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0LY PROFITABLE HENS
Waaina Successful
inCL Aaainst Unprofitable 1
,B". in FlOCkS.
. Tinited States Denari-
H L nf Agriculture.) V;V-v- f
j liv all the southeraTMissis
dSrand middle Western states
toted satisfactory increases ih
iduction
or poultry products.
J ntronts nre now wnrlnEf
L-awrenij - -p
campaign against the tn
. crtirriTit?- nwnpra rn
L i foWIS irOlll men uviaa, ucub
nrodUCe less i""" ttJ cfefc J'ca.f
).njthon nllvp. whita' fnwln
only fair producers. Good lay-
jnce 125 epgs ana upward every
(j fle low-producing fowls have-
C02 BALSAM FLOweRS.
C ?Thelalsam t flowers' "said Daddy,
are not strangers to us,, though often
: " - we .don't . know
: flowers j, by- their
names.
'r "So many flow
ers we .-recognize
when we see them.
when we have a
v whiff of their
fragrance.
'VuThe balsam
: fl owers have
grown in gardens
r for many, many
years, several hun
; dred years, at any
rate, and they be
long to the great
family of lady-slippers.
-? v ' "Lady - slippers,
as you know," are of different colors.
Sometimes- they are white, sometimes
yellow or red or pink.
"The flowers came from : India a
long time ago and the. lady-slippers are
.the- best known of all the-cultivated
balsam flowers."
I never know just what cultivated
'flowers are," said Nancy.
"You know what wild flowers are.
don't you?" asked Daddy.
"Oh. yes." said Nancy, "they are the
flowers whichv grow wild in the woods
and the fields, along brooks and by
country roads.. They belong to every
one and not to anjy special garden.
Isn't that right?"
"Yes," said Daddy.
"We like to pick the wild flowers,
too," said Nick. "Mother says she
likes them as well as the garden flow
ers or almost as well."
"Well." said Daddy, "you both know
what wild flowers are. Now cultivated
flowers are just the opposite of wITn
flowers. They are the flowers which
are cultivated, or trained and looked
after. Cultivated flowers are the ones
In gardens, which have been planted
and cared for.
They haven't grown up on their own
accord without any help like the wild
flowers have. They have been helped
and watered. They have had the
weeds kept away from them. They
have been loved and sheltered and giv
en good earth and nice drinks of wa
ter. "They are the cultivated flowers.
Often, when a wild flower is cultivated,
it Is looked after in the same way, in
a garden, and is made to grow more
woriderfuiy and larger and more per
fect." .
"I think,'? said Nancy, "I admire
and love the wild flowers the best.
They become so. strong and tall and
beautiful, or small and dainty and love
ly .without any help at all."
"Mr. Sun and the King of the Clouds
help them," said Daddy.
"Ah, r yes," said . Nancy, "but they
don't have the fuss that the garden
flowers have. They look a'fter them
selves and are ve plucky, I think."
"I love the wild flowers, too," said
Daddy.
"I think they're fine," agreed Nick.
"But to return to the balsam flow
ers. The member of this family nam
ed the Sultan's Balsam, or we can just
call it the Balsam family, have strange
ways.
'They are of a bright scarlet color
which isn't slfange at all. In fact
they're very beautiful. But the strange
thing about them is that they love a
fire."
: "They don't comeut when they are
thrown in the fire, do they?" asked
Nancy, much surprised, and Nick
laughed.
T II w m XI
Mr.
Sun Helps
Them.-
Profitable Flock
horns.
of-White Leg-
eliminated and still the normal
hcaon has been maintained. This
3 from more favorable condi
ind surroundings for the hens
i the flock which are . not so
rid and which consequently . pro-
better. . ' -
LTRY AND EGGS SUPPLY
Meedettto Help Feed the World
Wjthing Else Costs So Little to
Raise cn Farm.
(By P. G. HOLDEN.)
Ike high price of feed and the high
J, of poultry have combined in
hi farmers to greatly reduce
Hocks, and as a result we are
Hi serious shortage in poultry
?SSs at a time when they are bad-
Ned to help feed the world.
tmust not forget that while feed
i and while poultry brings good
Nrnothing else costs so little to
on a farm as chickens, and that
ire bringing such high prices- we
U afford to shut off the source of
f supply.
L"?e flocks -f poultry are needed
ftery farm, and everv farmer
pkeep his young pullets, which
be his best layers. Get rid
le roosters. Avoid wasteful meth-
handling poultry and in mar
:? eggs.
