Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 20, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 March 1914 — Page 3

ROUGHAGE IS NECESSARY FOR THE DAIRY COW By R. E. CALDWELL. Department of Dairy Husbandry, Purdue University, School of Agriculture. Purdue University Agricultural Extension.

The individual feeding of hay will increase one't appreciation of its quality and causa a man to select roughages which are especially adapted tor dairy cows.

In o:ii r that a milk 00 may e kept .n her best condition physically, It ih Mi esuary for the ration to con UllB three sep träte parts, namely, con ' . en, roughage and succulence. Tlie roughage is supplied for two purp First, that of supplying nu ti e second, the supplying of hulk lia.rv cow is ho constituted that best results are secured if she is supp: . d a f d that . requires thorough masticatlen, BlMiimt nutrients may Im s ;t plied the dairy cow through tie1 i a of min only, however, better reare secured if a part of the nu tri' nts are supplied in the form of loughage. Inasmuch as a dairy cow produces a product tliat is comparatfteb high In protein, it is obviously necessary to supply a ration carrying a ri:! her large amount of the same I .." .J. There n,o a number of . IIVI feeds that analyze rather hUh In this particular element and under awrage conditions, will supply a lie.. per ration than if the protein was a I Tied in the form of grain and con- . ! r; ted, onlv. There is also a sreat vanaMon in the palatability of rough r eds. Those classed under the genare l eading of legumes are, as a rule, unite palatable Feeds, such as corn fodder and timothy hay. produce very 1 r results unless given especial at- , n in regard to their preparation. I ll best dene by chopping them, whir h causes the cow to consume a lar? r : ntage of the roughage than she otherwise would. Steaming or wetting rough feeds is not to be recoaaniended. In order that a better understandIn? rf the general classitlcation of : ; ghages may bo had, the following classes are given: Roughages. ( 'ass T Poor in digestible protein. poor In digestible carbohydrates, higb in fiber: Such as wheat, straw, oat straw Of! stover. ciass II Fair in protein, fair in carbol '-atee. considerable fiber: Such thy hay, red top hay. Kaffir fodr, corn fodder. lass III Rich In protein, fair in carbohydrates, considerable fiber: such as Alfalfa hay, fed clover hay, cowp.a hay, vetch hay. soybean hay. The following discussion deals with the feeds listed above and considers uU:e as iairy feed and their proisT combination: Wneat straw Wheat straw, as a fa d for dairy cows, h.ia very little value, it carries only eight-tenths of one per cent, protein and four -tenths of one per cent, of fat. Oo the contrary, it is exceedingly high in fiber, making it rather indigestible and requiring a larger amount of energy for its proper assimilation. For dry cows It may be fed sparingly, as it supplies hea; Mad a limited amount of carbohydrates. As a feed for cows in mill, it ibCHÜd not be considered except in -trt i:.e cases. Com stcver Corn stover carries 14 rr (.ont protcn and seven tenths of one per cent. fat. If properly pro- . ! Blsd shredded, milk cows will con sum about 00 per cent, of ii. Its MN for milk production is limited, although, under condition such as exist :it :his sea.-on. it may very properly be fed Lb connection with a small amount Ol t.jeh elass roughage and silage. T n -thy hay. Owing to the market pee o this feed, it is prohibitive fron the niMidpoint of the dairyman. It ra'ries 2S per cent, protein and 1.3 per rer.t fat. If properly cured, timai nay !s nite palatable and should be glassed about one-third above that of oat straw and corn stover as a f ed f r dairy cows. Rrd tcp hay Red top hay Is equal ii. ! ülng valne to timothy for dairy aowa, and is recommended as a Im d V r this p lrpose only when it ia poam. d.s to secure it at a rate compara-

hle with such feeds as corn fodder and oat straw. Alfalfa hay This roughage helongt to the general class known as legumes and Is considered the peer of rough feed for dairy. ws. It carries 10. a per cent, protein and nine tenths of one per cent. at. It is extreim ly palatable and. so long i.s it may he purchased for $i" of less a ton, it will supply food nutrients for the purposu Of milk production as economically as through the use of grain. Red clover hay Red clover belongs to the same class as alfalfa and. in the main, is as valuable a feed. Its

