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the North.
Bwwu, house whisk (fires satis
faction in Oregon or Washington will
In glra good results In Texas ot Cali
fornia, The best (it for poultry bona in
AnT location it: ox where good era tar
nd air drainage are available. The
floor and Tarda wffl than be dry.
The boom should not occupy a low
hollow In waieh eold air settles. Wher
ever passible, a southern or seath east-
era exposure should be selected, al
though this it net essential if then il
any good season for facing the home
in a different direction.
Systetas Are Compared.
There are two papular way in which
to raise pool toy. the "inteoeiTe art
tern" and the "eeleny system." The
first ef those aims to save steps, and
seeomDliahes this purpose. Long sta-
toii&rr houses are used. It is easier,
however, to keep the birds healthy and
to reproduce the stoek under the second
system. ,
Under the colony system, the birds
are allowed free range, the houses,
Rouses, which hold about 100 hens each,
being placed from 200 to 250 feet apart,
so that the stock will not kill the grass.
This system may be adapted to severe
winter conditions by drawing the colony
houses together in a convenient place
t the beginning of winter, thus reduc
ing the labor daring the oold months.
The first system is more suited for hens
used solely for the production of mar
ket eggs than for those used to breed
stocky
7ew Fence as Possible.
Fences mean an outlay of money,
and this outlay is more or less continu
ous, as tbey must be maintained after
being installed. There should be as few
fences as possible dividing the lots and
the yards, as land can be kept "sweet
more- easily if not fenced, and fresh,
sweat land is a valuable asset in
poultry aisiog.
On good soiL a greensward may be
be kept up by allowing 200 to 250
square feet of land per bird, 'mis
means 217 or 174 birds per acre. More
space is necessary, on poor or light
land. A larger number of fowls are
usually kept to the acre where double
yards are used and the land is fre
quently cultivated, Plymouth rocks,
and the other heavy meat breeds in
small yards require fences 5 to 8 feet
high, while a fence 6 to 7 feet high is
necessary for leghorns. The upper two
feet of the feaee for the latter- may
be inclined inward at an- angle of 30
degrees, or a strand of barbed wire
may be need en top of the regular wire
to keep them confined, it is also some
times necessary to dip the wing feath
ers of one wing of these birds that per
sist in getting out A. board or strip
nloos the top of the fence is not ad-
yisable. Hens will often fly over such
a arrangement:
Faint Helps Appearance.
Posts may be set or driven into the
ground. They should be set 8 to 10 feet
aptr with common, poultry netting, or
16 to 20 feet with woven, wire. Corner
posts should be about 8 inches in
diameter, and be set four feet in the
eround, while intervening posts may be
4 or 6 inches in d'pfytft and set 2 feet
in the around., That part of the post
which is set. is the around may be
charred or treated with some wood pre
servative to advantage, while corner
posts should be firmly braced or sat in
cement
All buildings and appliances
poultry farm will be improved greatly,
both in appearance ana in serviceaou
tty by the addition of paint. One may
buy read-mixed paints, or may purchase
paste pigments and oil and mix tbem.
All surfaces should be clean and dry be
fore they are painted. Use s priming
soat made of equal parts of paint and
linseed oil and cover with one or more
coats of paint, which" should be thor
oughly rubbed into the surface.
Whitewash Is Cheap,
Whitewash is the cheapest of til
paints and may be used either for
terior or interior surfaces. It can be
made by slaking about 10 pounds of I
gnUkllme la J?aU with two gallons of J
water, eovenaf the psffl with. doth, or
burlap sad allowing it to slake (or one
hour. Water is the added to bring the
whitewash to a consist whisk, may
be applied readily
A weatherproof whitewash fat ex
terior surfaces may be mads ss follows!
(1) Sinks 1 bushel of quieklfcne fas U
gallons ot hot water, (I) dissolve t
pounds of common salt and 1 pound of
sulphate of aino in & gallons of boiling
water; poor (t) into (l)j then add 2
gallons of skim milk and mix thorough
ly. Whitewash is spread lightly over
the surface with a broad brush..
Feed Breeding Hens.
