Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1918 — Page 3

A Bird in the Hand

(Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) BAKED FEED GIVES CHICKS A GOOD START

A Screened Feeding Pen Through Which the Chicks Can Run Will Keep Older Fowls Away at Feeding Time.

BEST FOODS FOR YOUNG CHICKENS

Begin Feeding Any Time After Youngsters Are 36 to 48 Hours Old. BAKED JOHNNYCAKE IS GOOD Put the “Grow” in Young Fowls by Giving Bread Crumbs and Rolled Oats Mixture Five Times Daily—Also Give Milk. Give the young chicks a good start in life by feeding carefully prepared, nourishing food. Feeding should begin any- time after they are thirty-six to forty-eight hours old, whether they are with the hen or in a brooder, and sos the first month or two they may be given food as often as five times a day. Baked johnnycake composed of the following ingredients in the proportions named is a very: good feed for young chicks: One dozen infertile eggs or one pound of sifted beef scrap to ten pounds of corn meals add enough milk to make a pasty mash, and one tablespoonful of baking soda. " Dry” bread crumbs may be mixed with hard-boiled eggs, making about one'fourth of the mixture eggs, or rolled oats may be usSQ in place of the bread crumbs. Feed Five Times Daily. Feed the bread crumbs, rolled oats, or johnnycake mixtures five times daily for the first week, then gradually . substitute for one or two feeds'of the mixture finely cracked grains of one part by weight of cracked wheat, six parts finely cracked corn, two partp pinhead oatmeal or hulled oats, and one part kafir corn, to which abbut 5 per cent of cracked peas or broken rice and 2 per cent of charcoal, millet or rape seed may be added. A commercial chick feed may be substituted if desired. The above ration can be fed until the chicks aj;e two weeks old, whej< they should be placed on grain , and a .dry or 'wet mash mixture. After the chicks are ten days' old a good growing mash, composed of two parts by weight of bran, two parts middlings, two parts cornmeal, one part rolled oats, and 10 per cent sifted beef scrap may be placed in a hopper and left before them at all times. The mash may be fed either wet or dry; If wet, only enough moisture (either milk or water) should be added to make the feed crumbly, but in no sense sloppy. When this growing mash or mixture is not used a hopper containing bran should be accessible to the chickens at all times. When otie has only a few chickens K is less trouble to purchase the prepared chick feeds, but where a considerable number are reared it is sometimes cheaper to buy the finely cracked grains and mix them together. Many chick feeds contain a large quantity of grit and may contain grains of poor quality, so that they should be carefully examined and the quality guaranteed before they are purchased. Eliminate Chick Feed. As soon as the chickens will eat the whole wheat, cracked corn and other grains—usually in about eight weeks —the small-sized chick feed can be eliminated. In addition*to the above feeds the chickens* growth can be .tautened they are given sour milk.

skim milk, or buttermilk to drink. Growing chickens kept on a good range may be given all their feed tn a hopper, mixing six parts by weight of cracked corn with one part of wheat and one part kafir corn in one hopper and the dry mash for chickens in another. In addition feed two parts of the scratch mixture in the form of sprouted oats until the chickens are three or four months old, when dry whole oats can be used. The beef scrap may be left out of the dry mash and fed in a separate hopper, so that the chickens can eat all of this feed they desire. If the beef scrap is to be fed separately it is advisable to wait until the chicks are ten days old, although many poultrymen put the beef scrap before the young chickens at the start without bad results. Chickens confined to small yards should always be supplied with green feed, such as lettuce, sprouted oats, alfalfa, or clover, but the best place to raise chickens successfully is on- a good range where no extra gheen feed is required. Fine charcoal, grit and oyster shell should be kept before the chickens at all times, and cracked or ground bone may be fed where the chickens are kept in small bare yards, but the latter feed is not necessary for chickens that have a good range.

FEED CHICKS OFTEN—BUT DON’T STUFF THEM.

Yourig chickens should be fed ' from three to five times daily, < depending upon one’s experience J in feeding. Undoubtedly chick- < ens can be grown faster by feed.- ; ing five times daily than by feed- < ing three times but it ! should be borne in mind that ■ more harm can be done to the young chickens by overfeeding ; than by underfeeding, and at no i time should they be fed more ■ than barely to satisfy their ap- < petites and lo keep them exer- ; cising, except at the evening ■ or last meal, when they should ! be given all they will eat. Young. ; chicks that are" confined need ! more attention to avoid over- ■ feeding than those that have free range, as leg weakness is ■; likely to result in those confined. i

Heat for Brood Chicks.

