Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1919 — Page 2

A Bird in the Hand

(Special Information Service Untied States Department of Agriculture.) FEED FOR WINTER LAYERS.

First Year's Egg Yield and Feeding Consumption of One of the Hens In Government Feeding Tests.

RIGHT FEED FOR WINTER LAYERS

No-Wheatßation Gives Good Results in Feeding Test on Government Farm. HENS NEED PROTEIN SUPPLY Principal Problem of Poultry Keepers is to Find Right Kind of Feed That Can Be Supplied Most Economically.

The lien shown In the illustrn- j tlon produced nearly 12 dozen ( eggs on 28 pounds of mash feed ] E (equal parts eornnieal, bran, i middlinps. and beef or Osh scrap) [ and 48 pounds of grain (equal ■ parts cracked corn, wheat and J oats). To conserve wheat and < still have an equally valuable ! egg-yielding ration, poultry spe- • ciallsts recommend a grain rn- , tlon of two parts cracked corn* J and one part oats. t <

Poultry owners who wisli to obtain n satisfactory production of eggs during the winter should plan to give, their birds plenty of feed. Just what ! kind of poultry food can he supplied I most economically and which will k4>ep the birds in a healthful, laying condition is one of the poultry keei>ers’ principal problems. The. poultry division of the United States department of agriculture has for some years been conducting tests on spile, stituie feeds with laying liens. The poultry specialists have found, for example. that by feeding a wheatless ration there is si coijgidernble saving in the cost of feed and the.’hens will prodace as many eggs as when wheat is included. Thirty Leghorn pullets to which this wheutless ration was fed for one and one-half years produced an average of 147.8 eges a hen'for the pullet year. This compares favorably with egg , yields secured with other rations conlaiding wheat and, therefore, more expensive. During the 16 weeks of the second year the liens which were fed the wheatless ration averaged 28.5 eggs per lien. 17,5 eggs per hen being produced in March. The same wheatless ration fed to a pen of Buff Orpington pullets produced from the first, of November to the last*of March 53 eggs a hen for the 20 weeks, making the highest egg record of any of the large feeding pens of pullets in the test. Two other pens, however, this pen. The wheatless ration which was used was as follows: Scratch Mixture. i# Dry Mash. 2 pounds cracked 1 pound beef scrap corn S pounds corn, meal | 1 pound oats. The scratch mixture was fed_smfc~ ~higly. so that the hens ate about equal parts of this mixture and of the dry mash. The total grain consumption of feed for the year was 52 pounds, j of which 26 pounds was Scratch mix- :

tnre. Throughout the year it took 4.6 pounds of feed to produce a dozen eggs. *■■■■■• v Substitutes for Wheat. If the wheat is omitted from the ration it is very essential to feed a considerable proportion of beef scrap or fish scrap fn the mash. While these feeds may seem high in price, considering their high protein content and their value In egg production, they are cheap poultry feeds, in other experiments conducted by the poultry division it was found that for the first four months .pallets fed a ration containing !>eef scrap produced an average of 41.5 eggs, while those fed file same ration, with the exception that the beef scrap was omitted, p»o----dticed only 1£.7 eggs. These experiments, the poultry specialists *ay, prove that wheat is rtot essential In an egg-laying ration and

that excellent results can be secured by using corn and oats ns a scratch mixture, provided this is fed with ‘a good mash containing 25 per cent of beef or fish scrap. While the birds should have plenty 'to eirtr'they should always he eager for eachmeal. If one-third of the scratch grain furnished them Is fed in the morning nnd two-thirds at night, the birds will take more exercise than If they receive all the grain they desire in the morning. Good scratch mixtures may he made of equal parts by weight of crocked corn, wheat, nnd oats, or of two parts of cracked corn and one. part each of wheat and oats. Other Essentials for Winter Eggs. It will pay the poultry owner to devote a little trouble to providing his birds with the .most favorable surroundings for the winter. The house should be thoroughly j cleaned, disinfected, and made tight before the cold weather sets in. If the house has n dirt floor, it is well j to remove three or four inches of dirt from the top and to replaee this material with dry gravel or sand. On cement or wooden four or five Inches of fresh straw or litter may lie thrown down after the floor has been

cleaned. Ventilation is another important fnetor to consider. The house should lie tight on three sides, but for the fourth muslin curtains may be used for from one-third to one-half its extent. 11l any case, there should, he some ventilation In the house, even oft the ’coldest nights. Fowls will stand considerable cold nir. provided it is dry, and ventilation—will—keep the air thoroughly dry in the house. On the other hand, drafts are likely to otiuse roup and other trouble.

