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About Forest Grove press. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1909-1914 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1913)
FOREST GROVE PRESS. FOREST GROVE. OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY 22, 1913.- 1 ★ 3 ? THE STAR THEATRE Motion Picture Exhibition The Press Poultry Department C on du cted b y H . S. Canon, M a g a lia , Calif. S en d questions fo r this department direct to M r. Canon to insure prompt ansu'ers. Marketing Poultry. and trouble of grinding it, and On many large poultry plants, enable it more quickly to digest especially where the production ar)d assimilate the lood. The Every Film A W inner of eggs is the principal object, last meal, however, should be of Drama, Comedy, Laujlftiter and Pathos the hens are kept for two laying whole corn, which will keep the seasons, one half of the flock be- digestive organs working most of ing replaced each year, the n>f?ht. If the last feed at There are several reasons why ' ni&ht consisted of ground grain the hens that have passed their the fowl would have it digested period of usefulness and are to *n about two hours after going be replaced bv pullets should be to roost, and during the remain- turned off in the spring. First, der °f the time until daylight, or consider the market. Current rather until the first feed in the prices for large hens in San morning, would be drawing on Foundations, W alks, Curbing, Drains, Francisco range from $7 to $9 the supply of fat it had stored C em ent W ork of all Kinds. E verything per dozen, and for extra large during the day. And it is easy to guaranteed from start to finish. hens, $9 to $11 per dozen. This that if half of what was laid is $2 to $3 per dozen more than on during the day was used to they would have brought two Reaerate heat during the night, months earlier, and is more than *t would take twice as long to they will bring a little later when Ret the fowl in prime condition Forest Grove, - - - O regon the young stock becomes more a s would if none of the stored plentiful. j ^at was used. By feeding the Then consider the price of " h°ie ^,rain atL niKbt we furnish eggs. Latest quotations from i1 ie b n v .''r,tb beat f°rni'ng food San Francisco show store eggs wh'ch " l11 •ast it all night. to be worth 18J cents per dozen, . ,°,y.t^e so^ ^eed’ mix one part while select white eggs are 20 m,ddl,n*8- one part bran and two cents. After paying the com- ,pat ts corn meab A considerable mission merchant, for selling amount niay he mixed at one them, and paying the transporta- tline' b,lt on y vvbat the fowls and you will save a lot tion charges you will have left can eat up c'ean should be wet o f trouble, worry and about 15 cents, which is probably at one time, as it soon becomes m o n e y . Much d e- about what your local merchant foin ’n vvarm weather, and there pends on the proper would pay you. This leaves a 1S no surer way °f defeating selection of your lum very slim margin of profit. In your ob->ect than to feed so'"' other words, it is costing nearly n'ux*;ure The fowls quickly lose b e r —Strong, durable as much to produce the eggs as | their appetite for the mash, and dim ension and joist, refuse to eat it. It should be you are getting for them good, sm ooth siding Am Li/mUrfT>«rv With their own market value mixed with just enough water to that will take and hold paint, sound sh ingles and at the maximum, and the value ma'<e it crumbly, and never slop- sm ooth flooring, end m atched and hollow backed, of their product at the minimum, Py- 11 should be fed in a trou«h guaranteed to lay close. certainly now is the logical time or on a c'ean board and the to market the two year old hens, trough or board should be remov- There are a lot of things w e can help you with Then too, the room which has ed as soon as the fowls bave eat- that will m ake your hom e a haven o f contentm ent. been taken up by these hens can en ,ab ^bey want, and any re- L et’s talk it over. be used to good advantage in \ maining tood scraped from it. housing the young stock where care^u* n.0*' to wet up more space is limited. As soon as it fban they will eat. After feed- is possible to tell the sex of the ' nti *wo or three time you will young fowls they should be seg- ^earn about how much they will G eneral Contractors and Builders regated, and the pullets which ta^e at one feeding, Council S t. Forest G rove, Ore are to be retained for layers When the fowls aie ready to should be given the benefit of be shipped, they