PHEAD IS BAD DISEASE
4 JP 0 V)
" - " HI " - r
s ' ' " N'
View of Aleppo.
W
P Are Infrequent Where Birds
Permitted to Fnranm for
Most of Their Feed.
p the infectious diseases-of tur-
ccordins to Andrew S. Weinnt.
e bureau of animal industry, de-
it of acricnltiiro Hlokhotifl 1q
destructive. It is notable
Aenever the climate and ranee
Ruons are siu.h oo nf
TOs foraging for most of their
T?m the time they are hatched'
are marketed, cases of
they
A.. .
rw1 arp lnfp..nncnt 1?1nL-haaH
Qafy affects f-rnwn tnrlrtv hilt
,rtlv " " " J "
mn tv, ""-"J,Jfe miaw
P11 the aCfS nf civ wool-a nnil
Months. v
read has been fmmH A in fhfl
K Wrd Shonlfl lmTTiodl5ite.lv hfl
from tiia fli, 4- a
spread of the disease, and if
!
i
They Have
Loved and
tered.
Been
SheL
SELECTING LAYERS
r4 With . ...
t men eyes ana omo,
ceand Wattles of Fine
Teure Are Best.
S Poultry is said to be a finer
K, selection nf nthpr fnrm
r t thp t. "c:
ets with a fine head, alert
tert,COmb face and wattles of
Nliw taken the first step
K ml! e,a!ed eSS producUon. Good
irith i stan(l- square on their
i(Uf wide apart, with rthe
'Hie. r th body sUghtly higher
Sd Serior end and with along
!C ,Carrle(1 rather high. The
De wedce-shaDe. vieldine
w - mt r mr o
tn Lue reproauction ana
0rSar:s. .
"Oh, no," said
Daddy, "but they
love the fireside.
They would rath
er be indoors in a
nice room where a
fire was burning
cheerily than they
would to be out
of doors. So they
like the weather
to be cool enough
for a fire, though
not too cool.
- "In fact they
like the coziness
of a fireplace, I
believe. You kn6w
how cheerful and
cozy and bright
and friendly a
fireplace always is? Well, I believe
the Balsam flowers, love that coziness
and they show they love it by thriving
better in a room where there is an open
fire than they will with Mr. Sun's rays
shining down upon them.
"And perhaps they can read stories
in the fireplace. Perhaps they can see
fairy tales being acted in the blue and
red and orange flames.
"Anyway they love the open fires,
and so I think we ought to call them
the cozy Balsam Flowers !"
Ignorance Is Danger.
A poet has told us, that "a little
knowledge is a dangerous thing," but
the real danger is not in the knowl
edge, but in the Ignorance with which
it il; combined. Ignorance is always
dangerous . whether much pr - little.
Every day people are meeting with
disaster or posing their lives because
they are ignorant of something that
could easily be learned. Not a little
knowledge but a little Ignorance is the
thing to be afraid of. Girl's Com
panion, j ..........
HEN General Allenby's Brit
ish troops entered Aleppo,
another change was added
to the long list of changes
that have come to the ancient HittHe
city whose existence first was noted in
Assyrian, Babylonian hnd Egyptian
records under the name of Khalep.
Aleppo, or Khalep, was bandied back
and forth with the swaying fortunes of
those times, until it fell before the
wbrld-conquering Alexander and his
Macedonian hosts. Then is, when we
began to hear of it in authentic his
tory, says a writer in the Kansas City
Star. Seleucus Nicator, was one of
the generals who aided Philip, the fa
ther of Alexander, in establishing the
Macedonian kingdom. He went with
Alexander into Asia in 333 B. C. In
321, when he was twenty-five years old,
he was given the government of the
Babylonian satrapy, which included
Khalep. He gave the city the name ot
Beroea, and as Beroea or Khalep-Be-roea,
it figures historically most of the
time for the next 900 years.
In 648 A. D. it disappeared from
European records under the Saracen
flood that swept up from the south
east. When the wild tribes began to
assume a sort of settled state under
Moslem influence, it reappeared as
Halep. the gathering place of the great
caravans passing from Asia Minor and
Syria to Mesopotamia, Bagdad and the
Persian and Indian kingdoms.
Earthquake and Plague.
In common with most of the towns
of northern Syria, Aleppo suffered fre
quently from earthquakes. After a ter
rible shock, late in the twelfth century
it had to be almost entirely rebuilt.
But neither earthquake nor the plague,
to which it was also peculiarly subject,
could iJrvert from it trade and pros
perity, and it became one of the com
mercial capitals of the eastern wdrld.
