The Gate city journal., February 27, 1925, Image 2

T H E G A T E C IT Y J O U R N A L
LIV£
STOCK
SALT IS ESSENTIAL
FOR FAR.M ANIMALS
“ Salt to suit" la one of the moat
common phrases used In food recipes.
Were the world deprived of good salt
for a month the reault In loaa of
health, vigor and temperament would
aoon be evident, both In the human
and animal kingdoms. Becauae aalt
la ao cheap and so ordinary In every­
day life we often forget Its Impor­
tance. But when aucb vital things as
water, air and salt are taken away
all other plant and animal foods re­
maining would not serve tbelr pur­
poses so well.
Feeders have simply regarded aalt
as an appetlzei^-somethlng to make
live stock drink more water or cause
It to consume unpalatable rations. Re­
cently, however, salt la becoming
recognized for what It contributes to
nutrition, digestion and production. In
the stomach It causes the formation
of hydrochloric add— an Indispensable
factor to food digestion.
Suit la a
mineral food, and the basis of aome of
the beat-known mineral feeds and
compounds. In choosing aalt for feed­
ing purposes It la well to use discre­
tion and foresight, because cheap,
lumpy, dirty aalt la as subject to crit­
icism as Inferior feeds of any kind.
Live stock use salt In varying
amounts, differing In their demands
according to body weight, condition,
production and species. A dairy cow
will use about one and one-quarter
ounces a day. Yearling and two-year-
old beef steers may lick an ounce
dally of good salt. Hogs need much
less salt, probably a quarter to a
third of an ounce dally. An ounce of
salt Is fair allotment for working
horses. A half ounce dally Is a fair
Index of suit requirements for sheep,
but sheep will not lick block salt like
cattle. Mixing a pound of high grade
salt with every 100 pounds of dry
grain feed is a good plun to muke sure
that animals are not deprived of this
essential.
Mineral Mixtures Prove
of Big Value to Swine
Mineral mixtures as a supplement
to the swine ration proved of distinct
vnlue In making gains and beginning
any mineral mixture should be salt.
I f only one mineral should be fed, ac­
cording to results of the Iowa slatlon,
common salt should be that mineral,
but all of the result» show that com­
mon salt alone is not enough.
A mineral mixture consisting of
two parts (lake salt and 80 parts of
ordinury sand made the best showing
of any mineral mixture fed. All of
the pigs fed In this test were given
a basic ration consisting of Bhelled
corn (mixed in color but mostly yel­
low), self fed; plus a 43 per cent pro­
tein, soy beun oil meal, self-fed; plus
Hake salt, self-fed.
The sand-fed
group was fed the same ration except
that the salt was displaced with a
mixture of two parts fluke salt and
eight parts of ordinary sand. Mr.
Evvard recommends that no hasty de­
ductions be made from the suml-feed-
lng results, because of the limited
dala available. Further experiments
with sand In the mlnerul mixture will
be made Immediately with both hogs
and cattle. “ It la well to emphasize
that even though we may eventually
prove that sand or material of like
nature Is of beneflt In pig nutrition,”
Mr. Evvard says, “ the proven value
of calcium carbonate, bone products,
potassium Iodide suit and other time-
tried substances should be not disre­
garded.”
Feed for Ewes Should Be
Considered Investment
Feed for the ewes should be con­
sidered an Investment, not an expense.
This does not mean that cost of feed
should not be considered. The man
who can bring hla flock through at the
least expense, provided they are kept
thrifty and In good condition, will
make the greatest profit. On the oth­
er hand, the man who la stingy with
feed or who does not provide the right
kind of feed, will dip a less valuable
crop of wool, raise fewer and smaller
lambs and suffer a greater loss of both
lambs and ewes The loss of ewes Is
the heaviest In flocks poorly cared for
and fed. Only the strong, vigorous,
well-fed ewes can furnish full weight
fleeces and -'reduce strong, hearty
lambs, and enough milk to grow them
out most profitably.
Utilize All Roughage
On every farm there Is lots of rough-
age of nn Inferior character, that If
fed alone or with other dry feed has
little value, but If fed with silage or
other succulent food. It has consider
able value. Everything produced on
the farm should be utilized and this
ran be done only when a certain
amount of live stock Is kept.
