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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1921)
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS PAGE THREE TURKEYS SPREAD GAPEWORM PEST Demonstrated by Experiments Carried on at Washington and on Nearby Farms. OLD CHICKENS HOT INFECTED Losses Can Bo Grotty Reduced by Keeping Young Chickens on Ground That Haa Not Been Exposed '. to Contamination. 'prepared by the t'nltsd States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) . Turkeys are probably the natural (tout a of tho gnpeworm a aerloua peat among young chlckcna end aro an Important factor In their spread. Thla lint been demon! rated ly a zoologist of tit United States Department of Agriculture aa the reault of expert wen I a and other Investigations carried on at Washington. D. C, and on fartna In several localities In Maryland. During three winter seasons begin ning In December, 1010, a total of 033 chickens and 479 turkeys were ex- For Bait Results With Turkey Flock Glvo Them Free Range. mined In tho WaMhlugton city market. No gapeworma were found lu the Chlckena, but 22.5 xr cent of the turkeya were found to be Inflated. From 1 to 8 worm were found lu each of the infested turkeya. . report of these Investigation haa been published by the department In Department Hulletln f:t!, "The Turkey aa an Im portant Factor In tho Spread of Uupo wornia.H In view of the completo (ibsence of gnpeworm from a largo aeries of adult chlckena and their common oc currence In a slmllur series of udult turkeya, It would appear, the bulletin says, that adult chlckena are poorly nditpted ii hosts of gapeworm. That turkeya uhove 3 years of aire may harbor gapeworma I established by tliu fact that a turkey which was kept at the department' experiment sta tlon at Bet heads, Md., for three year after It was brought there was found after Its death to be Infested with i pair of worms. In tho perpetuation of gapeworma from year to year on In Tented poultry farm the two chief fuctor, according to the bulletin, appear to be turkeya and contaminated hoII. Whether. In the ahHcuce of turkeya from a farm, tapeworm aflllctlon among chlckena will regularly dlapHur has not Iwen definitely establlhlied, but It wems probable that It may often do so. (Jape worm among chlckena appear to be more prevalent on farms where turkeys frequent the chicken runs than on farms where there are no turkeys. Available evidence Indicate that gape ha a tendency to disappear on furms following the removal of turkeys. PRESERVING SOIL MOISTURE Pernicious Practice of Permitting Wa ter to Escape From Soil Should Bo Discouraged. The practice that prevails In Rome Irrigation localities of letting the nat ural moisture escape from the soil, with the Idea that more water can be applied when It Is needed, is moat per Qlclous nnd tihould be discouraged, say peclallHts of tho United States De partment of Agriculture. If the molst ti .u that gets Into the ground In the form of precipitation or as Irrigation water Is retained by the soil It will en able the soli organisms to act upon the plant foods, rendering them available for plant growth. There Is a feeling of safety In having an unlimited sup ply of water for Irrigation purposes, but It should he remembered that Irri tation coats money and labor; preclpi tutlm U tint arc's gift. Well-Filled Larder. A well-kept garden In summer incuns o well-filled larder lu winter. " IT "I ;,3j.- KiV, v.ie..a- From experiments recorded In the bulletin, It has been found that chick ena, unlike turkeys, are readily sue- reptlble to Infection with gapeworma only while they are young. They be come lent auaceptlble aa they grow older. Adult chlckcna are aeldnrn likely to apread Infection, for In those In alancea In which gapeworma develop In adult chlckcna the pnraaltra are like ly to live only a abort time. Mathoda of Avoiding Lota. Losses from gapeworma can be greatly reduced, If not altogether avoided, according to the bulletin, by keeping young chlckena on ground that baa not been exposed to contam (nation within at leant a year by chlckcna with gape or by turkey, and by excluding turkeya from It dur Ing Ita occupancy by chlckena. Aa gapeworma appear rarely to occur In adult chlckcna, brood hena may be aa- aocfated with 'young chlckena with tittle rink of Infection. The almpleat menne of preventing or reducing loaaea from gapca appeara to be the cxclualon of turkeya from forma where chlck ena are ralied. INCREASED AVERAGE I . OF PUREBRED SIRES Progress in "Better Sires Bet 1 ter Stock" Campaign. Altogether 431,139 Head of Domeatlo Animals' and Fowls Have Been . Enrolled by Owners Great est Activity In Ohio. (Tri-pared by the United fltatea Depaxt- men! of .Agriculture.) A noticeable lncreao In the number of purebred animals Hated In the "bet ter Hires Better Stock" campaign la the principal development during the first three months of 1021. Tho re sult baa been to raise the general ov erage of purebred for the whole cum pulgn 1V4 per cent Altogether 431. 