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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1908)
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Tho ingredients ca begotten at any drug store. llli Mnrllnl Trouhl. Oo r.bat Krouml." linked the Ifcwyer, i rour wife wont a divorce? Ineom- ttiibiii'y' . tometli'ns of tlint sort, I reckon. wnri the mm. "My Income. In't tcawtille with Jut Ideas of comfort." I nT BU . V.m4 in lf iiriMii wre Cleanses tlioSy.stctirEffect uaLJJLspcls Lolds and Head aches duo to Constipation; Acts naturally, acts truly as BestforMenkmon an tw-ybunji and Old. Tojjel its leru'j'toialEjcct pays buy c Genuine tvlucli mmc jull name of 1lie Com pany ' CALIFORNIA . m Strup Co. Vta"." monufocfunul. printed on the sold Briil leaiKgkdruggists, w Me only, regular prico 50..rboltlo. flWM'OJ- 1H I-ft. -AM.rff rj ChmHU U, ' V Jl rj ' I"' ''' trli ( i (Mil ltml,l.'Htim. Control nJ Urn . .4 TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED 4 GARMENTS are cut on larger paltems. designed ,tp gWe the wearec the utmost comfort lIGHT'DURABtE-CLEAn pUARANTEEDYWICRPKO0' SUITS 322 SLICKERS 322 ttMtmivuitir mi mt taunt I'fWs ucMOfntfu. IrlS-"! 1m TO I Inn.-. .'. .""Kin iiiulr..M ...... Bi :"' 'H1 unci k ,V,7 " Shoe, . or V""1 n"r '0P 1". iW ,Clo",,tJh V" la U wort" C--:-!trL,w Prk SI.. Iim,n- u... 1 '' WM M In.. No. 49-0a WHY EGOS ARE HIGH, 8omo Ways This Expomlvo NecGtsUy May Do Turned to Profit. Vy June Dryden, I'oultrymn Oregon Aitrlcul turnl CollfKe, Corvalll. IIkr.i arc 60 cents a dozen. Iimnm the liens don't lay. The main reason why they don't lay is because this is not the natural laying season. In a slate of nature fowls lay and breed in the sprinpr season, and they haven't got quite away from that habit. Old hab its die hard with hens as with men.! This explains why with little care the hen will lay in the sprhijr and with much care m the fall and winter she won't lay, or very seldom will. Hut through centuries of training and breeding the hen is gradually getting away from her old habit of laying a few eggs in the spring and hatching them, and it is possible now, with the proper skill in handling, to make Iter lay in winter whether she will or no. Hut the first thing we have to learn is that to get eggs in winter means a fight against nature, against the old hen na ture. Winter is not the natural lnying season, When a pullet has reached maturity, no matter at what season of the year, if she be maintained in good health and vigor and gets the proper kind and riuautity of food, she will lay eggs if she has the laying capacity. Let us analyze that sentence a little. The first point raised is a question of maturity. The pullet must be mature before Mic lays. If n pullet lays in Oc tober she must be hatched early enough in the spring so that she will reach ma turity in October. A Plymouth Rock hatched the first of April should lay the middle of October or first of No vember. If they are to lay a month earlier they should be hatched a month earlier. '1 he Leghorn should lay the first of October if hatched the first of April. The next point refers to health and vigor. The pullet must come to ma turity with good health and vigor. She must have had proper care during the brooding and growing period. A stunt ed chick, a chick hatched from an egg laid by a hen out of condition, a chick that lias had to battle with insect pests, or a chick that has not had proper food and exercise, will not be a profitable layer in any season. How to maintain the health and vigor of the Dock is the biggest problem in poultry keeping. To get et?g in winter the hens must have constitutional vigor. The third point is that to get eggs the hens must have the proper kind and quantity of food The hen requites more kinds of food than a cow or a hog. The cov needs no animal food; the hen docs. The hen gives more con sideration to cleanliness of the product than the cow. She seals it up in a shell of lime to keep it clean, and she therefore must have a liberal supply of mineral matter. All foods furnish a certain amount of mineral matter, but not enough to supply aU the shell ma terial when hens arc laying heavily. What foods should they be fed? They should have grain, but grain alone won't do. What will happen if the hen cats nothing but wheat? Remem bering that she puts nothing into an egg that she does not cat, that an egg contains about onc-liltli ounce ot tat and that if she ate nothing but wheat she would get enough far for three or four eggs a day and about enough protein for half an egg a day, the thing that will happen will be that she will re fuse to make eggs. The hen docs not adulterate her product, otherwise she