Corvallis gazette., May 19, 1908, Image 4

POULTRY
NOTES
BY
te.M.BAENITZ
fcTIRSEDE
PA.
JCOfcERSPOKDENCE
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INCUBATOR BARGAIN COUNTER.
When you buy that Incubator, steer
clear of the bargain counter.
Good machines aren't found in
"Cheap John" shops. We haven't time
to figure how far all the different style
machines In a straight line would
teach, but we know that we could
View all the dependable Incubators In a
flay without doing 'stunts and have
plenty of time to get to bed with the
chickens.
Incubators and brooders are of two
types, hot water and hot air, but many
Of them are all hot air.
Many of our correspondents in writ
ing about hatching machines begin
their letters, "I've been stung." They
got It at the bargain counter.
The exchange columns of the poul
try Journals are full of fellows who
are' anxious to trade machines on
chickens. They will give you a gilt
edge guarantee with the machine, but
the only way they can get chickens is
to swap. Such machines always incu
batelots of trouble.
Now, if pecks of fun to sit up nights
with an incubator full of high priced
eggs and monkey with a smoky lamp
and a cranky regulator and, after
twenty-one days of such nervous pros
tration, to just get left And this all
turns to bushels of fun and tons of
amusement if you have invited all
your relatives and friends around to
behold the wonderful miracle of na
ture when those beautiful, fuzzy balls
of chick activity break from their Irk
some environment to begin the voyage
Of life.
In such a case New Year resolutions,
antlmurriage pledges and church vows
often prove a failure like the hatch,
and even the company's guarantee gets
a black eye. Then what do you sup
pose happens when the company lets
him down easy by saying, "In' such a
case it is the result of poor manage
ment and infertile eggs, and we, of
courseware not responsible and will not
return the purchase price!" Tableau.
Please remember that the best hatch
ing and brooding machinery isn't just
o much lumber and carpenter work.
The practical incubator that turns
out the bigN brood of livable chicks
wasn't hatched in a pile of sawdust
and shavings by some mongrel that
stole her nest.
It is the result of costly experiment
and scientific thinkiug.
If a reputable incubator holding 150
eggs costs you from ?20 to $25 and a
brooder to match is quoted at $18 to
$20, don't twist your face to say,
"Whew!"
That's cheap for good brains and suc
cessful hatching and brooding. You'll
see it later in fine eggs and stock.
When you buy your chicken machin
ery, always consult a reputable poul
tryman. lie knows and is always in
touch with new inventions and Im
provements in the hatching and brood
ing business. As you are asking the
favor, inclose a stamp. This is only
com mop decency.
Don't get the idea that a larger ma
chine at a cheap price is better than
a smaller reputable machine at the
Bame price.
Hungarians always bny boots for
the amount of leather for the price,
not according to the fit.
Bettor have a safety device incuba
tor that costs $20 anil hatches eighty
chicks to the hundred eggs set than a
200 egg machine that costs $20 and
burns your house down.
Large machines are harder to regu
tate, more diiflcult to keep filled with
eggs, and many of them burn more oil
than two half the size.
They are hard to sell secondhand,
and a poor hatch is a big loss. The 150
egg size Is our measure for best re
sults. A big nuisance in incubating is a
half dozen different style incubators.
This often comes from attending rum
mage sales. Some are hot air, others
hot water; some have water pans, oth
ers not; some have automatic ventila
tion, others slides, and all the instruc
tions are different.
If you are a train dispatcher -or hav
taken a patent memory developer, you
can do the stunt, but never leave tho
rarlety show In charge of your wife,
for there will surely be a fire or a di
vorce. DON'TS.
Don't forget the nits In dusting for
ttce. They hatch in two weeks. In
two weeks dust again or nit
Don't bother manufacturing youf
wn louse powder. These ten cent
prescriptions advertised will do you.
Don't forget to wait till the last
bell rings before you order your Incu
bator. If it lingers back longer than
a month, then telegraph.
Don't breed rats and mice. Tou hare
enough on hand to breed and feed
chickens without extras. Old fashion
ed catnip Is the best vermin fugit
Don't dust the cluck and put her
right back on the nest She will soil
her eggs. Let her eat her meal in the
morning and dost her In the afternoon
The louse powder will make her drank,
fto you can see what you look like Just
CGMtooaJly. j
QUACKERY.
