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The Washington times., 1926-05-12
Banker in Credit Talk
Stresses Human
Factor
By RICHARD HATToN

Sressng the he has been what he s and
what of the main factors in the con
sideraon of the of credit President Harry "
Haynes and Mechanics National Bank and OF
Washington Clearing House Association delivered an IN
tensey interesting talk upon Character and Credit before
Retail Merchants Association in the Oak Room of the
Ralo IaStni
The Washington times., 1926-05-12
Canadian Wheat

WINNIPEG. May '12.-Opening
wheat prices were:
May, $1.5S1s, UP &c: July, $1.54N,
up 1c, and October 81 1850 1.SS "a,
up &c.
The Washington times., 1926-05-12
out Of Gas!

IIOW many careless motorists
H have rallied at themselves for
being caught without gas. But the
wise motorist keeps his tank well
filled-and never finds himself
embarrassed.
1t is the same along the road of
LIFE. The careless man falls be-
cause he does not provide himself
with financial fuel. But the care
full man, with his sound policy of
investing his funds wisely, is GER
tain to reach his goal.
Our First Mortgage Notes are
not only safe, but they yield 611%
per annum.
The Washington times., 1926-05-12
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Oil Stocks

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Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Much Improvement Is
Made by Poultry Raisers

Much improvement has been made
along many lines in the poultry bust.
ness during the last few years, but
the work which has been done by the
rank and file Of producers to improve
sanitary conditions Is undoubtedly the
most important.
During the last two years there has
been more loss from disease by the
produce houses than previously. This
was especially true two years ago.
Last year these men handled the birds
in a more sanitary manner and the
losses diminished. Farmers appreci.
ate that many of the diseases that
cause loss on the farm and at produce
houses may be eliminated by improved
sanitary conditions.
The practice of raising chicks on
fresh ground has spread rapidly. This
movement is of prime Importance
Worms, lice, mites coccidiosis and
tuberculosis are spread by the Older
fowls and infected premises to young
chicks.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Provide Separate Pens
for Males for Breeding

The breeder who carries over only
the males he needs in his own pens
may let them run with the flock as
the easiest way for himself, if not the
best But the man who carries sur
plus males for breeding must provide
separate quarters for them. Pre-
ventable accidents and injuries are
the ones that the breeder troubles
over. 1t is maddening to feel that a
valuable young male has been lost
for lack Of shutting up the pugnacious
old cock; or failure to separate two
cockerels that are suffering from in
compatibility of temperament.
The cockerel house needs small
pens and good outside run. A coop
that will house three hens Is about
right for one male. Too small coop
in height and width will damage feath-
ers and comb. Movable coops about
the size of good shipping coop, or
a double exhibition coop, are very
satisfactory since they are easily
moved to fresh grass, and in winter
can be gathered under one roof with
separate runs.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Profitable Cows Raised
From Pure-Bred Sires

When scrub sires are directly COM
pared to pure-bred sires the evidence
is always greatly in favor of the pure
breds. Two cow testing associations
In Wisconsin have recently published
comparisons. In one association. COWS
sired by grade bulls averaged 144.8
pounds butterfat; those by pure-bred
sires 230 pounds. In the second asso-
citation the grade sire's daughters pro-
duced 215 pounds butterfat per year
as compared to 295 pounds per cow
for those sired by pure-bred sires
Eighty pounds more butter at 40 cents
pound means $1,000 per cow per
year; or $4,000 for each ten heifer
calves produced; which means $4,000
to be credited to the pure-bred sire
for two years use If he sired ten
heifers per year. Since 1t requires
about 200 pounds butter per cow to
break even, no profit was made on the
daughters Of the grade sires; and
the owners who used these sires had
low wages, If any, for their labor
Charles L Bray, Colorado Agricul.
tural college.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
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NEED MORE COLTS
FOR FARM WORK

