FEEDING PEK1N DUCKS.
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A rami lard by Jmh BiW, a
-, Successful Breeder.
It Is' Impossible to give all the good
formulas for feed for Pekln ducks, but
here is one recommended 'by James
RanUIn of South Easton, Mass., the
father,.of the Pekin duck Industry in
America, which Is probably as good as
any .a -
For the first four days feed equal
parts pf rolled oats and cracker or
bread crumbs, 10 per cent of hard boil
ed eggs chopped fine, 5 per cent of
coarse sand. Feed four times a day
what they will eat up clean. Brooder
heat, 00 degrees.
When four days to three weeks old
feed equal parts of rolled oats and
wheat ,brnn. 10 per cent cornmeal, 5
per ee$t coarse sand, 5 per cent fine
ground;; beef scraps, soaked finely cut
green (clover, rye or cabbage. . Feed
four times a day. Brooder heat, 85 to
75 degrees.
When from three to six weeks old
feed equal parts of eornnieal, wheat
bran and red dog, 5 per cent of fine
grit, 5 per cent of beef scraps. Mix in
green food. Feed four times a day.
When from six to eight weeks old
feed three parts cornmeal, two parts
wheat bran, one part oat feed, 10 per
cent of beef scraps. 5 per cent of grit.
Feed three times a day.
When from eight to ten weeks old
feed two-thirds cornmeal, one-third
equal parts of wheat bran and. oat
feed. 10 per cent beef scraps. 5 per
cent grit and less green food. Feed
three times a day. They should now
be ready for market
Never cook the food for young ducks
after they are a week old, and mix
with cold water.
Mr. Rankin Bays: "With us ducks are
the surest crop we can grow. Inde
pendent of the elements, affected nelr
ther by floods nor droughts, heat nor
cold, a concentrated cash product turn
ed every three months, they make the
best returns of any crop on the farm."
Frnlta of Correct Poultry Methods.
The average American Imagines
that there is little or nothing for him
to learn. It might surprise many per
sons to know that either in the county
of Sussex, England, or what is known
as the Houdan district of France, two
counties about like some of the largest
counties of our several states, there
are grown, dressed and shipped into
the London market more poultry than
is grown in any one state of this coun
try, says the Feather. Perhaps one or
two states w ould equal either of these
counties in magnitude, but just consid
er the small farmers of one county
raising and marketing more fowls than
are grown in the state of New York
or Iowa, all of which sell for nearly
double the price paid for the general
run of poultry in this country. If the
average of our farm raised fowls were
put In competition with the Sussex
or Houdan fowls In the London or
Paris market they would not even be
considered in the race. What we
must learn in this country to benefit
the farmers, to benefit every poultry
grower, is the fact that poultry proper
ly grown, finished and marketed is al
ways worth twice as much in value as
the common average stuff that Is a
drug on the market
Tlie Cornlah Indian Fowl.
The popular notion of the origin of
the Cornish Indian, formerly known
as the Cornish Indian Game, is now
said by some one who professes to
know to be wide of the mark. Accord
ing to this gentleman, the Cornish In
dian was originated in India by crosses
of the Malay, Sumatra and native com-
COKNISH INDIAN MAUL .
mon stock found in the vicinity of
either Bombay or Calcutta. The name,
he says, was given to them In honor of
their originator, an English fancier
named Cornish. The Cornish Indian Is
not a heavy layer, but is a very fine
table fowl of large size, with perhaps
the greatest percentage of breast and
thigh flesh to total weight of any fowl
tn existence.
Prematnre Cnlclca.
It Is not very uncommon for chicks,
especially Leghorn, chicks, to hatch out
a little ahead of time. If the hatching
was done with an Incubator it usually
indicates a bit too high temperature. If
the germs were quite strong and vig
orous and the temperature was kept
well up, Leghorn -chicks should be
gin hatching on the -twentieth day.
Chicks of the Asiatic varieties would
be a day later probably under equally
favorable conditions.
Cheap Dlslnfeetlaar,
The cheapest and best method of dis
infecting is to dissolve one pound of
copperas (sulphate of Iron) In two gal
Ions of hot water, adding a wlneglass
ful of sulphuric acid. When cold, add
four gallons of water and apply to ev
ery portion of the house and grounds.
and if several applications are made so
much the better.
LIMBER .NECIC-
Hnr TUi Base of the Poultry" Tare.
; Mar Freaseatly Be Cored.
