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INTEREST IN POULTRY No Visible Sign of Over-Supply in Products. Farmer»’ W ive» Study Detalle of Busi ness and Are Eager to Learn of Better Ways to Care for Fowls— Conditions Change. THE ‘The NEW 1915 REO Car that Carrie* You Sufely." (B y J. W E L D E R .) The fanner's Ideas of poultry-rals- tajc have changed considerably from what they were a few years ago. Everywhere on the farms a more In telligent Interest Is being taken In the subject. The farmer at last has realised that the poultry Is a good source of Income, and Is willing to take some trouble and spend a little money to make It even more so. Instead of leaving the womenfolks to struggle along with the fowls as best they may, without any help or conven iences. Not much In the way of eggs was expected of them, and they fully real ised these expectations. Vsually they U Copyright by The Century Ceu CHAPTER XX—Continued. His face lightened. The weight of the shock passed. He threw off the awe of the glad news. He smiled the smile of a happy child. “ Naow, mother, we kin buy back our old chair, the rocker with the red roses onto 1L Seems ter me them roses must ‘a’ knowed all the time that this was a-goin' ter happen. They was jest as pert an' sassy thar last day— ” Angy laughed. She laughed softly and with unutterable pride in her hus band. "Why, father, don't yer see yew kin buy back the old chair, an' the old place, too, an' then have plenty ter sparer* "So we kin, mother, so we kin;** he nodded his head, surprised. He plunged his hands Into bis pockets, as if expecting to find them filled with gold. "Wonder ef Sam'l wouldn't lend me a dollar or so In small change. Ef I only had somethin' ter jingle, mebbe I could git closer to this fac'." A Pure-Bred. He drew her to him, and gave her waist a jovial squeeze. "Hy-guy, did not supply what eggs were need mother, we're rich! Hain't it splen ed in the farmer's family, and the did?** termer often remarked to his wife: Their laughter rang out together— ~Tour chickens are a perfect nuis trembling, near-to-tears laughter. The ance. I can't set a thing down but old place, the old chair, the old way, they are Into It.” (poor things! It wa* and— plenty! Plenty to mend the that or go hungry!) "and they don't' shingles. Aye. plenty to rebuild the lay an egg " house, if they chose. Plenty with Conditions are changing. The most which to win back the smiles of Angy's o f the responsibility for the poultry garden. The dreadful dream of need, on the farms still rests on the worn and lack, and want, of feeding at the en. but Instead of being considered a hand of charity, was gone by. nuisance, the fowls are treated with Plenty! Ah, the goodness and great respect and consideration, as an im ness of God! Plenty! Abe wanted to portant part of the business of the cry It out from the housetops. He farm. They have neat, comfortable wanted all the world to hear. He houses, and yards, and scratching wished that he might gather his wealth sheds, where they can be contented together and drop it piece by piece and happy, and keep industriously at among the multitude. To give where work In cold as well as warm weath he had been given, to bloesom with er. The farmer and his wife both abundance where he had withered now feel it to be a reflection on their with penury! management if the hens do not lay The llttlq wife read his thoughts. more eggs than the family uses, in "W e'll save Jest enough fer ourselves winter as well as summer. ter keep us In comfort the rest of our It Is a common thing to see a beau lives an’ bury us decent.'* tlful flock of pure-bred poultry on a They were quiet a long while, both farm and when farmers or farmers sitting with bowed heads as if in wives meet, it. Is seldom they part prayer; but presently Angy raised her without asking: “ How are your hens face with an exclamation of dismay: doing? Are they laying well?” and “ Don't it beat all. that it happened unless it Is already known, they are | jest tew late ter git in this week's ■ure to ask each other: “ What breed! 