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14 THE POULTRY YARD ADVERTISING POULTRY. Being an ad. writer I am going to tell your readers and advertisers from time to time why and whose fault it is that poultry people sometimes be come discouraged with their advertis ing. The success of publicity in the poultry business as well as any other lines of trade, depends upon the hon esty of the advertiser. Dishonest methods won't win. The wording and display of an ad. determines its value as a trade puller. Next would be the style. An ad. must be plain, direct and convincing. It must state kind and quality of poultry you have, and give price. Plenty of space and a catchy headline draws attention, and attention is what you want. Don't use slang, and don't mention the busi ness of a competitor, ridicule or con tempt only show the smallness of the writer. As to efficacy and power of advertising I need say nothing, it is self-evident. To advertise successful ly there are several things that should be taken into consideration, and the most essential of these are; The care in preparing the ad., attractive, argu mentive, forceful, truthful, and don't try to advertise others, and don't ad vertise yourself, but advertise and sell poultry. Place your ad. in a paper that goes into the homes of the buy ing class; those most likely to be in terested in what you have to say. Change your copy often, make it at tractive, and I believe you will agree with me that this is the shotgun sort of advertising—and don't forget that advertising is not a mystical proposi tion —and as an ad. writer, my motto is to advertise the good into prom inence, and the poor out of a job. —J. W. Parsons. It one was inclined to be pessimistic it would be easy to harbor a tear that in a tew years the great number of people raising poultry for market would drop below the point of profit. Despite the fact that more people are engaged in raising poultry and eggs for market than any other farm product, the industry is about the on ly one that has never been evordone. and probably never will be. The de mand seems to grow faster than the supply. A few years ago broilers and fine roaatlng chickens were consider ed luxuries only for the rich. Today in every city and town they are ordi nary articles of diet. This is due in the fact that new methods have en abled the growers to produce broilers and roasters at prices never before dreamed of and at the same time sell them at a fair profit so they can bo bought by all. Poultry was never eaten so gener ally as today and the demand is stead ily increasing. In thousands of homes chickens are eaten today where a few yean ago meat of cows, sheep ana swine was the ordinary daily food, with poultry on Sunday. The incu bator and brooder have enabled the producer to raise poultry so that the poorest families of cities can afford to buy them. This has been the grea: cause for the rapid increase in the de mand. The market has simply been broadened by these inventions. Any thing that helps the grower to raise chickens at less expense, or that as sists in the more general distribution of poultry, tends to broaden the mar ket and increase the demand. Cassidy—l heard a man the other day sayin' thot Adam an' Eve war Chinese. Kinnigan— Tut tut! Shure army wan cud tell they war Irish. Cassidy—ls it so? Finnigan—Av course. They war evicted, *<> they must a' been Irish. — Philadelphia Preaa. By putting one or more hens with chicks, in coops in different parts of the garden where the hens cannot do damage the chicks will keep the plants, vines, etc., clear of bugs, worms and insects. There is no better place to prove that "system saves labor" than on a poultry farm. It you expect your hens 10 be regular in laying eggs see to it that, they have their* feed regularly, and also a change of feed. Don't feed the same thing every day. Mrs. Bowers, living near Harring ton, Lincoln county, is an experienced and successlul poultry raiser, and is having a new incubator house built, making the second one on the place. The new house will hold from