Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1921 Page: 3 of 12
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1921
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
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Wearing of Pearls.
It is a well-established fact that the
more pearls are* worn, particularly
next to the skin, the more they in-
crease in beauty arid value. If un-
worn for any considerable length of
time their luster becomes dimmed.
Methodist Auxiliary.
Despite the hard rain of Tues-
day afternoon a pleasant social meet-
mg of the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Methodist Church was held at the
home of Mrs. Paul Emery north of
town. A box of clothing and ma-
terials is being packed to be sent
to the Mexican Girls Sewing School
<at Laredo, Texas. Anyone wishing
to contribute to the box please leave
packages at the home of Mrs. E. S.
Ruckle by Saturday, September 17.
During the social session the host-
es served tempting refreshments.
GULLING IKE FLOCK
Baptist* Auxiliary.
The social session of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Baptist Church will
he held Tuesday, September 20th, at
the home of Mrs. R. H. Kern.
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By F. Z. Kameler, Pen!try Husband-
man, Extension Service, A. and M.
College, College Station, Texas.
Why Cull?
With food high in price and in
many cases difficult to get, it is of
the greatest importance to cull the
poultry flock. Culling serves two
purposes. First, it insures that the
food shall be consumed by the better
producing hens, thereby increasing
the profit. Second, it makes it pos-
sible to save those best suited for
breeders, both on account of their
better production and on account of
their superior strength and vitality,
qualities so essential to layers if
they are to stand up under the se-
vere strain of heavy laying. Those
hens which do not produce, must
be killed for meat. Weeding out the
poor hens gives those left more
room and better chance. Where
trap nesting is practiced, culling is
a comparatively simple process.
• “When to Cull.” „
Culling should be continuous
throughout the year. This continu-
ous culling should consist of Aveed-
ing out, when discovered, any hen
Avhich is sick, which is very thin
or emaciated, or which shoAvs evi-
dences of non-production, weakness
or poor vitality.
The whole flock should be given
a careful and systematic culling at
! some one time. The hens should
| be hahdled individually and gone
I over carefully with the one object
! of dividing them into two lots, one
| the better producers, and the other
j the poorer producers. From the
| better producers it is also desirable
| to pick out as many of the best as
; will be needed for breeders. Band
or otherwise mark those hens so j
that only eggs from them will be!
sa\red for hatching. Market those i
selected as the poor producers. Save
for laying and breeding those se-
lected as the better producers.
When a single systematic -culling
is made, the best time to do this is
in August or September. At this
time it is easier* to form a fairly
close estimate of the relative value
of a hen as an egg producer and to
weed out the non-producers. Hens
which show indication of laying at
this time are those Avhich on the av-
erage have been the better producers
for the year. It must be remembered
too, that the better producers during
the first laying year are those which
will be the better producers in sub-
sequent years. Hens showing indi-
cation of having been good producers
throughout the year should be re-
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tained for the .next year regardless
of their age, but relatively few hens
will prove to be profitable producers
beyond their second laying year if
of the heavier breeds such as the
Plmouth Rock, Rhode Island Red,
Wyandotte or Orpington, or beyond
their third laying year if of the
lighter breeds such as the Leghorn.
Additional culling during July is
is also derisable in order to elim-
inate hens which started to molt and
have stopped laying.
“How to Cull.”
In going over the entire flock for
the purpose of culling there are a
number of points or characteristics
which should be given special atten-
tion in selecting the flayers from the
non-layers Where the different
characteristics or several of them in
the case of any individual agree as
indicating good production or poor
production, .selection is comparative-
ly accurate. Wiere they do not
agree, judgment must be used in de-
ciding which is the greatest weight.
The following are the main points
to consider.
Sickness and Lack of Vigor:
These are usually indicated by list-
lessness, inactivity, tendency to stay
on or under the soors-t during the
day, poor appetites, dull eye, dark
or blueish color of comb, long toe
nails, and the tendency to go to
roost early in the evening, to be one
of the last to leave the roost in the
morning.
Molt: This is one of the most
valuable and easily applied tests of
production. Hens cease laying com-
pletely or almost completely during
the molt. The better producers lay
late into the fall and, therefore, ■ molt
late. Late molters also , molt rap-
idly as a rule, while early molters
molt slowly. Therefore, save the
hens which have not molted by
August. or ar eonly just beginning to
molt late in September or in Octo-
finished or are- well into the molt.
The hens which1 molt last, proviled
they are otherwise desirable, are
the best hens to be saved for
breeders. A hen which has not
molted at this time is characterized
by* soiled and worn or brokeh plum-
age which is especially evident in the
tail plumage, while ' those molted
or molting show clean, fresh plum-
age or growing feathers. Culling
the-early molters just as soon -as
they begin to molt is one of the
easiest ways to weed out the poor
layers.
