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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, ER I DAY, iHTNK 11,15)0!). Stomach Worm Disease. Medicinal treatment Is not suceet fill in stomncb worm disease, and farmori uiunt depend on changing pas ture to eradicate this pest. 1'nsturei which cannot be cultivated ran be freed by burning and abandon ing for eighteen months If washing of tnaterinl from Infested land is pre- Tcnted. On premises where calves are lost In BtH'h large numbers each year and where all the pastures are undoubted ly Infested It would be advisable to build a small pasture on high ground that has been under cultivation and un occupied by stock for one or two sea sons and through which no small streams flow. Calves when weaned ran then be placed on this free pas ture and kept there until they are old enough to withstand attacks of the parasites, about one year or eighteen months. South Carolina Experiment Station Bulletin. Vigor In the Flock. 'ftte period of usefulness of good sheep varies much with the breed as well as with Individuals of the same breed. Soma become unprofit able at three or four years of age. others at ten or twelve or even older. Whenever a Bheep begins to show- signs of weakness, evidence of dis ease or- lack of thrift and vigor It should be removed from the flock. "AH Is lost that is poured Into a (Tasked dish;" nil Is lost that It put Into an unthrifty sheep worse than lost often, for a diseased sheep may do great damage to the flock, and when one loses thrift It loses Its nat ural power to resist disease. Nature bas marked such a one for destruction, and the shepherd should forestall na ture by disposing of it Orange Judd Farmer. Ground Bono Far Pigs. Experiments conducted at the Ne braska experiment station show a very marked Increase In the strength of bone when tankage or ground bone is fed to pigs In addition to corn. In de termining the strength of bones the two principal bones in each leg of each animal were removed and broken In a machine. There were four pigs fed in each lot, making the figures given the average of the breaking of tblrty-two bones in each lot. The average break ing strength per hundred pounds, live weight, of hogs after twenty-two weeks' feeding was as follows: Lot 1, corn. 325 pounds; lot 2, corn and shorts, 396 pounds; lot 3. corn and sklmmilk. 509 pounds; lot -T. corn and tankage, 580 pounds; lot 5, corn and ground bone, CS1 pounds. Stoppage of Milk Flow. A very common trouble In every dairy Is to find an animal with the poll of the teat closed, either due to a bruise of teat Itself or to Infection of the milk duct which causes a little scab to form, and unless this Is prop erly handled with care and cleanliness the infection is apt to cause a loss of the entire quarter. Thoroughly wash the part In an antiseptic solution; then dip a teat plug Into a benlltig ointment and Insert it allowing same to remain from one milking to another. In this manner closure can be overcome. In a very simple and satisfactory way. A milking tube should not be used If it can possibly be avoided, as there is much danger of Infecting the entire quarter by Its use. Denver Field and Farm. Poultry Talk. Chicks or ducklings will stand con finement during a spell of rainy weath er better than turkeys will. Don't wait until young poultry begin to droop and die before looking for lice. Ihe home of the young turkeys should be roomy, rat proof and well ventilated. Heavy sojl and jvet weather are fa vorable to gapes. When a hard shower comes up the foolish young ducklings need attention. Don't blame the chickens for helping garden stuff to "come up." The garden fence should be chicken proof. Farm Journal. Pickle For Curing Meats. Fourteen pounds salt, four ounces saltpeter, two ounces salerutus, live pounds browu sugar, tnblespoonful of red pepper, twelve gallons of water, to be mixed In a cold state. The above quantity Is sufficient fur 400 pounds. If the pickle gets moldy, boil and cool atid use again. For pickling beef, four gallous of watrr. one und a