BEEF SCRAP FOR EGGS

Many fanners, in feeding their birds, overlook the fact that beef scrap, fish scrap? or some similar feed is very essential during the winter months if a good supply of eggs is to be obtained. A convenient method of feeding beef scrap is in a mash made of three parts corn meat and one part each ’of wheat bran, wheat middlings, and beef scrap. Skimmed milk or buttermilk may be used in place of the beef or fish scrap, but if the supply is limited some scrap also should be fed.

Leghorns Produce Eggs Cheaper. Leghorns produce eggs cheaper than hens of the general-purpose breeds —Plymouth llocks, Wynndottes, Rhode Island Beds, and Orpingtons. This fact, which confirms the belief and experience. of- commercial poultry farmers, was one of tlie results obtained in a rather extensive feeding test conducted by poultryiuen of the United States department of agriculture. Because they lay as many or more eggs. eat only about 55 pounds of feed per head, as compared with 70 To 85 pounds eaten by tlie generalpti{^H*sebree<teoHHil>eeftuSetlieieegg“ yield very materially exceeds that of general-purpose breeds during their second and third laying years. Leghorns, the specialists say, undoubtediy jire more profitable to keep for the production of eggs only. ..... The LeghQrns produce smarter eggs than the general-purpose breeds. ’The ■average weight of the eggs of a pen of Leghorns during the first laying year was 1.42 pounds per dozen as against 1.53 to 1.58 pounds for' the other pens. However, Leghorns laying eggs weighing 1.50 pounds —per

dozen or even more, the say. have been selected.and bred by many poultry men. An examination in Xfay. 1015, of 500 eggs from three Leghorn pens showed that 31 per cent weighed more than 2 ounces each, or 1.50 pounds to the dozen. The value per dozen of the eggs produced by the Leghorns was from 1 to 8 cents less each year than the eggs of geperai-purpose hens. This difference is due to the fact that the general-purpose breeds are better winter layers than the Leghorn*

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RjENSSELAER, INI).

How Christ Reveals Himself

By E. J. PACE

Acting Director M ission*ry Couree. Moody BiUe Institute, Chicago

TEXT—Now ye are the body of Christ and members one of another.—l Cor. 12:27. Imagine a slave-trader writing a hymn like this: Quiet, Lord, my forward heart. Make me teachable and mild; Upright, simple, free from art. Make me as a weaned child; From distrust and envy free, Pleased with all that pleases thee.

of Satan unto God,” It was this sweet singer of the Christian church. Some one else had taken possession of John Newton’s personality; had softened, sweetened and molded It into his own likeness and Image, and that one was Christ. The transforming power of life has been utilized to illustrate the manner in which the Lord of Glory transforms humanity into his own likeness. The figure used Is that of the human body, amazingly Intricate la its makeup, yet, in all its variety, a wonderful unity. A living personality dominates its every part, causing "every atom of matter to pulsate with its own life. Every atom of this body of mine once lay dead in the senseless clods of the earth, a highway for worms. Now, they are mine, and they have passed from death unto life. By the power of this life present within me, they have been transformed into living tissue, formed into myriad cells, assembled and arranged to suit my particular needs, the whole becoming my —^

