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"OWN SALVATION" IS HELD TO BE EVERY" MAN'S BUSINESS
Necessity of Co-operation With Christ for Oneself and in Saving One's Brother Is Told in Dr. Walter B. Hinson's Sermon.
BY DR. WALTER B. .HINSON.
To Every Man Ills Work "Your Own
Salvation." Phil. 11:13.
OUBTLESS you will agree with rne
that the suoreme thiriKs are of
the soul. Else God would never!
have given his own son for the souls
of men; and Christ would never have
Bald, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of
God." The supreme things are the
things of the soul. And further you
will keep company with me when I
say the things of the soul, summed up
In the word salvation, constitute my
chief business. For you believe, with
the scripture, that it is required of a
steward that he be faithful. And unless
the steward be faithful, I fail to see
why he does not go mad. For to
remember that a man stands in the
stead of Christ, and says words so
weighty they will affect the eternal
destiny of souls, is enough to break
one's heart; were it not for the abid
ing consciousness that faithfulness Is
all God requires of the steward. And
probably but few of you will break
step with me when I say salvation is
your supreme business; that while you
may attend to all those things of life
and of the world with which God has
associated you, and towards which
you occupy varied adjustments; yet
over all, and under all, and beneath all,
it is your business to attend to the
things of salvation. Nor will you dis
agree with me when I say salvation
like most of the great blessings of
God, is conditional. I say, like most of
the great blessings of God. Here is
the harvest! But the harvest is con
ditional upon that man who takes the
plow, and rips up the redolent soil,
and breaks it in pieces, and then with
a faith that has always clone me good
to think about, scatters his seed in
the multitudinous graves. And then
anon is gathered the harvest. The
harvest is promised by God, but it is
a conditional blessing.
Great Speaker's Method Told.
The greatest speaker I ever knew In
my life, a man who could play on
human hearts with words, as an old
master would move among the strings
of a violin, once imparted to me one
of the habits of his life, which was
this. He said, . "I never hear a word
spoken, but I think. Was that the
right word to use, or would some other
adjective' have better fitted that noun,
or qualified that verb'?" And then I
saw how the great blessing that man
possessed, the wonderful, almost
miraculous blessing of unimpeded per
fect speech, was a blessing that had
been conditioned on the incessant labor
f his own mind and heart and soul. So
1 say your salvation Is a conditional
blessing-.
Outside your life there stands the
Son of God, and he knocks at that life
of yours. And as he knocks, he says,
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If any man hear my voice (condition
one) and open the door (condition two)
I will come in and sup with him, and
he with me." But suppose I refuse
to hear, and suppose I decline to open
the door. Then the salvation that
came up to my very threshold, is the
salvation I may eternally miss. For
you sec, it is conditional. And that
word "if" which . the Master uses in
Revelation, runs all through the Bible,
conditioning our sprrltual advantage.
"If thou shalt confess with thy -mouth
the Lord Jesus (condition one)" and
shall believe in thine heart that God
hath raised him from the dead (con
dition two) thou shalt be saved." But
suppose my heart refuses to believe
God raised up Jesus from the dead;
and suppose I shut my lips tight, and
will not confess that he is my Lord;
what then? Why the salvation that
was close to me as my breath, and near
as my "hands or "my feet, passes on.
Because it was conditioned on my re
sponsiveness. Blany Do Not Respond.
"If any man thirst." said Christ, "if
any man thirst, let him come unto me
and drink." But he must come. "Come
unto me all ye who labor, and are
heavy laden, and. I will give you rest.
Him that cometh unto me I will in no
wise cast out." But the pity, my
friends is this, that some of you have
been sitting under the very eaves of
the sanctuary for many years; and this
invitation of Jesus has fallen upon
deaf ears; and you have never re
sponded to it. And so this morning
you are unsaved.
"Ye are my friends," said Jesus.' And
could there ever be higher title
worn by mortal? Indeed I am not
sure he has ever applied that title
to angels, or flaming seraphs. "Ye
are my friends, if ye do whatsoever
I command you." The prophet stands
away there among the mountains of
old Palestine, and he says, "If ye be
willing and obedient, ye shall eat the
good of the land; but if ye be dis
obedient, ye shall not enter therein."
And the Apostle John, in his old age,
said, "If we confess our sins, he Is
faithful and just to forgive us our
sins." But the forgiveness is condi
tioned on the confession.
Now there is a sense in which we
passively co-operate with the Lord
Jesus in saving our souls. I have been
told the risky thing about endeavor
ing to save a man from drowning is
the fact that he will not passively
co-operate with you in your effort.
But he 'struggles, and he will not do
as he is told to do, even to be still and
let himself be saved. The soul has to
do that. The soul has to come to an
end of its own activities, and say with
IJAter, sinking in the Galileean Lake,
"Master, save me." And so long" as
you are clinging to a single thing, and
letting that share with Jesus the re
sponsibillty of saving you, you won't
be saved, for you have got to pas
slvely co-operate with Jesus and let
him save you.
Co-Operation Required.