The city passed under various. Mos
lem dynasties, being at one time the
northern capital of the famous Saladin.
The Tartars held it awhile in the thir
teenth century. Then the Mamelukes
came up from Egypt and took it, hold
ing it under their terrible sway until
its final conquest by the Ottomans in
1517.
Under the strong hand of its new
rulers, the trade of Aleppo was re
vived. , The English had recogzed its
importance as a commercial station
and It became the eastern outpost of
the British Turkey company as early
as the time of Elizabeth. It was con
nected with the western outpost of
the East India company at Bagdad by
a private caravan service. Its name
was familiar In theEngland of that
period. Shakespeare refers to it sev
eral times in his plays and it appears
frequently In the wx'itings of his con
temporaries. Through Aleppo passed the silks of
Bambyce (bombazines), the light tex
tiles of Mosul (mosulines-muslins) and
many other commodities for the
wealthy and luxurious. The discovery
of the route around the Cape of Good
Hope to India was the first blow to
this trade. The second was the open
ing of a land route through Egypt to
the Red sea and the third and final
one was the construction ot the Suez
canal.
- Long before the Suez canal became
a reality, however, Aleppo had been
declining from internal causes. In the
latter part of the eighteenth century
and the first years of the nineteenth it
was constantly the scene of bloody dis
sensions between rival religious and
secular parties, In which the Ottoman
government took part, first on one side
then the other, plundering both. Two
earthquakes and three visitations of
cholera between 1822 and 1832- left
.the place a wreck with only half its
former population. Tumults and mas
sacres of Christians occurred in 1850
and In 1862, accompanied by great de-
TO SHEAR SHEEP BY MACHINE
Inexperienced Person Can Do Work
Very Nicely More Wool Ob
. talned Jhari by Hand. -
To shear sheep ty hand takes; an
experienced man, but with a machine
an inexperienced person cat do the
work nicely. A good machine costs
teas than $12, and more wool can be
obtained than -through shearing by
hand. After the fleece haa been taken
tSL all tagr and Jut ahould be rt-
Finish every day 'and' te dfo'ne" with
it. - You have done what you could;
some blunders and absurdities have
crept in; forget them as soon as you
"can." Tomorrow is a new "day: you
shaU begin it -wetl and serenely and'
with too high a spirit to be cumbered
with your old nonsense. Emerson.
OBTAIN TWO UTTERS A mil
When Sows Are Given Best ef
and Care Thia Is Good Way to
Increase Production.
(Prepared by the United States
.ment ot Agriculture,),, - ,t , .,
It is common practice among
ers to require their sows to
two litters a year. Although the
have had good care, they will natarat
ly be run down somewhat in otxSSIonv
because the greater portion of the feed
consumed has been utilized for fka
production of milk.
The sow needs a rest before she Is
bred again, and the . time forthis. Is
struction of property. Its trade has
revived greatly in recent years, but
has been largely of a local nature.
Modern City on Ancient Site.
The modern city stands on virtually
the ancient site. The older sections
are partly within a wall built by the 1
Saracens. A medieval castle on the
site of the ancient citadel Is deserted
and in ruins. It stands on a mound,
partly artificial and faced with stone.
The population of the city, about 130.
000, is three-quarters Moslem. The
European residents, the Armenians
and other native Christians and the
Jews all occupy separate sections of
the city. The exports are mainly tex
tiles, leather and nuts- The nearest
seaport is Alexandretta, 70 miles away
on the Mediterranean coast.
A city so old and held by so many
peoples, with their various religions
may be expected to have its share of
legends and holy places. Aleppo is
rather disappointing in that respect.
There are few shrines of any sort and
all of any consequence are Mohamme
dan. One of the mosques, of which
there are many, contains a tomb re
puted to be that of Zacharias, father
of John the Baptist.
The Turks have long regarded Alep
po as one Of the strongholds of their
faith and the probable capital of their
dominion should they be forced out of
Europe.
Ostrich Eggs
in Liquid Form
LITTLE THINGS THAT HELP.
For those who travel or are taking
a long trip a strip of thin muslin or
cheese cloth will be
found a most comfort
able help to fold over
the bedding next the
face. It may be pinned
on with safety ptns if
necessary. Most people
object to sleeping in bed
ding that is not dally
laundered. In many hotels a$ well as '
sleeping cars this will be a valuable i
traveling companion. A small down i
pillow is another comfort for day or j
night, as often the pillows are too
large or not comfortable.
ened hv hr,ihw tho wwm, v nf between the weaning and breeding
th. mV b 7T., C.h rtotls- Intelligent feeding will
warm water. After drying thoroughly
In the air, beat lightly on the wrong
side and comb with a coarse comb the
right way of the fur.
