The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 9, 1913, Page 6

VN EBA [EARNED SURPLUS $39,000 | Oo Variety of Feed and Exercise Are Important for Production of Good Litters By C. E. Brashear, College of Agriculture, University of Missouri. During the period of gestation the, In cold weather, if sows have a good sow should be kept in good, strong ‘deal of outdoor exercise, they may be condition, but not overloaded with fat. ; fed more corn with safety than when (GO) The intimate knowledge of banking methods - Extremes in condition are to be avoid- j they are kept pretty closely confined. , is good for all men. It enables them to better man- ed. The very fat sow is liable to be| ‘The herdsman must realize the im- YOUR BANK : A clumsy with her pigs, and sometimes portance of furnishing considerable age their own interests. her pigs are few in number and lack- | bulk, and of restricting the proportion ACCOUNT Ing in vitality. On the other hand, the | of heating or highly fattening foods. DURING If you are known as a man who banks his money with a strong, safe, conservative institution, such as the MISSOURI STATE BANK of Butler, Mo., you have indicated that you have good busi- ness judgment, and that you have qualities which entitle you to confidence and consideration. Your account in this bank will receive the most careful attention that an efficient organi- zation can give. Missouri State Bank BUTLER, MO. “Che Old Reliable’’ Prominent Horsemen for Mis: practical value to the horsemen of souri Farmers’ Week Missouri, f Columbia, Mo., Jan. 13-17, 1913.— Missouri horsemen are particularly : fortunate in being able to hear such Hon. W. L. Houser, Mondovi, Wis., one of the leading breeders of draft horses in the United States, will dis- cuss the subject of draft horses before men as Mr. Houser and Mr. Cohen | during Farmers’ Week. Special ef- | fort has been made to secure these | gentlemen, and no one should miss! an opportunity of hearing what they ; Protein should be fed with it. very thin sow will either not do jus- tice to her pigs, or will become a mere wreck herself during the time she is | nursing her litter, and the chances are that both these things will hap- pen. A sow may be kept in fairly TI RESULT OF GOoOWw high condition and still produce“satis- factory, litters provided sKe takes | plenty of exercise. | There is a temptation to feed sows | almost exclusively upon corn. Such a method of feeding cannot give the best ! results, as -corn does not furnish enough bone and muscle forming con- stituents to properly develop the un- born pigs. j later. It is also rather too fattening | and heating to feed in large quanti- ties to a sow at this stage. It is true that corn may be fed, but it must be | fed with judgment. A feed high in t ! A good Srain ration to feed pregnant sows is: | Its exclusive use may be | possible in the winter, the cause of the sow’s eating her pigs | difficulty will be encountered in Biv- Possible to give them the run of a Furnishing some such foods at roots, | or alfalfa or red clover hay is im- . portant. Sows will eat considerable amounts of good, bright alfalfa when it is supplied. It is best fed in racks made especially for the purpose, Skim CAR DURING WINTER. milk is also excellent for brood sows. Without considerable exercise dur- ing pregnancy, sows cannot be made to give satisfactory results. In sum luer a good pasture furnishes ideal conditions for sows, the green food and the exercise keeping the sows in ; the best possible condition. Try and furnish as near these conditions as The greatest ing the sows sufficient exercise, Where only a few sows are kept, it is often barnlot, where they will take exercise rooting among droppings, or working amiong scattered straw or chaff to find what little grain it may contain. If a water (miles), 50. 1913 The choice of a bank through which to transact your financial af- fairs during 1913 is a matter which should receive careful considera- tion. We invite you to make this insti- tution your banking home, assuring at all times prompt and careful at- tention to your needs and unques- tioned security for your funds. _ Both checking and savings ac- counts are invited. 1 Panama Canal Statistics. | Colo. Women Make Slate. Length from deep water to deep! | Denver, Colo., Jan. 4.—Secretly iand excitedly, several Democratic Length from shore line to shore | Women, assisted by almost as many the draft horse breeders’ meeting at - .__| have to say. Columbia, Mo., January 13-17, during | Bath-Tub Trust Trial Feb. 3. Washington, D. C. Jan. 4.—The; -re-trial of the criminal antitrust suit _against the so-called Bath Tub Trust| ‘will begin at Detroit, February 3, be- fore United States District Judge Clarence W. Sessions of Grand Rap- ids. This was arranged by Attorney i: General Wickersham today. At the lfirst trial the jury disagreed. The ; Government delayed the re-trial un- itil the Supreme Court decided the ‘important issues involved in the civil case against the alleged trust. That decision, recently rendered, | compels the disolution of the combi- jnation of sixteen corporations and | sixty-four individuals, manufacturers | of enameled ironware in various parts of the country. Farmers’ Week. Mr. Mat S. Cohen, Lexington, Ky., known to the light horse worldas one of the greatest trainers of saddle horses in America, will discuss train- ing and production of saddle horses before the Saddle Horse Breeders’ Association meeting at Columbia dur- ing Farmers’ Week. Hon. W. L. Houser, one of the ex- tensive breeders of Clydesdales and Percheron horses in Wisconsin, will deliver several lectures at Columbia during Farmers’ Week on the sub- ject, “Draft Horse Production.”” Mr. Houser will be remembered by many | as the breeder of the Clydesdale mare, Princess Fortune, which was the only Clydesdale mare to be crowned twice champion at the Inter- national Live Stock Show. Mr. Mat S. Cohen is known to sad- dle horse enthusiasts of the past two years as the trainer and exhibitor of the famous black stallion, Kentucky’s Judge Woodson to Preside. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 4.—Divi- Corn Sipartar \dry, Well ventilated sleeping place is Shipped stuff provided, the conditions are about as +2 parts. ae i Tankage near ideal as can be obtained. Husain «1 part, Another i is: 5 ther good ration is: be where the sows can go to it when- Corn 5 parts. | ev i c Peete eee eee ne parts. | ever they desire. It isa further means Linseed oil meal ... part. lot inducing them to take exercise, : | MERRION ten toate pence nen MULCHING STRAWBERRIES BETTER POULTRY STOCK). SOON AFTER GROUND FREEzeEs | THE BIRDS FIRST OFF THE ROOST 1S BEST TIME. | ARE MOST VALUABLE. By W. H. Chandler, Assistant Pro. BY H. L. Kempster, Professor of Poul- fessor of Horticulture, Uni- | try Husbandry, College of Agri- versity of Missouri, culture, University of Missouri. ° Every strawberry grower should The secret of successful poultry mulch sutticiently to keep the plants | breeding is to cull. Breeding stock trom heaving out of the ground. A | Should undergo the most rigid selec- patch that is protected by a covering | tion, not only for type, but for consti- | of straw does not freeze and thaw | with every change in temperature, and this is probably the greatest ben- j efit derived from mulching strawber- ries. However, it helps in ways be- side holding the temperature con- stant. It prevents the evaporation of moisture in the spring, prevents weed growth to some extent and protects sion No. 1 of the Supreme Court to- Choice, which has been a very prom- day selected Judge A. M. Woodson | inent individual in the principal, sad- dle horse events in America. To as presiding judge. horsemen of a few years ago, he will, It was further announced that Com- | be remembered by the famous five-| missioner Williams, instead of suc- | gaited mare, Edna May, which was) ceeding Judge Bond in this division, practically invincible in the American | will be assigned to Division 2, which five-gaited saddle horse classes for| handles all criminal cases, and that); several years. Mr. Cohen has been} Commissioner James T. Blair will be highly successful, and is a man of transferred to Division No. 1, a high long experience, consequently he will | recognition of his ability and judg- have much to say which will be of! ment. Annual Convention Western Retail Implement and Vehicle Deal- ers’ Association, Kansas City, Mo., January 14-16, 1913 - : Be ee . MISSOUR PACIFIC IRON MOUNTAIN For the above named occasion the Missouri Pacific will sell tickets to Kansas City and return January 12th to 14th inclu- sive, same bearing return limit of January 18th at rate of of $2.95 for the round trip. _E. C. Vandervoort, the fruit from dirt, Put the mulch on as soon as the ground is sufficiently frozen to allow driving upon it with a loaded wagon. At this time the plants are dormant, and the mulch will help to keep them | in this condition until after the spring freezing. Then rake it off the plants and leave it between the rows until after the crop is picked. It saves work in weeding the patch and helps to hold moisture. The best material to use for a mulch is clean straw. See that it is clean, for when weed seed are put on} with the straw they grow during the! | fruiting season and damage the ber-' | ries. | manner, Grains of wheat act in a like | Use two or three tons of } straw per acre. { On large patches manure spreaders | have been used in applying the mulch, and have given very satisfactory re. | sults. To get on a sufficient load of! the material a frame is attached to| the box of the spreader. This method | was found quicker, cheaper and the | mulch was put on more evenly, SS tutional vigor. Unless a bird has a strong constitution it is not an eco- nomical producer. The chicks are more liable to contract disease, and $4 those that live are not as good egg hroducers, nor do the birds grow and fatten with as economical gains. A good constitution is indicated by a broad, deep chest, long body, active, vigorous disposition, keen bight eyes and broad head with a bright-colored | (hi comb and glossy plumage. Male birds should display vim and vigor. Females with long crow heads, heavy abdo- mens and excessive fat due to lack of. exercise should be eliminated from the breeding pens, as they are rarely good producers and are always poor breeders, The bird which is first off the roost in the morning and last to go on the roost at night should be | aC used. Above all, select a strong male bird. He is half the flock. The great point is to have some type in mind and select the breeding stock with this purpose in view. Too close inbreeding is also the cause of lack of vitality. The criticisms to be | 45, made of the farmeis’ breeding meth- ods are: 1. Using inferior males that have “ *o~ home use. 2. Inbreeding, ee >» «vim the entire stock. | 4. Selecting eggs for hatching from the general egg basket. The breeding season is always the cal 448 {one of the highest egg production. In- jferior birds are usually laying and | are as liable to reproduce as the bet- Take a half bushel of unslaked lime, | ter specimens. Another common prac- slake it with boiling water, cover dur. | tice is the introduction of males of ing the process to keep in the steam, ; different breeds. Stick to one breed. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve | Pure-bred stock is more liable to pro- or strainer and add it to a Peck of ; duce reliable stock. Scrubs and dung- salt, previously dissolved in warm | hills cannot be depended upon. Breed- water. Add to this three pounds of; ing from entire flocks produces infe- ground rice boiled to a thin paste, and| rior progeny. By selecting a few of FORMULA FOR WHITEWASH. line (miles), 40. Bottom width of channel, maxi- mum (feet), 1000. Bottom width of channel, minimum 9 miles, Culebra Cut (feet) 300. Locks, in pairs, 12 Locks, usuable length (feet), 1000. An abundance of good water should. —Locks,-usable-width, (feet), 110. — Gatun Lake, area (square miles), 160. Gatun Lake, channel depth (feet) 85 to 45. Culebra Cut, channel depth (feet) 5. Excavation, estimated total (cubic yards), 182,537,760. Excavation, amount accomplished May 1, 1911 (cubic yards), 137,750,520. Excavation by the French, (cubic yards), 78,146,966. Excavation by the French, useful to present canal, (cubic yards), 29- 908,000. Excavation by the French, estimat- ed value to canal, $25,389,240. Value of all the French property 2,799, 826. Concrete total estimated for canal (cubic yards), 5,000,000. Time of transit through completed nal, (hours), 10 to 12. Time of passage through locks ours), 3. Relocated Panama Railroad, esti- mated cost, $9,000,000. Relocated Panama Railroad, length (miles), 47.1. Canal Zone, area (square miles) Canal and Panama Railroad force tually at work (about) 35,000. Canal and Panama Railroad force American (about), 5000. Cost of canal estimated total, $372,- 000,000. Number of men employed (about) 000. Work begun by Americans, May 4, 1904. Official date of completion, Jan. 1, 15.—St. Louis Times. ~ ; women members of the Progessive party and a few Republicans, this morning held a nonpartisan meeting behind closed doors in the Statehouse and united on a slate which they wish for themselves and their friends. They got its indorsement by voting for it themselves-and-getting women— of other parties to support it as non- partisan. The leaders had figured out that there are twenty-three appointive State positions to which women should be named. They were able only to pick out fifteen candidates among themselves and friends and were forced to leave consideration of rec- ommendations to the other e’ places until another meeting Mef i night. ; Miss Gail Laughlin, chairman, G clared that Mrs, Helen Ring Robin-’, son, the first women Senator, is a “political bandit’? because she wrote toand asked women friends of all parties to vote for her at the primaries and at the election. Kansas Gas Price to Go Up. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 30.—Per- mission was granted the Kansas Natural Gas Company, which sup- plies companies that distribute gas to forty-two cities and towns in Kansas and Kansas City, Mo., to increase its | rates, by Judge Pollock in the Fed- eral Court at Kansas City, Kans., late to-day. The price demanded ranges from 16 to 31 cents a thousand cubic feet. The court’s order will serve, in many cities, to double the present price paid for gas. In Kansas City, Mo., it will cause an increase of 23 cents a thousand feet, making the new price here 50 cents a thousand. The application for the increase was made by recently appointed re- ceivers for the company, who con- tended that the concern was not charging enough for its product to make a profit. F YOU really want to sell, list your proper- ty with us. If you want to buy, we have & stir in while hot; half a Pound of Spanish whiting and one Pound of glue previously dissolved by soaking in cold water, and then hang over the fire in a small pot hung in a larger one filled with water. Add five gal- lons of hot water to the mixture, stir well and let it set a few days Protect- ed from dirt. It should be applied hot. Pretty tints of yellow are made for outside use by adding yellow| cchre. Banishment Note. A tested treatment that has been found excellent for ridding a house of beetles and cockroaches is made as follows: - Procure half a pound of {ndian meal and half a pound of bo- fax and pound them well the best females and then mating them to a good vigorous male, enough eggs for hatching can be produced and the practice will result in better progeny. Poor stock. is unprofitable. Good quality is not only productive, but also demands a higher price when marketed. Careful selection is as im- portant in improving poultry as in other branches of live stock. Looking to the Future. “It is comfortable to see’ one’s hus- band sitting down after dinner to en- joy his cigar, and then there is some- thing rather soothing about the aroma of a good cigar, too.” “Oh, I the dirt. 10to 400 acre | tracts on easy terms at - oe a low rate of interest. : ‘ “THE FARMERS’ LAND MEN’ —)