half pounds of browu sugar, six pounds salt two i and a half ounces of saltpeter to a".k from silage fed cows, nut mere hundred pounds of beef. liural New Yorker. War on Bad Seed. Good work In detecting adulterated seeds Is being carried on by the de partment of agriculture. Of 1.4T1 sam ples of weds ttkeu la-st your Vf2 sam ples were lomul adulterated or mis- branded. The department publishes i "a.T " s"m" 'I'Janinies ior the results of the test, together with maintaining horses, though It Is too the names of the firms that sold the , Ba'W to fwi work horst' seed. It is claimed that since this j work began the trade in adulterated I cle,n Peng For Swine. seeds has fallen off greatly. i No aElmal "n ,D' far,n wlM tTf Dflrd' ; er to keep clean than u hog will. Give Foaling Time. j a'm 8 chance to do so. and It will mean No colt will be dropped during the,1"11" ln l"'ket. says a breeder, five hours from 11 p. m. to 4 a. m. nor-1 0ur I"ns ar'" '"'o'l'l with eight to mnlly. The mare that shows no Higns I twplrp ,J,J",('"' of wdust pread over of parturition lit 11 or even at 10 at t!le fi"or- wltD n f"rkful of Btraw Plac" algbt Is safe until early niorning. ed In one corner for a bed. Some ex- From 7 to U at evening, however, la ! tra 8traw '"'d''1 ,i"'"J,", or a favorite hour. From 4 to 5 in the t,,lr1 day """'"l- nre clean- morning is another. Perhaps one-third of all colts nre dronned during then ! hours. Denver Field and Farm. BARLOW. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jesse left Wed nesday morning for Spokane, Wash., where tbey will visit their daughter. Mrs. Bond. From there they 'will go to Pullman, Wash., to visit their boh. Will; then to Lewiston, Idaho, to see their son, Wood Jesse. They will return home by the way of Seattle and take in tho fair. They will also visit their son Frank and attend tne Rose Carnival ln Portland. Mrs. G. Slatoger went to Portland Monday to attend the Rose Carnival. Mrs. H. Lee and Mrs. Slater, of Canhy, visited Mrs. Quint Sunday. Misses Annie, Laura and Mary VALUE OF THE SILO. By C. M. ADAMS. The use of alios has throe great ad vantages over dry feed methods. It la more economical, the feeding value of the product Is Improved, and silos make cattle feeding profitable, heuce help to maintain soil fertility. The economy of silage results from the fact that cattle will readily eat the ntlro stalk In silage form, while In whole or shredded dry fodder a goodly portion of the stalk Is refused. If fod der Is stored In a dry shed the per centage waste In curing Is not much different from the same In silos since there Is a portion of sllnge on top that spoils, but tf corn Is husked in the field the same crop In silage Is worth at least 25 per ceut more. If the crop Is to be stored the silo Is the most economical storage room. since nearly twice the amount of dry matter may be stored in the same space tn the form of silage than as fodder; also crops may often be si loed that would otherwise be lost , The greatest recommendation for a silo Is that It Increases the feeding value of a crop. The Increased feed ing value does not result from In creased digestibility or from changed A CONCRETE SILO. chemical composition, but chiefly from the physical effect and Increased pal- stability of the silage; therefore ani mals may be Induced to eat larger amounts. Owing to Its succulence. silage, like grass, keeps the bowels regulated and tends to maintain that degree of healthful vigor so essential In bard worked dairy and breeding animals. I Some silo advantages are Indirect The most laudable thing about the silo harvest system is that it does away with selling crops off the land, thereby depleting soil fertility. It makes possible a system of stock farming whereby nearly all the fer tilizing constituents are thrown back on the soil in the form of manure. Chief among silage crops is corn. If a large amount of coarse feed is want ed it pays to plant some large stalk southern variety, but if a richer feed Is wauted northern varieties, which yield more grain, should be used. In