DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, BALKM, OREGON, TH t'ltSDAY, OCTOIlKlt 22, 1008.
ADVICE ON THE !
CULTURE OF EGGS
NEW
YORK
FADS
The City's October
Silhouette Frills and
Furbelows.
Now York, Oct 15.
Tho city Is throwing nsldo her
queer summer wrappings In which
nho Is hardly recognlzablo to even
old Father Knickerbocker, and U
Again ro3itmlng her normal poise and
aspect.
Mndlson Square Is bathed In tho
rays of search lights that emanate
from tho beautiful lower of tho
"Oardon" where tho "Electrical" is
inaugurating tho season of Bhows,
and Is thronged with people moro or
less Interested In Us exhibits. Thurs
day's receipts wont to tho "LoomW
Home for Consumptlvoi," and Mm
Irwin and her assistants wore on
hnnd io recclvo tho fashionable
crowd that came to aid the cnuso.
Many of them motored In from Mor
Tl'town and tho Long Island susurbs,
as well ns from tho Hudson river
1uccb. All the nearby homes arc
filled with woll known people mnnv
of whom In another month will bo
sottlcd In their town houses, though
a growing continent remains In tho
suburbs until after tho holidays.
Motor cars make It oasy nnd practi
cal to enjoy nt tho snino tlmo tho ad
vantages of city and country, whllo
tho city's many luxurious, hostolrlcs
nro" at ttho disposal of this sot when
It bocomoB desirable to spend a day
or two In town.
' Fifth. AVraup Gllmpio,
On Fifth nvenuo one boos Interest
ing or notnblo pcoplo on ovcry block
either nfoot or driving. Woll known
members of tho theatrical profosslon,
nrtlBtB nnd lltorntl, us woll as mag
nates of the business nnd flnnnclnl
world, nnd their Bisters, wlycs, cous
ins nnd aunts,
Tho restaurants nro full of Uttlo
Informnl lunching parties, nnd pcoplo
llngor nnd chat with frlonds nnd ac
quaintances In n o.ilto dlfforont way
nt this tlmo of year from tho moro
formal greeting whon tho non'oil Is
In full swing, nnd thoro to not so
tnucu nnws to nxclmnao in passing.
Tlu Shopping DNtrlctf.
The nhopntng dlstrlrts Bhow fow
chnnges s'nee last miring oxcopt at
tho ronwr of Fifth nvonuo nnd
Twonty-thlrd Btroot whoro tho bIcpIp
ton frnmowork of tho building going
up on tho fllto of tho old Fifth Avouun
hotol, roorB ItB Iron structuro. Tho
protty llttlo "Porrln" glovo shop hns
boon glvon up, .moro'B tho pity! for
It was tho most unique little placo
in Now York, nn exnet reproduction
of one on the Iluo do In Palx In Par
is. McCrcory has tccurod the salu
of those g'oves hero, after tholr uwiitil
fashion of getting hold of all tho
host and most exclusively merchan
dise. Specialty shops, as a rule,
don't survive very long In their orig
inal form. They either brnnch out
and grow larger themselves, or nro
taken under tho wing of ono of our
grcnt department stores, which nro
really collections of specialty Bhops
under ono roof and management.
A Revival.
Womon -who own ono of tho small
magnifying glnsses used threo or four
generations back aro wearing thoso
nt tho end of the long chains that
havo supported many other accessor
ies becomingly.
Lorgnettes in similar form are the
correct mode though hardly as dec
orative as tho covorod cases In orna
mentnl montal horotoforo used. The
slender gold frames of tho proien
stylo glasses nro set with small
stones; dlnmonds, rubles, omoraldn,
sapphires and penrls, and often a
combination of Bovoral ' colors, but
neccnrlly In very flno design.
Green HuIh finloro.
All tho extremists nro wearing
green hats. Tho men's nro sago
green with odd bows at tho back
If thoy ore the tip of tho mode tho
women's form Is emerald greon, us
ually with agrcsslvo rapatandlnr
feathers like tho head drois of an
Indlnn chief or South Sea Island6r.
We pre'dlct a Bhort llfo, If a Bpec
tacular. ono for both tho masculluo
nnd feminine headwenr, though at
present It goes a long way toward
giving tho city n green aspect.
