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DATLAS POST, DALLAS, PA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1920.
‘EARLIEST HATCHED
CHICKS ARE BEST
Experiment Shows the April
Pullets Produce Good Eggs.
Reports from poultrymen in Colo-
‘rado show that the tendency to earlier
hatching is gaining a foothold among
successful breeders. Early-hatched
- ¢hicks make better winter layers, they
have found, and the rapid develop:
ment in the early-hatched chick re-
sults in more economical production
of broilers.
The cold weather of this season of
the year seems to give much greater
development in a short period of time,
while those that are hatched late and
grow during the warm weather are
slower in their development. Cold
weather seems to retard the sexual
development, thus holding back
production until warmer weather, ac-
oo
egg
cording to observations of Charles N.
‘Keen of the poultry.department at the
Colcrado Agricultural college.
If pullets are raised from late-
hatched eggs and pushed for produc-
tion, they attain a sexual maturity
befcre the body maturity is attained.
Then the first eggs produced will be
‘small and continue so until body ma-
'turity is completed.
In the case of light breeds, such as
Leghorns and Anconas, these small
birds which have been forced break
down under heavy production and go
‘into a winter neck molt and often a
full molt. With the larger breeds
‘there may be less of this trouble with
the late-hatched birds, but they are
‘harder to force into laying. It takes
approximately five months to mature
a Leghorn or Ancona pullet and ap-
proximately seven months to mature
Rhode ‘Island Reds, Rocks, Wyan-
dottes and other birds of the larger
‘breeds. They should be laying not
later than November 1 and not ear-
lier ay Seponmer 1 for best resuits.
Mash Essential Part
of Ration for Layers
+ The mash is an essential part of
the hen’s' diet, for she eannot make
eggs economically from grains alone.
In the mash should be included some
of the common by-products such as
wheat bran, middlings and gluten feed.
These feeds are palatable and furnish
relatively cheap vegetable protein. .
Fhe ten ‘must be supplied with
enough animal protein either included
'in the mash or fed in addition to it.
{Some of the more common home sup-
plies of animal protein may consist of
. skim milk, buttermilk or some form of
‘waste meat and, in the summer, in-
; sects that the hen can find on the
‘range.
Repeated tests at the Wisconsin and
other experiment stations have shown
‘that hens cannot find the necessary
| amount of animal protein on the range
‘to make profitable egg production pos-
sible. Even in the summer unless the
‘hens have all the milk they can drink
it will pay to have some additional
(animal protein in the mash. In the
winter the hen will not drink enough
‘milk to supply her needs and some ad-
dition should be made.
Ventilation of Poultry
House Is Big Problem
The ventilation of the poultry house
'is a much discussed problem and many
‘times local conditions are responsible
Sometimes the location
of the house is such as to interfere
a with the usual results. However, if
the walls of the house became damp
‘last year it is an indication of too
(little fresh air. There are two meth-
“ods of | ventilation which are quite
common. One is the use of muslin
frames which may be closed at night
‘and opened during the day. In houses
‘14 to 16 feet deep one should have
one square foot of cloth frames for
every foot the house is long. Deeper
‘houses require more while narrow
houses require less. Even with muslin
frames one must not be persuaded to
close them too tightly as this may re-
sult in too little ventilation at night.
Their use requires discretion as does
any other plan for ventilation.
Feed Heavily
January and February are the
~months when all flocks should be fed
"heavily, says T. S. Townsley, exten-
sion poultry specialist of the Missouri
College of Agriculture. By January
i most of the pullets ought to be ma-
ture and ready to lay, while the ma-
jority of hens should be through the
‘molt. Consequently with proper feed,
g production ¢ught to pick up rap- |
idly during January and February and |
reach its maximum during March or |
April. |
with the same feed.
FAVOR SOY BEANS
FOR DAIRY COW
Equal to Linseed Oilmeal as
Protein Supplement.
Soy beans provide an excellent pro-
tein supplement for use in the grain
ration for dairy cattle. Numerous ex-
periments conducted by some of the
leading experiment stations have
proved ground soy beans fo be equul
to linseed oilmeal as a protein sup
plement in the dairy ration. Usually
high protein feeds such as linseed oil-
meal, cottonseed meal and corn gluten
feed are high in price and if dairy
men would grow more soy beans it
would make them more independent
tof these high-priced protein feeds and
insure a ‘greater dairy income.
In feeding trials conducted at the
Purdue university agricultural exper-
iment station in 1923 comparing
ground soy beans with linseed oil-
meal, soy beans proved to be equal to
linseed oilmeal as a protein supple
ment for dairy cattle when fed in
the grain ration of corn and oats.
Experiments conducted at the Pur-
due and South ‘Daliota stations com-
paring soy ‘bean hay with alfalfa hay.
soy bean hay was found to be prac-
tically equal to alfalfa hay when fed
to dairy cattle.
Trials conducted at the Iowa sta-
tion in 1922 in comparing ground soy
beans with linseed oilmeal, as a pro-
tein supplement for the dairy ration,
the ground soy beans proved to be
worth $60 per ton when old process
linseed oilmeal was selling for $45
per ton. In other words, the ground
soy beans fed as a protein siipple-
ment to the basal grain ration of
corn and oats were worth one-third
more than the linseed cilmeal.
As a roughage for general herd
feeding, good quality soy bean hay
has proved to be just as good as al
falfa hay in the Purdue dairy herd |
the last winter. In fact we think so |
much of the bean hay that this year
we will have 75 tons for winter feed-
ing.—J. H. Hilton, Purdue university.
Figures Tell Story of
Dairy Herd Improvement
Figures from more than 100,000 indi-
vidual yearly records from cows on
test in dairy herd improvement asso
«that, on the average, cows producing.
