T H E G A T E C IT Y J O U R N A L , N Y S S A , O R E G O N
HAIR NETS AND ARMENIANS;
DAIRY
FACTS
QUALITY OF MARKET BUTTER
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Interesting Comparieon Between Coet
of the Former and the Clothing
of tha Latter.
SERUM WILL PROTECT SWINE
Erronaoua Impression Prevails That
Hog Cholera Will Be Eradicated
In Few Years.
PIGMIES OF POULTRY WORLD
' (P r *s a r* 4 by th# lln lltd Btstra D t p t r lin e il
iP repered by the United States Department
o f Asrtculturo. >
o f Agricu ltu ra!)
Bantam Breed« Have Dletlnct Utility
Value for Egg Production for
Family Use.
Department of Agriculture Offer«
Commltaion Man Court of
Laet Report.
The impression that hog cholera Is
u disease that will he eliminated be
fore many years through the use of an-
tl-hog cholera seruai has been spread
throughout the country, but there la
little ground for auch u belief, suys the
United Stutes Department of Agricul
ture.
The serum treatment, when
properly given, will protect hogs
against the disease, but It dues not go
to the source und eliminate the germs
from the country, which would be nec
essary If hog cholera is to become a
thing of the past. It might be possible
to ellmlnute the disease If every hog
In the United States could be kept im
uiuulzed ull of the time, but such u
measure would be Impractical, If nol
impossible.
Hog cholera Is of varying preva
lence, both as to the time of the year
and as to periods of several years. In
the fall—October and November—
there Is more of this disease than In
the other months. The number of
hogs per thousand affected by It
changes greatly from year to year,
also. There have been years, such as
1887, 1897 aud 1913, when cholera
raged throughout the corn belt, caus
lng great losses to farmers. In the
years Intervening between these high
points the losses were relatively low.
Since 1913 hog cholera has been but
Stirring and TaKiny I amp*ratura of slightly prevalent as compared with
Cream.
the worst years, but there Is no assur
ance that other great waves of the
an Inspection service that stands al
disease will not occur as they did be-
most as a court of last resort. Any fore serum wus used. II has been hut
person who wants this service may eight years since the Inst high point In
have it by applying for It. The gov losses from cholera, and the recorus of
ernment Inspectors examine butter In the Department of Agriculture show
cars, In storage, or In stores, and thr that the period between the high
eertiticates they Issue stand In court
points of prevalence Is usually 10
but they seldom get that far, as the.'
yeura or longer.
are almost universally accepted.
This full there are reports of lu-
At the National Dairy show, whlcl
creased losses from cholera, hut som*
was held In St. Paul, Minn., October f-
Increase is to he expected every fall
to 15, butter Inspectors showed how
they do their work, and exhibits tha
have been prepared by the depart
ment showed the great advantage that
comes from marketing butter of a hlgl
grade. On the face o f It butter tha'
scores 88 would not seem to be mucl
inferior to that which scores 92, but i
wns shown that the spread of price be
tween those two grades Is very large
far greater than the difference in cos
o f manufacture. As Poor Riclian
might have said: “ A little better but
ter mnkes a much bigger bunk bal
once."
In the past buttermakera have often
been in the dark us to the real quullty
of the butter they put upon the mar
ket, and frequently they feel that they
have not been fairly treated by com
mission men and others In the mar
kets. But the creamery man is not
without friends, for the United Stutei
Department of Atrrlcultvre offers hie
(Prepared by th « United States Department
o f A gricu ltu re.)
Baking Powder.”
Mrs. J. L. M.
ROYAL
BAKING POWDER
Absolutely, Pure
Contains No Alum
S P E C IA L S T E N C IL O F F E R
"Nature’s Beautiful Tint«.’’
T H E A L A B A S T IN E C O M P A N Y
164* Grand.il! • Avaoua
Whlta Cochin Bantam.
veloped from the larger standard
breeds they have muny of the sum#
cha racterl8tlcs.
Reports collected from Bantam
breeders show that the average hen
will eut from 25 to 35 pounds of feed
in a year, which Is about one-half as
much us a hell of the Mediterranean
breeds or one-third as much ns a hen
of the larger breeds would eat.
A copy of the bulletin may be ob
tained free by addressing the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington,
D. C.
When Making Purchase Insist Upon
Knowing Yearly Milk Production
of Ita Dam.
When buying a bull Insist upon
knowing the yearly milk production of
his dam and the average per cent of
butterfat. A seven-day record Is of
little value in determining the actual
dairy worth of a cow, for by good
handling It is possible to greatly in
crease her percertage of butterfat.
Easy to Make Runts.
