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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1921)
TIIE SPRINGFIELD NEWS PAGE THREE DUCKLINGS NEED GOOD ATTENTION Remove to Brooder After 24 to 36 Hours Old and Givo Them First Feed. COMFORT IS BIG ESSENTIAL HotWaUr Pipe yeteme Have Been Used Successfully for Brooding Style of Brooder House Da panda on Syatam Used. (Prepared by the United flutes Depart ment of Agriculture.) After thw duckling have been con fined to tho Incubator for 24 to HO boura after hatching, remove them to the brooder snd give them their first feed. The brooder should be dperated t a temperature of about US degrees Fahrenheit at first and gradually re duced to 60 or 83 degrees within a week or 10 rtaye, any poultry special ists of the Uulted States Department of Agriculture. The temperature may be feduced quite rapidly, depending on tho aeaaon of the year. Keep the duckling comfortable. When un com fort a Wo they will crowd together and try to get nearer the licuf, but If com fortable they will apread out under the hover. Confine Ducklings at FlreL The duckling should be confined around the hover at first until they have learned to return to the aource of the beat. In the winter green duck ling usually require heat until they are ninrketed, but Inter In the aeaaon artificial heat limy be removed after two to four week. Cool brooder house without any heat, or with only n few hot-water plpea on the rear wall of the building, are uxed curly In the aprlng for the duckling after th)y ore -1 to 0 wicks old. Tho brooders and brooding systema ii-umI for chicken five good results In rearing duckling. Hot-water pipe KYNtcm have probably been usVd nore extensively by commercial duck grow. cm. Ducklings do not require ie high temiK-rature aa chicken, and very loose hover are generally used over tho hot-water plpea. Ua Individual Brooder. Individual brooders or hover, hold ing from to 100 duckling, and coal, guRollne or distillate oil stove brooder wltli a capacity varying from i!00 to fiUO may olo be used successfully In An Overcrowded Pen of Duckling Induce Feather Pulling. brooding duckling. Both single and double brooder hounea are used exteu alvely on duck furms. In single brooder Iioiihc 15 to 10 feet wide the nlsle la umiiilly In the rear of the house, with hovers arranged next to the aisle. Double-brooder houses are generally 23 to 30 feet wide and inve a center nlsle, with hover either un der or on both sides of the aisles. The aisles are usually 3 feet wide and the FOOD MATERIAL FOR PLANTS Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potaaslum and, Let Frequently, Calcium and Sulphur Are Lacking. Plants, like nnlmals, must hnve cer tain definite food materials. Two of these, Iron and magnesium, are pres ent In omounts sullkient for nil plants lu nearly all Bolls. Three othera. cur bon, hydrogen and oxygen are tuken from tho air and water. They are therefore abundant. The other five may be so lacking In any given soil as to limit plant growth. These are nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and, less frequently, calcium and sulphur. Trimming Poach Treea. Trimming peach trees Is desirable to reduce loss on account of brown rot. All dried and mummified speci mens should also be destroyed. Cheap Source of Protein. Clover, alfalfa and soybean are the former! cheapest source of pro tein, If be growa them himself. brooder pern 0 to 8 feet In width. From 73 to 100 duckJIngs are kept In each pen In the brooder house. The atyle and construction of the brooder house depend on llio brooding ftystem used. If duck are ral.ed In w ii rin weather, feeding shed, the aide of which are open a foot or more above the ground, are commonly used. Hrnoderhouse yards are from 80 to 100 feet d'(cp, with divisions corre sponding In width to the pen In the house. PLANTING HARDWOOD SEEDLINGS ON FARM Simple and Successful Method of Indiana Farmer. Walnuta Burled In Shallow Pit and 6ubJeted Throughout Winter to Action of Moisture and Froat Transplant In 8prlng. (Prepared by the United flute Depart ment of Agriculture.) A simple and successful method of planting black walnut, discovered by a farmer la Indiana, la rvlptfd la Fa nacre' Bulletin 1123, Growing and Planting Hardwood Seedlings on the Farm, Just published by the United States Department of Agriculture. The specialists say that thla method should be equally successful with oaka, blckorlea, butternut, or any otb- - tev - " ' Well-Carcd-For Farm Woodlol er hardwood apeclea which develop pronounced taproots and In conse quence cannot be transplanted with any large measure of aucces from the nursery to the field. Thla furmer burled tho walnuta In a shallow pit where they were subjected through out the winter to the action of mois ture and frost With the advent of spring the nuts began to sprout. He planted the sprouted nuts on well tllled