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The Tribune-News Farm Department. SPECIAL attention is being given to this part of the paper in an effort to make it of the most value to our farmer patrons. You can depend upon pointers elucidated in these columns because they are contributed by men who have made a study of live stock, dairying, poultry raising and agricultural problems. A good many of the articles printed in this section of The Tribune-News are secured from the United States Department of Agriculture and State University Experiment Stations. I THE “FOUR G’’ RATION, t The following by O. P. Templeman, manager of the Highland Poultry farm, will be found very helpful to our ixmltry breeders. Mr. Tern plenum's ar ticle is based on actual experience and •will be found interesting: “There are four elements in the feed of chickens, necessary to health and rigor, to rapid and sturdy growth of young chicks, to heavy production of market eggs and to strong, fertile hatching eggs. These four elements ■constitute what is known as the “Font G,” grains, greens, grubs and grits. When these four elements are present in the proper proportion in the feed, chickens will often thrive under oth erwise adverse conditions. On the oth er hand you ivy tv have the most ap proved pattern of hygiene poultry bouses; give your chickens the best of care otherwise, but if the food does not contain these four elements, your chickens will not do well and you will get few if any eggs. “Every one knows that it is neccs- ! sary to feed grains, but In many In stances this is about all that is fed. j There should he at least two grains in j the ration, corn is the universal food, . i ft .is unquestionably good, and is al ways relished by the fowls. For the other grain, wheat is the best, but is considered too expensive to feed in • ' 3* t/ Ip* M? ? *#s *1 '’,4 U, f'J „„.-* ~ '/”* v - CV’.r I '’L r '' . '"' • v''”'- ■ h'f* ■’ |r ■■*- fjFp' -Vv’ <&'.'K *•* w i - -r*t* >7 v* ’^-'J:-7jV^HhHH^H^^Hh^hH£bl FMEDICINE LIKE^H [lt FOR l BUNGS . . <£j^B 1! theory—and 1 yV .; ■ V. proved it unqualifiedly for more than ten f *wk' I I years, that sick stock, horsec. mules, colts, 'lH'lwL - l/fflC^ L-jimSn I t, l on J ust as much so as people; and while in S,. \ i{ 11 mS IM[ 1 M [' 1 '( / *" e nature of things the same courses can RIB \ r** / r ot a,to .^ ether ka pursued, nor can treatment ; J35 \ (;|i \ / ”® carried on the same, yet fundamentally, j&gg& sick stock are indeed very much like sick \ ' v ®#\ human beings; they need REGULAR MEDI- S&S \ \' ' vMsk A CINE. On this principle I personally super* afftl <~f ‘IK vise the preparation of Southern Stock Powders R it A a!or. s the line of scientific and specific medication; a~d the r-sults I have |N| * ch, ,?3 e “ during the past ten years that I have made these pov/ders, is un- HS? H qualified proof that my theory is correct; that my goods are a genuine bene- P3 BW faction to sick stock, and that through their superlative merit, and their Be?* Bp) standard reputation amongst the farmers and stock men of the entire South, Sfe B&i t.tey outsell the combined field of competitive preparations. IH DO NOT CONFOUND "SOUTHERN STOCK POWDERS” WITH THE ISI H FAKE CONDIMENTAL STOCK POWDERS ON THE MARKET. |§| ■■ that have no claims whatsoever to medicinal merit, and are therefore u Jfis? M3 waste of money to buy, as lacking medicinal virtues, how can they ,K ‘'SOUTHERN STOCK POWDERS” are a scl ntifically formulated -W ■Kg prescription and put up under my personal supervision. I guaran- y la* tee the efficacy of Ais prescription. If you were to go to a doctor v M y for a similar MR amount I sell you in package form for 25c wculd cost you s2.do. Wff EH Pleaae remember that I unqualifiedly guarantee the genuineness of W K the ingredients in every packago of “SOUTHEPN _W STOCK OR POULTRY POWDERS” and a list of the / IK • Bents either case will be found plainly gpggj p IRON - ARSENSC - STRYCHNINE the world over as being the basic formulae of the >.)£,*% aU^*^ 1 - SS| best possible tonic for the rehabilitation of the blood. I 1* Jf'i H| In these ingredients we have the most powerful jyKTV.,- *-'* | ■ BUB all digestants in Arsenic, and the greatest rierve and i ffESKIIPI Has! m SOUTHERN POULTRY POWDERS yS These Poultry Powders have been formulated by Jfi'f Dr. Verdier on the same theory he has ...... .... ■ H co successfully proven in the case of his jr §sf- “SOUTHERN STOCK POWDERS”—that f&HM. "\ Remember THE OSMENT CO. Sells Hardware for Cash Onl i “ ~ - w " ~ * ‘ — ~ I can and will make My Business Worth While to „ You. HARRY L. OSMENT, Working for The Osmejit Compfl^ I any quantity. Oats is a good feed as j a variety, but care roust he taken, as iit is easy to feed too much oats. The hulls make them hard to digest, so oats should not comprise more than one-third of the grain ration. Two parts corn and one part oats, (dry measure), is the cheapest effective ra j tion, but what would be much better i and little more expensive, is two parts corn, one part wheat and one part oats. “Chickens can do without greens for