Scientific Feeding
T o supply food In the right propor­
tion to meet the various requirements
of the animal, without a waste of food
nutrients, constitutes scientific feed­
ing. It Is by carefully studying the
proportion In which they are digested
by different animals and under differ­
ent conditions and the requirement of
animals for the various food nutrients
when at rest, at work, giving milk,
producing wool, mutton, beef, pork,
etc., that the principles of feeding
have been worked out
D a d d y ’s
Evei\ii\ft
F a iry T a le
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Famous Forts in
U. S. History
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By ELMO SCOTT W A TS O N
COW S’ CH A TTER
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M ichillim ackinac, "P lac e of
the G reat T u rtle.”
Long before the French explorers
pushed Into the Interior of North
America, the Island of Mlchllllmackl-
nac, (Mackinac) In Michigan, was a
well-known lundmnrk to the Indians.
The first white man to visit this gate­
way between Lake Huron and Lake
Michigan was Jean Nlcolet who pad-
died past the Island In 1634. In 1671
Father Marquette established the mis­
sion o f 8t. Ignace near by and In 1673
the French built the first Fort Muckl-
nac near the mlsalon and from that
time until Cadillac established De­
troit In 1701 It was the principal out­
post of the French In the West. Macki­
nac was virtually deserted after the
founding of Detroit, but In 1713 It was
regsrrisoned and held by the French
until the Engllah took possession of
the country In 1760.
The British built a second Fort
Mackinac on the south shore of the
atralts, a palisaded structure enclos­
ing about two acres. Here occurred
one of the dramatic Incidents of ths
Pontiac war when on June 4, 1763, ths
hostile Indlnns used a bull game as a
stratagem for gaining entrance to the
fort. They killed 20 of the garrison
and took the remainder prisoners
among them Cnptnln Etherington, the
commander, who failed to heed ad­
vance warnings of the conspiracy.
After Pontiac’s war was over the
British again occupied Fort Mackinac
and It uguin became the center of the
fur trade of the Northwest. It was
an important British post during the
Revolution and In 1780 the garrison
was transferred to Mackinac Island
where It begun building the third Fort
Mackinac, a strong fortress of stone.
Although Great Britain agreed to give
up all of her western posts at the
close of the Revolution, It was not un­
til 1700 that the young republic finally
gained control of this post.
The next few .venrs saw Mackinac
growing In Importance ns one of the
principal posts of John Jacob Astor's
American Fur company. Early In 1812
the British swooped down upon the
place and because of their overwhelm­
ing numbers easily captured the fort.
In 1814 a force of 1500 United States
regulars nnd 400 militia attempted to
recapture Fort Mackinac, hut their
attack was beaten off and the British
remained In control until the close of
the war. Mackinac Island Is now n
state park and every year hundreds of
tourists visit the historic buildings of
the fort, which are still In an excel­
lent state of preservation.
W h ere the Social W hirl H eld
Sw ay.
At the close of the second war with
England
the
federal
government,
which had so nearly lost the old North­
west to the British, resolved to build
a chain of forts through this Inland
empire to guard against future dan­
gers and also to protect the frontier
settlements which were constantly
pushing westward. One of the sites
selected was In Wisconsin where the
Fox river empties Into Green hay. a
place made famoua by the early
French explorers, a noted fur-trading
center and a hotbed of Toryism during
the War of 1812.
t’ ongresa appropriated $21,000 for
thla fort (a generoua sum In those
days) and In 1816 Col. John Miller
o f the Third Infantry left Fort Macki­
nac. Mich., with two rifle eompanlea
to establish the post at Green Bay.
The work was directed by Capt. Lewis
Morgan and the post was named Fort
Howard In honor of Gen. Benjamin
Howard, commander of the military
dlstrlet In which It was located.
Although Fort Howard was a fron­
tier post It soon assumed all the re­
finements of an Eastern community
end It became known as a center of
social activity whose prestige In army
circles made assignment to It much
desired by officers nnd their wives. In
1810 MaJ. Zachary Taylor (later Pres­
ident Taylor) took command at Fort
Howard and under the regime of this
courtly Southerner and his wife, life
there became a continual round of so­
cial pleasure— dinner parties, cotillions,
boating, sleighing nnd skating.
To Green Bay also came many dis­
tinguished travelers to enjoy the hi>a-
pltnllty of Fort Howard, among them
Captain Marryat, the famous “ Mid­
shipman Ensy" who was entertained
at the fort In 1832. and the Prince de
Jolnvllle, youngest son of King Louts
Philippe of France, who visited Green
Bny In 1841. It was upon this occa­
sion. according to Elenzer Williams,
the half-breed Indian, who claimed to
be the Lost Dauphin o f France, that
the prince sought him out and tried to
persuade him to abdicate his claim to
the throne In favor of lamia Philippe.
