The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 202, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1916 Page: 3 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
1
MAKING GOOD SHOCKS
fork That Is Usually Left for the
Hired Hand.
notice of Throwing Bundles Togeth-
er Should Be Discouraged — No
Telling How Long Grain May
Remain in Piles.
^Folks do not take as much pride in
adding grain shocks as they did 25
pars ago. It is work that usually is
ft for the hired hand, and too often
le hand is supposed to keep up with
pie binder, or as nearly up with it as
^issible, thus poor shocking is the
itural result. It pays to take more
be and build good shocks. Throw-
bundles together ought not to be
filed shocking, but too many of us
. that or have it done for us and call
result shocking—and it certain-
1 is, says a writer in an exchange.
There is no telling how long grain
lay have to remain in the shock, es-
pecially if it is to be threshed without
stacking, as waiting for a threshing
ydhlne is one of the most uncertain
^positions on earth. Rain may fol-
rain, causing long delay, and a
ikdown is liable to happen at any
ta. The well-built shock may stand
pngh it all without much injury but
thrown-together pile falls over or
around in such a way that it
fks in water about as readily as
les a sponge, so of course the weath-
gets the blame for spoiling the
fein in the shock.
|Ve find the best type of shock to
|d to cure out and dry out the quick-
and one that will stand as well as
if it is well put together, is the
Jg, narrow form, with bundles set in
prs. We usually make these 8, 10
Rad IS bundles large, never much
larger or smaller. Such shocks will
iry out and cure out quickly, especial-
Jf set with the ends to the north and
ith, giving the forenoon and after-
in sun a chance at the broadsides,
leach pair of bundles are set they
Fnild be firmly placed, not lightly
(■Own together. Such shocks will
ta#nd as well as a round shock that is
APPETIZING FEED FOR HOGS
Pumpkins Take Place of Roots In Win*
ter and Are Useful Adjuncts to
Concentrated Foods.
(By R. A. GATEWOOD, Kansas Experi-
ment Station.)
Pumpkins and squashes form an ap-
petizing ration for fall, and winter for
young pigs and brood sows.
Hogs that are being fed for fatten-
ing purposes should receive all the
concentrates they will eat before they
are given the pumpkins. When feed-
ing pumpkins, most of the seeds
should be removed, because when they
are fed in large quantities with the
concentrates, they have an Injurious
effect on the urinary organs.
Pumpkins will take the place of
roots in winter and form a succulent
food. Their feeding value is not as
high as that of turnips or mangels.
Pumpkins, like wheat bran, are useful
adjuncts to the more concentrated
kinds of foods, but cannot, if fed alone,
be depended upon for fattening. Pump-
kins form an excellent food for brood
sow's. The seeds are rich in protein
and oil and will take the place of corn
in ration.
PRACTICAL PEG FOR HUSKING
New Invention Is Said to Be Great
Time Saver—It Fits Snugly
Around HuskePs Hand.
Here’s something new in the way of
an aid to corn husking. This new
style peg is said to be a great time
ita*
loosely piled together, and will dry out
ouch quicker after each rain.
ADJUSTABLE DRAG IS HANDY
[Easily Arranged to Fit Teapi or
Ground—Resembles Flight of
Stairs Laying Flat.
This is a very handy drag and can
be adjusted to suit your team or
ground either. You can make it a
heavy drag or you can make only a
light, smoothing drag of it in one min-
ute’s time. Lumber for this drag is
as follows: Four pieces 2' by 8
inches, 6 feet; four pieces, 1 by 8
inches, 6 feet; two pieces, 1 by 6
inches, 26 feet. Put the four thick
Peg for Husking Corn.
saver and to have been demonstrated
as quite practical. It fits snugly around
the husker’s hand. Instead of taking
hold of the ear in the old-fashioned
w’ay, the husker makes a pass with
his wrist and husks the ear of corn
with one motion.—Farming Business.
EFFECT OF EARLY BREEDING
An Adjustable Drag.
pieces 8 inches apart, letting them
lean -forward at a 45-degree angle with
the ground. The four thin pieces just
in the opposite direction to brace the
former. The two short pieces go across
the end. This makes the drag just
the same as a flight of steps laid flat
on the ground. When a heavy drag is
wanted, simply fill in on top with dirt
until as heavy as wanted. If a light
drag is desired, leave off the dirt.
WORK OF THE COUNTY AGENT
Much Depends on What Farmers of
Community Want Dono—Co-op-
eration Is to Be Desired.
