10 HOME ANT) FARM MAGAZINE SECTION A Weekly Page of Poultry Hints to You Here Is a Department Full of Bright Ideas for Readers of the Home and Farm Magazine Section. $'eSSS3$S$j13$SS 5 When facts bump up against theories, the truth will usually out. Our agricultural colleges are constantly bumping theories hard with experience won 0 facts. In this connection an expert at Oregon Agricultural 3 college here discusses auimal vs. vegetable protein for poultry. HERE are a great many perplexing 1 problems in poultry feeding. They are made more perplexing the average poultry raiser by the ex ploiting of various and sundry feeds, e merits or winch are based wholly n theoretical assumitinnn Wo km ... r " " ' Been insisting for a number of years pon one point more than any other in poultry feeding, and that is that the hen is a "moat cater.-' The knowledge of this fact has been of great impor tance in poultry feeding, both for egg production and flesh production. In creased production of eggs has been the result in no small degree of the feed ing of animal foods. About every year somcoiio advocates or advertises a sub stitute for animal food. Last year a groat many letters caino to us asking if soy bean meal would take the place of meat foods. It hud been extensive ly advertised as a substitute. Various other fowls of vegetahlo origin have at one time or another been advertised to take the plneo of auimal food. It is well known that for heavy c;g production or for the growth of chicks, there must bo a considerable propor tion of protein in tho foods; that is, the ordinary grain foods such as wheat and corn do not contain enough of the protein elements. It is also known that meat foods mich as commercial beef scrap, cut bones or any kind of meat foods with a largo proportion of the lean meat, are very rich in protein. Commercial beef scrap contains about 60 per cent protein. That is, about half tho weight oj. the beef scrap ib protein, while wheat and corn contain some 10 to 12 per cent protein. Inaccurate Claims Made. It was first a question whether a ufficieut amount of protein in the ration, irrespective of its source, was not all that was necessary, or whether such foods as beans, peas, linseed meal, gluton meal or cotton seed meal, that are rich in protein, would not nvn u good results as the protein found in the meat foods. Many to this day claim that this is all that is necessary in face of tho faet that it has beeu thorough ly demonstrated by experiment that animal foods must bo fed to poultry in order to get good results whether in egg yield or moat production. A num ber of oxieriment stations during the last ton or twelve years have conduct ed careful experiments on this point and the results have iuvariably shown that vogetablo proteins will not take tho place of animal proteins. Tho latest experiment on this point was made at the New Jorsoy' Station, the results of which have just beon published, In this experiment it was found that animal food was necessary not only for the growing chick and for the broiler but for the laying fowl. A poultry food. Hen-e ta. extensively advertised during the last fowls, but which contains no animal looa, was made the subject of a com parison in Now Jorsey experiments, with a result wholly unfavorable to the claims made for this food. Theory vs. Fact. Not only was it claimed for this food that no animal food was required and that it contained enough protein from other sources, which was all that was roqnired, but the claim was also made that the phosphorus or bone-making material was as efficient when obtain ed from inorganie or mineral sources, web as phosphate rock, as the same constituents obtained from sninml sources, such as ground bone. The ex periments showed very clearly that "phosphoric acid from an organic source (animal bone) is much more ef ficient than phosphoric acid from an inornanio sourm ri)wwi,ki. i . .....l. u , .... m iuv& Ul Heu-e-ta) Record Sheets For Eggs Needed to Know Results Trap Nests Also Required by Poultry Raiser Who Wants to Be Able to Set Off One Hen Against Another 0. A. 0. Specimen Sheet Shown Here. Howe No, Pen No. Hatched April 29. 1912 Vawity Fowl. No. C .521 Date i a. 1 7 1 MiiitoKiriiiisaKiS)itfj9ji total CEPT. ; . . . -OCT, I . , "ov. L-LLLLT-L-LLL-LLLL A , cro. TV . )an. LLLL-LLL X1Z1 jl LLA.LLLjLL-LLLLL-LJLLLL-LLLL 3. j -Mia LLjLL-LLLLL LL.J-J- LLLLL-.JLLl.-. -JiL s n, LLA.LLLLL-LL1LLLLLILL1.LL LL1L XL , jsa 1L1LL1L1111LLL1LL11-L1LL1L1LLL21L ; am I 1 I I I I I I I III 1 ILL LLLL1 7 ' j2l1L-L1111111 111-11L111I I 1 iP ' LL LLLL1L L1L1L1L1111171L1L2JlZ Uzzl-.1-1.1LL1A111111L111L1.11A1.1L 2S j&l11A11LL11111 Lit 1 till ill' I is j t-------------- z::z::z253: 'HE rOULTHT Taiser who wants to 4 know accurately what his hens are doinf requires trap nests and a record. Tho best type of record is entered up every day immediately the band on the nen s leg is examined, so that her num ber can bo" determined. As tho hen is released from the trap nest Bhe is credited with her egg. The illustration above shows the daily record of hen 0. 