the poultry keeper. Th«» sm allest and
least favorably situ a te d tm«-k yard a f­
fo rds an o p p o rtu n ity to keep at b-ast
enough hens to supply egg« for the
household. T h e num tier of hens need
»•d for th a t purpose Is twl»-»- the t.um-
b»»r of |»ersons to he suppMc»l. Hence
the sm allest lloek to he considered con­
sists of fo u r hen*. W here bens nre
kept only to fu rn ish egg* for the table
no m ale bird 1« needed.
A coop f«>r a Hock i»f four b»-us
s h o u l d have nn area o f about 20 square
feet, or a b o u t live f«-et p»-r lien. For
la rg e r flocks the space allowance j*.r
bird may he a little less, because the
space Is used In common and each hint
has the use of all the «-oop except
w hat her com panions actually occupy.
F or th e ord in ary flock of 10 lo IS hens
the s p a c e a l l o w a n c e should be about
four sq u are feet p er hen.
W ith p ro p er ca re Ihe back-yard jioul-
try keejier can keep hens, for laying
only, confining them conllimou«ly to
th e ir coops, and have them lay well
ui»nrly as long as they would be prof­
ita b le lay ers u n d er n a tu ra l conditions.
W hile bens like freedom , good f»-<*d
and care reconcile them to confine­
m ent, nnd m atu re, rugged birds often
iHy m ore eggs In clow* confinement
th an when a t liberty.
If th e apace adm its of giving the
little hack-yard flock m ore room than
a coop of the m inim um size required,
the condition of the land will deter-
' m ine the form In w hich th e additional
space should tie given. If th»» soil Is
! well drained and fre e from such tilth
1 us often co n tam in ates th e soli of small
back yards, a yard fo r the fowls rnay
be fenced In. allow ing 20 to ,'i0 square
f*»et o f yard room p er bird. The op­
po rtu n ity for exeri'lne on the land nnd
In th e open u lr which this gives the
liens win tieneflt them ami make life
for them m ore Interesting.
If the mill Is poorly drain ed and fool,
th e hens will th riv e and Iny b etter If
| not ullowed on It nt nil. In th at case.
1 the I lest wuy to give them some benefit
• if th e ex tra space av ailable is to build
adjoining th e coop a shed covering
. about th e sam e am ount of ground nnd
having the fro n t Inclose»! only with
w ire netting. T he foul earth under
th is shed should he rem oved and the
floor filled In a few Inches higher than
th e old su rfa c e w ith fr«-sh earth or
sand.
Farmerettes Answer Uncle Sam s Call
Girl Volunteers Raise Pigs. Care for Cattle, and Till
Soil Better Than Many Men
A total of $2166.53 was spent in
Mayor Harley’s campaign for the gov- j
anlorship, according to a statement
filed with Secretary Olcott.
The Eugene chapter of the Ited Cross
has announced that it will publiah the
names of all persons financially able to
give to the cause, who flatly refused
to make subacriptions.
The machinery of the Guy Roberts UP-TO-DATE POULTRY HOUSE
sawmill at Monroe has been shipped to
Toledo and will be installed in a new Modern Structures Are Built With
mill to be erected by Mr. Roberts on a
Idea of Giving All the Freah Air
tract of tide-land. The mill will have
That Is Possible.
a cutting capacity of 60,000 feet daily.
R. G. Woodward, of Hill City, Kan., ( P r e p a r e d b y t h e U n ite d S la te » D e p a r t ­
m e n t o f Agrl< u ltu re .)
arrived in Baker, Monday to visit his
M odern m ethods of poultry housing
brother, M. R. Woodward, a mining
man. This is the first time the broth­ m ake due allow ance fo r the capacity
ers have met in 36 years since M. R. o f the birds to w ith stan d low tem peru-
Woodwanl left Hill City to come west tu res and for the udvuntage of am ple
I ventilation In th e poultry house. Kx-
in 1382.
cent In extrem e n o rthern sections, o r
Uniun county’s retailers and flour
dealers meeting in special session re­
cently at I.a Grande, volunteered to to­
tally abstain from the use of wheat
products until after the harvest. The
resolution passed unanimously and the
re|>esentation was extensive.
Military training will be a part of
the course at the Meilford high school
next year. This move was decided on
by the school board, when Melvin Elles-
tad, who has been acting as manual
training instructor, was engaged as
instructor in manual training and mil­
itary training for the next school year.
