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Port SYNOPSIS The story opens in New York, about the middle of the Eighteenth century. Hubert Ormerod, who tells the tale, is talking to Peter Corlaer. chief of fur traders. and^ man of enormous ?? n..>.K>- VlnC.rnw Minikin, n nru isa *???Irish bunded boy, bring* news that a pirate ship is "off the Hook." An old sea captain announces he has b^en chased by the notorious pirate, Captain Hip-Rap. The older Ormerod tells Robert tut pirate is Andrew Murray, his (Robert's) greatuncle. commanding' the pirate ship, the Royal James. Murray is an ardent Jacobite. CHAPTER II ?2? The One-Legged Man and the Irish Maid. The nest morning I was occupied for several hours in checking over the needs of our trading stations with Peter Corlaer, so that it was the middle of the forenoon before I was able to leave the counting room to go aboard Captain Farrada.v's ship and concert with her people (lie lightering of that portion of the cargo whicli was destined for our warehouse. I>arby McGraw eyed me so wistfully when I took niy hat that I sent him to the kitchen to secure a bag of fresh-killed chickens and winter greens, knowing such food would he welcome to sailors after a long voyage, valid hade him curry It to the dock. We walked down I'earl street to Firoad street, where the landing basin indents the land; and I was passing on, with inteut to secure a wherry f.mt t\f Whltahall atreof In ' IHJIII u?r i""v "? > w. w row rue out to t!ie Bristol packet, when Darby drew my attention to the soaring masts and tungled cordage of a great ship lying at anchor in the East, river anchorage. ' 'Tis a frigate. Master Robert!" he exclaimed. There was no mistaking the rows of. painted gun-ports and the solid bulwarks; and for a moment I fancied Commodore Barrage had anticipated our needs. Then the flag at her mlzr.en truck rippled out. and I beheld the red-and-gold banner of Spain. "D'ye suppose he hath come after the' pirate?" 'whispered Darby, all agog. "Not he," I answered, laughing. " 'Tis a Spaniard, and he and his kidney are not hungry for'pirate gore. But look. Darby! There's another strange vessel?beyond the frigate." I pointed to a battered little brig , with patched and dirty sails and a spatter of white showing In her blaclfpainted hull where a round shot had sent the splinters flying. "And he hath seen the pirates, or J am amiss," I added. "His escnpe must have been exceeding narrow." j Darby's e^'es waxed as large as a cat's in the dark, v. "Whurra, whurta, do but look at the shot hole In the side of him! 'Tis he will have made a noble prayer. And now will ye mock me for saying there are pirates abroad, Master Rob* rt i "Nor I, Darby Ton fellow has been <:oJer to death than I like to think of." I answered. "Now there was as true a word as ever was heard spoke," proclaimed a pleasant voice behind me. "And shows most unaccountable understanding and humanltee, so it do. seeing as there's precious few landsmen stop to figger out the chances a poor sailor must take and never a thankee from his owners nor aught hut ctirses from his skipper, like as not. True as true, young gentleman. I makes you my duty, and says as ? .1 T ...nn - ..nnnh I!UV?, smug I >W15? Ullf U1 11ICII1 tafed a miraculous salvation, I hopes you'll permit me to offer, ray most humble thanks." I swung around to scrutinize the owner of the voice and saw a handsome, open-faced man in the prime of life, big aud strong of his body, but with only one leg. The other, the left, had been lopped off high up near the hip, and he supported himself upon a long crutch of very flne-carved hardwood ? mahogany, I afterward discovered. This crutch he employed with all the dexterity of his missing limb. While I looked at him and he was fir> t speaking he hopped up beside me with a confidential air that was very flattering to a young man and impressed Darby even more. "Are you from the brig yonder?" I asked curiously. "Aye, aye, young gentleman, I am; un.l <.n>. a# tlm mbarohla elnnnro a a OUU ""C "V me IUIOVI acic uiuu\.i o uu A wns saved by an lnscrootable I'rovidence as takes no account o' men's deserts. Just or unjust, as the preachers' sayln' Is. Out of Barbaders, I am. In the brig Constant. Name o' S'lver, sir?John, says my sponsors In baptism. "But my mates most generally calls me 'Barbecue' 'count o' my being held a monstrous fine cook. And there's a tale to that, young sir. Ah, yes! This weren't the first time I suffered at the hands o' them pirates that Just Why One Editor No one Is more annoyed lhan the One who tries to beautify the town In which lie lives. No mutter how earnestly he works, criticisms and annojrm.,ci ari?? As an example of u iii.ro muot m..hv. this we have to say that the Beacon office needed a new sign and, hired Jack Sigler of Red Wing to paint ft. It's a peach. Then the sign had to hie properly Installed and we emplnyejd Fritz Miller as chief consulting engineer and master of ceremonies. Somp thought a 4 by 6 post was the thing, while others thought a 4 by 4 would do. Then a windy observer mentionea lis pipe. We decided on gas pipe as more suitable for a printing office. The Sign was therefore firmly bolted on a git* pipe. And there she sblues in ajt brr pristine glory. ' ' ' - ' - !. >.. 