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BY
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REGISTER.
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CORRESPONDENCE
SOLICITED
Feeding experlmeuts which have
been conducted show that au aore of
good clover used as pasture will pro
duce 400 pounds of pork and an acre
of soy beans GOO pounds.
The Interest which leading florists of
the country have In rare and choice
new varieties of flowers Is well illus
trated In the price of $15,000 which
was .recently asked for a new and rare
variety of carnation.
A man's theory about early rising
before he retires Is a great deal more
creditable to him than his performance
the next morning when be is brought
face to face with the proposition of
jumping out In the cold.
Fear, In the general acceptance of
the term, Is an acquired and not a nafc
ural trait In little children. If the lit
tie ones are not taught to be afraid of
the dark and threatened with confine
ruent In the dark where bogies will
get them, they will have no fear of It
whatever.
We know a mother, perhaps some
would call her a crank, who has her
two little children sleep two or three
hours every day In a baby cab on the
front porch and this through all kinds
of winter weather. She claims that
her children know no such thing as a
cold, while her neighbor across the
street has two children who dare not
Btlck their heads out of doors for fear
of taking their death of cold. The
fresh air treatment would seem to have
good sense on its side, being in line
with the latest conclusions of physi
cians touching the benefits of sun
shine and fresh air.
The rapid progress which has been
made along the line of scientific for
estry since the opening of the Cornell
school of forestry in 1808 Is evidenced
by the fact that, although the work Is
In a measure but In its Infancy, the
forest service of this country has been
invited to become a member of the In
ternational Association of Forest Ex
periment Stations. In his letter of In
vitation to the forester in chief nr.
Buhler, director of the forest testing
laboratory at Tubingen, Germany, said:
"In asking the United States to Join
the association I am but expressing the
general desire. You have accomplished
so much and have taken so capable a
hold on Investigations that the work
of the association would be furthered
by your membership." The benefit be
stowed and derived from the associa
tion contemplated Is bound to be mu
tual as well as considerable.
The beet pulp byproduct of the Col
orado sugar factories is fed to thou
sands of head of sheep and cattle,
which in addition are given a ration
of alfalfa hay. The ration seems to be
one that proves excellent from the
standpoint of growth as well as fat
production.
Th brown tailed moth is a pest that
has done untold damage In portions of
the north Atlantic states. It has not
only defoliated orchard, but forest
trees as well, while it produces an in
tense Irritation when brought in con
tact with the human skin. Igorous
efforts are being put forth to cheek
the pest, but as yet without very sub
stantlal results.
In view of several inquiries relative
to the black locust and its suitability
for post timber, we hope in au early
Installment of these notes to have
somewhat extended article from the
state experiment station horticulturist
giving a summary of experience with
this variety of tree through the north
eru states. Numerous inquiries are be
ing made relative to the black locust In
different agricultural journals, and an
article of the kind mentioned will be
both timely and valuable.
The Lang-shan.
In England there is on foot a move
ment to return to the old type of Lang
shan. The Langshan Is an Asiatic fowl
and originally very closely resembled
the "true" Shanghai of a generation
ago, except as to color, respite tu-?
many explanations of the name. It Is
probable that the homely one to the
effect that It Is merely au adaptation
from the words long shanks Is correct:
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- SENSIBLE YARDING.
Pin Heenrouieiiileil ''J" Well
Kuna Agricultural Authorltr.
A style of yarding reconuueuded by
rrwfesaor James E. Nice of Cornell
College of Agriculture and shown
herewith consists of a long or contin
uous bouse 240 by 15 feet, divided Into
pens 15 by Id feet, there being sixteen
pens or fewer, the same proportion, of
course, being maintained. This Is a
most convenient arrangement, says L.
E. Keyser in Poultry Success. The
vard is 300 feet each way, containing
00,000 square feet or pasturage for SOO
or 000 fowls. The potis are ample tor
fifty fowls. There are n little over two
acres In the yards. A method followed
with similar yards Is to confine the
fowls to the north yard about Aug. 1.