Umber neck Is the result of ptomaine
poisoning of some kind, says the Feath
er. Decayed meat full of maggots is
the usual cause. Some claim that the
live maggots moving about In the crop
so irritate it as to communicate through
the nerves to the brain and cause the
peculiar twist of the neck. No matter
what the real cause may be, whether
it Is the meat or the maggot the pto
maine poison taken into the system par
alyzes the brain and causes the trou
ble. The surest relief from this is by
mixing a tablespoonful of turpentine
la an equal amount of warm water
and pouring the same into the crop.
Follow this with warm water until the
crop is nearly filled. Take the fowl up
by the feet, head down, and gently
work the entire contents of the crop ,
into a box partially filled with earth.
The reason for using the box of earth
is so that the refuse of the crop may
be buried deep away from any possi
bility of other fowls or dogs consuming
it Wash the crop out in this way two
or three times if necessary. When
thoro.ughly cleansed, administer a ta
blespoonful of warm castor oil and
leave the fowl in a quiet cool place by
Itself to recover. It is always best to
confine It to itself, so that the place
may be thoroughly cleansed after the
fowl has recovered or died, whichever
may be the outcome of the treatment
If not too many are attacked, destroy
the ailing ones, burning or burying the
carcasses. To prevent all this never
permit putrid meat of any kind to lie
about for fowls, pigeons, dogs or chil
dren to eat as it is likely to Injure
them the same as it does the fowls.
. A Fine Example of HI Breed.
The. Buff Plymouth Rock, cock here
with illustrated is perhaps as close to
the ideal as any of his breed ever pro
duced in the United States, the home
of the Buff Plymouth Rock. Because
of the admixture of Buff Cochin blood
necessary to produce the color this va
riety has not until recently acquired
that distinctiveness' of shape and mark
ings and the tendency to breed true
to them that are considered necessi
ties. But today the Buff , Plymouth,
BUST PLYMOUTH BOCK ILiXJl
Rock often wins in the large shows in
competition with buff fowls of all
breeds. The feathers on the legs have
disappeared entirely except on the
scrubbiest specimens, and there is no
more hardy or better utility fowl in
existence now than the Buff Plymouth
Rock. The illustration shows how one
of these birds should look. There
should not be the blocky shape of the
Wyandotte. That Is something to be
carefully avoided, for Plymouth Rock
shape must be preserved at all costs.
Then there must not be the long,
straight body of the Dorking, which is
as objectionable as the short body of
the Wyandotte or the peculiar trunk of
the Rhode Island Red, which Is good
only In its place, t Breed as close to
the type shown In the illustration as
possible, and you will not go far wrong,
no matter what variety of Plymouth
Rocks you may be Interested in.
Low Rooata For Growing? Fowla.
Low roosts must be provided for
growing fowls and their houses kept
scrupulously clean. If It is unsafe to
leave houses open at night cover win
dows and door frame with poultry net
ting. While it may not be as harmful
as some suppose to crowd grown fowls
In cold weather, it Is certainly a grave
mistake to crowd growing fowls. By
disposing of the culls and all hens over
two years old there will be more room
for the pullets. If there be not enough
room then and one Is unable to build
another house, cull again more closely.
It is much better to do this than to
have a lot of runty, undeveloped pul
lets eating food and laying no eggs all
winter. No amount of care will ever
make a stunted fowl a paying propositi-.
Exhibit Tun Poultry.
Be sure to attend, some of the poul
try shows and study poultry from an
exhibitor's standpoint It is an object
lesson that will be well worth the time
and expense necessary. Better yet,
take some of your birds and show them
In competition with others. If you do
not win. It will give you an oppor
tunity to compare them with the win
ners and ascertain where they are de
fective, giving you an idea how to im
prove them.
Coll Carefully.
It Is impossible to cull your flocks
too closely. Always draw from the
poor, quality for market purposes and
to sell. Never permit the best and
most valuable to go from your posses
sion unless it is in the way of an ex
hibition specimen, which perhaps can
be as well spared from your flocks as
not What you should hold fast to are
the most vigorous, most profitable pro
ducers, and cultivate them for future
results. ....
THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSES.
Tbay Ware an Outgrowth of Boaoon
Fires on Headland. .