The best temperature at which to keep a brooder or hover depends upon the position of the thermometer, the Style of the hover, the age of the chickens and the weather conditions. Aim to keep the chickens comfortable. As the operator learns-by the actions of the chickens the amount of heat they require, he can discard the thermometer if he desires. When too cold the chicks will crowd together and try to get nearer the heat. It is not possible to say for each case at what temperature the brooder should be kept to raise young chickens, but It will run from 90 to 100 degrees in some cases, as some |fooj|s of -chickens seem to require toore heat than others. Average temperatures approximate 93 to 95 degrees for the first week or ten days, when the temperature is gradually reduced to 85 degrees for the following ten days, and then lowered to 70 or 75 degrees for as long as the chickens need heat. This depends somewhat on the season of the year and the number of the chickens, as it can be readily seen that the heat generated by 50 chickens would raise the temperature under the hover to, a higher degree than the heat givein ‘off by a leaser number.

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EXPLAINING ANTICS OF BEAN

Nothing Really Mysterious About Seeds Which Fumlbh Mexican Peons ' Cheap Gambling Paraphernalia. I’ ■ * One of the favorite amusements of the Mexican peon is the game he calls “los biincones,” which might be translated "the jumpers.” A circle of dusky laborers grouped about an apparently empty epace In the sunny dust is a characteristic sight south_of the Rio Grande. The objects of Interest, invisible to the casual eye, are the “brincones,’’ or jumping beans. The game Is one "calculated to appeal to the Mexican temperament, being a form of pure gambling associated with the Irreducible minimum of physical effort. To the visitor It- bears also a touch of mystery. The players draw a small circle In the dust and lay therein a number of _ little brown beans, which are really not beans at all, but the seeds of some native plant Exposed to the rays of the sun and .the solemn gaze of the players, after a time the beans begin to move. They 'turn, they stir, they actually hop about. The lard of chance consists in betting on which bean will, first jump out of the circle, and apparently the game is fair. There would seem to be no way of “framing” the mysterious beans. * . ! The Mexican neither knows nor careA why the beans jump, though their behavior is most unusual for members of the vegetable kingdom. Asked for an explanation, he will shrug and remark that It is the nature of “brincones” to jump.' Why question the wisdom of providence, which has seen fit to provide her children with a cheap and satisfactory apparatus for games of .chance? Science, however, steps in with the explanation that the innocent brown bean In question is the home of a Certain larvae, 'whose spasmodic movements early in life are responsible for the antics of its vegetable home.

SING TO SETTLE QUARRELS

Eskimos Have Manner of Adjusting Grievances That is Said to Work Satisfactorily to Them. The Eskimos, who live in the icebound, barren northland, have a way of settling quarrels which seems very strange and amusing to those who live in a laiy) of policemen and courts of justice. There, when quarrels arise, the man who has a grievance writes a song in which he tells the wrongs that have been done him. When this has been composed to his satisfaction he invites his enemy to come and hear him sing it. This the enemy must do, and he brings with him all his relatives and many of his friends, while the singer also has_ gathered his friends and relatives for the occasion, which is considered something of tt general entertainment by the people of the village in which the men live. Then, while other men of the village pound madly on huge drums, the song of wrongs is begun. is finished, if the audience expresses approval, the singer is considered to have won and to have a just cause of complaint. But if dissatisfaction is expressed, that is considered sufficient punishment. After the song every one dances and the party breaks up In great good humor.

Encourage Spirit of Adventure.

The spirit of adventure, so nearly universal in youth, commonly is thwarted at every-turn. Yet this is one of its finest "gifts; when it has gone, life’s greatest promise is past An educational system should nurture and direct this spirit, bringing it to expression in a daring to aim at high standards, in adventures into new fields of action, thought, and knowledge ; in a desire for the hard, strenuous things which temper and stabilize character. The sporting instinct of youth demands these difficult tasks, and life is stale when they cannot be found. —Arthur E. Morgan, in the Atlantic.

Cause of Car Sickness.

Car sickness, so common among children, is caused in the same way as seasickness, or the- dizziness produced by spinning around rapidly or swinging. The fluid in the semi-circular canals of ttie ears Is set in motion by the movement of the body and tends to keep on moving even after the body has come to a standstill. Once accustomed to the new motion, the traveler acquires his “sea legs,” and if he is at sea some time in rough weather he will_need re-education for the stationary on leaving the ship, for he will feel as if the land were swaying under his feet.