Then the smth yard Is plowed ami
about Sept. 10 s.nvn to rye and grass
seed, or clover may be sown on the
rye in the spring. When the rye has
made a good start, say the mld.lle of
October, the hens are turned on it and
allowed to run there until confined to
the house for winter.
In the spring the north yard is plow
ed and planted to corn, which Is culll-
-530.
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OLD STYLE LANQSHAN.
At any rate, many of the British breed
ers ar arguing that the Langshan, un
der the requirements of the modern
standard of perfection, Is losing the
characteristics which first made the
breed popular and that its former re
markable utility qualities are being lit
erally refined out of It. There is prob
ably a kernel of truth In this charge
but the first experiment looking to
ward what seems to be a step back
ward In poultry culture will be watch
ed with interest. The illustration here
with gives an excellent idea of n
Langshan cock of the old type.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough.
Cascade Lodge No. 92
Knights of Pythias
Will give their
ANNUAL BALL
FRIDAY, Feb. 22
IN
Wagner's Hall
FALLS CITY
Music bv DALLAS ORCHESTRA
Special train will leave Dallas
at 7:30 p. m. Returning at 2
a. m. Friday. Supper at the
Home Restaurant.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE
John Zuver, C. E. Dill.
TICKETS, $1.
FLOOR MANAGERS
E. C. Erickson, D. D. Bell,
Leland Murphy, J. V.Dennis
SUPPER, 50c
LOCATION' OF HOUSE AXD DOUBLE YARDS.
vated in the usual way. After the
last cultivation and the corn has reach
ed a considerable height, which will
be about the 1st of July, the hens are
allowed to run in both yards. The
com affords them shade, and they wal
low In the soft earth, eat the lower
leaves and suckers and keep the corn
well cultivated. They wjll get some of
the lower ears, but on the whole the
crop will be about as large as if the
hens did not occupy the yard. They
will not have been able to stamp down
the rye, and some of this grain will
ripen. If the hens do not secure It all.
It may be cut and u-ied for winter lit
ter. In September the liens are ngalu
confined to the sautli yard, the corn In
the north yard is cut, the laud plowed
and sown to rye, and the following sea
sou the south yard is planted to corn.
This gives a constant rotation of crops
on the land, which keeps it sweet and
at the same time afford considerable
food for the fowlj.
CUT GREEN BONE.
It I. Inanestlonablr the Most Val
able Food led For Poultry.
It Isn't bard to see why fresh cut
rn bone has trlven such phenomenal
lr successful results to poultry rale
.m th world over, says a writer In
Yfeatprn Poultry Journal.
It simply Is the most available food
product that has yet been cuscovereu
to supply fowls with tne elements wui
difficult to get from grain and most
needed to make boue, to make nius-
Cle, to make feathers, to make eggs, to
mnlntaln health, vigor and vitality.
That's why green boue doubles the
ecsr vleld.
It contains more than four times the
ejrg producing value of grain.
That's why green bone makes eggs
more fertile.
It tones up the entire system and
fills the head of the flock with vim
and vitality.
That's why green bone makes stron
irer. livelier chicks at hatching.
Nine fed hens lay eggs with life
and vitality lu them.
That's why green boue develops
earlier broilers and earlier layers.
It promotes growth and the develop
ment of boue and muscle by providing
nl. umlaut material for making bono
and muscle.
That's why green boue makes heavier
market fowls.
It gives a good framework to start
with and helps lay on heavy tlesh.
That's why greta bue makes red
combs, bright eyes and glossy plum
age.
It gives a tone to the entire system
of the fowl that nothing else will.
Feed for Waterfowl.
In feeding the young of all kinds
of waterfowl depend upon the mash.
Nothing is. bet'er for them than ground
oats, corn and bran, says the Feather
equal parts in weight mixed into a
semi-dry mush and fed to them In
boxes or troughs, uot a large amount
at any one time, reasonable amounts
frequently. Always have a full wa
ter supply near at hand. Waterfowl
always eat a little, then drink a little.
