~ PLANNING rt +t tan oa eggs begins to climb upward, with the ter, then those who have given little attention to the poultry during the rest of the year will begin to ask “How shall 1 make my hens through the winter?” it is uphill work to take a flock of hens that have been poorly cared for and are altogether unprepared, and by caring for them after cold weath- er is already here, get them to lay- ing before spring. The time to begin preparations for the winter harvest is in the ing for the parents of your laying stock only those fowls that are strong and healthy and good laying stock. By this care in selecting the eggs from which to hatch your next win- ter's layers you give them hereditary tendencies to be good layers and good, strong constitutions to help them de- velop quickly and enable them to stand the strain of early and heavy ing. if this has all been done, and the little or no winter eggs depend entirely on your care for and feeding of these chicks to prepare them for thelr win- ter's work. They must be fed well and a variety of food, so that the whole body develop properly. Bone and muscle must keep ahead of the fat, but if only fattening food {8 given them they cannot grow bone and muscle, 80 feed them bran and cut oats or oatmeal and cut bone, as well as coarsely ground corn. They must also have food in some form Good, sweet beef scraps are all right for this, or skim milk will take the place of meat. Although they should be fed as much as possible to hurry their growth, they must not be fed enough to cause indigestion. They must be given the habit of eating a great deal of food, but must also be given a good digestion with which to handle it. The ability to assimilate large quan- titles of food is absolutely necessary for a heavy layer. their food and in growing muscle ex- ercise is very important, If they are 2s A Prize Winner. running on range with their mothers they will get exercise enough in keep ing up with her, but if they are con- fined in houses or yards then let them scratch for the most of their trod in some light, clean litter or some loose earth, Keep them supplied with fresh drinking water and chick size grit Many Chicks die or have their diges- tion ruined because they are not sup- plied with grit and water.” They must also be kept free from dice. No chick can grow when a swarm of these little pests is drawing the life from its little body. They must not be crowded in a coop. Overcrowded chicks will not grow well or keep healthy, They must have plenty of fresh alr and shade and sunshine, both, so they choose which they please, As soon as young roosters show red in thelr combs, separate them from the pullets. Allowing them to run with the pullets will retard the growth of both. If kept by themselves the young roosters will soon be ready to eat or sell, and the pullets relieved of their company will also grow faster. This is what is needed to make win- ‘ter layers, a quick growth and an even sll around development, so that they bh will begin laying before the cold | weather. If they begin at tnis time they will lay all winter, if they are put into a comfortable house before they become chilled in the fall and are given the right kind of care after- ward. 1 havé never failed to raise a flock of good winter layers when 1 have cared for my pullets in this way. FUNCTIONS OF FERTILIZERS Commercial or Artificial Article Used to Increase Fertility Above Natural Capacity. WwW. CQILVER, Idaho Experi Fertilizers are (By C. Assistant Chemist, ment Station.) applied to the soil for two general purposes—to main tain and to increase fertility. Chief among those fertilizers that are used for maintaining the fertil ity of the land is barnyard manure. This is its main function, and just ias long as the principal constitu i ents of the manure are all derived from the goil it cannot increase its fertility—at best, it can only main- tain its fertility. If, however, the barnyard manure obtained wholly or in part from external sources it may increase fer- Two such cases are plainly For examples, when the manure is purchased from as it is often done for truck gardening near cities, or when iit is derived from fertilizing ingredi- ' ents contained in oil cake or other concentrated feeding stuffs consumed by stock. The commercial or artificial fertil izers, which have been employed for a good many years, are used chiefly | for increasing the fert of the soil { —or, in other words, Increasing the i product of the soil above its is evident. lity iveness wmtural capacity Although this is their leading function, they act as restorative agents whenever they are i applied when barnyard manure is {| withheld. In general, the restitution { fertility of the land is accomplished { chiefly by the barnyard manure that is returned to the soil during a given crop rotation, and the Increase in crops is produced by commercial or { artificial fertilizers. of the Feeding Corn to Pigs. The feeding of corn alone to pigs, as is practiced on many farms in this country, has done more than any one | animals. more than for { any other animal, and it cannot be fed i corn alone and be as strong and ft had had a {| changed and mixed diet. If it were | possible