HALSEY EN TER PR ISE. HALSEY. OREGON. MAY 21. 1928
OUR COMIC SECTION
SUNLIGHT EFFECT
DEVELOPMENT OF
ON DAIRY CALVES
YOUNG TURKEYS
THE FEATHERHEADS
The Kid Thinks Fast
Many people report good success In
raising young poults until th e , are
one or two mouths old and then re­
port losses. In a recent majority of
coses this Is due to the birds becom­
ing affected with blackhead. This dis­
ease does not always show a black­
ened color of the head and for this
reason many confuse It with some­
thing else. Blackhead Is really a dis­
ease of the liver and Intestine and In
some of the extreme cases the head
shows a discoloration. lY e more com­
mon symptoms are weakness In ac­
tivity, a diminished apjietite and
diarrhea.
Blackhead Is closely associated with
small cecum worms. The small para­
sitic protozoan which causes black­
head seems to enter the system of the
fowls through the small irritations
made by these worms. Therefore, the
prevention of worms is as Important
as the prevention of the diseas?
proper.
fortunately
the
prevention of
worms is accomplished by the steps
necessary to prevent the disease,
keeping the poults on fresh ground
away from old birds, especially chick
ens, is necessary. Chickens are often
affected with the disease but it does
not injure them In the same manner
us turkeys. .Moving the poults to fresh
ground nt frequent intervals not only
Insures greater freedom from the dis­
ease, but It also helps to furnish green
material and good range.
It has been demonstrated that It Is
not necessary to allow young poults
the run of the furni. In fact many
people are reporting better success
when keeping them on ground that Is
not frequented by chickens.
A good ration for growing chickens
is also a good ration for young poults.
Tuberculosis Is Subject
of New Government Film
(P rep ared by the U n ited States D e p a rtm e n t
of A g ric u ltu re .)
B. or Not T. B.," a question that
Is causing many Midwestern poultry
men to soliloquize on the future of
their docks, Is the title of a recently
released United States Department of
Agriculture educational film. The pic­
ture Is a two reeler dealing with tu­
berculosis of poultry.
The film, which Is presented In
story form, is designed to Instruct
| poultrymen on wuys uud menus of
controlling this plague and keeping It
from their furms. Scenes depict the
various common conditions which are
conducive to the Introduction of the
disease to the poultry yard, the breed­
ing of germs and the spread of the In
fectlon. Avian tuberculosis Is not
only fatal to fowls but spreuds to
swine as well, frequently resulting In
heavy tinanclul losses to the owners
of the sick birds. Methods of wiping
out the dreaded avian T. B. bacclll
and preventing future losses from the
disease are stressed In the new Him.
Copies of United States Depart­
ment ot Agriculture tllmg ure uvall-
ulile for loan without charge other
than the cost of transportation, which
must be assumed by the borrowers.
Prospective users of the film should
apply for bookings to the office of Mo­
tion Pictures, United States Depart­
ment of Agriculture, Washington.
Apoplexy and Internal
Rupture Cause Death
FINNEY OF THE FORCE
Or That Fire Back and Forth
T W. Gultickson and C. H. Eckles
make the following report In the Jour­
nal of Dairy Science:
Pour heifer calves were placed on
an experiment nt from three to seven
days of age. Two were confined in a ,
completely dark well ventilated box
stall and allowed in the open only I
at night. Tlie other two were allowed
to run out of doors during the day
and confined only nt night. The ra­
tion for all animals was Identical
tlie grain portion consisting of coni
meal, corn gluteip feed, wheat bran,
and linseed oil meal, 3:1:1:1, and I
timothy ha.v of fair to poor quality
forming the roughage. The animals I
were weighed every ten days and the i
height nt the top of the withers mens
tired every thirty days during the i
two-year period.
