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THF GATK CITY JOURNAL rF \ s MY F A V O R I T E STORIES COMMERCIAL GRADES j FOR M AR K ET EGGS FARM ^ w w vw v v w w w w u w w w v w v w w w v w w w w v Took Lydia EPinkham’« V eg. «table Compound during This Critical Tim e— PROBLEM TO SA V E Benefited Greatly YO U N G LIVE STOCK ¡ By IRVIN s. COBB (Copjrrtcht. Where Higher Education Would Have Landed Him William H. Lapp, o f tlie Iowa Agrt- lultnral collage, In a circular gives tho following description of ttie ordinary Borne fifteen years ago there landed commercial egg grades: In New York a friendless and almost Extras— These are eggs weighing penniless Kusslan immigrant who from 24 to 28 ounces to the dozen and found lodgings on the East side, and are uniform In size and fairly uniform at once, with racial perseverance and In shape and color. They must be free j energy, set out to earn a living. from heut or germ development The He was o f a likeable disposition, air cell must not he larger than the | and speedily made acquaintances who size o f a dime. ; sought to aid him In hla ambition. Firsts— These are eggs weighing from One of them sponsored him for the 22 to 24 ounces to the dozen, uniform vacant post o f Janitor, or shammos, In size, and fairly uniform in shape to use the common Hebraic word, of and color. They must be free from a small synagogue on a side street. But when the officers of the con heut, with an air cell not much larger than that o f an extra. The Bhell must gregation found out the applicant was entirely illiterate they reluctantly de be sound find clean. Seconds -These are made up o f light nied him employment, Inasmuch as a stains and dirties, heated and stale shammos must keep certain records. The greenhorn quickly rallied from eggs, also small eggs or any others not his disappointment. He got a Job classified above but edible. Checks— These are slightly broken somewhere. He prospered. Presently he became a dabbler in real estate. egg»- Within ten years he was one of the ( ’ rucks— These are generally classed largest independent operators In East with checks. side tenement-house property and I.eukers—Leakers arfe broken eggs popularly rated as a millionaire. An where the liquid Is escaping. occasion arose when he needed a Itojects— These are the eggs unfit large amount o f money to swing what for food. promised to be a profitable deal. In securing eggs that will class as Finding himself for the moment short “extras” or "firsts,” Professor Lapp of cash he went to the East side suggests that the following points be branch o f one o f the large banks. kept In mind: It was the first time In his entire 1. Take pride In the eggs you sell. business career that he had found it 2. Keep a flock o f good standard necessary to borrow extensively. He bred stock. Hatch only large, select explained hla position to the manager, who knew of his success, and asked eggs. for a loan o f fifty thousand dollars. 11. Keep nests clean and plenty of “ I'll be very glad to accommodate them. you, Mr. Itabln," said the banker. 4. Do not keep eggs In a place "Just sit down there at that desk and above 00 degrees temperature. make out a note for the amount." 5. Keep litter In house clean. The caller smiled an embarrassed 0. Separate males from flock as smile. “ If you please,” he said, “ you soon us hatching season Is over. 7. Do not market small, Inferior should be so good us to make out the note and then I should sign It." eggs. Use them at home. "W hat’s the Idea?” Inquired the 8. Do not wash dirty eggs If they bank manager puzzled. are Intended for market. “ Veil, you see,” he confessed, “ I haf 0. Keep eggs covered when taking to tell you somethings: Myself, I can them to murket. not read and write. My wife she has 10. An egg is generally good qual taught me how to make my own name ity when It Is produced. Don’t help to on paper, but otherwise with me read deteriorate the quality. Market eggs ing and writing Is nix.” In amazement the banker stared at often. One difficulty In the way of the Iowa him. “ Well, well, well 1" he