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The Exeter Advocate, 1915-12-30, Page 6glvs'1. Hints for tie Poultry Raiser BALANCING THE RATION. i ible protein compounds to the carbo- hydrates and. fats (the fats.. being By A. P. Marshall. • ' multiplied by 2 ri to bring them to a. We are inclined to think that most level of the carbohydrates, because growers of chickens get perhaps the one part by weight of fat is on the best results when they supply a very average equivalent in beating power wide supply of feeds to their birds to 2!t parts of carbohydrates),.. because the flock is able to select Knowing the proportions of these ele- what natural inclination prompts meats of the foods available it is ; them to. If the supply is sufficiently then possible to proportion the quart - varied the birds then get practically titles so as to get the results. Often all that their constitutions demand the use of just one other product will ' and therefore they give fairly good re- correct the balance to bring real good sults. Perhaps•it racy be as well un- results. where for lack of something• der those circumstances not to at -to correct the missing required d c - tempt to too closely balance the ray meats only loss can result. titin for the 'birds but in many eases it Quantity is also a necessary con- is just a matter of a little grain and sideration, and if the breeder knows whatever happens to be handy which what each fowl should receive he is in itself nv y nte. be bad food but very better able to be sure they are receiv- much out c.f balance for the results trg .nil that is necessary or getting desired. Quite often the introduction more than they should. This is espe- of one- or two articles would so 1m- eirlls the case when large numbers prove the nutrient values of the feed are kept. as to more then cl.o jle the- returns A bale aced. ration can usually be that can he obtained. •Arrived at for almost any purpose Little does the average poultryman with the readily available products as realize what immense varieties ax a base to work on, adding anything fords fowls gather when they are having the elements iu right proper - able to rang: at liberty to which they tion that can be secured to fill in what • normally respond with an abundant, is regeired..- Palatableness makes supply ui' eggs and make rapid more difference than some imagine, growth in consequence. Given' ap- and although a ration may be balauc- proximatsly* the same conditions when ed fairly well the birds may not take coaif a e;l as in the winter season these to it, and in consequence cannot se - birds, if they are not run down or cure the nutrient values in sufficient • have nit been forced to excess, should quantities to give the desired results.. produce in the same big way and Sometimes a 'change becomes neves- continue in vigorous productive health sary merely to vary the monotony of so that they prove also excellent a too similar ration. • The action of breeder; from which to secure the the flock is probably the only thing next year's producing stock, Only by that can show :that it -is tiring of the a regular course of good, sound hal- food being furnished. As a general anted feedieg can the breeder be ab- thing cooking food will very much - • - - --• - ._._... , lutely certain that his fowls are help in making it more palatable and COUNTLESS FLOCKS OF SHEEP,_ getting the best fur the object clesir- perhaps aids digestion, although the EARLIEST SOLAR ECLIPSE, ed, although if there is exceptional nutrient values are in no way inertias- I;aaing Billions on the Steppes of Drunken Chinese Astronomers Failed. led the birds will f'aieiy well balance for . values may be lost in the cooking. 1 Russia ranks themselves. The balance to use depends entire-' among the first of In different sections the staple the_ old-world nations where sheepare p grain ly whether eggs are required, the concerned, In southern Russia,were ordinarily used will probably very .birds being fattened or for growing the plains, or steppes, as are much vary. In one locality it may chicks. Each ease should be differ- p they be corn while in another it will be ently balanced to get the best results ecallede , stretchrmacross the enungary :;heat, depending largely on the most and using the same foods regardless Mongolia,foom the outskirts kf heep extensively grown grain and the rice.. of conditions will not bring the big- to m.countlessanoft flposss of sheeps p roam, One man often possesses as Using almost wholly one grain is