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

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-kPB Page Six MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINN. Monday, Nov. 13, 1922. Raise More and Better LIVE AGRICULTURAL NEWS OF INTEREST ANDVALUE TO MOWER CO. FARMERS. W Pure Bred Livestock, FOR PRODUCTION TIMELY ADVICE ON lice Dr. Riley says an occasional Chamberain's Cough Remedy Auction Date Book light application with raw linseed oil the Mother's Faorite. OF WINTER EGGS LIVE STOCK PESTS will suffice for the control. The soothing and healing properties id a N be 1 0 A so of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, For hogs, the use of crude petrolium its pleasant taste and prompt and Brothers, Blooming Prairie, Poland is the most satisfactory method effectual cures have made it a favorite of killing lice, says Dr. Riley. In China Hogs. Col. Albert Hopfe, with people everywhere. It is especially Prescribed Ration, Will Practical Information warm weather this can be most conveniently prized by mothers of young auctioneer. Assure Good Winter applied by floating a film On Proper Control children for colds, croup and whooping Wednesday, November 22. Frank of oil on the Water in a concrete hog cough, as it always affords quick Production. Of Parasites. a a is a Toussaint, three miles northwest wallow. In-the winter- time it can Pertinent Pointers for Practical Farmers other harmful drugs. of Austin. Closing out sale, horses, be applied by hand with a brush. cattle, and machinery. Col. Albert The lice which sometimes severely This is ^the season cf the year, The following ration for winter PMpmd by th* Agrlcabuid D*p*Hiinni. Unlvewtef of MlnacMKa AN APPRECIATION.. Hopfe, auctioneer. infests sheep can usually be controlled egg production recommended by the says Dr. W. A. Riley, chief of the I wish to thank the people of Mow- by the dips used against the UNIVERSITY'MAN HOME 'University of Missouri 'college of division of entomology of the state ICE CREAM FOOD er county for' their support of elec- sheep tick. If the lice bcomes trou The baldheaded man hasn't much agriculure, satisfies the needs of university, when experiment workers FROM RUST STUDYING TOR ALL THE YEAR blesome in the. winter they can b&! ^on ^ay* appreciate it. chance of escaping by a hair's the hens and is economical and practical are besieged by inquiries from kejft in check, says Dr. Riley, by the^l —CASSIUS^ TERRY. breadth. for most sections of missouri. practical farmers as to how they may Europe Has Fought Black Rust to Cools You in Summer, Warms You in use of pyrethrum or Buhach powder _. control parasites on their livestock. During the past year it has been fed Standstill by Killing Barbercies. Winter, Says College Man. dusted into the wool. These inquiries, riiore ofter than not, en a number of Missouri farms with The black, steam rust of wheat and As for poultry, Dr. Riletf says, the A Increased consumption of ice cream good results. come Jtoo late for the use of essential GET PRICES on VEAL and CHICKENS other grains no longer seriously troubles fall of the year, after the surplus is urged by C. D. Dahle,. of the dairy preventive measures. What is Daily Rations for Hens. the farmers of western Europe husbandry division of the state University. stock has been weeded out, is one of before selling elsewhere then a difficult problem would have Scratch Grain because it has been practically eliminated Ice cream, says Mr. Dahlo. the best tims to trat for lice. The been comparatively simple if undertaken R. H. JOHNSON & SON MEAT MARKET by the simple process of eradicating 10 pounds shelled corn should no longer be regarded as 'a most efficient and satisfactory treatment early enough' in the season to the common barberry bush 5 pounds dry threshed oats luxury to be eaten on certain occasions is the use of sodium fluyorider 226 East Mill St. •This is the report brought back to nip infestations in the bud"Of only. What has been, considered Dry mash "This should be applied," says Dr. University Farm by Dr. E. C. Stakman, the many sprays, washes and a delicacy or a confection has, he 3 pounds wheat bran Rieley, "by he pinch method to vari a plant pathologist of national says, definite food values equal to powders that have been recommended,'the 3 pounds wheat shorts reputation, who has just returned from ous parts of the bird instead of by those of many other'foods. most satisfactory treatment 1V2 pounds commercial meat scrap A Ave months' tour of western European Comparing the nutritive value of ice the dip method, which is convenient for cattle is raw linseed oil," says Where milk is plentiful three gallons countries. Dr.