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THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1914.
YOUNG MEN BEING INSTRUCTED
HOW TO CONTROL $300,000,000
POULTRY NOTES
1
TWO future lords of American In-1
(lualry attained their majority
in Chicago recently and were
wen their first practical les- )
'"ii' In the workaday routlmi of the '
creat business establishments over which
'hey will Home diy have control. '
On of thfee young men Is Marshall 1
Field 3d, grandson of tho late. Mar
shall Vteld, department storo magnate.
1 lucngo's wculthleht citizen and one of
he very rich men of tho world.
The other Is Philip IX Armour 3d,
urandson of Philip D, Armour, emu of
America's pioneers In the loof packing
tidustry and founder of the houso of
Armour, the largest meat packers In
ihe world, whose brnnchCH are legion
and whose business ramification Kirdle
tho earth
Tlieao pvo young men In tho years
o enmo will he tho heads of their re
peetlve fhmlllcrt und of the ureal Iuk.
nti enterprises in which their family
'ortunos are very largely wrapped up.
Hotween tliem they will control aggre
gate fen unes of something like 1300,-
000 000.
The tw, vounrr men havo been
orniigln ip in luxury. l-'nr Marshall
KMe'd -he debut In business will nol
mean any revolutionary change in his
ustnmary 1 fe. Mia work In going to
is oni"e uork n Mrst. lie will study
ini .ne.i eon i l.ina, markets, favorable
1' d .ndu-inil development and the
cad' r p ii-i h of business, liven In
he flrt -UKe- of hie business rnircr
h u I ie alonf from tho liuiiblilp of
I. in 'i e I. k tintns of young Ainiour's
i i r w tli be of an e;)i;i'el
''"i ii bin, I Hi- has begun Hie stiiih
' 'h in, k hi; hnmmvM at tho bottom
'l v : i inn ii froin the around up
'I' 'in i .1 ,i . ii. . i-.iIIh n'id sweater and
-"Uf i ' . illle pens In Chti'.tgn's
'i i ' II lia fult)' Ills Ural les-
I'll ..; -u i ry und o.iltle drove) a,
" ' ! i ii'.-liiei- holmes. In Hie plnnts
'ie i pii. nirii'd into aausugei
i wall." and rvel ylliu.g If
'' ''" ' ' ept tlin mpirai" To leu 111
11,1,1 in- upon which l lie fortune- of
'1(1 tleiift fmf.iK, lie nilS heroine for
line if ,i "loilKhnei'k."
On tin' een.iiK of Ills t wenl.v-llnt
hr'hdtv MiiniK Arinour Mit at dinner
!'! a inrt of friends, lie was In
veninn i inline. The faro was. of the
1 Mui manner. I in dress, Ills ap
reran, i' R limp, i birn j.s one devoted lo
lii lie
1 i dav the same young man
or -.mi in the .sioek yard In an
i 'I 'M, m iisiii n A:mour. his. unc.e.
' r " ' wa drebseil ,ii the height of
,J Tli. v Hint; man wore nernll
i oi'io ll..in,i hlnrt, a white felt eoin-
eirri ann ,r,l b.indnnn.i handkevchlef
Ki
ll k invrd a I lie
Philip D. Armour 3d
Marshall
Mock :.!'. 'Uilen Atinour took tht
yuan mun Ihrough tlm vurlnun depart
inent of the Immenno iiacklnx' plant
and Infroduci'd him to tho department
lie,ulf.
Voiinn Armour wan put 10 work as a
cnll.e buyer under the InHtriictlons of
.Inn Un.wii, th- oldf t cattle buyer In
the rnuiMr employ, u ni,n who worked
at the leirlnnlnB f hlj currer with P.
U, thu flr.t anil who tniiKht
tlin l ..1U1 vxpert n large part or all
be knew about cattle buying.
Field 3d.
lovely da) tuni c iii.it il.ij of intioduc
tlon at tho yards yuiinK Armour ban
Hhown up ut tho plant at i o'clock m
the morn'.ui: and punched the erjck Ilk"
nil the other UioiisiiihIh of hands.
