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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1918)
AB 4 TUB SPniNQPlRLD NEWS THURSDAY, NOV, 14, 1918 Farmer, Stockman and Dairyman Good Cows and Others- Incomo from dairy cows advances at A renmrkablo rate as milk production increases. This is why poor producers chould bo wooded from the dairy herd, f lug Intimately Nvith the great world of business outside. All In, nil the dairy business Is one that commends Itself to tho best of thinking men as an Important means particularly at this tlmo when more : of service, worthy tho exorcise of tho milk is needed, whon feed is In do- hichest faculties and certain to clvo aand, and when labor is scarce Tab- j prompt and full returns- for whatovcr ulatlons of 6,687 cow testing nssocia-1 of capital, knowledge and thought may tion records gathered by tho uniteti j bo put into tho industry. States Department of Agriculture from various parts of tho country, covering a period of fotfr years, show that as the average buttcrfnt production In creased from 150 to 200 pounds tho in come over cost of feed advanced from 521 to ?34; that is, a gain of 50 pounds, or 33 1-3 per cent, in production gavo an increased Incomo of 62 per cent over cost of feed. Tho next gain of 60 pounds raised tho income over cost of feed to $50. tho next to ?63, tho next to $74, tho next to $87, tho next to $100, and tho last to $11S. As the butterfat Production In creased from 150 pounds to 300 pounds, the Income over cost of feed advanced from $20 to $63: in other words, as production doubled income over feed cost advanced three times. When the butterfat production in creased from 150 pounds to 450 pounds--that Is, trebled the Income over the cost of feed advanced from $21 to $100, or almost Ave times as much. At this rate of increase, when only cost of feed is considered, one cow that produced 450 pounds of butterfat a year would show as much incoma over cost, of feed as -0 cows whose average production was 100 pounds. Advantages of Dairy Busnless Among the many advantages of the dairy business a few stand clearly out as follows: 1. It is highly profitable when -well conducted because it markets the crops of the farm in the most valuable form, and because it is a business which is capable of almost indefinite development. 2 It is good for the farm because crops are fed at home and because the demand for protein feed brings much nitrogen to the land. 3. Butter is absolutely destitute of fertilizing value, and if the milk be fed almost no fertility leaves the farm. 4. One of the disadvantages of most farming is the Irregular income, weeks and even months passing with no cash receipts. The dairy checks, however, are not only frequent but regular throughout the year an advantage ap preciated by those who have kept cows and had the experience of a eteady Income. 5. It is good for the family to be en- Selectlon of Brood Sows ' . In selecting a brood sow it1 Isbcst to make tho choice from, a good-sited Utter. Tho sow should havo a lon body, plenty of teats, a level back, straight, short legs, flno hair and a quiet disposition. This last trait may bo observed in a young bow by catch' lng and holding her. Too much omphasis cannot bo placed on the Importance of having tho sow so gentle that at farrowing time sho will allow tho attendant to enter the pen if necessary. Sows should not farrow before reaching the age of one year, nor boars be used before attaining the age of 10 months, though many breeds will mato earlier if permitted to do so. It is a common mistake to breed hogs when thoy are too young. First litters are not -usually as good as succeeding ones, and 2-year-old sows are better Uian young er ones. A first-class brood sow should be profitable for a number of years six or seven in some cases. A few weeks before farrowing time tho sow should be put by herself and fed on slops, oats, chop, bran or any laxative food; no corn should be given at this time. Tho pigs should suck about six weeks; the sow should raise only two litters a year, or possibly i five litters in two years. A. C. Jones. Grain Weevils Bothering Several requests for information re garding a method of getting rid of weevil In wheat have been received by the County Agricultural Agent, N. S. Robb. These requests are comipg from dif ferent sections of the county, and are going to cause trouble over a wide area in the county unless checked. They can cause considerable damage to stored grain, says Mr. Robb, and once, a place gets badly infested, it Is difficult to get rid of them. Thoy should be tak;n in time, before they spread. Fumigation with carbonblsulphlde is the most satisfactory method. This is a highly inflamable substance, and should be used with care. It Is used at the rate of one pound to every 200 cubic feet of space and is placed upon the grain in pans and covered with a canvas. Alter forty hours tho bin Is Lane County Agricultural Agent's of fice in Eugono. Value of Small Ffcldt Tho actual earning capacity of n farm whore diversified farming Is practiced, is almost, -It not qU dou bled when tho farm is divided and fenced into small Holds. Tho young farmer can