i'm
mediately after putting the caustic on;
for this will wash the caustic off of
the button" and it is liable to get
into the calf's eyes
The caustic can be obtained at al
most any drug store for few cents.
Do not handle it with the bare hands;
use an old glove or something of the
sort
Caustic must be kept in an air.
tight container, in order to preserve
its strength.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Hog Raising Simpliied
by Green Forage Crops

The man who is contemplating
raising some hogs this year should
now be planning on some forage
crops for summer pasture
Green forage, says the state col
lege Of agriculture, New Brunswick
saves a great amount of feed and al
lows the animal to get plenty Of fresh
air.
In addition it gives the animal ex-
ercise and makes for sanitary quar-
ters, as compared to the small dry
hot pen where filth and parasites ac-
cumulate and sometimes put the hogs
in poor condition.
These two essentials are easily met
for there are a number of crops that
grow well in New Jersey and are
relished by hogs. Succulence, ability
to endure tramping and grazing, and
high mineral and protein content are
other important requirements Of a
good green forage crop for hogs
Experience has shown that alfaI-
ia, the clovers, soy beans, rape and
oats with peas, are all very salts.
factory in New Jersey. They are
suited to the climate and most of the
soils of the state and provide an
abundance of important nutrients in
exceedingly palatable form Hogs
just make pigs of themselves when
they get into it.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
BOOSTERS Can Be Sold
Now, Says J. H. McAdams

Now that the incubation period is
over there is no further need for roost-
ers in the flock and all but one or two
of the best male birds can be Sold
advises J. H. McAdams, extension
poultryman at the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college. Every flock owner
knows, according to McAdams, that
the male bird is unnecessary so far
as the production of market eggs is
concerned. Male birds now represent
just so many extra mouths to feed, he
says.
The hitch to selling male birds
comes largely from the price cOnsid
GRAFTON, according to McAdams, who
says that when these birds were pur-
chased last fall or early winter they
were valued from So up to possibly
$40 each. Today with old roOsters
commanding 16 cents a pound an ex-
ceptionally high price prevails, but as
soon as the old roostetrs start moving
to market the price will drop probably
to about 10 cents a pound.
Gwen though old roosters were such
drug on the market that he could not
sell them at all, no farmer could afford
to keep them in his flock" McAdams
warns. 'TO live, a rooster must eat
and the feed bill on each individual
one will be at least 10 cents a month,
making total cost of at least 80 cents
to hold the old birds over until Feb
ruary."
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Girl, II, Starts Out
to Coruerf Nelu York

New YOrk.-A fOurteen-year-O
girl with an ambition to convert all
New York to what she terms "old-
fashioned religion" has begun her
campaign from the pulpit of Calvary
Baptist church.
Uldine Mabelle Utley, born in Ok
lahOma in 1912, who until two years
ago occupied herself with dreams of
motion picture stardom, recently de-
livered a twO-hour plea for converts
to Christianity from the pulpit usual
ly filled by DR.. John Roach Straton
one of the most famous divines of the
country.
At the end of her sermon, she called
upon the large congregation to pledge
itself anew to Christ, and virtually
the entire crowd arose Men and
women prayed in the aisles of the
church, and the few who failed to
arise at the young woman's plea were
exhOrted again and again until only
about six remained seated.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Pack in Light Room

Always pack eggs in a light room,
This allows for the detection of any
that are thin-shelled or have cracks.
Eggs are sometimes found which have
shells that were cracked before they
were laid. They have been partly re-
paired but the cracks still show. An
egg of this kind is easily overlooked
in dark room but may be seen in
the light. 1t pays to pack a uniform
product. If there are two grades.
keep the good and the poor separate,
otherwise you may get the low price
for all of them.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Poultry Hints

The results of chickens eating car
riOn or spoiled feed are limberneck or
Indigestion.
Egg eating is a vicious habit and
the best method to combat it is the
slaughter Of the offending birds.
Convenience for both hens and care
taker should be considered-conveni-
ence means cleanliness and cleanli-
ness means health.
A laying hen is about the only ex-
ample of going concern that can sit
still and yet produce dividends.
The first quality that makes for
success and profit in the poultry flock
is vigor, vitality or constitution.
Choose your own name for this
quality.
A chicken that is literally fed does
not, as rule, exercise enough to run
off flesh but only enough to keep in
good general health and to have
good appetite.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Shepherd Should Watch
Eve and Young Lambs

