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TURKEY RAISING.
Successful turkey raising is very
much like successful chicken raising.
First select the breed you like best.
They are all good, but I prefer the
Sarragansette to all others. They
tie not quite as large as the Bronze,
Hit they lay more eggs than any oth
tr breed; another good point, they
nature early -and have fine full
Sreast. That is what caps the climax
then a fine large savory turkey Is to
trace the Thanksgiving table.
Some think th 9 young poults are
tasier raised, but it does not make
tny difference what breed you are
itarting with. You must have large
tel! matured healthy birds, or you
:an not expect strong poults. I pre
'er raising them with the turkey hen.
if she is not in the notion of sitting
lust whjen 'you want to set the eggs,
but them In the incubator or put
:hem under chioken hens, and she
*iH' be ready to set before they are
ready to come'off. Keep close watch
an her and when she begins staying
>n her nest at night then dust her
sith insect powder, repeat this two
Dr three times, then she will not
Dave any lice to bother the little ones.
When the eggs first commence to pip
put two or three under her and let
them hatch there, and If she likes
them then you have won the battle;
then you can put all to her or per
haps you would have enough for two
ar three hens, If so, say about 20 to
a hen.
First give the chioks sand and char
coal to pick, then feed them hard
boiled eggs a little at a time and
often until they are a couple of days
old, but that Is too expensive to feed
them very long. Take light bread
and soak It in boiled sweet milk and
sprinkle well with black pepper, that
warms them up of cold mornings.
One can get stale bread at the bak
eries at reduced prices, or if that Is
not handy, they are fond of cottage
cheese, cut up onion tops, dandelion
and lettuce and mix in their feed of
mornings.
When the turkey hen has the oare
of them, you do not have to coop
them up. H find they thrive bettei
to have a smsll Jot fenced in with
poultry netting to keep her from drag
ging them too far away from home,
and the varmints are not so apt to
make a raid,.on them while they are
roosting on the ground. About 1 acre
Would be large enough, but more if
it was handy. And as soon as you
take the hen frem the nest put her
in this yard, and give them plenty of
fresh water In something so they
can not drown, and it will not be
many days until they come running
and flopping their little wings where
ever you feed them.
After they are a week old, you will
not, have to feed them more than
three times a day, keep them in this
yard until they are about a month
Ttfd. then you can start them out
brave and strong to battle with the
bugs As that te their main living
not” fw*l, then thev are o’d enough
to fly up on low roosts. Lice do not
bother the-” so ba-Mv ra'sed in this
way, but keep a watch for them, if
it should be wet weather. They can
not get to*dust themselves. If any
look droopy, hunt the insect powder
and dust them, they can stand it bet
ter now than when they, were babies.
You will not have to feed them so
often- now, but it is well to give them
a liberal feed each night, then they
have some inducement to bring them
horde to their old roosting tree, and
then’ you can look over the flock. If
some are not looking just right give
some venltian red in their feed,
enough' to color the feed. They like
it and It makes them thrifty. Give
them some each week, it keeps them
all well, as the old adage says "An
ounce of prevention Is worth a pound
of cure.” In caring for turkeys In
this way you can raise large flocks
each season. I raise about 200 each
year—Lowry Higgins in the Farmers’
Home Journal.
POULTRY FARMING.
The raising of poultry is an Indus- j
try found on more farms in the Unit
ed States than any other. Most farm-:
ers keep a few chickens which find ■
their living from the waste products 1
of the farm. They are thus practical-!
ly no expense and all of the product ;
Is profit. From thirty to seventy-five j
hens can thus be kept on an ordinary
farm. The magnitude of this form of
the Industry is so great that it inter
fers materially with the special poul
try farm- It is probable that more
failures are made In poultry farm- 1
ing than In any other type of farm-1
mg undlrtaken by beginners, yet it i
Is decidedly one of the best and!
most profitable types of farming l
when properly conducted. It is high
ly essential to begin in *a small way j
:n order to learn the details of the !
business before much capital is in- j
vested In it There Is an enormous
amount of igood literature relating to
poultry-raising fcasily available to
anyone who wishes to learn the in
dustry.