make no bolter Investment in tho beginning than tobuy good fencing for dividing tho farm Into small sections, and then keep and grow n variety of farm animals, It is almost invariably tho caso that tho small woll fenced fields on overy farm soon bocomo tho most fertile fields. Tho reason Is that these flolda are pastured moro, fertilized more, and cultivated moro than tho larger fields. Tho only dtsadvnntngo In small fields is that more turning is re quired in plowing, harrowing and cul tivating. But this loss Is moro than balanced by tho greater usefulness of tho fields for pasturago after crops havo been removed. With almost any crop in n fiold, nf- tor the crop has been harvested, thoro Is from a month's to several months' good pasture in tho field in tho form of wild gnissos and catch crops. Thcr0 Is always good grass and other valu ablo herbage along fence rows, and where tho field is not fenced this goes to waste. Farm animals of all kinds do much bettor whore thoy havo a change of pasture. Whore Urn farm is divided Into well fenced small fields the stock from tho permanent pasture may bo turned into these fields when grazing in tho permanent pasture Is short. In theso small fields as now feeding grounds, tho animals keep on growing and producing without check during into summer, and tho permanent pas ture has a rest and a chance to renew growth for good lato fall and early! winter use. Wlhoro clover Is grown on the farm, tno first crop may be harvested for hay. Soon a now growth will start and this will bring in good returns if It can be pnstured with pigs or calves. The small clover fields in mid and late summer are especially valuablo for pigs and hogs. H. H. Shophard. Franklin Co., Mo. gaged In producing a high-grade pro-j ventilated. duce which is consumed at a distance I Cleanliness is important in prevent and which helps to hold up constantly ing injury by these Insects, and all advancing standards. The farmer lives much alone and is likely to be a "law unto himself." If he has "done -welT," even by a lucky strike, he is likely to claim the credit himself and to persist in what has once succeeded. His children follow after him, step ping blindly in his footsteps, or else break away because of an instinctive desire to come into touch -with a larger number of people. Nothing so much rationalizes the whole family as deal- rubbish should be cleaned out of the granery and quick lime dusted in the corners and around the' edge of the floor. , Dampness and heating will also favor the development of jthe weevil. . Parties noticing weevil in their wheat should take steps to eradicate the insect before they become too nu merous, as it is much less trouble. Detailed information can be ob tained by writing or calling at tho fflMfcfifflPPlwill Perfection Oil Heater gives Kttsg KPISfll4wPffl! cozy' comfortable warmth Pgi W3WBH--HlUIW It for rnany nours one fill- tiir ylPjllfe DTilil1" 5ht fatbipfcari oa' thc cver" I iwjrl" Lights at the touch of a MiBfcii$?r3 IfftaSt match gives instant heat. Bliiiafl? mW& No ?moke or dor. No dust jfpWj Jjv ordirt.More convenient than lililll lll i Buj! Perfection Oil Heater I JEmJ" ILjrA. tod?- Dealers everywhere. Paralysis In Hogs Partial or complete paralysis, of tho hind legs of hogs is seen so often In swine herds that a common cause has been suspected but not definitely de termined. Inbreeding, parasites and an unbal anced ration, havo each in turn been assigned as tho probablo cause of this particular form of paralysis, and now it is quite generally attributed to a lack or phosphate of lime. This salt in a form that can bo appropriated may be deficient in the ration or not properly appropriated by tlio tissues of the body, or again, it may be bo cause of a drain on the system for phosphates to nourish the growing fetus or tho young after birth. It is a well known fact there Is a de ficiency of phosphate of lime in tho bones and other tissue of pregnant animals and In those that are suckling their young. This Is especially truo of the sow. But this condition Is not confined to pregnant animals. In one instance a herd of 44 hogs, of both sexes, and ago ranging from ten months to two years, nearly all of them were affected with partial or complete paralysis of the hind legs. Tho ration had been largely raw po tatoes. They appeared to suffer no pain, the appetite was quite normal. A bal anced ration would probably havo pro- vented this condition. Tho following treatment has been recommended and should be helpful In these cases: One tablespoonful cod liver oil, fifteen grains phosphate of limo and three drops of fluid extract of nux vomica mixed with the food twice a day. PERFECTION A. H. SPRAGUE, Special Agt, Standard Oil Co., Eugene, Oregon DEALERS Chambers Hdw, Cj., Eugene, Ore. J. W, QuackenbuBh & Son, Eugene, Oregon. . ' Thompson Hdw, cp., JBugene, Ore. Monroe Hardware Company, Eu gene, Oregon. Az Billy Department Store, Bu gene, Oregon. Proper Discussion j There's no way of acquiring a I knowledge of a subject equal to that of the conversational dobato. It heats J listening to a lecture; ;c -heats read l ing about it. j Whon you get In a group of inter ' ested