Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 1, Number 11, DeMotte, Jasper County, 6 October 1932 — Page 6

POULTRY

BREED FLOCK ABLE TO RESIST TYPHOID Possibility Demonstrated by Experiments. Six year’s selection and breeding of chickens that are resistant to fowl typhoid has reduced the percentage of dead chicks, inoculated with the disease germs, from 39.8 per cent in the first generation down to 9.4 per cent in the fifth generation, while the losses in nonresistant flocks used for comparison ranged from 93.2 per cent down to 85 per cent in the same number of years and generations, W. V. Lambert of Iowa State college reported to the international genetics conference at Cornell university. In the experiment, Doctor Lambert inoculated seven-day-old chicks with the fowl typhoid germ and selected breeding stock from the chicks whose families gave the highest resistance. Some inbreeding was done. Records of mortality, kept until the chicks were twenty-one days old, showed that most of the chicks which failed to survive from the selected strains died on the eighth day after inoculation, and most of the chicks from the unselected flock died on the fifth day after inoculation. Observations of 1,568 chicks of four different breeds, and from two strains of a single breed, showed these mortality percentages: White Leghorn, 87.7; White Plymouth Rock, 79.7; White Wyandotte, 93.4, and Rhode Island Red, 94.4. The differences, according to Doctor Lambert, probably represent strain resistance rather than breed resistance. Crosses between the selected and unselected stock show that the male as well as -the female transmits resistance to the disease. Back-crosses, he says, indicate that more than one factor is responsible for developing resistance and that continued investigation is necessary to establish the genetic behavior of these disease-re-sistant factors.

Proper Treatment for Worm-Infested Turkeys

There are over forty kinds of worms that are found in fowls ot various kinds and five or six that are found in turkeys. They are usually picked up in embryonic stages by birds that eat their feed off the ground and are kept year after year on the same range or in the same yards. All droppings from affected birds should be gathered and burned or mixed with quicklime and buried. Sick birds should be isolated, in the first place. For tapeworms it is recommended to mix in the feed one teaspoonful of powdered pomegranate root bark for every 50 birds. It is advisable to follow the treatment with a dose of castor oil, one or two teaspoonfuls for each bird. Powdered Areca nut may be given if convenient and is said to be equally effective, though it is too severe for some birds. Male fern also is effectual in doses of 15 to 30 drops per bird in liquid extract form. Oil of turpentine is an excellent remedy for all kinds of wbrms that infest the digestive canal. Santonin is another worm remedy that can be given in feed. Powdered tobacco or stefs cut fine can be used with good results where a milder remedy is desired, and tobacco stems are often used in pigeons’ nests to keep lice away.

Poultry Notes

Increase the green feed for hens laying pale-yolked eggs. * * * Don’t keep anything that is not worth feeding, but feed anything that is worth keeping. * * * Cleanliness and sanitation are the most important factors in raising chicks successfully, if the chicks are free from disease to start with and the proper feed is available. * * * Recent studies indicate that larger amounts of mash and milk in the poultry feed ration improve the grade, increase the weight, and thus increase the net return to the grower. * * * Among the minerals that should be found in a balanced ration are: common salt, oyster shell, limestone, clamshell, bone, rock phosphate and phosphatic limestone. * * * Milk is an excellent drink for chickens. Besides providing some protein, it also supplies minerals and a certain quantity of lactic acid. * * * Prospects for a larger poultry crop for market this fall and winter are indicated. * * * It is believed that a hen requires 75 per cent of what she consumes for her bodily needs. * * * Rape is quite commonly fed to laying pullets as a green feed. Rape has a tendency to darken the yolks of the eggs and make them look orange in color. * * * It is important that the pens have a regular supply of grit and oyster shell, the latter to provide materials for shells.