There are five common types of
chioken .farming, namely, (1) the pro
duction of eggs for the general mar
ket, (2) the production of eggs for
hatching, (3) the production of broil
ers, (4) the breeding of fancy poul
try, and (5) the hatching of chicks
for sale as soon as they are hatched.
Nearly all successful poultry men be
gan In a small way by producing eggs
tor the general market By careful
breeding up the flock and developing
its egg r iaying capacity they have
finally been able to embark in the
production of eggs for hatching pur
i poses, for which there is a ready sale
■ for men who have earned a reputa
tion for producing good stock. The
breeding of fancy poultry is, as a
' rule, not a very profitable industry.
, j It requires a large amount of special
: knowledge, 'and, while a few men
i have made tpi eminent success in this
branch of the business, a very large
i proportion of those who have tried it
have failed. —Weekly Witness
fi i ,
THF COLONY PLAN.
There are some who do not under
stand just what is meant by the Co
lony plan of housing poultry. It is
this: A numger of houses, placed at
, certain distances apart, without di
vision fences; each house to hold
: the poultry of the same age, or
. size.
Lange, stationary houses, or small
: movable ones may be used. The lab
! ter are preferable for many reasons.
Many have success in building the
colony houses six by eight feet, height
in front six feet six inches, hbight in
back one foot less; two runners of
4x4 stuff are under the buildings,
thus rendering the moving, with a
good team, an easy matter. Such
houses cost about 314 for material,
i at the price It is here at present, and
i a good day’s work for two men. '
The east, west and north are all
interlined with lining felt; the roof
is made of some of the many good
kinds, thus shutting out all drafts.
The south side has a door, and
also a large opening, or window,
closed with poultry netting only; as
the roof projects over a foot or 14
inches no cloth' curtain Is used.
This will insure good ventilation
without drafts; a curtain could eas
ily be added for use during very
stormy weather.
There is room enough In such a
1 house for 15 or 16 of the medium
sized breed fowls. The ease with
which such houses can be moved,
will result in frequdflt removals, and
this is as fine for the hen’s house as
for the chick coop.—lndiana Farmer.
CEMENT NESTS.
To make a neat cement nest egg,
prick a hole a little larger than a
pin-head in each end of an egg, and
then blow out the contents. After
closing the hole In one end pour in
Portland cement, mixed thin with
! water. Let it stand until the ce
; ment is perfectly hard before placing
j It In the nest.—Farmers’ Home Jour
i nal.
!
j SELECT THE BREED.
Any person who is keeping poultry
for either profit or amusement, must
first select the breed that suits his
fancy. , No one need keep mongrel
chickens, as the original cost is so
small to get good ones and the re
suits so much better, that any kind
but thoroughbreds are actually dear
as a gift.—Farmers) Home Journal.
NOTES.
A prevention of the causes is the
best and the most effective way to
keep in' check most of the poultry
troubles.
The hen and her family contribute
more than half a billion dollark every
year to our aggregate national
wealth.
The pullet that begins laying quite
early in life is not, as a rule, a wel
developed fowl. Good development is
preferable to early*laying.
Give the poultry houses a daily air
ing even on the coldest days, regulat
ing the period according to the
ity of the weather. Fresh air is a
tonic and it properly administered
will prove a great aid in keeping the
fowls healthy.
Did you ever think how nice It
would be to photograph some of youi
choicest birds and the value of such
pictures should you wish to advertise
your flock?
Bare spots on head and wings that
i look a little raw are a pretty good
| indication of insect pests. Get aftei
I them right off, if. you may have some
j dead birds before you know it.
k The Size of the Moon.
j As seen by different persons, the
; size of the moon varies from that
of a cart-wheel to a silver dollar
Toe many it seems about a foot in
diameter, from -which vProfessot
Young concludes that to the average
man the distance of the surface of
' the sky Is about 110 feet. It is cer
j tain that artists usually represent the
■ moon much too large in size in theii
j paintings. Occasionally they repre
| sent it in evening scenes with the
i horns turned downward instead ot
j upward, whereas they must always
j point away from the sun. The true
j angular size of the moon is about half
i a degree, so that it can always be con
cealed behind a lead pencil held at
arm’s length.—Argus.
N *
Too Extravagant.
“Woman.” said the dejected young
man, “is disappointment and a fraud.”