Tho Mrtvloirv Silhouettes
Tho Dlrcctolro aro "It," to Judge
from tho provalllng typo of silhouette
but ns a rule thoy are not at all ex
tremo In effect, possibly becnusc
thero arcso mnny or probably for the
reason that thoy nro n far cry from
tho typo deplctod as worn nt tho
French races.
The 'Kiilrkorlwickor Olrl.s.
Tho Knickerbocker girls nro wear
ing much pado and dnpls-fazull In
their veils pins, lint pins, brooches,
bracelets, Bash clapfl and oarrlnga.,
Soml-prcclous stonos mounted In dull
gold or Bllvor aro particularly har
monious with tho prevailing typos of
dnv costumes and mnnufncturorB
havo com pot ed vory successfully with
tho hand mado stylos or ornamont
and produced articles at a less cost
that aro almost ns attractive '
(i
Don't tnko cold, but If you do,
don't fall to tnko Komp's Dnlsnm to
irovont sorlous consequences. Noth
ng olso Is bo vnluablo In treating
coughs and colds.
(By James Dryden.)
Eggs nro 50 cents a dozen becausq
the hens don't lay. The main ren
boii why they don't lay Is because
this Is not the natural laying sea
son. In a state of nature fowls lav
and breed In tho Bprlng senson, nnd
they haven't got quite away from
that habit. Old habits die hard with
hens aB with men. This explains why
with little caro tho hen will lay In
tho spring nnd with much caro In the
fall and winter Bho won't lay or vory
seldom will. But through centuries
of training nnd breeding the hen Is
gradually getting away from her old
habit of laying a fow eggs In the
-.prlng nnd hatching them and It Is
possible now with tho propor skit'
In handling to make hor lay In win
tor whether she will or not. But the
first thing wo hnvo to learn Is thnt
to got eggs In winter means a fight
nganst nnburo, against tho old hen
nnMire. Winter Is not the natural
laying season.
When n pullet hns reached mntur
Ity, no matter at what emon of the
'ear, If bIic be maintained in goo-i
icalth and vigor nnd get tho propo
kind nnd qunntlty of food, Bhe wll!
'ay oggs If she has tho laying .enpne
Ity. Lot us annlyzo that sentence n
little.
The first point rn'sed Is n rueBtlon
Tf maturity. Tho pallet mint bo mn
turo boforo she lays. If a pullet lay1
In Octobor Bhe inuBt bo hatcher early
enough In the spring bo that she wilt
reach maturity In Octobor.- A Ply
mouth Itock hntched tho first of
prlr should lny tho middle of Octo
ber or first of November. If thoy nro
to lay a month earlier they should hr
hatched a month cnrllcr. Tho Leg
horns should lny tho first of Octobor
If hntched tho first of April.
Tho next point rofert to health and
vigor. Tho plllot mii't come to ma
turity with good health nnd v'gor.
Rho must havo hid nropor caro dur
Intr the brooding nnd growing por
lod. A stunted chick, n chick hntched
from an ogg Inld by a lion out of con-1
(II Mon. n chick thnt hns had to battlo
with Inscct.postB, or a chick that hat.
not had propor food and exorcise,
will noUbo a profitable layer In nnv
soiiRon. How to mn'ntnln the honlth
nnd vigor of the flook Ib tho biggest
problem In. poultry-keoplng. To get
eggs In winter tho hons muRt hnvo
contltutinnnl vigor.
Tho third point Is, thnt to get oggs
tho hens must hnvo the propor kind
nnd quantity of food. Tho lion re
qulros more kinds of food thnn n
cow or n hog. Tho cow noeds no
nnlmnl foed: tho hen docs. Tho
lion gives moro consideration to
clninllnosH of tho product thnn tho
cow; -ho 8enls It up In n shell of
lime to keen It clean and sho there-
I $3.00
Saves
a Big
Dollar
$3.00
THE great sale is closing. $1.00 a
week buys a "Buck V stove or range
Hundreds have availed themselves of this opportunity of getting
fuel-saving convenient, durable beautiful "Buck's" Stove or
Range. Why not you? Today.
