The new era., May 16, 1907, Image 6

About The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??

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POULTRY
and BEES
COOP FOR HENS AND CHICKS.
Type of Construction Used by Ontario
Agricultural Station.
The authorities of the Ontario Agri
cultural college have devised a coop
which they recommend for the hen
and chicks. It is so devised that it
gives plenty of air both day and night,
and during the night in particular
can be so closed that small animals
cannot get in to disturb either hen
or chicks. A good idea of the front
of the coop is showp at A in the ac
companying Illustration.
The upper part is covered with wire
A.
Secondary House for Brooder Chicks.
netting and the lower part with slats
bo that the chicks can come in or go
out at will. B is a board which is
made to fit over the slats and can be
fastened in place by thumb buttons
on either side of the coop.
A good idea of the'end sections is
Another House for Young Chicks.
shown in C. The size’may be made
to suit the owner, but it has been
found by the Ontario authorities tliar
a coop two feet high in front, 15
inches high in the rear and two or
three feet long, works very satisfac
torily. The portion of tH*j coop cover
ed with wire netting is one foot wide.
As shown at C, the front is niova
tle so that when the chicks are large
enough the hen can leave the coop
during the day time.
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SOLAR WAX EXTRACTOR.
Rays of Sun Used in Rendering the
Wax.
A solar wax extraqtor is needed in
every apiary and several are kept run
ning in many large apiaries. Extract
ors which render wax by steam are
also used. To the. latter class belongs
the improved Swiss wax extractor.
This improvement, invented in Swit
zerland and improved in America, con
sists of a tin or copper vessel with
a circle of perforations in the bot
tom near the sides to let in steam
from a boiler below and within this
upper vessel another receptacle—the
comb receiver—made of perforated
zinc. Within a few years wax extract
ors employing the heat of he sun and
known as solar extractors have come
into general use. The essential fea
tures in all the forms that have'been
devised are a metal tank with a
glass cover and usually a wire cloth
strainer under which is placed the re
ceptacle for the wax, the whole soar
ranged as to enable one to tilt it at
such an angle as will catch the direct
rays of the sun. The effectiveness of
the solar extractor is increased by
having the glass doubled and adding
a reflector, such as a mirror or a
sheet of bright metal. —Exchange
CHICK CHAT.
Fine, clean grit should be the first
tiling eaten by little chicks.
Early maturity for market means
considerable in making up the profits.
Felch says the light brahma will
grow a broiler to weigh two pounds
at eight weeks of age.
A pound of naphthaleen dissolved In
a gallon of coal oil makes an excellent
lice paint for the roosts.
Stale (but not moldy) bread moist
ened with milk is one of the best first
foods for chicks and ducklings.
A poorly bred thoroughbred is
worse than a scrub. Scrub treatment
will make scrubs of thoroughbreds.
Stale and dirty water is a frequent
cause of bowel trouble In the early
youngsters; provide clean water in
clean dishes.
The "spring chicken” should be
hatched not earlier than February, nor
later thafi May. The market weight
Is two to three pounds.
Strong; parents make strong chicks
chicks are active and quick
growing—quick growth makes the
Juicy, meaty broiler and roaster.
• Set two hens at the same time;
tlpeo.-'Jf the hatch is not large, all the
chicks can be given to the most
motherly hen and the other set again,
or given her liberty
HENS, MOTHERS FOR GOSLINGS.
Directions for Hatching and Rearing
Them.
The first thing to consider In hatch
ing goose eggs under hens is never
to put more than three or four under
a good hen. More cannot be covered
properly. Confine the hen to a fair
sized run with her nest inclosed in
some quiet place. Keep a dish of
pure water, also one of grain, where
she can help herself. Dust her well
three times with lice powder and re
move all clean eggs after seventh day.
When the goslings hatch give tho
most careful hen four to six. Confine
the hen and goslings in a shady grass
run. Give water in a drinking foun
tain that the young ones cannot get
into and one that can be washed clean
inside and out.
The yard must be changed often
enough to have good, soft grass all
tho time. Grass Is the best goose
food. If easily obtained give bread
and milk with small amount of shorts
and meal mixed with for first week.