That "the old gray mare amt what
she used to be-" is indicated by a
study which R. C. Ross of the farm
organization and management de-
partment, college of agriculture, Uni
versity Of Illinois, has made OF the
ages Of horses and mules on 626 Hli-
nois farms at the beginning of this
year. These farms represented all
parts Of the state and included T.
521 horses and mules. The average
age, as shown by the study, Is q lit
tie more than nine years. The num-
Der Of nine-year-olds was also greater
than that of any other age, making
up 8.3S per cent of the entire num-
Der.
Except for one age, the proportion
Of horses and mules decreased steadi-
ly with each age from the nine-year-
olds down to last years colts, which
made up only 2.8 per cent of the
horse population on these farms. If
colts We're produced just for replace
ment of the farm horse supply, the
would occur in the youngest age
group and gradually decrease with
the older groups. Instead, the exact
reverse is true.
The number of horses of working
ages on farms are no doubt Influenced
to some extent by those sold from the
farms, but those below working age
should indicate how far replacement
needs are being supplied. Those un-
der three years, which include the
colt crops Of the past three years,
made up 1915 per cent Of the total.
II it is assumed that horses average
ten years Of productive work, those
under three years should make up
30 per cent of the total, If no allow
ance is made for sales from the farms.
To maintain the present horse sup
ply with the present rate of breeding
would require that the period of use
fulneSs be extended from 10 years
to 28.3 years, or that the horses at
tain an average age of 31.3 years
without becoming pensioners. Ap-
proximately half the farms studied
used tractors. However, there were
no appreciable differences in ages of
horses on farms using tractors AS COM
pared with those using horses only
tor power.
OF all horses and mules included,
El1ghtly more than a fifth, or 21.9 per
cent were under five years Of age; a
third, or 1873 per cent, were five
years and under ten; 1872 per cent
were ten years and under fifteen;
1928 per cent, fifteen years and under
twenty, and per cent were twenty
years or older. These figures check
quite closely with similar study
made by the federal Department Of
Agriculture about year ago.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Orchard .
Inflammation
SPRAY FRUIT TO
CONTROL PESTS

The peach grower who wishes to
produce fruit of quality will spray his
fruit TO control the curculio or peach
worm which causes heavy damage in
all peach-growing sections.
1.-The curculio is a beetle which
passes the winter as an adult and
emerges in the spring before the fruit
Is set" says G. H. Brannon, extension
entomologist at the North Carolina
State College. "Just after the petals
fail, the curculio lays it's eggs in the
young peach. The larva or worm
spends about twenty days feeding in
the peach, leaves the fruit and enters
the soil where it changes to the pupa
stage in earthen cells from one to
three inches below the surface of the
soil. In about ten days, this pupa
emerges as an adult and is soon ready
to lay eggs again.
To control this pest, Mr.. Brannon
advises a first, application of dust or
spray, when about IS per cent of the
flower petals have fallen. The spray
recommended is one pound of arsenate
OF lead to fifty gallons of water plus
lime water from three pounds of stone
lime. AS a dust, use per cent of
lead arsenate and 95 per cent of lime.
The second application is applied
when the calyces or shucks are she'd
ulng, or when the small peaches are
exposed, using the same material.
The third application is made four
weeks before each variety is due to
rlpen. AS spray, Mr.. Brannon rec
ommends the material as given in the
first and second applications, using the
self-boiled lime-sulphur (S-8-5O) for
diseases. The dry mixed lime-sulphur
may be used in place Of the self-boiled
l1me-sulphur, using the following dust
30 per cent sulphur, per cent lead
arsenate and Is per cent lime.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
FEED DAIRY COWS
GRAIN IN SUMMER

That it is false economy for dairy
men to depend on pasture alone for
feed during the summer months is
shown in the case of Dave Ehredt, an
Illinois dairyman living near Eliza
beth, 10 DavieSs county, who last year
lost just $1940 worth of milk and but
terfat in saving $7.72 worth of feed on
each of his COWS. This is shown in a
report recently sent to the college of
agriculture, University of Illinois, by
Clyde Nichols, tester in the dairy herd
Improvement association of which
Ehredt is a member. 3.
During the year ending April 80,
1926, which included all the 1925 pas
ture season, eight representative cows
in his herd gave an average Of $500
pounds of milk containing 242.2
pounds butterfat. They ate an aver
age of 1923 pounds of grain during
the year. The previous year the same
eight cows each produced an aver
age Of 6,485 pounds of milk contain
ing 278.5 pounds butterfat and ate
zoos pounds of grain. They were fed
grain as a supplement to pasture dur
ing the summer of 1924, whereas no
grain was fed for this purpose during
the 1925 pasture season.
In saving 483 pounds of grain a COW,
Ehredt sacrificed 625 pounds of milk
and butterfat. The grain was worth
SIP, while the milk and butterfat
were worth $19.40, making a net loss
of $11.6S from not feeding grain.
This is representative case Of the
many reports sent in by dairy herd
Improvement association testers dem
onstrating the false economy of de-.
pending on pasture alone for feed dur
Ing the summer months, II. E. Jami-
son, assistant in dairy extension, said.
The ordinary pasture crop furnishes a
COW with rOughage only, and it is i'm
possible for a high-producing COW to
eat the volume of this relatively
coarse material which is necessary to
maintain both production and body
condition.
It takes a good pasture even to pro-
vide the necessary nutrients for a COW
giving a pound of butterfat a day. For
rows producing more than this
amount, some grain should be fed
even with the best pasture, the amount
depending on the production Of the
cows and the condition of the pasture.
One pound Of grain for each five
pounds of milk is often recommended.
A suitable ration for early summer
feeding consists of equal parts ground
corn, ground oats and wheat bran.
Another good ration consists of three
parts each of ground corn and ground
oats and one part linseed oil meal or
cottonseed meal. AS the season ad-
vances and the pasture becomes poor
er, the amount Of linseed or cottonseed
meal should be increased to about
One-fOurth of the ration.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
[lL.']lIL. 4 .TFQly
BALANCED RATIONS
FOR LAYING HENS