R. S. V. P.

Mr. Flatbush —Haye you responded to Mrs. Bensonhurst's invitation to her party? Mrs. Flatbush —Yes. “Did you 'frrite her today?” “No, I didn’t write; I used the tele-' phone.” ’ “Used the telephone? Why, that’s no way to respond to an invitation to a party." “Why pot? Ours is a party wire, isn’t it?”—Yonkers Statesman.

He Had a Plan.

A little five-year-old chap recently moved. Into a new neighborhood. A day or so later he observed some little girls playing in a yard a few doors away, and asked his mother if he could go and play with them. His mother refused his request, remarking that the little girls didn't know him. “Well,” he replied, “couldn’t I get relationed to ’emT

RICE IS COACHING REAL CHINESE OARSMEN AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Wifi youxead that a Chinese eight-oared snell poked its nose across the fine at Poughkeepsie ahead of Cornell, or Syracuse, or Pennsylvania? Don't laugh. It’s a possibility. At Columbia university Jim Rice, the veteran coach of the Blue and White, Is not devoting ail his time to the Caucasians In training. Far from that he is inclined to give a little bit more of bis time to his Chinese oarsmen who are making the first Chinese crew in the history qf American aquatics. “These boys are light, compared to an American crew, tfut they have all the endurance of men bigger than.they are,” is Coach Rice’s explanation. “Then, too, that coxswain, little Lee, knows his business. I don’t always understand his shouts to his oarsmen, but they do, and they can sure hit up the pace when he gets going. “To tell the truth? I was inclined to be skeptical when they came to me and wanted to make a crew. But they were very much in earnest, and so I took them in charge. Now I am becoming enthusiastic over them. They obey all orders like true soldiers and are picking up the finer points of rowing with remarkable Speed. They’ll make good, mark me, br I never saw a crew in my life.” - , Little Lee, the coxswain, is one of Columbia’s leading wrestlers. Captain Kwong is a strong, well-built athlete and excels in the gymnasium. Every man in the bunch is a perfect specimen of Chinese manhood, and not one is a bit backward about entering into a regrftta against American crews. The Chinese crew at ColumlSia may not row at Poughkeepsie—that hasn’t been decided yet —but they will undoubtedly compete In several regattas around New York and, in New England. They want to test their mettle.

MRS. HURD WINS GOLD MEDAL AT PINEHURST

Photo shows Mrs. J. V. Hurd on the links at Plrfehurst, N. C., where she won the gold medal for the best qualifying scores in the St. Valentine’s golf tournament. As Miss Dorothy Campbell, Mrs. Hurd w T on the national and International championship among woman golfers.

GRIFFITH FOR DAYLIGHT LAW

If Washingtonians Go to Business Earlier They Will Have More » —Time at Ball Park. _ Clark Griffith, manager of the Washingtons, is a strong advocate of the proposed daylight-saving law which congress may adopt. Griff argues that if Washingtonians go to business earlier in the day they will have more time to spend at the Washington ball park. Other baseball magnates, and managers are said to fayor this legislation, which in their opinion would increase the daily attendance figures to a marked degree. Games could be started at four o’clock, with plenty of time to complete them before sunset.

SIR THOMAS LIPTON STILL AFTER THE CUP

Sir Thomas Lipton, personal challenger for the America’s cup, consistent loser and good sportsman, has not abandoned hope of eventually capturing the famous trophy In- fact, thg/British yachtsman already is laying plans to send Shamrock IV after .the coveted prize as soon as the war ends. Capt. Walter M. Marks, Sir Thomas’ representative, arrived in. an American port recently with Instructions to inspect the cup challenger, which has been laid up in the Erie basin since the postponement of the races of 1914. Captain Marks is to report to the owner as to her condition.

Maranville Would Fly.

Rabbit Maranville has ambitions to qualify as an aviator. He hopes td get a transfer from the yeoman service to the aerial department. /

LITTLE PICK-UPS OF SPORT

The Central league will operate as a six-club circuit. *. * t Cornell university has five crews at work, directed by Coach Courtney. Biggest howl over the baseball war tax will come from the guy with a pass. ♦ • • The University of Michigan baseball nine may abandon the usual southern trip this year.' Players who get sore at the umpires this summer can tell ’em “to go to the International league.” * ♦ • The Buffalo International league ball park has been sold In bankruptcy court to satisfy the creditors. • * * Interviews with Connie Mack on the player situation are as full of blanks as a letter ffom Europe. * • • The%niversity of California football eleven will play Oregon Aggies at Berkeley, Cal., Saturday, November 18. Thirteen games are scheduled for the Purdue baseball team. Only two games will be played on foreign dla; monds. - ' .

