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FINE BROOD COOF3. Bow Tliry Kay Be Made at CompaM tlvcly Trifling Expense. Procure siae boxes in which have been packed packages of prepared breakfast oats," says a writer in Amer ican Poultry Advocate. -The box al ready has ' the proper sLape for the. coop. A few alterations, and you have the thing complete. The froiit of the box usually has but one wide' board. Remove this board, being careful not to split it. Also remove the top boards from the box.' The form of the original box, as seen in cut, is A, E, C, D. ' Now 11A.XVY EIIOOD COOP. nrl ou (he front board again, raising it from its first place, A C, to F E. Let the distance A F equal the width of one of the top boards, and of this top board you easily saw out the two end roof pieces, A F B. Nail these end pieces hi place, and then take another top board and form the door. Usually one of these extra boards will be found to be the proper width for the door, but it may need altering. It is a good Idea 'to saw out two or more openings In front above the door (K) to allow fresh air to enter the coop. The open ings should bo covered with screen wire, especially if rats are trouble some. Following this, you place the l.ior and 'screw on two f-trap hinges. A hook and eye may be placed at O, also a:i eye at II. to fasten the door both o; -ii and closed. You, now make the rojt. S.-nne li.-avior board are.reeom rr.nde 1 ! ;v a.; thin lumber will warp when exposed to the wot. Make the rojC of one s Iid piece, and allow it to project over ci-.Is and side a to protect from st-irms. I '- not nail Toaf to coop, but nali extra heavy board on the In-'de close to lower edge of coop, and 11a ; w"ll hinder the roof from sliding off. The advantage of such a roof is you can lift it off at your pleasure to clean coop or for simning, etc. If more ventilation I required, just place two sticks under the roof at corners (B). "During the hot weather I take oft the solid door front and make a frame door of lath and cover with screen wire, then screw hinges on as usual. "With the coop I use a lath run, mak ing it just high enough to set up close to the coop without striking the pro jecting roof in front. The hen greatly enjoys this little liberty afforded by the run. If you can allow her to run at large with her chicks, of course the run is unnecessary. "This coop I have found to be the cheapest, neatest and most convenient of any I have ever made or used." A Midair Hennery. One of the latest ideas to be worked out in the interest of intensive culture of fowls is . the novei scheme of Man ager Stokes of the Ansonja family ho tel of New York. Instead of planning out a roof garden he has made a roof hennery nearly 300 feet In the air on the top of his hotel building. It Is said that the first old birds he put in his poultry houses died, he thought, be cause of the change of climate or air. Later he began hatching his chicks by incubator and grew them with no trou ble. He has over 250 laying hens up there in the air now, and they are in charge of an experienced poultryman, who is making them shell out the eggs. "Elevators carry curious folks up to the midair heunery. It is a money making venture. "Breaking: l"p" Broody Hens. Allow no broody hen in a house at this time of year. The only place for a sitting hen nowadays is In some place out of doors. No hen must be allowed to remain on a nest over night. Put them in some cool, shady, grassy yard or in a coop so placed and keep a con stant supply of cool, fresh water be fore them at all times, also a little feed. If you have a yayd into which they can be put. keep a young vigorous cockerel with them. This is as effective a way as Is known for breaking up broody hens. A Mash For Yonnc Chicks. If you like to see your young chicks of three weeks or more of age enjoy a meal better than ordinarily, says E. M. Buechly of Greenville, O., make a crumbly mash, using four parts of middlings and bran and one part of beef or blood meal that is good and fresh, and see how they will fall over each other to get it as soon as they learn what it is, and see them grow accordingly. Tbe PataKonlan. Rabbit. The Fatagouian, the heaviest of all hutch rabbits, would be selected for the heavy weight or meat producing rabbit, as would be the Brahma 1j poultry. Some call them the Patago nian giant rabbits. Undoubtedly they originally came from France, as did the Belgian, large numbers of which are bred there, France consuming more rabbits as food, perhaps, than all the other countries of the world com bined. Kill tbe Overfat Hens. A hen that Is inclined to sit about and put on fat excessively is not a profitable one to keep. She seldom lays any eggs and simply eats up feed to no purpose. She should be butchered at once. Deat Underfeed.' Don't be afraid of overfeeding: find . oat bow much, your fowls need. Then lias been & lot fit underfeeding ol tattf i OS Acoont of this cry of verfwffinf :1 . jV A A? K ; n A A A n c LARGE HOG HOUSE. Pro-rides Por Maxima m of Snnlig-tit and Exclusion of Drafts. . The Illinois experiment station gives the following . description of a large hog house which is in successful op eration: , Sanitation. In order to be sanitary a hog house should admit the direct rays of the sun to the floor of all the pens and exclude cold drafts, in win der, be dry, free from dust," well ven tilated and exclude the hot sun during the summer. ,.