The Gotebo Gazette (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1922 Page: 3 of 8
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GOTEBO OKLA., GAZETTE
BREEDING FLOCK DOES BEST IF
PERMITTED FREE RUN OF RANGE
(Prepared by the United fttatea Department
■ of ▲srtculture.)
If cockerels or pullets are used In
the breeding duck they should be well
mutured, poultry specialists In the Doi-
ted States Department of Agriculture
advise. lieoa are better than pullets.
They lay larger eggs, which produce
stronger chicks. Yearling and two-
year-old bens are better than older
ones. Pullets used as breeders should
be muted with a cock rather than with
• cockerel. If a cockerel is used he
should be mated with hens rather than
with pullets. As a rule, well-matured
cockerels will give better fertility than
cocks.
Free Range for Breeding Pen.
When possible free range should be
provided for the breeding stock. It Is
better to provide It during the entire
fall and winter before the breeding
season, but, If this Is not possible, free
range just preceding and during the
breeding season will be of great value
lllrds of free range will get more ex-
ercise and, therefore, will be In better
health and will give higher fertility,
better hatches, and stronger chicks.
The breeding flock needs careful su-
pervision to make sure that the fowls
keep In good breeding condition. The
birds and the houses should be ex-
amined often to see that they are not
infested with lice or mites. Either
of these pests In any numbers will se-
riously afTect or totally destroy fer-
tility. Care must be exercised also to
see that the male does not frost his
comb or wattles. If these are frosted
bis ability to fertilize eggs will be lm-
wlli produce eggs. Any good laying
ration la suitable for this purpose.
Beef scrap should not run above 10 or
15 per cent of the total ration. The
hlrds should be kept in good flesh, bat
should not be allowed to become exces-
sively fat. All whole or cracked grain
should be fed In litter. This forces tht
fowls to exercise by scratching for It
As a supply of green feed la usually
lacking late In the winter or early In
the spring, sprouted oats, cabbaga
mangels, or cut clover or alfalfa should
be fed.
DAIRY
FACTS
BEST SELF-FEEDER FOR PIGS
6mall Device Is Handler to Movo
Around and Takes Up Less Room
In the Feed Alloy.
The small self-feeder Is much band*
ler to move around and also stands
the moving much better than the
large one. It takes up less room when
placed In the feed alley of the hog
house or In some other sheltering build-
ing, and Is safer to feed from. Any
feeder Is apt to clog up occasionally,
especially in feeding ground feed, and
for that reason they should be looked
after often. The larger the feeder
the stronger Is the tendency to let It
take care of Itself.
From the stundpolnt of construction
the advantage is also In favor of the
small feeder. With a length of much
over four feet the load on It will be
heavy and the strain of moving It will
tell much sooner than on the smaller
TICK ERADICATION IS URGED
It Is Only In Sectlone-Where Parasite*
Have Been Destroyed That Dairy-
ing Pays Well.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Wherever the dairy Industry has
gained a foothold In the South 'there
Is strong sentiment In favor of the
complete eradication of the cattle tick,
says the United States Department of
Agriculture, for It Is only In tick-free
areas that the dairy cow can be ex-
pected to return a profit. At the last
session of the state legislature of Mis-
Heads of Cockerels and Cocks Showing Defective Combs. Defects of These
Kinds Should Be Guarded Against in Selecting Breeders. 1, Thurttb Mark;
2, Blade of Comb Following Neck Too Closely and Points Showing Tend-
ency to Lop; 3, Rose Comb Showing Hollow Center; 4, Side Sprig; 6, Un-
even Serrations and Double Point; 6, Twisted Comb.
paired and may not be recovered for
severpl weeks. On ve.. cold nights
when there Is danger of the combs be-
ing frosted the males to he used as
breeders must be put In a'warm plo<^,
such as a box or crate of suitable slle
partly covered by a bng or cloth. The
breeding male should be examined oc-
casionally after feeding to see that his
crop Is full and that he Is not growing
thin. Some males will allow the hens
. to eat all. the feed, with the result that
they get out of condition. If this hap-
pens the male must be fed separately
from the hens at least once a day.