* Stakman' was cream with that of various coaimon in the summer time. For grown For Radio Supplies and Dr. Riley. "This should be applied of. skimmed milk or buttermilk commissioned by the United States foods, Mr. Dahle says, that a quart or birds about 12 pinches of the powder thoroly with a brush or rag in such Department of Agriculture to make a furnished each 100 hens daily will a brick of ice cream which weighs are placed on different regions at the quantity that one pint will do for thorough study of rust and barberry about 1.2 pounds is eq\jal to three and take the place of meat scrap. Either base of the feathers. Be sure that conditions in the foreign countries. four or five cows. The application three-fourths pounds of chicken, one milk or some form of lean meat must Storage.Batteries see the druggist does not give you sodium Dr. Stakman found that the black and two-fifths pounds of beefsteak, 14 should be especially thoro on the upper be supplied in every Ration for successful chloride or common salt, but sodium eggs (medium size), four-fifths of a parts of the neck along the back winter egg production. fluoride, which is the louse killer. pound, of ham or 10% pounds of tomatoes. from the poll to-the base of the tail, Commercial meat scrap can be obtained The powrer acts slowly and it may the shoulder tops, and about the from most feed dealers in 100 "All of the elements needed to keep be three or four days before the lice folds of the udder and escutcheon, the body functioning correctly are pound sacks. One sack will supply are all killed-" for it is in, these places that the found in even larger amounts in ice protein needed by 100 hens for more lice are the most abundant. In bad cream than in milk," says Mr. Dahle. than two months. Information on 214 E. Bridge St. "Butterfat is present in ice cream in infestations it is desirable to clip a. Kaffir-or feterita may b'e substituted How Animals Sleep large amounts, usually 10 to 14 per width of three or four inches along for the corn. -Barley or feed cent, and this fat is essential to the the back from the heal to the base wheat may be used instead of oats. body for the production of heat and of the tail. Treatment with raw Storks and other long-legged energy. The fat from this cold prod- Corn meal or ground "oats may be about YpreclrFETAOIN ETAOI TT uct produces heat for the body, aa birds sleep standing on one leg. substituted for shorts in the mash. linseed oil should be repeated in well as does any other fat. So you Alfalfa meal or clover leaves may Iucks iisleep on the waiter. To TVLE about two -weeks after the first application can see if ice cream is eaten in the take the place of the bran. A good avoid drifting ashore they keep paddling to get the lice which have winter time it helps warm your body. grade of tankage may be used instead with one foot, thus making For this reason it is not a summer been hatched from the eggs. Thereafter ERVICE of the meat scrap. In feeding them move in a circle. food, but an all year around food. It it should be applied about once this ration all grain should be fed would have a greater cooling effect Foxes and wolves sleep curled up, a month during the winter. Be sure in deep straw to compel the birds to in the summer if it did not contain their noses and the soles of their to use raw linseed oi and not the quite so much fat: The fat of ice exercise. The mash should be placed ATISFACTION boiled linseed for tthe latter may feet close together, and blanketed by cream also contains the famous fat in self-feeding hoppers or troughs their bushy tails. cause irritation of the skin. soluble vitamine which is so essential and a supply kept before the "birds- to growth of children. Lions, tigers and cat animals "For cattle another treatment that In addition to this ration, hens "Protein is found in abundance and stretch themselves out flat upon the is quite satisfactory is the use of should have an abundance of water, is utilized by nature in replacing cells side. Their muscles twitch and throb, KOBES' CAFE 4% per cent creolin solution, made a supply of green food and free access which are being constantly broken indicating that they are light and by taking 12 tablespoons of the creolin to sharp grit and crushed oyster down in the body, especially when restless sleepers. to one gallon of water. This the body is at work. Milk sugar which shells, or soft limestone grit. With DR. E. C. STAKMAN should be applied as a spray or Owls, in addition to their eyelids, is utilized for heat and energy is also early hatched pullets, housed comfortably Minnesota University Plant Pathologist, with a sponge but should not