FARM FLOCK STILL
u ILLINOIS SIDE LINE!
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Although Illinois Is one of the foro
stales in value of poultry and
poultry products, the business Is still,
considered a side line on most farms
of the stjjte, according to John Van- i
dervort, poultry extension specialist |
of the college of agriculture, Univer
sity of Illinois. Poultry is kept to
utilise waste grain and furnish eggs
and poultry for the family. Some profit
Is realized from the average (arm
flock, but the Income is distributed In
small amounts throughout the year.
The farmer, therefore, often does not
realize how profitable Ills flock Is.
There Is a great need for educa
tional work to encourage farmers to
adopt better management methods. To
this end, the (lock management Is be
lug stressed In tlie poultry extension
work of the college. A definite project
Is being carried out for the three-fold
purpose of: (1) encouraging better
management methods for farm poul
try flocks in Illinois,. (2) encouraging |
. the keeping of "records, as a basis for
studying the efficiency of farm flock
production, (3) developing leaders
who will follow improved poultry prac
tices, as far ns practical, In order that
thelt" flocks tuny serve sis demonstra
tion* of profitable poultry management
In their respective communities.
This flock management project Is
becoming more popular each year.
Groups of co-operators In -JO coupties
started records at the beginning of
1925 and It Is expected that similar
records will be kept In nearly fifty
counties In 1620. The record Itself is
of much vnlue to the individual, but it \
Is felt that more good will eventually !
he derived from the development of
flock demonstration farms that will
demonstrate better management prac
tices to farmers In communities near
these farms.
Seventy farm poultry records were
completed In 1624. The average size
flock on their farms was 183 birds,
the average egg production was 112
eggs and the average profit was Sl.24
a bird. The best one-third of the farm
flocks showed an egg production of
128 eggs and a profit of $2.88 a hen
while the poorer one-tliird of the
flocks showed a production of 60 eggs
and a loss of 21 cents a hen. These
records bring out the fact that low
egg production can be an important
factor in causing low profit.
Itettor production can he brought
about by the elimination of hens that
have proven to be poor layers and
pullets that do not give promise of
paying their board, careful breeding
from birds selected for egg produc
tion and by careful feeding and man
agement.
Poultry Is not profitable on many
farms because of heavy losses caused
, by parasites and diseases. This prob
lem Is becoming more and more se
rious throughout the state and a need
for work along these Hues lias been
felt. As a result, a poultry santtu
tlon program has been outlined and
started In a few counties this year In
eo-opeiyition with the farm advisers of
these counties and the animal path
ology division of the college.
Dust Wallows Essential
for Health of Chickens
A dust bath Is as essential for the
health of chickens as a water bath Is
for humans. By Its use fowls are able
to rid themselves of many lice, as well
as^to remove the scales and scurf from
the skin.
Large, deep dust boxes are essential
In the laying pens. They should be
deep enough to hold about six inches
of dusting material. They are usually
placed In the comer of the pen, in the
sunshine, and elevated so that the lit
ter from the floor will not be thrown
Into them.
lue material used ror ousting snouw
bo Hue, light and dry. If it is to kill
lice it must be tine enough to All the
breathing pores of these parasites.
Sandy loam mixed with • road dust
makes a fairly good dusting material.
Sifted coal ashes will help in making
it liner.
If no provirion has been made for
securing dusting material before win
ter, it will usually be necessary to do
pend upon loam which can be dug up’
and dried and mixed with one-third
sifted coal ashes.
Lack of Proper Feed
If you own a flock of RMf Inland
Reds or Barred Rocks that don’t *****
to be producing as many egg* aa yen*
neighbor's Wyandotte* or Leghorn*
don't make the mistake of wanting f«|
raise the same breed as your neigh
bor. You probably are at fault in th«
care, feed and method of feeding. If
given proper management your flock
^ would probably be able to produce at
well as your neighbor's. The average
*-furm flock does not receive the feed
needed for egg production.
Time to Caponize
The time of the year to caponir-e It
of little importance as the capon re
covers from the operation rpgardless
of the seasom However, there urc
certain other considerations tliut art
of importance. First in importance It
the age and site of the cockerel. Th<
best time to caponize is whoa cock
ercls weigh from 1% to 2 <4 pounds ui
from 2 to 4 months old. The lower
age limit applies to large breeds a tic
the higher limit to the Asiatic vari
expression, “a life-time car/'
a life time right sale up.
Old Follows l,;ui,"h «t Idea of Stop
pin;; Mct-tihjfs.■ "Li'itpi-nx Old
Men Stop Lively.” to Dixie
Birmingham, Ain. May l‘.b-— Bi- I
vouackcd on the roil of t he state that j
cradled the Confederacy. one-fifth of
the living remnant of the. Southern,
army responded happily to “taps” to
night after all thought of disbanding
the United Confederate veterans had
been dissipated.