Also add a fifth rolled oats to tho
feed. After the first week, suggests
Orange Judd Farmer, increase
amount of shorts and corn meal, also
add a little beef scraps. After tho
first month they can be fed mostly
on shorts, corn meal and oats, with
about a fifth of the feed compound of
beef scraps. Plenty of grass, good
but not too much feed, clean coops
and pure water all the time, will make
the goslings larger than the hen at
one month old.
QUEEN RAISING.
Nursery Cage Lr the Hatching of Vir
gin Queens.
An English bee expert, Mr. Bladen,
has recently published in the British
Bee Journal a description of his im
proved nursery cage for queen-cells ,
and virgin queens. He says:
My improved rursery-cage for the .
hatching of virgin queens and for
holding them until they are distribut
ed to the nuclei is illustrated in the
cut. The ripe queen-cell is held in
position by the wire-cloth sides, which
can be easily adjusted to grip secure
ly queen-cells of any size. The cage
opens on a new principle, which ;
makes the insertion or removal of tho
queen-cell or of food for tho queen ex
peditious and easy. The cage hangs ;
between the combs some distance
from the top by the stout wire shaft,
the bent portion of which rests on the
top-bar of one of the frames. The j ;
pupa, or queen, is thus kept warm i;
between brood, and this is very impor- j:
:ant in the cold nights of May and
June. The cage itself is of the small
est possible size, so that a number of
Tl»* Nursery Cage.
them can hang side by side between
two combs without widely sepa/atlng
the combs, and one or more of tho
cages can be inserted or removed on
turning back the quilt without lifting
out a frame. The part “c” may bo
made of tin plate or of celluloid. With
the la.tter material the queen • and
queen-cell can be easily seen inside
the cage while it is closed. At “t”
and “w” are shown different kinds
of shafts.
This cage can be used, if required,
as an introducing-cage. The candy
hole is covered with a tin slide,
which, when pushed to one side, en
ables the bees to liberate the queen
by ealing through tho candy.
Preserving Eggs.
The usual way of preparing water
glass for storing eggs is to dilute ono
part of silicate of soda in ten parts
of pure rain water. The eggs, which
must be strictly fresh, are placed in
a stone crock or wooden tub, and the
solution poured upon them. A cool
cellar is the best place to keep the
jar. Waterglass, or silicate of soda
can be secured at ir it druggists at
10 to 30 cents a p« tnd. Eggs will
keep in it, if fresh ' :en put down, for
six months or a y _ar. This method
is considered one of the best known
for preserving eggs.
Mortality Among Ducks.
The causes of mortality among
young ducks may bo summed up as
follows: Overheat, dampness, get
ting wet, lack of grit, gray head lice,
sudden showers, delayed hatches, ex
posure to sun. lack of fresh water,
drinking vessels too shallow, and
breeding out of condition.
Surprising.
It is surprising how many people,
• church goers, and, as a rule good peo
ple, are willing to pay for a secret by
1 which summer eggs can he preserved
to be sold in winter as fresh. Be
! above such dishonest practices.
Bees on the Farm.
. Add a hive or two of bees to the
: farm's equipment this year, and save
some of the sweets that now go to
waste in the field and garden.
LIVE STOCK
HOLDER FOR UNRULY EWES.
Device Which Will Prove Convenient
at Lambing Time.
We have a plan for making a handy
farm device for the holding of unruly
ewes during lambing time, which we
think will be of interest to others,
writes a correspondent of Prairie Far
mer.
This holder is used by us for hold
ing stubborn ewes. We had a cou
ple of very stubborn ewes last winter
which would not own their lambs. We
wanted to save the lambs, as they
were very fine ones and we resorted
to holding the ewes, but as this took
considerable- of our time we devised
a holder which holds a sheep far
more securely than two men can by
hand.
We can place a ewe securely in
this holder and go about doing other
chores and the lambs will take care
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Rack for Nervous Ev/es.
of themselves. This holder might be
very valuable to any farmer who has
stubborn ewes. We would especially
recommend its use in small flocks.
We saved all of our lambs last win
ter, which was quite a task, as they
were born early in the winter when
the weather was quite cold. We
found that by using the holder we
were born early in the winter when
less work.
We make sheep holders of old fence
boards, which did very well, as we
find this material plenty strong, but
when the lambs tried to suck they let
us know that our device was not com
plete. We therefore resorted to iron
I rods, as shown in the cut and marked
I K and L. These are made adjustable
for different sizes of sheep ns shown
in the cut by three lings which rep
resent the holes which were bored
through the corner posts.