land by scooping out a little soli with his hands, placing the nuts In the holes thus formed, and covering them lightly. In following this plan there are sev ernl precautions which should be tak en: (1) The pit In which the nuts are stored should be located in a well drained, ahuded spot; (2) The nuts should bo protected against destruc tion by rodents. (3) They should be examined frequently In the spring so that there will be no delay In setting them out soon after sprouting com mences. WINDBREAK OF BIG BENEFIT Blowing of Top Soil May Be Checked and Oust Storms Prevented by Planting Treea. Movement of the top troll rony be checked nnd dust storms prevented by breaking the force of the wind. For this reason windbreaks are of Immense benefit In snnrty regions or In regions where the soli Is very fine. ODD VIEWS ON AGRICULTURE Dr. Knapp Inatructed Field Agent Not to Worry Farmers Who Were Guided by Moon. Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, who estab lished the first farm demonstration work In the South, used' to give these Instructions to field agents: "Some farmers hav peculiar views about agriculture. They farm by the moon. Never try to change this. Let them believe In farming by the moon or the stars If only they will try our methods. It doesn't pay to waste breath on such matters." Require Careful Handling. The early feeding of the young chick Is the most Important part of their growth. Klght feeding of good materials will start the digestive tract right ami get them In order. Cause of Sore Shoulder. Sore Rhoulders and sore necks on farm horses are generally caused either by collars that do not fit or by hames that are uot properly ad lusted. I ! r I'd IS sl MIL OWL IS WISE BIRD. MANY years ago, long before Mr. Fox was called clever or sly, or Mr. Owl a wise bird, or any of the wood folk had earned' any name for themselves other than their own, there was trouble between Mr. Fox end Mr. Possum. It happened In thla way. Mr. Fox one night went for chickens to a farm a long way from bis home, and when ae arrived be found that the poultry louse door was open and It was easy enough to get all be wanted, for Mr. Dog was away. The only trouble was that he had ao place to atore them, and It was too far to carry them to lit home and go tack for more. Mr. Fox happened to think of Mr. Poasum, and he decided that he would aiake a bargain with blm to take care f his poultry until he could carry It to his home. As I told yon, this happened long efore Mr. Fox waclever; he would aot do such a thing now. So he called on Mr. Possum and told hlro If he would take care of the thickens he would give him two One nes to pay for his kindness. Mr. I'ossum said tie would and that ae would store them safely away un der a rock by his house where there waa a cave. Mr. Fox trotted back and forth all alght with fat chickens which he put h the cave under the rock, but be did not know that as fust as he put them away Mr. Possum carried them to an other part of the woods. When it was almost daylight Mr. roxsum took another chicken and de tailed for good, and when Mr. Fox looked Into the cave he found only a few of the many chickens be had placed there. Mr. Pofsura was nowhere to be found. He had moved bag and bag gage to another home, but Mr. Fox bunted until he found him, and the trouble began. Mr. Possum snld he was not the same Mr. Possum. "t never lived In the place you tspt-ak of, and I do not fcnow about any rock or cave or chick ens; you have .1 wrong fellow, Mr. Fox," he sold. Mr. Fox was surprised at the bold aianner of Mr. Possum, for he was sura he was the one he was looking for; still there was a chance that be bad made a mistake. Itlght here la where Mr. Owl earned i "What's in Facts about your name; its history; meaning; whence it was derived; significance; your Bv MILDRED MAGGIE. ALTIIOCGll Scottish In Itself, the name Moggie is originally derived bora the Terslan, being of the same toot as the name Margaret. To the tacky bearer of this name, the pearl Is the Jewel assigned. The delight ful notion that the oyster, rising to the surface of the ocean at night and opening Its shell In adoration, received th Its mouth a drop of dew congealed by the moonbeams, Is responsible for Jlils delicate fantasy of the pearl. The name was brought to Scotland by Margaret Eltherlng, wife of Mal :olm Ceanmde, where It became the national Sottish feminine name. Be lause a pearl of price la asso ciated with the iearly gates of the jelestlal regions, the name of Maggie or, more usually, Its original, Mar taret, baa been given to Innumerable luluta. lly wearing her natal atone, the jearl, the bearer of the name Margaret Explained. "Pa, what's the difference between in epithet and an epitaph!" "One la applied to a wan before he la dead, nud tho other after, my son." his title. He was sitting In .a tree near by where Mr. Possum had