-2Y. OHEGOX. J l LY 12. 1928
GRAIN AND MASH
BEST FOR CHICKS PURE-BRED SIRES
AID SCRUB HERD
M u s ic ia n H o n o re d
Henry Bishop, an original member
of the Philharmonic Society of Lon­
don and for ninny years the leader at
Covent Garden, was the Hrat to ba
knighted on account of his musical
contributions, lie wrote no less than
130 operas, farces, bullets and adapta­
tions. "Sly Pretty Jane" and “ Lo!
Hear the Gentle Lark," are still popu­
lar.
A n c ie n t D oo r Restored
The Cornell poultry department ad­
An ancient door belonging lo Elgin
The purchase o f a proved sire
vocates a combination of scratch
grain and mash for feeding young which w ill increase the scrub herd Cathedral at Elgin, Scotland, has been
average production l.tHX) pounds, at a re-erected In Its original position In
chickens.
During the first four to six weeks, value of $23.25 a head. Is sound busi­ the cathedral ruins. The door was
any time between eight and ten ness. say dairy specialists at the New In use In an adjacent building known
as the bishop's palace, and a local
o'clock each morning, chicks should Jersey State College of Agriculture.
Almost any pure bred hull w ill Im­ donor offered to move It nnd erect an­
be fed enough dry mash to last them
until late in the afternoon.
Grain prove the condition of the scrub herd. other In Its place In the bishop'»
should be put before them In the mid­ With the Increase In herd production, palace.
dle of the afternoon, depending on the however, replacement bulls must he
U n ite d States Possession»
amount of mash they eat. Both grain chosen more and more carefully In
and mash should be fed In shallow order that the herd production may
The United States owns Big and L it­
continue to Increase. The dairyman, tle Corn tslunds, in the Caribbean.
boxes or troughs.
The grain mixture for this period therefore, either must buy a hull calf Big Corn Island Is two nnd oue-halfi
consists of 40 pounds of cracked wheat from proved antecedents or he must utiles In length and about two miles
and CO pounds of fine cracked corn. buy n proved sire.- The purchase of wide. There are about 000 Inhab­
The mash mixture consists of SO proved sires Is the safest method from itants. L ittle Corn Island Is one and
pounds yellow cornmeal, 20 of wheat a financial standpoint, because records one-hulf miles long nnd half a mil«
bran. 15 of flour wheat middlings, 10 nre available of whut the bull hus wide. There are few Inhabitant«.
of fine ground heavy oats or oat Hour, done.
The management of nn old hull,
10 of fine ground meat scrap. 5 of bone
A l f a l f a C u ltiv a tio n
meat, 10 of dry milk products, and which may he unruly and treacherous.
The American colonists made re­
Is
greatly
simplified
by
the
construc­
one-half pound o f salt.
peated efforts to establish the alfalfa
For the first four to six weeks, the tion of u strong, safe, well arranged
plant ns a forage crop, the Hrst re­
mash Is usually left before the chicks bull pen.
For replacements, the majority .if corded attempts being made In Georgia
until the grain Is fed and the grain Is
In 1730, hut as Its soli and cultural re­
left before then until the mash Is fed breeders choose bull calves from
proved ancestors. A great chance Is quirements were not well understood^
the following day.
Liquid skim milk is recommended thus run, for the particular Individual the early efforts resulted iu failure.
In place o f water during the first purchased may not transmit the de­
P e c u lia r W in d o w
week. Fine oyster shell may be fed sired characteristics for which he was
A "one-way" window recently In­
I f desired in separate dishes or on the purchased.
"The good that bulls do lives after vented looks like nn opaque gold panel
floor. G rit or charcoal are not neces­
sary but may be fed the same as them,” Is a true statement, but the to a person on the outside, but Is
good Is often limited to .1 few of transparent anti of a greenish tint toi
oyster shell.
I f liquid skim milk or buttermilk Is their descendents, nnd In many cases one looking out. It Is made by adding
available as a drink, the dry milk the hulls huve gone to the shambles extremely thlu films of gold to the
products recommended In the mash before their daughters have proved glass.
mixture should be omitted.
