Thursday, June 24, 1937
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON
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PASTURE FEED IS
FAVORED FOR PIGS
Clean Field Will Pay Well,
Specialist Advises.
B y H . W . T a y lo r . E x t e n il o n S w in e S p e c ia l
is t, N o r t h C a r o lin a S ta te C o lle g e .
W N U S e rv ic e .
A good, clean pasture for spring-
farrowed pigs will pay big dividends
at marketing time next fall.
When on good pasture, the sow
and pigs are protected from disease
and parasite infection and provided
with feed essential to health and de
velopment. And pasturage is the
cheapest form of feed that can be
given the young porkers.
Soy beans planted in rows and
cultivated twice will furnish excel
lent grazing from the time the
plants are about 15 inches high un
til frost.
On good land an acre of soy beans
will support 15 to 20 shotes, provid
ed they also receive a full feed of
com and a good protein supplement.
Such pastures should be sown on
land where pigs have not been al
lowed to range during the previous
year or so. Best results will be ob
tained if the land has been cultivat
ed with some crop since the last
time swine were on it.
Land used for hog pasture or hog
lots during the past year may be
infested with parasites, particularly
worms, or other forms of disease-
producing organisms.
To get the pigs in top shape for
fall market they should be kept on
full feed at all times.
Sunlight Is Source of
Vitamin D ; Aids Poultry
Sunlight is just as essential to
good poultry health as green feed,
fresh water and clean quarters. The
wise poultry raiser, whether he has
a sizable flock or only a few hens,
will find profit in providing proper
sunshine. Pens, runways, feeding
houses, brooders and yards should
be planned carefully to take full
advantage of the health-giving rays,
says a writer in the Los Angeles
Times.
Know, too, that sunlight is an
important source of vitamin D, es
sential to normal growth and health
of all animals. In the case of poultry,
they need the vitamin D. of the
sun’s rays because:
(1.) Adult birds become weakened
and soon develop rickets without
adequate sunshine. Without the sun,
the growth of young birds is stunted
and they turn out to be sickly,
scrawny specimens.
(2.) Egg production is affected
vitally: If your flock is producing
soft or paper-thin shelled eggs, the
reason may be that it is not getting
enough sunshine.
Splash!
FINNEY OF TH E FORCE
Yellow Newtown Apple
The Yellow Newtown apple, which
has grown for many years in Vir
ginia and is there known locally as
the Albemarle Pippin, was brought
to that state by Dr. Thomas Walker
who was a physician with the Vir
ginia troops during the French and
Indian war. After the defeat of
Braddock, Doctor Walker returned
to his home in Virginia and appar
ently carried scions of the apple
trees in his saddle-bag. These scions
were successfully grafted on trees
at his home in Castle Hill, Albe
marle county.
By FRED HARMAN
Age of Fresh Eggs
The freshness of an egg is not
determined by its age, notes a
writer in the Philadelphia Record,
j . Hansell French, secretary of
agriculture, in response to queries
explained that the new fresh egg
law contains no time provision.
Eggs cannot lawfully be advertised
as fresh unless they conform with
the following standards: The air cell
must be not more than one-quarter
of an inch in depth and must be
localized and regular; the yolk must
be visible but not plainly visible or
mobile; the white must be firm and
clear; the germ must not show any
visible development. Properly main
tained eggs will come within the
provision of the law after weeks of
of storage.
Measuring Straw in Stack
In estimating the number of tons
of straw in a stack, multiply the
length by the width at the ground
by one-fourth the distance over the
stack. This last measurement may
be found by throwing a rope over
the stack. To get the number of
tons, according to a correspondent
in Wallaces’ Farmer, divide the
multiplied product by 600 if the
stack is well settled, or by 650 to
700 if the stack is new or not well
settled.
Market Old Sheep
Old ewes which have poor teeth
should be marketed as soon as pos
sible, says the Prairie Farmer. It
is an easy matter to check the age
of sheep by looking at the front, or
incisor, teeth which are in the lower
jaw. Mature sheep have eight of
these incisor teeth which fit against
the pa*in the upper jaw. After five
years, sheep begin to lose these
teeth, and from then on will have
trouble in feeding, and should be
disposed of.
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The Curse of Progress
Musical Temperament
“ Were you slumming today?’*
asked the inquisitive friend.
“ What do you mean?’’ rejoined
Miss Cayenne.
“ I saw you looking into several
pawnshop windows.”
“That was for musical satisfac
tion. It delights me to see so many
saxophones and nobody playing
any.”
Polly Put the Kettle On
Donovan and his wife went for a
picnic. They found a pretty spot in
a wood; and Donovan, putting down
the basket, said he’d be away to get
some sticks for the fire.
“ Ah!” said his wife, “don’t be
bothering. We'll not need them.
i Haven't I brought the gas-ring?”
Cultured Swearing
Fred—When I returned Smith's
lawn mower with the nicked blade,
Smith swore.
Nell—We don’t want that sort of
thing to happen again, dear. The
next time borrow from the minister.
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
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