In making up ratiOns it is neces-
essary to adhere to standards within
certain limits, but some feeds may be
substituted for others, as barley,
wheat and oats for corn. However.
meat scrap and other animal-protein
feeds cannot be replaced by high
egetable-prOtein feeds. All changes
should be made gradually, as sudden
changes may decrease egg production.
A great many poultrymen and
livestock feeders now believe that
If the animal has a free choice it
will select the ration that is most
suitable. At the government farm at
Beltsville, Md, the following mash
was made up by keeping account of
the amounts Of the different feeds
laying flock consumed:
Mash.
16 pounds corn meol
g II pounds meat scrap
l pound bran
l pound middlings
Scratch Mixture.
l pound cracked corn
l pound wheat
pOuHO oats
Here is simple ration that has CIV
en- very good results with Leghorns,
but that has proved too fattening for
Rocks and Wyandottes. Meat scrap,
1t will be seen, makes up over 25 per
cent Of the mash
Mash.
pounds corn meal
l pound meat scrap
Scratch Mixture.
pounds cracked corn
l pound oats
For birds that are made too fat by
the preceding ration, the following,
containing only 16 per cent of meat
scrap, but having considerable protein
in other feeds, has been found a good
one:
Mash.
1 pound corn meal
l pound bran
u pound meat scrap
l pound middlings
l pound ground oats
Scratch Mixture.
pounds cracked corn
l pound wheat
l pound oats
1 pound barley
Poultrymen resort to every possible
means to get their hens to eat a great
deal of feed, especially in the winter
when the days are short One way is
to cut the morning scratch feed to
about half The hungry bird then
goes to the mash trough and gorges
on the dry mash. Then to increase
the consumption Of mash, some of it
Is fed wet at noon and the hens will
eat it when they would take no more
Of it dry.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Many Sires Are
Killed Too Soon
Bulls Sent to Butcher Before
Their Full Usefulness
Is Known.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
What becomes of the bulls that
head the average cOw-teSting associ-
alton herds? Are the good ones rec
ognized and kept in service, or are
they unwittingly sent to the butcher
before they have completed their full
period of usefulness? Some idea as
to the tendency in the disposal of the
pure-bred sireS in our dairy herds
may be had from the results of a re-
cent study made by the bureau or
dairying, United States Department
of Agriculture.
Proved Sires in Aged Glass.
The bureau had previously gathered
a list OF 50 pure-bred sires, and ascer-
tained their transmitting ability by
comparing the records of their daugh-
ters with the record of the dams.
Naturally these proved sires were in
the aged class by the time their value
could be determined in this way.
Nevertheless, 1t was desirable to know
which were still In service. Inquiry
brought information about % of them,
OF this number only five are alive and
in service today. These are all good
sires as evidenced by their 81 daugh-
tiers, whose production is better than
their dams by II per cent in milk and
% per cent in butterfat. The other
II were slaughtered for various rea-
sons.
Eleven of the seventeen slaughtered
bulls were good. Their 81 daughters
showed an increase over their dams of
% per cent in milk and 20 per cent in
butter fat. Only Of them were
slaughtered because of sterility, while
went to the butcher for other rea-
sons such as unrecOgnized value, un-
ruliness, and need for new blood.
Six of the II bulls were poor. OF
these, were slaughtered because of
sterility, 1 died, and were killed for
beef Perhaps it was recognized that
the last were inferior, and for that
reason were discarded.
Value Recognized.
While this is a very small number
from which to draw definite con-
clusions it Is evident that the value
of some of the good sires was recog-
nized. which accounts for the that
are still in service. Perhaps some OF
the poor sires were also recognized.
The unfortunate part Is that in the
weeding-out process, if such practice
existed, II out Of the II dead sires
were outstanding from the standpoint
of transmitting production to their
offspring. Some means must be found
to keep the bulls until the records of
their daughters prove them either
good or otherwise.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
The Greater Bird of Paradise.

