Plan For Proper
Chick Sanitation
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1. Clean and disinfect brooder
house before chicks arrive with
cre-so-fec solution.
2. Disinfect all feed and water
•with a chlorena solution.
3. Prevent spread of drinking
water with chlorena disinfectant.
Every time a chick dies it costs
money. It costs the actual money
invested in the chick as well as the
profit that bird would have brought
later on, either as a broiler or pul
let. Many chick losses, leading au
thorities say, can be traced directly
to disease and parasite infestation,
most of which can easily be avoid
ed or controlled by a simple pro
gram of sanitation.
"Keeping things clean and con
fortable for the flock goes a lon^
way toward making money witl
chicks,” says ¥m. Chilsom of Pu
rina Mills’ Research staff. "That’s
why every chick raising program
should include proper sanitary
measures especially -when this is so
easy to do and costs so little. To
help keep chicks healthy and grow
ing the following sanitation' pro
gram is recommended, because it is
being used so successfully in the
Purina Laboratories and on the Ex
perimental Farm.
"Before chicks arrive, everything
movable should be taken out of
the brooder house. Ceiling, walls,
and floor should be swept thor
oughly and all dirt and litter clean
ed out. The next step is to scrub
the walls and floor and spray the
ceiling with a solution) of 1-3 tea
cup of cre-so-fec in one gallon of
water.
"If possible the brooder house
should be moved to fresh ground
and left open to sun and air. When
the brooder house canpot be moved
to new ground, provide a gravel
apron three inches deep, 15 feet
each way from the house. The
gravel should be stirred with a
garden rake at frequent intervals
and sprayed with the same strength
cre-so-fec solution already recom
mended.
"The importance of furnishing
clean litter for the chicks and
keeping it clean during the brood
ing period, is another point to be
observed. Good ventilation, with
out drafts, is essential too, and
plenty of room should be provided
for the chicks. Overcrowding is
dangerous.
"Drinking fountains and feed
hoppers must be kept clean at all
times by scrubbing the equipment
regularly and disinfecting with a
solution of six chlorena tablets to
a gallon of water. As a further
aid in preventing the spread of the
disease, one chlorena tablet should
be used in each gallon of drinking
water.
a nese iew simple control
measures against disease will go a I
long way towards guarding suc
cesfully the health of chicks and
keep them up and growing. These
are the ounces of prevention that
mean pounds of healthy profits for
the poultry raiser who includes
them in his management program.”
Anyway we refuse to believe that
home life is declining in this coun
try, so long as the usual number of
birds are building their nests.
The fact that the children are
too exhausted to study their lessons,
does not prove they will be unable
to go to a dance that evening.
If the fisherman think their
stories aren’t believed by their
friends, they can always avoid that
difficulty by distributing speci
mens of their fish.
Mystery of the Haunted Span
ish Tower. Exciting story of a
crime supposed to have been com
mitted by a ghost. One of many
fascinating features in the Ameri
can, Weekly, the magazine which
comes with the BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN, issue of
April 29.
ICady Say* She TooK
\ CARDUI for Cramps;'
jP Was Soon Relieved
1 Women who suffer as she did
Mil be Interested In the experience
of Mrs. Maude Crafton, of Belle
ville, HI., who writes: "For several
years, I suffered from Irregular
trouble and cramping. There would
be days when I would have to stay
in bed. I would get so nervous, I
was miserable. My aunt told me
to try Cardui. She believed it
would build me up, regulate me and
help the nervous trouble. I knew
after taking half a bottle of Cardui
that X was better. I kept on taking
Cardui and found It was doing me
a world of good. I am in good
health, which means a lot to me."
. . . Thousands of women testify
Cardui benefited them. If It does
not benefit YOU, consult a physl
PICKING SEXES OF CHICKS
So-called chick sexing—picking
out the pullets and cockerels in a
group of newly hatched chicks—
has recently been done with con
siderable accuracy by poultry
specialists of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
The method, first developed by
the Japanese, consists of observa
tion of the size and shape of the
genital eminence, variations being
only slight between the sexes at this
early age.
'fter a study of the problem
four months the Depart
r' racialists acquired an accu
more than 90 percent,
cne !■ the results by post-mor
tem ev mination of the chicks.
Accuracy of 70 percent was acquir
ed quickly by those doing the
work, but much practice was nec
essary to pass the 90 percent point.
