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f ' //Tr ■ ^ ^.TV ■ -M. Thursday, January 23, 1913.] THE CAKOLINA UNION FARl Question: “If the cockerel is placed in the breeding pen with two pullets how long would it be before the eggs would prove fertile, and how long should he be allowed to remain in the pen at time?” Answer: Ordinarily, the cockerel could be kept in the pen continually. You could readily notice the necessity for removing him occasionally, if conditions warranted it. The time in which the eggs would prove fertile would vary with different birds. The safest plan is to base your calcula tions on the number of eggs laid. It is not generally advisable to mate cockerels and pullets at all. Pullets before being placed in the breeding pen should have laid at least one or two eggs and the third or fourth egg after mating will generally be fertile. Question: “I have a hen with some thing wrong in her throat. She makes a guttural noise, keeps her mouth open, and has some cold. Except as mentioned, the bird acts ell. What shall I do?” Answer: “An examination of the mouth and throat might tell some thing of the real difficulty. If the nostrils are closed the hen would have to keep her mouth open to breathe. There is likely to be a thick mucous discharge from the lining of the throat. You may find large, cheesy masses, telling you that canker is at work. Whatever the trouble, you will find peroxide of hydrogen very useful as a local application. Twist a small bunch of cotton around the end of a match or tooth-pick, dip it in full strength peroxide, and swab out the whole throat. If you find masses of canker, pick out before ap plying the peroxide of hydrogen. Keep the bird in a dry, warm coop and feed on soft food. Question: “Would you advise me to let my pullets and roosters run to gether all the time, or would you advise me to keep the roosters sepa rate during the laying season and put roosters and pullets together about a week before I want eggs for hatching? “(2) If I have fifteen Barred Rock pullets and fifteen Rhode Island Red pullets and a rooster of each kind, in ond pen all winter, and a week be fore hatching egg time put the Bar red Rock rooster with the Rock pul lets in one pen and the Red pullets and Red rooster in another pen, would the eggs of each be pure in ten weeks’ time?” Answer: Much depends upon the convenience of carrying the roosters by themselves. It is a decided bother to keep a couple of males off by themselves, and costs more in trou ble and extra labor than it comes to. The pullets will probably lay better if without a male companion, but if they are to be bred from it, might be better to have them accustomed to the company of the male throughout. (2) The eggs will probably all be pure, but it is not absolutely certain that a female will not be contaminat ed for the remainder of her life, once she has been topped by a foreign male. TJiere is reason to believe that now and then there are cases where the contamination is never eradi cated. A BOY’S ROOM. The fact that a boy is a rough and tumble sort of character, is no ex cuse for giving him the worst room in the house, with an ugly wall-paper, and furnished with all the discards from other rooms. He Is normal, and has all the home- loving instincts of a real man: these may not be apparent in a preference for silver toilet requisites, dainty china ornaments, or wall-paper with a frieze of Cupids and love^knots, but he does not care to be made the recipient of everything that other people don’t want just because he’s ‘only a boy.” He can’t be expected to grow up with nice tastes in such surround ings, therefore, see to it, mothers, that the boys’ room is a place befit ting the boy that you’d like him to be. A plain cartridge paper in golden tan or a soft shade of brown looks well, and what boy would not be de- ighted with a frieze showing hunting scenes. A few pictures, in flat dark wood frames are necessary, but not too many, for most boys collect treas ures of their own with which to deco rate their walls. Mission furniture is undoubtedly the best, the dark substantiality of this type of furnishing appealing to the masculine taste. A large rocker, an arm-chair, perhaps two or three email plain chairs, and a library ta ble and desk will make a comfortable room, and a divan with a few pillows will be a much appreciated addition. Where the room serves as a bedroom, too, the divan may be used as a bed, and it does not detract from the ap pearance of the room as a bed would. Mother^ must not expect the same degree of tidiness and order from boys that they do from the girls, the masculine disregard for such trifles as a coat or sweater and a col lar and tie lying round on chairs, or a pair of muddy boots sticking out from under the edge of the couch- cover, being sublime, and beyond the comprehension of a mere woman. What matters it so long as the things are easily found when wanted. One man I know accuses his wife of hiding his clothes just for the ex press purpose of causing him trou ble. In reality she simply trots through the house after him, rescu ing a coat from a chair-back in the dining-room, a,collar and tie from the gas bracket, and a pair of shoes from under a chair, and places them in wardrobe or rack, where they proper ly belong. And there are many men like that. So mothers, imbue your son with the spirit of tidiness if you can, but don’t try to nag him into it, that only makes him sullen. Let his things stay where he puts them, then on one of the rare occasions on which he wishes to look smart, he’s sure to say: “Oh, mother, I- can’t go to that affair un less my pants are pressed,” then you will get your innings, when you re ply: "Well, son, if you had put them away properly after wearing them, they would be in good condl tion now. I’m sorry, but I can’t do them for you at present, I’m much too busy.” This wakes him up to the fact that he cannot Impose on you all the time, and that a little care on his part is necessary. Let his room be a place where his boy friends will be glad to gather on a stormy afternoon; if there is a fire place, so much the better, they can roast nuts and apples, thus subduing for the time being their natural ten dency to naughtiness.