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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1951-06-21, Page 3THA1MF 1204.s.6 Shetld chicks he fed charcoal? That's a question natty folks would lila' to have answered delittitcly. Some people believe that char- coal will iiu)t'otie the health and reduce the mortality rate of chick- ens. The information given here will Rive you some idea of the ef- fect adsorbing (sticking of wises or dissolved sdhstauces to the sur - fare of solid bodies) charcoals may have when fed to chicks. l.1. ,T. Almquist and .0, Zander research workers, conducted some experiment* a few years ago its which they added an adsorbing charcoal to the diet of certain lots of chickens. Their objective was to determine, if possible, the effect of adsorbtivc charcoal. a= :a These two workers point out in their report that charcoal is claim- ed to act by adsorbing undesirable products from the digestive tract. . In fact, they state that one manu- facturer of poultry charcoal lists the following substances as re- moved: carbon dioxide, ammonia, bacteria, pigments, poisons; and enzymes. Che workers knew that feeding charcoal would cause poultry flesh and egg yolk color to bleach by reducing the deposition of certain yellow pigments from the diet. This bleaching effect suggested that caro- tene and other vitamins in the diet might also be removed or inacti- vated by charcoal. Previous work had already shown that vitamin K was adsorbed strongly on charcoal. t: t= So, ht setting up their study, Almquist and Zander formulated a diet which would provide favorable amounts of vitamins A. K, G. (ribo- flavin), and the chick anti -gizzard erosion factor. The diet war found capable of promoting normal growth and health of chicles. They fed this diet tvith and without 2 per cent of 'au adsorbing charcoal to day- old chicks. * s: In the lot of 20 chicks fed the diet to which charcoal had been added, growth was not too good, there were 15 cases of vitamin A deficiency, blood -clotting time was increased to more than 30 minutes as a result of vitamin K. deficiency, and all of the chicks had eroded gizzard linings, In the lot of 20 chickens fed the same diet but Young Farmers On Their Way—Four Junior Farmers of Ontario, the Ontario Department of Agriculture aboard the Canadian Paci The group were en -route to the United Kingdom to attend the Hig they were to be judges of livestock. The boys, who w'ifl be aw judgeability in previous competitions in Canada. Left to right: Markdale; Howard Scott, Bridgen; and Carl Boynton, Woodbridge. are shown with Dick Hilliard, assistant director of Extension for frc liner Empress of France which sailed recently from Montreal. hland Show at Aberdeen and the Royal Show at Cambridge where ay for six weeks, were selected for the trip on the basis of their Mr. Hilliard, Wallace Cavanagh, of Kinburn;' Murray Sewell, of without charcoal, growth was good, there were no cases of vitamin A deficiency, blood -clotting time was only 2.4 minutes and all gizzard linings were normal, H+ s: * A second experiment was per- forated in which a second sample of adsorbing charcoal was tested. In this test no vitamin A deficiency was noticed. The charcoalgroup did, however, require a longer' time for blood -clotting and showed mo- derate gizzard erosion. "Curled -toe paralysis." a syntpton of vitamin G (riboflavin) deficiency, was also noticed in the charcoal group. • different results obtained in the first and second experiments were believed by Almquist -and Zander • • to be due tq differences in reserve stores of vitamins in the different lots of chickens. t= Succeeding experiments were per- formed •in which results were much NEW RUSSIAN DIVISIONS MASS ON YUGOSLAV, TURKISH BORDERS Munich, Gcrutauy—While rumors of any early peace in Korea flood Western Europe, Russia is moving new troops into the s"a: tellite coun- tries, according to Allied intelli- gence reports from behind the Iron Curtain. Increased Soviet and satellite military activity close to the 3 ugo- slar and Turkish border; was also reported by refugees from Hungary and Romania who recently reached Western Germany. , A full Russian infantry division took up positions early in May in the vicinity of the -Hungarian town of Tiagayafad, close to the Yugo- slav frontier. This increases to four (a total of 60,000 wen) the number of known Soviet divisions in Hun- gary, "fw•o of them are armoured. At the same time, the defense of the whole Black Sea coast—from the Soviet frontier to the Turkish frontier—has recently been taken over by the Russian Army com- mand, my informants said, F Four Soviet divisions—two arm- oured—are also known to be sta- tioned in Roumania—though there may actually he utorc, 'Che move- ment of Red Army troops into Romania and from thcrc into Hun- gary and Bulgaria (close 10 the- Yugoslav heYugoslav and Greek -Turkish fron- tiers) has been continuous in the past weeks. The Red Aruty has established a chain of ammunition dumps ex- tending