South Bend News-Times, Volume 34, Number 188, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 7 July 1917 — Page 7

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Simple Treatment That Makes Success in Production

Py Prof. .1 uih n. rorr.f-r Lcpfrt for states. Department of Morrnnrt. the Prated j Agriculture, j A? a ruin it is hardly j. rr.fi tab!" in J produce r;iifns fro.n fin. ill I -rds ' of fo?. la. A breed 1j k the Plymouth I i C k 15 best for this purpose, it is .,t:L!e with the I :".. i r breeds of fowls to r-i'i;' r capons from or k - rr?!s w hi ' h f'-ubl rot have Iren ri"--n go. id broilers. r. some) l'O iitry farm- w h-re broiler ra:dn i ! i made :t .-pc: alty, t.u- netter birds r.re sometimes fitted .j.-- brilet s, hilf th- jifiorT ones arf- retai n! as ( por:--. In this nay every hirü i.s made to yield the highest profit. ' C'oc korf ls hatched at any time of 1 1 i je tr ( .in io grewn inio fine :i"jnj. Experts vary in their opinion as to the a'-:e cockerels should .Mt'.nr; to he m.c( (..fuliy en p n z( ,. Some believe th operation should 1c p-r formed when the r ockere!.: are anout two pou.Tis in ufi-i i. j others recommend that raji'.nizir.t; be riono even earlier. As a general rule the operation may I o j.orf or.npri su ces.-f ully when the 1 i!!s rar.'- from one am! one-half to three pounds in 'Aright. an.' v hen they arc from two to four months old. I believe that three -.r.onths is about the risht as? for f.aponizirg. Cockerels that have. ;

reached the ar- of six months fcr iJmo.-t a hundred years. Accordshould not he so treated. The size inir to vnm a IIt h ,f th Mrl .ft

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nom .prn u uao.-.cr ;.tr i"0jU,.rt wh-n white sports we.e suemonth ns-ually c ho. t-n ffr apniü- r,.?iSf,,jy !,red ai.d reproduced, the

jn-;. iann xr.pse rntinuis üu ; v.in'er and spring hatchel chicki m aiiie at the pnper ate and .'cuht. The marketing pc-rio.! from May to I )eoin '' -e r, the niontiis of greatest demand for capons in the cities. (.ikmI lntrun,Mil An 1 ".i'iitial. In pei foi mil' the operation it is r.f estry to have all the liht io.Mble and the be-: instruments. Th? latter can l e procured fim reliai le poultry Mipply houses. anl they arc K ( cmpanied vvith full directions for th ir ase. When ca ponizi n; ji r i crly perfornied with m -! in--tl uinrnt.s, it is not a paint ii pro- i (os, hut it iF I'.nl p.dicy to mistreat: i - . a l ire, or to cau-e uni.etessai mu-i'erin-? 'V (ho n:- f dull of improper tool.-. The better the li-ht an'. the instruments, the less danger of lo-ses front the opeiation. t'ockf jeis intended I'm i aju.iiizin;' shci.i "3m- fast'-d from 21 to .'. ''. hours. Soine experts keep ti e birds t."ni !th food, and water, while I keep water from them only during the latter part cd' the time. The ob- ; t of enforced fasting i- tci emptv the digestive oran and to tlimintsh tiie amount of plood in ' tliV ldood-Xf.-.-els v inch reducs the dan-'er of rupturing the art i if s. Iurni; the fasting p-riod the Co kvrels hould '''' confined in a clem. v. ell-v entilated coop oi shed. Mint them nil-early in the mortun-rj jo. that their fast will end a hunt noon of the f(dIowin' day. Where caponiin' is frequently ... i ti "o.l r tPT'il:ir t?hlo it I'.s'd fill w v ! the jan pose. !l"lcs are oorei in me, top. Til? cockerel should bo held on j its side on this tilde and secured '.y j pa-sint: a stroni; coi d ai'o'ind its; ji.aiiks and another around both j Mlius close to l ae sucuiurvi .i"iin v The cor ds may be held in l lace by atlnliin: weichts to the ends pas--. d through the Ltdcs under the table. When the hird is fastened to the h.o'.e remove a few feathers from the lpper j-art of the last two ribs just in front of the thU-h joint. Moi.-ten the other feathers around the spot that thev will not intrYoux Lives9 has important work to do. Under favorable conditions it docs it well. If sluggish, relieve it with 0 n n a 11 i rj' fcV nn n ra f?Np5 sfet Sl cf AnyMcdicin in the WorM Sold eryvLcre. In botet- ICc. 25c. Start a Savings Account At Once Anu get the benefit of our JULY DATING All mrney deposited in our savings department not later than July loth draws interest from July 1st at the rate of 4 percent per annum, compounded semiannually. AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY 41 on Savings.

