Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 20, 1918, Page 18

LIVE. STOCK CHEAP RATIONS FOR HORSES Animals Performing Hard Work May Be Given Straw and Corn Stover in Limited Quantities. (Prepared by thc United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Cheap feeds, such as straw and corn stover, have a place in the horse ra- tion. For growing colts and for horses doing hard work these roughages may be fed in limited quantitles, supple- mentary to a more nutritious ration. A cautlon is timely in regard to feed- ing bulky roughages low in nutrients. Horses have comparatively ' small ptomachs and thelr digestive anatomy is in no way suited to handle a great bulk of feed. Little nourishment s derived from a pound of such rough- uge, and in maintaining & hard-work- tog enimal too great a bulk of feed would necessarily be taken into the body. It is therefore desirable to com- bine with a limited quantity of stover or straw sufficlent legume hay, grain, or other nutritious feed to meet the in- dividual requirements of the horse. ‘A small portion of some laxative feed, such as silage, roots, bran, or alfalfa, may well be included in a ratlon con- talning & large proportion of corn stover or straw, Cottonseed meal has met with con- slderable disfavor among horse feed- wrs, but it may be fed. in limited quan- titles if due care §8 exercised. It is Character, Soundness and Good Con. formation. a very heavy protein concentrate but I8 not particularly laxative in charac- ter, and iIs quite likely to produce di- gestive troubles unless the quantity fed Is limited. Its proper use Is as a supplement to a carbonaceous ra- _ton, one-half pound datly being usual- ly sufficlent, although {n some parts of the South several pounds daily have been fed with success. The more fa- vorable results have come from feed- ing it in connection with grains and blackstrap molasses. Cottonseed meal is not palatable to horses. In most eases not more than two pounds dally per animal should ever be given, and before that limit 18 reached special note should be taken of its effect. Most horse feeders prefer the use of oll meal. The following rations are sug- gested for horses: Maintenance Ration for 1,000-Pound idle Horse. Watfon 1: Corn stover ... ++ 9 pounds Alfalfa hay . 8 pounds Corn on cob., .. 5 pounds +.. 8 pounds .burying ground with many skeletons, § pounds B ... 8 pounds Daily Ration for 1,000-Pound Horse at | Light Work. - Corn stover 5 pounds Bermud 6 pounds Co % pound Cowpeas .. 2 pounds Enelled corn ... 5 pounds Daily Ration for 1,000-Pound Horse at Severe Work. Corn [ ader Alfalfa .. 4 pounds 12 pounda Boy beuns (ground). 1 pound Bhelled corn ...12 pounds Daily Ration for 1,250-Pound ldle Horse. Ration 1: Corn stover 11 pounds b pounds 4 pounds . 0 pounds Pea hay .... .. 4 pounds Common beets or other roota (or silage) «. 4 pounds Oats .. 4 pounds Daily Ration for 1,250-Pound Horse lt! Light Work. i Barley straw .. .. 6 pounds Alfalfa hay . 6 pounds Rolled barley . .« 8 pounds Daily Ration for 1,500-Pound Idie Horse. Corn fodder (with ears) Alfalfa .. . GROUND SOY BEANS FOR PIGS Found to Be About 10 Per Cent Supe rior to Wheat Middlings In Test at Wisconsin. § — As a supplement to cornmeal for growing and fattening pigs, the Wis- consin station found that ground soy beans proved about 10 per cent supé- rior to wheat middiings, figuring the <ost of the feeds as the same, The In- diana station compared rations of two parts of cornmeal and one part of soy-bean meal with cornmeal and ‘wheat middlings in equal proportions and with five parts of cornmeal and one part of tankage for pork produc- tion. The soy-bean ration produced the largest daily gains, and this with | the smallest quantity of feed consumed $or each pound of grafn. TOOK NO CHANCE ON “HANTS” That Batch of Troopers Didn't Intend to Be Caught With the “Goods” o on Them, There was a colored labor outfit In the 8. O. S. engaged in quarry work near a base port, A few weeks ago, in the course of opening up some new ground, they discovered an old Roman coins and relics. The find made quite an impression on the minds of the find- ers, and there were many speculations as to whether the shades of the de- parted legionaries still hovered around | in the vicinlty of their last resting | place. The general opinion was that ! a man ought to be on his guard when out late at night. | About that time the sum of 60 francs | disappeared from the counter of a | nearby Y. M. C. A, hut. The captain of this outfit doesn’t know a great deal | about classroom psychology, but he has learned a lot about it In the fleld. He called his outfit together one night in the Y hut and told them of the dis- appearance of the money. Then he outlined the history and characteris- | tics of the old Romans. “Boys,” he sald, “there was one | thing a Roman hated worse than any- | thing else, and that was a thief. If! the ghosts of those old fellows who were buried up there on the hiil should learn that somebody in this outfit had 60 francs in his pocket, I don't know | Just what would happen. I'm going to put my hat here on the table and turn out the lights. The gullty man will know what to do.” : There was quite a shuffling of feet and milling around in the hut, and then gll was quiet. When the captain turned on the lights again and looked in the hat he found not only the 60 francs, but 800 .more, and a few odd centimes for good measure.