HALSEY ENTERPRISE, HALSEY. OREGON, MAY 17. 1928
Texas in H iatory
POULTRY
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POULTRY FEEDING
SUGGESTIONS FOR
QUITE IMPORTANT
GARGET CONTROL
For later profits, development of
pullets on rauge should be closely
watched und au effort made to get
them to maximum size before they are
allowed to come Into production, as
serts L. M. Black, extension specialist
in poultry husbandry at the New Jer
sey State College of Agriculture, New
Brunswick.
Undersized pullets, he
points out, require much more skillful
feeding to maintain steady produc
tion, and they reward the owner only
with second-grade eggs that are hard
to sell.
From the time their birds reach
twelve to fourteen weeks of age. It is
the aim of the better poultrymen to
get them to consume, in so fur ns pos
sible, equal parts of mart) and scratch
grain. Where this Is done it Is un
necessary to dilute the mash with bran
or corn meal, according to Mr. Black.
Changing the formula of the mash is
regarded by some poultrymen ns a
foolish and dangerous practice. They
believe It Is more rtmple to watch
closely the relative consumption of
scratch grain to mash and vary the
amounts fed to meet the changing re
quirements of the birds.
Some flock owners place before the
birds enough of a mixture of equal
parts of scratch grain und mash to
last the pullets until 2 or 3 p. m. In
the evening scratch grain alone Is
given to bring about a heavy con
sumption of IL This system of feed
ing tends to hold back the sexual de
velopment of the birds and promotes
growth. Under it, Leghorn pullets
that are capable of a year of hard
work should be ready to go Into the
laying house when five to five and one-
half months old.
Mr. Black states that nothing Is to
be gained from early hatching If the
pullet? that develop in August and
September are not placed in the houses
at that time. From then on a little
skill In feeding with an eye especially
on the maintenance of the body
weight will ward off a molt and will
convince the owner of the value of
the early hatched pullet.
Sell Broilers Closely
to Prevent Loss Later
The bottom usually drops out of the
broiler market before the first of July.
Usually It starts downward quite rap
idly after the middle of June. This
makes It profitable to sell all birds
that are ready for market. At this
season of the year It Is often possible
to get more for the young birds, even
though they do not weigh more than
two pounds, than they bring later In
the season after they have consumed
a large amount of feed.
Another advantage in selling the
broilers closely is that the pullets need
room. If the broilers are sold the
pullets cun utilize the room that was
occupied by the cockerels. This will
give them a better chance to develop
Pullets that are crowded, that are con
fined with the old birds, or that ore
raised on contaminated ground are
working under a handicap. If a sep
arate house Is available, such as the
brooder house, this can be pulled to
the edge of the orchard and be made
the headqunrters for pullets.
If a
mash hopper Is plentifully supplied
with a good mash ration nnd the pul
lets are given plenty of fresh water,
minerals and scratch feed. It Is likely
that they will develop Into good win
ter layers.
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Poultry Hints
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Avoid overcrowding chicks In the
brooder.
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If you want to keep yonr reputation
for supplying fresh eggs, market them
frequently.
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Meat meal or meat scrap are high
protein feeds and are found In most
chick mashes or laying mashes.
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Turkeys should have a shed open on
the south for shelter and should be
fed In this shelter so that they cun
locate it when necessary.
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A chick tliat Is well started Is half
grown. For this reason It is Important
that the young chicks be started off
on the right feeds.
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When the breeding season Is over,
sell or separate your male birds from
the laying flock and produce Infertile
eggs during the summer months.
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Start the ducklings on stale bread
soaked In milk, squeezed dry, sprin
kled with fine sand, feeding every two
hours the first two day? what they
will eat up clean In five minutes,
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(B y E. J. Perry, E xten sion S p ecialist
N ew Jersey s ta te C ollege o f A gri
cu ltu re In D airyin g.)