BARGAIN DAY
SATURDAY, OCT. 31
All subscribers to the Daily Capital
Journalexcept carrier lists who
pay up all arrears to Nov. 1 st, 1 908,
can secure the Daily Journal one
year in advance for $3.00 : : : : :
The Annual Bargain Day
Saves the people hundreds of dol
lars. Start at once to take advan
tage of our BARGAIN DAY : : : : :
Remit by mail or call at the Journal
Office on or before Saturday even
ing, October 31st to secure this
reduction :::::::::::::::
DO NOT ASK FOR THIS RATE AFTER OCTOBER 31
. E. HOFER, Publisher,
Salem, Oregon
foro must hnvo n liberal supply of
mineral mnttor. All foods furnish a
nnrtnltl nmnlitlt rt ttilinitl ninttii.
VW. ...... .....U....V Vl ......Villi MMIUVi,
but not enough to supply all the shell
material when hens nro laying heav
ily. What foods should thoy be fed?
Thoy should hnvo grain; but grnjn
alonojvon't do. What will hnppon
If tho lion eats nothing but wheat?
Remomborlng that sho puts nothing
Into nn egg sho doos not cat, thnt nr
ogg contnlns about ono-flfth ounco of
fat and that If sho ato nothing but
whont sho would got enough fut for
throo or four oggB n day and nbout
enough protein for half an egg a
day, tho thing that will hnppon will
bo that sho will refuso to rqnko oggs.
Tho lion does not ndultornto hor pro
duct, othorwlso elio could fill up tho
ogg with surplus fat like some peo-
pio mane minor out or suprlous oil
or ueor rat. sue will mnko an hon
est nrt'clo or nono at all. Tho point
Is that tho hen should havo such
fods as will furnish tho necessnry
food olonients in propor proportions;
In other words, she Bhould havo a
balancj-l ration. Thero nro dlfforont
wnva of balancing the ration. For
In- tanco, If tho lion has accoss to
wheat, to clover or kale nnd to grns?-hornm-8,
angleworms, nnd grit. Eha
wl' balance hor own ration. She
wll' en a llttlo wheat, a lltle clover
an ' a few grnsshopuers or angle
worms and oat enough of onch to
furn'Bh the ogg-mnkluc elomonts In
right proportion. An ncca-donnl foed
of corn or onts In place of wheat
wc4ild Improve tho ration.
This much for the food how shnV.
It bo fed? Again you nnpt take ac
count of the nature of the hen. She
Is n busy creature natural1)'; that i
iart of her life, and you must keep
hor busy or let her be b"sy. If Bhe
hns free range on the fnrm she will
and digestion in good order, but when
you shut her nip In yards you are im
'iQ'Ing artlfllclal conditions and you
must provide exercise for her. I
have kopt hens for a voar on a bare
hoard floor In n smnM pen and fed
theii well; thoy lnld r-bout three
dotn eggs each during tho year and
nt the end of tho year with this sort
of luxury and eafo they hnd loit their
constitution and their usefulness;
while other hens fed in the same
way but with a ground floor and
deop litter to rcrntch in nnd yards
to run In 'ad ove- 12 dozen egEa
each, and n the end of tho vear were
UUl in thf hutlnetfs Tho hen need
xfrcie. Tbe demand for animal
food may he snnplled In 'Mfferen
ways. SMm-millr. milk curds nnd
buttermilk will take the ptace of
meat it enough of it can bo fed.
sKim-nviK is largely water ana a
heavy-laying hen can scarcely drink
enough of it to get the necessary
amount of animal food. There U
nothing better than fresh cut leau
meat and bones, the danger from un
thnt thoy aro llubjo to contain dls-. Btltlon, nolthor beneficial nor
oaso germs, and unlCB It h known to ful. lie adds:
lin frnn frmu illnonnc It la hnMni tn ProfoJSOr TrllbCft Of the
cook It. The commercial article of lnstltuto nt Paris hii, ko'
beef scraps put up by tho largo pack-. demonstrated recontly tntt
Inir hnusnn nrn lnrirnlv unoil! Rnino JCtir dCVOlODS formic I
nf thfi uUttf cnlri fnr nniiltrv fnml In ! hvdrocen. one of the DlOSt
nnlv fnr forMllrnr hntvovnr Tlnr-1 fintlsOlltlc cases knOWIl. FlM
Inir onmnng nf tlir. vinv u.linn Inmii-ntj nf Olltrnr 77.1 fl CrfllD8l 'CIf
mill wniMila nrn iilniitlfitl nml tlio Under 11 ClaSS 1)611 H01ll'3f
fowls have tho liberty of tho farm
llttlo nnlmnl food may be fed.
