Skeleton of Rhode Island Fowl! ls Ii lustrated-—Bones Are Capable of Carrying Much Flesh. {By R GG WEATHERBTONE) The illustration accompanying this paragraph Is that of the skeleton of a Rhode Island Red hen The bones are large, strong and capable of car rying a large amount of flesh. It is essential that a good judge of poultry should be thoroughly familiar with the anatomy domestic judge thoroughly ought to be able in most describe the breed of $s blindfolded by merely feeling bones, the flesh its general tour He must have of who Is instances a fowl while and always an Skeleton of Hen. curate knowledge of thé correct shape of any partic comb, neck, wings and of mailiar with must carries his whether the or too I are in right In s¢ first eve the birds own breed tng its poin the the length beak ular breed, as to its head 11 211 and other course must be COIOT 1 every variety KDOW head PROPER HEAT FOR CHICKENS Most Reliable Guide for Temperature Is Action of Little Fellows Brooders Vary should at the COINS portion the san will take The ten brooders the posit one re; the a« Ir toward warm th about; but if each on the floor The all, but fighting way toward the source of heat In an improperly constructed or Improperly run brooder the chicks go through a varying process of chilling sweating and struggling when should be sleeping, and the result puny chicks that dwindle and die The arrangement of the brooder for the sleeping accommodations of the chicks is important, but this Is mot the only thing to be considered in = brooder The brooder used in the early sea son and especially the outdoor brood er, must have ample space provided for the day time accommodation of the chick This part of the brooder must be well lighted and somewhat cooler than the hover, As soon as cond! tions will permit, get the chickens out on a larger floor, or, better still, on the ground Keep the chicks scratching in day fight and sleeping stretched out at might, and the most difficult problem of poultry-raising has been solved ChICE cold chicken does not sleep i its time ia puts in they is Provide a Dust Bath, The setting hen should be provided with a dust bath, a place where she can dust herself each day when she comes off the nest, COOP FOR TWENTY CHICKENS fHustrated Furniches Shelter and Scratching Rooms for Birds. Se stead 198s Den i 1 end allows er at ie sash ay be } rz collections lifting building 2 has the same single-pitched roof the buck and nests are access A sash fits into ti ! weather-boarded ane je fr RE8 are wis covered with tarred paper rick foundation building set or may be used, or z 1 for the sills. 18 posts Fi requires 28 feet of 4 timber the for ent of timber for feet of corner supports, 16 [ ip ntermediate = the roof timber feet for 124 feet of 56 rafters. It and boards, 5 covered with tarred and 165 feet of weatherhoards + * rad together with 28 feet for door boards for of 5 feet of lumber pair l needed for the the nests incubator * each hatch 1 dropping boards should cleaned every morning The business often lets the hens do all work A bone fellow who fails in the poultry the cutter costs money, but it | helps to make more money from the | flock If any of the old hens are second season mate them cockerels Increase the corn allowance in your evening feed during the cold, damp and chilly nights ] Hens will be much healthier if they are not compelled to git over flithy droppings all night Keep all of the best pullets and as they mature and begin to lay dispose of the poorer mixed hens Do not try to stimulate the hens to lay more eggs by feeding pepper : other hot stuff. It is bad business In localities where the are no live worms or. bugs for the hens these days they must have as a substitute some used a to vigorous or ought to be dusted at least once a week with Insect powder. hen should be dusted again for fear of lice upon the chicks. The dust left Tice on the chicks to die or move away. Best Breed for Eggs. The best breed for egg production fis one that has been bred especially for egg production and not a partien- flar breed. Incubators can be set without much trouble, but {t takes a mighty careful person to hatch the chicks and then | raise them. i Show time ia in full awing and the fs “in line” getting the birds into con. All a hen asks {8 to possesa physical comforts and wholesome feeding. With these supplied she should do business or be sent to the