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THE BEAVER HERALD. BEAVER. OKLAHOMA TWELVE DISTINCT CLASSES OF CHICKENS k A iJM W It Ei P-iS-EIB .,-5 ' ,S&' saBs" "3lss ! mtMrntmrnrnm iz?s . '" HHanB lllUUUlUUlUUIllillllllUUIIUUIU'WllU'lUIIUUIUIUUUIIUIIIIIUIUIillimiUUIIIUIIIUUIUailUmUUIllUIULiiiiiiiiiiimmiiniiima Columbian Wyandotte, White (tly RUPEItT I. 8TEWAIIT. New Hex Ico State College ) "Whot la the best breed of poul try?" This Is a qucstlou that Is so often asked that a few words by way or explanation might not bo amiss. In tho first placo thero Is no such thing ns "the best breed" for all lo cations and conditions. There aro so many things that enter Into the selec tion of a breed of fowls that ono can readily seen ht-w utterly Impossible an accurate answer is to so general a question. In tho second placo tl.cro aro some twclvo distinct classes of chickens, and In each class th'cre aro from three to six breeds, and theso breeds divid ed Into from six to twclvo varieties. Each class, breed, or variety has somo points that make It particularly well adapted to the purpose- for which It Is intended. And right here lies the important point in deciding upon tho kind of poultry to keep. First of all decide whether you aro to raise chick ens for eggs, meat, or both, and your problem is more than half solved. There aro three classes of chlckons that tho farmer needs to consider In selecting his farm flock, viz.: (a) Asiatic class. Including the Urahmas, Langshans, and Cochins, which aro largo In frame, rather coorso and fairly clumsy, somewhat unproductive, exceedingly broody in BUYERS DISLIKE SCALY LEGS Unsightly Disease Renders Plumpest or Chickens Difficult to Sell Grass Range Helpful. The unsightly poultry diseases, known as scaly legs, is exceedingly injurious to tho marketability of chick ens, making them ohjcctionablo sights to buyers. Moroovor, it Is extremely contagious, one diseased fowl being enough to Infect an entire flock In short order. This Information should bo especially Interesting to South Car olina poultrymcn, stneo the extension poultry husbandman of Clcmson col lego states that ho has seen rooro of tho scaly-leg disease In this stato than anywhero else ho has over bcon. Tho dlscaso appears only on the legs of fowls and Is caused by tho ravages of a mlto which boars tho name sarcoptos mutatis. It Is moro likely to bo found where row Is aro kept in a small yard or on tho bare ground, A good grass rango Is help ful In overcoming tho disease. To treat scaly legs, thoroughly clcanso tho legs by washing with hot water, soap, and a handy brUBli. Dry them and immerse them in a solution or equal parts or coal oil, (koroscno) and cottonseed oil. Treat the fowls' legs in this way twlca dally for a row days and then once dally until tho shanks resume their natural appear ance. GOOD TREATMENT FOR COLDS Wheezing or Difficult Breathing of Fowl May Be Doctored With Lard and Turpentine. Dcforo you shut up the poultry nouso for tho night, especially In bad weather listen for any chance wheez ing or difficult breathing. It you bear anything of tho kind locate tho fowl immediately and put it by itself In somo well sheltered nook. Novcr leave a fowl of this kind with tho wbolo flock. Colds aro catching in fowls us woll as man. A first good doctoring with warm lard mixed with half turpvntlno, and a llttlo coal oil added, will often be all tho doctoring needed to rout the wheezing or rattling. For a grown fowl give a teaspoonful of this tbrcn times the first day and grease the throat outside with tho samo preparation. Dust the Hens Occasionally. Hens should be dusted with Insect powder occasionally, but tho presence of a good dust bath will makes these necessary occasions far fewer. Mix about one pound of powdered sulphur with each bushel of dust for the best results. Very Few 8lck Fowls. The poultry breeder who studies tho condition or bis fowls and gives them comfortablo surroundings Is the man who succeeds and has very few slk owls. Leahorn and White Wyandotte. temperament, but make poor mothers because of their clumsiness As meat producers they aro not very popular becauso thoy aro heavy eaters the arc, however, good as heavy roasters. The Urahmas aro tho most popular breed of this class. (b) American class, which includes tho Plymouth Hocks. V)ondottcs and tho Ithodo Island Itcds This Is a dual-purposo class, having reasonably good production and excellent meat qualities. They aro hardy, attractive, and havo good material qualities. Tho Plymouth Rocks aro tho most popular breed generally, but all of tho three breeds In this class aro of wide dis tribution. Tho Orpington breed be longs to tho English class but has the samo general characteristics as tho breeds