al-' gest results, For the most economic- many as 500,000 or 600,000 sheep. most bound to bring very uncertain al feeding 'the fowls should receive The number of sheep being raised results, depending entirely on the the nutrients in quantities and pro- on the steppes gets larger every year, right other elements that may be re -portions which at the time fit the par- but this is not because they are care - quire," to make up a good balance.; titular needs of the flock under con- fully nurtured. They are, in fact, ex - Water, of course, does not enter into; sideration. A subject of this kind is posed to the most severe weath the question of feeds. It is, however, I a very long one and therefore it is and the scorching heat of sums fully as necessary as any feed, and , necessary to confine this article to bat- and the freezing blasts of winter at should always be on hand cool and ancing for eggs, We find as a ration only to be dreaded second to the hu fresh where the birds can get it. The that has proven a good one, furnishes ricaues which sweepover the Diehl nutritive ration of a food or ration ; digestible nutrients per day, per each p expresses the proportion of digest- 100 lbs. live weight as follows: - i at times.g i During the tempests the sheep mak Fuel • Nutri- I no effort to weather the storm, b NEW FRENCH CHIEF OF STAFF GEN. i,:liot'.l,Rf ni C.' ST13I4N,W, whom Gen. ,7offr4 has appointed his chief of staff, Three of the four, sous of (lea. (le ('a..••Ines:i at the front have been killed. The FeF74' onti Soli tri fah was brought to his father's camp terribly wounded, and died three hdurs later. The General hissed his dead son 'sand said: "Go, son, ;you have had the finest death you (void pos;ivlr� wish for. I swear that our armies will avenge you int iii,ig :ill French families." The news of the death. of the General's first son was brought to him while he was in conference with his & l", r5. Pe read file st.+limen,. bowed his head a moment, and said :"Gentlexuen, let us continue," The third son, Lieut. Bugues de Custelnau, was killed in October of this Tear, variety it is more tl:ari probable that ed and even perhaps some nutrient Russi • to Predict the Event, Two Japanese scientists, the Messrs. Hirayama and Ogura, whose research work has added considerably to the knowledge of the world, have finally published the results of their attempts to fix the dates of some. early eclipses recorded in Chinese literature. The earliest is mentioned in one of the books of the Shu Ching, where it is recorded that in the reign of Chung fang, the fourth emperor of the Hsia dynasty, there occurred an eclipse of the sun which had not er, been predicted by the astronomers, ner who were alleged to have been drunk e and to have neglected their duties. r- Hence the customary rites for deliver- s 'ing the sun, which should have been arranged in advance and superintend- ? eel by the astronomers, were in the demergency performed by other of- Carbo- iiry Ash Protein hydrates Fat value five I run panic-stricken before the win Tiers, 3-5 Pis matter.5lb- .30 1.00 3.75 .35 calories. ratio. land are forced by the thousand in iltgns. S -s lb,, a.;�0 .20 ,65 2.75 .20 6,240 1.4.3 I the streams and ravines with wit It will be noted that for heavier -.nee suggested as a standard for lay - 'the steppes are intertwined. Were hens the proportion is less per 100 ing hens. Suppose we have cracked not for the intelligent use of goat lbs, than with lighter fowls. corn, wheat, corn meal, wheat mid- neither the shepherds nor their do The experiment stations will read- ! fo n e Vis' buckwheat middlings, animal thel sheep can scarcely ever be brod avail much at such ught 1, fresh bone, young green alfalfa,g fly supply tables showing the nutri-' we get the following result by work to face the terrible winds or to see int values of various foods that may ing them about to arrange the nutri-the shelter of a ravine. be' used in feeding poultry, and with ent values to suit the standard for But with every hundred sheep thre this it is possible to make up a ration each 100 lbs. of fowls for 5-8 lb. or four goats are kept, and, as this that will give approximately the hal- birds: can easily be made to face almost a wind, they are used to lead the wa down the rugged descents and th sheep follow blindly. 