If re­ that they nre un Improvement over
D e p e n d a b ility
ground heavy oats cannot be obtained their dams.
for the mash, the cornmeal may be in­
Dependability Is one of the great­
creased from 30 pounds to 40 pounds. Develop Thrifty Calves
est virtues that any one may acquire.
For chicks from six to twelve weeks
JThe person who Is reliable Is the per-'
Without Using Skim Milk son who Is trusted. Men who say they
„Id a grain mixture consisting of CO
pounds cracked eorn and 40 pounds
Developing th rifty calves Is more of have nothing to do cannot even I“ »
whole wheat is recommended. From ■ problem when skltu milk Is not depended on to do that.—Grit.
twelve weeks to maturity 200 pounds uvnllable. Under such conditions whole
cracked com, 200 pounds whole whent milk should he fed a little longer and
R e p o rte rs K n o w
and 100 pounds heavy oats are recom
then gradually substituted with gruel
Reporters
know more tltnn yon
mended. The same mash mixture as consisting of high quality concentrates
When It Is an
the one on which the chicks are start­ mixed with warm water. Several good think they know.
nonneed that 1,000 persons will attend'
ed should be used throughout.
ready-mixed calf meals appear on the
During the first six weeks the chicks market or If the materials are avail­ a mass-meeting, reporters know about,
should be fed more mash than grain. able It can he home mixed. A suitable sixty or seventy w ill attend.—Atchi­
The second six weeks they should one consists of 250 pounds each of son Globe.
huve about equal amounts of mash cornmeal, ground barley and wheat
T h e P asto r Says:
and grain, und after that more grain middlings or red dog Hour, 150 pounds
A child enters your home and for 20
of linseed ollmeal. KXI pounds of blood
than mash.
Hour, 20 pounds of steamed bonetueal years makes so much noise thut you
can hardly stand It. Then it departs,
nnd
10 pounds of in lt.
Solution
Kills
Spray
Dry skim milk Is finding favor nl- leaving the house so silent Unit you
Mites in Hot Weather so. This material Is dissolved In warm think you w ill go mad.—John Andrew
Poultry mites make their first bid water nnd fed like skim milk. Im­ Holmes.
for fresh chicken meat In early sum- proved methods of manufacturing
pier. Sonbetimes they take the eggs have decreased Its cost as well ns In­
Im m o r ta l M e lo d y
also, or It seems that way because creased the supply and Its use ns a
“ Home, Sweet Home” was sung In
nobody else gets any eggs when they calf feed in whole milk regions Is May, 1823, In “ t'la rl. the Maid of
likely to Increase.
ure present In large numbers.
Milan.” The air used was a transcrip­
Mites hide in the cracks and crev­
tion of nn old Sicilian alt made ny
ices of roosts and walls, but do not Good Dairy Practice to
Henry Bishop, who wrote the opera.
stav long on the bodies of the fowls.
Cull
Unprofitable
Cows
Thin is different than with lice, which
P o w e r of Trees
While It Is always sound dulrilng
stay on the bodies.
The power of tree nails is tre­
To keep down mites It Is best to practice to cull the unprofitable cows
spray the house before they appear, Instead of letting them drag down the mendous. Those of a five-year-old oak
very thoroughly. Don't wait until the profits of the entire herd, present con­ lifted a block of granite weighing fi'/fc
chickens are restless and feverish at ditions make It an exceptionally good tons. In seven years the block had
night with the attacks of these para­ time to get rid of the hoarders tow been raised two Inches
sites. Don’t presume that your house producers and blemished cows. It Is
•
W is d o m
pointed out by C. S. Rhode. University
is clean because It used to be;
Spray well with one gallon of kero­ of Illinois.