- * ' • • A dispatch from Louisville says that “unofficially” it is stated that Ferdinand Schupp’s salary is to be SIO,OOO for 1918. • * * Missouri Intercollegiate A. A. may use Jake Beckley and Kid Nichols as umpires in the organization baseball games this year. - * ♦ . The Great Western Trotting association will award purses aggregating $135,000 at the eight race meetings, July 31 to September 21. Inexperience Is blamed for Fred Fulton’s previous fiascos. Yes, and Helnie Zlm did not know Collins could run so fast. We all must learn. ♦ • • Jack Lelivelt, former American leaguer, has been signed to play first base and right field by the Louisville American association team. • ♦ ♦ While the war has proved a detriment, to many sports, it has greatly aided trapshooting and helped place it in the front ranks as a sport. • • • Detroit yachtsmen will build a. Miss Detroit 111 to defend the gold cup at the motorboat carnival, to be held on the Detroit river next summer. • * « Brooklyn Polytechnic preparatory swimming team has been Brooklyn scholastic title holders for four years. They promise to repeat this season. • • « Bill Ritter, pitcher, is lost to the Giants, as he has signed a contract with Uncle Sam, and will hurl grenades In a greater league than the big one’s here. • • « Bob Emslle, the veteran National league baseball umpire, is the president of the St. Thomas, Ont. Gun dub and recently promoted the international trapshooting tournament. Dr. Paul Withington. who coached the University of Wisconsin football team, has been commissioned a captain in the army. Withington is stationed at Camp Funston, Fcrt Riley, Ark.

BEST SEASONS FOR PLAYERS AROUND 25

Most of Diamond Stars Start Downward After That Honua WAgner Had His Greatest Year When He Was 26 Years Old—Napoleon Lajoie Was 26 When He Batted for Total of A 22. When does the great ball player reach the greatest efficiency? At what age is his prowess superior to his efforts at other times? A little study of the ages at which ball players have had their greatest year is interesting. It shows that at about twenty-five or twenty-six the maximum of efficiency Is reached. * Bonus Wagner had his greatest year In 1900. At least, he reached his maximum as a batsman that year and his fielding whs never better. In 1900 Bonus was twenty-six years old. He batted .380 for the season. Napoleon Lajoie had his best year in 1901 when he was twenty-six. That year the great Frenchman batted for an astounding total of .422. Cobb’s star year was in 1911, when he was twenty-five. That year CobK batted .420 and amassed 248 hits and 147 runs. When it Is considered that there are few batters who get beyond 100 runs or 200 hits a season it may be seen how far out ahead of the field Cobb was that year. Matty had something like sixteen great years, but the greatest of these was 1905, when he was twenty-five. That year Matty won 31 and lost but nine games out of 40, and pitched three shut-out games against the Athletics in the world series, an achievement which has never been equaled. Ed Walsh’s superyear, when he won 40 games and lost 15, besides saving a number for other pitchers, was in 1908. Walsh was twenty-six then. His record of 40 wins has been beaten by only one pitcher, Chesbro having gone him one better. Walter Johnson reached his best season In 1913, when he was twenty-six. That year he won 36 and lost but seven games. He was twenty-six in 1913. It is hard to pick the greatest year of Grover Alexander, who has wdn more than 30 games during the last three seasons, but he delivered these victories during his twenty-fourth, twentyfifth and twenty-sixth years. There are exceptions, of course. Tris Speaker’s greatest year was 1916. He was twenty-nine. Joe Wood won 23 games arid lost five in 1912, when he was but twenty-three, and Rube Marquard was the same age the same year when he made the remarkable run of 19 straight victories. But the majority of the great stars have been around twenty-five or twen-ty-six when they had their best seasons.

WRESTLING IN FRISCO MAY BE REVIVED AGAIN

Another effort has been made in Frisco to revive wrestling, which a few months ago received a setback dne to charges that the athletes were not playing fair with the public. A recent match whicli was staged drew a fair-sized crowd, notwithstanding the inclement weather. Encouraged by this showing, negotiations are In progress to bring some of the better performers together.

URBAN FABER MAY BE SAVED TO WHITE SOX

leu jouroan, nrst nasemau, may be lost to the White Sox In the new draft, put’there’s a good chance that Urban Faber, the pitcher who won the world’s series, may not be taken until June, and possibly later. In that event Faber would, be saved for slab duty* for the champions for a good part of the American league schedule. Faber is in a district in which the quota is said to have been filled. The famous hurl era. may not be called for several months. Jourdan, who issingle, may not be so fortunate in this draft His home is New Orleans, La. The White Sox have not been rapped hard in the draft, the regulars on the team have been immune from call. Most all the world’s champions art married and have been placed in claan three or four.