This they keep up until fully satisfied,
An inexhaustible supply of green food
is an absolute necessity for the raising
of geese. .Nothing is more easily raised
when once hatched than the young gos
lings. After they have become a few
days old they may wander with the
mother goose, provided they are
watched a little when they go about
the water or storms come upon them.
After they as a mouth old they can
battle with the parent geese lu the
struggle for life.
lhc Molting Period.
The best care should be taken of our
fowls to keep them In good condition
during the trying period of molting,
It Is a great drain upon their vitality
to grow a new coat of plumage. Too
often the needs of our fowls are total
ly Ignored during this really critical
season because they have dropped off
In egg yield, says American Poultry
Journal. It Is best to select such
fowls from one's flock as you desire
to retain for breeding and market the
balance before they begin to shed
their feathers. We are too npt to look
on time spent ou our Biddies getting
their "new clothes'! as lost, not giving
due credit to them for the long months
of faithful service given In filling the
egg basket and hatching and -rearing
our young birds. In consequence
when eggs grow scarce we call Into
use the hatchet, and not infrequently
the most useful members of our flocks
lose their heads because of the ragged
condition.
-"Scaly Iick" la Contusions,
Scaly leg is a form of scabies or
mange, caused by the mite known as
the Sarcoptes mutans. It is a con
taglous disease, but does not spread
very rapidly, and there may be only
a few affected birds in a flock at one
time. When the disease is first ob
served prompt and energetic measures
should be adopted to eradicate It. The
affected birds should be isolated to
prevent the spread of "the contagion.
Begin treatment by soaking the legs in
warm water to which soap has been
added until the scales have become
thoroughly softened, and the loose
scales can be removed without causing
bleeding. After this has been done
apply a good coat of carbolic ointment
or balsam of Peru. This should be
repeated daily for three or four days.
Reef Sri-aps.
Beef scraps is the name of a byprod
uct of slaughtering houses and consists
of waste pieces of the animals, such as
shins, heads, lights, the "sticking
pieces," tit.c. These are steam cooked,
then subjected to strong pressure to
extract all the fat possible, then kiln
dried and ground into scraps or meat
meal. When rightly made, they are a
flue animal food for hens and chicks,
but If filth and offal are thrown in with
them they are anything but a good
food. Tbey are then only fit for fertilizer.
The Buff Turkey.
The buff turkey is of American ori
gin, having beeu brought out but a few
years ago. Plumage color, pure buff,
the wings being a very light shade of
buff. Standard weight: Cock, 27
pounds; cockerel. 18 pounds; hen, 18
pounds; pullet, 12 pounds. Disqualify
ing weights: Cock, less than 18 pounds;
hen, less than 12 pounds.
Farmer and Poultry,
The farmer has a real grievance
against the poultry fancier In that he
has done all of his crossing and In
breeding of fathers, daughters, uncles
and aunts without any regard to prac
tical utility, says Farming. Whether
the hens from which he has been
breeling were producing sixty eggs a
year or 200 made no difference. His
whole aim lias been to breed out a foul
flight feather or two or to create a bet
ter comb or eyes of a better tint at n
sacrifice of everything else. The re
sult Is that when a farmer goes into
the market to buy thoroughbreds with
his money in his pocket ready and will
ing to pay for the best stock he not on
ly often pays for qualities he does not
need, but actually pays a premium foT
something that has been obtained at a
sacrifice of the very qualities which ho
does need. There are a few men, how
ever, raising thoroughbred stock that
is "bred to lay" or to meet certain mar
ket demands, and those are the men
that should be patronized.
MOST USEFUL K0CKS THE SUNDAY
VALUE OF CHERTS AND NOVACU
LITES AS ROAD MATERIALS.
n Not Need Cruliln Are Uetter
Adapted to Lltflit Trafllo Than
Harder and Touit'her Hock How to
I'ae Them In Road Work.