murmured farmer In working for higher grades on eggs Is that In a great many cases admiringly. “ And yet, handicapped higher grades are not rewarded by pro- ! as J'ou Te *)een, Inside of a lew years pOrt Innately higher prices, due to the you have become a rich m an ! I won iiuillscrimlnatlng attitude of ¿nine local der what you’d have been In th^ buyers. The co-operative egg selling country by now If only you had been associations of Minnesota and Mis able to read nnd write?” “ A shammos/’ said Mr. Rabin souri have found that the quullty of the eggs handled goes up very prompt modestly. ly after the returns for the first lots have been received. As soon ns farm ers are sure that they are going to get premiums for their high quullty. their percentage o f "extras" and “ firsts" goes up markedly. Necessary to Have Eggs Clean in Fowls’ Nests Tt Is necessary to have the eggs clean In the nests, because washing cku ' s take« time and also removes the natural bloom. One common cause of dirty eggs Is the habit o f pullets roost ing in the nests. This can soon be broken tip by going through the houses Just after roosting time and removing such birds to the roosts. Spending a few minutes In the houses Jhst at sun down to frighten the pullets from the nesls will teach them to select another roosting place themselves. Then they are most apt to go hack to the regu lar roosts each night. Walking on dirty dropping boards Is another cause of dirty eggs. Some pou I try men nail strips of two-inch mesh wire under each roosting sec- tion. This permits the droppings to fall through to the hoards but keeps the hens from walking on the boards, They have to bop from perch "to perch and then down Into the litter and will fiave cleaner feet when going on the nests In the morning. The inesh of the wire may he flue enough to catch any eggs laid during the night and save them from breaking. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * * +<fr ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ❖ * * ♦ * ♦ Poultry Facts Provide plenty o f oyster shell la ad dition to grit. • v • Sunshine keeps chick* growing rap idly. (¡Ive them plenty. • • • A chicken doesn't drink very much at a time, hut that's no sign that It doesn't nee I any water. • ♦ • Tuberculosis In poultry causes an unthrifty coudltlon, especially In thd older birds. They get poor nnd thin, lose flesh rapidly In moat cases, and many o f them get lame. . • • If one Is not careful on mash feed ing. there Is danger o f getting the chicks off feed by giving too much. • « • The first six weeks o f a chick’s life Is the most critical period. The largest per cent o f losses occurs during this time. • • • Plenty o f shade should be provided for growing chicks. When allowed to range In an orchard or cornfield, thay will not only find ample shade and green feed, hut will benefit the tree* or corn hy destroying bugs and w orn * A Dependable Family Income Formerly in one of the southern states the Insane were not always sent to an Institution. Sometimes they were formally awarded into the custody o f someone, usually a parent or a guardian, and for the keep of such an unfortunate the state paid one hundred dollars a year. This amount, in certain sections, was re garded as a handsome addition to the family Income. One summer, a citizen from the idwlunds was up In the hill country of his nutlve state taking title to coal lands for an eastern syndicate. In a canoe, with a native to guide him, he was proceeding along a creek that penetrated Into one o f the wild est and most desolute recesses of the mountains. They came to a homestead that was Infinitely better looking than any they had seen for days. The house was | 0f clapboards Instead o f the custom Hry logs, nnd it was painted. The fences were stout and newly white- washed. The stock In the barn lot |Ul(| a well-nourished look, “ Who lives here?” Inquired the stranger. The guide told him. “ Judging by the looks of his placed «aid the lowlander, “ he must he k forehanded man." "H e certainly Is," said the native "lie 's forehanded, hut he’s hail a