History has shown that Williams >vas
a colossal fraud, hut his presence at
Green Bay, whither he had led a large
number of New York Indians to es­
tablish an Indian empire In the West,
adds another touch of romantic Inter
eat to old Fort Howard.
Fort Howard was prominent during
the Black Hawk war. but after the
Indian question east of the Mississippi
was finally settled and the fur trade
was no more. It, like many other posts
In the old Northwest, soon hecams
only a shadow of Its former greatness
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Building Far
Behind Che
Autom obile
M illion s n o w recognize
the autom obile as a ne­
cessity. It is no longer a
luxury for the few. Sixty
per cent o f its use is fee
business.
Because o f this the mod­
e rn paved h igh w ay has
become an economic ne­
cessity.
“Moo, moo,” said Mrs. Cow, "the
way some talk about us!”
“ Moo, moo,” said Mrs. Brown-and-
Whlte Cow, “ what do you mean by
that 1”
“ I was thinking." began Mrs. Cow.
“ I do hope It didn't tire you,” said
Mrs. Brown-and-Whlte Cow.
“ No," said Mrs. Cow, “ It didn't tire
me at all. If It had tired me 1 would
have stopped thinking."
“ Sensible,” said Mrs. Brown-and-
Whlte Cow. “ But pray continue."
“ I was thinking," continued Mrs.
Cow, “ of the time last spring when
some children passed us one morning.
“They were evidently having a holi­
day, but they said:
“ 'Just think. It is only 10 o’clock
In the morning and those cows are ly­
ing down or sitting down and haven't
a thing to do.
" 'They haven’t any lessons to study
and they haven't any examinations
coming.
" ‘They haven't any chores to do.
They can enjoy scratching their chins
under the fence or resting by the
brook or choosing some lovely shade
tree under which to lie. And all at
10 o'clock In the morning.'
“ ‘Still,’ said another child, 'I’m
glad I ’m not a cow. They don’t have
such bounding Joy as we do and they
don't feel all excited and happy over
their birthdays or over their school
games.'
“ Yes," continued Mrs. Cow, “ that
was the way they were talking. First
they envied us because they couldn't
take off all the time we could In
which to do nothing.
“ Then they were glad they weren't
cows, as they liked to have excite­
ments which we miss, such as birth­
days and so forth.
“ But I thought to myself that they
shouldn’t talk about us and about our
laziness.
“ Maybe we are lazy. But we give
milk twice a day and we make thetr
Y « although ths mileage o t
Concrete Roads and Street» haa
b ee n a tea d ily in creasin g, o u r
highway eyetem today lege lar
b e h in d t h e a u to m o b ile T h e
great majority c l our highways
are as out o i date as the single-
track, narrow gauge railway at
fifty years ago.
Such a condition not only seri­
ously handicaps the progress of
the automobile i t a comiortable,
profitable means o i transporta­
tion, but also holds back com­
mercial, industrial and agricul­
tural advancement in practically
every section o l the country. It ia
coating taxpayers millions o i dot-
lara annually.
H igh w ay building should be
continued and enlarged upon.
Y o u r highway authorities are
ready to carry on their share oi
this great public work. But they
must h a v e you r support. T e l l
them you are ready to invest in
more and w ider Concrete H ig h ­
ways now.
PORTLAND CEMENT
ASSOCIATION
t i l West Washington Street
CHICAGO
o4 National Organization to Im ftrore
and Extend the Uses o f Concrete
O ffice. In
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t o in g M ill up w it h D is te m p e r, In flu e n za *
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C o ld ».
G iv e -’S P O H N 'S ” t o b o th t h e » I c k
an d th e w e ll o n e ».
T h e »'a n t la r d r e m e d y
f o r 30 y e a rs . G iv e “ S P O H N 'S " f o r D o ;: D is ­
te m p e r. « 0 c e n t» an d $1.20 n t d r o * s to re »*
H F O H N M E D I C A L CO .
G O S H E N . IN D .
When u man Is unable to choose be­
tween two evils he usually hunts up •
third.
T h e s o l u t i o n w i l l a p p e a r In n e x t Issue.
Solution of Last Week’s Puzzle.
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HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS WORD PUZZLE
W h e n th e c o r r e c t l e t t e r s a r e p l a c e d In th e w h i t e s p a c e s t h i s p n x s le w i l l
sp e ll w o r d s both v e r t ic a lly and h o r ls o n t a lly .