LESSON VII, FIRST 0,u
TIONAL ser,
Test uf th. i
Memory Verne. . 1 'U. i.
Luke xll. iRr- ' """""I
- vum iti.. ,
by R v. i,
-omiiie,1(.,. 'hi
Cherts and novnculites are among CCopyriKi,t', ioor, by Ani,
M. 81 ' v
liar..
We have but
In the
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two chnnt.,.0 .... mi9Wt
we must endeavor to get ' VKK
contents of the two. l.L"WeS"ftt
Abram In n blul '
faring he
couragiug a n,. ,, UH t
a heathen kin, iInw , 8 Tl
away still Hu .iu, w WW
we stray, and when we tl
Him ashamed of our WaniL
always ready to w
"lands ever true for ZJr h
"irim !... . . mmt of s.,i,
wise cast out." The 1,,,,, , k
the most useful and valuable of ma
terials for road construction, says
Maurice O. Kldrldge In the Good Itoads
Magazine. AhUUj from the fact that
most of them cement readily and wear
well, they cau frequently be used with-
a process so essential to n successful lomut1S a llo and beln
r..i,i if trtiMM iTiinili'S or other hard
rocks are used. Assuming that it we iWget lllm ,, 1,11
costs 2." cents per cubit yard to crush
the rock for n road one iniyf' in length,
fifteen feet wide nud surfaced to a
depth of six inches (consolidated), the
total cost for this Item alone would bo
about $.""). By the use of n material
which does not require crushing a con
siderable saving can therefore be ef- with Abruin retinni,,,, . u
footed when many miles of road are to his altar at Uuiliol ,i, , ul I
bo built. the name of th iJ .011l"6
cherts and novnculites are both
. ... 1 ..' lie ril'l Willi, I, m
liliceous rocks and are very similar In let us quickly return f, m
...... ,..... . . ... " "' " e ennf..
temptation vr a,. ', " Illr.
. ' ,ia ,s launrui ami w, "
give us our sins, because ofoirT
cute (I John I, t); n, i). j, 'r
us to forgive seven v tin
tlces the. , in," ,r
name II nuo f j
wonder it U ,, n.. s
Tr, , '"' watches
ma wander ni? cliii.i
dares to tm.l ti t,. ... ""'"foil!
BPKKADINC) CHEliT MATERIAL ON A ROAD.
up for them (chanter xll, 1") mi
Abram and Lot have now'nn,
rich that It Is Inuiible I1
dwell together, and when AbraiBI
that his herdnuui ana those of t
were at strife In the prepuce of $
Inhabitants of the land he Bil,t ti, !i
.u.i.i uji ue, mn mat tuev mm.,
nblv Rminrntn a l.,. .
choice of all the land and said that
would take what Lot did not choc ft
How this must have exalted Abram I
"i'-'iiij uie uou or Aunini Inth
peace-1
appearance. 1 lie two rocks diner ma
terlally in their origin. Cherts occur
usually In chalk and limestone forma
tions and are generally believed to be eyes of the heathen, and that is th" I
formed by a chemical precipitation
from sna water. Novnculites, on the earth for, to magnify the nnma nin ,f
oilier nana, are tnougnt to ne true sea- I, mar ne may be known
Imentary rocks, having been formed by Lot did not know God as LU i,.i
deposits of very fine material silt and Abram did, but was more apt to tuiat 1
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Sana in seii Winer nun MioKeqiienuy wi iiiuisuu nun ins own Welfare, So tie
solldiiied. The useful qualities of uo
vaculites as oilstones for sharpening
fine tools are well known nud are due
to the hardness and smoothness of this
rock.
In order that a road may bind well,
took an vantage of his uncle's offer!
probably with great alacrity, andv
soon settling himself in the cities of I
the plain toward Sodom, uot seenilnst
to consider the wickedness of the p f
plo of Sodom, though lie duubtlaJ
White Holland Turkey.
