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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1914)
10 HOME AND FARM MAOAZTNE SECTION" A Weekly Page of Poultry Hints to You Here Is a Department Full of Bright Ideas for Readers of the Home and Farm Magazine Section. S When facta bump up against theories, the truth will usually out. Our agricultural colleges 3 are constantly bumping theories Q hard with experience won facts. In this connection an 3 3 expert at Oregon Agricultural college here diseusses animal vs. 3 vegetable protein for poultry. $ S js3ss.s3$sse.s. THERE are a great many perplexing problems in poultry feeding. They are made more perplexing te the average poultry raiser by the ex ploiting of various and sundry feeds, Ike merits of which are based wholly n theoretical assumptions. We have keen insisting for a number of years tpon one point more than any other in poultry feeding, and that is that tho ken is a "meat eater. ' The knowledge of this fact has been of great impor tance in poultry fuelling, both for egg production and flesh production. In creased production of eggs has been the result in no small degree of the feed ing of animal foods. About every year someone advocates or advertises a sub stitute for animal food. Last year a great many letters came to us asking if soy bean meal would take the plane of meat foods. It had been extensive ly advertised as a substitute. Various other foods of vegetable origin have at one time or another been advertised to take the place of animal food. It js well known that for heavy egg production or for the growth of chicks, there must be a considerable propor tion of protein in tho foods; that is, the ordinary grain foods such as wheat and corn do not contain enough of the protein elements, it is also known that meat foods such as commercial beef scrap, cut bones or any kind of meat foods with a large proportion of the lean meat, are very rich in protein. Commercial beef scrap contains about 60 per cent protein. That is, about half the weight 01 the beef scrap is protein, while wheat and corn contain some 10 to 12 per cent protein. Inaccurate Claims Made. It was first a question whether a sufficient amount of protein in the ration, irrespective of its source, was not all that was necessary, or whether such foods as beans, peas, linseed meal, gluten meal or eotton seed meal, that Bre rich in protein, would not give as good results as the protein found in the meat foods. Many to this day claim that this is all that is necessary in face of the fact that it has been thorough ly demonstrated by experiment that animal foods must be fed to poultry -in order to get good results whether in egg yield or meat production. A num ber of experiment stations during the last ten or twelve years have conduct ed careful experiments on this point and the results have invariably shown that vegetable proteins will not take the place of animal proteins. The latest experiment on tnis point was made at the New Jersey Station, the results of which have just been published. Iu this experiment it was found that animal food was necessary not only for the growing chiek and for the broiler but for the laying fowl. A poultry food, Hen-e ta, which has been extensively advertised during the last few jean mi a Complete, ration for fowls, but which contains no animall feed, was made the subject of a com parison in New Jersey , experiments, with a result wholly unfavorable to the claims made for this food. Theory vs. Fact Xot only was it claimed for this food that no animal food was required and that it contained eaongh protein from other soarees, which was all that was required, but the claim was also made that the phosphorus or bone-making material was as effiaient when obtain ed from inorganic or mineral sources, Buoa as phosphate rock, as the same Constituents obtained from animal sources, each as ground bone. The ex periments showed very clearly that "phosphoric acid from an organic source (animal bone) is much more ef ficient than phosphoric acid from an inorganic so ores (phosphate rock or Een-e-ta), Record Sheets For Eggs Needed to Know Results Trap Nests Also Required by Poultry Raiser Who Wants to Be Able to Set Off One Hen Against Another 0. A. 0. Specimen Sheet Shown Here. House Na 9 Pen No. DATt I 11 4 7 I lOnJlHM!7Ur10ajB41l7 TOTAL SEPT. J . ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZlZllLLlZlZIZlZIlliZZJJA ! jlLLLLL-LLLL-LLLLL-LLLL-LL-LL 11 , J1&LL LL LL LL-LLL LLLLL LLLL LLL 11 : ZilL-LLlll-L1lllJlLlll-.lllii n ZtnZZZ LLLLLLLL-.LL1-.LLLJ--L-LL11.il 1L1L-ZZH , UiiLLLLLLLllllLlllALlL-LllllLllLl-M- . ne LL IjILLLLILLL-LLLLLLIIII-L-LLLL Vl. IZhLlZTLllXLLlll ILL-LLLll-l'Ll-LL-lSL . irnm i I ilYf LlLlLlllLllllllLLLllU- . lZZELll-LLllllllllLlLlLl-llll-l-l i . JcCT. I LLLL-LLLLLL ILLL-LLLL-LLLL-l-M. : 11A-LL..11-11 SoT 'lj 1 1 i Mil inn mi ii inn in j ii inn i '-HE POULTRY raiser who wants to know accurately what his hens aro doing requires trap nests and a record. Tho best type of record is entered up every day immediately the band on the hen's leg is examined, so that her num Fright and Worry Affect Laying rMAY BE news to many farmers, or even poultrymen, to know that hens "hold up" their eggs just the same as a Jersey cow will hold up her milk when sho gets a bit stubborn or ex cited; but it is so. Just let a farmer chase the hens from the cornfield or garden, set the dog on them, or throw clods and yell at them, and watch the result. Where the evening gathering showed a dozen or fifteen eggs, not moro than seven or possibly b!x will be found, and the poor hen is accused of "stealing her nest out" somewhere. It takes three days of care to get the eggs record back to normal. Do not allow visitors to enter the lay ing house nor their children to prowl about the nests. If strange dogs are bent upon investigating the henyard their hide is worth something, but give the hens quiet peace at all costs. Often successive or severe fright will result in dead germs, and then the egg is utterly useless for setting. Necessity of Spraying. In the State of Iowa, during this last summer, orchard spraying demon strations were carried on in five dif ferent counties. The number of sprays varied from one to four times. As a rule very good results were obtained from three sprays. The meetings held at picking time, "demonstrated to the farmers present the necessity of spray ing. Dsnt shrn live itoultrv in underbred crates. It is eruel, poor business policy and unlawful. As to why the animal fnod or the mineral mterial"frm animal emire-ie are more valuable, in pwiUry feeding than the samo constituents obtainont from other sources, is not known, but. the fact has been sufficiently demon strated by practical exporimnnt. Tlieo retical assumptions will nnt tnk Hj place of actual dVmontrtii. ceesful poultry feeders who have wou their success by using animal foods will not be influenced by claims sueh a have been put out for the articles men tioaed, and charged their rations t their fiuaacial loss.. HATCHto April 29 1912, Vawity ber can be determined. As the hen is released from the trap nest she is credited with her egg. The illustration above shows the daily record of hen O. 521 at Oregon Agricul tural Colloge, Corvallis, Oregon. C. 521, Want A Position Being ready when the oppor tunity comes is what counts for succisb. There is a big demand for BEHNKE-WAXKEB trained bookkeepers, stenographers and telegraphers. Right hundred and forty-one different firms called on ns for help since August 1st. There is o quicker, Burer way to secure remunerative employment and future sueeess than to secure our dinloina. I BUSINESS OOLLBOft t M. Walker, Pres. Portland, Ore. VACUUM CLEANERS Hand Power & Electric. Prom 1(14.00 up Agents Wanted. W. L. BENTLEY ft CO. 14th and Washington Streets. Portland. Oreeon. Only Vacuum Cleaner Store in Oregon. TYPEWRITERS RENT a Typewriter from the naitnfaeturere, 15 for three mmitha; Remington No. S or No. 7: 8iaith Premier, Wo. i or No. 4; viaiblf ili-nillfftnit. MmAj-fh ftmith Piml,w Sa n. month drlirttrrd anywhere. Rebuilt machinee iulii on faer parnenta. 8EMINOTOK TYPEWRITE! COMPACT. ffl Broadway, Portland, Ore. FREE EGO-OASES. V. ii. HrtbmMn A Oo, paid up capital 10, 00(i, wttsblishnd wft.t .100 more farm- Tf! rw Tvguisir whijiprtri of frvnh egt each wiwlt ftjui ifriJ s.ul frM on n'fnient, by mon Mftninff IhU j.ftpur, iw Rjfjp ciue. Highott mark' prici gumutd. "Writ tMay. Ts. l-riofA iVtfi. Vr.iU, hntra, Mltry jd hidfla P. If. SOHMALZ & CO. lift Trout Btrfiot, FurUwwJ, Orogtn, BABY CHICK! ,Hr Slrair, ?.Ofif) Y.'t ti Hoi -k Vay and June, at a Bponial Price of 3 NCXE COMB WHITE LFGHORNS tlO.OO per 100. kai woriiacfi Iiium, X punta) briag our aaleamaa to your nail box. I. D. CASEY & SONS Rout 1, WalUburg, Waihington Fowi. No. C. 521 it will be remembered, made tho reeorfl of laying 303 eggs in one year. At Corvallis, a weekly record sheet is maintained at the poultry house. These sheets are entered up on annual records such as the one above. Poultry and Veal Wanted Also Dressed Heat, Batter Eggs sad Fruit Potatoes and Onions in Quantity. Cash Beta mi Daily Bank Refarenoa, BURNETT SON" 143 Froat Street. Portland, Oregwa. mane iour Doy Happy Let him play in overalls with never a care in the world and you will make him a healthy, happy boy. Be sure to buy htm Two-Hone Brand Overalls The kind that is made for comfort and long wear. 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