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NORMAN DAILY TRANSCRIPT
FULL BENEFITS OF TICK ERADICATION
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Jersey Cattle on a Tick-Free Pasture In Mississippi.
<From the UnltPd States Department of
Agriculture.)
In the ever-growing area from which
Che cattle tick has been eliminated
demonstration agents are now showing
the people how they can realize the
full benefits of their success in the
campaign of eradication. Purebred
stock is being brought in to improve
the quality of the native cattle, farm-
ers who have never paid any attention
to live stock are being instructed in
the fundamental principles of econom-
ical and efficient feeding, and cream
routes and creameries are being estab-
lished in sections where they were un-
heard of in the days of the ticks.
An interesting instance of what a
creamery can do for a community is
afTorded by the history of the one es-
tablished in co-operation with Clemson
college in South Carolina. In Septem-
ber, 1914, the creamery had five pa-
trons whose cows furnished 508 pounds
of butterfat that month. In October
a cream route was established and the
number of patrons increased to 17.
More routes were started from time to
time, each new one bringing in more
patrons, until in August, 1915, after a
year's work, 227 farmers were send-
ing in the cream from 833 cows. The
total amount of butterfat delivered to
the creamery that month was 14,815
pounds. For it tho farmers received
J3.851.88, an average of approximately
$17 each.
The significant feature of this cream-
ery's success, however, is not the
amount of mon^y that it brought in,
but the fact that it opened up an ab-
solutely new source of income to the
community. Before its establishment
dairying was unthought of. If there
was a surplus of milk on a farm it was
usually disposed of as butter at the
nearest store in return for a little
sugar or tea. The ordinary run of
farm butter, however, was so little
thought of that even when taken in
trade it brought only about half of
what the creamery could afford to pay
for the butterfat. In consequence no
one regarded milk as a reliable source
of income. That it could be actually
made to bring in cash each month was
a revelation. So new to the people
was the idea, indeed, that the checks
from the creamery were frequently
stored away instead of being cashed,
and the managers had to go over the
routes and explain the necessity for
turning them in.
When the creamery opened, the
proper equipment for dairying was
practically unknown. The people had
to be instructed in the use of the sep-
arator and in practically every detail
connected with the handling of cream.
Furthermore, the available cows were
all native scrubs which received little
attention and gave in return little
milk. All this has been changed very
materially already and is being
changed still more. Of the 44 datry
houses built in South Carolina during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915,
40 were built by patrons of the cream-
ery. On one of the cream routes the
farmers united in the bo-operative pur-
chase of a good bull and on five others
live stock associations have buen
formed for general improvement. The
number of cows is also being in-
creased, one man distributing a car-
load among his neighbors. Another
farmer is described in a letter as "trad-
ing bales of cotton for cows."
The Importation of good bulls, both
for beef and dairy herds, is of spe-
cial significance, since this was prac-
tically out of the question in the
tick days, because of the danger of
death from Texas fever. In conse-
quence, the grading up of the herds
was impossible, and there was too
little money in the feeding of ticky
scrubs to make it an attractive under-
taking. This was also true of dairy-
ing with the same kind of stock, for
the milk production, poor at best, was
reduced by the ticks in cases of heavy
infestation by as much as 40 per cent.
On the other hand, the possibilities of
profit in grading up herds are very
great. The history of a large planta-
tion in Tennessee is an instance of
this.
The place was an old cotton planta-
tion which was so run down that much
of it had been abandoned altogether
and was overrun with sedge grass and
briers when the owner determined to
make it into a stock farm. At that
time Tennessee was not yet free from
ticks, so that he had to do his own
dipping. In the course of a year he
succeeded in getting rid of the scourge,
and purebred Shorthorn bulls were
then brought in. These wore used
with the native cows, which ranged in
value from $12 to $20 a head and
weighed from 500 to 700 pounds. The
calves which resulted weighed an av-
ecage of 800 pounds when they reached
the Chicago market, and sold for eight
cents a pound, or $64 a head. They
were then from 15 to 18 months old.
This farm Is now shipping much of its
breeding stock into the tick-free coun-
ties of Mississippi and Alabama.
