Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 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.

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The individual feeding of hay will increase one's appreciation of its quality and cause a man to select roughages which are especially adapted for dairy cows.

in r.ir that a milk cow may be kept la her best condition physically, tt is necessary for the ration to con tain three separate parts, namely, concentrates, roughage and succulence. The roughage I supplied for two purposes. First, that of supplying nutrients ccond, the supplying of bulU. TlM dairy cow is so constituted that best results are secured if she is supaft d .i feed that requires thorough Banal n ation. Sufficient nutrients may 1m supplied the dairy cow through the Ml f grain only, however, better results are secured if a part of the nutrients are supplied in the form of roughage. Inasmuch as a dairy cow produces a product that is compara tively high in protein, it is obviously ncc vary to supply a ration carrying a Halber large amount of the same mate rial. There are a number of Mm Ul that analyze rather high In this particular element and under average conditions, will supply a per ration than if the protein was IB pitted in the form of grain and contra? d, only. There is also a great variation in the palatability of rough d Those classed under the geni ;ii ftfrilm of legumes are. as a rule, q i latftble reeds, such as corr ttoGtii ' .. d timothy hay. prod i jo very i!ts unless given especial atIfjntlon Ka regard to th-ir preparation, i 1 - fetal done by chopping them. mh h causes the cow to consume a larger p r - ntage of the roughaga than aha thenrtM would. Steaming or wetting rough feeds is not to bo recommended. In order that a better undrrandmg ef the general classl heat ion of njughages may be had. the following da; are given: Roughages. pgai r Poor in digestible protein poor ii digestible carbohydimtaef, high In fife Such as wheat, stra. oat straw OOfB stover. ( lavs U Fair In protein, fair in car Tm .ites. considerable fiber: Such as tin othy hay, red t0 hav, Kafflr fodder. orn fodder. !a.-s ill -Rich in protein, fair in carbohydrates. considerable attsf Such a Alfalfa hay, red (lover ha. cowpea hay. vetch hay. sovben hn T! e following discussion deals with Ina i d listed above and considers . mltta as dairy feed and their prep, p combination Wheat straw Wheat straw, as a feed for dairy cows, has very little , t an ies only eight tenths of one per cent, protein and four tenths of m per cent, of fat On the ton trary. it is exceedingly high in fiber, making if rather Indigestible and requiring a larger amount of energy for lt.s i -..per assimilation. For dr cows It snaj ho S3 sparingly, as It supplies and a hunted amount of ai b hy- Ah a feed for rows in imlk. It should not be considered except in extreme cases. Corn stover Corn stover carries 14 pnf ' I nt protein and seven-tenths of one per cent. fat. If properly pre.:.4,i and shredded, milk cows will cons uro about 60 per cent, of it. Its t( r milk production is limited, al though, under condition such as exist t this season. It may v properly be fed in nectlon with a small amount ,f h ass roughag" and silage Ti othy hay. Owing to !h. market ftb i f this feed, it is p ohtUtttfl from the standpoint of the dairyman, p. 2 s per cent protein and U per e?nt. fat. If properly cured, tim othj hay ii quite palatable and should b. -ed about one-third aha that f 04t straw and corn stover as a feed for dairy cows. Red top hay Red top h.yv la equal ti. f .1nr sal e- to timoth for iaifj An wh and is recommended as a f ed for IllSa purpose only when It Is posarffeie to secure U at a rate comparer

ble with such feeds as corn fodder and oat straw. Alfalfa hay This roughage belong, to the general class known as legumes and is considered the peer of rough feed lor dairy cows. It carries 10.5 per cent, protein and nine-tenths of one per cent. fat. It is extremely

! palatable and, so long as it may be purchased for $1' or less a ton, it will supply food nutrients for the purpose of milk production as economically as through the use of grain. Red clover hay Red clover belong! to the same class as alfalfa and, in the main, is as valuable a feed. Its palatability is not quite equal to that oi alfalfa and it carries only 7.1 per cent, protein and I S per cent. fat. As a feed for dairy cows, it should be purchased at about $1.50 or $2.00 less per ton than alfalfa. Soy bean hay Soy bean ha will analyze almost equal to that of alfalfa. However, it is not equal from the standpoint of a feed. The chief difflculty 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 bo supplied all the? will consume without waste. When silage is used. 12 or 14 pounds of dry roiifdiage 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 possible to supply a dairy 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 ( lass roughage, such as alfalfa Of clover MAKE HENS WORK FOP. F0CD Grain Should Be Thrown Into Litter So Fowls Will Have to Exercise Themselves to Get It. liens, like hobos, ought to be made to work for their food, according to N lv Chapman, poultry expert at the Minnesota Coll. r. of Agriculture Mr Chapman believes the failure to make hens work is one of the principal r a sons why eg; are scarce now. Another reason they do not lay. he said, is bfcavase th- .ip- often so housed that they have cold feet. ' There ought to he lots of straw and llt'er In the chicken h nise." Said Mr Chapman. "The graK 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 haalthj 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 car.- They should supply the egga while the old hens are molting nur Ina Kofajnhar, Deceiabnr anl January Old helft will not la maa eggs. Tin will hardly average an egg a month " Com meal, shorts, ground oats, oil no al, beef scraps, skim milk, green food. clov. r. alfalfa, grit shells and srcoal are recommended bv Mr. chapman ies the d m fo; i for chic kens this time of year Reports of a scarcity of eggs are prevalent all over the country. Mr Chapman said ilr b llev s th price will be unusually high before midwin tar The number of eggs In cold storage, he said, has been attributed to the arin weather daring the summer in the southern states, resulting in the xluction of eggs that arafl of a poor quality for storing. Waste Meat Shortage. in animal life on the the farm meat Is said to shortage. b in- caus of

