South Bend News-Times, Volume 34, Number 328, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 24 November 1917 — Page 7

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AGRICULTURE

HOG MANACEMENT

N WINTER GILLS F Purdue Superintendent Issues Advice to Farmers From Agricultural Extension Dept. at University. l (i. I. ClirMir. Purdue rninit, iK p.irtin nt r Agricultural N'cer his thero tcc-n a turn- in which the .'wino jroluccMs should ractKc the I t f r i n ' ipl" s in th' !rc-(Iin and f-lini; of .--wirK". !roul sous and rn,u s at 1 r f i i n Cime sh'juld lie in K'"1 rowin onditio.n, in other words training in weight, if th" test n.Milts art to 1cohtuintd. Throughout th' winter, rations should i." fed that will properly furnish the entire Ixxiy of the animal. This ran he done ly feeding a variety of feeds uitahl" to eonornie ho production. A nuuiher of good rations are h"ie mi urvvted: Cum 90 parts ami tunkaue 10 parts; corn 1) part.-, middling or ground outs .",) putts; eorn ore pait. middlings one part an! 'ound oats one part; corn ',o parts, h'an 'Mt parts and oil meal 1' paits. a!' of ilue. are excellent rations for hreedinj; animals. especially for brocd sows throughout the winter s ason. About rirain and Quarter-. 1'eetJ cnoujjli K'ain each day to keep the animals ainin;; tin ely with the otijeet in iew of having them in sood condition at the farrowing time. One of the primary factors in keeping hrool sows in ood health i excuise. Plan to a'wv the sows T( im- every day when the weather permit?. Th" sleeping quarters should he !r,m, n i f i' t a 1 1 e and rourny. If the sleeping quarters are not comloitalde it m'an.- a waste of feed nhuh ertainly does not lead to e -oiiomieal lin' production unl"r in pr sent conditions. Iii- Watrr Not ;mkI Swill. ! not feed hrootl sows ice water tin- winter. It cannot he afforded. Water hioihl te warm or not any old t than it usually comes from a deep well. The feeding of fall pis is a question that confronts the majority of STOMACH UPSET? let at the Real Cause Take Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets That's what thousands cf stomach ufievers are dcing now. Instead of taking tonics, or trying to patch up a poor digestion, they are attacking the real cause of the ailment clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way. When the liver and bowels are performing their natural functions, away goes indigestion and stomach troubles. If you have a bad taste in your mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor, lazy, don'torfi feeling, no ambition or energy, troubled with undigested foods, you should take Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomeL Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil. You will know them by their olive color. They do the work without griping, cramps or pain. Take one; cr two at bedtime for quick relief, so you can eat wh3t you like. At 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. Make

