NEW '05 PLANS
Government Is to Have Only
Pour Buildings.
MEANS A SAVING OP $12,000
That for Forestry and Irrigation Is
Eliminated Money Needed for
Lighting and Incidentals.
Washington, Nov. 7. It Las been
determined that the government will
rect only four buildings at the Lewis
and Clark exposition instead of five, as
originally planned. It was found that
the acceptance of the lowest bid, that
of J. E. Bennett, of Portland,, would
leave only $15,000 for wiring and light
ing the government buildings and for
incidental expenses, etc. This amount.
in the opinion of Supervising Architect
Taylor, is not sufficient.
Tiie supervieing architect declares it
is necessary either to eliminate one
building or reduce the size of the main
building and alter the plans. Chair
man Hills, of the government board,
and the members of the executive board
in this city, today concluded the best
thing to do would oe to abandon the
separate building which was to have
been erected for fores' y and irrigation,
saving $ 12,000. As this building was
to have been hidden by the main build
ing, its elimination will not alter the
general appearance of the group on the
peninsula. Ihe board is of the opin
ion that with this building eliminated
there will still be sufficient space re
maining for all purposes. ,
TO SELECT ALASKA EXHIBIT.
-Committee Named by Hitchcock Will
Begin Work Immediately.
Pt. Louis, Nov 7. The members of
the committee selected by the Interior
department to select the exhibits from
the &iaskan building for the Lewis and
Clark Centennial exposition in Port
land nexi year are expected to arrive a'i
the Alaskan building and begin their
labors today. The committee is com
posed of the following: Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior Judge Thomas
Ryan, Edward M. Dawson, chief e'erk
of the Department of Interior, B. F.
Peters, chief clerk of the Navy depart
ment, and 8. R. Burcha.
In addition to selecting the exhibits,
the committee will also determine the
amount of space to be allotted to Alas
ka. It has been stated that the Citi
zens of the vaiioua cities and towns in
Alaska are being awakened to tue fact
that the United States government is
doing everything in its power to aid
them in the development of the terri
tory and to induce people to go to Alas
ka and locate, and they will do every
thing in their power to aid the com
mittee by forming clubs and exposition
societies to make a concentrated effort
to display the advantages of Alaska at
Poitland in the very beet possible man
ner. HELD UP IN HOTEL.
San Francisco Man and His Wife Lose
$2,500 Worth of Jewelry.
San Francisco, Nov. 7. -.-Arnold Gun
deliinger, a retired merchant, and his
wife were held up in their apartments
t the Hotel Dorchester tonight and
robbed of jewelry valued at $2,500.
According to Mr. Gundelfinger's story,
he and his wife were dressing in their
room. He heard a knock on the door
and, answering it, he discovered a for
mer bell boy of the hotel, James Gates,
at the door. Gates said he had been
sent up to look at the plumbing. Ho
was told that Mrs. Gundel finger was
dressing and that he could not cr.nie
in. lie insisted and was allowed to
enter the room. He then drew a re
volver ami demanded that Mrs. Gundel
ringer sui render her jewels. Mis. Gun
deltinger said they were in another
room, and at the pistol's point Gates
eomoelUd Guudidiingii and his wife to
go into the other room. Mrs. Gundel
linger then handed over a bag contain
ing the jewels. Gates then .made his
escape.
Experts Do Not Expect Battle.
Berlin, Nov. 7. The Lokal Anzei
3?er 's Mukden correspondent claims the
most trustworthy authority for the
statement that 34,0000 sit k and wonnd
d Russian soldiers were sent away af
ter the last engagement. Colonel
Baed!re, the Tageblatt's correspondent
with the Russian army, telegiaphs that
the Russian positions on the Shakhe
river are daily becoming stronger. The
possibility of a Japanese attack, he
eays, is constantly diminishing, and
man expett3 do not expect a decisive
engagement before spring.
Massacred by Natives.
London, Nov. 7. According to in
formation from the island of Perim,
at the entrance to the Red sea, an in
vestigation of the Massira island made
by the sultan of Muscat shows that the
captain and a boat's crew of 21 men,
which left the British steamer Baron,
which tan ashore at the Kuria Muse
islands, reached Massira islands and
were massacred by the natives. Nine
of the murdeiers have been arrested
and the rest will eoon be taken.
Fined for Bringing In Consumptive.