POULTRY FOR MARKET I

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. EOYER.) Kach year the poulterer better understands the care of poultry, knows their wants, and has discovered how to keep them comfortable. The comfortable hens are the ones that do the laying. About 30 years ago. when poultry farming was young, as a business, a cry arose that it would not be long before there would be such a surplus of stock hat prices would go tumb ling, but notwithstanding that, that are ten successful plants today tc 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 iter were. However, there is a change in tho market which must not be lost sight of. Almost anything in the poultry line sells, but the choice prices are alone given to the "fancy goods." The word "fancy" implies more than appearance. It means also quality. Poultry and egg-buyers are becoming particular, 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: and if they prefer the white. the brown offer no temptation The market today demands choice, plump, fresh stock. Have you got it? If so the market is waiting for you We have today quite a number of breeds, and all, to a certain extent, are practical. Hut they will not any one of them fill all the purposes; therefore, it is necessary for a m m to select only such breeds as will best serve his customers. Of the entire list of breeds, none will meet the demands of American so satisfactory as do the American rarietiea, 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 Leghornn. The Brahmas belong to the 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 th Leghorns, which belong to the Mediterranean class. CUT OUT THE SHORT CHECK Cruel and Senceless Practice in Driving JHoraes Would Yield Greater Returns With Care. The man or woman who driven a horse with a short check rein drawing his face up aud expose his eye to the glare of the sun and the beating of the rain is guilty of a cruel and senseI practice. It is too bad for horses to work on the farm or to milk wagons through the k. and on Sundays have their heads drawn up to an unnatural posi tion and driven miles with their necks hurting them. I believe they ahoilld yield larger re'urns to their owners and also I be'iee Cod would he wll pleased with Kindness to all his cnaturos. Pumpkins for Live Stock". "Pumpkins are worth approximate lv two thirds as much as ensilage foi cows or sheep. 1 1 rood sows make good, vse of them, writes Ii P Miller in the Ohio Farmer. In the ration of fatten ing hogs they should occupy about the Jatno place as grass Perhaps two dollars per ton would be a fair money value to place upon yield pumpkins for feeding cattle, sheep or hogs. It will be noted that they contain so much water that no animal should b" confined to purnpkim- alone. Sharpening the Disks. .d you ever think of filing the di.ks of your harrow sharp when they get blunt. It takes sometime and elbow grease, but it pays, llrsi rate. Be Honest in Packing. Pack fruit honestly from top to bottom, and put your name or trademark n it, in establishing a permanent narkeL

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Laying Hens Mutt 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 care cannot be given to providing good ventilation. Cold draughts v. ill check the egg production and prove detrimental to the health of the flock 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 cornmeal and green cut bene, egg production is a simple matter. Feed a tempting variety of grain foods and meat foods, keep pure water before them and keep the floors so clean that any part may be used for a scratching floor and you may rest assured that you have done your part toward securing winter eggs. Charred 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. Time 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 have 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 quite a help, in turning off tho work, erpecially, in clearing off the brush after the trees in the orchard have been trimmed, in clearing brush from the wood lot and in hauling the surplus corn fodder and stalks to th little ruts and gullies. A large 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-4-inch stuff, 10 or 12 feet long will bo the thing. Let these rails lap on the top rails of the sled four or fio feet. Mark off for holes as indicated by the dotted lines Thea should ho one inch In size. The hole next to the end of the sled, should be tan inches or one foot from the end, and the other one about the same distance from the end of the extension rail. Bore one and one-half inch holes for the standards near the out end of the ee!ension rails. Wooden pins holds the extension rails in place and bands Extension on Sled. of iron keeps them from tilting up Theso bands are shown in the drawing. A tyalMnch 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 tho loft of the barn or in some place where they will keep straight and in good shape when nexl they are wanted. BEANS ARE PROFITABLE CROP Soil Must Be'in Good State of Productiveneis to Grow Any Kind of Crop Good in Rotation. Tho 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 beans or anything else unless it is in a good state of productiveness. Crom our own experienoa we are convinced that beans are one of the best cash or market crops that a fanner 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. They are an easy crop on the soil Sana, wheat and clover and mako one of the best and most profitable rotations than can be planned out on an;, farm, espec ially where a limited amount of manure is available. Preparing for Young Pigs. Know- the date when your sons.- are due to farrow, set It down as some tiling important, then be on the ground on that date, not to fuss and disturbance, but quietly to watch and right things if anything aaada righting You may save more money Indirectly through this watchfulness than by any other thing in dealing with hogs i Keeping Apples. A good way to keep apples Is to pack them 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 any moisture that may run from decay im fruit. Keep In a cool place.

HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD (olubus. Edward Honey, forty years old, wanted here on a charge of wife desertion, was arrested at North Vernon. South Bend Carl Neidbalskl. sixty years old. was struck and instantly killed by an engine on the Chicago, Indiana & Southern railroad at a street crossing here. Shelbyville. In a tight here William Davis of this city was dangerously stabbed in the abdomen. Will Baxter, who has been m trouble on several occasions, was chased by the police, but escaped, and has not been found. South Bend Wilfred Grant, for 23 years a member of the South Bend lire department and for 11 years chief of the organization, has refused to accept the position of chief of the Gary department because of the political flght in that city between the two factions of officeholders. Rochester. The work of seining Lake Manitou of undesirable tish has begun under the superivsion of Game Warden Hisey. The men expect to make their flrst haul next week Hundreds cf persons in the county plan to witness the first haul. The seine to be used is 1,800 feet long. Brookville. Harvey Slaughter and his wife and son, In jail here on charges of conspiracy in the burning of a house at Laurel, were released on their recognizance by agreement of parties to appear the first Monday of the next term of the Franklin circuit court. Hartford City. Fire starting from a defective flue, destroyed the elevator of the Montpeller Grain & Milling company, of which F. K. Haller is manager. The loss is flty 000, with $8.000 insurance. Four hundred dollars In checks and currency and 1,000 bushels of wheat were consumed. South Bend Following the en rollment of 150 pupils from St. Casimlr's Polish Roman Catholic parish in the public Bchools, the parochial school of the parish was close i for the year. Because of the sudden increased tax on the public school facilities on the West side It has be n necessary to employ additional teachers and open temporary rooms. Logansport. Sarah A. Eldrldge, elghty-threo years old, committed suicide at the home of her son. Arthur W. Cain, with whom she has been staying. She hanged herself from a rafter in the barn and the body was found by her son when he returne! homo for dinner. Mm had torn a sheet to strips to make a rop' Mrs. Kldridge moved here with her Hon from Delphi last September. Shelbyville.--Mr. and Mrs. John Ungar, living near Morristown, c I bratad their golden wedding anniversary gy entertaining many of their friends and relatives at dinner and many others at a reception at night. They have nine children living. Mr and Mrs. F. M. Sawin of near Edlnburg celebrated their golden wedding anniversary by giving a dinner for many of their friends and relatives. Crawfordsville. Suffering under the hallucination that he had cornered the money market and ihat it was his duty to give it back to the poor. V. C. Graves, prominent farmer living near Wingate. became violently

insane here, and had to be taken into hour. Harney Oldtield, driving a Mercustody. Graves had attempted to cer car, was second in o hours 55 minhoard a car for Indianapolis, where, he utes and 1 second, told friends, he would make a speech j

in front of the monument and give "lots of money" to the poor. I "ort Wayne While Lawrence Schoppmann, a young farmer, was standing on a street corner, waiting for his wife, Mrs. Schoppmann cave birth to a baby daughter in the woman's room of the courthouse. The ambulance carrying the wife and baby to a hospital, passed SchoppmanB on tho street. He appealed to the DOilC when his Wifo dll not appear, ai d learned that she was in the hosplt il Rochester. Mrs. Effle Hunter, who was granted $4.0ou nt Warsaw in the suit against the Erie railroad as tho result of the death of her husband. Joseph Hunter, is a resident of this city She is in poor cir cumstancch. Her husband, an employe of the Erie, was her only sup port. 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 C ron. two young men Sfho camto Grant "county recently from tho mountains of Kentucky, were arrested hero as they were attempting to board a freight train The) were later returned to Marlon hy Sheriff White of that place, where they will be held for the alleged theft of a number of chickens and hogs from the Leo Halo farm. Sheriff White was reported to have been shot while chasing the younff men. but said that, although he ran for a mile through the snow in an effort to apprehend them, no shots were flred. North Vernon. Freight train NT M on the Louisville division of the II. ft (. was derailed near Parle win n seven cars loaded with merchandise and roke left the track. Two wrecking crews from Sewnour were dispatched. Railroad traffic was tied up five hours. The wreck occurred as the result of a broken rail Shell ville. -The school board here made arrangements for a contest by the high school class in public peak Ing here in May. Three prizes will b given to the girls and three to the boys, the girls to give public reading! tkd tte boys original orations.