either case a variety should be select ed thai, will mature before frost In the south sweet sorghum bas been found to be a good silage crop, as the tonnage per acre is greater than corn and the beads yield a fair percentage of grain. Red clover, alfalfa and peas have been used, but owing to their juiciness it is difficult to get silage from them that will not sour. Mixed crops have also been used, but they rarely pay for the added trouble of mixing. Plants with hollow stemare unsatisfactory since It is so difficult to force out the air. There are several practicable types of silage cutting machines on the mar ket The blower elevator is used al most altogether now. In filling the silo care should be taken to tramp well next to the walls. It Is best to take several days In tilling, so that the air may be forced out more completely, thereby making a sweeter flavored silage. Silage is pre-eminently a cow feed. jit finds greatest favor with dairy cat tle since it may be made to reproduce succulence of grass in winter or may serve to uphold the mlik flow during a drought in summer. In dairies near cities where pasture is not available It often determines the difference be tween profit utid loss by supplanting costly grain foods. It also makes pos- slble the rearing of calves cheaply to replenish the herd. Some complaint bas been made against the flavor of ls no danger from this source If the silage Is first class unless the milk is allowed to remain in open vessels In tbe burn and co absorb the odors. On the general farm the good effect of silage on the health of the breeding herd and young stock In winter can i hardly lie overestimated. It is an ex cellent feed for ewes with Inmbs. It WJ oul e B,""K- 1 m KP"',S lDe bogs dry and clean, with a good bed to lie ln all the time. Erickson are home from Portland for a vacation. .Miss Lilla Rundeen, of Aurora, called on Miss Annie Slatoger one day last week. , Election of city officers was held Monday night. Win. S. Tull, re-elected mayor; Geo. Gllbfertson and O. G. Tull, re-elected councllmen, and Jim Ogle elected in place of J. J. Warfel for councilman. A one month term Norwegian school opened here Monday morning with Mr. Wist, of Minnesota, as teacher. Will Tull bas all of the available teams hauling ties. Will has a large contract with the S-: P. Co., to ship ties to Oat ham, Oregon. III ! Evers Playing Great Game. Johnny Ever, the Chicago Cuba' atnr second baseman. Is again demonstrat ing that he Is the greatest guardian of station No. 2 In the National league. Early In the year Kvers announced I r sj 1 ,. s- . i If i . i .1 JOI1XNT KVKRS, STAR 8VOND SAt'KKB OS THE ClIICAUO NATIONALS. that be would not play ball this year, but after the season was a few weeks old he heard the call of the wild and Joined his team. Since his return Evers has been playing a sensational game In the field uml Is leading bis teammates In the Kitting. Kubiak Would Fight O'Brien. Al Kubiak. the big fighter from Grand Uaplds, Is not at all pleased with the reKrts that Jack O'Hrien Is mapping out a trip to Europe for him self. Kubiak. having O'Brien's promise that be would he given the first chauce after the match with Johnson, cancel ed two bouts in New York and has been doing a little training for several weeks in the hope that O'Brien would keep bis agreement. Kubiak announces his willingness to fight "Philadelphia Jack" any time nt any club and Is ready to sign articles for any date that will please O'Brien. Big Al is of the opinion that he ran trim O'Brien In six rounds. He admits Jack's superior cleverness, but thinks that his own aggressiveness would more than overcome O'Brien's science and that by carrying the battle to Jack he would make the latter forget much of bis knowledge of the line art of the game to avoid Kubey's rushes. Jockey Taral's Retirement After twenty-seven years of almost continuous riding In the saddle Fred Taral, the former successful Jockey, has decided to quit the turf. Taral Is forty-eight years old. lie returned to this country recently from Germany, where he