NKS SAYS COWS
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The lack of isolation stables and
er quarantine facilities is the
t serious difficulty in getting rid
abortion disease from dairy farms.
aid J. R. Danks, superintendent of
e Winterthur farms, Winterthur.
l, at the New York State College
Agriculture at Ithaca.
‘When as many as 15 or 20 per cent
f the herd is infected with con-
gious abortion, it is advisable to sep-
ate the positive reactors from the
gative ones, and this separation
should be complete. It is not enough
0 place the infected animals in one
nd of the barn and the noninfected
the other end. Where only a rel-
vely small proportion is infected a
system whereby the positive reactors
removed from the herd at calving
ime has proved satisfactory. :
~ Blood testing appears to be the most
cient method of determining which
imals are infects, says Mr. Danks,
ut & knowledge of the limitations of
this method is needed to obtain best
esults. The typical veterinarian is
ot yet sufficiently posted about the
ils of the blood-testing plan to
veterinarian, and through him the
tockman, is better informed on the
subject.
- most herds where blood tests
e been made and the best-known
ciples of segregation and quaran-
have been followed, the abortion
ately 5 per cent or less, although in
ew herds abortion has not declined
uch below 10 per cent. The cause
g bacillus is not fully understood
should be made the subject of
arther investigation. It is generally
nsidered that a variety of causes
responsible, such as improperly
eloped rs organs, and
Very Careful Attention
Immediately the calf is dropped the
el cord should be tied with twine
has been prepared for the pur-
ose by being kept in a bottle con-
ining either a 5 per cent carbolic
acid solution or methylated spirits.
he twine should be tied about one
and one-half inches from the navel
it is advisable to squeeze out any
‘blood that may be in the cord before
tying. The hands of the person who
es the cord should, of course, have
en well washed with soap and wa-
r and rinsed in disinfectant solu-
on, otherwise the handling and tie-
g the cord may prove positively
dangerous and the purpose of it be
defeated. After being tied, the cord.
el and surrounding parts should
painted with a solution of iodine
methylated spirits (35 grains of
odine dissolved in two pints of the
spirits), and a second application
should be made as soon as the first
one has become dry. As an addition
SE safeguard, the cord and navel
© should then be covered with Stock-
“holm tar.
Undesirable Flavors
Undesirable flavors are sometimes
‘noted in milk when cows are first
turned to pasture, particularly
sweet clover pastures. The flavors
are usually accompanied by digestive
disturbances in the cows. The trouble
usually may be prevented by supply-
ing the cows with good supplemental
feeds, such as hay and grain, each
morning before turning them to pas-
ture and by keeping a supply of dry
roughage like oat straw, in a rack.
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Dry pastures too frequently mean
dry COWS.
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A good system of barn ventilation
sually means healthier cows and pur-
milk.
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early. Here agaii: only the best test-
ed seed should be planted.
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~~ When farmers come to think of salt
and water as food their animals will
be more profitable and healthy.
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Good pasture gross holds a place in
the lis* of delicacies for dairy cows
“which no other feed can quité fill.
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The feed bill is the largest direct
change in the production of milk.
“Hence economical! feeding is of great
‘importance in the production of cheap
milk.
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Calves receive, in addition to the
‘milk and gruel, limited amounts of al-
falfa or clover hay after they are one
month* old. After they ‘are three
“months eld, alfalfa hay is kept before
them at all times. Small calves are
likely te eat more hay than they can
digest. especially when it is fine and
leafy and of good quality.
‘Bnsilage crops are best if planted |
RAISING CHICKS
REQUIRES CARE
' Success Depends Largely on
Attention Given Them.
What success New Jerseymen have
with raising chicks will depend large-
ly upon the attention they give to
maintaining cleanliness, plenty of
room, and proper feeding equipment.
In pther words, these are the cardinal
factors in successful brooding of
chicks, says J. C. Taylor, assistant
poultry extension speciaiist, New Jer-
sey state college of agriculture, Rut-
gers university.
Keep the house clean at all times.
After the fourth week, the brooder
house should be cleaned every five
days. Remove the litter, sweep the
floor, and put in clean litter. Chick
boxes, feed Lags, pails, coal, and other
equipment should not*be in the brooder
house.
Crowding is common to many poul-
try farms. It is safe to say that 90
per cent of the poultrymen crowd
their chicks. Allow two chicks to one
square foot of floor space until they
are four to six weeks old. After this
allow one chick for each square foot
of floor space. Where chicks are
raised in confinement allow one chick
to each two square feet of floor space
after the brood is six weeks old. Fol-
lowing these rules eliminates crowd-
ing and thus gives all chicks a chance
to grow.
Adequate feeding equipment is es-
sential. More chicks die of starvation
"than from a number of other causes.
One inch of hopper space is recom:
mended for each small chick. A hop-
per three feet long feeding from both
sides will accommodats 75 chicks. Keep
feed in the hoppers. Water fountains
of the two-quart size are good for
small chicks, followed by the gallon
size when the chicks are oider. The
important point to keep in mind is to
have enough fountains so there will
always be water for the chicks to
drink. :
Treating Chickens for
Severe Colds and Roup
When the eyes of chickens water
and then swell, it is usually due to
colds which are developing into a
roupy condition. The nostrils are
usually packed with mucous, making
breathing difficult and matter due to
inflammation gathers in the face and
finally becomes packed in a hard.
leathery lump.
