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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1913)
a NOTES SW 5fM aTI--' iKV . rv Y bfjyUNTZ 0VERSIW 6 A LuaarowENtt aonn"-1' m-i irtlrlM and lllustratlona must not l". .printed without special permte- U rwrlnt ton I TM POPULAR WHITE EQQ-IT8 ..' mi ii' ' -owning for eome fadt . f,,'i,'H, mid milium these la the for white or brown shelled egRa ffblle RukUbIi egg sellers dip white Lass .m Into walnut stain to get Bjnivw - - II, color to catch the fancy price. New MM PJ premium iur ms cnnmy t.il. Iti ll..a(nn llmwnlnn flltr. wniie ' -- -,. I-,,, MM n(1 tiroB Den rru" 0ivinoinoiii No ue talking. Hip pure white egg la !. mill the criixe for It la ao ei- Mdint: that It will noon be national. rortimatelv. the white egg layers are devout prolific and so numeroua. Thtrt mi' rort.r tnree atanaani ra Mas tbit lay white hen fruit, divided THAT CARVINQ LEefiJOrt " , Father ever waa -tl . nK l Of hla aklll with i-iu nR knife; Carving gooae no o. could beat" him i Well, you better bet your i:f ' Ha would awing Uia knlre brfora him, Mnkn quirk atahs at empty air And go through tha carving process Aa If gander waa right there. "Boy," he aald, "go buy a fat encee. I muet teach to you the trick. Tou will aurely be accomplished If at carving you are allck. "Aak the preacher, too, to dinner. lie minus ne can carvp a gooaa. Well, he'll aee an exhibition When your papa, dear, cuta looael H. t went and bought a gander. Miiat have been In Noah'a ark; He waa tougher than aota leather Tanned and ratanned In oak bark, rather eharpaned up the carver. Swung It round and round In air: Then ha want for that old gander With a now-you-watch-me air. Whang I Tha knlfa bounced back f dander made a wondroua aprlng And went bouncing round the table Really Ilka a living thing, Whacked tha preacher on tha bald top. flmeared Aunt Sarah'a beat allk drees, flplaahed the preacher'a wife with grary And just made an awful maaa. No, I never mention carving. Nor doea popper any more. When that gander took to aklddln' Pop couldn't hold In my, he aworal Did wa eat 'ImT Well, you bet notl Old Tige'e got 'lm In the lot He'a been chewln for a weak now. But he can't And one weak apot C M HAItNITZ. aaTB aw B it -' A assasaV Baai V ai r-lr-rr3aSaJ tot kr C. M Barnlta. nm Lsuuoaxe, w..i O-Ampio . B u follows I .eg horns, eight varte- Uloorcaa, three; I'ollah, eight; eight, lliunliurg, all; Hpanlah, In AhiIiIiimIhiih. Anconaa, Ilotidana. uwtweura, I a Flee be, Bed cape, tin Mini. BlIklt'N nod Sultana. Ofueie the leghorns excel. nlnfte comb white Leghorn, "the of daetlny." la queen of white egg Ikjin tba world'a greeteet layer, the hen that holds sway oo most p inartca'a egg plants sod the egg Ihraer dependence to bring the long Aj to which breed lays the let white egg, the Black Minorca BjI BooJaii fun. U-m msae tho same to. but wa rather think the Minorca Mitt are easy winners on this m aaN ot these white egg layers are ttitri for market tat lack Id alee and Julcnees and krj to fatten, while others hare a ilte ak I u and mulish flesh and or alate blue legs that do not atlbe America u fsd. cuiuee a New York raoatatr tin r i&4 declares he haa evolved a new ST'T gSBBgsl . gSTfr r aHaaaaxSras A age Mf - smS nsT Xkss asaxaxaxf i ' '.aaff aal asL II 1 " H gxaTl ll LssrT i aaxaWsi L ll f-BaxasBxl BnxeKB ' - 'afatxaxl gsxaBi M. Barnlta. 'taayc. waiTg Pat ahkh k ., . tarsu rrwi. "" Ctaj thia fowl baa tba laying CI . norn and tba meat IPeJ tad abu. . n, ., P "w OrlalnatAr .