But, my dear friends,- being saved
from hell I might almost say is a non
essential in salvation. It is a trivial
thing. And in the working out of your
salvation, you have got to actively co
operate with Jesus Christ. You see.
when "you are converted, you just have
faith in Christ as a savior. And then
Simon Peter comes along with his bit
ter experience in Pilate's hall and in
Gethsemene garden, and he says, "Add
to your faith, virtue, knowledge and
all the rest of those Christian virtues
that have got to be built .up in the
Christian life."
Now, are you attending to your busi
ness? You attended to a business yes
terday. Are you attending to your par
ticular supreme business? Are you
saving your soul by the help' of God?
Are you building yourself up in the
holy faith of the gospel of Christ? Has
the devil a waning interest in you, be
cause you are- going from him farther
and farther away? Does Jesus 'Christ
have an ever-increasing gratification
as he beholds you growing in holiness
and Christian knowledge? How about
your own salvation?
cut you are never rigntiy attending
to your own salvation, unless you are
attending to the salvation of youu
Drotner. x tmnit any one wno nas ior
gotten that we are saved to serve, and
who has therefore become unservice
able, has greajt reason to question his
conversion.
Interest la Brother Needed,
If I am rightly Interested in my own
salvation, I shall necessarily be inter
ested In the salvation of my brother.
When Andrew finds Jesus, he will hunt
for Peter; and when Phillip finds Jesus,
he will search out Nathaniel. And
there is a very precious blessing prom
ised by God to the man who is inter
ested in his brother's salvation. For
ministering to others, your own soul
shall bo ministered unto. Oh, you have
no idea what you miss by being inact
lvo in the Christian life. You have no
idea of what you let slip through be
ing indolent In the kingdom of God.
If you would only spend for Christ's
sake; God would pour the infinite re
sources of eternity into your life; and
you would suffer not impoverishment
but rather an enrichment. And you
see, the very fact that you were inter
ested in your brother's salvation is
going to have a reflex influence on
you. For tell me how can a man stand
up and preach faith in Jesus Christ, if
he is not good? And how can he tell
of the beauty of the adorable Lord, if
he does not love that Lord? And so if
he has got to be interested in the sal
vatlon of his brother, it follows as a
matter of necessity that he will apply
increased attention to his own salva
tion.
Ah, but you say, "The little I could
do towards bringing about the salva
tion of my brother, is not worth do
ing." My friend, you never uttered a
grosser untruth in your life. It does
not amount to very much in size, and
it does not appear to be of very high
importance, that little hand on the dial
of the watch! But one day I lost mine
My watch was all right, and it ticked
with perfect regularity, and the min
ute hand went around as it always
went. But it was no good for time-
telling purposes. And I wondered what
was the matter. And then I heard
from the floor of the room, wherein I
was seated, that little hand say, "When
you opened your watchcase, I realized
that I was of no importance; and that
I could not do any good. 'So I just
dropped down on to the carpet. For
I knew you would never miss me."
Now he who has made this world,
has exercised a wisdom, alongside
which the adaptive adjustments of a
watchmaker are very poor and far re
moved; and it may be that the salva
tion of somebody known to you de
pends on your asking so simple a ques
tion as this, "Are you right-with God?"
And unless you ask that question, all
the varied influences and instrumental
ities that have been brought to bear
upon that life will be in vain. So do
not think your work is unimportant.
Why you know there is nothing in the
world so co-operative as a conversion.
I remember once being out at a
convention, and it was raining hard
on the morning of the last day. And
I went to the deacon who had accompa
nied me, and said:
"Well, I have got to go home. I sup
pose I shall see you tomorrow.
And he said, "What! Go home in all
this rain?"
I said, "You know tonight 'I am an
nounced to be in the study to see any
one who wants to find Christ, or join
the church."
And he said, "Do you suppose any
one will come through a rain like this
to your study?"
I said, "I do not know, but I am
going."
Well I went, and we got into the city
of Montreal, and the rain was tumbling
down just like it does A Oregon. And
outside the door I saw a man walking
in that drenching rain, and I said:
"Hello, my brother, waiting for me?"
He said, "Yes, sir." And we went
Inside and sat down. And he looked
at me and said:
"I think I shall go mad if I do not
get saved." .
"Well," I said, "it would be a pity
to go mad .then, for It is so easy to
get savea.
And I told him the way of salvation
And we went down on our bended
knees there, and he gave his heart to
Jesus Christ. And then he told me his
story.
"Why, just think, tonight you have
led me Into the kingdom of God. And
yet it was not you. For my book-
Jceeper, a member of your church, said
to- me, 'Mr. Stone, why don't you get
saved?' ' r
And he s.aid after a moment's hesi
tanoy, "But I don't think it was the
bookkeeper. For you know, a year ago
I heard Mr. Aitkin, the English evan
gelist, preach in the cathedral. And
he touched something in my heart tha'
has been throbbing ever since. And
yet I don't think it was the evangelist.
For I have always carried with me the
recollection of my old mother, who
used to say:
"Boy, some day you will want Jesus.
And when you want Jesus, be sure to
so along the 'way your mother has
pointed out."
