June 10, 1022 
8innamahoning. Pa., May 23. The cause 
of 11lf' explosions probably never will lie 
determined, sis all the men in the building 
where the powder first let go were killed. 
Eleven miners were killed May 25 in 
an explosion in Acinar No. 2. mine of the 
Alabama Fuel & Iron Company, St. Clair 
County, Ala. 
More than $48,000,000 was slashed from 
the wages of 400.000 railways employes in 
a decision by the United States Railroad 
Labor Board .May 28. The decreases, 
which averaged five cents an hour in the 
majority of cases, followed cuts of $400.- 
000.000 made last July by the hoard. The 
recent decision, however, a (Tec Is mostly 
maintenance of way workers, although de¬ 
cisions are pending affecting other classi¬ 
fications. If the wage cuts made in the 
latest, decision arc extended tu other de¬ 
cisions expected soon, much of the $000,- 
000,000 increase given by the hoard in 
1920 will he wiped out and wages restored 
to a level which railway officials have told 
the board will lead to a ntnv era of devel¬ 
opment. and' open the way to the employ¬ 
ment of 200.000 men. Strike warnings 
involving 1.070.000 railroad men in all 
parts of tin 1 United States were served 
in three cities May 20 as a result of the 
wage cut ordered, Tu Detroit the execu¬ 
tive council of the United Brotherhood of 
Mantenance of Way Employes ordered a 
strike ballot taken among the 478.000 
members of that organization and the 
72,000 non-union workers in crafts af¬ 
fected by the 12.2 per cent wage reduc¬ 
tion. 
Government postoffice inspectors May 
20 revealed the loss of three pouches of 
registered mail from the Atchison, Topeka 
& Santa Fe Railway baggage room at 
Trinidad, Colo. A check of the contents, 
inspectors said, showed $8,000 in currency 
nmi $48,000 in Liberty Bonds missing, 
with checks and money orders of un¬ 
known sums. 
Forest fires are again sweeping through 
sections of the mainland hack of Atlantic 
City. N. ,7., menacing farmhouses and de¬ 
stroying great quantities of brush and 
timber. Another lire was raging May 20 
in the vicinity of Clarkstown, cast of ing tried 
Mays Landing. Naples, 
Defective electric wiring was held re- tacked tl 
President Harding accepted on behalf of 
the people the Lincoln Memorial. Impres¬ 
sive ceremonies were held, in which North 
and South united. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—On Satur¬ 
day. June 24. there will he a Guernsey 
picnic at the home of Mrs. F. K. Stevens. 
Stonehouse Farm. Gladstone, N. ,T. Good 
speeches and a practical demonstration of 
stock judging will be on the program. 
The New Jersey Guernsey Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation and the New Jersey Agricultural 
Experiment Station will unite to make it 
a success 
About 5,000 head of cattle have been 
shipped from Montreal, Can., recently to 
Liverpool, and the bulk of the shipments 
came from the Foiled Slates. The White 
Star freighter Cornishmiin. which took 
out. 800 head a few weeks ago. the first 
shipment of the season, received all her 
cattle from American sources, the cattle 
being shipped by rail from Chicago. Chi- 
Review of a Poultry Bulletin 
cate the remedy a sort of ulcer was found 
on the gizzard. When Ibis was opened a 
roofing nail was found inside, and this 
had evidently killed the bird. An investi¬ 
gation of another bird found much I he 
same trouble, and the station gives a pic¬ 
ture of 22 nails and little pieces of iron 
which were taken from the gizzards of 
these heiiR. It was evidently a lacking of 
bone in the ration which induced these 
birds to hunt out and eat pieces of iron. 
When a full supply of bone was given, 
this habit stopped, and there wasn't any 
more trouble. 
Fig. 321 shows the picture of a chicken- 
killing dog taki ■ from this bulletin. It 
seems that this dog came and killed 40 
chickens at one time. He was hunted but 
and very properly killed. Right on his 
looks anyone would stamp him as a dog 
villain that ought to he shot on sight. 
The bulletin also records an experi¬ 
ment with great horned owls. These 
owls came in the night and attacked hens 
which had formed the habit of roosting 
in the trees outside. Some of these birds 
were found in the morning with the head 
and neck eaten oil. The culprit was 
finally located, a great horned owl. and 
he was finally captured by putting the 
chicken on the roof and surrounding the 
carcass with steel traps. ;is shown in the 
accompanying picture, Fig. 224. ‘We think 
in many cases it is true that owls destroy 
a good many birds. 
