SUMMER TERM
AT WAKELON
Begins Monday, July
12th; Continues
For Six Weeks
r
In order to give pupils who have 1
failure:- or conditions against them an j
opportunity to make up the work upon
which they are deficient before the;
opening of school arrangements have
been made to run a six weeks sum- i
mrr term at Wakelon school, begin- J
niug next Monday morning, July 12th
at 8:30. It is a rule of the high school i
that pupils with more than one con-1
dition or failure against them shall j
not bo promoted. Pupils with only
one condition or failure may be pro
moted, with the understanding that
if such condition is not removed by
the end of the first quarter they must |
drop hack in that subject to the grade
in which they w re enrolled last year.!
Our experience has convinced us of
the wisdom cf these regulations and
that it is unwise to vary from them ;
except in extremely special cases. Not;
only pupiLs with more than one con- j
dition are urged to avail themselves
of this opportunity to secure compc-j
tent help on the studies in which they i
are deficient but those with only one j
condition are earnestly urged to at- j
tend. It is so much better to enter
a grade with a perfectly clear record
than to have b: ck work hanging over
for probably the whole session. Ex
cept in rare cases it is much easier i
to remove a condition under com- j
potent assistance during the summer j
than after the session begins. It is j
the experience of most of us that one I
has but tittle time to remove condi-'
lions during the regular session.
In order to defray the expenses of
the summer term it is necessary to!'
charge an enrollment fee of 53.00 per
subject for the entire term-for elc-j ;
inentary pupils and $5.00 per subject! 1
for high school pupils. Pupils whose j
work last session was of such a na
ture as to cause us to feel that they 1
can not prepare themselves for pro
motion during the summer term will 1
nr urged not. (o enroll with the expec
tation of doing so.
The elementary pupils will be j <
taught by Mrs. F. E. Bunn, and Miss :1
Gladys Baker will teach the high 1
school : übjects. Mrs. Phillips and 1 i
will render such assistance as may ! I
be necessary. Mrs. Bunn is too well ! 1
known for it to be necessary for me j <
to make any comment of her work.; <
Os course we all know that she will 1
leave nothing undone to render her t
pupils all ne.-cssary assistance. Miss 1
t
Baker made a most exce lent record
during the four years she was a stu
dent in the Wakelon high school,
averaging between 95 and 100 on all
of her studies throughout her entire
course. She also made an excellent
record at N. C. C. W., from which in
stitution she graduated in June. In
college she specialized in mathematics
and will teach this subject in the
Clayton high school next session. She
is recommended in very high terms,
and I feel sure that she is highly
competent to teach the subjects neces
sary to he taught in the sunnnci term.
All pupils interested are urged to
he present at the opening next Mon
day morning at 8:30.
We have about completed the task ,
of securing teachers to fill our va
cancies. A list of the teachers will
be published in an early issue of the
Record.
Appealing to all to co-operate
rs in our efforts to realize in a larger |
measure our opportunities as a
school,
Faithfully yours,
B. H. JOHNSON.
EIGHT WORKERS TO
BE EMPLOYED FOR
SURVEY OF WOMEN
II will he several days yet before
the personnel that is to make the sur- |
vev of North Carolina women in in
du try is completed, according to a
r.talcmcnt made Wednesday by K. F.
Carter, executive - cretary. Eight
workers, five of whom will probably
he women, will be hired to gather the
desired data, said Mr. Carter. Later
it in expected, several more will be
employed.
Mr. Carter said that Mrs. Hen
ry J. Highsmith and himself had
not as yet made their final decision
rn th"* cm- tionnaires that will he
uscc l ir, the urvey but 'hat he thought
hi matter would he firii: hed shortly.
Just a ■ soon a the details of per
sonnel and information have been
worked cut, the actual work of col
lecting data will begin, said Mr. Car
er.
At a fashionable wedding in Lon
don icc. nil., the guests were attired
as huntsmen.
THE RECOKI) is
Y< ur Paper—Are
Y< u its Friend?
VOLUME 2, NUMBER 4
The Zebulon record'
REPRESENTING FOl'R COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON. NASH and FRANKIJN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
LONG STRETCH
HARDSU lIFACED
i
No. 90, Wiliiamston
To Rutherfo»*dton
Open Oct. Ist
i
It will no doubt be of interest to
j readers of the Record to know that
Highway No. 90 will probab’y be
j hardsurfaced and open all the way
from Zcbulon to Raleigh by October
! the first.
