ATIONS ent Conduct Station, @ Largest Number of urnished Most Expen- 4—Careful Accounts Are Important. The number of eggs laid during the the experiment, three lots of 25 each, of Single Comb White were used. These pullets : of a colony house June 7, ln order to permit the in the lots to get some growth. w was on the ground, the ed to the houses. At other timem, each lot had Lot 1 received a ration of corn, ground corn, eight pa meat scraps, five parts. Lot 2 a ration of shelled corn, ground seven parts; bran, three parts, meat scraps, five parts. Lot 8 b shelled corn, one part, and wheat, fom ® parts, with one part of oats, and @ mash composed of ground corn, three parts; braa, four parts; middlings, fow parts, oil meal, one part, and meal scraps, two parts, Each lot had accest to grit, oyster shell and charcoal. Lot 1 produced 185.9 eggs, Lot 2, 189.8, and Lot 8, 201.8 eggs per hen, at & cosi| of 8.73, 8.64 and 10.96 cents per dozen respectively, The profit from Lot 1 wai $2.09; from Lot 2, $2.15, and from Lol 8, $1.98 for each hen in the respective groups. The ration for Lot 8 not only cost more but was more trouble to pre pare. It we looked at the number of eggs only, it might seem that 201.¢ eggs were far better than 1859 ot 180.8, but the profit is what we are after—the most money with the least troubles The farmer needs especially to look to his profits this year of high priced grain. Careful accounts are the | only means of determining the cost of eggs per dozen, and the best-paying ration. TRY HOUSE FINDS FAVOR IN KANSAS. y types of chicken since such a floor is sanitary, vermis proof, and easily cleaned.” The manner of lighting and vent | lating a poultry house is always im | portant, in the opinion of Mr. Harris | Too much glass in a poultry house | raises the temperature in the day and | permits rapid radiation at night. The resulting wide variation of day and night temperatures is always injurious to the health of the fowls. Probably the best means of providing adequate light and ventilation is t¢ have two windows in the south side of the building with a cloth curtain be tween. During stormy days, while the curtain is closed, the windows will pro vide sufficient light and the curtains will allow sufficient ventilation without BP OOCYTES FOR EGGS Be Men Lives Long Enough te Preduce More Than Small Pecentage of Undeveloped Eggs. Automatically every normal hen would appear tobe fitted aR SCO 8 00d Jom SLIP gies tho “BS, | ion long enough, to develop more than & small percent- of the undeveloped eggs on her ovary. In counts made at Maine experiment station from 814 to 8,605 pocytes (undeveloped eggs) were ound 1 the ovaries of some 15 hens examined, y those visible > counted. Three 0 bt in all, Fe pnds pon many things besides he- Mitary characteristics and anatomical prences. It is easy to understand that influences which affect the indi- vidual specimen may play a very large part in producing conditions favorable to maturing the undeveloped eggs of the ovary and the actual laying of same. Potentially, from “an anatom- feal inf =haost every hen is * @ Bousand-egger or better. It remains for us to develop and ob- tain the eggs. Of course, many cocytes pever develop and mature. Hens which have made a record of 1,000 eges in their lifetime are still rare birds. FEEDING CORN TO CHICKENS © Wasteful Practice Where Fowis Are Confined and Not Given Greene, Charcoal and Lime. Feeding corn to hens of no particu- lar breed shut up in small quarters will not get enough eggs to pay. But pure bred stock, bred by a breeder who knows bis business, if given a chance, I make good use of good feed. jickens need variel;. Feed them a f grains, greens, charcoal, by of grit, and If it is neces- pfine them, feed fresh meat se Eeep them plenty warm ot to keep them well sup- properly cared for. permitting drafts, | PROPER CARE OF COCKERELS Young Fowis Will Need Plenty eof Right Kind of Food and Shelter for Best Development. Those who have soo eke needed for breeding s in their own flocks will seer~%o it that they are The young cock- erels will need plenty of the right kind of feed and the proper shelter and protection so they may develop into good birds. The mistake is sometimes made of not keeping enough cockerels for the number of hens needed on the farm. As a result of this, farm flocks some- times produce too small a per cent of fertile eggs. This means consider able loss for the infertile egg unused in incubation is almost if not a com- plete loss. It is not easy to tell the kind of birds young cockerels will make, at least while they are quite young. If is necessary generally to keep the birds till their type, plumage and general individuality can be ascer tained. The best is none too good and no one should afford to keep poor cock. erels. Should none of your flock be suitable, then dispose of all and get good cockerels to breed up your flock This will be economical in the end. MILK IN FEEDING CHICKENS Will Greatly Increase Egg Production ~=Carbohydrates Do Not Offset Necessity of Protein. The use of milk in feeding chickem will greatly increase egg production The hen never lays an egg untl all the ingredients necessary for the complete development of a chick ar¢ present. Since the egg contains protein as well as carbohydrates, any amount of carbohydrates fed in the form of grain will not offset the necessity of protein Milk given to the birds, either as a drink or in the form of wet mash, will greatly increase egg production. DUST BATHS ARE NECESSARY Laying Hens Are Enabled to Rid Them. selves of Vermin and Remove Dirt and Scales. Laying hens must have their dust bath if they are to lay the maximum number of eggs during the winter. It is a necessary luxury for them. | By its use they are enabled to rid themselves of mites and to remove all water. 