The state lime venture is temporar­
ily deail. At a special meeting of the
state lime board, to be held soon, it is Plain Poultry House for Small Flock.
erpeeted that the board will order all for breeds of fow ls having very large
machinery at the Gold Hill lime plant
closed up, the plant locked and shut combs, it Is no longer considered neces­
down and a guard placed over it, pend­ sary to build houses so su b stan tially
ing such time as further funds are th a t w hen they a re closed th e cold Is
excluded anil the tem jieratu re In the
forthcoming.
house appreciably raised by th e h eat
Wages for ranch hands during the from th e bodies of th e birds.
haying season in the west end of Uma­ T h e system of tight, w arm houses
tilla county, where work has already once very [sipulur w as based upon the
commence»! on the harvest of the first Idea th a t to have hens lay in cold
crop of alfalfa, will be $3 for team­ w eather they m ust be kept In houses
sters and $4 for stackers, according to
here w ater would never freeze. T he
an agreement reached among the farm­ w
m ethods of housing now m ost widely
ers of the district at a meeting held at
approved and use»l a re based upon the
i Echo Saturday.
«»xperience of m any poultry keepers
THE SOLDIER’S MOTHER
Plans are now being made by the th a t egg production Is m ore stab le and
business men of Klamath Falls for a the hens keep In m uch b e tte r condition
j celebration on July 4. No great out­ j when the house Is b u ilt nnd used w ith
< H e w a s so b e a u t i f u l —m y b a b y son!
lay will be made, but some outside at­ a view to giving all the fresh a ir th a t
H is s u n -k is s e d c u r ls c lu n g cl .«« a ro u n d
tractions will be secured if possible can be given w ithout exposing the
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h is h e a d .
Ill« d e e p b lu e aye« look«»! t r u s t in g l y In for the city and country residents sur- birds to a tem p eratu re th a t will fro st
m in e.
1 rounding. An effort has been made to ! th eir combs. It has been found th a t
I did m y b a s t to k e e p h is b e a u ty f a ir
secure the Juvenile brass band at the com bs of hens accustom ed to low
A n d fre s h a n d c le a n a n d d a in t y , fo r I
Grants Pass for this occasion.
knew
tem p eratu re become frost re sista n t t<$
In the opinion of Uncle Sam the ralelng of plge le an Important war task;
eo Important, In fact, that he haa called upon 200,000 girle and boy« to rale*
porker» for the market. The appeal haa been heeded by the farmerette» who
are Joyfully tackling the Job of providing more than their ehare of the pork
producte which we muat ehlp to our fighter« and the alllee In Europe.
Thla farmerette la having a Jolly good time taking care of a litter of eight
cute little black plge. Caring for the piga le only one part of the work of the»«
glrla down at their Huntington, Long leland, farm. They are ehowlng that
girle can be capable farm hande at all aorta of choree.
Vegetables Important in
Diet— Build Muscles and
Keep Body In Condition
BRIEF THRIFT
ITEMS
tP re p a re d
By the U. S. Department
of Agriculture
Scrap* of lefto v er m rn t o r belt can
be com bined w ith cereal o r o th e r mild-
flavor»-«! food, both to give flavor and
to udd n o u rish m en t to th e to ta l illab.
Mini«» bread can b«t utilized In a va­
rie ty of w ays In com bination w ith
▼cgvtnhlee and m euts, In p rep arin g
cake», bread-» and puddings, and In
oth*»r way*.
M uch food Is th ro w n aw ay because
ao m any people do not know how to
u tiliz e lefto v ers o r will not ta k e the
tro u b le to k«»ep and p re p a re them .
L e fto v e r cereals can he re h e a te d or
•om htned w ith fru its, m eats, o r veg<>-
tahb-s Into ap p etizin g side dish«»*.
E ven a «|tooufuI of cereal Is w orth
eavlug to thick en soup, gravy, or
sauce.
M any persons reg ard tho saving of
sm all am ounts of lefto v er food us u n ­
im p o rta n t. If they kept u c c u n ite ac­
count, how ever, f«»r any period, m any
fam ilies would he asto u n d ed by the
Sinount of good fo»»«l they a re th ro w ­
ing out an d by th e sum s th a t they
a n - paying to th e gro»-er, th e b u tch er,
and m ilkm an m erely to rep lace goo»I
food being nhsoluttdy w asted.