In tho American class (c) Tho Mediterranean class In eludes tho Leghorns, Anconas Minor cas, Ilamburgs, Spanish, Andaluslans. eta This Is distinctly the egg laying class, and aro active, proline, nervous, small, non-broody but very hardy. Tho White Leghorns are thi most popular variety In this class Thoy lay a whlto egg of medium size and reach tho period of production earlier than any other class of btrdc In other words, tho Whlto Leghorn hen Is tho most practical egg laying machine that we have today. KEEP THE LAYING HENS BUSY Fowls With Long Toenails Are Sel dom Good Egg Producers Keep Birds In Condition. Tho success of egg production de pends largely upon tho activity of tho bird. Tho reason tho Leghorns excel In egg production Is largely because they keep themselves In good phj steal condition. Thoy exercise. The hen that Is Inactlvo and shows long toe nails is seldom a good producer Tho hen thnt Is first off of tho rooat in tho morning, keeps busy during tho day and Is last to go to roost at night Is the profitable hen. Somo birds have- tho disposition to tako exerciso; others havo to bo forced. This is especially true ot tho heavier breeds. Strains of Hocks and other breeds aro Inclined to be lazy and In a short ttmo get so fat that they cannot produco eggs In satisfac tory quantities. The circulation of blood to tho ovary is restricted by tho excessive fat. This unquestionably interferes with the normal function ing ot tho ovary and reduces egg pro duction Exercise can best bo encouraged by not overfeeding. Tho poultry house should be bedded with a foot or more of straw and tbo grain burled In this. The skill of tho poultry feeder Is test ed by tho manner In which he com pels tho hens to cxercl&c. Overfeeding causes Inactivity, which will be manifested by few holes being dug In tho straw. Egg produc tion Is quito largely dependent upon keeping tho birds in condition. In summer It can bo encourased by sow ing tho yards and letting the hens dig up the grain. BEST RESULTS FROM LAYERS Wisconsin Expert Recommends Anl mal and Ground Food, With Gen erous Supply of Green Stuff. "Animal food, ground rood and generous supply or green stuff pro duces the best results for latins fowls," sas J. O. Halpln. head of the poultry department of the Unlverslt) ot Wisconsin. An experienced poultryman say that when his hons and chickens have had access to charcoal he has novcr had a caso ot bowel trouble In bU flock. Watch for Slight Colds. Keep a sharp look out for "slight colds." Give light doses of epsom sails In mash or in drinking water Make sure of dry floors and litter, plenty ot air, but no drafts and lot the sunshine tnl Fancy Egos. Eggs aro "fancy" when fresh, clcai and full bodied; when shells an sound, clean, bright and of uniform color; when thoy weigh 24 ounces 01 moro to tho doion. It pays to pro 1 duco and market fancy eggs. iiHUll!ll.i,..lji .... .I'... .'I'iillUl SHEEP NEED LITTLE CAPITAL No Other Way of Investing Money on Farm That Comes Back So Profitably or So Soon. Vcrj little capital that Is. money- Invested in sheep Is called for. and thero Is no other way of Investing It on any farm that comes back so profit ably or bo soon. Ono year's uso only Is called for beforo tho money is coming back into tho ownor's hands. Iwlth its double interest. Tho fleece will pay one Interest on I tho cost and the lamb another, and If tho sheep havo been welt selected I thero will be another Interest paid I back In their growth The benefit to Making Use of Sheep in Cleaning Up Weeds In Cornfield After Cuttiva tlon Stops. tho land will easily pay all the msts Df a flock for the year's reeding, and. In general, this service to the owner of a flock from the year's reeding, and a field has been known to add so much to tho next season's crop as to repay tho wholo amount or money cost or the sheep, but It Is a mistake to start with too many. Threo sheep to the acre aro suffi cient for tho land that can bo appro priated for the tccdlng or them. Thus, If one has ten acres or land that can bo used for a Hock each 3 ear, SO sheep only should be procured. It is an easy matter to add to tho num ber U desired, nut it Is to bo con sidered that tho flock will grow very rast, doubling almost, under favorable conditions, ovcry year. If well cared for, and tho owes aro not more than threo or four 5 ears old. It Is a groat mlstako to make a start with a flock of old ewes, and is money and caro wasted. BEST TREATMENT FOR COLIC Improper Feeding Is Most Common Cause of Trouble Physic of Salts or OH Is Favored. ;n L. L. LEWIS Oklahoma Experiment Station ) Colic In horses and cattle Is from various causes, but Is moro particu larly duo to sudden changes in feed or to eating more reed than can bo easily