'ShorevtUe Herald!’ *’ o f hens do you keep?" “ Tew late?” exclaimed the new- They are studying the poultry bus! j fledged capitalist. "Thar hain't nothin' ness In all its details, and are eager! tew late fer a man with money. W e'll to learn of better ways of caring for i hire the editor tew git out another pa their fowls and of conveniences tc j per, fust thing term orrerl” use about the work. In some neighborhoods the women CHAPTER XXI. o f the farm meet on certain after noons, to talk over their experiences with their poultry; to discuss the questions o f feeding and caring for them, and to read together the poultry helps to be found in the agricultural sections o f the newspapers This interest is not confined to the farms, but is also felt in the small towns and villages At the meetings o f the aid societies you will hear dis cussions on how to care for the hens to make them lay, and many a woman living In a small town helps out her husband’s income by nearly, or quite paying the grocery bills with eggs and poultry from a small flock ol pure-bred fowls kept in the yard. A good cow is the best milk ma chine. 0 0 0 One of the farm teams should be brood mares. m 0 0 It is best for the average farmer to handle the draft breeds. • • * Strong, vigorous cows are more re sistant to disease than their weakei sisters. • • • Protein may now be bought cheapet In cottonseed meal than In any other purchased feed. • • • Spasmodic salting, a handful In the manger when you happen to think o f it, is not the best way, • • » Much depends upon the early train- lug of the colt. Teach a rapid walk the first thing when the colt is put In harness • • » In the cold parts of the country, every window should have a tight board shutter to close over the win dow on cold nights. • • • Prof A A McDowell of Wisconsin says It Is easily possible for farmers to double or even treble their crops Bv better «ng diversifying. Bam'l tew daw business. They picked lather and Mother—not Angy and out my clothes betweeu them ytst'day Abel Why Father and Mother? A arternoon deown tor Injun village, In year ago no oue could have foreeeeo tbs Emporium. Haow yew like 'em? the fortune, nor have prophesied th« Spleudld, eh? Bee my yaller silk hand possession of the room by another el kerchief, tew T We Jest dropped In ter derty couple. git our things. Ws thought mebbe Angy drew near to Abe. and Abe to yew'd want ter slick up the room an’ Angy. They locked arms and stood git ready fer the new— ** looking at the pillows. He saw, and He was allowed to say no more. Ths she saw. the going back to the old bed sisters, who had been kissing and hug room In the old home across the wood» ging Angy one by one, now swooped and over the field the going back upon blm. He was hugged, too, with And In sharp contrast they each re warg). generous congratulation, his called the flr^t time that they had hands were both shaken until they stepped Beneath that root nearly hall ached, and hla clothes and Angy's si- a century ago the tlrst homecoming ! lently admired. Hut no oue said a — when her mother heart and hi* word, for not one of the staters was father-heart had been tilled with th« able to speak. Angy, thinking that hope of children -children to blest she divined a touch of Jealousy, has their marriage, children to complete A Car o f alwoluts dependability, ronsDIent in dally perform- tened to throw off her wrap and dis their homo, children to love, children anre, economical in fuel and upkeep; reHned, Improved and priced play the familiar old woru silk gowu to feed them with love In return. low because KKO purchasing power and manufacturing con beneath. "Det's adopt some loetle folks," said ditions make low price possible. "I told Abe I Jest wouldn't git a Angy, halt In a whisper. T in afesrd Always ready lo take the road, be It smooth or rough alert, new silk until you each had one made the old place'll seem lonesome with eager with an excess o f reserve power to meet any contingency. tew. Blossy sent for the samples. out—** Visit with the nearest Iteo dealer, or write to us for full, free