And I said, "Probably we shall short
en our interview. Brother Stone, if you
say.it was the spirit of God who led
you into the kingdom: because yeu
never can enumerate all those varied
Instrumentalities." t
' . There is a great preacher down by
the Atlantic, who said he was brought
into the kingdom of God by readin
the "Dairyman's Daughter," by Leigh
Richmond. And Leigh Richmond was
saved by reading "The Rise and Prog
ress of Religion in the Soul," by Philip
Dodridge. And Philip Dodridge was
saved by reading "A Practical View of
Religion" by Wilberforce. But Wil
berforce was saved by reading "Thj
Saints Everlasting Rest," written by
the saintly Baxter. And Baxter was
saved by reading an anonymous tract.
written by God only knows who. And
so it goes. And the man who wrote
that little tract scores and scores of
years ago little realized that from that
act there would go such marvelous and
far-reaching influences.
Building; Up Own Life Urged.
O, because of this, be sure you build
up your own life and attend to your
own salvation, that so with added
power you may minister to the salva
tion at your brother. Do not be con
tent with small attainments in spiritual
things; but grow by the help of God
until you become as the shadow of a
great rock in a weary land to other
people. I heard a man say at the con
vention, he belonged to such and such
church. And I said to him, "How
much of you belongs to it. brother?"
And he replied.
That is a hard question.
Yes, it is. You say you belong to the
White Temple? What do you mean?
Do you mean 'you belong to the White
Temple financially? Do you mean you
belong to the White Temple, so far as
your influence goes? Do you mean
that along the line of time you belong
to the White Temple, and you spend
your time in its support? ' Did you be
long to the White Temple last Thurs
day night at the prayer meeting? Did
you belong to the White Temple this
morning, in the Sunday school? Are
you going to belong tonight at the
preaching service? You belong to the
church? Well, I hope you do; but I am
very sure some of you do not. You
mean you have joined the church. O.
let us begin to belong to the church of
Jesus Christ and so build up ourselves
that we may be successful in building
up the bt-oken down lives of those who
are about us. For you see we have got
to be laborers together. I have been
saying .for 15 years that I do not be
lieve God is going to save people multl
tudlnously any more. I think the days
of the Wesleys. Whitfields, and even
of the iodys has gone by.
"Ofd Method Again Used."
I know ''the exceptions you are think
lng about now that seem to refute my
statement, but they in fact corroborate
it. For God is saving people now by
the Individual touch; and so the circle
is about completed and we have gone
back to the old method when Andrew
saia to Simon. "Have you found Jesus?"
and Philip said to Nathaniel, I know
where you can find the Lord." And it
ever God saves your boy, my friend, he
will save that boy through you, the
father. And If ever your girl is going
to be saved, she has got to be saved
through you, her mother. And thn
member of the Sunday school has got
to be saved through you, the teacher.
And so we have sot to labor together
and you will minister of your money;
and you will minister of your prayer
and you will minister of your time; and
you --wiH minister of your speaking
ability: and you will minister of your
organizing ability; and so altogether we
shall be co-laborers in the kingdom
But do not forget that we' labor with
God. Klae we. should soon stop the la
bor! We are laborers together wStn
God.
Now is this your business? Have you
brought' anybody to Jesus Christ? If
the judgment suddenly came for us
now, is there anybody who would be on
therlght hand of that throne, to say to
you, "Thank God, you led me here."
Would that be said to you? O, I shall
remember through eternity, I Judge, the
exultant feeling of joy that flooded my
soul when first I had the luxury of
pointing a woman to Jesus ChriBt. I
can see that house yet. For I had
never been sure whether I had won
anyone for Jesus Christ. And the
woman who loaned us the kitchen, Mrs.
fox, came to me at the close of the
meeting and. said she was putting her
faitn in (Jnrist. and that he was saved.
After all, I think that was the dearest
spot in all the world to me.
One Man Savea 200.
went to hear a man preach his
farewell sermon, and in it he said, "I
have never been very successful, and
the world has never known anything
about me; but I honestly believe I have
led 200 souls to Jesus Christ. And sit
ting back in the pew I began to think.
What a life, to have led 200 people to
Jesus Christ." Say, my brother, are you
attending to your business and looking
and looking for the salvation of the
other man?
Lastly, work out this salvation, be
cause it is God who is working in you.
Did I say just now you should remem
ber that your brother demands certain
things of you, your safeguarding, your
encouragement, your warning, and the
edification resulting from your strong
life. Yes, he looks to you for these
things. But God is depending on you,
too. O. this morning I had a great vis
ion open to me from that sentence of
the Apostle Paul. "And hath committed
unto us the ministry of reconciliation."
Just think of the confidence God has
reposed in you, to permit you .to go
out in this world with the ministry of
reconciliation. You know that old
story of the arch-angel talking to
Jesus about the preaching ef the gos
pel throughout the world. And Jesus
said, "I have left it with those disciples
of mine down there."
And the arch-angel answering, said
"But, Lord, what if they fall? What
provision have you made?"
And the Lord said, "None at all.
have just left it with my people.
have not considered any other agent
at all," O, what confidence he has re
posed in us!
'Do you remember Dan Crawford, who
preached to you one morning? I got
a telegram from him, ere he went to
Africa, and It is in my study, where I
can see it without moving from my
desk. And I look at it very often. For
this is what it says to me:
"The golden crane is calling me."
You know Dan Crawford is a poet.
