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PAGE FIVE THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON THURSDAY. APRIL SO, 1936 Notice of Land Sale. WANT ADS FARM CO-OPERATIVE DIVISION GOOD PASTURE FOR CATTLE ON L. H. PEARSON ranch 1 mile North of Cold Springs reservoir. 34-2tp A MESSAGE TO EVERY MEMBER. PREVENTING CANNIBALISM IN CHICKENS. By W. D. Buchanan Cannibalism is the result of ab normal conditions. It is no more natural for chickens to eat each oth er than it is for human beings to commit murder. An outbreak of cannibalism always indicates a pre vious violation of one of nature’s laws. Crowding is the first and probab ly the most frequent of all causes. It is natural to brood a dozen to fif teen chicks with one hen. It is not natural to brood one hundred chicks together, and still less natural to brood five hundred or more. Crowd ing robs the chick of its natural de sire to move uninterruptedly through space. A chick naturally hunts for its food. It will hunt far and wide for angleworms, If a chick bumps into its neighbor every time It starts to look for an angleworm it is quite likely to pick toes. Crowding hundreds of chicks to- gether tends to exhaust the oxygen in the air. In a very large house, chicks might get enough air for a day or two even with the windows closed but in a small house the air is likely to be stale. Its vital giving functions are soon exhausted. The result is that chicks develop an ab normal feeling and an abnormal ap petite. They would never start to pick toes if the chicks could be spread over an acre of ground in the open air. Since under ordinary con ditions this is not practical, if you would prevent cannibalism you should attempt to give an abundance of room and an abundance of fresh air in the brooder house. Next to crowding, and a limited supply of air, comes a warm, stuffy brooder house. Chicks need plenty of heat under the hover but they need a cool work room. The space under the hover should be almost as warm as a hen’s body, especially when the chicks are young, but the outside of the hover where the chicks are supposed to work should be cool and full of fresh air. A tem perature of 60 degrees in the work room is much better than a temper- ature of 90 degrees. . From what has been said you may begin to wonder if we are assuming that cannibalism starts in the brood- er house. It nearly always does. The habits of a chicken like the habits of a human being are formulated early in life. There is an old say- ing that “an Idle brain is the devil’s work-shop.” Idle chicks, that is chicks that have nothing to do, may find something devilish to do even in a well ventilated, cool work room. It is not natural for chicks to eat every bit of food out of a hopper. Under natural conditions chicks are likely to take several steps between each bite that they eat. If they are to be hopper fed, some device must be used to give them an opportunity to exercise continuously. Deep lit ter on the brooder house floor, if it is kept clean and dry, is a natural inducement to exercise. In fact, it is a good policy to scatter a few ounces of scratch feed in the litter at intervals throughout the day even when most of the feed is kept in hoppers. Chicks will naturally scratch in clean, dry litter just for the fun of exercise or in the vain hope that they may find something to eat. They are much more likely to conotinue to scratch, however, If oc- casionally they do find something to eat. Nature never intended chicks to be brooded in a house at all. Even the best brooder house creates an abnormal environment for chicks. Most brooder houses have windows. The sun shining through a window creates a bright warm spot on the floor. On this spot, the chicks are Sure to congregate. If the floor is bare, the toes are In evidence and offer a sure temptation to pick. A floor covered with two or three in ches of straw would be less danger- ous. Sunlight shining through an open space would offer less warmth but. since brooder houses under ar- tificial conditions are a necessity, the windows should be so regulated or curtained that no bright spots of sunshine fall on the floor. A poorly balanced ration may be the beginning of an outbreak of cannibalism. In nature chicks live on seeds, bugs and worms. This na tural ration is likely to be very high in protein. Under artificial condi