Cheyenne record., February 20, 1919, Image 8

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A Bird in the Hand
(Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.)
ONE TYPE OF POULTRY FOR EACH COMMUNITY
The Community Breeding Club Promotes and Develops One Breed and by
Centralization Improves the Marketing Conditions.
COMMUNITY CLUB
GAINING FAVOR
Each Member Can Work Out
Problems in Direct Co-opera
tion With His Neighbors.
HAPHAZARD WAYS REPLACED
Fowls of General Purpose Type Are
Most Popular—Advisable for Farm
ers to Get Backing of Local
Business Men.
When oiio speaks of Petaluma, Cal.,
Ills imagination Juuncdiatcly pictures
flocks of single-comb White Leghorn
hens. Tlie mention of The Little
Compton district of Rhode Island is
synonymous with Rhode Island Reds,
while Vineland, N. J., spells single
corni) White Leghorns to poultrymon.
Community centralization for the pro
motion and Improvement of one breed
of poultry In each of these cases has
resulted in the development of exten
sive and profitable poultry industries.
The United Status department of ag
riculture commends the idea to other
communities.
One Standard for Community Hens.
Roys’ and girls’ poultry, clubs in
various sections of the country have
been an education to both young and
old and have acted as pioneers for
the subsequent formation of commu
nity poultry breeding associations,
finch member is interested in the bet
terment of one breed and can work
out his local problems in direct co
operation with Ids neighbors, the com
mon interest of the locality being cen
tered in tin* improvement of this
breed. With the growth of the busi
ness the district soon becomes known
as a source of large supplies of fowls
and eggs for market, eggs for hatch
ing, breeding stock and day-old chicks.
Increased interest in the farm hens
and the practice of approved poultry
management always replace the pre
vious haphazard, shiftless methods of
handling fowls after the co-operative
community club has been organized.
The Farmvllle (Va.) Barred Ply
mouth Rock association is an interest
ing example of what can be accom
plished in community hen raising.
During the first live months of itsjiis
tory this organization sold $7,500
worth of poultry products. The club
has now been incorporated with capi
tal stock of $1,500, and hires a man
ager to handle its business afTaW*s.
The last report from this association
shows that the members had on hand
0,000 Barred Plymouth Rook hens,
while they had marketed 1,000 capons
during the spring.
Seventeen counties in Kentucky
have organized community poultry
clubs recently and have distributed
83,000 eggs among their members for
the foundations of one-breed flocks.
Christian county, Kentucky, has al
ready established Itself as u White
Leghorn district.
Hens for Community Clubs.
The fowls of the general-purpose
type, such as Plymouth Rocks, Wyan
dottes or Rhode Island Reds, are mosi
popular for the use of community
poultry clubs. Most of the members
of the associations are farmers who
wish to raise dual-purpose fowl which
are adapted for both egg and meat
production. However, some special
purpose egg clubs have been formed,
rucli as the Frunklln county (Virginia)
White Leghorn association, composed
of 75 members, which markets its eggs
in New York. There are six similar
White Leghorn county clubs in Ten
nessee, which also ship their eggs to
New York.
How to Btart a Club.
Id organizing u community poultry
club it is always advisable for the
farmers to get the bucking of the local
business men. Generally when the
tradesmen are shown that the “get
together hen dub’’ will be an agricul
tural asset to the community they are
not remiss about aiding the enter
prise. Funds secured from the busi
ness men may be devoted to the pur
chase of purebred stock for dlstrlbu
tlon among the farmer members of
the organization.
The local hanks in Overton county,
Tennessee, have been of great assist
ance to the home poultry club in that
they advanced SI,OOO for the purchase
of breeding pens, consisting of ten
hens and one cock each. These pens
of breeders were distributed among
the association members, each person
who took a pen agreeing to return to
the bank after'the first year 20 pullets
in payment for the 10 hens or pullets
and tile male bird. Tnese 20 purebred
pullets, with two male birds, were
then divided into two pens and given
under the same conditions to two new
members the following year. This
endless chain system is to be con
tinued for a period of five years. In
order to repay the original loan with
reasonable interest the club members
are obliged to dispose of their mongrel
hens when they liuve ceased to he
productive, while 4*Jditional funds
which accumulate over and above the
original allotment of s!,•<¥> are de
posited at the bank to 'further other
club activities.