"Heartfelt thanks to you for standing
by the side of a lonely man, who was
single-handed. Look up. for we are
going up, and we shall soon be there.
Dan Crawford, only an armor-bearer."
- Now, you do not understand that last
allusion, do you? But this is what he
told me. He said, "Mr.,Hlnson. when
I have been out in the tall grass of
Africa, no denomination to watch me;
no board to ask me for my report; no
newspaper to publish my treachery to
my King: not even a policeman near;
no white face within hundreds of
miles: seething sin all about me, and
the flesh clamoring, and the world ,
clamoring and the devil clamoring. O,"
he said, "Mr. Hlnson. I have anchored
my soul, aa I have said.
Surely my captain may depend on me.
Though but an armor-bearer I may be.
I say what confidence God has re- .
posed in us. to say, "I want you to go
out and attend to the salvation of those
about you." Now. do not let us fail
God. But every one of you. as these
special meetings commence, as they did
last Sunday, go and take a stroll along
the Damascus road. You can easily
find it. It is the road on which Saul
said. "Who art thou. Lord?" And the.
Lord said, "I am your savior." And
Saul said, "What wilt thou have me to
do?' Now, before next Sunday, you get
your answer to that last question.
What wilt thou have me to do?" And
say, have you been living in Meroz'f
It is cursed by God, and you had bet
ter not stay there. 'Curse ye, Meroz,
curse ye bitterly the Inhabitants there
of, because they came not to the help
ol tho Lord."
Salt to Spnr Memory.
And, say, the next time you see salt
on your table, the next time you are
making use of that salt, will you re.
member this? One day Jesus said. "If
salt loses it savor, its power of salting
that which it touches" (it is the only
time the Lord uses the phrase) "It is
good for nothing." Are you savorless
salt? Are you good for nothing? And.
say, the next time you Bee a grape, the
next time you eat a grape, will you
think how the Lord Christ said, "I
am the vine; ye are the branches." And
the branch that beareth fruit, he
purges, that it may bring forth more
fruit; but the branch that beareth not
fruit, he cuts it off and burns It up.
Beware of the fire!
O. my friends, I am orthodox, and so
I believe men are being damned. 1
cannot preach under the consciousness
some of these people have got, that
there is no hell, and there Is no judg
ment, and there Is no efficacy in the
blood. I believe in the religion of the
book, and I believe that the day is
coming when men will go, tome to the
right and some to the left of Jesus
Christ; and my business is to save
them from the left hand of the throne
of God. And these people we mingle
with are - perishing. And you know,
Christ is calling us into this work.
And when he calls every bit of nerve
ought to respond with a thrill, and
every drop of blood In the veins ought
to rush with a ready acquiescence to
do his will. For Christ is calling!
Life Is too short
For cynic peep, or critic bark.
Quarrel and reprimand:
T'wlll soon be dark.
Up: choose thine own aim.
And God speed tho mark.
Soon the world will recede, and wo
shall never have another five minute
to come back to these possibilities and
opportunities of o-o-r earthly life. to
do it now, that task assigned, or you
will do it neve.-. Attend to your own
salvation. If you do. you will attend
ta the salvation of your brother and
do the double task unuer the reali
zation that God is with you.
FATTENING OF POULTRY
IS NEGLECTED SCIENCE
W. Ludwig Describes Process Which Is Being Used Advantageously and
Suggests That Farmers Are Losing Golden Opportunity.
IT IS estimated that about 500,000,000
young fowls are raised annually in
this country. This great quantity of
fowls does not come from the specialty
poultry farms scattered throughout the
country, as many people are inclined to
think who are unfamiliar with these
conditions. The greater part of these
poultry products come from the 6.500,-000-
farms upon which are found flocks
averaging from 25 to several hundred
fowls.
As a general rule these fowls do not
receive the best of attention and to a
great extent are obliged to forage for
their living. The care of these fowls
is usually left entirely to the women
and children. Under these conditions
the results obtained in egg production
and chicks raised is not as satisfactory
ax it is on a specialty poultry farm. The
cost of production is low as the labor
item is eliminated to a great extent and
the cost of feed is reduced materially
owing to the fact that the flock has
the range of the farm and receives no
special care or attention. Again the
farmer usually sells his surplus prod
ucts, only retaining what is required
for home consumption. The valuation
of these products from these farms is
about $250,000,000.
Katnre's Lina Followed.
The greater part of this output comes
during the natural hatching and breed
ing season when the hens lay freely and
raise their young. At this time of the
year the eggs are the cheapest and in
the Fall when this stock matures the
price and quotations are the lowest.
Were it possible for the poultrymen or
farmers to reverse conditions and have
an abundant supply of fresh eggs in the
Fall when they are scarce and com
mand a high price, and soft roasters in
the Spring, he could establish a trade
for fresh products and practically dic
tate his own prices and terms. Many
of the specialty poultry farms aVe
irrasping this opportunity for better
prices while the farmer continues na
ture's way of hatching in the Spring
and selling the stock In the Fall when
they become of marketable age. On
many plants the -incubators and brood
ers are idle for a great period of 4,he
year and it would certainly prove a
profitable business to keep the ma
chines In constant operation.
