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Mower County news (Austin, Minn.) 1920-1947

January 20, 1921 · Page 2 of 10

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Uncle Sam 'Delouses Trains Give Your Flock A When the old litts* was remoysd and Scratch Litter AUCTION ATI* the new litter in the flock expressed I I I A I FARMING Fight ^Against Crop Cooties *,* *..* «t«»M Says Farm Expert their gratitude ,by laying Farmers Carelssanese In Srsedlng and CalfRaising Wednesday, Febrnery 2~—Honest many more eggs. 11 Is Sure to Result CM» W .V A necessary factor in high egg Cattle, Hogs, Hay, Farm Machine "One must ever remember that the astrously to Herd. production during the winter* in the ery, Household Goods, etc. Sale be-1 underfoot hens must he comfortable Forum opinion of N. E. Chapman, poultry gins at 10K)0 o'clock a. m. W.'H*i Horses Success In for the highest eggptoduction. daliy farming depends specialist with the Minnesota college Mart, Proprietor, 4 miles north a up6n may work and cows give milk when to great extent the easeful of agriculture and experiment station, and Vx mile east of Dexter, by of Uie dives. are uncomfortable, rearing Osxelessness In they are not feeling well and is a scratch litter for the flock, breeding'and calf Is Ben King school house. raising boond to but'not so with the hen. "In my travels about the state," says a reiralt disastrously to herd, or at Her function is reproduction and unless a Mr. Chapman, "while visiting many least keep it at standstill, as far as she is in good health and comfortable, GregVCafe Improvement Is cwicerned. Without farmers for poultry culling demonstrations she does not lay eggs. Every raising calves from which to replace I noticed, a general lack of slight change in her food or environment discarded animals It is almost impossible litter or straw in the poultry house. will cause egg production to to raise-the average production 408 North Maln Street The farmer conscientiously uses straw cease. She will resume laying only of the'herd. Purchasing cows for this in the bedding of his cattle and a purpose la very unsatisfactory method. vfrhen conditions are normal and she REGULAR MEALS AT horses but neglects the poultry house Cows placed on the market are is comfortable. in which can be produced the daily ALL HOURS 1 almost certain to be of very ordinary "Good, wholesome, clean, dry straw a First In Eradication Of Ranks crop of eggs that will pay his store grade. Since good cow whose value Open Until Midnight is one of the essentials of high egg Cattle Tuberculosis —Has as a milk producer Is known Is not production (hiring the winter months Good Coffoe/Chop* Ad offered for sale at market price. 494 Accredited Herds. "It is very noticeable that when when hens must be confined'to the Steaikf A Spocialtjr Therefore, the dairy farmer should the litter in the poultry house becomes poultry house. She will pay a higher In a tabulated report for 45 states take every precaution in handling the damp. that the flock immediately PRICES SEASONABLE and the District of Columbia, recently price for straw than any animal on young calves which are to be placed goes down in egg production, also that the farm and pay on delivery. Be in the herd. issued by the United States Department when the old damp litter is removed of Agriculture to give an sure that your flock is comfortable and new material put in, the flocks OurTOR SALE ADS official record of progress in cattle and when off the roost scratching and come back again to somewhat, the tuberculosis eradication under the digging in clean, dry straw. 