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GOOD HOUSE FOR THE FOWLS
Should Have Southern Front and -
Yards May Be Laid Oft tor In
dividual Pena if Desired.
A good poultry house may be built
after {dans shown in the drawing.
Buch a house may be made any length
desired and partioned into six-foot
breeding pens, 16 feet deep, which
would give 7 1-3 square fee per bird
for one male and 12 females. The
house should have a cement or board
floor and can be so built as to make it
rat, wind and rain proof. 1 prefer
a floor of cement, wiiten William Scott
of Abilene, Kan., In the Farmers
Mall and Breeze.
The house should front south and .
yards may be laid off tor rhe use of
sararri
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Good for Several Usee.
Individual pens if desired. This kind
of bouse is also suitable for raising
early hatched chicks.
The upper windows are hinged so
they may be swung open at any de
sired angle or to be hooked up as
the weather demands. The lower
front Is covered with one-lncb mesh
wire and a drop canvas or windows
may be used. The window should be
hung so as to swing lu at any desired
angle. Roosts are placed along the
north wall. A single roost running
the length of the building and set
out two feet from the north wall, may
be made lo serve the purpose.
A roost shield for cold weather cun
be made of a frame the length of the
roosts and two feet wide, to be cov
ered with sound burlap on top and
sides. Place this frame six inches
above the birds' beads and let the
burlap hang a foot below the roosts.
This frame should be drawn up out
of the way each morning.
If nests are place low enough not
many hens will lay on the floor and it
Is often considered better still to place
them right on the floor. A screen
made of burlap so it will almost hide
the nests make them more atractlve
to the hens and helps lo prevent egg
eating.
‘SULPHURING’ THE HEN HOUSE
Job Should Be Performed at Leait
Once Every Month —First Re
move All Combustibles.
To burn sulphur In a poultry house
first remove all combustible matter.
Then put an old Iron kettle Into a i
dishpan and place on four bricks in |
the middle of the house. In the ket
tle put some ci bs which have been
soaked lu a solution of one part of
pine tar to four parts of kerosene,
sprinkle the sulphur over the cubs
and set on fire.
Be sure to have everything arranged
so as to beat a hasty retreat from
the room and close the door quickly |
as the sulphur fumea are suffocating.
Bulphur burned lu this manner will
penetrate every crevice as well as
covering the surface and aids won
derfully In purifying the building and
in destroying poultry vermin.
One pint of turpentine may be add
ed to the half "allon of kerosene as i
well as the pine tar with beneficial
results. Once a mouth is none too
often to burn sulphur in every poultry
house. j
pOUIMNWKI
Never breed from immuature stock.
Ground bone is great for laying
bens.
The first symptoms of roup—swol
len eyes
Dampness and cbilling mean sure
death to chicks.
Do not allow the fowls to be exposed
to the strong winds.
Soft shelled eggs are a sign of lack j
of lime or of over-feeding.
Scrub hena kept by scrub poultry
men make a bad combination.
Bifted ashes scattered under the
roosts make an excellent absorbent.
Try hard never to catch a hen by
the wing or feathers; grab her by
the legs.
A little granulated charcoal mixed
In the soft feed la excellent In cases 1
of diarrhoea.
If there are cracks in the walls of 1
the houses, the chilly winds are sure
to create a draft.
The best way to run an incubator
la to follow the directions that come
with the machine
The hen that will not scratch for 1
her living is too lazy to make you a
profit as a layer.
Leghorns make poor sitters. Bet
ter not trust the eggs to them. They
are better b-yers and feragecE than
alttera
toe Cream Slot Machine.
Droplng a nickel in a slot machine
and getting In return a dish of Ice
cream la one of the many things pos
sible in a new automatic restaurant re
cently opened in New York. In the
same row with the ice cream machine
are other slot machines for melons, or
anges and other fruits that require to
be kept at a cool temperature to be
at their best. This la accomplished by |
a system of refrigeration.—Popular
Mechanics Magazine j
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PLOWING DEEP FOR ORCHARD
i Further Downward Soli le Broken the
Batter—Carefully Examine All
Young Trees for Borer.
I In planting a peach orchard the
ground should be plowed deep, fol
lowed with a subsoil plow in the same
i furrow; the deeper the ground la
broken up the better. Before plant
ing it is of the utmost importance to
examine the shoots of the young trees
for the borer. Generally nurserymen
send out peach trees without taking
out the borer.
A tree planted with a borrer In it
Is sure to die In a few years, very
often in Be third year after planting
It puts the beginner in uncertainty to
know what is the cause of the death
of his trees. They often look as if
they were suffering with the yellow*,
while it is the borer killing the tree
'1 wo years ago we hud three trees
that to all appearance had the true
yellows. When taking out the trees
we lound two and three borers in the
crotch of the roots where it was im
possible lo see any signs of a borer
Ihe tries should be examined every
spring nnd fall and tbe borer taken
out with a knife,
Ape. ch orchard should bo started
low. The young trees should be cut
back w hen planted from 16 to 24
inches with not a side branch on
them. They will put out side branchea
and make a low, bushy tree for five
or six years. After that they become
large end high, bearing fruit almost
from the ground to the lop of the
tree.
