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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, HUG. OVERNOR'SDAYAT STATE FAIR BIGS t.nnn Pmnlp Prospnl 771 Au tomobiles Parked on Grounds Morgan Horse Club Has An nual Meeting. TVhlte River Junction, Pent. 14. prlver If A. Harding of narton wns inite seriously Injured In the second heat of the 2'17 pace nt tho Vermont Stato fair this afternoon. With eight dorses In the event they came around !ho lower turn In a bunch, Harding driving Kloet, a prey Roldlng. As tho dorse rounded the turn It became en tangled in Its hobbles nnet was thrown I.adv S., driven by Ed. Pickle, was fol lowing close, and there was an Instant nilx-up. Harding was thrown over tho Mltsldo fenco and sustained a badly lacerate 1 face. Physicians on tho grounds rendered medical aid. 11,000 PEOPLE PRESENT. The third day of tho State fair has been a conspicuous success with an at tendance of 11,000 persons and auto mobiles, to tho number of 774 parked on .the grounds. The eiow.l has been In excess of any previous third day in tho history of the organization tho management says GOVERNOR OCCC7PIHS BOX. It was Governor's day. Ills Excel lency, Charles V. Gates, who on Tues day ran thlid In the contest for nom ination for I'n i ted States senator, oc cupied a box with his secretary of civil nnd military affairs, Jlcnjamln Gates, who en Tuesday was successful in se curing tbe nomination of State auditor on tho republican ticket at the prl- niaries. umer visitors oi prominence were Congressman Frank I.. Greene and ex-Governor Pingrco of Hartford, who i Is S3 years old. I In tho horso-back riders' tournament. ' for tho sl'vcr trophy piesented by James Tyson, Jr.. of Strafford, R. II. I .Metiers nn or jieriin, ix. n., was me winner W II Dlokcrsnn, proprietor of the Connecticut River Stock farm. Hatfield, Mass., won the cup for single drivers with the six-year-old black maro Hay Chatham, by Earl of Chatham, dam Lady Spltzer. The cup becomes tho property of Mr. Ilatlleld, he having won It at last year's fair with the five-year-old black gelding, Ilatlleld Chatham, a full brother of May Chatham. Eoth horses were bred by Mr. Dlckcrson. MORGAN HORSE CLUB MEETS. At tho annual meeting of tho Mor- pan Horse club this noon at tho com missioners' room in the administration building, the officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Presi dent., n. a. uarnng, jast iiurue; secre tary and treasurer, C. C. Stillman. Thero were brief talks by President Darlincr. H. S. Worner and C. V. Pad dock of Claicmont. N. II. The Judging of saddle horses took place In the area in lear of tho judges' stand near the track. In tho entry for these under 11 A hands high! with three entries, Miss Joe Evarts won tho blue, Miss Helen Gillette tho I red, and Miss Evarts' second horso tho white. In the class 1IVI hands or over, II. R. C. 'Watson's "Evelyn" took tho blue. W. C. Brown's Arab stallion of Beilin, N. II., the, red, and E. A. Dar ling's "Boots" tho white. There were eight contestants and it is safe to say a finer looking lot of saddle horses was never exhibited on theso grounds. GIRLS' MILKING CONTEST. The milking contest brought out seven contestants. Fifteen had been entered, but owing to tho ago limit of attendance somo of the younger en tries were bancd out. Those contest ing follow in order of winning with amount of milk to tho minute. Pearl Cadwell of East Thetford, 15 years of age, 2:2 pounds of milk; Louisa Cadwoll of East Thetford, 15 years of ago 2.11; Polly Everts of Windsor, 18 years of ago 1.71; Emma E. Coombs of Thetford, 17 years of age 1.G3; Etta M. Parsons of Bethel, 14 years of age 1:36; Edna Parsons ot Bethel, 16 years of ago .SO; Ruth E. Cadwell of Thetford, 17 years ot ago .M. Tho prizes wore $20, $15, $10, $2.50 and the last two contestants received gold brooch pins, In tho public service building thero were about tho same number of visi tors as the day previous, with thirty four hospital cases, mostly exhaustion, with ono case of sun stroke. President Esteo addressed tho hoys of tho extension service in tho nvo nlng at tho grounds. Two successful balloon ascensions wcro made by Prof. Bonnett. All tho vaudovlllo features were given on tho doulilo stage The parade of prize cat tle and stock was lepeated and tho crowds that packed thn two grand stands wtro jubilant over the varied features. LXCELLENT RACE CARD. Tho racing features wcro inado up of a 2:20 trot stake for a purso of $1, 000, a 2:24 trot, which went live heats, and a 2:17 pace, which went llvo huuts, and did not llulsh until sundown. It w.ns In tho last named that tho acci dent occurred. Tho summary; 2:20 TROTTING, PURSE l,iA Cohato Maid, h. m by Cohato, by Blngen, (Doio) 1 1 1 Lizzie Worthy, b. m (Mai tin) 2 2 3 Billy Burke, b, g., (Hanlfln) C fi 2 T. S. Blngen, br. g., (Mosher) 4 3 I Somersworth Boy, b. g., Boleluc)....3 4 5 Jane Grey, rn. m., (Plorce) 5 5 U Time, 2:18 1-1, 2:213-1, 2:181-2. 