About the first of the year the
Suite Highway Commission let the
! contract for hardsurfacing nearly
j seven miles of this road—the section
j being from Raleigh to a point about
a mile this side of Neus e River at
Milburnie. This section, including two
handsome concrete bridges which span
the Neuse and Crabtree Creek, has
j already been completed and is open
to the public. The bridge at Crabtree
i Creek also passes above the Norfolk
Southern Railroad eliminating a dan
[ gerous grade crossing at that point.
I The Crabtree Creek bridge is the one,
ito the construction of which the
county, through its commissioners,
j contributed $41,500 as an inducement
| to the State Highway Commission to
i adopt the Milburnie route in prefer-
I ence to the Pool Road. It crosses
| both Crabtree Creek and the Norfolk
S Southern Railroad.
Recently the Highway Commission
extended the contract of the construc
tion company which laid the hard
surface from Raleigh to Milburnie to
include the section from Milburnie to
Wendell. The company has two large
forces busily at work laying hard
surface now. One force is working
westward from the end of the present
hardsurface on the eastern edge of
Wendell and the other is working
west from a point almost in front of
the home of Mr. A. R. Hodge about
nine miles front Zebulon. Over a mile
of hardsurface has been laid there.
The construction company is ex
peeting to complete the work in time
to open the road by October 1, and
this will be pleasant news not only to
people in this community but to those I
in a large section of northeastern |
North Carolina. No. DO is already j
completed from here to Wiliiamston j -
and when thp section above referred i
to which is about ten miles in length
js completed, there will be an un- j
broken stretch of concrete from Wil-j
liamston to Rutherfordton which is a- i
comparatively short distance this side
of Chimney Rock and Asheville. In -
fact a person living in Zebulon will
then be able to go to almost all the
leading cities in North Carolina with-
out once leaving the hardsurface.
When we think of this condition in 1 1
comparison with the - roads in our :
state fifteen or even ten years ago ’
it seems little short of a miracle. I 1 ]
ir ji condition of which every loyal '•
North Carolinian should be proud and
for which h' - should he thankful.
DEFICIENCY ITEM
PASSED BY HOUSE <
I 1
Washington, June 29. After going j (
on record by a roll call vote for the [
first time this session on a question (
involving a prohibition issue, the 1
I House today passed and sent to the j
I Senate the second deficiency appro-
I printion bill.
This action cleared the calendar
iof its li st piece of major legisla- (
j tion, and placed the House in a posi
! tion to wind up its business and go ,
! home on short notice.
The measure carried a total of
$45,014,000, of which $14,150,000 is for
1 73 new public buildings projects j,
throughout the country, all of which j]
were approved without charge.
'J he roll call involving prohibition:'
| came on a proposal by Representa-,
live Tydings, Democrat, Maryland, to]
recommit the hill to the appropria- j
tions committee, with instructions to ,
! eliminate an appropriation of $2,080,- ]
700 for the prohibition unit. The ]
money would be used to employ 900 !
additional dry agents, bringing the
total strength of the enforcement
! squad to 4,303.
COTTON BLOOM ON THE 4TH
Oscar Surratt, colored, living on the ‘
farm of J. K. Barrow about three
miles north of E. O. Pearce's store,
came to tins office Wednesday, saying
, that he had a cotton bloom on the
. Fourth. This is the first one we have
; heard of so far in this immediate
i ] section. It seems to be a little early
■ for cotton blossoms, due to the
- drought in ti.o spring, which made
jerop conditions very unfavorable. But
! the v. riter expects to see many more
- soon if we continue to have good
i rains, as we have been blessed with
i for the past several days.
CHANGE IN
COURT JUDGES
The fa 1 ! t. r:n <■:' Superior Courts in
North Carolina began Monday, and
I with the advent of a new term comes
a change in the di -tr'ets over which
the seven. 1 judges nreside.
North Carclina'.- system of judicial
precedin' 1 provide.- for a rotation of
judge 'til -annually, instead of one
judge continuing ••> hold court in
the sum district indefinitely'.'.
In each of ihc JO judicial districts
of the State a new judge will hold
courts from now until the conclusion
j of the term, late in December.
In the first district, where Judge
Henry A. Grady, of Clinton, has
been holding court for th t . pi st half
year, judge Romulus A. Nunn, of
New Bern, will pi side. Judge Grady!
! goes to the second district.
Judge Thomas H. Calvert, of Ral
eigh. who lias been holding court in
the second district, goes to the third.