We used the axles of an old chil
dren's playing wagon. These axles
answered the purpose very nicely as
they were just the right length. We
then sawed two boards 34 inches long,
marked BB in the cut. These were
nailed to the inside of the corner
posts. Then we attached a board
across the front end with a portion
marked C in the cut, sawed off so as
to give plenty of room for the sheep’s
throat, enough to hold any of our
sheep. In starting the construction
we began with two boards, E and F,
about 22 inches long, to which we
nailed the bottom boards, which are
34 inches long. We made four posts
of fence boards 2G inches long, which
we attached to the bottom or floor,
one on each corner, as shown in tho
cut. These posts being marked A in
the sketch. We then proceeded with
our work and attached three boards at
ends on bottom, one in front and two
in the rear. These we thought would
make the ewe stand in proper posi
tion.
We next attached an old hinge to
a board for the rear end of the holder,
which we then fastened to the hold
er by one nail through the bottom nail
hole in the hinge which allows the
board or end gate to drop down out
of the way. This is quite a conveni
ence. as it is out of the way and is
not liable to be broken off by a sheep
running against it. This board is
marked D in the cut. This door is
fastened shut by a smalMiook which
goes over the nail in the end of the
door.
We then found that we must strap
our sheep in the holder to make them
secure. So we nailed straps to the
boards B B. two straps to go over the
sheep’s back and two straps to go un
der the sheep's belly. These straps
as shown in the sketch, are marked O
N. They can be made adjustable by
putting any number of holes in the
straps which may be found necessary
for the size of the sheep which the
holder is to accommodate. Four dif
ferent straps are used for this pur
pose, one end being securely nailed
to the board on the one side and the
other end being slipped over a nail,
which makes it a very convenient
fastening.
For making the iron rods stay in
place we fastened a wooden button,
as it is called, which holds the rods
in their place. We then inclosed the
front end by nailing boards on slant
ingly. This makes the holder much
more rigid than it would bo were the
boards nailed on straight across; the
hoards form a very good brace in this
way.
Carrots for Horses.
An addition of five or six pounds of
carrots to the daily food ration of or
dinary work horses will always be a
benefit. They should be sliced longi
tudinally so that they will not stick
In the animal's throat and choke him.
From all the American tests it ap
pears fair to say that there is no
marked advantage in grinding grain
for healthy horses that have good
to-tth.
MORE STOCK-LESS CORN. i
Method by Which Soil Can Be Kept ill
Good State of Fertility. j
Years of experience have taught m® I
that the wise farmer Is he who keeps
his land up to the highest notch of fer
tility, if not by one means, then an
other. There are many different ways
to accomplish this, and the plan for
each man to follow is the one that
gives best results, with material at
hand, at least expense.
Here in Southwestern Iowa, writes
the correspondent of Farmers’ Voice,
it is not necessary to buy fertilizers
that are sold in the markets. Most
farmers keep at least a few head of
stock, and the wise man is he who
doubles the number of head of stock
and divides his acres of corn. If he
will then judiciously and systematical
ly go about building up his land (sup
posing it has run down), his income
would very soon double.
Every man must study his soil, and
if he has a knowledge of chemistry
so much the better; but for the ordi
nary farmer, I first recommend seed
ing down old worn out land to clover,
using plenty of seed, and in three or
four years plowing the clover under
deep and seeding some other pari of
his farm to the same.
So many farmers have the idea that
they must have from 60 to 80 acres
of corn, and perhaps not an acre of
hay or pasture. The corn will aver
age say 40 bushels, where if they Lad
half the number of acres and made
it yield 70 bushels, they would be the
gainers; then seed the balance to buy.
Timothy, clover and alfalfa bring al
ways a good price, and If the farmer
will keep hogs and cattle enough to
feed this crop to, put every ounce of
manure on the land where it is most
needed every year or two, plowing up
a new piece and seeding down, there
is not the least doubt but that his
bank account will double.
Farmers that live on leased land
cannot follow this method and move
every year, but it is to the interest
of both landlord and tenant to stay
on the same place as long as possible
and also to bring the land up to the
highest productiveness.
