HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
PEiTS DESTROY ALFALFA.
Oreat Duu( DM la Mtnwr Coaaty
y Orasabof per.
Ufppner Grasshoppers br the mil
lion are appearing In torn localities in
Morrow county. They hare settled In
great number in the Sand Hollow
country, a farming district about ten
miles northeast of Heppner, where they
re doing considerable damage. They
re doing the most damage to alfalfa
nd the Lay crop, and in some places
are taking gardens.
The first crop of Alfalfa, which was
Immense, had practically all been
eaved, bat it is feared that very little
of the second crop can be saved, owing
to the ravages of the millions of these
insects that have been congregating in
the alfalfa fields. At Hynd Bros., a
b'.g ram h in Sand Hollow, they are so
thick in the alfalfa that in the evening
after the insects go to roost on the
heads of the alfalfa plants they can be
scooped up by the gallon by taking a
coal oil can or bucket and striking
through the grass. It is only the work
of short time to fill gnnny sack
Some of them caught in this way are
being fed to the hogs.
Along Willow creek, where there are
many alfalfa fields, the grasshoppers
are numerous and doing considerable
damage in some places they are attack
ing wheat fields but are not doing much
damage, owing to the fact that the
grain is nearing maturity and is getting
bard. However, thjy are stripping the
green leaves from the stalks. In the
wheat belt they have not appeared in
sufficient numbers to cause any alarm
nd the damage to the wheat crop will
be of little consequence.
TENT CITY SPRINQS LP.
Prospectors Swarming to Sowtbcra Ore-
goa QoU District.
Grants Pass Numbers of prospectors
re outfitting at Grants Pass daily and
starting for the mines on Thompson
creek and all through the Sucker creek
country. They are coming from differ
ent points as far away as Idaho and
Southern California.
The actual digging of gold at the
Briggs claim, on Thompson creek, has
stopped for the present, as thjy are
now engaged in bringing ditch from
the headwaters of Thompson creek to
the mine for the purpose of supplying
water. All of the dirt moved will be
sluiced or puddled in order to get all
the values they carry.
Already a townsitte has been located,
and it is reported that there are now
60 tents up and prospectdrs with pack
animals are arriving daily. Another
strike of a large body of rich ore has
been reported near the Briggs find.
Damage Is Umatilla Not Serloaa.
Pendleton The damage to grain from
the heavy rain which visited a portion
of Umatilla county last week was not
s extensive as at first believed. Farm
ers living in sections where the lain
was heaviest leport the grain lodged
in many fields, but believe that most
of it can be saved. John Crow, an ex
tensive wheat raiser on the reservation,
probably the largest loser, says his
loss will reach $5,000. The country
around Warren station received a se
vere drenching. A number of bridges
were washed out.
Oem Mine Changes Hands.
Baker City Announcement is mads
by Mr. Frank Geiser that the old Gem
mine at Sparta, one of the big produc
ers .of the Baker City camp, will re
sume full operations by July 10, under
the direction of the (Seisei-Hendryx
company. The parties interested will
not permit much of a statement to be
made at present, but sufficient is
known to make the statement that the
property has been sold to the Geisei
Hendryx company.
Busy Month In Land Office.
Salem June has been a busy month
in the state land office as shown by the
statement of receipts made by Clerk G.
G. Brown. The rush has been due in
some degree to the payment of balances
on old notes and certificates of sale,
which payments were demanded bj the
land board some time ago and were re
quired to be paid prior to July 1. The
business of the office amounted to more
than $ 1,500 a dey during June.
Pest of Grasshoppers.
Pendleton Completion of cutting of
the bay crop of Butter creek and Mor
row county has saved it from what
would probably have been serious dam
age by grasshoppers, which are more
numerous than for several years in the
hay fields of the western part of this
county and in Morrow. The firat crop,
however, Is nearly all taken off and
the pest will be unable to work serious
harm.
Wheat Cutting Is Commenced.
Helix Wheat cutting has begun in
the Cold Spring country west of here,
near the Columbia, this section being
among the earliest in the Inland Em-
pire. Only a few farmers are at work,
out in some parts of the county cutting
will be continuous until Umatilla's big
harvest is all in. No definite report
has been received as to how the first
. cutttinga are running.
ALFALFA IS mt.NO K301.
SuccMtral Reeaits el ExperbMata la
Marios Caaaty.