Provide the breeding stock with com-
fortable quarters. The house must be
draft proof, yet well ventilated and
dry. The birds should not be crowded.
If the birds are yarded, four square
feet of floor space per bird should be
allowed, but on free range from three
to three and a half square feet per
bird will be enough.
Feeding Breeding Stock.
The breeders must be fed so ss to
keep them In such condition that they
size. Many good types of ready-made
self-feeders can be bought todny, and
If the freight on them has nnt been
too high they should be sold almost as
cheaply as they cun be made.
PREPARE SOIL FOR ALFALFA
A $10,000 Cow Recently Purchased by
• Southern Dairyman.
slsslppl It was the Influence of the
newly-developed Industry that prevent-
ed the Indefinite suspension of the
state-wide tick-eradication law. Farm- ,
ers who depend upon the cow for a
purt of their income have grown to be !
a power In the state and they demand
that the work be carried to comple- ■
tion.
In two counties of the state the I
boards of supervisors decided last fall (
to stop tick-eradication work and to (
do no more In the future, but they
reckoned without the cow owners, who
saw In the relnfestatlon by ticks the
disappearance of the bi-monthly milk
and cream checks that had been
keeping up their credit at the stores
even when the cotton crop was a fail-
ure. These men got together and de-
manded that the boards reverse their
actions, nnd the boards did so with
little delay.
In many counties In Georgia last
year, state officials report, the ravages
of the boll weevil would have driven
many of the cotton farmers Into bank-
ruptcy had they not been fortified
against it by a few dairy cows. The
fact that the ticks had been eradi-
cated made It possible to carry on the
dairy business with profit. Some of
the farmers when they saw that the
cotton crop was to be a failure used
the cotton fields for growing cow feed,
and, when they could raise the money,
bought more cows from the North. In
a tlcky country they would have been
lost.
A map prepared by the commission-
er of agriculture of Oklahoma shows
that in an area of 43,000 square miles
cleared of ticks there are now more
than lfiO "creameries and Ice cream
factories that have sprung up In the
last three or four years. Such condi-
tions, says the department, are nevei
found In the domuin of the tick.
Mm
SS5E5E5!
ROUP IS DANGEROUS DISEASE
Delicate Fowls Have Very 8evoro At.
tacks and Recover 8lowly—
Isolate Sick Birds.
(Prepared br the United State# Department
of Agriculture.)
One of the worse results of the wet
and Inclement weather of fall and
early winter Is the disease of chickens
commonly called roup. It resembles
the more mullgnant forms of Influenza
In larger animals and In man, attack-
ing principally the membranes lining
the eye, the sacks below the eye, the
nostrils, the larynx and the trachea.
It Is attended with high fever and Is
very contagious, but the nature of the
germ Is not yet known. However, It
Is known that contagion Is brought
Into the poultry yard by Infected birds.
Outbreaks of roup In the fall occur
most commonly where the growing
chickens are overcrowded In the coop
or where the coops are not waterproof
or are poorly ventltlated. Sometimes
these are birds purchased from other
flockk, and sometimes they are birds
from the nome flock which have been
on exhibition and exposed to conta-
gion. Again, they are wild birds or
pigeons which fly from one poultry
yard to another.
Delicate birds have very severe at-
tacks and recover slowly, as pointed
out In Farmers' Bulletin 957, published
j by the United States Department of
1 Agriculture. Often a chronic condl-
I tlon persists for a long time and
( birds so affected give and spread the
i disease for a year or more, becoming
a starting point for many new out-
| breaks.
I At first symptoms are similar to an
ordinary cold, but there is more fever,
dullness und prostration. The eyelids
are swollen and held closed most of
the time. The birds sneeze and shake
their heads In their efforts to free the
air passages. Sometimes the eyes are
entirely closed and birds are prevent-
ed from finding food. This, of course,
results In rapid loss of strength, and
many of the birds die within a week
THE KEY
"The Fairies," said Daddy, "w ra
busy doing up packages for the F sy
Wondrous Secrets and the Dreaml ind
King. He was sitting on bis Tavcrlta
cloud waiting for these packages.
