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FOREST GROVE PRESS, FOREST GROVE. OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY 29, 1913. ★ T H E The Press Poa’iry Department j \ ‘ Let E very Man Be Master O f his T im e” Concluded by H. S. Canon, Magalia, Calif, j S T A R T H E A T R E Send questions fo r this department direct to M r. Canon to insure prompt ansuers. Motion Picture Exhibition : time will depend on the breed Raising the Checks. Feeding: The b e s t animal largely, they should be separat food is fresh beef. The heart, ed, and if the pullets a e to be J liver and lungs are all good, and kept for laying or "breeding, they j ! can be purchased cheaply. Green I should be put where they will bone shaved or finely ground is | have range if possible, as the ox ' j fine, but both meat and bone ■ erase and natural way o f living | ( must be strictly fresh. Tainted [ will tend to develop a stronger ! meat or bone causes limber neck, and more robust bird. T h ey; | a disease which kills both old should not be forced, but allowed i and young chickens although the to grow and develop naturally. I young are more susceptible than This will take from six to eight | months, depending on the breed j the older ones. When the fresh meat or bone and on the care they ar.e given. cannot be secured, the best sub When I say do not force them, stitute is the commercial beef 1 do not mean that you should | scrap. The better grades cost go to the other extreme and re about $3.75 to $4 per hundred tard their growth by insufficient ! pounds, but are much better feed or lack o f attention. If the cockerels are for mar than the cheaper grades, which are often old and contain a large ket, they may be confined and percentage o f fat. I usually fed according to the time you mix about one part of beef scrap wish to put them on the market. i to two o f middlings and two of If they are to be sold as friers at bran, weight, not measure. This 2 to 4 pounds, which weight they mash may be fed dry in a hop may be expected to attain in per or a chick feeder, or it may three to four months, depending be fed in a wet mash, just on the breed, they should be fed enough water being used to for the first twelve or fourteen make it crumbly. The McCandl- weeks on the same ration as ish chick feeder is the best thin; they were given for the first on the market for feeding the three weeks, except that it may mash dry. It is made o f galvan j contain more of the mash anil ized sheet iron. The bottom is less of the whole grain. The rounding, and it is set on stand ground grains are more easily ards which may be fastened to and quickly digested than the the floor or not, as desired. 11 whole grain, enabling the birds comes in several sizes, from 15 to eat and digest more, and thus make more rapid gains. For the to 50 chicks. Always give the little chicks a last two weeks before market daily feed o f green stuff, and it ing, eliminate the beef scrap must be tender and cut fine for from the mash, and add two to the smallest ones. Lettuce is three parts corn meal, and feed about the best green food for the wet enough to crumble when first week or so. After that, al dropped. Far the last feed at falfa, kale, spinach, or any other night, give them all the whole corn they will eat up clean. I tender green will do. If they are to be kept until After the third week discon- mature and sold as roasters, they i tinue the cracked wheat and mil- shou’ d be kept on a narrower | let, and feed whole wheat three ration, similar to the one used times a day, and either keep the after the third week, until about | dry mash before them all the two weeks before selling, when ¡time, or feed the wet mash for the same fattening ration used | the first feed in the morning, for the friers may be used. j Always mix just what you think they will eat up clean, for it They should not be more than j sours quickly after being wet, six or seven months old when and will cause bowel trouble if marketed. As soon as the combs are well developed they will start ! fed sour. Always keep plenty o f hard to grow tough, and are no better eastern oyster shell, charcoal than an old fowl. The Best Pictures Obtainable Every Film A Winner Drama, Comedy, Laughter and Pathos CEMENT W O R K . Foundations, W alks, Curbing, Drains, Cement W ork of all Kinds. Everything guaranteed from start to finish. M . S. T A U N T O N , Forest Grove, - Oregon Start Right on Home Building and you will save a lot of trouble, worry and money. Much d e- pends