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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH jSx Movable Hog Houses Bring Good Results Profit to Raiser .Through Better Sanitation. BEST HOPPERS FOR THE YOUNG CHICKS Cup Flats Recommended as Suitable. Cup flats used for packing eggs In cases make excellent hoppers for chicks during the first week after they are hatched, the uneven surface of the cup flats holding the mash and reducing the amount of waste, advises J. C. Taylor, of the New Jersey agricultural experiment station. By using first one side of the cup flats and then the other each day their durability will be prolonged. The best results will be procured If one flat is used for each hundred chicks. Urging that small, open-bohoppers be used after the birds are one week old, Mr. Taylor states that a very satisfactory reel hopper can be made at home. A trough or box 6 Inches inches deep and 4 feet long wide, 2 is the hopper, with a reel 4 Inches in diameter running its entire length and so adjusted at each end that it can be raised and lowered to prevent the Chicks from wasting the mash. If both sides of this hopper are used 100 chicks can be fed from it at a time. Commercial hoppers are obtainable at a moderate cost, the size to be determined by the age of the chicks. Experienced poultrymen have found the open type most economical for the feeding mash to poultry of all ages. Water fountains for the chicks should be so constructed that they may be easily cleaned and not upset, he most satisfactory fountain for the first ten days is the earthenware bell jar with the flower pot saucer, a type Of fountain suitable for 100 chicks. Large metal fountains should be used when the chicks are four weeks old. Michigan Parmer. x Watch Eggs Intended for Hatching Purposes In keeping eggs for setting pur- it should be remembered that too high temperatures do more harm than chilling. A temperature of 70 degrees will start some germ development, which is very harmful, it is stated. Thus, for best hatching results, eggs should be kept at a temperature below 70 degrees, and above freezing. Eggs generally hatch better the fresh they are, but it Is sometimes necessary to save them as long as two weeks. When eggs are saved they should be turned over once or twice daily. They should be kept covered with a damp sack to help keep them cool and prevent excessive evaporation of water from them. Heavy loss of water from eggs Is a cause of poor hatches and weak chicks. Eggs should rarely be washed, because it generally opens the shell pores. This allows bacteria to get through the shells and spoil the eggs, poses, t Worm Young Chickens As soon as the baby chick is allowed to ran on ground he is very likely to pick up worm eggs when he starts to scratch and peck for food. For some time the presence of worm Infestation is not noticeable because the worm eggs must Incubate and the parasites mature before indications present themselves outwardly in the chicks appearance. It is proper to worm young pullets soon after eight weeks of age. Spring worming aids normal growth and development of young chicks. Prairie Farmer. Farm Chicken Census According to figures of the United States census bureau, California ranked seventh among the states in the number of chickens on farms in this country on April 1, 1930. The ten leading states of the nation as to number of chicks over three months of age on farms on April 1, 1930, were : Iowa, 30,666,221; Missouri, 25,197,000; Illinois, 22,081,902; Texas, 21,525,816; Kansas, 19,127,922; Ohio, 17,999,950; California, 17,467,284; Minnesota, Pennsylvania, 15,446,514; Indiana, 14,082,641. Pullorum Disease The accuracy of the blood test for pullorum disease in mature birds has recently been submitted to an interesting test, according to a recent article in the Rural New Yorker. Blood samples were drawn from a group of birds and the poultry disease laboratories In three different states were furnished with the blood samples. Each state laboratory applied its own technique of testing. There was practically no variation in the reported findings from the three laboratories. MADE BY TOT KAKOTS OF IVOBY BOAT (By GEORGE R. HENDERSON, Agricultural Extension Agents, Colorado Agricultural College.) Sixteen hog producers using movable farrowing houses saved an average of 5.9 pigs per litter from 415 sows and marketed pigs at an average of 210 days, as compared to 22 other farmers using stationary houses, who saved 4.3 pigs per litter and sold pigs at an average age of eoam eeall- 200-pou- 200-poun- QESQ raGGCi d . G0Gftj 234 days. The two systems show a difference, in favor of movable houses, of 1.6 pigs per litter and 24 days time In the fattening pen. The reason for this difference is probably the better sanitation possible with the' movable houses. Worm eggs and parasites abound in the soil and surroundings where hogs have been kept from year to year. When movable houses are used they can be located on different ground each year and the small pigs will have clean ground on which to run. In addition to saving pigs, the movable house is much more easily cleaned. On the other hand the stationary house Is rarely cleaned