front Romanian Bessarabia to the Bulgarian airfield of Boz- hurishte, The Romanian towns of Timisoara aucl Aracl and its nearby airfield—one of the largest in South- ern Europe ---:tri'• teeming with Rus- sian troop;. The Yugoslav -Romanian border is guarded by Romanian troops. But 20 kilometers behind the border there. is a strong concentration of Soviet mechanized units. Soviet 'Marshal Ivan S. Konicv, one of the Kremlin's outstanding tank expert,, is reportedly in com- mand of the Soviet troops in the satellite countries. - Ts.nnwledgc• of 't'acow's latest aggressive stoves probably prompt- ed the recent statement by Col. Cen. Ivan Gosnjak, Yugoslav Defense 't:inister, that Bulgaria, Romania and I-fulgary were intensify ing war preparation; near the Yugoslav border. This, too. is believed to be behind Washington's urgent request that Turkey and Greece be admitted to membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Admission of these two 'Mediterranean and Bal- kan countries would also pave the xray for the inclusion of Yugoslavia. Moscow On The Move: Newschart highlights the military chec game Russia is playing with her troops in satellite countries. et Best Results With 2,4-D, II . . -1—You Use It While Weeds Are Young, Tender. It takes less chemical, so you save money; you get better kills, you avoid unsightly fence rows of tall, dead weed stalks. 2—You Use It .In Recomtriended Doses. Use only enough to kill the weeds you are after; that makes a short supply go farther, again saves you money, avoids •crop injury. • 3—You Use It At The Right' Time, And Often Enough. •Some tough weeds are best killed at certain stages of growth. Hit theist then. And hit them again whets re -growth starts. It may take several applications and twti or three years to wipe out, well-established Canada thistle patches. 4—You Remember 2,4•D Has An Ally 2,45-T. If it is brush you are after, make sure all varieties in the fence row or pasture arc killed by "2,4-D. Otherwise, you should use 2,4,5-T or a mixture of the two compounds, 5—You Are Careful With It. This is called a weed -killer, but it can be a crop, shrub or garden -killer, also. Watch the wind and spray drift, and remember esters are most volatile, the saute as in the first two. hest growth and normal health were Inaiutaited on diets which con- tained no charcoal. Upon completion of their experi- ments. Altagnist and Zander con- cluded that a chick diet adequate for normal growth and 'health was rendered, in effect, deficient in vi- tamins, A, G, I<, and the gizzard factor l.ty the addition of an adsorb- ing charcoal. Therforc. it can be concluded that no benefit is to be gained hy .fearing all adsorbing charcoal. As the above reports point out, growth and development ttl,ay actually be hindered by giving chickens access to charcoal. Not malty years ago the delimit- ing of cattle was a "bloody ordeal." But modern sciettcc has changed all that. Now, the successful dairy- man knows that troubles in his dairy herd can he materially reduced by dchornin * all heifer calves shortly after birth. TItis car, readily be dome with a specially- prepared acid ap- plied on the tiny horn "button," Ely so doing, such troubles as torn ud- ders, flanks, and rump;. very COM • neon when "mean" two --year-olds with horns are placed in the mill- ing herd after having their first calf, arc entirely eliminated, To allow horns to grow until cattle are rine or two rears old and then cut them off with a saw or special (torn cutter is the "hard and painful way," '1'o (10 0 gond job in cutting horns they lutist he cut off as close to the head ars possible and this generally result - in roach bleeding unless the severed arteries arc tied to prevent it. Such dehorning should never he done in fly time for evert if the wounds are covered with pine tar, there is al- ways clanger cif blow flies of screw worth flies depositing their eggs in the wound. if Iltf ocean,. animals are almost certain to be lost since when horns are cut off, large open- ings are left its the head cavity. Until quite recently the caustic potash stick, with used to destroy the button-Iike rudiments of. horns on young calves. The use of caus- tic required great precautions to prevent damage to the operator's ' hands while applying; and to keep the caustip from the skill of the calf surrotinding the horn button. This latter was usually accomplish- ed by clipping the hair around the horst button and then applying a coating of `vascliue on the clipped portion. In the 'lauds of .r skilled operator, this method proved much more satisfactory than cutting or sawing off the horns, but when clone by ail inexperienced man, 'sonic calves were almost certain to develop painful burns in the neigh- borhood of the ears and eyes. Theis too, when carelessly applied the calf night brush off some of the caustic while nursing and hurt its - mother's Oder, Tilt: nett• painless calf dchorner is the result of extensive test, in developing a'c"arnpound that would not rub off 'or be affected by mois- ture, and at the sante time be ensu to apply. All that lla; to be done . is to clip the "hair around the born buttons tvlteti• the calf is from two to eight days old, and then apply the dchorning Ii'gtdrl over the "but- ton" with the- applicator brush which comes with each bottle. It is just as easy to apply as nail polish. since the liquid seals itself immediately and prevents the de• homer from ranting into the calfs eyes or ears, or brine; rubbed riff on the, row's udder, The fact that the dehoruer seals itself quickly prevents it front be. ing removed by rails or rubbing or hekinq by other naive.. 