was contracted for the rac ing season, and when asked of his future intentions the one time great Jockey said that he had ridden his last mount. lie attributed the cause of bU forsaking the game to the fact that he could not get down to weight. Taral wanted to ride at IIS pounds, and when he went abroad last season he weighed 12S pounds. lie trained down to 1171-.., and after the finish of his first race he fainted away. He was weakened In making the low weight. He said that his days as a Jockey were over. Taral has an excellent record, lie has never been accused of throwing a race or of being connected with any plot concerning the horses be rode. Stakes For Kalamazoo Meet. Kalamazoo. Mich., which Is a mem ber of the grand and great western circuits and will give a combination meeting Aug. 2 to C, for which J23.000 bas been bung up In stakes, is also a member of the Michigan short ship cir cuit and will give a second combina tion meeting at Becreatlon park Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. This will te n Joint great western circuit and Michigan short ship circuit meeting. The southern Michigan and northern Indiana Inter state f;iir will also be held at the same time, so great doings are looked for ward to. Entries to the- stakes close June 7 with Secretary Etiglenuni, There will be Rtakcs for 2:1.'!, 2:18 and three-year old trotters, 2:11. 2:1S and tbrec-year-old pacers. The stakes for aged bores will he coiitest'il under the three In five heat system, while the colt races will be decided tinder the best two In three heat system. McGrath's Great Throw. Matthew McfJrath. the New York Athletic club's world champion six teen pound hammer thrower, attained a new world's record of 177 feet 4 inches In that event recently, but in view of the fact that the throw wns made from a metal rimmed seven foot circle the mark was not accepted. Coulon-Attell Bout Off. Johnny f'oulon, 105 pound champion of America, has called off bis bantam weight championship match with Monte Attell scheduled for June 12 at Colma, Cal. Coulon's reason for can celing the go Is III health. He doesn't want to meet Attell until he Is at his best. Mrs. Quint Is better, but is still unable to walk. Uncle Harry is selling tickets to raffle off the harness drawn as second premium by Barlow at the County Fair last Fall. The proceeds will go to help make a bettor display for Barlow at the fair next Fall. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Grlbble, of Grihhle Prairie, visited Mrs. Gribhle's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse, Monday. C. G. Tull was a Portland visitor Sunday. He carried a bouquet of roses to his best friend. The Ladies' Aid of the Synod Lutheran Church, met with Mrs. S. li. Berg, Wednesday. . if v WW A4 . LA , 1& CIVIC EDUCATION. Upon It Depends Development of the City Beautiful. The universal establishment of the city beautiful depends primarily upon the proper education and development of taste In the child. This phase of civic Improvement work Is too often neglected, even If thought of, for In our rush of American life we look for Immediate results and are very Imps tlent with nnv method that gives promise only In the distant Mure Could we train and educate the child In civic beautifying and betterment all the problems Incident thereto would be at once solved. At the present but a few are either educated, trained or Interested In the work, and these are missionaries en deavoring to Interest and convert the Indifferent masses. The great under lying principles should llrst be-lnstllled Into the child's receptive mind and then somewhat of the details. Too often the process Is reversed, and we first try to stuff or cram the child with matter of which he does not know the "why." Mad the matter been property handled when we were children we would now all be working at the tin Ishlng touches of the city beautiful In stead of maintaining a never ending fight against the billboards and like nuisances and pleading for street trees, parks and other beautifying factors and features. First