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
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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
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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
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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
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