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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S. Soy Beans Furnish Shane of Efftr Is NJ5 Tr Tnrlov Protein lor Qov btOCK Ar Etaptar to Cottonseed Poultry Breeder Must Rely Cake for Dairy Cattle. Solely on Mother Nature The past few years has seen a for Square Deal. marked Increase In and , White 1 by th UnlteA Btatas Department of Agriculture.) you are one of the many who be- (Prepare If lieve that the Ions, slim, heavy hen eggs are the ones which hatch out the male chicks, and that the smaller eggs are the ones which give birth to the future layers of the flock, you need to revise your opinion on the matter, says the United States DeTou may partment of Agriculture. as well leave your tape measure. scales, calipers, and other units at home when you go forth to purchase a "setting ef eggs from your poultry breeder, and rely solely on Mother deal In Nature to give you flfty-flftthe matter of sex. Cant Determine Sex. In answer to the continuous stream of inquiries pouring into the depart- . ment offlce relative to determining the Bex of the chick in the shell by the size, shape, or weight of the egg, the department says "it Just Isn't being done." That Is, not In a practical way, at least The scientist Is able to Identify the sex of a chick in the shell after seven or eight days of however. Because of the Important bearing on the practical aspects of the poultry Industry which the ability to select hatching eggs according to the sex desired would have, if such were pos sible, a number of Investigators have made studies concerning the situation in the domestic fowl. Re cently Dr. M. A. Juil, poultry husband-mnof the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, completed some observations in which he concludes that there Is no correlation between the length, shape, or weight of the y Coolidges in Vacation; Residence at c Swampscott, Mass. e .7:' "i k- - sir ' sex-rati- o w J f 111 :JJ f i -- 4 f ' aera Si H3XCL - from it. v. r fcife gjiv"" 1 " at 1 "3 - t ,. tf r, :Jk I 4 i i M Commercial Fertilizer Encourages Big Yields in n '1 J: .'r"i.- - i -- fr i lie has also made studies The grain a mature bull should be fed depends, of course, upon his size and the amount of work he is doing. If he is getting around 12 or 15 pounds of good clover or alfalfa hay and some Bllage, grain may not be necessary Miinv men prefer to feed some grain and either eliminate the silage or feed it in sman amounts. There is some question as to the ad visability of silage In a bull's ration. Fed In amounts nt In exces of 15 pounds for a large animal, there Is very little danger of his becoming too paunchy for service. On the other hand, there Is no , particular 'reason why a bull should receive silage If his other feeds are right. The amount of grain allowed must vary with conditions and service. Usu ally from four to eight pounds Is fed. A good mixture of corn meal, three parts; ground oats, three parts; wheat bran, three narts. and oilmen!, one part. A reasonably accurate guide Is to feed a bull the same as a cow in full milk. ?P ' h ntnhtvl Grain for Mature Bull Depends Upon His Size 4 ' frfi1 tVta cov rtt itiA sVi1rlr to determine whether or not there Is a correlation between the weight of the egg yolk and the sex of the chick, and or between the yolk water-contesex ratio, with the same negative re sult. Number of Eggs Counts. It has been determined, however, says Doctor Juil, that the greater the number of eggs which a hen lays be fore being put Into the breeding pen, the larger will be the proportion of females and the smaller the propor tion of males produced by her eggs. The practical poultryman may be able to take advantage of this fact to some extent by making his selection of eggs for hatching with reference to the hen's period of production. I: . anl the acreage interest In the growing of soy henna A national association of growers of soy beans has been organized and they are very actively engaged in popularizing tbv soy bean In the Un'.t-eStates. The seed of the soy bean plant la the richest in crude protein of all the seeds used In live stock feeding. The percentages of crude protein in soy beans is 80.5 per cent and every 100 pounds of soy beans fed yield 33.2 pounds of digestible crude pro tein. The soy bean seed is also rich. in oil, as It contains 16.1 pounds, of digestible fat In each 100 pounds of soy beans fed. Compared to linseed oil meal, soy beans contain 2.9 .per cent more digestible crude protein and 0.4 per cent more digestible fat. Soy beans for dairy cattle are slight ly superior to cottonseed cake. Cars must be exercised In feeding soy beans to dairy cattle, as excessive amounts cause soft butter. Cattle have been successfully fat tened upon soy beans, and, when com pared to cottonseed cake, the soy beans proved Just slightly inferior t the cottonseed cake. Inr swine feeding, the composition of soy beans, as given above, should be carefully considered. The protein content Indicates that it can be used ai a protein supplement to carbonaceous grains. Due to Its high oil content, soft pork Is apt to result, if soy beans 1 . are fed to any great extent. Soy beans should be ground for horses and cattle, but It Is not necessbry In feeding sheep and pigs. B. tW. Gfrlo- Extension Sefvifte, Fairbanks, ' ., 1 i 1. muo Aiicuiiurui viiegt;. ,.. w f 4- - ', tr, f ....... aesaeia.,. n.r,, - VACATION AT VHITE COURT Every food American is pleaied that the vacation day of President and Mrs. Coolidge are caat in pleasant surroundings. Washington is a Bit warm in midsummer and the air of his nitive New England is presumably mora to the I'rssi. is dent's comfort. The "Summer White Hou White Court, Swampscott, Mass. The photogr lphs reproduced herewith give a good idea of the place. No. 1 gives a view of the mansion from the beach and No. 7 