POULTRY
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FEED AND CARE
A R E N E C E SS A R Y
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Law m akers’ W rong Id ea
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T o get good sum m er egg production
T w enty-one sections of th e K ansasi
It Is necessary to feed and care for
s ta tu te s deal w ith ste a m b o a ts and
hens even m ore c arefully th an lu the
th e re Is not a single ste am b o at In the
w in te r tim e, in the opinion of C harles
T h e law s to govern vessels
N. K een of th e C olorado A gricultural s ta te .
college. P oultrym en a re m istaken If w ere passed In th e early days w hen
ra ilro a d s had not Invaded th e plains
they th in k th a t Ju st because they have
of K ansns a n d w hen it seem ed likely
good range fo r th e ir laying flock they
ean do aw ay w ith the m ash aud to o p tim istic law m ak ers th a t the
s tre a m s of K an sas w ould prove fruit-1
sc ra tc h feed.
•'E xperim ents have show n th a t best ful highw ays for boats.
re su lts a re o b tain e d w hen th e con
••Clean” M ilk
sum ption of laying m ash is increased
W hile a rigid application of th e I
and sc ratc h feed d ecreased during the
definition o f th e w ord “clean " would
sum m er m onths," say s K een. "It Is
good p ra ctic e wlien th e hens begin to exclude m ilk w hich con tain s foreign
let up In production to m oisten enough m a tte r o r any b a c te ria w hatever, fo r
o f th e tine m ash from the feed hop o rd in ary purposes we m ay u n d e rstan d !
p e rs to la st th e hens about tw enty th a t clean milk Is m ilk of good flavor
m inutes. P eed th is a t noon each day. from healthy cows, th a t Is free from
T ills p ra ctic e will Increase the con d irt a n d c o n ta in s only a sm all num
sum ption of p rotein-currying untsh so b e r o f b a cteria , none of w hich Is
e sse n tia l for egg production. D uring h arm fu l.
th e w in ter m onths m ore sc ratc h feed
Is necessary to keep up body weigh!
N ew Id ea fo r Crates
uud provide w arm th, lu sum m er, h e a t
A B ritish firm recently used a p a ck
is not e sse n tia l a n d If hens get too ing case m ade of woven b ranches fo r
m uch fa tte n in g feed they sim ply cease ship p in g china to South A frlcu. Sides
laying a n d p u t ou w eight.”
w ere woven of tw ig s about th re e
By th is m ethod th e to ta l feed con
Inches a p a r t and th e co rn ers w ere
sum ption w ill be less w hile th e birds m ade of la rg e r branches. S tra w w as
a re ou range th a n w hen they a re con used generously Inside and no b re a k
fined to th e ir laying houses. P roduc age w as reported, due to th e e la stic
tion should, how ever, rem ain about
q u a lity of th e con tain er.
th e sam e a n d w ill he more econom ical.
O th e r fa c to rs th a t will help get
D e c e n t D a y ’s W o rk
econom ical production during the
I t a t th e end of th e day you can say
sum m er m onths and also hold up the
th a t you have caused uo u n h ap p in ess
p rofits a re p ro p e r sa n ita tio n , care fu l
to anyone you have m et, th a t you have
culling aud m anagem ent. N atu rally
lessened no one's belief In life or m an
th e d e a th loss will be higher during
kind, th a t you h ave helped th e dis
th e hot w e ath e r aud all sickly birds
couraged a n d added nothing to th e
should he rem oved from th e flock us
v an ity of th e o ste n ta tio u s, th en you
soon as noticed. S an itatio n Is also
have done a decent day » w ork.
m uch m ore of a problem d uring hot
w e ath e r, hut it Is necessary for profits.
M usical Term
“ T ry in g to force an e arly m olt Is a
R e citativ e Is a kind of half-spoken
m lstuke.” according to Keen. It has
m usic, free a s to tim e. It Is used
not been found p ra ctic a l. Get nil the
eggs you cnn w hile you can, he a d w here th e action of th e d ram a Is too
quick for lyric poetry, and Is m uch
vises, and If you have good b ird s
used In larg e choral w orks of all kinds.
w hich continue to lay through the
I t Is difficult to ra y who first used th is
m olt, they should he forced to rest tie-
fore the h a tc h in g season opens th e fol form of m usic, but It tins been In
vogue for several centuries.
low ing spring.
