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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1921)
PAGE THREE SPRING IS PROPER TIME TO PUT HEN FLOCK ON PROFITABLE BASIS CLAIRE WINDSOR TI1K SPRINGFIELD NEWS ,"f "If j 44.1 ? i -' A .JOII.NMi: HUNS AW A OK riM.'USi:, yoti know Hint llm Itook family It n very exclusive dud family, 'liny ililnk ii great deal of their fiuully tree, or trees, and will not allow ii young Hook lo K nwuy fii'in I lm-i trees. Now. JOIIIIg Johnnie It'Kik thought "'I (III fllN llliollt keeping llli Hie fiuully very sl'lly, and one day In de cided In- would liullil it next lu n tree (Iom. to tl)i wIhth there were plenty of grub and iiImo where he could occuloilllly liuvu U (UhlU of Vegetables. Johnnie Itook doc not destroy very much; Iiii illicit help himself to n ioinio or n lluli' corn once In n while, I, ill In- in of i imiifcli Mtllii' to tin farm- 1 ftj CD vi '0 iaYA V"- yvyJ ;-r--xs- cr destroying worms, ho he cud nf forl to cl vc- tin1 Hook a few vege tables In payment. Of course, Johnnie Itook dlij not say n word lo tiny of hit ri-ln 1 1 nliout moving nwuy from tin? fnmlly trees. Il' Juhl ijulclly one, morning went nwny ii ml at night time liu did not return. ll (irninlfnttiiT Itook h tin first to discover JoIiiiiiIi''h ud'ence wlicn do was counting noses before lio went to Sleep. "Where In Johnnie?" In Hiked. "Watch lil tn tomorrow when you see Mm Hint (iml nut wln l ho In," coiii luinid.'il I : ru ml f ii t ht-r Honk. Tde next night nt dcdtlme every Hi -k knew what tin 1 hiiin-n-il ; John tili Itook hail Mulru away to unolhcl tree nml mil df n nest for dlmxt-lf. "Let everyone l nt that lice In tin rally f ihtii I iij;, Mild tiralidfulhiT i i "What's in a Name?" Dy MILDRED MARSHALL. "j J y.mr lucky day mti lu.ky Jwl ACS ATI I A ACATIIA. the good old Kngllh fuvorlte, has it tllsCnrtly Creek origin. It coinea from the (ireek word iiieanlug gisiil. I'or a long time It re mained Indigenous to Creere, hut final ly came to F.uroienn fume through a Sicilian girl called Agallia, who was tortured to death ut Home III the De clan persecution. Sicily straightway made her a guardian siilut nml since that little Island has always proved a hone of contention del ween w arring Kuropean countries, mid was held suc cessively, for periods of greater or h-ss duration, dy Hie Creeks, Sara cens, Normans, French. Arragonese. Spaniards and Idniidoiis. the mime of St. Agutha spread throughout F.urope. St. Agaiha's festival day Is cele drateil In the churches of all the coun tries which held Sdlly for a time. Kvcn Itiissln has adopted the mime nml calls It A mi tin. Agathu was the Mime home hy the daughter of Wil liam the OuMiucror whe was be trothed to the unfortunate lOurl Kdwln and died on her way to a state mar riage In Castllle. St. Agatha was a favorite saint In lOugland and the Klicars with which she was mutilated lire the symbol carved on many un old wooden church calendar. ' For that reason Agatha demure one of the most popular feminine names of F.ugdiuil. Its vogue demme so great that, like nil names In common use, It wns applied almost generally to the servant class. Agathu Is the inline of the Interesting maid servant In Souihey's "Doctor." Itut of late years H has leaped to prominent re vival milling the most aristocratic cir cles and I he MHt of "Honorable Aguthas" Includes n daughter of al umni every titled house In (irent llrlt aln. France likes Hie name and both Italy ami Spain have taken It without chnnge wild the exception of Hie as pirate wdlch they cannot pronounce. I'ortugiil calls It Agneda. The llauie hearted ruby Is Agathn's tallsmaiid slime. It Is mU to give her bodily strength and mental power and lo wear It Insures der poise nml regal hem 'n'. Tuexdny N her lucky day and ' bei 'm-ky number. Her llov.el K 'lie 1'!' ' "living PUI'. fol' TlUlltl .., i III lucked till llrll'l iimlt-r IllH vsnig. "!! i j i early, i-vi-ry one of you." There was very little noise In Che tree I hi' next morning iumI silently itinniliiiiber Itook li-il nil of the fnm lly to the tree hy I In- lli-hl win-re John nli' Inn luiiih' ii ln-w liomi. Itut when they reached there they wcri' far from unlet; such ii chattering Johnnlit iii'Vi-r hail heard In-fore. He linked hU bend out, hut lie did not have a chance to gel out of IiIh new home hy hlmHi-lf he wim helM-J hy a dozen or moio hllln giving In in idiury illjCH. "Sit -fin Hint hrnnrh," mild Orund falher Itook In a rroMH voice, "and we "III hold n court; hut, first, noint of joij inke care of that next." I'oor Irwinhllnj; Johunln had to ii trli hU ni-Ht iiulled In plecM before hln very eyes, hut what they were to do to him interi-Hti-d him much more, for the family loolti-d very crow. tJrandfathi-r Itook llrst told Johnnie whut n urine ofTeiiNi? It wn for a youiiK itook not to ri-MH-it hln fatuity tree and ko nwuy hy hluiHelf, mid then every one hejiati to chatter. Tick dim hard." hi Id some. "Heat him wllti our wlnjj," uld others, while othi-rit cried, "Death to the de-s-rier I" l'ior Johnnie nljnost fell