The work of the county agent de-
fends largely on what the farmers of
?the county want done. They always
make it a point to secure a man who
is anxious to make good and well qual-
ified to do so, and then co-operate with
him in such a way as to get the best
possible results.—Missouri College of
Agriculture.
SELF-FEEDING GAINS FAVOR
bevice is Greatly Deducing Labor Cost
in Hog Production—Useful in
Fattening Stock.
The self-feeder is greatly reducing
the labor cost In hog production, and
the principles governing its use should
become a part of every hog grower’s
equipment. It is especially useful in
feeding growing, fattening stock,
which is the largest part of hog pro-
duction on most farms.
Tests Made at Missouri Station Fail
to Show That Growth of Young
Gilts Is Retarded.
(By P. P. TROWBRIDGE, Missouri Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station.)
The growth of young gilts does not
seem to be checked by breeding, ac-
cording to the results of the tests re-
cently made at the Missouri agricul-
tural experiment station. The car-
casses were analyzed but the compo-
sition did not seem to be different
from those of animals not bred until
they were older. Although gestation
did not retard, the lactation period did
so, and a sow suckling a good litter
of pigs cannot eat enough to maintain
her weight or condition of fatness.
During this lactation period or while
she is suckling pigs, the demand for
mineral matter in the feed is much
greater than during the gastation pe-
riod preceding birth.
WEEDS TAKE MUCH MOISTURE
Many Plants Particularly Liberal in
Use of Water Intended for the
Growing Crop.
The sunflower, Russia© thistle, smart-
weed and many othePweeds are par-
ticularly liberal in using the water
supply Intended for the growing crop.
It is not only because of the water,
used that weeds injure crops, but also
because they use plant food which has
been dissolved in the soil and which
should be used by the useful plants.
The shading effect of rapidly growing
weeds likewise injures the young corn.
PLACE TO DEVELOP PULLETS
Insects, Tender Weeds and Clover
Alongside Cornfield Will Ma-
terially Reduce Feed Bill.
Make a trial of colonizing the de-
veloping pullets alongside the corn and
stubble fields. The insects, tender
weeds, and clover will furnish nearly
half their food requirements for sev
eral months. A few dollars invested
in poultry wire for temporary yarding
around the colony houses will be well
spent.
ATTENTION GIVEN TO SHEEP
Farmers Are Beginning to Reallzs
Their Worth as Farm Animals
—Mutton In Demand.
Sheep raising Is likely to receive
more attention than It now receives
because it seems that farmers are be-
ginning to realize their worth as farm
animals. Wool continues to bring fair
prices and mutton will increase In de
mand as people learn to t:se more of It
LOSS IN GRAIN STRAW AND CORN STOVER
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HAY IN COMPETITION WITH STANDING FORAGE.
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
The waste in the United States of a
vast quantity of feed available for cat-
tle is one of the Important factors In
causing high meat prices, according to
Part IV of a comprehensive survey of
the meat situation in this country, re-
cently completed by the department of
agriculture. The failure to make use
of this wasted material, says the re-
port, has diminished profits from cat-
tle feeding, has unnecessarily in-
creased the cost of meat production,
and has discouraged many farmers
from properly rounding out their agri-
cultural activities in carrying on cat-
tle raising.
According to the report the loss in
grain straw and corn stover amounts
to more than $100,000,000 annually.
Both of these products are disposed
of most economically when fed to
cattle in connection with some form
of concentrated feed. Straw is espe-
cially valuable in carrying the breed-
ing herd through the winter, in win-
tering Stockers, and as a supplemen-
tary roughage for fattening cattle.
Stover, too, is an excellent feed for
wintering cattle, especially mature
breeding cows. Nevertheless, in many
sections of the country where these
products are abundant, little attempt
is made to take advantage of their
value for these purposes.
Of an annual straw crop of approxi-
mately 120,000,000 tons, it is estimated
that only two-thirds is put to its best
use—live-stock production. Of the re-
mainder a little more than one-half Is
sold or turned under and the rest—J.5
per cent of the total crop—is burned.
Burning is practically an absolute
waste and although plowing under
dqes contribute something to soil fer-
tility, the benefit to the land is less
than that which would be derived from
the use of the straw to produce ma-
nure. “Of all systems of obtaining
permanent soil fertility,” says the re-
port, “none is so practical or as easily
available as that of feeding live stock.”