- , Fig. 1 shows a hog house built with this purpose in view. The building as a whole is thirty feet wide, with an FIG. I. VIEW OF PAST OF HOO HODSS eight foot alley running lengthwise east and west with the windows on the south side. The important factor to consider in this connection is the height of the windows represented at E and D iii connection with the width and manner of construction of the building. The window E is so placed that at noon of the shortest day of the year the ray of light which passe.; through the upper part will fall upon the- floor on the south side pen on tha opposite side from the window. This allows the total amount of light com ing through the window at this season of the year and this time of the day to fall upon the floor within the pen. i In the morning and in the afternoon, when the sun is not at its highest point, a part or ail of this beam of i light will pass beyond the pen. Cou ' sequently during the later winter months there will be a maximum amount 'of sunlight on the floor of the pen. The lower part of the window D in the upper part of the building per forms the same function for the pen on the north side of the alley as does the window E for the pen on the south side. By this arrangement of windows there is pcfesjble a maximum amount of sunlight on the floor of the pens in winter which will serve to warm the interior of the house and especially the beds during the latter months of win ter, thus making it possible to have pigs farrowed very early in the season. Sunlight not only warms and dries the building, but destroys disease germs, thus making the building both warm and sanitary. Sanitation is further augmented by the upper part of the window. D, which, when open, acts as a ventilator. It is supplied with weights so that it can be opened and closed at will by the attendant while standing on the floor of the alley. To have this arrangement of win dows in the latitude above cited, it is necessary to have the top of the win dow E, which throws light Into the pen on the south side, five feet six Inches from . the floor. The upper window, which throws light into the pea on tb north side, Is longer, but a point In this window the same distance above the lower end as the height of the win dow E should be nine feet eight inches from the floor. This necessitates a flat roof for the part of the building south of the alley, which must necessarily be made of some material that will shed water at a slight pitch. The wall on the north side of the building Is ma&e as high as that on the south side, but PIG. n. GBOUND PLAN OF HOG HOT7S& the roof on the north side and alley it. made steeper so as to have more all space and good ventilation. In Fig. 2 ,is submitted the ground plan of tbe bog house. It is 120 fce; long by SO feet wide and is provided with an alley which runs lengthwise through the middle of the building ana is eight feet wide. This permits of driving through the building with a wagon, which allows the feed and bed ding to be hauled In where It Is needed and the manure to be loaded on the wagon directly from the jpena and hauled to the field. ' The pens are ten feet wide' and eleven feet deep.. Each pen has a doorway leading to, the ootaide which la opened by e .door sUdJaff; opward. SbBT t Also -doer optti&rto'lb aQey .fatZlTK,.,, r,;,.,;,:m, Pip i Hr- - I HL. j L TV H 1 f ARMS GARDEN A FRUIT EXPERIMENT Rotten Cored Apples Made Sound B7 ' Proper Fertilization. Certain facts regarding an experi ment which we conducted a few years ago may interest some of the readers of this' paper, writes a correspondent of American Cultivator. ' When we came into possession of the farm which is our present residence the apple trees were in bloom, and we were delighted with ther beauty; of an especial one, which was the most com pact mass of bloom we had ever seen. We were told that the apples at matu rity ' were practically worthless, the former owner only allowing the tree to stand because its closely interwoven branches made an admirable shelter for his pigs. We became much interested in this