When large numbers of eggs- that
will hatch well and produee strong
Chicks are desired, breeding hens must
be well fed, both as to quantity and
quality. One should not expect to get
high production from hens which are
not abundantly fed without gradual
weakening of the stock.
One of two things must happen, when
fowls are fed too sparingly the de
veloping ovules will be reabsorbed, or,
in the case of fowls in which the laying
characteristic is strongly inherited, the
i will use material in the form of
food which should be used to build up
the body tissues in the manufacture of
more eggs.
In the latter case, egg production can
not keep up but for a short time, be
cause the bird rapidly loses strength.
An abundance of food is therefore one
of the necessities where a continuous
egg production, and strong ohicks are
desired.
WANTED-FARM LAND
Ws have- city property to exehsngs
for farm lands. Tell ns what yon have.
We will consider livestock, with or
without land. Will exchange western
land for eastern land or eity property.
SWANK BROTHERS
611 Northwest Building.
Main 4190. ' Portland, Oregon.
TYPEWR ITERS
BENT a Typewriter from tot manareciorere,
as for thru mentbs: Remington Ho. e or
i. 7: Smith Premier, No. I -or No. e; risible
Remington, Monarok, Smith Premier, (8 per
month delivered anywhere. Rebuilt machines
eold on est? payments.
REIUHOTOS TTFEWBITTSB COMPACT.
66 Bnedw. Pofliud. Oregon
Provide Plenty Feed.
Don't make the mistake of thinking
you can half feed your hens and make
a success of the poultry business. The
wants of the hen's body come first If
there is any surplus it goes into the'
egga. Where 'there' is no surplus there
are no eggs. It is your business to pro
vide enough food for' both the body
and the eggs.
RAT SWAT
The New Bodent Exterminator
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Write Us.
AMEBIC AN DISTRIBUTING 00,
1004 Broadway Bids;,, Portland,. Oregon.
Lower Freight Rates
Are Foreseen
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Have the trimming oa jour sate nlrkel-
pitied. Alse ell elkex kinds of finishes en
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promptly tilled.
OBEOON PLATISO WORKS
Mth ens. Alder. Streets. Portland, Oregon.
fsHE Pacific Coast Forwarding Com-
1 pany is operating offices and con
solidating warehouses at Portland,
Oregon, for the purpose of consolidat
ing less than carload shipments of
household goods, machinery and auto
mobiles into full carloads for all points
m the East, South and to Canada.
Cars are also operated from the East
to all points in the West for incoming
goods.
This service fills a long-felt want in
the shipping line as it new enables the
shipper of less than carload lots to com
bine his tonnage with other shippers of
the same commodity and through the
agency of the Pacific Coast forwarding
Company to secure- reduced rates and
better service en route without the use
less delay and eonseqqsnt loss sustained
when shipping leas than carload di
rectly through the railroad companies.
The system is now operating in the
Eastern territory on a very large scale
and has been endorsed by all railroads
as it furnishes them with carload busi
ness' with much less annoyance on ac
count of small danm-ge claims due to
excessive handling of goods.
The company loads and unloads its
own cars checking carefully every item
listed and in every way protects the
shipper. It is an enterprise that is ap
preciated.
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Oarl Stanley, Manager
O. Kirks Dmry, Asst. Mgr.
AfTBB and element proof
hotel with every modern
convenience and equip
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beautiful dining rooms. New
buffet Sample rooms. Bates
no higher than those in in
ferior establishments. Auto
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PACIFIC COAST FORWARDING OO.
807 By. Ex. Bids, Portland, Ore.
Cash Register Bargains
Our prices about half other dealers. We
pay highest price for second-hand regis
ters. We. do expert repairing and guar
antee our work. Will exchange to snit
our requirements. SUNDWALL CO, 805
2nd avenue, Seattle. Phone Main 1180.
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F H. Sehmals A Go. neid no udIuI SIC-
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er aa regular ehipper. of freeb eggs each
week and will end free on refcuest, by men
tioning uu- paper, aa egg case. Highest
market price guaranteed. Write today. Tag,
prices free. Teal, hogs, ponltry and hides
else wanted. Ho eommiaaion charged,
F. H. SCHMALZ & CO.
IIS Front Street, Portland, Oregon.
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