'the shepherd of a large flock, o ivs 1:117 ottara, is called a tschabawn. Th 635 1:4.8 tschabawn usually owns a wagon o 778 1:7.4 two, drawn by oxen, in which he car 372 1:0.4 741 1:1.7 ries his provisions and cooking uten 224 1:3.1 sils, together with the- skins of su 4.345 .273 .6300 2.3420 .3305 6651 1:4.0 sheep as have died and those of waive While 'the results do not exactly; oats one part, ' corn meal one part, he .has killed. The wagon or wagon coincide with the standard set it is l beef scraps one part, with one fifth lead the van when this wild shepher approximately the same, and the nu- the bulk of cut clover added are all travels, next he comes,' and after him tritive ratio proves to be very close mixed together dry, slightly salted trail the sheep: to the requirements. Such a balance : and moistened to a crumbly consist- When he comes to good pasture h should give very good results and ' ency with hot water in cold weather es not leave until -the grass ha quantities may be increased, keeping , and cold water in warm weather, and been eaten down, . and even when o them in the same proportion to make given the fowls at noon time or to- the march his encampment is . seldom up any quantity desired to be prepay- ; wards evening in winter and in the more than two or three miles from ed for convenience. If one wishes to . morning in summer. , where he started at sunrise. fatten any stock, it is then only a ! Cracked corn; wheat or oats are I . From five to six hundred ewes ar. matter of increasing the proportion fed in litter of straw or leaves for the in the ottara, and the and place of carbohydrates and fat to that of other meals of the day. ' Many are draws the milk from them and place protein, bringing the proportion up to the methods of feeding,somegivingit in huge shallow wooden bowls t be exposed to thee sun and made int 1:8 which with a limited amount of.results. fairly uniform, others giving _�, ,. , exercise will be found to put on flesh temporary good results, but the best a kind of cheese, known Russia n as btinse, quite rapidly. results can' only -be had' wherevery popular in and East Ger- ;the many.' Of course grain feeds should be fed needs of- the flock -are considered care- E in deep litter for the layers" to pro- the. foods' a I During the severe winter'months fully, balanced to bring up the gee =ar i mote exercise and the mash can be condition, reduce fat or promote= a s p , e sl elteretebe in .spring, as p ote, e g sunmex and autumn they axe pastur- y g the case requires 1 t' field's without proper preparation i wide e The emperor accordingly oedered.the army to punish the astronomers. A ater document makes it impossible to s fix the date of this event•as October dog 13, 2127 B.C. (Julian calendar) -the earliest recorded eclipse in the world. k Calculation shows.that there actually was a solar eclipse on that date, but probably not iii China, though the ele- ements of the 'motions of the sun and moon are not accurate enough to in- ny dicate certainly,the path of so remote Y an eclipse. The authors are inclined e to think that the information fixing Dry Fuel, b Carbo- Value matter. Ash. Protein- hydrates, Fa.t, calories, f'iaelit-d earn, 1 lb. 891 .01'0 .0714 .6612 .0497 1-572 1:108 *Wheat, 3 lb. . 672 .014 .0767 :5191 .0576 1161 1:7.1 C•,rn meal. 3 lb, .. 638 .010 .0469 .4894 ,0263 Wheat middlings i lb. .. 420 .019 .0635 .2655 .0170 Duck •rlieat rnid'1gs. 3 lb. 437 .010 .0500 .32255 .0110 Animal meal. t lb. 452 .021 .1440 .0248 Fresh bone. 2-3 lb. 622 .163 .1483 .. , . .1110 Green alfalfa, 8 lb. 213 .021 .0292 .0340 .0031 r, the date of the eclipse is due to 1 Chinese astronomers -of a later age, who calculated that an eclipse, oc- 1 curred on that date and erroneously supposed that it was visible in China. it �s WERE YOU BORN IN DECEMBER? s. d If So, Astrology Says That You Are Lucky. If you are'wondering why men who e are born in December are fearless and determined 'and .•women who : own the: twelfth month for nativity are both m passionate' and chaste; cease' wonder- ing, Astrology has -the answer. e Such .htimans are born beneath Sagiterius, ''The': sign of,the thigh is s responsible It Makes men handsome, 0 0 supplied either as a drymash or laying , ant'b the e moistened with milk or water. A balance- correctedd on ;the plains. • as condition of. the plan of feeding.that has been found birds indicatesWhen the evening meal` is over' the it to be' advisable; A shepherds' n very satisfactory for the American ' closer study of this subject p d a d their' dogs, sit about a� will add fire of d1:. 