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-a l n shoald ( trie olijit In reeding tht.-e pi-s. A ery successful method is the use (,( a. s?lf feeder. C.rn. ground oats and tankage may P" fd in t h r different compartments of the feeder. This allocs the pis to help t hernseU e.i at the arious feeds a th'ir apprtit's demand. He sure and pro ide comfortaMp sleeping quarters. These pj.s feeding oi the self fee.ler should Ji.ie plenty of clean drinking water at hand at all times. If a i i'ini itjoner is de-ired in win ter f'ilim,' of hoys the following1 mixture may be used. Thro hu- I sheds ( harcoal, eight pounds of com-1 mon jilt. two quarts of air slacked I lime, on" hushed of wood ashes and! one-fourth pound cooperas dissolved in water and sprinkled over' th" mixture. Place this in a hopper where the plus can help themselves. Jt is exceedingly important that sv. ine producers jruard against lice. They reduce, the vitality of the ani mal, waste feed, and consequently; depreciate the value of the resulting litters of hrood sows. summary Tor Hot Sures. First, hred for as early litters as conditions on the farm will permit; second, have sows hred as (losely together as possible; third. It pays to keep a record of farrowing dates; fourth, to avoid failure with the male, use common hot; sense; fifth, feed halamed rations; sixth, keep the sows uainin in Mesh; seventh, see that the sows have an abundance of exercise; eighth, the hoi; house should be clean, roomy and comfortable; ninth, do not feed ice water; tenth, be on i;uard against li e and other diseases. s.wi: ;ooi vi:.kMN; iii:ns lelratle to Keep Them in Order to liicii'aM" 1'uultry and I'.xi; Supply. Amon.; farmers generally it is the common practice to sell the hens that are past a year old for poultry when they stop laying- in the fall. I'r.der the usual conditions this is u'ood polic-v, for as a rule-, only about half of the tloc-k lay well ( I crouch the second vear to be profi ! liable, and the farmer who has pullets enough to replace all his old j hens sees no advantage in keeping l any of them over. I This year, however, those patriI otic farmers who desire to d their j part to increase the poultry and egg supplies will find it desirable to re- ! tain a considerable proportion cd the ! yearling hens. Farmers in the corn ! belt especially will lind it to their interest t Ik hi all the good yearling hens they have, making such addii tion to their poultry house eqnipment as may be necessary to properlv accommodate both pullets and j hens. Overcrowding must be I avoided, as neither pullets nor hens will do their best. Selecting lien- to Keep. I In seleetinic hens to keep over, j preference should be ;rivn to those liliat molt in September or later, for they ;tre as a rule the most peri si.-tent layers. Such hens may not ! t at this time the best looking in i the tlock. They arc likely to be ' rough in plumage with somewhat ' shriveled rombs a.ml pale c olored bus. These things, however, are ! merely incidental to the non-laying ' a r l molting period. I Hens that appear in prime condition at this time are thos that ! u olted in the summer because they i Mopped laying early. The exceptions which it may be desirable to letain arc- hens which reared broods ii early summer an! rnolte! while rimning with the chicks. I. S. (K. CVIU:, For Indies, r.eats them all. I'm- at-COUNLKYV. Adv. iSLS CHICAGO State. Founded in Nv York in 1754

INFORMATION FOR FARMERS AND ORCHARDISTS

why h:ktimzi:k thicks h a vi : aivanci:i). Cannon and crops use the same food. Six hundred thousand tons of nitrates went to make explosives last year, in the United States alne. Sulphuric acid necessary for the manufacture of acid phosphate lit normally made from Spanish sulphur ores. Submarineshave now almost entirely cut off thU supply. Ilrimstone, ueJ as a substitute source of tsulphur, must be transported by rail at great expense from Louisianla and Texas, since the government has found it n?cesary to commandeer sulphur-carrying boats. Lark'e quantities of phosphite rock from Florida and Tennessee must now go by rail at high freight rates. Uncle fc'am needs the boats?. Higher labor, machinery, coal and supply cost have caused a general advance in all raw materials, varying from 23 to 100 percent. Burlap bags which "normally cost 10 cents each, now cost cents and are scarce at that. Iahor which was plentiful in Hlt at 1 per day is now almost unobtainable at per day. There can be but one answer to conditions such as these; namely, high-priced fertilizers. OE INCREASE TD Sows Must Be Bred in Large Numbers to Insure Adequate Meat Supply. To win the war we need more meat. To get an increased meat supply quickly hog breeding must be increased materially throughout the country, and in certain states an increase of from 2o to 50 percent in the number of hogs is recommended by the United States department vi agriculture. The situation is of great importance. We must have plenty of meat for our armies and the armies of the allies in the held, and yutticient meat for our civilian population and the civilian population of the allies at home. To have this meat, breeding animals must reproduce themselves so the offspring will be available for slaughter in the future. Hogs can be increased quicker than any other kind of live stock. Therefcrc a larger number of sows must be bred now, than in recent years. Jn addition to the fact that there is an imperative demand for more meat as a war measure, it should be taken into consideration that we now have an abundance of feed crops corn, oats, and barley with which to produce this necessary increase in the number of hogs. The demand for meat is certain and it will bo protitaMe to the fanner to market some of this heavy grain supply on the hoof. The increase in the number of Itogs for various states, as recommended by the department, is as follows: Missouri, 00 percent; Alabama, 30; Iowa. 25; Kansas, L'5; Indiana. LM; Illinois. '20; Mississippi. JO; Arkansas, 'JO; South t'arolinu, 15; Ohio. 15; Kentucky. 15; Tennessee. 15; Maryland. 10; North Carolina. 10; Michigan. 10; Nebraska. 10; West Virginia. 5; and Georgia. 5. The increase needed for the entire country is 15 percent and is covered by the above schedule. Other states than those named should breed no fewer sows than last year. The? result of these increases will be to provide suMicient animals to make the meat that is absolutely essential to the feeding of our armies. Pork can be transported nmre readily and economically to troops in the field than can any tdher meat, dreat supplies of bacon must go to the boys in khaki at the front. Unless now a larger number of sows are bred, the amount of meat we will repiire next year will not be available. The estimated number of hoss is 4,000.000 less than it was a,year ago in this country; and in the face of this we ned more hogs than ever before. How can we get them? By breeding sows at once. The exportation of pork products has increased since the .war began imi will continue to increase durins Kill That Cold and Save Health cascarafI quinine The old family remedy im tablet form aafe, turc. raty tot- No opiates no unpleaaaa t after effects. Cure cold in 24 hour Grip in 1 day. Meoey back if itfaib. Get the grnume Dot vita Red Top and XCr. HiM'a picture cm it :4 Tablets for 25c. At Any Drug Star

