Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 26, DeMotte, Jasper County, 19 January 1933 — Page 3

FARM POULTRY

DISCOVERS WAY TO REDUCE EGG COSTS

Cod Liver Oil Recommended by Expert Poultryman.

By A. R. Winter, Poultryman, College of Agriculture. University of Illinois.--WNU Service. Better egg production, less feed requirement per dozen eggs, and less mortality will result from feeding the farm poultry flock cod liver oil. In a test, 220 Rhode Island pullets were divided equally in two pens and started on test on October 1, 1929. Both pens were fed the same basal allmash ration, housed under similar conditions, and managed the same. They were given rape pasture yards during the fall and cindered yards on the south side of the house during the winter months. The small hen doors were always open so that the birds could go outside the building at any time irrespective of weather conditions. One pen was fed cod liver oil and the other pen was not. The birds receiving the cod liver oil produced 7,142 eggs from October 1 to April 1. Birds in the pen not receiving cod liver oil laid 6,061 eggs in the same period. The feed required per dozen eggs for birds receiving cod liver oil from October to the next October was 7.37 pounds. Those not getting the oil required 7.45 pounds dozon eggs. The loss in weght for birds fed cod liver oil was 210 pounds, and for birds not getting the oil 272.5 pounds. Beneficial results are obtained by feeding cod liver oil in the spring, summer, and fall months as well as during the winter.

U. S. Is Keeping Tab on Tuberculosis Eradication

A summary of progress in eradicating tuberculosis from poultry is being issued monthly by the bureau of animal industry. United States Department of Agriculture. The summary includes the results of inspection of poultry flocks the 11 states doing systematic work in detecting and eradicating tuberculosis of poultry. These states are Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. In addition there are reports for 10 other states in which veterinarians engaged in testing cattle for the disease also inspected poultry. The report includes the tabulated results of post-mortem examinations of flocks and fowls affected with tuberculosis, as shown by clinical test.--Wisconsin Agriculturist.

Crooked Breastbones

The cause of crooked breastbone is to be due to lack of lime and phosphorous in the rations, which are said to make bone or give it strength. Others say that making birds go on the roost too young will cause the deformity. The probability is that both conditions contribute to the defect; so feed given young birds should contain a sufficiency of these elements which should be contained in most commercial chick rations.

Fatten Before Marketing

Chickens and turkeys grow in relation to the amount of feed they consume. Large frame, good body bloom and healthy condition are essential to successful fattening. Worthless birds should not be sent to market, but should be destroyed whenever they are found in the flock. Hold the birds until they are fully feathered, if possible. Fatten all poultry for two to three weeks before marketing.

Late Chicks Handicapped

Chicks hatched after the first of May are usually a poor investment. Especially is this true of the slower maturing, heavy breeds. At this season the parasites of the chicken have had an opportunity to multiply. The chick is handicapped by becoming infested with these parasites early. An earlier hatched chick gains resistance with age before the parasites become so numerous.

Warm Hen House Needed

Old Biddy and her tribe can help out a lot if they are provided with proper housing and are properly fed. If you want to keep up egg production during the winter you need a warm and well-ventilated poultry house. To maintain such a hen house requires tight walls, doors and windows; ventilating flues; and limited overhead space. A straw loft is an excellent way to get rid of the air space overhead and may be the means of saving many of your flock.

Limestone Valuable

Limestone grit which is rich in calcium or lime carbonate is valuable and will prove a good investment. It supplies the mineral salts and feeds the lime ducts for shelling the eggs and enriching the yolk, It is responsible for stronger limbs and more rapid growth of baby chicks when regularly fed the parent birds. When hens are deprived of calcium they often draw on their bodily reserves and layer’s cramp follows, as well as weakly chickens.

Harvard Acquires the Earliest Dinosaur

THIS mounted specimen of Plateosaurus, the earliest of dinosaurs, has just been acquired by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard university. Discovered in Germany, it is the first mounted specimen to be obtained by any museum in the United States. The Plateosaurus is estimated to be 160,000,000 years old, and is regarded as the “ancestor” of Tyrannosaurus and other giant dinosaurs of later periods.