Are yon a. ctifa-kw quack? Shake!
We are glad yon aren't a hatchet fiend.
They tell yon "It seldom pays to doc
tor a sick chicken." Well, here are
100 big Bocks. They show signs of
roup. You may lose a half dozen in
treatment, but the hatchet remedy
cleans up the coop. Yes, that was
civil war surgery. "Saw off that leg,"
and off It came till legs and arms piled
even with the window sill. Oslerize
your chickens? WelL we don't The
Investigation of disease has led to a
system of symptoms, causes and cures
for poultry ailments that's a blessing
to poultryman and fowl alike.
DON'TS.
Don't quote Scripture to the man
who swindles you. It's casting pearls
before swine.
Don't feed your chickens rot and ex
pect them to be fit to eat and lay pure
eggs. It's rotten.
Don't carry chickens by the legs.
Ifs barbarous business. Ducks are
carried by the neck. Rubber!
Don't sell salt, lime, glass or storage
eggs for fresh stock. It's a mighty
sneaky fox that never gets caught
Don't let your wife get the reputa
tion of having all the chicken knowl
edge on the place. It shows you're
lazy.
Don't pretend that you have goqd
stock to make a sale. Chickens of
that breed always come home to
scratch.
Don't get crazy If your neighbor's
hen flies over the fence, especially
when your "yaller" dog tracks all the
porches in town. Hiss!
Don't get chicken crazy and mort
gage your house to buy Incubators.
When the sheriff comes in at the door
chicken fever flies out at the window.
Don't get the chicken fever simply
because the other fellow won a silver
cup. Not every honest fellow gets a
silver cup, and all is not silver that
shines.
Don't get the blues If eggs drop In
price. The farmer's pullets are mak
ing their -debut. But, if a manager,
you are getting more eggs now than
ever, and the quantity makes up for
lower price.
THE BACK YARD FANCIER.
Is he a new bird? No; he is older
even than his oldest hen, and she Is
related to the cock that crew thrice.
Is he restricted to any locality? No;
he is .everywhere His rooster chal
lenge in Maine is answered by a
Shanghai in Porto Rico. His Plymouth
Rock's clarion to the sun as it rises
from the Atlantic is shouted back by
the cocks of Honolulu and Manila bay,
where they raise game chickens for re
ligious purposes. You have the back
yard fancier in your own town. He is
so near that when his hen cackles over
a new laid egg it wakens the baby.
His roosters crow so loudly on a Sun
day morning that you are cheated out
of a half day's sleep.
This gentleman of back lotters has
thus far succeeded in confining the
chicken fever to a small area. If it
succeeds In reaching the solar plexus,
he will soon have a bad case of poultry
farm. His stock is "fair to middlln' "
and generally provides eggs for the
family cakes and custards and an oc
casional roast for the preacher.
Does poultry pay him? It does. If
he makes a little profit, his investment
Is small, and he can rejoice. If he
Just makes the feed? he can buy eggs
and roasts no cheaper, and his princi
pal has waxed fat If he falls a little
back, he must remember that eggs
from his own hens and roasts from his
own pens are more delicious anoVval-
uable than an unknown quantity.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
When you look round for eggs for
hatching, don't get the cheap kind.
Too many Canadian chickens are
crossing the line to suit some northern
fanciers.
California business men are offering
inducements to poultrymt?n to settle in
that state. A fine flock of White Leg
horns would look mighty pretty in an
orange grove. .
If you have done your best to get a
hatch from that old claptrap incubator
and only half succeeded, what's the
use to try, try again? Buy a depend
able machine and you'll quit swearing.
"I'm dirty, and John's dirty, too," re
plied a lady when asked the age of her
self and husband. In her case she
was dirty and yet clean, but some
poultrymen are never above being
dirty and yet are overdirty.
Pennsylvania raised over 400,000
green ducks in 1907. Old Jeff and the
University of Pennsylvania turned out
a drove of young green quacks, but
they are now outdone. Cornell has es
tablished a chair of poultry husbandry.
