The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 9, 1913, Page 2

TARE OF THE Fanon FLU PULLETS SHOULD START LAY- ING BEFORE COLD WEATHER. By H. L. Kempster, Assistant Pro- feasur of Poultry Hustandry in the College of Agriculture. The farm hen should come in for special consideraticn at this tim the year. Both old hens ond i ture pulieis should receive extra the old the moult the young to fully mature so as tu fnduce them to lay befor¢ winter. If the birds do not lay be fore culd weather sets in it is diffi cult to get them started until al February ist, but if they comnienc laying now there is no reasen wi they should not continue to lay du ing the winter months, If the hen house has not becn thor oughly cleaned now is the t to do it. All the foul litter and dirst shoul2 are; be removed and new dirt put in to | the best exhibit. take the place. During the winte the birds are quite largely confined the house and it is more nec that the quarters which the Ve perfect ni » He do well if the fiovr of the damp. Quite often the door i than the ground sutside ¢ cleaning out the ell dirt and it to rep] with new, If the nen | floor w ip last year now is the time to medy it, A joor good dirt with abou can be made by filins in four inches of con n WV. suet as cinde covernns this well with | two inches of clay so as to prevent the dirt from) abeve sifting down through and then coverine the clay with a couple of inch. s more cf loose earth This will prevent inoisture from working up iron beneath and will make the floor dry. The floor should then be covered with a foot or more of straw and the grain fed by being buried in this litter, thus keeping the hens-husy seratching for their feed) Pullets should if possible be separated from the hens. Mature | hens will often fight and overrun the young and the sinaller will not do as | well as if kept by themselves. The rations which the University is feeding at present consist of the fol- ‘lowing: Scratch feed is made up of equal parts of corn and wheat—fed morning and.night. A mash, consist- ing of bran one part, middlings one nart, cornmeal one part, beef scrap one-half part, alfalfa meal one-half part, by weight, is fed at noon in a hopper to which the birds have ac- cess only in the afternoon. Approxi- mately twice as much grain is fed at. night as in the morning and twice as much scratch feed is consumed as mash. Skim-milk or buttermilk is kept in pans before the birds and they have access to grit—oystershells and clean, fresh water. Green food, such us cabbage, sprouted oats, steamed clover, etc., should Le fed to take the place of the green food consumed dur. | ing the summer. Often patches of rye, etc., can be sown about the poul- try house and dmwing mild ‘weather the birds permiited to range over it Where table scraps are available they furnish an excellent addition ‘ta the ration. OIn general during severe and stormy weather ft is not advisable to let the hens range. Qnite often egg produe tion is retarded by this practice, At the University the pulle e being housed and kept euclose ‘hile the subject to criticism it only in Which the | young pullet can be “ht where he home is, otherwise the bird would s+ its old roosting rters and woul itate cate number ea ceks they can he Without danger of the! practice is seems the way nec nicht. Aftera plowed rans eaving their new home, On the far: L'€ difficulty is often ex ( tecause of the bids persisting ir roosting in trees, etc, When cont ihe immature can he forced into ege meeduction much quicker than when ihey are permitted ranged. The feed should be liberal, but not too much. They should be fed ali y require, but i be kept bus» atehing and exercising during the y. An active hen with a full cro, at night is the one which will be mos: J able to ‘produce Above all, make changes gradually Quick changes induce molt and a pul !vt thrown into the molt now will noi ie through until 90 days have elapse: and during this time she will not pro duce eggs. All weak, backward, un realthy chickens should be culled out aod marketed. Culls are not produc tive and a few will cut down the profits of the remainder of the flock The essentials to be observed thei are, dry, well ventilated, comfortable quarters; clean food fed in libera! quantities to birds kept active, anc keep stock, the young of which ar fully mature, strong and healthy, anc the old of*which has a new coat ui } lumage. eC of | to enable them to complete | {ancther, will help y fessor of | Along with the show season comes he selection cf corn exhibits. Where vorn is shown for premiums it is cus- to show ten ears together as , and consequently in judg- iuniples the ten ears must | be cor red as a whole, instead ofa | single e. In ing a sample it is j well to first sleet twenty five or thir- }ty of the best ears to tc found and jlay them out on a board side by side. Then go over them with the charac- teristics of a good ear in iid and | | | mucn in de- iding which of the will make Finaily pick out the most ideal ear in the tot and use it as a standare in selecting the other ning. Bear in mind that one of the most important points about a good sample ef corn is what is known as uniform- ity of type. By this is m2ant that er The Kind that Wins. | Picking the Corn for Show Uniformity of Exhibit Important Factor By C. B. Hutchison, Assistant Pro- Agronomy, versity of Missouri. | study them carefully, An 1 ur spent {in picking out the gv. id bad | points of the various ears, > after | Uni- By studying a score card one be 'comes familiar with the points that a judge considers. Following is the score card that is in common use: Score Card. 1. Uniformity ef type .......... 