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hmmy quality in hens MAKES FOR PROFIT Rigid Selection Matter of Much Moment. It is possible to select and breed Leghorns to increase body weight, weight of eggs, and number of eggs produced, without sacrificing any of these increases to bring about any of the others, says the Cornell univer sity experiment station in a bulletin recently published. While it is said to be a normal tend* eney f?r the weight of the egg and the weight of the hen to decrease with an increase in the number of eggs, rigid selection, the station says, will t?,Ic ti.n<|pncy Not onlv that, but the tendency was also to lengthen the egg-laying period and to put ofT the time when egg-laying di minishes through the maturity of the bir?ls. The studies made a careful com parison between birds of high-laying capacity and those of low capacity. The high producers ate more than the low producers; but, nevertheless, it took about twice as much feed to get a dozen eggs from the low producers. When costs and incomes are balanced, the evidence is all in favor of the pul lets from a long line of ancestors se lected for egg production. "When the annual feed cost, which is about 50 per cent of the cost of producing eggs, is deduct ed from the gross income, there is still an advantage of $-.91 per pullet, annually, in favor of the high line bird," the bulletin says. Poultry House Windows in Summer and Winter Awnings for the poultry house need is * be placed In the same cat pgory as lace curtains and a radio for the dairy f table, since many thicks are confined to the house all summer, says Prof. T. I.. Fairbanks of the New York State College of Agriculture. Windows in poultry houses are arranged to let in all the sunlight possible*. The sun light is an advantage In winter but in summer a large sunlight pattern on the floor tends to keep the house too hot. For summer ventilation Professor Fairbanks advises having windows on two or more sides of the house. With the windows and ventilators open, the air movement does not keep the tem perature of the house lower than out of-doors but does remove dust, odors, and moisture and makes the house seem cooler. In hot, still, sultry weather an elec tric fan set four or five feet from the floor and faced to blow across the pen or along the wall, but not directly on the birds, gave some relief, he saya Turkey Losses Checked Experienced turkey breeders have found that strict sanitation. Including clean ground, is essential as a means of controlling parasites and diseases in their flocks. Trials conducted at the North Da kota Agricultural college show that G3 artificially-hatched poults that were placed on clean ground sustained no losses from blackhead; while 45 tur key poults hatched from the same hens as the other group and allowed to run with the mother hen on ground pre viously used by chickens sustained a loss of all but four with blackhead Two of these four poults at the time of marketing >showed characteristic blackhead lesions when killed, leaving only two of the original 45 to go "scot free" from disease or parasites. The rotation of yards, preferably on alfalfa range, is the simplest method to follow out the sanitation program for turkeys. ? Dakota Farmer. Clean Shell Important The clean shell of an egg indicates that it was produced under sanitary conditions. It costs no more to pro duce clean eggs after one is once pre pared and becomes accustomed to the changed processes necessary. Many of these essentials are neccssary for the general health and productivity of the flock. They include dry housing conditions, sanitary precautions, cor rected nesting arrangements, and feed ing practice. ? Successful Farming. Poultry Hints Baby chicks double in size during the first two weeks of life. ? ? ? The period of incubation for duck rgg8 is 28 days, except for the Mus covy, which is 33 to .S5 days. ? ? ? Crossing breeds or varieties of poul try is not recommended. The birds from the first cross may have the good Qualities of both parents but further crossing will result in A degenerated ttongrei flock. Quick Ending Put to Plague Danger Foot-and-Mouth Disease Is Most Effectively Handled. Prepared by tti?? l"nltP?! state-* T^partment of A^riculturv. ? WNU Service. Effective control of the recent out break of foot-and-mouth disease in southern California, with prospects that the plague probably has been eradicated, is announced. The origi nal outbreak was diagnosed on' April 28, and the last Infected herd was slaughtered and burled May 7. Up to June 1 the Inspection forces had found no other sign? of foot-and mouth disease either In the quaran tined area or surrounding territory. All Infected premises have been thor oughly cleaned and disinfected aud re stocking has been permitted, beginning InnP Ifi A Ithnnnh mnnj rtf *l?o In. spectors assigned to the task of eradi cating the outbreak have now re turned to their regular official sta tions, a sufficient force has been left hi the quarantined area to handle nny emergency that may arise. Veterinary officials remind live stork owners aud the public of the highly infectious character of fnot-and-moutb disease and of the danger that it may appear unexpectedly and spread rap idly. The seeming eradication of the disease in 10 days, however, sets a new record and is noteworthy In com parison with former outbreaks, one of which required IS months for eradi cation. The shortest previous time which elapsed between the diagnosis of the disease ami the disposal of the last infected herd was 31 days. Cull Unprofitable Cows and "Stuff" Good Ones Cows don't know anything about business cycles; and so how can they understand, when their grain is taken away and they are forced to get along on dry, short pasture, that they are expected to make just as much milk from this deficient diet as they did on a complete ration during the winter. Even if they knew, they couldn't do much for their owner's relief, because the cow that can get along on grass alone Just isn't profitable to her owner. Especially Is this true in a year like 1!W2. For that matter, it's always a bad year for dairymen whose cows can give all the milk they're capable of giving on nothing hut grass. A cow must be able to make IU.K) pounds of fat a year to return her own er a worthwhile profit now. Liberal feeding of a complete ration pays with cows that can eat that. Cull the poor cows, feed the good ones better. ? Na tional Farm Journal. Lime Brought Back His Land Burl Johnson has proved that lime and legumes pay on Hourhon county (Kan.) soils. Mr. Johnson bought a run-down farm that would not grow alfalfa or clover and set at>out to Im prove It, He limed 13 acres four tons to the acre and spread on it 1200 tons of manure. Sweet clover was seeded in oats on this field and came on so rank that the oats could not he harvested for grain. The clover and a 40- bushel oats crop were put up for hay. Mr. Johnson says it made good hay. too. Early the next spring .'10 cows were turned into the clover and left until May 24. when the field was plowed 6 Inches deep and put to corn. The corn made 60 bushels an acre, the highest yield anyone could remember on that land. Only nine acres were required to fill a silo 12 by 4<> feet, The field then was seeded to alfalfa and still Is producing heavy yields. Barley's Food Value In South Dakota experiments, where barley and corn were compared In feeding two-year-old steers and beef calves, it was found that the barley was not quite equal to corn for either class of animals. Similar results were found in comparing barley with corn for pig feeding. The average of the experiments with ground barley and a I protein supplement fed to pigs on pas ! Hire showed that barley had 80 per cent of the feeding value of corn, while for pigs In dry lot. It had 05 per i cent of the feeding value of corn.? J Successful Farming. Make a Post Puller ! A good post puller can be made of two by fours, bolted securely togeth ! er In the form of an X. Brace the i puller by nailing a crosspiece near the bottom of the two legs. To oper | ate this device, pass a chain around i the post, place Ihe puller up next to the post. | miss the chain over the crotch and attach chain to the dou bletrees or other source of power. 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