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COULD TAKE A WOMANS
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D O N ’T su ffe r headaches, o r any o f
those pains th a t Bayer Aspirin can
end in a hurry 1 Physicians prescribe
it, and approve its free use, fo r it
does not affect the h e a rt Every drug
gist has it, but don't fail to ask the
druggist fo r Bayer. And don’t take
any but the box that says Bayer, with
the w ord gearn sr print«! in r e d :
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patience t« 0
A N D TH A T B O O K -
OF D iQ t C T iO N S / ,
<AND M V S C tS S ö ß S
aspirin 1»
the trsd» msrlt of
B a r e r M a n u fa c tu re
of M o a o a e c tlc a c ld e s ts r o t S s llc y llo s c K
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W HEN S t o F lC S T MISSED
those t h in g s /
Foft the O A O iO y
Special Duty Placed
on Last Homecomer
G overnor Gore of W est V irginia
w as talk in g a t a C harleston luncheon
ab o u t oil troubles.
“S tro n g m easu res a re needed,’’ he
sa id , "to save o u r oil reserves. Yes,
we m ust cut to the ro o | of th e evil—
not ju s t resort to expedients, like the
p a te rfam ilia s.
“ A p a te rfa m ilia s w ith a large fam
ily of d a u g h te rs said to a frien d one
day:
“ ’W ith nil these d a u g h te rs of mine
com ing In a t all hours my n ig h t’s re st
Is n a tu ra lly m uch broken up, and fo r
som e tim e th e consequence w as th a t
I'd oversleep m yself every m orning
and he la te for work at th e office. Bad
business.’
“T h e p a te rfam illu s looked gloomy,
th en he brightened up.
“ ’B ut I’ve hit on a splendid expedi
e n t now ,’ he said. ’I ’ve m ade It a
h a rd and fa st rule th a t the Inst girl
In calls tire on her way to bed.' ”
His Wish
Events in the Lives of Little Men
Clean Out Mites and
Bedbugs in Henhouse
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“T h ere Is no such thing as can’t,"
rem ark ed th e T houghtful Guy.
“1 w ish t h e r e w as no such thing ns
can,” grow led th e hub of the can-
opener wife.—C incinnati T lm es-Star,
P ropriety
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E xp ert F ly C atcher
A m ouse th a t catch e s tiles w as the
novel window dlrpluy of au autom obile
m an In Sydney, A u stralia. H eedless o t ,
th e larg e crow d w atching him, the tiny
ro d en t w ould d a r t from his hiding
place in a c o rn er and sp rin g up th e
wiudow p ane o r ta k e a flying leap. He
w ould alw ays “ g et" hls fly. H e k e p t
th e window c le a r o f all th e buzzers,
a n d th e d e aler say s he w as th e b est
a u d c h ea p est a ttra c tio n he ev er had. •
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“ Is he a consistent m an?”
“1 should say so ; he d resses up
every Sunday before he tu n es in the
church sp“vlce.”
A n Impossibility
She— “1 am very sorry but you m ust
fo rg et me.”
H e—“Im possible 1 You
see I'm a m em ory exp ert."
Simple and Effective
“ How does he and his w ife get
along to g eth e r now ?” “By being to
g e th e r ns little a s possible."
F e w e r Museums Due
E v ery th in g get m ore expensive.
T hink w hat It will cost a sentim ental
public BO y e ars from now to -b u y and
p reserv e th e h o sp itals w here th e g re at
men w ere born.—Sun F ran cisco C hro«-
tcle.
A fte r th e flock has been culled Is
an excellent tim e to dip for lice.
It Isn't his frien d s th a t point out
th e roan's fa u lts ; It's his kin.
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Life Is th e only lo ttery In w hich
m an Is com pelled to ta k e chances.
A Little P revious
F IN N E Y O F T H E F O R C E
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VILLE - NO-THAT DOESN'T MEAN SOPWt UP V1N GOUGE IN
SOUP CITV - WE WE«E CLEANIN' OUT TUE KPAOTS NAT
THE FIRST WAVE M lSSFD -W H EN IN PU LS A J g A ' N ^
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IT UP THERE.
R ead H ow T his M edicine
H elped T his W om an
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B rainerd, Minn.—" I read about
L vdia E. rin k h a m ’s Vegetable Com-
-■ pound in a news-
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action
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Change
Before I took it
I was nervous
and a t tim es I
was too weak to
do m t house
work. I waa thia
way about a year.
But now I do all
m v housework and do chores outside
aleo. I m ust »ay th a t Lvdia E. Pink-
ham ’s Vegetable Compound has done
wonder« for me and no woman should
be w ithout i t I sure can »1»“ *
prod word for it.”—M as. J im SMITH,
R . K. 7, Brainerd, Minnesota.
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I’ullets, fo r heavy w in ter produc
tion, m ust l>e well developed, vigorous,
and c arry a su rp lu s of body fat.
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la tte m olting hens a re th e laying
hens and they should be saved from
th e m ark et to be usetl for breeders.