“Indeed,” spoke one listener.
“Yes. I saved up all my tobacco
money knd lived on -porridge for two
weeks to treat Miss Truelove to the
opera and a supper. Then 1 asked
her to marry me, and she said she
was afraid I was too extravagant to
make a good husband.’’—Js’ew York
Telegram.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
J. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
(Moum-piece ana Successor of His Invalid Father as Leaaer or the British
imperialists.*
' Sandpaper Plane.
Another invention of interest to
carpenters, joiners and men of kin
dred' trades is the sandpaper plane
designed by a Louisiana man. This
implement, as shown in the illustra
tion, closely resembles an orthodox
plane, but instead of having a blade
underneath it has a smooth base cov
ered with a layer of sandpaper, which
polishes off rough surfaces with great
rapidity and absolute uniformity. It
also has the advantage of doing the
work without polishing the skin off
the knuckles of the person using it.
The two knobs seen in the cut un
screw and the baseboard, which fits in
grooves in the body of the plane and
slides backward and forward when
released, can be taken out and cov
ered with a fresh piece of sandpaper
when the old piece is worn down.
Thus recovered the base is put back,
the knobs screwed up tight again to
hold it firmly, and the cafpentei
scrapes away with ease and rapidity.
—Boston Post.
Didn’t Divide Eternity.
On one occasion wfyen in Congress
General Benjamin Butler arose in
his place and intimated that the
member who occupied ..the floor was
transgressing the limits of debate.
“Why, general,” said the member
reproachfully, “you divided your
time with me.” “I know I did,” re
joined Butler, grimly, “but I didn’t
divide eternity with you.”
Bank notes, it is said, were first
issued in China 2697 B. C.
ARSENAL OF A PARIS APACHE.
Armed like the porcupine, but invisibly, their arms ana shoulder,
studded with sharp metal spikes beneath their coats, the young brigand,
of Paris, known as Apaches, have recently defied the police and frightenec
the public, which used to regard their pranks w’ith some indulgence Thf
other day two detectives went into a wine shop to arrest an Apache namei
I h
Liaboeuf. As soon as they had seized him their hands were frightfully torn
by the hidden spikes on the miscreant’s arms and they were forced to let
go. The Apache then stabbed one of the detectives eight times And shot the
other dead. The police will be chary about laying hands on Apache prlson
ers hereafter for fear of the porcupine equipment. —Le Monde lllustre.
Stolen.
3 Aunt Hetty—“ What’s the matter
- Eben?”
5 Uncle Eben—“ Well, of all the braz
5 en things I ever saw! This city paper
has deliberately copied that paten’
medicine ad. about SI Hopkins being
cured of influenzy by using Dope
man's pills that was in last week'j
Hardscrabble Clarion.”—Judge.
Hammer Holds Nails.
Who has not pounded his thumb it
place of a nail while trying to ham
mer the latter into some place difficul*
to reach or some corner where it wai
hard to get both hand and hammer!
A North Dakota man has gottei
around this difficulty with aq inge
nlous Invention of an attachment fof
the heads of hammers which holdi
the nail just beneath the head and
drives it into place without difficulty.
The attachment consists of a loo;
of metal and a slight groove and re
cess under the hammer head. Th
nail fits in this, and all that need be
done is to give one blow as if the nal
were held in position with the fingers
1 This blow will suffice to fix the nal
• in place, and the hammer can then b<
\ withdrawn, the loop in the head being
\ large enough to permit of the passagt
i ,
i
y
of the head of the nail, and the nai!
can be pounded all the way in wit!
no trouble at all. In this way th<
thumb and fingers of the carpenter
are in no danger.—Boston Post.
Among the peoples erf the earth
except those of Australasia,-the Amer
leans are the most liberal meat eaters
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WAISTLINES GO DOWN.
The waistline will come this season
just where' it belongs, 'Writes Grace
Margaret Gould in the Woman’s Home
Companion. The defining of the nor
mal waistline is now a feature of the
new fashion's.