- , SaUZ new Drd Will revolu- u wai. ,uuuir7- we are satis 1 1 r k 3 " " Uew creation now sell at t". so buy early and avoid the . , DONTai. ia r thi-i. . . faadT el lirb On poul tjf 'tous. if. free gratis for Wr. 0f Xt to 'rneutd, aaaisj poisonous. atw0! blrU for the la mw ""tmen, " " w"uuul " rta'if'lfh7 JWT ,r1Ir, aDOUt ihom Fl bi. i y cuux froul d stock C? "n fed iul w -, --. KURIO PROM KORRESPONOINTt Q. 1'lesse tell me If the ahunka and aolea of the feet of the Black Cochin and Black Langahnn are the aame col or. A. The Black Langahan has a pinkish white sols and hlulah black ahank and toes, and the Black Cochin line a yellow sole end yellowish blsck shnnk snd toss. U I nm raising Belgian hnrea and notice you snswer queationa concerning them. I have serernl with enr canker. Would you use the aame remedy for thla aa for chlckena A. No. Honk the canker crueta with lukewarm wa ter, gently rc.nove and apply powdered bornclc acid ones a day until cured. Q. Will I get a letter layer by cross ing Mingle Comb White Leghorns with , White Orplngtnna? A. No. The White Orpingtons nre one-third White I, eg- . horna, fine tiilnl llliick llnniliurg and 'no iiiinl White Dorking. Don't waate tlmo spolllug two good bresda to ruuks a worse chicken. Q. What la a aerratlonT A. A point on a rooster'a comb. Q. I havs a Wyandotts cock bird I wish to show, but find two of his mstn tall festhers are bmksn off. How long will It take the atuba of these fen there to drop out and new ones to grow In? The show Is nlus wssks off. A. No telling when the old stubs will drop out Batter pull st ones, snd the new feathers will grow foil else In fig to eight weeha. PIATHIR. AND IQMHILLt. A fanner at WllkeaUarra. I's.. wss arrested by ths sealer of wstghta and measure, for giving short weight on chickens, but was released after trial because the court didn't belbrrs ba meant to cbaat though the weight was wrong. There are lota of anti quated scales, many of them oat of gear, and ws advise our friends to gat their scalea tested lest they maka s mistake and tbua lose their reputa tions. This Includes the town mer chant aa wall as the rurallte. Better atudy tba law In your atate for weights and uieeaures and scsles, for In eome ststee tha uee of certain scales Is for bidden. A California vacuum cleaner sgent on being turned down everywhere turn ed the machine loose In a Held fall of grasshoppers. It cleaned 'em right up All the farmers now sre dom' It Re cently near Newman, ral., a two horse team was seen following the cleaners. Tha grasshoppers were being sucked and bsuled to the drying shed Bully turkey feed r Wall, rather I Tha principal elements of food sre protein (builder), tsrbobydratss (fattsn ar), ash (mineral) and fiber (wests). Such grains as oats, barley and buck wheat have much waata; tba Indigesti ble bull at hard to grind. In feeding them grit to grind snd wster to soak the bull abould be before the fowls. John Verhoov. ueer raterson, N. J., could uot understand the disappear ance of hla chickens While watching he saw a flying worm soar over tba fence. An old hen grabbed it and. squawk, she was gone! Boon tba flying worm sppeared again. Tba watcher grabbed it, found a book and a Una and at the other and caught threw bora with six of his choice bens. Letting chlckena run wild to pick op tbelr own feed entirely la to reduce them to a atate of nature which means that they will do air their laying In tba spring, like the rest of the birds. When a highwayman held up John Moran of Blcbfleld. N. J.. Moran struck the robber on the bead with a turkey and knocked him flat Perhapa It waa stuffed with lead elugs Ilka those our Innocent New York friends bought for Christ maa. It does not taks many drone cows or nana to eat the profit made by the pay ing ones, and they should be tested out. If some farmers would Join s cow testing association they would ba sur prised to And thet few of their cows pay a profit It only coats a small fee to Mud out Winter egge are extras, as It is only uatural for a hen to lay In aprlng and summer To lay these eitras s ban muet bsvs extras, snd the fellow who will not cater to Biddy's sppetite 1 tba cold season will get left $& . alteTvVtarVvuK THE ARGUS Has made arrangements and is giving to its readers A Special Legislative News Service Keeping them informed as to the actions of each individual member as well as laws that are likely to be, or have been, passed during the present term For the moderate price of $1.00 You get The Argus for one year Vtf I T H special equipment The Argus office is now pre pared to do the highest grade of COMMERCIAL & SOCIETY PRINTING I i. W theu nzab.