Salem The experiments conducted
by Gilbert A. Patterson in growing al
falfa on one of their farms near this
city seems to be very satisfactory in iU
results. The alfalfa was sown three
jears ago, on bottom land. For two
seasons the crop was very light but the
alfalfa is now becoming well set and
seems to be good producer.
The first cutting this season yielded
ten tons on three acres. The alfalfa is
now foot tall and there is every pros
pect for yield of from one to two tons
per acie for the second cutting, with
some fall pasturage left. The dryness
of the season has not yet had any ap
preciable effect upon the crop.
Where the alfalfa is glowing there is
about 12 feet of soil on top of gravel
containing water. Presumably the
roots of the alfalfa find their way down
to the water or at any rate go deep
enough so that the dry weather does
not affect them.
A number of farmers in this section
of the valley are experimenting with
alfalfa, and though they have difficulty
in getting start they believe that the
ultimate results will be satisfactory
and that this fodder plant will become
a common product in this section of
the state. The (act that it need not be
re sown every year or two, that it is
not affected by drouth, that it can be
cut before and after the usual June
rains, gives it its chief value as farm
product in the valley.
Lay Dwst With OO.
Oregon City Experiments that have
been made on Main street with crude
nil for keeping down the dust have met
with success, so claim the city offic
ials, and it is very likely that the oil
will be used in the future by the city
in solving the problem of fighting dust.
The first test was a failure for the rea
son that the oil was carried on the
shoes of pedestrians into the stores o
the merchants. After two days the oil
bad dried and there is little or no dust
in front of the stores where the oil was
used.
Large Ac rear In Barky.
.Umatilla Barley heading has com-,
menced in northern Morrow county in
the Lexington and lone neighborhoods
along the northern portion of the
Heppner branch of the O. R. & N.
Grain in the last two weeks has ripened
rapidly and there is every prospect that
the largest crop of wheat in Morrow's
history will be harvested. Fall grain
is better than normal and the only ap
parent shortage will be in spring grain
sown unusually late.
Berry Season Over.
- Freewater The strawberry season is
about over around Freewater and Mil
ton, and the bis rush ia in cherries.
Final returns from the strawberty out
pat show that little over balf what was
ex Dec ted was realized. Onlv a few
crates are going out daily.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Flour Valley, $3.900 4.05 per bar
rel; bard wheat straights, $44.25;
clears, $3.854.10; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.404.70; graham, $3.5004;
wholewheat. $4(34.25; rye flour, $4.50.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6769c; blue
stem, 77c; valley, 78e.
Barley Feed, $23 per ton; rolled,
$24.5025.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.20; gray,
$1.15 per cental.
Millstuffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid-.
dlings, $23.50; shorts, $21; chop, $18;
linseed, dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy $1516 per ton;
clover, $89; grain, $1112; cheat,
$11312.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 1920c per
dozen.
Cheese Full cfeam, twine, new
stock, 12fll2c; old. stock, 78c;
Young America, 1314c.
Poultry Fancy hena,'12H13c per
pound; old hens, 12312)c; mixed
chickens, llllc; springs, 1 to 2
pound, 1819c; broilers, 1 to Im
pound, 1920c; di eased chickens, 13
14c; turkeys, live, 1416c; do dressed,
1516c; do choice, 1820c; geese,
live, 78c; do dressed,. 910:;
ducks, old, $67 per dozen; do young,
as to size, $250(36; pigeons, $11.25.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack;
carrots, $1.50; beets, $1.25; parsnips,
$1.25; cabbage, l4l;J4c; lettuce,
bead, 2540c per doz; parsley, 25c pet
doz: tomatoes, $1.251.50; cauliflow
er, $1.752 per doz; celery, 7590c
per doz; cucumbers, $101.25 per doz;
asparagus, 50c; peas, 46c per pound;
beans, green, 45c; wax, 45c; squash,
$1.25 per box; green corn, 60c per doz.
Honey $3fit3. 50 per case.
Potatoes Fancy, 75 $ t per cental ;
new potatoes, $2.25 per cental.
Fruits Cherries, 45c per pound ;
gooseberries, 6c per pound; raspberries.
$1.25 per crate; apples, new, $11.75;
apricots, 80$l per box; plums, 90c
$1 per box; peaches, 90c$l per box;
cantaloupes, $2.753 per crate; water
melons, 3c per pound ; prunes, $1.25
per box.
Beef Dressed, 56c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, 46c per pornd;
lambs, 6c.