could fill up the egg with surplus fat. like some people make butter, out of spurious oil or beef fat. She will make an honest article or none at an. me point is that the hen should have s.ich foods as will furnish the necessary food elements in proper proportions; in other words, she should have a balanced ration. There arc different ways of balancing the ration. Por instance, if the lieu has access to wheat, to clover or kale and to grasshoppers, angle worms and crit. she will balance her own ration. She will eat a little wheat, a little clover and a few grasshoppers or :inclcworms and cat enough of each to furnish the egg making element in right proportion. An occasional feed of corn or oats in place of wheat would improve the ration. This much for the food. How shall h 1m? fed? Acain vou must take ac count of the nature of the hen. She is a busy creature naturally; that is part of her life, and you must keep her busy nr ti't Imr he husv. If she has free range on the farm she will keep herself busy and her muscle ami digestion m good order, but when you shut her up in yards you are imposing artificial conditions and you must provide exer cise for her. I have kept hens for a year on a bare board floor in a small ncn and fed them well. They laid about 4lirce dozen eggs each during the year, and at the end of the year with this sort of luxury ami ease they had lost their constitution and their usefulness; while other hens fed in the same way, but with a ground floor and deep litter to scratch in and yards to run m, laid over twelve dozen eggs each, and at the end of the year were still in the busine ss. The hen needs exercise. I he demand for animal food may be sup plied in different ways. Skim milk, milk curds and buttermilk will take the place of meat if enough of it can be fed. Skim milk is largely water, and a heavy-laying hen can scarcely dunk enough of it to get the necessary amount of animal food. There is nothing bet ter than fresh-cut lean meat and b uies. the danger from uncooked metit scraps, however, being that they arc liable to contain disease germs, and unless it is known to bo free from disease it is better to conk it. The commercial ar ticle of heef scraps put up by the large packing houses aro largely used: sonic of the stuff sold for poultry food, is only fit for fertilizer, however. During Himplinrry lee. noil four eupfnlH of wntor and ono and a hnlf eupfnlH of HUgnr twonty tnlnutoH. Cool, add two ciipfuls of niHp borry Julro and two tnblospoonfuls lemon JuUu Rlrnln and frooze, using threo norm Ihioly enmhod Ico to ono part rock wit. To obtain tho rni iKirry Juleo wash tho Iwrrlwi and Btrr.-n through douhli olirwelntli-. Tho moil who nui give witUfai'torj explanations of tht'lr falluivn are thiv oucs who become, loafers. seasons of the year when insects and worms arc plentiful and the fowls have the liberty of the farm, little animal food may be fed. Another point about feeding grain j Should it be ground or fed whole? It is known that a certain proportion of the food of fowls is used to nroducc energy to grind the food, and from this point of view it is cheaper to have the food ground at the mill. lint it has been found by experiment that fowls do f"t do well when fed altogether on ground food. The final point in this discussion is the laying capacity of the hen. If all the three things mentioned above be properly attended to, there will still be a scarcity of eggs unless the fowls have the laying capacity, and it is no fault of the hen if she hasn't; the trouble goes back to her ancestor.!. COMMERCIAL POTATO GROWING Somo G ood Points on Ono of tho Most Profitable of Crops. IJy A. O. Cra'if, Altant Horticulturist, Stoto College of Wuhlnuton, Pullman. Potato land should bo plowed in tho fall und ullowcd to lie rough during tho winter. This fuvors tho catching of winter moisture, and allows the .Bub flurface soil to Bottle and the surface can be worked earlier in tho spring. If the fall plowing is impossible, the land should bo disced in the fall bo that the surfaco may bo rough and open through the winter. Deep plowing usually gives better results than shal low. The plowed land should be well harrowed early fn tho spring, and if not immediately planted, it should be frequently harrowed in order to con BPrvo moisture and kill the weeds which start after tho first harrowing. Spring plowed land should be harrowed immediately after the plow, to pre vent loss of moisture. In the dryer Bcctions, some form of aubsurfaco packer Bhould follow the plow, and this should immediaetly be followed by the harrow to work up a surface mulch. If the soil plows up cloddy, a plank clod masher may be used quite profitably. The