farmers and discuss alfalfa, for I instance, "you will pump the others dry on the subject and find out how1 much you yourself know or don't know about alfalfa, A lecturer can say things you don't bohovo true maybe thoy are not truo and you can't call him down. Ho may tell tho thing you already know and ornlt telling about Just what you want to know. Tho same in truo In reading. But when you get in a groun you can ask questions, demand proof,' give your pxporienco and get theirs, ' Tho farmers' Institute that doesn't give overy man a chance to ask ques tions as a speaker expounds is failing to bo as helpful as it might. Fewer subjects on tho program nnd more time for froe-for-all debate would help mako a living instituto out of a dead one. It is far hotter to talk Just tillage, or hogs, or grass for half i day than to try and discuss all three In a half day. Even then you will find a group When the Engine Stalls on Dead Man's Curve! THEY climb aboard their loaded truck at sundown, fifteen miles beliind the lines. They rumble through the winding streets, out on the white road that leads to Germany! The man at the wheel used to be a broker in Philadelphia. Besido him sits an accountant from Chicago. A news paper man from the Pacific Coast is the third. Now they all wear the uni form of one of these organizations. The road sweeps round a village and on a tree is nailed a sign: "Attention! L'Ennemi Vous Voitl The Enemy Sees You!" They glance far up ahead and there, suspended in the evening light, they see a Hun balloon. "Bay, we can see him plain tonight 1" murmurs the accountant from Chicago, "And don't forget, replies the Phila delphia broker, "that he can see us just as plain." The packing cases creak and groan, the truck plods on straight toward that hanging menace. They reach another village where heaps of stone stand under crumpled walls. v Then up they go, through the strange silence broken only when a great pro jectile inscribes its arc of sound far overhead. They reach a turn. They take it They face a heavy incline. For half a mile it stretches and they know the Germans have the range of every inch of It. The mountain over there is where the big Bodies' guns are fired. This incline is their target. The three men on the truck bring up their gas masks to the alert, settle their Bteel helmets closer on their heads. At first the camion holds its speed. Then it slackens off. The driver grabs his gear-shift, kicks out his clutch. The engine heaves and heaves and stallsl "Quick! Spin it!" calls the driver. The California journalist has jumped. He tugs at the big crank " Wh-r-r-r-r-r-r-room ! " The shell breaks fifty yards behind. . Another digs a hole beside the road just on ahead. And then the engine comes to life. It crunches, groans'.and answers. Slowly, with maddening lack of haste, it rumbles on. S "Wh-r-r-ooml" That one was close behind. The fragments of the shell ara rattling on the truck. Now shells are falling, further back along the road. And 'the driver feels the summit as his wheels begin to pick up speed. Straight down a village street in which the buildings are only skeletons of buildings. He wheels Into the court yard of a great shell-tom chateau. "Well, you made it again I seel" says a smiling face under a tin hat a face that used to look out over a congrega tion in Rochester. "Yep!" says tho driver glancing at his watch. "And we came up Dead Man's Curve in less than three minutes including one stall!" Later that night two American boys, fresh from the trenches bordering that shattered town, stumble up the stairs of the chateau, into a sandbagged room where the Rochester minister has his canteen. "Get any supplies tonight?" they ask. "You betl did!" is the answer, "What will you have?" "What's those? Canned peaches? Gimme some. Package of American cigarettes let's see an' a cake of chocolate an' some of them cookies!' "Gosh!" says 'the other youngster whenhiswants are filled. "What would we do without you?" You hear that up and down tho front, a dozen times a night "What would we do without them?" Men and women in these organiza tions are risking their lives tonight to carry up supplies to the soldiers. Trucks and camionettes are creeping up as close as any transportation is permitted. From there theso people are carrying up to the gun-nests, through woods, across open fields, into the trenches. The boys are being served wherever they go. Things to eat, things to read, thing's to smoke, are being carried up everywhere along the line. With new troops pouring into France, new supplies must be sent, more men and women by the hundreds must be enlisted. They are ready to give every thing. Will you give your dollars to help them help our men? UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN mm Y COUMWTVtRVIC JU) J KAM UaiAKV fi l LJ J AWCATKH V vf . ' ' fAtVATW MM j NT ' gather around the principal speaker and debate tho question still more, When you go off to a dairy or other convention you will find tho conversad tionai a e Date is me novel arterHjji session vi greater imiitc uuui uiv . ram Itself. Don't wrangle vbut ask Rtona. Ta)k things oVer with your ttghbora. That's tit way to Iwm.