yqg* ..-.s&s* MANAGEMENT OF DUCKS. Tilt* Mnn Who Expectn (o Mnkr I'e- Lln> ray Mu*» Take lCxcellent Care of Tliem. It is not absolutely necessary to have so warm a house for Pekin ducks as for fowls, hut it pays best to have a good comfortable hous.e for them, as will be shown presently. When properly cared for, ducks begin to lay during the winter months; those that ure hatched quite early in the spring may lay in December. We should pre fer ducks in their second year for breeders, or at least very early hatched ones, so they might be almost or quite one year old before eggs from them are used for hatching. Duck lings do better that are hatched from eggs that are laid by mature ducks. Ducks can l>e plucked during warm weather, just prior to beginning to moult; then all the blood has gone from the quill of the feather, and but little pain is given by plucking them at that time. Ducks sit about on the ground; they do not roost like fowls. It is their /••r --r~f. S^pF HOt SK FOR HEARING DUCKS. habit to lay their eggs very early in the morning, often before daylight; for this reason they are driven into the house at ni~ht, and kept shut in till several huars lifter sunrise, to prevent tliem from running about and dropping their eggs on the ground wherever they may be. Pekin ducks j are a kind of a machine; they seldom lay an egg in a nest, and will lay the most of them in the water if allowed their freedom and are not shut up lit night. We doubt if one out of five of them would go into the house to lay if they are allowed to run as they please. For these reasons they should have a comfortable house that has a good, dry earth floor. This should be cov ered over with straw or dry meadow grass for them to rest on at night. During cold weather the house should be closed up like the hen house. When spring and warmer weather come, give all the air and ventilation possible while they are shut in. You will find it necessary to drive them in at night, or to give the evening meal within the house, and shut them in while they eat. The litter should be turned over at least twice a week; it should be put out in the sun once a week to air I and dry, and at this time the floor / should be cleaned and the litter put J back. We know that some who keep ' ducks do not clean the houses all win ter. With such care the ducks and their eggs are always covered with dirt. I*or old or laving ducks, mix by measure one-half corn meal, one fourth wheat bran, the rest green food, cooked vegetables and scraps. Mix into this some coarse sand, and mix all into a dry mash food with water. The green food should be cut up into short pieces; gruen rye, oats or clover is good for this. When the ducks are not laying, feed light; when laying, feed strong two or three times a day; if they grow fat, feed less corn meal and meat and more bran. Always feed the ducks in troughs or boxes. They should have plenty of grit and oyster shell. The sand that i« mixed i n their food is good for digestion or grinding, but tlipy must have in addition to this food grit or shell. Gi °en cut bone or meat of any kind is good for them. I All animal food is better if cooked for ducks. ] Tekin ducks will do very well with simply enough water to drink, and thousands of them are raised that never had a chance to swim in water at all. At the same time, ducks that are kept for breeders do better when they have the chance to swim and wash in the water.—Country Gentleman. | AMONG THE POULTRY. If the hen is a machine for con verting feed into eggs, it is a plain business principle that the machine should be kept running at full ca pacity and at the lowest cost. Don't keep a single fowl over win ter that you can't make pay its board. Cull them out and sell for what they will bring. The feed and care thus -tved may be given to the more wor y onpr. Mthough eggs are a good price w they will go higher later on. :1 the hens will be sure to suspend isiness unless they have comfort ,bl(» quarters and are well cared for. Inet'l-asing the profits depenr 1 k.l'gely on the observance of tb ilnpjrtant points* Increasing quantity, improving the <l r ,alit' an( j obtai ling a better f" tlw) pre .duct sold. To frcquen _,y from air*s (tirecti to is fteWifry always 'at tended by 'fir lis**-) expense;; in other \vo»Vl* KWL to experiment in cross bi*-"< < (H'ig'?s'still worse. Try to find \'<Vfrie ol'iV pure breed that most Warty WS&?ts the demajid Ot yoiiV A's'sH your market, theti lSti&> Vo it