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Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-08-15

let's look at the range itself. Last
month there was plenty of green
feed. Now look at it. It has sort
of dried up. If you can't move the
birds to a good new succulent range
or cut some green feed and bring
it to them, you had better increase
your fish and liver oil. Else YOU are
going to have some roupy birds aft
er the first fall rains.
Now that we have disposed of the
pullet problems, lets walk over to
the hen house. Let's see, you said
that you are going to dispose of all
the old hens before fall. That's fine.
The people who keep 100 percent
pullets always make the great labor
income, and that's what we are
after. But don't put off getting rid
of the old hens.
Maybe the market isn't just right
now You think it may be better
later. Perhaps it will be, but what
you gain will be more than lost in
pullet eggs this fall by not getting
the pullets into winter quarters be-
fore they begin to come into pro-
duction. So let the old hens go or
move the best of the flock which
are still in production into other
temporary quarters. Yes, I know you
are not blessed with that many
houses and you just can't move
them. Well, just kiss them goodbye
and get the house ready for the
pullets. And don't wait to do this
until you have finished all the fall
work. Beets or harvest can surely
wait just one day.
Then too there is the matter of
built-up litter. That is coming to be
the pretty much accepted practice
and it must be started when the
weather is still dry and hot.
Built-up Litter
In starting built-up litter, first
clean the house well, then spray and
disinfect everything. A good stock
dip serves the purpose very well
Then when the house is dry anc
aired out, put thin scattering o.
litter on the floor. This can be made
up of straw or straw and shavings
If you use shavings be sure they are
dry. Often the shavings carted from
saw mill are green and wet. Alsc
be sure that you have enough lite
for future use that is also dry.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-08-15
Handle Differently

Having made the separation you
should handle them differently. The
faster maturing birds should have
more grain than mash. The slower
birds should be fed just the op-
posite. They should have more mash
than grain, SO that their bodies may
build up and come out Of the slump
they were forced into.
OF course with all the care in the
world there will be a certain num-
Der of pullets that never mature.
They either have no ability to use
their feed or else are just plain
dumb. These should be culled out
and sold for meat. No use wasting
house room or feed upon them.
Check Range
While we arc ont here On range
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-08-15
Poultry Department
Dividing Pullets
Speeds Maturity
By H. E. CUSHMAN

REMEMBER THE OLD SONG
about, 1.-THE Hay Amt Pitched, Get
Along Napoleon, It Looks Like
Ramp Well, it does not look much
like rain, but there are always a
thousand and one things to be done
on a ranch and about the last thing
that gets tended to is the poultry.
never could understand the
philosophy of it because so many
farmers, depend upon poultry fer
the grocery money if nothing else.
Yet the average farmer feels be-
cause the birds are fed and seem
to be getting along o. K. that they
can take care of crops first, because
they may spoil. Well, neglect may
spoil the poultry also.
I think that no farmer neglects
the chicks when they are in the
brooder house and helpless but
pullets on range or in a crowded
brooder house which has been left
as is since the brooder stove no
longer needed fuel -. HIM! that's
different story.
go" you say, What does the
woman expect us to do?"
Let's look over the place and put
down the things that ought to be
done in pretty short order. First look
at those pullets. Maybe you are
surprised to note how many of them
seem to be backward. They were
pretty even bunch when you last
really looked at them. Well, the ag-
gressive one gets to the feed hop
pers first. Nothing doing, sister"
she tells the more tirnid one, who,
cheated out of her rightful place
/ at the feeder, wanders off and tries
to make out meal some place else.
After a few weeks of this kind
of treatment, two types of birds be-
gin to show up. The aggressive birds
are larger, more matured, look as
if they will lay on time. The shy
birds lok several weeks or even
months younger. They will be long
of legs, slow maturing and if left
at the whim of the pugnacious sis
tern, will turn out to be culls. O.
course if you had not already pu
lot of feed into these timid one
you could afford to Gull them on
and send them to market. But YOU
can't.
Besides you need all of the pullet
you can mature for your laying
house in the fall. This being the cas-
can't you possibly work out som
way to separate the group? Put tn
early maturing birds in one huncl
and the slower maturing one in an
other.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-08-15

ao-Aueust IS. 1851
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-08-15
Check Range