It Is easy to make runts out of well-
bred pigs by not feeding the sow well.
A brood sow should receive, therefore,
all the concentrates she will clean up
as soon as the pigs are large enough
to take the milk.
Leaves No Bitter Taste
Send for New Royal Cook Book — It’s FREE
W e w ill supply cut stencils to any user o f Alabastine— one stencil
for each room requiring not less than two packages, if you will
send the U rge words A L A B A S T I N E cut from the face o f the
packages over the cross and circle, accompanied by 15c in stamps
or silver for each stencil desired, covering postage and packing.
W rite for free booklet,
When Confined in Pen Until Lata in
Day, Laying Hen Will Go
Straight to Her Eggs.
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Barnyard Manure.
Haul out runt manure and spread
It on your fields. It will pay yon wet
for the time and trowbla
successfully if we use Royal
Alabastine is a dry powder; mixes with
•old water; directions on each package.
Used on plaster, wall board
and all wall surfaces. W h ite and artistic, durable
tints. Cross and circle printed in red on each package.
The fact that farm products have
brought smaller returns In recent
months hns no doubt caused less
serum to be bought, and many farm
ers have lost their herds when they
might have saved them. Perhaps they
could not have prevented the occur
rence of the disease, but they could
have prevented the hogs from dying
of It.
Getting rid e f hog cholera Is not a
simple matter, which may be appre
ciated wnen it Is remembered that the
Infection has been carried to all parts
of the United States and that the
ways In which It spreads are probably
cot all thoroughly known. It may be
many s long yeur before this plague
of the swlue ludustry is eliminated.
The best thing to be done now Is for
each farmer to keep close watch over
his herd, and on the first suspicion of
the disease Immunize every hog.
Some men now consider Immunize-
tlon against hog cholera as one of the
regular expenses of pork production
and have It done every year. They
realize thnt It Is not a cuje. but only a
prevention ngnlnst loss. Kven when
serum la used there la sometimes a
loss, hut In nearly all cases the method
Is very successful. It Is the only de
pendable means available for prevent
ing losses from hog cholera.
Keep Fire In Tank Heater.
Ice water Is fine In summer, hot
keep the stock from It In winter by
keeping a fire In the tank-heater.
even we amateurs can cook
Instead of Kalsomine or tVall Paper
!
FIND HIDDEN TURKEY NESTS
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perience 1 am glad to find that
orator. If you are unable to
secure one you can do the work
yourself, tinting and stenciling
Farmer Should Immunize Every Hog j
en First Suspicion of Cholera.
Cow Has One Purpose.
A dairy cow lias one purpose, which
Is to produce and this the cows of the
recognized r’ alry breeds do more
profitably.
two and one-half years’ ex
your local dealer to rec
A SK ommend
a practical dec
Method Developed by Department of
Agriculture Has Passed Into
Commercial Stage.
ASCERTAIN RECORD OF BULL
“ A s a young housewife of only
The hair nets milady weurs would
cloth* several orphun children In Ar
menia for more than six months. Tliut
Is, the coat of them would. Even A r
menian orphans are sometimes more
modest than milady.
Experts have figured that $1.80 will
completely attire In unbleached mus
lin garments a child of the Fur Eust
relief orplmiiuges of the Transcauca
sian famine zones for six months. And
experts also figure thut milady's bill
for huir nets during u like period would
be lu considerable excess o f thut
umount, depending upon— well, upon
several things. Hair nets are of un
certain durability under any circum
stances.
And milady Is not ulwuys
over cautious. Even un expert hesi
tates to huzurd some guesses.
The Near Eust relief bus Just pur
chased 300,000 yards of unbleuclied
muslin for summer gurments for Its
wards in Transcaucasia.
Where Is
there a bill-muddened household head
ungullunt enough to remark thut a
country full of orphans Is nol the
greatest Uublllty In the world?—Chi
cago Evening Rost.
The Bantam breeds gained their
popularity as ornamental fowl and as
playthings for children und grown-ups,
but, says the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, they have also
a distinct utility value for egg pro
duction for fumily use. There Is also
a good demand for eggs for hatching
and for breeding stock of good qual
ity. Because of their small size these
pigmy breeds often have the advantage
over larger fowls whore only u very
small space Is available for the flock.
They are easy for children to handle,
and the ownership of a few Bantams
Royal Baking Powder Co.,
often Is the beginning of a reul Interest
Pawnbrokers
are
able
to
see
the
sil
In poultry raising.
The various breeds of Bantams, their ver lining o f your clouds.
