anaheim-gazette 1921-10-27

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT FOR HENS INCREASE EGG PRODUCTION By Equalizing Hours of Light and Darkness It Lengthens the Feeding Period Artificial lights properly operated will materially increase the winter egg production of pullets, the United States department of agriculture believes. The use of lights may also slightly increase the yearly egg production of individual hens, though not to any marked extent. The opinion of the department's poultry division is fully corroborated by many of the state experiment stations, particularly those in California, Indiana, Kansas, Washington, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York and New Jersey. County agents working in New York and New Jersey report considerable activity in this project, in which the department of agriculture usually co-operates with the state agricultural college through the county agent. It should be well understood that artificial lighting is intended primarily as a means of getting the hens to feed longer than they otherwise would during the short days of fall and winter. An extra feeding of scratch grain should be provided, so that the flock is induced to eat not only enough for maintenance but an amount comparable to what is eaten in the more active laying seasons. Lights are used soon after September 1 in New Jersey, but in most localities they are started November 1 and continued to April 1. Conditions vary in different states. What may be good practice in New Jersey may not work in Kansas. In the latter state electricity is considered the only practicable kind of light, while in other states kerosene lamps and gasoline mantles are sometimes used. Electricity is the luncer was given to 100 pullets the profit per bird was $5.48. The fuel and operating cost for 1100 birds was 4.4 cents per bird. An increase of a single egg per bird pays this cost. FARM FIRES PREVENTABLE—TAKE TOLL OF SAVINGS Of 38,000 Farm Fires in a Recent Year at Least One-Third Could Have Been Prevented Every time there is a fire on a farm it takes away value that never can be replaced. Either the owner must be deprived of what may have been the fruits of 20 of the best years of life, or the insurance company will be called upon for a check, which has to come out of the premiums paid by himself and other property owners. If there are many fires, the insurance rates increase. In mutual companies, which carry a large proportion of farm insurance, the increase is immediately felt. In a recent year there were more than 38,000 farm fires in the United States, entailing a loss of more than $18,000,000, of which 33 per cent was held to have been preventable. Prevention of fires was made a special subject of consideration in churches, schools, public gatherings, and farm organizations for an entire week this October. The farmer, with the accumulation of many years tied up in his buildings, may well make every week fire-prevention week. According to the United States department of agriculture, practically every fire is preventable, except those caused by lightning or of incendiary origin. Even when the best preventive measures fail and fires break out, preparatory measures will put the farmer and his neighbors in better shape to subdue it. Every fire must have an initial flame, should be dumped into ceptacles. In the way of providing equipment much can be great outlay. Barrels roof and pails of water in convenient places will disastrous loss. If the ed tank or a force puction will be four time of need. A ladder the roof should always for immediate use. Sand should be kept on gasoline and oil scatters them. There simple chemical extinction market, some common home-made. With the present wrench automobiles., a rural equipped either with large chemical extinction can easily be organized. Every farm fire sugar and protective measure have been provided. And provide them in a SENSE IN SCHOOL Simplified dress worn by the girls of the school. The girls themselves exclusive vote, more than have decreed it. For congratulations are frequently carried out during the school year titled to awards of merit their plan will save pumps hitherto spent and fluffy ruffles which may also be saved if self ridiculous as a blinding at large. Let the thirty-nine against the reform wear their fool garb Lights are used soon after September 1 in New Jersey, but in most localities they are started November 1 and continued to April 1. Conditions vary in different states. What may be good practice in New Jersey may not work in Kansas. In the latter state electricity is considered the only practicable kind of light, while in other states kerosene lamps and gasoline mantles are sometimes used. Electricity is the most practical method to use wherever it is available. The total daylight, real and artificial, should be about 14 hours. There are three ways of increasing the apparent length of the day—by turning on lights very early in the morning, or by keeping them going several hours at night, or by using them both morning and night. While all three methods have given good results, the first is usually found most convenient because the lights merge into daylight and no ill effects result if they are not turned off promptly. In using the second method some dimming device is needed with electric lights to lower the illumination gradually. The hens do not get to their roosts if the light is suddenly extinguished. Gasoline and kerosene lamps have to be turned down. Artificial lighting can be abused, with disastrous effects on the flock. If they are run for too long a day, the hens may produce well for a short time and then begin to moult. If the laying passes 60 per cent, or, in the opinion of some poultry authorities, 50 per cent, there is danger of moulting and consequent cessation of laying. In the spring the lights should never be stopped abruptly. The length of time they are run should be shortened about 10 minutes a day until it can be entirely abandoned. Fresh water should be given the flock the first thing in the morning when the lights are turned on. Birds of different ages should not be housed together or lighted in the same way. They should be properly graded and flocked according to age. Lighting makes it possible to carry