For the first three years the new
wood should be cut back from a third
to one-half Alter that It require* not
so much cutting buck. Only where a
leading branch takes possession of
the entire growth such a leader
should be cut back on a level with
the head of the tree. All the dead
wood should be taken out after each
crop.
GOOD OF HEELING IN TREES
Moat Common Mistake In Planting It
In Letting Them Remain Out of
Ground Too Long.
One of the first precautions taken
by the successful tree planter is never
to let the roots of a tree get dry in
transplanting. When he takes a tree
from the ground or unpacks it from
a nursery shipment he Immediately
plunges the roots into a thin puddle of
mud and if there is any delay lu plant
Ing they are heeled In until all is
ready to set them out permanently,
says the Farmers’ Mall and Breeze,
i The most common mistake made In
tree planting is In letting the trees
remain out of the ground too long
Trees may be heeled in for a period
of several weeks and sometimes this
Is extended from fall to spring The
trench should be on well drained
i ground and should run east and west
Trench for Heeling In Tree*.
Bile the earth from the trench on the
north side and slope the trees to the
south In laying the root ends in the
trench First sift some fine earth In
among the roots so there will be no
open spaces between them, then covet
well leaving no depression* for water
to collect about the roots
BUYING TREES FOR ORCHARDS
Should Be Secured From Nursery
Known to Be Reliable—Clean
Cultivation la Best
in buying trees It Is always best to
get them from (he nearest reliable
home nursery if you can go and get
them yourself, so much the better; It
not, buy from some nursery you know
to be reliable. If a nursery Is only out
for the money It will be likely to sub
stltute other varieties. Do not set
I apple trees too closely, 35 feet Is about
the right distance. If they are closer
together the branches will interlock
1 when the trees are fully grown
Proven standard varieties are best It
may be ail right to buy one or two
I trees of new varieties as an expert
j mont, but do not plant largely of any
thing new Just because some one brags
on it. Clean cultivation Is best for any
orchard when it la young, and if some
, crop must be grown in It. let It be
, something like potatoes; never plant
com among the young tree*.
Liable to Blight.
Pear tree* set on rich ground or on
ground that has been manured are
liable to blight. Put them on rather
light clay soil and they will be mor •
apt to make healthy growth.
Applying Lime.
Do not apply lime on foliage of
growing crops. Winter or early spring
are the best seasons to apply.
The Standard of Varieties.
There are certain standard varieties
of each of the garden vegetables
I which may be had from almost any
seed Arm. which have been produced
(rue to name for many years, and at
the same time their qualities have
bean constantly improved These will
| prove the most satisfactory sad proflt-
I able for the ordinary gardener to do
| pend upon.
Arabian Honey.
Arabian honey, which la frequently
mentioned by hlatorlana as an im
portant export from Aden in early
times. Is no longer an Item In the ex
port trade. Small quantities, how
ever, continue to come from Mokalla.
100 miles east of Aden, and It is also
sxporled from that place to India in
imall quantities. The decline in the
noney and wax Industry has been
gradual tor centuries, and is attributed
to a diminution in the rainfall. The
noney that comes to market in Aden
is packed In gourds and goatskins and
sometimes In hollow pumpkins.
Man Who Is Half Sick.
A physician recently remarked that
“It was an awful punishment to be
only slightly 111 and have nothing to
do." The man who Is only half sick,
If he has nothing to occupy his atten
tion, soon grows morbidly Introspec
tive and his mind becomes filled with
exaggerated ideas of his condition
Disease grows and flourishes under
such conditions. Regular employment
Is conducive to health. Work k/'epi
(he blood active and the mind away
from the physical condition. —Health.
Prophet ano Philanthropist.
A St. Louis man left a large fortune
lo be applied to relief of immigrants
passing through the city. The estate
Is embarrassed by the fact that the
immigrants are disappearing and the
fortune Is becoming a useless aocu
initiation. A man who undertakes to
relieve posterity of its cares and obi!
gallons has to be something of a pro
l h.'t ns well as philanthropist.—Wash
ington Star.
Found Way to Win.
•Tve found the key lo success at
ir.ct," said the poet, as he bought a
twenty-five cent cigar. ‘T had it given
out in the papers that I used to be
Convict No. 78,654, and was pardoned
out because the governor liked one of
my poem'’ Since that time my books
have oeen among the six best sellers.''
—Ruck.
Boy's Idea of Harsh Treatment.