While we are out here on range,
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-08-15
cERETANA EGG MASH

is guaranteed to contain the recon-
mended nutritionoI amounts Of corbo-
hydrotes, fats, Proteins, minerals, and
vitonnins, such as A, B complex, D, E, K,
RibofIovin, cholne, plus the much dis
cussed oninnol protein factor BIZ
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-08-15
IndividUol Treatment
EusY To Use

Get extra egg profits By
worming your laying hens
with DR.. SalsburYO
'CLORO-CAPS before
housing time. Birds do
better, on less feed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Formers Must Switch
To Heavier Production
Of Meats And Gruins

Mississippi Senator James Q.
Eastland painted vivid picture
of what the future holds in store
for agriculture before the Missis-
sippi Farm Bureau Federation's
Both annual convention in jack
son, November 13.
Diversion of crops in Missis-
sippi, which 20 years ago would
have been a tragedy, is now and
will continue to be a blessing for
u.s." declared the Senator, point
ing out that a swelling national
population and diminishing
Yields in foods.uffs from the ma
TONS farm lands make it impera-
tive that Mississippi switch to
heavier production of meats and
grains.
Mr.. Eastland said farm popula-
ton has increased 30 per cent on
farmlands that have not increas-
ed substantially in acreage but
are decreasing in fertility.
Ten million tons of grain are
required to help provide our ne
cessary foodstuffs," he said. He
stated that 148 pounds of meat
are required per year for each
person in the Cnited States and
we Just do not have that much
meat. He indicated that the an
swer to the threatening food
shortage was through increased
production of grains which in
turn can be converted into meat.
ct would take another state
the size Of Mississippi to provide
the additional acres to provide
this grain," Eastland said. He
exhorted Mississippians to diver
sify their farms and throw idle
acres into the much needed grain
production.
Twenty years ago" he said,
I'VE had so much livestock and
grain in the nation that it would
have been tragis for Mississippi
to attempt to diversity. Today
it is different. The food is need
ed. 1t is our blessing"
Mr.. Eastland pointed out that
fertilizer shortages and farm ma
chinery cutbacks also make the
food situation worse for the years
to come. The fertilizer outlook,
he said, is for a normal supply
of nitrates, ample potash, but a
serious deficiency in superphos-
phate for the coming crop year.
The senator described a dark
out look for the future of cotton
business.
Historically" he said. 1--WE
have had a cotton economy. We
have had to export one-third to
one-half of our crop in order for
it to be profitable. And we have
been a victim of world-over con-
ditions in our world cotton trade"
Mr.. Eastland said foreign mar
kets for United States cotton are
drying up because of tariff bar
riers and the fact that many of
our European customers no long
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Senator EasiIand Tells Farmers What To
Expect In Future; Crop Diversion Is Blessing

er have money to pay for our
cotton.
Boswell Stevens, president of
the Mississippi Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, introduced Mr.. Eastland
to the more than 800 Farm Bu-
reau members who assembled in
the Victory Room of Hotel Hell
delberg by 8 p. m. Wednesday.
Registration continued Thursday
and some 500 guests were ex-
pected for the annual Farm Blu
reau get-together.
The Farm Bureau convention
got under way at 10 a. m. Tues
day as the board of directors went
into session. Stakeholder and
special board sessions marked
preliminary events Wednesday
afternoon.
President Stevens announced
that for the first time in the his
tory of the farm organization it
had concluded years work lin
the black" financially. Mr.. Ste
vens, in his annual report de-
scribed the growth of the Farm
Bureau in both membership as
well as undertakings.
Stockholders in the Southern
Farm Bureau Life and Casualty
Insurance Companies heard an
account of rapid insurance
growth among the southern
states participating in the farmer
owned company.
Paul Edwards, executive vice.
president of the Southern Farm
Bureau Casualty Company, de-
scribed the recent divided pay
ments to 1948 Farm Bureau poll
CIV holders as evidence that the
Farm Bureau insurance compa-
MES are well on their feet and
are operating at cost to farmers.
TIE explained that dividens will
be returned to Farm Bureau
holders each year as earnings are
accumulated beyond the requir-
ed reserve.
Preliminary sessions OF the
Farm Bureau resolutions COM
CONTINUED on Page a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-17
Senate Finance Unit
Approves Dunlap
BY the Associated Press