Shows Are Helpful.
Annual poultry shows have been at
tractive round-up features of the op
erations of several of tl»e community
clubs. Fowls raised by the members
of the association are exhibited in
competition for prizes presented by
local merchants and business men in
tlie sections where the shows are held.
These exhibitions, in addition to being
of special educational value, are also
effective In promoting friendly compe
tition among the members of tin* club.
Instructive lectures on poultry man
agement usually are delivered at these
gatherings by representatives of tbe
state agricultural college or other
qualified parties.
WINTER CONDITIONS
Iii the spring the production
of eggs on the farm Is an easy
matter. Fowls which are at lib
erty to roam find an abundance
of green and animal fyed on
thoif range, which with grain
furnishes a perfect ration for
laying hens. In addition to this
they get plenty of exercise and
fresh air. There is a valuable
lesson here that every poultry
keeper can learn from nature.
So fut 4 as lies within his power
the poultryman should aim to
make winter conditions spring
like.
Cheap Containers Best.
The cost and treatment of containers
have much to do with success in mar
keting by parcel post. A container
should he cheap, neat, and light. The
amounts Involved in most parcel-post
shipments of farm produce do not war
rant the use of an expensive, heavy
package because of the first cost ami
the charges for postage. The con
tainer should be adapted to the- par
ticular produce shipped and should h€
whole and clean.
The trouble of returning empty con
tainers often influences people to dis
continue purcel-post marketing. The
city dweller often has little room tc
keep containers, and it Is not practi
cable to return them singly, for the
cost of postage is high on small ship
ments. Then, too, it Is often incon
venient to take a bulky package to the
post office station. If the customer
can not conveniently store them and
return three or four at one time the
producer should. If possible, use con
tainers that are cheap enough for a
single service. Containers should nev
er he bought with price as the only
consideration, however, as they should
be strong enough to carry the contents
safely. For many shipments cheap
splint baskets are satisfactory and the
cost is so small us to make the return
of them unnecessary. Any plan con
cerning the return of containers should
he clearly understood by both producer
and consumer before shipments ure
made.
Raising Ducks.
If ducklings are raised under hens
It Is advisable to confine the hens and
nllow the ducklings free range, as the
hens are opt to wander too for away
with their broods.
THE CHEYENNE RECORD.
Sentimental
Values
By GERHAM ZINGFIELD
(Copyright, by the McClure News*
paper Syndicate.)
, The girl with the mop of fair hnlr
and the chinu-hlue eyes laid down the
dollar on the counter and said to the
shopman: “All right. I'll call In for
It tonight and pay the balance.” She
nodded to the man and left the little
store. That was about ten minutes be
fore Joe A utterly happened along.
Joe was hurrying home from work
and as he passed the little old “an
tique” shop he hesitated. It was rain
ing and Joe hurried ou that account,
not because he was particularly anx
ious to arrive at his solitary bachelor
apartment—nothing much to hurry
home for when there is no one when
you get there!
So Joe slopped and passed 4n among
the antiques, or pieces of second-hand
furniture, as they really were, and in
quired the price of the elgant brass
dork he had seen in Uie window.
Fifty dollars! No, fifty dollars was
too much. He didn’t really want it.
and . . .
He was just turning to go when n
picture hanging on the wall at the
buck of the store caught Ills glance. It
was .lust one of those colored litho
graphs which, in a good frame, look
so well hanging on a parlor wall, and
It was enough to give a throb of home
sickness to Joe, for that- very picture,
for an exact replica of It. had hung on
the wall of his mother's parlor hack
in the old home town. There Is noth
ing so reminiscent as the sight of a
“I'll Call for It Tonight."
picture wl»i<*l» lias been n familiar ob
ject in the years of long ago.