d&d make it pay. MACHINE-MADE HENS. la n \cn Kiiitlnnrt I'netory Clilck'H Are Mechanically Hatched, l'eci ami I'lcked, 'She old-fashioned Plymouth Rock hen considered she was faithfully do ing her duty if she laid about three dozen eggs a year, but the modern machine-made hen is afraid that he* head will go off if she does not keep the record up to 200. In those old fashioned times she enjoyed the honor of motherhood and was con sidered of much greater importance ( i than being an egg-producing nia ( j chine. That was all changed with the , { introduction of the incubator system, which not only cuts off several days ' i in the period of hatching, but does , | the business in a generally more sat | isfaetory manner than did the mother , j hen. . j Besides this there is the necessity . 1 of system all around wiiitSh leads to , i the ultimate production of the manu | factured chicken. In one of the largest poultry-pro . | ducing places of the east a large , plant has recently been installed which is probably the most perfect in ' the world. The entire plant, in fact, 1 i is but one vast machine, each floor of 1 which is devoted to the ehieken-pro , | ducing business. On the top floor are ! j located the incubators in which the j unhatehed eggs are placed on a tray • ! and subjected to a heat <tf about 00 degrees. Beneath the tray, in which are hatched about 1,000 chickens a 1 day, are the brooders, and here in a 112 temperature of about 00 degrees the chicks remain for 21 days. After be ing born one day feeding commences, the fare being millet, ground oats and canary seed. For the first week they I are fed five times a day, tlie amount of foot being gradually increased, al though given less often, their diet be ing gradually changed to include the coarser grains. By the rapid forcing method of feeding adopted it takes only a week or two to bring the chicken to a weight of two pounds. The chicken is then taken to the floor below, where a very limited 1 space is allowed for the running around and where a number of cram -1 ming machines are located. The ■ | crowded pens on this floor are tlit! first and la.st glimpse the modern chicken catches of the world into j which it is born, for here it begins to | fatten rapidly, as the cramming nia ! chines force an abnormal quantity of 1 j food down its throat, it takes from I two to four weeks to bring the weight of these chickens up to about six pounds, at which time they are exactly in shape for market. They are then removed to the floor ■ below where are the guillotines and ' I plucting machines. Here they are I disposed of more rapidly than in any | of the foregoing processes, the kill l ing and dressing being carried out with the greatest speed possible, so I that the fowl may be placed in the i packing barrel as nearly warm as i possible nnd reach the market while | perfectly fresh. It is a surprising fact ' that the • products of this establishment re ! ceive better favor at the hands of poultry buyers in the large cities j than does the old-fashioned farm-fed | product. The owners of the plant j expect to make a fortune out of ; their enterprise and are really laiak | ing moi.ey fast already.—Boston Let j ter. WELL-PLANNED HOUSE. It %l»o linn the Ailvrnitaice of Ilelnq; Convenient ami SaviiiK u l.ot of Valuable Spare. The chicken house illustrated liere i with has the advantage of affording | large space in proportion to the size j of the building. The arrangement of j the parts used for different purposes j are such as to provide accommoda | tions that are often wanting in largo 5 i=f=i E3=T / \ . i in i Jgx HOUSE FOR POULTRY. and expensive buildings. This house has the advantage also of being very convenient to care lor, as will be seen by the illustration. The nest boxes are in the under the win dows, (F) is the floor of the passage way and (d) is the droppings board with hinged door to open at the back, of the bouse, thus making it possible to cleatt ttie tU'«>y>pings conveniently j withoiH tpttlCring the roosting place. The dimensions of building are as follows: Front, nine feet high; back, i six feet. Upper story, front, si\. feet; lower scratching room, thr je feet. The length and width dimen to be governed by sifce of flocks Agri cultural Epitomist. Pay Attention IVerehe.. 1 he ordinary la causes the birds to strug tQ secure the to]) position, and frequently resu.ts. I toirtfs upon the topmost perch w a ] s<9 very near the roof. If a s* .frost should come on dur night the cold will strike down ' Vibe backs of the birds, resulting in 112 «ilvscHM>. The fowls upon the highest 'i rung wi'.'