When, ships are sailing upon the
ccean the lights of heaven are their
guides. Even in the dark ages,
when the compass and sextant wre
unknown instruments, the swri:-.."-ly
motionless pole-star bur f It..- .
beacon light in the northern ;
ens, and the rising and, sett it-:
the sun and stars distinguished t:
east, from the west. - When; lio:
ever, ships came near' the-land 1? "
lights of heaven are not sufficient'
safe to guide them. Eocks lie in
their paths, unseen in the night;
reefs and shoals spread under the
water, while unsuspected currents
sweep the frail craft all blindly upon
these dangers'
Nevertheless, .. ships . : were sailed
along dangerous' coasts, for cen
turies before' a plain system of
marking dangerous places was in
vented. The early mariners were
bold and reckless rovers,' more than
half pirates, who seldom owned a
rood of the coasts along which they
sailed and could not have establish
ed lights and landmarks on them had
they cared to do so. The rude begin
ning, then, of a system' of lighthouses
was when the merchants with whom
the reckless mariners traded in those
dark ages built beacons near the
harbor mouths, to guide the ships
into port by day and lighted fires f oi
their guidance at night. . As such a
harbor guide had to be a sure land
mark in the daytime and a light by
night, it soon took on a settled
shape a tower on which could be
built a fire, and such a tower was
usually built of stone.
This method of guiding ships into
the ports which they sought was
scarcely established before human
wickedness used it : as a means for
their destruction. Bands of robr
bers, or, as they came to be called,
"wreckers," would bide themselves
somewhere near the haven sought
by a richly laden vessel and, after
overpowering the fire keepers, would
extinguish : the beacon fire on the
night on which the ship was expect
ed. Then tfiey would light another
fire near some treacherous reef. The
mariner, sailing boldly toward the
false light, would dash his vessel to
destruction on the reef, whereupon
the robber band would plunder the
wreck and make off witji the booty.
St. Nicholas.
She Opened the Door.
A doctor who had saved the life
of a woman, a personal friend, was
asked his charge. He said he gen
erally allowed his patient friends to
remunerate him as they thought be
fitting. "But don't you often get disap
pointed on these terms?" she in
quired. "I may say, never."
"As you are so easily pleased,
here," and she playfully gave him
her empty hand, while in the other
was concealed a check for a hand
some sum. "How easily I could
have taken you in !" she added, pro
ducing the check.
"But you have only succeeded in
drawing me out," he said, declining
, to relinquish her hand. "Don't in
sult me with a check. I am most
generously rewarded."
Perhaps she understood the doc
tor's difficulty and wished to help
him out of it. At any rate, the giv
ing of her hand led him to offer his
heart.
Bismarck and His Wig.
Bismarck occasionally wore a wig.
He wore it for warmth and was
; proud when it successfully served
its purpose. But at a blessing of the
Neva, at which his sovereign and tha
. czar were present, the wig played
him false. An officer remarked up
on its appearance as they galloped
along together. . "Is it visible V ask
. ed Bismarck. "Yes; devilish dia
; tinctly. It's slipping down on one
i side," was the answer. Bismarck
careered up to the carriage which
was waiting for him, removed his
helmet, tore off his wig and threw it
into the vehicle, while the czar and
a whole host of other distinguished
men looked on in amazement. Said
Bismarck's sovereign at the end of
the day, "What an utterly diabolical
maneuver you executed with that
wig of yours!" St. James' Gazette.
Had Not Learnta It Yet
A bank official, -who has many
amusing stories at his tongue's end,
tells of a stolid German woman who
went into the bank one morning to
deposit a fat roll of bills and open
an account.- She was asked to sign
her name in the book reserved for
the signatures of depositors and be
gan to do so with many twistings of
her face and pauses after the pain
ful completion of each letter. Sud
denly she stopped and after a period
of dismayed reflection looked ap
pealingly at the benevolent young
man on the other side of the broad
writing shelf. "I haf Katrina
done," she said, pointing to hex
work with the pen, "but my secont
name I don't p'lieve I can write him.
I don't peen marriet to dis man long
alretty only lorn; as yesterday."
Additional Local.
F-hH' TomUinavo. died in Albany Sat
urday evening, after fighting 'bravely for
sever weeks for life. Death resulted
fr j a very complicated case of typhoid
lev which refused to yield to treatment
M . romKason was a young man i
y , ud was born in Benton county
viviving widow was formerly
nui Dwker o Wells ale. Par
t t-im-emiiu ine tuneial were not
1- . -.
- - i- Ha'l, familiarty koovrn by many
p pk in Corvallis as "Gifty," died at
Sro rntoH. Calif., Saturday ninht at 9:30,
a a lingering illness with consump
t' "'. Deceased was born in Polk coun
ty, and was 29 years old this month.
