PflViTRYBJiSÏ EGGS BY WEIGHT IS NOT FAVORED The Danish method of baying eggs by weight Is not proving satisfactory, according to a recent report from the U nited S tates D epartm ent of Agrlcul ture, which has been Investigating the D anish m arketing methods. Tffis Is an interesting fact for American pout try producers to consider as there have been many argum ents presented In this country favoring this method of marketing. The policy of the Denmark co-op­ eratives has been to buy the eggs from th e ir members on the basis of weight. They adopted tlds policy so th at the sm all eggs would be kept at home. The plan has greatly increased the size of the eggs produced until It Is not uncommon now for th eir eggs to weigh 90 ounces to the dozen. The average weight of American eggs Is from 23 to 25 ounces a dozen. This In creased weight has undoubtedly been one of the reasons for the popularity of the Danish eggs on the English m arkets. However, the fact th at all eggs In Denmark are m arketed before they are seven duys old Insures high qunllty and Is an added reason for th eir poimlarity. In m arketing eggs In England, Dan Ish coop erativ es find th at they can not get a sufficient premium for tin large eggs as compared with eggs m ore nearly norm al in size to pay for the difference In food value. This Is especially tru e when eggs a re high In price. As a general rule large egg- have brought only 5 per cent more in price while they contained 12 per cent more food value. Eggs th at have brought the best retu rn s to the pro ducer are those averaging from 21 to 20 ounces a dozen. These facts Indi cate that American producers should pay attention to the size of their eggs, hut not to the extent of m arket Ing them by weight. Progress M a d e in C a rin g fo r S ick MINERAL MIXTURE BEST FOR CATTLE The only kind of a m ineral m ixture th at the farm er should buy is one In which the ingredients are limited to salt and compounds of calcium, phos­ phorus, and iodine. Even the Iodine Is probably not needed, says Prof. L. A. M aynard at the New York State College of A griculture at Ithuca, N. Y. The m ixture should be sold under an open formula. T here is no Justifi­ cation for keeping a mlnernl form ula secret, and there Is go much worth less m aterial being gold In m ineral m ixtures und stock tonics th a t one can be safe only by knowing exactly whnt he Is buying. The college recommands a m ixture of equal p arts of steam ed bone meal, ground lim estone and suit, and sug­ gests th at a compound of Iodine may be added w here troubles with goiter, big neck" and ‘‘hairlessness’’ occur. Two p a rts of bone nieul and one part of salt also make a good mixture. When bone meul cannot be obtained, two p arts of lim estone and one part of salt may be used. Most of the m ineral m ixtures on the m arket contain many other sub­ stances besides the needed salt, cal­ cium, phosphorus, and Iodine. These other substances are simply filler. T here Is no Justification for Including such m aterials as glauber’s salts, ep- som salts, sulphur, copperas, char­ coal, foenugreck, anise, and uux vom­ ica. Exaggerated and untrue cluims are made as to th e value of these substances. Both leading veterin ari­ ans and food experts advise against their use in feeds. These m ixtures sell a t exorbitant prices com pared to the cost of the simple m ixture, yet they are actlally worth much less be­ cause In tbeiu the needed m 'nerals ure dlluated with a large and un­ known um ount of w orthless or harm ­ ful m aterial. Most of the claims made for condi­ menta! stock feeds ami tonics are either misleading or absolutely un­ true. If an anim al Is well it does not need medicine. If it is sick it needs specific treatm en t for Its trou ble, not a shotgun prescription of a variety of drugs. Many farm ers whose anim als are not producing satisfactorily or are In poor condition are being Induced by clever salesm anship and advertising to pay ex orbitant prices for complex mineral m ixtures or stock tonics and are feeding them by the spoonful when all th eir anim als actually need Is an other pound or two of real food. Labrador's f ocky Coast. (F r sp s r s d bjr t h , N a tio n a l G eo g ra p h ie