The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1932 Page: 3 of 10
ten pages : ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Thursday, July 21, 1932
THE PADUCAH POST
^The Arctic
Wastelands
Minerals in Food
Easy to Supply
Dependable Calcium Salts
Not Expensive and
Satisfying.
(By r>Tt. H. H. MITCHEI.L, OlWe
of Agriculture, University of Illi-
nois.)—WNU Service.
In spite of nil the mystery and dis-
cussion about the feeding of miner-
als to live stock, the whole tiling
simmers down in most cases to the
simple little matter of supplying
lime salts and common salt in the
rations of swine and poultry. Other
classes of live stools so seldom need
minerals, except for common salt,
that they need not lift considered.
For pigs and poultry, two, or even
one, of the dependable calcium min-
erals mixed with salt in the propor-
tions of three or four parts of the
mineral to one part of the salt
makes a simple, cheap and effective
mineral mixture. Even this mixture
Is an extravagance when the ration
contains calcium-rich feeds, such as
milk products, tankage, alfalfa, or
the like, [f pigs do not eat miner-
als when getting such rations, in all
probability they do not need them.
There are several calcium salts
that are readily available, relatively
cheap and of proven worth. Bone
meal has no superior us a source
both of calcium und phosphorus.
Dicalclmu phosphate is more soluble
than bone meal, it is true, but in ex-
tensive experiments on growing
swine at tills station it has not
proved superior to hone meal, not-
withstanding Its "citrate solubil-
ity." “Citrate solubility” means
little or nothing in animal feeding,
since animals can digest and ab-
sorb extremely insoluble minerals,
such as calcium silicate. Dienlclmn
phosphate is also more expensive
than hone meal.
Cheaper than either of these two
minerals are rock phosphate and
limestone. Of these two, limestone
is much to he preferred. As a cal-
cium mineral it Is but little inferior
to hone meal, and if the rntion con-
tains liberal amounts of nitrogenous
concentrates, which are high in
phosphorus. It Is for all practical
purposes as good as hone meal.
Dolomitic limestones are distinctly
less valuable than high-calcium
limestones. Rock phosphate has
not proved to be a good supplement
In all cases and unless used in re
stricted amounts Is distinctly toxic
to farm animals. In the self-feeding
of a mineral mixture, it would lie
safer to omit this mineral entirely.
Wood ashes are sometimes good,
but are always uncertain sources
of calcium, because of their variable
composition.
Sets High Standard
for Pig Marketing
Record of Illinois Farmer
Cited as Example.
Whereas few farmers raise more
than 7o per cent of tlie pigs far-
rowed. Charles 15. Shuman, a grad-
uate of the college of agriculture,
University of Illinois, has hung a
record during the past three years
of raising and selling 4 per cent
of the pigs farrowed on Ids Moul-
trie county farm.
His rate of marketing lias run
so high that during the three years
his sales have averaged almost
POULTRY
•MIS
INFERIOR EGG NOT
SOUGHT BY BUYERS
High Quality Production Is
Demanded.
A Nero 'Memorial so the
North Pole Discoverer
•By TT IT. ALP. Poultry Extension Fpi
ciallst, College of Agriculture, I’nl-
_‘TNIJ Ser
verwlty of Illinois.—WNU Service.)
Fertile caused by keeping
roosters in the flocks during the 1
eight pigs a litter. Out“of r.C8 pigs I B'"rn' su,nnlpr months have been
furrowed in G2 litters, he has sold I malnlY responsible for had egg
47!5. lie Is co operating with the i losses which in 1930 cost poultry-
extension service of the college In
demonstrating swine sanitation and , bOd.OOO.
other approved practices.
East summer Shuman fed 52
head and sold them September 23,
when they were six and a half
months of age, averaging 2<H
pounds each. They paid well for
their feed. They were fed corn,
wheat, oats, tankage and soy bean
oil meal. They used 391 pounds of
feed for each 100 pounds' gain, ac-
cording to the report which Shu-
man made on them to E. T. Rob-
bins, live stock extension special-
ist of the college.
men of the state an estimated $5,-
In addition to eliminating
roosters, if farm flock owners would
adopt a few practical and simple
practices, much of the poor quality
of Illinois eggs could he overcome
and market demands for eggs from |
this state improved.