When colds first appear, squeeze the
nostrils with wads of tissue paper to
remove the mucous and then inject
commercial disinfectant or roup cure
or potassium permanganate with a
medicine dropper. The commercial
roup cures often include a small
syringe useful to inject the solution
into the nostrils of the bird. :
If the head is bulging with hard
matter and has the strong odor of
roup, it is best to kill the bird, espe-
cially if it is badly devitalized and
becoming thin. If the hen is in good
condition, the lump can be lanced and
the hard matter picked out with the
point ¢f a small pen knife. Then in-
ject roup cure or commercial disin-
fectant and place a small packing of
cotton ‘in the wound so that healing
will take place from fhe inside. The
cotton should be moistened with iodine.
Whether treatment pays or not de-
pends on the value of the bird, the
time of the caretaker, and the condi-
tion of the bird when, treatment
begins.
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Poultry Notes
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A .great many people seem to forget
that a baby chick is a baby.
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By hatching early the chick gets a
good start and is less susceptible when
exposed.
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Every farm should include in its
equipment a portable brooder house
for raising young chicks.
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A portable brooder house should not |
be over 8 by 12 feet if it is to be
moved with a team.
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Feed clean feed in clean containers.
Don’t use zinc containers fof sour
milk nor to feed mash in,
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Avoid turning out young turkeys un-
1 dew is off the grass and weeds. A
little care at first will repay you big.
Don’t change feed too quickly, but
gradually work into another feed.
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There are a number of gas burners
available for brooding chicks. A sat-
isfactory way to use gas is in a coal
stove. Several manufacturers provide
gas burners for their coal stoves.
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The modern poultry house is well
lighted, well ventilated, dry, free from
drafts, ‘and moderate in cost.
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Sunlight is an essential in the poul-
try house; not only through glass, but
more especially, direct sunlight is re-
quired.
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Farm broc ding is probably best done
with the portable, colony brooder
house as the first essential piece of
equipment. This type of house pos:
sesscg many desirable features with
ecanomy.
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SYNOPSIS :
Dr. Davis, recently married to
May Davis, is having lunch with
Joe Babbitt and his friend, Myra
| Pfeffer, when Babbitt is called
| away. May happens into the same
| hotel and is furious at seeing her
| husband with a girl. She drops
her gloves and they are returned
| by Claude Beranger-de Brie, a per-
| fumer; who presents his card.
| Davis, trying to explain the situa-
tion, invites the first man he sees,
de Brie, to lunch, and leaves him
with Myra. Then, in order to turn
the tables, Davis accuses May of
having a flirtation with de Brie.
After a violent quarrel, Davis and
his wife make up.
CHAPTER IV—Continued
“You darling!” May laughed and
squeezed his hand. “Of course I
forgive you. It was all my fault
for being a jealous cat, but I was
furious when I saw you with that
woman.”
“And I could have killed that
man for staring at you. You're an
angel, and I'm simply mad about
you,” he whispered.
“Come on!” May jumped up
from the lounge, dragging her hus-
band with her. “You're going to
buy me that perfume. You have
to pay for your little indiscretions,
you know. I'm going to train you
properly. And—oh, Miss Evans,”
she called back from the doorway
to the girl at the desk, “you can
tell Peter I don’t need that haircut
now.”
CHAPTER V
Arm in arm May and Ed strolled
down the street. The crisp fall air
set their blood to tingling and
their pulses rioting. People jostled
them, but they scarcely noticed the
crowds about them, so absorbed
they were in each other. It was
almost like being married all over
He Kissed her hand.
again, now that they had settled
all their misunderstandings. And
like all of their prototypes the
world over, they were madly, in-
sanely happy, more in love than
ever before. Optimistic, merely be-
cause they lacked experience, they
were promisinz each other that
they ‘would never, never quarrel
again. And, besides, how could
they be expected to know that Fate
was about to cut capers?
Blissfully unconscious of im-
pending troubles they laughed and
talked and pointed out sights to
each other like a pair of school
children. They stopped before shop
windows to admire clothes, to dis-
cuss books, to look at flowers, to
exclaim over the latest novelties.
They got in the way of hurrying
pedestrians who tried to brush past
them, and made little faces at their
backs; they halted too long at
crossings and were shouted at by
angry chauffeurs. All of which only
seemed to serve to make them
more irrepressible and light-heart-
ed. But, as has been pointed out,
how could they be expected to
know that Fate was about to cut
capers?
“Oh-h-h!” May gave -
squeal of delight an~” J
across the sidewalk i win-
dow. “Isn’t that ; .y Stun-
ning?”
Dr. Davis f his wife's
pointing finger, his eyes met a
series of ‘streaks of brilliant color
that formea cubes and squares and
all sorts of geometrical figures.