There is no more simple plan tc
follow for the average farmer than
crop rotation. If we see a field
of thin soil with the corn stalks nc
larger than one's finger and show
ing a yield of no more than 20 bush
els, you will also find on tho same
farm manure .piled around the bari
so high one can find no room for any
thing else, and one can be sure that
farm has never had a load of an>
kind of fertilizer and the only thins
it is sure to have will be a mortgage
A BREEDING RACK FOR BULL.
Description of Stocks in Use by Ex
periment Station.
Following is a description of a pair
of stocks in use in connection with the
Pennsylvania experiment station herd,
and which have been giving very good
satisfaction:
The apparat ts is constructed by
sinking two 3x9*4 inch timbers into
the ground, these being about three
and one-quarter feet high and IS inch
es apart. At a distance of S and one
half feet from these, end in line with
them, place two similar supports one
and one-half feet high. These sup
ports are each connected by a plank,
•and a bar placed across the uppei
end. forming a pair of stocks Into
which a cow may be easily gotten
They are also made adjustable, so
that they can be made larger or
The Breeding Rack.
smaller as the case may demand. Thi&
is accomplished by fastening the
planks upon which the bull's feet will
rest, with movable pins, so that they
may be placed close together, or the
reverse.
In this connection, considerable
trouble was experienced in properly
gauging the width of them. If they
are too wide the bull’s feet will get
down between the cow and the sup
port and might cause Injury to both
animals. The width already given, 18
inches, is sufficient, and in case of
heifers, may be somewhat less than
this. It requires, too, several trials,
before the bull becomes accustomed
to his new surroundings, but when
properly made, and with a little care
and experience, it is found to give
very satisfactory results.
We append, says Hoard's Dairy
man, an illustration of a device, which
embodies a". ’he essential principles
above described, but is made movable
and more in the form of a box. It
should be made very strong and the
planks upon which the bull’s feet are
to rest should be supported from be
i low by a plank reaching from the
front to the rear corner posts. One
of these planks should be left loosely
fastened with bolts or pins so that the
' space between them may be in
• creased or decreased to correspond
i with the size of the cow.
The Impotent Bull.
Standing in the barns without ex
ercise, together with an unbalanced
. ration often causes lmpotency and
i then the farmer wonders why his
l bull Is not a breeder. Using a young
1 bull too heavily often brings about
the same results.
j WHERE WOMAN 13 SUPERIOR.
• Vegetarian Springs a Few Facts on
j Astonished Companions.
| “Since the first of the year,” he
said, “I haven’t had a smoke, and I
haven’t taken a drink.”
Everybody looked at him with
amazement, respect and awe. How
strong-willed he must be, they said;
how ascetic, how spiritual! It was tre
mendous.
“And yet,” said a pale jegetarian,
“all women, or at least 99 per cent, of
them, maintain this wonderful absti
nence their whole life long. Why
don’t you praise them for It?”
With his medicated handkerchief
he brushed the sneer from his lips.
“We men,” he said, "beside womeu
are hogs. We call our women silly;
we won’t give them the vote; but the
average woman lives on a higher
plane than the average man. She
thinks of nobler things than money
grubbing, drink, tobacco, food.
"Did you ever hear your wife
growl about the cooking? Did you
ever hear of a woman epicure? No;
woman is above the hoglike pleasures
of the table. She is above such a
tobacco and whisky seance as is now
go/ng on here.”
The vegetarian put on his cap of
medicated flannel, and, despite the
warmth of the night, drew the flannel
eartabs over his ears.
"Give woman her due,” he ended.
“She Is a finer-flbered, a more temper
ate, a more spiritual creature than
coarse, gross, hog-like man.” —Cincin-
nati Enquirer.
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, It is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric Is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De
fiance Starch, as It can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
No Criticism to Make.
Mrs. Hwfa Williams, the English so
ciety leader, talked at a dance in New
York about the fashion of riding
astride that has taken hold of English
equestriennes.
“Some of our young women,” said
Mrs. Williams, "dress out and out like
men. They wear a long coat cut like
a hunting coat, a cap, riding breeches
and top boots. It is a handsome cos
tume and it is not immodest, but un
doubtedly it attracts a good deal of
attention. They have been telling in
London lately a story about an Eng
lish girl who has adopted this riding
rig. Pulling up her horse one after
noon sho said to an artisan who was
passing: ‘Can you tell me if this is the
way to Wareham?’
"The man looked her over carefully.