A small boy who had been left In
the care of a maiden aunt while his
parents were abroad, was very indig
nant at the discipline he received. In
reciting his grievances to his fond
mother he exclaimed; "She made me
eat bread and butter with everything
She even made me eat bread and but
ler with cake.”
Definitions of Punch.
No beverage can properly be called
"punch,” which does not consist of five
Ingredients, the word belonging to the
-Marathi and Quzerati languages of
India and signifying "live." it was In
troduced into England by the servants
of the East India company about tin
end of the seventeenth century.
Beat Time to Think.
To say "Think before you eat"
sounds something like "Look before
you leap,” and there Is really Jut as
much reason for one as for the other
according to many authorities win
have long studied mankind to learn
when they were capable of their best
thinking.
How Spent.
"Contrary to general opinion, the
securing of money is not a very dltli
cult task, if one is willing to work.
The real importance of finances for a
man or woman, for a boy or girl, is
what is done with the money after it
Is earned.” — J. J. Hill.
Use the Hand Mirror.
To be quite trimly dressed don’t for
get to consult your hand mirror. The
buck of you is as much seen as the
front, and distressing gups and lack
of evenness us to belt, collar and but
tons destroy an otherwise well-gowned
appearance.
Overdose.
Habitual Customer (to his barber)
—"Your confounded hair restorer has
made my hair come out more than
ever!" Barber —"All, you must have
put too much on, sir! Made the 'air
come right out 'stead of only 'arf
way."
Up to the Doctor,
"Well, here 1 am.” announced the
fashionable physician in his breezy
way. “And now, what do you think
Is the matter with you?” "Doctor, 1
hardly know!” murmured the fashion
able patient. "What is new?” —Peai
sou's Weekly.
The Better Man.
I would rather have a man who
sometimes caught fire at the wrong
time than one so damp and flabby
that you could never get a spark of
enthusiasm out of him.—Henry Van
Dyke.
When to Judge a Man.
There is an ancient saying, famous
among men, that thou shouldst not
Judge fully of a man's life before lie
dietb, whether It should be called
blest or wretched. —Sophocles.
Harmful Confidence.
Much of the charm of life is ruined
by the exacting demands of confi
dence. —Stopford Brooke.
Improved Shiny Cloth.
To improve shiny serge or cloth lay
it flat on the table and pass a piece
of fine sandpaper very gently over the
shiny part. The sandpaper will rough
en up the nap again, but be careful not
to rub too hard, as it may wear a hole
lu your material.
Art or Service
A leader of a chamber-music string
quartet used to say that he was never
sure when he approached a pri
vate house whether he would be let In
with the caterer's men at the back or
with the honored guests at the (rout. —
New York Uveulng Post
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CURE FOR BROODINESS
Two Methods Given for Breaking
Up Setting Hens.
Strenuous Measures Must Be Adopted
to Dissuade Fowl From Her Pur
pose —Leghorns Are Most
Popular for Eggs.
(By rnor. joiin willard holte.)
Contrary to general impression,
broodiness in hens is not a fever and
we have no evidence to show that it
is contagious. The ailment, if we may
terra it thus, appears without warn
ing. The fowl may have been laying
steadily and acting in a perfectly nor
mal fashion, when suddenly she be
comes imbued with a great distaste
for active pursuits. She betrays a
very crabbed disposition, rushing at
her erstwhile friends and pecking
them viciously whenever they ap
proach her. Her plumage sticks out
nt right angles, making her appear
about twice as large as usual. With
head drawn deep into her hackle
feathers .and wings and body taking
up as much space as possible, she
mounts guard over her chosen nest
and defies all comers.
Tlie hen becomes broody because
nature prompts her with a sudden de
sire for a brood of chicks. She prob
ably does not know why she does It,
as she will take to potatoes or door
knobs as kindly as to eggs, but she
Excellent Egg Type.
sets when the time comes just the
same, and she will keep on setting
until you break her up or let her
hatch out a brood of chicks.
Tills pertinacity would not be so
Important if it were not for the fact
that she quits laying and stays quit.
She lias decided upon a vacation and
she refuses to work during this period.
The loss of a couple of months of a
hen's time is not to be thought of
at any period, and especially during
the spring, which is the natural time
for setting and heaviest egg produc
tion as well.
If we do not wish to set the hen on
eggs we will have to adopt strenuous
means to dissuade her from her pur
pose and start her to laying again.
There are a number of successful
ways of doing tills, and conditions will
indicate the most favorable. The main
thing is to act promptly and be thor
ough.
Remove the broody hens from the
nests each night, as they are most
easily detected then. They stick to
the nest instead of going to roost.
Dust them thoroughly with Insect pow
der and confine them in an open slat
crate or cage in a cool, light location.