The three most troublesome dis
eases that attack dairy cows are tu
berculosis, abortion, and garget. Ab
solute cures for any of these seem to
be impossible, but an attempt at pre
vention or further spread Is very
much* worthwhile, in some cases there
Is probably a relationship between
garget, or mastitis, and feeding. At
any rate the subject of garget con
trol seems worthy of mention in these
columns, because the insidious germs
of this disease have ruined production
In muny well-fed herds. Through the
feeding service conducted In the
Dairymen's Leugue News, Dr. 11. J.
Metzger, of Cornell university, has
recently made some suggestions on
the control of this trouble which the
writer believes ure very practical and
j timely. These observations and rec
ommendations follow:
“Because garget so frequently re
sults In a great loss to the dairy
man. and the treatment of the dis
ease is so often unsatisfactory, very
careful consideration should he giv
en to the prevention of the diseuse.
In bundling a case of garget It should
be remembered that:
1. Most all cases of garget are
caused by some germ growing in the
milk and udder tissues.
2. Every drop of milk from a dis
eased quarter contains millions of
germs capable of causing garget In
ano'her udder.
3. The chief way In which these
germs enter the udder Is through the
opening of the teat.
4. Such things as heavy protein
feeding, bruises, lying on the cold
floors, und Irregularity or delay In
milking, will not alone cause garget.
They will weaken the udder, how
ever, making It much easier for germs
already present to cause the disease.
The most successful way to handle
a case of garget is to treat It seri
ously from the very start. The sim
plest appearing case may become seri
ous If neglected. When a cuse of
garget Is discovered:
1. If possible, remove the cow from
the herd. This will reduce the danger
of the disease spreading to other
cows.
2. Milk the diseased udder only
after milking the remainder of the
herd.
3. Milk the well quarters first. Dtp
the ends of the teuls in a weak solu
tion of disinfectant before milking
the diseased quarter.
4. Do not milk the diseased quarter
on the floor. It should be milked in
a pail and the milk should he thrown
out where the cows cannot lie In It.
5. Reduce the feed. It Is generally
advisuble to cut all grain from the
rution for the first day or day nnd a
half.
6 It Is generally a wise precau
tion to give the cow a laxative (one-
half or three-fourths of a pound of
epsom salts.)
7. Milking the nffected quarters as
often as possible greatly reduces the
danger of the infection spreading
through the udder.
This may be
done as often as every three hours.
8. Bub the udder mildly with hot
water at least twice a day.”
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Texas became au Independent re
public In 1836 and a state In the Amer
ican Union In 1S45. In IStil Texas
seceded and shared the fate of tin s
Southern Confederacy. From the closa
of the wur In 1885 it was under the
military rule of the United States un
til 1870, when complying with the re
quirements of congress, it was reads
mltted to statehood.
Events in the Lives o f Little Men
Im proving on It
“In your sermon you spoke of a.
baby as a new wave on the ocean of
life," remarked Mr. Young Husband.
“Yea," said the preacher, "a poetical
figure of speech," "Don't you think,**
suggested Mr. Young Husband, "that a
fresh squall on the ocean of life would
hit the mark better!" — Capper's
Weekly.
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Suspending th e A ssem b ly
The president of the French cham
ber of deputies wears plain evening
dress. Should the assembly beconia
too unruly to he brought to order by
even the most vigorous ringing of his
bell, he puts on Ills top hat to Indi
cate that the sitting Is suspended.
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Punch th e O riginator
The present application of the word
“cartoon” originated In the English
periodical Punch, the occasion being
the first exhibition of cartoons for the
houses of parliament, in July, 1843,
when Punch appeared with a rival
series of sarcastic designs.
Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm, like truth, admits of no
compromise. It Is a conviction of
rightness. It radiate? confidence In
one's self nnd In one's business or
product Today more than ever be
fore It Is vital to success lu any en
terprise.—Longview Dally News.
H and L aundered Men
THE FEATHERHEADS
Felix Gives In
B etting on a Long Shot
A hand ut auction bridge having no
card higher than a nine is called a
Yarborough because the “nrl of Yar
borough had a standing het of 1,00(1
to 1 that the hand dealt would huve a
higher card than a nine.
