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.DAIRY FACTS Give Strict Attention to Feeding Dairy Cows "In ordgr to get economical produc tion, farmers must pay strict attention to the 'feeding of their dairy cattle dur ing the winter months, for feeding comprises more than one-half the cost of producing milk,” says the dairy spe cialist at the New Jersey State Col lege of Agriculture. “Home-grown feeds are the cheapest feeds the dairy man can get, and roughages, even at the high price of hay, are the cheap est of home-grown feeds. Alfalfa, clo ver and corn silage are the best milk producers; yet mixed hay and stalks can be fdd to advantage If they are present on the farm. “Those who have a supply of corn ears are fortunate. <3orn and cob meal should furnish the basis of the ration. By the purchase of bran or oats and a few high protein concen trates a good milk-making ration can be compounded according to the fol lowing recommended proportions: Ten pounds of alfalfa or clover hay, 30 pounds of corn silage with all the bright stalks the cow will clean up dally, together with 600 pounds of corn and cob meal, 300 pounds of bran or oats, 200 pounds of gluten, 100 pounds of cottonseed meal, and 100 pounds of dll meal. The cost of this mixture will vary, depending upon lo cal prices. “If neither alfalfa nor clover hay Is available It will be necessary to double the amount of linseed or cot tonsjfeed meal. If no sllnge or suc culent feed Is being fed, linseed meal sliquld be substituted for the cotton seed meal. It Is advisable also to feed beet pulp at the rate of three pounds per cow If silage Is not available. The beet pulp should be fed when In a soaked condition. 'There Is a distinction between cot tonseed meal and cottonseed feed. Cottonseed feed contains a large pro portion of hulls and has a very Infe rior feeding value, and should not be purchased If cottonseed meal can be 1 bought. “It Is always poor economy to un derfeed dairy stock; feed them enough to keep them in a good, thrffty condi tion. Cows in milk should be fed all the roughage they will eat and, fn ad dition, one pound of grain daily for each three and one-half pounds of milk they give each day." T Unilorm Laws Urged to Stop Spread of Disease (Frepmr ;d by the United States Department , of Agriculture.) At the recent World’s Dairy con gress, held at Washington, D. C., Dr. John B. Mohler, chief of the bureau of aniixal Industry, United States De partment of Agriculture, suggested to the deh “gates that efforts should be made t>< obtain some uniformity In the laws of the various countries reg ulating international trade in live stock. Some move of this sort is * ' needed now, said Doctor Mohler, be ’ cause of the great extent of interna tional trn.de in live stock, and because of prevalence of destructive animal dis eases In many parts of the world. Certain fundamental features which probably would be desirable for all countries were brought out in the statement made to the delegates. It was suggested that each country en gaged ii domestic and foreign com merce b live stock and its products Should establish a competent veter inary service, and failing to do this should have no right to expect its ani mals to be received in other countries; i provisions should be made to prevent the spread of contagious diseases In the colmtry, the introduction of in J fection from abroad, or the transmis sion of diseases to other countries; and there should be an international co-operative system of exchange of in formation id regard to animal health In the various countries. Al^nsanitary Dairy Practices Unprofitable Below are listed a -tew practices which are insanitary, injurious and unprofitable for the dairy farmer: To milk cows that have dirty flanks and udders, so that at every move ment of the milker, dirt falls Into the milk pall. To milk with wet hands, so that the milk, saturated with filth, falls Into the milk pail. To use separators and utensils which have not been thoroughly ster ilized and aired. Pouring freshly separated cream Into preyious sklmmlngs before cool ing. Keeping cream in root cellars, pantries, kitchens, stables, back porches or In any room where bad air exists.