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POULTRY and Dairy Produce of all kinds anted. Writ for car ; (fiSH OFFER Pearson-Page Co. Sff SECOND-HAND MACHINERY Bourht tnhl and exchanged; enrlnea, boiler, lawmiili, etc Send for Stock List and Prices. 1HE 1. E. MARTIN CO. 83 lat St.. Portland, Or. LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED br Cettw'e Blieklao PHI. Low priced, fresh, reliable; preferred bj Weitern stockmen because they pre teet where ether vieelnu fall. Write for booklet end teBtlmoniais. iO-eete ek.e. Blackleg PiMe $1.00 (0-rieie page. Blaekleff PI III 4-00 Tiu w inivtnr hut ri.tt.tr'i hest. The faperlorltT ef Cutter products la due to over U yearn 01 epeciaunni in iwikw n "" THE OUTTER LABORATORY, Berkeley Califerala. BLACK LEG In the Chilean Andes there la a lake 10,000 feet deep up In the mountains, which is prevented only by a granite wall a few feet thick from devastating the valley below. In order to avert the disaster engineers are draining the water by a tunnel and expect to sup ply electrical current and light to all the valley cities through the water power which will be developed. - . There are now more than 86.000 autos used by tamer in the United States and the number is Increasing at a tremendous rate. These machines are not all used for pleasure, but for economy of time and the saving of horses in the dally work on the farm. r, k lev ci V VI! ! PR p' iv&rx, : .all and kill, aU ni,i. Neat, dean, or uincnuL convenient. Cheap. X.ltS 11 season. Mad, ol metal, can'tBpill r tip over t will not loll 0 Injur, nnrtfclnf. Guaranteed eHectlve. loll by dealer,, or 6 .rat ly exprcMnra paid lor 11. faamji eOMjtM. UQ CXAlD Ave, BnokllTa, at. ft OPPORTUNITY- IS. HERE TO LEARN CHIROPRACTIC. Cm! teim. NcaclWaar. Ma 411 Cirara.rt.llt Bfc, VUui, On. : '' The New Way. -: -, Be warned in time., Don't you know "that girl smokes, drinks and gambles at bridge?" "I know. ; I am going to marry her to i-eform her," Louisville Courier Journal. , . .,?... t Gay Old Dog. hlgglns Twigglns is always brag ging about his den at home. Wiggins And yet he got mad when I spoke of it as a kennel. New York Globe. Blaming the Women. "What's the matter with McGroueh? He Is more bitter against women than ever." "He had four queens beaten last night." Kansas City Journal. ( .,. w i i "i HOWARD K BtlHTOK - A,wr , memlirt, LttadriU,, Colorado. SiievjlmeH, tirices: OulO. Silver, Load, II. Gold, Bilvor, Hm Gold GOo, Zino or Copper, ll. MnlllDg envelope, a id ull price Hat Ant on application. Control and Umpire worjcao aleltad. Befenttoai Oarboaat. nailoael clonk. i-'.f. Fatal. "I indited a poem to her that said she looked like an angel.", - "Made a big hit, I suppose." - "No. The fellow who printed it printed it 'angle.'" i: Free to Oar Readers i Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, for 48-paire llluatrated Eye Book Free. Write all : about Your Eye Trouble and tuey will advlee at to the Proper Application of the Murine Eye Remedies in Your Special Cane. Your Druggist will tell you that Murine Kellevea Bore Eye., Strengthens Weak Kyea. Doesn't rlmurt, Boothea Eye Pain, and sella for 60a Try It In Your Eyee aud In Baby' Eyea fol ataaly Eyelida and Granulation. Self-Preservation. "., " Pat Yis, sorr, wur-rk is scarce, but Ol got a Job last Sunday that brought me foive dollars. Mr. Goodman What! You broke ; the Sabbath 1 . I'at (apologetically) Well, sorr, twas wan av us bad t be broke. , Fatal Words. .' "Ever hear from that college chum of yours who went to Colorado? "Oh, he's dead, poor chap. He may be suld to have talked himself to death." "What do you mean?" "He called some Alkali Ike cut there a liar." Wonder if they will dock the police patrol for the day It was idle and no calls came in, , . , The dogs at the humane barns are dieting on biscuits. Poor brutes! Let's hope they aren't home cooked by a newly-wed. In the year 1913 Austria produced 515,986,000 gallons of beer. RUPTURE IS CURABLE By wearlntr a SEKLEY SPERMATIC HHIRLD TRUSS. No worrying or dan. Iter of an operation. Rupture ie not a tear m or breach, ea commonly luppoaed, but la gj the etretchintt. or dilation, of a natural openlnt?. Thia 8KKLKY SPERMATIC 7 SHIELD appliance cloeee thia opening tn 10 daya in moat caaee, If you oaii't come, W write for meaauriQB blank and literature, m Bold only by ' (A) LAUE-DAVIS DRUG CO. I Third and Yamhill, Portland, Or. Who