butcher The average farmer js not equipped geale, but If he has an incubator he will find jt profitable to raise a few broilers for the market. Where it Is not Convenient to elean ou’ the droppings as often as several times a week It is a good plan to use some kind of an absorbent in the powh try house. Arrangements Made President Taft. The Intimation That March 20 Would | Be the Date Brought Requests For a Delay From Speak-~ er-Elect Champ Clark, Washington, esident Taf | has made foundation WANT MORE POSTAL BANKS Demand Recelved Day Urgent Every Washington CORONATION AVIATION Wright Brothers Expected the United tor sent Nates SINGS IN PLBLIC AT 88 Member hurch of Henry Would Ward Not Take becher” Dare sang a of Henry Church ivmn \ Ward Beeches as she Panama Canal Garrison. D.C Six will man Washintgon, American troops fications which will guard Panama Canal from if plans being perfected by the War Department are adopted The troops which will comprise the gar risons of the forts will be four regi ments of infantry, one squadron of cavalry, three batteries. three field | artillery and 12 companies of coast | artillery " thousand the forti the great foreign invasion the Cholera in Honolulu. The most Honolulu Board of Health has taken stringent meas to prevent an epidemic of chol as the result of devel quarter One ! woman. died, while | the the other, her father, is dying the ures ora two Cases oping in the tenement of the victims, a 236.361 Aliens in Washington, D. C During the month of January 26.361 immigrants were admitted to the United States 24.120 men and 12,241 women. this total 6.0564 were Hebrews, Month. Of 300 Buildings Burned. Manila -—Tondo, a suburb of Ma wag swept by fire Saturday moré than 300 of the native dwell ines being destroyed. The Mary Johnson Hospital was damaged. pilin Ee Anti-Damn Ordinance. New York. — Even such refined swearing as “damn” is to be elimi pated from the New York Theater stave If Alderman James Mulhears has his way. Mr. Mulhearn hai a prohibitive srdinance. CAPITAL CHAT Harrisburg With Correspondence the Lawmakers, Representative Shern, Philadel introduced a bill wh 0 subdue and control ongregations Lie pt it provides that funds and Gy f 310 t bs ¥ and distribution of the avery congregation trolled Ds: Need Municipal Primary. mendation He ng Monday debated Out For Associate Judge. Five aspirants for nominations for filed the State Capitol 11 nominat al not Mon WwW H iate Judges have ng petitions at primary election = June. They are ty Democrats, Lloyd and Martin Coun Exchange, tis Cook, Danville. Union and Sny fer Counties, Republicans, White Deer, and Joseph f.ewisburg D Hearing for Saffragists, The Committee on Judi General has arranged to give a hearing on March 14 on the reso lutions proposing amendments to the Constitution, #0 that “an vote The hearing will be first of kind ever held at Capital oth sides will be heard Senate State the the Brecht Begins Duties, M. J. Brecht, former County Su. perintendent of Schools of Lancaster “ounty, took his seat as a State Rail road Commissioner Thursday, suc eeding John Y. Boyd, of this city He was sworn by Judge Landis at Lancaster, Verdict Against State, The brought jury in the damage sult by residents of Florence Jefferson county, against the state for recovery of loss sustained through state police blowing up thei house In attempting to apprehend a desperado, brought in a verdict oi $2361. This case was a test case the whole number of suits involving $3100, and the Legislature will be asked to make an appropriation te cover the amounts. 1 FROM EXPERIENCE I have been selling Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- fa- vorably regarding it. 1 have used it in my own family with good results, and I You may use this as you li Very respectfully, C. B. RUPE & BON, Sy C. B. R pe Mgr. Bey mour, lexus, Ke, 5 Personally appeared before me this 20th day of July, 1968, C. B. Rupe, Drug gist, who subscribed the above and made oath that the Lace and in fact statement same is true in RnR. J. P.an Fm ———— Letter to + Kilmer & Oo, « K. YX. What Swamp-Root Prove Will Do For Yon Send Co} & Bingham ton, N. X., for a sample CON YInee 10 ; 5 ey anvone 3 of valuable the k a b yok let Bil a ut writin Arsistant Manager with the amount charge it to profit and Manager—No; put ning expenses the it ds IN CONSTANT PAIN. 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