Voriii. Armour'H hor.se Ih waiting for
him every mornlnif. lie moiinlH it .it
nine and rules off in Ilia cattle ponn
with old .Inn Hrovwi lo lie-in tho dayV
work. U has been at it now heveral
week, it i nil uitdoor work and lie
r-aii tjrown brown hh any drover or
cowboy nt the yards. SeelnK blm Job
by throiiRli one of the lahyrlnth of
lancti In I'aeklnRtnwn. you would doubt
less think he was a cowpuncher Just
nflved with n bunch of steers from
Texan or Montana.
Any day Hrnwn and yonn V V., as
the srandsnn of old P D. 1ms come to
b known thrnuuhout the yards, may
fc seen rldlnir briskly through the
li'.tics, The pen that flank these lanes
ctcer 1 itch an Immenso are of what
1 war. once flit prairie that they almost
st'in to exterrl to the borlron, and often
then are tll'ed it most as far iih the eye
can fee with rattle wnltln to he sold
or to be slaushtered.
Into one of these pens, four or the
I hundred feef sipiate and crowdfd with
cattle, ride Hrown and ynun Armour
' They at accompanlel by the owner of
' the cattle Thw rattle are mole than
likely to be wild steers from the nl
tin rallies. They would Itl'.l any man
1 who ventured innons them 011 foot but
the hnw t hereditary fear of a man
I on borscbick with a whip In In hand,
j It Is the feur handed down fiom ances
I tcra that were herded. lasocd. branded
I with hot Irons and otherwise maltreated
j bj KeneratlotiB of hard rldltic: cowboys,
So when th"! three men ride Into a pen
' th Meers huddls loeelher
Yontu Aimonr eves the animals 1 r'.t
Icilly He flicks at a 'teer w'lli his
whip The I'l"!' tmsb 'iid till I and
t crowd each other He notes the b-and
, on tholr Udes It Is the brand of an
outfit that usually nds Its rattle to
( mjrket In pretty fair condition, as ,tmi
nrown onoerveM 1 ne stuny or nratin
l nn Important Item In cattle buyer's
dueallon
i "We'll clve von eeven-forty for 'he
lot ' voun Armour sy after a -while
to the owner or the commission man,
, whichever h ts.
"Poven-slxty Is my prlc," responds
that one
Trni much ' declares yottn? Armour
He and Hrown ride away, leaving
the cattleman charlned, perhaps hope.
I I'm They Kive h'm plenty of time to
think things over, in three or four
hours, durlnn which thy have been
busy In other pens, the two men ride
bark TT catt ownnr Is ready to
compromise. Youn Armour closes the
deal for th lot ef 500 nt $7.45 a hun
dredweight The tranMif.lon Involve
moro than $30,000. So buylnr cattle
In lota of MO and 1,000 Is "omothlni?
more than buying coffee and suarai- at
the corner frrocery Vounpr Armour
does It every day.
At noon he ilrops into one of Packing-town's
restauram's. It Is filled with
men oatlngr, som of them In their
ehlrt leves. You can put a good meal
In one of the?o places for 15 cents.
Twenty-five cents Is perhaps tho aver
ago price, If a man spent 80 cento for
a meal waiter and cashier would look
at him with nurprltti If not admiration.
Young Armour alts dally nmong the
laborers at tho table and eats the same
kind of food they eat and pays the
ame price for It. Moreover, his work
In the open atr gives him a good,
healthy, 25 cent appetite, which at tho
yards Is all an appetite nhould bo.
Younj- Armour will lenrti aheep and hog
buying after he h.u beon graduated from
th business of a cattle buyer. Then
he will be taught nil about the workings
of tho big plant the slaughtering nnd
tho manufacturing and tho working up
of by-products. Alter that ho will ro
Into the offices, nnd from that tlmo on
IiIh road rui a business man will be
smoother.
Every day records of his previous
day's work ro laid beforo him. He sees
perhaps that th steers ho bought yes
terday havo averaged (17 per cent, of
dressed beef. That is lino. It shows he
has bought ahrowdly, that ho haa looked
hlo herd over carefully, that tho cattle
wero In good market condition. If be
can utwjys do as. well aa that oh a buyer
ho will bo worth 11 salary of $15,000 a
year lrrtspttlvo of his prospects as
future hoad of tho htuso of Armour.
Ho need never lose a Job as a cattle
buyer If ho can do ns well aa that.