see that the children most fully and thoroughly understand the deslra hillty and even necessity of the work and Interest them In some phase of It to the extent of mental and physical effort, and you need not fear to hegW by taking up one at a time the detal s of the work. If the child has the Hiilv- Jeot matter called to his notice but once each week It will serve to keep alive his Interest In the work. Do not attempt to crowd too much upon him or It will prove a task and the pleas ure will be largely gone. The curricu lum of our common schools must ho changed to Include In all schools na ture study, school gardens and nt least the principles governing the work for Civic beauty and betterment. The child may bo depended upon to carry much of his school training and teach ing Into the home and thereby Interest ami stimulate parents to make ready for the crusade of the giivernlniTgeti eratlon to follow toward the erma nent. universal establishment of the Ideal city beautiful. Let us demand In our schools teachers able and anxious to Impart to the child somewhat of taste and culture. Los Angeles Times. UNKEMPT YARDS. How They Can Be Transformed at Little Expente and Trouble. A well kept lawn with a few flow ers repays one In a large measure for the work expended In Its care. A trim. orderly luwn and yard give one a feel. ing of self resoet and satisfaction that help to keep the dally work from becoming the dally grind. Then, too, where one resident of n block beauti fies his surrounding, others follow the good example, and In this way the movement spreads and the entire town Is made attractive. And attractive towns are what home seekers anil man ufacturers are looking for these days. A scythe and mower, a hoe nod rako can transform nn unkempt yard Into a smooth, green lawn; a bed of red geraniums adds beauty and Is easily cared for. Bright spots of solid color add more to the appearance of a lawn than haphazard mixtures of flowers. Golden glow Is n good slawn shrub. It Is hardy and easily grown. It blooms late In the fall when most of the flowers are gone. It grows very tall and Is bright yellow. Salvia, a shrub bearing brilliant red flowers. Is showy and vry satisfactory. Dahlias are acceptable for lawn use and can be had In a large variety of colors. For the small beds nastur tiums and sweet pens are excellent. The latter are lott'r used ns n screen or boundary and can be planted ngalnst the fence which marks the rear of the lawn. The lawn should be well fenced to keep chickens nway from the grass. If not. they ruin It lii a short time. They have no business near the house. In arranging for the summer flow ers it Is better not to cut up the ex panse of grass Into too many small beds, but have Just a few simts of bright color. The flowers that are planted will need care. A few beds well tended nre preferable to many half cared for. When making your plans don't map out more tlinn you can manage. Keep All Tidy. Tidy parkways, gutters nnd vacant lots go far toward making the town beautiful. Join the Band of Betterment. Oh. lfs p.f a move and hustle, fiturt to ilulntf things "I'd rustle. Put a Hound of life and bustle In t ho air! Kpep In Mutit of the procetodon, Knr w'ri' In fin nuc and nation That Is hound lo lo-:it creation. And to ilu tt on thu square. Then It's up. hoys': hep. hoys. I.e.yrn to k-cp tn step, hoys. Forward In the cooler and bring up the n.'.'ir nnd wlnws. We have nci-d of Ufa nnd movement In the tinny of Improvement. There Is no room for a lagsard ln th race to hotter things. Have an object and pursue It: Hlxlit your ko.iI uml get next to It Plan a worthy work unu uo it With a will. Have a civic spirit glowing For your town nnd keop It Brewing;. They nnist needs continue going Who would march up Progress hllL .Then It's right, boys; flxht, boye. Htrlke with all your might, hoye. Join the hand of betterment, the olvto brotherhood. ProKrene In united action Flndu Its maBnet of attraction. Bo Join hands and serve as soldiers fight ing for the common good. J. A. EDGERTON. OAK GROVE. W. P. Smith, chief