"His friend, the Sandman, ha*. al-
ready been around and his other fi lend.
Prince Sleep, bad followed shortly
after. , . . .
"At last they were all ready. Every
package was done up.most beautlfullj
and the Dreamland King had a great
big load. ^
- 'All pleasant dreams, so they wont
be too hard to carry,' he fcald as ba
started off.
"Just tnen there came a great noise
and then a huge door opened.
"It opened right out frofn th% Secret
Room of the fairies to the Dreamland
King's favorite clo"ud."
"There Is a passageway which runs
between this room and the cloud, and
Sweet Clover Paves Way for More
Aristocratic Neighbor and In-
sures Good Stand.
One big thing about sweet clover Is
that It paves the way- for Its more
aristocratic and exclusive neighbor, al-
falfa. Farmers who have tried the
plan of seedlug a plot to sweet clover
for one or two years and then putting
In alfalfa, have found that they lnvar-
Inhly get a good stand, for the soil has
been properly Inoculated for the al-
falfa ,and It takes right bold.
Oo over the vegetables In the cellar
for any Indication of decay. Cabbage
Is apt to decay early.
MAKE TEST OF BLUEGRASS SEED
Has Been Giving Dealers and Ex-
perts Much Trouble.
Croat Variation In Behavior of Va-
rtous Samples .Has Been Found In
Germinating Tests Made by
Department
(Prepared or the United State. Departmeat
•f Agriculture.)
Canada bluegrasa seed seems to be
extremely sensitive to a number of con-
ditions that afTect Its germination and
for that reason the United States De-
partment of Agriculture la trying to
develop a method for testing It that
will give uniform results. Up to tbe
present time blue grass seed has been
giving seed dealers and state sualysta
much trouble.
The department, In Its attempt to do
termlne the factors Influencing the
germination of Canada bluegrass, has
found a great variation In the behavior
of various samples. All samples are
found to require a dally alternation oi
temperatures for successful germina-
tion. A temperature of 20 degrees 0.
for 18 hours and SO degrees C. for six
hours Is satisfactory. Many samples
give a distinctly higher germination
when exposure to light Is added to the
above temperature schedule. How-
ever, It Is Important that the temper-
ature schedule be not sacrificed In ob
talnlng the light exposure.
Some samples of Canada bluegrass
do not germinate completely even with
the above conditions satisfied. Work
In progress Is expected to determine
all tbe factors necessary to make a
dependable germination test of Canada
bluegrass possible.
Appearanoe and Quality.
Appearance as well aa quality helps
to sell goods. County fairs and ex-
hlbltlons should be one mrani of ad-
vertising good produce aud creating a
demand for It.
Why Dairymen Need Silo
Six convincing reasons why
dairymen need silos are given by
A. C. Baer, head of the Dairy
department at Oklahoma A. and
M. college. They are:
1. Dairy cows need succulent
feed during the dry season and
during the winter. •
2. A silo will preserve feed
crops In the best and most profit-
able form.
S. Silage Is cheaper than any
other feed for cows.
4. A well-filled silo solves
most of the feed problems.
5. A silo affords a dairyman
the best storage room for home-
grown feed.
6. Dairying Is not as profit-
able without a silo as with one.
Comfortable, Roomy Winter Lodgings
for the Hens Meana Plenty of Eggs.
TO RAISE CALVES "BY HAND"
Ohio Specialists Say Don't Wear
Youngster Until Five Days OUt—
Feed Some Grain.
To raise calves "by hand," say spe-
cialists In animal husbandry extension
for the Ohio State university, don't
wean the calf until four or five day*
old. Then for the next three weeks
feed It's mother's milk from a bucket
at the rate of from eight to twelve
pounds dally. Substitute one pounl
of skim milk dally until the calf Is re-
ceiving Its whole ration of aklm milk
Cracked corn or oats may be placed
In the bucket after tbe calf has fin-
ished Its milk. Calves ought to have
milk until five or alx months old, tbe
college specialists believe, and the>
or ten days. Some of the afTected ones
recover and others continue weak and
have a chronic form of disease for
months.