Near the center of the window
seemed to be something that was
evidently intended to represent a
human eye enlarged about fifty
times the natural size and to one
side of the eye a solitary black vel-
vet pad, on which rested a tiny
‘crystal bottle engraved with the
words Yeux Adorables.
“Sure,” Davis agreed. “But what
is it??” he added, blinking.
“It’s perfume, stupid!” May in-
formed him, leaning closer to the
window to peer inside.
From without May could see a
select scattering of bottles, each
arranged against a background that
run, half supposing that the man
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Elegance quiet and subdued
meated the atmosphere. duos 39%.
ness and expensiveness see
written all over the room—at least |
as far as the eye could reach. Bug’ \
where the eye could not reach—-'
that was something else again. |
In a smaller room beyond, cure,
tained off by a heavy black velvet |
portiere, stood Beranger, his coat
off, his shirt sleeves roller up. In
‘front of him was a huge vat half
full of liquid that sent up a con- ) b
glomeration of odors that would
have run competition with any city
slum in the heat of summer and
come out victorious. The contents
of vials of assorted shapes, sizes
and contours went into the vax
along with faded petals of flowers
of every description. And with a |
big wooden paddle Beranger was |
fast amalgamating the mixture. }
Outside May was pulling at her
husband's arm. “Let's go in,” she |
urged. “You promised me some
perfume, and I've never seen this
kind before.” i
“All right. Suits me if you want |
to,” Davis agreed readily. |
They turned into the doorway,
opened the door and gazed about
them. A riot of smells greeted
them. May sniffed appreciatively,
but Davis elevated his nose.
“Smells like a funeral,” he com-
mented.
The door behind ‘them closed,
and a tall, heavy man stepped in-
side. He looked around and then
banged on the wall. From the in-
ner room Beranger suddenly ap-
peared, a velvet jacket covering his
Clg
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deshabille, a telephone in his
hands.
“I'll be with you in just a mo-
ment,” he. announced, returning to : !
his telephone conversation. “No, {eran
Mrs. Astorbilt; I couldn’t possibly a
take any more orders. I'm so sor-
ry. Yes, I'm frightfully busy.” ik
Davis looked at his wife, and J ak
May looked at her husband. ph
“Say, his face is familiar.” Da- i
vis frowned, trying to recall where y
he had seen the man betore., :
“Isn’t it,” May agreed. “I seem
to know him, but I can’t place him.”
She lecoked around for some identi-
fication. Then on the door she no-
ticed a. sign—Claude de Brie, Ex-
quisite, Exotic and Erotic Per-
fumes.
“Ed,” she gasped, “it’s the man
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who returned my glove at the Ritze
—the one you ca.led over to the
table.”
“Look here, did yeu bring me
here purposely?” Dav.s demanded
“Ch, Ed, don’t be silly,” May
laughed. “Of course I didn’t. I
never even noticed the name on the
shop until just this minute. Bat
that was the name on the card he
gave me, and he manufactures per-
fumes. Let's see what they're like
anyhow..’
From the other side of the cur-
tain they could hear Beranger’s
voice. “Oh, yes, Mrs. Astorbilt;
business is simply wonderful. I'm
just rushed to death. The shop’s
full of people now. Yes, if you'll
pardon me. Yes, I'll: do that.
Thank you so much. Goodby.”
Beranger hung up the receiver
with a little metallic click and hur-
ried out into the shop. The big
Eon
‘man who had knocked on the wall
came up to him. S
“Say, buddy,” he remarked, “I'm : i
from the telephone company. You're
two months overdue cn your bill, f
so we disconnected your phone last
night.” i
“Sh-h!” Beranger tried to drown f
out the man’s words. “Don’t let bias
those people hear you. They're
cuscomers.”
“All right—all right, buddy. |
Keep your shirt on,” the man j
growled. “I just wanted to tel f
you Hh
“That’s very kind of you; thank i!
you so much.” Beranger was hur- 4 K
rying the man towards the door as y
fast as he could. “Call again some- Sa
time, Mr. Rockerfeld. Ill always !
be glad to see you—" i
“My name ain’t—"” the man in- I
terrupted.
“Yes, I know; I'm so sorry I had ; hs ;
to keep you waiting for that order, : :
but you can see how busy I am.”
He was urging his visitor out, J
smiling and bowing. At last he if
c 1 the door behind him and
.2d to the two remaining occu- f
ants of the room. As he saw
them he started back, his eyes
popping.
“Oh, lilies-of-the-valley,” he mur-
mured fervently. “If it isn’t the
crazy man from The Ritze and
that beautiful girl!”
For a moment the perfume man-
ufacturer was tempted to turn and
might have followed him to take
revenge for that little episode of
the glove. But the thought that 2
the woman might have come to g
buy perfume, since he had given i t
her his card, held him back.
“Ah, Madame, you have sought
out my tiny hide-away, I see.”
Claude de Brie stepped forward,
bowing. “It makes me very happy
to see your charming face in this
quiet little nook of mine.”
“Quiet!” Davis laughed. ‘You
couldn’t miss that window of yours
a mile off.” He blinked as he
thought of those vivid streaks of
color.
evidently fitted its nomenclature.
INSTALLMENT EIGHT
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