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the length of the war. The foreign countries are devoting their firming energies to food and feed rather than live stock production, but they must have meat and they must get a large part of this supply from us. During the last three months the r"ice of hogs in the I'nited States has ben, on an average, more than twice as much as the average price for the five years from 1011 to 1913. In view of the lare crop of fecdstuffs in sight. however, it is believed that farmers will sec the wisdom of taking every reasonable step to Increase the supply of hogs and hos products. KILX.S AIJ'ALl'A CUTWORMS PoismuMl Ilran Mash Troves Successful, at a Cot of 81.00 IVr Acre. Poisoned bran mash, costing approximately $1 per acre, has been exceptionally successful in killing alfalfa cutworms in Arizona, according to reports to the entomological service of the United States department of agriculture. About y pei -ctnt-of the larvae were killed by this treatment, and arsenate of lead seemed to be fully as effective as Paris green in the experiments. It was possible to tell three days iftt?" a held had been treated whtth-.r )f not the method was f d'fective. Th.' following Is the standard formula for preparing poisoned mash lor this purpose: To .Make Poi.Mmecl Madi. Fifty pounds wheat bran: two pounds powdered arsenate of lead; six finely chopped oranges or lemons. Bring the whole mixture .o the consistensy of a stilt dough by the addition of low-grade molasses, such as Is used in cattle rations, adding water when necessary. Distribute this bait by broadcasting over the infested Held, taking care to sprinkle it thinly but evenly throughout the held. In case ffran can not be obtained readily, middlings or alfalfa meal may be substituted. With this mash distributed as dixccted there is no danger of poisoning cattle or domestic animals that graze in the field where it has been placed. The mash should be featured in the Held immediately after it is prepared. If, however, it is: left standing about the house, it should be kept out of the reach of children. IXTUKX.VTIONAi' A FOOD IKOIUCTIO.V CAMP. Never before was there such need for a marshaling of the nation's resources in animal husbandry. The great purpose of stimulating the production of American farms to the maximum limit will fall if the live stock industry is allowed to wane. A better type of farm live stock is absolutely essential to the highest returns from the soil. Never before was there such ieed for discarding the unprofitable types of farm animals. To waste expensive feeds oh infericr stock is not only an economic crime, but absolute treason. The nation needs the highest returns that can be obtained from every acre of productive land. There is, therefore, a patriotic as well as economic reason for making the coming International IJve .stock exposition a record breaker in point of service to the nation's greatest J industry. To lessen efforts in pro moting our live stock shows would be to weaken in the face of the greatest task that has even confronted the-tiller of the soil. Such weakening would invite failure. This is. the year. above all years, when the husbandman wants the best that these ureat eduational expositions can give. The farmer Is not a quitter. He wants the best service that can be rendered by every intelligent, well dircted aid to agriculture. We have an inspiring example; from the farms and show and sale rings of (Jreat Britain. Agricultural operations have been carried on there under great dirtb ulty during the last two seasons. yet British breeders have maintained their prestige in supplying the world with superior breeding stock. It is a high tribute to the stability of that nation's live stock industry to maintain supremacy in improved stock production under existing eomlitions. The live stock shows and agricultural expositions have been the chief factor in sustaining British agriculture. Ix't us emulate the splendid example set by them and let us throw our weight into the balance by putting into practice the lessons in economic production taught at the Chicago stock show during the first week in December. PONT PLANT ritl'lT TKLIIS KAIILV IX FA I! j. Fall planting of fruit tre-s should be delayed to late November or early December, adv:ses the United States department of agriculture. A pomologist of the. department writes in reply to a New Jersey inciuirer lie would hesitate to advise planting in any section as early as October because of probable injury to the trees. In sections of the north where cold weather prohibits planting in November or December, he ayf, it is usually better to plant in the spring. Apple trees can be planted with safety in the fall farther north than peach trees and other le?s hardy kinds. At the Missouri experiment station it recently has been shown that little or no root action takes place with fall planted trees until the Fiirface of the ground has besun to freeze, and the trees planted early in the fall may lose considerable vitality before they begin root action.