Judge E. H. Cranm< r, of Southport,'
who has been presiding in the third,]
goes to the fourth. Judge N. A. Sin
clair, of Fayetteville, goes from the,
fourth to the fifth. Judge W. A.!
Dee in. of Oxfo. d, g. ■ ■= to the sixth
district ; he lias been holding the courts
of the fifth district.
Judge W. M. Bond, of Edenton, goes
; from the sixth to the seventh di.-- i
trict; Judge M. V. Barnhill, of Rocky !
Mount, from the seventh to the eighth
Judge G. E. Midyette, of Jackson, j
from the eighth to the ninth; and:
Judge F. A. Daniels, of Gcldslx *>.
from th e i.m.h ■< ;! tenth. 7
Judge John M. Ogle by, of Con- 1
cord, who has presided over courts'
in the 13th d trict during the ir.st i
term, goes to the 11th. Judge J. L. I
Webb, of Shell y, goes fi mi the |
13th to the 12th; Judge T. B. Finley,'
of North Wilkesboro, from the 11th j
to the 13th; Ju ire Michael Schenck, |
of Hendersonville, from the "th to
the 14th. and Judg • P. \. McE'roy, of j
Marshall, from ibe lull to 15;:;.
Judge T. D. Bryson, of Brys m ;
City, would have from the IT h
district to the He, hov ever, j
resigned, effective July 1, and Gov
ernor McLean ha. not y d appointed
a successor to f !• <•«{ hi- uni xpirtd
term.
In the 17th d: trict, the courts,
during the fall term will lie held by
Judge 11. P. Lome, of Re'dsville, who
has been holding courts in the 18th]
during the past six months. b
Judge Tin on: 1 J. Shew, of Greens- '
boro, goes from the ldth to the 18th'
district; Judge . . .\l. mack, ■ Mon
roe, from th-‘ 20th to the 19fh. and
Judge W. F. Harding. ’ Charlotte,
from the 11th to th ■ 20th.
The law provide - , that the i'pring
terms of court shall I-s' o:i the
ninth Monday liefor - - the fir. Mon
day in .September, the date fal ing this
year on July 5. But the le gi. l.iturc,
which nukes th" calendar if court*, :
put only two regular terms, on the
court program for this week. These i
are in Catawba and Avery counties, ;
the former r or two weeks, with aj,
mixed docket, and the latter for three ~
weeks for the trial of civil cases, j.
A special term has been called by .
Governor McLean, however, to begin ;
last Monday morning in Edgecombe |
county. The term was called partic
ularly for the trial of D. B. Gaskil',, ,
indicted on several charges in connec- ,
tion with the failure of the I> nk
Whitakers, in that county, of which ,
he was president. Judge Grady will
preside in Edgecombe.
One other court term will he in'
session this week, that in Forsyth
county, begun previously.
EMPLOYMENT GIVEN 523
DI RING LAST WEEK
J*
Employment conditions we ,- e good
last week in ..Asheville, Wilmington,
and Winston-Salem, while there was
a pemptable let-up in Greensboro,
Raleigh and Rocky Mount. This is
shown in the weekly labor report, of
the six State-Federal Eir.ploymi it
j.uK l us, win. h ws i • .«*J ye erday
from the office", of Frank D. Grist,
Commissioner of Labor and Print
ing. Jobs were provided 528 during
last week.
Wilmington, with 1.81 placements,
replaced Asheville, which had hut!
11l placements. Winston-Salem re
ported that 111 persons ..ere placed
in employment last v. ik by the
Twin City Bureau. Greensboro
dumped to 85, while Ra'eigh slumped
even lower with uniy 72 persona
provided with job. . Rocky Mount
placed only nine during the week.
Os the 528 placed, .851 were in n.
172 win women.
Unskilled 1 bor led with 285,
while dome .lies earne : e.-ond with
135. * Hlu-r- folio-killed, id;
clei ical and profession .1, 2'J; and in
dustrial, 24.
Heavy rains are causing crop
damage in Jerieo and parts of
Beer Mi* ha.
ZEBULON, X. C., FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1926
Ikv. J. A. K:; sell, who will conduct revival servin' at the Methodist
church fr-m July 12 to 2ist.
JUDGE HARRIS ;
is nominated;
Judge W. (' Harris, of the Raleigh:
City Court, \\s nominated is the
] DerrormHe --und'date f 1 Superior
j Court from (he seventh judi-
I i •••?! i in a ; nd primary Sat - i
: . ! is. H. Calvert,
the incumbent, by a majority of more
:han 2.000 votes.