Eggs should he gathered twice
dally or, better still, three times
dally in hot weather. Frequent
gathering helps prevent damage hy
heat or cold: It saves cracking a ml
| breaking of eggs and It reduces the
■ proportion of dirty eggs.
Before being eased, eggs should
; he cooled, because egg eases, pads
and fillers hold in any heat that al-
, ; ready is In tlie eggs. The eases of
Yv ar On tho Groundhog eggs should he held In a cool place.
Groundhogs cause damage both a temperature of 32 to 00 degrees j
by eating the crop and hy the piles j being best. On most farms the oel-
How to Make Effective
of stones and gravel which spoil
the mower blades.
Readers are asking how this pest
may be destroyed. Guns and traps
are most in use. Carbide gas may
he used, but is not effective unless
all the holes are well sealed. One
of the cheapest and easiest meth-
ods, if one lias a car, is to use car-
lar Is the best place available. It
is satisfactory for short storage pe-
riods If It Is free from strong odors
and not too damp.
Eggs will keep better and will he
easier to sell if they are kept clean. |
Changing the floor litter and nest-
ing material before It is too badly
soiled helps to keep eggs clean.
bon monoxide gas. This gas, which j Dropping hoards or, bettpr still,
Is very dangerous, is made In the ! wire-covered dropping hoards also j
motor and is released through the j help. Crowded quarters are a com-
exhaust pipe, mon cause of dirty eggs. There j
First block all the holes so that "bould he 3% to 4 square feet of
they are ns airtight as possible and j floHr sPn<'e for each hen. A short-1
prevent tlie animals from escaping, age of nests also causes broken and
Drive tlie car up to the main hole, ! flirt? eggs and may lead to the Imb-
und In this place the end of a rub-1 !ts of egg eating and of laying eggs
her tube, the oilier end of which is 011 fhe floor. 'I here should he one
attached to the exhaust of the mo- nPSt foe each five hens,
tor. Leave tin* motor running for'
about twenty minutes, which should
supply enough to kill the pests.
Readers who have had experiences
in this or other methods of eradi-
cation are invited to report on re-
sults.—Montreal Family Herald.
Average Poultry Ration
in Both Grain and Mash
Hot-Weather Pests
Warm weather arouses the repro
ductive Instinct of flies. By mid-
summer It would seem ns if nature
has overdone the job of guarantee-
ing the perpetuation of the species.
Certainly It doesn't take so many
to be assured of breeding stock
from year to year, considering their
prolific tendencies.
Warm weather also arouses the
activity of harmful bacteria. We
are thinking now of those that
cause milk to sour, making It unfit
for food. Careless handling of
milk In warm weather Is Just as
certain to invite trouble as the cer-
tainty that sunset will follow sun
rise. Clean cows, clean milking,
clean utensils, and prompt cooling
prevent these bacteria from doing
their dirty work.
But flies? How shall we keep
their flltby feet from contaminating
our food and from torturing our
cows? Make it tough for them to
And suitable breeding places. Coax
them Into fly traps. Knock them
stiff with fly spruy.—Hoard's Dairy
man.
Agricultural Squibs
Where the growth of sweet clover
la short, the deficiency of organic
matter can be mude up by applying
barnyard manure before the ground
is plowed for potatoes.
« * *
Be sure of the ration you use to
rear chicks. If In doubt about one
that will curry them along at the
right speed of growth, consult those
who have been successful.
• * *
A 10-by-12 house will rear enough
chicks and house enough layers to
supply a household of six persons
with a fair amount of chicken meat
and ample egg supply.
• * *
A bird that does not present an
alert, snappy appearance and n
great deal of aggressiveness will not
be apt to transmit the high consti-
tutional vigor necessary In a highly
productive flock.
• • •
A proper use of the silo will pre-
vent an over-production of corn. It
will also prevent a great waste In
corn fodder. Forty per cent of the
nutritive value of the corn plant Is
foumMn the stalks and leaves.
* • •
Late dent corn planted In the
bean row haa been used as a sub-
stitute for poles in growing pole
beans. This system makes Jt un-
necessary to use sticks or a fence
for the beans to climb upon.
* • • •
Hog cholera cannot be-prevented
or cured with drugs. However, the
simultaneous virus-serum, luoeula-
,lw ***•■ bogs a tasting Immunity
■folnst the disease.
