A COMBCARRYING CART.
Arrangement Which One Bee Keeper
Has Found Convenient.
I send you a photo of my cart and
fixtures for conveying the combs of
honey from the hives to the table in
the extracting room, writes .an Illinois
correspondent of Dee Culture. The
raised removable platform in the
cart on which the two boxes of combs
stand has a shelf or bridge projecting
on the further side between the cart
wheel and handle, making connection
with a low table in the extracting
room, so that the boxes of combs
standing on boards with casters under
the corners are easily pushed through
Comb-Carrying Cart.
the opening onto the table near the
uncapping-can. This table, as well as
a part of tho cart platform, has a
raised edge to keep the casters from
running off. A pin, seen in front of
the comb boxes, holds them securely
on the cart.
The table top should he large
enough to allow the two boxes of
empty combs to be run out onto the
cart after receiving the full ones. A
light sliding door on the inside of the
room is easily handled from either
side. The hinged door seen is fastened
on the inside.
COMBS THAT FREEZE.
Not Wise for Farmers in Cold Cli
mates to Keep Hens wi*h Big Combs.
In the more northern sections of
the United States it is a mistake to
breed hens that have thin big combs,
as they often freeze, and this is to
the detriment of the health of the hen
and interferes with her services as an
egg layer. In the njlder portions of
the country the farmer can indulge
in his liking for pretty combs, but
not in the cold north, if the hens are
not to be given more than ordinary
protection. Nor should such fowls bo
purchased as a foundation stock.
There are many varieties of fowls
that either have the heads covered
with feathers or have a rose comb,
which is less likely to freeze on ac
count of the blood circulating more
rapidly than it can in the flabby comb
It is a current opinion that fowls that
have their combs frozen are rendered
for a time unsatisfactory producers
of eggs. A fowl with a frozen comb
is an unsightly object at best, and
since it can be avoided it should be.
If fowls with such combs are kept,
they will have to be watched on the
very cold days and kept in out of the
wind.
THE POULTRY YARD.
In her second year a hen is more
profitable than at any other time, and
it is then they make tho best breed
ing birds.
Flat perches are more comfortable
than the round ones. The latter also
cause crooked breast bones in grow
ing birds.
In building perches in the poultry
house, see that they are far enough
from windows and doors to be out of
all draughts.
Any farmer who has a large orchard
and does not keep a flock of poultry
Is wasting valuable space which could
be utilized to advantage.
When face ant> head swell a good
deal and the discharge from the nos
trils is profuse fowls have roup, or in
fluenza. Irregularity of habits is like
ly to accompany colds of all kinds.
Whole wheat is better for fowls
than corn. It does not make them so
fat and considering the greater num
ber of eggs that can be secured by
using It is a more economical feed.
The throat is so tender in colds
that bread and milk, warm mashes
and table scraps are about all that
fowls can swallow. A little ginger or
pepper in the mashes is helpful.
Broilers.
If the farmer becomes interested in
broilers and wishes to raise them for
the city market he will find it safer to in
in a small way rather than in a
large way. The people that goto
great expense generally find them
selves caught at some point in the op
erations the first year or two. Either
they eannot get the kind of eggs they
want to use or they cannot get the
help they need at the right time. It
must be remembered that a broiler
does not remain a broiler for all time
and that he must be disposed of while
still of tender age. It is better to let
the broiler business grow up with the
rest of the business. Then all tho
flifferent factors will be developed at
Uin time.
FEATHER-EATING ANNOYANCE.
Reasons Which May Cau6e Hens to
Acquire the Habit.
A great source of annoyance In the
poultry yard is the habit that birds
sometimes acquire of plucking the
feathers out of one another and eat
ing them. Sometimes the cock bird
may be seen holding his head down
and standing quietly while the hens
pluck the feathers from his head un
til it becomes bare and often stream
ing with blood, or, in other instances,
the hens will be noticed picking
feathers from each other until they
are almost naked.
Whether the fowls are intended for
the show pen, for the table purposes,
or for egg production, feather eating
is a most unpleasant practice to con
tend with. One bird will learn this
trick from another, so that if it is
allowed togo on, all the yard of
fowls will speedily acquire It. Cure
is nearly hopeless when it has gone
far. As a rule, feather eaters are
more often found in small, confined
places than when the birds have a
large grass run. Various reasons are
given to account for this troublesome
habit, says the Pacific Coast Farmer —
overfeeding, or a diet of too stimu
lated a nature; insufficiency of ani
mal food; an inadequate supply of
sulphurous food; thirst; want of oc
cupation—all these and many others
are among the supposed causeg.
Where the poultry in small yards
have been fed with too stimulating a
diet, the blood become,! overheated
and irritation ensues; consequently
the bird picks itself to secure relief,
and the practice travels to the other
fowls. Want of sulphur is a very
usual cause of this bad habit, for
sulphur enters largely into the com
position of feathers. When they have
a free range, fowls obtain a quantity
of sulphur from weeds and other
vegetable food, particularly from the
seeds of plants, also from beetles and
other insects, which they find in their
wanderings; but poultry in confine
ment are debarred from this.