The white Holland turkey Is said to
be a native of Holland. This breed of
turkeys as described by the American
standard of perfection is far and away
a larger and much more beautiful fowl
than the common white turkey of Hol
land. The standard weights are7 Cock, 2C
pounds; cockerel, 18 pounds; hen, 16
pounds; pullet, 12 pounds. Disqualify
ing weights: Cock weighing less than
20 pounds; hen, less than 12 pounds.
The plumage Is pure white through
out; shauks and toes, white or pinkish
white; eyes, hazel; head, rich red,
changeable to bluish white.
Bad Habit In Poultry Culture.
There are a few bad habits in poultrj
culture. Among those none are so lu
Jurlous as lack of exercise, overfeed
Ing, overcrowding and the presence ol
Insect vermin, says the Feather. Tht
union of these four destroys many that
might otherwise be prosperous flocks
and this can be traced to either th
ignorance or neglect of the attendant
Either or all should be blamed upor
the caretaker. In this day of poultrj
enlightenment no one can present i
reasonable excuse for Ignorance, ani
there cannot be any possible excust
offered for carelessness or neglect.
Delaying Pullets' Maturity.
You can keep pullets back from lay
ing by moving them from one place tc
another as soon as they show decided
ly reddening combs. A poultryro.au
who wants to get large size on hli
Barren uock pullets follows this plat
each season, with the result that he
holds them back au average of aboui
a month, he thinks, and when they dc
begin to lay they lay larger eggs than
do small pullets and keep right alonj
at the laying.
its surface must be composed of line knew it (verses 12, 13). Lot lifted up f
uis eyes, hkc ko many now, just M 1
enough to see something which appear
ed to be to his advantage, regardless
of what God had to sny about It. We
do not read of Lot building na altar ot
calling on the name of the Lord.
This separation of Lot from Atan
(verse 11) was a gaod thing for Abram
and his servants, but It was a bad day
for Lot when he went away from
Abram. There nre those who, being so
weak In themselves and not knowlnn
how to lean upon God, secin speclallj
to need some godly person ever near
them to counsel them mid keep their
eyes upon the Lord. Blessed are all
who are willing to lie separated from
all that Is not of God (hat they may
live as near to Him as passible and
walk humbly with Him. Nothing sept
rates from the world like the conseloa
and enjoyed presence of God, form
Moses believed and taught and Davkl
also (Ex. xxxlll, 10; II Sam. vll. 23, 24),
niul the Spirit, through Taul, empbt
sizes the same great truth (II Cor. tl
17, 18). On the other hand, as
choose the world and the gratification
of self, we lose that fellowship flit
Oral which Is our hlirh privilege. Ou
or the other we are choosing always,
and as you read this will you not lift
up your heart nud say to Him who
reads the heart with His eyes as i
flame of fire searching every part,
Lord, what dost Thou see my Leart
choosing and longing for?"
To stop at verse 13 would be to
particles of suitable rock which form
the bond. If those particli's'are blown
or washed away they must be replaced,
or the bond will be broken and the
road will ravel. AVIimi roads nre sur
faced with limestone or chert a com
paratively light traffic can bo depend
ed upon to supply enough binder to
keep the road from raveling. For this
reason these materials nro better adapt
ed to light traffic than harder and
tougher rocks.
V hen bank cherts are first spread
upon the road they are sometimes soft
and brittle and apparently almost use
less as a road material, but when
the materials are exposed to the action
of traffic and the elements the surface
soon becomes a solid, compact mass.
Cherts and novnculites are invariably
found in sedimentary formations. The
material Is also found Honietiines com
pletely covering the ground, sometimes
In the. beds of streams and unrrow val
leys, where It has been deposited by
the action of the water, and again In
banks and pockets on hill and moun
tain sides. Cherts are usually found
In nodular masses, but, like novacu
lltes, may occur in angular fragments,
varying in size from about one to six
Inches.
Where these materials nie found In
banks or the beds of streams they are
commonly called gravel. Creek gravel,
formed from chert or novaculite. Is
usually of uniform size and compara
tively clean, while the bank gravel
often contains earthy matter and fine a most important part of the lessoa, to
Promptness In Treating Disease.