Veal Dressed, 100 to 125, 67c per
pound; 125 to200, 55c; 200 andup,
34c. '
Pork Dressed, 100 to 150. 77c;
150 and up, 67c.
Hops 1903 crop, 23c per pound.
Wool Valley, 19(320c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10 17c; mohair, 30c
per pound for choice.
AMY DRIVEN OCT.
Raaalaas Lata Three el Oater DatiBMS
at Pert Arthar.
Tokio, July 5. The Japanese arms
have been victorious at Port Arthur.
Possession has ben secured of Cbik
wanahen, Chitansan and Sochoctan
pits, which form part of the defenses
of the beleaguered forti ess. Particu
lars of the fighting are slow in arriv
ing, General Oku withholding has offic
ial account until the complete plana
are can led out. From unofficial ac
counts, however, it is learned that the
battle lasted from an early hour in the
morning uutil 5 o'clock in the after
noon, and even after the Russian! bad
been driven out of their works, they re
formed and attempted to reUtt the
positions.
The Japanese had been preparing
tor the attack for a week, and their
scouts had penetrated to the very edges
of the forts so that axurate maps of
the intervening ground were in the
hands of the chiefs of divisions on
Saturday night, when the that foi
ward movement was undertaken.
The troops slept in their blankets to
the eastward of the Russian position
Saturday night, and at daybreak the
order to advance was given. The
Japanese were formed in three lines,
while the artillery had been posted at
light angles to the fort, so its fire
would prove most effective. The
mounted infantry and legular cavalry
were posted west of Pintu, with orders
to guard against any attempted flank
ing movement, and at the same time to
be in a position to support the infantry.
It is understood that the next objec
tive point of the Japanese is Tuching
tie, the key to the eastern defeases of
Port Arthur, and its reduction ia be
lieved to be merely a matter of days.
The news of the success of the Japan
ese arms is particularly pleasing at this
time, following as it does the Russian
report that General Oka and his army
had retired trom Port Arthur's vicinity.
JEERS MOVED NAVY.
Port Arthur troops are Said te Hare
Driven Fleet to Sea.
Chicago, July 2. A special from
Chefoo to the Chicago Daily News says:
Eight refugees who left Port Arthur
in a Chinese junk were picked np this
morning. . They belonged to the upper
class. The information they gave
seems reliable. They stated that the
Russian fleet now consists of the fol
lowing ships in good condition: .The
Czarevitch, Retvizan, Pobieda, Perese
viet, Poltava, Diana, Bayan, Novik and
20 torpedo craft and steamer boats.
The torpedo transport Amur is damaged
and the battleship Sevastopol slightly
damaged, but tbeycan soon be repaired.
There are 12,000 sailors and 4,000
soldiers in the fortress. Women are
largely employed as nutses. There (re
250 artisans and 2,000 citizens. These
2,000 have been drafted into the army
and are now drilling daily. Theie is
plenty of food, but the government is
controlling prices in order to prevent
speculation. .
The refugees asserted that, owing to
the jeers of the army, the fleet was
forced to niake its recent demonstration
in order to preserve the morale of the
garrison.
RUSSIA QBTS SUBMARINE.
Famous Protector on Steamer Headed
for Baltic Sea.
London, July 1. The London Daily
Leader prints a dispatch this morning,
credited to its Copenhagen correspon
dent, declaring that the steamer For
tuna, on board of which ia the cele
brated Lake submarine torpedo boat
protector, has been sighted making for
the Baltic sea, where the fighting ma
chine will be turned over to represen
tatives of the Russian government, and
transferred to some point where it can
be loaded on a train for shipment to
Vladivostok.
When the protector disappeared from
Newport, Va., representatives of the
Lake Submarine company admitted she
had been sold to persons who would
transfer her to one of the belligerants
in the Far East, but gave the impres
sion that Japan would be the nation to
secure the craft.
Carried Away By Cloudburst.
Pittsburg, July 2. Over 600 homes,
business houses and schools, a . short
distance from Pittsburg on the Pan-
Handle railroad, were inundated by a
cloudburst last night. Many buildings
and bridges were washed away, horses
and cattle were drowned, and at least
one life was lost. The flood did not
subside until daylight, and many fam
ilies slept out of doors all night.
Tracks washed away, and many towns
above and below Oakdale and Carnegie
are without means of communica
tion.
dale Kills Many.