E very h it o f fa t trim m ed from m eat
b efo re cooking or trl«»»! out In I tolling,
ro a stin g , <>r b roiling can be m ade use
of In cooking. In buying m eat It Is
o ften the case th a t a fte r th e m eat has
been w eighed an d th e p rice fo r the
cur nam ed valu ab le fa t Is trtnum -d
off. T h is fa t, which th e housew ife
p a y s for, If tak en hom e nnd used, i
would reduce expenditure!« fo r cooking
fa ts.
Hklm milk, too widely looki'd down
upon ns it Too»! although it co n tain s
p ractically all th e nou rish in g ole-
m etils of whole milk w ith th e excep-
tlo n of 111 »» cream or fa t, can be used
a s a beverage, in cooking cereals, or
as n basis for milk soups o r sauces.
S o u r m ilk, nlso, so o ften th ro w n aw ay,
eim be HN«>d In m aking hot hreadd
o r In the hom e m a n u fa c tu re of cot­
tag e cheese.
T h e efforts w hich A m erican house­
k eep ers nre m nklng to nvold kitchen
an d tab le w nste lire of g ren t Im por­
tan ce. No one enn tell Ju st how m uch
h a s been saved, but th a t th e nm ount
la Inrge Is Indicated by th e w ork of
g a rb a g e nnd fe rtiliz e r p la n ts show ing
th n t th e re hns been n g re n t falling
off In th e nm ount of fn t nnd n itro g ­
enous m ntcrln! re«'olve<l from gnrbage.
L et th e good work go on.
E very
pound o f fo»>d savt-d 1« a pound added
to o u r food supply.
by t h e IJ n lta d S t a t e s D e p a r t ­
m e n t o f A g r ic u ltu r e .)
Stop nnil co nsider the g re a t value of
vegetable« In m nklng your diet accepta-
ble and keeping you well before you
decide to leave them out of your «ilet
even for a few month«.
T hey frrn U h «ome m uscle-building
m ntertnl, fo r n early all vegetahled con­
tain aorne p ro tein and they all fu rn ish
m ineral «nits needed to build and re ­ I n e v e r c o u ld b e a a tla tU d w ith lass.
p a ir th e body and k»-ep It In good con­
11a w a s so s t r o n g a n d w ell, m y l it t le so n !
dition.
1 g a v e m y d a y s a n d n ig h ts to k e e p h im
T hey a re fuel f o o d s . T h e m arch and
•o—
»ugar th a t vegetable»« fu rn ish nre good , C a lle d In fr e s h s i r s n d s u n l i g h t t o m y
«Id.
fo r body fuel.
One m edium sized
O ood food a n d p la y , a ll h s a l t h f u l th in g s
P o tato given you ns m uch sta rc h as
o f life.
tw o slice« o f hr«‘nd.
I w a n te d phyalc& l p e rfe c tio n , f o r
T hey give ne»-»-ssnry bulk to your I n e v e r c o u ld b e s a tis fie d w ith less.
food. T he liber nn«l cellulose th n t H e w a s so b r i g h t a n d c le v e r, m y b ig so n !
they have helps to (trevent co n stip a­ 1 s e n t h im to th e v e ry b e e t o f sc h o o ls.
) D e n y in g » elf t h a t h e m ig h t k n o w n o la c k
tion.
T hey give flavor nnd v ariety to the O f o p p o r tu n ity to do h is b e st.
O r feel no d o o r o f p ro g re s s c lo se d to h im .
«Ilet, which Is especially needed to I n e v e r c o u ld be sa tis fie d w ith less.
keep the app»>tlte norm al.
Tht-y fu rnish o th e r su b stan ces not A n d y e t —b u t n o w —m y w e ll-b e lo v e d so n .
F o r y o u r p e rfe c tio n c a n I p a y th e p ric e ?
••nsy to describe, b u t very Im portant, O r w o u ld I h a v e you p la y t h e c o w a r d 's
which nre ne«»ded by the body for nor»
p a r t.
mal grow th nnd to keep It« p a rts w ork­ W ith se lfish , s h r i v e ls ! so u l to o s m a ll to
d w e ll
ing sm oothly. T h is anil th e supplying W ith in so f a i r a f ra m e ?