digested by tho animal at that I time. Tho amouut or reed that an ani mal may digest at one time under certain conditions may be entirely too ' much under other conditions. Since I colic may bo caused by so many differ- cut things, no ono remedy will provo effective In all cases. I As a general rulo. most of the colics ' that aro seen In farm stock are duo to I Improper feeding. In thoso cases the best general treatment that might bo used would bo to give as early as pos- slliln n nfiialn et onlta n- nil T rn. Ilovo the pain seen particularly In spasmodic colic, tho safest general treatment that can be used Is to glvo from ono to ono nud ono-halt ounco ot chloral hydrate, dissolved in a pint of water, to which has been added ono teaspoonful of ground ginger. Do not givo laudanum In such cases, as it only tends to produco constipa tion, and on this account Is ono of tho poorest remedies that you can use. TREATMENT FOR HOG WORMS Dest Preventive Is to Give Animals Clean Troughs Keep Away From Stagnant Water Pools. To keep bogs rroo rrom worms they should at all tlmos havo a drink from clean troughs, teed from a clean floor nnd keep away from yards, wallows, manure piles, pastures and stagnant waters. For worms, glvo olght grains of san tonlne and Ave grains ot calomel for every 100 pounds of body weight. Glvo the medicines In a llttlo slop after starving the pigs for 18 hours. Repeat In two weeks It thought neces sary. Measuring Productivity. The productivity ot live stock Is measured by the value of tho returns to the farmer. MADE WITH APPLES DELICACIES PREPARED FROM THE HEALTHFUL FRUIT. Punch Has Long Been a Favorite, but May Be New to Some Recipe for Raised Biscuit Apple Sehmarren Excellent. Apple Punch. Cut six tart apples 1 In quarters; core, but do not pare; put Into a preserving kettle and add one cup of raisins, two bay leaves, a small pleco of stick cinnamon, the grated rind of three lemons and two quarts j of cold water; M come to a boll and add two quarts more of cold water, I cover and let boll for thirty minutes, drain through a muslin bag When cold add the Juice of three lemons and 1 two pvfunds of sugar; stir until the BUgar Is dissolved. When ready tc serve, add a little shaved Ice. Raised Apple Biscuit. Scald one , cup of milk, add one tablespoonful ot 1 sugar and one tablespoonful of butter: lot cool. Add one-halt cake of yeast dissolved In wnrm water, ono tea spconful of salt and one cupful ol flcur Let rlso; add cupful cf apple pared and grated, and one cupful ol flour sifted with one-half teaspoonful or scda. Let rise tor one hour. Shape Into two flat cakes, let them double their bulk, bake In hot oven, split while hot and butter Serve hot with sugar and butter Apples and Rice. Pare and core apples, placo In a baking dish and fill the holes in the apples with chopped raisins and sugar; fill the spaces be tween tho apples with rice that has been boiled for fifteen minutes Cover and bake for fifteen minutes, remote cover and bake for fifteen minutes longer Serve hot with cream. Apples In Rice Cups. Boll rice In sailed water until tender. Half All coffee cups and let stand until cold Stand In a pan of hot water until they will slip from tbe cup easily. Scoop out a small place and lay a quarter of an apple that has been cooked in n rich sirup In the cavity Serve with j the apple sirup or cream I Apple Relish. Three pounds ot ap ples diced with tho skins on. Take three pounds sugar, one pound raisins, one pound pecans, two oranges; re move peeling and grind It in meat grinder; then cut the orange Into small pieces. Cook for one hour, add ing the nuts Ave minutes before re moving from the stove. Apple Sehmarren. Make a batter ot ono tablespoonful of pastry flour, two tablespoonfuls of milk, a pinch of salt and a well-beaten egg. Slice Into this batter one good sized apple. Put Into a frying pan one teaspoonful of clear lard, heat It and pour in the bat ter, fry a nice brown and servo with powdered sugar. Steak Supreme. Select a sirloin steak at least an Inch thick: have ready cooked In brown stock until tender balls or dice cut from carrots and turnips, half a dozen of each for each service also for each sen Ice two small onions. For a steak weighing about two pounds, melt and brown three tablespoonfuls of but ter. In It stir nnd cc'ok five tablespoon fuls of flour until flour Is well browned, then add one halt teaspoonful salt and one and one half cupfuls rich, dark brown broth; stir sauce constants un til It boils, then add cooked vegetables and about a dozen canned mushrooms; let the whole stand over hot water while steak Is being cooked; cook steak about six minutes; set steak In hot dish, turn vegetables and sauce over it and set all In hot oven, to