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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1919)
REILLY’S BUCKS RETURN FROM THE FRONT Soldiers Learn Poultry Farming METHODS OF HANDLING HENS Labor-Saving Appliances Are of Value on Poultry Farm—Orchard Fur nishes Range. (Prepared by the United- States D epart m ent o f A griculture.) In general the simplest methods of handling poultry are best, especially on general farms, where poultry Is n side issue, though such farms furnish the bulk of the poultry production, j Labor-saving appliances are of value i on poultry farms, but are not always ! practical on general farms. Women nnd children can do most of the poul try work on n general farm and there by. release the labor of the men for other farm work. On general farms, place the poultry house convenient to the dwelling house in order to save steps. Tlie One Hundred and Forty-ninth artlttvry, familiarly known ns Reilly's Bucks, has returned from France, and One house holding from 75 to 150 Chicago, Danville nnd other cities of the middle West, whence most of these hard fighters balled, are rejoicing In their hens can be used to advantage, allow homecoming. The photograph shows some of the artillerymen on their transport nnd. Inserted, Col. Henry J. Reilly, ing the hens free range all the time. An excellent arrangement is to have their commander. the house near an orchard, which fur nishes a good range for the hens. By allowing free range the hens will pick SCENE DURING THE RIOTING IN CAIRO, EGYPT up all the necessary green feed and will also get n considerable amount of their grain feed. Keep large hop pers containing dry mash before the hens constantly, so that it will be neces sary to feed the scratch grains only once or twice dally. Very little more labor is required in caring for a flock containing from 100 to 150 hens than is required for from 30 to 100 hens, provided all the hens are kept in one house nnd have n large free range. A separate shed or a room In the laying house can be utilized to advan tage for hatching chickens with hens. Till*Is i I k > first |ili ilogrii|ili received In tills country showing n scene In Cglro during the rioting attendant on the rmtlc unllst revolt In Egypt. Natives are shown carrying the American llag, for which they cheered boisterously. It was ii peaceable demonstration, hut was followed in a few hours by n bloody light with British troops. Poultry on Range Requires Less Care. setting as many hens as possible at time; this saves lnbor, ns it takes only a little while longer to care for a number of setting hens than for one hen. Confine the setting hens to their nests and allow them otl to come off at one time dally. An Incubator may be used for hatching the eggs and the chicks may he put under hens for brooding, especially early in the sea son, when It Is difficult to get hens to set as enrly as Is desirable to produce early chickens. Raise the chickens under hens, put ting from 15 to 25 chickens with each hen, nnd confine The hens to small coops placed on a good green sod, or n field of some growing crop whereby the young chickens will have free range on fresh innd. A considerable number of hens with broods of ehlrk- ens can be kept In a limited spaoe where the hens are confined to the coops. In sections where commercial hatch eries exist the furraer can have his eggs hatched there and thus save the labor of hatching the chicks. These chickens can he reared with hens, or a stove brooder which will cover NO-8, one of the three big planes which the nnvy department will send out from 200 to 400 chicks may be used to on the transatlantic flight, has made successful trial trips, carrying her full good advantage, thereby saving labor complement of men and cargo. She is shown here ns she was starting out in feesilng and caring for the Thicks from Kocknwuy. nnd still allowing the young chickens free range. By the use of these com mercial hatcheries nil the chickens can be hatched at one time and the chick BRITAIN'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY SHIP ens can be brought out early in the spring, at which time It Is most profit Sir Robert Borden unveiling a me able to hatch nnd raise chickens. morial to Canadians who hove died at the duchess of Connaught's Red Cross hospital at Taplow, England, nnd who WATCH FOR LICE ON CHICKS are burtod in this Italian garden on Where Peata Are Found Make Appli the grounds of Major Astor. The gar Small Amount of Lard— den was turned Into a cemetery for cation of Provide Shade. the Canadian dead. Watch for head lice on chicks; i f found grease the head of each chick Too Many Eggs. with a small amount of lard. Do not My neighbor nnd I had been strlv- use with the lard, as often ad j Ing for a long time to see who could vised. wH Allow of shade, as the j produce the most eggs from a certain hot sun’s rays plenty are often fatal to fresh i number of chickens. Each dny when ly greased chicks. J met him at the office and told him | how many eggs I got he invariably had two or three more than L So one day I PROPER FEEDING IN SUMMER and | Advisable*to Give Too Rich Food eggs that had Not During Extremely Hot Days—Not been laid the day before Into the nests Easily Handled. we went to n funeral and upon our return I Invited him In to see my coop and chickens, and to my horror the It Is best not to feed too heavily, or hens had laid more eggs during my ab of too rich food, during the extremely sence. He remarked: "Ton have hot days which are experienced oc in summer because over H. M 8. Furious, the most extraordinary vessel in the British navy. Is In more eggs than chickens.” AH I could casionally digestive systems cannot handle reality t hufe floating aerodrome which, aa can be seen by the photograph, say was that I didn't gather them yea loaded the food aa well In the extreme heat. terday.