'J ' r ]B I* by Arthur D. H f / Copyright by Arthui / WNU S : r scourge and ravage the seas to the despite of poor, honest snilortnen." "Was it off Sandy hook they attacked. ydu?" I inquired. "Off Sandy hook?' he repeated. "Maybe 'twas -so, gentleman. We took snulll reckoning o' where we were. Oiir one thought was to make port whole and safe." "Hut I see they hulled you?" I pressed liini. "TliHt?'j he answered. "Oh. yes; hut? MAy I make bold to ask. sir, ha' other [vessels been chased off New York portj do you know?" I pointed to where Captain Farraday's craft swung at her anchor a scant quarter-mile above the brig. "That riristol packet ran the notorious Captain Hip-Rap tops'ls down but yes'ten morning," I told him. His brotys knit together In a 'frown, apparently of thought. "Onptain Kip-Hap you says It (Was! Blister ?m^, young gentleman, but that's dreadful news. Well, well, well! A fortunate escape as ever was. And 'tis good hearing that others was ekal lucky. But I dare say the king's [ships will be?after him by now?" "Na, there's none nearer than Boston,'/1 answered. "'Twill be a week at /W. leasjt before we can hunt the sc/undrels |ience." ' lie wagged his head dolefully. ^Blister nie, but that's ill news. Fortunnte, Indeed, I was to draw clelr." C/ne of tile wherrvmen was sculling toward us j along the shore, and I waved t,, Mm t,, null under the nilinc ?n whifli vve stood. "I must h^? off," I said. "I congratu- 1 late you. Master Sliver, on your escape." He bobbed his head and pulled at his forelock. "Thank'eei kindly, young gentleman. Here, sir, let me catch the painter. Klgbt! Will ye ha' the basket on the thwart by ye? And this nice lud here, doesn't he go, too? No? "Maybe then ye'd add a mite to your kindn^tr and let me borry his time for a half-glass or so for to show me a couple o' landmarks I must make in the town, I wouldn't ask It of ye, 1 sir, only asj ye see, I'm half-crippled In a manner o' speak In', and this Is a strange port to me, as piles usual to the West Injies." "Use the lad by all means," I answered. "Darby, take Master Sliver wherever he wishes to go." Darby's freckled face gleamed at the prospect of more of the company of this one-legged sallorrnan who talked so easily of pirate tights and flights. "Oh, aye, Master Robert." says he. "I'll help him all I know." Sly wherryman was on the point of laying to his oars when a sudden thought caused me to check him. 'jlty the way. Master Silver," I called, "It occurs to me that perhaps of the prol ?tariat as the.v passed by de iberateiy knocking their pipes against the gas-pipe standard to clear their pipes of ashes So that they could b I Sent Him to the Kitchen to Secure a Bag of Fresh-Killed Chickens. Darby may be unable to serve you In all that you wish. Do you seek anyone In especial?" He hesiated for Just the fraction of a minute. "Why, not especially In particklar, sir," he answered at last. "I am for the Whale's Head tavern, if ye happen to know o' such a place." I nodded. " 'Tls in the East ward close by. Darby can show you." He shouted renewed thanks and stumped oft agilely on his crutch, Darby strutting beside him with a comical pride. Aboard the Anne 1 found all In confusion. Captain Farraday had not returned since he landed the preceding afternoon and undoubtedly was sleeping off an accumulation of divers Hnuors in the Geortre tavern. The mate had gone ashore that morning to search for him, and would probably Has Turned Pessimist After Installation ceremonlet were over we ;sought the solitude of our sanctum to ponder over the completion of this dream of years, well pleased with the plaudits of all progressive citizens. While there we heard a plaintive note emanating from that gas-pipe standard or post and we wondered If it had been transformed Info an : Aeolian harp. Finally, It sounded like woodpeckers pecking for worms. We picked up the shotgun which we kept for the benefit of delinquent stihscribers. went out and watched. To our amazpnienf wp ?nw mpinhprs ' PC ill o i lowden Smith r D. Howden Smith iervice take advantage of the opportunity to emulate his skipper's example. Master Jenkins, who had missed drowning r% * i 1>a ""'I iinrolrt of tlin n/inlllltll Itlfi ut me iru iiuuufl ui iiic icu?mnni?n Rip-Hap and Flint, was In charge of the ship. He was a melancholy, sour visaged East-country man, who moved with a deliberation as pronounced as Peter Corlaer's, and Inspecting the, manifests with him was tedious business. The afternoon was gone when we concluded our work, agreed upon the time of arrival of the lighters on' the morrow and returned to the deck. My wherrv had been dismissed long ago, and he bade the bosun