| The Senate Finance Committee
yesterday unanimously approved
the nomination of John B. Dunlap
Of Texas to be commissioner of
internal revenue,
Mr.. Dunlap is to succeed George
j. Schoeneman, who Is resigning
July 81. The Texan has been in
the Bureau of Internal Revenue
several years; for the past two
months he has headed a special
unit tracking down tax evasion
among racketeers.
| Chairman George, Democrat. of
Georgia of the Finance Committee
said the Senators were satisfied
that Mr.. Dunlap would coop
crate in any future congressional
investigations of internal revenue
matters.
Senator Williams, Republican, of
Delaware, a committee member
who has been critical of opera
lions of several of the bureaus
field Offices, told newsmen he had
outlined to Mr.. Dunlap the type
of information he felt should be
readily available to inquiring law
makers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-17
Pupil Cost in Big-Cify
School Systems Rises
9O9b in 10 Years
BY ,he Associated Press

/ The average big-city school sys-
item is spending $246.7l a year
Ito educate each child, or 90.4 per
cent more than it did 10 years ago,
the Office of Education said to-
Iday.
The agency published a report
on per-pupil expenditures in five
groups of cities during the 1949-50
school year, with comparative
/ figures for 1939-40.
The expenditure per pupil in
the District public schools for the
year 1949-50 was $253.98, the re-
port said. In 1940-41, the expendi-
ture was only $130.67 a pupil.
In the group of "a large school
systems with which Washington
was compared, the median ex-
penditure was $223.34. Thus, the
expenditure here was slightly
above the median for the group
The biggest expenditure in this
group was $326.81. spent in Eliza
beth. N. j., and the lowest, $130.44
per pupil, in Birmingham. Ala.
The Office of Education empha-
sized that the figures are not a
valid base for comparison between
cities or groups of cities. It said
that would require consideration
of differences in the cost of living
scope of educational program and
many other factors.
For five cities with populations
of l million or more, the report
gave these figures on annual ex-
penditure per pupil and percent
age of increase in 10 years:
Los Angeles, $265.93 or 66.2 per
cent increase; Chicago, $270.6l OF
1923 per cent: Detroit, $241.48 q
124 per cent; New York. $30l.7
or TOO per cent, and Philadelphia,
$223.27 or 1878 per cent.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06

members. Ernest f. Waller, chair
man of the department of animal
and POULTRY industry, said he felt
this new working arrangement
would stimulate the poultry dis
ease research at the Sub-station
through closer contact with the
poultrymen's problems and disease
developments. simultaneously with
the improved down-state service,
the University and the State Board
announced improved diagnostic SER
vices to poultrymen in New Castle
county. AS the University facilil-
les are close and convenient it was
decided to use them as a central
delivery point. e. S. Biddle, State
Board veterinarian stationed at the
University, will take case histories
there, then send the specimens to
Dover in a new refrigerated truck.
If poultrymen wish quicker dag
nosis, they may take birds to the
animal and poultry industry de-
partment. Diagnosis will be made,
the poultrymen advised, and re-
ports forwarded to the central lab
oratory in Dover.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06
JOINS STATE
DEVELOPMENT
Col. c. B. Shaffer Joins De.
partment to Organize In
dustrial Division
TO ASSIST BUSINESS