February-hatched pullets through the first fall and winter producing period with less moulting. Yearlings and 2-year-old hens are better if started with artificial lights in January, and the method is not as profitable as with pullets. It is considered a questionable practice to turn lights on culled hens to stimulate egg production. In New Jersey, According to the United States department of agriculture, practically every fire is preventable, except those caused by lightning or of incendiary origin. Even when the best preventive measures fail and fires break out, preparatory measures will put the farmer and his neighbors in better shape to subdue it. Every fire must have an initial flame, whether it be from a carelessly thrown match or cigarette, an explosion of kerosene or gasoline, an explosion of grain dust in a thrashing machine, or sparks from a sooty chimney or parging engine. Matches never should be left loose or within the reach of children. Put them in non-combustible containers and have a pocket match safe. Better yet, use safety matches, which can be scratched only on the box. Smoking never should be permitted around the barn or in the vicinity of inflammable matter. Matches, cigar or cigar or cigarette stubs never should be thrown where they can do harm. Kerosene and gasoline are useful servants, but destructive when let loose. They should be rigidly confined and never allowed to mix or change places. Kerosene lamps should be solid of base to prevent tipping over. If they are of metal, there is no danger of their breaking and spilling oil. The wick should fit tightly to prevent vapor from the bowl reaching the flame and igniting. They never should be filled in the presence of an open flame. Gasoline cans should be easily distinguished from kerosene cans. It is better to store the gasoline in a buried tank. At least the tank should be away from buildings. Vapor never should be allowed to escape in a close room or where there is any fire. Overheated stoves and flues cause many fires. Chimneys should be built from the ground if possible,and should not be attached to any of the framework of the building so there can be uneven settling. They should be clear of the woodwork and should always be kept clear of soot. Stovepipes should never pass through inaccessible places like a closet or garret. If they must pass through the wall, see that the stovepipe hole is provided with a good "thimble." Where walls and ceilings are near the pipe cover them with metal or asbestos. Every stove should have a piece They should be properly graded and flocked according to age. Lighting makes it possible to carry February-hatched pullets through the first fall and winter producing period with less moulting. Yearlings and 2-year-old hens are better if started with artificial lights in January, and the method is not as profitable as with pullets. It is considered a questionable practice to turn lights on culled hens to stimulate egg production. In New Jersey, where the largest amount of work has been done with artificial lighting it is thought better to sell the culls and buy good birds. Artificial lights should be suspended from the ceiling so that the entire floor space is lighted. If the roosting closet partition casts a shadow on the roosts, the chickens will go to sleep in the shadow. Results in New Jersey show that in general the use of lights nearly doubles production during the period of high prices of eggs and greatly increases the usual net return over the cost of lights and feed in the lighted pens. The lighted flock showed better health than the unlighted ones, and the subsequent laying was as good among the birds which had had winter lights as with any of the birds. A record was kept of 14 New Jersey flocks for five months. The birds averaged 3820 in number and laid 280,511 eggs altogether. This was a 41 per cent production, whereas a 22 per cent production was usual before the experiment. This meant an increase of 127,158 eggs. An experiment was made at the agricultural experiment station New Brunswick, N.J., in which 600 unlighted pullets made a profit of $3.20 per bird, but 500 lighted birds cleared $5.07 each. The lights were turned on in the morning. Where an evening Stovepipes should never pass through inaccessible places like a closet or garret. If they must pass through the wall, see that the stovepipe hole is provided with a good "thimble." Where walls and ceilings are near the pipe cover them with metal or asbestos. Every stove should have a piece of sheet metal under it to protect the floor from hot ashes and live coals. Never leave inflammable rubbish near buildings. Remove it. If it must be burned, pile it in small piles, so the blaze never can get out of control. It is best not to have the children near the fire. This is perhaps a hardship. At least they can be kept from playing with the fire. In spite of spark arrester laws, engine sparks may fly on the room or into dry grass or the farm wood lot. If there is a railroad running through the farm, keep a strip next to the right of way clear of brush and inflammable material and plow a few furrows as a fire break. Shingles roofs are combustible, but are likely to remain in use. Shingles may be rendered fire retardant by the application of paint containing metallic borates. The method of application is important. It is considered good practice to apply the paint to approximately three-fourths of both sides before laying the shingle. This process will not prevent shingles from glowing or charring in case of fire, but it will prevent their bursting into flame. When new buildings are to be constructed proper spacing and the liberal use of concrete and masonwork will reduce fire liability. Smokehauseg should never be built so that hot coals can start a blaze. Hot ashes never should be dumped in inflammable receptacles. In the way of providing fire-fighting equipment much can be done without great outlay. Barrels of water on the roof and pails of water kept standing in convenient places will possibly save disastrous loss. If there is an elevated tank or a force pump, a hose connection will be found invaluable in time of need. A ladder that will reach the roof should always be available for immediate use. Sand should be kept handy to