'ree.p'arta i•ass for breeds is the following: By bulk meas- many dollars to the R oflits of many" Y. g an'Ients are, wheat bran three arts round ouIer rower or"two; Aftervrard the arrangements parts, ground, p y g s" for the night are made. fir.. - Each .man throws . his furs that THE UNSTABLE MOON. as shown by the Greenwich observe- serve for mattress "and coverlet' on tions. The deviation has latelybeen the' spot the tschabawn has assigned Not Yet'Amenable to Astronomers' growinginto him andbetween. a serious manner. The , b w n icily 'two beds: Mathematics. error last year was more than twelve of the dogs and men the same inter-. times as large as the error .twent .vain occur. • The celebrated observatory at Y , Greenwich,England, the place from. '?'ears ago, and the` average annual r g ' increase during the two deca d Pays Tribute to°Russians. which we reckon longitude, was found- des ,has amounted to° half a 'second of An enthusiastic tribute to the Bus- ed by Charles IL in 1675, mainly for arc in . longitude. The reason that astrono- sian soldier and his leaders ispaid by the purpose of investigating the o mors have failed in getting exact re- Gen.; Arz, the Hungarian:military movements of the moon In the inter- ti o a sults from calculations based on the leader who far five 3nonths was Field. sts of navigation. Although in the> .. . intervening two and a'half centuries' dynamical laws of gravitation is posy 1%iarshal Macheusen s chief lieutenant astronomers have worked at the rob aibly'the existence of some attractive in the 'Russian campaign. Gen.'Arz' em the moon a'p force that they have not, diseav- says: "The Russian military leader - len, h s not yet become.en- .. . . • en- tirely ami Bred, although the result may also be ship is energetic, determined and up e y nable to their mathematics. The astronomer -royal of affected by. the `true shape of the to date. The Russian infantry soldier y Great Bri- tain, earth, which. still awaits accurate c is active brave,determined and tain, in his' report of the work at c ui ate„ clenot Greenwich during the pastyear,calls. termination, afraid of death. Those stories which attention to the increasin • deviation :3_ between the calculated position of the Great men are ordinary Great; d nary people with P moon in the sky and its real position their understandings polished, assert that their officers,' drive them into battle with machine guns are nursery tales. His individual merits are indisputable." T BRITISH vulpine ' charge which gained possession of u J the crest. "It will thus be seen from this. brief 29T AT THE. F ®T summary that the brunt of fighting on August 21 again felleon the 29th division,• but even the efforts of these heroic troops, ably seconded by the KNOWN AS: THE OLDEST STAFF yeomanry, failed to achieve success OF THE ARMY, against an enema equally brave and ; determined, who enjoyed the Meal- - ' culable advantage of fighting behind Corxesi=ondent at Dardanelles Gives intrenebments on commanding Rills. But the 29th division has only added to its fame by this failure," Due This Famous Division, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, who . was the British press representative at th Dardanelles, chronicles in simple b telling phrases the • gallant deeds one of the commands which played conspicuous pert in the Gallipol fighting. In part, he says: "The purpose of this article is t do belated justice to. the role pleye by the 29 division in the struggle i the Dardanelles. The renown of thi division is world-wide, and its num tier will ever in future be surrounde by that mixed halo of- romance an glory which attached to Cmsar's leg ions and Napoleon's old guard. I fact, the 29th earned for itself th title of 'The Old Guard' of the army "Unfortunately but few of the orig incl veterans who landed at Sedd-ul bahr are left, for nearly all are dead or invalided home. Some, in fact have been wounded many times. "As the division has played a most prominent role_ in almost every en- gagement that has been fought on the peninsula during the last six months, I do not know how many times it consumes itself in -furious attacks on the enemy's works, but already I be- lieve at least three times the number of its original strength have passed through the'ranks. "The 29th division landed under the command of Major General Hunter Weston, and has since been command- ed by Major General De Lisle, All four countries, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, have the honor to be represented in its ranks. Repulsed Turkish Attacks. COMPULSORY JOY. MI German Patriotic Demonstrations of Not Spontaneous. a We "gave more than once