2:17 CLASS PACING, PURSE $100. Hal Porklns, Jr., blk. g., by Hal Perkins, (F. Pickle). ...C Peter Directum, h. s., (Ly ons) 7 4 1 1 113 2 2 3 7 4 4 dH v.ady S., br, m, (13. Pickle)..! Loue Bello, b. m.. (Kosher). S 0 2 2 3 rta Pedro, h, R (Martin) 2 4 3 7rJ. Burns Baron, br. s., (Bow- doln) G X C G n Hector King, br. n. (OClalr).7 ! t 6 n Elect, g k., (Harding) 8 6 dls. Time, 2;161-4, 2:15 1-4, 2:15 1-4, 2:10 1-1, 5:1S 1-4, 2:27. Lady S. being distanced In the 6th heat, no third money was won. 2:21 CLASS TROTTING, PURSE $300. Plucky Chat, gr, B.. by Earl of Chatham, by lllngcn, (How- doln) 2 2 111 Jllnscn Boy, b. g (Drury) 1 13 4 4 BIG ATTENDANCE The Only Ono, g. p., (Small)., ..a 3 2 2 ! Autowln, ch. B (Preston) 4 4 4 3 Time, liMM, 2:18 1-4, 2:2G1., 2:211-1 2:23 1-2. MAKING MEN OVER llnlf-Sn.t nml Millf-.liiJ nun Victories of i MirgcrJ. Surgery to-dny Is less surgery than sorcery, At the Malson Blanche, nenr Paris, these are men amputuled of both legs high III tho thigh, who will siioit ly walk, sit,' even kneel, with so little, stiffness that they might pass fo' hav lug but a slight touch of rheumatism. I talked to one man who oxcu-ci liltysolt for using sticks, smlllti'-t delightedly at his artificial legs, on the mound that lm had only had tegs for tbiec days, "and one has to prnctlo running f' the tiain." The very slumps with which they nte provided until the nr'Tlelnt limbs arrive are man els of effi' Icixy us coinpaied with the butt-end of wood or cork. Tho limbs are combinations of fine but slicing springs, set Ml a leather and aluminum mould, and so well made that a leg Is guaianteed for a life time, for every pint Is ensilv renewable. The Mniscin Blanche, formerly .1 laigo nsylutn for women, Is now a military hos pital, with four separate medical Muffs for Its different branches. The a-tlflclal limbs are its chief occupation: but It has a ward tor mad men and annthoi for those called "tho confused." Hi:c tho men looked well, but their set eyes hud no meaning In them. One seemed to bo conscious of nothing but a spray of lilac In a royal blue niedl ine bottle' per. haps he was the happiest. But the staff knew how much wot so they had been, how much better they would hn: and how much good work was going on The Medecln-chlcf would be a sad man If his Malson Blanche could b" surpassed. The head of the workshops, wheie the pa tients can have a preliminary training in several trades, ftom cobbling to ac countancy, one after the other, If they choose, so that they may be sine of get ting tho right one In the end, talks of tho 40o alieudy earning their llvltfg as If they were Iflo masterpieces, as Indeed, they are. If cheeilness Is a ohaiactoristle .? the maimed and the multllated, the blind are positively gay. At tile ennvnS' scent home at lteullly, where they team various trades, they sound from the gar den like birds in an aviary. They can very soon distinguish .a distant voice li, a babel, and follow It,, as the seeiif, can pick out a figure from a group, and watch it. In the room wheie blind dic tators were reading aloud to bllni type writers this was very noticeable. In tho big qui den were blind men walking slowly, blind men on the arms of nurses, blind men holding each other; hu also blind men walking freely from the hip, with a sure step, and stopping or turning a reasonable distance before they came to a wall or other obstacle. To will; is the first thing they ate taught. All over France this work Is going on. The mole a French soldier has su'feied. the cheerier he is. From the London Times. SEPTEMBER CROP REPORT Product inni of Vermont mid of t'nltrd Mate uiniiinrl7tMl. A suniinary of the September crop report for Vermont, and the l'nlted States, ns compiled by the Bureau of Crop Esti mates fund tiansmitted through lha Weather Bureau), I'. S. Department of Agiicultuie, is as follows: VERMONT. Corn September 1 forecast, 1,."S0, "i bushels, ' production last year, Html estimate, 2,a"j;in,) bushels. All wheat September 1 forecast, li'.f'OO bushels; production last yoar, final estimate, 30,000 bushels. Oats September 1 forecast. 2,7."0,000 bushels, pioiliictlon Inst year, tin ! estimate, 3, ISIS, mm bushels. Barley September 1 foiecnst, 327, fiOO bushels; piodiictlon last year, final estimate. 120, nun bushels. Potatoes September 1 forecast, 2,- 700,000 bushels; pioduction last year. tln.il estimate, 2,2.",0,Ooo bushels. Hay Piellmlnary estimate, 1,730,- () tons ; production last year, liual estimate. 1,310,000 tons. Vpples September 1 forecast, DB4.O0O barrels, luodnetiou last year llnul estimate, 321,000 barrels. Prices The first price ghen below Is tho average on September 1 this year, and tlm second the average on September 1 last year. Wheat, 111 and Itti cents per bushel. Corn, !"', and S3. Oni.i, lir, and H3. Potatoes, 'Jf, and fi.". Hay. $12.u and $1 0.30 per ton. Eggs, 33 and 25 cents per dozen. UNITED STATICS. Corn September 1 forecast, 2,710, 1100, noti hushoK: production last year, final estimate. 