S o cie ty , W a s h in g to n , D. C. I I contrasts th at those who love It at i least may be forgiven for thinking It ABltADOIt has suddenly grown the borders of fairyland. to tw ice Its generally accepted It Is Indeed a fine set of people It size because of a decision of the lias produced, for one may count B ritish privy council setting Its as L abradorians the thousands of men boundury fur Inland from the A tlan­ and women from Newfoundland who tic. Lulirudor has alw ays occupied a 1 every year go to w rest a living from seemingly anomalous position ; it walls , its reluctant grasp. Canada north of the St. Lawrence Sen love, self-reliance, and optimism completely off from the A tlantic. Most are the three strongest tra its of char­ maps have shown this territo rial h a r­ acter developed In these people, with rier us a very narrow strip along the rath er more than the ordinary amount coast, for such was C anada’s claim. of fatalism . T h e re Is no doubt the pen- By virtue of the recent decision In fa- ple are tough—tough as their own to r of Newfoundland, however. Lab sharks, they say, which will come to a rador extends 800 miles Inland In the halt made of th eir own liver, or con south. It forms a roqgh triangle, tlnue to eat a fte r being disemboweled. growing steadily n arro w er to the Can Support Good Population. north until the triangle's apex Is Observers declare that L abrador can reached ut Cape Chidley, on Hudson strait, w here the w aters of Hudson m aintain a good population, hut at present little capital lias been Invested bay reach the Atlantic. It comes as n distinct surprise to there except In fishery nnd furring. Selection of Hatching most persons who turn th eir a tte n ­ Neither of these Industries do prac­ Eggs Quite Important tion newly to the geography of n o rth ­ tically anything to enrich the country, Even w here care has been used In eastern America, th at Canada and seeing that alm ost every fish caught and every fu r collected leaves the selecting breeders the eggs from the Newfoundland are sep arate govern breeding pen should also be chosen mental units—as distinct, for example, coast as It Is, and Is turned Into money elsewhere. carefully. Uniformity In size, shape as Jam aica and New Zealand. Cod, salmon, and trout nre exploited and color of eggs Is desirable and care L abrador Is best known nlnng the rather than fished. Rivers have been fid selection for these featu res has coast, and there it Is truly a land of barred with nets for years. The Indis­ some effect on the eggs the pullets will eternal w arring. E veryw here along Its crim inate nse of cod tra p s with small lay next fall and w inter. coast line g reat sens ceaselessly mesh lenders destroy every year thou- Size Is an Im portant m atter In the pound as with the ham m er of Thor sands of salmon-peal seeking the riv­ m arket value of eggs and although In Into Its adam antine sides. The almost ers, and, In the opinion of every one. tiffs state It Is not alw ays considered resistless Arctic Ice-flow growls and Injure very seriously the cod fishery or evident, nevertheless It Is tru e that groans as It crushes, cleaves, and Itself by utmost entirely preventing most eggs before they reach the con sm ashes the very face of nature, while the great shoals coming Inshore to Sumer are subject to grading. T here the m onster bergs outside, like omi­ feed Is a relation between the size of the nous Ice giants, ro ar and crash as they W haling Is practically a thing of the egg and th at of the chick hatched from vainly b attle with th eir still more re­ pnst off Lnhrudor. Eor home consump­ th a t egg. A good-sized but not abnor­ sistless enemy, the sum m er sun. tion, seals a re valuable, th eir skins mally large egg should be selected. Effective Preventive W here In the m ore-sheltered spots nnd fats form ing a m arketable com­ Shape Is also an Im portant consid­ gentler n atu re strives to spread a cov­ Found for Calf Scours modity of no mean value. When seals eration and those eggs th at are ex The old method of preventing calf ering over the nakedness of the land, "strik e In" plentifully It Is the easiest ceptlonally long, blunted or short are abysmal cold waves