The best treatment is to place sick
birds In a warm, dry, well-ventllated
room free from drafts, and away from
the rest of tlie flock. An antiseptic
and healing mixture should be spplled
to the affected membranes. Lacking a
spraying apparatus, u sninll syringe
and oil can, or even a medicine drop-
per, may answer the purpose, or the
bird's head may be plunged Into a
basin of the mixture and held there
for a few seconds. The most suitable
remedies are: Equal parts of hydrogen
peroxide and water; boric acid, I
ounce, water, 1 quart; or permauga-
nute of potash, 1 dram, water 1 pint
WINTER SHELTER FOR GEESE
8hed Open on South Side With Plent>
of 8traw or Shavings Is Most
Satisfactory.
■Like an Enormous Key."
the huge door Is at the end of the
passageway.
"•Well, well, well,' said a voice. T
had a great time harrying to get here
I want to go around tonight, too.
" *1 rushed from my special home to
the room where the fairies do up tbeli
packages for the Dreamland King, and
I found them all gone.
"•Dear me, I was afraid I was too
late. Yes, I want to go around, toa
I've been treated so much better oi
late.' ■ •
" 'Do come around,' said the Dream-
land King.
"•Oh yes,' said the Fairy Wondroui
Secrets,' 'you surely must go. Where
have you been all this timer
•• 'Of course, my name Is Key. My
middle name Is To—spelled In Jusl
that simple way. And my third narnt
Is Happiness.
"•As you can see, fairies and Won-
drous Secrets and Dreamland King, I
look something, like an enormous kej
and something like a brownie, and
something like a gnome, and somethlnj
like an elf.
'But 1 dress in such a way so as
to look like a key. This is my .favor
ite costume.'
And Indeed he did look like a key-
very much like a big alive key.
•• 'You wonder why you have not seen
me In u long time,' Key continued.
" *l will exphiln to you. As you know
and ns I've said, my whole name U
Key To Happiness. And I live up t<
my name.
" 'I'm really the key to happiness,
for I explain what makes happiness
1 cannot do It alone. People have to
have understanding, you kuoW*
•• *1 explain, though, that sd many
simple things make happiness. I tell ol
my friends Kind Words, Judge Just
I'rulse, Miss Hate-Oosslp-So. She hat
a strange name. She will not changc
It though, because she says her name
explains her feelings. She does hate
gossip so! That Is the truttt. She
won't listen to a word of It!
'Then I have so many other fflends,
such as Sister Sympathy, Girlie Qen-
Except In stormy weather or In the
winter mature geese seldom need a
house. A shed open on the south side
a poultry house, or a bam usually la
provided by breeders In the North, and
Is used by some breeders In the South
says the United States Department of
Agriculture. Coops, barrels, or some
other dry shelter should be provide#
tor the young goslings. Rut wherever
they are the geeae ahould Itavo a clean
college specialists believe, and the> ptaC€> with plenty of straw or shsv-
add that aven a Ipnger period of milk I ( for the floor during tht winter,
feeding Is preferable. I
erosity and Brother Bravery.
•One of my best rrienos Is* Uncle
Unselfishness. Then these Is .Merry
Nature and Susy SmIUp. They're the
dearest little pals.
•• 'I try-to introduce them when I go
about. 1 try to tell that they're close,
close friends of mine.
••.•1 also want to explain that I'm
not so hard to know. Any one can he-
roine a real friend of mine, and «he se-
cret Isn't hard to learn. I will tell
them as they sleep that 1 am about
with my friends whenever they want
me. and even though they cannot ac-
tually see me they can feel that I'm
around.
"•But sometimes I'm shoved sway
so far that 1 almost get lost. Yes. Key
To Happiness almost' gets lost when
people pay no attention to him and act
ss though be were some ope much too
unusual to know.
•••But I'll never really get lost—oh
no, only sometimes shoved back a bit,
but now I am going off with you.
Dreamland King. Yes, 1 am ready to
part uow I'"
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