muster a crew to row me ashore. As my boat straightened away from the Bristol packet's side a barge shot around the hull of the Spaniard and pulled after us, a dozen brawny fellows tugging at the oars. A single cloaked figure sat Ifc the stern sheets beside the officer In command. The two boats made the Broad street slip almost together, and I leaped ashore, tossed several coins to the sailors who hail rowed me and started to walk off, bent upon reporting to my father, who, I knew, would be provoked by the length of time my errand had consumed. But I had not walked far when a man called after me from the wharf head. "Senor! Sirr-rr-rah!" I turned to face the coxswain of the frigate's barge and a farrago of Spanish gibberish of which I understood not a word. And upon ray saying as much a second person stepped forward Into the yellow glow of an oil lanthorn which hung from a bracket upon a warehouse wall hard by. 'Twas the cloaked figure of the barge, and instead or a midshipman or unuerofflcer the scanty light revealed a young woman whose lissome grace was vibrant through the cumbersome folds of her wrap. A single ejaculation of sibilant Spanish, and the coxswain was hushed. "Sir," said she In English as good as my own, "can you direct me to the Whale's Head tavern?" I could bring forth no better than a stammer In answer. She was the second stranger that day to ask for the Whale's Head, which my father had remarked the previous evening for a noted resort of bad characters; and certes, she appeared to be the last sort of woman who might he expected to have anything to do with the kind of roistering wickedness which went on there. Also, I could not forbear asking myself how came so fair a maid aboard a Spanish frigate. In the soft lanthorn light she was anything but Spanish in her looks. Dark, yes, with hair that shone a misty black, but her eyes were as blue as Darby McOraw'g, and her nose had the least suspicion of a tilt to It. Her mouth was wide, with a kind of twist at the ends that quirked up] oddly when she laughed and drooped {with a sorrow fit to crack open your; heart if she wept. And she wag little more than a child in years, with a manifest Innocence which went odcjly with the question she had asked me. A slim foot tapped Impatiently upon the cobbles us I stared. "Well, sir," she said coLijly, "does It happen you do not know English better than Spanish?" "N-no," I managed to get out. "Rut the truth is. the Whale's Head Is no place for such as you, mistress." Her eyes narrowed. "I do not catch .^ur meaning, perhaps," she answered. "It Is my father I go to meet there." "But he would never favot your ronilng there at this hour," A protested. "Indeed, you should never think of It." "I will he the Judge of that," she retorted, Instantly haughty. "And If my father Is there I can come to ho harm." "If he Is," I said. "I doubt you have mistaken his ordinary." "No, no," she said decidedly. "I heard him speaking with them of It. But It may be you are right, sir, and I will not be so ungrateful as to flout a kindly stranger's well-meant advice. Juan can go Into the tavern when we come to It, and I will bide outside. But somewhere I must walk, for my feet are a)l dancey with the way of the sea, and we shall be away again with the tide In the morning. This Is the last dry land I shall tread In many a week." "If you will allow me, I'll put you on your way for the Whale's Head," I offered. "I must walk In that direction." "Sure, sir, It Is a great favor you offer," she answered. "I cannot but tbank you." And she gave an order in Spanish which fetched the underofflcer she called Juan and one of his men out from'the shadows. They fell In behind us as we walked off along the line of the warehouses. "You are upon a long voyage T" I ventured. "You may well say so,"' she cried. "From here to the Floridas, and after that on to Havanu and the cities of the Main." load up again. When men will do the likes'of that, there Is no use to talk about Improving the town.?Boston Globe. Funny Ambitiont The question in an English periodical, "What would you like to be?" brought out many clever and amusing answers. Here are a few of them: The ^un, because It Is always sure of a rise, j * The fetter "f," for tlion I should always bi In the midst of comfort. A shujeblack, because I should be continually shining before my fellows. A nujn of forty with the Ideals of twenty jand the Judgment of sixty, to make life worth living. A billiard ball, frequently kissed, carefully nursed when necessary, and not out jof pocket even when in a hole. ?Boston Transcript ' j v _ .. V.Tg.-l'.' ^T. .^1 >LK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, liold "But you are never Spanish!" I said. 