palatability is not quite equal to that ' of alfalfs and it carries only 7. 1 per rent, protein and I.S per cent. fat. As a feed for dairy cows, it should bo purchased at about $1.50 or $2.00 less per ton than alfalfa. Soy bean hay Soy bean hay will analyze almost equal to that of alfalfa. However, it Is not equal from the standpoint of a feed. The chief diftic ulty is due to the fact that soy bean hay is rather unpalatable and difficult to harvest. In feeding any rough feed to dairy cows, they should be supplied j'll they will consume without waste. When silage is used, 12 or 14 pounds of dry roughage will represent the maximum amount consumed by the average cow. If they must depend entirely upon dry roughage for the fibrous part of their ration, they might consume as high as fifteen or eighteen pounds per day. As a general proposition, it is possibl" to supply a daiiy cow with one third of her roughage made up of cheaper feed, such as oat straw and corn stover, the other two-thirds being made up of a high class roughage, such as alfalfa or clover. MAKE HENS WORK FOR FOOD Grain Should Be Thrown Into Litter So Fowls Will Have to Exercise Themselves to Get It. Hens, like hobos, ought to be made to work for their food, according to X. E. Chapman, poultry expert at the Minnesota College of Agriculture. !r. Chapman believes the failure to make hens work is one of the principal reasons why eggs are scarce now. Another reason they do not lay, he said, is because they are often so housed that they have cold feet. There ought to be lots of straw and litter in the chicken house." said Mr. Chapman. ' The grain ought to be thrown into the litter so the hens will have to scratch for it. The exercise is good for them. It will keep them warm and healthy. Pullets rightly cared for ought to be averaging a dozen eggs a month now. They will begin to lay before they get their full growth if they are given the right ire. They should supply the eggs while tho old hens are molting. During November, December anl January, old hens will not lay many eggs. They will h3rdly average an egg a month." Corn meal, shorts, ground oats, oil meal, beef scraps, skim milk, green food, clover, alfalfa, grit shells and charcoal are recommended by Mr. Chapman as the best food for chickens this time of year. Reports of a scarcity of eggs are prevalent all over the country. Mr Chapman said He believes the price will be unusual!;, high before midwinter The number of eggs in cold stör age, he said, has been attributed to the warm weather during the summer in the southern states, resulting in the production of eggs that Wt re of a poor quality for storing. Meat Shortage. Waste in animal life on the farm is said to be one cause of the meat shortage.

POULTRY FOR MARKET 1

BIG PRICES ARE GIVEN ONLY TO THE FANCY STOCK. Choice, Plump Stock Is Demanded and Always Finds Ready Sale Select Only Such Breeds as Will Please the Customer. (By M. K. BOYER.) Each year the poulterer better understands the care of poultry, knows their wants, and has discovered how to keep them comfortable. The comfortable hens arj the ones that do the laying. About 30- years ago, when poultryfarming was young, as a business, a cry arose that it would not be Ions before thore would be such a surplus of stock that prices would go tumb ling, but notwithstanding that, there are ten successful plants today to every one 30 years ago. and the demand not half reached! With the Increase of supply came the increase of demand, and today we are no nearer meeting the demand than we ever were. However, there Is a change in the market which must not ' lost sight of. Almost anything in the poultry line sol's, but the choice prices are alone given to the "fancy goods." The word "fancy" implies more than appearance II means also quality. Poultry Mid egg-buyers are he com in pnrfi ular, but they are willing Good Type of White Rock Hen. to pay for their goods. If they want the brown eggs they will not take white; ami if they prefer the white, the brown offer no temptation, The market today demands choice, plump, fresh stock. Havo you got it? If bo the market is waiting for you. We have tod.-r quite a number of breeds, and all, to a certain extent, are practical. Hut they will not anyone of them fill all the purposes; therefore, it is necessary for a man to select only such breeds as will best servo his customers. Of the entire list of breeds, none will meet the demands of Americans so satisfactory as do the American varieties, and in this class the most popular are the Wyandottes. the Plymouth Rocks and the Rhode Island Reds closely following. Also our American strains of Light Brahmas and Leghorns. The Brahmas belong to th Asiatic class as a breed, but the Light Brahma, as bred by our people, is so different from that bred in England, that one would hardly suppose them to be of the same family. This is also true of the Leghorns, which belong to the Mediterranean class. CUT OUT THE SHORT CHECK Cruel and Senseless Practice in Driving Horses Would Yield Greater Returns With Care. The man or woman who drives a horse with a short check rein drawing his face up and expose his eye to the Klare of the sun and the beating of the rain is guilty of a cruel and senseless practice. It is too bad for horses to work on the farm or to milk wagons through the week, and on Sundays have their heads drawn up to an unnatural position and driven miles with their necks hurting them. I believe they should yield larger returns to their owners and also I be?iove Cod would be well pleased with kindness to all his creatures. Pumpkins for Live Stock. "Pumpkins are worth approximately two-thirds as much as ensilage for 0OWS or sheep. Brood sows make good ose of them, writes 11. P. Miller in the Ohio Farmer. In the ration of fattening hogs they should occupy about the flasne place as grass. Perhaps two dollars per ton would be a fair money value to place upon yield pumpkins for feeding cattle. s!ieep or hogs. It will b noted that they contain so much water that no animal should be confined to pumpkins alone. Sharpening the Disks. Did you ever think of filing the disks of your harrow sharp when they get blunt. It takes sometime and elbow grease, tut it pays first rate Be Honest In Packing. Pack fruit honestly from top to bottom, and put your name or trademark ni it. in establishing a permanent oarkut