sight o f luck In his time, too. lie ’s got 'leven children and all o f ’em Is IJiots.” Working by the Time Card Indianapolis fairly radiates Inter l urban car lines. From Indiana's : capital city, In ull directions, electric railroads carry llooalers to and from Isolated farms and towns. The con ductors and niotonnen o f these lines mainly are products of the farms and graduate to those Jobs. Everybody along the line knows them by their | first name; their passengers very otten are kinfolk. To win a Job and a uniform on the interurhan Is no mean accomplishment. The "limited” for Lafayette had cleared the suburbs of the city and was running fancy-free through the corn fields o f Boone county. The conductor was busy collecting fares, hut for once In his life he hud little to say and that little w h s said with chtn raised and llpa hut portly opened. “ Why don’t yo spit. Jess?” asked one o f his farm-boy acquaintances who himself had had similar experi ences with sweetened tobacco. Jess leveled his face and explained In cautious wonts: “ 1 ort to have aplt at Zlonsvllle, but some wtramln gettln’ oa Jlmmed my chances and now Pvt got to wait till wa git to Lebanon.” HELPED THROOGH CHANGE OF LIFE (Prepared bjr th * United State* D epartm ent of A griculture.) Cutting down the high and costly death rate among Infant live stock Is one o f the farm problems for which the farmer must apply the solution himself. Secretary of Agriculture Jar- dlne recently declared that less than 10 per cent of the farmers' problems can be remedied by legislation; the re maining 00 per cent can beat be solved or approached for solution through the buslnees of farming. The prevention of the high mortality among young stock Is among the latter. Before birth the young animal Is In an environment where It Is fairly well protected from shock. Injury, and In fection. U has practically a uniform temperature, and under normal condi tion! haa an adequate and suitable food supply. But once launched Into (C o p y r ig h t. 1026. ) the world for Itself It Is surrounded with danger— Infectious organisms; 20— S lim Horizontal. 27— A c i t y In O h io changing temperature, with storms, 1— V e h l c l e f o r hi re 2 8 — C o n c lu d e d 4— H e p a l m fr — F I f f i b y 30— V a r i e t i e s o f 6 n e ly g r o u n d r o c k wind, snow, ball, rain, and extreme IO— T h r O r ie n t heat; the possibilities of Inadequate or 31— P e rfo rm e d 12 — \ hl ich l a n d e r 14 — V a l u e 33— A f f ir m a t iv e Improper foods, overfeeding, and the i 14t— T o o k » n e p a r t 34— T o a t t e m p t presence of actual poisons o f various i 10— T » m I iik In a n a n d e r t o n e 43-----A t w i n i n g v in e I 21— T«» b e n r w it n r w i sorts. The threat against an animal's 41— J a r g o n | 22— T o N ilf ire life Is greatest at birth. 45— A f a m o u s t u r f e v e n t 23— T h a t n h lt 'h r e m n ln * o f t w o 46— M ie n Breeding from good stock Is funda 24— l.o e a Ilo n a 47— M u a le a l term m enn inar c lo n in g 25— D e a e r n t * f o r I n c a r n a t lo n a mental. But It la not practical to pat m e a su re s added b eyon d fo r m a l j 28— T o b r ln K o u t off the problem until all the live stock en d 29— S h e ll-l e n * m o llu a k a 51— E x p e la 49— T o »fiv e up In the country la pure bred. And the 30— C o fc n ix a n e e 33— K n a c k 52— A am n il p ie c e tremendous losses amongst our live [ 35— P a r t o f a c lr c n m f e r e n o e 53— T h e e l b o w 3ft— K s p e n i i v e l y stock Infants are due to a very limit 54— G ir l*» n i c k n a m e 38— A n n lt 37— F a i ed extent to faulty breeding, according fanioUN ’ 57— A n in le t 39— A n K h k II s H to v r n , m ü d e 59— P e r io d o f t i m e to Dr. Maurice C. Hall, o f the bureau b y m on k N 61— B e s e a t e d 60— A H at Hah 41— 1*0 e x p ir e of animal Industry, United States De 4 1 — T o d » u c lo t h e * Is partment o f Agriculture. In T h e s o lu t i o n w i l l 45— C 'o n a id e r * “ Whatever the objection to scrubs, 48— W l e t d e r o f a *llfijt and similar animals o f cross breeds 5 0 — S lnn ir f o r “ c o lo r e d p e o p le “ 5.1— K n u r and no breeds at all, may be, a lack Solution of Last Week's Puzzle. 