1.011,50.1,000 bushels. Outs September 1 foiecast, 1.230, 000,000 bushels; production last year, final estslnmte, lri 10,302,000 bushels. Barley September 1 foiecast, 181, cOi.ihiO bushels; production last jeai, final estimate, 237,00!l,00i) bushels. Rye September 1 forecast, ll.KSI, 000 bushels; prnducton last year, final estimate, 10,130.000 bushels. I obacco September 1 forecast, 1, 20,000,000 pounds; production last year, tinal estimate, 1,000,587,000 pounds. Potatoes September 1 forecast, 31s,Oi,0k1 bushels: production la.it year, final estimate, 3,r,!,l 03,000 bush els. Hay Preliminary estimate, SO, 20(1,- 000 tons; production last year, flnnl estimate, 8.1,22,1,000 tons. Apples September 1 forecast, 07, Oo.iix) barrels; production last yeai, final estslmate, 70,070,000 barrels. Peaches Estimated production, lnir,, 03.400,000 bushels. Prices Tho (list price given helow Is the average on September 1 this year, and the second price, the aver age on September 1 last year. Whoa1, 131 and 0.1.0 cents per bushel. Corn, 83.0 and 77.3 cuts. Onts.13.1 and 38. .1 cents. Potatoes. l.O'i and .10. .1 cents. Hay, $10,11) and $10,80 per ton. Cotton, 11.0 and 8.5 cents per pound. Eggs, 23.3 nnd 18.7 cents per dozen. A WEAK SISTEIt. During a recent clauco in the Rumpus Ridge neigliborhood, In Arkaiihas, Ihe usual fight took place among the at tending swains. There was considerable shooting and soino bloodshed, Tho bat tle was icgaided with equanimity by most of tho beauties present, but one girl, a stranger to the greater part of the assemblage, awooned, "Who was it that fainted away?" ask-' cd Miss Ducklo Burcher 11 little later. "Don't know," replied Miss Peaillo Smotbets. "Some town gal, I reckon; they'ro most all slckly,"-KansaH citv Star. VIEWED WITH PLEASURE. "I find lady cnstomciH very haul to please." "I can't sny that. My goods seem to glvo eminent satisfaction." "What line"' '.Mlrioia," Kansas City Journal NEW ENGLAND MILK PRODUCERS MAY RAISE PRICES All Producers Will Be Asked to Come Up Half Cent a Quart Vermont Farmers Interested. Rostnt. 53Aif tc f... r . .mmed.n,o.,dvancc In the price of .., .,,1, Duau n nines nn milk, as tho result of i meeting of the New England Milk Producers' nssncla tlon. After an all-day session they voted to ask all producers to demand an Increased prlco after October 1, av eraging half a cent a quart wholesale. Contractors last night said It would mean 10-cent milk at retail. Tho new prico for tho producers af ter October 1 will be 50 cents a can of 814 quarts, freo on board at Boston, as compared with tho present price of 3S-39 cents at the railroad stations In tho country. According to Sec. Richard Pattce of Laconla, N. II., who gave out tho In formation after the meeting, and other members of the board of directors the 1 farmer Is getting now between 38 and , 3!) cents per S',i -quart can for his milk, but the difference between this old nrtnn nnrl the now nrlpo elll tint 1,0 -v , clear gain, as tho transportation rate, I which tho producer must now pay, from the average distance of between 140 to the average distance of between 140 to 100 miles, from w.hich Boston's milk supply is gathered. Is 7 3-10 cents per can, leaving tho not prico per can nt 13 7-10 cents. The meeting was especially Important In view of tho recent ruling of the Interstate commerce commission In abolishing the present leased inllk car system, nnd requiring: the railroads themselves to run the milk cars and milk tialns after October 1. Among those present at the meet ing were B. W. Tarbox of Putney, Vt. ; C. O. Church of Whiting, Vt.; F. A. Rogers of Morlden, N. II.; George V. SaiRont of Ilenlker, N. H.; C. W. Barker of Exoter. N. II.; Ooorgo Lake I of Chichester, Vt.; II. L. Kimball of Northboro, Simon Brewster of Jewett 1 City. Conn.; Ceorge L. Smith of Barrel and Frank Northrup of Ludlow. Vt. Contrnctors were deeply Interested In tho action of the producors. but nonoj. was willing to say that ths advance I would be granted. WILSON A HISE BREAKER Mr. Glffnrd Plnchot Ti-lls Why Itr Cnn not Support n President Devoid of Mnccrit?', Courniri nr Constancy. To the Editor of the Free Press: Sir: It is the duty of every American citizen to make aiul support openly his choice among the candidates for the Presidency. That duty Is especially solemn this year, because great events and great decisions are certain to con front us during the next administration. I am writing to give you my masons for my own choice. If you cnie to lay them 1 befoie your leaders plense do so, but noli befoie. Monday morning, September 11. I am neither a democrat nor a icpub- , liean, but a progressive. Yet, theie being no Pi ngresslvo nominee, unless 1 choose to support a candidate who cannoi be elected I must vote for either Wilson or Hughes. For many months after his inauguration I thought well of President