Patsy in the Kitchen

By BETTY SHERPLESS

© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. (WNU Service) MRS. WALTER COLLINGSWORTH opened the front door with her own fair plump hands, and there stood Bruce. But what a time for anyone to come unexpectedly, even her own, very good looking nephew whom she had urged to come any time he chose! “I’m terribly glad you came and I want you to stay,” she told him, “but I’m giving a reception this afternoon and everything has gone wrong. You’ll just have to let me go on dressing while I explain.” And there was plenty to explain as Bruce sat on a chair in his aunt’s dressing room. The maid had left the day before, in a huff. Imagine anyone leaving a good place in hard times like these! And the woman she had managed to get turned out not to have any ideas about party refreshments. But finally they had got the sandwiches ready and the ice cream and cakes and things were coming from the store. She had just telephoned to an agency for a skilled waitress to take charge in the pantry. There would be five or six young girls to serve as floaters. Then the door bell rang and Mrs. Collingsworth hastened downstairs--and back again puffing. It was the girl from the agency. Mrs. Collingsworth had just told her to go out in the kitchen and get an idea of how things stood. She powdered her nose and dabbed herself with violet perfume. “I’tn ready now --but tell me, Bruce, what in the world brought you out?” “For one thing, I wanted to see you, Aunt Nellie,” he said, “but that was of secondary consideration. Mostly I wanted to get away from town. Best girl let me down at the last minute and I thought you’d cheer me up. But if I’d known about the party I don’t think even a broken heart and my affection for you would have induced me to come. By the way, where can I conveniently hide while the party is in session?” -Mrs. Collingsworth suggested that he stay in the kitchen. “There are so many things a man can do in an emergency.” Bruce considered escape and decided it was impossible, and as his aunt went downstairs to greet the first of the floaters he beat a hasty retreat to the kitchen. And there sitting at the kitchen table slicing a lemon he saw Pasty. “Well, how the r dickens!” Bruce said. Patsy dropped the knife and turned around. “Oh, Bruce,” she cried. “What a time I had to find you, and then before I could explain, she marched me out here and told me to get busy. What does she think I am?” “Thinks you’re an expert waitress from the agency, I suppose,” Bruce was explaining, and then Patsy put a warning finger to her lip as Mrs. Collingsworth bustled in. “You’re sure you know what to do?” she asked. “My nephew here will go errands for you if you need them.” The telephone had rung in the pantry and Bruce answered. He explained to his aunt that the call was from the agency. He said they wanted to know whether another helper was needed and he had told them no. “I had a terrible time finding you,” Patsy was beginning again, and then Mrs. Collingsworth reappeared with a slender young floater to introduce to Bruce. “I’m crazy about floaters,” he told his aunt on the side, “but they rattle me. If you want me to keep an eye on things you’ve got to get them to stay out of the kitchen.” Then there was no time for Patsy to explain, and after the last guest had departed and Mrs. Collingsworth had regained some sort of composure, Bruce told her that he had promised to take the girl back to the village. quick get-away in Bruce’s roadster, past the residential streets to more open country. Bruce drew up at the roadside and looked at Patsy. “Why did you follow me out when you were so sure at ten this morning that you didn’t want to see me?” “Because I changed my mind,” the lovely Patsy explained. “Something happened Friday that made me not want to see you, and then when I thought it over I wanted to see you more than ever.” “Why didn’t you let me explain to my aunt--why did you go through with it? I could have had the real waitress come.” “Because,” said Patsy, “because, Bruce, I was glad to earn the money. Your aunt gave me five dollars. You see, I’ve lost my job. That’s what I wanted to tell you. I thought maybe if you knew you’d ask me to marry you again--” “You don’t mean it, Patsy! You’re not serious--” “Yes, I am,” Patsy insisted. “I’ve always intended to marry you some time if you still wanted me. I mean it still. Bruce, but you don’t have to marry me now. I mean that I have a job.” “But you just said that you had lost it.” “I did lose my job at the office, but when your aunt paid me she asked me if I’d consider taking a regular place. I’d have my board and keep and more left over than I had in the office. I’m thinking of taking it unless--” “Like fish you are, Patsy. Let’s drive out as far as the ten-mile run and then come back and tell Aunt Nellie.”

THE KANKAKEE VALLEY POST.

IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL Lesson

By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D., Mem-

ber of Faculty, Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. ©, 1932, Western Newspaper Union.