on the proper selection of your lum ber- Strong, durable dimension and joist, good, smooth siding M*. Iwoi^rmoiv that will take and hold paint, sound shingles and smooth flooring, end matched and hollow backed, guaranteed to lay close. There are a lot of things we can help you with that will make your home a haven of contentment. Let’s talk it over. Forest Grove Planing Mill Co. General Contractors and Builders Council St. Forest Grove, Ore HOME BAKING CO. Finest of Bread and Pastry Baked Every Day. We sell 6 loaves of Bread for 2 5 cents Free delivery to all parts of the city Pacific Avenue, Forest Grove Investment Realty Abstract Company Makes Your Abstract Offices, with Forest Grove Press, Hoffman Building. Law Office, M. B. Bump, Hillsboro GUARANTEES RELIABLE SERVICE and grit before the chicks, so they can help themselves when they feel the need. If you omit anyone of the three, let it be the charcoal, but chicks which have access to charcoal are al ways healthier than those which don’ t get it. The charcoal is neith er medicine nor food, but it is a purifying agent when taken into the intestinal tract, and by ah sorbing the gasses and poisons it carries them off in a natural way. When the chicks are old enough to distinguish the sexes, which V / E can make you master of your time i by putting an E lgin watch in your pocket. PERSON AL □ PICKUPS iS — It keeps time. — Time is the most predous thing you reckon n iih. A splendid time gas. ■ f ■ y ns.u is the G. M. W h eli . k 17 jewels adjusted. Three sizes to s ui t different occupations— in Gold C.ses = $30.00 in Filled Cases Forest Grove, Oregon S H E A R E R & S O N , Main Street STA E T R ’S B A Z A A R K. N . S ta ^h r, P ro p rie to r Forest Grove, Oregon. Hwxt S o a r to Postoffice PIANOS, O R G A N S , S E W IN G M ACH INES, ST A T IO N E R Y A ? W SC H O O L SUPPLIES P H O N O G R A P H S A N D RECORDS Pianos; 10 different makes. Organs; any style, parlor or chapel. Instruments; for hand and orchestra. Sheet Music; the late t popular pit 10 to 25c. Phonographs; Edison in all tyh-s. Rc.oru.q full Edison catalogue. Sewing Ma chines; lab i improv« 1 n a'. . Needles and Extras; for S chool Supplies; books and stationery. Notions; toy ; and birthday gifts. . . G R E E T IN G ! T y Sometimes it makes ] me laugh when I look al some Repair W orks • 4 t ' , ! p erp etra ted on inno ce n t Bicycles. How H e v e r m y Sympathy goes to the unfortunate Riders and every Time I have a Chance I direct the n to C. G. DANIELSON’ S, their Repair Work is reliably done bv experienced Mechanics and their Charg. s are much lower than others. This Piece of Advice is worth Money to you. TH E C YC LE EXPERT. Ji 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 fs the Time to Start work on your new residence, store building, barn or other structure. When you are ready to start Mrs. Homer Powers o f Hills boro, formerly o f this city visit ed friends here Sunday. That New House, Mr. J. Keese of this city is visiting her grandmother Mrs. \V. H. Barker. get our estimates on all the ma terial you will require. R. F. Emmerson took a flying trip to Hillsboro Tuesday. Willis-Flace Lumber Co., Phone 024X. So. A St., Forest Grove. Carmel Good was in Portland Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. I). N. Morris of BELGIAN STALLION j this city visited in Hillsboro Sen- day. “Ouragan” 3821 Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Loving, of Gales City, who have been visiting in Portland, returned to this city Monday. Mrs. Loving will visit here for several days before returning to her home at Gales City. 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. C. O. Shaw, o f the local ex- press office, wont to Newport, Tuesday, where lie will see about erecting a cottage on lc ts he has j there. Joe Morley is driving the wagon during fyis absence. Fee $25.00 to Insure Mare in Foal FOREST GROVE TRAINING PARK Forest Grove, - Oregon I F you w ant a Piano we can save you from one hundred to tw o hundred dollars. W e buy direct from the factory and cut out the A gen t’s profit and Mrs. Belle LilV, o f Gales City, who was called to .Kan as a couple weeks ago because of the serious illness o f her mother, writes that her mother has passed away. Mrs. Lilly will visit in Kansas for a time before returning. Charles Vandorn brought in some fine strawberries from his ranch in the David Hill section, ¡Tuesday. then some. Call and see them whether you buy or not. . . . 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