It >s, of course, not every stockman
Who can afford the exclusive use of a
purebred bull. The small farmer with
one or two cows gains, however, just
as mucb in proportion by breeding
them to a purebred instead of a scrub,
and the gain is even more important
to him. For this reason the depart-
ment is now encouraging the forma-
tion of live stock associations and bull
clubs in which a number of farmers
unite in the purchase of a bull. The
county agents and special demonstra-
tors are also urging upon farmers in
the areas recently freed from the
ticks the following plan for getting a
start in the live stock industry:
1. Get Bermuda grass started on all
pastures. Improve the pastures further
by sowing some lespedeza and bur
clover on the uplands and some alslke
clover or white clover on the bottom
lands.
2. Grow more hay and other forage
on which to winter the stock; or erect
a silo if you have as many as 10 dairy
cattle or 30 beef cattle.
3. Bring in good bulls to use for
grading up the native cattle. Do not
try to raise purebreds to begin with.
4. If not able to buy a bull for indi-
vidual use, form a bull club.
5. Form a community club or county
live stock association so that members
may exchange bulls every two years
and thus obtain the maximum service
from a bull without breeding him to
his own offspring.
6. Heifers of the beef breeds should
not drop calves until they are thirty
months old.
7. Breed all beef cows so as to calve
during February, March and April.
8. Breed all dairy cows so as to
calve in the fall.
9. Wean the beef calves in the fall.
Give them plenty of good, bright hay,
silage If available, and about one pound
of cottonseed meal per day for the first
month. After that they can be win-
tered on the roughage produced on the
place and a llttTo concentrate.
10. The breeding stock in the beef
herd may be given the run of the stalk
fields until the middle of winter and
then fed on roughage. As the cows
will be carrying calves, they should
be kept in a thrifty condition.
11. If possible, dip all of the stock
each spring and fall to keep them
free of lice and to put their skin in
good condition.
12. Never keep a grade bull for a
sire if a purebred ono can be secured.
good
roads
PRAISE FOR AMERICAN ROAOS
Compare Very Favorably With High-
ways of Many European Countries
—Much Work In Progress.
"We Americans ore prone to over-
estimate and sometimes to boast of
that which we have," says J. M.
Linscott, New England agent for a
large motor car company. "At least
that is the accusation made by our Eu-
ropean cousins. I sometimes wonder
If it is Just. I wonder if we do not
more often underestimate our posses-
sions and our achievements. We really
are a wonderful country, you know,
and with full allowance for our short-
comings, a wonderful people, too. So
I rather think we are Justified in some
of our boastfulness. It is an attri-
bute of youth, and evidence of a good
healthy youthful enthusiasm.
"Apropos of what?" you ask.
"Well, of roads, for example.
"We are accustomed to saying that
we have the worst roads in the world,
find to hold up as an example of model
foads the centuries-old highways of
Europe.
"I have found in talking with Ameri-
cans who have toured abroad that
most of them will give as examples
of model highways a few main trav-
eled roads. But ask them about the
general roads of any country and they
will either tell you they do not know,
t>r if perchance one has happened to
lose his way and got on to one of
the byways, he will admit that they
are about as bad as has ever been
Been in Michigan or Nebraska.
"Your traveled American will ex-
patiate at great length on the wonder-
ful roads of France. And they are
wonderful. That is to say, some of
them are. At that the total mileage
of really good roads in that country
Is much less than most people Imag-
ine. We Jourireyed over cobblestone
roads that would shako your teeth
loose—and that in romantic Nor-
mandy, too.
"The roads in the British isles are
excellent, but after all New England
Jias more, and they are just as good
despite the climatic conditions that
favor the former. The Rhine route in
Germany is all that has been claimed
for it, but we have our roads up the
Hudson to match it—and who shall
say whether the scenery on the Rhine
or the Hudson is more beautiful, since
both are magnificent beyond descrip-
tion?
"The Texas road is made of crushed
sea shells, which make a perfect sur-1
face, while the Italian road is com- i
posed of powdered marble from the
PREVENT RABBITS FROM INJURING TREES
A Good Rabbit Trap Which Explains Itself.
(By D. C. MOORING.)
Rabbits are very particular as to
what they eat, and feed only on vege-
table matter. They prefer the more
succulent kinds, such as vegetables,
clover, alfalfa and fallen fruit. When
none of these foods are available, they
often eat the bark of trees, especially
when snow covers other food.
It is very easy to prevent rabbits
from injuring trees, and all cases of
damage are due to neglect rather than
to a lack of efficient remedies. Your
premises should not afford hiding
places for rabbits such as brush piles.