Put silver into an aluminum dish
with a teaspoonful each of soda and
salt to a quart of water, let stand and
simmer for a few minutes until the
sliver Is bright. Do not use this meth
od for any length of time on light
plated ware, as it wijl ruin it.
To save silk hose use a piece of
satine the color of the hose to line
the heels. This may be done so
smoothly that it will not be noticed on
the right side. If this is done before
the hose are at all worn it will more
than double their wear.
When blankets are dried after -washing,
brush with a whisk broom-and
beat lightly with a clothes beater to
raise the nap and make them fluffy.
Ants may be removed by sprinkling
tartar emetic around the place where
they enter. It is a poison, so protect
your pets from it.
When handkerchiefs become gray or
grimy drop them Into cold water to
which a little borax and plenty of soap
has been added. Boil thoroughly,
Rinse in two waters.
Old wash dresses too faded to use
for further wear can be made Into
covers for furniture when sweeping
or closing the house' for a time.
Ironing board covers made of strong,
white muslin, cut "wider, but the same
shape of the board and having three
tapes to tie at the ends and In tne
center, Is a much neater way than
tacking them on and they are easier
removed to launder. Two or three of
these for a Christmas gift would not
be refused by the average hdusekeeper.
the sow from a thin condition info
good, strong, vigorouscondifion la
short time. When his is done sine,
be in proper condition tp assume
duty when breeding time arrives. If
the sow is bred jn ,'thin rinvdotm
condition, ' she must -festwae- "tffork.Vla-niediately,-
and she. will natnranj fte
weak add subject ty the inroads of dJa
ease. A little; eold contracted in this
condition- may causeath, , while a
strong; healthy i sow sWu),-, resist sxrek
attacks. It is the general belief , that
sews in good 'vigorous breeding
i tion conceive more readily, thus
j ehing the 'farrowing period for
herdi i TAlfalfa, rape, clover or any
tare which is1 palatable to swine, witk
some grain in addition,. Is excellent
feed for bringing: the sow back to
breeding 'condition: , .t
-There is no good' reason why a'
should not produce two litters a
when properly' handled. To
plish-. th! the sow should Be bred to
farrow, sayr for example, in March,EB
bred againto farrow the er!y part
of September. A sow bred about 12
vember 15 will farrow about Uareb 6
to i) lrihf pigs should nurse 'efefet'
weeks.)i::Tne sow shbuM be rebred fey
May 20 so as tb'farrowxm'jftr attar
, September 8. The; pig could thea
nurse until November. The chances
for profitably rearing two crops of pigs
from a sow annually are undoubtedly
far better in regions of mild climate
and short winters than where the
ters are Iongahd severe.
SOY BEANS GOOD FOR SHEEP
The report of the British Imperial
institute on a consignment of ostrich
eggs in liquid form gives the following
analytical data: Water, 75.1 per cent;
protein, 10.7 per cent ; fat, 11.4 per
cent, and ash, 1.4 per cent. Chinese
liquid eggs contain: Water, 70.7 per
cent; protein, 12.7 per cent; fat, 12.7
per cent, and ash,'1.7 per cent. If the
above figures are calculated on a uni
form basis of 75'per cent of water, the
composition works out the same in the
two cases, and It is also seen that
liquid ostrich eggs contain less pro
tein and more fat than average hens'
eggs, though rather less of these in-
.gredients than ducks' eggs. The re
port adds that the strong odor of
liquid ostrich eggs may prevent their
use for edible purposes, but that they
might be useful for technical pur
poses in the forms of egg albumen
and of preserved egg yolk, in the
leather industry. South African
Journal.
Let the old life be covered by the new.
The old past so full of sad mistakes;
Let it be wholly hidden from the view
By deeds as white and silent as snow-flakes.
WAYS WITH LEFTOVERS.
Oldtime Border Controversy.
There was once a border dispute be
tween the states of Michigan and Ohio,
but it was peaceably settled and had
no serious results. In 1835 a contro
versy arose In regard to the boundary
line between the states and tjje right
to a strip of land to which both laid
claim. A convention held at Detroit
that year framed a constitution by
which Michigan claimed the tract. For
awhile there was danger of bloodshed,
but it "blew over." In June, 1836, con
gress passed an act admitting Michi
gan Into" the Union on condition that
she relinquish her claim to the dis
puted tract,, in consideration of which
another tract, known as "the Upper
Peninsula," was given her. These con
ditions were rejected by one conven
tion, but accepted by, another held in
1836, and in January, 1837, Michigan
was admitted into the Union.