engineer of one of the Hill roitds, is home visiting with his family. W. I. Robinson and family have moved into their new house on Center street. Both the Oak Gri ball teams lost tln ir'games Sunday. The Oak Grove Juniors were defeated by Mllwaulde 5 to 4; the first team lost to Fulton, 7 to 4, In a ten Inning game. A. P. Kassehatim, of Portland, has leased tho bungalow belonging to Geo. W. Sherk. Oak Grove will celebrate on the Fourth of July, E0QS THAT SILD0M HATCH. Willi ninny "nig. Is Jim ulgs," wheth er big or little, round or long, thick or brittle, fi-cslt or strong. With many "nigs Is Jlnt nigs" for hatching, and any old egg will do. Willi many It's the site; with others hiitiimhlllty of an egg depends on whnl's In It, but the expert knows that nil egg wlih good Interior, but bad exterior, Is Inferior for hutching the superior, If If hutches at nil. The shell, the Nice, the shape, are of vast importance. Hough shells with elevations on Ihe surface seldom hatch. Thlu shell eggs often weep through the pores, and the escaping FIIKAKN THAT SKMM1U II A IX U. white hardens outside, plugs the pores and If not Infertile, as Is usually Ihe case, suffocates the chick. Kxpnnsloii and contraction by heat ing and cooling often crack such eggs, smear the setting under the cluck, If she doesn't crack them herself, or the strain of development doesn't make them burst. Such eggs are a menace to the Incu bator atmosphere and easily overheat, while very thick shells require more heat and moisture, mid the chicks can't break the shell. More oyster shell In the llrst case and less In Ihe second will bring normal texture of shell. Fggs thick round the middle general ly Imprison chicks. Diminutive or In complete eggs cau't batch. Small eggs. If fertile, hatch runts. Double yolks and abnormally large eggs are seldom fertile and when so hatch monsters. The man w ho handles thousands of eggs finds freak eggs that are "fear fully mid wonderfully made." These nre not sef or sold, but kept for futility use, as they do not ofteu NOIIWM, HIIAI'K. hatch, and the trade demunds eggs of uniform sire and shape. When such eggs are fertile tho chicks generally get no further than pipping the shell unless you are foolish enough to help the pisr cripples out. Freak shapes are generally caused by overfat. which crowds the egg organs so that they cannot produce n normal egg. We find our normal shape medium size best for batching. FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. We have adopted the plan to feed breeding males separate from the hens, giving them morning ami evening meals alone. They are so gallant that they serve the hens first, anil Ihe vigor ous, greedy hens gobble all tho grub. Itetter take this pointer. Your roosters thus will keep strong and you Insure fertile eggs. In six years the poultry product of Mlnnesotn ndvnnced f20.iHm.iKV), while the Indiana hens Inst year advanced their egg product 24.imo dozens. Now quit knocking. I'.ldd.v backs that ad vance In tho president's salary. There nre many ways of making money. one of the latest Is selling ' poultry secrets. Kid you bite yet? Just rend this: WHAT THEY SAY. "We've eecrets of succeita on tap. Just hsnd your money over, t'orne. buy our brglne And get the gnlrie And thrive like pics In ciovr." WHAT THE VICTIM BAYS "Once more I got It In the neck. I've gone and plaved the fool. For serrets I got redhot air. I've been kicked by a mule "I now will mirk to 'Poultry Notes' And get real Information. I'll pay my puper In advance And quit procrastination." Notice. When you get stuck stick n stamp In your letter nnd write us. Four hundred so called sports were discovered at a Butler (Pa.) cocking maln nnd nil but thlrty-sli escaped. One was shot dead. Too sad for com ment. Some fanciers to get trade run Into all kinds of advertising exaggeration. A fancier's circular mailed us declares he has been breeding a certain fowl or thirteen years when the variety Itself has only been In existence live years. This Is certainly n cocksure way of obtaining fowl business by foul means. Mine. P.'tderewskl, who paid $7,500 for a pen of White Orpingtons to n Kansas fancier, Is a Polnntler. She bought these five chickens for Intro ducing a breed to meet the climatic conditions, of Poland nnd thus fo en courage poultry culture to such nn exlent ns to keep nt home the millions that Poland annually pays Denmark for poultry products, You need not fear much mortality among day old chicks If you purchase from reliable parties. One dealer shipped 12,'KK), Only seven were re ported dead, nnd some of Ihe orders wer shipped 2.000 miles. 