—L. K. Crowe, Animal Hus bandry Department, Colorado Agricul tural College. -—» . Rapidity Is One of Big Essentials in Milking Tests have shown that rapidity 1* ene of the essentials In milking a cow. Massaging the cow’s udder with the hand excites nervous action which in turn stimulates action of the milk glands. The more rapid the massage mo^aents, the greater is the nervous etiolation of gland action, and a greater amount of milk will be yield ed. Not only is the Quantity of milk Increased, but the faster the milk In drawn the richer It Is ta butterfat ) Unprofitable Producers Should Be Fowls to Eat (Prepared by the United State*’Department of Agriculture.) Ability to choose between the laying hen and the nonlayer is easily devel oped by poultry owners and should be put into practice in culling the flock if the best returns in both eggs and meat are to be had. In any flock some hens will be found which are such poor producers that they are un profitable, and these should be the ones to eat. All hens molt in the fall fit early winter. This molting characteristic Is easily observed and, when it starts to take place, means that the hen has about finished her laying season and is turning her attention to growing a new crop of feathers for a vacation be fore she' starts her next year's work. If it is desirable to use a part of the flock for meat, says the United States Department of Agriculture, the early moUers are the ones to select for eat ing first because they are laying very few or no eggs during tin’s molting season which usually lasts about three months. The hens in the flock should not be killed until they begin to molt and their combs begin to lose size, col or and flexibility, for if these changes have not taken place the hens will probably still be laying when eggs are especially valuable. As a rule hens of the general-purpose breeds are not profitable layers after they are two years old, and Leghorn hens rarely lay profitably after three laying years. Many of the hens should be culled before they reach these ages and replaced by well-matured pullets in the fall. Oyster Shell Required* by Egg Producing Hens Oyster shell should be kept con stantly before laying hens. Experi ments show that fowls will draw lime from the body skeleton if oyster shell is not obtainable in sufficient quanti ties. \ That oyster shell is an essential part of the feeding ration and that it should be kept before fowls con tinuously is clearly shown in the fol lowing excerpt from circular 27 of the West Virginia experiment station, en titled, Feeding for Egg Production, by Prof. Horace Atwood: “A relatively large amount of lime Is required In the formation of egg shells. Wheeler found that crushed oyster shell when fed to laying hens was the principal source of the lime present in the shells, and he advised feeding oyster shell, especially during the laying season. That his conclu sions were correct is indicated by the almost universal use of oyster shell for this purpose. One pound of oyster shell will furnish lime for about seven dozen eggs. * “In a recent Investigation Halpin finds that, contrary to popular belief, a lack of calcium or lime in the feed has not caused the production of soft shelled eggs, the hen apparently draw ing -on her skeleton for the needed calcium. Soft-shelled eggs, therefore, appear to be due to some pathological condition rather than to a lack of cal cium in the feed. A scant supply of calcium seems to decrease egg produc tion. This result is important from the practical standpoint, since many poultry raisers, believing' that soft shslled eggs indicate a lack of cal cium, do not feed oyster shells unless their hens lay soft-shelled eggs. It is thus possible that a lack of egg pro duction during the late winter months may be due to a lack of sufficient cal cium. “Since oyster shell is relatively cheap and since fowls need lime from this or a similar source, at least when they are laying, it is good practiced keep a supply constantly available.” Practical Poultry Notes Hens more than thirty months old seldom pay. • * * Never ship in cedar boxes, as cedar taints the flesh. • * • A spring chicken is a young bird weighing over two pounds. * * » A broiler should not^e more than sixteen weeks old, flbr weigh more than two pounds. » • • To establish a regular demand and income, marketing must be done on regular fixed days. * * • The head of the dressed