tions. therefore, you should start your chicks on a ration that is high in protein. This means that your chicks should be given mash almost exclusively during the first few weeks. However, since mash must be fed in hoppers, a few ounces of grain may be scattered in the litter from the beginning. tryman asked us to express an opin ion on why two lots of chicks were picking toes while in two adjoining pens there was no toe picking or cannibalism of any kind. This man had one thousand chicks in each of the four pens. Cannibalism was rampant in pens one and three. In pens two and four there was none. The man explained that the rations were exactly the same in each pen and that other conditions, so far as he could determine, were exactly the same. On close observation, however, it became evident that the floor of the pens where the chicks were devouring each other was bare in spots and a very light covering of litter on the other places on the floor. The litter In the two pens where there was no cannibalism was about two inches deep. In this case it was not the ration that was at fault, hut the fact that the chicks had nothing to do. In starting your chicks off on a mash that is high in protein, you are following one of nature's laws. By feeding a mash in hoppers where chicks can pick it up without exer cise you are obliged to violate one of nature’s laws. It is a good scheme therefore, to offset this discrepancy by keeping the litter clean and by scattering a few ounces of scratch in the litter occasionally. When chicks run out doors with the mother hen there are many things that nature provides that may be overlooked in making a ra tion for indoor feeding. Grit is not a part of the ordinary mash, there fore, some fine grit should be sprink- led on the mash or, better yet,' in the litter on the floor. Green feed is one of nature's foods for chickens, Green feed does not grow in the brooder house, therefore, it must be carried in at frequent intervals. Some people who have no green feed in early spring are inclined to rely on the greens in the mash. This may furnish enough vitamin A but it does not furnish an approach to na tural conditions. Some finely chop ped green feed scattered on top of the mash or scattered in the litter will be found very helpful in pre venting cannibalism. Some people use crisp yellow carrots and slice them into small particles with a vegetable slicer so that all chicks in the house may get a chance to get some of the carrots. This is an ex cellent situation for green feed, it will help, among other things ,to prevent cannibalism. There is another cause of canni balism that Is frequently overlooked. A dozen chicks with an old ben would be likely to have at least one drinking fountain. On the same ba sis one hundred chicks should have at least seven fountains or seven times as much drinking space. One thousand chicks would naturally need ten times as much drinking space as one hundred. The same is true of mash hoppers and other feed containers. I have known people to use three drinking fountains for one hundred day-old chicks and when they increased to five hundred chicks they added five fountains in stead of multiplying by five. Each day-old chick needs at least one inch of eating space at the mash hoppers and at least one-fourth inch of drinking space at the drinking foun tains. When less than this is pro vided some mischief is sure to de velop. Another case of cannibalism aris es from the fact that some poultry men fail to grow with their chicks. We have just said that a day-old chick needs at least one inch of eat ing space at the mash hopper. You should not forget, however, that a chick does not stay day-old very long. At eight weeks of age a chick weighs nearly thirteen times as much as they did when it was hatch ed. That means that it needs a lot more eating and drinking space and incidentally it needs at least thir- teen times as much fresh air. Many devices are used for con- trolling cannibalism after it is star- ted. One of these is to darken the windows of the brooder house or laying house or paint them red. Another device that is sometimes used in the laying house is protec tion shields or head gears that makes it difficult for chickens to pick each other. All of these devi ces are good in an emergency but all of them Indicate that the trne causes of cannibalism have been