THE HXD&01I JOmAXi FBtDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1948 Use Special Care In the Selection of Breeding Birds Don't bo careless in the selection of the breeding flock from which you plan to raise your 1942 pullet crop I That warning comes from J. D. Sykes, poultry authority with Purina Mills, for he says, "The pullet In your 1942 flock can be no better than the breeding that lies back of her. Your breeding flock Is the best evidence of that breeding.” j Re suggests the early selection of < breeding birds. "Birds that have laid throughout the year until late fall,” he says, "are almost always the very best birds In the flock. K'WViPr\l' "If possible,” Sykes says, "pay partic- ular attention to the number of eggs each bird has produced, her size of eggs, hatchabillty, and livability of chicks. Individuals that have demonstrated their ability to remain healthy and to lay continuously are usually valuable breeders. "This year, with the Increased de- mand for eggs In prospect, it Is abso- lutely essential to breed from birds of known ability,” Sykes asserts. “Every precaution should be taken to avoid any possibility of putting poor layers Into the laying houses.” Eliminate Pullorum Disease One of the diseases to be most care- fully avoided in the breeding flock Is Pullorum. According to Sykes, Pullor- um can be detected by blood testing, and he suggests that at the time the breeding flock is selected, all birds be • tested by one of the recognized methods ] and all reactors removed. He warns that If as many as five per- cent of the birds react, another test should be made In 30 days, and there- after every 30 days until all reactors have been removed. Ration Very Important "At the Purina Experimental Farm," Sykes says, “results have shown the im- portance of feeding the breeding flock a ration specially designed for the pro- duction of hatching eggs. One fact Is basic; you can’t add anything to a hatching egg after It Is laid. The breed- er hen has to make her hatching egg from the feed that she eats, and It will vary In nutritive properties, such as vitamins and some minerals, depending on the amounts that are In her ration. “Since a chick inside an egg before It Is hatched feeds on the yolk and white material of that egg, it is impor- tant that they contain what Is needed to develop strength and vigor at hatch- ing. Otherwise, poor hatches and weak flblcks result." Editor's Note: For breeder flocks, our local Purina dealer recommends Breeder Lay Chow to be fed with home grown grain; or Layena—a complete' ration. He will be happy to explain how local flock owners use these two feeds to produce hatching eggs. ITS PURE-EE-NA Forty odd yean ago, a young man with a bent towards scientific livestock feeding, then a rather new-fangled Idea, became Interested In the commer- cially mixed feed business. His ven- ture proved successful and Is today commonly referred to as Purina Mills. The young man’s name was Wm. H. Danforth, now Chairman of the Board of that Company. And In "Purina”, Mr. Danforth gave to fanning America a word that proba- bly today Is one of the most mispro- nounced In our language. Very likely no one knows how many ways Purina is mispronounced, but there is only one comet way of saying It. The name Purina, which Is part of the name given to feeds and supple- ments distributed by our local Check- erboard dealer comes from the com- mon word “pure”. And the correct pronunciation Is "pure-ee-na”. That’s the way It Is pronounced In the home offices and at the experimental farm and In the laboratories of the Com- pany. That’s the way the man who coined It says it. The most common mispronunciation Is "pure-eye-na”. Other garbled edi- tions are “purr-ee-na”, “pa-roo-na,” and even “proo-na”. But there Is only one right way, and that Is “pure-ee-na,” says our local Checkerboard feed dealer. BROOD SOWS GET BATHS AT EXPERIMENTAL FARM At the Purina Experimental Farm, Gray Summit, Missouri, they actually give their brood sows baths with warm water and soap. But to get one, a'sow must show promise of delivering a Uttar of pigs within twenty-four hours. This Farm finds that It pays! By washing the prospective mother sow, they remove the germs and worm eggs that are so often found on sow teats miS HMigMinm fO the JSllcatS systems of newborn pigs. Along with giving prospective mother sows baths, this Farm practices thor- ough disinfection. Both brood sows and farrowing quarters are sprayed with a 1% solution of Purina CM-so- Fie before baby pigs arrive. o Who cares what the Russians be- lieve, so long as thay believe In eliminating NaaisT SUk, It Is said, will disappear com-, pletely within ninety days. Well, it always has been pretty slick. Fifty-Sixth Semi-Annual Wilming- ton “Dollar Day” acter, and much rivalry is being evidenced in the effort of each retail- er to "outshine” the others in the quality of their goods, and the