Suggestions That May
Help Farmers’ Finances
To aid farmers in meeting the
present economic situation, W. L
Cavert, extension economist, Univer-
sity farm, St. Paul, recently issued
a series of suggestions. Among
these suggestions are the following:
Overhaul old machinery, automo-
biles and harness to a greater ex-
tent than usual.
Co-operate with neighbors in the
use of machinery.
Avoid Installment buying, as In-
stallment purchases usually Involve
a high interest rate. Defer pur-
chases, especially of articles that
have shown little or no drop in
prices.
Live from the farm as fully as
possible. Get closer to the consum-
er, If possible, for the marketing of
such products as eggs, cream and
potatoes.
Economize wiselv; don'lj try to
save a dollar at the cost of losing
three dollars.
Give more attention to producing
what the market wants.
Farm better than usual. Good
farming will bring In a few extra
dollars if prices are low.
The usual amount of grain given
to TOO Leghorn pullets at this time
of the year Is about 14 pounds per
day. About the same amount of
mash will he consumed hy them.
For heavier breeds from one to two
more pounds of grain is fod per
hundred birds per day, and they
will consume about ns much mash
as grain. These amounts of feed
also hold good for 100 liens.
As to the amount of feed for 50
chicks: In a period of six weeks 50
chicks will consume a total of ap-
proximately 100 pounds of feed,
Including both grain and mash. A j
daily feed schedule of 50 chicks for
the first six weeks would he some-
what as follows: Grain for the
first week, 10 ounces; second week,
11 ounces: third week. 1 pound;
fourth week. 1% pounds; fifth week,
1% pounds; sixth week, 2 pounds.
For mash, 11 ounces the second
week; 1 pound the third week,
1Y& pounds the fourth week, 1%
pounds the fifth week. 2 pounds the
sixth week.—Montreal Herald.
The Proposed Monument at Cape York
Emergency Hay
There is no one best emergency
hay crop. We have a wide variety
from which to choose. Soybeans
planted thick (seed Is cheap and
plentrful) give excellent yields,
both as to quality and quantity.
For cattle and sheep, soybean hay
can rarely be Improved upon. In
southern Iowa, a mixture of soys
and Sudan is preferred by many to
soys alone. Neither makes desira-
ble feed for horses during heavy
work; however, soybean hay Is a
fairly good winter roughage.
Oats seeded heavily and cut ten
days or two weeks before normal
harvest time makes an excellent
general purpose liny. Some north-
western Iowa farmers claim that a
mixture of oats and wheat makea
better horse hay than pure oats.—
Wallace’s Farmer. .
Kill Chicken Lice
Hens that are Infested with body
lice or feather mites cannot pro-
duce efficiently. One of the easy
ways of ridding an Infestation of
these pests Is to paint the roosts
of the poultry house with nicotine-
sulphate (black leaf 40) just be-
fore the birds go to roost at night.
The heat of the hens will release
the nicotine fumes and vermin on
the birds will be killed. Body lice
can be killed with one treatment,
but the feather mites and red mites
that harbor around the roosts may
take two or three treatments. Ex-
amine a few of your birds. If they
are lousy, kill the lice right now
with this simple treatment—Prairie
Farmer.
Silo -Will Beat the Frost
Ensiling corn saves the entire
crop. The man with a silo does not
dread the early frost, for his silo
Is ready to receive leaves, ears and
stalk. Dry corn fodder, which has
not lost its leaves, or which has
not been leached by fall rains, la
excellent feed—but losses are Inev-
itable and can be avoided by en-
siling tbe corn. Ensiling should
take place when the kernels ar* In
tbe glazed stage. Tbe glazed’Mage
I* reached when tba seed coat has
become somewhat shiny, and when
the starchy part of the kernel la
Arm enough to rub up Into meal
when this starch Is removed front
the kernel and nibbed between the
Angers.—Dakota Fanner.
Leghorn Feed Requirements
One Leghorn hen eats approxi-
mately 70 pounds of grain and
mash In a year, about 40 pounds
of grain and 35 pounds of mash.
The heavier birds such as Rhode
Island Ileds and Barred Plymouth
Rocks will eat about 10 pounds
more, than this. It is Impossible
to give the exact number, as the
food requirements for different
flocks seem to vary. Even with the
same stock the feed requirement
will vary according to climatic con-
ditions and the rate of egg produc-
tion.—Idaho Farmer.