Wilson. In main lespects I lilted what he said about what be was going to do He talked well and made a good Impression. It was only when I began to check up what he said by what he .lid that I was forced to change my view. In the end I came to sec that President Wilson has a greater power than any other man in publi. life to say one Ihlni, but clo another, and get away with ii. The fads which justify this stntcmenl are common knowledge. We have all heard him tell German publicly that she would he held to strict accountability, unci breve learned after- , ward that he bad actually let her know 1 secretlv at the time, by the mouth of . his Secretary of State through the Aust- j il.m ambassador that what he said did not mean. We have all seen him pmve that he .11.1 not mean It by bis total I failure to exact reparation, apology or even disavowal for the murder of Ameri cans on the Lusitania. I do not say that President Wilson should hao thrust us Into war. tint there was need of courage to give us peace with self-i cspect. If Wilson hail shown courage this countrv would not have skidded from one crisis tn tho next, again and again, nnnnuly escaping dls aster. We have all heard him declare agalnsv Intervention In Mexico, while actually In tel veiling to dictate who should and who should not hold otllce there, and denounce war against Mexico while actually en gaged In war. With war on everv side of ns. we nil heai.l him, In his second nnnunl message, solemnly assure the country that we had not been negligent of national defence It was not true: and later on ho him self proved that It was not true by pro claiming aloud the need for what he had solemnly assured us we already had. Kor moie than a .oar after the world war began Wilson did not raise a finger ; to put us In 11 condition of defe nce. Onlv I the ptovcrhlal good luck of America has kept us from paving thn bitterest pilco for Ills unforgivable neglect. 1 We have all beard him ridicule the Idea or n greater nnvv. then declaie for Iiicoim parably the gieatest navy In the world, and then hack on that. Wo have all heard blm declare for ex. jomptlng our coastwise trade from tolls jln the Panama Canal, and have seen blm 1 show our own people nnd tho English that he did not mean lt. We have seen hlni elected op a pint form which pledged hlni to a single term UK Piesident. nil. I then become a candl dalo for another term. We have all heard him declare for the conservation of our natural lesonrces, and have seen hlni neglect that policy and lefuse his help lo defeat the Shields watcrpowcr bill, tho ihost dangerous at lack on conservation since-- Balllngern effort to turn Alaska over to the (luggen helms. We have all heard him decline for effi ciency in government, ami have seen hlni set the' pork barrel first and throw effi ciency away. I have known official Washington from the Inside for six n.l minkjUatlium. In timi thuu ih.i uuvnrn- ment business .has nover been so badly done and so extrnvlgantly as It is now done under Wilson. we navo an iiearu nim announce him 'self as the champion of civil service rj j foim, and have seen hlni turn the govern incut department over to the spoilsman as j no other President tins done In twenty years. Pi" ubiic"!;, amM,avenIecncmm co" have all heard duct the most secret administration of our time. We have nil heard him announce hlm- Ml( ns prPRtnnt nt n) t,0 pCf),,0( nn, have seen him as tho mot partisan President of his generation flout and op. I pose the progressives, whom now, he cause he needs them, ho seeks to con ciliate and enlist. Worst of all Is this: When every prln elplc of freedom and equality for which' run- fathers fought w,m . u.i, i ih gicnt war, when our whole country eag- ,cll awaited the leadership ot tho Prcsl-; dent, Wilson utilised. He refused to tnl.o sides on the greatest moral Issue of our i., . ., . l I l ' '?"!! !,. 1 w right and wrong. While our friends nbicmd were fighting for the ptluclplu ' we held otiin!ly with them he taught u that the profits and ease were better man self-respect. President Wilson has done ' onr nation the most serious Injury tha: any lender can do to any people by mnk Ing us flinch with him from a great moral decision. Thereby he weakened our hold as a nation on the principles which nlnnr. It Is well recognized that pullets make can make any pooplo self-iespectlng, safo ' better layers than hens. But pullets !o and strong. j 110t always begin to lay In the fall when Having led us wrong on the ground eggs nre scarce and high in pi lcc. Prob tbat wo must be neutral In the face of the ably It Is because they were not hatched deliberate breaking of tho world's peace, sutlleicntly eai ly, or they were r.ot proper he has just reversed himself again, and In ly managed. The purpose of this article Is his speech at Shadow Lawn now assures to tell how pullets may be fitted for fall us that "no nation can any longer remain neutral