10 2. Shape of ears | 38. Length of ears . | 4. Circumference of ear . 5 | 5. Purity (a) kernel .. 5 (b) cob ... 5 | 6. Maturity ...... oe fy | % Market condition .. 5 ; 8. Character of germ . 10 9. Kernels (a) shape 5 (b) uniformity ..... 5 10. Butts .......6.s.005 5 11, 5 12. eee 5 18, Size of COD ......+0.005 - 10 A Grand Champion Ten Ear Exhibit at a Missouri tate Commission Shovw. ear should look as near like every other ear as possible. They should all have the same shade of color, the same size, the same shape, the same color of cobs, the same character of kernels, whether rough or smooth, wide or uarrow, and be true to the type of the ety. ach ear should measure up to the seare-card standard for the vaviety, in both length and circumference, and should be solid, well-matured, from damaged grains and all indica- tions of mixtures. idea of “mates,” as if selecting a show team of driving herses or a herd of cattle or other stock. every depth and shape of kernels, the char- acter of the kernel and the size of cob, two kernels may be removed from the.same side of the car, but no other kernels should be missing. ~—e—eo free | Keep in mind the | The standards adopted for the dif- ferent varieties are as follows: Variety Standards. Cireum- YELLOW. Length. ference. Reid's Yellow Dent Leaming 1 a to 1016 7% to to10% 715 to aa ix as Ri St. Charles Yel- Jow ++ .10% to 11 7% to 7% For the purpose of determining the | Cartner .9 to 9% 7% to7s | WHITE. Boone County AWITG Servs 10% to 1! 71% to 7% | St. Charles AACR Hoan 10 to10’s 714 toT% Jcebnson County AWD Wajaeers 1012 toll 714 to 73 Silvermine .... 9 to 91% 7 to7', Commercial Wihnte! hvac: 10% to11 714 toTs Practica! Work in Forestry That theoretical work alone will not make competent foresters is the be- lief of Prof. J. A. Ferguson, head of the forestry department in the Col- lese of Agriculture. Eight students of that department camped in the heart of the Ozarks the past summer, doing practical work. During their stay they spent eight hours each day working in the timber. The other 16 hours were spent in recreation and sleeping. The camp was located near FEED THE HOGS VARIETY CORN ALONE DOES NOT MAKE PORK ECONOMICALLY. By L. A. Weaver, Instructor in Ani- mal Husbandry, College of Agricul- ture, University of Missouri. The man who is feeding corn alone to his hogs that have nut the run of The Mill Tax Amendment. The improvement of rural schools high schools and the College of Agri Iture are the things about Amend ent 9 which interest the farmer :uost. This amendment, the mill tax amendment, provides a state tax of 1( «cnts on the $100 valuation to be used aur the public elementary and high ‘hools, state normal schools, Lincoln iastitute, and the state university Not less than 25 per cent is to be used for elementary and high schools The system, if adopted, will put our schools on a firmer basis. They will have a certain amount of money for their use. This will be about the a pasture is not making pork the most economically. L. A. Weaver, instruct- or in animal husbandry in the College of Agriculture, says that unless the hoge are on clover, cowpea or alfalfa pasture corn alone is not an econom- ical ration. Even when on bluegrass pasture they need some feed like tankage to balance the cern. They not only put on more ment for the cora consumed,’ but they eat more coru and can be fed longer profitably. The rations which Mr. Weaver rec- ommends, either for dry-lot feeding or for hogs on bluegrass pasture, are these: Ration 1. Corn .. Shipped stuff University Students at Work in the Short Leaf Pine. Eminence, in Shannon county, Mo, The foresters spent the summer in tents and did their own cooking. A large mill. the largest in Missouri, was close by and furnished them am- ple material for observation. This is the first class to do practical work in the forests. The forestry depart- ment was established in the College of Agriculture last year. It offers a five-year course leading to the degree of Master of Forestry. POR RO nnn renin 2800000000000 0 0 0 00) rrr Ration 2. +.+.9 parts +-1 part Corn Linseed oil meal . .--6 parts --1 part Salt is found necessary to the health of all farm stock. It tones up the animal system, keeps the skin soft and increases the appetite. In the case of hogs and sheep, salt keeps the system in a condition less liable to disease. This is probably true with cattle and horses to a leas degree. All stock should have access to salt at all times or should have it mixed in their feeds. The number of students from other atates enrolled in the College of Agri. culture at Columbia is larger this year than ever before. “I know personal- ly,” said Dean F. B. Mumford, “of students from Tennessee, Iowa, Colo- rade, Illinois, Kentucky. South Caro- fina, Michigan, Indiana and Texas. Nearly all of these are from the agri- cultural colleges of these states.” Nearly 40C agricultural students en- tolled the first week. With the in- sreass in assistants and instroctors the department will. be able to take care of ‘hese and any others who may anter laier. FARM FURROWS. Farmer and Stockman. Hogs will get lousy the year round and while itis impracticable to dip them at this particular season, one can keep a close watch for these pests and when they appear, thoroughly spray all the animals and their sleep- ing quarters with a reliable spraying solution. . é A good brood mare on the farm pays her way with the work she does, leaving the colt clear profit. As the old year draws to a close, and we begin to lay plans for making the new year brighter and better, all of us can save ourselves making a lot of miscellaneous resolutions by