eight to ten incubators. If you will keep the poultry house clean, and provide a proper dust bath, the hens will enjoy making their toilet and keep their bodies clean and free trom vermin. At the close of a farmers' meeting in New York state a few days ago, at which there was a large attendance of intelligent, clear-headed, prosperous farmers and their families, a visitor inquired how it happened that so many strong-minded p&>ple were en gaged in farming in that vicinity and attended a larmers' meeting. "Well," said one farmer, "farming is our business. We believe in it. We think we have the finest country in the world. We are proud that we are farmers and are glad to get together and prove it." What a contrast from the sickly, disgruntled, disgusting sen timent that seems to prevail among farmers in some localities where the natural advantages are as great as in the locality where this meeting was held. A Palouse editor asks: ''What is the difference between a honeycomb, a honeymoon and a pretty girl?" An other editor answers: "A honeycomb is a small cell, a honeymoon is a big sell and a pretty girl is a damsel." Benlria Agricultural Works, of Benlcla, Cal., are making 1000 Disc Plows for use in Oregon and Washington. Experiments in California for the past 5 years show that the Disc Plow, being made on cor rect lines, will do good work and do it with less draft and less cost than other plows. Baker & Hamilton, San Francisco, are selling agents. Applications for agen cies are very numerous* with them. I WON A DIPLOMA OF ITDEfiRAND /^^^,^p* nniv highest / JvXSss? w. I'KlJ^ possiblb //IfJSvBL 117 •:. ■I The Paris Exposition. 1 This award was made by an inter* ■ NATIONAL JURY OF TWBNTY-FIVB MEM- I in us AND IN COMPETITION WITH I TWENTY OTHER TYPEWRITERS. I The Smith Premier Typewriter Co., E. H. Hoover ft Co., 114 James St., Seattle Phone Main 566 1109 COMMERCE ST.. TACOMA THE RANCH. THE BELLINGHAM BAY POULTRY YARDS O. L. GIESE, Prop., WHATCOM Always lead in taking prizes wherever shown d»Mwin,M<iwtuprodac«aimu«urttock. i nay* the following: B. l\ K<scks, Ml from best pen M per IjJ, prH t, $3, (3.50 per *), pen a fl:: W;HITE P. HOL'KK best pen *3, pen 2,11.50; WHJTE V $1.60 per 12,*2.5« per 13, TOULOUSE «KKhE, 40c each or fan.c prices MB P fiocki; PKKIN DOCKB, |IJDpwU,|iwpnN> tOOtOtmk HEEsE, «0c ««*>.«'' »4.25p«r 12. Have a few cockerel* and pullets to spate. Satisfaction guaranteed. Mention this paper. \<ms^mA INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU BUY. k R^JJ^&SHfi*" :--i?^3f ■W« w»nt our cuwomeni to b* perlfcth Mtislinl Otlore. he. spend ih« rmonev. lnve»tlgm«« th» BffitfegSgv*Jl ftWfcfejt-^^HJ clani-.ofi.il Imitators *ndthtod«.lde. W» believe yon wil 1 find that tl.e S HATCH INCUBATORS W« w»nt onr cuMomeni to b- perl*tl.> Miislie.l wlure he. sjwnd the r munev . lnve»Ugmte th« su^£ HATCH |jjy C y B ATORS | Tl AND COM) <N SENSE FOLIUNO BROODERS «r« gtrlnj better -atttmttkm I I— U^- than »ny other m <. It'» because they are so simple, sible and sure. "They are *°0* to' I Ufa Day Ih* FrdirM I busy people, »ho tent time to ton and bother. Our catalogue la FKKE. We don i |_ nf r«J mo riei&lli. |^. uk yon to pay for ... I sn't i t worth examining! SURE HATCH INCUBATOR COMPANY, CLAY CENTER, NEBRASKA^ THE HIGHLANDS . . . Heavy wight Barred and White Rockm win again! First and 2nd cockerel: Ist pullet; Ist hen and Ist on pen. Hitchcock judge. More first prizes than any othei strain. EGOS THAT WILL HATCH! From special peu Barred Rocks, *3 per 13: grand breeding pen, $); special White Rock pen. *2: good enough pen, fl. H.W. ILLMAN, Hartford, Wn. 1898-one prize: Emery Judge; 1899—7 prices; Hold en Judge; 1900—10 prizes; Emery judge: At Washington State Fair . on my Plymouth : Rocks BARRED, lUFFANB WHITE Eggs from beet White Rjfks, $ 2 setting: 2nd. #1,50: Buff Rook«, best, $2; 2nd, 91 50; Barred, ?I.M>. In cubator egKS, $(t per hundred, Tho*e who mention this paper gel two ».'«!