.-also be in a draft, as the veil -1 .iiavion in a good house is at the top. ' There Is another objection to this form ' I of perch, which is that the fowls are 1 ! exceedingly liable to injure themselves in flying down from the highest rungs. ! !It is advisable to have all perches the • I-same height and at a distance of not t I more than two feet from the ground, t | Hid there will In* fewer lame fowls.—• ' Farm and Fireside. I If you keep large hogs without gain,, i and keep pigs on a maintenance ration Hily, look out for loss in both waj 6. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 190 a. [here this It i I KNOWN BY IST JACOBS* onj ; 9 Cures 0 j Y Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Y ' V Lumbago, Sprains, Brunei, V V Soreness, Stiffness. 0 j Y >;c and 50c. 0 CONQUERS | I PAIN | cx> 0000000000000000 Jn»t Like Her. Mrs. Bombazine—O, I never have any trouble in spelling correctly; but I'll admit that I make a mistake now and then through carelessness. Mrs. Blunt—Yes; I remember the funny mistake you made in asking lor a berth in the sleeping oar. "How did 1 spell it* 'Berth?"'—Boston x ranscripti Most Important, to Hi. Teacher Tell me some of the most impor tant things existing today which did not j exist 100 years ago. Tommy—Us.—Stray Stories. Some people rather be consistent than be right.—Chicago Daily News. The best way to make people believe you is to admit that you are a liar.—Washington • la.) Democrat. Notice that you seem (a be "in the way" oftener than you used to be? That is one ! of the signs of old age. —Atchison Globe. "Pa, what's the difference between wit and humor?" "You don*, need to use di i alect to make wit/funny."—Chicago Kec ord-Uerald. There are two cfasses of unpopular men— those who never think before speaking, and those who never speak what they think.— | ] Town Topics. N She—"O! I just love architecture! Don't j you?" He—"No; it always seems to be getting in my way. I'm learning to run an automobile, you know." l'tnladelphia I Press. Miss Featherweight—"l hope you are ; feeling better to-day, Mr. Boreham?" Mr. 1 B.—"No, I'm very dull and low-spirited." Miss F.—"Ah, but you seem more yourself." 1 —Punch. | , , ;• "Why do you bring this to me?" thun | dVred the weary editor, thrusting the MS. j back into the hands ot the poet. "Because," I replied the bard, timidly,"! have no stamp." i —Boston Post. "Joaksmith, it appears, is married and i has gone to housekeeping." "Not at all. j What made you think so?" "He's been I writing so many jokes about servant girls lately, lie must have had some experience I with them." "Nonsense! If he'd had such j experience he wouldn't joke about it."— j Philadelphia Press. ' [ "Dear me!" said the British belle, "I won j der if those horrid Yankee papers arc dar | ing. to ins-innate that we have large feet." j "Why, dear?" asked her friend. "Oh, I was just leading one that said: 'The Ameri can shoe has invaded England, and the British ladies are wearing large numbers.' " —Philadelphia. 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Manufactured by !fj ! j& Jy . y»"i : s jlj It is perfectly safe under all circumstances. 1 *" C~* I |jllt is used by millions of families the world over. g\\l FORMIA || (112 |YRu P \ I | I I ! ii|- It stands highest, as a laxative, with physicians. j|j||| | |jj fi, If you use it you have the best laxative the world Francisco Cat lij & I I produces. Louisville. Ky. New York. N. Y. |||lj| £ gj 'j JJ 2 TOR SALE BY ALL LEAD INO DBUOOIST3. |j jj) |j JDSIH OF 11!! rgQTMnafnrn fjimer his own i N I Frances, his bank account I m/ In'> I increasing year by year. . 1 JjlVrl Pnfl land value Increasing. 1 I wjAfMWKd stock Increasing. splen cJ'd climate, excellent I vf if pi 2 schools and churches, low ™ taxation. high prices for i cattle and grain low rail- way rates, and every ! possible comfort. This Is the condition of the > farmer In Western "Canada—Province of Manitoba j and districts of Asslnibo-a, Saskatchewan and ! Alberta. Thousands of Americans are now settled 1 there. Reduoed rat<*s on ail nilwajri for home* j seekers and settlers. New districts are being opened up this year The new forty -pair" ATI, Am of WESTERN CANADA and all other informa j tion sent free to all applicants F. PKDLKY, , Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa. Canada, or to JOSKPH YOUNG. 