Is th a t m y
of m ineral sa lts Is, perhaps, tho m ost
c h o ic e ?
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h
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I
b e s a tis fie d
lni|»ortnnt p a rt th a t vegetables hnve In
w ith le s a ?
the diet, for w ithout vegetables und
fru its th e diet would lack th ese sub­ N a y , I w o u ld h a v e y o u h o n o ra b le , m y
•o n —
stan ces and nlso a sufficiency o f the
m in erals thnt nr«» m ost needed to build J u s t , lo y a l, b ra v e , a n d t r u t h f u l , s c o rn in g
fe ar
up nnd keep In r«»pnlr th e skeletnl por­ A n d lie s a n d nioann«»»»—r e a d y to d e fe n d
tion of the body nnd to m ain tain th e T o u r h o m e, y o u r m o th e r, a n d y o u r <H>un-
t r y 's flog
a lk alin ity o f tho blood. T he m inerals
D e a r Clod! W ith b le e d in g
most n»*ede«l—Iron, lime, m agnesium . , l i e 's h e a g r o t no!
I know
phosphorus and p o tassiu m —n re sup- l s till c o u ld n o b e sa tis fie d w ith le ss!
pll«-<l In sm all q u a n titie s in m ost vege­ —S a r n h B e n to n D u n n . In N e w Y o rk
T im e s.
tables. If we ea t a v ariety o f vogetn-
hies w e a re not npt to lnck th ese es-
Value of Facts.
H«»ntlnl m inerals.
A fact Is a valuable th in g and ought
to he saved up. S ta rt a savings ac­
count of facts. They have th e s tra n g ­
est w ay of popping up Ju st when
th e y ’re needed— If you’ve sto red them
aw ay. T he school In »use Is th e m ain
fact factory. A man said to us the
o th e r day th a t w hat he learned before
i he w as fifteen wns w orth m ore th an
j nil he lmd ev er learned since. T he
m ore you lenrn before you’re fifteen
tho m ore tim e you’ll hnve to learn
la te r.
P ersonally we w ould ra th e r
hnve n fnt savings nccount of fa c ts
tlm n of dollars. A do llar will earn
from 3 to 0 per cent. A first-class fact
may som e day *»nrn you ten th ousand
dollars.—A m erican Boy.
I POULTRY IN
:
:
BACK YARDS j
1
P o u ltry nn»l eggs hnve never been
' I’h e n p food fo r th»> city dw eller, nnd
th e re Is no hop»» th n t they enn I»«», dur-
lug th e con tin u an ce o f tho w nr nnd
Its necessarily a tte n d a n t high prices,
even iis relativ ely cheap ns they hnve
o rdlnnrlly been. T he only possibility
o f cheap eggs fo r the city fam ily, ac­
cording to the U nited S ta te s d e p a rt­
m ent of ag ricu ltu re, lies In keeping
enough hens In th«> buck y ard , w here
th e y enn bd support»»!! prin cip ally on
k ltrh e n w nste, hi supply th e fam ily ta ­
ble.
T he keeping of hens In hack
y ard s Is a t once nn econom ic oppor­
tu n ity , fo r city fam ilies nnd nn ossen-
J tlnl p n rt of the cnm pnlgn fo r Incrons-
Ing poultry production.
W hat may he done w ith fow ls In a
bnck yard depends upon th e size «-»f
the yard, the ohnrnoter of th e soli, the
conditions of sunlight, shad e nnd ven-
tllntlon, nnd the In terest and skill of
H STATE N E W S !
i; IN BR IEF.
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Animal Cemetery.
P ro bably th e largest nnd b est ap ­
pointed nrlm nt cem etery In th e world
Is th n t which still rem ains a tta c h e d to
th e ruined sum m er palace In Pekin.
H ere rep o te In coffins of polished o rris
wood elab o rately cnrv»«d, m ore th an a
thousand dogs th n t w ere th e p ets of
fo rm er em perors nnd .em presses of
China.
a rem ark ab le degree, and th e birds
them selves much less su b ject to colds
th an w hen an effort is m ade to keep
the houses a re w arm as Is practical.
