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FEED WELL IN MOLT SEASON Forcing Molt Stops Egg Produc tion Without Early Re sumption. DO NOT OPPOSE NATURE Growth of Feathers Calls for Plentiful Supply of Protein—Fat Gives Feathers Gloss. Scarlely anything on the farm Is more distressing to view than a lot of hens going into cold weather without enough feathers to keep them warm It is much like a man wearing a palm beach suit with snow on the ground and trying to seem unconcerned about it, or the chap who leaves off his over coat in zero weather to harden him self —so he says. Forcing the Molt Unwise. But there doesn't seem to be any help for the unhappy poultry minus their winter clothing. Much was said a few years ago about forcing the molting of hens, controlling it, and so arranging things generally that the hen would get back on the job of lay ing eggs with less delay. An experi enced New York poultryman declared he had solved the problem by cutting down very materially the hens' ra tions for several days. This was fol lowed by heavier feeding than ordi narily. The menu, or the lack of it, stopped laying, and often resulted in molting at once. The results were not so satisfactory as had been hoped. In many cases the hens did not finish the molt much, if any, quicker than If they had been let alone. It didn't seem possible by this means to control the time at which the hens could be brought back to laying. Egg production could be stopped all right, but it couldn't be re sumed any earlier than usual, and sometimes it looked as if it had been stopped permanently. Obviously, this wouldn't do. One of the chief attractions of poul try raising is a constant supply of eggs, let the feathers fall-when they may. So it is not advisable for any one to try systems that work in con flict with Nature, who seems to have INFORMATION FOR TRAVELERS Address any of the firms below for further information RAINIER NATIONAL PARK "WHERE THE FLOWEKS AND THE GLACIERS MEET" Now open, with 100 addition roOSMr- —50 with priv»t« hath* —at Paradise Inn. Total •MMaAtfetfoftl fur 09 ~> piiriom Bwfa jjood. Send for new literature and rateu. Automobiles leave Taeoiuu and Seattle daily at * a. in. RAINIER NATIONAL-PARK- COMPANY TACOMA PORTLAND SEATTLE ON MAIN LINE GREAT NORTHERN SCENIC RAILWAY WE SPECIALIZE in Developing. Printing and Enlarging Mail Orders Receive First Attention E. W. STEWART & CO. THE CAMERA STORE 111 Columbia St. Seattle, Wa»h. "LUCERNE HOTEL AT LUCERNE, WASHINGTON on Beautiful Lake Chelan" Horseback riding, fishing, rowing, dancing, mountain climbing, bathing, a delightful ■pot to spend your vacation, weather ideal, rates reasonable. Furnished cabins and tent houses for campers. We.also accommodate gueMs at Twin Pines Sporting Camps at Damke Lake, Hart Lake and Lyman (Jlariers. For particular! write. W. W. Chamber*, Prop Lucerne, Waah. There are more Holsteins than any other purebreds in the state of Wash ington. The above is a bunch of pure breds belonging to Oeorge Cotton of Winth rop. The census bureau has sent out the following as to the number of pure bred cattle found in the state last year when the census was taken: a way of her own in such things. Feathers were intended to come off about once a year—the hen being more or less feminine after all. "It 'is dinstinctly unwise," says a govern ment expert, "to attempt to force the molt. It is well to let hens lay as long ,as they are in the mood to do it, and then to let them molt when they get ready." New Feathers Taxes Energy. As a rule, hens that begin to molt early do the job slowly, and are the poorer layers of the flock, while those that molt late get through with it quickly, and are about the best layers. Usually it takes three or four months MILLER TRUNK AND LEATHER GOODS CO. "INDESTRUCTO TRUNKS" 1007 Second Aye. Next to Pig'n Whistle Seattle Scenic Hot Springs "A MODERN SWISS CHALET" One of the tnoet attiactiw watering places in the entire world WM. I. JONES, Manager Scenic, Washington Write for booklet Hotel Seattle PIONEER SQUARE SEATTLE. WASH. RATES —Moderate —Satisfactory CAKE in connection R. L. HODODON. Manager "TRAVEL DELUXE" Inter City Auto Stage Service BOU.DSC *f>rVl W»S«SICTfIH SEE BEAUTIFUL PUGET SOUND BY STEAMER Write for descriptive (older Puget Sound Navigation Company The purebred cattle constitute 18,- --560. of which number the beef breeds make up 5.M0. while the dairy breeds are in great majority with 12,720. Of . the beef breeds the Shorthorns are n.ore than one-half the tot:"! number, ! being 3.351, with Polled Durham soc j ond, 1.202. Hereford and Aberdeen I Angus make up the rest of the pure CLUB GIRLS FAIR EXHIBIT UNIQUE South Bay Canning Club to Serve Canned Geoduck to Public. One of the unique features which will be seen at the Interstate Fair at Spokane next week will be the demon stration in canning, conducted by the South Bay Canning club of Thurston county. The girls will show to the vis itors at the fair how to can and pre pare for the table the delicious bi valve, the geoduck. These rare ducks | are not like other ducks and swim on the water or fly in the air, but they bury themselves from two to four feet deep in the oozy mud of Puget Sound, and can only be obtained at extreme low tide. In digging these clams it is ■ineoeesarf to- tpeseh-arcacd-aJse place where the neck appears above the sur face of the beach so the water will not run into the