KIDDIES’ EVENING STORY

By THORNTON W. BURGESS

THE FOOLISH QUARREL

GREED doesn’t pay. It never does. And yet some people never seem to learn this. Just take the case of Happy Jack Squirrel and his cousin, Chatterer the Red Squirrel. In the Green Forest were ever so many hickory trees, and there were more nuts than Happy Jack and Chatterer could eat in a lifetime. But both were so greedy that here they were quarreling over the nuts which the Merry Little Breezes had shaken down from the top of a tall chestnut tree. Happy Jack claimed all those brown nuts were his because he had happened to be right under that particular tree when the Merry Little Breezes shook them down. Chatterer had been near enough to hear them as they rattled down and had come running over to get a share. At once Happy Jack had tried to drive him away. Chatterer had refused to go. In fact, at the sight of all those nuts on the ground Chatterer had at once decided that he would have all of them. You see he was quite as greedy as Happy Jack. Those brown nuts didn’t really belong to either of them, and wouldn’t until they had been picked up and hidden away. But Happy Jack and Chatterer didn't stop to think of this. Each was so greedy that he wasn’t willing to let the other have a single one. “Thief!” shouted Happy Jack. "Robber!” cried Chatterer. "No such thing! They’re all mine because I found them first,’’ sputtered Happy Jack. “Pig, pig, pig!” shouted Chatterer, thrusting out his tongue at Happy Jack. Do you wonder that the Merry Little Breezes, who had thought to help Happy Jack and Chatterer, looked down in dismay and stopped shaking down the brown nuts? Do you wonder that Sammy Jay, hearing those sharp angry voices, came stealing silently up to see what such a dreadful

Afternoon Ensemble

One of the newest of Hollywood fashions is this black and white afternoon ensemble, showing a black crepe dress that features a modestly puffed-above-the-elbow sleeve which finishes with a tightly fitted cuff. Another new trimming note is seen in the white crepe collar that crosses to give a high bodice line continuing around from the back to a tied sash at the front of the normal waistline. The white silk embroidered turban hat that is worn with the dress is the latest contribution to millinery, as is the close-fitting over the hair and forehead polka dot veil. A short capelet of ermine completes the black and white effect.

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quarrel was about? You can depend on it that Sammy will be somewhere about when anything like that is going on. At first Happy Jack and Chatterer were content to scold and call each other bad names. Then as they grew angrier and angrier they began to fight, each trying to drive the other away. Happy Jack, as you know, is a great deal bigger than Chatterer, but Chatterer is quicker and more nimble, and his teeth are quite as sharp as Happy Jack’s. So it wasn’t as uneven a fight as you| might think. They forgot the brown nuts lying there among the leaves on the ground.

Then as They Grew Angrier and Angrier, They Began to Fight.

They forgot everything but their anger. They chased each other around the trees and up in the triees, all the time losing their tempers more and more. Now their little cousin, Striped Chipmunk, wasn’t far away, and of course he heard that dreadful quarrel. He pricked up his ears. Then he stole softly over to see what it was all about. Happy Jack and Chatterer didn't see him. They didn't see anything or anybody but each other. Striped Chipmunk watched them for a few minutes. Then he spied the brown nuts which the Merry Little Breezes had shaken down. His bright eyes sparkled. He chuckled. “I suspect,” said he, “that these are what they are quarreling about. How silly. How very foolish. These nuts belong to anyone who can get them. They are as much mine as theirs.” Without wasting another minute Striped Chipmunk stuffed the pockets in his cheeks with those brown nuts until he couldn’t get another one in. Then away he scurried. Pretty soon he was back again. He paid no attention to his quarreling cousins, but stuffed his pockets again and was off to his secret storehouse. Back and forth he scurried, working with might and main. He knew that once Happy Jack and Chatterer stopped quarreling and discovered him they would drive him away, and he would have to go because he was too little to fight. Sammy Jay watched him and chuckled. The Merry Little Breezes

KITTY McKAY

By Nina Wilcox Putnam

The girl-friend says her boy drives his car so fast she can't read a word of the scenery! 1932, Bell Syndicate.--WNU Service.

saw him and they chuckled. But his two big cousins were still fighting and saw only each other. At last Happy Jack and Chatterer had to stop for breath. They were too tired to run and fight any longer. But still each was determined that the other shouldn’t have those brown nuts. Happy Jack looked down to gloat over the treasure he had been fighting for. Then he gave a little gasp. Not a single brown nut was to be seen. Chatterer did the same thing. For a few minutes both forgot their quarrel and raced down to pull over the leaves in search of those nuts. Not one was to be found. Their foolish quarrel had been for nothing, just nothing at all. ©, 1933, by T. W. Burgess.--WNU Service.