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S. C. WHITE Minorca.. Fpani.-h and Andalu-;-ians are t'.ll of fr.e race, and ah from the same country Spain. The former bae been bred in Knsland ,i;tno o the Kroup was Minorca. j White r'aced, Ulue and i;lack, and lialI1(1 char. ed to White Minorca. While Minorcas have been de- " lojied from albinos of the ti'ui'k vari' ty. ami as !aers of lare whitj e-ir- they filial theit black cousin. They are lare, strikin:; fowls: v'nite pul.naue, If-sjs., 1-eak, and earlohe- contrasting Mronsiy uith I fere- w ith the operation. I'ull the iiesh en the sir." (bw towanl the j hip. Make an incision well toward j tin- la-k aloat at inch anl a half !o:rnetwer. iii" last two ribs. insert the spreader provided for the the spreader provided for purpose, hook up and cut the lining j push away the intestines from the I I'.fk, and the organs can l.e seen. The nece.-siry parts are Carefully nmoved iy proper instruments and in ai cor dance with the directions of the manufacture!. When the operation has been completed, the birds s.ioubl then 'e kept quirt and fed on soft food Mie of the objects, of c a onizin'-J is to make the bird gruw larger. A capon becomes en'le and fatten nioii- ja idily tlian a cockerel. Its nature is chan-ed to a marked !- rrcc. It lo-es its activity and tlorehy thrives well in c ontinernent. The llcsli of capons is highly pri.:el. and the larse size of the turds iVakes tlain e.iL'eilv sought for f special banquet occasions. roste! Kations for Caixm-. After the birds have recovered from tili operation, they may be fed on certain lations for successful i;rovt.i The hio agricultural expi rinu nt station has made tests on UtdiiiLT capons with v-ry profitable results. Two lots of capons were led a ration composed of whole nun, ground corn, and beef scrajs; land two other bd.s were fed corn, win at, oats, ground corn, bran and beef scrap. A study was also made of the amounts of the various feeds st b ctcd l-y the capons when ullowj c d li ce access to the different feeds, I which weie Kept in sepatte divio i ioi.v; (q" a selt-lecdint; hop..-?r. The lird.-- hail i-cce.-s t( crit, charcoal, oter hell, and clean water at all times. It way found in both cases that tip? capons receiving the greater vaiiety of feeis consumed slihtVy mie beef sirap than those which received only corn and ground coru in addition to the beef scrap; but the c ot oj feed w as lower w ith the lots rt t ivinc; the ration made up of pirn, y round corn, and iecf si i a p. b-oth oi thse rations were found to be excellent for pieparins c-iponr. e. littlv" diMcreiice was j-huii in tiie Cain.- jiuulu-'eti by the two rations. Ta- market quality of the ore.--ed birds varied, little, but the capoi-.s fed u nolo corn. groum! -oi r.. and beef scraji had yellower s i i ! i th.an t'r.ose fed the greater vat i. tv r.itiou. Ih-t Irccl for l';ixii". Not ecr lueed (f fowl is well - iited to the production of capons, i-'.. w !i".--h ms have beer, juite p.e: a H r coin mended lor tin .i.rpo-e. ( t keteis Irom this breed .1 1 ir-c and ttNe operaion is easily p rforn:el upon thorn. As a general .-Vitement it may 1? d t! at k"iel of all lual pur- ,-. or n.i .it breeds of tovls may be i f r p:o,iuiin4 apons. l'rosses b.tween .ii lit Hiahmas and White p;.. mouth llo. :.s or White Wyan- !.! s mike eltdbAnt apons and be ile.-h U these crosses is cr.sitt.ed the- bs: meat on the market. ::.o:i. r.cc his shown that Urah- !.... as a br-ed are not easily cper..aii p.i'on, notu lthstanilin.L their :.n" .-;e. The corni.-h Indian -a me 1 as been jfUv eef ully umh! in ;-c.--n,.u v ifi other large fowls, .'..pons produce d frm these crosses "... e v it P.. r.r.pio c d the pre as. ineav it i c leasing the i.e of t h - For ordinarv purj ot- and to ,1. '..-it the r.c. ds :' t!ie average po'll:r keepei. the lar-er bleeds d ,,v.b -r.akc 'id c.poi:s without ros-in- -v.th other brf e Is. Tim'" fi Killing nnd Iarkctin. As a rule thete is- a tinie when . , o-.s can be kliie.l to the best a ll - antike lor profits. In ordei to get the highest returns from leeiims