carcass should be tucked back under the wing, when packed for shipment. • • * Do not sell or kill off the old geese or ganders on account of their age alone. Old geese are better breeders than young ones unless decrepit. ♦ * * All carcasses to be shipped should be dry-picked, as scalded poultry will not stand long shipments. The home trkde, however, prefers birds scalded. • • • Chicks with deformities like crooked necks or crooked legs should be killed at the time the clutch is put in the brooder. Such chicks are useless and die sooner or later. H>0<KH>0<KH>0<HJ<H>D<H><>a<10^CHJ<HKKKH>0<H5^0<HKHJO<KH>0<H>aaO<H>0 CHARMING BOUDOIR ROBES; HATS FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS 'T'O SI’END a bleak winter season without a “comfy’’ coiduroy robe to wrap one's self in, perish the thought! The blessings of a corduroy boudoir robe are not to be questioned. No worthy successor or substitute In point of comfort, utility and dependable ap pearance has ever been discovered by womankind. Yet we have a grievance, for regardless of its good qualities we do criticize its lack of individual style. But that was before the handsome models of tills season’s designing made their appearance. Today the corduroy houserobe takes on new glories, in that its collar and wide flowing cuffs are counter-stitched with contrasting thread so as to form BOUDOIIt ROBE OF CHIFFON VELVET a distinctive uiamonci-snapea trimming effect. A mandarin biue corduroy stitched with orange-colored silk; old rose with apple-green stitching; pur ple with lavender; wine with gladiola i pink, these are a few of the delectable combinations employed. The robe de luxe is lined with a thin silk accurately matched to the machine diumond stitching. For exceptionally pretentious neg ligee modes chiffon velvet Is finding favor. Not all of us can afford to buy LATEST JHLLINEKY STYLES . such a luxury, but willing fingers could easily fashion a charming robe at j home. Chiffon velvet in pastel shades, j bordered with ostrich fringe makes up most lovely. • Spanish embroidered and _ fringed | ■bawls furnish inspiration for a new fype negligee. The robe looks as if It were mude ftom a “really and truly” shawl. In reality it is fashioned of heavy crepe silk. Black for this model is favored ana it is cut to appear as If the shawl h.«d been thrown square like over the shoulders. All around it .is bordered with hand-knotted silk strands forming a long fringe. A large red rose with green leaves is aotldly embroidered in each corner. We am not drawing the line be tween i venlng und daytime millinery UWWWWVW i-U tHJ learly so severely as in the long ago. S’o doubt this Is due to the fact hat dancing Is so universally a parr if the day’s program. The dance hat las a way of defying conventions, vithout offending the most conserva :ive. If It chooses to be of malines, no hermometer at zero cap dissuade It. rhen, too. the dance b'at has a faculty if camouflaging, so that it looks per ’ectly proper in the glare of day. There is something about brown nalines that always adapts itself to urcumstances, in appearance. It is mown malines billowed over gold lace n wide loops to each side, which pro luces the becoming hat shown at the center of this group. mere is an oriental navor auout me metal-cloth, cnpllke turban with the silver lace veil shown to the lower left In the picture. The mode to the upper right Is In tricately built of narrow metal ribbon, sewed row on row for the crown. Heavy gold lace forms the brim, and twin pearl ball pins hold it in place in a becoming off-the-face fashion. A most commendable example of the tailored satin hat, which is, by the way, a leading fashion of the hour, la shown In the expertly niatty bonnet t« the upper left In the picture. The rernain'ng chapeau Is also of satin—black satin, If you please, than which there Is no more fashionable Item. The fact that the satin pulT | runs horizontally across the crown la In keeping with a new style feature^ * l»JJ, WMttra N«wa»ap»r Unlea.1 MOTHER! GIVE SICK BABY “CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP” Harmless Laxative to Clean Liver and Bowels of Baby or Child. Even ed, bilious, fever ish, or sick, colic Babies and Chil dren love to take genuine “Califor nia Fig Syrup.” No other laxative regulates the ten der little bowels so nicely. I sweetens the stomach and starts the liver and bowels rtcting without grtying. Con tains no narcotics or sootning drugs. Say “California” to your druggist and avoid counterfeits! Insist upon gen uine “California Fig Syrup” which contains directions.