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PO m ♦ ♦ FATTENED POULTRY v BEST FOR MARKET It Is well known that during the fall months there is relatively little fresh killed young poultry on the maiket, because the season for broilers has passed and the great I era bas not yet reac Therefore, prices ,|of welhlattened young stock ire excellent. Farmers and commercial pool try men should never think of disposing of their market poultry io an on fat tened condition, aaya ,the Department of Agriculture. "This la time whether the birds are sold live or dressed, and Is apparent since muçh bettoy prices are paid for well fattened stock than where the stock Is taken directly off the range. Farmers throughout the country lose many thousands of dollars through not properly fattening their stock. The birds to be fattened should either be placed In boxes, stalls, open pens or In fattening crates where they are kept for a period of two or three weeks The size of the birds is an Im portant factor, because a bird that weighs from three to ftour pounds usu ally fattens more readily than the smaller bird. The larger the bird when the fattening period starts, the short er the time required for fattening. A three-pound bird can be fattened quite well In three weeks, whereas a bird weighing four pounds when put In the fattening crate, could probably be fat tened in about two weeks. Birds are best fattened on mois tened ground grains. Several good fat tening rations have been used, one of which la as follows; Equal parts, by weight, of çommeal, ground buck wheat and nliddUngs. Another good Ik qf the roast the market. fattening ration la composed of two parts cornmeal, one part crushed oats and one part middlings A variety of grains Is a good thing, although corn meal la particularly valuable Tor fat tening purposes Whatever fattening mixture Is used. It certainly should be moistened with sour skim milk, usjng enough milk to make the mash Into a thin batter dr'hlch will run out of the pall when the birds are being fed. Milk not only Improves the palatablllty of the mash, which Induces greater con sumption, but it also Improves the quality of the flesh. It should be used whenever possible, for it not only has good fattening properties but also tends to keep the birds In good health. When the birds are properly fattened they should each gain about one pound in weight ; therefore, there Is not only a larger bird for market but the price per pound will be considerably higher thon where the birds are not fattened. There is no excuse, therefore, for not fattening cockerels and culled pullets, and this year it should be done early because of the Increase In grain prices. Soy Bean Oilmeal Is an Excellent Poultry Feed Testa at the Indiana experiment station covering four years and In volving 980 single-comb White Leg horns and Barred Rocks proved soy bean oil meal equal to tankage or meat scraps for laying hens. Mineral matter must be added to the soy-bean oil meat, however, to make up that de ficiency. The Purdue standard basal ration was used to the teats. It consists of grain, 100 pounds of corn, 100 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of oats and mash. 60 pounds of bran and 60 pounds of middlings. To this was added 80 pounds of tankage or 85 pounds of meat scraps or 46 pounds of soy-bean oil meal pins 10 per cent of minerals or 47.6 pounds of whole soy beans plus 10 per cent of minerals. The mineral mixture consisted of 22 pounds of steamed bonemesl. 24 __ pounds of finely ground limestone and 16 pounds of salt The addition of — mineral matter la necessary to pre vent a great growth of fat The United States Department of Agriculture considers soy-bean oil meal an excellent feed for growth and egg production. Crowding During Winter Is Harmful to Poultry Quito a number of farm poultry raisers make the error of housing too many bens and pallets together dur ing cold weather. Hens will lay as well If yarded and well cared for as If on free range. But they dare not be crowded when they are confined. If the bens are being fed and forced for egg yield atone, we most get them into winter quarters to their pens early to the fall and keep them there without changing them about Intro ducing new hens Into the flock of lay ing birds always causes mors or leas confusion, and this helps to decreas ing the number of eggs laid. Best Turkey Fattener Old corn fed pkrirty whole and part ly cooked, with boiled potatoes, and thickened into a mach with meal, la ooe of the beat fattener* for turkeys Give the mash to the morning and the whole corn at night Do not confine them. If new cor® 1» given, the tendency Is to have bowel trouble. For this give boiled milk. They must be free from lice to tottra. Turkey. wtH be m high this year that each care«« be made to »ear as much flesh — Dainty Gifts You Can Buy or Make Hbt«I Powder Puffs Gay little beauty doctors ars these up-to-date powder puffs, and Ideal Christmas gifts. By means of water color paints, narrow ribbons, laces and tiny flowers, ordinary powder puffs are transformed into these whimsical affairs that portray saucy flappers or demure maids One side of the puff is decorated while the other makes itself useful. Pretty Ribbon Fancies y ! ■■ KH »,< V B y f - It never occurs to Santa Clans to leave pretty ribbon fancies out of his head at Christmas time—he merely varies them a little each year. Hen are gBrtera