51V* State St., Kast. Coltvn bus. Ohio; N M. WILLI A.MS, Toledo, O.; Canadian I Government Agent*. if BAKING A TURKEY. According to Thl« Authority .tinny t'ookn !»<> It the Wrong Way. "Ninety-nine women out of every one hundred, ninety-nine cooks out of every one hundred, will bake a turkey with the back to the pan," said a New Orleans man who keeps in touch with the kitchen, according to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, "and this is a mistake. I said ninety nine out of every one hundred. Bath er should I have said that the mis take is almost universally made. But few cooks ever think of cooking the turkey any other way. There seems to be a demand for well-browned turkey breast. But in browning the breast they sacrifice the sweetness of this part of the fowl. The best way to prepare a turkey is to bake it with the breast down. I learned this lesson from Mine. Begue, whose place down in the Old Quarter near the French market has become famed all over the country. She never thinks of baking a turkey with the breast up. The breast is turned to the bottom 01 the pan, instead of being dry and tasteless when it is served is richly flavored, and as sweet and juicy as one would care to have it. You see, all the fine flavor ing of tl.vj turkey, the juices 01 the , dressing ana all the daintier touches flow down toward the breast of the fowl, and when the white meat is served you get the full benefit of every flavor added during the process of preparing and baking the turkey, in addition to the distinctive taste of the fowl itself. "Inconvenient and awkward? Not at all. It is just as easy to cook a turkey in this way as in any other way, and the result is infinitely more satisfactory. It is< no trouble to ar range the fowl in the pan. If you de cide to place the fowl on the table before carving it you will find that it will look quite as well as it would if baked in the usual way, and cer tainly it will taste much better than it would if you baked the breast un til it was dry and flavorless." Sure 4 ure. Miss A scum—Doctor, I read some where thait onions were a good rem edy for weak nerves. Is that so? l>r. Bright—l don't know about that, but 1 think an onion is a good remedy for a weak breath.—Phila delphia Press. Best tor the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a I cancer, you will never get well until your I bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy, natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back, t 'ascaretg Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. Hlm Preference. Head of Foreign Missionary Bureau— \\ here would you prefer to locate as a mis sionary ? Young Missionary—Well, if possible, where the natives are vegetarians.—Brook lyn c.agle. Stopa the Coiikli anil Work* OFT the Colli. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price2sc. Hnil llecome a Habit. "I've been looking for my husband for the last two hours," said an agitated wom an to a calm one. "Don't be excited, madam," replied the latter. "I've been looking for a husband for the last 25 years."—Tammany Times. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES colormore goods, per package, than any other. Hazarding a Gnem Delia—Phwat is this copper company that the man o' the house does be talkin' about so much? Bridget—Shure, Oi suppose 'tis a polisa roan's union, no less. —Philadelphia Press. Sal/er'sßape SPELTZ— i^BEEDS\) CT SAtZER'S SEEDS NEVER FAIL! j51,000,000 Customers m In I'roudest record of any B^ s ?® n jy ( ' , r g a 'yjN eH M Vy'ju'ly Ist,' i»,S» more and hence EJ {■ $lO WORTH FOR JOc m ourui eat catalogue, worth §IOO.OO to any' with many Karri tain Karl U-:i !.'<• IK] PleMe^ K>cJfor^boTrjr||||jj*ilj|3 . STATES SENATOR THURSTON, The Brilliant Statesman from Nebraska, Makes an Important Public Utterance. I>TEKIOR OF UNITED STATERS Ex-Senator John M. Thurston, of Omaha, Nebraska, is one of the most promi nent and influential men in the country. He made the speech nominating President McKinley at the St. Louis convention, and was made permanent C hairman of this convention, lie was also made Chairman of the convention that re-nominated President McKinley at Philadelphia. He was recently appointed by President McKinley Chairman of tl)e St. Louis Exposition Commission. This prominent gentloman recently wrote the following letter to The Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio: Washington, D. C., April 6, 1901. " 1 have used Peruna at various times during the past year or two with most satisfactory results. "it entirely relieved me from an irritating cough—the result of excess ive effort In the presidential campaign, and 1 am a firm believer in its efficacy for any such trouble."