sufficiently and parasitic infection Is almost sure to result if little pigs are raised on the same lots year after year. All types of houses should be cleaned thoroughly by sweeping and scraping out all dirt, mud and accumulation, then by scrubbing with a solution of hot water and lye. For this work, one pound of lye to twenty gallons of hot water will be effective. After this, some kind of a disinfectant should be applied to the walls and floors. Unless this Is done there are bound to be losses in pigs and time. - CD PUT the? didn't know about the New Oxvdol then Whether youre washing dishes or clothes, suds do (he work. Oxydol makes 50 more ends richer, quicker ends that rinse off dean, that leave no scum thats why thin safe soap can do so much and still be kind to hamU and dainty things. Procter & Gamble Never Positive Proof (HSOCVHHX? tECGfana: notion of the extent of these continents), and near It lay other islands through which there was a passage to a large continent beyond. Nine thousand years before Platos time, said the tradition, the island of Atlantis was thickly settled and very powerful. It held sway over Africa as far as Egypt and over a large part of Europe, but the advance of its conquering power was checked by the valor of the Greeks. At last, during a violent earthquake, which lasted a day and a night and was accompanied by inundations of the That Atlantis Existed According to ancient tradition, Atlantis was the name of a large island or continent which existed at a very early period In the Atlantic ocean, and eventually was sunk beneath the waves. An account of it is given by Plato. His writings state that in the Atlantic ocean, over against the pillars of Hercules, there was once an Island which was larger than Asia and Africa together (or the then existent ocean, the island was wholly submerged. The account adds that many years thereafter, the sea In this part, was nnnavigable because of the shoals caused by the sunken lands. This ancient legend may, and probably did, have some historical circumstances for foundation, but what these were no historian has ever been able to determine. r , The cup of happiness . usually springs a leak just before it begins to run over. Machinery and Failure Not Always Connected During hard times various authorities rush into print with reasons and partial reasons why such conditions prevail. Some of these recent writers have even asserted that the American farmer is being ruined by the purchase of expensive, modern machinery. This may be true in individual cases but on the average, It is our own opinion that profitable farming In the future will require more, rather than less, machinery. Foreclosed farms are definite evidence of failure in management and If that failure was due to heavy investment In machinery the fact ought to show up clearly. Preliminary investigation, at least, does not point to implement purchases as a major cause. On 257 foreclosed farms In Minnesota, recently studied by the University of Minnesota, the average amount spent on machinery was $700. On an equal number of solvent farms in the same territory the average was $760. Nothing in that information should discourage a farmer from trying to cut production costs with modem cultivating and harvesting Implements. Exchange. self-style- d CL anjtaieii Clean Horses Shoulders In order to get the most work out of farm horses, it is necessary that collars be fitted properly and thal Coltheir shoulders be toughened. lars should be 2 to 3 Inches longer than the depth of the horses neck. A collar that will let a mans hand pass through may be long enough for light work, but for heavy pulls such a collar will tend to choke the horse. The width should be such as to permit the fingers to be pushed between the neck and the collar. A wide collar will slip from side to side and cause galling. Necks can be kept free from sores If the collars fit and the neck are washed daily with salt water solutions. Air slaked lime dusted on the shoulders at night aids in preventing soreness, but this should be thoroughly brushed out before collars are put on In the morning. Neglect the first week or two may mean the loss of time for horses throughout the summer. Prairie Farmer. Alfalfa Best Pig Pasture In tests conducted at Ohio State university, alfalfa and clover pasture out-- 1 ranked all other kinds for pigs. Soybean, while proving to be exceptionally palatable to pigs, produces little new growth after being grazed, has relatively low carrying capacity and provides forage for only a comparatively short period of time. On good soils rape proved to be an excellent pasture crop. Rape, however, sometimes On caused blistering or thin soils a mixture of winter wheat and alfalfa or sweet clover made a serviceable pasture. Sweet clover alone was all right for the first year, but the second years growth was too coarse and woody for the pigs to get much good from It Prairie Farmer. sun-scal- d. spring-seede- d & mjiliei can HER BABY : ; ; thriving ; gaining by leaps and bounds! His back, strong and fine as a little champions. His teeth developing perfectly. His legs straight and sturdy. 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