Except when th e w in ters a re long
and severe, hens m ay he kept com fort­
able and productive in a house of th e
lightest du rab le construction, provided
the house has a w a te r and w ind-tight
roof, re a r and end walls, and a fro u t
The Eugene city council, in accord- which can he opened as much as Is nec­
| ance with the state-wide plan decided essary to give thorough ventilation, o r
upon at a recent meeting in Portland, closed as much as Is necessary to keep
Friday night passed an ordinance pro­ out rain or snow.
F or v entilation in sum m er It Is ad-
viding that all able-bodied men must
work at some useful occupation 36 | visable and often necessary to have
hours each week, regardless of their ! ap ertu res In the re a r w all o r In th e
financial circumstances. A fine of not I ends—tow ard the rear, which can be
to exceed $100 is provided as a penalty closed perfectly tig h t In w in ter and
opened as much a s required a t o th e r
for violations of the ordinance.
seasons.
Grocers of Umatilla county may
form an organization on the lines re­
cently formed by the grocers of Pen-
, dleton for the purpose of obtaining
uniform rulings on the food regula­
tions during the war.
Invitations
; have been sent to all grocers in the
county by the officers of the Pendleton
organization, asking them to unite in
the new county-wide plan.
Resources of Portland banks in­
creased $15,495,947.17 since May 1,
1917, and $8,605,061.21 since March 4,
1918, according to a statement pre-
paretl by Superintendent of Banks
Bennett Saturday. The total resources
as of May 10, this year, were $126,-
275,233.18. Savings deposits increased
$4,541,609.61 and time certificates of
deposit decreased $1,971,657.47 since
May 1, 1917.
Loans and discounts
showed an increase of $5,125,406.73
since a year ago.
INCREASE OF POULTRY URGED
Appeal Made to City and Country Peo­
ple Alike to Help the Meat and
Egg Supply.
( P r e p a r e d b y t h e U n ite d S t a te s D e p a r t ­
m e n t o f A g r ic u ltu r e .)
O w ners of buck y ard s In cities nnd
tow ns nre asked to do ev erything In
th e ir ptover to help the m eat nnd egg
It has now become settled that Mo- supply by raisin g sm all flocks of poul­
lalla is to be the site for the new fac- j try In hack yards. F a rm e rs a re re ­
tory of the Molalla Fire Clay company, quested greatly to Increase th e ir farm
work on the erection of which will be flocks o r hens so th a t 100 on every
started at once. Citizens of Molalla farm w ill be th e averag e fo r th e n a ­
have raised the money for the purchase tion.
of a 27-acre tract located between the
T he follow ing statem en t regarding
Southern Pacific and the Willamette th e poultry needs Is taken from th e
Valley Southern railways. Dishes will official a g ric u ltu ra l program fo r 1018
lie the first articles manufacture«!, al- lssu«»«l recently by th e U nited S ta te s
| though it is the plan to manufacture d ep artm en t of a g ric u ltu re :
j other lines later. The clay mine is lo-
“P oultry production should he In-
I cated seven miles s«>uth of Molalla and | creased g reatly, especially In back
' auto trucks will be used to convey the vnrds nnd on fa rm s w here w aste m a­
clay to the factory. This will be the terial is available and the purch ase of
only factory of its kind west of the expensive grains and o th er m a terial Is
Mississippi river.
not required.
A. J. Johnson, of Corvallis, was in j “In creased poultry production muy
Toledo Satunlay en route to his spruce
sawmill on the Lower Siletz at Mill- be a tta in e d m ost econom ically by early
port. Mr. Johnson says his mill has h a tc h in g ; hy confining m other hens nt
cut and shippe«i 11 cargoes of airplane lenst ten days n fte r th e chickens nre
spruce to Vancouver since it began hatch«*«l; by reducing l«»sses on nc­
operation, a shoyt time ago. He is in count o f ra ts, w easels, nnd thieves,
need of more boats, as the spruce lum­ nnd from cold, dam p con d itio n s; hy
ber on hand is greater than the present 1 thorough san itatio n ; by discouraging
transportation facilities can handle. th e m ark etin g o f early-hatched pullets
It is the opinion that Mr. Johnson has j ns b ro ile rs; by «»Uniinating nonproduc-
sent out more spruce airplane stock ing hens nnd keeping good layers
than all other agencies combined since through a t least tw o laving se a so n s;
nnd by th e poutrym an raising his own
the drive started in this country.
feed as fa r as possible."