POULTRY
MAKING PROFIT IN TURKEYS
ply and Prices Are Invariably
Good—Eat Many Insects.
The of
home
advance
nial
wild turkey in
white man had a
almost all parts
Domestic turke
cong
Of
more or less direct, of the wild ones
Therefore,
was the
turkeys, . i
growing the domesticated «
And no
grown
Date
the Unite States
home wild
to
nes
profitat
on interior
mar} i8 not cornered
most other farm products, and
are almost invariably good
We suppose a principal re
as
ison that
more turkeys are not raised is
farmers have of their wild
istica. Some varieties retain
nature to a greater degree than
but it a fact also that
have most the wild nature are
hardiest And this is a qual
ity that need not discourage the
character
the wild
others
which
is those
of the
fowls
ETOow
i. |
1h eg
LAN Wie IN
Wiki
$ iN Tope
Money Makers.
perhaps, and
deal of experie
turkeys ‘hey
der
for
quite a8 don
be kept in
prompt to ret:
will learn to
feed A neig!
TMer or cor:
their
win them |
at ome, but
al morning
apt to st
and If ti
piace w
$ ory #
i LED
a
turn ti
And
of turkes
ETAREDOD
the
times
the
these 3
tham
have seen them tal
their
men
POULTRY HEALTH AND VIGOR
in
Breeding of Fowls Discussed
by Prof. Rice of Cornell.
Prof
versity, recently
suits of the Second
Breeding
of Cornell
Hice ini
He
Experi
Constitutional
York
that
on
Year's
for
New
ments
Yigor,”
Bre
State
had
the
ders’ meeting, sald it
#
and vigor of
most important factors
breeding. Under forced
tvus were brought up to laying
to 1650 eggs each per year
meant a heavy strain on the hen. and
has resulted in constitutional weak:
ness
Just as Prof. Rice had brought his
bens up to the high standard of lay-
Ing, he was dismayed to find that
only 40 per cent. of the eggs hatched,
and that only 50 per cent. of the chick:
ens lived. To remedy this the hens
ware given plenty of fresh alr, green
food and exercise. They were ak
lowed to range at liberty.
The big proposition in the poultry
business is to raise good strong
healthy chickens. The situation that
confronts us is that the period of use.
fulness In the hen covers only about
two years, and if we are to make a
success of the business we must have
good strong chickens to replace our
flocks.
The speaker then took up the mat-
ter of cross-breeding, and described
the different experfments along those
lines at Cornell. He sald that nothing
bad been gained 18 size or vigor by
crossing, and spoke emphatically
the fowl is one
in
feeding
against the practice.
WATER FOUNTAIN FOR CHICKS
Bottle Arranged as Shown in lllus-
tration Furnishes Little Fellows
Drinking Place.
shows a drinking
chicks. It can be
who can drive
board square,
Aken in the
Nail a plece of
The illustration
fountain for little
constructed by anyone
nails and saw off a
writes Sylvanus Van
Orange Judd Farmer.
|
i
i Bottle Fountain,
and one
form @
a bot
a strip
ier
bottle
inch board 6 ine square,
piece 6x12 inches t«
right angle, as
| tle to the upright board
| nail the lid of
he mouth
1
ther to
Fasten
with
shown
CAD
The
10 es
baking pow
of
little
a
the
allow a water
the bottle
CURE FOR EGG EATING HABIT
| Feed and Care Is Only Remedy—Anr
range Nests in Dark Corner So
Eggs Cannot Be Seen.
acquired
mfined
i
Or Are
in Dark Corner
Preserving Eggs
vaseline all
with
to talk
feed
iafled doing well and
for young chicks
are essentially grazers, and
give little trouble to rear
Skim milk is one of the best
for laying hens at any
When chicks get hungry do
withhold feed because a certain
(Geesp
very
feeds
SeARON
not
time
Bear in mind In poultry raising that
cleanliness Is one of the necessary
factors for success
Allow mature chickens as well as
chicks to forage on grass or clover as
much as possible in spring.
Age does not impair a capon as it
does a cockerel, provided the bird 1s
not kept longer than a year and a
half
After the chicks are four or five
weeks old whole wheat may be given
to them, and perhaps no other grain is
better,
Tame hens are better layers than
wild ones, and any hen can be kept
fame and. quiet If she is properly
treated,
Geene after being fully feathered re.
quire little more than a good roomy
pasture where they can find plenty
of grass
The most notable growth of the
duck is between the third and fourth
week of its age, when It often doubles
its weolght,
Cover the floors with fine sand and
have a box In 4 corner of the hen
house, where the sun can pour on ft,
well filled with dry road dust,
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§
TIP FROM FAN IS VALUABLE
Instances Are Many In Which Star
Heeds Suggestions From Bleach
erite—~Ewing Took One.
Almost every ball player, in either
the minor leagues, Is
ible to tell of some occasion when bis
was influenced by
from the fans before
whom playing at the
Jrdinarily the players have a sort of
major or
action
he was
but once latter
of
while
great
in a long
ACTross for
the
OLE ia measure
ippreciation
One of the most
trations of the
illuminating {lus
susceptibility
sitting
when
to the people
him was afforded day
Ewing
one
tiiole
Buel
catcher of
is i
ing to hold a ru:
the great
was try
There
cloge game,
“ on second
wis also a runne; first and a
hitter—Jake 8S name-—-—was at
bat
ball
* greatest
indeed, of
ime when
old
FRED CLARKE MAKES RECORD
Although Hand
Leg
capped by Injured
Manager of Pittsburg Pi
rates Gets Ten Putouts.
