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9 aHE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 1?. 1021 I ARTICLE OF UNUSUAL MERIT : FOR GOOD DF POULTRY INDUSTRY !' . . . :. ,. 'Some People Keep Hens While Other People Make Hens Keep Them," Is the Title the Author Gave to the Article It Is Worthy of Careful Reading and Study Dy F. M. SHANK, Hubbard, Or., Route 2.) to the It never pays to keep hens: make the hens keep you. Some far mers seem to keep hens because ftheir . grandfathers did, or pos sibly! because they think it a ne cessary nuisance and pay little or co' attention to them, and as the result there Is little or ao profit Ifierlved from them, f- Poultry requires ' care and- at tention as well any other kind ot live stock, and it i the opinion 'ol the writer that there is no jcther kind or live stock that will respond to rare and attention so 'quickly as will poultry. If we ;wlll gtt our foundation stock from a good laying strain and !gi,ve them good care and attentiou i by feeding properly and keeping them in dry, comfortable quar ters, we will be well paid for the effort. I Some poultrymen cull 365 days ' in the year, and any time they see a hen that no- longer pays, they ' place her on the market and save the high priced feed for the lay I era. ' ) . .' i Some people never cull, while i others have . tlreir flocks gone lover once 'a year during the gen jeral culling season that is Just sin the future." T : j Any one that keeps only a doz jen hens should eull at least once 'a year; that It pays to cull there is no question. ' There! are two classes of cattle -th beef 'and dairy type, and (there are also two classes of chickens the et;g and the meat ityne: and we find both classes' in ,all ojt the popular breeds. ' It is as impossible to get a profitable egg yield from a meat strain of hens as it would be for a dairyman ,to try to establish a profitable dairy with a beef strain of Short Horn cows. j i i In the egg type : of hens they require a certain amount of feed jfor body maintenance and the j surplus Is converted ; Into eggs, jwllle with the meat type the sur jpljs is turned into fat. , - 1 With a little study we are able i to examiner fowls and 'detect to Iwlich class they belong and la ; tbs way market the meat type j ard keep the ones that will pro- dtce eggs' and- breeders to im .pipve the flock.' s'-. . v " j There are always some birds In cur flock that will not be valu able as ' layers,- eren though we "hare, a. good laying strain; as in a Hock of pallets those lacking vlttlity and making slow growth will he the short-term layers, and -m4 rtt 'tiv " fftr th'tlr" TppA And f should fte sent to the" market and the room and feed given more promising birds. Then there are. hens tnat have laid well the past season that will not be profitable to keep over another season unless they are valuable as breeders, and if we do not use the trapnest, we should at least go over the flock once a year and market all the unprofitable birds. Our state experiment station or the United States station at Wash ington, D. C, have quite a bit of reliable information on this line of work as well as other sub jects, and the information is free. There are also several good books printed on culling that are worth many limes the price to the per son that wllf study them and ap ply the knowledge to his flock. There are many points to no tice in selecting the laying hen from the poor pr6ducer, and while one of them alone would not be of much value, it is a proven fact that by a combina tion of the different tests we are able to do a very reliable and profitable work. The laying hen Is a business hen. She is the first to leave the roost in the morning; the last to go to roost in the evening, and is generally found busy searching for food, while the hen that is not laying often remains on the rooBt late in the morning and returns .early in the evening. She will generally be an early molter, while the heavy layer does not take the time to molt until late In the fall. Then we have the bone test de noting the shape and thickness of the pelvic bones, also the dis tance they are from the keel, which represents type in the first and capacity to digest and assimi