Judge Harris made a clean sweep;
with a imijority of 1.201 in th* city I
of Ral ugh. a majority of 080 in ,
Wake county outride of Raleigh, and
'lore than 100 votes in Franklin coun
ty. All of the precincts had been
heard from except two small ones in
avals' e-irtv i ml two in Franklin
county.
Fif y of the 5! precincts in the
distri ; cave Judge Harris 6,740
vote--, which was only 58 voter short
. the ;-..ti1l 1•• "< c'ivcd in the first
primary, while Judge Calvert got
' ISI \ '• . ‘.Veil us I.BOF, votes
o'-i ■ •!' ' In- I ■ ::; 1 h received in the
firs' primary.
Th • total of 11,220 votes cast in
50 (,f H,o ( precincts Saturday was
1.190 vot ■- her. of the total cast for
judyi in the first, primary.
The n 5 ' ity of 1.201 in the city
of Raleigh w. in line with fore
casts, but it was expected the vote
would L" do i* in Wake county (i't
dc> of I lie city of Raleigh while the
small in drily given Judge Harris
in Franklin county came as a sur
prise.
Supporters of Judge Calvert had
expected Franklin county to return a
majority sufficient to overcome the
majority they conceded Judge ilarris
in the city of Raleigh and to hold the
vote (•••• a in Wake county outside of
Rah igh, if possible.
The campaign had been a quiet
one since the first pr'nr ry, and the
light vote east was not surprising.]
Several local contests helped to j
bring out the vote in certain sections
of the district.
Tli new nominee for judge in the
seventh <!;:•«rid has been police court
judge and judge of Raleigh city court
continuously since RMB. Prior to that ;
tim<. he served as city prosecuting
offir--. r.
He i- the . on of the late Col. J. C.
L. Harris and Mrs. Florence Upchurch
Harris and is .89 years of : go.
He was one of the organizers of
the Raleigh Kiwanis Club and is
an net:'.o member of that organizn
i lion.
Eight years ago, he was candidate
for tie- Superior Cyurt Judgeship inf
the district when Judge Calvert was j
ivt i wholmingly nominated.
ENTERTAINS FOR GUEST
Christine Ha 1- delightfully
enti rt died a few of her friends Tues
day i .cii, - from eight to eleven, in
hni.ot o her com in, Mi..:; Ada Ruth
'! • \.• j . of h niithti ’d. Many games
were pod in during the evening,
v. hit h v. '•!•< enjoyed by all present,.
At the close of the games music was
renc-rud by : r:\ .[ M pylon Temple.
Ref e- tip. gue-.s departed ice cream
and o 1 e was served by little Misses
Dorthak-en and Josephine Hales and
! Ma ter Charlie Curtis.
:B. Y. P. U. Met
Wednesday Night
Last Wednesday night the B. Y. P.
U„ of the Baptist church met at the
regular hour v.iih the attendance more
than <1 uibled that of the meeting be
fore. bat we • 11 have plenty of room
for others who should conic out and
join ur.
j It has been : aid that the young j
; hoys and girls of this town can’t stop :
! “courting” long enough to come to
:B. Y. P. U. Boys, if you must see
your girl, take her along to B. A'. P. -
U. with you, and give at least one i
hour of your tins* c: ch week to a '
cause that i: worth while, and will
help to train our young people in one
of the best w: y: possible.
The B. Y. P. U. meets again next
Wednesday t.y lit at 8 o'clock. So
young pei pn , - l • forg ' about |
it and if you h vo ; miething planned]
for that ti.nc on if you c; n’t carry ;
out those j*! ■ a: me other time;
that will he iu.-t .. well. And you j
can go “court i ai'.er the meeting
is over which only lasts about an hour.
For some reu: on some of the of
ficer.- have not been attending as
they should. We would like to see
all of the officers and members as
well, on time next Wednesday ntght
and let’s make our Ik Y. I*. U. THE
BEST in the State.
PREPARATORY SERVICES
The morning and veiling services
! at the Zebulon Methodist church on
next Sunday will he in the nature of
preparatory services for the revival
which follow for ten days. Mr. 1).
R. Mane , tht choir leader, will have
charge on Sunday, and the evangelist,
Rev. J. A. Ru- el:, will preach his
; first sermon on Monday evening. All
.the Christians es the community are]
urged to attend and take part in j
1 these meeting.-. The general public j
will he welcomed at each service. All
persons v.ho sing are invited to .join
the choir.