Sn Fraucisco, Nov. 7. Secretary
Victor 11. Metcalf, ot the department
of commerce and labor, today imposed
a fine of $100 upon the Pacific Coast
steamship company for bringing to this
port on September 28, as a passenger
on the steamer Umatilla, from Vic
toria, B. C, consumptive.
DOOM IS AT HAND.
Port Arthur Must Pall Within a Very
Short Time.
Chefoo, Nov. 5. "Port Arthur is
doomed."
The correspondent of the Associated
Press here has received information,
the reliability of which is beyondques-
tion, that the Japanese now oecupy po
sit ions which place the east side of the
town at their mercy.
Japanese arriving from Dalny today
report that the Japanese have captured
Rihlung mountain and Sungushu moan
tain, which lies between the railroad
and Rihluns mountain. They also re
port that the Japanese have also cap
tured East Keekwan mountain.
The last assault has gained for them
positions which insure their ability to
enter the main forts whenever they are
ready. It is calculated by the Japan
ese that if the Russians do not surren
der, they will be capatle of prolonging
their final stand at Liaoti mountain
and on the Tiger's Tail for a month
longer, with the mere hope of prolong
ing the struggle. Long before the Sec
ond Pacific squadron arrives the Japan-
ess flag will wave over the wrecked cit
adel. This will end Viceroy Alexieff's
dream of an unconquerable city. The
Japanese have not occupied the main
forts and highest points of the east
hille, but they occupy in overwhelming
numbers positions which will enable
them to drive the Russians back when
ever they desire.
RUSSIAN OFFICERS AT PARIS.
Witnesses in the North Sea Incident
Confer with Diplomats.
Paris, Nov. 5 Three officers of the
Russian squadron, including Cajtain
Clado, who are the principal witnesses
in the North sea incident, arrived to
day from Vigo and went immediately
to the Russian embassy, wheie thev
held a long conference.
Captain Clado was on board the flag
ship with Vice Admiral Rojeatvensky,
and was entrueted with the task of
drafting the official account. After
the conference the officers declined to
make any public statement relative to
the affair until the report is delivered
in St. Petersburg. However, it can be
stated that their visit more than ever
satisfies the Russian authorities that
the presence of two Japanese torpedo
boats was a positive fact, eye witnesses
maintaining that their identification
was unmistakable.
There continues to be an understand
ing in Russian diplomatic circles that
two reports will be sent separately, one
from Hull and the other from St.
Petersburg, to The Hague for final
hearing.
IMPOSED ON LABORERS.
Swindling Employment Agent Is Ar
rested in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Nov. 5. George E. Hall.
of Kansas City, was today arrested by
a deputy United btates marshal on the
charge of having obtained a fee of $2
each from 200 laboiera for souring
them employment and then sending
them to Alaska at their own expense to
woik for a construction company that
did not exist. The specific charge
against him is that he used the mails
to defraud. It is alleged that Hall rep
resented himself to be an employer of
labor for the Alaska Yukon construc
tion company, that he secured 200 la
borers to go to Valdez, Alaska, and af
ter collecting $27 from each, $2 as his
fee and $2o as transportation, it is
said he sent them t Alaska. Inspeet
oi Bennett declares that when the
laborers reached their destination they
learned that there was no such com
pany as the one named, and they made
their way back as best tbey could, after
much suffering and hardship.
Ex-Legislator Convicted of Bribery.
St. Louis, Nov. 5. John A. Sheri
dan, an ex-member of the house of del
egates, who was indicted on a bribery
charge, convicted and sentenced to the
penitentiary for five years, is dead at
the Jefferson hospital, from tubercu
losis. Sheridan was not taken to the
penitentiary, as his case was appealed
to the supreme court. Another indict
ment, however, was pending against
him, and his case had been set for
trial on November 10. Eleven weeks
ago he was taken to the hospital where
he died.
Bandits Cornered.
Cody, Wyo., Nov. 5. The different
bands of men hunting the men who
kiled the cashier of the First National
bank have the robbers practically sur
rounded in the foothills of the Owl
Creek mountains, 50 miles from here.
It is reported that a laige force of their
friends are coming to their assistance
from the Hole-in-the-Wall country, and
a number of men have left heie to re
inforce the puisuers. "Buffalo Bill,"
with Indian scouts and cowboys, has
taken the trail, and a lively time may
be anticipated.
Poison Placed in Pudding.