— J no. M. Thurston. Catarrh has already became a na tional curse. Its ravages extend from •ocean to ocean. More than one-half of the people arc affected by it. It has become such a serious matter that it has passed the boundaries of the medical profession and become a national question. Sen ators are talking about it; Congress men are discussing it. They are not only considering the extent and chronic nature of the dis ease, but the possibility of finding a na tional remedy to meet this national ca lamity. The catarrh remedy, Peruna, seems to be the main expectation in this di rection. Dr. Hart.man, President of the Hart man Sanitarium, devised the remedy, Peruna, over forty years ago, and the remedy as a catarrh cure has been Hral l'leniinrr. Her Father —Aha! I caught you kissing my daughter, sir! \\ hat do you mean by that sort of business? . He-I don t consider it business at all, S ,"V ,". ut P'easure, merely pleasure.—Phila delphia Press. The I'rrunu Almanac. The druggists have already been supplied with Peruna almanacs. There is sure to be a great demand tor these almanacs on ac count of the articles on astrology which they contain. Tlie subject of astrology is a very attractive one to most people. Thp articles on astrology in the Peruna aunanac have been furnished by a very competent astrol dgist, and the mental characteristics of each sign is given, constituting almost a complete horoscope. A list of lucky and unlucky days for each month are given. There will be a a;reat rush for these book*. Ask your drug gist for one early before they are all gone. ••Dear Old Lannon!" „"I wonder why Cholly remains in the rurkish bath for such a length of time?*' "Oh he says that the steam reminds him of a London fog."—Chicago Daily News. WfHAZIRD 35 A K» B lIA€K Or lla/.anl Hmokeleas; then at, you may ho sure the fault ■ was not with the powder." GUN POWDER m IF! IMATKM Vanßurens ltneu- I mW 1 lom matlc Compound is Bf md m Q 9 the only positive cure. Past ex- Ml | Ir I ■ perlence speaks for itself Depot fg K£ " HalJI H.'l S. California Ave., Chicago. nDr>DQV NEW DISCOVERY; gives L/IV\/I W I quick relief and i-ures worst cates. Bookot testimonials and 1« duys* treatment ! k'rem* Ur, 11. li, tUtCBN'B 6Q&*. Itox I>, AlLxJklA* UAm 1 growing iu favor steadily all these years. It stands to-day before the nation as a thoroughly tested, accurately sci entific internal remedy for catarrh. There are practically no medicinal rivals in the field. Peruna is rot a local application or temporary relief; it is a permanent cure. Peruna is a systeanlc remedy. It eradicates catarrh from the sys tem. It cures catarrh wherever lo cated. Its cures are radical and last-< ing. Therefore, Peruna is receiving thdi indorsement of the leading state,smi li and history-makers of the day. Address the Peruna Medicine C 0.,. Columbus, ()., for a book of testimon ials, containing letters from prom inent men and women concerning Peruna. Opportunities Wasted. ! She was entertaining the assembled cam j pany with an account of their first quarrel and how, after making it up with one an | other, her husband had planted a tree ia ! remembrance of it. I "If we had only done that," whispered i the minister's wife to her husband, "what j a splendid avenue we might have hadl"— Stray Stories. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my lifo three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y.« Feb. 17, 1900. Hut Few Kxpertn. The life work of most of us consists in making a living, and it is deplorable how comparatively lew experts there are in the business. —Puck. Cure your cough with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute* A careful analysis of the results would 1 probably show that Chance most favore those who leave the least to it. —Puck. 1111 V"ffc ANAKESIS Ss £ ■ ■ ■ ■ m lief and PONITIVK pP H 9 |i % 1.1 ( IRKS* PILKM. I ■ ■ For free Kiini|>]e address ■ I hliV Trlb- Ulie building, New York. HEADERS OF THIS PAPEIt DUBI lUNU TO BUY ANYTHING AD VEUTI9KD IN ITS COLUMNS SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING WHAT THKY ASK FOll. IIK Ft" SI NO ALL SUBSTITUTES Oil IMITATIONS. A.N. K.-C 1890 7
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