are Truntt' Kttperta and Ekcluatve Kl Htate Asenta for tlila appliance. QJ Hot water beating of houses has been making enormous Btrides in Switzerland in the last 15 years. Apartment houses often have separate heating appliances on every floor. The old tile stoves are being driven out In rural schools In Missouri girls are organized Into pick-and-shovel clubs under the direction of the na tional congress of mothers, to aid in the good roads movement. '; ' : All Danish passenger steamers and ferryboats on the route between Sweden and Germany will probably soon be equipped with the wireless telephone. . Telephone stations will be erected on the coast. ' ' ; A brand of an egg means .very lit tle and is quite useless A full-grown well-trained egg will generally speak for itself. A TREATMENT THAT HEALS ITCHING, BURNING SKINS Don't Btand that itching skin humor one day longer. Go to the nearest druggist and get a Jar of reslnol oint ment (50c) and a cake of resinol soap (25c). Bathe the eczema patches with resinol soap and hot water, dry and apply a little resinol ointment. , It's almost too good to be true. The torturing Itching and burning stop In stantly, you no longer have to dig and scratch, sleep becomes possible, and healing begins. Soon the ugly, tor menting eruptions disappear complete ly and for good. The Modern Machlavelll. "What made you so. popular with Miss Mummy?" "I sent her 18 roses on her 32d birth day." Philadelphia Public Ledger. ' Consultation. "Did the doctor pronounce ' you sound as a dollar?" ,. . . . . "Yes, and sent me a bill for five." Judge. : .' ' Brute. "Do you like my complexion?" she asked. 1 . "No," he replied absently, "rub it out and do it over." , Will Be Collected. " . Scribbler I like to believe that my poems will be collected after niy death. Sharp Sure! The rubbish cart will still make lta rounds. Boston Trans cript " ' " ' ' Vo Can Gel Allen'l root-fan rRCt.'- Write Allen 8. Olmetcd, I,e Koy, N. Y., for free temple o( Allen'l Foot-Ka.se. It curea treating, n.tt swollen, aching feet. It makel new or light ahoca easy, A certain cure fol (tnrlis. Ingrowing ualls and bunions. All drug lists sail It, iibu. IXin't accept any subatlluta, They will check babies at the Nat this year. It might be a good plan to check the mothers so that the babes would know where to find them. And the sound of the picnicker is in the land and the late trains from the lake resorts are filled with him and there are no straps! . Putnam Fadeless Dyes will last until the goods wear out. Different Methods. Lord Howlong I notice that In this country you run for congress, while at home you stand for parliament. Congressman Buzwlre Sure thing! Standing won't get you anything in tin U. S. A. It takes speed to cop off a seat in congress. . At last somehtlng has a name that fits it These rainbow stockings the women wear are always seen after a shower. Many a man Is a picture of health until he becomes the victim of a doc tor's frame-up. Wreathes usually are associated with sorrow, but the cheerful guy uses one to wreathe his rubicund map in smiles. . Another weak point In the tariff Canada sent an area of low pressure across the border and 'most froze us out. Query Why do they always try to sell us fine raiment for holiday use when we're dying to get into old duds and go fishing? More than 40 per cent of the world's annual production of tin Is used in the United States. (.lake Demand Forcible Don't Be Trifled With Ask fcr S. S. S. and Don't Stand for the "Just as Good" Talk. Too many nr)nl are mini by tha nhortMt mute to the bargain end of a dollar, Por that reason titer tempt a clerk to slip tnetu When You A ale for . ft. S. Do So With tmphBBlm. They Will UnJrtaad. B ilnjjlft tt-tiuipe for ft hanronVr. ' IXrre la whitre eui'tltuiton kims a good iart When ii clerk amwiuu to handvuu a enhetltuie luff la. & B, U will lull 1U a ymty ftUiry. Pfphnpi rift ttiltiltft lira 1p tfUtn thft truth, tH: he ha oiir ujij ou til caelt rcgirtter au4 t'otlit-r on t Ue eitra protlt 1 unlet up t K. 8. A. It ie your only afre;uarii afraiiet Ut eheip ti Ultra I ettiff ht caa be yut up ! nn cellar oy the apvifiillce Thore la not ft medicine for any purpoaa wore carefully niade then 8. 