We expect wisdom to be sitting
sene, one gallon of crude oil or worn-
•‘Beef prl.-es nre high at the present npon a golden throne and console us
out crank-case oil, four ounces of time and the farmer therefore can and Instruct us But wisdom sits on
crude carbolic acid and a half pint of sell Ids cull. Inefficient cows for meat the curbstone, looks, nnd smiles.—
any cresol solution, sheep dip or cre- at good prices. Furthermore, the feed Plain Talk Magazine.
olin. Itejieat the dose In a few days, supply runs low on muny farms at
and put It on with force enough to this lime of the year and herd owner«
R e fu g e F ro m E le p h a n ts
reach the hidden places. This solu­ have a tendency to underfeed; a laid
Some natives In the mountains of
practice. It would la- better lo cull a
tion Is a good disinfectant
northeast India live In huts during the
few of the poorer cows und lake 1*1
day, but at night stay In little Ininthon
ter cure of the others. A third reason
houses to resist the attacks of tha
for culling out the poor cows now Is
that the efficiency of the herd will he wild elephant.
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built up and a higher price realized
for the feeds tliut ure sold through the
A box of crushed oyster shell should
• cows," he says.
always be w ithin reach.
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The hen needs a balanced ration,
the same as the cow or the man.
Better Milk Notes
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A
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Examine all feed by sight, taste and
smell before giving It to baby chicks.
1. Don’t mix warm nnd cold milk to­
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gether.’ Never mix any milk together
»lore little chickens are killed by without first thoroughly stirring the
overfeeding with damp, mushy food su tne.
than In any other way.
2. Use a »tiff brush, a good dairy
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washing powder and plenty of hot wa
The roosts should he low. especial­ ter In washing nil milk utensils, at
ly for large, heavy fowls, and they least once a day.
should all be of the same height
3. Cool your milk before clamping
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the lids down lightly.
It Is said that if alfalfa hay Is used
4. Wash your cans as soon as pos
for hens' nests and scattered around slide.
the chicken coops the chicken mites
5. Don’t feed silage, hay or uny feed
w ill beat a hasty retreat.
that may transmit an odor Into the
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milk, directly before milking lime.
Do not go Into the poultry business
6. Keep your milk In the tnllkhouss
Grow Into It. Start on a small scale —and not In the barn.
and learn the details of the business
7. Keep your burn whitewashed the
before you put much capital Into IL
year around.
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8. Keep manure piles out of paths
Turkeys, whether sold for breeders of the cows.
at a fancy price or sold to the mer­
It. Deliver milk every day.
chant for Thanksgiving or Christmas
Kt. flraom your cows d a lly.- Pitts­
trade, should have some «pedal care burgh Dairy Council.
along about the first of October.
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Eggs may be set after the males
Care for Cream
have been with the females a week or
As long us creameries receive an
ten duys.
Inferior quality of cream, they are
• • s
forced to pay Inferior prices for nut
If one Is to market cockerels from ter fat. Cream that Is sweet an*’
the early hatches as broilers they clean In flavor 1« U»« type
«’ "am
should be placed upon the market as thut w ill command the best prices.
early as possible.
l»ne of the most Important steps In 'lie
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production of such cream Is to cool It
That the uddltl"n of milk to the reg
ular grain ration of growing chicks In cold water Immediately after sep­
leads to a greatly Increased rate of aration. The coot of cooling tanks for
growth Is a conclusion reached by poul­ this purpose Is very small. Such an
try specialists who have studied tbe Investment Is a profit ranker fot the
dairyman.
mutter experlmentalv.
In ca n d e s c e n t Id e a s
**
Sometimes un Idea Is so hrllllnnt
thut It makes people blink and the
originator is penalized for not Inn-
mlng his headlight?.—Farm und Flrw
side.
L ook U p w a rd
L ift thyself up. look around, and see
something higher and hrlghlei thut
earth, earthworms and earthly dur»
ness.—Jean Paul Itlehtei.
N o t to Be A v o id e d
Responsibility walk» hand In hand
with capacity and (lower.—J U. Ho*
land.
T oo T r u e !
Lnugh arid the duss laughs wlU
you— but stuy after school alone.
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