shows its mora formal rant. President Coolidge appears in vacation g r! in No. 2, while No. 3 is the very latest "apprj'ed" photographic study of Mrs. Coolidge. No. 4 gives a glimpse of the presidential party en rutai (Left to right) Everett Sanders, secretary, and Mrs. Sanders) Mrs. Coolidge and the PresiJjntt Col. S. A. Cheney, White House military aid. No. S is a portrait of Lieut. Edgar Allan Po, in command of a detachment of marines which guards the grounds! No. 8 shows their camp in the vicinity. Presideit and Mrs. Coolidge and a party of guests on the Mayflower are pictured in n r , , i . .4 Smi rfi.;r,-rr-- ' 7 ' m " .. s. . . . v? d t A UVW fWl AV, i,,'' ,:-- The continued use of commercial fertilizer over a scries of years will encourage the production of large yields and It may be at the end of such a period It will be found Impossible to raise as good a crop without the use of fertilizer. However, this Is not due to any Injurious effect of the fer tilizer Itself, but rather to the fart that the fertilizer has stimulated the crop. and caused It to remove from the soil elements than are even more plunt-fooHut If supplied by the fertilizer. either lorge or small amounts of fertilizer are used In connection with a good system of cropping, and evcrv care Is taken to return all the manure to the land, there will be no reduction of yield due to soli depletion. The fact Is, commercial fertilisers have a very definite value, more especially when proper use depends on such factors as crops, soils, rotation systems, etc. I t -- A. During the last five years- approx imately twelve and lion pounds of Italian red clover seed has entered the.,ynited.;.i3at9fl front Italian ports. This seed, is classed by the United States Department of Agriculture and the state experiment stations which have thoroughly tested.it ns "no good." It Is not adapted-tthe production of clover In this can-try- . .? i ,a Itenorts eonllnu fro"ft'A 'tifrtr!ment stations in' Iowa, 'Minnesota, Vlscittn-sln- , Michigan, Indiana-. Ohio, Tenries- see, Pennsylvania, aiaryiana, Virginia, New York and several other states, present a body of information which leads to several iniportniUenueJtifilons. These are that Italian red clover seed Is worthless except In Idaho and Washington, where the climate la mild; that Bohemian .red.iCKrver Is not much better. and that native American clover seed Is ,tbe bjpsf,' pf all to withstand the winter weather and the attacks "of ' mildew" and anthracnose. Strain of Early Tomato Propagated at Michigan new strain of early tomato Is be at Michigan Stataicol-leg- e under the direction of George K. Starr, assistant professor of horticul ture. "The experiment," says Mr.' Starr, "Is being carried out with the Inten' tion of producing a tomato that the can on to the Michigan gardener get market In time to get thebenefit of the high prices that prevail a week, to ten days before the usual crop Isayendy for sale. The experiment Includes selecting and breeding primarily for earllness. However, size, cq)6r and quality have not been neglected and a choice, attractive, aTAve" V Parly fruit Is expected ta result. Mr. Starr is at present experimenting-- on a seed. . , less tomato. tt. A ing propagated 4 arm HMl No. 6. Apparently the President is well fixed to suit himself as to his vacation pleasures. Ha rosy have quiet by remaining at home. Automobiles are ready to take him from home. The May flower is at bis command. His friend, Frank W. Stearns, lives neat door, at Red Cables. White Court can take care of any guests ha may wish to invite. Swampscott, an old, old town, was originally a fishing village. Nowadays it has a population The Minnesota experiment station has discovered that when sweet clo ver hay Is fed In large quantities to cattle, It occasionally causes serious trouble. In fact, when two yearling heifers were fed on an wcluslve diet of sweet clover hay both of them died of about 10,000, but is markedly noncommercial Death ap Some parts of the shore are essentially summer In a little over a month. residential districts. Most of the residents have peared to be caused by iaternal bleedbusiness in Boston or Lynn. Salem, Marblehead ing. It see-iis- , however, when sweet and Nahant era all within a radius of four miles. clover hny Is fed In connection with Swampscott's nam has no reference to a swamp) other roughages, that It Is safe. Swe-- t the original Indian word means, "At the rock "lover pnnture seems to perfectly which divides." Its 1,675 aeree look on Maia-cbusetnfe. except for occasional bloating of Bay and the Atlantic to the east and aa the nme ort that bothers with clover Nabant Bay ta tba south. and alfalfa. ts - ........linmllllllT. Uow about that new alfalfa seed ing you were planning to pui In? e e . Some say dust potatoes, and gome say sproy, but either la better than neither. see. To pour feed Into a dairy cow of unknown productive nl.lllty Is like sinking money Intoe wildcat oil stocks. Early plowing Is best for wheat. The seedbed should, t e fairly with a loose surface, but well finned, e e e Mont fanners think late afternoon The Is the best time to cut alfalfa. hay Is apt to look better for It, and more of the leaves will stny on. dt-e- . e Sweet Clover Cause of Serious Cattle Trouble "i Foreign Clover Seed 13 Found to Be Worthless e e The use of Improved machinery makes the average agricultural worker s able to care for three times as of crops as he could handle 75 years ago. e man-acre- e e substantially made well curb anr) platform help to keep the drlnkln? supply pure and tmcontaniinated. Us mixture one part cement, two h parts sand and three parts pebbles or crushed rock. A e e e flhort pastures now will be shorfpi next aeason If nothing's done to ImMnnurc Is one of tfi prove tlTem. best helps for (rrn:Ul ten ta nr fifteen loads to the acre noticed next summer. run-dow- n |