8. . It rev icftvnt.. the hffhet type of medicine, ltft mr-dical propwrtl" ftre) juet ftti etwi'Dttal to well balanced tiallt. If tha blood be elek, at tr tlio notirtblQtr elcmttnta of meatu, Kriiui, fata aati autcars or our dally food. K , H, la prepared direct from satlro botanical niatnltii. Not ft drop of drug le addt'd. iSot ft drop of mlnc-ralt la used. Tale la an of tb moat Important thinpa to know and to rcueiuber wlien your blood Qeeda attention. It la tlie most iTertlr, thf purat. tha JuickrMt and moat reliable nndtclne known or polaoned blood, rhtsumatlmu, catr.rrbal lufectloo, malaria, akin dlaonne, old aort1 and all atflictiuua that abow ia tiia blood akin, jolnta and miieclei. An IniereBfng bok on ttia blood tft mailed to tliout who write, t)ot ft bottlo of H, H. H, tudnv. It la the wtrld'a ftreairat aiPdU-loe. ltinUt upou tha daltr handtiiic you 8. H. 8- aud don't let hlui orate about stomethloff that he van't advertlao aa frrt fioiu Iodide or poia-U aad other deatructW mineral dni(ra. If yoit havu (routile refine S, B. R, wrttft to TU t&wirt Kmi HIo t)., (MH Bwlft Bhut., Atlauia, Uit l.at vi euta Uoai aw-a. GOOD OLD LEMON PIE OTHER DI8HES WITH .HEALTH FUL FRUIT A8 INGREDIENT. WtUcee Beet Kind of Sauce for All Manner of . Puddings 8ouffle a Light, Refreshing Deaeert ' , Lemon to Cure Cold. The old-fashioned lemon pie Is one of the prime favorites. An often proved recipe calls for one-half pound of sugar, a pound of butter, six eggs, the Juice of, two lemons with their grated rind, a nutmeg and half a glass of brandy. Cream the butter and sugar, beat in the yolks, the lemon, the spice and brandy, then add the whites. Bake in a light piecrust with open top. Pow dered sugar and lemon juice should be spread on the top of each pie. There are a great many varieties of lemon pie, 'with cocoanut and mer ingue mixtures. An English tart calls for a cup of sugar, two lemons (the Juice and some of the peel grated), a teaspoonitul of cornstarch "smoothly blended in water, a dozen raisins par boiled, cut in two and seeded. ' Beat these Ingredients well together and bake between two crusts In small pies. A lemon sauce which Is very line for rice, bread or boiled puddings, espe cially for the old-fashioned cottage pud ding, Is made from a cup of sugar; half a cup of butter, Rn egg, the Juice of a lemon and half the grated peel, a teaspoon fill of grated nutmeg and three tnblespoonfuls of boiling water. Cream the butter and sugar, beat In the egg, very well whipped, then the lemon and nutmeg: bpat well for ten minutes, then add by degrees the boil ing water. Put In the Inner pan of a double boiler, with bolllns? water In the outer pan, and stir well until the sauce becomes very hot. Lemon souffle is a light, refreshing dessert Put in a bowl four yolks of eggs and four ounces of powdered sugar, add the grated rind of two lem ons and stir well for 20 minutes until quite thick. Then add by degrees a tablespoonful of lemon Juice, and fin ally beat In, lightly and quickly, the whites of six eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Pour Into a pie dlRh and bake In a moderate oven for about 25 min utes to a golden brown. Serve on a lace paper dolly within a sljver dish. A lemon Ice, strongly flavored with the fruit and very easy to make, is composed of the Juice of six lemons with the grated peel of three, one large sweet orange (the Juice and the grated ilnd), a pint of water and a large cup of sugar. The acidity of the Ice can be regulated by the amount of sugar used. A large cup Is the medium allowance. Squeeze all the Juice and place In it the grated rind of the fruits, leaving them an hour standing. Then strain well and mix in the sugar and the wa ter, stirring until dissolved. Then turn Into the freezer and stir soveral times while It hardens to keep It entirely smooth. A modification of the lemon cure, which of course is not permitted In the lemon club, is the consumption during the day of one or two lemons in this way: Cut off the top and make an Incision downward in the core without losing any of the Juice. Edge In by degrees a lump of white sugar, through which the Juice can be taken. School children have a,way of Im bedding an old-fashioned lemon carfdy stick in the fruit and sucking the Juice. Both of these processes are good for colds, although the sugar retards flesh reduction. Uses for Citron. Citron when properly used and pre pared is so delicious that it Ehould be Introduced for a change more frequently. Substitute citron in any recipe call ing for dried fruit; for a plain cake transformation, white, regular