100 pounds of butterfat a yeat returned
but $14 over the cost of feed.
Cows that produced 200 pounds of
butterfat returned $54 above feed
costs; those producing 300 pounds re-
turned $96; the 400-pound producers
returned $138; and the cows of 500
pounds butterfat production returned
$178 above feed costs. Thus the man
have more net return than if he
milked a dozen cows producing only
100 pounds of butterfat. This would
take no account of the added labor of
milking and caring for the larger herd
or of the much greater expense of pro-
viding: stable room for a herd instead |
of a single animal.
The production figures used in this |
calculation were obtained by the United |
States Department of Agriculture from
the cow-testing associations of the
country and the returns from butter |
fat are based on farm prices reported |
from all parts of the country. . |
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DEERE CHIH |
Dairy Hints
HER HE HOE HH CHIH
Milk, especially when warm, absorbs
odors rapidly.
* * *
It will pay to grind oats at 20 cents
per 100 pounds when it is fed to-dairy
COWS.
* * *
The ‘*‘cowey” taste of market milk
is due to mixture of cow manure and
absorbed impurities.
ERIE SRE
Warm water offered in a sheltered
place will be a comfort bossie will
readily appreciate.
Tole
Free access to water or watering |
cows at least twice daily will increase
the profits from winter dairying.
* * *
Comfortably warm, well lighted, well
ventilated stables insure health and
good* werk on the part of the cows.
* * *
It is always cheaper to sell a hard
milking cow to the butcher and buy
another cow than it is to try to cure
the case.
* * *
Don’t let the cows shiver. Cold
cows don’t turn in much cold cash.
They cannot fight cold and make milk
* kk
It seems that lice prefer the less
Give Hens Chance
Poor housing of farm hens during
the winter plays a big part in keep- |
ing the production of the average Illi- |
nois hen down to about 50 eggs a |
year. It takes contented hens to Keep
. the winter egg basket full and poul-
trymen who do not insure the con-
tentment of their fowls are. apt to get
high egg production only during the
natural laying season in the spring.
It will be profitable for chicken raisers
to spend money in repairing the old
"her Jhouses.
thrifty calves and on these they mul-
tiply and feed until the calf stops
growing, loses weight and has very
little resistance left.
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It should be clear that after giving |
a cow the first half of a full ration |
necessary to keep her alive, and after |
giving her barn room, running the risk
of her dying, and doing chores for her
the year around, it is the poorest pos- |
sible economy not to give her the sec
ond half of a full ration, which she
will use in producing milk. |
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A meeting of the Troop Committee
for Girl Scout Troop No, 9 was held
at the home of Miss Florence Rave
Thursday evening, when important
matters pertaining to this troop of
Girl Scouts will be’ diseussed. The
members of the committee are: Mrs.
Boyd Hagenbuch, Mrs. Martin Por-
ter, Mrs. Henry Sipple, Mrs. Sher-
man Schooley, Mrs. Charles Coles and
Mrs. Walter Fletcher.
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A meeting of St. Paul’s Lutheran
Brotherhood was held in the church
Monday evening with thirty men pres-
ent. Addresses were made by Clar-
ence Boston, of the Tanners Bank, of
Noxen, and Mr. Baptiste, Prof. Er-
nest Wood gave a piano solo, and
played the accompaniments for sev-
eral musical numbers. . Several duets
were given by M. J. Girton and K.|
G. Laycock.
Plans for the next meeting include
an address by Jacob Engel, president
of the Pennsylvania Crippled Chil-
dren’s Association, illustrated with
motion pictures. The men of the
Brotherhood are invited to bring their
wives. After the business session
lunch was served.
* * *
Regular meetings of the Brother-
hood are held on the first and third
Mondays of each month.
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China Gauges Illiteracy
In China a person able to read only
one or two thousand characters is
nevertheless considered to be flliter
ate, for the reason that he is still
unable to’ read an ordinary book or
newspaper.—Gas Logic.
Mrs. Corey Major spent several
days at Dickson City where she at-
tended the funeral of her aunt.
Howard Karschner spent the week-
end at Wyalusing. |
Mr. William Neely and Mrs. Wil-
liam Elston recently entertained at a
luncheon in honor of Miss Helen
Neely at which time her engagement
to Kenneth Terry of Huntsville was
announced. The tables were decor-
ated. Favors were silk handker-
chiefs. Lunch was served to Mrs.
Leroy Bray, Mrs. Ralph Welch, Mrs.
Gordon Boote, Mrs. Leonard Ide, Mrs.
Randolph Wright, Mrs. Francis Lew-
is, Miss Carolyn Glahn, Miss Leonard
Adgas, Miss Lillian Daw, Miss Ruth
Lamoreaux and Miss Helen Neely.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lewis enter-
tained at dinner on Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. B. F, Nulton, Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Alling, son, Kenneth, of Wyoming and
Mrs. Herman Ferry of Philadelphia.
Mrs. George Weintz, of Meeker re-
cently spent a day with Mrs. Oliver
Whitesell.
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Rogers, Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Rice, Mr. and Mrs.
Eston Adelman, Mr. and Mrs. Clif-
ford Ide, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Els-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Major, Mr.
and rMs. Harry Howell, Mrs. Wilbur
Hoover, Mrs. Harry Rossman, Mr.
Charles Kinsman, Ruth, Helen and
Charles Kinsman, Vera Rogers, Har-
old Major, Clara Bell Rice, Dean Ide.
The young married people’s Sun-
day School Class party was entertain-
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Kinsman recently. Lunch was serv-
ed to the following:
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