should be grad- the range, if any, whi'e the ed accor(b nR to size, and if it is cockerels can be confined in the a m'xed dock according to size house and yard and forced for and sex. Large hens shipped with small ones will . be . paid for quick marketing. . as small ones, and it Unless the hens which are to as smab ones, and it is simply Finest of Bread and Pastry Baked be sold are in prime condition, throwing money away to ship Every Day. they should be fed a special fa t-; the two sizes together. Hens tening ration for two weeks be- are grades as small, large and W e sell 6 loaves of Bread for 2 5 cents extra large, and the prices range fore selling. F re e delivery to all p a rts o f th e city Since the object of feeding is to from $5.50 to $11 per dozen. Pacific A ven u e, Forest G rove put on as much flesh as possible The Napa Contest. in as short a time as possible, a broad ration should be used. In The latest report from the other words use a ration which Napa Laying contest shows Blom is rich in carbohydrates and fats, & Son’s White Leghorns still in particularly the latter, and pro the lead, and they have made a portionately low in protein. And substantial gain over the next since the more the fowl eats and highest pen. Their total at the digests, the more rapidly it will time of the report was 244 eggs, O ffices, w ith Forest G rove Press, H offm an Building. take on flesh, the food given it with Lubben’s Barred Rocks sec Law O ffice, M. B. Bump, H illsboro. during the day should be ground ond with 219. Stice’s Barred fine to save the fowl the time Rocks are third with 218, Strat C.TTARANTEES RELIABLE SERVICE ton’s White Leghorn’s fourth with 215, while Pearson’s Buff Wyandottes have come up to fifth place with 214. Eggs for hatching are now be ing sold at reasonable prices from any of the pens. This is an excellent opportunity to get a start in standard bred poultry. The Best Pictures Obtainable CEMENT WORK. Assurance of Accuracy We want to sell you an Elgin watch, because we know it will keep tim e. D uring forty-five y ears th e Elgin w atch m akers have accum ulated e x perience and facilities th a t are beyond th e reach of sm aller factories. O riginal quality g u a ran teed by the m akers. We, too, stan d back of them a double g u a ra n te e . A splendid w atch fo r men is the Elgin B. W. Raymond 19 jew els ad ju ste d $ 6 0 .0 0 $ 3 8 . 0 0 IN GOLD CASES IN FILLED CASKS Three sizes fo r men o f different occupations SHEARER & SON, M a in S t r e e t F o re st G ro v e, O reg o n M. S. TAUNTON, Start Right on Home Building Forest Grove Planing Mill Co. HOME BAKING CO. Investment Realty Abstract Company Makes Your Abstract The Approach of Spring is the signal for greater effort in all lines of endeavor. Warm er and dryer weather means greater activity in b u i l d i n g operations. Now Is the Time to Start work on your new residence, store building, barn or other structure. When you are ready to start That New House, get our estimates on all the ma terial you will require. Willis-Place Lumber Co., Phone 024X . So. A Si., Forest Grove. BELGIAN STALLION “Ouragan” 3821 Handsome bay stud, Grand Champion, 3 years old, State Fairs of California and Oregon, champion yearling at the A. Y. P. This horse has never been defeated in the show ring. Fee $25.00 to Insure Mare in Foal FOREST GROVE TRAINING PARK Forest Grove, - - - Oregon T h a n k a g iv i n g Favor*. D ecorations fo r the T hanksgiving d in n er tab le aro u se much In terest In th e candy and p astry shops. T here n ever w as such a variety before. T h ree Inch turkey* c o n stitu te cnndy boxes. T here a re dolls dressed In pum pkin colored paper from h at to train . In th e ir hands they carry little b a s s m ade out o f tin y pum pkins. L ittle negro doll boys clap pum pkin cym bal«; others guide autom obiles th a t hav e pum pkin wheel*. L ittle pum pkin coaches as ch arm in g as th e one th a t carried C inderella to th e ball sta n d In line w ith o th e r devices. F ru it p lates a re piled w ith red ch eek ed apples, grape«, b an an as, pears and lem ons, each one of w hich Is a candy box. C areful reproductions a re seen In th e m am m oth ;>eanuts and th e m inia tu re lobsters, w blcb also m ake candy boxes. When you commence house cleaning don’t forget to kalsomine the walls. The best at G. G. • Paterson’s, Forest Grove. 18tf Pacific Drug Company T h e store of quality and right prices. Everything as represented or m oney refunded. We fill your prescriptions right. FRANK MERESSE, Manager, Forest Grove, Ore.