or gin gerbread, add one cupful of minced citron, slightly floured, Put a small cupful in the doughnut batter, meas ured after dicing. In your lemon or vanilla icing put a little minced cit ron, dusted with pulverized sugar, sprinkle a little of it shaved on top cake before icing Is applied. When the vanilla ice cream is near ly frozen, remove the lid and for two quarts drop in one of the large pieces of citron, previously put through the meat grinder; again cover, and finish as usual. Citron Is delicious In apple sauce and "Brown Betty." Fricassee of Lamb With Gravy. Get lamb from the forequartor, cut In pieces for serving. Wipe meat put In kettle, cover with boiling water and cook slowly until meat is tender. Re move from water, cool, sprinkle with salt and pepper, dredge with flour and saute In butter (here you need to use butter). Arrange on platter and pour around one and one-half cupfuls brown sauoe mado from liquor In which meat was eooked after removing all fat It is better to cook meat day before serv ing, as then fat may be more easily removed. , To Prevent Irons Rusting. Irons treated in the following man ner can be kept In excellent condition: Tie a lump of beeswax In a thin white rag. When the irons are hot, rub them with the rag and then scour with a cloth sprinkled with salt After the ironing is finished and the Irons are still warm, rub the wax over them, and It will keep them smooth and free from rust If a brick which has been heated In the oven 1b used for an Ironing Btand, the Irons will be found to keep bot much longer than it an or dinary Iron stand Is used. Frogs' Lege, Brown Fricassee. ' Remove the skin from the frogs' leg and scald them with hot water, acidulated with a little vinegar. Dry, roll in flour and saute a light brown. Make a thin, brown sauce, add a slice of lemon, a shallot, a small bay tear, a sprig of parsley, and a few mush rooms. Simmer about fifteen minutes, add a tablespoonful of sweet butter or a tttUa cream and serve. ROAST PORK WITH STUFFING Too Substantial a Dish for Hot Weather, But There Still Is Time to Enjoy It, Before the weather gets too hot we may like to have one more good roast of fresh pork. A fresh shoulder or fresh ham will stuff to best advan tage. Select one not too large, make a large Incision Just below the knuckle between the skin and the meat for the purpose of introducing the stuffing, which must later be se cured by sewing up with small twine. Then with a sharp-pointed knife score the leg aU over and in the following manner: . With the left hand hold the pork firmly and with the knife score the skin across in parallel lines a quarter of an inch apart. Roast for about two hours and a half or three hours, according to size, and when done dish up with brown gravy and send to the table with apple sauce. The stuffing for the pork may be thus prepared: Chop a dozen sage leaves and six large onions and boll these in water for three or four min utes and put on a Bleve to drain; then put In a stewpan with pepper and salt and a little butter and let it simmer for twenty minutes, when It Is ready to place in the leg of pork. While this onion stuffing is possibly more favored than a dressing in which cracker or bread is used, it seems better to have the bone entire ly removed and thus give room for a good quantity of the real old fash ioned bread stuffing, . ; A loin of pork may be stuffed with the same preparation by making an incision in the upper part of the loin and after the stuffing Is put in sew ing up as you would the leg. HAVE REGULAR MENDING DAY By Employment of System, Drudgery of Necessary Repairing May Large ly Be Done Away With. "There Is nothing in the world like system, and nowhere does one realize this more than in the matter of dress." Thus writes one woman, who thinks that the woman who puts off mending the tiny hole she might have attended to in ten minutes is laying up much trouble for herself when the little hole becomes undarnable. The rip under the arm in the blouse that hardly shows when It is put on extends alarmingly, and there Is usually a day of reckoning for all put-off things of the same kind. The remedy for this is a regular mending day or a mending evening, if a woman is engaged in business. Se lect the best day for this purpose and stick to it; you will be surprised to find that your clothing will not only took better but also last longer. As