521 at Oregon Atrrienl. ci a e Itural Collogo, Corvallis, Oregon. C. 521, it will be remembered, made tho record of laying 303 eggs in one year. At Corvallis, a weekly record shoot is maintained at the poultry house. These sheets are entered un on annual records such as the 'one above. Fright and Worry Affect Laying jT MAY BE news to many farmers, or even poultrymen, to know that hens "hold up" their eggs just the same as a Jersey cow will hold up her milk vvnen sne sets a Dit stubDorn or ex cited: but it is 80. JiiRt let ft farmer ichase the hens from the eornfield or garden, sot the dog on them, or throw clods and yell at them, and watch the result. Where the evening gathering showed a dozen or fifteen eggs, not more than seven or possibly six will be found, and the poor hen is accused of "stealing her nest out" somewhere. It takes three days of care to get tho eggs record dack to normal. Do not allow visitors tn enter t.Tm lav ing houso nor their children to prowl about the nests. If strange dogs aro bent unon mvostipatin? the henvard their hide is worth something, but give the hens quiet peace at all costs. Often sueceasivA nr flpvprrt fricrtit. will ramilf in doad germs, and then tho egg is utterly useless lor setting. Want A Position Being ready when the oppor tunity comes is what counts for success. There is a big demand for BEHNKE-WA1KEB trained bookkeepers, stenographers and telegraphers. . Eight hundred and forty-one different firms called on us for help since August 1st. There is no quicker,-surer way to secure remunerative employment and future success than to secure our dioloma. . BUSINESS COLLEGE M. Walker, Pres. Portland, Ore. Poultry and Veal Wanted Also Dressed Meat, Bntter Eggs and Fruit Potatoes and Oniom in Quantity. Cash Returns Daily Bank Reference. BURNETT SON 143 Front Street Portland, OregML Necessity of Spraying. Tn the State nf Tnwa. rinrinr tni last summer, orchard spraying demon strations were carried on m five dif ferent countioH. The number of snrava varied from one to four times. As a rule very good results were obtained few warn . .,i.. ... ... three sprays. The meetings held fowls, hut' wliUh - ,.at picking time demonstrated to the , , vviiitiuia , HDi n. i - ... farmers present tho necessity of spray ing. T)rm 'I fthfn'liva nnnTr.Tv in wmTftnriznn . t crates. It is eruol, poor business policy ana unlawful. As to why the animal food or the mineral m&tArial from animal nmireAfi are more valuable in poultry feeding than the same constituents obtained from other sources, is not known, but the fact has been sufficiently demon strated by practical experiment. Theo retical assumptions will not take the place of actual demonstrations. Suc cessful poultry feeders who have won their success by using animal foods will not be influenced by claims such as have been put out for the articles men tioned, and charged thvit rations to ItLair financial losa. VACUUM CLEANERS Hand Power & Electric, Trom $4.00 up Agents Wanted. W. L. BENTLEY & CO. . 14th and Washington Streets. Portland. Orpornn Only Vacuum Cleaner Store in Oregon. TYPEWRITERS RENT a Typewriter from the manufacturers, 5 for three months Remington. No. 9 or No. 7; Smith Premier. No. S or No. 4; yi.ible RemiDffton. fnn&rk fh,i)h T !. a a - xiouuor, is per month delirerml unkoM u.k.:i. ... sold on easy payment. BEMDTOTOM TYPEWRITES COMPANY. 88 Broadway, Portland, Ore. FREE EGG CASES. F. IT flfhmali A. I" :j ... era m rtumJitr h nnar. l . tionm, tins paper, an eg, case. Highest market pnoe guaranteed. Write today. Tags, prioea free. Teal, hogs, poultry and hides also wanted. No oommisaione charged. F. II. SOIIMALZ & CO. 145 Front Street Portland, Oregon. nappy Let him play in overalls with never a care in the world and you will make him a healthy, happy boy. Be sure to buy him Two-Horse Brand Overalls The kind that Si made for comfort and long wear. ArJ? FREE "ST Mad By LEVI STRAUSS & CO, Wimcbm AGENTS WANTED In Bvery Town to Handle Lansre's Mineral Wonrkr At Large Profits. An Article of Groat Merii ana a KspuiaDie Business. WRITE POR PARTICULARS. H. VT. T.AjjnR A now Portland, Oregon. Bo 1073. Cash Rearister Bargains 0nr prices about half ether dealers. We pay highest pries for second-hand regis ters. We do expert repairing and gnar- aniee our worK. Will exchange to trait our requirements. StrNDWAT.T, fin n.t 2nd avenue, Seattle. Phone Main 1180. We win sell yon HIGH GRADES-aREGISTERED COWS and loan yon the money to lmy them with, MOKEL COW CO. 607 Commereiai Block, Portland, Ore. BABY CHICKS S NCLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 10.00 per 100. uiu.lEi,K(J mietn. A postal will hrlnlr our lmn . ... v.- " w iuau I'tJaV. STAR POULTRY FARMS, Route 1, Waltsoutg, Washington ' mortsiiKe liner,, a postal will bring o I. D. CASEY & SONS