5 high average of egg production. Dry accredited herd-plan, Minnesota is at will sell vour scratch litter in abundance is one of '-"re the top with 494 herds of duly accredited the necessary factors in egg production, A meteor Is a sudden*lumlnotls ph^ tuberculosis-free cattle. Virginia, surplus sboats V' just the same as scratch feed, nomenon, as of a star or bright body which lead Minnesota a year egg mash, milk, and minerals. in rapid motion through the air, prat ago, is second in the list of states duced by a small mass of matter perhaps "Recently a man with a fine flock mwm with exactly 140 less than those reported from the celestial spaces striking of 300 White Leghorn pullets complained in Minnesota. Wisconsin is the air with planetary velocity, about the decrease in egg production, yr' ,fW. W. BOWERS'" third with 287 herds. and suffering heating, dissipation, or altho he said there was no Dean R. W. Thatcher in the department combustion. Before encountering the OosiBg^Out Sale Of change in feeding and the house was of agriculture, University earth they travel in their own orbits. (la Cela AT not frosted. His egg production decreased of Minnesota, says that investigations day by day until he was not by Dr. M. H. Reynolds of the division picking up eggs enough to pay expenses. HIGHEST PRICE BIG TYPE POLAND of veterinary medicine at University It was found on investigation Farm, furnished the foundation for :^:PAIRPOR4 that the trouble was \yith the litter. the system now in use thruout the It had become wet and packed so Poultry and Veal CHINAS United States of accrediting tuberculosis-free that when the scratch feed was thrown 37 HEAD #v!37 HEAD herds of cattle. to the flock it would remain on top ,*v' Get Oar Price* "Minnesota," the dean says, "is and the hens were not compelled to Before Yoa Go recognized everywhere as having the scratch for it, and the feed of the Eleewhere best sanitary conditions of livestock fowls was damp and cold. Under these production of any state. This condition R. H. JOHNSON A SON. conditions production almost ceased. I'ncle Sam's encounter with the cootlo during the war was not is the direct outgrowth of he PROVISION MARKET & new experience. Although it is not generally known—he has work of the state livestock sanitary been battling various kinds of crop cooties for mar\y years, to the extent 226 E. M01 Street board which, in turn, is an outgrowth that, the department's work has developed until now great "deInttsing" TAKE of early investigations at University machines which fumigate a freight train with ease are In, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 operation The duty of the Federal Horticultural board is to guard Farm." the United States borvi«rs and prevent the entrance of injurious plant CHIROPRACTIC A specialist of the United States In the Hea Mower County Fsir^l insects jThis board has saved American farmers millions of dollars Department of Agriculture says that Just now the Mexican border is' being watched closely against pink ADJUSTMENTS J. F. FAIRBANKS St. Louis county in Minnesota is the bniiworm The pictures show, upper, the .interior of a cyanide plant ^1 AUSTIN, MINN. ei Laredo. Tex. where the poisonous gas is turned into a string of champion bull association county of fl And Get Well u" freight cars coming-into the U. S. Center, exterior of a huge fumigation the United States, and probably of the Begins Promptly at 1:30 P. plant built by the Department of Agriculture.Lower, members world, at least as far as numbers are of the horticultural hoard which enforces the crop quarantine De*Ier concerned. Nine such'associations, all laws Or Kan Keiierman, Dr W Hunter. Dr Charles L. MarIan :•?, chairman, anil G«*nree Sudsworth. organized since 1918, now have 364 BIG HERD BOARS 3^ 'COAL, WOOD,' LIME R. L. Nelson, REMEDY FOR CATTLE LICE farmer members. CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, 3 BIG PRICE JR. D. C. (.earned Lesson rom Amman. Thirty-five purebred bulls, valued v- \.. BOB PRICE S1 1 As eminent a man as John Wesley, BRICK AND WALL at $300 each, have been taken into Chiropractor In his directions on the art of keeping i' CAPT. LIBERATOR -J-j Sw PLASTER. the county to serve 1,859 cows belonging 5£atV well, wrote that "many of the medicines J4"-** Insects Common During Win'ter Successor To /«J" to association members, or an used among the common people DR. W. A. CHAPMAN) Months Cause Discomfort by average of 53 cows to each bull. The of my time were first discovered 11 Tried Sows ^A 4 Yearlings 19 Spring G3ts Austin, Minn. :i economic value of the association animals using them to cure their aches r- Tel. Bridge 277 for Appointment. and pains." He said