Will Old Jeff and the U. of P. still keep
their slow waddle, or have they enough
quack specialists?
When strictly fresh eggs are taken
to the store the grocer should allbw an
even trade at the retail price. . If the
poultryman drops below the retail egg
price, then the grocer should lower the
price on goods exchanged. No fair
dealer will demand two profits. A dog
in the manger Is bad, a hog in the
hen's nest is worse, but a cross of dog
and hog in a business deal is a blue
ribbon hybrid.
The prevalence of soft corn is af
fording a problem for farmer, miller,
stock raiser and poultryman to worry
over. In some states half the corn Is
moldy. We have saved ours by run
ning it through the power cutter and
feeding it cob and alL But Where's
the corn to come from next summer?
The duck men will yell the loudest,
but these soft roaster fellows ought
to leap for joy.
STANDARD
PATTERNS
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Established 1864
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PRIESTLEY'S
Dress Goods
WASH
ALE
Every piece of summer wash goods in our store greatly reduced in price,
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3000 yards oi the season's newest Wash Stuffs. Here are a few of the main
bargains; take advantage now:
8ic Elite Batiste, sale price
10c Hortensia Organdie 4
12ic Melrose Batiste "
20c English Cheviot
6ic yd
8c yd
9c yd
14c yd
25c Broderie de Soie, sale price 19c yd
25c Pointelle de Soie " v 19c yd
50c Princess SilkTicsue 38c yd
60c Sarsanet Jacquard " . 47c yd
CLOTHING SPECIALS
V
Our entire stock of "snappy styles" in
Men's and Young Men's Suits at Special
Prices. This is a busy week in this depart
ment and we have extra help to serve you.
Here are some of the choice offerings:. x
$25.00 values $ 19.75
22.50 "
10.00
18.00 "
16.50 "
17.90
15.35
14.40
13.20
$15.00 values 11 85
13.00 " 10.80
12.50 ''" 9.95
1000 " 7.85
Remember, this sale includes the snap
piest nevt-ltyles in the Senior College Brand.
If you're keen on style and quality and want
'em both at little cost, come in.
PHILOMATH SNAPSHOTS
News Notes Held Over From Last
Issue but Still Newsy.
Social and Personal.
The public school of Philo
math closes the last of this week
and the pupils are very busy
with their final tests for promo
tion into advanced grades.
The Misses Blanche and Nellie
Moses, who have been quite ill
with pseudo-diphtheria, are now
convalescing. Mrs. S. II. Moses
is ill with an attack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. II. C. Wyatt, nee Myra
Sawrer, 'formerly of this place
but now of Bellevue, Yamhill
Co., is in a hospital at McMinn
ville, where she has recently un
dergone an operation for appen
dicitis. II. C. Wyatt, who was
operated upon for the removal
of a tumor some weeks ago, is -re-covering
his health and strength.
Mesdames A. J. Williams, Wil
son Scott and Mary Felger were
in Corvallis last Monday in at
tendance at ' the funeral of the
late Mrs. Nancy Felger, whose
remains were taken to Portland
for burial beside the grave of her
daughter, Mrs. Emma Hemphill,
who was buried there a number
of years ago.
Arlo Armstrong of Eddyville
was the guest of Philomath
friends from last Saturday until
Monday.
Announcements of the mar
riage of Nellie Alberta Clark to
Harry A. Kinch at Ostrander,
Wash., on the 29th nit., have
been received by Philomath
friends. The bride is the daugh
ter of Rev. and Mrs. L. T. Clark,
who, with their . family, were
residents of Philomath a num
ber of years ago. Hearty con
gratulations are extended " by
Philomath friends.
Prof. E. L. Keezel, a native of
Kansas, but a foster son of Philo-
jmath, is a candidate for superin
tendent of schools of Columbia
county. Mr. Keezel has been
engaged in teaching in that
county for some time.
The board of school directors
of Philomath district have em
ployed the following instructors
for the next school year: Princi
pal, Prof. Miller from an eastern
state, and assistants, Misses Neva
Kiser, Ebba Cronquist and Evad
na Springer. Prof. Miller is
married and has several chil
dren. Miss Alice Pimm, who is em
ployed as teacher at the new
district at Harris, came home
last week quite ill with tonsilitis,
an affliction to which she is sub
ject. She has returned to her
school work.
