Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-06
Vance County Weekly
Extension News
Sponsored by j. w. Sanders County Agent Richardson.
Assistant County Agent; and Hattie F. Pummer
Home Demonstration Agent.

The Home Demonstration Clubs in
the county have studied Yard Beau
tification for the past four months.
They have enough information to
keep the work going until Septem-
Der when they will again take up the
study of Yard Identification. This
month the subject for the club meet
i-oS will be clothino and next month
the women will study Arts and
Crafts.
Now that the weather has turned
attention to the care of poultry and
warmer we will have to pay more
eggs Mr.. c. F. Parrish, Extension.
Poultryman, offers the following
poultry suggestions for May:
Eggs as Food .-..
Many centuries ago a famous
French chef said. "eggs are the ce-
ment that holds the castles of cookery
together" That is still quite ture to-
day. Fresh eggs are one of the, most
wholesome, most economical, most
nutritious and most sanitary foods
available for the farm family or
urban family. The egg is sterile
food; that is, it is made and sealed in
a sanitary package before it comes
into contact with any source of con-
tamination. Germs of human diseases
cannot enter the egg under natural
conditions as is possible with many
other common foods.
The question may be asked, what
is there in an egg which makes it
good for people to eat?" The answer
is-proteins of superior quality, fat
for energy, PHOSPHORUS for bone de-
velopment, iron and copper for blood
formation, and vitamins for growth
and maintenance of health. By eating
eggs people reduce the danger of
their diet being incomplete in nutri-
tive essentials. The nutritive value of
eggs depends to a large extent upon
the quality of the ration fed to the
flock. It has been found that the
amount of vitamins in eggs may be
favorably influenced by the amount
of iron and copper in eggs is in
creased by feeding cod liver oil or by
exposure of the birds to direct SUM-
shine, but not by adding more of
these minerals to the ration. The 10
dine and manganese content of eggs
on the other hand can be increased
by direct addition to the ration
Therefore, since eggs are such ideal
food, every farm family should pro-
vide at least small flock with good
breeding and feed high quality ra-
ton the year around to provide fresh
eggs Off the home and some to sell
every week in the year.
Preventing Heat Damage to Eggs
Remove the males and produce in
fertile eggs during the spring and
summer months. Gather the egg
several times a day sin wire basket
and allow the INTO cool overnight in
these baskets before packing them
in cases or cartons. While holding
eggs for market or home use keep
them cool in spring house, or
Well-ventilated, moist cellar or base
ment. If such a storage place is not
available, or if the temperature goes
beyond sc degrees, use a simple
homemade cooling rack, the plans
of which can be secured from your
county farm or home agent. It is best
to place such a rack in a basement
or in room on the north side of the
house. Pre-cool the egg cases before
using. When packing, place the large
ends of the eggs up. Market eggs
at least twice weekly during warm
weather
Diseases, Lice and Mites
Plan to range the pullets on clean
land using the summer range shelter
This practice prevents large per-
cent of the normal disease trouble in
pullets during the summer and after
they are mature. Treat the perch
poles and their supports with some
used motor oil with a little kerosene
added at least once a month during
the spring and summer to hold down
red mite infestation. A busting of the
birds with sodium fluoride or one of
the nicotine .sulfate preparations used
on the roosts will get the lice on the
birds. Freedom from these parasites
results in saving of money and a
better, healthier and more profitable
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