against any wilful disturbance of the peace of the world " I it is nail enough tliat Wilson's foielgu 1 Policy has left U.S. ns thn wnr ilrnu'q - - . toward Its end, w ithout a friend among "ie Pronl nations of the world and with- '"ut the respect of any ono of them. What Is worse is that he has kept us fiom standing up for what we know to be right The Ignoble standard of profit over principle which Mr. Wilson forced upon the country In our foreign relations ho has applied to himself as President. In w-hat be has said, done and left undone the record shows him steadily dominated by political expediency. These facts and many others like them, have forced me to see that what Mr. Wll- son says Is no sign of what be has done or of what he will do. The one thing Ills record shows Is that what he stands foi now be Is not llkelv In stnmi foe Inner , , . , ,, I do not care what bl platform 01 his ' -'""" "e, occanse thc commf"' experience of us all has " , ' "'" "at ,n h!j" they nru !,m'"' '"ugw" ?hJ . l iln,i ,u .. mn ' f !, , ",,,Pr1hnmI iu " man " J ' w"' record as Governor ot , ' .,' """ .' '.' 1 "'"" " '"" l"n IS. m '' r" rupt politicians. So far as the conserve- tlon policies are concerned both what be said an. what he did could hardly have been better. 1 ..in coni.ueni mat under him these policies will be safe. He is a ' """" """ """sc. "o moral Issue, and be will gle us an honest nncl an efficient administration. As a progressive, I believe ,rt national ism. So does Hughes. I am certain that under Hughes Piogressive policies will fare hetter than under Wilson, and thnt the safety, honor and welfare of tb country will be in Immeasurably surer hands. I cannot vote for Mr. Wilsor because : ennnot trust him. He does not do what he says. Hughes doo. Theiefore. my choice Is Hughes, and I shall work and vote for him. GIF FORD P1NCHOT. Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 7, ITiIG. TlllXti l.lnllTNING IIOF.S .NOT DA HACK. Lightning, that mysterious force ath- ered In tho powerhouse of nature, which often sets fire to haystacks, franm houses and barns, has never been known to seriously damage: , naiiroa , trains or locomouves. build- ilngs with metallic grounded sides and I r"f'"' h,nK which have frame works ' , . """"" """-". hrnouoeu steei " , """ nait.esnips and cruises buslnes, blocks and apartment ' ' ' Ihe evplanation of this phenomena Is s mple. for most of these objects conduct. electricity so we I that electricity Indue- ed on earth is drawn up through them and dispersed Into the atmosphere, thus dissipating the charge of electricity be - fore it becomes strong enough to produce a flash. If a IlKhtnliig stroke to one of theso objects does not occur, the mass ... cmumiK mio us composition will usually .... . . , uniiui i uic current sain- ly to the ground. THE Til INK EH. Back of the ocatlna; hammer By which the steel is wrought, Back of tile workshop's clamor The seeker may find the thought. The thought that Is ever master Of Iron and steam and steel, That rises above disaster And tramples It under bee. The drudge may fret nnd tinker Or labor with lusty blows, But back of him stands the thln'ier. The clear-eyed man who knows. For Into each plow or saber, Each piece and part and whnlo Must go the brains of labor, Which gives the work a soul. Back of the motor's humming, ' Back of the bells that sing, Bnck of the hammer's drumming, Hack of the crnnes that swing, Thero Is the eye which scans them, Watching through stress and Spain, There Is tlie mind which plans them Back of tile brawn, the brnln. Might of the louring boiler, Force of the engine's thrust, Strength of the sweating toller. Greatly In these ve trust, But back of them stands the schemer, Thc thinker who dilves things thimigh, Bark of the Job-the dreamer Who's making tho dream come true. -Berton Graley In at. Louis Ulobo- Democrat. dill .IIT.M1V (''i:itThu ,, Don't miss this, cut llt tl Hl)Pi enclose witli five cents tn Foley & Co., Chicane, 111., writing your namo and nihil ess dearly. You will receive In re turn a trial package containing Fnloy's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, (olds and croup, Foley Klciuoy Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. .1. W. O'. Sullivan. Medical Hall, :( church St. Adv. lf Till' IIAI1V IS CUTTINfj TEETH be sine nnd use that old and well-triad lein.'dy, Mrs- " Inslnw'a Soothing Svruu. e clilldren teething. U .Uiesthe h .1, hi.ii.s, nunys a pa n. met) '""u ''l 1" the best rom.lv for Diarrhoea, I wenty-tivo cents 'PREPARING Successful Management Means Comfortable Living Quarters and Proper Feeding. TicpnCQirm nf tViO Rpln JJlDLU&SlUH UX U1C XYtJlcl tive Merits of Grain Rations and Animal Foods. I m ROI . JAMLS B, MORMA, Former Expert for the Fnitcd State Department of Agriculture. and winter laying, Kf;f; laying in late fall and early win . - . , ., ...i.u ...... ...i'.h ', i iu- lt.r IH nnt in icecorciaiico wiin ii.c.i.n , k0,v1s are domesticated wild birds. The naturd ,,e,0( f()1. iliyig H during spring ,,,,,1 ...,rlv summer. Tberefoie. to get eggs ,,., ,,, n wnter, It Is necessary to J Klvu BIOWI,1B chickens special care and attention. Vhe tlrsl essential to succe-s is to keep J thc yomll: hMa Kr()Wlng steadily. Tho pmiets should bo separated from the cock-, ci els when about three months old. When. four months of ape. tho pulletr should be ! Kro InB Into proml-lug layers. At tins aKe lh(.y .Mhollll, bo KlveIl uV(.ry oppor-1 tunity to matuie naturally. But It Is a ,istake to force pullets too rapidly. Such a ,)rac.Uco lnay produeo a faw nl()rc eggs al tIu, Blnrti but lt wlu UHUilUy remllt . , , ,. I uisappoiiimiem. 