stand about four minutes; sprinklo steak with a teaspoonful or more of fine chopped parsley and serve at once. Veal Cutlets In Gravy. One slice veal steak. Removo bone and cut In size you wish to serve. Place In frying pan with one cupful water, cover and allow to simmer. Add seasoning and good piece ot but ter. Turn and let cook slowly about ono hour, and Just before removing add one-half cupful of milk or cream. Easy to cook and tastes like chicken. For thoso who like the flavor add ono small onion when the seasoning Is added. For the Farmer's Wife. Steel knives and forks should not be wrapped In woolen. Good, strong paper Is better, as steel Is Injured by lying In woolen. Woodenwara should bo scalded of ten and tinware should be kept dry. A dress shield cut In two pieces and tucked under a baby's fancy bib will absorb tho moisture and keep the llttlo dress from becoming damp and soiled. To Save Toll. Clean your bathtubs with whiting and kerosene oil. Little rubbing Is re quired, as the oil removes tho "high tldo" lino readily and it will not in jure tho enamel ot tub, which cannot j be said of all cleaning powder. Last , ly, wash with warm suds and polish ua ury cioin. Radish Garnishes. Radishes aro a pretty garnish for all cold meats, and tbe better In that they aro eatable parsley Is not eaten by many. Alwa)B leave on tbo two In ner leaves and cut off the tip or make the radish tulips. Rusty Flat Irons. To remove rust from flatlrons satur ate a piece ot flannel with ammenta, then rub tbe lioaa. Dry with a cloth sprinkled with powdered bath brick. FARM ' POOLTRY MIXTURE FOR LAYING FOWLS Scatter Equal Parts of Cracked Corn, Wheat and Oats In Litter Make Hens Exercise. In order to obtain eggs it is neces sary to have healthy, vigorous stock, properly fed. A splendid mixture for laying hens Is equal parts of cracked corn, wheat, and oats, which should be scattered in the litter. lira 11 or middlings and beef scraps should be kept in receptacles to which tho fowls have access at all times. Plenty of exercise Increases the egg yield. Provide four or five Inches of good, clean litter in which to scatter tho grain. Cabbages, mangels, potatoes, sprout ed oats, etc , make excellent green feed. When wet mashes aro red be suto they are crumbly and not sticky. For the first three dnvs chicks ma be fed a mixture of equal parts hard boiled eggs and stale bread, or stahi bread soaked in milk. When bread and milk are used, care should do ex ercised to squeeze all milk out of the bread From the third or fourth day until the chicks can cat wheat and cracked corn, commercial chick feed is a good ration. Plenty of pure, fresh water, grit, shell, and green feed should bo avail able from tho first day. There Is very llttlo danger of over feeding young stock. Feed the chickens about Ave tlmei dally and only what they will cat un clean In a few minutes, except at night, when they shculd receive all they want. FEED HOPPER FOR CHICKENS Device Is Easily Constructed Out 0 Old Soap Box Grain Supply Kept Pre perly Screened. A feed hopper for chickens can ean ily bo made by sawing tbe sli'es of 1 laundry soap box as Indicated. A ltd is fastened on the top by hinges, and I the feed Is poured In at the top. The front slants, which keeps the feed al ways sliding down as it is taken out A Feed Hopper for Chickens, ot the opening. Tho opening is roverec with chicken wire to keep tbo fowls from stepping into tho feed nnd foul ing it. The dotted lines shjw the orlg Inal construction of the box. Popu lar Science GOOD EGG-PRODUCTION HINTS Presence of Male Bird Has No Influ ence on Number uf Eggs Laid Infertile Eggs Best. Produco tho Infertile eggs. Infertile eggs are produced by hens having no male bird with them. Removing the male bird has no In fluence on the number of eggs laid by hens. Tho hen's greatest profit-producing period is tbe first and second years, and unless a hen Is nn exceptionally gocd breeder 6ho should be disposed of nt tho end of her second laying season and beforo starting to molt. Few eggs can be expected until tu pulletB aro matured. If possible, mark the pullets that lay In tbo tall, and use them In the breeding pen for the f blowing spring. Soft shelled oggs are often caused by fowls being confined, becoming ovcrfat, and from lack ot mineral matter. CHICKENS NEED GREEN FOOD Cabbage Tied to Stake Is Excellent Long Stuff I Liable tc Cause Trouble With Hens. When green food Is given to hens In confinement It should always be cur. or chopped fine. A cabbage tied to a stako is excellent, but a variety is better. Whlto clover, red clover, lawn grass, tops of, vegetables, or even young com fodder, will bo relished oy thi hens it chopped Into short lengths si that they can easily e-U