b attle with the objectionable os well as any lopsided scours by removing the cow due to tenacious plants and scrubs, which way In the world to get rich, for it ones or those showing ridges In the calf to a barn or shed unused for a grow gnarled and knotty In the con­ m eans that they come to one's door and drown them selves In his nets long time by dairy anim als can now shell. flict. The few anim als th a t In any ready for use. be superseded hy a b etter method. number can survive In Its wilds, are L abrador seals are real seals, and Although the old isolation method Whole Milk Found Best especially endowed to resist Its ap­ not the fur-hearing “O tarldae" of the cuts down losses greatly. It Is not so never discouraged effort to Pacific. The largest, the hoods, nre of Protein Feed for Chicks | effective as the colostrum milk meth parently destroy the very source of life. Immense size and height, and hy no od discovered by Doctor L ittle of the Milk has been found to he a good means to he carelessly approached Cached Supplies for U nfortunates. preventive of white d larrh en ; both R ockefeller Institute, says Carl B As one approaches It from the At­ when with tlielr young. They will then sweet and sour being equally effective Bender, assistan t anim al husbandm an show fight very readily, and many a An experim ent wns carried on In a t the New Jersey College of Agrlcul lantic and passes Its high portals, the poor old hull tins come to his death Wisconsin comparing whole milk with ture. As soon as the calf Is dropped, cliffs o f Belle Isle, he spies a stout log from a rlfie Just to enable the m ur­ one or two eight-ounce bottles of the house perched high up on a barren other forms of protein feeds. They d erer to steal the pelt of Ills baby raised chicks to six months of age on dam 's milk should be draw n and giv­ ledge clinging to th e very face of the th at he was defending, his own body whole milk alone. These chicks grew en to the calf. This feeding Is best cliff. Suggestive sig h t: It contains being left, a fte r all, as being too heavy faster than the others getting skim done hy using regular nursing bottles cached the necessities of life against to take. ntilk, butterm ilk or other protein and enlarging the holes In the nipples. the Inevitable day when some poor Excellent as their skins nre alw ays T his first milk or colostrum of the voyngers shall find them selves sudden­ feeds. While It Is not practical to feed whole milk to chicks this wav. cow possesses a num ber of qualities ly dependent on Its savage clemency. for sleeping hags, canoes, tents. ;.:jr Viewed, aa those who frequent It Hesses, etc., for clothing In cold w eath­ It showed th a t whole milk comes very highly essential to th e new born calf. e r they cannot touch the cured cari­ n ear being a complete ration. None It cleans out the digestive tra c t of mostly view It, from the sea, one of the forms of m eat proteins such as the young anlmul and also provides would think Its sole harvest was the bou hide. In inlld w eather the aeal tankage, m eat scraps or fishmeal were an Immunity against scours and va countless Ice-horne erratics th at crowd sldea are. as might be expected, much every hillside and crown every sky­ more w uter-tlght, except when tanned. found to be equal to skim milk pro rlous other digestive disorders. The soft chamois like, cleaned skin Even If th ere 1« no evidence of line, Jnst w here oth er countries would tein. They are usually better, how­ scours In the herd It Is well to feed he flaunting flowers, fru its and trees. of the deer m akes clothing Impene­ ever, than the vegetable proteins. colostrum milk to all of the calves In the renting of human life also trable to wind nnd w eather, while the gloves and nmccuslns, being soft and a t birth before they have a chance the sam e stern conditions m aintain to suckle th eir dam. To be effective Life Is truly a b attle In Labrador, and mobile, are fa r w arm er than the the colostrum m ust reach the calf's Ita conditions are responalble for a L abrador seal. An Incubator room with a tem pera T here are vegetable ns well ns ani­ stomach before any fllth can get there. white race whose members are as re­ hire