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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1914)
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION A Weekly Page of Poultry Hints to You Here Is a Department Full of Bright Ideas For Headers of the Home and Farm Magazine Section. l ; HANDLIira EGGS. AJrritB eggs coma out of storage and before they are placed in the re tail market thej are usually eaa t)led aad graded. Candling li done by kolding each egg before a candle or ether bright light in a space where the Effused light of the room is exetnded. ) Export eandlers can detect the changes Jtn the eggs aad grade them with won Jarful accuracy. By this process ssjv Isral grades of eggs are sometimes ob tained, each grade worth less than, the fethex. In the retail markets two of three different grades may appear side by side. The patron is permitted to be lieve the best grade are now laid eggs and that the others are sold storage ggs. Indeed, the better grades are sometimes labeled fresh eggs, and the Joke of it is thai usually the buyer does not knew the difference when the eggs re osed, The average palate cannot tell the difference between a new laid and one thai may be called near h. This is especially true of eggs that are taken from the shell before they are ooked. Those who prefer to et their eggs from the shell must have em new laid, as whatever flavors the egg contains are all retainod. Even stale eggs may be used for cooking as a part ingredient of a dish and give Utile sr no offense to the taste. PEESEEVINO EGGS. IN THE last two or three years the; water glass method of preserving egg has been tested out thoroughly, txtth on poultry plants and in laborator ies. In a test a 10 per cent eolation pre served eggs so effectually that at the land of fourteen weeks they appeared perfectly fresh. Ia most packed eggs the yolk settles to one side and the egg becomes inferior in quality. Again, most packed eggs will not beat up wall for cake making or frosting, while eggs fapt ia a water glass solution will give' the same results as fresh eggs. ""Water glass" Is the popular name for potas sium silicate or sodium silicate, the com mercial article often being a mixture of the two. Water glass usually is sold in, One or two forms, either a powder or a gyrnp-taick liquid. The retail price var ies, but usually is in the neighborhood Of 10 cents. EOOSTEB WITH HEWS. IT IS NOT necessary for a rooster to be among hens in order that their laying qualities may not be ear tailed. The rooster, it is advised, should be allowed with the bens only dozing ihe breeding season, and eggs that are intended for hatching purposes should be fertile, as the infertile ones will not hatch. Fertile eggs spoil very quickly when subjected to the ordinary methods ft handling on the farm and when mar keted during the hot summer months under adverse conditions. Infertile eggs will keep in good condition in temper atures which will cause fertile eggs to rot. The department advises that on fay 1 all male birds be either killed, sold, or confined until December 1 or as late as January in some localities, inas much as it is not necessary to the laying qualities of a hen that a rooster be maintained in the flock. Moreover, his presence during those months means fer tile eggs, which mean bad eggs, and the consequent loss to the producer and the consumer. SOFT BOASTERS, PRODUCING SOFT BOASTERS will make cull cockerels most profit able. Such roasters bring the highest prices when produced through caponizing. This operation yields the largest possible bird. The larger the bird the higher price paid per pound. The South Shore section of Massachu setts is noted for its largo numbers of tender, juicy, soft roasters, and the high market prices received for them. Hav ing decided to raise soft roasters, select the best cockerels for the freeding pens. This can be done when they are three or four months old. Caponize all other cockorols and feod them two or three months longer. By this time they will weigh eight pounds and be in prime market condition. Cracked corn, beef scraps and water should bo kept con stantly before them. Feed them some green food In the shape of eabbage Bpronted oats or green rye. Capons will Teach the desired, weight in a few weeks without other forcing than the above simple diet Soft roasters are in de mand all the year round, but bring the best prices in the early summer. It is well for those who have been selling their euH males for low market prices to eapordze and fatten them. It means greater profits. Caponizing not only increases the size and weight of the male at killing time, but the eapon's flesh is more tender, juicy and finer flavored than the ordinary fowl. This is the reason that eaponized toft roast en bring more per pound. FEED FOB SETTING HENS. FTTBT) the hens on whole grain dur ing the hatching period, giving I them plenty of green food, pore water and a dust bath. Do not worry the hens while the chicks are hatching, but clean out the broken shells when the hatching is about completed, and then leave them quiet for a day or even more, as nothing else will strengthen the little ehieks so much as rest and quiet. They should an no account be fed for at least 48 hours after they are hatched, or even longer. STAB TING THE CHICKS. IT IS important to give the chicks a good start in life and once start ed to keep them growing. Hold them up on dewey mornings and days of threatened rain. Confinement at such times is better than allowing them 1 to range through wet weeds and grass. Incubator chicks are hard to control in times of sudden showers if raised 'by hand," and it is generally best to eonfine their range to a given area and have the eeeps or shelters well! distributed ever this space. It it well to give the chicks to bens at hatching so that fhey will be lotted out is small bunches, and thus every hen knows her own eoop and takes her chiefcs into It en the approach of rain. ELEOTBIO INCUBATOR. POTJLTBT raisers may look forward to lessening their duties by util izing electricity, as electrically heated incubators and hovers are now on the market The Electrical World describes an eleetrie incubator and hover. The esse is built of'two-taeh cork