it. Long fond sometimes causes thi bens to become crop bound. Grit Is Necessary. It is absolutely necessary to supplj grit, In order to keep fowls healthy la grit takes the place ot teeth. T&rvrY 1 Look and Feel Clean, Sweet and Fresh Every Day Drink a glass of real hot water before breakfast to wash out poisons. Llio is rot merely to live, but to live well, cat woll, digest well, work well, sleep well, look well. What a glorious condition to r.ttaln, and yet how very easy It Is U or.o will only adopt the morning Inside bath. Folks who aro accustomed to reel dull and heavy when they arl3o, split ting headache, stuffy from a cold, roul tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach, can, instead, reel as fresh as a daisy by opening tho sluices ot tho system each morning and flushing out th wholo of tho internal poisonous stag nant matter. Everyone, whether ailing, sick or woll, should, each morning, boforo breakfast, drink a glass or real hot water with a teaspoonrul or limestone phosphato in it to wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowols tho previous day's Indigestible) waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans ing, sweetening and purifying tho en tire alimentary tract before putting more rood Into the stomach. The ac tlon of hot water and limestone phos phate on an empty stomach Is wonder fully Invigorating. It clcanB out all the sour fermentations, gases, waste and acidity and gives ono a splendid ap petite for breakfast While you are enjoying your breakfast tho water and phosphato Is quietly extracting a large volume ot water from the blood and getting ready for a thorough flushing of all tho Inside organs. Tbo millions of pcoplo who arc both ered with constipation, bilious spells, stomach trouble, rhoumatlsm, others who havo sallow skins, blood disor ders and sickly complexions are urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from any store that handles drugs which will cost very little, but is sufficient to make anyone a pro nounced crank on tbe subject ot in ternal sanitation. Adv It is better to hit the bull's eye In a shcrt sermon than to the the sin ner into repentance with a long cue u h Gently cleanse your liver and sluggish bowels while you sleep. Get a 10-cent box. Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi ness, coated tongue, roul taste and roul breath always trace them to torpid liver, delayed, fermenting food In the bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged In the in testines, Instead or being cast out ot tho system Is re absorbed Into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue It causes con gestion und that dull, throbbing, sick ening headache. Cascarcts Immediately cleanse the stomach, removo the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take tho excess bile from tho liver and carry out all the constipated wasto matter and poisons In the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will surely straighten ou out by morning. They woik while you sleep a 10 cent box from your druggist means your head clear, stomach sweet and your liver and bowels regular for months. Adv. It Is hard to convince a schoolboy thet summer vacation days are longer than winter school das BLI0U5 HEADACHY S UHOUHIIUG INTELLIGENT DRUGGISTS KNOW WHAT KIDNEY MEDICINE TO USE I have been felling Dr. Kilmer" Swamp-Root for six and one-half year and my customers are always satisfied with the malts obtained from the uie of the medicine and ipeak favorably re Rrdin it. I hate used it for "pain in the back" and a bottle or two put me in etod hape and made me fiel fine again I belie e Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot will TW' """ for w,,icn il ! recommend ed if they are not of too long standing. Verv trulv our, FRANK JENKINS. D.-ucsut, t 1 ,..L .... Fdgnm, Texai. liovember 11th, 1015. Prnve Whit Swamp-Root Will Do For Ycu Send ten cent to Dr. Kilmer A. Co., llinsnamtcn, . ., for a Mnipi0 , it. tie. It will convince anyone. You will .1 "!".?, a booklet of valuable infor niatlon. telling about the Uidnej and bhd der. hen writing, be ture and mention thi paper. Regular fifty-cent and one dollar lite bottles for sale it all drar atom. Adv. A small boy says the road to know! edge has too many branches. PREPAREDNESS! To Fortify The Syjlfem Against drip QUIJJI 'n ?L t?Alt:"t, LAXATIVE BkOMO ol QuInlM wub other Intredl.nit. dwuoM term. .el. ., . Tonic am U,,i ,? t-eda. Crip and Inflnenia. Thira it oni. nn. -BKOMO OU1NINS." K VI, .CROWS Z Bator oa bex. ijo. a i Just the same, we enjoy the praUe ot men whom wo despise. For thrush, cleanse and dry the foot and make thorough applications of Han ford's Balsam of Myrrh. Adv. All tho good novelists are rich In Imagination.