Throughout certain sections of the
East there are poultrymen who have
developed a profitable trade by raising
chicks in the Winter time, the hatchin
is done in the Fall and during the early
Spring months and the stock is sold
when the market is practically free
from fresh poultry.
Opportunity la Ncgleeted.
- The farmer Is neglecting a splendid
opportunity to increase his profits on
his surplus poultry. Pay a visit to the
village or city market -when dressed
poultry Is sold and the story is told in
plain words. Note the difference in
color and shape, size and weight. These
fowls look unattractive and no doubt
when killed and dressed they will pre
sent a scrawny appearance, some with
harp breast bones and the flesh more
or less shrunken, others with a bluish
skin and more or less shriveled. As
rule the meat of such a bird when
cooked is tough unless the bird is
young. A bird that Is well developed
is more attractive and much bette
eating '
In many cases the growers and mar-
ketmen buy the fowls alive and do the
killing and dressing. In many cases
the fowls are sold alive to the.consum
ers. This Is a condition that is unprof
itable to the producer, the customer 1
never satisfied and it reflects discredit
upon a nation of up-to-date progressive
and thrifty people.
Pure Breeds Recommended.
The difference of -color in the plu
mage can easily be remedied as well as
the difference in weignt. color, etc.
With care and forethought both eggs
and chicks of pure-bred stock can.be
obtained and a start in the right direc
tion for future success can be made.
Any farmer with a small outlay can ob
tain pure bred poultry and in the course
several years he can have a flock
of choice fowls that will earn consid-
rable profit over the mixed lot pre-
lously kept. When dressed the pure
bred fowls will average the same in
weight, bird for bird, the age being the
same, and will have the same color of
kin and a freedom of black pin-feath-rs.
It Is to a great extent a waste of la
bor, time used in feeding and room to
raise and send to market fowls that do
not present the best appearance.
Make a careful study of the feeding
problem and fatten the birds before
hipping or killing. Poultry in srood
laying condition is certainly not in the
best condition for market purposes. In
ferior poultry usually brings its value,
but it commands no premium and does
not yield a profit to the producer.
Fattening; Improves Taste.
Fattening Is the method of ripening
the bird's flesh in the best possible
manner for human consumption. This
condition can be vastly Improved both
internally and externally; externally in
the splendid appearance of the fowl
and the proper color; internally by the
presence of sufficient fatty tissue to
make it delicious eating. Care should be
exercised In the mixture of the feed in
order to reduce the fatty tissue, and
thlzt should contain plenty of heat and
energy forming materials. The birds
should be kept in such quarters that
but a small amount of this energy
producing material is wasted In exer
cise. Fattening does not designate the
laying on of great layers of fat. but
Implies the addition of that amount of
fat together with as much flesh as can
be obtained. A certain quantity of fat
ripens the:flesh and makes it soft and
palatable. Fat replaces the water in
the body tissues. In cooking, the fat
melts and the flesh becomes tender.
When the lean meat is cooked, which
contains a fair percentage of water,
the water evaporates and leaves the
meat dry and hard.
As a rule poultry grown under In
tensive conditions is much better when
ready for marketable purposes than
chickens from the farms, although the
conditions of all classes of poultry are
gradually improving.
Fattening Processes Described.
There are two special fattening pro
cesses, crate fattening and "Cramming.
Crate fattening is a process which re
strlcts exercise by forced feeding to a
greater extent than is permissible by
ordinary methods when the birds are
penned in the usual manner. This
method of fattening is used extensively
by the large poultry plants and slaughter-houses.
As a rule these firms buy
all the poultry -wherever it can be ob
tained at the best price and have it
shipped to them. Upon the arrival of a
shipment the birds are carefully sorted
and put through a special fattening
process and then sold at a profit. The
food generally used consists of finely
ground grains thoroughly mixed and
moistened and fed in troughs which are
placed on the outside of the coops.
Using this soft food care must be ex
ercised that not more than from 6 to 10
birds are confined In a pen on a floor
that will keep their feet and feathers
most economical feeds, being far su
perior to oatmeal.
It will take approximately from three
to three and one-half pounds of grasin
to produce one pound of flesh, hence the
feed cost averages 6 to 8 cents for each
pound gained. The cost of labor per
pound of Increase is from 1 to 3 cents,
according to the number and arrange
ment of the penB; therefore the total
cost of gain, counting the feed and'
labor, is approximately 7 to 11 cents.
Less expensive gain In flesh is usu
ally made by short feeding periods
ranging from 7 to 10 days.
Hens do badly under crate fattening,
and it is usually unprofitable to attempt
It. II rattening is necessary, tne ucick
method will give the best results at
small cost.
Records should be kept always so
that the gains can be estimated, for it
often happens that birds are carried'
through in small flocks by experienced
feeders at a loss not ogle of money but
from being soiled as little as possible.
According to experiments carried on
by the United States Department of
Agriculture the following conclusions
were arrived at by Alfred K. Lee
Chickens of the same breed vary
greatly In the amount of. flesh they put
on during the fattening period.
Small CoopsRecommended.
"Where a ilumber of bh-ds are to be
fattened, the use of portable coops or
batteries Is found most profitable; less
labor is required and the birds turn out
in better condition,
Low-grade wheat flour is one of the.
in weight as well.