Marshall Klcld 3d was It years old on
Heptember 118. His grandfather founded
tho department store of Marshall Field A
Co. He was UBsocluttd In his early
days with L. 7.. Lelter nnd Potter Pal
mer, both of whom died Immensely
wealthy. At his death Marshall Kleld'a
estate was valued at $1. '0,000,000,
Marshall Pteld I'd died a tragic death
eight or nine years ago In Chicago.
Soon after his death his widow took
her three children, Marshall, Henry nnd
tiwcnclolln rield, to lCnglnnd. There
a f-w years later sho married Maid win
Diummond, a Captain In the Hrltlsh
army. Iter sister-in-law. Marshall
Field's daughter, also lives In Knifland
thr wife of Admiral David lleatty, whu
won tnr naval battle ngalnst tho Ger
man squadron at Helgoland 11 llttlt
wh.ln ago.
Marshall Kbld 3d ha grown up
in England. He went to school first
at i:tou and Inter at Cambridge, from
I wh.ch he will be graduated next year
it) nil intents and purposes ho Is ,111
nng-llsh boy with an Kngllsh viewpoint
.1 d d'frtlnctly Kngllsh mannerisms of
M)i cell. He sa.va "Jolly well" and "don't
erkiu.w" like a regular Johnny Hull.
II spent s.x weeks In Chicago this
i.-mnnr and fall, ihe gurft of hi
grandmother, Mrs. t.oulso C. IliieU, and
Ins cousin, Stanley Field,
On his iwenty-llrst birthday he wns
made Joint iriistco in Chlrago of th.
Marshal! Field CM. 110 of $160,000,000
Tl i. according to a provision of tin
will, was "to acnun'nt him with the iv-
spon'iiiii;iic8 ana duty or niannglng a
I'lirlness."
Tlu day following his birthday, hi
(Inanc'.il lulrrcmw having been attended
10. Martial Field 3d was placed In
he oiilccs of the great Marshall Field
department slote and given his first
piaciieal lesson in busuiesH. He had
able teachers In John fl. Shedd, presl
dent of 1 lie linn; .lames Simpson and
pin cousin, Stanley Field.
For a week he was a strlc business
m-iti, arriving ear! nt the Morn every
morning and remaining until aii
afternoon, when he always left In hi
iiiilnnV bile lor Ihe ( inu entsla Country
Chili 011 the N.irtli Shorn fur a game of
golf.
After bis week a'- .1 biis.ni'sw 1111111 lie
wc-p' Vacli 10 Mmriiind 10 finish hi;
rour.e ai Cambrldye.' When he leaves
the unlvets'ty nei sprlnu ho will conie
back to Chicago and take up hln IhihI
ness c.ireer. Thnt at least Ih the pro
grammo as mapped out by Ills family.
Marshall Field 3d Is tall, Inndsome
and rather dellcatn looking. Ills health
never lm been robust despite his fond
nrss for nildoor sports. He Is fond of
golf and 'ennls, and In Hngland at
hU mother's cfiiintiy place his favor
ite pahtliiKu are pheasant shnoling and
fn. limiting Ho Is aald by those who
know him well lo be riemorrntio and un
affected and despltn his Kngllsh bring
ing up to be a patriotic American,
FOR EGGS
LEGHORNS (record holders)
ANCONAS
CAMPINES iZ3k IC
HOUDANS
M1N0RCAS (lay a very large egg)
BUTTERCUPS
All tht above lay white shelled c&&
IN THE NEW YORK MARKET WHITE SHELLED EGGS
IN
BOSTON AND VICINITY BROWN . SHELLED EGGS BRING TOP PRICE
"For Backyard or Intensive System,
"6 ft. long. 3 ft. wide. 4 ft. high,
holds from six to eight fowls all
year round. 4
SP
Continuous Laying
Large Plants
can be built any length,
14 FT. DEEP.-
HOUSING OF POULTRY
IS WINTER PROBLEM
Several Typos of Shelters An
Well Fitted for Their
Work.
SHED HOOFS A "RE THE BEST
rr nnnsn v. mcits.