low- est possible prices at which they may be offered. “Dollar Day” merchan- apply to all "Dollar Days”, dise bargains will run the entire gamut of retailing, and will in no sense be confined to articles of wearing apparel or adorn- ment. Hats to hinges, clothing to clothes-pins, shirts to shoes, floor- ings to fire-place utensils, bedding to basketry, household equipment to haberdashery-all along the line are promised attractive bargains for the conservative shopper. Participating stores will be known by the display in windows of the placard bearing the copyrighted emblem of the Chamber of Com- merce, and the legend “Official Store, ‘Dollar Day’, Wednesday, February 11, 1942,” and by small- er cards, similarly inscribed, used as price cards on “Dollar Day" bar- gains at the counters. The special committee in charge comprises eleven widely known Wil- mington merchants, including, in addition to Mr. Munch, the chair- man, Manuel Cohen, E. B. Dulmage, Elbert D. Griffenberg, J. M. Lazarus, Herbert J. Mayer, Mac Sumner Mul- lln, Leo Pinckney, F. L. Reuter, Theodore Tuckerman and John R. Lambson. The fifty-sixth semi-annual "Dol- lar Day” to be held under the aus- pices of the Retail Merchants’ Sec- tion of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce will be held on Wedn nesday, February 11, marking the opening of the twenty-eighth con- secutive year during which these un- usual opportunities for conserva- tive shopping have been offered to the people of the Peninsula and surrounding counties of Pennsyl- vaia, Maryland and New Jersey. The reputation which has been built by these semi-annual special sales events as occasions on which thrifty shoppers secure unusual bargains in thoroughly seasonal merchandise of every line handled by Wilmington retailers, guarantees shopper satis- faction. Edward A. Munch, chairman of the special committee In charge of the “Dollar Day” observance, stress- es that the event will be held on February 11, rain or shine, that under no circumstances will “Dollar Day” bargains be available either before or after that day, and that no “Dollar Day” merchandise will be reserved for anyone ahead of time. These are inviolable rules which aply to all “Dollar Dhys”. For weeks Wilmington merchants have been combing their sources of supply to secure the last word in seasonal merchandise of every char- COURTESY PARKING COUPON SPECIAL PARKING ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR VISITING WILMINGTON “DOLLAR DAY* SHOPPERS -- - \ \s it is expected that there will be a great influx of automobiles bringing shoppers from out-of-town into Wilmington to particpate in the official semi-annual ‘Dollar Day,” Wednesday, February nth, the Mercan- tile Section of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce has arranged special parking privileges for the City’s visitors on that date. The coupon printed below has been sanctioned by the Bureau of Police of the City of Wilmington, and is provided exclusively for the use of visiting “Dollar Day” patrons. The courtesy extended does not grant the privilege to park free of cost in zones where parking meters are installed, or in violation of the State Law which pro- hibits parking m front of fire hydrants, driveways, close to inter sections, safety zones, etc. Clip this Coupon and Paste it on your Windshield .NOTICE. Department of Public Safety The owner of this car is a visitor from out-of-town and guest of the Chamber of Commerce on the oc- casion of Wilmington’s official semi-annual “Dollar Day.” Please extendi every courtesy and assistance. (Signed) PRANK J. MAHONEY, , Chief of Police, FEBRUARY 11, 1948 Wilmington, Delaware able, and man, His image and like- ness, or reflection, is therefore invul- nerable—invulnerable to sin, disease, disaster, lack, limitation, fear, igno- rance, and superstition. ... In his vision, the Revelator, John, aw "the holy city, new Jerusalem,” that di- vine, heavenly state of consciousness in which is no evil, and he said (Rev- elation 21:27), “There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that de- flieth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie.” Mrs. Eddy has said (Science and Health, p. 229), "The transmission of disease or of certain idiosyncrasies of mortal mind would be impossible if this great fact of being were learned, — namely, that nothing inharmonious can enter being, for Life <* God.” Does anyone doubt these inspired statements? Then let him read the eleventh chapter of Hebrews in the New Testament, which recounts many instances of divine protection and deliverance experienced by those whose faith in God never wavered in times of trouble and temptation. “God is no respecter of persons” (Acts 10:34), and His love and tender care are a available to one a another. When understood, God’s goodness is seen to be everywhere; when it is utilised, the sick are healed, the lame made whole, the dumb regain speech, toe blind see, and happiness, peace, and joy reign supreme where discord formerly held sway. I Spiritual armament II invulner- able, because Spirit or God fills all space, and toero is no other presence or power. The recognition of this di- vine fact excludes from one’s con- sciousness tiie belief of another pres- ence or power, shutting out of thought and experience the evils of belief and the belief in evil. . , Christ Jesus said (Mark 12JO), “Thou shalt love toe Lord toy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all toy mind, and with all thy strength. This is invulner- able spiritual armament.