Sunday Evening Supper

NO ONE enjoys balancing a plate on an unsteady knee while helping one’s self to a dish and holding a cupful of hot liquid in the other hand. The host and hostess who think of the comfort of their guests will provide ample space for the placing of a plate and cup. The enjoyment ot good food can be entirely spoiled by the too informal and careless manner of serving. A convenient spot should he provided for each guest and a minimum amount of equipment, for there are few sleight-of-hand performers who care to juggle a plate and cupful of hot coffee. To most of us there is a real sense of relaxation and enjoyment in meeting around the fire a few congenial friends, or if in summer weather a porch or garden is equally delightful. Try to serve such food as will be easily handled without the discomfort of dripping dishes. The meat if hot should be served in such a manner as to be eaten easily, the salad compact enough to stay in shape. Accessories like pickles, olives or celery should he arranged on one plate. If cheese cannot be dispensed with put it into the stalks of tender celery, where it may be nicely handled. If hot rolls are served, butter them --for butter and knives make another burden. For dessert ices, sponge cake, or chilled fruit and cakes of different kinds will he enjoyed. The tea cart is one of the helpful aids in serving such a supper. Have the plates, cups, the hot dish, whatever is served in casserole, hot toast ready to serve with the hot meat dish and the tea or coffee equipment as well as the silver to be used, all on the top shelf. If the tea cart has leaves so much the better for serving. On the lower shelf place the dessert plates and serving dish or sherbet cups. With a small table placed for the serving of each two or three guests everybody will he comfortable. As the Sunday dinner has been a hearty one, the supper should be food tasty but not too heavy. © by Western Newspaper Union.

Champion Hen to Defend Her Honor

ANNOUNCEMENT having been made that the world’s egg laying contest is to be held at Chicago’s exposition this year, America’s most famous hen and champion egg layer for the past two years is now in training for the event. Owned by George England of Inglewood, Calif., the hen, known only by number as “33,” holds the record of 330 eggs per year. A white leghorn, she has a score of cups to her credit and enough blue ribbons to cover the roof of her hen house. She will defend her title against hens from every state in the Union and six foreign nations.

THE GREATEST THING

By DOUGLAS MALLOCH

WHAT is the greatest thing in life? The man of arms may say the strife, The man of trade may say the mart--Yet who takes money to his heart Will find her faithless, and the cheers Of victory mean some one’s tears. What is the greatest thing of all? The rich may say the castle hall, The proud may say the wreath of fame--Yet earthly glory fades the same As earthly wealth. There must be more. Than these in life to hunger for. What is the greatest thing we find? The wise may say the learned mind, The fool his passions and delights--Yet life some sudden question writes Fools cannot answer, nor wise Do more than wonder and surmise. What is the greatest thing? Not these Poor things that either pain or please. To love, to feel, to smile, to grieve, Not much to know but much believe--For, books or pleasure, wealth or strife, The greatest thing in life is life. ©, 1933, Douglas Malloch.--WNU Service.

BONERS

Every morning my mother waves her arms to stretch her abominable muscles.

BONERS are actual humorous tidbits found in examination papers, essays, etc., by teachers.

A surfeit is an apron worn in the front. * * * Macbeth rode a vaulting horse which threw him, but because he had ambition he went right on riding. * * * Mineral wool is the shearings from a hydraulic ram. * * * Religious fanatics went out into the desert and sometimes builded high columns on which they would spend their lives in order the better to commute with God. * * * If it were not for Madame Curie and her husband there would be no radio today. (©, Bell Syndicate.)--WNU Service.

PAPA KNOWS

The Working Bride

“Teamwork” Often Results in Happy Marriage.

"What do you think of these modern marriages that have to be undertaken on the basis of the girl sticking to her job often with the strong possibility of there being the only job in the family? This has got so general now that I see in a report from the marriage license bureau of a big city that practically all of today’s brides are working brides. Along with that goes a whole changed outlook on the home and marriage. One room and kitchenette will encompass all the hopes of ‘home' for these young people. I think independence and self-reliance for women is good. But can you build families and family spirit and home life on such a foundation as I refer to?” The answer is, I believe, that it has already been done. Brides holding on to their jobs did not originate with this depression. The idea has been in practice long enough so that almost any suburb can show a crop of couples of the vintage of eight or ten years ago who started out with both working, and then when John made good settled down to care for the cottage and babies. As little Tommy says, there’s nothing for nothing in this life. And the situation of the working bride is not all to the good. But in many ways it is distinctly a gain in the foundation of lasting marriage. Chiefly, to my mind, in the fact that starting with that kind of teamwork gives a girl a healthy realistic viewpoint on what today’s breadwinner is up against, and when her young husband becomes able to carry the load of a family, his modest success will not shrink to the contemptible in the eyes of a wife full of illusion as to royal roads to riches and husbands who should come home from work all set to take their wives out for a good time. ©, 1933, Western Newspaper Union.

To keep clean and healthy take Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They regulate liver, bowels and stomach.--Adv.

Make the Best of Things

When thoroughly sophisticated, one can't be happy, but he can be philosophical.

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