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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.
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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.
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YELLOW DENT SEED CORN FOR
sale. Also grey mare, wt. 1600.
Will have colt in about 4 weeks. F.
W. Lenz, Hermiston.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The purpose of this organization
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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-
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cil, has long been talked of but this
4th Incl.
MAY
is the first actual step taken in that
direction following its introduction
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by Assistant County Agent Sawyer.
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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PETERSON & PETERSON
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
U. S. National Bank Building
Practice In State A Federal Courts
Pendleton, Ore.
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“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
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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