AKRIV \L Ol COCHIN BLOOM
Mr. J. D. William.-, of Wakefield, 1
R. 1, wishes to announce the arrival
of a cotton bli om in his cotton field, i
But Mr. Williams is a little behind
time, for someone else Ims already;
reported one—os early ns the 4th.
ENTERTAINS SUNDAY
SCHOOL CLASSES
j Mrs. E. M. Hall and Miss Eleanor]
Ula.-kley ent* rtal ed their Sunday
; school da: es junior boys ■nd girls
jof the Methodist Sunday school Mon-j
! day afternoon at Rocky Branch, near
‘the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Chamblee. The children were carried
out in a truck at five o'clock. Most
~f then had on tht i r bathing suits]
!: r:«l wi ill the water in a few minu
ses after arrival.
After enjoying the water for a
j'-. bile a picnic supper wax spread, (
cor. :i- ting of ft ied ch ken, sandwiches !
pickle and cakes, fruits and lemon
-1 arie.
, A,t seven o’clock the truck was
started for home, the children saying
'they had a wonderful time and beg-
Igjng to go out there again soon.
PRICE: One Year, $1.50; Single Copies, sc.
MORE COTTON
IS PLANTED
Increases 1.6 Per
Cent Over Last
Year
"In spite of the record cotton
production last year and the low
prices and the heavy carry-over re
sulting therefrom, the latest govern-1
ment report indicates a 1.6 per cent '
increase in acreage ovo • last year j
with an average condition of 75.4 per
cent of a full crop,” says Frank Par- j
kor, agricultural statistician, in a 1
statement issued Saturday.
“Based on the 150 pounds average |
I yield for the last five years,” he |
adds, “there is an even chance of.
making 11,900,000 hales this year. The
normal consumption is reckoned at
14,000,000 hales.”
“Based on over 50,000 acres being
cultivated hv the crop reporting
service reporters and several sources
of additional date, the North Carolina
crop averages O.'t per cent of a full j
crop condition which is 14 per cent
less than that reported a year ago j
and 1” per cent less than the five year
average. The stand is estimated at
75 per cent and the first bloom will
appear on an average date of July 12.
'1 his means eight days later bloom
ing and 5 per cent poorer stands than
last year at this time. If the yield is
equl to the five years average of
250 pounds of lint per acre, this
year's crop will again make over a
million hales.
“It is physically impossible to fore
cast at this date what the final
production will he. There are too
many varying factors, like weather,
insect damage, labor, etc., that can
not he anticipated. North Carolina «
03 per cent condition is the third
dvvest in the twenty States of th•
Union growing cotton. The worst
conditions are to be found near the
South Carolina border, extending up
through Cumberland county. Replant
ing has occurred in this area, mak
ing the crop distinctly variable in
size and degree of growth. Blooms
are extremely rare thus far. Ihe
had stands are being overcome by the
good germination from the late plant
ings. Cultivation has been good, due
to the long period of drought. '1 hi
plant root systems developed deep j
into the ground, which will be a de- I
cided advantage if dry weather fol
lows the recent good seasons. Re
ports were received of damage to the
lute’y germinated seed, which appear
to be dying out without cause. Upon
expert investigation, it was found that
the soil moisture during the dry pe
riod wi s bringing the soluble ferti
lizer like nitrate of soda to the top
of the soil, leaving a concentrated
alkali too strong for the tender plants
to withstand. The rains corrected
this condition by carrying it hack into
the soil.
“Considerable criticism has been
">:pressed by those interested in
cotton production against the pub
lishing of crop reports like this one.
rhe Department of Agriculture rea
lizes that unless it publishes un
biased information of this kind that
the farmers will he deprived of such
information while the cotton trade
will continue to use their privately
collected information to a greater
advantage than if the government
reports were not published. Besides
this, the official reports offer a stabi
lizing agency which deprives the pri
vate reports from having undue in
fluence on the prices.”
The June 25th acreage and condi
tion, by States, is given below:
Acreage Condition
Compared June 25,
1925. 1920.
p. c. P- c.
Virginia 92.0 62.0
j North Carolina 101.0 63.0
! South Carolina 102.9 55.0
1 Florida 109.7 <X-0
I Georgia 109.9 70.0
Missouri 82.0 80.0
| Tennessee 100.0 ,2.0
j Alabama 107.0 7M.0 j
I Mississippi 107.9 78.0
I Louisiana 103.9 73.0
j Texas 99.0 80.0
Oklahoma 97.3 78.01
Arkansas 104.0 79.0
i New Mexico 95.0 80.0
Arizona 110.5 'Jl.Oj
California 97.8 WJ
All Others 74.0
United States 101.6 75.4
AT THE M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. M. T. Plyler, presiding elder
of the Raleigh district will preach at.
i the Methodist church in Zebuh n, next
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock; and
also at Middlesex at three o'clock, and
hold the second quarterly conference
( following the latter service.