1 ne puuciH may niuiiii. t ., ., ...... nmditctln.i In winter will t.,.ast., Ql. tllc pullets will not reach nor- I l11a, slzc wlu, they begin to lay; in that, case the eggs will probably be small In I "y "" m8""S f"rc" p,'llC,S bj' Vl''" I feeding with such high animal protein f,.eds n(j Kromi(, ,)on(,f meat M.rnps. Ilsb scraps, or skim milk. They need small amounts of animal protein for proper K,'mVt" ana "rm'11 eK "rfluctl0,, Voifcedlng Is fatal to success. To be pverly (Uteil for lm ,nlllct .should be in full Mesh with a small amount of surplls tat. The latter is required lo.and grit. These nine he ,m,in,i i ir. mnlnlnln the nnrmnl hnilv he.'it ns enl'l ) weather comes on. Body heat Is con- ,,.,, i,p,n- rn.1i.ltr,.!. and the soimlv must be kept up by means of fat. To produce a proper amount of fat, growing ' pullets must be fed a balanced ration Ilow to do this successfully is one of thn problems of poultry raising. I ADVANTAGES OF PENNING PAL LETS. 11 ,s KOOd Practice to pen pullets by themselves when being littci for winter ' esK 'nylng. Thc pens should bo prepared , "K cnrl' 1,1 fnl1 a possible. They should be properly cleaned and thorougl. j ly disinfected. If possible each pen j should have a good size yard and havc I roosting quarters, scratching pen, dust plinth and nesting places. These should all ! bo under cover, well lighted, and dry aim I well ventilated. Cleanliness nnd room 1 Iness tend to keen growing pullets healthy 8llPCCfll, egg production, , Anothpr a()vnntaKn of , llp!s , , thPmPph.es , tn provMa fnr nnrmn, development, lt Is not always easy id ; ,. sll(.0evsfully. All poultrv feeds .,, ,Ilffwnt romblnatlo.m of water. 1 te Htarchelli fnlB anil ,nlnP.nl salt4. These elements nre required by chickens , for ,r owth. It Is very Important ,lowevor, lo ,,rovi()e feeds ,,, sutilcier.t I quantity and variety to allow for .irgnnlc wnstM am, normnl development. To th'.i di ,M a KMO, plnn , pr(n,,p CPrtn; fpcd(1 , hn thnt v , i,-i i i,ii ,i,i, . ,i ...... ,f,.,vT rnvmj ) Gt 'Xn,)1-Nf5 AGAINST II.LM. 1,111 feeding and housing are not tho ,,nl' Precautions necessary for llttlng Pllllets to lay successfully. It is not wise ,1,1 l,C (IMlle.U r,l !,t Inrl'A l , 1 . ....,.. 'Weeds ilorlll.r tll. fnll ,,ut,,ll,u If thu - " itiett-i i.-ti iai'1 ,ii,.,ui ine. u uciuiiicii I , , . , , under feathers about tho abdomen get ' wet, tho pullets soon have a bedraggled appearance. If the abdomen get wet and I Is chilled by the raw fall winds, bowel ' troubles or some other local ailment is : likely to arise. While sickness of this nature Is not apt to prove fatal, It alfectr the vigor of the pullets, Their health is likely to become more or less undermined, ! and this will delay or proven! their lav A V ' puuets wcro mm,,., . . J'0'1 Precisely the same grab, ration. b- Ing. This condition should certainly bo avoided If one Is striving for profitable winter egg production. If pullets are kept off the wet grass .Tin long weeds, they keep themselves neat, clenn and healthy. Under theso condi tions pullets aro lit toil for cither egg pro duction or exhibition purposes. If tho Intter is thc object of the pou try keeper, they need no artificial preparation for ex- hlbltion by washing and flouting. Hut whatover tho object, the rules for tho care and management of pullets- here ocf lined will bo found very helpful. To give ....... , ... ... , ., their feathers n smooth and glossy ap pearance, a little oil meal should be foj occasionally, During the fall and winter, egg produc tion depends largely upon successful methods of feeding. If pullets are pen ned by themselves, where they can main tain their activity by being fed plenty of nouiishlng food, tho problem of winter egg production Is moie than half solved. An outllno of good feeding practice Is as" follows: As fall comes on and the pullets aro Inclined to stay In their quarters, throw a .small quantity of scratch feed In their pens the first thing in the morning. ThH keeps them active. Such a pen should be supplied with about four or six inches of litter. Equal parts of straw, liny and leaves make a good scratching material. The pen should bo dry and well lighted The object Is to glvo tho pullets a chauco to act as nature