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SOIL FERTILITY AFFECT FARMERS Must Produce More to Help Feed Ocean Bottom as Well as Troops in Trenches.' The grip "of the scourge of the stas now, ;fter months of warfare, felt by the American farmer. When the L.usitania went down the whole world shivered with horror horror at the vry savagery of the deed, yet few of ns realized at the timo that within a comparatively simit time the entire world would, in one way or another, be at the mercy of these newest and most savage of all implements of war. I-east of all did the American farmer realize that the submarine menace would have any effect whatever on his -rh.'.ity to raise crops and do his bit in the line of food prodi'cticn. But it has! The war itself in i's earliest day cut off supplies of potash. Now the submarine warfare has reduced the supply of Spanish pyrites from which sulphuric acid is made. This sulphuric acid is used in the manufacture of acid phosphate, and also in ttie making of complete fertilizers. Without it raw rock phosphate has but little agricultural value, and many materials now used in fertiliz'rs could not be included. Pyrin's Carried at Low Kates. These Spanish pyrites are usually shipped from the port of Huelva on the southwest coas or Spain, this side of the Gibraltar gateway. Med-ile-ranean freighters returning from Uurope take on these pyrites at very low freight rates, even almost as ballast. From Huelva the pyrites arc carried to Charleston to Savannah, to Norfolk, to Baltimore and joints north. At these places the pyrites are burned, the sulphur eparated and turned into sulprurie acid. Later on, ton for ton this acid is mixed with rock of phosphate, and in this way the acid phosphate of commerce is produced. In other factories this acid phosphate is mixed with the blood, bone and tankage of great slaughter houses, and with other materials carrying nitrogen, for the production of the complete fertilizers on which depends the production of a suttieient supply of food crops. .Some of these- Mediterranean freighters have been commandeered by the government, others have been sent down by the dreaded submarine, and still others are tied up in neutral ports all over the world. Conditions Arc! Serious. Few farmers realize the serious nature of the case. Perhaps the average boat in this trade will carry 4,000 tons of pyrites. Bvery ton of pyrites will make in the neighborhood of four tons of acid phosphate, or up to eight tons of complete fertilizer. Kvery 4,000 ton boat taken from the pyrites carrying trade means a loss of the acid for the fertilizer which would usually serve; approximately ir0,O0O acres oi corn, of wheat, or of any other cereal crop. It diminishes by this much the ability of the farmer to Utilize to advantage his short supply of farm labor, to grow suiricient crops, ami at the same time giv tip to military service the boys uf the farm. Domestic" P)ril's Help. But this doesn't mean that we frhall have no fertilizer. All ovei the country there are small domestic, deposits of pyrites. These can be and are being manufactured into sulphuric arid for fertilizer use and it looks as though there will be encugh. 'But the freight trade, on the,e domestic pyrites is higher than that of Spanish - pyrites, ami the quality often lower. The cost ol labor in mining is alwa.vs higher, and the cost of handling greater. These tacts mean inevitably an increase in the cost of acid phosphate and c jmplete fertili.er. Fortunately, however, this increase in cost is more than balanced by the increase in price which the farmer receive for Iiis crop. Were this not the case, the Ameiican farmer and th American farm would indeed be in a bad wa. uh: iiir;ir.f;i:.ii: fkktilizfus With fertilizers high priced and scarce this year, it i more important than ever to use high-grade lather than low grade goods. Plant 'cod always costs the consumer rore in low grade formulae, and now there is an added argument tor high quality les freight space is required to move a given amount of actual plant food. Read NEWS-TIMES Want Ads IF YOU HAD A NECK A8 LfiMft 1ft TMIft CF! t nu -w m - v W W W AND HAD SORE THROAT 'ALL I the WAY DOWN HfTOnSILINE B WuUltJ uulbftlT ntluYfc If --'..v. 25c mni finr. Hntnitil Si7 Ct ALU 0BUCCUT.