Hlossy—■’* “ Might better adopt the sisters;'* he information about this wonderful car. "A ll I need’s a shroud,” Interrupted spoke almost gruffly. “ 1 alters did Aunt Nancy grimly. The Reo Four $1050. The Reo Six $13K5 think young 'uus would be the most Angy and Abo both stared at her. comfort tew yew after they growed F. O. B. Factory. She did look gray this morning. She up." A LIM ITED TERRITORY Ol’ KN FOR RELIABLE AGENTS. did seem feeble and her cough did “ A baby Is dretful cunnln',** Angy Reo Service covers every mile of the way from the Canadian sound hollow. The other elsters persisted. “ But,’* she added sadly, “ I border to Mexico glanced also at Auut Nancy, and Sarah don't suppose a teethin' mite would Jane took her hand, while she nudged And much In common with us." Mrs. Homan with her free elbow and “ Anyway," vowed Abe. suddenly Distributors for I’ arliie Northwest. F. W. VOGLER. I’ resident Mrs. Homan nudged Kuby Dee and beginning to unfasten the pillow Ruby Dee glanced at Daiy Daisy shams, "theee belong ter us, an' I'm and Lasy Daisy drawled out mean a-gotn' ter take 'em.” ingly: They went down stairs silently, the "Miss A bigail!” shams wrapped In a newspaper carried LEARN For Hat of Anutrlntn firm* «•mi-ktylnv AMERICA5 Then Miss Abigail, twisting the under his arm. in MOl’TII AMI .»(If A .«ml 11 un Bout! AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING AND DRIVING LAHOR edge of her apron nervously, spoke: "Waal, naow,"— he tried to apeak Affl*ritifi Serving (V. 117. S am Fi«n< im - o . (*aJ. •t th* boat «qulpt-cd. moot up-tt4lU and only "Much obliged to you I be In behalf cheerfully as they rejoined the others, prartual Autom«>bil« $ch«*»l m th« N<»Cthw«at. o' all the sisters. Brother Abe an' ter and he pushed his way toward th« L A M Auto K«palr to.. JU HawAmw A»«. FwilaaA th Angy tew. We know yew'll treat us dining-room—“ I'll go an' git iny cup A riliHT ON HU2H New an«l H«ron»l-han»l Ag«nta f--r Tb«»r and K»«*»l ---- >^xr^ \ |>ric«> Why pay |4 to |lo akir Writ« f«-r f'ata'otfu«« and Rwcnnil band »rin right. W e know that yew,” resting an' sasser.” ,/\ v O O f»»r « pair of gin*--« whan Li»»* Art! tMYlli (U 1/4 1 1* IJ* It. fwtUaA. 0* * « her eyes on Abe'e face, “ will prove ter But Miss Abigail blocked the door, v C R V Ms 1 ran IU your «y«* with r* ^ B rat quality In ms*« in a be the ‘angel unawares' that wo been again blushing, again confused. gol»I nilwl frame- m low aa fl (naa W Goad* entertainin', but we don't want yew ter "That 'Tew • our - Beloved-'Brother nu»:. 800 Mon on 8l Portland « » ». tila»*«» fit { '« » m i * 111 •*«! hav« y«u r ih - h ii H ««am in o l ' 111 j UM |h„ v„ ry a. I«|||||i« waste yer money on a cartload o’ silk cup,” ehe said gently, her eyea not twi by mall. Writ« fur i articulai*. painl»Mnwth<*l- OK. A. W. KKKNK. dresses. Ail we ask o' yew is Jest meeting the wound In hla, “ we ’bout U I H Washington HI., Portland | enough tew allow us ter advertise fer concluded yew'd better leave here for WEEKS’ BREAK UP A-COLD TABEEIS another brother member ter take yer the one what answers the ad. Yew A guaranteed remedy for Colds and ORTLAND BARRER COLLEG I.a Grippe. Price 2f>o o f your druggist. place.” got so much naow, an' him— " T«a«'h«a th « T ra il« 8 W ««ka. Benin, Far« Maasaar« a HpoeiaUy. Tunta Free, Who could describe the expression She did not finish. She could not I t ’a good. Take nothing else. Auv. Pont Mon« (luarattlaad. PAY while- LKARN1NO that flashed across Abe’s face?— hurt She felt rather than saw the blazing 293 Madlaon HL, Portland. Orrgon astonishment, wounded pride, jealous of Abe's old eyes. Then the tiro be W A 1 neath his brows db-d out and a mist incomprehension. 14th and Washington Htn.. Portland. Or«. RUPTURED M»lut« earn "T er take my place!” he glanced obscured his sight. Rtutni with bath, f l &*> i*«r tiny. Uujtna without fort arid m any < m r s p a w to iita f l I 1 -n* h SI >«' p t f <U m oorv-U -*« g u a ran !« « W rit« for f'K K K l*.»k "Gals." he asked >bly, "would about the hall defiantly. Who dared J a y W W tlaun. SU 2 C««nm*re al (Hub Ituikling to enter there and take his place?