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!i..';i!iiit . i f i : . : : ' If fh MINORCAS the brilliant red of their larso combs and wattles. In the male th. coii.b should be heay, neatly serrated and stiffly erect. In the female t'ie comb is thinner and folds, b.anin over jr.e hide of the head. These fowls, together with their black cousins, hold the reord for the iroduction of the largest while e?Ks. The males weigh six and one half to eisht pounds; females line and one-half to . six and one-half pounds. Iecau.-e of their size they would appear to he the ideal fowl for pgi; farms, hut the White Minorca is not a particularly ruKeet lowl. and cannot he raised in tnousands so successfully as the Leshorn. capons, they should be kept not longer than aliout 10 months of ;e. If they are fel much longer theii llcsli becomes somewhat coarse anl is not so palatable. l'or these reasons the grower of capons should weih his birls ever" three or four weeks, and as soon as a bid ceases to make profitable kains, which can be ascertained b lindinir the ctst of the feed consvimeil for the increased weight, it should be killed and marketed. This is a simple method ed- determining the time of market maturity fr capons. The feeder will be well paid for the time spent in weighing them, especially during the latter part of the feeiling period when they are approaching the maximum a-c limit of lo months. The skill cf the feeder in producing the greatest gains at the lowest cost has much to do with the profits to be derived from capons. ricparin for Market. Hefore being killed, the birds should be given only water for about ".S or 4 8 hours. The purpose cd" l.is'in the birds before killing is to allow the digestive tract to become empty. I'apons should be killed by cutting the veins through the mouth just back of the heael, then sticking the knue throu-h the cleft in the roof cf the mouth to the brain. It is customary to dry pick them. The feathers are usually left on the neck about three inches back fr;m the head, on the lcs about two inches above the knee joints, on the two outer joints of the wings, on the tail, and on the back around the base of the tail. in packing for market c gooil plan is to use boxes holding a dozen birds. The boxes are lined with waterproof paper. The six birds m the bottom layer are placed with the breasts down and the heads and feet up. A layer of waterproof paper should be laid oet the lirst lot of birds before the others are placed in position. The capons of the --econd layer are placed with breasts up and heads and feet dew n. Hy packing in this way the shipment shows to the best advantage no matter from ivhich sile the box is opened. Since an attractive appearance idds to the marketability of poultry products, capons alwaj demand the highest prices when well-fed. well-dressed, and well-prepare 1 for market. The Muscovy is the largest of all ducks and is one of the leadinir market birds. It is some- " times regarded as a family by itself, it is so peculiar. There is an interestinu- account of this fowl in next week's article. LOAN'S ON" r.VKM LANDS. Loans bearing interest at the low rate of 5 per cent will be made by us on good productive farms which meet with our requirements. If you expect to borrow money soon, arrangement should l.e made xvithout delay so that you may take advantage of this offer. All loans will he made for a term cf Ave years, with the privilege of j paying the principal, or any part thereof, in even hundreds of dollars at Uo' interest paying date. Further details tan he secureti by a letter or we shall be pleased to have you call at our orhee. THi: STRAPS.-: IWIOTH KIbS CO. Adt. Ligonier, Ind. The hermit and olive-backed thrushes have spotted breasts, are larger than an Fmclish sparrow. with rather long bills. The former is distinctly rufous on the back.