Boon as a garment needs mending put it aside for the mending day that is coming. t Cornstarch 8now Pudding. Those who have, always made a snow pudding with gelatin and lemen Juice thickened with the white of eggs will be surprised to find how eaBlly a substitute is made by adding whites of eggs to a plain cornstarch pudding. Mix one-half cup of cornstarch, one quarter cup of sugar, a soltspoonful of salt with one-half cup of cold milk. Turn this into a quart of hot milk and cook 15 minutes. Add a teaspoonful of vanilla and the whites of three eggs beaten stiff. When stirred light ly pour into small molds and serve with custard sauce. If the family is small make half of the rule and use the whites of two small eggs, which will make it even lighter and more fluffy. LAYING OUT A GARDEN ERRONEOUS IDEA THAT MUCI- TIME IS REQUIRED. Marrow Balls. Mix together: One tablespoonful of marrow taken from the soup bone before you put It on to boil, the white of one egg beaten stiff and seasoned with one salt spoonful of Bait one slice of green pepper chopped fine. And enough fine bread crumbs to make into a dough stiff enough to roll into balls. . Make them half an hour before you are ready to cook them, as they retain their shape better if allowed to Btand. Drop them Into any hot stock and let boil six minutes, being careful not to crush them In taking out. Serva at once. Filled Cookies. One and one-half cupfuls granulatec sugar and one cupful lard, creamed to gether, two eggs, one cupful sweet milk, four teaspoonfuls of baking pow der, sifted with two quarts of flour, pinch of Bait, Filling: One pound of English wal nuts (chopped), one pound of raisins (cooked and thickened as for plea). Mix together. Roll cookies very thin, place In pan, and in center of each put one table spoonful of Ailing, Cover with another thin cooky and bake. The heat of the oven will seal them together. . Surprise Cake. Sift two even cupfuU of sifted flout with two even teaspoonfuls of cream tartar and one of soda' into mixing dish. Plaoe the white of one egg in a large bowl, beat to a stiff froth, add one-half cupful melted (not hot) but ter, one Cupful of milk. Beat smooth, then flavor with your favorite extract, add contents of bowl to those In dish and beat vigorously. A hot oven ii needed (350 degrees if you have as oven thermometer). Nesaelrode Pudding. One cupful whipped cream, one-hall cupful pulverized sugar, one table spoonful gelatin, one cupful chopped candled cherries, pineapple, and Eng lish walnuts. Dissolve the gelatin in one-third cupful hot water and mil all lightly together. Flavor with va nilla and pour Into mold and stand on Ice for several hours. Serve with whipped cream. Some Uteful Hints. Perfumed olive oil sprinkled on 11 brary shelves will prevent mold oa books; mud stains can be removed from black cloth by rubbing with a raw potato; the Juice of a raw onion applied to the sting of an Insect wil remoro the poison. Plot ISO by 100 Feet Will Produce Enough Fruit and Vegetables for Family of 8lx Run the Rows ' North and South, .0 l (By E. PARKER.) ' ' There is an important economical side to this question of a garden. Beef, for Instance, in its various forms is notoriously expensive, especially where it Is eaten twice or three times a day, whereas beans, peas, spinach, etc., when served with meat would make up half the amount eaten, thus reducing the cash cost of the whole. And the Impression that a vegetable garden requires much time and care is such an erroneous one! Two or three hours a week will suffice for a garden 150 by 100 feet, which Is cap able of producing fruit and vegetables enough for a family of six, provided the rows are three feet apart so that a horse, may be used. In laying out such a garden the rows should be run north and south, for planted thus vegetables receive the greatest amount of sun. The first four rows should be six feet apart, and the first of these might contain twelve currant and twelve gooseberry bushes set six feet apart. In the seoond row plant a hundred raspberry canes three teet apart, with two canes at each place. The third row will be for strawberries and will hold 150 plants grown in hills set one foot apart, no runners being allowed to grow. The next thirteen rows will be three feet apart and may be planted to the fo) lowing vegetables in the order given: Asparagus plants, 60 one-year seed' lings, set three teet