— his yew ruther have u new ‘beloved All Outside Rooms—Firtprool Construction Portland. Orvgun. brother'?" place! Npvclal Hat«a fur porm atw nt gueata. o « 4 kh k m artm A m mr— i-wniat V ic to r B ran d t. Prut» “ This is a old ladies' home,“ he pro 1.-^ 1. ill.. met. pri-«.: (.»Id, For a space there was no answer R o m Flnn«*gan. M gr. S ll* « r . J.wi.1, I. (— 14, W l l . f , I.".-, li" M . W-; /.ii.. tested. "What right you got stakin' Aunt Nancy's head was bowed In hei •r( «.|-p«r »1 .4 full prituli, wu* .j . (I»w4 <•« (Vn-r,.l •• -t 1‘n.i.tr. w'>rX nr in a good-fer-nuthin' old man? Mebbe hands. Iaizy Daisy was openly sob Ik tU iL iU jU .n .L . tk iO . he'd rob yew er kill yew! When men blng. Miss Elite was twisting her fin Insult to ths Bee. git ter rampagin’, yew can't tell what gers nervously In and out—she un A L L MAKES An Insult to tha bn« Is to n rj the they might dew.” wound them to clutch at Angy's arm T h « only w trietly It ir y c !« Sa U*« room and R «- name to dnnotu a crazy or erratic per Sarah Jane nodded her head know as If to hold her. At last Mies Abigail p a ir Shop In Portland PrU*« liât «*n applica son, as th« b «« la possibly the most tion. W 'rlt« UM 13th St., (o r n a r W ashin gton. ingly. ae if to exclaim; spoke with so unaccustomed a sharp methodical of all Insects, with tho ness that her voice seemed not her ” 1 told yer so !” S C O V I L L ’S C Y C L E R Y jKisstbln exception of the ant Then- But Miss Abigail hurriedly ex own: fore the expression “ He has bees In ‘‘Sech a foolish question as that no plained that it was a man and wife his bonnet" Is an offensive phrase ex that they wanted. She blushed as she body In their sound senses would ask.' One Penalty of Fame. cept tbat It may mean a buzzing In Abe sat down in his old place at th« added that of course they would not The Victim "Ptomaine poisoning the head, such as president and other flrealde and smiled a thousand smile« take a man without bis wife. eh? Well. 1 surely was a blame fool political aspirants aru said to he af "No, Indeed! That'd be highly im In one. He smiled and rubbed bl* to eat the stuff." The Doctor- "Hut, flicted with. ‘‘Hhs's whiles crack- hands before the blaze. The blaze It proper,” smirked Ruby Dee. my dear sir, you can't establish your brained and has a bee In her head” Then Abe went stamping to the self seemed scarcely more bright ant self as a recognized epicure without a was not worthy o ' " " e r Scott, warm than the light from within which touch of ptomaine now and then.”— stairway, saying sullenly: though “ All right. I ’ll give yew all the transfigured his aged face. -'leveland Plain Dealer. -------------------------- * f\ I money yew want fer advertisin', an' “ Gals,” he chuckled In his old fa V *. yew kin say he'll be clothed an' miliar way. "1 dunno how Ham'1 Gwrn huo bt • U .... u . i*.i at her dressed proper, tew, an' supplied with Darby '11 take It; but If mother's will grandmother's Several days after, terbaccer an' readin' matter besides; In', I guess I won't buy back no mor« for disobedience, her mother said to but Jest wait till the directors read of the old place, 'cept'n* Jest my her. “ Sometimes, when Utile girls are that advertisement! They had me rockln'-chalr with the red rosea ontc naughty, their mothers give them here sorter pertendln' ter be unbe It; an' all the rent o' this here plagued away.” Little Gwen looked troubled, a F. SWAG CART, Prop. knownst. Come on, Angy. Det's go money I'll hand over ter the directors, then suddenly, with a bright smile, upstairs an’ git our things. Det's— ” an' stay right here an' take my com said, "Well, mother. If you are going ' John L Sullivan " Aunt Nancy half arose from her fort." g 3-y ra r-okl J ark to give me away, please give me t« raiaad on thi* farm. chair, resting her two shaking hands grandma." Angy bent down and whispered In Brwnli-n o f on the arms of It. his ear: " I ’d ruther dew It, tew, fa Jarks: Thoroughbred Old English Public School. "Brother Abe," she called quaver- ther. Anythin' else would seem Ilk« Saddle. Relay and Harrow, the famous Kngllsh public lngly after the couple, “ I guess yew gotn' a-vlsltln*. But yew don't want Running Ilo r m ; school, was founded by John Lynn In kin afford ter fix up any objections o' ter go an' blame me,” she added anx Ilerkahirc llog«. 