About the only exception to this is
in the Russian blouse coats, where
oftentimes the loose belt hangs well
below the waist. The dresses in
| Moyen Age effect will still appeal to
the popular trade, but they are no
I longer high style. Among the good
looking dresses showing the Moyen
Age effect are those made of a com
bination of heavy and sheer linen —
the;bodice portion of the heavy linen
and the lower plaited skirt portion
of sheer linen. In these dresses,
which are made with a guimpe, the
sleeves and guimpe are of the same
sheer linen as the plaited skirt.
Sashes wLll be much worn, not only
around the normal waist, but as a
skirt trimming defining a flounce, for
instance, and tying at the back just
above the knees.
The sleeves, which were in our new
gowns last spring, will only be pres
entable this year after remodeling.
Sleeves are growing shorter and the
tendencies, are all toward the banish
ing of the long sleeve for warm
weather. 'For general everyday wear
many odified bishop sleeves will be
worn, these, of course, in the long
length. But the majority of the new
sleeves end just below the elbow,
where they are finished with a fasci
nating little undersleeve, frequently
in the form of a very small, filmy
puff. iSleeves with a cap effect are
1 smart in style, and they vary greatly
in length, some are not more than
bwo inches long and others reach half
way down the arm. The little white
undersleeve is a . most noticeable fea
ture of the new sleeves. Sometimes
it protrudes only for a couple of
inches below an upper colored
sleeve, both of which are finished
with nothing more elaborate than a
half-inch hem or a little bias self
i facing. The majority of the sleeves
are extremely plain and inconspicu
ous.
Perhaps that is the reason why the
new bracelets, many of them in an
tique design, are so very elaborate,
making a striking contrast to the
plain sleeves.
THE WEDDING RING.
In the Isle of Man the wedding ring
was formerly used as an instrument
of torture. Cyril Davenport in his
book on “Jewelry” remarks that there
once existed a custom in that island
according to which an unmarried girl
who had been offended by a man
could bring him to trial and if he
were found guilty she would be pre
sented with a sword, a rope, and a
ring. 1 With the sword she might cut
off his head; with the rope she might
hang him, or with the ring she might
,narry him. It is said that the latter
punishment was that invariably in
flicted.
The wedding ring,' which was tol
erated by the Methodists, was ana
thema to the early Puritans, who re
garded personal adornment as one of
the many snares of Satan. Wesley,
who was a High Churchman, probably
recognized its symbolical value. In
the old English marriage service it
was the custom for the bridegroom
to put the ring on the thumb of his
bride, saying, “In the name of the-
Father,’’ then on fhe next finger, say
ing, “and the Son,” then on the third
finger, saying, “and of the Holy
Ghost,” finally on the fourth finger,
with the word, “Amen.”
The rinig was left there because, as
the Sarum rubric says, “a vein pro
ceeds thence to the heart.” In the
modern marriage service the ring is
placed at once upon the third finger,
the invocation to the Trinity being
understood.
The wedding ring was the only
form of jewelry permitted to the
early Methodists, and there are people
still living who recall how no longer
than forty years ago they were re
proved by old Methodist ministers for
breaking the rules of membership
which forbade (and technically still
forbid) Methodists to wear gold,
Jewels, or costly apparel; but with the
courtesy John Wesley 'knew when to
ignore breaches of his own regula
tions.
In visiting a house one of the
preachers drew Wesley’s attention to
the host’s daughter, who was wearing
several jewe’ed rings; but instead of
the rebuke which his preacher sought
to evoke Wesley only gravely and
gently remarked, “A very beautiful
hand.”—London Chronicle,
FEMININE VANITIES.
Little ruffles to take the place of
the deep flounce are one of the re- '
turns to ancient styles. They are
used on the bottom of silk and gauze
frocks.
Velvet and silk the color of the '
material are to be more used this
winter than for years as trimmings 1
In the way of collars, cuffs, girdles, ]
waistcoats, etc., for wool dresses. 1
One olever girl buys two invisible '
Aair nets, pua one over the fluffed !
out portion of her back hair, fasten- 1
Ing It with a barrette, and the other I
over her front hair, and thus keeps i
her tresses from tossing untidily ]
about. The nets are put on so loose- <
ly that their fine threads mingle 1
with her hair and do not show.
Girls who wear their hair low l
have taken to pinning the loose ends
of their short chiffon veils on to the
knot of hair at the back of their
heads. They use pretty bar pins for
. thld . purpose.