off the llmh where he sat with fright mid Ida fcathersh(sk with hlM treiuhllnK. What would have hapiened to John nie he never knew, for at that moment (iraniluiother Itook spread her wings and Hew to n hraiich ahove the others. "(ilve lil m one more chance." she said; "he U very young and I um sure he did not know how terrlhle It Ii for one of our family to go hy him self." And so nfter a great deal of arguing and chattering It wn decided to give Johnnie another chance, which you may he sure he wii very glad to have. He flew hack to the family trees, and fiom that day there was no more lojal Itook In the family than Johnnie. r.i.yrlht ) i i Umti:da stati: laiuik v m MISII. t'. S. Wash, D. C. Dear (.iiiiiiiHhh F.ver six-nee du war ees queeta llbt I rendu houtn bow you gonna llnila Job for da soldb-r. I know some soldier w bosn no gottil some Job yet. so eef you sense (dense I wnnta make leetle suggest. l-asa week I go veeslt du congress eeu da capeetol building and I gotta pleiita deesgust. I t Ink dut bunch wiuka same shift llkn Hip Van Winkle. I go veeslt da senate, too, and he gotta siinia trouble. Seema llkn da whola bunch Jolnu da union, brenka da wbeesile mid den waltn fur da -wheestle to blow before can go to work. I askn one man how do congress makii da leevlng. He say, nllu dnt hunch gotta do ees passu da Hill. I dunno wheechn I 1 1 1 he mean, but lookn to me llkn was more pnssn da buck ns passu da Hill. He tella me congress somatlme tryklllu dn l'.lll but no mnkn ver gooda Job. So 1 link 1 gottn goodn nuggest, Meester (.'oinmlsh. I tlnk eef jou llnda new Job for da congress and puttn soldier boys pen dut plate ees great a stuff. You know dnt soldier boys startu after one Hill before. He was no dead yet, but be wus on dn hum so moochn now I bettn seexa bits he no geevu trouble some more. Wot you tlnk? ( k A LINE 0' CHEER By John Kendrlck Bangs. A BAD QUEST. OF ALL. bnd quest beneath the vault The worst, t vow, la finding fuult, linlesa the moment ynu detect 'era You do your durnedeat to correct 'em. (Copyright.) Worth Thinking About If our own interest Is not sufficient to make us he careful, let us think of the Interest to others. Warner. 3aaiii!i!l i t 'J ft , 'A i. -. t 7 A r V. , Claire Wlndaor, the charming "movie" actress with tha pretty face, halls from Seattle, Wash. She decided that she could act aa well aa "these queens of th 'movlea.'" She epent much of last winter making tha rounda of tha atudloa dally in her automobile before she was engaged by a producer. In the last year aha waa featured in aeveral important acreen plays. O HOW DO YOU SAY IT? Br C N. LURIE Common Error in English and How to Avoid Them "SORT OF." THIS expression, "sort of." like "kind or Is called by authorities on Kngllsb "un American provincial Ism," which menus that It Is used In some parts of America and has been used there for many years. Strictly speaking, the two expressions, "sort of" and "kind of" nre not errors, but certainly they nre not In favor among careful users of ICngll.sh, mid should he avoided. Especially Is this true when they become "sorter" and "kind er," ns they are prone to become, Then they nre certainly vulgarisms, to be avoided. "I felt sort of III," or "I felt kind of 111," we dear. It Is better to say "I felt somewdut 111" or "I felt rather 111." Df course, the word "sort" nnd the word "kind" have legltlmute uses, as nouns, but In such rases the word must be preceded by aa article. Thus, one may say, with propriety, "I felt a sort of Illness." or "I felt a kind of Illness." (Copyright.) A Lost Art. An old shepherd who has Just died In a village a few miles from here waa unable to count beyond three. Never theless, ho had charge of large flocks of sheep and could tell not merely when one was missing, but which pnr tlculnr animal had disappeared. The old mnn was unwilling to explain how he did it, and the secret dad died with him. Lelghton Huzzard correspond euce, London Dully Mull. - P I ' I) p? mm j J. K o f f2? (1) Standard-bred Plymouth Rock rooater of good type; (2) poor type with knock-kneea; (3) hen poaaeaaing good appearance; (4) poor type and weak constitution. (Prepared by the L'nlted Slates Depart ment of Agriculture. Late In the winter or early In the spring the poultry owner should select und mate his best dens to use for re producing Ids flock. To do this he must choose the seusoD'a breeding stock with cu re. Progress will be made most quickly by selecting and using the best Indi viduals In the flock as breeders rather than dy breeding the flock ns a whole. Standard-bred roosters of the right type should be used with the selected birds; the chickens then will be of a much higher quulity than the birds of last year's flock. Selecting Healthy Roosters. The selection f a male should be In fluenced largely by the character of th femules used. Any general weakness In the l-ns should be offset, so far as possible, by strength lu tbut particular In the mule. Only by continuous selection for heulth and vigor is It possible to build up a flock that