Moscow, Russia, July 2. A tor
nado swept the city last night causing
enormous damage. Forty-five persons
were killed and 13 injured are being
cared for in the hospitals. Two vil
lages near here in the track of the
storm were destroyed. One hun
dred and fifty deaths are reported there,
while 85 persons were hurt. The tele
graph system was prostrated and rail
road communication is interrupted.
Arkansas Town Wiped Out.
Texarkana, Ark., July 2. It ia re
ported that the town of New Boston, 25
miles south of here, was wiped out bf
a tornado tonight and several people
killed or wounded. The telegraph and
telephone wires are down.
DIRECTORS HELD
CORONER'S JURY SAYS THEY ARE,
RESP0NSlBlEF0S WRECK.
Mate Charged With Acting la Cow.
rdty Maaear laspoctor Outtty el
MUcoadoct la AUowtag Vessel te Op
- erate a ad Oovaramaat Is Ala Re
nested to Take Up Mia Cats.
New York, July 1. The Inquiry con
ducted by Coroner Berry and Jury In
to the General Slocum disaster was
concluded today, and, after nearly four
hours' deliberation, verdict was ren
dered in which the directois of the
Knickerbocker Steamboat company,
Captain Vanschaick,, of the Slocum;
Captain Pease, the commodore of the
company's fleet, and others were held
criminally responsible. Warrants for
their arrest were issued. The mate of
the Slocum, Edward Flanagan, accord
ing to the jury, acted in a cowardly
manner, and the misconduct of Steam
boat Inspector Lundbeig, It was report
ed, should be brought to the attention
of the Federal authorities.
The charge in each rase is man
slaughter in the first degree Bail is
fixed by the coroner varying from $1,
000 to $5,000.
Edward Flanagan, the mate, was the
first arraigned. He pleaded not guilty,
and his bail was fixed at $1,000. He
was committed to jail. Inspector Lund
berg pleaded not guilty, and was re
leased on $1,000 bonds.
Bail was fixed at $5,000 each for
President Barnaby and Secretary At
kinson, and bonds were furnished at
once.
Captain Vanschaick is prisoner in
the hospital. Captain Pease will not
be arrested until tomorrow, when it is
expected that the directors of the com
pany will also be taken into custody.
The jury is also of the opinion that
the system of inspection which prevails
in the harbor of New York Is vety in
efficient, and does not properly dempn
atrate whether the lifeeaving apparatus
and fire appliances on the vessels in
this harbor are in proper and suitable
condition to prevent the loss of life,
and we recommend to the secretary of
commeice and labor that he issue such
instructions to the supei vising and
local force of inspectors as will cause
them to efficiently and honestly exam
ine the boats plying.in and about the
harbor.
Formal testimony was presented that
905 bodies bad been recovered, of which
all but 40 met death by drowning.
Floyd 8. Corbin, named as one of the
directors of. the Knickerbocker com
pany, tonight said be is not a director
of the company, having been replaced
at the last meeting of the company's
stockholders m February, and that he
does not own single share of stock.
He was much surprised by the verdict
of the coroner's jury.
KUROKI LESS SBCURB.
The Russians' Have Strengthened Their
Bam and Flank.
Haicheng, July 1. The war picture
has quickly changed, thanks to General
Kurokl's movements. -
A boa vy engagement is expected to
morrow near the village of Simoucheng,
15 miles south-southeast of Haicheng,
and an equal distance due east of the
railway. The Japanese have now
passed Dalin Hill and are 20 miles south
of the Russian position.
The Associated Press correspondent
returned here from Tatchekiao at dawn
today. A terrific rain rendered the
roads almost impassable.
The Russian regiments are camped on
high ground. Signal fires from the
hilltops are constantly flaring, lighting
up-the bivouacs and the horse lines of
the cavalry regiments. Long trains of
soldiers are constantly passing and re
passing.
The Russian troops are in excellent
condition. General Kuropatkin and
his staff ate apparently quite easy in
their minds. The Japanese have given
the Russians time to strengthen their
base and flank, while General Kuroki
is not as secure as formerly from a
flank attack.
General Kuroki cannot get around
the Russian position without forcing a
fight.
Colorado Irrigation Work Assured.