Tlie animals In both lots continued
normal in ail outward respects during
the test. All heifers came In lien*
when less than a year of age. The
two In the “sunlight" group were ac­
cidentally bred nt the first heat l>e-
rlod. Due dropped a normal full-time
calf, and the other a small, slightly
deformed calf, with both eyes present
but blind.
This condition was not
thought to lie due to the ration line
heifer In the "no sunlight" group was
bred nt about sixteen months of age
and dropped a normal calf. The other
heifer of this group was found to
have malformed reproductive organs
which prevented conception but did
not hinder oestrum.
Prom these data It Is conclude«, thnt
the absence of sunlight was without
effect upon calves kept In darkness
front the nge of one week to two
years. Normal reproduction also oc­
curred.
Best to Compound Grain
Mixture for Dairy Cows
MOST people know this absolute
».itidote fo r pain, but are you careful
to say Bayer when you buy it? And
do you always give a glance to see
Bayer on the box—and the word
genuine printed in red? I t isn’t the
genuine Bayer Aspirin without it I A
drugstore ¿ways has Bayer, w ith the
proven directions tucked in every box:
P oor T eam W o rk
Denier—Well, wasn't I right when
1 said II was u lkl-horse-power car?
Customer—I don t doubt It. hu, 45
of the horses want to go one way nnd
the other 45 nnother
WILL DO ALL IT
CLAIMS TO DO
Mr«. Steele Says of Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound
In making a ration, cost Is one of
Pratt, W. Va_—“I was so weak
the Important factors. The best prac­
and nervous that I was in bed most
all the time and
tice Is to compound a grain mixture
couldn't sit up
so thnt It will balance with the home­
and I am only
grown roughage. With this in mind,
30 years old. I
the separate grains should he selected
saw your adver­
to supply the necessary nutrients at
tising in a mag­
the lowest possible cost. For this, no,
azine mid after I
only the price per hundred pounds hut
had taken three
doses of Lydia E.
also the relative cost of each constit­
Pinkham’s Vege­
uent, especially protein, must be con-
table (oinnound
sldered. For example, to determine
I could feel that
the cost of a pound of digestible pro­
I was better. Af­
tein In a given feed divide the price
ter taking two
of BMI pounds b.v the per cent of di­
laittles I began doing my work and
gestible protein In the feed. If this
I feel like a new woman. I recom­
mend the Vegetable Compound to
calculation Is made for several feeds,
my friends nnd say it will do all it
the relative cost of protein In each
claims to do nnd more. I will gladly
will he apparent. Then the feeds tha,
answer all letters I reclve."—Mas.
furnish protein nt the least cost can
8. E. S teele , Pratt, W. Va.
lie selected. The same can be done to
determine the cost of the carbohy­
E x p en eive Laugh
drates and fat, which are the heat-
It Is mighty pleasant to raise a
making or energy-producing part of
laugh and to tingle to tlie applause
the feed.
of one’s wit, says the modern philos­
opher, hut there Is no surer way of
Good Grade Bull Better
rousing the hnle of Hint wit’s hutt.—
Than “Scrub” Pure Bred The American Magazine.
While pure bred cattle still perform j
well enough ot the pall to add some- I
thing to grade herds by contributing I
the right kinds of bulls for breeding |
punioses, not all pure-bred cows me
capable of producing hulls that will
do this. A certificate of registration
tr y liu th B rittain
is not enough to prove that n bull
will Increase the value of the grade
herd Into which he goes. Many farm­
ers have said that they would rather
have a good grade bull nt the head
of their herd than a “scrub" pure­
bred. This stand Is a stand for better
production, but nt the same time, the
one way to Insure that a ‘‘scrub" pure
bred Is no, being purchased is to In­
sist on a hull with butterfat records
hack of him. Just as the buyer would In­
sist on butterfat records ..... . of liny
grade hull which tie would consider
"good."
Cute in. a Baby-
Awful at Three
-a n d it's Dangcrous-
When liens thnt have been apparent­
ly healthy are found dead under the
roost In the morning or on the nests,
the loss is probably due to apoplexy
or some internal rupture.