9 . 3is7-arvvu . ' George King, who htia been firing 011 a logging train In tho St.. Unions district, Ih homo visiting Ills brother, Ktlward King. The Oak Grove Improvement Asso ciation furnished rosea for the. tables of the Portland Commercial Club on Wednesday. Thoodoro Miller and Klla Mao Can to wero married at tho bride's home, TuoHday night. Tim following teachers have been ehotten for the Oak Grove Hchool next year: .1, jx-un Ilutler, principal; MIhh llartnell, Intermediate, and Mrs. Hndl colt, primary department. QuOO Overindulgence Sonic d.iy you may (if you're man) you good for you, For all cxcciseiin eating aikI driiiLiug . ii best because it acts on atul eels r'J whatever stomach. For any sickness of (lie sort roiiKtip ttoii or stomach ami liver let to-niejit and you'll KOU SA1.1C 11V JONKH DUUU COMPANY. 111 OB... WIVs BY a M 1 1 L . C.M.ELAKNITZ R1YTBSIDI 1A. o kXXUSE31ONTIZNfX aokMITEO Copyright, l. by American Itm Aug. cUllon. Ttit.ee ertlelre end llliieirMtiom inuet not I rvrlmiHl wltluiul ihUI K.rmluilon.J MOTHER, DON'T SPANK BILLY. Oh, mol her, don't epenk lUltv If he wnnte lo run hnrrfttut! That woulil he vtl y elllv And quite lilOAiait to hool. Oh. I"t Mill tt-nl hie llllla tn Out Oh I he rullh no awiMit! 'Yulll aavn hint riotii Hi. ma ewfut enrne That nniauit.nl your f.i Oh, iii.iihrr.nl.in i arank lUlly If he Hioila to not m loot' I'm eitrn II mouM t atlly , To Bpuik our lllllv than Thai luMt will hatch .iintf Invaty rhlrke That MII sr.ov nice mid tat. And Hill mil l.-l yuii aril them ell To hit)' a hlKcr hut Oh. motlior. dun I apank llllly If ha Hants lo Ink u awliitt Kor thai It mint. I I... ellly Tn lakrt a II. k nt Mm You 11 ihua h.ivt thiiff to dya your hatr. And don t f.URf.1 I III, ma If yon Ik ulu.tyii e.itiallt' III!), the hoy You'll fnrK.t lo hatiiH.ck a. C. M. II. DO YOUR OEST. Perhaps you have heard of tho Isiy whose falhor Joked liliu nhont tlio small I'k'g his I'. int. i in laid. The hoy bought n goose egg, hung It down lie fore the lien on Ihe m-st and placed there the s!n, "Kivp jour eye on this egg and do your licit," The little hen looked often ill the big giame egg, but It mattered not, for Hint liny white egg was her eapnclly. and slut couldn't do liettor Hi. hi her Is'st. The father was not wise or be would not hnva ridi culed the Utile hen for laying such a small egg, but he woulil have held her up ns n wonder and nn emmpln of do ing all 'one may with the talents pos sessed. The little lesson here Is for nil of us to have a grand Ideal and to use nil 1 our n-sotiroi-s to reach It. If we do our best, that's sufficient, and that's the limit. THE CHICKEN DOCTOR SAYS When those goslings get fits nnd grow thinner and thinner and their hunger and thirst Increase they have tapeworm. Itun a small ruhlicr tube down their ruhlier necks to the crop n nil pour down 0 teaspoonful of turpentine and In an hour give n tnlilospootifiil of castor oil. lie careful not to run the tulw Into the windpipe. Bury all droppings deep. This remedy mny lie given In soft feed. When your young pheasants or chick ens become blown up like a rlp-us bal loon don't Jump (o the conclusion thnt It's dropsy. It's no disease, but wind puff, caused by nn Injury which has so ruptured an nlr cavity that the nlr breathed by the bird escapes under the skin. Punc ture the skin In several places and let out the nlr. Feed bird, keep It (pilot, nnd Injury will soon heal. K,-?"" i JB Tf ? FIVE-MINUTE TALK How I Kferp A wtxr CHICKEN LICE MITES COCKROACHES AND BED BUGS For Vhol Vir Hlngla Appllrutlon ut AVMARIUS GARBOLINEUM (Otrman Wood Prnrtr.) Non-poliftDou. rta.nltft.r7 (Mnr, J'oi up Id llihofmphftl rn only Iont Ut your dtir Klv you worth fmltfttluu. to OH HAI.K IIV ALL IlKAIJ-'Jlft. ( ahnllnfrum Wood I'rftfxrvlnv V l'urtiMiiu. or. Mllwaukt Wli. Now York. N. Y. Hftn lYrintlico. Cftl. Fisher Thorsen & Co Wholn.l AktiI. iipt. 13. Ioi 1 1 nnd Oric"ri Wrlift for TMtl uionlftla. 