Soul Revealer. The soul Is sometimes spoken of as “imprisoned in a tenement of clay," but is this true? The body does not shut in and conceal, the soul, but just the contrary. It is the great soul revealer. Indeed, so far as we have any experience, it is the soul’s only revealer. Wo can know nothing about each other save as we reveal ourselves through the acts of the body. Our characters are written plainly across our faces so that even “he who runs may read;” — The sublime truth which the New Testament teaches us,is that the Spirit of the Infinite God lays hold upon us who are dead in trespasses and sins and takes up his dwelling in the humblest believer in Christ. Through these believers, in whatever place or time, the Spirit of Christ reveals himself to the world. God has many ways of revealing himself, but in the moral work! only one, and that is through moral agents submitted to his loving control. Does the world see in me anything to suggest the character of Christ? Is the world led to sense the presence of the Master in my conduct of business affairs? Do my companions in the home who know me most intimately, appreciate the control of Gils divine life? But to be a true revealer, the body must be <- The Bond Servant. The body is not only the revealer, but also the servant of the soul, and Just so far as it serves, it reveals. With one sovereign will controlling everj part of my body, every member alive and alert to obey, I am enabled to do my work in the world with delight and ease. But if any member refuses to obey, what hindrance and loss result ! And has our ntaster no object to attain? What must be the yearning of his great heart to bind up the world's cruel wounds in this crisis, and how can he perform this ministry of healing except through the yielded obedience of The members of iris body? God grant us the will to surrender to him, and that habit of alacrity in our obedience .thatdelights to do Iris wilt.-This old world has no greater need than 1 this, “fie that doetli the will of God abideth forever.” My will is not mine own. ■ Till thou hast made it thine; -— P - It cannot reach a monarch’s throne Until Its crown resgns; It only stands unbent amid the clashlnj strife, " ' When on thy bosom It has leant, And found in thee its life. —George M&theson.

Divinely Appointed Process.

We are to look upon ,the monotonj »nd the nn rdshlps which meet us in •our experience as a divinely appointee process. To stand them, we must set them in their true proportions, against the background of the will of our Father. They do not come accidentally Into oar lot. We need not steel our selves to endure them as If they were irrational interferences with us. Besl take them cheerfully, as the sort 01 experiences through which every on« has had to pass under the discipline of the Father, not excepting the son him •elf.

But it so happens' that John Newton was not a slave-trader when he wrote th la. From a blasphemous, .5 rut a I si a v e - driver, cracking Bis cruel lash over the backs of his black chattels, he had become one of the most sainted of our hymn writers. If ever a man “passed from death unto lifs,” “from the power

Mother’s Cook Book

“Light crisp rolls for breakfast, spongy aweet loaf for dinner and flaky biscuit for supper cover a multitude of culinary sins; and there is no one thing on which the health and comfort of a family more depend than the quality of its home-made bread.” U--Barley Currant Cakes. Cream one-fourth of a cupful of shortening with onS-half a cupful of sugar. Add ttfco egg yolks, one-half a cupful of milk and beat well. Stir in two. teaspoonfuls of baking powder, Tsifted with three-fourths of a cupful of barley flour. Add one-half cupful of currants, one teaspoonful of lemoir extract and fold in the beaten whites of two eggs. Bake In a greased muffin pan in a moderate oven. 4 _ Potato Pancakes. Grate six raw potatoes, add one-half teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of milk, one egg and three tablespoonfuls of flour. Mix and cook 6n a hot greased griddle. Serve with apple sauce. Peanut Cookies. Cream one-fourth of a cupful of sugar with two tablespoonfuls of shortening. Add one beaten egg, two tablespoonfnls of milk and three-fourths of a cupful of flour, sifted with a teaspoonful of baking powder and a pinch of salt. Stir in half a cupful of chopped peanuts and half a teaspoonful of lemon extract. Drop from a spoon on a greased baking pan and bake in quick oven. Economy Cake. Take one tablespoonful of melted butter, one egg, two-thirds of a cupful of milk, two cupfuls of sifted flour, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar and a teaspoonful of soda sifted with the flour. Bake in layers or in a loaf, adding flavoring desired. 11- Oatmeal Biscuits. Sift together one and one-fourth cupfuls of flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one and one-third cupfuls of oatmeal, six tablespoonfuls of melted shortening and two-thirds of a cupful of water. Mix and roll out thin-on a floured board; cut with a biscuit cutter and bake in a greased pan in a moderate ovCn twenty minutes. Com Oysters. Sift a half cupful of flour with a teaspoonful of baking powder and a half teaspoonful of salt, add two tablespoonfuls of melted fat to one can of corn; mix all together and add two beaten eggs. .Pry in a little fat until brown, then turn. Com Flour Dumplings. Take a cupful of com flour, a teaspoonful of salt, four tablespoonfuls of milk, two eggs, a' teaspoonful of baking powder; mix and beat well, drop into hot stew by tablespoonfuls. *\\jUUlU "yyi^i-vcdtlL