made of rltbon shirred over flat elastic, and trimmed with lace ruffles set with ribbon flowers. A corsage flower of folded ribbon, set In millinery foliage and a small lin gerie blossom are also pictured. For the Christina« Tree All the little people for whom the tree blooms and bears will be delight ed with toys and ornaments made from crepe paper printed with figures of children. Ornaments, Ilka thorn pictured, are made by pasting the pa per to cardboard and cutting the fig ures out. A bonbon wrapped to paper la tied to each one of them with baby rltbon, which also serves to hang them on the tree. Gifte for Girls Pretty hair ornaments are always Included In the list of gift« that girls will tike. The most fashionable ones this year are bands and coronets made of silver ribbon, and flower wreaths made of colored tinsel ribbena. ■■g# ■ lmo " owe . r for "* ""*** * wound wire. A coronet and flow« wyeath «re shown here. Slants on Life By J. A. WALDRON W _ Contrasting Contacts r pRADITION advise« that a aearcftj A 0 f awn may always be expected at rammer hotels. And feminine experi ence must verify tradition, for who does not know that women at I atom find flirtation a vocation T But wherever men are lacking aa<i jeomen are Idle and most fall back upon their sex, they are Impulsed to form friendships with one another, or at least to get together In association that passes for friendship. And sonn» times friendships formed by women Id strange places survive social and other differences that would be fatal at home. At the Hotel Delmar the breakfast hour on a certain sultry morning dis closed some twoscore women with but three or four men. Some of the wom en were dressed for tennis, others for golf, several for other outdoor exer cise, and but few had that purposeless aspect that sheer laziness gives. ' One very pretty young woman, upon whom the eyes of others In bet vi cinity turned with admiration or envy, according to the ages of the gazers, for her sartorial style supplemented nature's endowment, was oblivious to all about her. As she daintily nego tiated her breakfast she apparently found Joy in a letter which she read and read again. And as she rose from the table she held the letter open as though It had not exhausted her In terest, strolled out upon a piazza and settled comfortably In a chair. Another woman, older but still at tractive and elegant In dress, had re garded the young woman with a pe culiar Interest, and, following her, took a chair near enough to Indulge her Impulse to become acquainted. They fell Into conversation without knowing anything whatever of each other. But In such circumstances names mean nothing, and formality Is ignored. "I suppose you are alone, as I am," said the elder woman with a smile. "For the moment, yes. I expect some one this afternoon." "1 had hoped," said the elder with a sigh, "that we might get acquainted. * & « *1 Suppose You Ars Alena, as I amT*' ind perhaps be companionable. I know no one here, and one so seldom finds congeniality I" "We can be friends Just the same," said the younger. "The one 1 expect Is to remain but a day or so. Be will return later. I am to be married soon," she added, blushing. "Ah! It Is strange I am so Im pressed by youl And as you have confided a secret—I suppose It Is a leeret —I ahall tell you something of myself," They drew their chairs closer. "I am here to forget—or try to forget—an unhappy episode to my life." "I suppose wa must all have unhap piness some time. Fortunately I have escaped it. and aball not anticipate It." "There may be persona who never It by." "You are Mill young, and I think you are of a buoyant aplrlt," said the woman wltb an approving "What episode to life cao younger glance, prevail over the will to seek happi ness?" "True as to some things. But with the affections and a Ilf* that has teemed settled yet la broken it la dif ferent" *too have been disappointed In lovel" The tone was one of pity. "Tea. Or to marriage. Sometimes It meant the same thing. Sometimes love and marriage have no Intimais That You feel for me. relation, proves you are to love." "Ah 1" The younger woman's ex pression was an eloquent affirmative "Then listen. When yon are mar ried, cherish the love of the mao who loves you. Some womra do not realise upon their opportunities. I may have been care less. I may have thought that what seemed settled would never be dis turbed. Never be careless of It My husband drifted away I may bave assumed too from me. much. But I could not stand rivalry. I divorced hlm, sud be never mov^ to defend himself. Surely that was a confession I" The younger woman wa« disturbed, but her will to friendship was not af ghe took the other's hand. y fected. "No woman who loves a man can ex cuse rivalry," «be said, gave a little cry. and roae. oo an earlier train, as ! felt fie would!" And with a happy Then she "He has flutter she started to meet a well groomed man of about forty who with quick, nervous steps entered the plasza with a searching glance. The smile aa he approached left him srhen he recognized the elder woman, who crumpled to her choir to a faint OUR COMIC SECTION Let's Begin at Home * WELL, PI U-,'THERE S A MOST CONVINCING ARGUMENT (N FWOß. OF PtSARMAMENF (5tE IF I CAM ^ \Rim6U W pAILj ft m. ft! *30 MI5S nr WATctrys HIT two air* * vou miss rrj 1 j ■ ■Fr N i' 1 ßL ■0] I V % ;'.Vj ■V. 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