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IN FIELD OF TOPICS OP INTEREST TO FARMER AND ORCHARDIST Meat for Baby Chicks Prunes and Olives California for Olives But' termtlk for Puppies Homely Hints Meat for Baby Chicks.' One of the most discouraging things 'in the experience of people who are trying to raise chickens is too , heavy loss of baby chicks through bowel troubles and other ailments peculiar to Touns chicks. Here is a valuable lesson for all such people which is published for their benefit by the Rhode Island experiment station : The use of the proper proportion of animal food will pay a handsome prof it through decreased mortality and increased weight of tie chicks. In feeding bear in mind that chicks in state of nature spend practically all of their working hours in search of food, and that they do Dot fill their crops in ten minutes every two hours, Feeding should be, as far as the time of the attendant renders profitable, a continuous process, but by no means a continuous gorge. The experimeut which led up to this conclusion was with an incubator hatch of 219 chick ens. These were separated into lots of about fifty each and placed in sim ilar brooders. For thirty days all conditions were kept alike except the rations. Pen A was ted a balanced ration of grains, meat and green food. The chicks grew and thrived, and not one chick showed symptoms of digestive disorder. The deaths amounted to 3.9 per cent. In pen B all animal food was withheld, tba deaths were 9.5 per cent., of which 75 per cent, bad bowel trouble. Pen G was fed on grain alone, all animal food and all green food being omitted from the rations; the deaths werd 32.7 per cent., of which 76.5 per cent showed digestive trouble. In pen D all grnin food was omitted; the doatbs of chicks were 63.7 per cent., of which 85.8 per cent, showed bowel trouble. All the living chicks were weighed at the close of the test, and pen A showed the greatest average weight for all breeds. This experiment shows conclusively that outside of the brooding and con ditions during incubation chicks may be killed by improper feeding. Where one does not wish to buy the prepared beef scraps the tones and. scraps from the table will go far toward feeding the baby chicks at first if put in shape so they can eat them. The Herald. Prunes and Olives. The following items on prunes and olives are of interest both to producers and consumers: United States Consul Benjamin H. Ridgley, at Nantes, reports that the French fruit crop is even larger than was expected. Prunes are particularly abundant, and as a consequence there is certain to be a largely decreased de mand for American prunes, which have been so eagerly sought during the past several years. There will also be a teci eased demand for dried ap ples, peaches and apricots. The Lodi Sentinel says that unless the unforseen happens, the olive crop in that district will be twice as large as last year's. A casual inspection of a few orchards revealed the fact that there are as many olives on the trees as there are leaves almost. At the Olean orchard, in the colony, the owner expects to get 20,000 gallons of oil, where last season only half that amount waB made from the same num ber of trees. The Herald. California for Olives. The olive is gradually gaining the consideration whioh the suooes" of a few growers of superior Intelligence has won for it. In the October Sunset magazine are two valuable papers on the subjeo A single paragraph whioh is full of significance is appended from M. E. Duiley's contribution: California has an ideal climate for the oulture of the olive, for this tree oannot bear extremes of heat or cold. It may be seen waving its gray-green plumy boughs along the slopes and mesas of the higher foothills, or thriv ing in perennial loveliness In the low valleys at sea level. It thrives where other trees cannot be grown with prof it. The growing of the olive for com mercial purposes is yet In its infancy, but the alert orchard int is waking to the idea that it is one of the safest Horticultural propositions in the eta e. Buttermilk for Puppies. Breeders of dogs of all breeds will find tfsh buttermilk the very best feed for puppies they can obtain. As a bone maker and bowel regulator it is unsurpassed. During the past twenty years the writer has fed it to Irish and English Setter, Pointer, Water Spaniel and Beagle puppies, be ginning when weaning and continuing its use until after the dogs were grown. Besides being an excellent food it is an enemy to worms, the puppy's worst foe. Worms will not thrive on buttermilk. While it will not kill them, the worms will not eat it, and the puppy develops more rapidly than on sweet milk. It has one advantage over rich milk, and other foods, over feeding will not hurt the dog's stom ach. If all the pampered canine pets in the land were fed buttermilk instead of sugar there would be less gouty, feeble, rheumatic, dyspeptic dogs. Try it. Live Stook Tribune. Where the Almond Thrives. The almond tree flourishes and pro duces a profitable crop in many parts of California, which are clearly desig nated in the October Sunset magazine by Katherine A. Chandler : Almonds mature in a warm climate which is dry in summer. The more moisture they can have in growing time the plumper the nut, but when ripening approaches they need dryness. These requirements exclude from the culture many parts of California where the almond was first planted. The nut will not mature in tbe coast regions where the fog pours in each summer's day, nor in tbe colder parts of tbe state. The southern Sacramento val ley and the northern San Joaquin are the localities where the almond thrives best, and here many growers are mak ing it their principal crop. Bulletins on Poultry. Poultry people should write to the experiment station at Berkeley for a leaflet containing a list of available "Bulletins on Poultry Management." It contains twenty-eight reports from ten different experiment stations, and all these reports from the ten states will be sent free on application. They embrace a great variety of questions deeply interesting topoultry raisers for whom the investigations were made and the bulletins printed. Send for the list. A postal card will get it for you. Then you can select what you want and send for it. The Herald. Homely Hints. (California Cultlvutor,) A DISINFECTANT. For tbe sick room a pleasant disinfectant is made by putting in a sauoer 1 some freshly ground coffee and lighting a piece of camphor gum on top of it. As this gum burns it emits the odor of roast ing coffee, an aroma that is agreeable to most people. This