Wallace's Farmer cites a case of an
Eastern man that is making big money
by buying poultry on the open market
and fr-pm farrfers, feeding it for two
weeks, and then reselling It at market
prices. He does not raise any, but
simply buys and fattens. Few farmers
maifA any effort to fatten the poultry
before selling it. This man we speai
of takes advantage of this fact, and he
is pocketing a large part of the profit
which really ought to go to tne larm
era.
This man uses a fattening feed
recommended by the Pennsylvania
State College and he buys everything
except the Bkim milk. The feed consists
of 60 pounds of corn meal and 40
pounds of bran. When he has the milk,
he uses a pound and a half with each
oound of the grain mixture. When he
does not have it, water is used for
making the mixture semi-liquid in
form, and five per cent of beef scrap
is substituted for the milk. Sour skim
milk is used in preference to sweet, as
fowls like it better and will eat more of
the grain.
Process Is Short.
Feeding is done only twice daily,, and
the birds are given all they will eat up
clean in 15 minutes. They are confined
in crates, about six birds being kept in
each crate, and are fed in troughs. This
feeder says he prefers yellow corn
meal to the white, as it gives the fowls
a. finer colored flesh. The fattening
mixture costs him an average of about
$1.70 for each 100 pounds on tne open
market.
He arets hli greatest gains when he
feeds for only two weeks. In one ex
periment. 60 general purpose cockerels
were used. They weighed 131.5 pounds
to start with, and they cost fZi.Zj
beinrr bought for 18.5 cents a pound
At the end of two weeks they had
gained 76 .pounds and had consumed
289 Dounds of food;- whicn cost
It had taken three pounds of food for
each pound of gain, and the 'gain had
cost 5 cents a pound. The value
the gain on the 60 cockerels curing tne
two weeks was S3.1Y. xnis is over
and above the food cost, and wnen
the market price was figured at 18
cents a pound, half a cent cheaper
than he had bought them for in the
first Dlace. - .
The cockerels were fed the third
week, but it did not pay. During thi
week they consumed 104 pounds of
mixed feed and they gained in weigh
slightfy less than 13 pounds. It took
over eight pounos oe iooa zor a pouna
of gain, and each pound of gain cos
nearly 14 cents, as compared with
cents during the first two weeks. The
value of the gain over food cost was
onlv 52 cents more tharrthe gain
the end of the two week period. Th
birds consumed nearly as much food
the third week as they did either
the first two weeks, but only gained
13 pounds, while they gained 38 pounds
each week previous to this.
The following table gives a sum
mary for the 60 five-week-old cockerels
which weighed 181.5 pounds to start
with, and the cost of which-was $25.33
at 18.5 cents a pound.
No grit or green feed was used;
neither was any water given, as the
mixture was almost a Hquld in itself.
They werefed only twice daily, so that
tney would be good and hungry for
each feed. He believes they eat more
when fed this way than when they are
given food oftener. They are confined
In the crates because fattening birds
should take as little exercise as pos
sible. If they move around much.
they utilize part of the energy which
should go into gain - in live weight.
The crates are cheap affairs, without
bottoms, having slatted sides and roof
enough to protect from rain. It Is a
simple matter to" change the ground as
often as necessary.
The condition of the average farm
fowl is usually Just about right to
start the fattening process. The food
which they pick up about the farm
is not of a fattening lfature, and their
free range of the premises tends to
keep them from getting fat enough for
the market. Instead of selling them
at this time, the most profitable plan
would be to fatten them for a couple
of weeks longer, keeping them con
fined and giving them a specially fat
tening ration. The best combination
for this seems to be about 40 parts of
bran with 60 parts of yellow corn meal.
made into a slop with skim-milk or
water, and beef scraps.
Profits Are Analyzed.
Another table compiled from the
first one gives a financial statement
of the experiment mentioned, and in
dicates about how much can be ex
pected under average condition:
First Second Third
but the heavy breeds must be fed care- I
fully or they will soon get too fat to J
lay.
G. II. S. Write to the different ex
perimental stations that are conduct
ing egg-laying competitions for the
method of feeding used in their con
tests. Address the State Experiment
Station, Mountain Grove, Mo., and the
State Poultry Experimental Station,
Storrs, Conn.
Woman Pioneer Vigorous on
Her 81st Birthday.
Mrs. .l:ilxabeh Kent Hecltea Trip to
Pacific t'oant and Horrors of Milp
nrrck When Vessel Rears Port.
FOREST SERVICE TELLS
USES OF "WEED" TREE
Western Hemlock Is Suitahle for Boxes, Flooring, Furniture, Fixtures,
Caskets and Other Necessities, Is Announcement After Study of Wood.
week. week. week.
. .$24.:.3 (24.33 24.33
. . 2.03 3.87 5.P4
. . 26.30 S'JS.SD
. . 31.HO S5.37 3!.U(
.. 0.54 . &.17 9.70
Initial rost
Food cost total
Total cost end of week
Market value
Profit above food cost.
The feeder referred to clears from
$20 to $25 a week, as he plans 'to be
feeding about 300 birds at a tlmo. His
total investment is not much over J300.
He has about 150 ready for market
each week, and picks out about this
many more in trips through the court
try, from the market-house or wher
ever he can find suitable stock for
fattening.