He was married to Miss. Rose Lenger in
Co Uis, December 2a, 1898, who is the
surv'ving widow. The remains are to
be brought here for burial and are ex
po ted -to arriva tomorrow altho mh
nothing is known of the funeral arracg
ments. W. R. Hall, father of the de
ceiled, came up from Bueoa Vista, Sun
day, and will remain until the funeral is
over.
Stetson's "Uncle Tom's Cab
in" at the opera bouse on Thurs
dap night will be a thoroughly
fif-t-class production of that
famous play. The company is
one that appears at the leading
theaters in all of the cities, and
is sure to be greeted by a pack
ed house.
FOUND A few days ago by A. Fon-
tana, on Mam street a watch charm
'ocket containing lady's picture. Owner
pay for this notice and receive property.
11
The funeral of the late William H. Ab
bott, who died in this city Saturday night,
occuired from Barrett Lyceum at 2 o'clock
yesterday afterooon, the services being
conducted by Mrs. Jessie Flint. Inter
ment was in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Mr. Abbott was in his 85th year and was
born in Homer, N. Y. He canu to Ore
goo in 1892 and to Corvallis in 1899.
His ailment was heart disease.
Mrs. Rebecca Harris died at the home
of her son, John, near Wells, Sunday
evening, at the age of 80 years. The
funeral occurs at noon today, from the
John Harris home, Rev. Douglas, of In
dependence officiating. Interment will
ba in Locke cemetery.
Prof. Shaw of OAC was the victim of a
iappy surprise Saturday evening, given
him bv his students. The affair took
place in Miss Snell's room, and in behalf
of the company assembled W. R. Allen
presented Prof. Shaw with a high grade.
L. C. Smith shot gun, bearing a silver
plate with the inscription, "W. T. Shaw,
from his students, OAO, Jan. 26th, 1907."
This is some slight indication of the es
teem ia which Prof. Shaw is held by
those with whom he has been associated
in college work, and he was deeply
touched by the gift The evening
proved one of pleasure for all present.
and it will ever be a pleasant memory to
Prof, shaw.
A Correction.
Editor Corvallis Gazette,
Dear Sir:
Jan. 26, 1907
A few days ago I noticed a news item
in your paper which contained the words
"hereafter Mr. Otto Hathaway will be
the Eilers representative
That statement is incorrect. I am th.9
only representative of the Eilers Piano
House and nobody else in this town is in
any way representing that firm. It
seems that Mr. Hathaway has opened a
music store and has bought a few pianos
from Eilers piano house which he has
for sale, but that does not make him a
representative. He is an independent
dealer, whereas I can sell any of the dif
ferent makes of pianos which are hand
led by that firm. Your statement tha
he was to be the representative "here
after" was misleading, and for this reason
I am prompted to ask you to publish this
letter.
I am, and shall continue to be the only
representative of the Eilers Piano House
of Portland.
Yours truly,
G. TAILLANDIER.
A Costly Joke.
A woman of Bochum, says a Vi
enna dispatch, wishing to give hex
young nephew, living m a neigh
boring, town, a pleasant surprise,
bought a little tablet of chocolate
and posted it to him in an envelope
marked "Value $25,000." The
package, on account of its high de
clared .value,- attracted the notice
of the postal authorities, who de
manded $4 extra fee on delivery.
The nephew, suspecting a hoax, re
fused the letter, which was duly re
turned to Bochum and the sender
advised. The woman, half ashamed,
declared that the envelope contain
ed nothing of real value, but it was
pointed out to her that the contents,
whatever they might be, were de
clared to be worth $25,000 and she
must pay. The poor woman signed
the receipt, but then was told, to
her dismay, that a double fee had
been incurred owing to the return
of the letter. She paid $8 without
further complaint.
A Serial Story Entitled
"LI
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LOVE Af FAIRS"
Will Soon be Published In the Gazette
This entrancing
by
WARD HILL LAM ON
Lincoln's
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coln's Boyhood." a serial published
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"Lincoln's Love Affairs" affords a
vivid insight of the life and beautiful
womanly attributes of Miss Ann Kut
ledge, the object of Lincoln's first great
affection, and unhappy mental condition
on her death. His short courtship of
Miss Mary Owens creates intense in
terest and is historically correct.
Final Courtship and Marriage of
MISS MARY TODD
Lincoln's early experiences as a law
maker and other interesting incidents
in the life of the great emancipator.
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