published o extracts from the German press, says the London Daily Telegraph, which• o showed that the flag -;waving and other d patriotic demonstrations which in- n variably take place all over the cowl- s try when the German staff reports a - new "victory" are by no means spore- ; taneous on the part of the ,public, It d is, in fact, a standing order in most - German cities that on such occasions n every householder must display Bunt- e ing, nothing but extreme poverty be- ' ing accepted as an .excuse for orals- - sion to do so. But the Prussian au- thorities in. Alsace-Lorraine have gone further than this. It is not enough ' that the inhabitants of Strassburg and other Franeophile cities should be compelled to .make a pretence of re- joicing aver German successes. With that characteristic attention to de- tail which naturally extends to their methods of - mean persecution, the Prussian authorities have now com- manded that henceforth all the churches ird Alsace-Lorraine must be decked' with German colors on: receipt of "victorious news." The Vossisehe Zeitung gives the text of this order, which was conveyed to the Bishop of Metz in the following letter from the Secretary of State for Alsace -Lor- mine, Count von Roden: "On one single occasion''the general commanding the 16th and 21st Army Corps induced the ecclesiastical edi- 3 "On August 6 the division was holding its old position on the left of our line at Helles, across the gully ravine, and on that day the 88th bri- gade delivered a most gallant assault on a section of the enemy's line over ground devoid of cover. "While the landing at Sulva Bay and the great advance from Anzac were taking place, the 29th held its ground and successfully repulsed at- tacks from the Turks. "When the attempts of the new divisions to take the. Anafarta hills definitely failed by August 19 it was decided to make a final effort to cut the enemy's lines of commenication by employing the Old Guar& Secret- ly at night three brigades were brought up in trawlers from Hellos to Sulva and landed without the Turks being aware of the movement. "In my accounts which have ap- peared in the press of the events of this memorable August 21 chief cre- dit is being given the newly arrived yeomanry because tey were the only corps which the censor allowed to be mentioned, but in reality the second mounted division of the yeomanry were held in reserve behind Lalla Baba until late in the afternoon, and they' only came into action after the repeated efforts of,the 86th and 87th Brigades of the 29th mounted division failed to shake the enemy's defense. flees to take part in the general fag display to commemorate a victory, It now seems desirable that the wish of the local clergy to give visible ex- pression to their patriotic sentiments and those of the people should bed complied with. May I, therefore, re- spectfully. suggest to your grace that an agreement be arrived at between the clergy of the diocese with. a view to having churches and parsonages decorated with the national colors on receipt of news of victory." In order to make it clear that this note, in spite of its polite phraseology, is a definite order, the Vossisehe Zeitung heads it, "A Warning to the Clergy of Alsace-Lorraine," and adds "In view of this note the clergy have been summoned by the bishop to con- form to the wishes of the authorities." 1 JAPAN CAN'T SEND ARMY. Transports Are Lacking, Declares the Premier. While Japan will be unable to send troops to the European theatres of war, she.will gladly assist the Entente Allies as far as she can financially and lend them the support of her arsenals, according to Premier Count Okuma, who was interviewed at To- kio by the Paris Matin's correspond- ent. "There was talk last November` of ''Japanese forces fighting in Europe," Count Okuma is reported to have said. "To have done that we should.have had to send 400,000 men, expecting to Iose 200,000 of them and replace them with 200,000 more: We have not the necessary transports; for we 'should have wanted 2,000,000. tons of.ship- ping, and our commercial fleet aggre- gates only 1;000,000.. 3n the face of= these figures Great Britain ..and France understand the impossibility of the operation. "Our sympathies_being as strong as .; ever, we should wish to give France our financial support, at least, end thus, perhaps; hasten the end of the war. Japan is not a ' great; financial Power, but we have certain resources, We have just covered twice oyer a Government loan 'of 30,000,000 yen $15,000,000), and that probably would make the issue of a second loan•; difficult; but ,to prove our sympathy for France we should be happy to of- fer our aid, however modest. • "The: impossibility of•'•sendin i oo s P .