also: "It look-' work is of great importance. Figures ,. Lice on cattle, especially during Office 301 East Bridge St. ed reasonable that If they would heal ,W. W. BOWERS, Owner obtained by the department from st winter months, are very common and 1 they would also heal man." more than 2,000 farms in various sections Phone: Main 32 cause great discomfort to the animals, W. W. Walker, Farmers Merchants State Sank,' Cleric. Must Between You and Me" of the country, where there are .Austin, Minn. t- ix with consequent loss to the Col. Albert Hopfe, Auctioneer. no bull association, show that one bull owners. The insects are much less is maintained for every 18 cows, or common in summer and are comparatively about three times as many bulls as appear says the Good Judge easy to eradicate at that time necessary under the association because cattle may be dipped if they Business"and Professional plan. Here's genuine cKewing :v 5 are to be handled in large numbers, At the one-to-18 rate, 100 bulls, satisfaction for you, hooked or sprayed or scrubbed by hand with instead of 35, would be needed by the a dip solution if only a few are affected. up with real economy. 1 nine associations in St. Louis county. fi The original expenditure would have Directory A smaH chew of this class Common coal tar dips and black •M been $30,000 instead of $10,000. leaf tobacco extract are effective, VA of tobacco lasts much longer W The purebred live stock interests says J. S. Montgomery, livestock than a big chew of thev5 received a big impetus this year thru specialist with the agricultural extension •4 the efforts of the farm bureau, according ordinary kind—that's be-r$ division at University Farm, if to a summary made by F. E. cause the) full, rich, real used in accordance with the directions J. M. HEIMER Balraer of University Farm, state of the manufacturers. Use of these 'U.K. MfNDE.-'.^'' F. H. MAYER tobacco taste lasts so long.) leader, from the annual reports of Live Stock and Real Estate remedies in cold weather, however, DENTIST,,^!' 4V' Auctittneer UNDERTAKING the county agents of the state. In 71 Any man who uses the' VX7, is attended with some difficulties In Hirsh Block Undertaker and F— aral Specially Conversant, withf ,c counties 1,220 registered bulls were Real Tobacco Chew will^ and danger because of the liability Telephone Main 117 „V V' Pedigree work. 'i-' AUTO HEARSE procured and in 61 counties 1,607 registered of the animal to contract influenza AUSTIN, MINN. Phone 9001. Adams, Minn. tell you that. t-tir boars were added to swine Day Call- 677, Both or pneumonia following the treat Night Can ISO. Both & herds. Fifty-nine counties reported 1 ment. An effective winter remedy, --'1 1'"^ 2 a L. BAKER, M. D.| additions of 1,885 registered cows and v-' :-/W MP in rx \i ft jsr- Mr. Montgomery further says, is a W. R. EARL FURNITURE CO. 46 counties added 1,491 high grade Physician and Surgeon A. I. ARNESON, M. D. mixture of two parts ground sabbadila UNDERTAKING and cows. In 27 counties 619 cows were W-B GUT is along fine-cut tobacco v" Office in Lewis Bailding^ Specialita' in Natural Therapentics: mtt, seed and one part flowers of FUNERAL DIRECTION discarded as unprofitable as a result Phones: Residence, Bridge I3Q Using "condensed out of doors^ and RIGHT GUT is a shortcut obacco* sulphur mixed. This should be applied Auto Haurpo Equipment of cow testing association work. Ottu, Brldt. 277 other Non-sazgical, Natural and in powder form all along the top Prompt Attention in Every Detail Sanatariom types of treatment for Twenty-nine associations were in operation lAvstin, Minn. lines from the ears to the tail and all types of disesse. with 10,042 cows under test DONOVAN GOSLEE New and successful methods of should be brushed in thoroly. The A Pfcene Mala 112 PhoMMainllS In 56 counties 1,240 farmers were assisted treating Piles, fissures, mlcers and Funeral Directors treatment should be repeated in 9 to AUSTIN* MINN. in balancing rations for livestock similar diseases triUiont' Surgery or: ffrii ilk and Enihalmers 11'days. in 49 counties 1,201 silos were 1892 28 Years* Experience 1920 loss of time from your business