adopting this single, simple resolu- tion: I will do my very bestin every way during the season of 1913. Save all the wood ashes for fertil- izing grape vines. Provide all water troughs with plugs for letting out all surplus water that the stock leave in them after drinking, as it would freeze if left in the troughs, causing a big job of dis- agreeable ice hacking the next day before the animals can drink; also, giving the water a chill by coming in contact with the ice. Hang right onto the dual-purpose cow till you know you have learned well how to specialize, either in dairy or beef production. often prove very dear articles to keep around the farm, as they are a con- stant menace to the life and limb of everyone who rides behind them. If you are foolish enough to ne- glect selecting seed corn from the field before the freeze, that which is in the center of the shock fodder will not yet be frozen sufficiently to dam- age the germinating qualities. As the season for using the auto- mobile is practically ended, the wheels should be jacked up and at least one half of the air let out of the tires. Where the tires are left in- flated and bear up the weight of the machine, the tires will be practically ruined by spring. It will be even better if the tires are entirely re- moved from the rims, carefully clean- ed, wrapped in thick paper and laid away till spring, as light has a dete- riorating effect on rubber. Sour cream makes more butter not be quite as good. No breed of cattle brings such pro- fits as—the one that is well fed and properly cared for. It is now high time for the breeder of pure bred horses to get busy and buy his stallions and mares for next season. While it is true that the choice animals in all stables com- mand what appears to be extremely high prices, yet, it is also a fact that these are the ones which usually are sold first. Furthermore they repre- sent greater value according to the amount paid for them, than the cheaper and lower grades that one must take if he waits a little later to make his selection of breeding stock. Comfortable quarters for the dairy cows are as important as feed from now on. Where the corn stubble was sown to wheat, the fodder should not be husked out and left lying around on the ground. Asthecorn is husked the fodder ought to be tied in armful bundles, with binding twine or ‘bal- ing wire, and hauled from the field at once or else set back up after husking it out. If it is left to lie on the wheat, the ground where it is ly- ing will not freeze now; the wheat under it will turn yellow and puny; then, as soon as the fodder is remov- ed, later on, the soil will freeze, and the tender wheat plants, deprived of their protection, will be killed by the sudden change and exposure. The ‘‘back to the farm’”’ cry is no longer a joke, it is a wail on the part of those who have seen the error of their ways and would be glad to get back and find that the farm has gone away ahead of them. No strainer ever yet has been de- vised that will take all the filth from milk, once it gets well worked in. ~ It seems rather pleasant to have a few days of fine weather after the rush season is over. It inakes it pos- sible to get things in shape to meet King Winter with a smile when he comes and to enjoy the good things that even winter season brings. There are fewer shocks of corn standing in the fields this winter in this vicinity than they used to be. The silos and the shredders are the cause of part of this. and some pre- fer stacking their fodder to digging the shocks out of the snow. There are enough shocks standing in the Cheap or poorly repaired harness |’ than sweet cream, but the flavor will unquestioned. Its against alum food. powder examine creara of tartar. oes CREAM SAKING POWDER, Pure— Wholesome—Reliable— Indispensable Its fame is world-wide. 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A set of stock and dies has helped make the work interesting and has been a great help in adding to the stock of bolts. The present price of gasoline is making the pumping of water with gasoline power a rather expensive wheels go round is free and that it! will bring him customers. For Sale. | Two registered Poland-China hogs. | 9 months old, boar and gilt, of Har- shaw stock. Call on or address W. H. HUPP, 47-tf Butler, Mo. €' Ls ae Light Your Kitchen good old days when we first began | Blease Puts Ban on Enemies Columbia, S. C. Jan. 4.—“None but Blease’s friends need apply for commissions as notories public,” said Gov. Cole L. Blease today, after revoking the commissions of forty more notaries who were hostile to his candidacy in the gubernatorial campaign last summer. The majori- ty of the notaries decapitated to day ‘are Columbia lawyers. , The Governor says he will remove |notaries public in every county of | the state who failed to support him luxury. This must make the wind-/|and leave only Blease men in office. mill manufacturer smile because he |He defends this course by saying knows that the power that makes his| “To the victor belongs the spoils,” ‘but a wide spread protest is being made against considering so small an | office as that of notary public as part part of the Governor’s patronage. “Hay Wanted. 200 tons or more of good timothy or light clover and timothy mixed. The very best prices paid. Phone 161, residence 150. 39-tf J. S. WARNOCK. with a Rayo Bracket Lamp Sometimes in the kitchen or elsewhere you need a lamp held high, where it will light the reach of children. The Rayo Bracket Lamp is made for exactly this one of the famous Ra: A clear, white light, Family—the kerosene » diffused. A haggis whole room, and be out of the =~ Purpose. It is!