PULLEN WINS RACE

BREAKS RECORD OVER 403 Ml SANTA MONICA COUR8E WITH AMERICAN MOTOR MARQUIS CRUSHED BY CAR Machine Overturns at Curve as Victory Seems Assured to English Driver Ralph De Palma Finishes in Fourth Place. How Drivers Finished. Position, driver and car Tin. 1 Edwin Pullen. M eroer 6:13 2 Guy Satt Mannen 5 53 : i 3 B. Taylor, Alco 6:08: 4 Ralph Ip Palma. Mercedes Santa Monica, Cal . March 2 - Kdwln Pullen won the fifth international grand prize race over 48 laps, or 403 miles, of the Santa Monica course. A new record of 77 2 miles an hour was established. It was also the first time in the history of the event that an American car flashed in first at the finish. The winner gained his place by a serious accident the flrst in tbe annals of the Santa Monica course which Jeopardized the life of J. B. Marquis when his car. the most dangerous foreign motor in the contest, turned turtle at ü turn and crushed him. Thereafter it was no race.' Pullen was 40 miles ahead of the second oar at the finish and ."" miles ahead of the third. Ralph De Palma, who won the Vanderbilt cup Thursday, was fourth and last, because there was no fifth out of all the 17 starters. Oldfleld, his most persistent opponent of the day, was eliminated from tho speed test by a bad motor ten laps from th finish. Pullen Sets New Mark. Pullen covered the 403 miles in 5 hours and 13 minutes, netting a new mark of 77.2 miles an hour, against the record of 74.4. established by Caleb tiragg at Savannah in 1911 (luy hall was second, with an elapsed time of 5:53:23 and a speed of 68.4 miles per hour. M.Taylor took third place when Gil Anderson's car broke down and lost second place six laps from the finish. His time was fi:0S:29. De Palma, who had held the lead for several laps, was declared out of the race on the thirty fifth lap, but got back In time to limp over the finish line and claim fourth money. Marquis was far out In ths lead in the thirty -fifth lap. when he took a turn at too high speed and tlie machine skidded end turned over several times. The machine, a big Kng lish car. stopped rolling and rested upon the driver's body. Marquis was picked up bleeding and badly crushed It was reported at flrst that he was injured fatally, and he remained unconscious for two hours, but surgeons declared that he would recover. Pullen woii with the same car In which he dashed into an iron barricade Thursday while hading in the Vanderbilt mishap when an old soldh-r wall ed out upon the track and forced him to swerve into a -urn, which ripped off two tiros De Palma Wins Vanderbilt Cup. Santa Monica Race Course, Cal.. Feb. 27. Ralph de Palma won the Vanderbilt cup automobile classic. sending his Mercedes car 294.035 miles in I hours 51 minutes and 41 seconds. This is an average of 75.5 miles an WOMAN GUILTY OF MURDER Mrs. Cynthia Buffum of Little Valley, N. Y., Convicted of Killing Husband and Babe. Little Valley. N V, K b. 28. MrB. Cynthia ItuCum was found guilty of T the murder In the flrst degree of her husband and daughter. i no verdict not only stunned the woman and her counsel, but caused a demonstration of astonishment in the little courtroom. The Jury was out tiro hours and twenty minutes. Mrs. HufTum was confident, even smiling,' at the end of the trial For the first time since her arrejet la.st October tho woman accused of murdering her husband. Willis; her baby son. Norrts; her daughter. Laura and of poisoning her three other children had unquailed Mrs PufTum's attorney Immediately declared he would demand a i.' w trial. RIOT OVER BASKETBALL GAME Students of Training School and Kalamazoo College Fight at Battle Creek Many Injured. Ilattle i'rwk, Mich.. Masch 2.-free-for-all flght. participate In by 200 til dent of the N S. P. K TTalnina: lool and Kalamasoo college and pauta. clerks and nurses of the Hattla Creek sanitarium, stopped the Kalamazoo Pat tie Creek basketball game. Coach Mather of the Kalamazoo col1. :e team was c arried In a semi-conscious condition to a physician's office. Ills face was badly cut and his nose was broken. Many of the players and stodents received black eye. Offers New Immigration Limit. New York. March 2.-Pr Sidney L. Cullck. a veteran missionary, speaking here before the League tor Political Kduratlon. suggested that immigration be limited to tlve per cent annually of the members of each raea already naturalized In the Unttad States with their American-born children.