for every breeder of swine follow these principles, there would, In a short time, be no need of ia serum for quelling the ravages of hog cholera. Test With Pigs. i last 160 days, on a ration of corn | ghum forage, conducted at the Okla- termiik, of the grain #1 seven cents per pound, the hogs revorned a value of 63.15 | cents per bmabel, Mixing Feeds. A few years ago some one asked | for an easy way to mix feed in water for hogs. Here is a good way: hog trough, the barrel is as near to water supply as possible, and bore an auger hole in the bottom of bare rel to lead slop to the trough. A stick as long as the barrel and point~ ed at lower end 1s used to plug the auger hole. To let the slop run out just pull the stick out. Put in first the amount of water, then mill feed on top and it will be ready by the next feed. Manure and Moisture, Manure from the barn lot adds humus to the soll, and humus acts Hike a sponge, retaining the molsture and making the soll more capable of absorbing more rainfall or holding it longer. Moral: Save and carefully spread all barnyard manure over the dollars in the farmers’ fields. Manure properly utilized puts pockets. "|THE DOWNFALL OF HUERTA NEAR ' His Army in the North Goes to Pieces. | Oil Contracts To Railroads. Companies Cancel Fuel For Huerta's Government Will Be Paralyzed, Furnish Juarez, Mexico, generals of the Mexican regular army are ready to surrender, and the backbone of the Huerta dictatorship in the north has been broken. A peace commission arrived in Juarez bearing terms of the surrender, The peace commission was headed by Odion Hernandez and came [rom Chihuahua bearing a proclamation gigned by General Salvador Mercado Huerta's military Governor and com mander the Federal forces the north. The proclamation stated that the Huerta Government was bankrupt and | was unable to pay its soldiers. ~HEVen 11 of in all Generals Not Taking Chances. The tarough ingness generals who have General Mercado, their will to surrender, but who never theless are fleeing to the United States border, are: Genesal Salvador Mercado. General Pascual Orozeo. Gene Jose Ynez Salazar. Marcello Caraveo, Manzilla, ral Blaz Orpinal. General Landa. The peace General Villa that all the non-combat antes who sought safety by fleeing the border be permitted to go without being fired dpon, and all the Federals including eft police duty in Chihuahua City, be It also a} ral ral ral Gene Gene Jose Gene to 200 sgoidiers on pardoned asked clemency for Federal officials. The peace commission stated that before leaving Chihuahua the Federals destroyed all the postage and Govern: ment revenue that there ex {sted practically no money city und that the troops being those who rich and who feared harsh treatment by the rebels The commission started back for Chihuahua with General Villa's assur- ences that people of all classes in tity, and including the Federal police would be protected, and that he would fispatch troops to garrison the he soon as possible Population In Full Flight. Fleeing ov by rebels amps; in the had ft 2.000 citizens left with most of them were the place er the desert and pursoed thousand persons, including some of the richest families in Northern Mexico, who deserted Chihuahua City in fear of a rebel attack, are reported to be nearing the United States border several EXPRESS REDUCES DIVIDEND. American Company Feels Effect Of Parcel Post. New York Rivalry the parcel post and express companies reflected in the reduction of t quarterly dividend of the American Express Company to 2 per cent. Pre viously the quarterly dividend had been at the rate of 3 per cent between was ANTLTRUST MESSAGE SOON. President To Present Views To Con. gress After the Holidays. Washington President special anti-trust message will be pre. gented to Congress immediately after the holiday Attorney-General McReynolds is expected to testify be. fore the House Judiciary Committee | regarding legislation he deems neces. | sary to SUPP ment the Sherman law. recess BRUTAL SLAYER HANGED. Rosario Gygliotti, Who Killed Girl and Sweetheart, Pays Penalty. « Smethport, Pa-—Rosario Gygliott, | perpetrator of one of the most brutal tory of Western Pennsylvania was hanged here. Grace Bigler and her sweetheart, | Anthony Kohfien, on the night of De | cember 10. 191L ! the crime. a ee 36,000 RUSSIAN EGGS. Importation Admitted Free Of Duty May Cause Lower Prices. Philadelphia Thirty-six thousand eggs were imported here from Rus. gla. They comprise the first of what ia expected to be a big consignment to break the egg corner in this city. The shipment was admitted from the liner Graf Waldersee free of duty, and will be sent to local bakers. TELEGRAPH TICKS Denver, Col.- Mrs. Loretta Van Pelt, seeking a divorce, says her hus. band is too kind and that she longs to "lead the sort of life that I have been sccustomed to.” York, Pa.