hole. Then they are dug Borne inches away from the neck so as not to disturb the clam. When down to within about the bottom of the shell, the shovel is placed under the clam and the geoduck is pulled out. Another method is to sink a casing about two and one-half feet in diam eter and three feet deep around the ito complete the process of molting A few are all through in two months. Some go at it gradually, as if they didn't like to attract attention, while others drop all the feathers they have, or nearly all, ul o- j time, and go about almost naked, with no regard for the proprieties. And while this is going on the hens lay few or no eggs. This is because the growth of a new coat of feathers makes such a demand upon the body that it is out of the question for egg production to con tinue in any large degree. The growth of feathers, like all other growth, calls for a plentiful sup ply of protein in the ration. Most poultry raisers, however, make no ef fort to feed a special ration at molt ing time, but continue to give the lay ing ration which the hens have been getting right along. This U good practice because a laying ration con tains protein which goes into the form ing of featherß, since egg production practically ceased when the molt be gins. Still, some poultrymen like to be sure there is a liberal supply of protein available for the hens during the molting period, and this is achieved by feeding beef scrap in a hopper where they can help them selves, a sort of hen cafeteria With many farm flocks, where little or no attention is given to feeding the henn any animal feed, their rustling ability being relied upon to supply this in the shape of bugs and worms, and where the hens may not during the molting period be getting enough animal feed to promote quicker growth of feath ers, it is good practice to feed beer scrap in the way described. Milk is aleo an excellent feed at this time. Sunflower Seed in Favor. Rations which contain a high per centage of fat have a tendency to give the feathers a high gloss. Sun flower seed, because of its fat con tent, is in favor among some poultry men as a feed during tbe molting period, especially with birds which they wish to get into the best condi tion for exhibition. bloods, with the exception of ISt, the breed of which is not reported. The Holstein-Friesians have the same po sition among the dairy breeds that the Shorthorns have in the beef breeds, having a majority over all. There are 7.637 pure blood Holsteins in this state, of which males are 2,607. clam and dig the mud and sand out of the casing, thus freeing the clam. The South Bay Canning club of Thurston county have made a special ty in canning all kinds of sea food, such as rock clams, butter clams, geo ducks, trout, salmon, flounders and all kinds of sea food. They will have a goodly supply of the famous geoduck on hand and will serve it fried, in chowder and made into patties, to be given to the public. The girls are shipping over an exhibit of one hun dred quarts of fruits and sea foods for display. In Club Work Five Years. There are six girls in the club, Ruth Haydeen, Gladys Taylor. Ruth Adair. Margaret Haydeen, Mary Bennett and Ester Madden, and each of these girls have canned over two hundred quarts of food so far this year. One of the remarkable facts about tbe club is that four of the girls have been in club work for live years. Huih Haydeen and Gladys Taylor are to be at the In terstate Fair to contest for interstate i championships in canning, while Ruth : Auair anu Margaret Haydeen won out lin the district contests held at the ! Southwest Washington Fair last we*-k and will try out for state champion ship at the State Fair this month. Financial aid to send the team to Spokane has been secured through the j efforts of the Olyrnpia Chamber of Commerce and the Thurßton county farm bureau. A special drive was con ducted in Olympia for this purpose and the show windows of a prominent merchant were given over to display ing the club's canned products. Will iam Dunham, county club agent for Thurston county, it is one of the most unique exhibits and demonstra tions ever Conducted, and the business men of the county are behind the move to see that one of the natural re sources of Olympia is given the proper amount of attention. It is rare that i the same canning team produces a state championship team as well as another contestant for state honors. HELPFUL HOUSEHOLD HINTS Any undesirable odors coming from glass bottles or earthen vessels can easily be remedied by filling tfn-m up with cold water in which soda ban been dissolved Finely chopped parsley added to canned peas and string b<;aris before heating will improve tbe flavor. Some farmers may think it a waste of time treat their grain for smut, but experience shows differently WHY HUDDLE Around a Heating Stove Atm m ABCWEM) Plfs !