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AWO.MAX riding on an elephant
down Fifth avenue the day after
election so dislocated traffic at
Forty-second street that a policeman
shooed her into a side street. The ele
phant was decorated with the legend:
"I Lost."
The youn? woman was Miss Katie
Schmidt, an ice skater at the Hippo
drome, and the elephant waa Jennie,
the largest in the Hippodrome menag
erie. Miss Schmidd had watered with
Miss Gir,ard that Illinois would go Dem
ocratic. Had Miss Oirard lost, she
would have ridden a cfonkey down
Fifth avenue.
To demonstrate her worth as a mem
ber of the first line of Uncle Sam's
sea forces, the battleship New York
left the Navy-yard November 11 for a
speed test at Hampton Roads.
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Louis Agard, the richest Indian in
the Northwest, has just marketed a
load of stock calves in St. I'aul, and he
says cattle raising is the only busi
ness. He raises only enough grain to
feed his stock and even "two-dollar
wheat" would not make him change
his opinion about farming.
" Mr. Agard owns 30,oou acres of the
richest land in South Dakota, and so
many cattle that he keeps no count
of them. He is a half-hreed and waa
born on the Standing Rock reservation.
Some of his great land holdings he got
in allotments from the Government,
but -much of his land he 'bought. Re-ce-ntly
he sold an entire section of land
in Mcintosh and still owns much prop
erty in that town.
He owtis in all 19 quarter sections
in the reservation and has about seven
miles of land fenced.
An aeroplane attack in the Somme
region utterly ruined all of the build
ings, cut down a fairly heavily wooded
section and gave the entire section a
war-stricken appearance. These winged
ha voc-wreckeru were gathered into
piles as soon as the bombardment of
the town had ceased. The efficacy of
the aero attack has been proven many
times in he great war.
Dug into the ground ar some of the
field stations of the German army near
Soissons, in Northern France, where
wounded from the trenches have been
taken during the recent drive.
If a wounded soldier could be con
sidered lucky, that distinction would
be thrust on men waited on by Queen
Marie of Roumania in the royal palace
at Bucharest, which has been turned
into a hospital.
It was only a short time after the
entrance of Roumania into the war that
the Queen ordered the palace to be
thrown open to the wounded soldiers.
Assisted by her two daughters. Prin
cesses Marie and Elizabeth, the Queen
now cares for the men.
MjYodem'PouIfn Qhure
With the advent of the official
egg-laying contests an impetus
has been given the poultry in
dustry which is in keeping with
modern, scientific methods. These
contests have marked a new era
in the poultry industry and have
encouraged breeders in all parts
of the-world to produce fowls
which will lay large numbers of
eggs at all seasons of the year.
BY M. L. CHAPMAN.
Judge, Breeder and Writer.
THE egg-laying contests are to the
breeder of utility stock what the
poultry shows are to the fancier.
It gives him an opportunity to study
the results of his labors when his fowls
are placed under uniform conditions
and in competition -with those of other
breeders.
It was in Australia that the idea of
egg-laying contests first attracted at
tention and shortly after the various
state agricultural experiment stations
in this country took them up as part
of their official work which came un
der the direction of their professors of
poultry husbandry.
The methods of the various 'contests
vary slightly in different states, but
they are mostly uniform in general
management. A house large enough to
accommodate 10 birds is arranged for
each pen. and it is fitted with a run in
which the birds may exercise and have
access to growing green food. In some
contests there are only five or six birds
to a pen, and these are conducted along
the same lines as where 19 birds are
used.
The contests usually open on the
first of November and continue for 12
months. The pullets intended to com
pete in the contest are shipped so as to
arrive at the contest grounds on the
evening before, or on the first day of
November. An extra pullet is sent
along to be held in reserve in case of
accident to any of the regular contest
ants, when she may be used, as a sub
stitute in order to keep the number of
the pen intact. No male birds are
used in the pens and it has been found
that their absence does not affect the
production of eggs. On the arrival of
the birds at the contest grounds each
bird is banded with an official leg
band and the birds are. then placed in
their respective permanent quarters.
All of the houses are fitted alike, each
contains trap nests and the same kind
of feeding equipment.
All Pen Fed Alike.
All competing pens are fed alike In
every respect with rations that have
been prepared and mixed according to
the regular formulas which are in
practice at that particular station. The
birds are not disturbed by anyone ex
cept the regular attendant who feeds
and waters them and gathers the eggs.
It often occurs that eggs are laid on
the floor or outside of the trap nest,
in which case the egg is credited to the
pen but to no particular bird.
Since the establishment of egg-laying
contests in this country many valuable-lessons
have been learned which
have been of inestimable value to
breeders and those interested in the
poultry industry. Feeding problems
have been satisfactorily solved and
methods of handling fowls so as to
insure the greatest production of eggs.