about 08 degrees Is satisfactory. The nursing bottles and nipples should m arkable for th eir adaptability to live mal resources In Labrador. The red • a • he thoroughly cleaned and disinfected under the very h ard est of physical partridge berry or small cranberry, the Geese are practically all raised on Immediately before using. conditions as the native Eskimo they blue hertz or bilberry, the yellow laike- general farm s in small num bers where are steadily replacing. These little apple or cloud berry, the purple mnrsh- the feeding cost Is nominal. Arctic natives can w ithstand anything berry, with the red currant, the rasp­ • * * berry, nnd gooseberry, are all abun­ except civilized man. G rass or p asture lands and low But Labrador, beyond being a [dace dant, all easily preserved, and all grow land with plenty of grass and w ater of w ar. Is a land of co n trasts—a land w ithout any effort on the part of the are ideal conditions for geese. where extrem es m eet—and where no natives to sow, cultivate, or In any * • • Concrete dairy barn floors a re a man dleth from monotony of physical way Improve them. Because w hite corn Is deficient In good thing the y ear round. O f cultivated vegetables In L abrador circum stances. Scarcely a stone's • • • vitamin A. which Is an essential food throw from this ceaseless strife one the success depends on the shelter, property, yellow corn is a more de­ The milking machine Is one way finds onself In a land alm ost of op­ natural or artificial, they get from sirable grain feed for poultry. of cutting labor cost around the dairy pressive silence—a country so utterly sum m er frosts. In the bottom s of • • • farm. devoid of the busy hum of human life hays, carrots, peas, potatoes, lettuce, United S tates D epartm ent of Agri­ • • • th at the dom inant Idea forced upon radishes, beets, etc., all grow In the culture claim s limestone om itted from open well. In many dairy herds the profits of the diet of the laying flock reduces the highest producers Just shout off one Is, “Can I he certain I shall ever The Immense future th at lies be­ again get hack to the haunts of men?" egg production 50 per c e n t set the losses of the lowest producers while visions of the uncertain oppor­ fore pulping In L abrador Is evident • • • • • • tunities for com m unication with the from the suc('(*ss attending Lord North- Many a back yard th a t Is now given Successful dairying depends on world outside rise unbidden to the cllffe's great venture In Newfound over to old tin cans and discarded many factors. Among these, culling Is land, and hy the fact th at every acre shoes can be made to rccom m odnte one of the most Im portant. The most mind. Soon, however, mem ories of Its gen­ of sen and land from the S traits to enough hens to supply the family with successful dairym en closely cull their erous spaces, Its glorious fiords. Its Hudson bay has been applied for good fresh eggs. hards. keen, bracing air, Its call for resource- ahead. If not granted, for this very • • • • • • fulnesa, Ita rich sea hsrvest, Its noble purpose. An open shed Is all th e housing nec­ Dairymen who by breeding and feed rivers and plenteous salmon, Ita wily, The Incalculable energy of the essary for geese. Not more than four Ing make one cow do w hat two did silent anim als with th eir priceless countless falls, Including the Grand geese should be m ated to one gander before are benefactors to the public as skins. Its countless deer h«-rds come falls of the Ham ilton river, probably • • • well as to themselves. hack to cheer one. Ita splendid ever­ the third largest In the world, and A little added care will bring the • • • greens. Its gorgeous mosses the car­ second only to the Victoria falls In poultryroan added dollars for his egg A cow will not drink enough far o u tp u t It Is quality th a t counts maximum milk production If the w ater pet bedding of Its brillian t lichens all height, Is sn asset which the future with the egg consumer, and care will Is stale or Impure, or too cold In ths serve to relieve the first chill of Its will l»e unable to overestim ate Now barrenness. Add to these Its beauteous th a t chem istry stands on I e very give quality. winter. nights. Its