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E TAKE LESS GRAIN Amount to Reduce Grain Ration is Real Problem for Stock-Raiser. rastunnK no?? reduc es me amount ; of Krain needed to brins them to a profitable weight and marketable condition. Kither permanent pas-i i ture or temporary crops afford such j a prain reduction. The amount to reduce the prain ration is a problem fvr the individual farmer. Pasturace, however, does net furn It Vi 'i - . r- tvlntn f t ti lif-l'"l O , ' . I sutllc ent quantity of jouphase can j IHH O'- IIIIIMIIIUMI IUU UlhrJini l' supply all th nutrients required lor rapid growth. Tin. forage, especially from leguminous pasture.-, furnishes a cheap source of protein, supplies ash for bone making, adds bulk to the ration, and acts as ,n mi hy laxative and tonic and keeps the hog's system in condition to utilize profitably the concentrated feeds. Pasture crops alone, however, make a pig's fat thin and soft and prain is required to remedy these defects. Even with the present high prices of grain it pays better not to cut the grain ration more than half, feeeline: at the rate of two pounds daily per 1 ' 0 pounds live Weight to pis on pasture, instead of the usual four to five pounds when they are in a dry lot. That this cut will pay better than a greater cut is fully established by records of the rate and cost of grains made by thousands of pi-:s under such treatment. The concentrated feeds to uso should be carefully considered. rypr)dut feeds and feeds unsuited for human consumption are preferable. Many feeds formerly considered too high-priced are comparatively cheap now. On alfalfa pasture the jzrain should he largely ca rhonaeeous in character. With nonleguminous pastures more protein supplement wilt be required. Pigs, grain-fed on pasture, will gain a pound r more a day from we.ininc to a weight nf 2t0 to ' ' .". 0 I pound?, while those getting little or no grain will gain but one-half to three-fourths pound per day. Thla "will bring spring pigs to a marketable weight in early fall, at th period of high prices, whereas. these being pastured only are not ready until a month or two later. 1 A grain ration, by bringing the hogs j to an earlier market, reduces the I time of feeding, the risk, and the ' interest on the investment. The : animals are in higher condition with I a finer and more palatable meat and 1 fat. I Farmers substituting pastures en- : tirely for grain and other concen- ! trated feeds to their market hons! through the summer will find that j before marketing in the fall it will ! ho advisable to feed grain to harden ! the soft fat and meat and put on ad- j ditional weight. Light but steady ; grain feeding on pasture, however, j gives better results than a heavier1 feefling during a shorter finishing period. ; now i:(;(;s Am: c;h.di:d. Farm and Pireside has an inter-j esting; story about the selling and; handling f eg-s. The writer of the , article says: j "Candling is done by wholesalers J The jobbers u-ually buy from the ! commission men. arl liamih lio'ii' 1100 to 500 cases a week. The Johherj . -has professional men candling the i eggs. Thee men work about eight, hours a day and cane'le lroin three to four cases an hour, depending i on the time of year. Warm weather! ami fertile eggs slew down the candling process, due to the poorer j cjuality of the e-gs. and thh;. oi , course, raises th pi ice t the consumei. 1 "Kggs are usually graded into: "Fancies ("lean eggs xvith full, solid bodies, small air cell and indiu- j tin' t yolk. "Firsts Yolk heavier and darker, , air cell larrer, showing more evap- 1 oration. "Seconds Yo?k much rl irkcr, fst-; tied and contents shrunken. ; "Checks Cracke.l eggs." ! ikii:i applies in m; DKM.Wl). Farm and Fireside say.-: "It is nrw the intention to rene-v the usefulness of some ef the apple cxapirating plants that in many cases proved unprofitable when m use several - ears ;;- on account of the small demand at that time for dried and evaporated pioducte. There is also a lively interest now being manifested in municipal and community drying undertakings in the hop kilns in those areas of New York. Oregon. Washington, and California where hop crovxjog and drying has in the past been more important than at the rresent , time." KM VOLT IN SAXONY III7T. International News SYrvhe: GENEVA. July 6 . A revolt has occurred in the diet of Saxony over constitutional reforms, said a dispatch from Dresden today. A number of member after fiery speeches broke openly with the government of Saxony announcing that the present course is alienating the loyalty cf the Saxon people. The white. kingfisher is slaty blue is as large as a pigeon. verv fast and has a rattling note: generally por. frequents creeks