New York, Nov. 5. Two persons
who ate a part of a pudding sent to a
theatrical boarding house in West
Forty-third street are dying in Roose
velt hospital, a third is in a critical
condition and the police are scouring
that part of the city in an effort to lo
cate the messenger who left the package
at the door. It is believed that the
sender of the package planned the death
of the entire household, with an idea
of revenge for some unknown cause.
Coal Prices Go Up.
Pittsburg, Nov. 5. Prices of . all
grades of coal have, been advanced 35
cents a ton as a result of the increased
demand for coal and the Btrike of en
gineers in Illinois.
SLAVS BEATEN
Japanese Have Driven Wedge
in Center.
FIGHTING AT ARTHUR PIERCE
Japs Take Desperate Chances Their
Total Casualties, as Result of
Late Attacks, are 1,100.
Chicago, Nov. 9. A special to
Chicago Daily News from Dalny,
the
No-
vtmber, 6, via Kobe, says:
"After three days of continuous
bombardment of Port Arthur, which
caused great destruction to the Shoju
san and Nirynsan forts in the west
center of the Russian line of defense,
and also to Kakwan fort, the right
wing of the Japanese army assaulted
Sojusan yesterday afternoon. Having
carried these approaches to that height,
the assailants intrenched themselves in
the glaces of the forts. In the evening
the left wing delivered an assault on
Kekwan, fighting its way to the lower
parapet. There the Japanese held
their ground stubbornly in the face of
a Russian counter attack.
"Having been reinfoiced during the
night, the Russians charged down upon
the Japanese, and desperate hand-to-hand
conflicts ensued. The Japanese
beat back the enemy and destroyed two
coveied positions in the front moat.
A Japanese substitute lieutenant with
30 volunteers then succeeded in making
his way to the rear of the fort. There
he engaged in a personal conflict with
a Russian officer and killed him. Hav
ing destroyed two more defenses in the
rear of the moat, the substitute lieu
tenant withdrew his force with a loss
of two men.
"Later in the night the advanced
position of the Japanese was taken and
retaken twice. The besiegers succeed-.
ed in holding the approaches, and con
structing trenches, connecting them
with the army'D front parallel. At
dawn numbers of dead were visible on
the slopes. Fort 'P,' north of the new
and old batteries in the left center of
the line of the defense, was captured,
as a result of the severe fighting of the
night.
"These operations have successfully
driven a wedge into the Russian center.
Severe explosions and extensive fires
have occurred in the fortress within
the last few days. The total casualties
of the late attacks by the Japanese
were 1,100. Over 500 were killed up
to October 29. The spirit of the men
is magnificent. The firing of all the
guns is wonderfully effective."
OFFICERS ARE CALLED OUT.
Russia Will Meet Deficiency Result
ing from Recent Battles.
St. Tetersburrg, Nov. 9 The neces
sity for officers for service.at the front
has resulted in the mobilization of all
reserve officers in St. Petersburg. Vil-
na, Warsaw, Kieff, Odessa, Moscow,
Kazan and the Caucasus. The lo?s of
officers at Liao Yang and below Muk
den was about 1.300. The mobiliza
tion, while intended to supply the de
ficiency, is also necessitated by the
si and scale on which the war in the
Far East is to be prosecuted.
The news from the front indicates
that General Kuropatkin is devoting
his attention chiefly to keeping the
Japanese busy along the line of their
fortifications below the Shakhe river.
The Russians apparently are enjoy
ing some superiority in the matter of
artillery.
OUTLAWS GET AWAY.
Wyoming Officers Find no Trace of
Cody Bank Robbers.
Casper, Wyo., Nov. 9. Sheriff Webb
and party returned to Casperthis after
noon from the northwest, where they
went in pursuit of the bandits who at
tempted to hold up the First National
bank of Cody and killed Cashier Mid-
dangh. Not a trace of the outlaws was
discovered, and it is the opin'on of the
officers that they have enectually escap
ed. Nothing was seen of either the
Fenton, Stough or the Johnson county
posses, fenern Webb may lake the
trail again in a few days.
Must Loot No More.
Denver, Nov. 9. Judge Marshall, of
the United States court, has made per
manent the temporary injunction re
cently issued restraining members of
the Cripple Creek Mmeowners' asso
ciation and Citizens' alliance members
and others from interfering with the
owners and empolyeB and property of
the Interstate Mercantile company, of
Montana, at Cripple Creek. The store
of the company was looted August 21
last, and its employes deported. The
decision gives the company the full
protection of the court.