Shank Color: In those breeds hav-
ing yellow legs, the color fades out
slowly as the laying season advances.
The rapidity and degree to which
the yellow color is lost depends to a
considerable degree upon the heavi-
ness of laying. During the molt this
color is §lowly regained to some ex-
tent.. The yellow color goes out
from the scales on the front, of the
shanks first and finally from the
scales on the rear. Taken from an
outline and judging fowls for egg
production prepared at a judging
scheool held at Cornell University
July 1-9, 1918, and adopted by the
American Association of Instructors
and investigators in Poultry Hus-
bandry. Hens on grass range do not
lose the shank color as quickly, or
as completely as those in bare yards,
soils -a
Some soils also tend to bleach the
color of th4 legs. Hens showing
strong or medium yellow' shank
color are almost certainly poor lay-
ers but occasionally poor layers may
shoAv pale or white shanks. In
breeds such as the Rhode Island
Red Avhere the shanks —may show
horn color as well as yellow, the
horn must not be confused with the
yellow. The rear and sides of the
shank sIioav little of this horn col-
or. A sick hen or one in very poor
condition may also show pale or
bleached shanks.
Beak Color: In breeds having
yelloAv beaks, the same principle ap-
plies as* in the case of the yellow
shanks. However, the color is lost
from the beak more quickly than
from the shanks and is also regain-
ed more quickly. The lower beak
bleaches faster than the upper but
may be red where the upper is
obscured by the horn or black.
Taken from an outline on judginng
fowls for egg production prprepared
at a judging school seld at Cornell
University July 1-6, 1918, and adop-
ted b^ the American Association of
Instructors and Investigators in
Poultry Husbandry.
Vent Color In yellow skinned
breeds the yellow color of the skin
immediately about the vent is
quickly lost with laying and is
quickly regained after laying ceases.
White of pink went color generally
indicates that the hen is laying while
a yellow vent color means the bird
is not laying.
Appearance of Vent: The vent
•of a hew lading' heavily is large, ex-
panded and moist, while that of a
hen not laying Is comparatively
small, hard, puckered and dry.
Comb: When a hen _ is laying or
about to lay her comb is large, waxy
and full of blood and bright red
in color. When not laying, the
comb is small and shrunken, pale
or dull in color, comparatively hard
and covered Avith Avhitish scales
As a hen gets ready to lay again
her comb increases in size. A dark
or bluish color usually indicates
sickness. The changes in the wat-
tles and ear lobes are similar to
those of the comb but not so mark-
ed. In judging from the condition
of the comb whether or not a hen
is laying, it is necessary to keep in
mind the difference in the size of
comb of the various breeds. It is
easier to determine the laying con-
dition from the comb in the case of
those breeds with large combs such
as the Leghorn, than of those breeds
with smaller combs such as the
Plynfcuth Rock.
Pelvic Bones: As a hen stops
laying there is a tendency for he1’
to take on fat. This is noticeable in
examining the pelvic bones, the two
bones Avhich can be felt as points
on either side of the vent. When
the hen is laying those bones are
comparatively thin and flexible.
When she is not laying they feel
thicker _ and less flexible, due to the
fat which has accumulated there.
The spread or distance apart of
these pelvic bones is also a valu-
able indication of whether or not
the hen is laying. When laying they
are wider apart than when not lay-
ing. This spread can be roughly
measured for practical purposes by
determining how many fingers can
be laid between the bones. If the
spread measures two fingers or less,
the probabilities are that the hen is
not laying, while if the spread is
greater she is „ probably laying. In
measuring this spread the siz’e of
the hens of different breeds, with
the corresponding natural difference
in the spread, must be kept in mind.
Difference From Pelvic Bones to
Keel Bone: A hen laying well is a
good eater. Her intestines are,
therefore, fuller and more distended,
and require more room than when
she is not laying and not eating so
much. When laying, the ovary and
oviduct are of greater size and re-
quire more room. To provide this
extra room, the distance from the
rear end of the keel to the pelvic
bones increases with a consequent
increase in size of the abdomen. A
spread of three or more fingers in
the smaller breeds such as the Leg-
horn and four or more fingers in the
larger breeds such as the Plymouth
Rock indicates that the hen is in
laying condition. A spread of less
than three fingers in the smaller
breeds and less than four fingers' in
the larger breeds indicate that she
is not in laying condition.
Flexibility of Abdomen: When
the hen is laying the greater size of
the abdomen together with the less-
ened tendency to accummulate fat at
this point results in a soft flexible
(abdomen, suggesting when handled,
the texture of the partly milked-out
ndder of a cow. When laying has
ceased, the abdomen grows smaller,
fat is deposited there, and it feels,
wheji handled, harder and less flex-
ible.
v In culling the flock remember
that it is safer to depend upon the
agreement of a combination of sev-
eral characteristics rather than to
select by any one alone.