be rubbed found in abundance in ice cream along have screens that they draw sideways and fed this ration, winter who has been studying Black with 13 to 15 per cent added cane in as it is likely to cause irritation across their eyes to shut out Stem Rust and BaVberry Conditions eggs are assured. sugar, which increases the flavor and of the skin. Sprays are less the light, for they sleep in the daytime. Meiy Be Too Late I I in Western European Countries for amount of food for energy." satisfactory during the winter in this Old Dobbin Steals the Federal Government. Without figuring in the overhead expense, cold climate." such as labor, Mr. Dahle fixes March on Tractor Proper care and grooming will usually If you think small thoughts, you stem rust had decreased everywhere the cost of making ice cream in the keep horses free from parasites. will soon be as small as your In proportion to the thoroughness home at 80 to 90 cents a gallon. A with which the barberries have been quart of ice cream, which, costs around If there is any trouble with "Tractor manufacturers and horse thoughts. removed. The evidence of this fact 22 cents when made at. home, will furnish breeders associations may urge the mm in England and Denmark is particularly six persons with a good sized relative merits of tractors and horses conclusive, he said. During the dish each, making the cost per dish as sources of farm power with, all course of extended automobile travels less than 4 cents. "No more time Meat You Will Relish the eloquence of which they are capable," in England and Wales he could not is required to make this than is required declares G. A. Pond, in charge ifind a trace of black stem rust except to make most of the common Money is one of the big things in life, It is con- of the cost accounting section at on a few farms where there were barberries. desserts used in the home," says Mr. The mature judgment of Dahle. "Ice cream, however, contains densed power, therefore valued highly. University Farm, "but the farmer most of the plant pathologists of England nutritive value and palatability in a who has both available keeps his eye is that black stem rust cannot much greater degree than many other steadfastly on the relative prices of Most boys think too little of money and if they Tee exist without the common barberry, foods at the same price. cream kerosene and oats and adjusts his Because you know that he said. should have a more prominent place haven't learned to save before leaving their father's power supply accordingly." Dr. Stakman found that even the in our diet than it has today." home, they have small chance of ever saving. it is the best meat that is Recently summarized data collected peasants of the Alps and Jura mountains "Recreation in Rural Communities." on ten Steele county farmers understand the despicable relastion produced. And you may Fathers, if you think saving is a good thing for W. C. Coffey, dean of the Univfer. between the barberry and the development showed but 298 hours of use per sity Department of Agriculture, and your boy, send him to the Austin National Bank, the of rust. The only reason tractor in 192J as compared with Thomas Cooper, dean of the Kentucky have your choice of cuts. the bushes are permitted to remain in. 415 hours the year previous, a decrease bank that looks after the boys and girls. College of Agriculture will give ad« mountainous districts is the difficulty of 28 per* cent. The use of dresses at a big mass meeting which in reaching them and also because will open the Farmers' and Homemakers' horse labor, on the other hand, increased only a little grain is grown. In Italy Short Course week at University during the same period. the Minnesota scientist found that THE AUSTIN NATIONAL BANK Farm. This meeting will be held oq OUR PRICES ALWAYS ATTRACTIVE "The fiact that trac|or fuel., declined black stem rust is destructive only in New Year's day afternoon in the big Learn this by becoming a regular customer. Make the mountains and in the northern only 29 per cent in price while auditorium at the farm. Dean Coopei our market your meat market. part wherer there are barberries. Barberry horse feed decreased 55 per cent will speak on "Farms of Tomorrow." of Austin, Minn. bushes have been almost completely partly explains the change," says Farrell Meat Co. Miss Mignon Quaw formerly with the removed in Denmark and there Mr. Pond- Montana College of Agriculture will Member Federal Reserve System. has not been a serious outbreak of illustrate a talk-on "Recreation in Rural rust since 1903"Nothing Additional Fault J. L. MITCHELL, Communities" by conducting recreational P. D. BEAULIEU, W. E. HOPFE, could