No attempt was made to sex the
newly hatched chicks with com
mercial rapidity, as is done in Jap
an where professionally trained
men sex upwards of 5,00u chicks
a day for big hatcheries. The
Japanese have specialized in this
business and have found that a
great deal of experience with thous
ands of chicks is necessary before
BEAUTY . .. . ?
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CHICAGO . . . Readers should not
be startled. The photo above is only
a new type of beauty mask . „ . and
the photographer remained long
enough to see a beautiful lady
emerge ... as a butterfly from a
cocoon.
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Spring Ferer
Say “spring fever” to most
idnlts and they think of sulphur
md molasses. Although such so
called tonics and blood purifiers
are gradually, and
deservedly, passing
out of general use,
the fact remains
there is a condition
which we come to
know as “spring
fever.”
In reality, spring
las nothing to do with it. Winter
s the season at fault. We are
;hut in more and subjected to
tolds, sore throats, and the like
luring the winter. We take less
ttcercise and receive less sunshine.
5Ve lack quantities of green vege
tables and fruits in our diets. By
the time spring rolls around, the
■eserves of strength and energy
rre approaching low tide.
We speak of being “run-down’
>r “tired-out.” And that is wha*
t is—a mental and physical “let
lown,” for children as well a;
idults. But the answer is not
nedicine. Send the child out of
loors; let him get sunshine; bring
>n the fresh vegetables and fruits
If there isn’t a pick-up, by all
neans consult your physician, foi
the “let down” may have brought
>n something more serious.
“Desserts," an important matter
vhere children are concerned, will
ie discussed by Dr. Ireland next
seek.
one can be properly trained to sex
chicks on a commercial basis.
However, the Department spe
cialists have shown, according to a
recent report, that chick sexing at
hatching time by Americans is
feasible. With sufficient training
and experience the work cart be
done on a commercial basis, in the
opinion of tKe Department special
ists.
The business authorities tell peo
ple to be prepared to make financial
statements, but the one most com
monly heard is the statement that
hey are going to pay what they owe
sometime next week.
Pictures you will want to keep.
Delightful series of exotic paint
ings, in colors, by Edmund Dulac,
in the American Weekly, the maga
zine which comes with the BAL
TIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN.
Buy your copy from your favorite
newsboy or newsdealer.
Roadside Markets
Urged By Knapp
The roadside market is a poten
tial source of considerable profit to
farmers who are situated so they
can take advantage of it, points out
Dr. Joseph G. Knapp, associate ag
ricultural economist at State Col
lege. North Carolina farmers, he
said, would do well to follow in the
footsteps of growers in Massachu
setts and New Jersey, where road
side marketing has been developed
to a high degree and associations
formed to insure the public of
quality produce and full weights
and measures.
Next in importance to high grade
produce and honest measures are
attractive markets and courteous
and intelligent service. The public
likes to stop at inviting places, but
passes by those which look shoddy
and unbusinesslike.
UTTU AMf RICA ■^'ANTARCTICA _\ \/\
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Antennae Blown Down!
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^GAIN we have to go without our
weekly story from Arthur Abele
in Little America. A new and seri
ous crack in the ice on which this
Antarctic village is situated has
caused the Admiral to set up a
new camp three-quarters of a mile
in back of Little Amema and ev
erybody has been busy, day and
night, moving sufficient supplies
there to last the 56 men on the
ice one year, in case an emergency
occurs at Little America. The Ad
miral and his scientists do not ex
pect this but, with his usual fore
sight, he is ’ preparing for any
eventualities.
The real trouble
now is not that
the weather is
not cold enough
to freeze the ice.
The temperatures
are ranging from
30 to 40 degrees
below zeero. The
earlier thiva,
however, moved
so much of the
Kenneth Rawson jce out 0f tjje
Navigator Bay 0f Whales
that it allowed the waves and cur
rents from the Ross Sea to act with
greater violence against and under
the Ross Barrier and the Bay ice
in Ver sur Mer Inlet to such an
extent that the Ice is bending and
cracking ofT. The Admiral does not
believe that the crack extending
around Little America will widen
enough to pitch it into the sea but
he is taking no chances.
Meanwhile a series of violent
blizzards have blown down the new
directional antennae which made
the receipt of radio messages and
broadcasts so beautifully clear just
a few weeks ago and we have been
unable to receive any stories or
messages from Arthur Abele or
Commander George Noville for the
past ten days. We fully expect this
trouble to be remedied within the
next few days so that next week
we should have an interesting first
hand story from them on what is
going on down there at the bottom
of the world.
