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Show THEM1DVALEJOURNAL Friday, July 12, 1929 ALL-YEAR TOURING ON PACIFIC COAST'"' Muddy Runs and Yards Encourage Parasites and Ills. Get the chicks out of the mud. weather, sloppy Long-continued ideal furnish yards, and muddy runs conditions for the parasite which causes the disease coccidiosis, as well as making things unpleasant around the brooder houses for the owners who take care of the flocks. "The brooder houses ought to be moved to grass sod," says E. L. Dakan, head of the poultry department of the Ohio State university. "Even If the chicks are moved only 50 feet, from bare, muddy soil to grass, they will miss a lot of the Infestation of parasites which have made their homes In the old runs where the grass has been A Bue With Tourists Emerging After Passing Through the Famous Wawona destroyed." Big Tree In Voeemite National Park. Coccidiosis or white diarrhea results Figures on winter and summer gasoline consumption In Western states from the activities of a parasite which Indicate the continuous use of motor vehicles, especially on the Pacific coast. will Infest the soll where chickens Summer brings increased motor touring, but fall and winter are not far have been kept for a year or more. behln according to these figures, which are reported by the California State Sanitary measures which include mov· Automobile association as follows: ing the tl.ocks away from the Infested The average amount of gasoline consumed In the 12 Western states Is soil, have been found more satlsfac· highest In California, where each car owner uses 601 gallons, while Oregon tory control measures than trying to ranks second with 535 gallons, 'l'exas third wltb 532 gullons and Washington treat the disease wltb medicine after fourth with 529 gallons. .~ew Mexico, Arizona and Wyoming all are above It has started in a flock. Under the the tiOO-galion mark, with the remainder of the Western states consuming conditions which have existed for a · from 49:l to 418 gallons, the lowest being for Idaho. month or more, the parasites have klaho bas the highest percentage of spring and summer gasoline con- been flourishing. sumption. with 61 per cent, while Montanans use 60 per cent of their fuel For late chicks which are showing during the more clement seasons. Texas bas the nearest approach to an even signs of rickets because It hns been division, with ::>1 per cent in summer and 49 per cent in winter. Impossible on account of weather conditions to gl!t them outdoors as much as they should have been, should have Tool Removes Bearings their cod-liver oil ration Increased to From Car Axle Spindles 2 per cent of their feed, Dakan says, Force-fitted bearings on the front· in order to counteract the lack o:t sunwheel spindles of autos are difllcult to light. remove, and the usual gear pullers are not servleeable for this work, as Quality Eggs Can Be the bearing rests close to the shoul· Produced on Any Farm of the spindle and only the edge One of the Main Things Is der Eggs unfit for f~lOd cost farmers can be gripped by tbe puller. Where Not to Tinker With Itmuch of this work Is done, 1t will be fr.Jm one to three cents per dozen. found worth while to make a special Approximately 17 out of every 100 Inspect It Often. puller lllte that shown In the lllustra- eggs marketed are unfit for human tlon. The body Is a steel forging consumption, according to the United (By DAN SGOA'J.'ES, Editor Farm Me· having hook jaws to engage the edges States Department of Agrl\..lulture. chanlcs Department, Professor AgrlThis means a loss of about $4.000,000 cultunl Engineering, Texas A. & M. annually to farmers. An egg buyer of College, Collega Station. Texas.) county, Indi.ma, rel!ently reClinton The true}! Is coming to the farm ported to Purdue university that one~ery fast. It Is going to be a part of half of the eggs delivered to him were every farm's equipment before very good enough to eat. not many years. principal causes for the large Two 'l'hde are a number of things of of inedible eggs are as folvolume vital importanee in taking care of any care of eggs at the Improper lows: piece of farm machinery and It Is parin marketing them nPglect and farm, ticularly true of the truck as well as frequen~ly, according to E. R. more the automobile because they are very Menefee of Purdue. line pieees of machinery. Quality eggs can be produced on One of the things that should be belt farms If prcducers will folcorn tit·mly fixed In one's miud relative to low the suggestions which be makes. taking care of the truck Is-not to Remove all the males from the tlnlter wkh it. Leave well enough immediately. Mules are not necflock ulontl. Some folks, you know, just for egg production and fertile essary have to be worl\ing with a piece of Tool for Pulling Force-Fitted Bear. eggs wm not keep their quality in ~achinery all the time. 