No One Bent Breed.
It has been demonstrated conclu
sively that there is no one best breed
or variety of fowls. It has also been
proven that American breeds, varieties
and strains can lead the world. It
forever removes the doubt that gener
al purpose fowls (so-called), such as
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and
Rhode Island Reds, do not lay as many
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THIS'is one of the oldest and best
known fowls of Belgium. Toget'ler
with its sister, the Silver Cainpine,
it Is regarded as the standard utility
fowl of that country. Its value has
been recognized for over a century, and
many specimens were shipped to Eng
lish breeders. In England both varie
ties were raised to a high state of
perfection. They were introduced into
the United States 20 years ago.
At first they were mostly small,
badly-marked fowls,, and in all prob
ability not Campines at all, but a
coarser relative of tills fine fowl. In
consequence, the first wave of impor
tation and popularity was very brief
eggs in a year as the lighter or (so
called) egg-producing breeds, such as
Leghorns, Minorcas, Hamburgs and An
conas. From the records it has been
shown that a pen of Rhode Island Reds
and an average of 208 eggs, a pen of j
Barred Rocks an average of 210 ergs,
a pen of White Rocks 206 eggs and a
pen of White Wyandottes an average
of 210 eggs. These records are indis-put-v
' evidence that there are great
possibilities with the heavier breeds
as egg producers.
HroodineMif MiiMt Be Stopped.
The wonderful showing made by the
heavier varieties is largely due o .the
management of the fowls while broody.
Broodiness in fowls does not hold the
same terrors for' the average poultry-
man since the egg-laying contests have
proven that this condition can be con
trolled to the extent that there is very
little loss of egg yield during that pe
riod. The question of broodiness and
its relation to egg production has re
ceived considerable study, and regard
less of general opinion It is evident
that both egg production and broodi
ness are part of Nature's plan to repro
duce the fowl and, therefore, closely re
lated to each other. It has been shown
that broodiness is a condition of the
brain and not of the body. The time
the hen goes broody she is in laying
condition, having the different parts of
the egg partly developed, but because
of staying on the nest, lack of nourish
ment, the hen absorbs the egg material
as nourishment, in the same manner as
she does when she stops laying due to
a sudden change in the weather. A re
port on the treatment of about 4000
hens In one of the contests shows that
the hens are broken of brooding desire,
and at the time of laying the last egg
till the hen began laying again was an
average of 10 days. The method con-
feather framed with narrow, V-shaped 1 sisted In placing the hen In a wire
bands of golden red. Legs and feet I sided coop where she can see tho rest
are slate-colored. I of the flock, ranging about the yard.
and the breed was dismissed as un
satisfactory. Within the past 10 years,
however, one very enthusiastic breeder
imported a number of real Campines,
both golden and silver, and set about
popularizing them for their actual
worth as great layers of the whitest
eggas, as well as for their beautiful
markings. After persistent efforts tie
breed was recognized, and today It is
one of the most popular Mediterranean
varieties.
The Golden Campine is a very hand
some fowl. Both sexes have large red
comba and white earlobes. The plum
age is glossy, greenish black, e3ch
She becomes restless and If plenty of
food and water are supplied, she eats
often, thereby keeping her body built
up so that she commences laying again
in a short time.
Stamdard-bred fowls qualified to win
in the showroom are among the
heaviest layers, which is further evi
dence that pure-bred stock will lay a
jrreater number of eggs than the com
mon scrub or mixed-breed stock.
Perhaps the most important feature
brought put by the egg-laying con
tests Is tne indisputable fact that It is
possible to maintain a flock of hens
and make a reasonable profit. Not
Time was when the duck was
not considered sufficiently prof
itable to warrant the trouble of
raising it. In the past 20 years
this branch "of poultry culture
has developed into a flourishing
industry. One of the foremost
breeacrs has contributed an arti
cle on this subject for next week.
every hen in a flock will pay herkeep,
let alone produce enough eggs to give a
profit, as tht're are cases on record of
hens that did not lay any eggs, and
many which did not lay enough to pay
their feeding expenses.
It has been shown that hens will lay
an average of 12 dozen eggs each dur
ing the year, which, if sold at i!5 cents
per dozen equals $3. The hens ate food
which cost approximately $1.42, thus
leaving a balance of $1.58 per hen to
pay for labor and expenses.
Ksrlr Layers Are Best.
Another practical lesson learned Is
that where pullets are expected to be
good W inter lavers. they must be
hatched reasonably early. This applies
maturing can be arranged so the pul
let will lay her first eggs In the first
week of the content, as a nil,-, they
will continue laying throughout the
Winter. For a hen to be a good pro
ducer she must be in good health and
full of vigor, she must have been a
descendant from parents which wore
heavy egg producers. She must inher
it an egg-producing propensity and
be able to transmit this characteristic
to her offspring.