Many of our people ask us about the 
bnmblefoot during the year. The little 
picture, Fig. 222, shows an identical pic¬ 
ture of this trouble. It is a bunch col¬ 
lected at the bottom of the foot, usually 
caused originally by a bruise or wound. 
In some cases the bruise recovers without 
treatment, but it is better to lance the 
bottom of the bunch on the foot, squeeze 
out the matter, and apply iodine or per¬ 
oxide, immediately bandaging up the 
wounded foot. Handled in this way the 
bumblefoot will recover rapidly. 
Fig. 322 shows a method of driving 
hens by the aid of strips of boards. This 
Most poultr.vmen would be interested in 
Bulletin 244. from the Maryland Experi¬ 
ment Station at College Park. It con¬ 
tains much practical information, and 
also many pictures which illustrate it 
thoroughly. 
There is a good account of a sensible 
poultry-house which would suit many a 
farmer. The broody coop, which is shown 
in Fig. 320, ought to be a good place for 
the hens to coo] off and get ready for their 
job once more. Those who are interested 
in feeding poultry will find some of the 
rations worked out in this bulletin very 
useful. For example, take the following 
rule for figuring the daily consumption 
of feed. For Leghorns we are advised 
Broody Coop. Fig. 820 
to divide the number of hens by five. This 
will give the total number of pounds re¬ 
quired each day for hens confined to a 
poultry-house or small yard. For gen¬ 
eral-purpose breeds, like the Plymouth 
Rocks or Reds, we are to divide the num¬ 
ber of birds by four, which will give the 
number of pounds required. Of course, 
it is understood that hens under different 
conditions would require different, amounts 
Of feed, 
An experiment was made at Maryland 
in feeding cottonseed meal to take the 
place of the meat scraps in the ordinary 
ration. The conclusion is that the cot¬ 
tonseed meal is not a full substitute for 
the meat. The hen does not eat it any 
too well, and the conclusive decision is 
that about five per cent of cottonseed meal 
in the ration would be about the limit of 
safety. 
Quite an extensive experiment was 
tried in comparing crushed limestone with 
oyster shells as a lime supply for chickens. 
The conclusion is that the limestone gives 
a full substitute for the oyster shells. 
More eggs were laid in the pen where the 
limestone was used. There was no par¬ 
ticular difference in the strength of the 
egg shells from the two kinds of lime, so 
evidently the pieces of limestone were 
just as good as the shells. 
Experiments were also made in feeding 
kiln-dried com and popcorn to poultry. 
Some poultry in on claim that the kiln-dried 
corn is too hard and indigestible, but this 
experiment shows that cracked corn which 
has been kiln-dried is thoroughly palat¬ 
able and wholesome. In some cases it is 
evident that moldy or damaged corn may 
be kiln-dried and put on the market. This 
experiment goes to show that there was 
no danger in feeding it. Popcorn, how¬ 
ever, was not liked by the bens. Few, if 
any, of them seemed to relish it. It. was 
not as good as ordinary com. 
Another experiment was made in feed¬ 
ing coeoanut meal to poultry. Products 
of the coeoanut arc now coming into gen¬ 
eral use throughout the country, but in 
this case the hens did not. like the meal 
and would not cat it freely. 
We have had a good many questions from 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
June 5-10—Annual meeting. TL'lstein- 
Friesian Association of America. Kansas 
Pity. Mo. 
June 14 — Annual meeting, Aryshire 
Breeders' Association. Philadelphia. Pa. 
June 14-10—Farmers’ Week. Pennsyl¬ 
vania State College, State College. Pa. 
June 22-23—Summer field days State 
College of Agriculture. Ithaca. S’. Y. 
.Tuuc 24—Guernsey Picnic, Stonehouse 
Farm. Gladstone, N. J. 
September 17-22—Eastern States Ex¬ 
position. Springfield, Mass. 
November 15-17—American Pomologi- 
cal Society. Council Bluffs. Iowa. 
November 15-25 — National Grange. 
Wichita, Kan. 