— Tk* Okrit- o— Our Nelson says he exacts every oar to do its duty. Sines sugar is to be rationed, chare's hope something can he done about spinach. Invulnerable Armaments A DICTIONARY defines “invulner- able” as “incapable of being wounded or of receiving in- jury.” Invulnerable armament, then, is armament that is incapable of be- ing penetrated; and only spiritual armament is actually invulnerable. Everyone desires to feel secure and serene, to feel that there is an in- vulnerable protection shielding him at all times. To know that every righteous thought and act has divine, hence in- vulnerable, protection and immunity from evil is a great joy and comfort to spiritually enlightened men and women. In the factory, office, home, on the highway, in the air—yes, even at the battle's front, if need be—he whose thought dwelt in God ha found the one invulnerable arma- ment. No matter how sorely he is tried, bow severely he is tempted, if his faith in God remains steadfast, if his allegiance to Truth, Life, and Love is firm, he will find true Mary Baker Eddy’s words on page 277 of “Miscellaneous Writings,” where she says: "No evidence before the ma- terial senses can close my eyes to the scientific proof that God, good, is su- preme. Though clouds are round abont Him, the divine justice and judgment are enthroned. Love is es- pecially near in times of hate, and never so near u when one can be just amid lawlessness, and render good for evil.” The Psalmist proclaimed invulner- able the spiritual armament of the righteous, when be sang (Psalms 91: 1,6, 7): “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Al- mighty. ... Thou shalt not be afraid tor the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day.... A thou- sand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at toy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee." Invulnerable spiritual armament is practical and concrete, available to human experience.... God, who is life, Truth, and Love, is invulner- — -"'0 ■' Maybe when we get enough key workaaen some of the looks on pro- Auetien will he onenad. HERE’S WHY ITS IMPORTANT TO FEED A LAYING HEN RIGHT Nature demands that a pullet use approximately 8/ 2 lbs. of feed per month for body upkeep. Her egg production depends on the amount oho eats, over those S>/t lbs. . . . It*. M ■Woof NdStSfar production lOOPultoti 40% .20 to 22 60% 23 to 28 60% 26 to 28 70% 30 to 32 When production reaches the higher brackets, It often becomes difficult to keep hens eating as much feed as they Should to maintain their body weight, McAdams points out. “First of all,” he says, “It la Impera- tive that the laying mash be of high quality so that every ounce a bird con- sumes is chuck full of egg-making and body building materials. Stirring this mash in the hoppers regularly will help keep birds Interested and eating. Add- ing some of this mash fresh several times daily also helps. Feeding it as a wet mash or In pellet form (Layena Checkers) at noon also helps maintain consumption at the level neceesary for high production. “Other ways of increasing the laying flock’s nutsh consumption are the use of more than ample hopper space, plac- ing the hoppers where the light is brightest, and the use of electric lights to assure the flock a 18-hour working day. “You Just don’t dare let a high pro- ducing hen drop In body weight,” em- phasizes McAdams. “It you do, expect her to go Into a molt!” Although a laying hen Isn’t a ma- chine, the kind and amount of feed she eats does determine the number of eggs she win lay I According to J. H. McAdams, poultry specialist with Purina Mills, a strong, healthy, well-bred pullet will lay heav- ily for a short time even on a deficient ration by drawing upon her body for the egg-making materials she needs and which the feed falls to supply. But eventually, he points out, one of two things happens. Either the bird lays herself to death, or she quits lay- ing in order to rebuild her body. "The poultryman, anxious to sell lots of eggs, doesn’t want either of these to happen. He’s after continued high pro- duction. And to get it he must feed his flock for body upkeep, then for eggs. For Nature demands that a pullet use approximately 64 pounds of feed per month for body upkeep. The number of eggs she will