This is not meant to Include green
cover crop in the orchard. An or-
chard with a cover crop above the
snow is seldom if ever injured.
Traps are very effective in catching
rabbits. The more traps you have the
better. This is not so economical a
method as poisoning for protecting
the trees, but it furnishes amusement
for the children and also provides
meat for the table.
There are two general ways of poi-
soning rabbits. (1) By placing poi-
soned water in their runs, especially
during dry weather. (2) By placing
poisoned food where they can get it.
The following, which was originally
recommended by the Ohio station, has
given satisfaction: One part sulphate
of strychnine, one-third part borax,
one part white soap, ten parts water.
Shake well and apply to tender twigs
with a brush or by dipping and dis-
tribute the poisoned twigs around the
trees.
There have been a number of washes
and paints of various kinds recom-
mended as being effective against rab-
bits. The disadvantage of these
washes is that heavy rains wash them
off and make it necessary to repeat
the application. It is not difficult to
find or devise preparations which will
keep rabbits away. Rabbits are very
particular about their food, and any
taint on the tree will keep them from
injuring It. The following has been
recommended by the Oklahoma sta-
tion and found very satisfactory:
"Water, one gallon; one pound of soap;
two to four ounces of carbolic acid."
Some prefer to add enough vermilion
red to give the mixture a good pink
color and the consistency of cream.
This is painted on the trunk of the
trees with a brush or swab of rags
tied to a stick.
Another wash, which has given sat-
isfaction, is made by slacking one
peck of fresh stone lime with soap
suds. Thin to the consistency of
whitewash, add one-half gallon of
crude carbolic acid, four pounds sul*
phur and one gallon of soft soap.
The United States department of ag-
riculture recommends the Ume-sluphur
wash as giving satisfactory results.
This wash consists of: Unslaked lime,
20 pounds; flowers of sulphur, 15
pounds; water, 50 gallons. The lime,
sulphur and one-third of the water are
boiled together for one hour, and then
the rest of the water is added. By add-
ing salt the wash will stick better.
The Arkansas experiment station
has found that painting the trunks of
the trees with white lead and linseed
oil gave very satisfactory results.
Mixed paints should not be substituted
as they may contain oils which would
Injure the trees. One advantage of
this mixture is that one application is
sufficient for the entire season.
BARLEY VS. CORN FOR SWINE
Former Is Highly Valued as Hog Feed
in Denmark and Germany—Give
Brood Sows Tankage.
Experiments Indicate that it takes
about 110 pounds of barley to equal in
feeding value 100 pounds of cornmeal.
In Denmark and Germany barley Is
very extensively used as a hog feed,
and Is highly valued. It is looked on
in Europe in much the same light as
we look on corn here. Middlings, oil
meal or tankage should be fed in con*
nection with it to balance the ration
With food prices, as our correspond-
ent mentions, we suggest that the
brood sows be given about one-fourth
of a pound of tankage daily in connec-
tion with enough barley to keep them
gaining at the rate of about half a
pound per head dally.
The spring pigs which are being
fattened should be fed from one-fourth
i to one-third of a pound of tankage
per head dally, In connection with
enough barley to keep them gaining.
Good Road in England.
CONSTRUCTION OF A SEED-CORN TESTER
Serviceable Tester for Seed Corn.
MINERALS NEEDED BY SWINE
Mixture of Charcoal, Hardwood Ashes,
Salt, Lime, Sulphur and Cop-
peras Is Recommended.
Hogs require continually mineral
supplements to their feed. These have
been furnished in some of the South-
ern states by allowing them free ac-
cess to the following mixture
Charcoal bushel.. 1
Hardwood ashes do 1
Salt pounds.. 8
Alr-slakpJ lime do.... 8
Sulphur do 4
Pulverized copperas do.... 3
Mix thoroughly the lime, salt and
sulphur, and then mix with the char-
coal and ashes. Dissolve the copperas
in two parts of hot water and sprin-
kle over the whole mass, mixing it
thoroughly. Keep some of this mix-
ture in a box before the hogs at all
times.
great quarries of Carrara Anyone
who has traveled over this well knows
he will not return that way because
its beauty Is deceptive. The gritty par-
ticles of marble will cut the tread off
a set of tires in one trip.