dictates. It Is us natural for them to scratch ns It Is to cat, and .or successful egg production the poultrynian cannot Imitate natural conditions tin closely. Every grain tho pullots get should bo tin result of their nctlvlty, which Is possible If tho grain Is thrown Into deep litter. This keops tbrin occupied no matter what the weather may ne. ir active puuets ale thus made to work for their grain, thera will be little danger of over-feeding. Moreover, If such rations are not irnpcrl balanced, the pullets can eat inoro emu and other fattening Kr.iluu without Inter- PULLETS FOR AUTUMN EGG PRODUCTION SICILIAN BUTTERCUPS. For a number of years Hlcll.an Butter-, cups have appeared In thef poultry e- ' hlblts of the l'nlted States, nnd except I 1 for their oddity of comb and tolor mark- 1 ' Ings, they found little favor Receir'x i bleeders have found them to be excellent layers. They are an Italian production, native to the Island of Sicily, and numeious lm Portations have been made from Hmt country. Apparently this breed has be. u I'rcd so long In that Island that Its origin las been forgotten, for all attempts to trace It have been futile. In Sicily thov " known ns the "Patera Opulentae, mennlnB sacred cup of riches, and wr8 formerly used in religious sacrlllces. The first Sicilians we,,, brought to America bv the caUtaln of a ship tiadlig between Sicily and Boston, who took on a crate of these fowls for food The cap- tain noticed tl.ni iti inlrf ... 1 - .,. .,e. , fo'" this reason they were not eaten "luli iI-u- ' iicii a goou rec oi'l rupllng their normal development A foorI "f'-InK pen thus becomes a valuable adjunct to sueccful feedln- Tlle euergv expended in scratching fo"- the grain helps to keep ihe pullets healthy ami experience has denim istrnted that t active and healthy pullets make the ber. 'laye.s. In addition to griln the mil el- , ; , 1 , " '";'- feed, fresh water, charcoal ovster shell I fcmllnn. COMPLETE GRAIN RATION. I For pullets about to lay, no poultryma.i ! should be without such standaid giains as corn, wheat, and oats Other nece;-, saiy feeds are meat scraps or meat meii. , brnn, middlings, corn meal, nnd ground I oats. A good commercial scratch feed is 1 essential, because It t'urnlslie a vnrie'v of grains nt a fair price. The keeper of I a few fowls or a small llock will find It as cheap to use sciatch feed as to attempt to Tnlx one's own rations. ! As a rule scratch feeds are scientifically I prepared. The object Is to supply a ba'. anced grain ration. They am valuable for ' meeting the organic- demands of laying fowls. A good scratch feed usually ciin alns cracked corn, wheat, oats, kullr, bm ey, buckwheat, sunflower seed, and ovon dher grains. These aro all needed b;- ayers They foi m a complete grain ra tion, since they contain the proper pin- portions of protein, carbo-hydrates ana fats; they provide for body wastes, normal growth, complete development, and ciu formation. Recent tests by tho Fnited States department of agriculture show that fowls given certain feeds selected .71 pr cent, of f01111ne.1l, 20 per cent, of beef scrap, and 17 per cent, of bran and mid dlings. Such a ration consists of the es- , sential fond elements of protein, carbo- 1 hydrates nnd fats. Pullets must have all 1 thiee forms of food substances, If MlI,piCll wlth th ,.cossarv fMl, fowls Hill usually balance their own r,i-j I Hons. Besides grain natural foods for j fowls aie grubs, Insects, worms, and other things found In the ilelds. Under , domestic conditions these things cannot I , be supplied. Some form of animal pr . . ,, ,.,... ' ' v '." food. Consequently, growing pullets need . ' . , , fresh ground bone, meat scran, fish scran, i or skim milk for egg production. If such materials are kept before pul lets, they will usually eat only sutPcient for normal needs. Experiments by the Indiana Experiment Station have shown that laying pullets must have animal pr i teln In .'iime form to produce eggs iirof- llnl.t,. MM.... f .. one pen leeelved meat scrap in addition one tis,ii scrap, and ono skim milk. T. j , other pen received the grain union only. In one year each pullet of the pen fed i meat scrap laid 13.1 eggs, the pullets ted j fish scrap laid lex eggs each.' those fd skim milk laid 133 eggs each- while the , pullets which were fed only grain laid an average of 32 eggs. """ "" nr" 1P" mpilt "fr.ip . ' ,'"" pPr p""01' ,Mnt "" 1"'" ' , ' ,1,1,,,t; n'"1 fr"m , ill pc" fr'' "hlm "" W !''. I no pen that was lint fed nnv mil.,, ,1 protein was kept at a loss. I'SE OF St'RPl.US ENERGY. Probably no hard and fast rule can ne 1 laid down for balancing n ration for lay ing pullets. But such a ration Is neces sary for tho production of surplus energy! for egg formation. In late fall and eaii.