4 GREEN TtI w Gordon S'h t h :file edge of your garden is a vul- nerable spot, for it is the first thing to be noticed in judging the quality of the garden as a whole. The ap- pearance of the edge can Stake or mar the effect of the rest of the border. G Every spring, before the mutual edging plants are set out or before the, perennials have attained their growth, the margin of a border or bed should be clearly defined. This is clone by stretching a taut lute from end to end, and cutting any' overgrown turf with the sharp blade of a spade on an edging tool. This task is well worth the time and effort spent, for if a good deep cut is made ,to mark the edge of the border, it will be long lasting.- Any asting:Any loose weeds or turf may go on the compost heap. If a trough can be made with a 'toe or the end of a rake, the tendency of the lawn to overrun the border will be les- sened. 0 t her w• i s e. encroaching grass will always attempt to stake its way into the soil, spreading quickly and creating a ragged, un - kept appearance. An edging plant that i per- manent has the advantage of be- ing always there. Germander (Teu- eriuut ehanlaedry's1 is a favorite whose small dark, evergreen lea vets give it alwaye a neat appearance, Dwarf yew ('l'axtts t to tdeus i;, stricta) makes a still mutt, formal edging. The Silvery blur gra (I'estnca glaut'a) is distitlrtiv', itt botit fot'm and color at the .edge Pt a dower border. For flowers aloft% the edge itself, , uralhells t l It =t- eltt'ra sauguinea) are a delight each spring, and the scalloped leave.- ars attractive all season. * *. With a perennial planting it :till is necessary to cut a Well-dchned. edge to the garden. That is. it a trim appearance is to he achk"vets. * * If it setons more desirable to vary the type and colour of the edging plants from year to year, bedding plants or annuals may 1=e used itt place of perennials. Bed- ding plants gain their effect pri- marily front the color of their fo- liage, thus presenting an interest- ing change front the usual annual flowers. Telattthera (or alternau- thera) provides a neat edging and its species and varieties offer dif- ferent colors--bettzickiana for red and variegated fat age, aureanatut for yellow. versicolor for copper tones. The bloodleaf (lresine lin- deni) is useful where dark is de- sired. Yellow may be obtained with the Golden Bedder variety of col. ens. The neutral gray of lavendet•- cotton (Sastolina cltamae-cvparis- sus) and of dusty miller (Centattrea candidissitna) will help to blend the colors in the border itself. Such foliage plants tend to give a formal, Victorian air to a garden bed. Y: d: t: The lose -growing annual plants are best for changing a dull gar- den edge into one of bright, over- flowing color, Annuals are so pro- fuse in. their blossoming that, once they start, they provide a mass of color all summer long. There are endless possibilities in form and color for edging. If a neat, formal border is desired, there are atlte low -growing compact, dependable plants, like lobelia and ageratums that will remain uniformly in their place all season. For more gay effect, there is the exuberant por- tulaca that will overrun the edge of the sunny border with its vivid flowers month after month. * * Tweet alyssum and the bright. compact -growing petunias are un- failingly fragrant and showy at the edge of the garden. Sprawling verbenas will make a floriferous border in red, pink, white, violet, purple, or in all these color's com- bined. Small zinnias and French mari- gt3Tds furnish the marginal area with yellow and touches of brown and red. For stronger hues of red and yellow, the dwarf celosia, or cockscomb, with its stiff flower heads, presents a novel effect as an edging plant. • WAIT • An irate member accosted the secretary of a golf club and said: 'Give me your advice. I have been deliberately insulted by Colonel Brown, Without preamble he said to hie, 'Sir, I will give you ,fifty pounds if you resign your member- ship of this club,' What do you think I ought to do about it??" - "That's obvious," said the secre- tary, tartly, ".Bold out for a better offer By HAROLD ARNETT 70 PREVENT WATER FROM RUNNING DAWN YOUR ARM WHEN WASHING WALLS OR WOODWORK, FOLD WASH CLOTH AND FASTEN 1T AROUND WRiST WITH RUBBER BAND JITTER I'LL SHINE THESE ) NEW Two TONED SHOES B01'ORE WeARING THEM, IN A MINUTE' y Arthur Pointer