throw on gasoline and oil fires; water only scatters them. Ther are a number of simple chemical extinguishers on the market, some commercial and some home-made. With the present widespread use of automobiles, a rural fire company, equipped either with motor pump or large chemical extinguisher, or both, can easily be organized and equipped. Every farm fire suggests preventive and protective measures that should have been provided. Take a little time and provide them in advance. SENSE IN SCHOOL DRESS Simplified dress will be given a test by the girls of the Modesto high school. The girls themselves by a very decisive vote, more than 200 against 39, have decreed it. For their decision congratulations are in order—for successfully carrying out the program during the school year they will be entitled to awards of merit. Incidentally their plan will save parents neat little sums hitherto spent for silk hosiery and fluffy ruffles while many a girl may also be saved from making herself ridiculous as a ballet dancer running at large. Let the thirty-nine who voted against the reformation continue to wear their fool garb—they will gradu- WORDS AND PHRASES TO A PHRAZZLE. We've heard many words and phrases Since "He kept us out of war," And we've wondered what in blazes Quite a lot of them were for; But in noting to what uses Some were but with grim intent, One suspects some sly abuses Of veracity were meant. Out of war he didn't keep us, Ev'rybody lived to see; But he did proceed to heap us Into it, because, said he: "We have got to fight to make the World safe for democracy."—None of which went far to take the Hypo from hypocrisy. "Camouflage" we heard of often; It itself betokens fraud. "Volces in the air" but soften Into silence now abroad, When in Switzerland the Leaguers Meet to fix the "broken heart Of the world" our "base intriguers" In the senate rent apart. Now the latest thing imported Is "agenda." Do you know What it means, this word disported By officials high and low? An "agenda," plainly stated, Is a program, simple word; So why use a foreign-plated One few people ever heard? We've been ruled so long by phrases, Most of us are nearly blind; For 'tis these rhetoric mazes That befog the public mind. High-toned language to a phrazzle, Words of meaning too abstruse, Have been used so long to dazzle Us, we wonder 'What's the use!' FOR SALE—HOUSE NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT Anaheim Union Water Company, location of principal place of business, 303 E. Center Street, Anaheim, California. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the 1st day of October, 1921, assessment No. 58 of $5 per share was levied on the capital stock of the corporation payable at once to the Secretary of the Company, at Anaheim, Orange County, California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 15th day of November, 1921, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction and unless payment is made before will be sold on the 15th day of December, 1921, at one o'clock p.m. to pay for delinquent assessments together with cost of advertising and expense of sale. L. J. SHERIDAN, Secretary ANAHEIM UNION WATER CO. GARBAGE CONTRACT Sealed bids will be received by the undersigned, Clerk of the City of Anaheim, at his office at the City Hall, Anaheim, up to Thursday, October 13, at 8 o'clock P.M., for the collection and removal of the kitchen garbage from the business and residence districts of the City of Anaheim. Proposals will also be received for the purchase of the garbage after collected. The successful bidder must give a bond guaranteeing to do the work proposed under the supervision of the City Manager for a period of one year from date of contract. By order of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. EDWARD B. MERRITT, Clerk of the City of Anaheim. 9-29-13 NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS Job Printing Why not leave that order for Job Printingatthe Gazette-Job Office? We can print any kind of job for you and the quality of our work is always the very best. The successful bidder must give a bond guaranteeing to do the work proposed under the supervision of the City Manager for a period of one year from date of contract. By order of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. EDWARD B. MERRITT, Clerk of the City of Anaheim. 9-29-t3 FOR SALE—HOUSE Sealed bids will be received by the board of trustees of the city of Anaheim up to Thursday, November 10, 1921, at 8 o'clock p.m. for the sale of the five room frame residence at 305 North Lemon street in the city of Anaheim. The purchaser must remove said residence from the premises within 30 days from the date of the contract of purchase. A certified check for $50.00 must accompany each bid, the check of the successful bidder to be forfeited to the City of Anaheim if he fails to enter into a contract in accordance with his bid. By order of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. O. E. STEWARD, City Manager. 10-27-3t Job Printing Why not leave that order for Job Printing at the Gazette Job Office? We can print any kind of job for you and the quality of our work is always the very best. Our prices are consistent with the quality of the work done. 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The People of the State of California Send Greeting to William H. Kamstra, Defendant. You Are Hereby Directed to Appear and answer the Complaint in an action entitled as above, brought against you in the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, within ten days after the service on you of this Summons, if served within this County, or within thirty days if served elsewhere. And you are hereby notified that unless you appear and answer as above required, the said plaintiff will take judgment for any money or damages demanded in the complaint, as arising upon contract, as she will apply to the Court for any other relief demanded in the complaint. Given under my hand and the seal of the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, this 8th day of September, A. D. 1921. (SEAL OF SUPERIOR COURT) J. M. BACKS, Clerk. By A. L. Hitchcock, Deputy Clerk. Say It With FLOWERS Howard E. Gates FLORIST Phone 121 Cor. W. 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