Cramming is a process of introduc
ing food into the bird's crop by physi
cal force whether they want it or not.
There are two methods of cramming
nand and maclune cramming. Hand
cramming Is practiced quite extensive
ly in Europe and rarely used in this
country. The food is placed in the
birds mouth and is forced down with
the finger. Ire machine cramming the
liquid food is placed in a specially con
structed machine and by the aid of a
plunger, which is operated by foot
power, the ioodjs forced into a tube
which is passed "down the bird's gullet
and into the crop. It is declared that
a more uniform product is obtained by
cramming, vet many assert that the
best crate-fed stock is as well finished
as that which has been crammed.
Will fat hens lay? E. J. H.
Tes and no, is the best short answer
to give this question. This subject has
been discussed in all the poultry jour
nals of the land. Experiments of all
kinds and by many people have been
tried, but still one will say yes and
another' no.
The truth is that it is possible to get
a hen so fat. she cannot lay, and it -is
also possible to get a hen so poor she
cannot lay. There Is a happy medium
between these two extremes which al
lows the hen to become a useful layer.
When a hen gets too fat she becomes
Indolent and lazy, the whole system
becomes sluggish, digestion and as
similation poor, the egg - producing
organs become clogged and crowded
with fat, and the fowl is useless. The
eggs laid. If any, are small, odd shaped,
double or soft shell. Unless the hen Is
made to exercise and use up this fat
she will soon succumb to disease. The
small breeds, being more active than
the larger breeds, do not get fat
easily, and, hence, they can be fed
with less danger of fattening them
THE
Bt JUNE M'MILLAN OHDWAT.
HE hardships of crossing the plains
the West and a subsequent
shipwreck on tho steamship Northerner
have not broken the health of Mrs.
Elizabeth Kent, 661 East Salmon street,
who Celebrated 'her 81st birthday on
October 24.
Mrs. Kent was born near Columbus,
Ohio, in 1833. She was the daughter
of- Joseph C. Geer, grandfather of ex
Governor T. T. Geer.
Mrs. Kent came to Oregon with her
parents in 1847. They settled near
Buttevllle, in Clackamas County.
Mrs. Kent was married at the age
of 16 years. Her first husband was
Captain C. E. Swltzer. After his death
in the wreck of the steamer Northerner
in 1860, Mrs-. Kent married again.
The wreck of the Northerner oc
curred off Cape Mendocino, a day and a
halt out from San Francisco. Captain
and Mrs. Swltzer were returning from
their home In Oregon with the body
of their son, who had died in San
Francisco.
On January 5. 1860, the ship struck
a rock. Captain Switzer - fastened a
re-preserver on his wife, wrapped a
cape around her shoulders, and low
ered her over the side.
"I'll come later." he told her, as he
pressed his pistol into her hand. "Take
this, and if it comes to starvation, use
it as you think best."
Thirty-seven of the passengers, in
eluding Captain Swltzer, were lost In
the wreck. The rescued passengers
were cared for by a storekeeper, who
invited them to his home, and save
them all the food and bedding he pos
sessedL
Mrs. Switzer searched a long time
for the body of her husband, but it
was not found until later.
She still cherishes a ring which he
wore at the time of his death.
Mrs. Switzer returned to Portland
on the steamer Columbia. She went to
live at Canemah. and seven weeks later
she became the mother of a daughter.
now Mrs. W. A. Gradon, 561 East Sal
mon street.
The wreck of the Northerner is still
fresh in her mind. She became quite
111 when she read of the loss of the
Titanic
Mrs. Kent's memory is good. She
is an excellent conversationalist, and
speaks frequently of her girlhood days
in Ohio. She lives with her daughter
and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Gradon.
She has many friends, who remem
bered her birthday with both gifts and
congratulations.
THAT western hemlock is suitable
for boxes, flooring, Interior finish,
sash and door stock, and for furni
ture, fixtures, caskets, cooperage stock
and pulpwood. is ,the announcement
of the local Forest Service, following
a study of the wood in co-operation
with The Timberman.
The Portland office of the Forest
Service recently published, in co-operation
with The Timberman. the re
results of a study of Western hemlock
(Tsuga heterophylla.)
A study of this species was made
in 1900 and the data published In the
form of Bulletin 33 of the Forest
Service. The recent study, made dur
ing the season of 1912, was designed
to supplement the information gath
ered in 1900. For a long time. Western
hemlock was classed with the Eastern
relative. Eastern hemlock, and looked
upon as a "weed" tree. A few pro
gressive millmen, however, realised its
worth and did much toward its utili
zation, until now it is recognized as
an excellent wood and marketed under
Its own name.
The recent study has brought out
any interesting facts about the tree.
Silviculturally it Is a shade-enduring
species, reproduces rapidly, recovers
quickly from suppression and from
damage by fire or other Injury, and
is a long-lived tree, specimens from
SUMMARY. First
week.
Total .gain, pounds ........,.. ..... . 4.1.7
Food consumed, pounds 319.9
Pounds food per pound of gain. . 2.62
Value of food f 2.03
Cost per pound of gain ..................... .. .044
Value of gain above food cost R.54
Total Total
Second 1st and 2d Third. three
week. . weeks. week. week.