overlooked and that the proper steps were not taken to prevent canniba lism. We have seen thousands of chickens raised in brooder houses without a single case of cannibalism either during the growing period or following this period in the laying house. The laws that make this possible with one flock will work with another. Cannibalism in not a necessary evil. If your chickens are eating each other, blame your self—not the chickens. There is something that could have been done to prevent this condition if you had acted in time. PIANO IN STORAGE—EXCEPTION- al bargain. Small size beautiful piano for some one in this vicinity. Terms given. Write Credit Dept., P. O. Box 75., Spokane, Wn. 35-4tp CANNING SCHEDULE. FOR SALE—1 METAL BEDSTEAD and 1 link spring, 1 small range. Nellie Tucker, Hermiston. 33-3tp YELLOW DENT SEED CORN FOR sale. Also grey mare, wt. 1600. Will have colt in about 4 weeks. F. W. Lenz, Hermiston. 36-3tp Canning schedule for the week of May 4 to May 9. We will be canning asparagus on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from eight thirty to three thirty, and on Saturday from eight to twelve o’clock. We are now equipped to can both No. 2 and 2% size cans the same day. Get your asparagus canning done early If you don't want to be disappointed. as many are going to quit cutting ear- FOR SALE—SURPLUS GOODS, LOW price. Model T engine on chas sis, 3-horse farm engine, 3 and 4 inch concrete tile machine, new 32- volt washer, bedsteads and springs, furniture, cook stove, range, heaters, double harness, small tools, small hydraulic ram, spike tooth harrow. A. D. Smith, 7 miles southwest.31-tfc FOR SALE — FOUR HORSES, 7 Years old, 1,300 to 1,400 lbs. E. L. 36-3tp Smith, Lexington, Ore. ly. HERMISTON CO-OP. CANNERY Dances Discontinued. ORDER JUNE BABY TURKS NOW. Due to the approach of the busy Prices reduced. “Vigorbilt” Chicks season for members of the Stanfield in May and June are profit makers. Grange, announcement has been “Vigorbilt” Hatchery, Hermiston, made that all dances will be discon Oregon, Phone 661. 34-tfc tinued until fall. IN THE MARKET FOR WOOL AND Mrs. L. F. Wooster, Sec. hides. Will pay market prices, $1 cash advance per fleece, with bal Umatilla County Pomona Grange. ance at shearing time. E. P. Dodd, 25-tfc The Umatilla County Pomona Hermiston. Grange will meet in Myrick Hall APARTMENT TO RENT—OSBORN Thursday, May 7, at which time the Apartments. 36-ltc state master, lecturer and secretary will be present. These state digni FOR SALE — RECEIVE BIDS UN- taries will give talks and instruc- til May 10th on 1925 Ford coupe, tion. Interesting numbers on the $65 extra fixtures; E. P. Illsley, program will also be contributed by Hermiston. 35-3tp the various Granges. FOR SALE — PASTURE OF TAME grasses and clover for a few Cooked Food Sale. horses or cattle. A. D. Smith, 7 mi- The Stanfield 4-H club members southwest. 35-tfc will bold a cooked food sale in Ref- vem’s store Saturday, May 9th. Pro ONE TEAM OF MULES FOR SALE or trade for cows. J. E. Berry, ceeds will apply, on a scholarship to Umatilla. 36-ltc club Corvallis in June to the 4-H summer school. HORNED RIMMED GLASSES ARE found. Inquire at Herald office WESTLAND GRANGE WILL and pay for this ad. 36-tfc MEET MONDAY. MAY 5TH TWO ACRES CLOSE IN FOR SALE. 20 acres mile and a half out, for chickens. For rent—40 acres good corn ground. 7-room Yakima house for trade. Clear ranch in Missouri for trade and assume a mortgage. If you want to buy, sell, trade or rent, write or come and se E. P. Dodd, Herald Office. 35-tfc The regular Westland Grange will meet Monday, May 5, at the school house. Miss Frances Clinton, county home demonstration agent, and Co unty Agent Walter Holt, will be the main speakers. Every members is urged to be present to bear these speakers. At the party recently Mrs, Chas, Seeliger and Floyd Laird won prizes tor having the most original I and best kid costumes. FOR SALE—1 practically new Case Mower; 1 blower & anvil; 2 rolls new rabbit wire; 22 posts, lumber; 1 white gilt sow, farrow soon; 22 hens; household goods; 2 bedsteads and springs; 2 dressers; 1 library tatble; 1 sewing machine; 1 gas burner range; canned fruit, empty jars; 1 rocking chair; 4 straight backed chairs; 1 semi-trailer; Prices reasonable. See Mrs. V. R. Christo pher, Stanfield, Ore. 36-ltc PLANS FOR FORMATION OF COOPERATIVE COUNCIL