Feather Picking
Tlie taste of blood upon freshly
plucked quills la probably what
keeps fowls picking at each other
after something haa started them
Letting them get away from each
other by turning the flock out ol
doors Is the most certain method
of stopping tbe practice. Ta> may
be daubed upon any bleeding point
about the comb or bead to dlscour
age tha attackers. Bleeding fol-
lows any injury that breaks the
•kin. It may be from accident or
attacks.—Rural New Torker.
ELMO SCOTT WATSON
AST month there sailed from
-New Vork a romantic expedi-
tion. It went aboard tlie schoon-
er Eflle M. Morrissey, com-
manded hy ('apt. Bob Bartlett,
and its destination was Cape
Vork, Greenland, 7(i degrees
north. On one of the high
cliffs at Cape York the mem-
bers of tiie party will erect a
monument, rising GO feet in
the air and tailoring to a shin-
ing cap of non-corrosive steel
which will catch the beams of
the midnight sun and act as a
beacon to ships which come that fur into the
Arctic regions. This monument will be a memo-
rial t■ > one of the greatest Arctic explorers in
history, the man who first reached tlie North
Pole. Admiral Robert E. Peary of the United
States navy.
The story of Peary's career and his final at-
tainment of the North pole, the goal of explor-
ers from every nation for centuries, is the story
of an heroic American to whom there was lit-
erally "no such word as failure.” .More than
thnt, he has Justly been called "the first per-
fect Arctic scientist" for in his preparations
for Ills Polar expeditions he never left any-
thing to chance.
While still a student In Bowdoin college Peary
became -interested in the Arctic regions and
took a well planned course in Arctic geography,
polar science and dietetics. Ilis civil engineer
degree from Bowdoin had been the result of a
carefully planned course to fit himself for polar
exploration. He applied and was given a com-
mission In the navy in 1881 and during his tour
of duty In Central America spent all his leisure
studying further in polar navigation. In 188C
he secured leave of absence to test out his
theoretical knowledge hy a short trip to Green-
land.
His next trip, 1801, was such another recon-
naissance of the ice cap. lie went north up
tlie Greenland const to within a few miles of
Elisha Kent Kane's old base and proceeded wilh
three companions on a sledge trip across the
Island. At a point 120 miles from camp, he
sent two companies hack, they having fulfilled
their mission of carrying reserve food for the
two who were to make the final dash, lie com-
pleted the overland journey on July 4. 1802,
sealed a cliff 4,(Nl(l feet high to get down to
the sea, making on the outward Journey nearly
GOO miles, a record for suen exploration. In
returning to camp, lie struck directly across
the island, reaching an altitude of 8,000 feet
and traveling 500 miles.
In 1803. accompanied hy his wife, he returned
to a location Just north of the great glacier
that had defeated Kane. It was at this camp
that, on September 12, Ills daughter wns born.
On March 0. 1804, Peary started Inland
across tlie lee again with eight men and nine-
ty-two dogs. At an elevation of 5,500 feet and
134 miles from camp, he was snowbound; his
dogs began dying, and Ids men were frost-
bitten. A general advance was manifestly Im-
possible: so caching Ids reserve stores and
sending hack the disabled men. he pushed on
Indomitably with only three companions. In
fourteen days thereafter, lie made only eighty-
live miles: to try furllier wns inviting catas-
trophe. and so he retreated to camp, arriving
with only 2G of his original 02 dogs.
When Hie relief ship came for him during
the summer, lie decided. In spite of his short
supplies, P* remain with two volunteers an-
Undaunted, tie renewed his attempt in 1905.
Again at 84:3G in Grant Land he came across
tiie open lead and for six days was unable to
cross. When tlie young ice formed he mad*
a dash to cross tlie lead. Most of the sledges
made the passage when a gale sprang up,
breaking up tlie thin ice, with most of the
provisions still on the smith side. There was
nothing to do hut push on to the north. At
85:12 a storm of snow held them up Inactlv#
in camp for six days. Meanwhile, they steadi-
ly drifted some 70 miles southward.
On April 21 they had reached 87:0, a new
farthest north; realizing the foolhardiness of
further advance, Peary faced south for the re-
turn to camp.