In housing layers an Important Item Is
to hold down tho cost of tho house, and
at tho same time give a house that will
moet the Ideal requirements for high egg
production. Money invested In a house
that Is not absolutely necessary In dead
capital nnd brings no return on the In
vestment On tho other hand, the house
should have certain substantial considera
tions or there Is a loss in low egg produc
tion or In tho health of the Mock. If
JI0.000 Is Invested In a housa for 1.000
hens when $!,000 would have housed them
Just n satisfactorily the extra JS.000 Is
money thrown away. The price for hous
Inc future layers varies with the style of
building. Two dollars a bird Is the top
prlcu and 50 cents Is perhaps the mini
mum that can ever be hoped to bo at
tained. The Ideal figure Is about SI a
bird.
The roof of the house should be what
Is known as shod type, sloping from tho
front to the rear. Light penetrates belter
In a ahed typo and more sunshine can get
In than In any other style of house. In
tho winter the sunshine will reach further
back In a shed type house, Whatever
dead and foul air accumulates will rise
to the roof and pans out through the front.
Tho shed typo Is easy to build, turns
water to the rear and the roof will last
Winner than any other kind.
The roof should be at least f feet high
in the rear and 8 feet In the front. This
unites n good working height for the at
tendant of the poultry. In building cow
-Jtables It Is a rule 1o allow one cubic fo'jt
of air spare for every pound f live
wrlght. It Is Impractical to follow this
rule In poultry, as it would nuike th"
house too small for the attendant to enter
However, the lower a roof Is the wanner
will be the air.
The floor spare should lie not lean th in
three to live pipiare feet a bird, nt cording
to the bleed. Tho largei and heavier
meeds leipilre more paeu than the
smaller and more active breeds. Also,
where the long, continuous house Is used
Inns spare will lie required than where
sm ill colony boucs are usid However.
It Is far more ccononilc.il to house 500
hens In one building than loo hens each
in lle houses The moht convenient size
of house for 500 hens Is It feet deep and
100 feet long". Such a house will nicely
accommodate 500 leghorns, the mosl
populnr brcid for ckb farming.
The bent material for the (Usir Is ce
ment, and while it Is expensive It Is rat
proof, dry. miliary mid lasting A cement
floor should be covered at leaM time
Indies deep with a good sriiid ami .1 Ut
ter on top of thai of not less than six In
twelve inches This Is for winter lle
K01 Hummer use the litter need not l
used, but only the siind .Where siilnl can
not he iililiilneil the litter alunc may '10
ileil This llttel should be kept rleiu and
siui.t.m and changed us uficn as tn.i
lie uecrssaiy in older Hint it 11, ay lie di
ami wholesome.
In building the walb- foi ,1 iioullij
house, temperature, ilrjuess nnd ptirit
of air are the three main, considerations.
A erj economical way to build a rea
sonable piled wall and at the same time
get the maximum of comfort, Is 10 us'
one thlckiiesii of lumber on ihe north,
east and ct sides and lire It Inside
with moling paper, for the from, win
dows should be placed alternately of glass
nnd muslin. In n house loo feet long
there should be at least twenty w Unions,
ten of glass and ten nf muslin The inns.
(Ill windows should be coveinl with wl-e
netting, so thai 011 favorable d.ivx Hie
muslin windows mil tie opened mid Hu
birds, If desired, conllned In Ihe hou
The doors should open at the east and
west ends of the house.
The poultry house should b hullt evl
n mip'
FOR MEAT.fr EGGS
PLYMOUTH ROCKS
RHODE ISLAND REDS
WYANDOTTES
ORPINGTONS (good winter
BUCKEYES
SUSSEX VCa
TAVEROLLES
'These breeds have white
USE WITH OR
WITHOUT RUN,
GOOD GENER
AL TYPE OF
OPEN AIR
HOUSE.
SIZE 8 BY 8
WILu HOLD 20
LEGHORNS
NICELY.
, Ob))"''..
Housb For
SEMI-INTENSIVB OR USED WITH RUN
SIZE 14 FT. LONG BY 16 FT. DEEP WILL
HOLD FIFTY FOWLS ALL YEAR ROUND.
IF GIVEN RUN WILL HOLD MORE
generally
Starting right, in the poultry business.
POULTRY
You want your heni laying now of
yr, w hethef you ell ergs omuii nirc
M supply your onn family, uome in
Poultry
Regulator
and yoii will won b getting all the egp you
want. It do make hem Hay guaranteed to
do it or your money bnck.
Look sit ll oi it tll ll lk Kt 4lntlil l ill
VmIuiIImiici. rit(ioRrlunUMUciti. WiMllu.