«-»», rutin,,-* will k«-*i> ft ■rj roots wmiiii ,i, urn eeM *-*t veeieei I ai,saa iiihUll it in tiiii 01- new h,,u,.,-fc. only H MDAII t,llM ojhii! umU. (MS Urn AUCWKJ.tI Xi,.)» , ib On- Oaif wat-i,i air f ur mm fastaasa«l senae h,M!.v Km- *iti',kfc »t,d duif tiirlit Wrj|» f„r UUm inn •|»-, i»l tuiNnu-i r |Tm SEATTLE PIPELESS FURNACE 4 MFC. CO. 34*1 Ird Aye. W , Seattle, Wn S \ BOOK OM fJB/±\ DOG DISEASES ' : <•■•: MaiUd ' >r " ■ »«"«"■ H ' LAY (,LOVU f O. America's Pioneer IM w..t v,« n,,.,, Don Remedies «•» ■ If On this showing the prospect is that grade Holsteins will be more common in a few years than scrub stock, a consummation devoutly to be wished. Jerseys are in second rank to the Hol steins, with 3,402. Guernseys follow next with 941, then Ayrshires and Brown Swiss in the order named. NO ADVANTAGE IN MILK SUBSTITUTES Artificial Milk Does Not Utilize Waste—But Little Cheaper. The discussion lor and against "ar tificial milk has been transferred to congress where legislation against it is sought. The subject is one in which Western Washington, with its large dairy interests, is especially con cerned. On one side of the issue are the producers and on the other the manufacturers of milk products. It is a controversy in which the outsider is interested because he must play the role of consumer. Apparently there are extravagances on both sides. Few of us believe that this artificial milk skim milk and vegetable fats, chiefly those extracted from coconuts — will work tMJutTiK.tQ.lhe riatrjuiJutoatr*. that is pictured, neither do we regard it as the ideal economic product, avoid ing waste and meaning a healthful food at a much cheaper price than that demanded lor whole milk. A Seattle newspaper declares this artificial milk a most beneficial thing because it utilizes skimmed milk that otherwise would be used for hog feed or would go to waste and because it reaches markets canned milk cannot supply and because it is much cheap er; that it is a very excellent thing to have two foods where but one was produced before. Hut the dairymen come back with the assertion that artificial milk is sold for only about a cent a can cheaper than whole milk and that it does not utilize waste. We're hardly prepared at this Btage to indorse synthetic foods no matter how correctly they may be built up; maybe, when our population becomes denser and we have less idle land, the chemist can have his turn and the product of his skill be termed a bless ing. School will soon begin, and with it the lunch for the children. THIS MUSIC 15c COPY POST PAID Hsariraska, bur.»r„|,, mj u , i> anu i„. bum, N.-lurn-, It Trnvntor suis-stir '■" ■ vi """' ~ TUCKER MUSIC CO "° Hal S . Se.ttle. W,.h Flacher Bros. Co Seattle P. O. STEVENS, Manager HOTEL STEVENS MODERN AND CENTRALLY LOCATED FIRST AYE. AND MARION SEATTLE 58 C F. BAASCH'S FERTILIZER IS MINED IN WEST Rock Phosphate Declared b perts Choicest of Soil Foods. COST TO FARMERS IS S , Spokane Men Developing El- Beds in Montana—Claim L Supply in United State;,. Farmers of Washington will i available the leading soil bu the world, rock phosphate, at a only a fraction of commercial izers If expectations of dcv. ; of rock phosphate and lime i Montana are fulfilled. Not onl.s he supply of this choice fertilizi i .imple for all requirements, hut it be sold at from one-fourth to oi the price of the average ion:: u <j fertilizer, according to Fred .1 ijl sell of Spokane, president of the (V tana company. Heretofore rock phosphate ha mined in the United States almi clusively in Florida and Tenm Little of this supply has found way to the Northwest because the ply was too limited and becau high freight rates. South idahi some phosphate beds, but their i is consumed by the farmers of s< crn Idaho and Utah. "The phosphate beds of southei Florida and Tennessee have uji i present supplied about 52 per ct lit the world's output. It is said l those beds are becoming depleted. "The Montana Phosphate com; holdings are said to be twice as as those of the famous Ocean i beds, which were sold for a Bong the English government because, a writer in Leslie's magazine put 'the owners of the island were as on their own gold mine.' Tod;;, Ocean island is valued at millions 01 dollars. The resources of the I • island beds are estimated at '■'•'>.' long tons; the resources in the Mi n tana Phosphate company's beds estimated by geological experts I more than 70,000,000 long tons. "The big vein in these holdings runs from a point northeast of Maxville ' a point southwest of PhilMpsburg, . distance of 12 miles." Report Great Tonnage. J "The government survey engineers and other engineers of note est) the tonnage in these beds to h>' up proximately 70,000,000 long, ton above water level, and the deposil are believed to extend at least IE feet below water level. Ad. these beds is a mountain containing millions of tons of the highest 6 oV lime. ' Several hulieffhs ii!TVe" "been' gotten out by the United State logical survey department on the ex tent and value of these fit-his. "The analysis shows an averai 60 per cent tricalcium phosphate, an unusually high grade. Used in Illinois. "Due to the advice and teachini Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins, one of the world's greatest authorities on tin care of the soil and one of the found er! of the famous government ex pcrimental agricultural college ;d Champaign, 111., the farmers ol tl state, where land sells for $400 to $800 an acre, are using hundreds <>t thousands of tons of rock phosphate and ground lime. Last year alone Illinois used more than 800,000 ' of ground lime and 150,000 ton rock phosphate. "Frank I. Mann of Oilman, 111., he increased the production of uli> : on his lund from 20 to 63 bushel acre and oats and corn from 35 100 bushels an ncre by the use of rocli phosphate. * There are a lot of farmers who li i o taken their sons into business as pari ners instead of hired men. 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