His final expedition came in 1908. Accom-
panied hy 11 scientists, ice experts and Matt
Henson, his faithful servant, lie returned to the
His wife and child and! base on Grant Laud, on March 1, with a great
. -- ice army of G met) 17 Eskimos, 133 dogs and
10 sledges, in two divisions under himself and
Captain Bartlett, lie started straight not over
(lie lee. They made good speed to the north
until the opening of tlie spring season began to
make the pack disintegrate. As men becama
or incapacitated from frost, Peary
sent them hack. As provisions became lower,
more of the party were sent hack, in order to
| enable those remaining to continue. By March
with less than 14(1 miles between him and
tlie pole. Peary was alone with his negro, Hen-
Peary’.5 MonumentiaArlmqton
©HARRIS S CW'Hfi
other winter to achieve what he had failed to
do the last winter.
the rest of the party returned to the states.
From Eskimo neighbors he got four volunteers
and Increased his dog pack to G3; with
these and Ids two companions lie started across
again. The third day out one of the Eskimos
deserted, but undeterred, the intrepid explorer
continued. His cache of the preceding winter [ exhausted
could not be found so that failure seemed cer-
tain. He ordered the Eskimos hack and with
41 dogs and his twojnen continued.
Reaching the enstern coast toward the end of
. :
May, he killed 10 musk ox and with food for .... ............. ....„ ........ m> ti n
17 days and a frozen man who had to lie hauled j son, and four Eskimos. In forced marches,’ feed-
on the sledge he began a push for camp against ing full rations and pushing forward as rapidly
starvation. Almost exhausted he reached camp j as possible, lie found himself on the morning
of April G at 80:57—less than three miles front
his goal. A few hours later he was at tbe
! point where it was south no matter where he
looked.
I At the spot where Ids observations determined
the North pole to lie Peary planted the Amer-
ican flag given him hy liis wife fifteen years
I before lor that purpose. The colors of his cal-
j lege fraternity, of the Navy league and of tbe
I Red Cross were added and records of the event
| left. Thirty hours were consumed In observa-
tions. rest and preparations for the hazardous
June 25. Having achieved his objective, he re-
turned to the states on the relief ship which
came for him a month later.
In 1898 he was hack for a four year attempt
for the pole. He put Ids ship in for the win
ter near Cape Sabine, just south of Crooly's
tragic camp. Through ice flops and crevasses
he followed the coast, sending Eskimos and
men back ns they became exhausted or in-
jured, finally on January G reaching Greely's
observatory on I-ad.v Franklin Bay. On Fob
runry IS, 1899. they were back at tlie ship. It
was found necessary to amputate seven of the j jopniev' hiu-k
commanders toes which had been frozen and
further exploration that summer was aban-
doned. In March 1900, he moved up to Fort
Coiyter, making all along tlie mast caches of
food against a forced retreat. On April 15, he
But when Peary returned to civilization to
reap the rewards of Ids achievement. It naa
to find that lie laid a hitter controversy on hla
hands. Dr. Frederick Cook, who had accent-
crossed fho i,.„ i panted previous Peary expeditions as a
crossed the ice with his faithful negro servant. hn(, ,.,.lilnml thflt ht>
had renehed
1998. ten months before
I^mioti and rTp"'" """ T every ex- j April 21. netor
mast!n t no J? f ° Greeidaml Hpm ,.|ai„is were accepted
eoaRt, and pushed north on sledges,
the
Skirting the north point of Greenland, prov-
ing finally that Greenland wns tin Island that
did not extend to the |mle. he made complete
maps of the whole region. From Fort Conger,
during the winter of IMM-lIlOl, he made short
trips to the north preparatory to sn advance In
the spring. Tills attempt for the |sde he wns
forced to abandon north of Grant Band and
returned to Fort Conger for nnother winter. He
left Fort Conger on Fehruaiy 24 for another
try for the pole; after making a new farthest
north, 84:17, he again met a great open lane
m tne Ice and had to abandon the Attempt.
He returned to the state* In September. 1902
then rejected as Insufficiently
data were accepted hy the
society ns ;«isitive proof that
the |H»le. Utter from other
tion ciinie to Peary—medals
eties. the acclaim of rulers
pension and the rank of
own country. When he died
1920. the world jollied In
and now 12 years
again throughout the
him and loved him
ting tribute of erecting to
ment In the
ifibr
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1932, newspaper, July 21, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth723796/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.