1571. the directors ” i lously, "e f yew git all riled up an' sick Angy pressed her husband's arm as abed ag’ln." Le x in g to n , Oregon. she joined him In the upper hall. "Pshaw, mother," he protested; “ Don’t you see. Abe. They don’t “ yew fergit I was adopted then, naow realize that that poor old gentleman, I be adoptin'. Thar's a big difference." -a T W O C A R LO A D S OF whoever he may be, won't be yew. She lifted her face, relieved, and They Jest know that yew was yew; an' smiled Into the relieved and radiant they want ter git another Jest as near faces of Abe's "children,’’ and her like yew aB they kin.” own. To lie closed out at A c t u a l C ost (T H E END.) Abe grunted, yet nevertheless went W e are going out o f the R lry rl« Hu«l- half-way down stairs again to call nen* and will eell a? Retail all our t/iyh more graciously to the sisters that he Grade h e r John urn 14 he* It at tha follow ing price« would give them a reference any time YEAR'S SUPPLY OF BABIES Ladie«* R«iadN(«r. M<*le| 1487-1«. r«ymplet« for knowing how to treat a man Just with C ow ter Brake, Mudguard* and Tima. Regular $35 Wheel*. at Facts Compiled by Statistician Will right. $26.00. Come to Many aa Something of “ That feller '11 be lucky, gals,” he Mena* Ronds ter, Model 14B7. equipped aa a Surprise. added In tremulous tones. “ I hope above, regular $35. at he'll appreciate yew as I alters done.” / $26.00. Then Abe went to join Angy In the It has been computed that about 36,- Heavy .Sen'/re Wh«el. Model 14K8-A. fully room which the sisters had given to 000,000 babies are born Into the world equipped. The Fine%i 14 heel in Am erica, regular $50. him that bitter day when the cry of each year. The rate of production S p e c ia l, $40.00. hla heart had been very like unto: Is therefore about 70 per minute, or Th i« will I»« your only opportunity to get “ Elol, Elol, lama sabachthanl!” more than one for every beat of tbe the Hlyhent Grad»’ Wheel manufactured After all, what was there of his and clock. at actual coat. A ll wheel« fully guaranteed The acute agonizing pain of Angy's here? Their garments they did With the one-a-second calculation H . T. H U D S O N A R M S CO. rheumatism is soothed at onen not need now. They would leave them every reader Is familiar, but It Is not by {Sloan's Liniment. Do not 110 Third St., Portland, Ore. rub— it penetrates to the soro behind for the other old couple that every one who stops to calculate what ^ot, bringing a comfort not was to come. There was nothing else this means when It comes to a year's reamed of until tried. Got a but some simple gifts. He took up a supply. It will, therefore, probably bottle today. pair of red wristlets that Mrs. Homan startle a good many persons to find, had knit, and tucked them In his new on the authority of a well known sta- ’ H « r « W k at O th «r* Say t overcoat pocket. He also took Abi tlstlclclan, that, could the Infants of " I highly r*rnrnmrntl your Liniment gail’s bottle of "Jockey Club" which a year be ranged in a line In cradles, aa th « b»*«t r«m**«ly for rh«um*tiNtn I rvrr U*p«i. Itpfor« u*mg it I «p«nt l«rg*- mimi he had despised so a few days ago, and the cradles would extend around the of rnon«y trying to grt relief of th« m i^ry tucked that In his watch pocket. When globe. and p*inn In limb« and bo«ly, ao 1 tri«d your I.inim«nt both iat«rna! and *xt«rnal he bought himself a watch, he would The same writer looks at the matter and I found quirk n-lirf, and now am buy a new clock for the dining-room In a more picturesque light. He Imag wrll and «trong again ” - (Jeo. Curl»«, ttb N . U lh HI., apring/teii, ¡LL down stairs, too— a clock with no such i n e the babies being carried past a H e re ’ * Proof asthmatic strike as the present one given point In their mother's arms, • ,71 