Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 18, 1918, Page 5

SSRN Te Ape TRE To Reach Greatest Efficiency. Army Must Be Well Fed. Every Farmer Can Raise More and Better Poultry and More Profit. ably by Disposing of Surplus Males—Keep Yearling Hens, (By BE. E. RICHARDS, President of American Poultry Association.) We are going to win this war. It ig going to cost our treasury billions of dollars besides the lives of hundreds of thousands of our bright young man- hood, but we shall win. To win this war the quickest, and with the least loss of lives we must provide the food, for as Napoleon said: “An army marches on its stomach.” This means that an army must be well provisioned to reach its greatest efficiency. The greater part of the food supply must come from the United States not only for our 1,760,000 and more boys in the Barred Plymouth Rock Hen. army and navy, but we shall have to feed our people at home, and must also supply the allles who are fighting this world’s greatest, battles, Dispose of Surplus Males. Every farmer can raise more and better poultry and do it far more profitably by disposing of all surplus males, by keeping only the yearling hens, and the earliest and best-ma- tured pullets, thus keeping no dead- heads or “slackers” to consume what should go to profitable producers. It is a crime to dispose of a laying hen or a pullet that is just about to lay. Keep the hen house neat and clean. Repair the roof, the windows, and stop any direct drafts that are possible by knot holes or cracks. Too much glass and not enough open front is bad. Write your state experiment station for needed -information. Every state in the Union except Florida and Wyoming, maintain poultry depart- ments which are pleased te aid the home folks with their poulery prob- lems. Poultry Will Help. Poultry is profitable. No source of meat supply is as rapid or as cheap. Every pound of poultry produced will hetp in sending a pound of meat across to the boys that are fighting your bat- tles. Every farm should have a care: fully culled flock of not less than two hundred fowls. The larger the farm, the larger the flock, and such a flock should be maintained largely from eco- nomical reasons. Poultry will pick up 90 per cent of its living from scattered and wasted grains. They act as scav- engers in consuming a large part of White Leghorn Hen. what would otherwise be lost. Poul- try will prove valuable in eating ob- noxious bugs, grasshoppers, worms and insect pests, that would otherwise de- Stroy food that is valuable. To the dweller in a village, town or city, a well-kept flock of a dozen or 25 good laying hens will prove profitable. They can be kept from the lawn, garden, kitchen and table offal, all of which makes the choicest kind of poultry feed with but a small addition of grain. Increase Food Production. Duririg this next year every effort should be made to raise and consume every pound of poultry flesh possible. It is one of the easiest and quickest ways of helping to increase food pro- duction, and that is what every red- bloodec American must do to help his country during the period of the war. Every pound of meat produced will help put a bullet at the kaiser. Do your bit. | [) [ | | | o Dr. Wesley F. Orr Physician and Surgeon Office in Simon Building. Pacific and Nezperce Phones COTTONWOOD, IDAHO. Dr. J. E. Reilly DENTIST Nezperce and Bell ’phones NUXOLL BLOCK COTTONWOOD Dr. J: E. Smith DENTIST Main Street - Cottonwood (One Door below Baker's Store) R. F. Fulton Attorney at Law Probate and Real Es- tate Law a Specialty. Office in Bank of Camas Prairie Bldg at Grangeville Dr. McKeen Boyce GRADUATE LICENSED VETERINARIAN Calls answered day or night and satis- faction guaranteed. COTTONWOOD, IDAHO H. H. Nuxoll NOTARY PUBLIC Office in Nuxoll Block, Cottonwood Let EUGENE MAUER —pDO YOUR— TAILORING CoTrTonwoop - IDAHO COTTONWOOD LOCAL F. E..& C. U. of A. Meets on Ist and’ 3d Saturday of each month at 1 p.m. RILEY RICE, Pres. A. JANSEN, Sec.-Treas. FELIX MARTZEN In Rear of the Postoffice Will carefully look after your needs Keep Nests Clean. , Keep the hens’ nests clean and the bedding on the floor of the poultry house clean and the eggs will be clean when gathered, in most cases. Hens in Laying Trim. Keep the hens in laying trim. Their “shells” are valuable food eee Hon, ue in real estate and insurance LET CRANEE weed IT. I conduct more sales than any WP ey Saolioneat in Washington and Idaho. Wit _ Because I duct them on business _princi- gees. Harry C. Cranke, auctioneer. Nezperce, Idaho. eT eee SS DELCO-LIGHT ¢ ~S The Complete Electric Light and Power Plant. This Increases Farm Efficiency The average farmer and his family spend many hours each week turnin rator, etc., and doing other non-productive chores. labor shortage, and the heavy demands which are being made upon farmers for i is the best solution to this problem. tric power for