time of planting should be gov erned largely by tjie climote and the purposes for which the potatoes are grown. The potato plant needs ample moisture when the tubers are setting; hence, the grower should endeavor to have tho plants reach that stage of de velopment at the time when the moist ure supply is likely to be favorable. For early new potatoes, the seed should bo plar :d as early in the spring as the soil will permit, on light, warm soil. For lato potatoes they may be planted as late as the middle of June, provided the moisture supply is ample and con tinuous; but where summer rains can not be depended upon, the earier the potatoes are planted the better, if the danger from frost is guarded against. The distance between rows and be tween hills in the row is an important point in tho potato culture. Varieties that tend to produce very large tubers should be planted close. Soil will ad mit of close planting in direct propor tion to its fertility and moisture con tent, and the care given the crop. In high priced land, intensive culture should be practiced and tho rows and hills planted as closely as the fertility of the land will permit Increasing tho size of the "seed pieces" will ac complish the same results as close planting, but the danger of sunburned tubers is apt to be increased. No farmer who grows six or more acres of potatoes each year can afford to do without a horso planter. Of the several methods of hand planting, the following is the most satisfactory : After tho soil is well prepared, open up furrows to the proper depth with a single shovel plow. After the seed is dropped, cover with the plow and har row thoroughly. The depth of the planting should depend upon tho text ure of the soil, and upon whether early or lato potatoes are desired. Five inches is not too deep for late potatoes, on light, mellow soils, nut three to four inches is bottor for an early crop, or on very heavy, or very wet soil. Tho nmount of seed to uso varies from three to ten sacks per acre, and depends upon tho variety of tho soil. Varieties which tend to produce very large tubers should have a large quan tity of seed. Rich land should receive moro sood than poor land. If the seed piocos are not too large, tho number of eyes to each piece makes no difference. It is moro important that the size of the pieces sohuld be uniform than that thore Bhould be the samo number of eyes in each piece. Frequently only n part of tho pota toes which aro planted como up. This may be duo to one or more of several causess, all of which should be guarded against. Cut seed potatoes should never bo allowed to romain in piles un til thoy heat, and aro thereby seriously injured. Seed potatoes that havo been exposed to too low temneraturo will seldom give a uniform stand. All de cayed tubors and thoso which havo brown or black spots through tho flesh should not bo planted as thor.e are two diseases which aro found in this state which aro suro to result in an unsatis factory stand if seed infected with them is planted. Cut seed should never bo planted deeply in tho cold wot soil, or unsatis factory germination is suro to rosult. Finally, in tho dryer sections, potatoes ghould be planted to uniform depth be low tho dry surface mulch in ordor to buuuro a uniform stand. , Short SiiKSrextlona. All lard to fry fritters and doughnuts must Ih sibling hot before putting lu tho batter. Caudles will burn slowly and steadily through tho evening If they aro kept on Ico all day. To keep mold from pickles, In tho top of each Jar or bottlo placo a layor or horso-radlsh rootB. sllcef thin. ir vou aro umiblojo satisfy your self and you cannot how can you Uouo to satisfy otuors A woman and her opinions are Boon parted. W'lgg I have a noiseless typewriter. Wagg Is Bhe a deaf-mute? Philadel phia Ilccord. "What allH me, doc?" asked the gen ial clubman. "Vou need n Job. Vou'ro Buffering from overrest," New York Sun. Mm. Hcnhnm How much did you pay tho minister when we were mar ried? Itnnbam He fined me five dol lars. Harper's Weekly. Teacher Now, children, what Is tho greatest enemy of poultry? Silence. Teacher Who cats the most poultry? Pupils Tho minister! Jugend (Mun ich). The Lady Little boy, don't you know flinoklng will shorten your life? The Kid Shucks! Wot do I care? I've seen cvcryt'Ing dero Is, Boston Trav eler. Pat I hear ycr wolfe l sick, Molke. Mike She Is thot. Pat Ih It danger oub Bhe Is? Mike Dlvll a bit She's too weak to bo dangerous any more! j Brooklyn Life. Facetious Friend (teaplngly) Well, which rules 3011 or your wife? Mr. Youngwed (with hauteur) You forget we can afford to keep a cook. Balti more American. Stelln So your father handled him without glovefl? Bella Yes, and It would have been better for poor, dear (Jeorge If he had done It without shoes. Now York Sun. "The telephone Is certainly a great In ventlon. Think of It! You can tnlk to your wife fifty miles away." 