MADE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, Sheriff of Umatil la County, Oregon, by virtue of an order duly entered herein by the County Court of Umatilla County. Oregon, on the 10th day of April, 1936, will on the 23rd day of May, 1936, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, subject to the minimum price of $10.00, at the front door of the Umatilla County Court House, at Pendleton, Oregon, the following described parcel of land heretofore by Umatilla County, Oregon, acquired for delinquent tax es, to-wit: Lots 7 and 8, Block D, First Ad- dition to the Clty of Hermiston, Umatilla County. Oregon. R. E. GOAD. Sheriff of Umatilla County. Oregon. (April 23 - May 21) Notice of Land Sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned. Sheriff of Umatil la County, Oregon, by virtue of an order duly entered herein by the County Court of Umatilla County, Oregon, on the 25th day of March, 1936, will on the 23rd day of May, 1936, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, subject to the minimum price of $30.00, the hereinafter described parcels of land, heretofore by said Umatilla County, Oregon, acquired for delin quent taxes, to-wit: Lots 23 and 24, Block 10, Subdi vision Lot B, in Sec. 11, Twp. 4, N. R. 28, EWM., Umatilla County, Oregon. R. E. GOAD, Sheriff of Umatilla County, Oregon. (April 23 - May 21) Notice of Land Sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Undersigned, Sheriff of Umatil la County, Oregon, by virtue of an order duly made and entered here in by the County Court of Umatilla County, Oregon, on the 31st day of March, 1936, will, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon on the 2nd. day of May, 1936, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, subject to the minimum price of $50.00 therefor, at the front door of the County Court House of Umatilla County, Oregon, In Pendle ton, Oregon, the following described parcel of land heretofore by said Umatilla County, acquired for de linquent taxes, to-wlt: SU of SWU (less to U. S.) of Section 17, Twp. 5, N. R. 28, Notice of Land Sale. EWM., in Umatilla County, Ore- gon. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that R. E. GOAD, Sheriff of the undersigned. Sheriff of Umatil Umatilla County, Oregon. la County, Oregon, by virtue of an (April 2-30.) order duly entered herein by the County Court of Umatilla County, Oregon, on the 18th day of April, Notice of Land Sale. 1936, will on the 23rd day of May, IS HEREBY GIVEN that 1936, at the hour of ten o'clock in the NOTICE Undersigned, Sheriff of Umatil the forenoon, offer for sale, at the la County, Oregon, by virtue of an front door of the County Court duly made and entered herein House of Umatilla County, Oregon, order by the County Court of Umaltila in Pendleton, Oregon, to the highest County, Oregon, on the 31st day of bidder for cash, subject to the mini mum price of 3140.00 therefor, the March, 1936. will, on the 2nd. day following described parcel of land, of May, 1936, at the hour of ten heretofore by Umatilla County, Ore o’clock in the forenoon of said day, gon, acquired for delinquent taxes, offer for sale at the front door of the county court house of Umatilla to-wit: EU of NWU of NEU Sec. 20, County, Oregon, at Pendleton, Ore Twp. 4, N. R. 28, EWM, Umatil- gon, to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, subject to the minimum la County, Oregon. price of $40.00 therefor, the herein R. E. GOAD. Sheriff of Umatilla County, Oregon. after described parcel of land, here tofore by Umatilla County, Oregon, (April 23 - May 21) acquired for delinquent taxes, to- wit: SWU of SWU, Sec. 1. Twp. 4, Notice of Land Sale. N. R. 28 EWM., Umatilla County, Oregon. NOTCE IS HEREBY GIVEN that R. E. GOAD, Sheriff of the undersigned. Sheriff of Umatil Umatilla County, Oregon. la County, Oregon, by virtue of an (April 2-30.) order duly made and entered here in by the County Court of Umatilla County, Oregon, on the 9th day of April, 1936, will on the 16th day of SYLVANUS SMITH, JR. May, 1936, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon of said day, offer Attorney-At-Law for sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, subject to the mini Oregon Stanfield mum prices hereinafter set forth, the following described parcels of land, heretofore by Umatilla Coun- ty, Oregon, acquired for delinquent FARMERS AUTOMOBILE taxes to-wit: Inter-INSURANCE Exchange PARCEL 1— EU of SE % of SWY; E12 of C. A. JACKMAN. Local Agent SWU of SE‘ ; Tax No. 2. 