II means when they follow fashions
which take the lives of birds and their
little ones
For some of them can't be blamed
they don't know!
"And I've heard-here is a happy
secret, birds-that children are find
ing out about us and that the day is
coming, when these children grow up,
that fashions won't be cruel!''
This story was heard by Nick and
Nancy, and Nancy was glad to have
it told so that others could hear it,
too, for Nancy has formed a club of
many of her friends and they have all
promised and agreed that they would
never wear the feathers of birds who
had to be killed in order to get their
feathers.
They are also doing all they can to
stop others from wearing these feath-
erS.
1t is a fine club and besides the
good work they do, and the fine
promises they make, they have a fine
time at their meetings with games and
often with refreshments.
Daddy and Nick are proud of Nancy
for having started this club and are
as keen about it as can be.
But the birds will be happiest Of all.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Value of Green Feed

The general practice of allowing the
chicks to run outdoors, where they
have access to direct sunlight, green
plantfood and soil, is we'll founded.
From the results of this investigation
it appears that green plant-tissue will
not prevent leg weakness and that the
chick of its own accord will not eat
enough green clover to prevent it.
Green feed undoubtedly is of value in
the ration Of a chick; but the Ohio
folks do not believe it can be fed in
sufficient quantities to act as the sole
source of the antirachitfc factor.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Room for Expansion in
Dairying, SAYS A. Boss

Andrew Boss, vice director of the
Minnesota experiment station, does
not believe that the dairy business is
likely to be overdone. There is moth
Ing to fear, he says, in the moderate
expansion Of dairying in regions IA
vOrable to the industry.
''The probable increase In cows and
In dairy production" he says, "will
be met by the probable increase in
population and by increased use of
dairy products SO long as business
and industrial conditions remain as at
present. With comparatively higher
prices for beef stock, many of the
general purpose cattle raisers, who
have been milking some of their COWS,
will go back to beef raising, thus re-
ducing milk production somewhat, to
the advantage Of the dairyman."
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Destroy Curculio With
Spray of Lead Arsenate

If the unsightly blemishes made by
the apple curculfo are to be avoided.
spray OF one and a half pounds of
powdered lead arsenate to fifty gallons
OF water must be applied one week aft
er the petal-fall spray has been ap-
piled, says A. Freeman Mason, extern
sion specialist In fruit growing, New
Jersey State College Of Agriculture,
New Brunswick. Twelve and one
half pounds of dry-mix sulphur lime
should be added to this to hold later
scab infections in check, and If aphis
or leaf hOppers are present three
fourths pint Of 40 per cent nicotine
sulphate should be added In order to
Kill as many apple pests as possible
In one application.
The curculio is a small snout beetle
which feeds on young apples, and on
.:he stone fruits. The small, round
puncture made by it when feeding,
or the crescent-shaped puncture in
which an egg is deposited rapidly in.
creases in size as the fruit develops
These wounds make light brown,
slightly raised warts about the size of
a finger nail on the mature fruit. In
addition to this, large amount of fruit
in which eggs have been deposited will
drop off, owing to the feeding of the
maggots that have Matched from the
eggs.
In orchards where russeting of the
fruit or burning Of the foliage has
not been serious, commercial concen-
trated lime-sulphur at the rate of four
quarts to forty gallons of water may
be used in place Of the dry-mix sulphur
lime.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Efficient Swine Ration
Is Found in Wisconsin