'That may be your experience. All I've been able to do Is to listen." "Have you." naked the Judge of a re cently convicted ninn, "anything to of fer the conrt before sentence Is passed?" "No. your honor." replied the prisoner, "my lawyer took my last dollar." "I saw the major's wife at her win dow early this morning. She looked 40 years old!" "You must'be mistaken, your highness; no woman is ns old ns she looks In the morning!" Fllegende Blnetter. "Why are you so vexed. Irma?' "I nm so exasperated ! I attended the meeting of the Social Kquality League, and my parlor maid presided and hud the audacity to call me to order three times '." Fllegende Blaetter. Mulligan The byes Bay ye licked poor Casey. Shure. he nlver hurt Iny man's feelln's. Ilarrlgan He's a Hhnnke In the grass. The blackguard referred to me ns his contlmperary, and I'll be the contlmperary to no man llvin. Puck. "Before we were mnrrled," said Mrs. Chatterton, "you used to tell me how much you loved me, but you never do now." "Of course not, my dear." re plied the masculine partner. "Since our marriage you haven't given me a chance to tell you nnythlng." Said a poet to an unfortunate specu lator: "Don't you think that the open ing lines of . Tennyson's little poem, 'Breakv break, break." are plaintive and sad?" "Yes," was the melancholy re ply. But I think that 'Broke, broke, broke.' Is a good deal sadder." "William," she said, "means goc.'i. James means beloved. I wonder" n Hush mantled her cheek. "I wonder ! she softly murmured, "what George means?" "George means business. I hopi" said mother, looking up from tho wedding Renouncements In the paper. Anxious Mother Nellie, dear, do you think that young Hoggins, who bns been calling on you twice a week for some time, Is matrimonially inclined? Pretty Daughter Really, I don't know what to think, niaiiima, dear. He lias such a knack oi" keeping one lu the dark! Old Acquaintance Why. old chap, a few years ago you wero the best dressed man In town, but now your outfit Is pretty shabby. Had a reverse? Companion Well, you may call it that. The truth Is, I got married since, and now It's my wife that's tho best dressed woman In town. Young Wife To-morrow will he my birthday, dear. Young Husband You'll bo twenty-one? Young Wife No; twenty-five. ' Young Husband Why, a year ago, Just botore our wed ding, you told mo you were only twen ty. Young Wife Yes, but I havo aged rapidly sluce our marriage "My friends," said an Itinerant preacher, "the Scriptural rulefor giv ing was one-tenth of what a man pos sessed. If yon feel you can't afford so much, Just give a sixth, or a fourth, ac cording to your moans. We will dis pense with the next hymn and take up tho collection." Llpplncott's. Wllllo And so you quarreled? Char lie Yes; sho fiont hack all my pres cuts. And what do you supjHMio I did? Wllllo Can't guess. Charlie I sent her n half dozen boxoa of face powder, with a noto explaining that I'd tnkon about that much homo on my coat slneo I'd known her. The Gos sip. What has.. become of the old fashioned ovomnu who had her ptiutograph taken with one hand holding a half-opened book 7 WE BUY TO FURS i HIDES iDoiot.k. lOteBOTS moremonerforToatohlpIUwFnrn . 1 ....... . (1 . I I.. rI . anrl .Itrmt Anr homo, writ" lor mca junrKoi itopnrt, nuipyw.. -r ' r me'IKm. HUNTERS'&TRAFPfcHS'WmWfcsio.o. . .. .... wrlll.n tlln.ir.tloc .11 ai for tpot caulk Mil t homo. V) I..th.r bao.d. Bnt ihlnr m lb. obj .r.r wrltWa, lllaiintlaf l or Anlm.u. AU tlnl trPr. Hrrti, Dmi. Tr.nt, O.m. Ii llow nd h.r M ' Irjn. J.". 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MILWAUKEE.WISCONHIN (RESCENT Egg-Phosphat WIU. DO AU THAT A.1Y incaireiGD POWDHt WEI DO ATO POITHT-TR king rnmm A FULL POUND 25c Get it from your Grocer Don't no Afraid of OrljjlnnlHy. Po not be afraid of being original, even eccentric. Be an Independent, self reliant, new man, not Just one more In dividual In the world. Do not be a copy of your grandfather, of your fath er, or of your neighbor. That Is as foolish as for a violet to try to be like a rose, or for a daisy to ape a sun flower. Nature has given each a pecu liar equipment for Its purpose. Every man la born to do a certain work In an original way. If he tries to copy some other man, or to do some other man's work, he will be an abortion, a misfit, a failure. Do not Imitate even your heroes. Scores of young clergymen attempted to make- their, reputations by Imitating Beecher. They copied his voice and