i a long time and keep alive, but that is about all. The lack of green food is j one reason why a great many people i get few eggs from their hens in win ter. And if hens are penned up in bare I vards in spring and summer, green ■ '’aids must be supplied if eggs are ex pected. Almost anything green that is I dible by other animals will do for ! chickens. The most common forms of green food for winter, when hens are penned up in houses are sprouted oats, n angel beets, steamed clover, cabbage, kale, etc. “Lawn clippings make a splendid green food and cost nothing. The 1 waste portions of many vegetables from the garden will also be relished by the chickens. “Grubs, the third element—meat in o her words—is a very important part of the fowls’ rations. Eggs contain a high percentage of protein; the purest et animal food contains from 75 per THE BARTOW TRIBUNE-THE CARTERSVILLE NEW.3, APRIL 19, 1917, oenf'to 95 per cent protein. By feeding a ration high in proportion many eggs will be produced, provided that the protein is not too high, in which case the digestive organs will be overtaxed. I-rotein also builds the muscle and hone in the growing chicken, and it i- for that reason that the growing chicken craves meat more than the giown fowls. "When chickens have free range in holds and woods, they can generally provide themselves with sufficient ani mal food in spring and summer, but in fail and winter, meat must be fed if results are expected. Confined birds must be fed meat the year around. “A plan for every poultryman is to keep a high-grade of commercial meat scraps in hoppers before the chickens all times. Care must he taken, how ever, in getting them started on meat scrap. They should feed sparingly at tiist, gradually increasing the amount .util they have all they want at a feed, tlii n the meat scrap may he safely put it. the open hoppers. “Feeding table scraps is a very good ("actice, but care must be taken, or j Lite proportion of meat will be too ir regular. To give chickens no meat for several days, then * give them all they will eat at a'• mg would ruin their digestion. The digestive system o: the domestic fowl is as sensitive as a human “The heaviest egg production can be secured, it is claimed, by feeding a mash consisting of ground grains, such as bran, middlings and corn meal, with which meat scrap is mixed, i" addition to the whole or cracked grains, known as ‘scratch feed.' “Charcoal, while not necessary part of the chicken’s ration, is a very help fid addition. It assists in keeping the digestive organs in good condition, j “To sprout oats in the winter will I e necessary to have a heated sprout er, unless one has a cellar or room where the temperature never gets to the freezing point, and where it is generally above 60 degrees. Where a heated sprouter is necessary it is gen ially better to buy a sprouter from a t>oultry supply • house, but where a heated sprouter is not necessary,- a sprouter can be made at home very easily. For the benefit of those who do not understand the process—first, pro vide yourself with some oats which will sprout, as some you may get will not sprout, being too old. Put the oats m a tight vessel pour warm (not hot) r ater over them and let them soak fo’- twenty-four hours. At the end of that time put the oats in another re ceptacle, which will allow the water to drain off, a box with a few cracks in the bottom will do nicely, Let them remain in this box for two or three days, sprinkling them morning and evening with water, until the little roots are about A quarter of an inch long then spread an inch deep on the sprouter, which is nothing more than a wooden or galvanized iron frame with clacks or holes in it which will sllow the water to drain off readily, li the oats are sprinkled regularly twice a day, the green blades will be two cr three inches high in a week’s time, and are ready to feed. The soon er they are fed the tenderer the roots v ill be, the longer they grow the more there will he to the blades, but the roots will gradually get too tough for the chickens to eat. Sprouted oats makes an excellent food for young chickens and grown fer.ls alike, al j though for the youngsters the blades should be cut off and cut up in short pieces according to the size of the chicks. “If it is considered too much trouble to sprout oats, mangel beets are an excellent green food, and a few of these will go a long way Cabbage is (co expensive these days, but in the spring and summer there will usually be a plentiful supply of green food available to yarded fowls. The hen herself the best judge ot>what she needs and that the meat should not be forced upon her in the mash; that the better way is to have the meat in separate hoppers where she can help herself. “The fourth element —grits—is as nece.