There is probably nothing quite so
characteristics, and methods of man
Thinkers, not tinkers, get the most sad as the actions of a man who tries
agement are discussed lu Furmers’
to be funny.
from their machinery.
Bulletin 1251, The Bantam Breeds anu
Varieties, the fifth of a series oo
Standard Vurietles o f Chickens. Th*
various breeds, su.vs the bulletin, have
not been raised with the Idea of egg
production and, as a result, the aver
age Is not very high, probably around
175 eggs In a year. The eggs vary
In size, as do the different Bantam
breeds, ranging from 12 ounces a do*
en to 18 or 20 ounces. The color of
the eggs runs from "white to dark
brown. Some of the breeds have a
| tendency to lay for a fairly long peri
j od, but the Brahmas, Cochins and
I Silkies are apt to be broody. Since
your walls to give beautiful results.
tunny of these kinds have heen de-
MAKE BETTER SWISS CHEESE
The method of mnklng Swiss cheese
with pnrlfled and controlled bacterial
cultures, developed by the dairy d!
vision of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, has now passed
definitely Into the commercial stage
This new process wns workeil out In
the dairy laboratories, given thorough
trials In the experimental rheese fac
tory operated by the dairy division at
Drove City. Pa., and is now being used
by a number of commercial factories
In various parts of the country.
The results obtained by two Ohio
factories Indicate that It will be
worth while for those Interested In
the manufacture of Swiss cheese to
adopt the method aad give It a fair
trial. For the cheese made In June
of this year one of these factories
received a straight price of 34 H
cents a pound ; the other factory, 30
cents. At the same time other fac
tories In tills area received from 20
to 22 cents. Only one of them sue
ceeded In selling for as high as 25
cents. For the July product, one of
the factories received 30 cents for
fancies and No. 1 and 27 cents for Ne
2. The old-system factories received
the same price as for June cheese.
The principal reason the buyers
were willing to pay this margin oyer
the general run of cheese made In
the locality was that the percentage
of high-grade cheese had been greatly
Increased.
From a Bride:
Grand Rapids, Mielusan
Marriage.
Woman's trip Into the business world
usually Is an excursion. Permanent so
journ generally is prevent >1 by Cupid.
Hmv long should a girl remuin In
business before marrying?
About five years, advises Prof.
Ralph I - Powers of the University of
California.
Women In business are going to col
lege— training themselves to he belter
home managers.
Preparedness.
“ Doctor, If there Is anything the
matter with me don't frighten me half
to death by giving It n long, scientific
name. Just toll me what it Is In plain
English.”
“ Well, sir, to be frank, you are
lazy.”
“ Thank you. doctor. Now, tell me
the scientific name for It. I've got to
report to the missus."—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Neutral.
A prisoner lu court was asked th
usual question— “ Guilty or not guilty?'
‘‘Yes," responded the umn ut th-
bar.
“ What's thut?" asked the Judge
sharply.
130 William St., New York
MADE POOR RENT COLLECTOR
Indianapolis Man Evidently Too G ooa
Natured to Succeed in That Lino
of Business.
Bachelor Joe Stokes, the druggist,
never gets peuce from Ills story-telling
friends.
Joe owns some rental property la
one o f the Industrial districts. Things
have been u bit slow In industry lately
and Joe has had trouble collecting his
rents.
Ills reul estate broker con
stantly wus returning word thut he
could not collecL
“ I ’ll go out und collect It myself,"
Mr. Stokes said, a bit peevishly— that
la, if Joe ever geta that way.
Anyhow, a day or two later Joe
sturted out on a rental collection tour.
Late that afternoon he returned to
hlH drug store. An unusual little smile
was working at the corners of Joe's
mouth.
"Any luck?" one of the clerks In
quired.
“ Any luck? Boy, you’re crazy I In
stead of paying me they borrowed
money from me everywhere I wenL"—
Indianapolis News.
George's Future Home.
She wns one of the richest widows
In Washington and owned a magnifi
cent home. Therefore, tho marine
considered himself very fortunate
when he won her heart.
They sat side by side In the Hostess
house at Qunntlco, while the loathe*
necks und lassies swayed to the music
of the latest waltz.
Flnully she murmured: “ George^
denr,' will I always have ns fine a
home ns I’ ve got now?”
George looked worried. “ Why, you
ain't thinkin' of movin', are you?" b*
asked.—The Leatherneck.
“ 1 was asked whether I was guilty
or not guilty, and of course I «m l O:
the two conditions I could not well
The Silver Lining.
escape both.”
"Isn’t It great?” chortled Jones.
“ But which are you?”
“ Oh, go on. Judge! Whut's the Jury "P.llnksvllle Is quarantined on account
o f smallpox."
for?”