operating the machines now being turned by hand. Delco Light enables the farmer to do his work quicker and better, and saves hours of valuable time every day which can be devoted to productive work is a serious condition, _in your home and guarantee satisfaction . JOHN REILAND Contractor and Builder. Estimates furnished on any Class of Work. Repairing promptly attended to. THE INLAND ABSTRACT AND INVESTMENT CO., Ltd. BONDED ABSTRACTERS Grangeville, - Idaho Good Wood for Sale Fifty cords of dry yellow pine wood, cut last winter, delivered at $8 per cord. Apply to Cotton- wood Mere. Co. Stock For Sale. Work horses, Shorthorn bulls and big-type Poland China hogs. b3 Joseph McDonald, Fenn. We Pay More Bring us your milling wheat. The government regulations include alt mills of more than 100 barrels daily capacity and we can pay more for grain stored in our elevator than else- where. We need the grain, so why pay handling charges to others. Keep this money in your own pocket. Cot- tonwood Milling & Elevator Co, ‘Winter Goods A full line of men’s underwear, work shoes, overshoes, sox, gloves, mits, ete. J. V. Baker & Son. Our Tip Top and Idaho Gold niake more loaves of better bread than other flours on the market, and do not need any phosphate or other chemicals for whitening or raising the dough. Fresh Groceries A full line always on hand. in your eggs, butter and lard. pay the highest market prices. J. V. Baker & Son. We TIP TOP FLOUR The flower of flours—the household flour—the pure-food flour. There is none quite like it; pure and perfect; a highly nutritious flour. Light bread and light work; makes one-fifth more bread than other flour. Costs less than other flour not half as good. Makes more and better bread; always uniform and dependable. Is bought |>y good dealers and perfect bakers. Bring | §™. Hoene Hardware ——2aIl——EEE I —_ == SS SS SSS ESS For Sale Percheron horses; Shorthorn cattle, both sexes; also some big bronze tur- keys. ed Wm. Mulhall, Fenn, Ida. Why Tip Top is the Best Why is Tip Top and Idaho Gold flour better? Because it is made of clean sweet wheat properly blended and milled under absolute cleanliness, and does not contain any injurious in- gredients. Poultry Wanted 500 young roosters, 15¢; 600 geese, 12c; 1000 turkeys, » On Mon- day and Saturday of next week at the junk yard, I also have fur sale some fullblood Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island Red roosters. b4 . T. Clark. Local Market Report. Barley, blue, per cwt, with sack.. 2.40 Oats, per hundred, with sack..... 2.50 Butter, per pound....:... . 40 Eggs, per dozen...... rape, |} Flour, per sack, Tip Top - 2.65 Flour, per sack, Union.... . 2.60 Hogs, top stuff, per hundred .....14 50 Cattle, prime steers, per cwt. 8.75 Cows.. -» 6.50 ar tected every Notice for Publication 05570 Department of the Interior, U.S. Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, juary 15th, 1918, Notice is hereh n that of Boles Homes SWi SE Range 2 Ei, yt. Sec. 3, Twp 29 N, dian, has filed notice of intention to make three-year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before J. Loy- al Adkision, U.S. Commiss oner at White Bird, Idaho, on the 20th day of February, 1918. ant names as witnesses: Edward.G. Wyatt, H Henderson, all of Jose i18 HE Claim: William 'F. Harriman, ry J. Walz, Horris C: Idaho. Heit D, Register. Notice for Publication 05448, Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, January 15th, 1918. Notice is hereby given that JOHN C. HALLER, aho, who, on june No. ( NW W. Boise Ms ice OLintention to make three-year Proof, to plish claim to th above described, be- Register and Ke U.S. Land Orfce, at Lewis! 20th day of February, ! as witnesses: Jay 5. | James H. Aram, Wil- liam Rankin, Jesse E. Wells, all of Joseph, Idaho. g the washing machine, churn, cream sepa- especially in view of the present ncreased production. Delco Light provides plenty of good, clean, safe electric light, 18 Henry Herren, Register. Notice for Publication 05405-05489 . Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, January 15, 1918. Notice is hereby given that ALFRED 8S. HOLLINGSWORTH, of Boles, Idaho, who, ond and June 2, 1914, 05405 and 05489, . Et NWtand NEi, se Meridiin, has filed notice of intention to make three-year Proof, toestablish claim to the land above described, before J. Loyal Adkison, U.S. Commissioner, at White Bird, Idaho, on the 21st day of February, 1918. Claimant names as witnesses: Clifford Powell, Herbert S. Boles, Oscar Hollingsworth, all of Boles, Idaho; William F. Harriman, of Jo- h, Idaho. is Henry HEITF&ELD, Register, WAR’S BIG NCSSy => —= SS —_ —_=—_ Sn ~ DELCO LIGHT SAVES TIME AND LABOR ol Electricity and also elec- We are prepared to make immediate installation of a Delco plant oy) RAT-PROOF BUILDINGS Plan Given for Construction of Crib and Granary. Metal Strips Prevent Rodents From Climbing Higher Than Lath—Leave No