—Advertisement. Cholera Kills 2,250,000 Hogs. CliolefS killed approximately 4 per cent of the hogs on farms in the United States during the last year. The total number of swine lost from hog cholera exceeded 2,250,000, valued at approx imately .$29,393,000. CutTfcura for Pimply Faces. To remove pimples and blackheads smear them with Cuticura Ointment. Wash off in five minutes with Cuti cura Soap and hot water^ Once clear keep your skin clear by using them for daily toilet purposes. Don’t fail to in clude Cuticura Talcum. Advertisement. Incentive to Reform. “A goat is about the only animal that chews tobacco.” “Well,” said Uncle Bill Bottletop, “if chewing tobacco is what makes a goat so mean I’m going to quit.”* “DANDELION BUTTER COLOR” A harmless vegetable butter color used by millions for 50 years. Drug stores and general stores sell bottles of “Dandelion” for 35 cents.—Adv. Eat Buns in London Streets. Only city in the world where n man can eat a penny bun in the street and not attract attention, is said to be London. “CASCARETS” FOR LIVER AND BOWELS—10c A BOX Cures Biliousness, Constipation, Sick Headache,Indigestion. Drug stores. Adv, The Better Way. It would be a pleasanter world if in stead of blaming people for failing we’d give them credit for having tried. Dr. Peery’s “Dead Shot” not onlv expels Worms or Tapeworm but cleans cut the mucus In which they breed and tones up the digestion. One dose does It. Adv. Want. Wants awaken intellect. To gratify them disciplines intellect. The keen er the want the lustier the growth.— Wendell Phillips. Always Keep a Box on Hand. Brandreth Pills are a safe and reli able laxative, made In America for ninety years, entirely vegetable.—Adv. A grasshopper and a grass widow are reasonably sure to Jump at the first opportunity. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief Mfc — ] du re Keiier Bell-ans 25$ AND 75$ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE laxative TAKE IN THE PLACEOFCALOMEL - FOR SALE EVERYWHERE 30? aw 60 f BUY A BOTTLE W.L.HAND MEDICINE CO., CHARLOTTE N.C. Ion’t Negli inflamed eyelids or other eye irritations. You will find a soothing and safe remedy in MUTCHELL EYE SALVE. v HALL * RUCKEL New York City at all druggists. FORTUNES IN THE MOVIES Send 4c stamp; will send our prospective ©f our Unit Syndicate PI fen of financing indi vidual moving pictures. Interesting statistic© and approximate data of the entire moving picture business of America, as compiled bT the Hays’ drganization. Fiscal Dept. Hatch Films. Inc., 500 Fifth A©**.. New York. N. T. W. N. U., CHARLOTTE NO. 51-1923. Rocks Resemble Sponges. The sponge rocks of Montana have attracted the attention of tourists and scientists ny reason of the remarks able tracery and porosity of their 1 formation They appear like vast pieces of pumice stone intricately carved by nature into innumerable cells, webs and cavelets. Some of the pieces are almost threadlike. The rocks, are stated by geologists to be carboniferous sandstone. The sponge like formation is of Course due to both water and wind erosion, the softer particles of the roc.: having been washed down or blown away, leaving the harder portions standing. Still Batting. “She used to make a hit with men." “Yes. And now she scores off her husband ” Demand^yriubne. BAYER ASPIRIN-Insist Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 23 years for Colds Headache Neuralgia Lumbago Pain Toothache Neuritis Rheumatism ►Accept only “_Baye£.’ package which contains proven directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. Genuine “Bayer Aspirin” is never sold in candy stores, bars or cafes. Go to Drugstore Aspirin U tbe trade mark of Barer Manufacture of Mouoaeetlcaddefter of SalicrllcacM WARNING: f livo pleasant ways to relieve a cough Take your choice and suit your taste. S-B—or Menthol flavor. A sure relief for coughs, colds and hoarseness. Put one in your mouth at bedtime. Always keep a box on hand. SMITH BROTHERS S.R COUCH PROPS jssasfe
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