L ib erty S tatu e H ighest
Pliny und Strabo place the height of
the Colossus of Rhodes nt 70 cubits,
or 105 feet. Later writers estimate It
nt nearly 80 cubits. The Statue of
Liberty is 151 feet high, placed ou a
pedestal of 155 feet.
Poor Engineers
Most of us start out In life to build
a boulevard as straight and heu ut I fut
ns Pennsylvania avenue, hut when we
finish It It looks more like the tracks
of the cow timi laid out Boston.—
American Magazine.
First A m erican Coinage
On April 2. 1702, the first United
States mint was founded nt Philadel
phia. Only manual or horse power was
used In the minting of colas until the
year 183(1, when steam power was first
Introduced.
D espair Versus Cheer
Fear, Imuglnlngs. and despair low
er vitality. In the recent war It was
noticed Hint the wounds of cheerful
soldiers healed much more quickly
than those of others.—London An
swers.
Important Rules Given
for Care of Dairy Cow
C ivilisation
(Prepared bi the United P late. Department
of Agriculture.)
Some u.-uple but
1“ t''
'Ules to
follow In caring for the dairy cow
that Is about to freshen ure discussed
by J. B. Shepherd, associate dairy
hushundryman of the bureau of dairy
industry. In Leaflet No. 10-L, “Care of
the Dairy Cow at Calving Time," Just
Issued hy the United States D-f.-rt-
ment of Agriculture.
Proper management at this time,
says Mr. Shepherd, means more living
•calves, fewer sick cows, and better
chances for u longer period of greater
milk und butterfat production. It Is
Important that the cow be handled at
this time so as to prevent Injury, tl t
she receive a feed ration suitable to
her condition, nnd that she l>e r uer-
ly cared for at calving time. A small
pasture conveniently located makes
an ideal calving place in warn) weath
er. At other seasons, the best place
is In a coomy box stall free from
drafts, thoroughly cleaned, disinfect
ed. and well bedded with straw, shav
ings, or other suitable material.
Il Is
II to stanchion t l ■ heifers
with the milking herd for two nr three
months before they are due to calve.
They will be easier to handle later.
A copy of the leaflet may be ob
tained hy writing to the United States
Department of Agriculture. Washing
ton, D. C
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Buckwheat ought not to constitute
Cow Sucks Herself
a large proportion of a grain mixture,
When a cow has formed the habit
not more than 20 per cent.
of sucking herself It Is difficult to
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Many poultrymen fall to take Into break her of IL A device that In many
consideration the effects of a damp cases Is successful In breaking this
cold and the opposite effects of a dry habit Is to Insert an ordinary bull
cold upon the health and egg produc ring into the cow'a nose, and then put
another ring Into this one. In many
ing ability of the layers.
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cases this has been successful while In
Goslings are more easily reared than others It did not work.
If, after giving this method a trial,
chicks, poults or ducklings. Gortlngs
are better hatched hy chicken hens yon find that It will not work, the best
rather than by geese, although some thing that you can do la to sell this
cow to the butcher.
geese make splendid mothers.
“The man with the stainless soul
nnd spotless record ought to go out
and get a few blemishes," sez Grand-
pep Peterkln, “Just to keep the rest
of us sinners from feelln' too un
washed."—Farm nnd Fireside.
FINNEY OF THE FORCE
Beware the Dorg
Civilization Is
one generation
tion's debts by
next generation
ald.
the condition In which
pays the Inst genera
Issuing bonds for the
to pay.—Boston Her
Thought for T oday
Gentle words, quiet words, are aftet
all the most powerful words. They
are more convincing, more compelling,
more prevailing.—Gladden.
Selfish and Sordid
The world's greatest trugedy Is the
death of men while their bodies are
still alive.—American Magazine.
Lonely Man
If he has no faults what does the
poor fellow do for congenial com
panions?—Toledo Blade.
Not W orth C andle
It Is a poor sport that Is not worth
a candle.—Herbert.
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