apart In the row; parsnips, 50 feet; then a hundred feet of onions, of which 25 feet may be young sets for early summer; beets and lettuce, 60 feet; early cabbage, a hundred feet; late cabbage, a hundred feet; cauliflower, 60 feet; peas, three full rows, corn, four full rows; toma. toes, a hundred feet; beans, 60 feet; okra, ten feet; then 50 feet more ot string beans and 150 feet of dwarf lima beans. The remaining four rows should be eight feet apart to allow the vines to spread. In the first row plant 25 muskmelons six feet apart. then a row of cucumbers set six feet apart, five eggplants and ten early Bquash, all six feet apart. The next row may be planted to eight Hubbard squash and twelve rhubarb plants, Bet six feet apart, and the last two rows may very properly be given over to herbs and Sowers for cutting. It is frequently forgotten that a great many people abroad, notably the drawers of water and hewers of wood, live almost entirely on vegetables, con sidering meat a luxury only to be in dulged in once a week, while we in America, having the most delicious and greatest variety of vegetables grown anywhere, discard them tor meat ' RAISING BEST DAIRY BREEDS No More Profitable Line of Stock Growing Than Raising Good Cows ' for the Dairymen. Any farmer Is safe in breeding and raising for sale large milking or but ter-producing cows. As an Industry there Is no more profitable line of stock growing than raising good cows and selling them to the dairymen who are making a specialty of producing market milk or selling their milk to A Good Milk Producer. condensing plants where they do not have the by-product returned to their farms to feed out to the calves that are being raised to replace the cows that are annually discarded from their herds. , The keeping of more cows for creameries and cheese factories is also encouraging and many men are willing to pay a good price for well bred dairy cows. DODDER IS THE WORST WEED Annual Parasitlo Plant Develops Into Threadlike Stem, Sending Sucker ' Into Alfalfa. (By W. L. OSWALD, Minnesota Experi ment Station.) - In the western states, and in some European countries, dodder is the worst weed found in alfalfa fields. It Is an annual parasitic plant which 8 tarts from the seed In the ground and develops Into a long, threadlike stem, winding itself around the alfalfa plant and Bending parasitic roots or suckers Into the plant It then lives on the nourishment which should be used In developing the alfalfa plant. Dodder has not yet secured a strong foothold In the alfalfa fields of this state, probably because alfalfa has not been raised tor seed to any considerable extent As long as al falfa Is grown only for hay, dodder should not become a very serious weed pest. However, as alfalfa will probably be grown more and more tor seed each year, extreme care Bhould be taken to secure seed which Is free from dodder and to avoid the Introduc tion of dodder Into the Btates. There are two dodder varieties com mon In alfalfa fields. The small-seeded alfalfa dodder is not as bad as the large-seeded variety, aa the seed la easily separated from that of alfalfa. The seed of the large-seeded alfalfa dodder la about the same size as al falfa seed and It 1 almost Impossible to separata them. NOTES OF THE POULTRY YARD Whitewash Improves Look of House and I Good Disinfectant Give Turkeys Free Range. (By MRS. A. J. WILDER.) Lime is a very good thing to use about the poultry houses. An occa sional coat of white-wash on walls and on the nest boxes greatly im proves the lookB of the bouse, besides being a good disinfectant and vermin killer. : ' Pullets hatched in April or the first of May, make late tall and winter layers, and they are the ones that pay. Hatch all you can of them. If a Bitting hen leaves the nest do not throw away the eggs unless they are cold. If you have another broody hen, put her on the nest. She will finish the hatching, and it will save her Just So much time, as well as Sav ing the eggs. Give the little chicks skim milk to drink. It is very good for them, as well as for the older fowls. The more milk your poultry drink, the less meat it will be necessary to feed them. Do not keep too many hens in one flock. Much better results are ob tained from the smaller flocks, and It is the results, that count If you want the pulleta to mature early, and begin laying at five or six months old, feed them properly and well from the start. Give them a properly balanced ration, and crowd V A Nice Sunny Yard for the Chickens Is Necessary. them as fast as you can. There is no need having to feed pullets from eight to ten months, before getting any returns. 