55— C h a r a c t e r In “ M a c b e t h ” of toughness Is hardly their leading 56— M arred characteristic. The highest Infant 57— M ore v llla ln o n * 58— MnMNnchiiNettN * t n t e * n in n whom - mortality, all other things being equal, n a m e I n u.*ed In v e r b m e a n i n g would probably be among our pure u n f a i r p o li t i c a l d ia l r io t in *; breds, not our scrubs and mongrels. 61— Cioddeaa 63— A n n a rc Of course, all other things are not 61— In la w , a n y d an in ice 65— I »c n o f lu x eofiM ent equal. Our pure breds receive better 66— A a y lv n n d e it y 67— S o f a r care because they are more valuable, and they are usually the property of Vertical. the more lntelllgjnt stockmen. Equal 1— T o q u e ll 2— D u n k ly good care should be extended to 3— O n e w h o s e n t * M p ectn tora young animals In general, regardless 5— M u n ’a m in i« ( b i b l i c a l ) 8— ’I*o c o lo r 7— T r u t h « of whether they are pure bred. The fr— S ln y o n t o p bulk of our live stock today Is not 9— \ w e i g h t pure bred, and the protection of that 11— He p r e a e n t a t 13— M ia t a k ln f f 15— V o w live stock industry Is our business. 16— S o m e th in g ; w e c o o k In We must drop our attitude of fatalism 17— One w ho o w e * nnd Indifference toward the deaths of 18— H e lo v e d o n e a 20— \ o t c lo n e d young animals, and challenge every 25— A f e m in in e p e r f o r m e r death to show cause why It occurred. We will usually find the answer to be I I I | i -H - M •1--H --1-1- I-I -H - H-1 1 1 H T H - H --H misunderstanding aud lack o f proper ! care and sanitation.” HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS WORD PUZZLE W h e n t h e c o r r e c t l e t t e r * a r c p la c e d In t h e w h it e a p n c e a t h la p u z z le w i l l a p c ll w o r d * b o th v e r t i c a l l y nnd h o r i z o n t a l l y . T h e tlrat l e t t e r In e a c h w o r d la In d ic a t e d b y a n u m b e r , w h ic h r e f e r a t o t h e d e f in it io n lis t e d b e lo w t h e p u z z le . T liu a \ o . 1 u n d e r th e c o lu m n h e a d e d “ h o r i z o n t a l ” d e fin e * a w o r d w h ic h w i l l fill t h e w h i t e a p a ce a u p to t h e firat b la c k n q u n r e t o t h e r lfg h t, n n d n n u m b e r u n d e r “ v e r t i c a l ” d e fln e a n w o r d w h ic h w i l l fill th e w h i t e a q n a r e a t o th e n e x t b la c k o n e b e l o w . N o l e t t e r * g o In t h e h ln e k a p n c ea . A ll w ord .* u aed n re d i c t i o n a r y w o r d a . e x c e p t p r o p e r n n m e a . A b b r e v l a t l o n a , s l a n g , In itia l.*, t e c h n ic a l t e r m * n nd o b a o le t e fo r m a n r e In d i c a t e d In t h e d e fin itio n .* . * * ONCE G O O D M ONEY, N O W W A S T E PAPER JAPANESE REPORT SURGICAL TRIUM PH Dealers in old paper take notice! The .Jugoslav government has fifteen carloads o f waste paper for sale. It is all that is left o f billions o f Austro- Hungarian bank notes, called in and replaced by dinar notes. Jugoslavia was constructed out o f Serbia and sev eral parts o f the old Austro-Hungar ian empire. Along with the increase In territory Jugoslavia inherited an Inflated currency. First the hank notes circulated on a basis reduced from the inflated value, and later were stamped. Afterward the stamped notes were exchanged on a basis of four crowns for one dinar. Now dinars cir culate throughout Jugoslavia, nnd Austrian crowns are not legal tender. Exports are greater than imports, and the dinar shows a tendency to appre ciate. Tlu* Jugoslavs like their dinars and do not mourn the crown. The na tional hank officials found that the old crown bank notes were taking too much space, consequently they are to be disposed o f ns old paper—fifteen carloads o f then). It is not often that so much money goes so cheaply. Doctor Komi, director o f the Darien general hospital at Darien. Manchu ria, has reported the successful result o f two operations