Openings Around Doors Large Enough for Mice, The accompanying sketch shows one method of construction for a rat- proof crib and granary which is to be separate and apart from other bulld- ings. The wire cloth or metal lath should have no meshes wider than one-fourth to three-eighths inch. Either slats or boards may be nailed outside the lath. The metal strip prevents the rodents from climbing higher than the metal lath, Care must be taken to see that no openings are left around the doors large enough to admit mice, writes F. W. Ives in Ohio Farmer, If a one-story structure is desired, a building 18 feet square and 10 feet high to the plate will hold 500 bush- Rodent-Proof Granary. els of ear corn and 500 bushels of small grain. A crib on one side of a 4-foot central alley will be 8 feet wide and 18 feet long, while on the other side of the alley the grain bin would be 6 feet wide and 18 feet long. The grain bin might be subdivided into smaller bins. ‘The studs may be set in patent soek- ets in the concrete floor instead of spiked to a sill bolted to the founda- tion, The concrete floor should be five inches in thickness. A tile drain placed around the foundation will in- sure against dampness, It will pay you to trade with our advertisers. ; , PRODUCTION OF — ee Output of Five Breeds Given in Farmers’ Bulletin. ; Comparison Made of Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein and Jersey—Holstein Is Given Largest Average. The average production of five dairy breeds most generally known in the United States is shown in Farmers’ Bulletin No, 893 of the department of agriculture, = For Ayrshire the average of the 2,598 cows that have completed yearly records for advanced registry is 9,555 pounds of milk testing 3.95 per cent of butterfat, pounds of fat. The ten highest milk producers of this breed range from 25,829 to 18,745 pounds of milk and the average of these ten highest pro- Champion Jersey. ducers is 21,538.8 pounds of milk, The ten highest butterfat producers among Ayrshires range from 955.56 to 744.73 pounds, with an average, for these ten, of 855.4 pounds of butter- fat, Brown Swiss Records, Tm the Brown Swiss breed the aver- age of 199 cows that have completed yearly records for the registry pro- dution is 10,868.7 pounds of milk, test- ing 3,995 per cent, amounting to 483.45 pounds of butterfat. The ten highest milk producers of the breed range from 19.460.6 to 16,496.7 pounds of milk with an average, for these ten, of 17,872.2 pounds. The ten highest but- terfat producers of the Brown Swiss range from 798.16 to 647.80 pounds, with an average for these ten of 683.72 pounds of butterfat. Guernsey Records. cows that have completed a. year’s rec- pounds of milk, testing 4,99 per cent, amounting to 446.01 pounds of butter- fat. The ten highest producers of this breed range from 24,008 to 17,297.51 pounds of milk with an average, for these ten, of 19,837.0 pounds of milk, The ten highest Guernsey butterfat producers range from 1,008.18 to 910.67 pounds, an average for these ten of 976.75 pounds of butterfat. Holstein Reoords, Among Holsteins, 8,220 cows that had completed a yearly record for ad- vanced registry averaged 14,622.7 pounds of milk, testing 8.424 per cent butterfat, amounting to 500.7 pounds of fat. The ten highest producers of this breed averaged from 81,2469 to 28,826.4 pounds of milk, an average for these ten of 29,898.84 pounds of milk, The ten highest: Holstein butterfat producers averaged from 1,205.09 to 1,017.28 pounds, on average for those ten of 1,090.89 pounds of butterfat, Jersey Records. In the Jersey breed, the average of 5,244 cows that had completed yearly records for the registry of merit was High Producing Guernsey. 7,782 pounds of milk, testing 5.85 per cent, making 417 pounds of butterfat. The ten highest milk producers ranged from 19,694.8 to 16,633.2 pounds, an average, for these ten, of 17,708.4 pounds of milk, The ten highest but- terfat producers range from 999.1 to 875.2 pounds, an average for: these ten, of 943.1 pounds of butterfat. USEFUL FOR WINTER MULCH Leaves Are Not Only Serviceable When Placed About Plants, But Also Good for Litter. Save the leaves. They are.-useful for poultry to scratch in and, when fertilizer for the garden. It is worth while to save them if possible, PUT FARM IMPLEMENTS IN REPAIR IN WINTER When housing the farm imple- ments for winter make a list of repairs needed to put them in shape for efficient service next year, Order these repairs at once and have them on hand, when needed. Such precaution may easily save days of delay next spring. Materials are so short that manufacturers will not carry more parts than seems absolutely necessary. An order placed now means that you will In the Guernsey the average of 6,200 | for winter mulch about garden plants, piled and rotted down, make a good’: t amounting to 877.51 | : ord for advanced registry is 8,984.88 |