The average value of all kinds of
«traw is placed at about $5 a ton. In
many sections, of course, no such price
can be realized for it, and as a matter
of fact only about 8 per cent of the
crop actually is sold. The figure men-
tioned, however, may be taken as rep-
resenting the value to the. farmer of
straw If he will use it pi-operly in his
farming operations as feed or bedding.
In order to illustrate how this may be
done the report gives three- sample ra-
tions for wintering a breeding herd of
beef cattle on straw combined with
silage, shock corn, and cottonseed or
linseed meal. Any one of these ra-
tions, it is said, will prove economical.
They are as follows:
Rations for Cows.
Station L Pounds.
Straw ............................. 10
Silage ............................. 20
Cottonseed meal or linseed meal
Ration 2.
Straw ............................. 20
Cottonseed cake or oil cake.. 2
Ration 3.
Straw ............................. 10
Shock corn ...................... 10
Cottonseed meal ................ 1
In this connection it is pointed out
also that feeding straw in the winter
GOOD DEMAND FOR DRAFTERS
will insure under certain circum-
stances the full utilization of summer
grass. -In a number of western states
it frequently happens that grass goes
to waste because feeders are unwill-
ing tc pay the high prices asked for
steers in the spring. With an abun-
dance of straw on hand to lessen the
cost of wintering, feeders can take ad-
vantage of the lower prices for stocker
cattle in the fall to secure on reason-
able terms at that time enough stock
to pasture all the grass the following
year.
The production of corn stover is
about twice that of grain straw,
amounting to approximately 245,000,-
000 tons a year. A larger percentage
—81.5—of this is fed than of the straw
but the waste is nevertheless astonish-
ing. For this, poor methods of feeding
are largely responsible. By far the
most economical rneniod of handling
corn is by ensiling, but as a matter
of fact only 8.1 per cent of the acre-
age was put in the silo in 1914. the
year in which these investigations
were made. About 11 per cent was
cut for green feed and 81 per cent al-
lowed to mature for grain.-It is in
the last portion of the acreage that
the greatest waste occurs. Stripping
the leaves from the stalks which are
subsequently burned, removing the
stalk above the top ear only, leaving
the stalks to stand in the field until
the loss of leaves and leaching have
removed much of their fertilizing
value, are all unthrifty methods. Fur-
thermore, almost 4 per cent of the
stover is burned, as though, instead of
being a potential source of revenue, it
was merely a nuisance to be got
rid of as a preliminary to plowing. In
some states the percentage of stover
that is thus thrown away is as high as
7 or 8 per cent and the total loas to
the country from the practice is esti-
mated at nearly $15,000,000 a year.
To obtain satisfactory results from
the feeding of farm roughages such as
straw and stover, they must be com-
bined with some form of concentrated
feed. At the present time large quan-
tities of such feed, in the form of cot-
tonseed meal and cake, corn, molasses,
peanuts and beans are exported for
the use of European feeders. If the
straw and stover that are now wasted
were employed to feed more cattle,
these concentrates could be consumed
at home. The result would be a tre-
mendous saving not only in the cost
of producing beef, but in the cost of
enriching the soil as well. In 1914,
for example, about 1,000,000 tons of
cottonseed meal—half the total pro-
duction—were applied directly to the
soil as fertilizer. If this had been fed
to cattle instead, three-quarters of the
fertilizing value would have been re-
turned to the soil as manure. The loss
of the other fourth would have been
far more than counterbalanced by the
profit on the meat produced economi-
cally by the meal and the necessary
roughages. Much the same thing is
true of the other oil meals.
Every Farmer Should Have a3 Many
Mares as He Can Keep—Start by
Buying Weanlings.
Raising draft horses on the farm is
going to be a profitable Industry for
many years to come. Every farmer
should have as many draft mares us
he can afford to keep.
A good wfiiy to start Is by buying
weanlings or yearling fillies. There is
always a ready market for good draft-
ers at $250 to $600 per head and they
cost no more to raise than a horse that
would sell for $100.
Time for Cutting Corn.
After the kernels of corn begin to
get well glazed, corn may be cut any
time. The stalks will have more nour-
ishment in them and the grain itself
will harden up all right.
Secure Purebred Sire.
Try to secure a purebred sire for
your live stock. Better borrow the
purchase price rather than continue
to use a scrub or au ordinary grade.
Feed Chicks Separately.
Always feed the-^chicks separate
from the fowls if you want to get the
best results.
CARING FOR LITTLE CHICKS
Something Wrong With Feed Where
Youngsters Are Making Poor
Growth—Sand Will Hjclp.