Find Frosted and Decayed Potatoes May Be Utilized in Manufacture of Starch

Frosted and decayed potatoes have been found in trials conducted by the United States department of agriculture to be entirely capable of producing acceptable and frequently normal yields of clean, white starch of good quality. Much of this material appears to possess a potential value for the production of sizing starch approximating that of the stock at present used for this purpose. The mechanical difficulties in recovering ‘ from decayed pulp are sometimes less than from normal stock. -Modified procedure adapted to these abnormal pulps doubtless could be devised, department specialists say, bus there seems to be no reason why* the present method might not- be applied profitably ’in tlm meantime in the production of sizing stafch in large factories at the large shipping centers installed to utilize the great quantities of frozen and decayed potatoes arriving during the fall and winter. This ,&ould turn to profitable account targe supplies at present -without value, but which are a serious burden of expense since to their cost of production must be added transportation and dumping charges.

The People Who Suffer Most From Their Conscience Are Sensitive and High-Minded

There may be well-intentioned people who say that virtue always leads to success and vice tp misery. But it is an obvious and monstrous falsehood in a world where we profit by the good deeds of our parents and where millions are suffering unutterable tortures because of the deeds of foreign potentates. That those who suffer must have been wicked, and that those who triumph must have been virtuous, is one of the most inhuman beliefs in history. As to the doctriUe that the reward of virtue is to be found in a clear conscience or high satisfaction —that is an even more violent falsehood. The people who suffer most from their conscience are obviously the sensitive and high-minded, while self-approbation come# 9 most easily to the complacent and fortune-favored Jack Horners. The doctrine that the reward of moral life i# a feeling of satisfaction or happiness Is not only contrary to moral experience, bnt is intellectually sterile, — The New Republic. '• ;' ■• ~ v , a——» . ' *—

Big Increase in Year’s Apple Crop

CjfMWßimi 24,385,000 Barrels Compared with 22319,000 Barrels Last Year

There is good news from Washington concerning the apple crop. The official forecaster gives out the figures for the strictly commercial apple crop of this year as 24,385,000 barrels, as compared with 22,519,000 barrels for the United States last year. Surely with a commercial crop of apples averaging a goodly portion of a barrel for every man, woman and child, to which portion may safely be added a few quarts of windfalls for each, Americans ought not to go appleless, observes a writer in the Newark (N. J.) News. And yet, from past experience, we may suffer for apples unless we are willing to have the pocketbook considerably flattened. Apples are no longer the'inexpensive fruit that obtained In the good old times. There Are various reasons assigned for the increase In the price the ultimate consumer must pay for his winter supply of apples. Indeed, sometimes this increase amounts to such sums that he finds it cheaper to pay for a visit from the doctor occasionally than to live up to the well-known adage about “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” - - Some there are who assign the reason for apples increasing in cost to the fact that only the best are marketed; the others are allowed to rot on the ground—this to keep the price up, some practically minded individuals maintain. Today the crop in many & private orchard is bought on the trees before it is ready to harvest; the owner is not troubled with how many barrels there are or are not; the crop as it grows is taken and it is for the buyer to do what he wishes with it Judging from the thousands of bushels that a certain automobiiist was obliged to drive over In making a detour along the Hudson to Albany last fall, a good proportion Of the apple crop was allowed to go to waste. Any repetition of this waste surely would be a sad commentary on leakages in our food conservation. Why cannot apples be utilized even though they may not be sufficiently perfect to cartel or box, put Into storage and sold at a fancy figure. Dried or made into apple jelly, apple sauce and apple butter, they would go a long way in helping out the table during the winter months. The apple wastage will be tremendous if It is in relative proportion to what went to waste last year. The government estimates the apple output this fall in New York state alone as 39,400 carloads of 160 barrels to a car, while last year the crop was only 14,900 cars. / -