Glass cases containing artificial
hair are now a feature of some mil
! linery parlors. The little curls,
I puffs and rolls are placed on the
I customer’s head in the chinks left to
be filled up by some of the queer
hats we buy now.
Much tulle is used in the new mil
linery. Not a few youthful looking
hats of the toque order have long
. folds to match, sweeping from the
I back and brought around like
strings to tie under the chin in a huge
fluffy bow. —Indianapolis News.
THE OLD-TIME “BAiNG.”
While the bang Is back, It, like
most revivals, would scarcely be
recognized by its forerunners of the
late eighties.
No longer does one make herself a
fright with the severely plain fringe
of hair completely conceaing the fore
head and looking as if it had been
cut around a crock, says the Chi
cago Tribune.
The modern bang is a loose, frizzy
fringe of curls worn along the top
of the forehead to soften the effect o#
masses of bought braids. Sometimes
It is worn under the ribbon fillet, in
deed should be. if the 'wearer con
sults becomingness.
As most women object to cutting
their own hair to suit a passing
fashion, no one should venture play
fully to pull his lady love’s curl that
hangs in the middle of the forehead.
To his mortification and her rage the
fringe and the girl may part com
pany.
For women with big foreheads and
hair scant on the temples the bang
is a boon, as it is undeniably becom
ing and softens the face.
KEEP SENTIMENT.
Life without sentiment is as insipid
as a savory without salt. Yet when
people marry they usually “settle
down,” which means they endeavor to
look at everything from the common
sense point of view, and forswear all
the delightful nonsense which they
indulged in when they were sweet
hearts.
Is it that rent, taxes, butcher,
baker, and candlestick maker usurp
the place given to romance? Or is it
that people always grow staider aa
they grow older?
Is it possible that the wife cares
less for love than the sweetheart
used to do? Not in her heart of
hearts, I believe. But once surround
ed by it, she grows unconscious of
it, and imagines it no longer of su
preme importance, even making the
hideous mistake of fancying it can
he done without. Familiarity breeds
contempt, and so she lightly prizes
love to her own undoing.
Stick fast to the high ideals of
courting days; don’t let yourself be
persuaded they are foolish or old
fashioned; don’t, when love becomes
a daily certainty, fancy sentiment
can be dispensed with, or you will
wake up with a start one of these
fine days and find to your cost that
the future which promised to be so
fair is stretching blank and desolate
before you, and that your husband, or
your wife, as the case may be, bears
no resemblance to the sweetheart of
years gone by.—New Haven Register.
ONLY SEVENTEEN IN DOG ORDER
The Brotherhood of Hero Dogs is a
novel institution, but it already has
an interesting history, which has
been incorporated into the form of a
book, to be sold for the benefit of the
Animals’ Hospital. Founded by Mrs.
de Courcy Laffan, with her white
Pomeranian. Royal Edward, as presi
dent, the order has an honor list of
seventeen members, and while animal
lovers in ail parts of the country are
submitting ■ candidates for member
ship, due care is exercised to see that
only worthy dogs are admitted to the
brotherhood. Pedigree and breeding
are worthless as qualifications for
election, but any dog that Is proved
to have performed a conspicuously
heroic act has his name inscribed in
the records of the brotherhood with
out delay and is presented with a sil
ver collar, which is the official badgs
of honorable membership. The first
issue of Mrs. Laffan’s book contains
the life history and portrait of each
of the seventeen charter members.—
New York Press.
RIBBON FOR MRS VANDERBILT.
It is said on the best authority that
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt will be deoo
rated with the Order of the Legion
of Honor by the French Government
at the next announcement of enrol
ments and promotions. Some suclr
recognition of the generous activity
Mrs. Vanderbilt has shown in char
itable works in Paris long has been
urged by the more prominent philan
thropists in the French capital, but
hitherto the Government has shown
persistent reluctance to extending its
high honors to an American woman.
Mrs. Vanderbilt permits social en
gagements to take up only a small
proportion of her time, and her char
itable interests are widespread. The
most conspicuous of her good works
probably Is the new hoepital she roo
entry established in Paris, entirely at
her own expense, which is said to J
be one of he most perfecly equip- *
ped In the world. —New York Press.