Profits often go glimmering in the
swine department of many farms
through the feeding of inefficient, un-
balanced rations. This is accounted
for by the fact that pigs eat relative
ly large amounts of grains which are
low in protein and mineral content
Wisconsin experimenters have com
pounded a ration which, from reports,
is giving surprising results. This ra-
ton, states Doctor Morrison, animal
nutrition specialist, is simply a COM
bination of corn, tankage, chopped
alfalfa hay, and last, but not least,
linSeed meal. This combination has
been tested on hundreds Of hogs, and
we are, said he, certain of the results
The experiments with pig rations
show that animals fed on corn and
tankage gained slightly less than a
pound a day, while those fed the
above ration 115 pounds. on the av-
erage. This means that the pigs re-
ceiving the new ration reached the
weight OF 200 pounds in 20 days be-
fore those fed on corn and tankage
alone.
The feed saving is Of even more I'm
portance. 1t requires 417.9 pounds OF
corn, and 47.4 pounds of tankage for
each 100 pounds gained: while with
the other feed, only 378 pounds Of
corn, 31.4 pounds of tankage, 1876
pounds Of chopped alfalfa hay, and
1916 pounds of linseed meal were
necessary to make the same gain.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Cause of Leg Weakness

Leg weakness is condition
brought about by different causes 1t
may be due to overfeeding of fore
ing ration, or to an excess of bottom
heat, or deficiency Of mineral ele-
ments in the feed. Sometimes leg
weakness Is caused by disease, but
there is no mistaking the leg weak
ness Of chick that is otherwise we'll,
and the leg weakness of q sick chick.
The disease may be cured when the
cause is found out If the ration is
faulty correct 1t.
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
Gpaddtqis E
6Dcn1nq i
Fairq' Tale
THE BIRD HOUSE
Ac MARY GRAHAM. BONNER
vLSItRN NtxssAPtR UNION

In the bird house of the zoo three
birds were talking to each other.
One was the Greater Bird of Para
disc, the second was the Lesser Bird
of Paradise-so named because he is
not SO beautiful as the greater bird.
The third was the Snowy Heron.
Wick, waw, wick, wick, wick,
waw," were the sounds that the Birds
of Paradise were making, but this ia
what they were saying, and as they
did so Mrs. Snowy Heron shook her
lovely head from side to side, sadly:
I'VE come from New Guinea and the
neighboring islands throughout the
southern seas.
But We'll fast disappear unless
people listen and give heed to our
story"
Were very beautiful with our
brownish, reddish, tannish, yellowish
feathers, our soft throats with touches
of green, our yellow eyes and soft
yellow heads" added Mrs. Greater
Bird Of Paradise
I'VE get our long plumes when we
reach the age of five years but there
will be no Birds Of Paradise if people
will not listen to our story.
when we're mating and when
were not thinking about being on our
guard they come-the wicked hunters
and shoot us with their arrows so
we can go upon peoples hats.
when we're happy, oh so happy,
they take away our joy for hats and
fashion"
"Ah," said Mrs. Snowy Heron (Mrs.
Snowy Egret, she is also called), "in
the United States there are so few
of us left.
They've even gone after the men,
bers of our family who enjoy the cli-
mate of Central America and South
America.
''They kill us when our plumage is
beautiful, which is just when our
babies have come and when they
need their mothers to feed them.
''The babies are left to starve when
egrets are taken for ladies' hats
"That is the time when we're not
on our guard as we're singing cradle
nest songs to our babies and thinking
only of them!
"Ah," she continued, eft is we'll that
we are safe here in the ZOO.
Here the keeper tells people what
Arizona state miner., 1926-08-14
EARM EAC.TSIr'

Change the water occasionally in
the tractor radiator.
An average of the figures indicates
that farmers are using appreciably
higher protein feeds than they were
five years ago.
Gather the eggs at least every day
and better twice day during the hot
weather. Keep them in dry, cool,
well-ventilated place.
Culling costs about seven cents foI
each nonproducing hen removed from
laying focks during the past year.
Can you afford to do without it?
Any time is a good time to kill bur.
docks. Cut them below the crown with
a sharp spade. This will prevent fu.
ture sprouts coming from the same
root.
On short pastures the dairy COW
does not get enough feed for both
maintenance and milk production.
Grain must be fed in addition to keep
up the milk flow.
Good pasture for growing pigs,
brood sOws and all other classes of
hogs is so valuable that it often
makes the difference between profit
and loss In the hog business.
Blue ointment mixed with an equal
part of grease or lard will get rid OF
lice on chickens If an amount about
the size of pea is rubbed into the
feathers just below the vent, poultry
specialists of the Pennsylvania State
college say