If you hope to cure ailments In poul
try, you must commence to treat them
with the appearance of the first symp
toms. Do not delay, or you may never
cure them.
Belgian Hare Flesh For Fowls
Nothing Is so good for a meat food
r iowis ana growing chicks as Bel
gian hare. Boll thoroughly and wher
dry run through a meat grinder Xoth
Ing in the world can equal this food foi
winter egg getting. Five does and a
buck will supply the needs of a (rood
sized poultry plant.
particles of the same material. The
creek gravel usually wears the best.
but It does not bind so readily or form
as smooth a surface as the bank de
posits. Where both creek and bank
gravel is available good results can
be obtained by using the former for
foundation and the latter for wearing
or binder course. The writer used
this method 'at Florence, Ala., with
marked success.
Where the material is plentiful and
where a goad quality of bank gravel
is available for a binder It Is unneces
sary to go to the trouble and expense lmcle and that he must make his men
of cutting out a suhgrade or to pre- behave themselves or else get aI
pare eartn snoulders. us is done tm t-,ou n it.n amnewhere else. i
regular macadam. If the shoulders a , t h.p t-nncern would h
are dispensed with, however, it ix nh. J. ,i.,. n,ar man m uader.
. . . - ' " uijl lA inane iu-g v , ,i,
solutely essential that the surface Contrast Lot going down into tV
course contain a sufficient quantity of WOrld and its sinfulness for the sate
t ?,'llng n.lat?llal; othM'wlM the of gain and Abram going still ftrW
..in ouuu ue uroKeu, tne material
will spread, and much of It will even
tually be forced or washed lnt the
aide ditches. The roadbed should of
course be shaped with a road machine
before the material is placed and given
a slight crown of from three-eighths to
one-half of an inch to the foot from
the center to the sides. The founda
tion should then be rolled and the mate
rial for the first course spread in two
mjers ana rolled and sm-inklivi in . 7 "... ,h. we
lisimi mm no. ti, , . " eous; Dut. seeing uiui "--.
1 SeriS can b pf Srrt:at"S 6t the better understand God's dealuP J
mateiial can be accomplished by the Lfm t chanter xlv, 12. where were
use of a road machine, nrovidod , ..'"V ChT" I,' Lu were taW
gravel is not too large. The total
depth of material may vary from four
uiue incnes at the center, as soli
and traffic may require, and gradual-
ls
after Abram had humbled himself and
given Lot the first choice, Instead A
Inslatlno' nn 1il rlirllfs BS the one wbOB
God had called and to whom He hail
given the land, then the Lord aid to
Ahrnm "T.lft nn now thine eyes," and,
commanding him to view the whole j
land, reassured hhn that It was u
given to him and to His seea,
would be as numerous as the dust j
the earth, forever (14-1 th I
might Justly have Insisted that Lot has f
Ma timt- nil his wealth aa" I
prosperity were due to b?ing with to
away up to Hebron. w -fellowship,
and building his altar w
the Lord (verse IS). To Lot It
business, getting on in the world:
to Abram it is "first the i,oru .un
righteousness." . w
In nil the fctory of Lot wejnwMJ
member that It is written of him,
righteous man- (II ret. u. w.
wise as we read of him and his
we will hardly think that he was r
i
ly diminish In thickness to what
wunuoiiry caned a "feather edge" at
the sides. Ir the most ai)proved meth.
odfs followed, shoulders should be pro
Tided to hold the material In place.
The material should then be spread to
uniform depth from the center to
mar re ami an ,
by the enemy, we see the uneerUW
of riches (I Tim. vi, 17). and Crf
evidently teaching Hto "J2
worldly child this lesson, bu
pity upon him and allowed AW
rescue him. He nau i
the world by getting more
world fenmnnre xiil. i-' xlV
this chastening did not pro" b 1
after his return, he gets to W r
Sodom (chapter xlx, D. B8
the gate. -
Into w
: bin. i-