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getting the winter eggs

Laying Hens Must Have Comfortable House, Plenty of Room and Sunlight and Ample Ventilation. With eggs now close to 50 cents a dozen, it stands us in hand to plan our management so that our flock will do its best for the next few months. It is surprising what good care and intelligent feeding will do in producing winter eggs, and on the other hand no branch of farming will showquicker losses than poor feeding and management of the winter layers. Winter layers must have a comfortable house, plenty of room, plenty of sunlight and ample ventilation. Too much cafe cannot be given to providing good ventilation. Cold draughts will check the egg production and prove detrimental to the health of the Hock. With a good, clean and dry house and plenty of egg-making foods, we shall get eggs. On farms where we can feed a variety of grain foods and a mash once a day composed of cut clover or alfalfa steamed or mixed with a bran corn meal and green cut bone, egg production is a simple matter. Feed a tempting variety of grain foods and meat foods, keep pure water before them and keep the lloors so clean that any part may be used fOl a scratching floor and you may rest assured that you have done your part toward securing winter eggs. (Thar red corn is an excellent corrector of indigestion. Lay a few ears in the oven once or twice a week and bake until they are burnt. Tame your fowls and give them reason to have faith In you. To have them nearly scared to death every time you come near is not only inconvenient but is a poor way to havo them thrive. MAKING MORE ROOM ON SLED Arrangement Like One Shown in Illustration Will Be Found Handy in Hauling Corn Stalks. When hauling brush, fodder, cornstalks or any light material, the ordinary sled Is not long enough to hold much of a load In weight. An arrangement like the one shown In the drawing will be f,uite a help, in turning off the work, especially, in clearing off the brush after the trees in tho orchard have hern trimmed, in clearing brush from the wood lot and in hauling the surplus corn fodder and stalks to the Kittle ruts and gullies. A largo load of stalks will go a great way in stopping these if the work is begun in time For the extension rails a piece of 4-by i inch stuff, 10 or LI feet long will bo the thing. Let these rails lap on the top rails of the sled four or live feet. Mark off for holes as indicated by the dotted lines These should be one inch in size. The hole next to the end of the sled, should be ten inches or one foot from the end, and the other one about the same distance froii the end of the extension rail. Bore one and one-half inch holes for the standards near the out end of the exetension rails. Wooden pins holds the extension rails in place and bands Extension on Sled. of iron keeps them from tilling up. These bands are shown in. the drawing. A half-inch bolt placed through tho top rail of the sled and through the band holds the rails together. When not in use the extension rails should be laid away in the loft of the barn or in some place where they will keep straight and in good shape when i next they are wanted. BEANS ARE PROFITABLE CROP Soil Must Be in Good State of Productiveness to Grow Any Kind of Crop Good in Rotation. The old-fashioned saying that land is too poor to grow a good crop of white beans has been the cause of many farmers giving up bean growing. It is a mistake to imagine any soil will grow a good crop of beane or anything else unless it is in a good state of productiveness. From our own experience we are convinced that beans are one of the best cash or market crops that a farmer can grow for they are a cash crop that will always bring a fair price and find ready sale in all sections of the country. Thoy are an easy crop on the soil and beans, wheat and clover and make one of the best and most profitable rotations than can be planned out on any farm, especially where a limited amount of manure is available. Preparing for Young Pigs. Know the date when your sows are due to farrow, set it down as something important, then be on the ground on that date, not to fuss and cause disturbance, but quietly to watch and right things if anything needs righting. You may save more money indirectly through this watchfulness than by any other thing in dealing with hogs. Keeping Apples. A good way to keep apples Is to pack t'.iem in forest leaves. Place a good layer of leaves first, then a layer of apples and so alternate till the bar rel is full. The leaves soak up an moisture that may run from decaying fruit. Keep in a cool place.