He turned to the proprietor of the
store ami asked tin* price.
"Sorry, mister," the man said, ‘‘but
that picture is sold."
“Sold?” questioned Joe. "That sells
me. too. Hut why Is it hanging there
If It’s sold?"
“Well." said the man, "I guess I
sh’d have taken it down. A young
lady came in here not ten minutes ago
and paid a deposit on it. She’s fetch
ing it this evening." And suiting the
action to-The word, lie lifted down the
picture and laid it to one side.
Joe turned away disappointed. He
wantecj that picture—it was just like
a breath from the old home days. And
some girl "had beaten him to it—Just
his luck. Jle went Into a ■■quick
lunch” and ate some supper— sry, luit
a lonely man does have to eat any
thing that's handed to him ! —and went
home to his apartment—bedroom aud
hath.
How should he spend the evening?
A* movie show? Shucks ! What’s the
Idea of watching a lot of ginks making
love all over the screen? Nix on that,
lie \>as in no mood of lovemaklng. The
loss of that picture was still 'affecting
him !*
While Joe was in this frame of mind
a certain young lady, of whose exist
ence he was not even aware, was feel
ing quite elated. She had got hack
home from the office, and after eating
her supper she was going to extract a
certain number of dollars from a cer
tain private cache and was going after
that picture she had paid the deposit
on. Kunny how the same thing can
have such opposite effects on diltierent
people. But then, of course, the girl
nnd not lost the picture!
When Joe put on his hat that eve
ning and set out to try and forget the
old home days, his steps seemed nat
urally to heml themselves in the direc
tion of the autiqne shop. The rain had
stopped and a fresh* wind was blowing.
He was still feeling homesick on ac
count of that picture, and was just
wondering what had become of those
friends of Ida boyhood. Bill Smith and
Larry Jones and that freckled-faced
Bed, when, on turning a corner, be
waa violently bunted in the middle by
noine one carrying a bulky and re
markably hard parcel. Joe staggered
from the sudden Impact. He stooped
to pick up his hat, and then looked to
see what had caused It. Instantly he
realised whnt had happened. He had
met the girl with the picture! As
though to confirm hit suspicions, the
wind playfully whipped up a corner of
the loose wrappiu »u>er. and tha
glimpse he got proved him to be cor
rect. Without taking Ids eyes off the
coveted picture he addressed the girl.
“Would you mind if I took a peep, a
last peep at it?” lie asked pleadingly.
The girl nodded. Evidently this man
must he the one-time owner. She
thrust the picture toward him. and Joe
gazed at is long and earnestly.
“Guess you’ve seen It hefore % some
where?'* she asked presently.
“I should say I have! Gee,” he
muttered, drinking In the familiar
scene. “1 wonder what has become of
Bill Smith and Larry .lours and that
freckled," red-faced kid?”
A smile unseen by Joe lighted the
girl’s face.
“And Eflie Farmer?” she suggested.
For a moment Joe wondered If his
ears had deceived him. Then, wheel
ing round on her. he asked amazed:
"Say, were you ever in my home
town?”
“I kind of think I must have been,
one time.” the girl answered reflective
ly. “I kind of think there was a boy
called Joe Annerley lived there. But
1 can't be Just sure.”
She turned her head away—this
man was sturing at her so rudely. He
seemed to have been stricken dumb,
too. He Just stared! He stared so
long that she simply had to break the
silence. But it was the man who
spoke first after all. lie had often
wondered about the little girl who
used to come to his mother’s house,
the two blond pigtails hanging down
her hack. But that was years ago.
She must be quite grown up by this
time.
"Did you know Eflie?” he asked
tensely.
The girl nodded. She still held her
head averted, and .Toe wished she
would turn it into the zone of light
made by the street lump. But she did
not seem Interested. She had tucked
the picture under her arm again and
moved as if to pass on. Joe was des
perate. In all the long years he had
spent in the giant city he had never
felt (piite the loneliness that oppressed
him tonight.