Increasing Love of Home.
I presume the -proper means of in
creasing the love we bear our native
country is to reside some time in a
foreign one. Shenstone.
moved and the wool tied In a neat
bundle with wool twine. The wool
should then be packed in wool sacks
and either shipped to a reliable com
mission firm or sold to buyers.
Many ,Small 'Potatoes .Wasted. ,
There are nearly. 120.000,000 DnsbA
ebvof, small L potatoes , wasted4n .the,
United States every year. Tdl of whlcr
could be used In making bread.
It is quite the proper thing these
days to waste absolutely nothing and
to use as much economy
as possible in the plan
ning of meals.
' Leftover cocoa or choc
olate need not be
thrown away as It may
take the place of the
milk in a spice cake or
pudding.
Melted ice cream may also be used
in the same way for cakes, cookies or
iu custard pie.
Delicious pudding sauces may be
prepared from the juice from canned
fruit. Thicken with a little flour, add
a bit of butter and serve hot.
Cold, cooked mutton nay bev re
heated In the following sauce, making
a dish which many consider better
than the original : Chop a small onion
and fry In a tablespoonful of butter or
sweet fat, add a tablespoonful of flour
and let It brown. Mix a tablespoonful
of Worcestershire sauce, a table
spoonful of vinegar, a tablespoonful of
currant jelly' and pepper and salt to
taste. Cok all together and when hot
add the sliced mutton. "Simmer for fif
teen minutes to season the meat-and
serve hot.
Another delicious sauce for reheated
meats is this: Chop a dozen olives
very fine, brown a tablespoojiful of
flour, add a tablespoonful of butter
and when well-blended stir in a cupful
of soup stock ; stir and cook until
smooth. Season with salt, pepper, and
Worcestershire sauce, then add the
chopped olives and serve hot.
Pour a little olive oil over the bot
tle ftf olives and do the same to canned
red peppers; this will save them from
spoiling.
A slice or two of pineapple mixed
with a little chopped apple to give
bulk, a half dozen quartered marsh
mallows, and a little boiled dressing
with whipped cream, makes a most
tasty salad.
A cupful of sour cream may serve
as a salad dressing with a bit of sugar,
when poured over shredded cabbage.
A most tasty pie may be made from
a cupful of sour cream, the same of
sugar and raisins, one egg, a half ten
spoonful pi cinnamon, nutmeg and salt,
and a teaspoonful of vinegar. Bake in
.two crusts. . ,. .
, Acupful of-qooked onion served in a
white sauce may be served as a sauce
for fish.
In Feeding Trials at Wisconsin Statiom
Produced Larger Gains for Ghrea
Amount of Feed. . -:
(Prepared . by the United States ? Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In feeding trials with sheep at Ota
Wisconsin station, soy beans produced
larger gains for a given amount of fee
and a heavier clip of wooL In
periment two lots of ten lambs
Hope against hope, , and ask tin y
nceireWames . Montgomery
7jw
Sheep Like Soy-Bean Forage as Uocfe
as the Meal.
were fed the same roughage. One lot
received shelled corn and whole taj
beans in equal proportions, while the
other received the same quantifies
shelled corn and whole oats. The ste
erage gain of each lamb during a pe
riod of 12 weeks was 16.2 pounds wheat
soy beans constituted a part of fbs
ration, and but 13.7 pounds when eats
were used. A pound of gain was pro
duced on 6.11 pounds of grain and IU
pounds of roughage in the soy-bom ra
tion, while 7.2S pounds of grain and
8.62 pounds of roughage were required
in the bats ration. In another expert
ment the same rations were fed for 13
weeks to two lots of nine lambs eacfiu
The lot receiving the soy-bean ratios
gained 119 pounds in weight and
duced 5.1 pounds of wool, as
pared with 71 pounds increase ia
weight and a production of 8L3 poaads
of wool for the. lot receiving the oats
ration. The second lot also, consumed
more feed per pound of gain. , t
HORSE REQUIRES MUCH GRAIH
Necessary ' for Animal to
Weight an Spiru and
Maximum of Work.
' -In order : to perform -the
of work and 'stiH maintain' Us ;
and spivk. the horse should recSetoe
comparatively large allowance of eas
ily digested grain and a corrcspos
lngly small proportion of palate?!
roughage.
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