When we mentioned, a couple of
weeks ago, that a number of his
tory, physical geography and sci
ence classes in high schools and
colleges were enrolling in the Lit
tle America Aviation and Explora
tion Club in a body, we started
something or, rather, we gave a
great push to something which had
already • been started. Since that
time we have received several
thousand applications for free mem
bership in the club and we have
enrolled more than 50 complete
classes which are using these stor
ies as a weekly lesson. To each of
the members of these classes we
have sent a membership card and
the big working map of the South
Polar regions on which the mem
bers may outline the various ex
ploration Journeys of the Expedi
tion. This map, which is 20% by
27% inches, contains suggestions
on how to draw the various trips
with different symbols and in dif
ferent colored pencils to indicate
the various types of equipment in
cluding the airplanes, the three
tractors, the two snowmobiles and
the dog teams.
This map, if properly kept,
should form an interesting and val
uable life-long momento of one of
the greatest scientific adventures
of the age. All that is necessary to
join the club and secure one of the
maps is to send a self-addressed
stamped envelope to Arthur Abele,
Jr., president, Little America Avia
tion and Exploration Club, Hotel
I^exington, 48th Street and Lexing
ton Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Please be sure to write your name
and address plainly. A number of
people have neglected to do so and
their maps and cards have been
returned to us. There is no charge
for membership in this unique club
which has been formed, at Admiral
Byrd’s request, to further the in
terest of young America in the
development of aviation and ex
ploration.
The location of a roadside mar
ket is also important. It should be
convenient for the motorists, an$d
visible for some distance in both
directions. Motorists traveling fast
are not inclined to jam on their
brakes to stop at a place that
flashes suddenly into view. The
top of a hill or the outside of a
mild curve have the advantage of
getting the driver’s attention while
he has slowed down. The best lo
cation, however, is undoubtedly a
straight road. The right side of
the road going into town is also
best, for more produce is purchased
by people returning to the city than
by those leaving it.
Plenty of good parking space is
also essential. Some attractive
flowers or natural foliage will en
hance the appearance of a market
place. An inexpensive but attrac
tive stand can be built for a few
dollars. Sometimes a few display
racks under a shade tree will suf
fice. Signs several hundred feet or
more down the road on each side
of the market will help draw at
tention. A few words are best,
such as Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
For Sale, or Sunshine Road Market
Just Ahead.
I The American people are willing
to stay at home, when they have no
money to go anywhere.
The birds keep twittering "cheep,
cheep, in spite of all the govern
mnte is doing to raise proices.
TOO FAT
If you are too fat—and some
are—don’t forget the two out
standing causes of excess weight;
they are:
(1) Not enough exercise—
(2) Eating more than you need.
These are to be first thought of.
To correct either, or both, is a
matter wholly your own. Nobody
can take exercise for you, or cut
down eating for you—you must
do that for yourself. Do it under
the counsel and advice of your best
friend—your family doctor.
I talked this very morning with
a stout, healthy country miss, who
as literally made an invalid of her
self, trying to take off weight; she
is afraid to take quantity or kind
of food that she really needs. She
is unable to work, and her nervous
system torn to pieces.
It is quite possible for a state
of confirmed invalidism to be ac- '
quired from constant dread of tak
ing the necessary nourishment for
the proper functioning of the
body. would rather be a trifle
overweight—and happy—than to
starve myself into a confirmed
neurotic.
The normal human being must
have a variety of food. We are
not herbivorous, no more than w:
are carnivoroius; we are altogether
different from the lower animals;
an4, it takes fuel if we would build
a fire. We need, in proper quan
tity, meats, starches, vegetables,
fruits, and "greens:” some things
raw, some well cooked, all clean.
But not an over-supply.
I have a fat lady under my care
—weighs 190. I try to diet her
correctly. I happened into her
hotel at dinnertime the other day;
she had a plateful and a dozen
side-dishqb! Enough for two or
three meals- No, I didn’t chide
her then, but I’m laying for her.
When I catch her away from the
table. Well, she employs me.
The young people are urged to
get up in good season, on the idea
that the early bird catches the
worm, but they reply that the early
bird is also likely to catch cold, as
the result of gettng out in the chil
ly morning before the sun has
warmed the air.
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HAVE TUB EEPUTATIOU oP EATIMG YELLOW
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