Dewey to Have Preference.
Washington, Nov. 9. Unofficial,
though from an official source, officers
of the navy on dnty at Washington
have learned that the American navy
will oe invited to send a representative
as a memoer ot tne Angio-Kussian in
quiry commission, which will investi
gate the Dogger Bank affair. It can be
stated that Admiral Dewey will, of
course, be given the refusal of this mis
sion, and hit acceptance will be most
agreeable to the officials.
A Boat Ready for Taft.
Washington, Nov. 9. The cruiser
Columbia, having completed its equip
ment at New ork, has sailed for Pen-
sacola, Fla., to await the arrival of
Secretary Taft and party, who aie to
make the trip from there to Colon to
carry the president's message of peace
and good will to President Amador and
the people of Panama.
TO SAVE CALIFORNIA ELK.
Preserve Being Arranged Near
San
Francisco by a Cattle Kins.
The California elk is to be saved
from extinction. Henry Miller, the
cattle king, is to save the elk. He Is at
work upon a magnificent country home
within easy reach of San Francisco.
It is called Mount Madonna, because
it tops a little mountain of that name;
but Elkwood might be a more appro
priate designation, for it Is about this
surpassing country seat that Henry
Miller is arranging a preserve, im
mune from gun and dog and the civ-
lized things which harry forest dwell-4
ers, where the California elk may live
on in peace to the perpetuation and
even increase of his kind.
The cattle king will be able to carry
out his praiseworthy scheme because
already he owns about all the Califor
nia elk which lift their antlers to-day.
There may be 150 specimens of these
magnificent elk in California. Henry
Miller owns 125. His title to them is
of the best He never bought them
with money, but he went into their
wild haunts and saved them from the
destruction which was wiping their
species out of existence.
The elk which he now owns compose
what is probably the only herd of
American elk wihch It will be possible
to save. In the terribly rough Jack
son's Hole country of Wyoming, in Ari
zona and in a few places further east,
the last of the elk are now in hiding.
Their final refuge becomes often their
death trap. In Wyoming many elk die
every winter because the deep snows
of their retreat leave them foodless so
long that they starve. When they fol
low the grass line down Into the low
lands they fall before the guns of hunt
ers eager for the last of the royal sport
of elk stalking.
Tardy game laws have come too late
to permit the rejuvenating of their
kind in the United States. The elk
must soon follow the moose, whose
fate was that of the buffalo. Henry
Miller would have elk in California
when elk are to be found nowhere else
in the country.
Miller's elk are on one of his many
cattle ranches, the Buena Vista ranch,
In the mountains of Kern County, thirty-four
miles east of Bakersfleld. When
the first cattle were driven there the
elk were plentiful. Herds of elk grazed
and browsed with herds of steer. With
the settlement of the country the elk
thinned before the settlers' guns. When
but a few were left Henry Miller saw
that complete extermination was close
at hand and he Interfered. He chose
the best-wooded portion of his land,
containing hundreds of acres of timber
and thicket In places almost impene
trable, and built about the great arena
an eight-foot fence. The fence was
left open at places, and the natural In
stincts of the elk taught him in time
that it was only within this ideal re
treat always guarded from hunters
and Intruders, that he was safe. The
elk of the whole vicinity took up their
home there and their number has in
creased within the last ten years. San
Francisco Chronicle.
THIS CLOCK A VETERAN.
Timepiece Made Two Years After Co
lumbus Discovered America.
A remarkable clock, over 400 years
old, and which still keeps good time
and ticks away the seconds and min
utes, Is owned by H. Halbich, 49 West
Neptune street, Lynn. .
Made two years after Columbus dis
covered America, the clock is said to
have been constantly In service and
after the lapse of four centuries shows
but little wear and its wooden works
revolve and perform their functions aa
well as the modern clock made to
day. Plainly the dates of manufacture
and when repairs were made are In
scribed and there is no doubt about
the authenticity of Its history.
The clock, made entirely of wood,
with the exception of the weights,
stands three feet high and is 18 inches
wide and presents a strange appear
ance with its dial showing old Roman
figures, with the quarter and half
hours also displayed.
Two figures, each a foot high, stand
guard on either side of the dial. One
represents a skeleton, and at each
quarter hour this figure strikes a bell.