"I wonder how many people realize
the influence of climate on roads? I
wonder how many of those who rave
over the fact that the Appian Way is
still in tolerable condition after more
than two thousand years, have stopped
to consider how long that samo high-
way would last in Michigan, for ex-
ample? The 'alternate freezing and
thawing and heaving would disinte-
grate and cause it to wear away just
as fast as they do our own macadam
and cement construction.
"How many of those appreciate how-
much road-building is going on not
| only in their own immediate neighbor-
hood but throughout this country.
"How many know that Michigan will
build 800 miles of wonderfully good
roads; that Indiana will build fully
1 600 miles of roads, and she already has
1,000 miles of excellent highways,
which she is keeping in the pink ol
condition. Ohio will build fully 140
miles of roads. Some of the eastern
Atlantic states—Massachusetts, Maine,
New York, Pennsylvania—have thou-
sands of miles of roads that are as
fine as anything that lies under the
sun. And these states are building
more all the time."
A shallow box filled with sand makes
a serviceable tester for corn. Near the
upper edge wires or threads are
stretched in both directions, forming
a number of squares. The box is filled
with moist sand up to the level of
these wires or threads, and on this
sand the seed grains are laid, and cov-
ered to keep from drying out. It is
covered with muslin, drawn tightly
and tacked, on which two-inch squares,
each one numbered, are marked with
an indelible pencil. A box 20x40 inches
would have 200 squares.
. A plain, moistened cloth is placed
TENT CATERPILLAR
DOES MUCH DAMAGE
Avoid Undesirable Qualities.
While breeding for size and uni-
formity of farm horses, drjn't neglect
to give proper attention to the tem-
perament of the sires and dams. Un-
desirable qualities in this respect are
Just as much to be avoided as those
of undersize and ill shape.
Rich Soil for Vegetables.
Most vegetables need rich, well-
worked soil. Having tills, and adding
thorough cultivation and care, anyons
can have a number one garden.
Concrete Road Costly.
It costs about $13,000 to build a mile
of good concrete road. ThiB makes a
road everlasting, without dust, very
few repairs, and good In all kinds of
weather
Stone Houses Are Cheap.
Stone houses last much longer than
wood, require no paint, therefore are
much cheaper in the end.
Who Is Responsible?
Wfco is responsible for the bad con
ditlon of the roads?
Insect Was in Great Evidence
Last Year, and Promises More
Destruction This Summer.
The apple tree caterpillar which was
In great evidence last year Is promis-
ing more destruction during the com-
ing season. Prof. M. A. Cobb of the
agricultural department of the Cen-
tral Michigan Normal school finds that
there are millions of egg masses fas-
tened on the limbs of the fruit and
forest trees. These masses can be
gathered and destroyed at this season
of the year, and it will do much to
reduce the number of the pests that
come out next season.
Last year many orchards were near-
ly defoliated by the tent caterpillar
and large apple trees were found
which contained from two to fifteen
tents. The growers often burned them
out with torches before they had con-
sumed all the foliage on the tree, but
the difficult work in thickly infested
orchards and where the egg masses
can be destroyed, that is the surest
way of reducing the number of the
troublesome pest.
Get Good Seed.
Don't purchase the lowest-priced
seed. In nine cases out of ten the
highest-priced seed is by far the
cheapest. The seed doesn't cost much,
after all, in proportion to the labor put
on plants, once thay start. A full crop
is important, and possible only with
food seed.
over the kernels, and a sack made for
the purpose and partially filled with
sawdust, about two inches thick, Is
placed on top of the cloth and pressed
down firmly.
The tester should be placed where
it will be held at ordinary room tem-
perature, or warmer, for five or six
days.
The ears from which the four sam-
ples—four, five and six grains—have
been taken should be arranged In sec-
tions of tens to correspond with sec-
tions of tester, and where they will be
undisturbed after test is finished.
DIVERSITY ON FARM
IS MOST PROFITABLE
Opportunity Given for Crop Rota-
tion and for Maintenance of
Fertility of the Soil.
(By ALVA BENTON. University Farm,
St. Paul, Minn.)
Farm records show, and good farm-
ers agree in general, that diversified
farming is most profitable. Diversified
farming means raising live stock and
various kinds of crops. Diversified
farming gives opportunity for crop ro-
tation, for distribution of man and
horse labor, and for the maintenance
of soli fertility. All of these are es-
sential to good farming. Crop rotation
aids in maintaining crop yields and
soil fertility; the distribution of labor
reduces the cost of operation; the
maintenance of soil fertility is the ba-
sis of all successful agriculture.