'l'hey just lngs From Auto-Axle Spindles. warm weather. mns~ be tearing it up and seeing what Remove all brooc.Iy hens from the It is made of and entlea voring to make of the bearing. A clump Is provided promptly. The body temperanests it rnu better than the people who built to strnddle the jaws of the tool to a hen Is lOG <legrees and will of ture it. The result of this is that It al- prevent th<>m from spreading. Setquality of the egg In a fe,v the reduce •ilys runs worse. Do not muke nuy screws are nsed to hold the clump · Gather the egg-s twice time. hours' major rrpairs on the truck until it is to the jaws, small depressions being w~>ather and place them hot In day a necessary. but be sure to make them drilled in the latter to receive the In a cool room promptly. A basement :Jl that time. ends of the setscrews. The body of or cellar If not moldy or containing Make lnsp:ctlcn& Often. 1.' the tool Is drilled and tapped for a •i The important thing to do along puller !:!crew to which a small crank any peculiar odors furni~heR ahout the on the farm for holdiv' tl1is line Is to go oyer the truck fre- is attached. Turning the crank best place eggs. quently and at definite intervals in cause!> the tool to pull the bearing ol'l' order to in><pert it thoroughly, tighten with very little effort and without dls· up the bolts and nuts, and that sort torting the ball races.-0. A. tuf'rs, To Distinguish Sex of a thing. Keep it wa!:'hed and well Washington. D. C., In Popular Meof Guineas Is Hard greased; change the lubricating oil at chanics Magazine. There t~ no sure way to tell ·the the timeR the manufacturer Instructed male guinea fowl from the female yos · to. Do not forget that there is a rear end to the truck and that It by lookR. Usually the wattles of the mnle are n little lar~e1· thnn the feneNls oiliug and greasing. Watch the THE MOTOR QUIZ (How Many Can You Answer?) ' male's, but this !s not always notice1'nn belt and keep it tight and do not able-nor ls it true In ev<>ry case. overlook that the radiator needs waBut their cries are different. and ter as well as the ha ttery. Air up Q.-Does driving with fouled spark will reveal whirh is whi(·h. The fe· the tires. not once a year, when you plugs waste gasoline? male haR n two- s~· llnt1le cry which hl\,ve a pundure, hut once a week. Ans.- Yes. A bout ~0 or 25 per cent sounds llke · "buckwlwat. buelnvllPnt,'' I am a great believer in hu\"!ng a time to do a certain job and then do- of gasoline used is wasted for evet·y or to some folkR "ll''[ rae!;, pot raek." Ing It at thn t time. Our automobile plug that is out of n~e. Pln;rs should Anyhow lt"s n two-;;J.Ilahle rry. But runs every dny and we have a rule be replaced at the first sig-n of a miss, the male hns only a one-;;:yllahle ~ort th t it Is to go to the filling station anti inspecte<l at least once a year. of shriek. Sonwtimes too. lie makes driver a when happens What Q.oil its time which at every Satnnlay, a chntterlng noise and often say& up? it wnrm to engine tile races ly.; t:herked. tile gasoline tank is tilled, "quit, quit, qu!r.'' Ans.-This often c·unses hnrned out w;lter is vut into the radiator, the bat· But don't try to trll the two apart bearings. When the oil Is cold It does when they're frignter.ed or ex!"it<>d. r~ is checked up and the tires are a IT aired. At this same time the car not cirrulate immediately and the en- Botll the male and f('male then maJre Is !l'ashetl and rleaned-if it needs it. gine is raced on dry bearings. If the one-sylluble cry. this is done every morning over a cold Grease Every 500 Miles. bearings will soon have to be snap, ll:very :!00 mil s the t•ylinder oil Is Oats Cause Trouble replaced. drained and the car is greased. The use of ground whole oats conQ.-Is r.:unlight hard on tires? ut cour!<e, it depends on how muC'h nn abundance of lndige-stlhle taining Ans.-Tires should not be given unuse the truek is given as to .how fre.causeil many losses among has fiber quently this inspection should be given necessary sunlight. They enjoy the when such material has chicks young to it. It Is certain that during the dark. ln the home-made startIncluded been Q.-Is It harmful to park a car ln a timfl of the year when it goes on heavy ers. A laying mash containing a lot <lul_y It should he looked after with puddle of oil? of ground oat hulls has less feeding Ans.-Yes. 011 eo ts rubber. greai er care than at other times. Bur value than 11 mash without so much regat•clJess of how murh It Is used, It fiber. There should be a good de2h011P be kept in good shape at all for hulless oats for chicken teed · mand times. .And not the least duty Is to NOTES AUTOMOBILE cnn be raised as economjcally they If keep \' well w:Jshed and clean. and are as good feed as oats which 'l'he horse had one advantuge over have been hulled. ... 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