Poor growth and lnck of thrift
among young chicks usually Indicate
something wrong with the feeding. A
few grains of sand during the first
few days after hatching help to pre-
pare the stomach for food later, though
the chick is still living on the yolk
drawn into its body just before hatch
ing.
Cover for Water Trough.
If a watering trough is worth any-
thing it is worth a cover. If you were
a horse or cow would you like to drink
out of a trough where every kind of a
creature could wash its feet and be*
foul the water?
Protect the Birds.
Put ry a birdhouse. It does not
need to be elaborate. It is only a
summer home and so is appreciated
more If it is rough and rustic. Have
it face the east or south if possible.
RAISES STANDARD OF LIVING.
Miss Gertrude Vaile, executive sec-
retary of the bureau of Charity and cor-
rections, says in the Denver News:
“We have been asked many times
whether prohibition has had any ef-
fect on the work of-the city relief
office. We feel that it has very great-
ly helped us. The number of fam-
ilies asking relief from the city office
has been about a hundred a month less
than for the corresponding month last
year.
“Most of that difference is account-
ed for in the employment problem.
We have had very much less trouble
with unemployment this year than
last. That may not be due to prohibi-
tion, but at least, prohibition has not
created a hard unemployment prob-
lem, as some people anticipated. We
can recall only two cases in which re-
lief has been asked because the man
had been thrown out of employment
by the closing of the saloons.
“Men are using their wages more
for their families. Among us all in
the office we can think of only two
cases since the first of last January
in which a woman has complained
that her husband did not bring home
his. wages. Last year that was a
frequent and bitter complaint.
“Grocers tell us, without exception,
that they are better able to make their
collections, and that people are buy-
ing more and better quality of food.
One grocer commented that it was
worth a great deal to see the in-
creased manner of self-respect with
which the women did the buying since
they could buy better things.
“So we are convinced that how-
ever much or little actual drunk-
enness may have had to do with the
poverty we meet, at any rate, since
the closing of the saloons people are
being better fed, and that will go far
to reduce some other cause of pov-
erty.
“They are doing better about meet-
ing their just obligations, and that
will go far toward raising their self-
respect and their general standard of
living.”
PROHIBITION BENEFITS MILKMAN
A Massachusetts man, investigating
the dairy business in Denver, found
that during the first four months under
state prohibition there was an increase
in milk sales of over $21,000.
One dairy had a milk route in a dis-
trict where 47 saloons had been its
best customers, and the proprietor ex-
pected to take that particular wagoa
off. But with the closing of the sa-
loons came the epening of more lunch
counters and milk sales In that district
increased about $15 a day.
There has been little increase in the
better residence districts—Park hill,
Capitol hill and the well-to-do parts of
the North and South sides, where, if
people drank, at least they could also
buy milk. But a route jhround the
stockyards has an increased business
of $5 a day; one around the railroad
shops an increase of $6 a day; one in
the district between Curtis and Lari-
mer street, an increase of $8 a day.
BEER DRINKER AND HIS FAMILY.
“It is difficult to find a heavy beer ^
drinker 40 years of age with a normal
liver, kidneys or heart,” says Dr. D. r
H. Kress. “These vital organs, from ’
the excessive burden that is thrown
upon them, wear out prematurely.
The beer drinker may have an abund-
ance of flesh, but it is of inferior
quality. Surgeons do not care to op-
erate upon him, because the chances
of recovery are minimized. Should
the beer drinker be stricken down with
pneumonia or some other febrile dis-
ease that taxes the heart and kidneys,
he would have but three chances out
of ten to make a recovery.”
GOOD BEGINNING.
Alabama’s state-wide prohibition
law went into effect July 1. Saloons
in Birmingham closed their doors at
eleven o’clock the night of June 30.
A dispatch reporting the -business of
the recorder’s court of that city for
the morning of July 3, says there was
not a single case of drunkenness nor
assault and battery on the docket, the
first instance of this sort within at
least four years and the clerk thinks
he is within the truth in stating that
the period is more likely eleven years.
It was the lightest docket that the
clerk can remember.
VOTE FOR MEN.
A woman with a drinking husband
ased to wash for a living. When a
petition was presented to her, asking
that women might vote, the over-
worked woman cried out “Good gra-
cious! Have we even got to do iha
voting for the men?”
LAST AND FIRST.
The last to be hired,
TIM tlrst to be fired,
The drlnkei
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The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 202, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1916, newspaper, October 27, 1916; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth905365/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.