“Say,” he asked wistfully, “do you
ever hear from Eflie these days?” If
only lie could get this girl to talk a
little while it would help some. But
he got no answer. Evidently she re
sented his persistence. Joe felt
ashamed of himself and started to
make matters worse with stammering
apologies and exclamations. He didn’t
want to be rude, but he did want to
hear news of the home folks and lie
wondered If Eflie Farmer was married
and where she was living. He —
At hist the girl did turn. She lifted
her face to where the light fell fully
on It. A smile was on her lips—u smile
composed of mischief, of petulance
and not a little happiness.
“Joe Annerley,” she said, “I think
you are very dull. If you happen to
want to know, my name is Eflie
Farmer J”
That did it! Joe took one good long
Inst stare right Into the girl’s face,
then, seizing the bundle from beneath
her arm, laid it on the sidewalk. He
opened his arras, then closed them
again around the form of Eflie
Farmer.
“Eflie, darling,” he whispered, hold
ing her close, "we’ve just got to share
that picture—got to!”
And strangely enough u time cnmS
when the picture again hung on a par
lor wall —their parlor wall.
STEAK HONORED WITH SALUTE
Acts of Mexican Soldiers Drew Witty
Epigram From Imprisoned Brit
ish Soldier.
Col. I. Thord-Gra.v, an “ohl-timer” of
the British army, now chief of In
telligence with the Canadian expedi
tionary force In Siberia, once was ar
rested in Heriuosilln, Sonora, Mexico,
where he Joined the constitutional rev
olutionists. with-whom he later served
as a cavalry conunnnder. The ar
rest was an error, hut Gray didn’t
know it, neither did the Mexican cap
tain in charge of an adobe house which
served ns a military Jail. Colonel Gray
demanded food after an elapse of 12
hours. lie was brought a piece of
half-raw steak wrapped in butcher’s
paper—no plate, knife or fork.
With an Oath, the Britisher threw
tin* steak, paper and all, out of doors.
The guard, a squad of West Coast In
dians, was lined up on either side of
the entrance. The Mexican soldier,
like the at sleeping while
standing. As the steak and brown pa
per rustled by the guard awoke, and
each man presented anus.
The prisoner finally got word to *a
friend, who arrived soon after with a
tine meal and a bottle of champagne.
The wine had been much jostled In
the carriage, and when the wire was
cut the cork popped out with a noise
like a pistol shot and the champagne
was sprayed up to the ceiling. At this
the guard at the door awoke the sec
ond time, and each man stepped hack,
and threw a cartridge into the barrel
of Ills Mauser.
“The Mexican makes the best sol
dier in the world —when he is asleep,**
said Gray, “always ready to give hon
ors to a piece of steak or battle with
a bottle of wine.’*
Equal to th^Occasion.
“One man wlio was sure lie was let
ter-perfect in thef part halted a lieu
tenant.
“ ‘Who goes thereK^..
“ ‘Lieutenant Breckenrldge, his wife,
their infant daughter and one dog,’
wasthe answer.
‘The sentry was equal to the oc
casion.
*‘ ‘The lieutenant will advance and
be recognized.* be said sternly. 'Hie
wife will stand at parade rest. The
baby will mark time. The dog— about
face and carry on!*”
SYNDICATE OF NEW YORKERS SECURES
CONTROL OF NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM
73eA2-ttt3XJ7rQOAng i —-
iTORArr
For $1,000,000 in cash the stock ami franchise of the New York club of
the National league has been acquired by a syndicate of New Yorkers headed
by Charles A. Stonehnm, a stock broker; Francis X. McQuade, former city
magistrate, and John J. McGraw, manager of the club. Negotiations for the
control of the club pended for months. The estate of the late John T. Brush
formerly held the bulk of the stock. It is likely that John J. McGraw will
be active head of the team, but may be succeeded In the field by “Pat"
Moran, formerly of the “Phillies.” The photo shows the new owners of
the club.