Cull These Hens: Sick, weak,
lacking vigoij, ’inactive, poor eaters,
molted or started to molt, with
small puckered, hard, dry vents, with
small, shriveled, hard, dull colored
combs, with thick or course, stiff
pelvic bones, pelvic bones close to-
gether, small spread between pelvic
bones and rear end of keel bone, and
full hard, small abdomen. In bfeeds
with ’yellow skin and shanks, the
discarded hens should also show
yellow or medium yellow shanks and
yellow beaks and vents.
Save These Hens: Healthy, strong
vigorous, alert an dactive, good aet-
ers; hot molting or just beginning
to molt in September or October,
with large mojst vents, with large,
bright red combs, thin, pliable pel-
vic bones, well spread apart, wide
spread between / pelvic bones and
rear enci of keel and large, soft
pliable abdomen. In breeds with
yellow skins and shanks, the hens
saved should also suoav pale or white
shanks, and pale- or white beaks and
vents.
Culling the Growing Pullets: A
flock of, growing pullets nearly al-
ways contains a sonsiderable pro-
portion of birds that are very much
under size, or in other ways proper-
ly developed . These should be
culled out as soon as they are no-
ticed as conspicuously backward.
They will never make a profit and
the sooner they are eaten the less
will be the loss on their account.
Even when foraging is good it does
not pay to keep them. It is much
better to let the good thrifty pullets
have all the feed. Keep the early
maturing pullets, because they will
be found to make the best layers.
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Its funny—In recent years a cer-
tain Southwestern State gained no-
toriety through the fact that a re-
formed outlaw made the race for
Governor. Now one of our sister states
apparently has an outlays for Govern-
or who has not reformed and evident-
ly has no desire to be.
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COMPANY
The only trouble with a sixty horse
power motor is that every darned,
horse balks at the same time.
She—Why do ladies roll the tops
of their stockings
He—To keep the ‘Teddy Bears"5
from eating them.
Professor—So, Sir, you said that
I was a learned jackass, did you?
Freshie—No, Sir, I merely remark-
ed that you were a burro of infor-
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My skin is all bloated,
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My heart is as gay
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That you ought to examine your
implements in plenty of time so as
to have the repairs on hand when
needed. We are endeavoring t©
give the very best service possible.
We carry the largest stock of re-
pairs in the Valley or Southwest
Texas. By purchasing John Deere
Implements you not only get the best
on the market but you get the
service with them, which spells &
good deal in this section of country^
Mr. Wade was in aiid purchased,;
a double Pony Deere disc- plow this
week.
Mr Donaldson secured a fine
Gurney refrigerator this week.
A wonderful change has come,
over the Valley, the feeling of op-
timism is on, the prospects for a,
good truck crop are very bright.
We sold two or three John Deere
Disc Harrows this week. Everyone
acknowledges the * John Deere Disc.
Harrow is a winner.
We hav.e made, a general reduction
on all implements, see us for the re-
vised prices. We are giving you.
every advantage. We take the loss,
you get the benefit.
We are offering 30% off for two
weeks on leather seated rockers. You
can’t afford to miss this bargain
sale. Remember that when this com-
pany offers you a bargain, it means
something. Don't put it off, come
noAV. 1 v
Mattresses are going up, we will
sell what we have on hand at the
present prices. If you need a mat-*:
tress you had better buy now be-
fore the advance, you know cotton
is going up rapidly.
Don’t forget those rockers, 30%
off for two Aveeks.
\ve are doing a large Linoleum
business. We carry a fine selection
of Armstrongs, which is the best or
the market. Look over our stock.
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• When a farmer buys a John Deere
implement he is just as much pleased
as the man receiving a juicy piece
of melon. The one pleases his ap-
petite, the work of the other will
please him.
Teacher—Name the four seasons.
! Pupil—Pepper, salt, vinegar and
j mustard.
| We Avant to meet the strangers as
j they come to'our town, and try to
give them a warm welcome, we.
| were home seekers ourselves at one
| time and kiioAv how you feel. Drop
| in to see us, the latch string al-
! ways out.
Brace up, things are , looking.
' brighter, business is picking up.
Mrs: Amzi Stuart Avas in this week
I and secured two nice wicker rock- ■
ers.
Mrs. Eraser purchased a pretty
piece of linoleum for her residence.
Mr. Frank Duncan was in and se-
cured one of the famous Florence
oil stoves. Florence still continues
as popular as ever.
We carry a stock of Planet Jr.,
seeders. Leave us your orders.
The DeLaval separators Avill sepu.
arate everything, except you fronc
your money.
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SUSHIS
Rio Grande Hdw.
& Machinery Co.
COVERS THE VALLEY
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Holland, W. D. & Buell, Ralph L. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1921, newspaper, September 16, 1921; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth637802/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.