The shepherds harvest is at lamb
ing time, and lambs are the most i'm
pOrtant source Of sheepman's rev.
enue, according to animal husbandmen
of the state college at Ithaca.
A healthy lamb from a good eve
will bring two or three times as much
as a fleece, the college points out,
but lambs require a considerable
amount of attention at birth and for a
short time thereafter If the sheep
man is to realize much on them.
The shepherd should see that the
ewes are on the sunny and sheltered
side Of the building, and that the
newborn lambs are kept warm. AS
soon as the lamb is born, the mem
branes should be removed from the
nose and the mouth so that it can
breathe A newborn lamb may ap-
pear almost lifeless, but if it is tapped
smartly with the fingers on the side
just back of the forelegs it may re
vive. Blowing breath into it's mouth
may also start regular breathing.
"COnSiderable care is necessary to
get the lambs to breathe properly"
say animal husbandmen, "and it is
also important that each lamb should
have some of it's mothers milk be-
fore it is very old. II the eve has
no milk, some must be provided and
the best that could be given would
be from some eve that has just
lambed Cows milk may help. but
1t is not as good for the lamb as
swe's milk"
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Management and
Care for Cows
To Establish High Producing
Herd Best to Start With
Small Number.

prepared by the United States Department.
of Agriculture)
The best way for man Of mod.
crate means to establish a high-prO-
ducing herd of dairy cattle is to start
with a small number of COWS and use
good pure-bred bulls" says the United
States Department of Agriculture in
Farmers Bulletin 1470-F, "Care and
Management of Dairy Cows"
Fall Freshening Favored.
In experiments conducted by the
the fall months ranked highest in
average yearly production of milk and
butter fat, in cost Of feed, and in in
come over cost Of feed. Those that
freshened in winter ranked second in
these respects. On the average, those
that calved in the spring and sum-
mer produced the least milk and but
ter fat and returned the smallest in
come over cost of feed. Several adj
vantages in having cows freshen In
the fall are us follows: Butter fat
usually brings a higher price during
the fall and winter months labor is
easier to obtain; and there is more
time to care for the calves and for
a large supply Of milk. The dairy
man who sells his milk to a city re-
tail trade should have his cows fresh
en- at all seasons of the year so as
to keep up a steady, constant flow Of
milk. However, this point is not so
iO1nnrfonf dOir yho IN
the milk. sell cream, and use skim
milk for feeding purposes.
Tests by the department also show
the relation between the yield of milk
and the frequency and regularity Of
milking.
Keep Dairy Records.
The Importance of keeping records
on a dairy farm is also stressed in
the new bulletin. Such records. by
showing feed consumed and produc-
ton Of milk and butter fat make it
possible to feed intelligently and elm
mate inferior animals.
Exercising cows by making them
walk three miles a day was found to
cause a greater feed consumption and
a slightly higher percentage Of but
ter fat in the milk but the quantity Of
milk remained about the same SO
far as production is concerned, COW
needs no more exercising than she will
get by walking at will about the small
yard.
The bulletin also contains much in
formation relative to breeding. feed
ing, diseases, common ailments of
COWS and their treatment, types Of
dairy buildings and sanitation. A
copy Of the publication can be OBJ
tanned free as long as the supply lasts
by writing to the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. G.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
Junked Motor Cars Help
to Tame Missouri RiUeg

Pierre, S. D.-Junked motor cars
are being put to a new use here
that of helping tame" the Missouri
river.
The big Muddy" has a coy habit
of tearing away large chunks of South
Dakota farm land abutting the
stream during the spring rises and
carrying them downstream sometimes
in 20-acre chunks. Piling logs, brush
and debris along the bank has not
availed to stop the channels depre-
dationS.
But it has been discovered that the
frames of junked cars, piled one upon
another wherever the channel is cut
ting away the bank, settle so firmly
and are so impervious to the channel
stream that they stop the cutting
away of the bank. Several score of
abandoned motor cars are serving
more effectively than expensive piling.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-07
YOUTHS IN TEENS
FACE DEATH FOR
KILLING OFFICER
Young Bandits Slay Police
man Who Caught Them
With Stolen Car.

three boys not yet out of their teens
may have to pay for an amazing
career of crime. The youths have
been captured after a thrilling chase
which finally uncovered their hiding
place-a rooming house next door to
a district police station. The boys
are charged with murder. One of
them has confessed that he killed a
policeman who caught them with
stolen automobile
The youths are Albert DeshOn, Rob
ert SambruSky, and Stanley Tooth
aker, all about seventeen years old,