conversation, and Imitated his gestures and his habits, but they fell as far short of the great man's power as the chromo falls short of the masterpiece. Whore are those hundreds of imitators uow? Not one of them has ever made any stir In the world. Orison Swctt Marden In Success Magazine. Confllctlns Evidence. A learned judge was explaining the Intricacies of evidence to a young friend, says the Washington Star, and gave the following story In regard to conflicting evidence. Usually, he said, one statement Is far moro probable than the other, so that we can decide easily which to believe. It Is like the boy and the house-huuter. The house-hunter, getting off a train at a suburban station, said to a boy: "My lad, I am looking for Mr. Smith son's new block of semi-detached houses. How far are they from here?" "About twenty minutes' walk," the boy replied. "Twenty minutes!" exclaimed the house-hunter. "Nonsense! The adver tisement says five." "Well," eald tho boy, "you can believe me or you can believe the advertise ment, but I ain't tryln' to make a Bale." Wayside Commuulnca, Adam Zawfox Wliat'd you do If you had a million plunks? Job Sturky Th fust thing I'd do would be to prescribe a Turkish bath f'r you, an' If you didn't take It, by jings, I'd kill ye! Tio Scoop 011 Sin. "Millie," ald the young man, as he slipped the engagement ring on her fin fler, "have you told your mother about this?" "O, you Innocent!" exclaimed Miss Mil lie. "Why, Clarence, mamma knew it six months before you did." ItopelonIy Out ot Style, "Peter," said Mrs. Pneurltch. "I want you to havo that roof taken off our garagt and oae of a different kind put on." "What for?" demanded Mr. Pneurltch. "What's the matter with It?" "I heard an architect say the othet day that it's a hip roof. Everybody kuowi that hips are out of style now." A 3Inn A Bleep. nis mouth and vest were open, and he breathed like a second-hand blcyclo pump, writes O. Henry in his Inimita ble way In Everybody's. I looked at him and gave vent to Just a few mus ings. "Imperial Caesar." says I, "asleep In such a way, might shut hhi mouth and keep the wind away." A man asleep Is certainly a 6ight ttf make angels weep. What good la all bis brain, muscle, backing, nerve. In fluence, and family connections? He's at the mercy of bis enemies, and mora so of his friends. And he's about as beautiful as a cab-horse leaning against the Metropolitan Opera House at 12:80 a. m. dreaming of the plains of Ara bla. Now, a woman asleep you regard as different No matter how she looks, you know It's better for all bands for her to be that way. Divine Inspiration. Effle, the little daughter of a clergy man, pranced Into her father's study one evening while the reverend gentle man was preparing a lengthy sermon for the following Sunday. She looked curiously at the manu script for a moment and then turned to her father. "Papa," she began, seriously, "does God tell you what to write?" "Certainly, dearie," replied the cler gyman. "Then why do you scratch so much cf It out?" asked Etlie. Ho ConlU Walt, "ncs your husband an old pair o pants that ho a!n't usln ma'am?" ask ed Wareham Long, respectfully remov ing from his head the shapeless renu mint of a hat "No," shortly answered the woman of the house, eyeing him suspiciously. "My husband has only one pair of trousers, and they'll last him six uioutlis yet" "All right, ma'am." he rejoined, tak ing from an inside pocket a soiled scrap of cardboard and making a mem orandum on It with the stump of a lead pencil. "I'll be around agin six mouths fin to-day. Afternoon, ma'am." .Scored on III in, Mr. Tyte-Phist Talk about women having any capacity for dealing with financial questions! Have you any Idea, for instance, how much money Is In cir culation In this country? Mrs. Tyte-Phist I presume It's all in circulation except what you happen to get hold of. Deep DealRn. "I thought you said you had no us for that man." "Yos," auswered Farmer Corntossolt "that's what I said." "Yet you did your best to send alia to tho Legislature." "Sure. I want to see him whera he'll have a chance to call public at tention to hl3 usefuluiS3,-Wa3b.lug. ton Star. mm mm CHRONIC CHEST COMPLAINTS of the rnort terious character havo been permanently cured with PUo Cure. Coughs, coldi, hoarscnew, bronchitia and asthma quickly retpond to ju healing influence. If you have o cough or cold, if you are hoarse or have difficulty with ygur breathy, get a bottle of Piso'a Cure. Imme diate benefit follow the first dose. Continued use generally brinci com- Dicta relict, r or nearl v halt a rrntnrv P ltrt fllr-A Lata J. . that the most advanced form of coujhi, colds and chronic chest complaints UAIN lit. CURED