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BABY
Whether it
1
Fe Miove
CHICK NOTES.
has been your practice
chicks the nest
hatched, or not, it is
them under the heén
whenever the hatches
weather,
ae from
k il
well L§
for
occur «o
NO #1]
there is a decided change in tempera.
ture, and this is hard Hetl
chicks besides seem to get
strencvih the hen's
the hen
machine
as
leave
Hours,
uring cold
how careful we be,
Atte may
very on
they
from contact with
body, this is
hatches have
hatch
ane advantage
ovel the
ab
machine
by
the
the
cach to decide
learn the
hun
chicks
ed, and
will
are
several
made
ith sev
eat,
tiey
feed coop,
poultry
of poul
instance is
old,
¥ird less
enr
male
cock
-h the we often sa
roostag
is a collection
cared for by hen or
a gingle brooder.
Thirteen properly constiiutes a set
ting of eggs, though many pouitry-
men now sell fifteen for a setting
A bird weighing {wo pounds or less
and from i
is called
Over ts
one
t weeks old
a broiler, When it weighs
calied a spring
gix to weive
0 pounds
chicken,
A stewing
pounds, and a
pounds or more.
A male bird deprived of its genera
tive organs to improve its flesh and
weight is called a capon. A puilet
similarily treated is called a poulard.
One male and females consti
tute a trio. A breeding pen consists
of a male and six to fourteen females
A male goose is called a gander,
a male duck a drake, and a male
turkey a tom. A turkey in its first
year is a poult-—Industrieus Hen
FIGHT THE LICE
Early spring Is a good time to fight
lice and other insect pests,
breed rapidly at that season, but a
Hitle attention will insure compara-
tive freedom, during warmer weath.
er. Don't let the vermin get ahesa:
of you. Provide a good dust bath for
about
rooster four
chicken weighs
three
Iwo
that.
the flock a thorough dusting with a
good insect powder.
bird especial attention; he seldom has
colonies of lice and mites. Dusting
fowls have gone to roost.
all over the body.
there is nothing better than the pure
fresh ground, flower heads of Persian
pyrethrum (Dalmation or Persian in
sect powder). It can be had at any
dowp-todate drug store. me care
ful dusting thoroughly done
sure f[reedom from Hee
time,
It is a
lice paint on
boards on the
vou plan to do
ing of the flock.
for a long
plan to
roosts and dropping
morning of the day
the wholesale dust.
If this is well done
there will be comparative freedom
from lice and mites until well into
the summer when the work should
be done over again.— Weakly Wit.
NEES,
good use a good
HEN LORE
houses should have
floor
Hitter
deep.
The roosts can be
Hen
s
wWooaen
or cement on which | : of
good clean can
a foot
out a dropping board,
kept u
boards
of litter is
or dropping
and the boxes
dropping boards--thus
in space
All houses should be
gle slant
and
front of
nest
roof—as
admits of the
the house
all means more
sequently better
If the houses
lumber it is advisable
both outside and inside
be a preventive
sum up
and good judgment
sunshis
health
are
against
To Simplic
must
dation.
Strength, durability,
main point
Farmer
ence the
Rion, in the
that of
that roost
hrough do best
ind, rain and
is, they will
a day
right
arou
if
should
use good judgment and fe
food i
hour
one
and feed reg
each da
to death
gorged the next
fed are star
ne
careful and
when
hours
never neglect
they are
for fe
sensible and
hour
to appear
the
poults
regular
are vers
you at the
fail
pointed, and
fects them. Many
have died on
at the
culturist.
You
serious)
whole broods
account of lack of
me Win #1 gob
nie!
HEE.
times
1
FOO
proper t
The critical
turkeys life iz general 8 an
when six weeks of Inbreeding
lice, dampness and
the main causes for great mortalit
bout the firat half of June the
old toms in the turkey flock become
Cross and must not by any
confined in a yard or
CULE
end
improper food are
chanc«
building
or they will
and kill them
est is a regular dete«
the facts of the case,
hens, it gives accurate
reports, it arrests the robber hens,
it gives an honest count. and it
pases the fradulent hens
What this country needs is more
poultry keepers. The call is not for
large establishments, but for good
sized flocks of pure bred fowls on
every farm. The general farmer is
likely
trap
tells
the
be to attack
he
ax
out of poultry,
Gapos are more or legs prevalent on
heavy soils Chicks should not be
brooded on the same ground that was
accorded to chicks afflicted with the
last year Place them on
was never before used
A great many people will not stick
long enough to one breed to know
best how to bring out its good quali
ties, Or they are div ding up among
80 many breeds that they do not suc
ceed with afiy and finally conclude
all they have are no good or that
the whole chicken busin. s Is a fail
ure anyhow.