Another likely inducement to feath
er eating is want of occupation. When
cooped up in close quarters the birds
have little to do after they have had
their meals. They sit huddled up
close together and for amusement
they peck at one another's plumage
until they acquire a taste for feath
ers. As soon as this disease is no
ticed, the offender should be removed
from the others and fed on a cooling
diet, with a good allowance of green
food. When there is feather eating,
it is well to give the fowls some sul
phur in their food.
A GOOD ROOST.
Plan by Which It Csn Be Made Ver
min Proof.
A vermin-proof roost is illustrated
herewith. The roost itself is made to
come not nearer than six inches from
ft .
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Vermin-Proof Roost.
the wall. It is supported on iron
pipes 18 to 24 inches long. Around
each pipe a tin can cut in half is
soldered and filled with kerosene.
Whitewashing a house so equipped is
unnecessary.
FOWLS WILL SCRATCH.
It Is the Active Hen Which Fills the
Egg Basket.
The advice is often given to "make
the birds scratch" by some special
way of feeding. Notwithstanding this
advice, the fowls will scratch of their
own accord, if they have the oppor
tunity of working in the litter—no
compulsion is necessary; it is their
nature.
A hen never seems so contented as
when hunting among leaves or in lit
ter for any fine grain that has been
scattered there, and her song of joy
is sufficient token of her appreciation
of the exercise thus provided.
By the way, experiments and ex
perience have shown that the active
lien is the one that fills the egg bas
ket. Don't waste time trying to
"make them scratch." Just supply
the litter and the grain, and the in
dustrious hen will do the rest—and
you will gather in the eggs.
Everything Adjustable.
There should be nothing about the
poultry house that is not adjustable.
The necessity exists for frequent
cleaning, and cleaning can be
done effectively only when every
thing can be taken out. The
enemies of the poultry are very
small and so cannot bo reached by tho
ordinary means. Mites, and nits of
mites are hard things to find, and the
germs of disease are still harder
things to find. Fire and acids must
be used to destroy them or the oils
and greases must be brought into
requisition. If things are nailed down,
it is impossible to do effective work.
If it is found necessary to attach any
thing with something like permanency
it is better to use screws than nails,
as these can be taken out with little
trouble.
The Breed.
Many a flock of fowls has, by
natural selections and lapse of time,
become a better variety for a certain
place than any other flock of any
breed however good it may bo.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907.
PRODUCTIVE POWER OF
WESTERN CANADA SOIL
Winnipeg Correspondence.
There has never been any who have
doubted the productiveness of the soil
of Western Canada, but there are
sometimes found those who question
the fact of its superiority. During the
past season it has been shown that
in grain raising qualities it possessed
the very best. The late spring pre
vented grain being sown in many
cases before the middle of May. Yet,
a large percentage of that sown at that
time produced excellent yields. Had it
not been for the frost early in August,
which visited most of the north half
of the continent, there would have
been a magnificent yield in every dis
trict in Western Canada. Throughout
the Southern Alberta district where
about 100,000 acres was sown to win
ter wheat the yield will be enormously
large. There are vast tracts of valu
able grain growing land in Western
Canada that are available for home
steads, the Canadian Government giv
ing 100 acres free, and entry may be
made by proxy, by any near relative,
thus saving considerable cost to the
American who may have enCry made
in this way. Any Canadian Govern
ment Agent will give you the partic
ulars.
Your correspondent has just re
ceived the following letter from Craik,
Saskatchewan, which bears out tho
statement made in the first part oi
thi3 letter.
"Craik, Cask., Aug. 1907.
"May 24tli we planted a Dahlia root,
which we brought with us from Min
neapolis. Aug. 12th, 80 days later, it
was in bloom. The plant is now 4%
feet high and covered with blossoms.
We never got half as many flowers on
it in Minneapolis, even during Septem
ber and October, although we had
more time to attend to it there."
I mention this only as an example
of the great productive power of the
soil hdre in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Going to Be Fined.
When George Ade was a newspaper
reporter he was sent to "write up" an
Irish laborer who had fallen from a
building. When Mr. Ade arrived on
the scene, several officers and others
were helping the injured man into the
ambulance. Mr. Ade pulled out his
pad and pencil. "What's his name?"
he asked one of the policemen.
The injured man, who had heard
Ade and who mistook him for the
timekeeper employed by the eon
tractor, rolled his eyes in a disgusted
way.
"What d'ye think o' that?" he mut
tered. "I'm goin' to be docked for
the few minutes I lose goin' to the
hospital!"— Success.
Deserved.
"How comes it that this manufactur
ing town elects a millionaire for
mayor?" asked tho stranger.
"His popularity," drawled the na
tive, "came from using perfumed gaso
line in his auto."
The
General Demand
of the Well-informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of I'igs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine—manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Trice fifty cents
per bottle.