Lesson for October 9 THE CHRISTIAN IN THE FAMILY Luke 2:4-52; 10:38-48. GOLDEN TEXT--I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way! O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. Psalm 101:2. PRIMARY TOPIC--Jesus’ Happy Family. JUNIOR TOPIC--The Home Life of INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP-IC--Being a Christian at Home. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP-IC--Making the Home Christian. Confessedly our subject is a strange one to fit to the texts selected by the Lesson Committee. Jesus is the central person in both texts. It is manifestly improper to think and speak of him as being Christian. He is the eternal Son of God made flesh (John 1:14). A Christian is one regenerated by the Holy Spirit and joined to Jesus Christ by faith on the ground of his redemptive work. Two views of him are presented in these texts: I. Jesus in the Home of His Mother and Joseph (Luke 2:4-52). 1. Jesus growing (v. 40). While Jesus Christ was divine, yet his deity did not interfere with his development as a human being. The processes of his physical and mental growth were the same as those of any normal human being. a. He grew, and waxed strong. It was necessary for his body to develop. His brain, nerves, and muscles must not only attain unto their proper sizes, but must become correlated. b. “Filled with wisdom,” His mother doubtless was his teacher in those early years. It is reasonable to assume that she taught him to commit Bible verses to memory, and told him the great narratives of patriots and prophets of the Old Testament. c. “The grace of God was upon him.” God’s love, favor and tender care were upon him. 2. Jesus found In the Temple (vv. 41-47). At the age of twelve the Jewish child took his place as a worshiper in the temple. He was then considered a “child of the law.” Being conscious of his mission, Jesus tarried behind in the temple when his mother and Joseph left Jerusalem after the Passover. When they made search for him, he was found in the temple. Observe, a. He was found sitting (v. He was no passing vlsitor or sightseer, but at home in his house. b. He was hearing the teachers of God’s Word (v. 46). He was eager to learn God’s will. c. He asked questions (v. 46). His growing mind inquired after truth. d. He answered questions (v. 47). His answers astonished those who heard him. 3. Mary’s complaint (vv. 48-50). She remonstrated with him for his behavior. To this he replied in a dignified, yet tender manner. He made no apology, showing that he was more than the son of Mary. God was his father. 4. Jesus’ obedience (v. 51). Though he was fully conscious of his divine being and mission, he lived a life of filial obedience, teaching us that obedience to parents is pleasing to God. and a duty which will be discharged faithfully by those who have the spirit of Christ. II. Jesus in Martha’s Home (Luke 10:38-42). 1. Jesus welcomed into Martha’s home (v. 38). Though Jesus had no home of his own, into Martha’s home he could come at any time. This home was his special retreat in the last days of his ministry on earth. 2. Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet (v. 39). Mary had a peculiar spiritual insight which prompted her to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to his words. 3. Martha’s complaint (v. 40). She desired doubtless to prepare the very best possible meal for Jesus. He prefers the love which concerns itself with himself and his message to any personal ministry. Because of her failure to see this, she was “cumbered with much serving.” She not only found fault with Mary, but found fault with Jesus for allowing Mary to sit at his feet while the dinner was unfinished. 4. Jesus’ reply (vv. 41-42). a. He rebukes Martha, telling her that she is careful and troubled about many things. Those who are primarily concerned with the Master are anxious for nothing (Phil. 4:6). The one thing that is needful for everybody is to sit at the feet of Jesus. b. He commended Mary, saying “Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her.”

Never Say Can’t

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting for centuries for somebody ignorant enough of the impossible to do that thing.--John Andrew Holmes.

The Golden Rule

“No philosophy has ever improved upon the Golden Rule, and the most gorgeous tapestry of trickery looks like a rag alongside the simple beauties of a square deal.”

DAIRY

COW FAMILY MAKES HIGH RECORD MARK Half-Sisters Lead Class in United States. By S. J. BROWNELL, New York State College of Agriculture.--WNU Service. Two New York State Holsteins, halfsisters, broke the state record that has stood for five years as junior four-year-olds on ten months’ test and three daily milkings. The cows were bred by E. J. Chaffee of Wassaic and owned by James Stark of Pawling. Mr. Chaffee is vice president of the New York Holstein association. Oblong Valley Kokee Sadie Boon, the youngest of the half-sisters by seven days, gave 20,297 pounds of milk containing 651.8 pounds of butterfat to displace the five years’ champion, Cassa Colantha Blossom, owned by H. H. Longhouse of Cassadaga. This record placed the Stark cow third in the United States for the present year and fifth in the alltime list. The half-sister, Oblong Valley Kokee Inka Ladoga, completed her record a few days later of 20,684 pounds of milk containing 691.8 pounds ot fat. This record placed the older of the two cows first in her class in the United States for the year and second for all-time class list with the highest such record reported within the past five years. Mr. Stark’s herd of 23 cows led the larger herds in N6w York dairy herd improvement associations for the past year with an average of 15,569 pounds of milk and 521 pounds of fat to the cow.