Diversified farming is of great im-
portance because it gives the farmer
an opportunity to carry out all the best
farm practices.
Is your farming properly diversified?
WATERING WORK HORSE
Many Animals Are Killed or In-
jured Through Carelessness.
Never Water Immediately After Feed-
ing Grain Nor Allow Too Much
Water When Hot—Manage-
ment of Great Importance.
(By GEORGE H. GliOVKR. Colorado
Agricultural College. Fort Collins. Colo.)
Many horses are killed and many
more are Injured by careless feeding
and watering.
Never wuter a horse immediately
after feeding grain. This washes the
grain through the stomach before it
is properly mixed with the stomach
Juices and is liable to causo colic. It
is safer to water the horse before
feeding grain.
If the horse is very warm Jet him
drink a fow swallows and then hold
his head up for a minute or two and
thus cool his stomach slowly. Try It
yourself in hot weather. You can drink
a quart of cold water without injury
If you but will take several minutes
for the first few swallowe.
When horses are brought in hot
from their work they should first be
given water cautiously and then fed
hay and grain together, allowing them
to exercise their own Judgment in
the selection of their feed.
While waiting for them at the "ra-
terlng trough the time can bo profit-
ably used in removing the harness,
Splendid Team for Farm Work.
at least the collar, and cooling the
shoulders by washing in cold water.
Removing the hot harness, In a hot
barn, during tho hot noon hour, is a
great relief to tho horse and is really
worth while.
When a horse becomes colicky or
Is foundered, from too much grain or
cold water on a warm stomach, there
Is no one to blame but the one who
had h^Bi in charge and it is he who
must be charged with either ignorance
or carelessness. Aorses are worth
money and their services are indis-
pensable. Their care and manage-
ment should be given more considera-
tion.
COMFORTABLE BED FOR HOGS
Best to Use Just Enough Bedding to
Keep Animals Warm and Change
It at Least Weekly.
Hogs should be comfortably bedded,
but it is best to use just enough bed-
ding to keep them warm, and to
change it once or twice a week. Where
a large quantity of bedding Is sup-
plied it becomes damp underneath,
causing rheumatism; and dusty on top,
giving tho hogs a dry, hacking cough.
Doth dust and dampness are opposed
to thrift.
When hogs are not supplied with
plenty of comfortable bedding in cold
weather, they pile on top of each other
to keep warm. In Mils way the under
ones becomo heated, and when they
get out into the cold air are easily
attacked by pneumonia and rheuma-
tism. If the attack is not sufficient
to kill them, it makes them unthrifty.
It Is best to allow only a limited num-
ber of hogs to sleep together, and they
should have such shelter and bedding
that they can keep warm without be-
coming heated.
LOSS IN MUDDY BARNYARDS
Danger From Disease Endangered by
Insanitary Conditions—Use of
Scraper Is Recommended.
It would be difficult to estimate the
loss to farmers from muddy barn-
yards. There Is loss of time and much
Inconvenience in caring for the stock,
there is loss of feed and loss of fertil-
ity from the barnyard refuse, not to
mention the danger from disease that
may be engendered by insanitary con-
ditions.
Most muddy barnyards are unneces-
sary. By the use of the scraper and
sufficient gravol, the mud and water
can be eliminated. The improvement
can be appreciated by all connected
with the farm enterprise. An interest-
ing sermon might be written on the
relation of the muddy barnyard to
the boys who leave the farm. That
such relation exists there can bo no
doubt.
POINTERS ON SILO BUILDING
Build Above Ground and Remembe#
Silage Can Be Kept Equally Well
in Any Receptacle.
(By C. M. 8CHULTZ.)
Many statements have been made
about the different kinds of silos that
are not strictly true. P\ r example,
in many cases, men who are interest-
ed In promoting various makes of silos
have made the statement that some
certain kind of silo will keep silage
better than any other kind. That ia
"bunk" of the worst kind. All of the
standard kinds of silo will keep silage
about equally well, if they are well
built.
There is considerable talk about the
underground silo, and its advantages.
It is being advocated by men who
ought to know better. An under-
ground silo is a poor thing to have.