apple tree and anxiously watched the growing fruit. The variety was a golden russet of fine acid flavor, just suited to culinary use. They grew to a large size and were slightly streaked with red at the stem, a beautiful ap ple, but we had never seen a close; comparison to the "apples of Sodom" outwardly a first class fruit, but which could be crushed with ease in the hand, revealing a blackened, rotted center, and entirely worthless. Such was the state of fully three-fourths of the crop. ' . '. I hesitated before acting upon the advice to destroy this tree, for I be lieved there was a remedy. It was evident from the rank growth that nitrogen had been supplied too gener ously by the pigpen, and too much nitrogen without potash in proportion to make the pulp of firm texture had worked mischief with the apples. When the tree was making good growth the following year we applied ten pounds of muriate of potash, scat tering it over the ground under the trees as far out as the branches ex tended. As this patash is soluble, it was soon supplying plant food to the roots, there being no sod to interfere with its descent. The result was a decided object les son to our neighbors, yet not greater than we anticipated. A large majority of the apples were at maturity of the finest quality, sound and crisp. Although none had in pre vious years been placed in the cellar, several bushels were stored that fall, which kept very well. We make the same application since each summer, and there is not a trace of decayed cen ter, nor have we an apple on the farm which is so salable during March and even into April as this formerly worth less russet.. A Convenient Gate. One of the great conveniences about a barn or house is a gate that swings both ways and always closes and fas- SELF CLOSING GATE. tens behind the man with two pails of milk, etc. It is very simple and inex pensive, writes a correspondent of Farm Progress. Make as any ordinary gate and put a common hinge at the bottom. Mortise a slot through the post near the top to insert a pulley. Round off two short rockers, say. one foot long by two and a half inches thick, and flatten their faces slightly. Set one on the post and the other on the gate. Set them in so the gate will not be too far from the gatepost. Take a short, small link chain, secure it to the gate, pass over the pulley in the gatepost and suspend a weight to it. The chain serves as hinge and spring. The latch is the same as other gates, except that It is reclined from both sides. How to Kill Sassafras. An Ohio correspondent of National Stockman writes: I had a field covered with sassafras sprouts. -1 tried to kill them by farming corn, but they got thicker. I tried wheat, and they smothered the wheat. I sowed the ground in tifhothy, and that did not dc any good. They grew so thick that a person could not walk through them. I left them until winter, when the ground was frozen hard. Then I took a grubbing hoe and cut them off at the ground and in the spring turned my cattle in on them, and they ate, cfi what few started, and that settle-..' them, and today you can hardly lino a sprout in the field. Tbe Asparasrns Feat. Kindly insects help in the destruc tion of the asparagus pest. The lady- bug, some snake feeders, or dragon flies, and wasps and the spined and bordered soldier bug all these eat the larvae of this beetle. Ducks and chickens are fond of them. Air slacked lime dusted on the dew wet leaves de stroys ..the pest, or , the ends of th branches where tney congregate may be cut and burned. - The f&me remedim hold, good for the spotted fceUe, bat bis favorite plac rf Wilug M JA Utf Additional Local. Maeter Arthur Allen cave a de lightful paity to a number of his nends yesterday afternoon In cele bration of his fifth birthday. Many pretty gifts were : bestowed upon Master Arthur, and the little guests spent a very happy ''afternoon. H.C. Barneil left yesterday for his hoVne in Portland, af-er a two weeks' visit in Benton county. Mr. Barneil went to Alsea to . enjoy a h fishsng and bunting trip with Dick Zhn. In ene i Lht Mr. Zahn caught an even barrel of salmon trout, and on the trip the two fishermen put up two barrels cf salmon for win ter use. While out on a der hunt Htone Mr. Barneil lost his bearings and did not reach camp until three o'clock in th6 morning. Bush Davis came up from Port land Wednesday on a month's sick 'eave, and is at the home of rela lives in this city. The car shortage is cutting some figure in the building business in Corvallis jnst now. It seems that material- cannot be secured as fast as it is needed on tte A. J. Johnson building because there are no cars to shiplt in, and pressed brick is delayed in transportation from New- berg for the new post othce