lay depends on the amount over 54 pounds she can be per- suaded to eat,” says McAdams. The following table has been worked out as a guide to the amount of feed pullets require per day at various rates of production: Milk Shortage Creates New Feeding Problem Improved Ration Meets Require* menu of Heavier Feeding. Two yean ago no dairyman would have believed there would be any dan- ger of a milk shortage in 1943. But now the government is asking for more milk I The Secretary of Agriculture has asked for an increase of six to eight percent in the country's milk produc- tion, and has announced the govern- ment’s plan to buy enough butter, cheese, and other dairy products to maintain prices at a level profitable to the producers. Throughout this past summer milk prices moved sharply upwards, and for the first time that most dairymen could remember, June prices were higher than those in March. To take advantage of these Improved prices, most dairymen are going to try to get all the milk possible from their cows this winter. According to B. B. Pratt, dairy au- thority with Purina Mills, many dairy- men are going to feed heavier this winter and heavy feeding will add new feeding problems, with danger of dis- appointing drops in production unless proper steps are taken. The greatest danger from heavy feed- ing, he says, is that cows may go off feed. This danger can be largely avoid- ed by Improving the palatablllty of the ration. To enable dairymen to easily improve the palatablllty of their dairy ratten, Purina Mills is this winter offering a new supplement to be mixed with home grown grains which they call "Extra Relish" Cow Chow. It is claimed that cows go for the new feed with the gusto of a teen-age boy at Thanksgiving din- ner. And properly fed, the new supple- ment helps a cow to produce milk to the limit of her ability. Here are a number of approved dairy rations built around this new supple- ment Others may be obtained from the local Purina dealer. Shelled Con Only 1,000 lbs. ground shelled com 1,000 lbs. "Extra Relish” Cow Chow Shelled Cora and Oats 400 lbs. ground shelled com 800 lbs. ground oats or barley 800 lbs. "Extra Relish” Cow Chow Ear Cera and Oats 000 lbs. com and oob meal 400 lbs. ground oats and barley 1000 lbs. "Extra Relish” Cow Chow Oats and Barley 400 lbs. ground barley 500 lbs. ground oats 500 lbs. “tetra Relish” Cow Chow ■ Some people seem to think Mayor LaQuardla can't work 48 hours a day. You don't need a corner on a thing to have an angle on It Leading Dairymen Follow a Program of Cycle Feeding Maximum Reeulta Depend On i Carefully Planned Feeding System. To be successful, a dairyman must give careful attention to the manner In which he feeds during the four stages of a cow’s life! These four stages Include the period of pregnancy when the calf embryo la developing: the calf’s first four months starting period; the growing stage when the young heifer passes from calfhood to cowhood; and the productive yean when the mature cow returns possible profits. Farina Experimental Farm Dairy Feeding Program The average dairyman might well profit from the experience with the daily herd at the Purina Experimental Farm, Gray Summit, Mo., where the following feeding program Is followed during the four periods of each cow’s life. Two months before each cow fresh- ens, even though she may be giving 30 to 40 pounds of milk, she Is dried off abruptly. During those two months she is fed a ration of a bulky carbo- hydrate nature, high In minerals and vitamins. This helps build the calf she is carrying, and adds approximately 100 pounds to her own body weight. Dry and freshening Cow Chow or a mixture of half ground oats and half Bulky Las with good quality mixed hay are recommended during this period. After freshening, each cow Is fed this same bulky ration for several weeks and then gradually changed to a milking ration built to promote high produc- tion. An Individual usually reaches peek production In throe months. The amount of milking feed Is then regulated to keep her producing near the same high level during the entire lactation period. By following this method of feedbag, coupled with good management, the Purina Experimental Farm herd of rather ordinary grade Holsteins has been built up to a point where last year it averaged 13,341 pounds of milk. Coot SB7A0 to grew a cow at Farina Farm Rflplttomtnt stock raised it Pur- lna Experimental Farm over the last 14 yearn has cost an average of sl7 A0 for all feed required to put an indi- vidual into the herd as a first calf heif- er. These replacements have been aver- aging better than 8,000 pounds of milk their first year In the herd. The figures show there’s little chance of losing money on a 0,000-pound heifer that ooet only SB7 A0 to produoa. Drop our new Federal budget on a Nasi and he’d be convinced he's in wrong without reading It -- ■ A Hitler may be at Smolensk but the changes