-—Harvey F. Gipe has in. vented = machine that sounds an alarm and automatically feeds his big dock of leghorn chickens. COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. ia i Bradstreet’'s says “Quieter conditions rule industry. Unseasonably in trade mild apparel. Still dry goods and kindred lines report a good col more favorable year than any Holiday trade reports are trades make other lines. the tendency par- continuance of and “In industrial circles because of the lagging demand for iron and steel other metals. “The most important labor tréuble of the week, that at Schenectady, in- trouble is one of unionism and not ol wages. The year's strikes to date in. volve fewer people than a year ago, and the ageregate is far below the maximum of 1903 and other disturbed Years. “Business failures 279, which compares 1812." for the week were with 247 In Wholesale Markets NEW lar; No. YORK. —Wheat—Spot irregu 2 red, 983% nominal ¢ | f New export basis, and 100 f o b afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 97% f o b afloat Corn--8pot steady; old No. 2 yellow, vator domestic European, $1.26 asl. 24@3%7c; . 27Q29,; Potatoes @1.75: sweels, Butter thirds, 22@23%. seconds, 24@ 26%; thirds, Eggs—Fresh gathered, extras, 48¢c: extra firsts, 44@45; firsts, 42@ 43; 38@41; thirds, 28@37 refrigerator, fir 28K G29 nds, 27@28;: thirds to firsts, on dock, 24@Q 283%. Pennsylvania and nearby, mixed colors, 42G 48 Dressed Poultry ed Western chic 12 18% Steady ; Southern, 66¢ Creamery, seconds, held, firsts, 23@ 23%. 16@ seconds, wis, Bo04 State fresh kill PF 23¢ Strong kens, 124 fowls, turkeys, spring PHILADELPHIA lots, In export elevator and November, 82@ 83 @%1%c. No “in" BT@8TY%e Iuth, 87@ 8c Corn Wheat - No. 2 red glean SOE 90 Lc T¢ ar spol | jected Ne: er red Du- No. 1 Northern de {o 54 for local tra - yellow nat Car lots location, old No @84%e; old 83% G84 Kiln low, B81@ 82 Outs 2 white ard white, 40% @ 46« @i4be; No. 4. 428 Butter - ‘eastern creamery, evar gloamer Yello ¥ A dried new No 64 @ No 3 1 th packed point firsts, 4G average fancy, special Gh score, 37¢. °294 extra P30c firsts, : extr =8c; nds, 2 pearby extra, 34 30@32 prints, fancy, 38¢ extra, 38@37¢ 258 27%¢ 410 44¢ #, nearby firsts, firsts, fobbing a2 ge: seconds. sales of fancy prints Eggs—In free case 43¢c per dozen: nearby standard case, ne $10.80: Westeren extra fir standard firsts, $10.80; and recrated fresh eggs Jobbing at @50¢ per dozen: cold storage eggs case, extra, $5.00; firets, SE 40@S seconds, $7.50@ 8.10 extra, $12 per if receipts, . $12 per candled 47 per 70: arby curre: of refs CARRE BALTIMORE. —Wheat-—-No., 2 spot and November, 53%; January. 86 Corn—New whi per bushel, low, 70, 72 and 75 new mixed corn, per bushel Oats—Standard red December, te and 72 new yel per bushel; delivered, at 70 cents corn, 85 delivered: cents white i1% @ii3e Rye-—No. 1 rye, Western No. 2 rye, Western bag lois nearby. damestic, domestic, 68@70; se to quality, Hay-—No. 1, $1850@19; standard, No. 2, 31750618; No. 3, Clover Mixed-—-Light, $17; No. 2, $15@16;: heavy, Clover—No. 1, $17@17.50 2, $15@ 16. Straw Stralsit Rye SOE 16. $11.50@12. Wheat $7. Oat-—No. 1, $17; No. 1, Tangled, No. No. 1, $8.50; £6.50 No 1, $768. Butter—creamery, fancy, 34@34%; creamery, choice, 31@33; good, 20@ 30; creamery, prints, 33@ 85: creamery, blocks, 32@34; eylvania dairy prints, 20921. Cheese—Jobbing lots, per pound, 18 @18%e¢c. for Her Act of Generous Seif Sacrifice. . | B. McC lelian. former mayor | York, was talking about ing day,” i George of New “The good one for a visit he said, "ig a -4 good one, to the seashore, “1 was once walking the walk in the brilliant sunshine of an Atlantic City Thanksgiving day after noon, when 1 saw an overdressed couple come forth from a cafe. “They were quarreling. Their voices grew louder and flercer. Finally the man gave the woman a push that act ually knocked her down “As she struggled to her woman shook her fist at the shrieked ‘And pawnin’ day off! HEAD ITCHED AND BURNED 604 Greenville Ave, Staunton, Va. — “My head broke out in pimples which festered. It itched me so that | would scratch it till my head got al most in a raw sore. My halr came out gradually and it was dry and lifeless. Dandruff fell on my coat collar till I was ashamed of it. My head had been that way all summer, {itching and burning till 1 couldn't sieep in any peace. “1 tried salves but it looked like they made it worse. 1 got but it did me no gdod so 1 got a cake of Cuticura Soap and box of the Cuticura Ointment and you don’t know what a relief they gave me. In two weeks my head was well” (Signed) J. Lo Smith, Oct. 28, 1812. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold [stoughout the world. Sample of each free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post ecard “C Ba Dept. 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KEITH, 707 Jefferson Bldg, Peoria, » put to a policeman at the woman said: “Don't you get awfully tired of an a busy corner, West Virginia firsts, 35G236; firsts, 84. Live Poultry~Chickens, old hens, heavy, 15¢; do small to medium, 14; do, old roosters, 10; do, young, 15. Ducks, 13@15. Geese, nearby, 14; do, Western and Southern, 1213; do, Kent Island, 156@16. Turkeys, young, 10 pounds and over, per pound, 200 21; do, old, 20; do, rough and poor, 12. Live Stock b no PITTSBURGH. ~~ Cattle ~~ Choice, $8.40@8.65; prime, $868.35. SBheep—Prime wethers, §4.5004.65; culls and common, $2@3; lambs, $5@ 7.40; veal calves, $10.76@11.26. 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