Col. c. B. Shaffer, former mayor
of Rehoboth Beach and executive
secretary of Industries for Della
ware, Inc, has joined the Delaware
Development Department to organ
ize its industrial division, it was
announced yesterday. A veteran
of World Wars I and II, Col. Shat
fer is a graduate of the University
of Delaware Civil Engineering
School and was long associated in
industrial development in several
fields. He will work with the De-
velopment Department on a part
time basis, devoting his effort to
the industrial angle, gathering in
formation for dissemination with
out the state and locating possible
sites for businesses interested in
coming to Delaware. After World
War I, Col. Shaffer was associated
with the Barrett Company and re-
turning to France in 1919 helped
to lay the first bituminous macad-
am road in that county. He spent
20 years in Pennsylvania, much of
his time occupied with promotion,
public relations and industrial de-
velopment for the Koppers Com
pany. During World War II, Col.
Shaffer commanded the Marion En-
gineers Depot, Marion, Ohio, and
after retiring to the honorary re-
serves, U. S. Army, he settled in
Rehoboth Beach, where he was
elected mayor in 1916, serving two
terms. The State Development
Department which is charged with
the responsibility to collect and dis
tribute data to inform the public of
Delaware's commercial industrial
and recreational opportunities will
do just that, according to Miles L.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06
Leipsic

DIR. and Mrs. Clarence Rawley
and children Barbara and Terry, of
Crisfield spent Thanksgiving Day
with Mrs. Clarence Rawley and son
William. Mrs. Rawley accompan-
led them home for visit.
The ladies' of the Homemakers
Club CHANGED off the feather quilt
on Tuesday night, Nov. 10th at the
Firemen's Hall. Mrs. Homer Moor
won it on No. 816.
MIR. Charles Wright has returned
home from the hospital.
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Wilson
ST., were dinner guests Sunday Of
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Wilson, Jr.
of near Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clothier
spent Thanksgiving with Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Clothier.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Tatman of
Wilmington visited Mrs John
Slaughter and son Henry, recently.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06
NEW POULTRY
LAB OPENED
Open New Diagnostic Labor
atOry at U. of d. Sub-Sta-
ton at Georgetown
QUICKER SERVICE SEEN

Delaware Poultry Commission,
Agricultural Experiment Station,
and State Board of Agriculture CO.
operate to expand disease diagnosis
services to poultrymen. Charles F.
Mundy, Jr., secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture, has announc-
ed the beginning of an improved
diagnostic service to Delaware
poultrymen, that will make posi-
BILE a so percent or more increase
in the amount of disease control
and eradication work done by the
poultry pathology department. This
week a new diagnostic laboratory
at the University of Delaware Ag-
ricultural Sub-station, Georgetown,
opened to poultrymen. Said Mum
dy, "An increasing pressure and
work load on our diagnostic SER
vices has brought about this
change. Formerly, field pathol-
ogist visited farms when called.
Todays change will enable us to
serve more people, eliminate the
possible spread of diseases from
farm to farm, obtain quicker dag
nosis and treatment, and bring
about closer coordination of state
agencies and better use of their
facilities. The planning for the i'm
proved service was done by a spec
ial committee of the Delaware
Poultry Commission John Ham
mond, Bridgeville, was the commit
tee chairman. Other members were
Bayard Carmean, Laurel, chairman
of the Commission; and Edgar Tim
mons, Millsboro. These men con-
ferred jointly with representatives
of the State Board of Agriculture,
and the University Experiment
Station to make sure the change
would be to the advantage of all
state poultrymen; and at the same
time make the best use of the pres
ent staff and diagnostic facilities.
The Poultry Commission further
aided the change by supporting f.
nancially to the remodeling of the
laboratory new equipment needed
at the Sub-station. DR.. Franklin
Wills, new assistant pathologist,
viii do the work at the Sub-station
under the direction of H. R. Baker,
head of the poultry disease depart
ment in Dover. The University
Experiment Station is cooperating
not only by offering laboratory and
Office space at the Sub-station, but
through closer cooperation of staff
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06