Seed, trued & Poultry Hupply flmlon
nnd on land as level ns possible, faring
the south, and havo Its southern exposure
gently sloping away from It. Wherever
possible a hillside should be avoided, as
this makes the building more costly and
also moro Inconvenient for the care of
tho house.
The foundation should he of cement
and not less than twelve Inches In the
ground In order to avoid freezing.
Owing to the pitch of the roof of a
shed type, building paper for rooting Is
better than shingles, Tin Is too costly
and too warm In summer. The rafters
should bo of 2x4 material and not more
than mo feet apart
The Important thing In a poultry house
Is to keep It dry, of medium lomperature
and free from dixiughts during the winter
time. Moisture In a poultry house is
caused largely by condensation from the
hens' breath and evaporation from the
drinking water. As a result the ventila
tion should be ample on one side of the
house (the front) 1o take off this mols
lure. It Is never advisable to artificially
bent a poultry house In which grown
fowls are to be kept. Of course leaky
roofs must bo avoided.
Draughts in a poultry houiie are pre
vented by having the rear and two sides as
airtight ns possible anil ventilating through
the front only. The doors at the end
should he kept closed during unfavorable
weather. A house 1 011 ifeet long should
bo divided Into tlueo or four sections by
running partitions for a part of the ills
tanco from the rear to tho front about
one-third the width nf the house. This
prevents draughts on tlm hens while they
are on the roosts.
Tho roosts should be on diopplng
boards not exceeding three feet nlsie the
thiol. The best rousts nio made nf 2x3
material, and these should run lengthwise
the entire length of the house In three
parallel rows about sixteen Inches apart
They may be slippered on 11 nestle or
they may be fastened together and hinged
against the rear wall. It Is liet. how
ever, to have them so thev may be easily
removed for clianlng and disln'ect'iia
newt boxes should be In fiout lie-1
twren the windows, nud covered with .1
sloping top, one h'llf the top hinged 1
against the wdl so It can he opened In I
the iluWiuir These tips should be
closed down nt night to prevent broody
hens from slaying on the 1111,11.. nnd t '
sloped op will prevent the hens from
inoMIng on it nl night N'thts placed In
I this Hisiton can li easily reached .ml
tlm fggM gathered w.lhout Inconvenience.
The water fouiit.ilns should be simple,
and of a kind that, are open, or ele can
ho rnsny opened up and thorouahl)
'tc.r1, d A iv iitiiiheil waiei should be
lliptleil outside the house. They should
be rinsed out dally
The house should be equipped with
t nation 11. v gilt and shell bones, dry mis'i
(nippers and hoppers for lie.f scrap 11
will also pay to use ,1 system of suto
nmtic feeders and exercisers for winter
feeding These keep the hens busy ami
save the attendant frequent visits to t.ie
bouse to throw the fowls grain oil bad
days.
Some houses are equipped with dust
baths, bin where sail I Is used on the
lloor with a liberal litter these are hardl
lieccssaiy Hens prefer to select their
. i-ii ilusi hath", and If they esn find a
sind place on th lloor In warm sun
shine or III a suitable plaoe In the dirt
outside, they will atleml to their own dust
bath.
(Copiripht, 1014,)
OQlEAT
BRAHMAS
COCHINS
GAMES
CORNISH'
DOMINIOUES
LANGSHANS
DORK1NS
legs
layers)
MTJM
skin and white
BRING THE TOP PRICE
DIRECTORY
alt times of the
a tew ncna
inu get
In New York snd vicinity.
814C. St.
port.mm.h nousXA.
I,x8 PORTABLE COMPLETE $20
TVCC : 'b" '-Ply rooting papir, 1 17 ; 1
: room and 4 rem. lit! tin
dropping hoard, IK. It Ii known th
Cornell Home, Mine ns usd by tha Oratt
Owins Knrni. Vineyard Karen. Maia. Writ
for our free circular! shoving :o euts, port
able hnun, coops, etc. K. C. VOUNO CO,
Dept. I, ltandolph. Mui, 8.S.
whitt: i.EnnonNS.
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS
FOR SALE
Rancocas stock crossed with
Harrow cockerels. The best
laying strain in the world to-day.
Prices reasonable.
L. V. KILGOUR, ArIington,N.J.
MlhCi:l.l.ANK)lIX
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