w rit« and t*ll you about a possessed. All his personal belongings one by one, and the procession being fall I had down fourtrm «ttvps, nnd bruu»rd m y nrrk and hip vary bad. I oonld not —every ona of them gifts— he found kept up night and day until the last al««p at all. I ««n t ray w if« for a 25 c«nt room for In his pockets. Angy had hour In the twelfth month had passed bottl* of your Linim m t aad in two daya' f. tim « 1 w ** on ray f « « t again.” — t'W /ra even less than he. Yet they had come by. A sufficiently liberal rate Is al Uydt, /.IWLi P ra irie A —., at Louie, M o . Full information furnished upon practically with nothing—and com lowed, but even In going past at the application. pared with that nothing, what they rata of 20 a minute, 1,200 an hour, carried now seemed much. Angy hesi during the entire year, the reviewer tated over the pillow-shams. Did they at hla post would have seen only the belong to them or to the new couple to sixth part of the Infantile host come? Abe gazed at the shams too. In other words, the babe that had They had been given to him and Angy to be carried when the tramp began East for neuralgia, sciatica, sprains and last Christmas by all the sisters. They would be able to walk when but a bruises. I J were white muslin with white cambric mere fraction of Its comrades had _______________________________________________ A ll D n n f a t ,. 25c. frills, and in their centers was embroi reached the reviewer's poat, and when Send fou r cents in »tamps fo r a P. N. U. No. 1«. ISIS dered in turkey-red cotton, "Mother." the year's supply of babies was draw TRIAL BOTTLE on one pillow, “ Father,” on the other. ing to a oclose them would be a D r. E a r l S . S loan , Inc. Every sister In the Home had taken at rear guard, not of Infants, but of W H E N writing to ih a r tlH n . p ic a . i a - Dopt. B. Philadelphia, Pa. least one stitch In the namee. ” tl— »kin « « n r . ________________________ romping slx-year-old boys and girl«. “ Our Beloved Brother.*’ The services of the “ Shoreville Her ald," however, were not required to spread the news. The happiest and proudest couple on Dong Island saw their names with the story of their sudden accession to wealth in a great New York daily the very next morn ing. A tall, old gentleman with a real "barber's hair cut,’* a shining, new high hat, a suit of "store clothes” which fitted as If they had been made for him, a pair of fur gloves, and brand- new ten-dollar boots; and a remark ably pretty, old lady In a violet bonnet, a long black velvet cape, with new shoes as well as new kid gloves, and a big silver-fox muff—this was the couple that found the paper spread out on the hall table at the Old Dadles* Home, with the sisters gathered around It, peering at it, weeping over it, laughing, both sorrowing and re joicing. , “ This 'll be good-by ter Brother Abe,’’ Aunt Nancy had sniffed when the news came over the telephone the day before; and though Mies Abigail had assured her that she knew Abe would come to see them real often, the matriarch still failed to be consoled. "Hain’t you noticed, gals,” she per sisted, "that thar hain't been a death In the house sence we took him In? An* I missed my reg’lar spell o’ bron chitis last winter an* this one tew—so fur,” ehe added dismally, and began to cough and lay her hands against her chest. "That was alius the way when I was a young'un,” she continued after a while; “ I never had a pet dog or cat or even a tame chicken that It didn't up an* run erway sooner or later. This here loss, gals, '11 be the death o’ me! Naow, mark my words!” Then followed a consultation among the younger sisters, the result of which was that they met Abe In the morning with a unanimous petition. They could neither ask nor expect him to remain; that was impossible, but— “ Hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!" cried Abe. waving an imaginary flag as he entered. "Sam’1 dropped us at the gate. Him an’ Hlossy went on ter see Holmes tew dicker erbout buyin* back the old place. 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