Then he touched his cap in a respect
ful manner and replied: ‘Yes, miss,
yes—you seem to ’ave got ’em on all
right.’ ”
A Fish Story.
“Trout protection! Nonsense!” said
a gunner of local eminence. “Trout
are amply able to protect themselves.
Look at their depredations among
ducks, for example, and you will agree
with me that it’s the birds that need
protection. It’s a common thing for a
trout to jump from th# water, seize a
duck by the neck, drag the unfortunate
fowl into the depths sufficiently to
leave its feet sticking in the air, where
it can get no purchase upon the uni
verse, and thus drown it. Then the
trout picks the feathers from the bird,
eats it at its leisure and swims away
out of the jurisdiction of tho courts.
Are there any fishermen? None? Too
bad. This would be a match for one
of their fish stories.”
Costly Cyclopedia.
The revision of the great Korean
cyclopedia called Munhon Pigo, which
was ordered by the government some
months ago, is now completed, and it
consists of an edition of 29 volumes,
which will be published at an expense
of *7,600 yea.—Korean Daily News.
FRIENDS HELP
St. Paul Park Incident.
“After drinking coffee for breakfast
I always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning
duties. Then in about an hour or so a
weak, nervous derangement of the
heart and stomach would come over
me with such force I would frequently
have to lie down.
“At other times I had severe head
aches; stomach finally became affect
ed and digestion so impaired that I
had serious chronic dyspepsia and con
stipation. A lady, for many years
State President of the V r . C. T. U.,
told me she had been greatly bene
fited by quitting coffee and using
Postum Food Coffee; she was trou
bled for yerrs with asthma. She said
it was no ci-Tb to quit coffee when
she found she could have as
an article as Postum.
“Another lady, who had been trou
bled with chronic dyspepsia for years,
found immediate relief cn ceasing cof
fee and beginning Postum twice a day.
She was wholly cured. Still another
friend told me that Postum Food Cof
fee was a Godsend to her, her heart
trouble having been relieved after
leaving off coffee and taking Postum.
“So many such cases came to my
notice that I concluded coffee was the
cause of my trouble and I quit and
took up Postum. I am more than
Pleased to say that my days of trou
! ble have disappeared. I am well and
happy.” “There's a Reason.” Read
“The Road to Wellvllle,” In pkgs.
The Small Buyer of Paint
who takes care that the Dutch
Boy trade mark, shown below,
appears on every keg of white
lead he buys, is perfectly pro
tected; as perfectly as if he
were a railroad official buying
hundreds of tons, and with a
corps of chemists at his back
to see that no adulterant is
palmed off on him.
Pure White Lead and Pure
Linseed Oil are absolutely nec- .
essary to good yT
painting. f U-gN
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■object. Sent t rea All lead packed in
upon request. 1901 bears this marh
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“NEW RIVAL”
LOADED BLACK POWDER
Shotgun Shells ,
The important points
in a loaded shell are
reliability, uniformity of
loading, evenness of pat
tern, hard shooting qual
ities and strength to
withstand reloading. All
these virtues are found
in Winchester “New
Rival’’ loaded black
powder shells. Ask for
them the next time.
THEY HELP MAKE
BIG BAGS
Products
Libby’s Vienna
Sausage
unequalled for their delicious
taste. They are put up in most
convenient form for ready serv
ing, requiring only a few min
utes preparation. .They have a
fine flavor and freshness which
will please everyone.
An Appetizing Dish. Drop a tin of
Libby'* Vienna Sausage in boiling water
until heated (about 15 minutes) and
■erve as taken from the tirt on a small
plate garnished witli lettuce leaves.
Ask your grocer for Llbby'a aal
lualat upoa getting I.lbbyV
Libby, McNeill A Libby, Chicago
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AHelp the Horse (VCvVV
K No article is more useful
% about the stable titan Mica
0 Axle Grease. Put a little on 7 |l|V)g
M the spindles before you “hook
■ up"—it will help the horse, ami UR \
0 bring the load home quicker. Ls\l
| MICA AXLE
[ GREASE IJ
■ v *i well— better than any IhmH
M ot.ier grease. Coat* the axle
w with a hard, smooth surface of (MMI
Bf powdered mica which reduces (Hfll
r I friction. Ask the dealer for
1 A Mica Axle Grease.
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PATiSTS^i^i
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W. N. U. DENVER, NO. 19, 1907.