will produce fertile eggs, strong chicks cnpnble of making quick growth, and pullets with sutll clent stnmlnn to stand the strain of heavy egg production. The nrpen ranee of a bird Is not al ways a sure Indication of its vigor, but appearance and action taken together are a fairly reliable guide, say poultry specialists of the United States De partment of Agriculture. The comb, face and wattles should be of a good I right color, the eyes bright and fairly prominent, nnd the heud broad and short, having a fairly 6hort well curved back and showing no tendency to be long, "snaky," or "crowheaded." The bird should be alert nnd have a strong, vigorous carriage; the legs set well apart nnd strongly supporting the body, with noy Indication of weakness or knock-knees. The bone lu the shank should 13 strong and not too tine for the breed, with the toes strong, straight nnd not too long. Clean, smooth plumage is desirable, as a lack of condition often nccompnnics soiled, roughened plumncro. Choose a bird In good flesh, ns a very thin bird Is usually In poor health. Sick fowls, or those apparently recovered from sickness, ought never to be used for breeding. In selecting stock for mating, the purpose of the breeding must be kept clearly In mind. To produce table POINTS CONSIDERED IN STANDARD-BREDS Size, Shape and Color Are Out standing Factors. Desirable Uniformity of Excellence Can Be Maintained In Every Practical Quality by Careful Selection of Breeders. Stnndnrd-bred poultry, as 'the phrase Is commonly used In America, Is poultry bred to thet standnrds es tablished by the American Poultry association. The principal points con sidered are size, shape and color, suy poultry specialists In the United States Department of Agriculture. Size nnd slinpe nre breed character istics aud largely determine practical vulues of poultry. Many stundnrd breeds are divided Into, varieties dif fering In color, but Identical In every other respect. Color Is not ' a pri mary utility point, but as a secondary fowls, select a breed that has a standard type, or a body shape suit able for carrying an abundance of meat. This type has a broad, deep body, good length of back and keel, and especially a broad breast well cov ered with meat. To breed for eggs, choose birds, as far as possible, that are good pro ducers or are the offspring of such birds nnd that conform to the standard requirements of the breed. The best layers In the liens should have been bunded or mnrked In some way In the fall, nt which time their production Is fairly well Indicated by their appear ance. The enrllest maturing pullets should be banded when they start to toy In the fall and early winter, as these early maturing birds usually mnke the best producers and may be used for breeding this year If desired. When to Mate the Bird a. Muting should be made at least two weeks before beginning to save the eggs for hatching. It Is often desirable to mate even further ahead, so that a few eggs can be Intubated for five or six days to see whether they are fer tile. If they are not fertile, there Is still time to change the male bird. The breed of birds Influences the size of the matings. If the fowls are con fined to a yard, it Is usually desirable to run from 12 to 15 females of a small breed with one male, while the females of the heavier breeds, only eight to ten are mated usually with one male. When the fowls have free range and the male Is strong and vigorous. It Is often possible to obtain fertile eggs with a much greater number of fe males to each mule. UNIQUE CORNSTALK DISEASE One Peculiarity Is Its Periodic Occur rence Without Any Sign of Causative Agent Cornstalk disease was first Investi gated In the United States In 18C8 and the disease still prevails. A peculiar ity of this disease is Its periodic occur rence, there being no definite indica tion of the presence jf uny causative agent In the cornstalks. It usually ap pears on many farms In a community the same season and frequently does not reuppeur for several .ears. point often comes 's for special con sideration. For example, a white va riety and a black variety of the same breed are actually Identical In table quality, but because some black birds do not dress for the market ns clenn and nice looking as white ones. It often happens that they are not as snlnble. When a flock of fowls Is kept for egg production only, uniformity In color Is much less Important than ap proximate uniformity li size and type, yet the more attractive appen ranee of a flock of birds of the same color Jus tifies selection for color as far as it can be followed without sacrificing any material point. When a poultry keeper grows his own stock year after year, he should -by all means use stock of a well-established popular stundnrd breed. By doing so and by selecting as breeders only as mauy of the best specimens of the flock as are needed to produce the chickens renred each year there Is maintained a highly desirable uni formity of excellence In every prac tical quality and a pleasing uniform ity lu color.