Keep water before them and give
nothing to eat except a little whole
wheat and green stuff once a day. This
will not hurt the hen and about three
days of this "water cure" will con
vince her of the error of her ways.
Another good way is to have a sep
rate pen with absolutely bare floor
and walls, and no possible place to
nest, and place all of the broody hens
in it, in the company of two or three
vigorous male birds. This scheme is
frequently used on large poultry
farms.
Tlie heavier breeds are especially
addicted to broodiness, tlie Asiatics
being the worst offenders and the
Plymouth Rocks and R. I. Reds lead
ing in the American class. Leghorns
and Mlnorcas and llamburgs set so
rarely that they cannot be depended
on to raise their young. For this rea
son the Leghorns are the most popu
lar breed for large egg farms, as they
waste no time setting and the young
are easily raised artificially.
Most Fertile Eggs.
The eggs from mature hens will
hatch better and produce stronger
chicks than the eggs of pullets. They
are usually larger, too.
Discarding Setting Hen,
The old setting hen is gradually go
ing out of business, with several hun
dred manufacturers of incubators and
brooders as competitors.
Don’t Change Its Mind,
When once set, tlie incubator does
not have the privilege of changing its
mind as does old Middy.
Simple Remedy for Burns.
Common whiting, mixed with water
to the consistency of a thick cream
spread on linen, forms an excellent lo
cal application to burns and scalds.
The whole burnt surface should bo
covered, thus excluding the action of
the air. The ease it affords is instan
taneous, and it only requires to be
kept moist by occasional sprlukling
of cold water.
PECULIAR GROWTHS OF TREE
From Prostrate Trunk of Fallen
Chestnut Large Sized Black
Birch Is Growing.
(By WALTER B LEUTZ.)
I have always taken an interest In
certain trees and in my wanderings
through the woods have noticed some
very peculiar ones. One of these was
an old chestnut tree which had fallen
down and now from tlie prostrate
trunk is growing a large sized black
birch tree.
Another interesting tree was one
which had been pinned to the ground
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Birch Grows From Chestnut Trunk.
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Limbs Grow on One Side Only.
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Grotesque Shape of Apple Trees.
by wood thrown upon it when young
Its few branches had grown on one
side only.
An apple tree in consequence of the
heavy wind had grown in the gro
tesque shape of an elbow while the
queer growth of the branches of an
other one in our orchard made it
closely resemble a paint brush.
STRAWBERRY IS VERY HARDY
Plant Is Often Injured by Alternate
Freezing and Thawing— Mulch
ing Is Necessary.
The strawberry plant is very hardy,
standing severe and continued freez
ing weather, but is often Injured by
alternate freezing and thawing
therefore we must cover to prevent
this injury. Any coarse, strawy ma
terlal, like old hay, straw, leaves
pine needles or strawy stable manure
can be used for this purpose.
Only a thin covering is needed. Just
enough to prevent thawing until the
warm weather of spring Most grow
era of strawberries delay covering
until the ground becomes frozen sc
that a team may be driven over the
ground without cutting It; but it is
better in the home garden to cover
the bed as soon as the ground begins
to freeze.
Blackberry canes may be protected
In the same manner, but the roots
must be started with a fork so that
the bending shall rot come upon the
canes, which would be broken if bent
over.
CULTIVATION IN AN ORCHARD
Soil Must Be Fed In Various Ways to
Produce Healthy Trees —Un.
locks Treasure Vaults.
Life In fruit trees, ns in everything
else, comes from within. The tree
must draw its vitality from tlie soil
through the roots The soil must be
fel In various ways to produce
healthy trees and good fruit, but
without cultivation all of this work
will be like throwing money away,
says the Farm Life ‘'Cultivation un
locks the real treasures vaults of the
soil.” Many disagree ns to when and
how to cultivate, but nearly ail or
chardists believe in cultivation part
of the time at least
Orchard work is about to assume a
new prominence In the east, if the
signs of the times are not at fault.
The application of extensive methods
to eastern orchards will produce
highly satisfactory and profitable re
suits as already proved in numerous
Instances The secret of all secrets in
successful orchard work is thorough
cultivation of the soli
The Miser.
"Here,” aaid Teddy’s papa, showing
the little boy a coin, "is a penny 300
years old. It was given to me when I
was a little boy." "Gee whiz!” ejacu
lated Teddy, "just think of anybody
being able to keep a penny as long as
that without spending it.”
Evil of Untruth.
Truth is cleverer and healthier than
falsehood. It is more aristocratic.
Like self-control, it is one of the hail
marks of a lady. Lies are a malaria
that eats into character like a dis
ease and breaks down its citadels
against the approach of evil.
Would Leave Nature Alone.
"When Nature has decided on the
color of an eye, it is nut for man to ,
alter it," remarked Mr. Plowden at
Marylebone in fining a man tor black
enlng another man's optic.—Loudon
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What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
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