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HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Colubus. Edward Honey, forty years old. wanted here on a charge of wife desertion, was arrested at North Vernon. South Bend Carl Neidbalski, sixty years old. was struck and inetantly killed by an engine on the Chicago, Indiana & Southern railroad at a street crossing here. Shelbyville In a fight here Willlam Davis of this city was dangerously stabbed In the abdomen. Will Baxter, who has been in trouble on several occasions, was chased by the police, but escaped, and has not been found. South Bend Wilfred Oatit, for 23 years a member of the South Bend fire department and for 12 years chief of the organization, has refused to accept the position of chief of the (iary department because of the political fight in that city between the two factions of officeholders. Rochester. The work of seining Lake Manitou of undesirable fish has begun under the superlvsion of Game Warden Hisey. The men expect to make their first haul ttüt week Hundreds of persons in the co'.nty plan to witness the first haul. The seine to ! used w 1 .son feet lot:?: Brookvllle. Harvey Slaughter and his wife and son, in jail here on charges of conspiracy in the burning of a house at Laurel, WOTi released on their recognizance by agreement of parties to appear th first Monday of the next term of tin Franklin circuit court. Hertford City. Kire starting from a defective flue. destroeu the elevator of tho Montpelier drain & Milling company, of which K. K. Malier is manager. The loss is $1.'. ooii, with Ü.000 insurance. Kour hundred dollars In checks and currency and 1,000 bushels of wheat were const! med. South Bend Following the enrollment of 150 pupils from St Cfttlmlr's Polish Roman Catholic perish in the public schools, the parochial school of the parish was closed for tho year. Because of the Midden increased tux on the public school facilities on the West side it has been necessary to employ additional teachers and open temporary rooms. Transport. Sarah A. Eldrldge, elghtx three yeari old. committed suicide at the home of her ton. Arthur W. Cain, with whom she has been staying. She hanged her self from a rafter in the barn and the body was found by her son when he returned home for dinner. She had torn a sheet to ntrlps to make a rope Mrs. Kidridge moved here with 1 son from Delphi last September. Shelby Vlllc.--Mr. and Mrs. John Fnger, living near Morristown, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary gy entertaining many of their friends and relatives at dinner and many others at a reception at niht. They have nine children living. Mr and Mrs. F. M. Sawin of near Fdinburg celebrated their golden wedding anniversary by giving a dinner for many of their friends and relatives. Crawfordsvllle. Suffering under the hallucination that he had cornered the money market and that it was his duty to give it back to the poor, W. C. Graves, prominent farmer living near Wlngmte, became violently insane here, and had to he taken Into custody. Graves had attempted to board a car for Indianapolis, w here, he told friends, he would make a speech in front of the monument and give "lots of money" to the poor. Fort Wayne. While Lawrence Schoppmann, a young farmer, was standing on a street corner, waiting for his wife, Mrs. Schoppmann gave birth to a baby daughter in the woman's room of the courthouse. The ambulance carrying the wife and baby to a hospital, passed Schoppmann on the street. He appealed to the police when his wife did not appear, and learned that she was In the hospital. Rochester. Mrs. Kffio Hunter, who was granted $4,000 at Warsaw in the suit against the Erie railroad as the result of the death of her husband. Joseph Hunter. Is a resident of this city. Sho is In poor circumstances. Her husband, an employe of the Brie, was her only sup pert He was killed near here a year ago when an engine backed upon him while he was walking In the middle of the track. Elwood. Clifford and William Green, two young men who came to Grant county recently from the mountains of Kentucky, were arrested here as they were attempting to board a freight train. They were later returned to Marion by Sheriff White of that place, where they will be held for the alleged theft of a number of chickens and hogs from the Lee Hale farm. Sheriff White was reported to have been shot while chafing the young men, but said that, although hf ran for a mile through the snow in an effort to apprehend them, no shots were fired. North Vernon Freight train No. 66 en the Louisville dhision of the B. & O. was derailed near Barl when seven cars loaded with merchandise and coke left the track. Two wrecking crews from Seymour were dispatched. Railroad traffic was tied up five hours. The w reck occurred as the result of a broken rail Shelbyville. The school boart. here made arrangements for a contest by the high school class in public apeak ing here in May. Three prizes will be given to the girls and three to th boys, the girls to give public reading vr.d the oya erg mal orations.