3 Print Your | 2 B Fomes to neat tive printi nd we w to give you scales and dirt from the skin. TRAE : C0 RO OB TRADE-MARKS and copyrights obtained or no fee. Send model, sketches or ptos and brief description, for FREE SEARCH and report on patentability. 26 years experience. Send 2-cent stamp for NEW BOOKLET, full of patent information. It will help you to (FEAD PAQES ia 1 veer soprios | to-day. D. SWIFT & CC. } 303 Seventh St, Was ington, ©. £5 \ ot . x a = u n w B i 3 EB ER LO vio 0 OO RL 1 8 VI 0 OOOO sc i r ECAUSE we had the courage, the money, and the foresight to go Wednesday, Januazy 81, 10117. » PENNA. 100000 OOO § DONOVAN'S FEBRUARY FURNITURE # DONOVAN'S 8 FEBRUARY | 8! FURNITURE SALE RS J ir A MESSAGE T0 THE PUBL Read Every Word That Follows and Then Act As Your Own Judgement Dictates Why Should You be Kept in the Dark? Why Not Out With the Facts So That Everyone May Know What Is Ahead and Prepare For What Is To Come We Are On The Verge of An Enormous Increase In The Cost of Furniture and Carpets SO I \ Here Are The Facts--We Do Not Mask The Truth: we were not as strong financially as we are and as foresighted F | did we not have the big Furniture Trade all over the county that we have, we would be in the same boat as all the other Furniture Dealers in town. ' You know, everybody hereabouts knows, that even under ordinary circumstances, our prices are about twenty-five per cent. lower than every other Furniture Dealer in this city and county. They are all installment dealers doing a little cash business on the side. We buy and sell for cash or on a monthly charge account which is the sale as cash. Our three great floors on which there is twice the selling space of the largest Furniture Store in Town, costs us practically no rent because the first and second floors of our store are the valuable ones and pay the rent of the whole building. WE know that we are going to have the greatest sale in the history of this store. We know that it doesn’t take much advertising to sell something for Six Dollars that can’t be bought elsewhere at ten. Manufacturers have warned us that we cannot duplicate any of our orders and have told us straight to our face that we were fools to sell Furniture and Carpets at the old prices when we could add a third more to them and still undersell every one in Lancaster. But this is how we look at it. We feel that by acting on the principle that “one good turn deserves another” we will gain tre- mendously in the good will of the public and that in the end our pro- fit will be greater by having made thousands of new loyal customers for Donovan’s. T HE old prices that you were accustomed to pay for Furniture and Bedding, for Rugs and Carpets will soon be a thing of the past. Already the wholesale prices are such that not in this genera- tion will it be possible for you to buy again at the old figures. Manu- facturers do not know where the end is in sight. Lumber is higher in price, wages have increased, the cost of iron and steel has doubled, everything has gone up! Even yournewspaper that during your life- time was one cent, is now two cents and is likely to remain indefinate- ly at two cents, no matter whether the warring nations continue to fight or make peace tomorrow. } Y OU’VE already had a sample of jwhat’s coming, but it’s only a sample and the wise man that i§ forewarned will be forearmed. The Donovan rally RATS Sale Of FURNITURE, CARPETS & WALL PAPER Is the Last Call te Get in at the Old Prices into the market before the price of everything was knocked into a “cocked hat” because we bought twelve and even eighteen months ago for this sale, because we bought bigger than we ever bought before, we have at this moment, on hand and in storage for this sale, the greatest collection of Furniture, Carpets, Rugs and Wall Paper that were ever assembled by us or any other store in this city of Lancaster. SALE STARTS SATURDAY, FEB. 3rd Come In and See Our “House furnished Complete” A Series of Furnished Apartments “ompletely Equipped On Our Fourth Floor. Something New for Lancaster iE "Sil EVERITHING = The Store For All The People All The Time 32-38 East King St., | z THE STORE Z ™ il THAT PAYS Il i YOUR CAR FARE EVERYBODY. PIE Pay'Your Round Trip CAR FARE ON ALL PURCHASES Or $10.% : OR More. It Costs You NOTHING. AsK FoR IT. Lancaster, Pa. AO E00 000000306000 0, 23 50 0 Rm TID OO OC OR WINTER HATS WE ARE READY TO MEET THE WINTER HAT NEEDS OF MEN AND YOUNG MEN. COMPLETE RANGE OF STYLES, COLORS AND DIMENSIONS. $2.00, $2.50 *° $3.00 QUALITIES THE BEST WINGERT & HAAS 144 North Queen St., Lancaster J To order those BABY CHICKS you want next spring. Remember when you want chicks your | neighbors will want chicks too, you better order now. J OI CR The undersigned wish to inform th public that they are prepared to de We are prepared to do your hatching op fill your order for BABY CHICKS. | We furnish two grades: i 1st S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS from strong and healthy stock, good layers that were never fed any forcing feeds. 2nd HEAVY BREED MIXED STOCK. To insure your success use the BLUE HEN BROODER to raise your chicks and see they are hatched right. P.LE Wolgemuth Both Phones MOUNT JOY, PA. = = J "HORSE SHOEINt ® AT JOHN BOMBACH'S {| STAND, MOUNT JOY E | ALBERT STRICKLER Bell Phone at Residence and Yards \ Special attention given to all | All Diseases of the feet promptly a: | tended to. Your patronage solicited BCMBACH * SHAN GENERAL BLACKSMITHS & HORSE SHOERS MOUNT JOY, PA. Oil, te MOUNT JOY, PA. !
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