It is hard to get the silage out of it,
and it is dangerous because of the
gases that are formed. While the first
cost may be a little less than an above-
ground silo, It is more expensive when
the cost of getting the silage out of
the hole, and the bother of the whole
proposition are considered. Don't
build an underground silo, for It will
pay so much better to build a good
one.
Hulld a silo above ground, and re-
member you can keep silage about
equally as well in all of the principal
kinds. All you have to consider is
tho cost, maintenance expense and
probable life. When theBe factors are
worked out, it will bo found, In many
cases, that either the thin-wall or the
solid-wall type of cement silo is the
best. Investigate the advantages of
cement silos carefully before you de-
cide to build some other kind.
HANDY CART FOR FARM WORK
Hundred and One Odd Jobs Could Be
Facilitated by Use of Cheap
Little Vehicle.
There are many little Jobs around
the farm that could be made easier
through the uso of a low-down push
cart. Barrels, buckets, and sacks of
material, in fact the hundred and one
things that we find necessary to move
on the farm, could bo transferred with
a saving of time and labor by rueans
of a light cart.
Two wheels of almost any descrip-
tion can be used, but the lighter the
better. Old buggy wheels will answer
nicely. An axle with a dip to within
a foot or so from the ground cpn be
made by any blacksmith. Short shafts
can be attached to the axle on the in-
side Just at the hub of tho wheel.
Then tho body of the cart can be
built from tho shafts to the lower
part of the axle, giving the cart an
underslung -platform. The back end
of the cart will be left open for con-
venience, while the two sides and the
front end may be boarded up with thin
lumber or narrow strips.
Heavy materials should not be used,
except for tho bottom, unless heavy
loads are to be transported. Such a
cart as this can bo made quickly and
without any special skill. Its value
will become more apparent as new
uses are found for it. It will short-
en and lighten many a task.
SEED PLANTER QUITE USEFUL
Californian Invents Device for Deliw
ering Seeds at Predetermined
Spaced Intervals.
Tho Scientific American in illustrat-
ing and describing a planter, invented
by O. L. Freisinn of Santa Rosa, Cal.,
says:
This inventor provides a planter
having a delivery hopper providing
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Cost of Farm Tractor.
In considering the cost of the trac-
tor on the farm it is necessary to con-
sider the Items of operation, efficiency,
upkeep cost and possible length of
service.
Feeding the Colt.
Crowing colts require considerable
protein. They should be so fed as to
secure proper development and at a
minimum cost. Rough feed, such as
clean mixed hay. alfalfa, or clover,
may be fed along with a mixture of
bran, oats, and corn.
Spray to Control Worms.
There Is no longer any more ques-
tion regarding the control of worms
affecting apples, or other fruit. Spray*
lng will do the work.
Clean Up the Garden Spot.
Remove all weeds, trimmings and
surplus rubbish from the garden. See
that every plant and bush is properly
protected. Cover the ground with
finely composted manure and you may
then look forwr.rd to a fruitful resur-
rection In tbe spring
Automatic Planter.
means which may be automatically
operated by a ground wheel for deliv-
ering seeds at predetermined spaced
intervals; provides a planter having
an automatically operable der4ce for
planting the seeds at spaced Intervals,
and means for covering the seeds;
and provides an arrangement whereby
the planting rows may be spaced at
desired distances apart.
CLEANING UP POULTRY FLOCK
Disease Must Be Expected Whert
Chickens Are Raised on Same
Ground Year After Year.
On ground upon which numerous
chickens have been raised until it ia
thoroughly poisoned you are never
rid of disease in the flock, and breed
as you will from good outside stock,
yet the flock will not attain the six*
it should, and year after year, in
spite of precaution, the chicks show
up with the white diarrhea.
Get rid entirely of that flock, espe-
cially If it be a special kind that has
been kept for many or several years.
Oftentimes with but ordinary clean-
ing up a new breed can com.e direct-
ly upon the ground and show but little
sickness.
Yellow Yolks of Egpe.
Rich yellow yolks of egga :an be se-
cured In winter by allowing the fowls
free range when possible and makln*
yellow corn, clover and alfalfa m*-—.
a large part of the ration. Pale J olk
come from the lack o£ tkesa foods
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Burke, J. J. The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 224, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 18, 1916, newspaper, April 18, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc113196/m1/3/: accessed May 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.