Another point nbout feeding grnin
should It bo ground or fed whole?
It Is known thnt a cortnln pro
port'on of tho food of fowls 1b ued
o produce energy to grind tho food,
nnd from this pojnt of view It Is I
ciiL'iiiiur 10 juivu iiiu iouu kuuuu hi
tho mill, nut It has been found by
oxporlmont that fowls do not do woll
when fed altogether on ground food.
It hns beon found to bo n safo plan
to keep a box or hopper of ground
grnln before tho fowls n!l tho time
ni well as whole grain. When they
nro confined, however, In smnll pensi
nnd yards, tho grain had boon ho rod
'n a doep llttor of strnw in ordor to
'nduco oxerclso,
Tho final point In this discussion
b tho laying enpnetty of tho lion. It
all the three things mentioned nbovo
bo properly nttondod to, there wll1
still be n scarcity of oggs unlu's tho
fowls hnvo tho laying cnpaclty, and
it In no fault of the hen If sho hasn't
tho troubles gow back to her ancos
tors. This Is a quo'tlon of heridlty
and If It bo not true thnt the hens
transmits her laying qinlltles to hor
orf.miiiir the laws of Inhorltnnco need
revl-'on. The Oregon oxporlment
itntlon Is at work on this problem
now and wo hopo In a fow years to
lemon-trato what function or part
breeding or heridlty piny in filling
h egg basket when eggs are 50
cents a dozen. We havo demon
strated, however, that no amount of
skill or care will make some boas
lay. In our experiments wo have
found hens that never laid an egg
and thoy havo varied all the way
frnm iorn tn nhotlt 250 OKK8 in n
year under B'milar care an manngo
mont. However, tho average farm
flock of pullets, treated as outlined
above, should 'ay an average of 150
eggs during tho year evert though
thoro are some deadheads hmeng
them Corvallls, Oregon, October 17,
1908.
Do not let anyone tell you that
somothlnc else Is insUas good as De
Wltt's Kidney nnd Bladder Pills be
cause there Isn't anything Just ai
good. Sold by all druggists.
nuarters. After the vapor bh
od bacilli of typho'd, wwei
olinlnrn amnllnnr. ftC..WereP
Mm lmll' In nnon tilaSS tubCSISi'
in hnlf an hour all the mlcrob
(lend. , , . ..
if omrni la humed In atlo'
sol containing putrified mat cM
odor disappears nt once. TkHfl
lar faith In the disinfecting
of burned sugar appean, ueiw
,ob woll founded,
t-ii i .nmlilnntlnn fittH
urnl dlgestlvo Juices and j7m
all closses of food and I "'J'a
food, so you see it wu U0WIi7S
nun ijju oiuiimi."
all druggists.
riiousands Haye KHifF
Trouble and Nem.Sfl1 1
Pntorrofiu--
Ssd
uh.itbita
van, tbcjg
recogt"
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SUGAR AS X DISINFECTANT
FOH KILWNG MICHOHliS
Consul General Richard Guepther
writes from Frankfort that in wasy
part of Europe it is customary among
thn nonnla tn hum sutfar in sick
rnnrni nntlM whlnh Is rnBBldered I H1"! , . '. UmahiHltoB,
cooked met wrapa, however, being by physlclaw m an Innocent upr-J " "" w'
. runl. UfZ
hnt tkW
ith storing 'fZ.
There Uconifort I the W
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2" cEr .Thereat k.
saSSLtfflSSS
aTid ery rt offlftf TZ
It corrects mw"' S-- it. '
and scalding patn " 7.
effects following w Mil-
beer, and overcomes ""T p
Sv of being compeBrf JOP
ArSfedS
is soon rcalUed. Urf xhe 9cti
for its wonderful cures oi
tress ng cases. rLL gdHrJ
you should ha thebesW
gists in nftj-cent and one pi ,.
11 You may lve a P ,
book that tell a"M
alxutit,bothentfreeVHB
... m,ii Address Dr. MBHP"
Kilmer & Ca, Ding- mimtdnJ
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