-i winter, a great deal of beat Is radiated I from tho bodies of pullets. No eggs will bo formed until provision Is made for thi production of all energy tequbed in hoc!'' activities. Hence pullets intended for egg production should be provided with all feeds needed for balancing their rations and developing surplus energy When pullets have been raised to the laying use, thn surplus energy derived from thn digestion and assimilation of food Is used for forming and dovoloplns egs. The encigy thus required can be provided in no other way. Tho poultr keeper cannot expect to got eggs unless sulllclent food Is digested and assimilate I tn provide a surplus of energy. A variety of feeds in abundance is essential for egg production. This Is especially hupoilatit iu winter when so much energy Is radiat ed from tho body. Tho euro of pullets u fii i phHeiitlnl for laying tho foundation of succcssici egg production In winter. But tho one who Is looking for a bountiful supply of eggs must be prepared to feed liberally an here outlined. There will be nn dltllculty then Iu making poultry keeping a llnati dul bUcceaa. on tho voyage over that he had no troUb9 disposing of the fowls to a fancier In """ton. This gentleman named them Sl- """ercups. on account of the pocu- 11.11' COIllh fnrmnllfm nn,! atrni'A In Infr.. .1 . ....... . . ' emcved a vllcht '. Htv V nt'.!, . 7 , ,. ' " ' . I .,,, ' ,' , f ' .. mlf!,e,1 unt11 F.Xpei.cnred noultr'vmen have fo.mH In 1 1 ? h!i . 7 , ' Ifa egg m- ch , e In colT theU ' is yellowish buff "no ted with Trk thrown' ovekfho Wk wines and nnrt . the Muff The male i n rZI ; ,VIUl ,,,at.k ,,. ' , '' ' , , ,,. So,ne ' show- more spots tha ,hlf(. , arf. t irall Both sex havc n vplIowNh g ,p0 y.1 , ar ' bp , a ,10riIlr cm,.s,,at)(1i ' ,h The chicks grow' nnd father rmldlr land reach earlv maturitv heBlnnln I . .. mnlnti, beginning t( my as quicklv as Leghorns "When fii 1 grown they are about the size of Leg horns Kit'i.i.vfiiMin:, run inutscs. I've taken my mounts where I've found them. I've cantered and run in my time. I've had my picking of horses, And four of the lot were prime One was a sorrel or buckskin, I never could make out which And two were regular riding school skntes And one was an Irish witch. The buckskin 1 had as a rookie I bought from a man getting nut; I parted with two hundred dollars. Not knowing what I was about. His hodv was fat and topheavy And his less unaccountnhly slim. I have figured since then he was worth nt least ten And I learned about horses from him. I Then I dropped : -.to nn auction And purchased a rangy old hack, His gaits In the ring were unequalled, But the next time I got on his back He broke up like raw macaroni. He hadn't a single sound limb, So 1 gave him away to a groom the next I learned about horses from him. Then a white cayuse at Durland'n ' Caught my experienced eye. 1 -'ave him a thirty day trial Al,d then I decided to buy j Hut after he'd rolled over backward They told me bis name, Loco Jm. inouKii 1 hated to squeal I went back on that deal And I learned about horses from him. men i got Kathleen, a hunter, From a man who was going abroad. With nobody up she was languid; When I cinched her she merely looked bored. But she kicked and she bit and she strug gled At the very first touch of my spur And the Captain of course shouted out, "Ride your horse!" And I learned about horses from her. I've taken my mounts wher I found them And what have I got for my pains? Threo fractures and four dislocations And dozens: of bruises and sprains At the end of its walking or driving And dodging each horse that you see. Vet all tbK. It's true, need not happen to you For you've learned abnut horses from me. Rodman Gilder POINTED PARAGRAPHS A king in ibe hand Is worth three In I the pack. The rattlesnake never shlnks from danger It simplv rc-colls. A genius Is a man who can do almost anything but make a living The man who knows the least Is often In the biggest hurry to tell It. Auctioneers are men who cry because they have to make an honest living If all the good bad not died young tlu'to would be a lot of cranky old peo ple mi earth to-day. No girl can successfully masticate fudge and nurse a case of disappoints I lo e at the same time The icason a man can't te I the nver nno woman anything Is be ause she would rather talk than listen If a man oor wishes he bad been born a woman It Is when be observes the foolish nets of cither men The inerage woman swallows flattery just as a b.ibj swallows buttons ro gaidlcss of the trouble that may follow. Chlcan.i News. mi ws wniiitiiii) ami iinpui.r.s "'or ten years I was bother.nl with kidney trouble," writes T. F. Hll'chlll son, Little oek, Ark. "1 was w.-riicd and had almost given up all hopes I used five boxes of Foley Kidney Pills unci am now a well man." Foley Kid ney Bills drlvo out aches, pains, rheu matism and all kidney troublo fi'mp. turns. J. W. O'Sulllvnn. Modlcnl IH'I, 21 Church St. Ad Property loss resulting from Quekeo bridge disinter will be approximately Jf.00.nno. Accident will delay comjxW. .tlou of strucluru for 10 months.