late in the latter. Then we note the head, and here we see quite a distinction, as the heavy layer has a fine, clean-cut appearance, while the head of the beefy, low producer is heavy with deep creases, with the eye hardly visi ble fom a front view, while the eye of the heavy layer is full, round and ' bulging and easily seen from a fr6nt view. We note the general type of the fowl, also the pigmentation changes .that we have only In the breeds having yellow skin. Any of the yellow shank breeds soon fchow a jaded appearance af- . - . L I . J . d registrations y?3terdav. Those ; registering yesterday we?: Mr. and Mrs. U I.. Utter. S?attl.?: Mr. and Mrs. . E. Johnson, Tacoma; Mr. and-Mrs. S. $taf:ord and fam ily, Lebanon : Mr. and Mrs O. P tUcketta and fam'ly, Pullman: F. D. Libby a:;d S. A. Wilson Port land; Mr. and Mrs. J A. Edmund son. Puevte. Caiii.; V. H, aPtter ion. Los A 'geles; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Morehouse, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. J. 1'. Walker. Pa3aUeua; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wilde and family, Vancouver; Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Bepoute and family. Van couver; Mr. and Mrs. H. Papham. Portland; Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Lar son, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. L W. Weston and dautThtfr, Star. Idaho: Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Ches borough. Greenacres, Wash ; Mr. and Mrs. F. Morton and family. Lebanon; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rog ers and farr.ilv, Gooding. Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Sleppy and family, Los Angele?; Mr. and Mr?. H. S. Kenyon. Pacific Peach. Wn.: Mr and Mr?. K. C. Williams, Al bany. N. Y.; J. V. Silva, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. J. Hoo ver, San Francisco: Mr. Jinn Mr?. ? P Crawiord, Klamath Falls; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Welch, Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. L. Jones and family. San Diego: Mr. and Mrs C. W. Witsch. Columbn? : Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bell, Garrett, Kan.; Mr. and" Mrs. W. K. Emery ?nd familv. Long Beach; Mr. ana Mrs. T. L Newton, Portland; E. Ilissell. San Francisco; A. Wit man. San Francisco: Mr. and Mrs. Dishman Portland; Mr. and Mrs. E Axilson and family, Rialto, Cal. IRS. KABERT DO LIFE TERM Woman Convicted of First Degree Murder by Jury j At Cleveland ! ! tk?r who was. lyinsr In a femton- i scioas state in. her ceil in the i county j-:!, whi-a news of tha ver ; diet was brought to them by vs . Marv P.ickc-!. ' mother, and Miss Poulsen. Mr;. Kabeff counsel. Marian McArdle. daughtt-r of Mrs. i Kaber. i There remain five oth:rs to be ! tried nt i:rst degree murder I charges in connection v. ;th ihe 1 cr:n-.e. Two of tase are Mrs THK IDKA! Mi. McAn::i tv-s v.-'ith b-r mo- Read The Classified Ads. A Scotsman named Macdonald vas prou.1 of his ancestors and as never tired of boaslin . roiit them. On' one. occasion he u marked t . friend tfiat his clan ha : iiveti before the flood. WelU" replied the. other. -I never heard of the name Macdoa ald ganging Into the ark. Noah's ak!" rtofte4 Mac-, donald. contrnfjduously. Who ever heard of a Macdonald that hadn't a boat o! his own? In dia na polls News. ' ' : OSESES3ESS DEATH CHAIR ESCAPED Mother, Daughter and Three Others to Be Tried for Same Offense ! $3.00 Week Ends; $3.40 Every Day; Reduced Round Trip Fares to Portland Oregon Electric Railway! ! These fares include war tax and , will be in effect on and after June 14th. Week-end ticket' on sale Saturday and Sunday, return lim it Monday; Everyday" tickets, return limit date of sale. Thee fares save 95c and 57c respectively, campared with reg ular fares. J. W. Ritchie, Telephone 727. Agent Adv. Staxe & High Sts. Chieftain's Arrest is Cause of Indian Threat CLKVELAXD, O.. July K.. Through mnrcy r r.nfDfiidf d t y i a jury of nu n, Mrs. Kva Catherine ; Ka'ner today escaped th eicctri" j chair tliouea fcu:id puilty of first ; degree murder for plo'tir.s the asr 1 fiassimition t. her lfn.