perfume has tbe advantage of being healthful, and is to be preferred to tbe pastiles and in cense powders, which to some are very sickening. The odor of the coffee will counteract any bad aroma In tbe room, and the fumes of the camphor will kill ordinary disease germs that may be floating around. ' SCRIM CURTAINS. -Sorlm cur tains of good quality make handsome and ornamental window draperies. Scrim of good quality comes about forty-Uve inches wide and costs from forty-five cents a yard up. A good way to make the curtains is to hem the bottom and one Bide about an inch wide, then trim with torobon lace and insertion, having folds of the scrim between the lace and insertion. Put a facing at the top, and shitr on so't folds of cloth. TO BRIGHTEN COLORS IN CAR PET. First clean carpet well. One gallon water, one tablespoon ammonia, one tablespoon ox gall. Use wltb flan nel cloth to wipe carpet. If cream is thoroughly chilled before being wblpped It will irotn more easily. ' A breakfast dish nit to be despised Is made by frying cold chicken in pancake batter. To Resume California Limited. Chicago. Arrangements have been made by tbe Santa Fe to resume daily service with its California limited train November 13. The train will leave Chicago at 7:30 p. m., and arrive in Los Angeles in about sixty-eight hours. Several features for tbe greater con venience of tbe passengers will be added. Portland Gets Convention. v St. Louis. Portland, Ore., was se lected Friday last as tbe meeting place of the 1905 convention of the Ameri can Library Association. Navy Yards to Race. New York. A shipbuilding race be tween tbe New York and Mare Island navy yards has begun over tbe con struction of two colliers authorized by tbe last Congress. They are to be tbe largest and fast est boats of their class in tbe world. Each will be about 500 feet in length and the cost about 91,250,000. One of tbe ships was assigned to the Mare Island yard, San Fraucisco, and the other to the yard here. The Value of a Sunny Soul. The world Is too full of sadness and sorrow, misery and sickness; It needs more sunshine; it needs cheerful Uvea which radiate gladness; it needs en couragers who will lift and not beat down, who will encourage, not discour age. Who can estimate the valuo of a sunny soul who scatters gladness and good cheer wherever he goes, Instead of gloom and sadness? Everybody is attracted to these cheerful faces and sunny lives, and repelled by the gloomy, the morose and the sad. We envy people who radiate cheer wher ever they go and fling out gladness from every pore. Money, houses and lands look contemptible besido such a disposition. The ability to radiate sun shine is a greater power than beauty, or than mere mental accomplishments. Success. Silent Helpers. "What good are you .fellows, any way?" asked the farmer of. a dusty hobo he found yawning in his hay. "What good ore we?" echoed the knight of the road, "Why, et wo didn't smoke butts in de farmers' barns dey'd never git de inshoorence money ter pay de mortgages off de rest uv de farm. ORIGINAL "BUSTER BROWN." Jolly Lad Whose Twinkling- Bine Eyes Won Fame for K. F. Outcault. The only and original "Buster Brown" is in Denver. Ho Is Koger Cush mun Clark, the 5-yeur-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace S. Clark of Leadville, 8. D and is visiting bis grandmother, Mrs. I. S. Cusbman. Hor ace Clark is one of the most prominent mining men in the country and is well known both hero and in Europe. The story of how It. F. Outcault, the originator of "Buster Brown," met his model is an interesting one. Little Roger has done a great deal of travel ing In his short life, and one time wuile in New York with his parents he stop ped at the same hotel at which Mr. Outcault was living. Roger is large for his age, has tbe very yellowest of yellow hair, which he wears In the "bob" fashion, and he was always dressed the snmo long belted coat, a suggestion of trousers below It, white collar, and a great fluffy tie. It was Roger's eyes, however, that attracted tbe artist's attention. They are large and dark blue and have a certain little twinkle in them that convinces one the owner of them is fully equal to all the tricks "Buster Brown" ever tried. With a great deal of interest and amusement Mi1. Outcault watched the little boy and finally tbe two became fast friends. One day Roger was even more mischievous than ever, and It was then that the twinkling eyes of the lit tie boy made Mr. Outcault think of "Buster Brown." He drew one series of pictures and they were so success ful that he has been drawing them ever since. Every day "Buster Brown" Clark goes out walking with his grandmother or his mother, but there is something missing on each occasion and that something is no other than "Tige." Of course "Buster" still has "Tlge," but be decided that the dog could not come with him this time, because grandmas do not always like dogs and "Tiga" sometimes forgets to be mannerly. Denver Post. : Postoffloe Clerks "Foxy." The "sporting blood" of "Billy" Carr, fireman of engine company No. 20, was roused when Frank McGuigan, Janitor In court No. 5, offered to bet blm that a letter addressed with puzzling signs would reach him through themails. "I'll take your bet, and It Is easy money," said Billy. The result was one of the most unique addresses in picture writing ever received, at the postofDce. Mc Guigan lost much' sleep in framing up the address Thursday. He mailed the letter, which bore on Its, face the fol lowing words: "A police wagon, a vehicle, matches, sbode, a nut, under which was the numeral X 1082." When the leter was received at the postofflce its sender was set down by the clerks as "another fool trying to be funny without knowing how," but Charles Smith, superintendent of clerks, and Harry Ewing set to work to translate it. They succeeded In making out of it the name and ad dress of the fireman, as follows: A po lice weapon, Billy; a vehicle, Carr; matches, Are; abode, house; a nut, Filbert; with the X beneath to make Tenth street, below Filbert;-1082, the date of the founding of this city. The letter was delivered to Fireman Carr yesterday. Philadelphia Public Ledg er. One Language Too Many. k "What was the matter with that col lege professor?" "Didn't like him," answered tbe man who endows universities. "But he bad a fine knowledge of the dead languages." "Yes, but he was so unfortunate ac also to have an acquaintance with En glish, which constantly tempted him to publish erratic ctptements in the aewspapers." Washington Star. In business three things are necessary knowledge, temper and time. Felt-bam. i- J v