Herd’s Earning Power Increased by Culling

One means of reducing the surplus milk and at the same time increase the earning power of the herd is illustrated by Leonard Sumney, explains Samuel Frazee, Allen county tester, in the Indiana Farmer’s Guide. Three cows in the Sumney herd, representing 800 pounds of fat annually were sold to a butchqr for almost sufficient cash to purchase one cow of known production; This animal returned 430 pounds of fat at a feed cost of $56.10 per year as compared to a feed cost of $121 for the three cows. This was a saving of $64.90 for feed with less labor and investment. The owner also disposed of 370 pounds of so-called surplus milk. An offspring from this one cow could easily be valued, when six months of age, at $15 more than one from each of the low-producing cows.

Inheritance Factors

Experiments aimed at fixing the inheritance factors in dual-purpose cattle are to be undertaken by the Minnesota agricultural experiment station at its Waseca branch. Dr. Andrew Boss, vice director of the Minnesota experiment station, and Supt. Robert E. Hodgson of Waseca, will carry on the work. They are now studying pedigrees of milking Shorthorns with a view to buying a number of high-producing females for a foundation herd. More interest is being manifested by farmers in dual-purpose or milking Shorthorns now than ever before, says Doctor Boss. This has probably been accentuated, he says, by the recent high beef prices and the present low prices for dairy products. While it is known that many individual animals of the dual purpose type have the capacity to produce both beef and milk efficiently, one of the big drawbacks is that such cattle cannot be depended upon to transmit these qualities to their offspring. The present series of experiments will be designed to correct this deficiency.

Guarding Against Bloating

Losses through turning the dairy herd on legume pastures have already been reported. These losses may be largely eliminated if a little forethought is exercised. A nearby dairyman who has pastured his cows largely on alfalfa for the past 30 years, has yet to lose the first cow by bloat. He never turns them to pasture when the clover is wet with dew or rain. For the first week or so the cows are on pasture only a few hours daily, and are always turned on after they have had a full feed of hay and are not hungry. After a few days of this treatment the cows are left on the pasture except at milking time. If it should happen at any time during the season that the cows are on permanent pasture for a few days, or weeks, and are then turned back to clover pasture, they are again filled with dry feed before being allowed on the clover, and the clover must be dry.

DAIRY HINTS

The first-prize calf is usually a welltrained calf. * * * The seventh annual dairy industries exposition will be held in Detroit, Mich., October 17 to 22. * * * Herds in testing associations for six years show three times as much increase in butterfat content of the milk as those that tested for only three years.

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GRAY HAIRS BRING DEATH TO RULERS

Zulus Have No Use for Infirm Monarchs. Because the Mohammedan Filipinos whose spiritual chief is the sultan of Sulu think that his cigarette smoking and attendance at cabarets may have provoked Allah to send a disastrous typhoon in April, the sultan is losing prestige. The sultan of Sulu may lose prestige and consider himself fortunate; the king of Zululand in similar case would have lost his life. That, at least, is Frazer’s belief, expressed in "The Golden Bough,” and based on a traveler’s tale of a Zulu ruler’s interest in hair oil. The Zulu feared the coming of gray hairs, “which would at once be the signal for him to prepare to make his exit from this sublunary world,” and Frazer found evidence that in many lands kings were killed when they began to age, in time of misfortune, or at the expiration of a fixed term. In the minds of their subjects, spiritual or magical powers resided in these fated rulers along with or to the exclusion of temporal authority, and to primitive folk it was obvious that an infirm magician would cast only feeble spells. They expected thier kings to bring good weather, plentiful crops and all manner of good things, but they were not so unreasonable as to expect a doddering or ailing person to succeed in

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this, so they killed him at or before the first sign of decay and substituted a hale ruler. It was on such a principle that the Aztecs killed the representatives of gods, speedily providing new, robust incarnations, and the idea underlies many blood sacrifices. Many kings, and many of these in Africa, are in Frazer’s list of those who had this good reason to wear crowns uneasily. When the subjects of the Matiamvo, an emperor in the interior of Angola, decided that “in consequence of his great exactions” --this is a practical note--he had lived long enough, they would invite him to make war on their enemies and in the midst of battle abandon him and his family. Seeing himself thus deserted, he would cause his throne to be erected, and call his farmily about him. to behead them one by one, beginning with his mother and ending with his most beloved wife. Two neighboring chiefs had the duty of sending an officer to strike off the Matiamvo’s legs and arms at the joints, then cut off his head. The officer was himself skilled as soon as he had done this. The two chiefs took the Matiamvo’s property, but it was ransomed for forty slaves, and went to the new Matiamvo.--New York Sun.

Imagination enables a man to sit back in a comfortable office chair and wish he was far away in the country sitting on a rail fence.--Life. Should one say grace over a table extravagantly loaded?

How Old?

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Wonders of Imagination