Montrose, Colo., July 1. The Gun
nison River tunnel, which will furnish
water for the irrigation of thousands of
acies in Uncompahgre valley, is assured
by the filing today of bonds aggre
gating $200,000 guaranteeing the entire
subscription of 80,000 acres required
by the government before entering up
on the project. Already 76,467 acres
have been subscribed, and Chief En
gineer F. II. Newell notified the com
mittee in charge oi the local arrange
ments that he would order the en
gineers to proceed with the work.
Will Be Non unionized.
Colorado Springs, July 1. The re
duction mill at Colorado City, owned
by the Portland Gold Mining company,
closed down this aiternoon for two
weeks. The necessity of making re
pairs and a shortage of ore", occasioned
by the recent closing down of the mine
at Victor by the military authorities,
are given as the reasons for the action.
There is no doubt that the mill will be
nonunionized when it' resumes opera
tions. Battleship Reported Ashore.
London, July 1. A dispatch to the
Central News from Tokio says it is re
potted that another Russian battleship
has been discovered stranded off Tiger
Rock. It is presumed she was wrecked
while returning to Port Arthur after
the recent naval engagement.
How to lialld a Land Hollar.
A roller Is almost ludlapeuaable for
some kinds of farm work, and good
oue may be made by covering mower
wheels with 2 by 4 a. as shown In the
Illustration. The roller ran be made
any desired length, but seven feet Is
very good alie. Cut the projections
from the surface of the wheels with
heavy hammer and cold chisel. This Is
not as great task as one would
think. Hart your blacksmith drill the
holes If you have no drill, one every
four Inches on alternate edges of the
wheel. The holes and bolts should be
half an inch In diameter.
It la best to have boxes bolted under
the frame for the Journal and set
screws In the hubs. Make the frame
of 4 by 4 Inch stuff. Cut tenons lu the
end pieces to fit the mortise la front
and buck and rut mortises lu tho end
pieces eight Inches from the shoulder
of the tenon for the second front and
A LAND BOLMa.
back pieces. These second pieces make
the frame rigid If properly put to
gether. Notch the tongus oue Inch
whore It crosses the frames and brace
It with heavy Iron straps. A seat can
he made by bolting on two light wagon
wheel rims as sbowu and bolting an
old mower seat on a board on top.
14:1s roller properly made and cared
for will last lifetime. American
Agriculturist
Provide Agalnet Drought.
With a possibility of short pasture
staring him In the face each year,
the farmer with much or little stock
who does' not provide against' the
drought so far aa be can, makes
serious mistake. Probably the better
way to do this Is In combination with
the plan which provides for early for
age plauts. This can be done another
year by sowing rye In the late sum
mer, sowing successions, which give
one green forage for early au miner
carrying one, with the pasture, nearly
or quite to the time when the forage
corn may be fed.
Most of the experiment stations who
have tried It agree with farmers that
Thoroughbred White Flint corn Is one
of the best If not the best variety
for this purpose, especially If It Is
put In as early as possible. If sow
ing Is delayed until late, then we be
lieve that sweet corn, sown broaden st.
will give crop for early fall feeding
better than any other. Among the
various suggestions given here, one or
more are suited to almost every farm.
Te Tighten liprh Wire.
I send you a sketch to tighten bnrb
wire fence, take a piece of broom stick
or old buggy or wngbn spoke,-place
on the wire to be tightened and wrap
closely near one end with baling wire
about three or four Inches. By turn
ing the spoke around several times the
TIOHTKHINO BARB WIBE.
wire will become tightened, when the
end Is made fast by another piece of
wire.
High Price of Wheat.
In 1807 wheat was very scarce In the
country before the harvest of that
year, says Orleans Republican. A
farmer bought, about C8.000 bushels,
nearly all of It from July 28th to Octo
ber 20th, and not a single bushel under
$2 and from that up to $3.40; most of
It cost from $2.10 to $2.25 per bushel.
They ground from , 1,000 to 1,200
bushels per day when everything ran
all right. They sold Bettls & Bailey
sixteen barrels of the flour at
$10 per barrel for retailing and sold
some flour at their Eagle Harbor mill
for $18 per barrel. Mr. Tanner fur
ther says that he once paid the lnte
Ira Hanford (he cannot recall the year)
$10.00 per 100 pounds for three dressed
hogs, and be once paid the late Nor
man Bennett $0.30 per bushel for
beans. No wonder fanners accumulat
ed money In those good old days.
Nebraska Foreat Planting.