-sary to the life of the chicken as the first; they are the teeUi of the bird, and eating so many haid grains it could live but a short time without grit. “A chicken on free range can usually get its own supply of grit, but con fined chickens must be supplied with it Marble grit is sharp, hard and clean, and r an be bought very cheap. Oyster shell is a good grit, but besides sup plies the fowl with another necessary item of food —lime. “Hard coal ashes is also greatly rel ished, and is considered very bene ficial. The amount that a small flock will consume is surprising. On some commercial poultry plants it is kept before the chickens of all ages in hop pers. “When a chicken or a few chickens are separated from the others, or a new pen is made up it is well to stop ami think. Are they supplied with the four G’s? Have they grains, greens, grubs and grits? To recall these sim ple words occasionally will prevent one from making many serious mis sions in poultry management,” County Home Demonstration Deoartment X By MISS JESSIE BURTON. HOME PRESERVATION OF EGGS. The whr is undoubtedly going to make all food stuffs exceptionally high next fall and winter. Every one should plan now on how he can reduce the cost of living for the next year. Eggs at the present season are one of the cheapest food stuffs on ihe market but they will not be so for long as eggs are already beginning their climb to winter high prices. Every householder can buy and preserve eggs now while they are low in price and use them at home next fall when eggs are scarce and high. Naturally the hen lays a larger number of eggs at this time of the year and prices are always much lever. Prices are running from 8 to in cents higher than this time iasi >*-•. which would indicate that eggs will be much higher next winter than they have ever been before. WATER-GLASS METHOD. Fa rm be preserved at home by placing the eggs in what' is known as water glass, which is the solution of Sodium s’lieate. The value of the water-glass for preserving eggs was discovered some years ago by a German chemist. One part of water-glass to JO parts of water should be used. The water should be as pure and clean as can be obtained and should be boiled, mixed with the water-glass and allowed to become thoroughly cooled before the eggs are placed in it. The eggs should be kept in a cool dry room away from the rays of the sun and where the temperature does not rise high during the summer. A cellar is the best place. The higher the temperature, the great er the change that will take place in the egg. Only eggs that are known to he fresh should be preserved. A stone jar that will hold about 15 dozen eggs makes the best receptacle. The eggs should be placed in the container daily as gathered, placing the large end of the egg up so that the air cells will not become broken. The solution should then he poured over the eggs until they are entirely covered; the liquid should come two inches above the eggs and be kept so and the jar should he covered so that evaporation will rmt* take place. Eggs sthoufd be preserved during.the months of March, April and May. Eggs gathered after that time will not save well, although the period of preserva tion is shorter. Eggs should not be preserved from hens in flocks where the male birds are running with the hens, such eggs are fertilized and do not save so well. Only clean eggs should be used. Eggs that are to be preserved should not be washed, as washing injures the keening qualities hv removing the muciginous coating o hioom from the egg. This coating heirs to preserve the egg. Eggs preserved in water-glass are cf nearly as good quality, if properly kept as the freSh egg, especially for cooking purposes. Eggs can be pre- served in this way at a cost of 1 l-2c to 2c a dozen, according to the num ber preserved. Eggs so preserved should always be sold as preserved or pickled eggs. When preserved eggs are to be boiled the shells- should first be pierced with a needle as the pre servation seals the pores of the egg shell and boiling will cause the con tents of the egg to expand and burst if the shell is not punctured. LIME-WATER METHOD. Lime-wat er also can be used with fairly good results. Take 1 pound to 2 pounds of freshly slaked lime and mix with 5 gallons of watter. Stir it well two or three times a day for several days, un til the whole forms a milky fluid. Then add 1 pound of salt and stir well. After allowing it to stand a few hours and settle, dip or siphon off the upper liquid into the tubs, jar, tanks, or so forth that you have placed the eggs in. The liquid should come three Inches above the eggs and the eggs should be kept covered with the liquid. The eggs when taken out will have a rough coating of lime on them and do not look so attractive as those pre served with water-glass. The general precautions mentioned under the first method apply here also. FOR SALE—Several second hand wagons, all at a bargain. See W. H. Field. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVff-S TASTff f.gsS chill TONTC, drives cut Malaria,enriches the Wood,and builds up the sys tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c, Money to Lend On good security, Bartow County Farms given preference. Loans will be closed without any delay and rates and terms will be made satisfactory.; ; £ I. T. 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