In which the entire stomachs o f two Japanese patients were removed, according to the Kansas City Star. The operations, made more than a year ago, were for cancer, nnd in both cases the stomachs were removed and the gullets connected directly with the intestines. Roth the patients left the hospital in three weeks. One is still alive and the other died recently of a cold in the head. His death was not due to the loss o f his stomach. Doctor Komi told the result o f the unusual operations to the Japanese national medical conference at Tokyo. Famous Falls The Victoria falls are on the mid dle Zambesi in Rhodesia. Africa, a few miles below the Kwando confio- ence. The river here, nearly a mile wide, suddenly plunges to a depth of 400 feet and within 200 feet of the falls the river suddenly narrows to a width of 100 to 400 feet. A dense cloud o f vapor rises fur above the falls and as it condenses it darkens to the appearance o f smoke. Because of this fact the natives cull the fulls "Thundering Smoke.” Below the falls, spanning the gorge, u railroad bridge, a marvel o f engineering skill, was completed In 1905. The name Victoria was given to the falls by Livingstone, who discovered them in 1S55. Teeth A re Legal Tender Bits o f walrus Ivory, whalebone, sealskin, fox. fawn and reindeer skin, walrus teeth, sinew for sewing a bead nnd a kid boot are legal tender In northern Alaska. The wslros tooth Is valued at 8 rents, the fox U S J0U' the wli.ileti i! ’« so on doun the list.— Bed urler. D ivorces in Canada Baltimore, Maryland. — “ I took Lydia E. Plnkham’s Vegetable Compound to help me through the Change o f Life and for a broken-down system. I had been complaining a long time and dragging along had tried other medicines which did not help me much. 1 read in the news papers o f the V ege table Compound and after taking a bottle I felt better. I did not stop with one bottle, but took it through the whole critical time and am now practically a well woman. I have two daughters whose health was very bad before they married and I was wor ried about them. I got the Vegetable Compound for them and it helped them, and after they married it also helped them in bearing their babies. This ia a great and good medicine for all com plaints o f women, and I recommend it to all.” —Mrs. L. G i n g r i c h , 1375 N. Gil- mor S t , Baltimore, Maryland. The Vegetable Compound is a depend able medicine for women o f middle age. Let it relieve you o f nervousness, that feeling o f strain and those annoying hot flashes so common at this time. Lighter B oots for M iners Miners o f Europe have abandoned heavy boots for lighter-weight styles, and makers o f the heavy footwear re cently faced the choice o f making light boots or quitting business. Feel All Out of Sorts? Is backache spoiling your summer? Do you get up lame and stiff—feel tired all day? Are you so nervous and worn out you cannot rest or relax? Look, then, to your kidneys! Sluggish kidneys allow poisons to accumulate and upset the whole system. W hen this happens you are apt to suffer backache, sharp pains, soreness, stiffness, dizziness and annoying kidney irregularities. Help your kidneys with a stimulant diuretic. Use Doan's P ills. D oan's are used the world over. A sk y o u r n e ig h b o r/ A Utah Case C. myKrten. O’ LOmaX, p rop, o f sh o e r e p a ir sh op , M ain St., N ep h l, U tah, say s: “ A la m e n e ss s e tt le d In m y back. My b ack w as s o re , w e a k a n d p a in fu l and m y k id n e y s a cte d ir r e g u la r ly . The kidney s e c r e tio n s a sse d t o o fre e ly . u sed a b o x o f D o a n 's P ills and m y k id n e y s a cte d p r o p e r ly a n d the d istre s s le ft m y b a c k .” Td LsS t^ r f D O A N ’S STIM U LA N T DIURETIC T O T H E KIDNEYS Foster-Milbum C o., M fg. C hem ., Buffalo, N . Y . Iodine Is an Important Element in Stock Feed Iodine is an Important element In animal nutrition, but is needed in small quantities, according to A. R. Lamb of the Iowa State college. Like some drugs, a little Is valuable, but too much harmful. Successful reproduction, better