130 bead of domestic animals and fowls have been enrolled by their owner. Of that number 22,003 ore purebred sires and tho remainder are females of various breeding, but all were bred to purebred males, according to the owners' pledge. Although tho num ber of purebred, aa noted. Increased. noticeably, more scrub also were limed than In any previous quarterly period, thus helping to accomplish one of the uiuln objects of the campaign, which la to grade up Inferior animals by the uso of good purebred sires. The greatest activity during the current year, bo fur as enrollments are concerned, haa occurred In Ohio, with Nebraska second. In justice to other states It may be added that sev eral, from which only a few pledges to use only purebred aires were re ceived, have been active In other The Uae of Scrub Animate on Any Farm la an Expenslvo Practice. brunches of the work, particularly in the procurement and distribution of purebred alrea of good quality. Ken tucky and numerous other states, In cluding West Vlrglnlu, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Virginia, are launch ing aggressive drives against Inferior aires, particularly scrub bulls. A feature of interest during the first quarterly period of 1021 was the dis patch of Ave emblems of recognition to far-off (iiinw, our Island outpost In the I'uclflc, thousands of miles beyond Hawaii. PERSONAL VISIT TO MARKET Grower' Enabled to Acquaint Himself With Distributors and Improve Marketing Practices. Many times a personal visit to the market will more than repay the shin ier for the cost of the trip, soys the United States Department of Agricul ture. I'olnts that seem trlvlul to the producer often are very Important to the dealer. Such a vlala enables the grower to acquaint himself personally with the distributors, to select trust worthy representatives, to leurn the dllllculiies of the "man at the other end," .nnd to ' Improve his market ing practices. Home Market for Fodder. A small herd of cattle on a farm mean a home market for fodder, hay nnd grain, with no speculators on the Job to hummer down the prices. Good Green Food Crops. The liens nnd chlckena will need green fond nil through the summer. yfiiffiiMiifiiiifiii!iifiiiifiiifHmiiiifiiiHfffiiimififiiiiriiHffififiiiinfiiiirfiifiifTmg SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT By F. A. niiillliilililiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilililllilililiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH THE QUESTIONEIt. WHEN Shakespeare wanted to ex press the tragedy Involved In the snuffing out of the life of bis moat Intellectual character, he did It by these words, "The rest Is silence." He might have put It In another way, by saying that Hamlet would aak no more questions. For that was bis moat disconcerting habit. , Keeping silence before a puzzling world, and a puzzling universe, la something that man haa never done. The human being who Juat asked the reason for the first nightfall and the first appearance of the stars stood on the threshold of all modern scientific Investigation. So, If It were necessary to find a definition of man which would differ entiate him from all the rest of crea tures, It would be sufficient to say of him: "He Is the animal that aska questions." . Iludyard Kipling In a striking line talked of "the low. of the Jungle." The writers of fables have not pulled the long bow In. attributing to the beasts the sense of Justice, even If they were making fun of society In doing so. So the Hon. stands for the maker of rules, aud the monkey for blra who evadea them. So law Is not peculiar to the chil dren of Adam. Tho animals know political econ omy. "Go to the ant thou sluggard," said King Solomon. Tills little creature ahows'what can be done through the organized efforts of thousands of Insects, whose opera tions could be stopped In a moment by the foot of a pausing giant In the shape of a mischievous boy. So business organization Is not ex clusively human. It Is Impossible to look at the combs of a beehive without realizing that the creatures who made It know geom etry and architecture. The cells are so constructed as to give the 'maximum of strength wltb" the minimum of expenditure In the way of material. So the Brooklyn bridge, or the dome of St. Peter's, Is not a proof of human superiority. There Is a solitary eagle to be seen every duy, soaring over a lake In west ern Ontario. Once he had a mate. But she disappeared one winter. Since then tho widower has never married. The natives say that It Is the habit of these birds to be perpetually true to their first and only love. So constancy Is not the exclusive virtue of our race. When Christ wanted to, express his affection for Jerusalem, he could think of nothing better to say than that he would have gathered Ita people about him, as a hen gathers her chickens un der her wings. This timid bird will face any peril If she thinks that her young are In danger. In the same way the bear of the North woods, which will fly before man under ordinary circumstances, will fight to the death If she thinks her cubs are threatened. So family affection and devotion do not set mankind apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. Ouly the other day a raccoon at the Bronx zoological gardens In New York. was In danger of starving to death be cause the gatekeeper who had tamed uiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiimmimimii'j: THE GIRL ON THE JOB 3 How to Succeed How to Get s Ahead How to Make Good E Dy JESSIE ROBERTS ttiii it iiii mi i in ii m in i ii ii mi tiiu im ii nT? AN AVERAGE JOIJ. ARE you going to be content with an average Job, which can be filled by any girl, or do you want a career? It the latter, you must recognize the Im portance of sound training. Take