PULLEN WINS RAGE BREAKS RECORD OVER 403-MILE SANTA MONICA COURSE WITH AMERICAN MOTOR. MARQUIS CRUSHED BY CAR

Machine Overturns at Curve as Victory Seems Assured to Engliah Driver Ralph De Palma Fintahee in Fourth Place. Hov Drivers Finished. Position, driver and car Time. 1 Kdwin Pullen. Mercer 5 13 2 Guy Hall, Marmon 5.53 ZZ 3 R. Taylor, Alco 6 08.lt 4 Halph De Pahna. Mercedes Santa Monica, t'al.. March - Kdwin Pullen won the fifth international grand prize race ove4- 48 laps, or 403 inile.q. of the Sa::t;i M-mlci -mirs.. A new record of 77.1! miles an hour v t i M ituishi'd It w.is aim N tirxt time in the history of the event that an American car flashed in flrt at the finish. The winner gained his place by a serious accident the first in the annals of th Santa Monica course which Jeopardized the lifo of J. II. Marquis when bin car, the most dan-K'-mns ir-u:i motor In the conteat, turned tattle nt a turn and crushed him. Tie r aiter it was no race Pul I' M was to miles ahead f the seMnd car at the finish and "" miles ahead of the third K tlph Io Palma, who won the Vanderhilt i up Thursday, was fourth and last, because there was no tifth out of all the 17 startera. Olrt field, his most persistent opponent of the day, was eliminated from th speed test by a had motor ten laps from the finish. Pullen Seta New Mark. Pullen covered the I Olt miles In " hours and 13 minutes, setting a new mark of 72 miles an hour, against the record of 74.4." established by Caleb r.ragg at Savannah In HM1. (3u Hall was second, with an elapsed time of r:.r3:23 and a speed of OS. 4 miles per hour. D Taylor took third place when (ill Anderson's car broke down and lost teeond place six laps from the flnlsh HU time was C:0S:LM.i. De Palma, who had held the b ad for several laps, was declared out of the race on the thirty fifth lap, but uot back in time to I Imp over the tluish line and claim fourth money. Munjuis was far out in th ! ad in the thirty fifth lap. when he took a turn at too high speed and the machine skidded and turned over several times. The machine, a big English car. stopped rolling and rested upon i he driver's body. Marquis was picked up bleeding arfd badly crushed It was reported at first that he was injured fatally, and he remained unconscious for two hours, but surgeons declared that he would recover Pullen won with tfca same car In which he dashed into an iron barricade Thursday while leading in the Var.derbilt Mishap when an old soldier walked out upon the track and forced him to swerve into a curb, which ripped off two tires. De Palma Wins Vanderbilt Cup. Santa Monica Race Course, Cel.. Feb. 27. Halph de I alma won the Vanderbilt cup automobile classic, sending his Mercedes car 294.035 miles in 3 hours 51 minutes and 41 seconds. This is an average of 7.75 miles an hour. Barney OMAeJd, driving a Mercer car, was second in 3 hours 5Ü minutes and 1 second. WOMAN GUILTY OF MURDER Mrs. Cynthia Buffum of Little Valley, N. Y., Convicted of Killing Husband and Babe. Little Valley, N. Y . Feb. 2S.-Mrs. Cynthia HufTum was found guilty of the murder in the lirst degree of her husband and daughter. The verdiet not only sturmed the woman and her counsel, but caused a demon stration of astonishment In the little courtroom. The jury was out five I no aln auu uhuuico. iq(3. Buffum was confident, even smiling. at the end of the trial. For the first time since her arrest last October the woman accused of murdering her husband, Willis; her baby son. Norris; her daughter, Laura, and of poisoning her three other children had nnquailed. Mrs. Puffum's attorney Immediately declared he would demand a new trial. RIOT OVER BASKETBALL GAME Students of Training School and Kalamazoo College Fight at Battle Creek Many Injured. Battle Creek. Mich . March 2. A free-for-all fight, partic-pated in by 200 I students of the N. S V. K Training Fchool and Kalamazoo college and patients, clerks and nurses of the Battle Croek sanitarium, stopped th Kalamazoo Battle Creek basketball game. Coach Mather of the Kalamazoo collage team was carried in a semi-con oub condition to a physician's office. His face was badly cut and his nose was broken. Many of the players and studente received black eyes. Offers New Immigration Limit. New York, March ft.- I)r Sidney L. Culick. a veteran missionary, speaking here before the I -agu for fVditleal Education. suggested that immigration be limited to five per cent, annually of the members of each rare tlreaity naturalized la the United States with thir American-born children.