“ What'S groat about thut?” demand
ed Smith.
Speaking of Furniture.
“ Well, you see,” explained Jones,
Bride— "I want to buy an easy chair
for my husband." Salesman— “ Mor " I ’ve Just bought a new car and In
herited $10,000."
ris?” Urlile— “ No. Clarence."
“ W ell?"
“ And all my In-laws live In B link*
Some women marry In order to be
.ndependent and some men get mar v ille !” he Unished Jubilantly.— Way-
side Tales.
ried for the same reason.
A quick and easy way to find stolen
When n man Is continually talking
Somehow, the average man doesn't
nests of turkeys is to coniine the
about his troubles his neighbors never feel calked upon to worry over ths
birds from early morning to late after
One Man Not Henpecked.
trouble about Ills talk.
loss of Ids neighbor's money.
noon. The laying, hens will then go
“ Does your husband ever tnke your
straight to their nests to lay the eggs
I The girl with the dreamy eyes Is not | A noisy argument draws disputant*
which they are holding, say poultry advice?”
apt to put men to sleep.
as custard tile draws flies.
“ Only as a Joke.”
specialists of the United States De
partment o f Agriculture.
When tur
key hens have free range they nest
\ usually In obscure places und often
! wunder a half mile or more from home
before they find a nesting place that
I suits them.
I f attractive nesting places are pre
pared about the barnyard, the turkeys
Such nests
j sometimes lay in them.
| are easily ntude from boxes or bar
rels. or by scooping out a little earth
In the shape o f a shallow bowl, piling
; brush round it to satisfy the hen's de
i sire for seclusion. The nest most pre
ferred It- turkeys consists of a barrel
’3
laid on Its side. In which straw or hay
Is placed. When confined In a breed
ing pen several turkey hens may lay
lu the same nest, but on free range
each bird usually makes her own nest.
Turkeys do not range far during cold
weather.
In the north, where the
laying season often begins when there
is still snow on the ground, the hens
are more likely to select their nests
near home.
When Will There Be A
Disarmament of Dining Tables?
LEAKY POULTRY HOUSE ROOF
More Annoyance From Damp Quarter«
In Spring Than In Winter on Ac
count of Rnin.
Balanced Feed for Cattle.
There I« nsnnlly ni»*re annoyance
Corn alone is excellent for fattening
cnttle. Add to it, say. 10 to 20 per from lenky poultry house nn»f« In the
cent of Its we,gilt In linseed meal, cot- j spring than in the Hinter, because
tonseeil meal or tankage, and you get more ruin occurs. Also in Hinter, ice
a ration that Is still better balanced. «nd snow niav remain for weeks on a
~enlly assist
Or feed the corn with oats and alfalfa. rf»of v ithnnt rrel ’mr. a
Instead of all corn stalks und other to protect acHlnst the h intis; but In
spring any lenky p’ a m will be oi**n-
roughage.
incs for heating rales. Roofs should
he repaired at once. If there are any
Time to Buy Sheep
The present price of wool and mut »•racku or leaks at all or the result
ton Is so far oul of proportion to tho •rill be damp quarter« and the floe*
present price of sheep thnt it looks will pro!»ably t* ran ged by coi«U uod
ronp.
like now is the tltwi to buy , 'i“ ep
Suppose everybody would
recognise the fact that there’s no
gain but much loss in keeping
up hostilities with the stomach I
Suppose the ancient aggrava
tion of improper food on indig
nant digestive organs should be
settled with guarantees of sen
sible diet and tranquil digestion I
The saving would be beyond
all possibility of counting.
Yet millions go on declaring
war on the stomach and accept
ing war in return—loading up
on starchy, heavy, unbalanced
and highly-seasoned
food at breakfast or
lunch — and wonder
ing why comfort, hap
piness and efficiency
are out of reach.
Grape-Nuts makes a friend
of the taste and an ally of the
stomach.
There a charm and satis
faction to this delicious food
which prompts appetite to say,
“There’s a meal!” and digestion
to answer, “Thank goodness,
here’s peace at last!"
Grape-Nuts is the perfected
nutriment of wheat and malted
barley—sweet, crisp, and won
derfully nourishing. It digests
quickly, and provides the neces
sary elements, including the
vital mineral salts, for body,
nerve and brain.
Order Grape-Nuts from your
grocer today, and let a delighted
taste pass a treaty of peace along
to an enthusiastic digestion and
assimilation.
Grape-Nuts — the Body Builder
“ T h e re ’» a R e a s o n ”
Mad* b j Pottara Ceraal Co., Inc., Batt!« Cri»-k, Mich.
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