‘mance
league On
kK Harley
he Spring
¢
! August 17 :
] with Grand
n even dozen
President
f Cl:
Dreyfus
also that
in
he
Was
formed « rke’'s work
Fred Clarke,
“lI wonder what Fred would have
AL
“Phillie” Quartetts.
Manager Charley Doolin, who is
baseball's aweetest singer, is thinking
of organizing a Phillle quartette of
himself, Earl Moore, Dode Paskert and
Jack Rowan and going on the road at
the gnd of the baseball season. Doolin
believes that such a stunt would prove
8 big attraction,
i
Preparing for
tember i the American pol
t
practicing lL.akewood ~
getting themse!
cOonaitl
English
Fames
MILLERS ARE RUNNING AWAY
| Joe Cantilion's American Association
Team Starts Out With Rush-—
All Teams Look Alike.
PANN PNP NPP SNA NNN PP
ON TH
a
| Heine Zimmerman rapidly is show
ing “he is there’
Fred Merkle smashed out a
distance home run at New York
Babe Adams appears to be pitching
the brand of 1909 ball this season
Teams may win and teams may
lose, but the Tigers growl on forever
Young Wheat of Brooklyn prom
ines to give Frank Schulte a race for
slugging honors this season
“The White Sox made
many hits this year as they
the whole season of 1906"
fan
Johnson, the Highlanders’ shortstop,
who has been shy on the batting end,
woke up and batted out a home run
off Hall of Boston.
Scout Fred Lake of the Browns is
gum-shoeing around the Eastern
league at present, but he has not dug
up any players as yet.
The Philadelphia fans say that
Hans Lobert Is a much better third
sacker than Eddie Grant. It does
seem that way in the score so far
Del Gainor, the new first baseman
of the Tigers, seems to be a real ball
player. He has made good with the
Detroit fans and Manager Jennings.
Altizer, who was such a phenom in
the American association, has been
unable to fathom the wiles of the
major leaguers. Downey is now on the
job.
An Amherst collegiasn who knew
Henry as a catcher says that if it were
not for the fact that Henry wonid
grow too fat walting for a chance to
replace Btreet the youngster would be
& worthy performer in his gid position.
long
nearly as
did in
gald one
re
Ene rtive neTinanty
i tive pennan
wonders!
nager Tenney Says
sters Not G VF
Prove
nN
GIAEEN
Goode
fuss
Thus far
AWAY
thern train
mostly in
sou
“Tris” Speaker, the Red Sox run
kind of
a batting average is one that is built
while team mates are on the sacks
Nashville, Tenn. is crowing ovet
the fact that Sunday ball can be
played there now. It is twentveight
years since such a thing was possible
before.
The unconditional release handed
Sam Leever by the Pittsburg club
marks the end of the big league ca
done much for the Pirates
for years to reach Clyde Engle, but
treatment of his own
son speed Is a testimonial.
At least Fred Parent left Chicago
something by which to remember him.
His last game with the White Sox
WAS:
Parent, ss..0 1 3 0 ¢ 2 2 «
Suggestion for the baseball plavery
brotherhood: As long as the White
Rats refuse to appear on the stage
with baseball players, why not get out
injunctions preventing vaudeville ar
tiste from producing alleged baseball
plays and other sketches supposedly
based on out of door sports?
{
-
Feeling
tha A re, noverished
LOG
ipa 3
BY
wparilia today Y
| Sarsatabs,
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine times in
right the stomach a:
CARTER’S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
ter
1 bowels are
pel a lazy
do its du
Lures
stipation, ln.
digestion,
Sick
Headache, "
and Distress After Eating.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must be
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What Mamma Said
OW ‘
FEED YOU MONEY
Feed Your Brain, and It Will
You Money and Fame.
Feed
yhood 1 have been
meats, and 1 am con-
and failed t0
properly
und myself,
especially 1«
vinced |
asticate my
The re it
few
ate too rapidly
1000
was that | §
years ago, afflicted with
ments the stomach, and
which interfered seriously w
business
“At last | took the advice of {riends
and began to eat Grape-Nuts instead
of the heavy meats, etc, that had con.
stituted my former diet
“1 found that I was al
fited by the change, that | was soon
relieved from the heartburn and indi
gestion that used to follow my meals,
that the pains in my back from my
kidney sffection had ceased,
“My nerves, which used to be un
steady, and my brain, which was slow
and lethargic from a heavy diet of
ail
B
of kidneys,
ita my
once bene
moment, bul gradually, and none the
effici mor
“Now every nerve is steady and my
er and more acute than for years past
“After my old style breakfasts | used
to suffer during the forenoon from A
feeling of weakness which hindered
me seriously in my work, but since I
began to use Grape-Nuts food | can
work till dinner time with all ease
nd comfort.” Name given by Pos
‘um Co., Battle Creek, Mich,
“There's a reason.”
Read the little book, “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs.
ont ar Nad the alive letturt A mew
re onaian rum thin te i hey
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