The deal was engineered by Manager McGraw, who for several years
has been anxious to become a stockholder. “There were no less than ten
different people after the club,” said Mr. McGraw, "hut some of these had
no chance whntever of getting the property. We expect, with the renewed
interest in the game which is already evident on all sides, thnt the season at
the Polo grounds will be one of the best In the history of the game.”
BEGAN BOXING AT CHECKERS
Billy Miske Quit His Job as Black
smith's Helper to Become Fol
lower of Pugilism.
The refined and innocent game of
checkers started Billy Miske upon his
wulloping career. Seven years or so
ago Billy became involved in a checker
combat. An argument came up. In
Billy Mitke.
about two minutes the boys were slug
ging away at eueh other. Before a
decisive result could be reached by
standers hopped in and hostilities
ceased —temporarily.
“A few days later,” related Billy,
“someone told me that Harry had
said if the fight hadn’t been stopped
he would have whaled me to sleep. I
hunted up Harry—and we resumed
proceedings. But we hadn’t gone
along very far before somebody
stepped in and parted us.
“Well, before I whipped Harry to my
own satisfaction I i ad to fight him ten
times. Then a friend advised me to
quit my job as a blacksmith’s helper
and become a fighter. I took boxing
lessons, got fights whenever and wher
ever I could —und here I am.”
MEN TINKER TRADED UNLUCKY
Outfielder Larry Chappelle Died and
Tommy Quinlan Lost One of His
Eyes in France.
Joe Tinker of the Columbus A. A.
team traded Outfielder Larry Chap
pelle for Inflelder Tommy Quinlan of
Salt Lake City a year ago. Chappelle
died recently, n victim of influenza.
Quinlan was.drafted and u recent re
port from France is that he has lost
one of his eyes as a result of being hit
by shrapnel.
J. J. ELLER IS REINSTATED
Famous Irish- American Athletic Club
Hurler Regains Old Standing-
Served During War.
J. J. Eller, the famous Irlsh-Amerl
can Athletic club hurler, has been re
instated to amateur standing by the
Amateur Athletic union of the United
States. He had to he reinstated be
fore he could compete again as he
served as an athletic director during
the war.
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LITTLE PICK-UPS
OF SPORT
The United States Golf association
is made up of 450 clubs.
• * •
Princeton has taken up swimming
and basketball practice.
* * •
Philadelphia fans are wondering if
the Phillies will finish in the league
this year.
** * *
Johnny Evers doesn't seem to J>e
in as much demand as when he came
back from France.
* * *
The Giants have tentatively sched
uled games with the Orioles in Balti
more for April 12 and 13.
* * *
Dave Fultz, new International league
president, was one of the best base
sliders the game ever saw.
• * *
Lee Magee struck out only 19 times
last year. It wasn’t that way when he
was in the American league.
* * •
A big boom In sandlot baseball Is
predicted this year. There was plenty
of it in major league parks last season.
* • •
What will Barrow all those
Boston first basemen? He will have
Mclnnis, Hoblitzel, Gainor and Bent
ley.
• * *
Manager Hugo Bezdek of the Pitts
burgh Nationals expects big things
from Pitcher Earl Hamilton this sum
mer.
• • •
The coming major league season
will close the last week, in September.
The world’s series will start about
October 1.
• * *
The Cubs are planning a big deal, it
is reported. Looks as if they can win
another flag by standing pat on the
players they have.
• • •
The Pirates stole more bases and
turned lln more sacrifice hits than
any of their National league rivals in
the late campaign.
• • •
Sammy Strang's ambitions to - be
come an opera singer appear to have
been passed up for the life of a mi
nor league manager.
• • •
Now that MaJ. Branch Hickey is
just plain Branch since his recent dis
charge from the army he can go to
work and try to untangle the affairs
of the Cards. *.
»• • •
A1 Walters, who went to the Red
Sox in the recent big deal between the
New York and Boston clubs, is a great
little catcher but he is a batter of the
A insmith type.
• • e
Dana Fiilingim, Boston National
pitcher a part of the 1918 season,
pitched for the Newport naval reserves
during the past summer and-fall, and
won 20 games for the team* *