Misses Edith and May Jenkins,
wTho have been visiting with
friends in the burg for a week
or more, returned to their pres
ent h6me at Alsea last Tuesday.
Their parents have leased a
ranch over in the little valley
and are now settled there. Miss
May is a member of the high
school class and was working
with the class while here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett,
who have been visiting their
former home in Nebraska for
several months, returned home
to Philomath about two weeks
ago. , " .
Ed Allen, while carrying the
mail from this city to Big Elk
about six weeks ago, captured a
young bear, w hich he has con
fined at his home in this place.
Young "Teddy" is a fine speci
men of the bear family and
would be a splendid adj'unct for
some society "leddy" addicted to
the craze of "Teddy." It was
only a few days old when cap
tured and has become quite
gentle. " - -
Melvin Miller and his sisters,
Misses Ola and Pherne, who are
students of Philomath. College,
are entertaining their father,
who is a guest at their rooming
quarters from their home at
Sunnyside, Wash. Mr. Miller
is a brother of Joaquin Miller,
"The poet of the Sierras."
Miss Ebba Cronquist will teach
a summer term of school in the
Coast Range west of here when
the Philomath school closes.
A number of Rebekahs from
Corvallis came to Philomath last
week and helped to revive the
Rebekah lodge at this place. The
attempt was successful and we
congratulate the sisters in their
work and wish them every suc
cess. ' ,
F. A. Woods has retired from
the real estate firm of Woods &
McConnell. A Mr. Patterson,
who is a recent arrival in Philo
math, is now a partner, the firm
name being McConnell & Pat
terson. The Philomath creamery was
opened for business on May 1st
and contemplates receiving a
good patronage.
The political kettle is simmer
ing in this burg but no doubt it
will soon be boiling furiously as
only about three weeks remain
for the "dirty" work to be done.
While en route to the burg
from Corvallis one night the
fore part of the week, a Philo
math wayfarer noticed a mysteri
ous brilliancy in the Archibald
poultry yards. Upon investiga
tion it was found that a brooder
had caught fire, burning a num
ber of Silver-spangled Hamburg
chicks.
Mrs. Frank Wyatt has some
three hundred turkey eggs in
the process of incubation, but
by natural methods, on the Wy
att ranch north of -town. Over
a hundred eggs are to hatch this
week. .
: Mr. Kittridge, who recently
purchased the old Osburn ranch
from Dr. Pernot, contemplates
starting for Eastern Oregon this
week to bring back a bunch of
horses in the course of a month.
Mrs. Eakin received a telegram
from Eastern Oregon last Mon
day announcing that her daughter-in-law
was not expected to
Mvp Mrs T"!:ilrin dp.nn.Tt.fid foT-
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her bedside last Tuesday.
Mr. Eakin and family recent
ly m oved into their new resi
dence erected in the east end oi'
town.
The blacksmith shop recently
erected on the B. F. Ellsworth
lot is open for business with A.
B. Newton at the stand.
Clarence, Ellsworth was called
away to take a position on the
railroad last Monday.
The property acquired by Rev.
C. C. Bell of Eugene, lying about
a mile north of Philomath, is
beginning to take on a habitable
appearance. With the land cul
tivated and garden plats laid out
and building sites leveled for
house and barn and some lum-
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things will soon be a "doin'."
Portland last Monday to remain
for a time. She has not been in
good health and it is hoped that
her sta will benefit her.
Rev. Herbert White of The
Dalles and his father of Portland
were recent visitors at the home,
of Prof. O. V. White.
Miss Eva Pugsley is employed
at the W. A. " Gellatly home at
Wrenn.
To be honest; to De kind; to earn
a little and spend a little less; ta
make, upon the whole, a family hap
pier for his presence; to renounce
when that shall be necessary ana
aot be imbittered; to keep a few
friends, but these without capitula--tion;
above all, on the same grim
condition, to keep friends with him-
self here is a task for all that ft;
man has of fortitude and delicacyJ
Robert Louis Stevenson. . j