be more convincing exercises in which her audience President Vice President Cashier than the contrast between the rust Found with QuackGrass Phone 2587 (No delivery) 119 E. Bridge St. will be called upon to participate. situation in Denmark and that in by Experts Sweden," said Dr. Stakman. "In Denmark This, great short course for farm the rust does no damage whatever. people will run through the remainder In Sweden, on the other hand, of the first week of the new year. I Quackgrass has been indicated on it is extremely destructive because of Class room work will be so arranged another count by R. S. Kirby, collaborator the tremendous number of barberry Poultry Remedies that persons attending can select the tmshes in that country." with the U. S. Dept. of WANTED subjects of their interest. Dr. Stakman brought back the seeds Agriculture in cereal disease investigations of many promising grain varieties, Flax Should Be Good 1923 Crop* at University farm. particularly wheat, and collected a Farm crops men connected with the This common farm weed pest, Mr. large amount of material for plant university believe that flax will be a Protect Your Flock From Disease Kirby declares, is the greatest harborer studies. He also brought home copies good crop to grow next year. Relatively and spreader of "take a of laws by the enforcement of which At Once high prices for flax are being comparatively new disease which has western European countries have maintained, university men pointing freed themselves of the menace of caused a loss of from 60 to 70 per out that it is selling for more than $2 black stem rust. a bushel or twice the price of wheat, pent in New York wheat fields this This is the season of the year most dreaded by whereas several years ago it usually year, and has appeared in Indiana, Age will deteriorate cream at any all poultry raisers. sold at only 30 to 50 cents above the Arkansas, Kansas and Oregon. The 10,000 DUCKS and GEESE temperature. A low temperature simply wheat price. The improved industrial disease attacks only winter wheat retards this action, hence delivery conditions serves to keep the price ol seriously, spring wheat apparently Roup, Cholera and canker spread rapidly and should be made often. flax seed on a substantial basis. Prof. being immune. It has also been A. €. Arny, who is in charge of the go thru the entire flock if not promptly checked. All kinds of livestock will pay good known to spread to rye, barley and farm crops section of the university, rates on labor and money spent in timothy. Oats is resistant. recommends that wilt-resistant flax No. 1 Ducks 18c lb providing good shelter and proper The result is that birds are in a rundown condition .seed be saved for planting on old land. Altho no traces of "take all" have feeding. A dry comfortable shed will Some other variety can be used for been found in Minnesota, cbnditions which means no 50c eggs for you this year. help to cheapen tin cost of gains in sowing on new land which is not infected are favjorable for its production fattening steers. Tae division of agricultural with wilt. Some wilt-resistant No. 1 Geese lb and spread." Mr. Kirby urges thoro engineering, University. seed can be .obtained in Minnesota, A preventative is far better than a cure. cleaning of all seed coming from infected has a Farm, prepared large number Professor Arny says, while North Dakota of plans for barns, sheds, granaries, areas as an aid in combating cribs, usually has large supplies which etc- Why not send for this list? We carry a complete liae of poultry remedies the disease, for: the reason that be can drawn upon. chaff and foreign material in grain and tonics which we sell on a positive guarantee. Poultry growers will he inoney boiled vinegar. Let stand one week carry the destructive furigas. Smith Wright Co. ahead if they will cull all the loafers before using.—Lucy Cordiner, University in the flock this fall and keep over .. Mrs. Laura M. Hoyt Recommends Farm. winter only those hens that actually H. tf, Goss Seed Co. Chomberlain's Tablets. pay- their board. It is not yet too late M. B. Wttton, Mgr ~"I frequently used Chamberlain's DM 2500 Kid gloves should be mended with to do this work. Tablets, during the past three years, :4V! TrT- WW*-- cotton thread, as silk -will cat the and have found them splendid for Mipl* aad Cfcataa, Successor to Hare & Goss, Austin, Minn. leather. I 3 headache and bilious attacks.' 1 am only too pleased, at any time, to speak Character is the rock upon which Advertisements in Hie News reach a word of "praise of them," writes men and nations are builded. Mrs. Laura M. Hoyt, Rockport, N. Y. the consumer.