94- All Kinds of Auto and Truck 512; NH of SWY of SWY; Insurance SWU of NW % (Less Tax No. Oregon Hermiston 1 and 2, and less S’ of SW‘ of SW‘ of NWM); E% of SE % of SE %; all in Section 12, Twp. 4, N. R. 29, EWM. DR. A E MARBLE PARCEL 2— CHIROPRACTOR NEY of NEY of NEH Section 11, Twp. 4, N. R. 29, EWM. Office: Two doors west post office That the minimum price for which the said Parcel 1 may be sold Office Hours: 8 to 12 - 1:30 to 6 Phone 481------- Hermiston, Ore. shall be the sum of $216.00, and the minimum price for which said Par cel 2 may be sold shall be the sum of $10.00. Hermiston Post No. 37 R. E. GOAD, Sheriff of Meets first and third Umatilla County, Oregon. Thursday. Legion Auxil (April 16 - May 14) iary meets second ' and fourth Thursday. Plans for the formation of a co- operative council to embrace all of the local cooperatives were laid at a recent meeting held in the office of Assistant County Agent Sawyer. FURNITURE FOR SALE—OSBORN The purpose of this organization Apartments. 36-ltc is to promote a more unified effort among the various coooperatives to the end that all individual coopera tors extend their buying or selling activities to all cooperatives. According to tentative by-laws drawn up by a special committee, THE HERMISTON HERALD membership in the council will in clude the managers and directors of the local cooperatives, and meetings will be held quarterly. Such an organization as this coun CO- CONSISTENTLY LOWER! cil, has long been talked of but this 4th Incl. MAY is the first actual step taken in that direction following its introduction CALUMET by Assistant County Agent Sawyer. POUND Hermiston is known to be the HARDWHEAT most outstanding cooperative com munity In the northwest but local cooperative leaders still feel that a council such as Is being formulated will help materially in building up the cooperatives and creating a co- 00. SALTED Æp . BOX operative-mindedness among the in CVS or Graham an dividual members. The organization meeting of the GOL council will be held in the basement room of the Hermiston library, Sat KIST urday evening. May 23rd, at 8:00 o’clock. AU managers and directors are urged to be present. CANS QUAILITY Notice of Land Sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the undersigned. Sheriff of Umatil la County, Oregon, by virtue of an order duly entered herein by the County Court of Umatilla County, Oregon, on the 23d day of March, 1936, will at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon on the 2d day of May. 1936, at the front door of the county court house of Umatilla County, Oregon, in Pendleton, Ore gon, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, in one lot, subject to a minimum price of $197.70 therefor, the following described parcels of land, heretofore by Uma- tilla County, Oregon, acquired for delinquent taxes, to-wit: All that portion of the SEU of NEY, NEY of SW1 NWU of SW‘, and S* of SWU of Sec tion 9, Twp. 4, N. R. 29 EWM., in Umatilla County, Cregon, lying and being South of the Furnish Ditch. R. E. GOAD. Sheriff of Umatilla County, Oregon. (April 2 - 30) Baking Squares LBS. CO-OP GLEANINGS By E. H. Dunning. Legion Hall. W. L. Morgan, D. M. D. General Dentistry X-Ray and Diagnosis Phone 9-J Bank Bldg. Residence Phone 26-J Bunday and Evenings by Appointment Dr. A. C. Willcutt OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON 08B0RN APARTMENT! PETERSON & PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW U. S. National Bank Building Practice In State A Federal Courts Pendleton, Ore. LBS “The failure oof the farmer to or ganize cooperative marketing asso ciations for his own protection and the protection of the consumer has left the door wide open for control of distribution by a few. It has per- mitted the taking of a toll from both producer and consumer, which along with the earnings from private con trol of natural resources, finds Ame rica in a position where compara- tively few people control and own a Res. 712 — PHONE — Office 733 BARS | | ' | EACH itile Co-operative OREGON DR. F. B. BELT PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office Hours: Other 10:30 to 12:30 A.M. Hours by 2 to 5 P.M. Appointment W. J. WARNER Attorn ey-at-Law Hermiston * Oregon