In 1801 considerable area In the
Sand Hill region of Nebraska was
planted with bull pine, Scotch pine and
Banks' pine, and a variety of deciduous
species such as black locust, birch, box
elder, cheiry and red oak was also
planted. After twelve years' growth
the larger trees of the Banks' pine are
from fifteen to twenty feet high, tho
Scotch pine from four to twelve feet
and the bull pine from three to eight
feet The grove at present Is dense In
growth and fully covers the otherwise
almost worthless sand hills, ft la said
ap
H
mm
this early plant
Ing was based the forest reserv In
Western Nebraska, which is to b
planted under the supervision of the
bureau of forestry.
Itaaatlfylag llalldlaga.
Aside from Its cleansing properties)
Hme In the form of whitewash used
as paint will materially Improve the
appearance of outbuildings. Unless
the barn Is small coat of paint Is
preferable to the whitewash. If you
object to ths staring white on the
buildings stir Into the whitewash lit
tle lampblack, which will give the mix
ture lead color, light or dark, ac
cording to the quantity of lampblack
used. If one has stretch of stone
fence or stone outbuilding It may be
made exceedingly attractive by plant
ing Ampelopals Veltchlt (Japanese or
Boston Ivy), and letting It run over
ths walla.
This plant Is of creeping nature
with sticky tendrils, which cling to any
rough surface, lbs greeu of the folia
during the auiuiuer Is exceedingly at
tractive and the shades of brown and
gold In the autumn as handsome aa
tho leaves of the forest trees during
the ait me mil ion. Plants are low In
price and In three years after Betting
they will make a growth sufficient to
rover the side of a building of con
siderable slse.
What to Teach tho Dora.
Teach them to plow thoroughly and
well. .
To chop with both the right and the
left hand.
To bow grain broadcast as well aa
with the drtlL
To run the reaper, the mower and
the binder.
To milk cow clean.
To feed the cows, horses and other
stock right
To drive ths horses on the road and
on the farm safely.
To harneas the horses and to car
for them In the i table.
To bring In the wood for night with
out being reminded of It every time.
To hoe corn and potatoes and to dig
them la their season.
To be good clt liens, loving their
country and respecting Its Institutions.
To seek the fellowship of good men,
good books and good things In nature.
Farm Journal.
On-Man flaw.
The sketch, by Max Mack, lllus
t rates very simple and good plan for
rroRS-cut saw when operated by one
A ONE-MAN SAW.
man. When oue person tries to operate
a cross-cut saw the blade is Inclined
to wabble. Procure a young, slim sap
ling and bend It as shown In the II lus
tration, fastening It to both ends of
the saw, when the saw Is reudy for
business.
Laying Til In Muck Landa.
Muck lands when thoroughly drain
ed frequently make veritable garden
spots. Rut unless the tile lines are
laid with sufficient fall, preferably In
to the clay subsoil, and carefully cov
ered the soft muck Is liable to soon
clog them. Wo have found that a
little extra care In attending to theno
points will pay exceedingly well and
prolong the jwrlod of usefulness of the
drains for years. The llfo of a drain
carelessly Inld In muck Is very short
It Is often advlxnble to put board
both under and on top of the tiles, re
marks Mr. Grelner In Furru and Fire
side. Poultry Picking.
As ft rule, old hens wake the best
mothers. v
Lice will gather In the nests, If any.
where.
Chickens can be made to grow faster
by feeding often.
Sour milk and buttermilk are both
good to mix with soft food.
Mix powdered charcoal and sulphur
occasionally with the soft feed.
, Coal oil applied to the roosts In
small quantities will kill parasites.
Too constant setting makes the hens
of had disposition and difficult to man
ege. The poultry quarters should be thor
oughly whitewashed Inside and out fre
quently. The flesh of birds differs In quality
according to the food on which they
they feed.
Furnish as great a variety of diet
as possible and feed as much as the
fowls will eat -
Do not hatch bantams until late in
tho summer If you would have them
beautiful and diminutive.
Little chicks have no teeth and must
have sand, crushed bone, sholl and
charcoal In some form.
The laying of soft-shcllod eggs some
times results from overfeeding and
sometimes from lack of shell material.
One of the great secrets lu poultry
raising is to get good laying strains
and keep them In good health arid .
condition.
If chickens are allowed on the
roosts too young,, their breasts often
get crooked, and their growth and ap
pearance spoiled.
Much of the disease to which fowls
are afflicted may be traced for its
origin to a neglect In not providing
good ventilation.