The skeleton is supposed to typify the
passing of man and the going on of
time even after only the bones re
main. The other figure Is that of an old
man, and in a measure resembles the
familiar representation 6f FatherTime.
As each hour, half, and quarter Is
marked by the clock the figure blows
a liorn. It Is an Ingenious arrange
ment. A reed Is fixed In the end of
the horn, and the dropping of a small
piece of wood allows the air to cir
culate and pass over the reed, making
a peculiar sound.
In addition, there Is a bell on the
top of the clock, and the hours are
rung on this, a hammer striking reg
ularly. The bell has a deep, pleas
ant sound.
Who built the clock Is unknown,
but for over 200 years it was in the
castle Wallensteln, Bohemia, and In
1S69 was repaired by Rltta Frelherr
von Frederlch. For a number of years
it was in the castle Klelnskal, Bohe
mia, and when the latter place was
being renovated the father of the pres
ent owner secured possession and pre
sented It to his son.
The clock is blackened by age, but
the wood Is hard as flint Boston
Globe.
When a woman Is going away on a
visit she never finishes packing her
trunk until after the expressman calls
for it .....
The application of a porous plaster
Is a great drawback to lovemaklng.
Two-Row Corn Cutter.
A subscriber of Iowa Homestead
sends that journal a sketch of a con
venient two-row corn cutter. He says:
T think it pulls easier than a sled
cutter. I used this home-made corn
cutter one season and it works to per
fection. I use a 4x4 for an axle, and
bolt a 2x4 to this axle two and one
half to three feet apart and let it run
out twelve inches on the rear side.
Board this over for a platform. For
runners at the front end-1 took run
ners from an old Keystone planter
and fastened them from the bottom
so as to have them run about six or
seven inches from the rows of corn.
For knives, I took two blades off an
old stalk cutter. The platform may
be either nailed or bolted down. The
wheels are old planter wheels. On the
table I have a buck fastened to the
platform so one can sit or lean upon
it when "tired. Below this I had a pall
large enough to hold a ball of binder
twine. As soon as 1 have an armful
of corn it is compressed with the de
vice shown and tied ready for putting
in the shock."
Knowledge Increases Crops.
During the past twenty-five years
the increase in the yield of grain crops
in Denmark per acre has been over
11 per cent for arley, 17 per cent for
oats, 25 per cent for wheat Potatoes
have Increased 59 per cent in yield per
acre. Danish authorities credit the in
crease largely to government instruc
tions and teaching In the best meth
ods of agriculture. The Hungarian
government also is coming to the front
in Its encouragement of agriculture.
The state institutions include a great
academy for the higher branches of
agriculture, four farm colleges, twenty-one
village farm schools, and win
ter schools for farmers, a great agri
cultural museum and eighty model
farms. Twenty-five state orchards
have been established, and during the
past three years 378,000 grafted
stocks and over two million seedlings
have been distributed. Hungarian
agriculture has grown at a surprising
rate, the export of poultry and eggs
having increased 80 per cent in five
years, and dairy products having
gained at an even larger rate.
Make the Cows Comfortable.
Most farmers think they know how
to care for their cows without the ad
vice of anyone, and the majority of
them do give them food and shelter,
but there are many more little com
forts which cost but a trifle, but which
go far toward increasing the value of
the milk production. Sunshine, what
little there is in winter, Is as welcome
to animals as to the human family,
and the man who will contrive to give
his cows all the sunshine possible will
have better-natured cows and , more
milk. Then see to It that all cracks
and crevices through which drafts of
air can come are closed. It is not
meant that ventilation be dispensed
with by any means, but simply that
drafts are shut out Make the beds
heavy with straw and keep the stalls
clean; then with-a well-ventilated and
sunny stable and something to chew
on between regular meals, the cow
will be happy and comfortable, and
will surely repay you by a fuller milk
pail.
EngHih Farmers Quit Grain Raising:.
The area devoted to the wheat crop
in Great Britain has decreased about
thirteen per cent as compared with
last year. The barley crop also shows
a decrease In acreage. A part of the
land withdrawn from wheat and bar
ley has been devoted to the oat crop,
but the total acreage of all three crops
is the lowest recorded since the official
returns were first issued thirty-six
years ago, and is 111 acres less than
last year's total. Some of the land
withdrawn from the grain crops has
been devoted to specialties, such as
fruits, flowers and vegetables, while
other areas have been turned into
parks, pasturage and mowing.
Feeding Condiments.