TH E RECORD
" 'll I’rint Y our
Community News
READY TO TAKE
> OVER CO-OPS
* Injunction Is Lifted
From The Federal
Credit Rank
Federal Judge I. M. Mcekins last
Thursday afternoon signed an order
modifyng his recent order which has
j thrown the Tri-State Tobacco Grow
ers’ Association into a receivership,
j By the order of Judge Meekins lifts
! the injunction against Federal In
j termediate Credit Rank, of Baltimore.
While directors of the Tri-State To
| baceo (h ov ers’ Co-operative Associa
| lion were discussing the matter of an
! ippea! ‘om the recent decision of
Judge Meekins in the receivership
proceedings, Janies H. Pou, Ballot
S. Ward and N. L. Corey, appointive
receivers. Wednesday morning of last
week practically agreed on a working
agreement with the Federal Interme
d; ry Credit Bank, of Baltimore, in
preparing to take over entire control
; of the association’s business.
Actual control of the affairs of
I the association, however, will not
he assumed by the receivers until
after a conference with Judge Isaac
Meekins later in the day.
The receivers awaited definite an
il iun; i merit from the association di
rectors concerning the appeal. In
definite news fnm the session indi
cated that the directors would not
perfect the appeal, hut, on the other
hand, would abide by the decision of
Judge Meekins. This hit of news was
further encouraged by the action of
the Federal Intermedary Credit Bank
representative in submitting a work
ing agreement to the receivers. Coun
sel for th t . petitioners for receivership
was assured that the Baltimore Bank
principal creditor of the association,
would not offer further objection to
tiic appointment of receivers.
It was announced last week by
counsel for the petitioners that fur
ther legal steps will be taken against
the tobacco “co-ops” through sup
plementary proceedings to include
ive subsidiaries of the association in
the receivership case. These subsi
dary receiverships were listed as the
rTnstern Carolina Warhouscs, of Ral
eigh; Central Carolina Warehouses.
Greensboro Bright Leaf Warehouses,
jcouth Boston, Va., Dark Leaf War-
I bon -os, Blackstone, Va., and South
(': roll mi Warehouse, Columbia.
The working agreement submit
ted by the Baltimore bunk to the re
■eivers was drawn for the purpose
of blending the interests of the
principal creditor and the future of
Srcdit Bank Wednesday at the con
mi assured counsel for the
petitioners that his institution was
ready to protect all interests in the
disposal of assets to be delivered to
the receivers.
SOME DO’S IN PREPARING
THE EGGS FOR MARKET
Proper feeding is very important.
Your flock should have well balanced
scratch grain, mash, oyster shell, char
coal, grit, and green stuff. If in
doubt as to what constitutes a good
scratch grain or mash feed. The Pro
gressive Farmer will he glad to give
you a proper formula.
1. Keep clean water out all the time.
An egg is 00 2-3 per cent water.
When eggs sell for 50 cents per dozen
you are selling 33.3 cents worth of
water in each dozen of eggs. Water
is your cheapest feed.
3. Be sure to provide at least one
nest for every four or five hens. The
nests should have clean, fresh straw
at all times.
3. To get the best quality of eggs,
they should he gathered at least twice
each day.
4. After the breeding season is over
dispose of all th“ cock birds and pro
duce infertile eggs. Remember that
fertile eggs germinate at 08 degrees
temperature.
5. Confine all the broody hens the
j first night they are found on the nest.
6. Use all over-size, under-size,
| ( racked shell, dirty and stained eggs
i for home use. Sell only uniform high
. quality eggs.
I 7. If you are selling by the case,
use new cases and new fillers.
8. Sell your eggs at least two or
three times each week. Be sure to
protect the cases from heat, cold and
moisture.
9. Eggs absorb odors very quickly,
so be ure to keep your eggs in a
cool place free from all odors.
19. Don’t forget that fresh air, fresh
water, and w holc3ome feed will mako
healthy flocks to produce eggs of the
highest quality which will bring the
highest market price.—M. R. Martin,
in The Progressive Farmer.
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tryfying forty-five miles of its linei