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International News Service: NEW Yi:K, July 6. Sixteen New York newspapers did their M it" toward making Hilly Sunday's campaign here a success l y pivir.f; the famous laohall eva-ieelist appro.Xiinatf ly JMÖ.L'mh worth of publicity, aecordinir to I;ffure compiled by "The Kditor and Publisher." Sunday received 7,200 acato lines of free advertising in rich paper daily and each paper charpes an aerare of $1 a line fcr reading matter, accordn.i: to the licures. This would amount to something like J.iOjifiO a week: and for 13 I weeks approximately $".".. 200. The remaini.i? SliUj.OO is an estimato of the publicity not compiled in the regular daily accounts of the Sunday meetini;?, together with the space piven the campai-in before the evancelist bean his vork. The son sparrow is about the pf sparrow, but with a longer tail: streaks and large spot on breast. The chipping and field sparrows are. smaller, with no spots on breast; the former has lines on head: the latter is rufous and sings verv sweetly.

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rv FMEA Leads in Army and City and Farm and is Easily Produced. The quickest and surest way r augmenting the meat supply next to the raising of poultry is by raising hogs, the United States department of agriculture points v.n. The hog Is the most important arirnal to raise frr meat and money. He reepuires less labor, iess equipment, less capital, makes greater gains per hundred po inds of concentrates and reproduces himself faster and in greater numbers than any other domestic animal. As a consumer of by-products the hog has no rival. No other animal equals the la. t I hog in its tat-string tendency. The most satisfactory meat for shipping long distances on train, boat, or ! because, true to our

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wagon, and for long storr.-e- after reaching its letir. ttion l.- rr.css pork. There is no animal which prod-ices more me., and meat products than the hog. P'Tk finds ready s:il be'.a'i'-e packers have discwe-red many wavs f placing pork on the markt in attentive and highly palatable form combined with most excellent keeping qualities. There is no other

meat from which so many products are manufactured. Wry near r per cent of the total val'ie, in do!!.u and cents, of the meat an.', mc.: products slaughtered in the j acking houses of the '.'nitod ,tate.-. is derived from the pu. ::r ce an? ry leads by far all countries in the production as well a in the -onsump-tion of meat and meat product.. Three-f mirths of the world's international trade in pork and pori. products ordinate's in the l'nite d .States in normal times, and th xv a r greatly has increased tabs proportion. Aii ording to the edima? -there was an incie.se of O.0'1" hogs between läle, the census year, and lOl'i, inclusive. The increa.--' at the end f 1 : 1 ." was ",14V0V over the preee.iing year, while it is c stimnte d that there was a decrease at the enj of of ;:i ho-s compared with IM.".. If we expect to continue to pro-

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must p :t forth the produce ,n re . ov. kept profitable upon if st lb . m i ! . . . . - can ; v fatto !e r.s where they are not f.mr.d today. Partners xs in already rai- ho-s em produce many more r th r- Is not :r. t: h h nvo of producing n-.e at thi year in a ess of tl.e i equirem e r.tr-M"o-e dairy farmers sho-iM ri h.c-s for thev f.t in especially . ell up -n dairy farm-: w hre. sk im m;lk, !;:!. rmilU. er whey is fed upon the farm. A :r.an who has ,-kini milk i m a better po-ition to ra pi-s a : l . ri v. ."..if. r.or.e. u.i:i:nv will kill wi:i:d Parrn and farm pPr r.re-'.le. the rational .-uMi.-he.' at Springfield. Ohio. .: s: " A orn'iel l can be covered mor' rapidly with a harrow than Mth t a n ether tvpe f cultivating Im plement, ant if the harrowing Is iione at the ruht time it is an effect i e av of killing wreÜF. We'.'js that are just germinating or tli-it have not made much grove th, ami therefore hive po? obtained god root h.ohl, ca'i be easily killed xv itn a ha i row. Th hr rrow i:i als. i be n--. d to ad'antage in breaking Up a ere.-f caused by a heavy, lashin r i am." V are. sold. crown top

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