If there Is any value in feeding red
pepper to fowls it Is mainly in fur
nishing a seasoning to the food which
might otherwise be flat, and in thls
way stimulating the appetite. Chopped
onions will have the same effect and
are certainly better for the fowls than
too much pepper. The red pepper, in
moderate quantities, is good for the
moulting hens, acting as a stimulant
and strengthening their rather depleted-
vitality, but the pepper should not
be made a regular part of the ration.
It is not. only; unnecessary when the
CORN CUTTER.
ration consists of good grains In vari
ety, but Is actually harmful if much
of It Is fed.
Shocking- Corn.
One of the great objections farmers
have to harvesting corn fodder is that
the grain Is seriously damaged by the
operation. In fact they say oftentimes
it will not germinate, and is always
more or less chaffy, light in weight,
and otherwise not equaPto corn per-
umieu io remain ill we ueiu, or uuui
after several frosts. A casual exam
ination of the way the shocks are
made on many farms would convince
one that complaints made about get
ting an Inferior grain might be expect
ed, for the shock will not turn water,
will not let water that happens to get
in to the shock out quickly, and Is, in
lj.ct so much on the ground that it Is
practically wet all the time. It is not
a difficult task so to handle both fod
der and corn as to have a fine forage
from the fodder and still secure the
grain that is in every way equal to
standing grain.
The corn crop is often cut too green.
Frequently the stalk becomes brown,
the blades turning yellow and the ear
still soft and full of sap. In such In
stances the cutting should be slow,
putting up quarter and half shocks
over, the entire area, giving the inside
center of the shock an opportunity to
dry, then later finish the shock. Where
the corn binder la used the harvesting
should be such as to save the fodder
with as little damage to the corn as
possible. This requires Judgment.
Then In shocking set four bundles in
the four corners made by the horse,
tie them tightly near the top, remove
horse and place a bundle on each of
the four sides la the center. This
leaves a corner between the four bun
dles so located that It may be made
to contain two bundles each. When
the center bundles are placed around
the first four eight bundles are up and
the shock is one-half finished. Fill
ing between with two bundles makes
the shoek, which contains sixteen bun
dles. The shock is small, well bal
anced, and when drawn well together
near the top it is tied twice. The bun
dles in such a shock may be set well
apart at the bottom, permitting good
ventilation. The binder cuts such a
low stub that the ear in the shock is
high from the ground. In cutting by
hand the careless shocker usually cuts
high stubs, then he throws the fodder
together. The high cutting causes the
ear on the stalk to be near the ground
or more probably on the ground, caus
ing serious damage to the grain. Corn
fodder should be cut as low as possi
ble, that the grain may stand a good
distance from the ground while in the
shock. W. B. Anderson, in Indianap
olis News.
Device for Holding Hogs.
FOR HOLDING HOOS.
The Illustration is self-explaining,
and one can readily see how it is con
structed and used.
Farm Notes.
Note the changes which you intend
ed to make for next winter.
Have all live stock ready for market
before you market It
The appearance of things about the
house is the first that attracts atten
tion, good or bad.
Prepare to winter the young stock
well. Don't be afraid. People will
need beef next year the same as this.
See that all necessary repairs are
made, not only upon the home build
ings, but upon the outbuildings also.
Winter Is coming.
If those March and April pigs had
clover and peas to run through the
summer they are now just about
ready for a corn diet.
A cheery, comfortable family room
and plenty of good things to read robs
winter of about all of Its terrors, ce
ments family ties and lays a founda
tion for pleasant memories In after
life.
The Department of Agriculture an
nounces its intention to go Into the
stock-raising business, using an appro
priation of $25,000 made by the last
Congress. Special attention Is to be
given to horses, of cavalry and car
riage types, for which purpose the ex
periment farm at Fort Collins, Col., Is
to be used.
Poultry Pickings.
One breed is enough for the farmer.
Keep the fowls clean and their
houses clean.
Roup is produced by a bad cold
being neglected.
If eggs for hatching are desired, use
2-year-old hens.
Granulated is tUe form in which to
supply bone te poultry.
To make poultry business a success
it must have attention.
All perches should be on the same
level, none higher than the others.
It Is very essential that the poultry
house should be well ventilated.
Whole wheat Is an excellent food
for the hens, but should not be used
exclusively.
Bone meal contains lime and also
animal matter which is of value.
The use of food Is to sustain life
and maintain warmth and good condi
tion of body.