made his new home and beard all Uat bad been said. "Perhaps you are mistaken, Mr. Fox," be said; "you had better go back to the cave under the tree and look again." ' , "It Is under a rock, not a tree," cor rected Mr. Possum, who had Just aald he did not know anything about the cave or rook. -Oh, ho," exclaimed Wise Mr. Owl, "you do know something about It, after all." "Mr. Fox, go light In and search this fellow'a home, and If he make any trouble about It I will call all the wood folk and tell them what a deceitful fellow he Is." "Oh, how wise you are, Mr. OwiP said Mr. Fox as be came out of Mr. POBsum'a house with hlj chickens; "you are the wisest bird 1 ever knew, and wise you shall be called from this day." And when there Is any dispute among the wood folk now they always call on Mr. Owl to settle . tor Mr. Fox told everybody how clever and wise was Mr. Owl In finding out about his chickens, though be was careful not to tell who had them. (Copyright) The Right Thing at the Right Time By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE ANNIVERSARIES. Moderation, the nobleet gift of Heaven. Euiipldea. RECENTLY at a silver wedding anniversary of a prominent New Yorker the Invitations, wbkch were engraved In silver, contained these words at one side: "The demands of war relief are pressing. We hope for your presence not presents at our silver wedding anniversary." Among the guests present at tbla anniversary reception were scores of New York's most noted society folk, the very people whom we usually look to for leadership in such matters of social usage. So If you are looking for a precedent in adding to your invita tions for anniversary receptions or other occasions when presents might be expected some Indication of the fact that you would prefer not to have them, here It Is. The fact Is that often people re frain from having wedding anniver sary parties for the simple reason that they hesitate to send Invitations that will make the recipients feel that they are obliged to make some sort of present. When this Is for a tin or wooden wedding the obligation is trifling, but when It is for a silver or golden wedding then there Is more cnue for this hesitancy. Usually any anniversary for any thing less than a silver wedding takes a Name?" lucky day and lucky jewel. MARSHALL 5 will fulfill the promise of the gods. which gives her purity, charm and af fability. Her lucky day Is set as Monday, and seven Is her fortunate number. For her to dream of pearls signifies faithful friends. (Copyright) O A LINE 0' CHEER By John Kendrlck Bangs. PEPPER AND SALT. NOW Salt and Pepper I opine Are not good things oa which to dine. Yet give a scat to thing we eat. If In their handling we're discreet. 'Tie thus with woe and care I feel They make a sorry sort of meal, And yet 'tis true a touch of strife Qlvea seat and seasoning- to life. (Copyright.) -O- Alr of Remarkable Purity. The air la so pure In Arequlpa, Teru, that from the observatory at that place, 8,050 feet above the sea, a black epot, one Inch In diameter, placed on a wide disc, has been seen a distance of 11 miles through a 13 tnch telescope. Dogmar Godowsky 11', 7- - - AV.f if V Dogmar Godowsky, the charming daughter of Godowsky, the famoue pianist, la reported to be making her mark aa "movie star, much to the satisfaction of the throngs of picture theater patron. the form of a party only for one's Inti mate friends. But When one has been married twenty-five years then -there Is real occasion for a large reception. This may be In the afternoon or eve ning. For the afternoon affair the hours on the Invitation cards would usually be from three to six, though guests seldom do arrive before half past three or four and many late comers linger after the six o'clock hour. No guest, however, would arrive after the last hour mentioned on the card. Bear In mind, however. If yon are sending an anniversary present that although a wedding present Is sent to the bride, tlie anniversary present Is sent to both husband and wife. The question of whether or not to wear one's first wedding frock Is one that puzzles some women when plan ning their twenty-fifth anniversary, and really It ought not to be very difficult to solve. There Is the best of prece dent for the custom but when the bride of twenty-five years has changed very much In form the wedding dress may be extremely unbecoming to her or It may need very considerable alteration to make It possible to wear. The effect then Is not apt to be pleas ing, and the woman so dressed may look very much less attractive than if she were dressed In a reception frock less rich In association. Under no con dition should she wear the bridal veil, however, as this Is alone appro priate to the maiden bride. ' (Copyright.) O Life aa I See It I'll be truthful about it. I don't sea why a beautiful woman needs any sense. Louisville Courier-Journal. o