—Selected. It was getting very late and Dubb- leigh’s gasoline had given out. “Anyboy around here got any gaso line?” he asked, • drawing up at small hotel by the roadside. “Nobody but me,” said the land lord. "Good,” said Dubbleigh. “How much do you want for U?” “Couldn’t sell it to ye to-day,” saic the landlord. “It’s Sunday.” "But see here, my friend,” pro tested Dubbleigh. "What can I do? I—” "Ye might put up here for the night,” said the landlord, indiffer ently. Got a nice room I can let you have for seven dollars.” CLAY COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Dear Mr. Editor:—A called meet- ng of our union has been ordered to meet in the town of Celina, Sat urday, January 2 5. We have had only one county meeting in Clay County since our county was organiz ed by our State President, Mr. L. M. Rhodes, October 12. The Farmers’ Union had its begin ning in Clay County about the first of June, 1912. The message was carried to us by a good old brother in the person of G. W. Gore, a native of Overton County, Tenn. He labor ed faithfully with the farmers in Clay County, trying to get them in terested, and he succeeded in organ izing ten locals in the county up to the 12th of October, 1912, when our county was organized, and Bro. E. Bronstetter was elected to serve in his stead. It was some time in the atter part of November, when Brother Bronstetter was commission ed and began the work of lecturing and organizing. He has been very successful. Never in the history of the union in Clay County has the in terest been greater than now. There are nineteen locals in the county at present with a membership of over 550. The object of our meeting on the 2 5th is to get squarely up against a co-operative business proposition. If this letter misses the waste bas ket I shall be glad to again report the progress of the union in Clay County, Tennessee. Yours for the future success of the union in Tennessee and North Caro lina. A. B. NEELY, County Secretary. Watch the date on your label. FARMERS’ INSTITUTES, 1913. Southern Partr. January 13—Lumber Bridr*. 14—Red Springs. IE—^John Station. 16— ^Lumberton. 17— Dublin. 18— St. PauL 20— ^Wrlsbtaboro. 21— Bursaw. 22— Hallaboro. 23— Fairmont. 24— Chadbourn. 25— Tabor. 27— Old Dock. 28— Ashe. 29— Cook Run S. H. ■ 30—Supply. 31—Bolivia. February 1—Wlnnabow. 3— Council. 4— Abbottsbursr. 5— Atkinson. 6— Garland. 7— Salemburr. 8— Fayetteville. 10— Stedman. 11— Wade. 12— Dunn. 13— Newton Grove. 14— Sprlne Branch. IE—Benson. Central Party. January IS—Woodard Sohool-Houao. 14— Selma. 15— Hood Swamp. 16— Salem (Church). 17— Fallins CrMk Hlfh SohooL 15— Smlth’a Chapel. 20— Clinton. 21— Concord Chureb. 23—Faiaon. 23— Seven Sprinca. I 24— LaOranre. 25— Snow Hill. 27— Pollocksvllle. 28— Harris S. H. 29— Beech Grove S. H. 30— Bay boro. 31— Newport. February 1—Vanceboro. 3— Kinston. 4— Dover. 5— Richlanda. 6— Trenton. 7— Grifton. 8— Greenville. 16— Grimealand. 11— Bath. 12— Aurora. 13:—Washlncton. 14— Maccleafleld. 15— Stantonaburc. 17— Lucama. 18— Stanhope S. H. 19— Zebulon. Northern Party. * January IS—Hertford. 14— Currituck Court-Houao. 15— Jarviabury. 16— Bllaaboth City. 17— Camden. 18— Salem. 30—OateavUle. 21—^Wtaton. 2 2—Hurt reeaboro. 2S—Laaker. Page Fifteen 24—Rich Square. 26— Scotland Neolc. 27— Aulander. 28— Mara Hill. 29— Windsor. 30— Ahoskie. 31— Roberaonvllle. February 1—Oak City. 3— Speed. 4— Nashville. 5— Whitakers. 6— Seaboard. 7— Weldon. 8— Littleton. 10— Warrenton. 11— Mlddlebury. 12— Bear Fond. 13— Oxford. 14— Heater. 15— Frankllnton. 17—Loulabura. NO ACHING BACKS When using STANDARD Sit Straight Central Needle Sewing Machines The Standard Sewing Machine Company Cleveland, Ohio lYOUCANT SIT THIS WAV- AND SEW! NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD Route of the “NIGHT EXPRESS” Travel via Ralelyh (Union Station) and Norfolk Southern Railroad to and from all pointa In Haatem North Carolina. Buffet, Parlor aad Sleoplnv Oars betwooa Balelph and Norfolk. Schedule In effect March 8. N. B.—The following achodulo fleuros are publlahed aa information ONLT and arc not Kuaraatood: TBAXNS UEAYX BAUEIOH— 8:15 p. m. Dally—‘’Nirht Kxproaa.*’ Pullman Slooplny Car for Norfolk. I:98 a. m. Dally—For Wlnatoa, Waablnctoa. and Norfolk—Broiler Parlor Car Service betwoon Ralolyh and Nor folk. 6 {08 a. m.—Dally, ezoopt Sunday—For Now Bom via Cheoowlnlty. Parlor Car Sorvlee. 2:40 a. m.—Dally, ozcopt Sunday—For Waah- Inyton. TBAINS ABBXVB BALSIOH— 7:28 a. m. Daily—11:20 a. m. dally, ozoept Sunday, and 8:80 p. m. daily. Buf fet Parlor Cat Service ou 1:80 p. xn. trala from Norfolk. TBAINB IJEAYS GOLD8BOBO— 1015 p. m. Dally—“Nlrht Bzpreaa"—Pull man Sloeplns Car for Norfolk via New Bora. 7:10 a. m. Dally—For Beaufort and Nor- ' folk. Parlor Car between Waah- Inyton and Norfolk. 8:10 p. m. Dally—For Now Bom, Oriental and Beaufort. Parlor Car Senrloo. For further Information and roaorvatlon of Pullman Slaeplny Car apace, apply to C. W. Upoburoh. Oonaral Ayent, or Ralph Duf fer, City Ticket Ayent, Tarborouyh Hotel Bnildlay. Ralelyh, N. C. B. L. BUOG. W. W. OBOXTON, Goa’l Supt. Oen’l Paaa Ayont. HOBTOUE. TA.
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