This is
often due to the strain of laying. Too
heavy feeding of corn which makes
the birds overfat is responsible for
some of the sudden losses. Leghorns
do not become overfat as easily as
tile heavy breeds but they lay a large
egg which may cause a severe strain o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
and occasional losses. A few birds
m a, die from apoplexy and internal
rupture In spite of the best of manage­ j O O O O & O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
ment and such losses help to make up
Concrete maker a good dairy stable
the normal death rate In most poul­
try flocks.
A postmortem examina­ floor.
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tion of th< Internal organs muy help
A good milking gout gives about
in locating any disease If that condi­
two quarts a day. An equally good
tion is present.
,>w will give at least ten quarts. A
gout will usually milk six to seven
Get Chicks Outside
months.
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Weather permitting, baby chicks
lould he allowed to run out Into the
A parasite In the dairy business« Is
pen air when they are a week old. the man who keeps an underfed herd
mining outside will give them an of cows, feeds his family halter sub­
pportunlty ,<> get away from the heat stitutes nnd complains about the low
I the tiriaaler stove nnd absorb the price of butter.
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te-givlng elements ot the sun at the
due time. Wooden frames two feet
A fair milk production for a ma­
v ten feet, covered with one-inch ture Holstein cow is 40 to 45 pounds
nultry netting, ran lie used to make a day. The cos, of feed a, present
small yard near the brooder house prices will be around 40 cents |ier
he firs, few weeks the hnhy clilcsa day. If feed Is all purchased at re
muld be confined to this small yard
tall the cost may be higher.
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Don’t feed a cow too much protein
Buy Baby Chicks
It causes udder troubles anil dlfllcul
Many poultry rulsers w«iuld find It ties In breeding.
• • •
more profitable to buy their hshy
chicks rnllier thun try to hatch them
Don’t expect full pulls from half
Each year the hatcheries are produc­ filled cows. Sunshine and exercise
ing lietter-qnallty chicks This year I, make healthy cows, but feed Is neces
would tie safe lo state that average -ary to make a healthy cow pay.
• • •
hatchery chicks will tie better than
many farm-hutched rhlcks. Such a
More bulls (cows, too) thun you
condttlon may be attributed to the would think die from eating nails,
hatcheries having culled thelr breed etc.. In feed. In Pennsylvania, feed
Ing Hocks closer than ever while the manufacturers are no, allowed to use
a »erage turmer hat no, practiced "UP wire to fasten tags to feed hags. Just
tng.
tiecause of thia duuger.
Dairy Notes
Thumb sucking docs look sweet In a
lialiy, but It Is disgusting In 4he three-
yeur-old and sometltiK'S It hangs on
until fifteen or sixteen! The habit
may cause an Ill-formed mouth or ln-
duce adenoids; uud It always. Inter­
feres with digestion. Pinning the
sleeve over the hand; attaching mit­
tens, or putting on cardboard cuffs,
which prevent bending the nrms at the
elbows, are some of the ways to stop
the hnblt
Another hail habit—Irregularity In
bowel action—Is responsible for weak
bowels nnd constipation In babies.
Give the tiny bowels an opportunity to
act at regular periods each «lay. If
they don't act at first, a little Fletch­
er's Cai-dorla will soon regulate them.
Every mother should keep a bottle of
It handy to use In case of colic, chol­
era, diarrhea, gas on stomach and
bowels, constlpnllon, loss of sleep, or
when baby Is cross and feverish. Ils
gentle Influence over baby's rystem
enables him to get full nourishment
from his food, helps him gain,
strengthens his bowels.
Cnstorla Is purely vegetable and
harmless—the recipe Is on the wrap
per. Physicians have prescribed I, for
over 30 years. With each package,
you get a valuable book on Mother­
hood. Look for Chas. H. Fletcher's
signature on the wrapper so you’ll get
the genuine.
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