two girl. Both determine that stenography Is the opening they will seek. One takes the usual course and enters an oflice at the ordinary salary. She can do tho average thing, and that Is all. The other girl Isn't Eutl'sfled with such a future. She takes Spanish and French, and studies English, both com merclul and cultivated. She studies the requirements of a big position, and works for it. She puts in an extra year of work before accepting a posi tion and once at work she continues her studies. She will be one of the few thorough ly equipped women for the position she bus lu mind. She w ill get that po sition In time. And she will be mak ing two or three times what her friend U at the end of ten years, und have. WALKER and petted him bad been tent to the hospital. The animal would not take food from a atranger. - - So fidelity and gratitude are not con fined to the lords of creation. But there Is no reason to believe that the beaata of the Jungle that have their hunting lawa, or the ante that lay up their store for winter, or the bees that know practical geome try, or the eagle that mourns his dead wife forever, or the ben that protect her chlckena, or the bear that la fear less of rifles, or the raccoon that la faithful to bis master, ever asked any questions about the why and where fore of things. On the other hand, from the dawn of history, we find man worrying over the riddle of the universe, Thla too In spite of the fact that, even In the beginning of things be felt that be would never be able to solve It So he Invented language to convey bis questlona to his neighbors and alphabets to write them down for bis children. He Invented mathematics In order to compute the motions of the stars. . By all bis questioning be baa suc ceeded In pushing back the curtain that bongs around bis universe. Yet he knows perfectly well that In spite of all that bis New tons, Darwlns, Etn stelns and Curies may do, what Her bert Spencer called "the unknowable" will always elude Mm. ;. Hut a a long as be follows the gleam he will be man, as God made him. (Copyright). SCHOOL DAYS i moreover, the assurance of a perma nent position and real recognition. Be cause the thoroughly trained person la rare, and the firm who secures her won't let ber go If It can help Itself. A girl can specialize .in bank work, In technical work, secretarial work or for Mg business. And this Is only In the one line of stenography. There are hundreds of other lines, and in each the trained and ambitious worker will be at a premium. Don't be con tent with the average Job. (Copyright). tfpthoopook The wisest pilgrim is uie on 8 who goes Along the highway, hour by hour con tent To take the rain or ahlne the skies have aont; Who counts hla riches in each budded -' rose; Each song the thrush through vernal branches throwa; Each marvel of the sunrise; each dusk blent Of mystery and fragrant aacrament; Each star that In the heaven burns and glows. PALATABLE DISHES. A HANDFUL of green onions, a cupful of cooked rice, a cupful of thick white sauce, a cold hard-cooked egg and a little cheese may make a very palatable luncheon dish. Cook the tender young onions until well done; drain. Butter a small boklug dish and put In the rice, cover with the drained onions, add a sprlukllpg of grated cheese the white sauce and bake until bubbling hot. Serve from the dish. The rice should be well sea LYRICS OF LIFE By DOUGLAS MALLOCH GEE AND HAW. A FELLAH had a pair of mules That knew no laws and knew no rules But geed for haw end hawed for gee And went contrary gener'ly. The darnedest mules yon ever see. If both had geed when It was baw, While that ain't Just exactly law, It would of worked out purty good, ' If once the tblng was understood And they done wbat you thought they would. But not these two. If old July, When you yelled "gee," to gee would , try, ' , , Old January, 'totber one, Observln' what July bad done, - '. Would start to bawln' on the run. ' So gee and baw and baw and gee, i But never simultan'ously, Tbey went through life, and kicked more dirt And done less work and done more hurt Than two byenles, I assert And I've seen folks Just like them mules, ' - ' Who wed, but never read the rules, Who didn't know you had to wear The marriage collar fair and square And pull together everywhere. One can't bave haw and ooe have gee: i To gee or baw you must agree And then go forward, gee or baw, . Accordingly, without no Jaw And that's good sense, and that's good law. (Copyright). soned with butter, or with a chicken broth while It Is cooking. Banana Cream. Slice three ripe bananas, press through a sieve, add a small box of crushed strawberries, reserving part of the Juice; beat together lightly and set on Ice to cool. Serve In glass cups with whipped cream to which has been added the reserved straw berry Juice. Serve very cold. During the hot weather the simple and less expensive desserts appeal to the housewife. Frozen dishes, when prepared at home, are always accept able and cost very little. Lemon Sherbet Take three lemons, two cupfuls of sugar and a quart of rich milk. Mix the sugar and lemon Juice, add a grated rind If desired, then stir In the milk. The mixture will curdle -but when frozen will bo smooth and very palatable. Serve In sherbet glasses. (w HtU Western Newspaper Union. NO ROOM FOR GRIEF Why are you so happy f My wife left mo. Where did she go? Back to hap mother. Pi