building, for the same reason. Because of this diffi culty operations are delayed and much annoyance generally is the result. Just how muce loncer the car shortage is to a factor in deciding business matters for the varioas valley towns, no one seems able to say. " Playing ' Ball Now. The girls' basket ball team at OAC ia hard at work every day now, practicing for the games that are to come. Ma mie Scroggins of last year's second team is doing especiallv good wotk at guard; Helen Pelland 0 the old second team is also plaving guard; Grace Starr, although new to the game, is making good, as is also Agnes Lenger, another "new'? girl. Jennie Tom, who has never played be fore, is playing a goad game as center; Audie Shelton, of last year's second team is doing good work as forward. Claire Holgate and Kate Moore, the obIv two members ot last 3'ear's first team, are making a much better showing than last year and will hold down their old posi tions of forward and center. More interest is being taken in the girls' team this year than ever before, and they will make a strong bid for the championship this season. Claude Swaon, the popular basket ball man, is coachisg the girls' team, which is a further guaran tee of a good showing for the aggregation. Beaver Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Ebbert visited relatives : at the Whitaker hop yard a few days last week. .Mrs. Doke Gray and children have returned home from Port land after a week's visit with her parents. Presiding Elder Ballentyne ot the Evangelical church did not preach at the school house last Sunday as had been announced. Rev. Sager of Dallas delivered a very able sermon in the absence of the elder. Pratt Gove has new m-ilch cow. re purchased a Messrs. Butler and Wright have been engaged of late build ing new; fence. '- A negro named Swakhammer gave a lecture at the school house last Tuesday evening on the Fnilipino question, the speaker claiming to have been a resident of the island lor six years. Mrs. Daniel returned home last Friday from Alsea where she had been visiting, her mother, Mrs. Strove. Mr. Duffey has rented the Ire land place from the Gates Bros, for the coming year. ; There will be preaching at the school house next Sunday. Rev. Woods of Corvallis will fill the pulpit. George Winters has been work ing iof Wm Parks the past few days. CASTOR S A Por Infants and Children. Tbe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Plan., For tbe Winter "Sow. , It ia not 'too early to commence plan ning on Ww; yo4 are going to house thofle fowls comfortably this . -winter. You expect some eggs from them when the thermometer runs .down and the price nma op, .and you should plan to give hem .pretr fooducarelf yea don't wfan4 Jpotnte4. fiooae turnip, bwrtraad. t wwfaprfqiM ST HOLY ROLLERS AGAIN. Shout and Roll In Regulation Style Strip off Clothing. Hi8boro is the latest town" to" have a Holy Roller outbreak bnt the mania there seems to be in full swing,' according to the following dispatch from that city, which says : 'J : . ; ; One of the most peculiar cases brought to the attention of the medical fraternity in years ia tbat of Mrs. Ann Aeks and her daughter, Mrs.1 Charles Morring both of Faraiington, six miles south of this city. Ms Acks, a widow 60 -years of age, has been deaf a number of years, and tbe daughter a yonng woman of 25, is ' eufferina frcm a diseasd) of the limb. Hearing of , , Sawtelle . the relig ions healer ho held out at Sixth and Main sfreets in Portland, the two went to him to be annotated, as they say, and participate in bia healing seances. Just whar the course of treatment con sistedof cannot be learned, but the mother turned a religious fan atig after the Holy Roller fashio i. Stripped of a 11 werring" apparel she runs about the house, rolls upon the floor, shouts, tings and prays. Dr. J. P. Tamleeie.of this "city was tai led and declares that the case of the mother will result in at nte mania. The daughter is in a cataleptic hypnotic state and is under the control of the mother. She remains in bed most of the time, but will sing, lauh cry, or pray just as the suggestion comes from the mother. While the doctor was present he had no difficulty in controlling the jiirl as long as the mother could be kept sileu, but as soon as the elder woman began her seances ail conrol of the girl was lost. She would jump from her bed, assume a praying attitude, eing and then return to a hypnotic sletp immediately upon sug gestion. She has not taken nourishment for 48 hourd and today both are reported worse. ' Letter From Rev. Noble. In a letter to Prof. Horner, this week, Eev. Mark Jfoble . writes interestingly from Camas, , Washington, where he is serving as pastor of the . First Baptist church. Referring