Very often the average breeder can
not afford to conduct trap nest records
during the entire year, and this matter
has received considerable study. After
four years of investigation it has been
shown that records of three months
will give a fair enough average for the
year, and this record for three months
will enable the breeder to pick out his
best layers.
With the steady increase in ecc pro
duction by the large number of fowls
now competing in these contests all
over the world, it has opened a new
era for the commercial egg farmer,
and has done a great work in clearing
up many of th problems which are
the cause of failure.
home In the southeastern part of Parks
County recently. It Is believed the
fire started from an overheated stove
after they retired.
WILDCAT FIGHTS WITH MAN
Naturalist Gets More Pointers In 15
Minutes Than lie Seeks.
ALTOONA. r.. Nov. 20. Caramel j
Doesch. a naturalist of Petersburg,
was painfully scratched and bitten on
the arms and body In a battle with a
wildcat, which attacked him while he
whs rambling through the woods two
miles from home.
He saw the feline on a tree, but
since it was not his custom to harm
beast or bird, he passed on. Turning
to look at it, the cat had d isapppeared.
and. anticipating trouble, he picked up
a club.
The next moment the beast sprang
at him from the brush and for 15 min
utes he had the fight of his life beating
it off. and he finally killed it. but not
until his tiesh had been severely lacer
ated. .
DEATH INVESTIGATION ON
l'oison In Trunk'Ieads to "Probe !
Anulvhl of Stomach.
FItEEPORT. 111.. Nov. 19. A Coro
ner's jury Investigating the death of
Gottlieb Weismiller. 62 years old. a
wealthy farmer, adjourned to await
the result of a chemical analysis of
the contents of the man's stomach.
Welsmiller was found dead In bed
by his son. Fred. The son had ob
tained cough medicine and heart stim
ulants from a doctor and had admin
istered them to the old man. In Wels
mlller's trunk was a vial containing
strychnine.
The son and his wife had lived with
the farmer until September 6. but left
him at that time because of a quarrel.
Gossip regarding this quarrel and
the fact that father and son had dis
cussed Insurance matters recently
brought on the investigation.
STAY SOBER, GET BONUS
Pittsburg Firm Pays Extra for Men
W'lio Are on "Wagon."'
PITTSBURG. Nov. 20. Five cents an
hour for "staying on the wagon" ts
being paid in Johnstown. To give old
John Barleycorn a knockout blow, a
concern has made an agreement with
its skilled workers to pay them, at
the end of the Job on which they are
engaged, 5 cents extra for every hour
they have worked, if they stay sober.
The Farris Engineering Company, of
Pittsburg. Is the firm. The men affect
ed are painters and other skilled work
ers engaged repairing the McConaughy
street bridge. And the plan, accord
ing to reports, is working. .
Father and Son Burn to "Death.
ROCKVTLLE, Ind., Nov. 19. William
Choate, 65 years old. and his son By-
to all varieties. If the hatching and rom, 12, were burned to death in their astringent and tonic properties.
"COP" SAVES FIVE IN FIRE
Woman and Children Arc Taken
From Iiurnlng Apartment.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 19. Five
persons were rescued the other day
by a policeman from fire, which dam
aged an apartment house at Twenty
third and Judson streets. The heroic
cop is Albert Bush, attached to the
Twentieth and Buttonwood streets sta
tion. The apartment was above a grocery
In which the flames started. The po
liceman carried to the street Mrs. J. B.
Flelcff. her sons Louis and Benjamin.
1 and 3 years, and two nephews, 6 and
8. Hush was Flfc-htTv burned.
Cosmetics Not Needed;
Peel the Skin Instead
One reason mercolized wax Is so
strongly recommended is that It really
takes the place of several different cos
metics, saving time, patience and ex
pense. It is better than any rleansincr.
cream, better than any massage cream,
and better than any rouge, for accom
plishing the results for which such ar
ticles are used. As the wax actually
absorbs an old, faded or discolored cuti
cle, a little each day, the underlying
skin, which gradually appears. Is clear
er, softer, healthier-hued and more
youthful than any cosmetic-made com
plexion. Spreading on a thin cost of
this wax at night, washing it off morn
ings. In a week or so produces a mar
velous transformation. Just one ounce
of mercolized wax. obtainable at any
drug store, will do the work. There's
nothing better to remove freckles, moth
Satches, liver spots. sallowness,
lotches, pimples or blackheads.
For wrinkles and loose, saggy skin, a
face bath made by dissolving one ounce
of powdered saxolite in a half pint of
witch naze i. is tne nest tning tnat can
be recommended. This has remarkable.
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