boards, reinforced with steel cor ners. The top is entirely covered with steel, and the base on winch the egg tray stands is made of well -seasoned cypress covered with a thick felt pad. f The egg tray is made of galvanized steel, and has a removable wire mat on which the eggs are put A hole in the center allows the chicks, when hatched, to fall into a wire basket hung on run ner under the egg tray. Air is fil tered through elite in the felt pad base. A ventilating tube extending through the roof and attached to the cover leads down through the hole in the egg tray into the nursery chamber. The amount of air is varied by means of a sliding cap on the tube. CULLING PULLETS. CULLING of the pullets that are rapidly forging ahead should not be omitted, for there will be in any flock of young birds those that can bo distinguished by this time that wfll not develop into profitable layers. The cost of keeping colls win before long equal what they will bring when they are sent to the market It has been well said that if a pullet does not pay a profit the first year over and above her maintenance "she wfll never catch up with what she owes for her board." Furthermore it is not good policy to coddle weaklings, although one may wish to make the flock as large as possible, for they will not make good breeders and will prove a bill of expense. WTANDOTTES CAN LAY. j THOSE who claim to know so much about the egg type of Wyandottes, and have made the claim that this breed was losing out in the produc tion of eggs, should have been at Chi cago and obtained the data of many of the real leaders of this variety, who are justly sore that this breed, which has been among the leaders, not by booming, but standing on the record of merit for years, has been unjustly con demned by a few who have jumped at Conclusions before obtaining real facts and past records. Wyandottes have al ways been noted for their great laying qualities, and the new standard is not going to hurt this breed in any man ner. With the improved Standard the White Wyandottes should now become more popular than ever, snowing a longer bird, yet still retaining the curves that have made this breed most beautiful to look upon. SOBATCHXNGS. If the chickens are permitted te crowd into bunehes in a close house on hot nights they will easily catch cold when a damp, cool day comes. Better move the roosts out into the scratch ing sheds. . In caring for poultry there are three essentials that should never be over looked. They are: Clean water, green food and fresh air. lf!tl!F !"!!LIILIMnfin."inf fMirifT!MfIJ,?U! ,TflJflflSIT!MIJHi nMNI!ll!1H!inM U1MIN L , I ,' L . L -VNs ftetYour anadian Home Canadian Pacific ONT waste your time and money on worn-out land that is high-priced simply because it was once worth its present price 1 The richest virgin soO Is waiting for yon in Manitoba and the Alberta-Saskatchewan district. You can buy it for practically the same price per acre that the mere manuring per acre of soil In many parts ol the U. S. costal Fertile Canadian West often yon not only soil of wondrons productivity, but it also offers yon a splendid climate, churches of all creeds, splendid public schools, exceptionally good mpxkets. fine hotel find tranRnnrtfiHnn (rillllMlMi.M...iuj wo nave a iruiy ipienaia proposition to make to any earnest farmer or to men who wish to farm and who are sincere In tbelr dealre to uilU In this connfry. we actually are in a position to enable yon to van 10 acres for every acra thai you now own or farra-and every acra bore win produce domilt what a worn-out acra prodncea anywhere. On top ol that, we give you 20 Years to Par for It ,n aaia torero to wwr acre. ia lca" , 1 . Irrigation districts the price Is from PS to ti. Yon pay merely one twentieth down. The balance la split up into 19 equal pay ments. The farm win more than meet the payments and your bmuVt flrlraf ex pense. Canadian Pacific farms pay (or themselves oyer and over again before the time the last payment falls due. We can re (or yon to gvra of farmers who paid for their farms with the proceeds of Just one crop! Yon Are Loaned $2000.00 to Pay for Farm Improvements! Here Is land adapted to grain growing, to poultry raising, dairying, mixed farming and to cattle, hog and sheep raising. Yon decide for yourself what kind of farming yon wish to follow. The Canadian Pacrao helps yon select the land best adapted to your purposes. And then, U you so dealre It, we arrange to have Your Farm Made Ready hy Experts 2&f3Z Z an expert on the case and select the farm that wTD exactly suit yon tht one thai Sero L O. THORNTON DISTRICT RRPRE9ENTAT1V1 271 Pine Street, Multnomah Hotel Bldg. ro I LAND, OKKUUN y TheKindthatGrow "You CAN'T Keep Them In The Ground" SENT FOR CATALOGUE J. J. BUTZER 188-190 Front St. Portland, Oregon $60.00 A WEEK AND EXPENSES s Hat's the money yen should ret this year. I mesa It. I want County Sales Managers quiet, men or woman who toller ia the square deaL who will go into partnership with me. No ex- Eerience needed. Mr folding Bath Tub has taken the country y storm. Solves the bathing problem Ne plumbing ; ns water works required. Foil length bath In any room. Folds ia small roll, handy as an umbrella. I tall yon it's rreatl GREAT! Hirsts 100 bath room. Now listen I I want YOU to handle foot county. I'll furnish demons tritinj tub on liberal plan. I'm positire absolutely certain yon can gel bigger money ia t week with me than yua eve mads ia a month before I KNOW ITI TWO SALES A DAT ASM A MONTH Thai's what yea should get every month. Needed la even home, badlr wanted, eagarly bought. Modem bathing facili ties for all the people. Take orders right and left. (Juiok salsa, immense profits. Look at thee men. Smith, Ohio, gat 18 orders Bnl week; Meyers, Wise, 350 profit mi nwiMi avwwo, lauuornia, feu in three gays. Yon shoaU do as well. I BALES A DAY MEANS JOO A MONTH. Th work is vary easy, nleaeaat, permanent, faecinstkif. II maul a bniinass of you own. DEMON BTKATOTO TUB FURNISHED Little eanital needed. I grant cre- neip you out Don't donbt n't hold back 913 Factorial Bld ToUdl O Art ",,ek' B1FD H0 MONEY just name oa ia racvonea wag, XOieao, O. panuy post sard lor free tub affer. Husllel ' Av rS 7 0 - - ' Don't hesitate