4 i if &2M Careful of Your Property. One of ihe secrets of our success in the Baggage and Transfer Business Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moving Williams Bros. Transfer Co. Phones, Office 1121, Residence 1833 525 Main Street I I rut too much. Some liijlit mar drink more than i the liver, moves the I may ho ovcrloadinir troubles t.ike an N X tab feci (tetter In the morning DON'TS. Don't breed from a single comb male that tins aide sprig, on hi rotiib, ami never use a green almnk bird god i pecf yellow legged chicks. Don't keep a few prUe winner and a multitude of culls and gell eull eggs with n gnnmntee lo hatch show birds. Don't let a crone, bulldog run Ioom In the day. He will keep callers slid cus tomers away, Don't keep your plant open for busi ness on the .utilath day. That kind of business never did pay. lon't nsk the poultry editor what those flat bilge nre In (he Hgeon house. Ticks. Kill 'em with heiailtie. Don't write us, "Whnt nre theao rod, long legged j.vrs In my poultry penT" .Wtra. Kill 'em with coal oil. Ihiu't orry your wife about those yellow bugs on your biddies, llody lice, KIM 'em with (obneco dust iHm't say: "This whole cisjp's In fested. It's crawling. How did It hnpiictiT" Simply Invlnrsa. Now, go for 'em. Don't slay nt the poultry business If It doe not pay you -not even If you do live In "I Told Yob Ho," where all point the long linger. Chlldron Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. You must bate Inn nests for each pair of pigeons, n they do the double stunt of raising one pair while batch Ing another. Supply tobacco stems and straw for nesting material Tobacco Btciiia cannot In. ground up In the ordinary lintul gristmill, na they simply wind round ami round the grinding parts and unwind your tem per. The display of f.intall pigeons nt the winter ahowa wns good, but pigeon fanciers are breeding nwny from the Inline The cthltill were tine In slinpe nnil action, but ahort mi tall. The name Is spelled faiitall. not luiblnll. The Idea th.it the fewer the Ileus With the mule the 'more fertile the eggs Is a nihtali... In such case the hens are Jealous and alwnys scrapping, while the mule, always leasing the hens, iiits down the egg product. The more hens with a rooster the more har mony. The Idea among ..me people that foiea are iibotii i-WInc) would be ills, slpnted by n trip through the wooded hills after a know full Sly lleyuaril till gobble many a young gobbler, but the hlckioi hawk gets the blame. Poultry shows. If good for nothing else, often euro n swelled bend. Tho fellow who brngs that he will win so much nfler the show generally needs a crutch. ( hemic til analysis shows (here Is no foundation to the Idea that n brown shell egg Is richer than a white shell egg. It wns proved long ago, however, that In ninny insist a brown, brawny hand Is more noble than a white, flabby our. When a hen loafs around the nest nut of hatching season It's n sure sign that she Is egg bound. It' a plctuie to see our big White Wyandotte cocks whack the bulldog. Tbey go for Ii I in In n sort of a "you frt ont-of iere.(iilck" way thnt menus business, nnd Ted "gits." He has been taught nwpes-t for the vigorous Ainer Iiii ii bird. ONLY ONE GENUINE THERE 18 ONLY ONC GENUINE CARDOLINEUM, THAT IS THE AVENARIUS CARDOLINEUM. THERE IS A CHEAP IMITATION ON THE MARKET THAT IS 0E INQ OFFERED AT FROM 11.00 TO $128 PER GALLON, THE GENUINE AVENARIUS CAR DOLINEUM IN QUART CANS BO CENTS, AND ONE GALLONS AT 11.60 WILL DO ALL THAT IS CLAIMED fOR IT. INSIST ON THE GENUINE, TAKE NO OTHER. PUT UP IN LITHO GRAPH CANS AND SOLD IN OREGON CITY. ii 0 e V oweh ' J your J V 1 9 1.1 M