long tw ilights, the fantastic verge of a synthesis of stoma, and • • • Are the yolks of your eggs a pale About one-third of our dairy cows colors of the moon shining on Its a new world seems ready for con yellow, and th e shells thin and ten are being kept a t a loss, one-third weird Ice and deep blue seas, the un­ quest If sufficient energy Is proeur S erf Not enough green stu ff; give an yield little or no profit, and the profits earthly loveliness o f Its auroras, and able,. these hitherto unappreciated ihundance of greens, and especially If of the dairy business come alm ost a) the magnificent tracery of Its northern riches are beginning to excite atten cliffs. Such a land Is It of changes and tlon. together from the other third. fowls are yarded. P oultry F acts IO*£>— 0-»o~0K D airy F acts f • • « L TWO HOMES MADE HAPPY T here are fifty more hospitals In this country now th an there were a year ago, according to a statistical survey of hospitals recently com pleted by the American Medical association» The By Women Who Used Lydia fi.lHtl hospitals now in operation In the E. Pinkham’a Vegetable United S tates have a capacity of Compound. 869,445 beds Hiid the increase over last year Is sufficient to tak e care of au In­ •T have taken I.ydla E Plnkham ’s crease I d population of 5,000.000 peo­ Vegetable Compound and I think It ple, association officials say. The is the most won­ growing Im portance of the hospital as d e r f u l medicine an educational agency Is Indicated by I ever tried," Is the figures showing the num ber of hos­ th e s t a t e m e n t m ade by Mrs. pitals th a t Include n urses’ training Goldie Shoup of schools. The totul numlier of schools St. Joseph, Illi­ conies to more than 2,000, of which nois. She de­ Pennsylvania has the most In any clares th n t a fte r state, though New York 1ms the largest taking th e Com­ number of nurse students. T here are pound she Is In slightly few er than 28 registered b e tte r health nurses for every 10,000 people of the th an before. whole population of the country, the Mrs. J . ' Storm s survey shows. The low est supply Is In of 29 Lane S treet, P aterson, N. J., Georgia and Mississippi, which have w rite s: “I cannot spenk too highly of your m edicine nnd I recom mend only seven for every 10,000 people. It to nil my friends." These statem en ts w ere taken from C o n s tip a tio n g e n e r a lly Indtc& tna d is o r d e r s ,! s to m a c h , liv e r a n d b o w els. W r l s h t 's I n d ia n two en th u siastic letters w hich tell V e g e ta b le P ill« r e s to r e r e g u l a r ity w ith o u t of the help thnt has been received ffrlp ln c . 172 T e a r l S t.. N. Y. A dv. from using the Vegetable Compound. Both Mrs. Shoup nnd Mrs. Storm s W e ed s L o o k e d O n as were In a run down condition which R eservo irs o f W e a lth caused them much unhappiness. When women nre suffering from At a recent m eeting of d istin ­ lack of stren g th and from w eakness, guished botarflsts the opinion wns tlielr own life nnd thnt o f th eir fam ­ voiced th a t g reat reserves of w ealth ily Is affected. When they feel well are lying untapjied In w hat we now and strong nnd nre able to do th eir regard as weeds. Though there are housework easily, hnppy hom es are the result. 000,000 known species of higher Are you on the S unlit R oad to plants, the w orld’s needs In food, fiber B etter H ealth? and tim ber are at present supplied by less than 100 species. A nother interesting fact th a t was brought out a t this convention of botanists was th a t the cells of plants burnin« or »calv lid«, / and t " reliar« inlitm tna- can be regarded as the most poweriul tion and »no n ts i.iH e Miti-hall Salva, arcordlrp lo dltwC- forms of suction pum ps in the world. Boothlng, haalin«. As the result of research Into the wily WALL A RUCKZL 147 W avari y piava Haw York In which [ilants draw w ater from their roots to tlielr topm ost leaves through ferm entation th a t Is taking place In tlielr cells, mi estim ation was made that pumping pow er som etimes equals 500 pounds to the square Inch. Ont o f A m tr u a 'j Exct f t tonal Bus m tt J Colltgts EYr » HURT? OREGON DIRECTORY Soft Corns M o n e y B a c k Says Y o u r D ru g g is t i f M o o n e ’s E m e ra ld O il D o e s n ’t D o A w a y W it h A ll Soreness a n d P a in in 2 4 H o u rs . 