or 'a Another common trouble at this any Hospital bills. Examination free. 2S! -6tilted Day Calls -Int. 198: N. W. erected. In 57 counties 24,062 animals Call or write about your case. season of the year *s what is usually Night Cans were tested for tuberculosis, and in DR. F. E. DAICNEAU Too Much Sex Stuff in the Movies Office over Austin Furniture Donovan—Interstete 1144 T. W. called bam itch. This develops in 32 counties 25,924 hogs were vacci Store, (opposite Pox Hotel.) Ey. .Igfct Sp.rUH.t N. W. 44S4 small spots with a scabby condition nated for hog cholera control.. H. A. Goslee—Interstate 622-L Seienti^c adjustment of GLASSES of skin and falling hair. In the opinion N.-.W.am .m? to all forms of defective vision ARTHUR WEST ALLEN, M. ft. of Mr. Montgomery a very satisfactory Motor1' and' 120 West MiU Street treatment is to apply a salve FEEDING COWS SAWDUST^ C. M. StJ. Ry. 1 composed of lard and sulphur or petrolatum CLIFFORD C. LECK, M. D. •••••••••••••••••••••••••a Something is certainly wrong- with! mi&yt^ SISEJ OTTtglW^j oil and sulphur mixed into ALBERT HOPFE Physician and Surgeon The facetious statement, re* .of the movies.^. What that something is, is v- GLASSES PITTED thick paste. This should be rubbed Amtla, peated in a joking way, "Put Hirslk Block, Mmu Oaee First NiHsaal Bank in thoyoly and the treatment repeated and Laboratory Eqitipment green goggles on the cows and X~Ray fearlessly revealed by Benjamin B.Hampton, fool them by feeding sawdust until the affected spots have been LIVE STOCK AND Asstotsats— Reeidei 11 President of four, big motion-picture and shavings,H Is apparently not cleaned up. Ernest H. Morris, M. D. OFFICE HOURS: RRAL ESTATE going to be necessary In future 9 te 10 a. as^—2 t» 4 p. aa. companies. JSome of the conditions he Mabe^ Moore, jt.' N. ii Ti9Sto«p.m, to feed them that product. It Unseemly Temper AUCTIONEER ivdescribes are nothing short of appalling. has been found by experiment A taxi driver who knocked a man THE HOSPITAL CUN1C that sawdust from non-reslnous down has In Gracechurch street sum* ^l« His article bristles with astounding inior* Apply early for dates, as I sail 31 soft woods can be used, but it C, A. Hegge, M. D. moned him for using abusive languages AUSTIN CLINIC II nearly every day in the aale mation that has never been published first must undergo a process of O. H. Hegge, M. D. It seems can* a pity that pedestrians P. A. Lonnen. M. C, treatment with certain acids, not showing be knocked down without before. You'll find Mr. Hampton's article Chas F. Lewis, M. D. a Miss Malinda l^wis, X«ray aa^l which Change part of the dry -mm- '.6 Punch. 11 of their temper like this.—London E. C. Rahman, M. D. laboratory assistant. AUSTIN, MINN. matter Into carbohydrates. However, Chas C. Allen, M. the low protein content FOUNDERS AND SURGEONS J. G. W. Havens. M. 6. a DELCO-UGHT of sawdust Ss feed would not to St. Olaf HespitaL W.B.Grlse,M.D. 'Pictorial 'Review augur well for Its future use. DR5. FENTON A MEANY -Snrgeens,. C. M. St* P* R* R. fmnllinMj Tbe.coraptexe and Electric light ©ENTISTS .'' SPECIAL ATTENTION givea Eye, Ear, Neee aad Power Plan#!? to diagnostic accuracy, clinical, Austin National Bank Bid* 7* BEST TYPE OF DAIRY COW Glaaeea fitted Ask us for a. demonstration in microscopic, chemical and radiographic rour own home. See for yourself, Ottce Phenei Bridge 1M ITnrassas 111 Olaf examinations accnmtely obligation. Residence Dr. Fentont Mala 4SS-R Must Be Capable of Producing Large made. C.OLW.EE I Quantity of Milk and ButtSrfat Residence Dr. Meaayi Main SS4 I General Gee. A.HemalftC* Economically, T" Eye,' Eas^ Ear* Neee Neee and and Tkreat. AUSTIN, MINNESOTA Hernsel MOBng Cn. Glasses properly^ fttted^ (I J®1? ^ialbpaeh Bldg. Op^eeHe P. Ot I A dairy cow Is one of distinct dairy DR. M. 4. HARDY type and dairy breed capable of producing •7^.* Mfte.ur a large quantity of milk and Fer lafsnmMiea Oft Umm DENTIST^ RTMURPHY Phone Mala S2S butterfat economically or at a profit, Austin Electric Supply Co. R. Off Office Hears CaB^ as and to produce calves regularly 121 N. Main St. Phone Main 39 A*y Of Tim DssliWi good or better than herself. fmi