—Chicago Tribune. «antes not only alrplanea but also a large airship. NC-3 MAKES SUCCESSFUL TRIAL TRIPS A general view of the poultry farm at base hospital No. 28 at Fork Sheridan, III. The men are here seen feeding the Chickens, looking them over, and making a careful study of them, as some day they may have a little chicken farm of their own. They are improving their time to learn while Uncle Sam gives them the opportunity. •i W h a t Is M a n ? ” Interesting Answer Dealing W ith Physical Makeup Bowlegged Fellows Are Not Likely, to Faoe Poverty— ' Bad Luok for Turn-In Toes There is an old saying that a bandy legged boy will never lack warn stockings, meaning that he will never be in want of money, so that folk whose friends nre npt to be rude about their manner of Valking may find con- sojatlon therein, says a writer In Lon don Answers. On the other hand, persons who walk In a fashion which quickly wears down their heels nre likely one dny to be in need of cash, while knock:kneed folk, though they have the abiiity to get wealth, have not the power to at tract love—so it is said: A long, stride and a swinging walk are good—they Imply that there may be ups nnd downs, but good fortune will never get far away, and will come out on top eventually. Bad luck follows In the train of those who habitually turn in their toes, however, and an ancient adage hns It that the man who always walks on the tips of his toes Is likely to end his days In prison. So watch your step! A man weighing 150 pounds will con tain approximately 3,500 cubic feet of gas—oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen— in his constitution, which at 80 cents a thousand cubic fqet would be worth" $2.80 for illuminating purposes, as serts a writer In the Electrical Ex perimenter. He also contains all the necessary fats to make a 15-pound candle, nnd thus, together with his 3,500 cublc'fect of gnses, lie possesses considerable Illuminating possibilities. His system contains twenty-two pounds and ten ounces of carbon, or enough to mnke 780 dozen, of 0,360 lend pencils. There are about fifty grains of iron In his blood and the rest of the body would supply enough of this metal to make one spike large enough to hold his weight. A healthy man contains fifty-fotir ounces of phosphorus. This deadly . poison would make 800,000 matches or enough poison to kill 500 persons. This, with two ounces of lime, make the stiff bones and brains. No difference how sour n man looks, THE CHAPERON he contains about sixty lumps of sugar L * of the ordinary cubical dimensions, and’ to make the seasoning complete, there I take my chaperon to th e play—t thinks she’s taking me. are twenty spoonfuls of salt. If a A She th e glided youth who owns the box, man were distilled into water, he nd A proud young m an Is he; would make about thirty-eight fpinrts, B ut how would his young h eart be hurt could only know or more than half his entire weight. If T h he for his sweet sake I go He also contains n great deal of starch, N or at y not et the trifling show. chloride of potash, magnesium, sul B ut to see to my see chaperon flirt. phur nnd hydrochloric acid in his won er eyes beneath her snowy h air derful human system. Break the H They young as mihe; shells of 1,000 eggs Into a huge pan or T here’s sparkle scarce a w rinkle In her hand basin, nnd you have the contents of a So delicate ahd fine. w hen my chaperon Is seen. man from his toennlls to the most And come from everyw here— delicate tissues of his brain. And ttys They The dear old boys w ith silvery hair. is the scientific answer to 4he question, W ith old-tim e grace and old-tim e air. To greet their old-time queen. “Whaf is man?” They bow as my young Midas here w ill never learp to bow Britisher Reads Stars (The dancing m asters do not teach T hat gracious reverence now); and Sees New World W ar W ith voices quavering Just a bit. to Begin in June 1926 They play their old p arts through, T hey talk of folk who used to woo, Of h earts th a t broke In fifty-two— There will be another world war be Now none the worse for w ear. ginning in June. 1020. according to a And as those aged crickets chirp writer in the British Journal of As I w atch my chaperon's face. trology. This prophet, who signs him And see the dear old features take A new and tender grace; self “Sepharinl,” asks for n serious A nd her happy eyes 1 see nearing, inasmuch ns he claims to H er In youth akening bright, have published a year in advance In W ith ali Its aw hope, delight— each case the exact date of the war Ah. me! I wish th desire, a t I were quite As young—as gay as she! of 1914 and of the cessation of hos —H enry Cuyier Bunner. tilities. “The first phnse of the next war,” he writes, “will begin with Turkey, whose perfidy will lead to its final overthrow in 1921-22. This time Prus sian intrigue will dominate the posi tion in the near East, affecting Greece, Turkey and Russia. But, according to m.v calculations, the great crisis will not be reached until June, 1926. "In this great wnr, which may he regarded as Prussia’s counter to the wni of 1914-18, the malevolent forces take their rise in Vienna nad Berlin, ascend to Petrogrnd, penetrate through the whole of Russia aud descend via the Black sea nnd Turkey in Asia, on to Syrja and Palestine.” Another allied victory la predicted by Sepharlal. PITH AND POINT You can alwnys Judge the wheels in a man’s head by the spokes that come from his mouth. When a girl makes an assign ment of her lore her sweetheart Is Immediately appointed as re ceiver. Every time a man discovers that some woman has deceived him hts vanity gets a severe paralytic stroke. Taking a walk on an empty stomach is said to care Indiges tion—bat you should be careful stomach you walk on. Familiar “ Hoss-Shoe” Game Proves a Magnet for Many, Despite the Call to Duty The custom of using horseshoes In stead of the large, lint metal rings with tvhleh the game of qr.o>.s 1» pro fesslonally played wns ancient when Joseph Strutt wrote his “Sport and Pastimes of the Feople of England.” well over a hundred yenrs ago, and, according to n traveler In modern New England, they nre still so used In that part of the world. The traveler tells of seeing two Maine farmers meet early oue morning in the road In front of a farmhouse. ‘Til play you a game of hoss-shoes,” suggested one. ‘T il play you Just one game,” said the other. “I’ve got-a lot of work to do today." So they began playing, and when the traveler passed that way again late in the afternoon they were still at It. They had been play ing horseshoes all day. and the farm er’s wife confided to the traveler, not altogether with admiration, that they hadn't stopped even for dinner. New Chances. We all get new chances, . . . not second chances In the same set of cir cumstances; but the groat difference between one person and another is, how he takes hold of and uses his first chance, and how he takes his fall If It la scored against him.—Thpjnaa Hughes.