Cigarettes Only Kind of Tobacco Product Which Is Increased in Production

The preliminary statement of the internal revenue collections for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, according to the Journal of Commerce, shows that the production of regular cigars decreased by 482,470,413 under the production of the fiscal year ended jHne 30, 1917. . , There is a decrease for the year In little cigars of 2,511,559, in snuff of 841,190 pounds and in smoking and chewing tobacco of 28,115,697 pounds. The only kind of tobacco product which increased in production was cigarettes. The production of cigarettes during the fiscal year just past was 36,959,334,804, against 30,529,133,538 in 1917, which is an increase of 6,430,141,266. Figured roughly in percentage, cigarettes increased about 20 per cent over the previous year’s production; large Cigars decreased about 5 per cent and smoking and chewing tobacco decreased about 6 per cent. Uncle Sam’s income from the tobacco industry, however, was greater in all divisions of the trade than in 1917. The government collected by internal revenue taxation $156,188,659.90, an increase over 1917 of $53,611,661.76. This increase In taxation revenue was divided as follows: Large cigars, $5,234,165.17; small cigars, $168,129.31; large cigarettes, $22,455.90; small cigarettes, $28,243,792.52; chewing and smoking tobacco. $11.824.380.05-: snuff. $1.219.182.09; cigarette papers of tubes, $431,382.24; official taxes, $191,693.98; floor taxes, $6,281,479.60.

WORDS OF WISE MEN

r.- Every heart carries its weight of sorrow, but not for that may the life drop its work. If we refuse to be of use to others until we are free from troubles of our own we shall spend years in waiting and complaining. As long as idleness Is shut out from our lives all the sins of wantonness are prevented and there Is little danger of temptation. Incompetence, slackness, norant .neglect are the causes of half our woes. Let us be informed, let us be determined and we shall not fail.

Coconut Oil Is Used in Substitute for Cow’s Milk

A very palatable and entirely satisfactory substitute for cow’s milk and cream is nqw being manufactured by mixing in water sterilized skim milk, produced by evaporation, and making an emulsion wMfc coconut oil. An essential ingredient Is a stabilizer, entirely harmless in character, which keeps the water and oil from separating. In large cities where the price of milk Is high and a clean product is difficult to obtain, this substitute should he in considerable demand.— Popular Mechanics Magazine. *

Words in English Use.

The English vocabulary has grown to great size, According to Prof. Clark S. Northup of Cornell university. "The number of words found in old English literature does not exceed 30,000; recent dictionaries hqve listed more than 400,000.— Popular Science.

Five Largest Cities.

The populations of the five largest cities in the world, according to the latest censuses and official estimates are: New York, 5.732C492; London, 4,522,064; Paris, 2,888,000; Toklo, 2486,000; Chicago, 2,185,000. v

SCRAPS OF HUMOR

Still Saving. “You are no

Up-to-Date. “And you need not try to conceal yourself behind the skirts of your wife!” v “Huh! You don’t know what you are talking about. My wife’s skirts don’t even conceal her.” ? New Form. “Now gentlemen of the jury,” began the old lawyer. Hearing a cough from his partner, he stopped abruptly. “I beg pardon. Now, ladies and gentlemen of the jury!” The Place for Modern Matches. “I wish these

matches were in the infernal regions,” exclaimed the man who was I trying to light a cigarette. “So do I,” answered the serious citizen. ~ “It would be slow work kindling the fires of punish-

ment.” No Idle Interlude. “What do you do to pass the time when politics has adjourned?” inquired the innocent bystander; - -- ~ 7 “My friend,” replied Senator Sorghum, “the poet has said, ‘All the world’s a stage.’ The busiest work is not done In the public performances, but in the rehearsals.” - Not Making Any. Traveler (In smoking car) —Could I trouble you for a match? Champion Pugilist (absently)—Not till I finish my vaudeville engagements. *

Introduced Elephant-as Party Pictorial Symbol

The first use of the elephant as a pictorial sytnbol of the Republican party was in 1874, when Thomas Nast, the cartoonist, made It the G. O. P. emblem. Nast was born In Bavaria 78 years ago, and came to America at the age of six. In the sixties he went to Italy and was with Garibaldi as an artist for British and American newspapers. As political cartoonist for Harper’s ly he achieved an international reputation, and his cartoons are said to have -brought about the downfall of the Tweed ring In New York. In 1874 Nast drew a cartoon representing an elephant, labejed “Republican Party,” and also depicted the Democratic party as a fox, „but later the donkey was substituted by cartoonists of opposite political faith.

First President’s Cabinet

George Washington bad only five cabinet officers —a secretary of state, a secretary of the treasury,, a tary of war, a postmaster general and an attorney general. A secretary „of the navy was added under John Adams, a secretary of the interior under Taylor, a secretary of agriculture under Cleveland,, of commerce under Roosevelt and of labor under Wilson. . v

longer -interested in daylight saving.” “Yes, I am,” said Farmer Corntossel. ‘The only way to save daylight - now is to , work hard while it lasts.”