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T his pow er­ S em i fo r l i t e r a t u r e ful p en etratin g oil Is one p rep ara­ O R E G O N IN S T IT U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y tion th a t will help to make your If. M .C 's A . I t h lg . F o r tO reg o n painful aching feet so heulthy und free from corn mid bunion troubles th at you'll be able to go anyw here and do anything In absolute feet comfort. So m arvelously powerful Is Moone's Em erald Gil th a t thousands have found It gives w onderful results In We Pay Return Postage the treatm en t of dangerous swollen or varicose veins. Your druggist Is sell­ 343 Union Avenue N , Portland, Oregon ing lots of It. iinnnmnnn p °F I UlUILUIUlllil W. N. U., PO R TLAN D , NO. 18-1927. Locusts D e fie d A r t i lle r y G iant locusts have been Invading the countryside In India, three differ­ ent sw arm s having descended upon territo ry In the Bombay presidency, says P opular M echanics* Magazine. One “arm y" w as 20 miles long and 30 yards wide. When the Insects had set lied, heavy gunfire w as directed upon them, hut did not dlelmlge them, nnd several fertile tra c ts w ere devastated Another sw arm was five miles long and half a niRg wide. Best fo r th e D o g T able scraps form the ties! food for the dog, says N ature Magazine. Do not feed him either potutoes of chicken bones. Self d istru st Is responsible for most of life'» failures. The silent w atches of the night are those we forget to wind. T a k e s M o v ie s o f P la n ts The slowest motion pictures ever made are those of the U nited S tutes D epartm ent of A griculture which [sjr- tray the grow th of [liants. T his Is doue by the use of a “tim e-lapse” ma­ chine, Invented hy H oward Greene, th at exposes only one fram e of film at a tim e and regulates the tim e be­ tween such exposures. These periods usually are about 20 seconds, so thnt In an hour only about 180 pictures would he taken A l l in G o o d T im e F red—D'you know. I haven't spoken to my wife for five weeks. T ed—Don't Worry, old man, your turn will come next.—Answers. N o th in g to I t ’’T here's nothing to this talk." “No, It's crahn|i|ilesnnce.” grouch C overed W agon P io n eer Q uickly R estored to H ealth Was So Weak Could Scarcely Use Arms or Legs. Sacra­ mento Resident a Victim of “Flu,” Loses W eight and V itality. Finds Long-Sought Relief. Strength Restored. Praises Tanlac. Pioneer blood flows in the veins of Frank Rikert, Box 1036, R. R. 10, Sacramento, C a lif., a prominen W o rk ­ man who trekked over the rough, haz­ ardous trails from Illinois in the early sixties. B ut even his brawn, niusela ami splendid health broke under the strain of modern living. " F lu " le ft its mark and threatened his life. “ I didn’t care whether I lived or died, I felt so liaiilvx” said M r. Rikert, “when I began taking Tanlac, My strength bad vanished, sapped by the 'Flu. My arm s ami legs were so weak th a t they were almost useless. I couldn’t even turn over in lied with­ out help, so completely undermined was my strength and vitality. “ One night m y wife saw the Tanlac advertisement in the paper and urged me to try it. I bought a bottle and started taking it, and I fe lt better right off. In a few weeks I was aide to do all my work. N o t only did my weakness disappear, but I actually gained twenty pounds, and I have felt fine ever since. “ Yes, sir, I firm ly believe that Tan­ lac saved my life. N aturally, I ’m so enthusiastic about Tanlac l am tell- iag ail my Ineuds i t ’» a great medicine and I ’ll praise it as long as I liv e ." Tanlac helps conquer ailments nnd builds upstrength in famished Isxliea. 1 1 lianishespiii n and frees t hesystem < if poison caused hvconsi ipstion andsl i g- gish liver. I t is N ature’s own remedy made from roots, barks and herlst ac­ cording to the fam otisTanlnr formula. Begin taking Tanlac ami enjoy the benefits of strength and golden health. The first bottle usually brings resulte th a t w ill surprise you. Ask your drug­ gist for Tanlac—today I Over 40 mils koQ bottles sold.