The Confederacy, represented* by
Lee's men will carry on. No official
action was taken, or was necessary
after General W. B. Freeman, com
mander-ip-chicf, hud sounth d the toc
sin of war on all such proopsai- in
his annual address. The magnetic in
fluence of the commander’s sentiment
so electrified the veterans that original
proponents of the plan to disband
could not be found to press their pro
posal.
The militant address of the com
mander, was the high spot in the* days
progress. With all the fire of his
youthful, active military days. Gen
eral Freeman tojd his compatriots that
the Confederate army .would never be
disbanded—not so long as there were
two men left able to get together.
In voice touched by militancy he
declared:
“No talk among us of a limping
army of old men—no nonsense about
the last reunion.’ ’
The veterans caught ihe meaning
of his remark and yelled approval.
The commander continued:
"We shall meet and march and
sing—”
His vuic'> was again drowned by the
demonstration. When the noise had
cubsided, General Freeman went on:
“We shall inept and march and sing,
and tell our stories as long as two of
Vis are left to travel, and when wc
turn over the reunions to sons who
will be faithful and to daughters who
will not forget—we shall send one last
long rebel yell, defiantly down the
years.”
General Freeman des' ribed the
Southern soldiers as the most fortun
ate men who ever survived in old age
the downfall of the country of their
youth. The emancipation of the negro
brought emancipation of the South, he
declared, ar.d with it economic in
dependence.
The superintendent isn't a bigger
man than you. He just thinks in terms
of thousands while you think in tcinm
of tens.
You can learn almost everything by
correspondence now, including the
fact that it’s sufe to typo letters to a
sweetie.
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Boiling Springs News
Of Personal Items
(Special to The Star.)
People around Boiling Springs aie
almost through planting.
There seems to be a great don 1 of
sickness around here. New case;; of
mumps seem to keep developing.
Miss Mary Bridges has mumps at
the present. *
Miss Odessa Greene is suffering
with rheumatism.
Mr, Max Euvl Phillips, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Phillips underwent a
very serious operation in the Shelby
hospital May 12th for appendicitis
Little Beatrice Phillips naught' r i f
Mr§. Pearl Thill ip.-. ha.-, returned to i
her home after spending some time I
with her grandmother Mrs. S. A i
Petty.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Greene are re- j
joking over the birth of a dainty lit
tle daughter, Nannie Hazel.
Mr. C. A. Phillips and son, Fnd,
motored to Greenville, S. C., last Sat
urday spending the night with Mr
and Mrs. O. R. Hendrick. Miss Ola
Hendrick accompanied them hor e,
spending some time with her aunt
Mrs. C. A. Phillips \r.d grandmother,
Mrs. S. A. Petty.
Little Beatrice Phillips had as her
guest last Tuesday Miss Mary and
Carol Moore.
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give to the children and more time to give
to the recreation that is necessary for us
all.
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T. M. GLADDEN, Proprietor.
Graham Street - Phone 490.
Some of Mr. Carl Hamrick's chil
dren continue to be sick.
Bethlehem News Of
Community Interest
(Special to The Star.)
Born t*> Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ran.
dell, May the 4th, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmon Dilon and
children of Bethney, S. C. spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Dixon.
Mr. and Mrs. P .Y. Hambrighc and
children and Mrs. Mary Hambright
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Watterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hope spent
Sunday in Gastonia with friends.
Mr. A. V. Watterson spent Sunday
with Mr. George Herndon
Miss Clo McGimes spent Sundry
with Misses Marrie and Alva l a Mc
Daniel.
Misses Pearl Morris and Ora Uan
! dell spent Sunday with Miss Julia Me
I Daniel.
Miss Estelle Barber spent last week
with her sister Hrs. Marvjss Wright
of the Oak Grove community.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stewart and fam
ily spent Sunday with Mrs. J. T. Mc
Daniel.
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As I am a children's
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.now I am a strong
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ana go out nursing oestues. t nave
also used the Sanative Wash and found
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Ml-. Oran White and -<■ i.-^ter Miss
Fayetta attended memorial at Pros
pect Send ay.
Mr. Tom Blalock of Charlotte spent
Sunday with Mr., and Mrs. Lee Y arbor
Mrs. Maggie Sheppard and son,
Bassel of Groves spent Sunday with
Mrs. J. P. Blalock.
School Site Announcement
The County Beard of Education de
sires to make public the fact that the
proposed building for the Sharon—
Shanghai—Beaver Dam school district
will be located in the event the etce.
Jon carries, on the site selected by
the County Board some two or thre*
months • ago, on the property of .p,P
Wesson. Attion in this matter wag
taken some months ago by the Board
and spread upon its minutes.
The Union election was called off.
J. C. Newton, County, Supt'.
We efien wonder why there is no
annual prize for the man who has
been go odea t.
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