—Stars and Stripes. HELPED BY WESTERN IDEALS American Missionaries Must Be Given Much Credit for the Uplifting of John Chinaman. He 18 now to be found in every country of the globe. As an immi- grant he comes ignorant of language and subject to oppressive laws, but he makes his own way. Drop him down on any spot on the earth’s sur- face and he will make a living for himself and ask odds of no one. The Chinese beggar in a foreign land Is unknown. He is miserly and llves cheaply only when circumstances com- pel. When prosperity smiles there is no more generous people. - As a trader and a merchant he has no equal. In the Philippines there are only 50,000 Chinese, less than 1 per cent of the total population. But this handful of Chinese controls 90 per cent-of the retail trade of the islands. In trade, in scholarship, in bodily strength and endurance, In industry John China- mwan individually is able to hold his own against all comers, He can live and prosper In adverse conditions where all other races fall. Yet his country Is weak and helpless against the uggressions of smaller countries and Its future Is a subject of appre- hension and doubt. Official corrup- tion, superstition, provincial spirlt in stead of natlonal patriotism, bind the country to old forms, and make its progress slow and uncertain. West- ern ideals and learning, carried to China largely by the American mis- slonary, are helping now to show more clearly the ways to advance- ment and are loosening some of the old bouds,—World’s Work. s ; THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ! %R FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1918 imitation Elks’ Teeth. Imitation elks’ teeth in large quantl- tles recently have made their appear- ance in the local market to the alarm of jewelers who deal in the genulne article. Some of the hogus teeth are easily detected. Others made of bone or walrus tusks are fair imitations of the genuine. A surc test, the jewelers say, I8 to fnunerse the teeth in muriatic acld. . The ucid will bleach and rough- en the beti tations and almost dis- fptegrate the pooror oues, f Plants That Grow in Craters. In the crater of tho evtinit voleano, i Haliakalau, fn the I'awnilzn islands, there flourishes u « 11ious plant, local- | ly known as “Silv..: Swords” They are evidently some lind of cacti, Ef- Facing Changed Conditions. “I'm looking for employment, sir. 'l be frank with yon. I've just been released from prison.” “Ahem! One of the model prisons?’ “Yes, gir” “Well, P'm willing to give you a chance, forts to propags:c them elsewhere | but every man we employ is expected have, it is said, & ways falled. The|to hustle, NIf you think you can get ¢rater where they ave found is a huge | dewn to hard work and long hours cinder-strewn bowl, chsolutely dry und | after the life of elegant leisure you devoid—of any other form of vegeta- | have doubtless enjoyed in prison, I'll tion. { make a place for you.” Shun Heedlessnese. ‘The nerve-racking. chase after self- gratification or material gain often blinds to the nobler sentiments; and the cold, perhaps unintentional, slight, inattention or rude, though thought- less, rebuff wounds still further an &l _# ready sore and bleeding soul whose flagging and - dejected spirits might have, with a sympathetic glance, a smile of approval, or a welcoming ges- ture, been set all atune, the harmony to be passed along—Great Thoughts. No house is giving you its full value if you have unused room in it. profitable. Have you an attie, storeroom or even waste room in your cellar? Use Beaver Board and make your waste room_ Carpenters are through with their busy sea- son. Get your remodeling done now. Beaver Board is the original wallboard and is equalled by none. We have it in carload lots. St. Hilaire Retail Lumber Co. PHONE 100 %his store will be open un- 1il 10 o’clock Monday and Tuesday evenings, Dec. £3 and 24. Choose a Coat The season’s most popular materials are represented in at season model, some have large fur collars that we can match up with a muff. Special Christmas prices, $65.00 down to.......... $12.50 l our coats, every coat a Furs Always Appreclated Hudson seal muffs......$35.00 Beaver muffs .............. $25.00 Black martin muffs....$20.00 .$18.50 $13.50 Natural rat muffs Kit Coney muffs.. This should be a joyful Christmas. Christmas festivities. Petticoats and Bloomers Her Majesty silk petticoats .............. $3.50 to $7.50 Silk bloomers, made from Belding’s no-tear satin; colors black, navy and this taupe, each tan. Silk Foulards Until Christmas eve we offer our entire stock of silk foulard at $1.95 a yard. It is a 40-inch cloth and comes in navy, plum, brown and A dress length would make a fine Christmas gift. Last Christmas winning the war was more imgportant than ] Now we can return to an old- {ime Christmas ' i Gloves "Silk lined silk gloves—black, wh.ite, brown and grey, a PAIY oocoaniioan $1.75 Long silk gloves — black, white and colors—$1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. Kid gloves, a pair, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00. Silk Hese Everwear silk plaited hose— black, white, grey and brown, a pair........... 85¢ Everwear silk hose — black and white, a pair.....$1.00 We have a few pairs of Kayser silk hose at $1.85, $2.00 and $2.50 a pair. One of These Hand painted China, man- icure knives, combs, brushes, toilet sets, purses, stationery, perfume. The Children—Dolls, doll heads, games, books, hand- kerchiefs, caps. Down Stairs—About 100 pairs of ladies’ shoes, going at $3.95 a pair. | THIS STORE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY CHRISTMAS | Articles f i g | 7, . o TR