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A little ground tame Is a good stim
u lan t to p u lle ts th a t nre lazy about
laying—also to o ld er hens.
Hut It
m ust be fresh or it m ay cause ptom aine
poisoning.
Soft shelled eggs usually a re a re
su lt of u lack of m ineral In the ra
tion. If you place oyster sh ells or
o t h e r shell-iuaklng
m a te ria ls before
yo u r birds, you probably will not be
troubled w ith soft-shelled eggs.
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A sudden change from th e re g u la r
ra tio n to new grain s often causes Indi
gestion and d ia rrh e a . T hese troubles
a re freq u en tly confused w ith o th er
diseases, sueh a s cholera or limber-
neck.
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From U k u le le Land
“T nlk a bout fa st dancing.” sneered
th e m uch trav e le d m an. "you don t
know w hat It Is on th e Am erican
stag e. In fnet, no one know s w hat It
Is till h e’s seen a H aw aiian d a n ce r
w ith her g ra ss sk irt on flrel"
Poultry Facts
P o p u larity often w ins new a cq u a in t
ances and loses old friends.
GREAT RESULTS
FROMCOMPOUND
C hicken m ites and bedbugs In poul
tr y houses cun be cleaned out by a
thorough a p p lic atio n of carbollneum
p a in te d on the roosts, dropping h o ard s
a n d In th e nests. G as drippings, ob
tain ed from a ro u n d city gus plants,
lias also proven valuable In g e ttin g rid
o f m ites, a ccording to Iowa S ta te eol-
legp.
M ites do th e ir w ork a t night, suck
ing th e blood from th e p oultry. D u r
ing th e day they hide aw ay In small
tru c k s and crevices of the house. In
g e ttin g rid of m ites it Is Im portant
th a t all equipm ent he m ovable so th a t
It can be cleaned and tre a te d for
m ites.
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In using e ith e r carbollneum or gas
d rippings It Is im p o rta n t th a t the
chickens he kept out of the house for
24 hours, a s th e fum es nre likely to
In ju re th e chick en s' eyes and may
ta in t th e eggs.
Privileges Given Texas
T h e special privileges w hich a re ac
corded to T ex a s by th e C on stitu tio n
a re th e reserv ed rig h t to all public
la n d s of th e s ta te a n d th e right to
subdivide Into not m ore th an flva
s ta te s.
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If a cool husem ent Is not available
on th e farm for sto rin g eggs In sum
m er, a sm all room m ay be ex cavated
un d er th e henhouse or dw elling house,
o r a sm all s tru c tu re hull« a f te r the
fashion of n root c ellar, w ith Insulated
w alls aud ceiling.
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T ench th e chicks to roost, «s soon
a t they a re old enough to lea rn . I r o
vide low perches us soon as they are
th re e w eeks old. and the chicks won t
crow d each o th e r to death In th e cor
n e rs of th e brooder house.
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A good p a in t for m ites can be made
of old engine oil to which Is udde ' h
■mall a m o u n t of cotum erilul coal tur
d is in f e c ta n t P a in t »he roosts on both
the upper and under side and soak Un
oil m ix tu re Into th e c rack s so they
«•III he sealed and leave no s p o t'»
w here m ites can hide.
G re at C anadian Region
T h e C an ad ian N orthw est Is g en eral
ly m eant to Include S ask atch ew an .
A lberta, B ritish Colum bia and Yukon.
V ancouver Is th e w estern port for the
C an ad ian N orthw ect.
S w ift’s First Prose
"T h e B n ttle of the Books." a s a ti
rical w ork, published In KWT, Is
S w ift’s first prose com position
It Is
hls c o n trib u tio n to the fam ous Bentley
and Boyle controversy.
H ea vy F a ilu re
W ife (at b r e a k f a s t) —“O u r new girt
Is a cooking school g ra d u a te " —H u b —
••{the m ust have flunked badly In bis
c u its."— K a n sa s City Star.
T he A verage M an
T tie overage m an holds the key to
the fu tu re beeuuse th ere nre so m any
o f him - C h a r l e s R. Brown, dean of
the Yale D ivinity school.
Defense of Curiosity
C uriosity Is one of the p erinnnent
and c erta in c h a ra c te ris tic s of a vig
orous In tellect.—Johnson.
The Pastor Sayst
If s m an Is a worm, no oilier worm
has b e e p found w ith such large wings.
—Jo h n A ndrew Holmes.
PILES
ASSURED TREATMENT
W rite today lor F R E E book describing the Dr.
C. J. D *an famous n oo -su rijial nwthod of treat*
ing PU«s and other R -ctal and
Colon ailments, which we use
exclusively. Also gives tie*alls o<
our W kitten assl ' ka w b
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