Plan to raise a fine flock of gen.
eral purpose standard bred birds this
satisfaction and profit than a mixed
flock.
Chicago is striving to keep up with
New York, asserts the Milwaukee
Wisconsin. She is to have a thirty
story hotel towering three hundred
and ninety feet above the street and
penetrating the earth to a depth of
fifty feet for four sub-basoments, New
York burrows In rock for the roots
of buildings of this kind, but Chicago
mud.
BYMPATHY LETTERS OR
RS,
FLOW
Procrastination in ym
pathy to a
bad
death
expressing sj
family is the
the
be
bereaved
form Therefore,
is known the
should be acknowledged.
flowers is always
done even in the
acquaintance, but it is
that Is not necessary. If
sent they may
sympathy,
made to
box is
instant a
reavement
send
may be
formal
axpensce
desirable
CABO
accom
but
them in
without
flowers
pany
reference
the note I
a letter a visiting
are
the note of no
must be
the sent
card accompanies
the recipient is a formal
be omitted,
34)
enefit to the g)
with
porties that
# clearing
indeed. i#2 a char
¢ ob
fren
phosphates
act favorabl
stem the blood
cterfgtic
1 green ables
and
3 ”»
ficial effed
reason of ’ ne
such as lettuce, escar
romaine, of Another
healthful is the
of olive ofl. it being
greens
dressing
and
one
green salads
ole reason
salads are nourish
n HFAne rt
ta a
il jeg
rv nderstood
a}
i
that
shall be eaten
consisting of
all uncooked
with French
Yenegar,
% hatever savories
oil pepper
salt. with
likes.
Meat more than once a day In sum
mistake, for it overheats
blood and is tbo heavy to be
properly assimilated, except in cold
weather, when vitality is depleted
There are physicians who do not per
mit ecoriain percons to eat any red
meats, by which are meant beef and
Veal, lamb, fish and eggs
are nourishing and poultry is highly
summer.
Tomatoes and strawberries are
good for all who can di
There are some persons
po‘soned by them, owing to
acida contained. These same
acids are beneficial to systems with
which they agree.
Rhubarb is a frult
eaten dallv, and is eslso
for children
The great
water is entirely
of its being stimulating to the intes
tinea as well as carrying off Impuri
tier that otherwise would remain to
make their way out through
akin. More than one serious case of
facial pimples might be cured if three
pinis of watehr
with the menls, but between them.
Liguid with food dilutes the gastric
julees and rendors food less nour
fehing, Taken half an hour after
meals or not Iator than half an hour
before it does not interfere with di
mer ia a
the
them
who are
that should be
wholesome
benefit derived from
Margaret! Mixter, In the New York
Telegram,
AN EVASIVE ANSWER.
The art of giving an evasive an
awer Is not eas'ly acquired by won.
who truthful,
fe
el
such an
to thelr
lle would be
learn
thelr
peace with
truth maj
at large,
are perfectly
answer is just
honor as an
Still, they all
BOOHEr Of
sense of
have
thin art
career, if they would be at
world
spoken to
not so to
their
be
but
the
one’s
the
quire
people
their fi
book to
awaiting
tle coterie
very personal
the evasion, Just
imagine that the
lends ought to be
them is a
that
whi
questions re
an
question
an answer, but in
Hit there are several con
stant interrogators, thes
and
would
Bre
ones ho
could
3 HAUNTED BY MICROBES
This is getting to
for the
man, ai
be a hard worla
scared woman
Mental
dwelling on the tales of im
but the state of affairs
than that. A young wom
lives in a studio so attrac
tive and artistic that one would think
she must always be happy was found
by a friend in a deeply mournful
mood “There's no comfort left in
life,” said she “1 gave up reading
the newspapers because | was getting
so that | did not want to eat any
thing I had read about so man;
foods being adulterated That was
bad enough, but now a friend has
been here and told me my cozy cor
ner, cushions and hangings were the
best hiding places in the world for
microbes. Now my comfort has
gone. If 1 give up all these things
I shall be very uncomfortable, and
if 1 don’t give them up, why, I'll be
Just as uncomfortable whenever 1
#it on one of my divans and think
what microbes may be hidden in it.”