T h e first l e t t e r In e a c h w o r d Is
I n d i c a t e d b y a n u m b e r , w h i c h r e f e r s t o th e de fi n it i on l i s t e d b e l o w t h e p u s s le .
T h u s N o . 1 u n d e r th e c o l u m n h e a d e d “ h o r l s o n t a l " de fi n e s a w o r d w h i c h w i l l fill
th e w h i t e s p a c e s u p t o th e first b l o c k s q u a r e to th e r i g h t , a n d a n u m b e r u n d e r
“ v e r t i c a l ” de fi ne s a w o r d w h i c h w i l l fill th e w h i t e s q u a r e s t o the n e x t b l a c k one
b e l o w . N o le t t e r s g o In the b l a c k s p a c e s . A l l w o r d « n s e d a r e d i c t i o n a r y w o r d s ,
except p ro p e r nnmes.
A b b r e v i a t i o n s , s l a n g , In i t ia l s, t e c h n i c a l t e r m s a n d o b s o ­
le t e f o r m s a r e I n d i c a t e d In th e d e f i n i t i o n s .
ANIMALS OF NEVERWERE
By DON W. REI
The Broad-Winged Qirafee Is a beast folks seldom see,
For he lives up In the clouds on mountain top*;
His teeth are long and (harp, while hie tail is like a harp.
And when he flys his neck makes twisty flops.
Hie wings are shaped like brooms end as he soars he “ looms,’’
Like an aviator doing stunts for money;
He plays tunes with hie tall, whila ha dintt on fresh, raw whalt.
And ha’ll fly all day to get a pound of honey.
Hie hoofs are made of braes, and you may have heard him pass,
Whan ha galloped down your roof some windy night;
If you moot him you will find, he i* gentle, tame nnd kind.
But, don’t toaee him or you’ll get a woeful bite.
“ They Haven’t Any Lessons to Study."
feel strong and well so they can enjoy
their parties and their birthdays and
their games.
"Besides, If we had birthdays they
wouldn't be able to have so many
presents or such a fine cake, as some
of the family money would have to be
used for our birthday cakes.
"What If every cow had a birthday
cake with candles! What an absurd
thing that would be.
“ And Just suppose we all sat around
and wished each other a moo-moo
happy birthday 1
“ What good would we do If wi
tried to do chores?
“ Suppose I should run up the strett
and do an errand In place of Lillian
when she wanted to play, would It be
of any use?
“ Not a bit of It. I f I hurried up the
street people would start after me.
“ And If I did get as far as the store
and then get Inside they wouldn’t
wait on me or know what I wanted.
“ So why shouldn't we sit still when
we can’t be o f any use doing the
things others can do?
“ W e can’t study for examinations as
we don’t go to school, and If we did
go to school the teacher would have a
dreadful time.
“ I looked In the schoolhouse win­
dows down the road once and I knew
I could never sit In one of those silly
little desks.
“ I couldn’t put up one leg (I haven't
any arms) and say:
** ‘Please, teacher. I know the an­
swer to that question!’
“ So I sit here as do all of us and
we rest and we eat and we give peo­
ple milk.
“ We do our work well.
“ But when we're not working or
when we haven't anything to do wo
don’t pretend to be busy When we
know we're not 1”
"Fine sentiments,” said Mrs. Brown-
and White Cow.
"W ell.” said Mrs. Cow, “ spring will
soon be here again and people will
aee us lying down In the morning and
will probably say how lazy we are.
"But let It not upset us."
“ Oh no. moo moo," said the othet
cows, "w e won t let It upset us."
"W e will continue to do our own
cow way," said Mrs. Cow.
“ Our own cow way," repeated Mrs
Brown-and-Whlte Cow.
"Our own cow way,” said thp other
cows.
His Face Slipped
Teacher (to little boy)— Freddie
Brook*. are you making faces at Nel­
lie Lyon?
Freddie Brooks— Please, teacher,
no. I was trying to smile and my face
slipped
35 years o f
unfailing serv­
ice on b a k e -
day bas made
CALUMET the
baking powder.
w o r ld ’#
greatest
R e ta in s
its
great leavening
strength in every
climate
to the
very last spoonfuL
Always depend"
able and pure.
B E S T BY T E S T
Get Rid o f D andruff By
cm cu aSham D ins
l i - . .
9 osg>. Ofntm eot, Talen?» sold everyw here.
fre e
Sem ple»
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