to a recent Gazette article which mentioned Rev. Noble, he said : , I am sorry that yon could not hear dear Tom preach, for they say he resem bles his father (Charles Spurgeon) so much. The people think a great dtalof him because they think th?y see the com ing of a second Charles Spurgeon in the son." Speaking of his new home, Rev. Noble writes: "We are very happy here; have a lov ing people; all seem to appreciate my efforts so much. The young peo ple especially appear to think me just the right man for them, at least they of ten tell me so. Our great difficulty is, we have no building all are anxious to build. We have our plans drawn and lot selected, but cannot purchase, al though the money is in the bank ready for doing eo at any time. All the land is in the hands of the Harper Mill owners and for some reason they will' not sell just now. Tbe owners tell me we shall have the lot as soon as they can posaibly dispose of it, but when that is to beseems hard to tell. People are living in tents because unable to obtain lots upon wnh-h to build. I think sometimes they are waiting for the advent ot the new rail- The Kind You Have Always Bought, and -which has been, in use for over SO years, nas borne the signature of J? in' and lias been made under his per- (" sonal supervision since its infancy. . J-CCCCfci'vZ Alloy? no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good" arc but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind. Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation, and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the road, when prices doubtless will greatly advance.' . ' "The countr? around is ve beautiful.. Our view of 'Oreaon, the loity firs and towering naouMain, snow clad, , and gil.led "by he denarting eau. is often a sublime epectatacle. It manes me . think of the City of God, U tree from sorrow and care, and awakens a wonder aa to what it must be to be theie." , Died on the Way. ; W, Frank Miller, for several years an employe of the C. & E. It. R. company, and well known in the vicinity of Sum- i mit, where he res ded, is ded. i Mr Miller was taken seuoiisly ill on 1 Monday and continued to gro worse in 1 spite of medical aid. The physician ia ' niiaro-a oHvioo t ,a.,,i r .u.. . , ---- ua t lun 1 Cllllivai ill til in l)HI lrlll to the hospital at Albany and Wednes day morning the journey was under taken. Before the train rnched Cor vallis, however. Mr. Miller was so much worse that a telephone message was sent on to a Corvallis physician to meet the train at the epot, which ws done, the loial doctor aciompanying the party on to Albany. , At Corvallis the patient was found to be pulseless and practically dying, and 'death came just as the train left the briiige at Albany, before the depot was reached. ' Mr. Miller was about 35 years of age and leaves a wite. Mrs. Miller was ia Corvallis.'Wednesday, en route home to Summit from a visit down towards Port land. She had returned because of the news of the illness of her husband, but in some manner she was not communi- ated with as the party passed through Corvailis, Wednesday, they being un aware of her exact whereabouts, and the first knowledge of her busoand's death came from the Corvallis physician upon his return from Albany. Mrs. Miller is a sister of Mrs. W. P. Miner of this city and iwas at the home 01 the latter when she . received the sad news.., . What the funeral arrangements are was not learned up to the hour of going to press. He Is Dead. Victor Simpson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Simpson of Albany, died in the Good Samaritan hospital, at Portland, at ten o'clock Wednesday night. The cause of death was blood poisoning. Victor Simpson was in Corvallis last summer and for a time worked in the hardware store of his uncle, J. H. Simp son. One day, jn attempting to cut the tarred rope which bound together sec tions of pipe that had just been received by freight, the lad's knife slipped and struck the calf of. fiis leg, burying the kl.1A a . J..L - C - 1 1 I IP uwuo iu t uepiiu ui an incra ana a nan. The wound was not considered serious at -first but later It caused considerable trouble and in spite of medical attention given it in Albany blood poisoning ap peared and two or three operations were performed but without avail. Last week the young m in was taken of the desperate efforts made to save him he succumbed Wednesday night. Deceased was aged about 18 years, and was a bright, promising young man. His parents have the heartfelt sympathy of i1 11 t .! S .1 - , r many vor villus menus in mis nour ot deep bereavement. The arrangements had not been com pleted np to noon yesttrday, but it is likely the funeral will occur in Albany I today. . ' ' Signature of rn tbo