are he’s pot smillngsh COOPERATION AND VICTORY l Pointing out the serious respon- sibility which tanners hare in the present emergency, L. E. Raper, an official from the Richmond office ot Southern States Cooperative, deliv- ered an address on the subject, '‘Co- operation and Victory,” in Baltimore January 23, before a regional con- ference of members of Southern States boards of directors and advis- ory boards in this section. He reminds his hearers that noth- ing short of the best efforts of every farmer in the nation can ac- complish the goals set in the Food- for-Freedom program. "Your great task is to' do what agriculture, what every farmer in Amreica, must do to win this war,” Mr. Raper continued. “An equally vital task yet ahead is to help win and keep the peace. Let us not be faint hearted; this time we want no half-way temporary peace. We want the peace treaty written aa soon as possible, but not until the flags of democracy and freedom fly over Berlin and Tokyo. “Business, labor, and government cannot preserve liberty and keep Amtrlca going forward. Only when we build agriculture strong enough to compel teamwork, fair play, and justice will there be real liberty and real freedom for all.” Among the recommendations made by Mr. Raper were the follow- ing: 1. Pay off indebtedness. 2. Build up reserves against after- war depression. 3. Produce as much as possible without buying more land, or mak- ing undue investments in either equipment or livestock. 4. Grow as much food and feed as possible at home; buy as little as possible. 6. Do as many jobs as possible on or near the farm.” In talking on “The Farm Supply Situation,” Paul Mullinix, Elkton, a representative of the cooperative, warned his hearers that farm sup- plies will he increasingly hard to get and that farmers should start immediately to fortify themselves against problems involved. He urged that farm machinery and equipment be repaired and made to last as long as possible and that scrap iron and, used rubber be gathered up and started through the proper chan- nels so that they mhy be reproces- sed. , T. Roy Brookes, Bel Air, a direc- tor of the cooperative, presided over the conference which was attended by 123 farm leaders. o GOING PLACES WITHOUT AUTO The old gray mare may come back, and American farmers may sing, “The old family bus, she ain’t what she used to be,” in the topsy- ■tiurvey world at war. Horses, bi- cycles, bus lines, and plain walking are among possible substitutes for a vanishing automobile in open spaces. Farm families will do more ad- justing fian most population groups, if war outlasts the automobile sup- ply, it appears from results of a Con- sumer Purchase Study, “Family Ex- penditures for Automobiles and Other Transportation,” by Dr. Day Monroe and associates of the Bureau of Home Economics, U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture. Nine-tenths of transportation money spent by families of farm operators in almost every section of the country has been going into automobile travel, the survey shows. Many farm, and also many village families, at present have little choice as to means of local travel. If they lack an automobile or horses and carriage, they go on foot. Bus and streetcar service are not generally available in these areas tor trips to the shopping center, to church, school, or homes of friends. New England villages are found to be an exception. Many of these are on pub- lic transportation systems linking them with nearby town centers. It’s a long-distance come-back that the gray mare must stage should she become a leading lady of the transportation world again, the survey indicates. Only 6% of farm families in the Pennsylvania-Ohio farm country included In the survey were found to be using horse-drawn conveyances for family travel. In other farm sections, this manner of getting around was even rarer. The transportation survey, pub- lished shortly before the United States entry into the present war, analyses the means of transporta- tion which representative groups of city, village, and farm dwellers have customarily been using, presenting the material according to income levels- The publication is available from the Superintendent of Docu- ments, Washington, D. C., at 30 cents a copy. o ■■■ GOVERNOR GALLS ON STATE TO AID RED CROSS By official proclamation, Governor Herbert R. O’Conor has called upon all the people of Maryland to give cooperation in the raising ot the $1,000,000 Red Cross War Fund, which is Maryland’s allotment in the $30,000,000 War Fund cam- paign initiated by President Roose- velt Citing the “great humanitarian ac- complishments of the Red Cross in previous wars and / emergencies, and its complete readiness to under- take any welfare or related activ- ities incident to the wars now rag- ing", Governor O’Conor declared that the Red Cross merited the “un- stinted support” ot every resides! ot our Stain