Frederick, director. I'VE have pre-
pared a work sheet for a commun-
ity industrial survey, and we hope,
through Col. Shaffer, to soon have
available information on every
principal city and town in the state
so that we can answer more fully
requests for information forwarded
to u.s." Frederick said. This will
be Col. Skaters first responsibility
in his new position. He will see
that the survey data sheets are
placed in the proper hands and that
they will be completed in a reason
able time and returned to the De-
partment files. To secure this in
formation he will work closely
with organized chambers of COM
MERGE in the communities, town
councils or boards, whichever may
have the needed data and contacts
to secure such material" The De-
partment will also give attention
to locating suitable sites for small
business, as well as looking for
work for buinesses already estab-
lihed in the state, working through
the Governor Small Business Com
mittee recently established at the
suggestion of RCA in seeking to
aid sub-contractors to secure some
of the national defense production
output.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06
CLAYTON

The regular monthly meeting OF
the Clayton Fire Co. will be held at
the Fire Hall on Tuesday evening
December 18th.
The Clayton Fire Co. was called
to assist the Citizens Hose Co.
Smyrna, on Monday evening, at q
dwelling fire in Spruance City.
The Sunshine Cla s of Ewell's-
st. Paul Church will meet at the
home of Mrs. William Jones, on
Friday<evening, December 7th at
8 pm.
MIR. and Mrs. H. H. Sevil spent
the weekend visiting Mr.. and Mrs
William Murray at Holloway Ter
race.
MIR. and Mrs. Baynard Harper
Jr., of near Washington, D. C..
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Hill.
Mrs. Charles Ford and son Oliver
were Wilmington visitors on Satur-
day.
Mrs. Fletcher Lowman an6
daughter Barbara were Whining
ton visitors on Saturday.
The winning number for the
week was 51498, held by Elmer
Walton, near Delaney's.
Mrs. Theresa Hardesty spent
several days in Wilmington visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. John Haug.
Don't forget that date with Santa
this Saturday, December 9Th.
The PTA bazaar closed on Sat.
urday evening after having realized
a very good financial return. The
funds will be applied to playground
equipment.
Charles Duff, Richard Comegys
and Theresa Houtman, local stu
dents, will make their stage ap
pearance in the Junior play, Dom
Take My Penny to be given De
cember 7th and 9Th in the Smyrna
High School auditorium.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06
TaylOr's Bridge

MIR. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser spent
Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
johnson near Sassafras, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gohl and
daughter of Atlantic City, N. j.,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
william Francis.
MIR. and Mrs. Lee w. David spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. William
r. Alfree, ST., near Middletown.
AIRS. Wilson Keiser, Jr., of Laurel
spent several days last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph McClain.
mar. and Mrs. Eli Ebling of Ridge
ay, Md, Miss Virginia Shockley OF
Newark, and Mr.. Edward Wheeler
of near Smyrna spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Shock
ley.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Shaddick OF
near Wilmington spent Sunday
with Miss Ethel McClain and
brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Long and
family of Dover, Mr.. and Mrs
AEitchell Thomas and sons of Smyr.
ma, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Unruh and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry I'm
ruh of Odessa spent Sunday with
MIR. and Mrs. Orville Newman.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Selway Of
near Kenton and Mr.. and Mrs. Pau,
Bradley have been visiting theil
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bayard Evans anC
family of Townsend spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Steller
MIR. and Mrs. James Reynold!
and family were visitors last weel
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Insolo near Townsend.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06

DIR. r. e. Keesey to Address Speech
and Hearing Association

DR.. Ray E. Keesey will address
a meeting of the Delaware Speech
and Hearing Association to be held
at the Grace Methodist Church
House, 903 West Street, Whining
ton, Thursday evening, December
6, at 8 o'clock. DR.. Keesey is prom
inent in the field of speech and has
recently become associated with
the expanding program of speech
and hearing services in this area,
He received his Master of Arts de-
gree from Ohio University and his
Doctor of Philosophy at Ohio State
University. He was formerly Di.
rector of the Speech Clinic at the
University of New Hampshire an6
for the past three years has been
Director of the Speech Clinic al
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06

Dartmouth University. In Septem-
Der 1851, he became associated
with the University of Delaware as
Associate Professor Of Speech and
Director of the Speech Clinic. He
will address the association on
1.-THE Program for Speech Training
at the University of Delaware"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1951-12-06
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