-:band, Han ; iel K. Kaher. ' It was the hop that mercy i would he extended by thoso of the j opposite st? which induced her j countel to exciut.e women jurors on the ground that they are "more j cold blood-. d and nk-rc;les3 than men." As a resui'. of the recommenda tion for mercy, Mrs. Kaber was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ohio reformatory for women at Marysville by Judge Maurice P.ernon. I.' ' i ii i ... i ii i ' silM 'July 25, 26, 27, 28,29,30,31 'i . I -'" . ' i y . r J v Twelve ' Concerts!, y Ted Lectures! Play: "Nothing but the j Truth" i Vilhjalmur Siefansson Famous - Arctic Explorer 1 j ireier viaix Noted American ' Writer The Little Sym- pnony All-stringed Orchestra, created and coached by Thurlow Lieurunce Sam Lewis Company ?. Welsh Tenor i ' Season Tickets now on V I Sale at l ..... iJJUVO. I JEWELRY. STOKE 1 Adult, $2.72 Children $1.00 ...... lb. V.'r-vToi T ter laying has begun, but must not mistake this faded condition with low vitality. Care and en vironment have much to do with the rapidity -In which the, fowls lose the yellow color, as fowls on grassy range will not fade so rapidly K4 flock 'In1 bartf yaids. no we need to use, good Judgment m applying tnis test; the shade xl the male birds will generally ;be a goo,dJ"example of tho average shade that a low producer would have, providing the males are of the same breed as the hens. When a hn" begins to lay, the yellow color first leaves froTSi around the vent an,d fades with the first few eggs laid. The eye-ring Is next to fade and then the ear lobe In the Leghorn and Ancona, next the beak, beginning at the base and generally fades out in 30 to 40 days of laying. After the beak has faded the color begins to leave the shanks, leaving first in the smaller scales on the side, then the front, and finally the back of the shank with the heel being the last part to fade, but is bleached out in 110 to 130 days of laying As soon as a hen stops laying she begins to restore the yellow pigment in the same order that it was drawn out, in the following-order: Vent, eye-ring, ear lobe, beak and shanks. For ex ample, we may pick up a hen with all the above named sections fadod with the exception of the shanks, and with the application of the other tests we find that she had been laying a few days over a month and just ready to begin fading the shanks. Another hen may have faded shanks and all the other sections yellow: this would represent a hen that had laid at least 110 days,' but that was - resting and had restored tho yellow pigment as far as the beak. We are able to closely estimate the length of time that a hen has been molting by looking at the 10 primary feathers in either wing; . these feathers drop by pairs and the first to molt is the primary feather next to theatile feather, and requires six weeks to completely renew, two weeks af ter the first primary drops the second pair drop; so In counting the time that the molt has been in progress we allow six weeks for the first pair and an addition al two weeks for each additional full grown pair. : If you have not had the habit of culling your flock at least once "it year, let's get the habit this year and see the great advantage of using the feed and house room for producers and getting all we can for the culls on the market where they should go LIMA. Peru. July 12. The arrest by the authorities! of an In- j dian chieftain in the province oi Chimborazo. Ecuador, resulted in a general uprising of Indians in that province that spread terror j among the inhabitants for more) than a week, according to advices received here from Guayaquil. The insurrectionists, it was said, bad sworn to liberate their leader. i A newspaper correspondent re ported that the villager had or ganized defense committees in va rious parts of ithe provinjee to pro tect the families of farmers, a number of wfiora had been kid napped and that there had been sanguinary ncounters between troops and thf Indians. ; The advic9 said additionad troops had been sent to the dis turbed districts and that it was be lieved order soon would be re stored. " 1 ' The LANG Best Range in America For wood only and the only steel range made with a 26 inch oven. Patent draft construction al lows no cold air to enter range while baking. The fuel burns from the top and consumes nearly all the ashes. Cuts yohr fuel bill In half. Burns raw dust,' bark, green wobd.