{» extra. L. R. SCHOTT, North Yakima, Wash. Ship us your Bones We make the famous "London Br«nd" of Fer tilizer, and blood, meat and bone fertilizers. South Seattle Fertilizer Co., South Seattie Send your HIDES, FURS, WOOL icd PELTS to I H. F. NORTON A CO., SEATTLE i Wool Pullers and Tanners,' Htghe-e Cash Prices | Prompt Returns. Agents for Zenoleum Sheep Dip When Going East Ask the Ticket Agent to Send you over THE NORTH WESTERN LINE Eight trains everyday in the year between Minneapolis, Chiracro ST. PAUL, AND V/mCagO The Train of Fame. , Kinbodlen the newest and best ideas for Comfort, | Convenience and Luxury. It Is lighted with both Electricity and Gas, the most brilliantly Illuminat ed train In the World. The Equipment consists of Private Compartment Cars, Standard Sixteen Sec tion Sleepers. Luxurious Dining Car. Reclining Chair Cars,—seats free—Modern Day Coaches and Buflfet Library and Smoking Cars. For time-tables, folders or any other Information call ou or write F. W. PARKER, O. Agt. 161 Vesles Way, Seattle Is Your Razor Dull? Old Razor* Rcground and Honed Made as good as new and returned to cus tomer for 50c. WE OHISU EVURYTIIIiSU and carry the largest stock of cutlery In the west. PL hi. CONCAVED WADE & HUTOHMB RAZORS. $1.50, postpaid to \ any address. Special attention to mall or ders SATISFACTION QUARAXTEED or money refunded. We can save you money : give us a trial. ' i V y- SPANGENBERG'S CUTLERY 618 Second Aye., Seattle The above firm Is reliable. —Publisher. FLY on the FLYER: ggArKbxif Four round trips daily, except Sunday— one hour twenty-five minutes— leaving Heattle 7:45, 11:16 a. m.; 2:45. 6:15 p. in. Returning leave Tticoma 9:30 m.; 1,4:30.8 p.m. SUNDAYS: Leave Seattle 780, a. m.; 1 1 in.: sp. in. Leave Tacoma :3U a. in.; 2:80; 7:30 p. in. Landing at Northern Pacific wharf, Tacoma, and Commercial Dock, foot Madison Ut., Seattle. Sundays take Flyer or Greyhound. WILL H. FELL, New Whatcom, Breeder of. Single Comb Black Minorca* Eggs %'l Sitting—same as \ use. Cocker*ls for.sal*. PURE BROD BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS Eggs, $1 per 15. C. M. Shields, Prop. Riverside Poultry Yards, Milton, Or*. B. P. Rocks and Pekin Ducks Standard bred; also Pedigreed BELGIAN HARKS Prices on Application. W. H. Brooks, 2220 32d St., Everett, Wn. • NELSON'S • LIGHT BRAHMAS • BARRED P. ROCKS Win' at any show. Eggs from the best yard r>f Bar red Plymouth Ro-ks $3 a setting: Light Brahmas, $2 a setting. Eggs in good breeders of Barred Rocks or brown Leghorns 91 a settli g. HENRY NELSON 11 12 32d Street, : Everett. Wash. Montauk Barred Rocks Win everything. Eggs—s3.oo per setting; two settings for $5.00. C. B. STAPLES, I 1>22 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, Wash. BUFF ROCK EGGS... Thoroughbred Block. Write for Prices. F. Willmaser, Everett, Wash. Barred Plymouth Rocks Brown Leghorns Black Minorcas Lending types nl three 'ca<l<ng breeds. All birds are si.-uulurd bretl anil many are prize winners. Write for prices on eg<s. R. E. McKINNIE, 2116 Pacific Aye. Everett, Wash. i 1 ——.— THE BEST BROWN AND WHITE LEGHORNS on the Coat. Eggs $2 per slitl* g. Also MINORCAS. BRAHMAS, 8. P. ROCKS, WHITE CRESTED . " POLISH, and PYLE BANTAMS. Prizes won at Spokane, Tucoma, Statue and New Whaicom Showa number lit.!. Catalogue free FRED A. JOHNSON, 18 S 35th St., Tacoma, Wn. BE YOUR OWN BOSS Conduct a m»il-order business. Baf<», mr» "nil eusy. Hints of how and what ■ In do in White'-* Haying-, a. Journal i<f Western Advertising. 60 cents a year; Hiinijilt' copy, 6 cen Is. : White's Sayings Publishing Gomp'y, Seattle i Ship lie your Hides and Wool, Pelts, Furs and Tallow BISSINGER & CO.. SEATTLE tOnfl ♦nHiflft' 1 r year lD the Railway tCUUIOSI4UUMaII. Entrance by exami nation. We prepare you by mall for this or any other government examination. Ad dress Civil Service School - - Lebanon, Pa. Profitable Employ mmnt In Sparo Hour*. Those b iys and girls, men and women, who liav a little spare tin*, can learn of Homethlng by wli'c'li th.-v can secure money, books and other useful things bva little Dimple work. No canvass Ing. Address, enclosing 2-ceut stamp— C.W. VALENTINE, seattie. Washington Mention The Ranch when you write.