Typical Farm Scene, Showing Stock Railing in
WESTERN Mimh
Somo of tho choicest lnnds fur grain growing,
RtiK-k raisins and mixed farming ill the new dis
trict •< of Saskatchewan and Alberta have re
cently been Opened for Settlement under the
Revised Homestead Regulations
Entry may now bo made by proxy (011 certain
conditions), by tin* father, mother, son, daugh
ter, brother or sister of an intending home
steader. Thousands of homcsteadHof ItiO acres
earh are thus now easily available in these
preat tfrain-fyrowiuy, stock-raising and mixed
farming sections.
There you will And healthful climate, pood
neighbors,ehnrehes for family worship, schools
for your children, pood laws, splendid crops,
ami railroads convenient to market.
Entry fee in each ease is SIO.OO. For pamph
let, "Last llest West," particulars as to rates,
routes, best time togo and where to locate,
apply to
H. M. WILLIAMS.
Law Building, Toledo, Ohio.
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Wo ft Iso man 11 fact tiro Ilar.ilfl 1>n7.7.105. Strikers, etc.
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SEARS, ROEBUCK 4 CO. INDICTED.
Charged with Using Mails to De
fraud and in Misrepresenting
Articles Sold.
Des Moines, la. —(Special)—Sears,
Roebuck & Co. of Chicago have been
charged with using the mails to de
fraud. The indictment is on three
counts. It is alleged that the com
pany misrepresented articles in its
catalogues sent through the mails.
The first count charges that on June
13, 1907, the company devised a
scheme to obtain money by false pro
tenses from Dr. C. P. Spring of Dea
Moines by selling him white lead that
Sears-Roebuck claim to have made.
The indictment alleges it was made
by others. A second count is on a
ring bought by R. H. Miles, and
the third count is the sending of au
other ring, alleged to have been mis
represented, through the mails.
A Fascinating Game.
A precocious little girl living on one
of the crowded business thorough
fares of the city was in the habit of
gazing out of the window at the busy
street below for hours at a time.
"What is it, Gladys, that you find
$o constantly interesting in tho
asked her mother one day.
"Oh," came the wise rejoinder,
"just watching the cars go pro and
con." —Harper's Weekly.
Don't Try Uncertain Recipes.
It Is entirely unnecessary to experiment
with this, that and the other recipe. Get
from your grocer, tor 10 cents, a package
of "OUU-PIK" Preparation—Lemon,
Chocolate or Custard—for mailing pics
that are sure to be cood.
The Reason of It.
"Why has that particular actres3
more clappers than any other in the
play?"
"Because she is a society belle."
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PAZO OINTMKNT is guaranteed to cure any ease
of Itching, iilind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
©to 14 days or money refunded. bOc.
Nnagara Falls as a power generat
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if®| Mr. Edison Says:
want to see a Phonograph in every American Home."
V Phonograph la Mr. Edison's pot and hobby. Though he has Invented hundreds of TRADE MARK
\''' r^*> "r other wonderful patents ho has retained his Interest only In the Phonograph Company, hD s\ C» t
J A*. of whlph he owns practically every share of stock. Mr. Edison knows of the y*ot\-f / tVi/Y»V»/V A I I I rl lA/yPV -
derful pleasure his Instrument has provided and is providing to thousands of homes. IXvITiUO V* VAAwVi W
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, r» 1 /-« J • . *i)d rightly, too, the "Icing of entertainers."
—also Our own splendid "fltrlor v*rflnd ecjuipnient™" Xherels absolutely no one old or younK who la
XT ,RAOt A A c..' new features-exclusive points of superiority! ?e°^r^tS d ..« or'SLTw 6^
tVi mnmn.- «l * <li.VMf _ „ .... . CENTURY." AP Mr. Edison has well said, no Am
"* aee II —Hear 111 Get this remarkable instrument in your «rican home should be without a phonograph.
own home then yon will see how far superior this is to the ■___ —_____
jordinary talking machine far superior even to the fine i' I
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Every Father, every BjSH HB
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until after a trial in your bother with C. O. D.—no formality of any kind. IVe allow
own home. forty-eight (48) hours'free trial at your home; and in rural i^Vmlo'rS^
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2 €MHI U'ki &£ ffl Ms Phonograpli Outlll Think of the many delightful programs you
" . . could make up. Let us suppose you want to
and at surprising rock-bottom price without even interest on mvments r R I e sil anco, tho phonograph in one
« * • end or tho room, tuko up the carpets or rugs
Besides sendinß phono ß raphs direct to the home we sell to dealers. SddierUdToudoS^hiSVto^
Our wholesale business is enormous. We invite music dealers to write us, work either.
showing how you can sell on payments while we carrv the account. Hsre is sn illustration of what vou may do
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those who buy on time and we must treat ail Edison customers alike. ** c cnargC only tne lowest net cash price S can tho concerts goon night after night.
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vou should set sua hear Your
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