1 Hasten the growth of young cock erels, by feeding them all they will eat Keep them fat enough for the table all the time, and they will reach the required weight "for the market much sooner. It is the earlier mar kets that pay the best prices. . Don't make the mistake of thinking you can half feed your hens and make a success ot the poultry business.' The wants of the hen's body comes first. If there is any surpluB it goes into the eggs. Where there 1b no surplus there are no eggs. It Is your business to provide enough food for the body and the eggs. If you are keeping hens for egg-production only there is no need for keep ing any males. It costs about $1 to feed each one, and their room might better be given to that many more hens. Turkeys must have' free range in order to do woll. Do not keep them closely confined. If you have fed them regularly, they will continue to come up at that time for their teed, even If allowed to run free. PRODUCTION OF GOOD EGGS Wisconsin Expert Emphasize Im portance of Clean, Whole Food Keep Nest Clean. Just because an egg is freshly laid by an apparently healthy hen It can not be assumed that it Is a good egg, according to James G. Halpln of the College of Agriculture of the Univer sity of Wisconsin, who emphasizes the heed of clean, wholesome food for the production of first-class eggs. Hens that are forced to obtain the greater portion of their living as scavengers and given a poor range to work on cannot produce eggs of as good quality as can a flock which regularly is fed a good ration. Eggs lacking in protein have a wa tery white and the shell is apt to be thin owing to the partial absence ot lime. Such eggs, besides being ot less value as food, are more than likely to bring forth puny chickens of low vi tality, subject to white diarrhea and an early death. With proper quanti ties of wheat bran, clover, oyster shell and sound grains in the ration fed to laying hens, eggs with firm shells, rich in protein and delicately flavored are sure to result providing ot course, that the flock is given clean nests and runs and is kept tree from mites. ; SUNLIGHT AS DISINFECTANT Most Disease Germs Are Killed by Di rect Light, a Repeated Tests Have Demonstrated. (By H. PRESTON HOSKINS.) Sunlight is one ot the best and bbeapest disinfectants at our disposal, and we should take advantage of this fact at every opportunity. In the con struction of barns or shelters ot any kind for animals, ample provision should be made for the admission ot the maximum amount of sunlight Southern exposure Is desirable, that la. having the majority ot the windows facing the south. The warmth thus provided in cold weather 1b desirable, and much of the excessive heat In summer can be avoided by providing suitable curtains or screens. Most dis ease germs are easily killed by direct sunlight as has been repeatedly showa bv avxTjavrimenta. Vwlgm ACTUAL OFFICE-PRACTICE is given every pupil who takes our Course. In this way they become pro-v ficient in all branches of office work, and are never nervous or uncertain as to their duties when they enter the business world. Why not give your son or daughter this confidence? Write for free cata log today. A position guaranteed. BEUTEL BUSINESS COLLEGE Tacbma, Washington. ., , SALESMEN WANTED Liberal Terms Write for our Proposition. Everything- tor the Orchard, Farm, Garden and Lawn. takima ihd eotOMiit uvea bursert ci. NORTH VAKIRU, WASH. YAKIMA CROWN b the BEST GUARANTEE . More Willing Than Able. Following an entertainment a few evenings since two young men met on the street. "Did Miss TJmson take part?"-osked one, with evident interest. , "Yes, indeed," the other replied. "Can she sing?" "Well," the other answered, "she can't but she does," Youngstown Telegram. That English Language. ; Dr. Arnold was paying a visit to one of his patients, a young mother. "You must let the baby have one N cow's milk to drink every day, Mrs. Burrell," he said. "Very well, doctor, if you say so, ot course I will," replied the perplexed young woman, "but I really don't see how he is going to hold it all." Lip pincott's Magazine, . 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