gains, and prevention o f goitre, which sometimes cause “serious troubles, are best promoted by supplying the Iodine to the breeding stock. This method will prevent the farrowing of dead and hairless pigs, and big-necked calves and lambs. The best way to give the Iodine to live stock Is to mix one-third of an ounce o f potassium Iodide with 100 pounds o f mineral mixture fed to the stock, or about one grain per week to o sheep or hog. This should be fed throughout the gestation period. Fast Trip Caller—Tou say your boss wo fit to Europe this morning. When will he return? New Boy— Well, It won’ t be before lunch anyhow. 1 ermine Say “ Bayer” - Insistl Big Dairy Factors Milk and fat production records, ap pearance and type— these are the fac- tors which dairymen consider In buy- lug cows for their herds. W. E. Peterson o f the dairy dlvlgion. university of Minnesota, Is author of Special Bulletin No. 92, “ Judging Dairy Cattle,” which affords a general study o f the dairy conformation. It contains many pictures, illustrating and con trasting good and poor dairy types. For Colds ; , j j Headache Pain Lumbago Neuralgia Rheumatism Accept only a Bayer package C' which contains proven directions Thirty-eight more divorces wern Handy “ Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets granted In Canada last year than tn Also bottles of 24 and 100— Druggists the year before. Last year divorces Aspirin Is the trade mark o f Barer Manu facture o f Monoaoetlcacidester o f Sallcylicacid 111 I 1 I M l I granted hy the dominion parliament totaled .r>43, only five less than the record number o f IIVJI, arenrding to 38,000,000 in Italy the Toronto Mail and Empire. I 1 I I 1 I H I I I I I I |..|..|, |..|..|..|„|.,H-1.,|' italy, with an area about equal tc O f the provinces the bureau o f sta The scrub bull makes the best qual that o f the states o f Indiana and 1111 tistics say* British Columbia headed ity beef when slaughtered under six nols combined, now has a population the list o f divorces In 1924 with 1,'ttt, of 38,000,000. months o f age. • • • ! Alberta came next with 118, Saskat j chewan had 28, Ontario 141. Manitoba As a general rule cattle eat sweet 77, Nova Scotia 42, New Brunswick clover hay cut from the first year’s lft and Quebec 13. As in the year be ; growth as readily as other clover hay. j • • • ! fore not a divorce was granted In ¡ 1 1‘ iince Edward island. Alberta had | Plenty o f skim pillk for growing fcm -K H S ' ¡ the largest increase over the year be- j pigs will replace more expensive feeds. ; |NDK3EST!0*J It will build strong muscle and bone. 1 , fore with 31 more than in 1923. giving the pig a healthy body, most j needed If the young porker Is to go • Im ported Insect Pests 6 B ell - a m s through to market and return a profit Millions o f dollars now are hxlng Hot water • • • | spent annually to control plant dis j Sure Relief Spring iambs that make the most eases and Insect pests in this c h i d | money are those that receive all ths try. and prevent the entry of others ¡ grain they »411 eat from the time from foreign lands. they are two or three weeks old until 254 AND 754 PACKAGES EVERYWHERE The federal horticultural board o f ¡ they are marketed. Lambs thug fed the Department of Agriculture, which will weigh at least 70 pounds by the has this work in hand, estimates that time they are ninety days old and will , from 8ft to 90 per cent o f the real In command top market prices. sect pest problems nre due to foreign * * * Pure and W h olesom e importations. Prominent among thn Good rations f o r ^ ^ > colts are i insects are thn gypsy and brown-tall crushed onts with Jbranror four parts : moth, which enured frnnj E u rope; th, corn, three parts crushed oata and on« Japanese he. ^ /Torn Anean*: fhe cot part linseed meal. Colts should b« given nlfalfn hay as soon as they win ton boil weevil, from M exico; th. European corn borer, from Europe sat IL W. N. U„ Salt Lake City, No. 2S-19 and the San Jose scale, from Chine. Live Stock Hints S u re R e lie f FOR INDIGESTION m ELL-ANS CuticuraSoap Keeps The Stài dear \