- and is a perieci naner. Send for Catalogue PEOPLE'S FURNITURE STORE 271 N. Commercial Street SALEXr OREGON vv.;j " :..'V tr S Standard Make in Mahogany; Plain Case, Good Tone and Action $238 n ie ! : r. The Big Sale of Second Hand and Slightly Used Piano ; Continues Your choice of such makes as Lester, Steinway, Hobart M. Cable, Schumann, Waltham, Singer, Stodart, Backwith, GrinneJl Bros., McCammon, Bauer, Claugh & Warren, anc others j Some of these fine instruments are just like new . j , A few dollars a month will pay for the one you select and ' . it will be sent to your home immediately. mm mm vr - -it THE GREATEST MIDSUMMER SEASON Clean weep Clearance is Reflecting the Call of Economy by These Import a ant Low Prices! Sale A - Salem is Cool After California Weather Is It hot here? . Not in comparison. Tourists coming through from California and stopping at the Sa lem auto camp grounds report that In aome.parts of the sunny state the temperature luis hov ered between 120 and 12 i Aiitf tonrlFt from as far east l$fe lot of $15.00 values Kew Voile Dresses In liflit and ditrk crdors. ncal tvo-tme -Orjraiulie trimmings. To hf cleared .citt at $4.95 50c White Muslin Camisole A very wonderful article at a jrroat savinr, made ol finest quality. (Mi sale ?at 19c Kabo Corsets Krgular value, $2.50: on sale$1.29 The Kalm Live JIlel, Jtust Proof Corset, in many styles to select from. Men's $125 Work Shirts Made of extra li(;avy Chanvbray in all fast colors, complete" run of sizes. Priced down -to, each w....... 59c Men's $2 jlibbed Unici . puits-' . :: Summer weight ribbed Union suits, long ahd hhort sleeves; all sizes, at;;pach....i. ..83c i Positively the Greatest and Most Important Offerings Ever Presented in the City of Salem I AN IMMENSE MILL CLOSE OUT PURCHASE i j 427 YARDS GINGHAMS From the Amoskeag Mills and FINE FERN WOOD PERCALES AND SHIRTINGS Regular 35c value on sale Monday at New and Pretty Organdie? Dresses j Fashioned of finest' quality Organdie, and in the newest colors. They arc trimmed with white colored and novelty Organdies. "-i A seleetion that will surely meet with your approval. Ilegnlar values to $lK.r0. d0 Qt? Clean Sweej Clearance Price . POUO He p i er Yard! Without Reserve or Limit this great purchase of thousands of yards of Percales and Shirtings, double width and 36 inch, is one of the greatest and most extraordinary buys ever made by any concern in recent years. . Only the finest and most select patterns are at your disposal at this low price, including light and dark figures and different colored backgrounds. We realize that this is one of the biggest lots of Percales and shirtings that was ever offered at such prices without reserve or limit. THESE WILL GO TO THE VERY LAST YARD. See the Big Display in the Windows Gome Early Monday Rflotning Stockings Clearance Sale of Silk Stockings (a) Ladies Silk Lace Stockings, regular valut-n to 2.75- In all color and new Cl OC designs.'- Sale "price . . V 1 d (b) Ladles' Ribbed Top Silk Stockings, regular $3.fr0 values. Finest quality, pure thread Sale price . . . . . . $1.65 (c) Ladies' Fibre Silk Stpckingt, regular 1 $1.00 values. They come in all colors. ACkg First quality. On sate. .Tt7C (d) LadieS' Cotton Stockings, regular 25c values- In black. white and colors. Clean Sweep Clearance price, . ' pair ......... 9c Shoes At Clean Sweep . , Clearance Prices ; Men's ?6.o! Jlunscn last, rmy I atyle jShoes Ail sizes, fine soft calf gO QQ leather; oi sale at,", $dJO Ladieu 10.. Latest Style j'V White Kid Pomps : All sires, ne.west style 0C QQ heel, on sale at. ... . $DVO Children's $2.00 all leather Sandals . j All sizes, at jth's cx AO ccplionally low price.-. Boys' . Fine Dresa - Shoes In eunmetal Blucher sizes to C, on sa her; all jq tie at. . QLMu 60c quality heavy FKATI1KR TICKIXO At yard .9c 18x&6 inch Heavy quality S5C IICCK i TllWKI-S price earh,Oe Rest quality 45c value 47 Jnch , ( HI CLOTH Yard. . . Sle Fast color ,S 5c ).. value . J SS inch PERCALRH PretUeBt new colors in best - 27 inch CALICOES At yanl ";,.7c $1.50 ralue 72x9 3 lb. CTITTOX BATTING 1 ' i i shop liHiigfnToiri: c it i "Bur v . L: f in mil i ' '