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North, Well as South, Profits From Lifting of Ban on Shipments. An order signed culture I). F. Hou by Sec y of AKriton. lifts on Dec. 1 from 6",r.J0 southern states square miles in the federal quaran tine against movement of southern cattle. It is of great importance to cattle raisers and dealers of northern states as well as those of the south. In regions infested by the cattle tick :t has not been held safe to import better stock for the improvement of southern herds because cattle freshly brought in from regions where the tick is not prevalent are especially prone to sicken and cie from the fever germs tarried by the blood-sucking parasite. The federal juarantine against the cattle tick, on the other hand, has prevented the shipment of tattle from infested sections fr use as stockers and feeders in free territory, and permits their shipment into free territory only under quarantine restrictions and for immediate slaughter. The release order for Deo. 1 frees the largest amount of territory ever liberated at one time since the federal campaign against the cattle tick was started in 1&06. and, added to '..234 square miles freed in March and September, will make 1917 by far the greatest year so far in the annihilation of the tick. Nine southern states by the release order, beneliciary will be which "will be entirely will benefit The largest Mississippi, freed from quarantine and will avenue of tick-free open a broad territorv from the northern Mexico. states to the iulf of FAHMKKS AM) THF WOULD WAlt. The farmer's tools of production in war-time become of importance second only to the needs of the army itself. Food production is a patriotic duty, and die farmer is in the second line of dei'ense. Kvery effort is needed to increase production, to feed our armies and allies. Food prices are forced higher because the demand is increased greatly and the supply is limited. AKMirS Mti: NFJTDITD AT HOMF. If this war is to be won. we shall have to put several armies in the field, the army of soldiers in the trenches, the army of food producers in the furrows, the women's army of food ronservers. beating back the attacks of that world-old camp follower of war-famine, and a patriotic army of civilians in the business and politic.il world. The Banker-Farmer, Oct., 1917. COONLEYCOUGII BALSAM, Laxative, Works off a cold. Prevents croup. Pleasant to take. 10. LT and 50c Bottles At-COOXLEY'S. Adv. 1 1 Men in Training Fighting isn't the only duty of a sold er, and exposure to bulleU is not as serious as exposure to all kinds of weather and dampness. Rheumatic aches; sore and stiff muscles, strains tind sprains; chilblains and neuralgia, all are enemies of the soldier, and the relief for all the- pains and aches is Sloan's Liniment. Clean and convenient to carry or use: does not stain, and penetrates without rubbing. Generous sized bottle, at all drug lists. 25c. 30c. S 1.00. $12.50 Cures Uncomplicated Cases NVwly mntra ted diseases. I-n't wait until n.-iture gives way and the dis'a.ce lisorganizcs important nrjriiri iirjd nerves. STuP THj; I.V. A K NOW'! If you ar uffluted with any Aii'.(, C'hronii-. Nervous. P.l.oi, Skin r "oi)tr:ifted I "i.-ea-s. Stom-a-'h. Liver, Kheijni.itism, Yari'-n.-Hi I'rordutir Lnlargerrienf. Stri'-t'jr HytJ r-olo. KMnpy. Hlad1r. I'rtnary or -any etiler WeakD, I f- t or IMs-a!e "f th I'elvic Organs. viit in ttlay. If your fas is urabl I an relieve it 'luickly. r Kxamination and Consultation riu:i; Prira t e 1 y lochted offices 2oü-l'll S. Main t.. ui'itairtj. opposite pjtuffire. South Rend. Ind. Hours 'j to Ii. 1 to L and to $ daily. Sundays 0 to 1 OI'MCE C"Lom-:i i'. x y. it v TH IKsDAV L . I -it 0 IK. If. K. SMITU pecUllpt 'When 70a tkink of HomerumIihins think of Bailors,"

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