Driving Fowls With Birips of Boards. Fig. 322 
seems to work very well, and such driv¬ 
ing is often quite necessary in changing 
the birds from one house to another. The 
hoard is simply carried in the hands, as 
shown in the picture. 
We have had many questions during 
the year as to the amount of hen manure 
which may be expected from a flock of 
usual size. Of course, about all the chick¬ 
en manure that we can expect to save is 
that voided during the night, that which 
is under the roosts. It is not usually 
practical to try to collect the manure 
dropped outside. Experiments in Mary¬ 
land show that the average pullet will 
void about 75 lbs. of fresh droppings a 
year, and this represents the amount that 
can be collected and used as manure. 
The bulletin is very interesting and 
contains much information of real value. 
Tenant on Mortgaged Property 
I rented a five-acre farm last Decem¬ 
ber and paid four months in advance on 
same. This month 1 received a notice 
from the party who holds the mortgage 
that the owner had not paid the interest 
on same, and that he was going to fore¬ 
close. I have a lease for one year from 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
Vurkmwn. 
DOMESTIC, t— The control exercised first time it 
over the Jewish baking industry by a an effective 
small coterie of labor leaders (>n the New well weigh 
York East Side, one of whom is known ments have 
to several of the boss bakers only as “Max able planes 
the Revolutionist." was developed May 25 Issuance 
at a session of the Dick wood Housing Board of t 
Committee. One of the features of the land hanks, 
hearing was the disclosure of the exist- embrace pi 
cnee of a potential war fund of $20,000 Coast, was 
for use by the bakers’ union in driving Joyce, act! 
out. of business a master baker who sought The four in 
to reduce his overhead expenses by cm- loaning op 
ploying fewer men and working harder have been o 
himself in order to meet changed business banks of the 
conditions. This phase of the investign- cantile Trip 
lion, intended to show the extent of labor Security Ti 
union abuses outside the building trades. Angeles. Fii 
will be used to provide a record upon geles. Lost 
which District Attorney Banton may Bank. First 
press a charge of conspiracy against cer Ore.; Seat! 
tain officials of Local 100 of the bakers’ State Natio 
union. It is the contention of Samuel National Co 
TTntermyvr. counsel to the committee, Desert Nati 
that the price of bread has been kept two and the Wa 
or three cents a pound higher than neees- City. The 
sar.v as a result of the onion’s activities of the foul 
Eight men were instantly killed and $1,000,000, 
three others slightly hurt in a series of farm loan 
explosions which blew into pieces three their capital 
loading bouses and another building of loaning cap! 
the Grasselli Chemical Company plant. At Wasl 
Chicken-killing Dog. Fig. 321 
our readers in regard to the cause and 
cure of toe picking among little chicks. 
In some cases it gets to be a desperate 
vice, which results in great loss. Ex¬ 
periments in Maryland seem to show that 
it is the result of certain elements lack¬ 
ing in the ration, and even by hunger. 
When a little cliiok becomes desperately 
hungry lie begins to use desperate means 
to satisfy his craving. He attacks the 
toes of other chickens, and if he draws 
blood the chase at once begins, and ends 
only with tlie death of the victim unless 
there is some interference. The chickens 
must never be permitted to get too hun¬ 
gry. and there must be a good supply of 
mineral matter in the food. 
In one case the experts at the station 
were called to view a flock of birds which 
was evidently in trouble. The place was 
clean and well kept, with good housing 
conditions. The chickens were not hun¬ 
gry and did not respond to a feeding. 
They were getting a good ration of mixed 
grain. Fortunately a dead bird was 
found, and on opening it to try and lo- 
Trup Set to Catch Girls. Fig. 
the owner. Is this any good with the 
new owner when he takes over the place, 
and if not, how much time does he have 
to allow me to move, and can he demand 
more rent than 1 am now paying? I 
have about 1,000 head of poultry and 
cow to move, besides (!()(> chicks about 
four weeks old, with another hatch com¬ 
ing off shortly. F. D. O. 
New Jersey. 
Your lease with the present owner 
would not bind the purchaser in a fore¬ 
closure sale. That is one of the hazards 
of renting property on which there is a 
mortgage. Notice of the time and place 
of the sale will he given to you after the 
action is commenced for foreclosure. 
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