� g P westward :does ,not.prevent :us ' from giving the Allies naval .and military support. Our • arsenals are mobilized as •in time' of war. We play also' the P y. role of sentinel in, the Far East,, pm- venting our enemies;' from fomenting revolt among the warlike Mussulmaii people, who might be, tempted to. from , your'difficul'ties. "We'are also doing everything ne- cessary to guard•against damage to the Trans-Siberian Railway, whereby our supplies ,}each Russia. The prin- ciple back of all ' Japanese action'is that while our allies are fighting we shall not allow them to be attacked from behind." Yeomanry Deserve. Credit: "The yeomanry deserve every credit for the magnificent manner in which they behaved. when in action for the first time. They advanced two miles under a hail of;shrapnel over ground which` afforded not so much as a blade of .grass as cover before they reach- ed ethe each-ed=the dead ground at the foot of the enemy's works. "It was the 2d brigade, under the Earl of Longford, consisting of Bucks, Berks and Dorsets, which made the final . glorious charge in conjunction with the 87th brigade and, obtained £eihporary possession of Hill 70, which had subsequently to be aban- doned in the night. The losses of the brigade were -very, heavy, the Bucks regiments losing almost all their of- ficers and men.. • "The:. arrival` of the.29th division on "the . battlefield stimulated the whole brnly•and showed h$w seriously our leaders regarded the task ahead. The division was ranged .aleng a line stretching- from; Hill .7.0,, to Bill 112: The `8 i':th Brigade 'was ordered to'at- aek.rHill 70' and the :»6th Hill '112. The South Wales Borderers acted - as a connecting link _between the 'two. Brigade, which had ' suffer- ed very heavy losses' at Hellos on August 6, was held in reserve. Whole Army Watching Them. "The' men of the'29th i ested'quietlyI n their. trenches during the noriiing.l They realized that every eye` of the whole :army was watelling them, and hat a signal, if dangerous, honor. had Been conferred on them: Throughout dila afternoon the 88th Brigade made repeated efforts to advance din Hill 12, suffering heavy losses, but could physically strong. and of commanding personality. Women it inspires to in- tensity •of ' love,~ sacrifice and - •chastity. It is a great month to be 'bor'n in - December: The' men are executives of Business and of enterprise, the-- wet inen-are executrix of the home. The - men are'free,,ard easy of address, open of heart, honorable and decisive: • e The women ase eleeply:religious; 'no= Tile' 'of purpose 'and devoted to' their, families. As mothers they are :Clee • 1' The -88th pY • affectionate, but more just ard;,given to adoration of abstract justice than ' are women of •. other• 'signs. They are ready to send their sons into battle • for their countries in .times, =of war,• even though 'it means heartbreak and death for all- concerned," They are generally conceited and t desire to ;be the Maier actor hi- all ventur esh in, which,, they,are ,concerned, but never so;-rnuch-for their.• gwucsel=' fish ,gain as' for the setisfactionedhich.'1 their : active= .natures , Remand. •" ` 7-) =�.e • .Cair t ed CCun►stances.r� .:Be '' 8 fore -= Kate married 1Vh �,Rich • • °" leigh she ',used totwalk ta her`'•', glee ..•'t "What' -does ;slid ado `noiv , .' - ride`lagan Make no progress hi': the face of the nemyzs determined i emstance "'When the final effort was made to A., "Hill, 70 ate in'the afternoon; he South Wales Botderers who ad` h en -.held -in reserve, 'were brought P This regiment advanced against: ., fhe ,south face and dug themselves :in aneath the crest before the 2c1 yeo-.<'i Maury brigade, under Lord Longford, aiiio up.from behind . Lalla Baba. There they remained until -it wens al- most` :dark taking part' in the final • Men who con ' rider themsc,lvEa•to be• of, very great importance' free ilentl , treat their wives, and .children' as •. if they were of no importance • One is Plenty. Mrs..Penheque-Don't you dare to leave the house this evening, Henry. Mr. Penheque-I `fully. intended to. remain indoors, my dear. "Huh? What for?" "To study' a.:problem. that has been n my mind. for some time." "What problem?" "For weeks I have' been trying to gore' out what on earth- the Mor- t ons- can see in polygamy