30.4 76.1 12.8 88.0
108.07 22S.87 104.4 333.27
3.25 3.00' 8.15 3,73
$ 1.84 3.87 1 1.77 S 5.64
.1)6 .05 .138 .003
3.63 t.17 .3 9.70
Facilities. Our River Jfeeds.
(Philadelphia Ledger.)
Fifty-five hundred tons of coal
dumped into a steamer's hold in four
hours and a half; 30 ships handled in
a day- a carload emptied in a minute
and a half instead of an hour; 125
men doing the work of 600; that is the
record set at a Philadelphia wharf. It
is a remarkable Improvement over the
coal-loading methods of even a few
years ago.
Such progress is not, however, un
expected. It is imperative. Coal is i
bulky, -bunglesome thing. The best
methods of handling It are necessary
in order to prevent breakage and not
to add materially to its costliness as a
fuel. With the internal combusion en
gine making Its way so rapidly in ma
rine navigation, such advances in coal
handling are essential If liquid fuel Is
not to oust old King Coal. (
400 to 500 years old being common.
As a rule, mature trees are from three
to four feet in diameter at breast
height, and less than 200 feet in height.
Commercially, tho wood has been
found to be suitable for boses. floor
ing, interior finish, sash and door
stock, furniture, fixtures, caskets, coop
erage stock and pulpwood. The
wood is fairly strong, even grained
and odorless when dry. It is free
from pitch, and does not absorb moist
ure sufficiently to make it swell or
warp. Of all the commercial uses to
which hemlock has been put. pulpwood
is the most important, and it is the
most important species in the Pacific
Northwest for that purpose. In 1911,
68,141 cords of hemlock were convert
ed into pulpwood In Washington and
Oregon, which constitutes 4 8 per cent
of the total amount used.
According to the study,"The original
virgin supply of Western hemlock is
still almost Intact." This is due to
the fact that lumbermen thus far
have been exploiting the forest which
contained the largest amount of Doug
las fir and the least of Western hem
lock. However, the records show a
marked increase in the use of this
species, the cut of 90 million feet in
1908 increasing to 1E2 million in 1900
and 21S million In 1910.
The Forest Service would be glad
to furnish further information to
those who are interested particularly.
TERM SERVED FOR FRIEND
Ex-Flrc Chief Tells How He Was
Sentenced for Another's Crime.
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 2. Friends
and even political enemies of ex-Fire
Chief Hugh F. Sweeney have joined in
a movement to restore him to citizen
ship, following Sweeney's declaration in
Superior Court that he has lived down
the fact that he was convicted of man
slaughter and sentenced to six years at
hard labor In. 1872.
Sweeney has been active in politics
here for years. The first hint that
Sweeney had a "past" came recently,
when he answered a summons to Su
perior Court on startling charges by
Republican opponents that Sweeney
had been convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to six years, and that
therefore he had no standing as a citi
Sweeney is now 65. When he ap
peared before Judge Rice he asked to
make a statement before being ques
tioned. Upon the court's acquiescence,
Sweeney quietly told his story.
"Forty-two years ago," he said, "I at
tended a picnic at Sea Breeze, N. J.
There was a fight. A man was struck
on the head and died from his hurt. I
was merely a spectator and Innocent of
the deed, but I was arrested, convicted.
sentenced. For four years and nine
months I toiled in the Trenton peniten
tiary. I got 15 months off for good
behavior.
"I knew the man who struck the blow
for which I was being punished. He was
my friend, Lewis Lege. He did not
come forward to save me. but I am not
and never have been sorry I made the
sacrifice. I would not tell his name If
he were not dead."
Sweeney has a brother In Philadel
phia. A sister lives at Chester, Pa.
William Itockefeller Peads.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. William Rock
efeller, Standard Oil multi-millionaire,
appeared today In the criminal branch
of the United States District Court and
entered a plea of not guilty to the in
dictment charging him with conspiracy
in connection with his acts as a former
director of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad Company. He was
placed under 15000 bond to Insure his
appearance for trial.
Conversation Appreciated.
(Washington Star.)
"Want your hair cut?" asked the bar
ber. "No," answered the customer who had
seated himself in the chair. "My eyes
hurt and I can't read the paper. I want
to hear what's going on."
SAVE YOUR HAIR! IF FALLING OUT
"OR DAHDRUFF--25 CENT DANDER1NE
Ladies! Men! Here's the Quick
est, Sorest Dandruff Cure
Known. .
Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of a neglected
scalp; of dandruff that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive to the
hair as dandruff. It robs the hair of
its lustre, its strength and its very life;
eventually producing a f everishness and
Itching of the scalp, which If not reme
died causes the aair roots to shrink.
loosen and die then the hair falls out
fast. A little Danderlne tonight now
anytime will surely save your hair
Get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderlne from any dcug store or toilet
counter, and after the first applica
tion your hair will take en that life,
lustre and luxuriance which is so beau
tiful. It will become wavy and fluffy
and have the appearance of abundance;
an incomparable gloss and softness, but
what will please you most will be after
just a few weeks' use, when you will
actually see a lot of fine, downy hair
new hair growing all over the scalp.
Adv.