~New York Press
eueil {and
80) to live in Miser:
ilies In
ture foods
goes farther
an who
CHANGES IN SPEECH
Many old English words have fallen
banned in the best society, at any
rate in Mayfair and Belgravia. Of
these is the Saxon word “lady.” which
we are told is derived from “loaf
giver” In 1910 we speak of a “wom
an” and the word “lady” has become
reserved for barmalds, shop hands and
| telephone operators. Then the word
“dress” used to describe the outer
“gowns” and “frocks”
tions,” but not of “relatives;” and the
has sunk almost to the level of low
LAS AYN AAAS
PLA ADAP aN,
MAKING
ALABAMA PROGRESR
In 181% hup-
dred years old, and the cause of good
roads be when
the centennial celebration is
Birmingham Age-Herald
Alabama will be one
advanced
held, ~—-
should well
A RESULTFUL CAMPAIGN.
The New York Herald has distin
guished itself by many achievements
of note, and one of the best
ments in which it has engaged is
the
move
good roads campaign which it
i= carrving on through the South
reports whicl COM thie
¥
isaders indicat
opel of good
ot
WCHOOLS
in the cours
address
argument for good
recent
this
of a
advantages
had
you
bovse and girls in
will
and
a
Clas
audience be deprived
education
because
good its
county has
Under present conditions
any distance from a high
either to send your chil
neighborhood
to board through the winter or keep
them out school With solid
roads open every day, they might go
half a dozen or more miles with the
game ease that they go one now, It
costs about $200 a year to keep a
child in town al! winter. Good roads
would enable you to save that and at
the same time have the society and
assistance of your child at night”
Teachers in rural communities are
in a position to know the value of
good roads. Not much has been said
of the influence of highways on pop
ular education, but, as is shown in
the address of this Missouri teacher,
it Is worthy of consideration when
we come to sum up the case of Good
Roads vs. Bad Roads. An uptodate,
well-equipped schoolhouse is a pos
session which any community just.
ly may regard with pride and pleas
ure, Its worth must be limited, how.
ever, If it is in a locality where the
roads practically are impassable for
several monthe in the year. There
are such schoolhouses located in
places where for a large part of the
school term they are inaccessible to
a considerable proportion of the chil
dren for whose benefit they were
bulit,
It l& an unfortunate thing that
children should be deprived of the
advantages of a good education be
cause of the condition of the roads.
Clay county, Missouri, is not the
only county in which the lack of im-
proved highways is having that ef
fect. There ought to be a well-kept,
all-the-yeararound road to the school
house, wherever it may be. It ik to
be feared that the situation in many
Kentucky school districts is distress.
ingly similar to that which has been
described by the Missouri tearher
We are building lots of new school
houses In Kentucky, but how about
the roads?-—Louisville CourlerJour
nal,
just
roads
w ho
#0 hoo!
dren to
live
have
its immediate
of
i
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PUBLISHED
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h, Minneapolis,
ETE
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the ability of dia E. Pinkham’'s
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iealth.
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For COLDS and GRIP.
* CI remedy
® ree J reg
and
pally the 1 reached Bloom
field 'ritz still slept as | milled In
and his shake
him
I tanks
glowly to his
the car was
He walked straight
The bagrage:r sprang to aft
r hin Fritz wily picked himself
up from by the
track
with
“There should
St. Pau! Dispatch
friend had to
tell where he was
vou.” said Fritz, as he rose
{foot The open door of
directly in front of him
out of it
HOOK
tha side of the
ioor, and said
TDI0e
ked ul the
no wrath in his
here
be some steps.’
0)
find delightful satisfactior m
a bowl of toothsome
Post
Toasties
When the children want
lunch, this wholesome nour.
ishing food is always ready to
serve right from the package
without cooking, and saves
many steps for mother.
Let the youngters have
Post Toasties——superb sum.
mer food.
“The Memory Lingers"
Battle Creek, Mich,
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