'I ask not In Idle curiosity] though?" tier laughter wus like a chime of bells. "Sure, they say I am Irish as the pigs in the Wlcklow hills where I was horn." And all of a sudden she was grave again. "I'm not knowing your politics, sir, but there's maybe no harm in Just telling you my father was of those who opposed the Hanoverian and fought for King James and Bonnie Charlie. And because' his own king cannot employ him, lie serves Spain." "It is not pleasant for an Englishman to think of all the brave gentlemen who must serve foreign monarehs," I acknowledged. "But I hope you will be happy In the Ipdles, mistress." "Oil, we shall not be staying there long," she answered blithe)^. "My father Is an engineer officer, and he must inspect the fortifications on the Main and elsewhere. We sjiall return to Spain within the year. But look, sir! Is not that sign Intended to be a whale's head?" "Yes," I said. "This Is tile tavern." One look at Its flaring windows and :he cutthroat gAitry who jswaggered in and out of the low doorj convinced ny companion that I had n]ot misrepresented the character of the place. She drew back to the curtj, and the j-orners of her mouth droope]d sadly. "Glory, what an 111 hole!" she murInured. "Now for why vmuld the jmdre come hither? Business, says he; but?" And she shook her head with a jngue and doubting emphasis. "I would not seem to be thrusting myself upon you, mistress,' I said, ' yet I am fearful your Span ards cannot make themselves understood! Will it please you that I Inquire within fpr your father?" I She considered, catching a corner of her lip betwixt white teeth. "Troth, sir," she answered finally, "jl see not how I can avoid going the peeper In debt to you." There was a moment's pause. "And how shall I?" "Ay de ml!" she exclaimed with a bubble of laughter. "How ntupid of n e to be forgetting I am Just a maid 01T the sea to you. Ask for Colonel O'Donnell, sir, and tell him his daughter waits without." I shouldered a drunken sajlor from my path, lowered my head to pqss under the lintel of the tavern's entrance and so gained ,the hazy blue atmosphere of the taproom, cluttered w|th tables, foul with smoke and stale alb lees, nbuzz with rough voices bawling oaths and sea songs. Jit was the chorus of one of these ngs which first distracted my thjoughts from the Irish girl cutside? a wild, roaring Hit of bl<|od and ribaldry: * 'Fifteen men on the DeacJ Man's Cheat? To-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil ^iad donej for the re?t? jfo-ho-ho. and a bottle of riim!" I looked to- the corner whence It came, and discovered the one-legged sailor, John Silver, thumping the time wifii a pewter mug on the table-top as he led the group around hl[n, forepiojst among whom, after himself, was Darby McGraw, flaming rejd mop standing out like a buccaneer| ensign, shrill voice carrying above the thundetjing basses of his companions?as villainous a crew, to outward ^eemlng, as I had ever looked upon. I noted especially a pasty, tnllowy-fae^d man, wlihse shifty eyes were mnskejd by a skrbn of greasy black hair, and a big, lusty, mahogany-brown fellow with a tarj-.v pigtail, who evidently fcjund as much satisfaction in the song ils poor, fuddled Darby. slilver saw me almost as soon as I spotted him. and with a quick word (o khe others, got to his fee^eand Stujnped across the room, dfagging Dat(by after him by the arm. "f5o you come after him, jMaster Orinerod, did you?" he shouted to nial^e himself heard in the confusion. "Anjd ashamed o' myself I oughiter be, Sayu you, and with reason, too. But I'm not one to lead a likely lad nstray, and all Darby's had was good, ripe ale alnid two earsful o' sea-gossip as'll give him things to dream o' for] nights to tome." "1 did not come after him,''| I answered; "but as I am here he had best retulrn home with me. Where did you get my name. Silver?" He pulled his forelock knowingly. .. f I-r\ ... llnol,*, ' ...i...m. Tfiij, nutu i'uiuj, u lwuior, ?ii ? not that anybody on the water-front I couldn't ha' told ine, seeln' what a Silkworms Lose Little The secrets of rearing silkworms have been handed down among Chinese farmers from father to son for hundreds of generations. The Chinese farmers buy silkworm eggs In the sprliig. These are very minute and are sold on sheets of stiff paper each containing 201,000 to 210,000 eggs. Thje egg Jieets art placed In a clean basket In a small rearing room, and charcoal tires In earthenware braziers are hsed to keep the temperature at 80 degrees day and night fori nine days. Then the eggs turn green. A day or two lifter this the worms hatch. For the first two or three days the young worms must he fed every >two- hours day and night. Fresh, soft mulberry leavesj are shredded very fine knd sprinkled over the llewly Hatched worms; their'jaws _4 , ; 1 Teating Cold Jhi ordinary and simplest method of testing gold consists In touching the metal with a glass stopper wetted with nitric acid. This will leave gold untouch ?d, while base alloys will ta,ke a blue rolor from the formation oi nltrnlo nf pnnnpr It'll n hat tor litoa thoug i, to tnke the piece to a Jeweler i :md h&ve him tell you whether It U pure. I " 11 ( ^ I . ' j | V- K 4 ' f ' T . O : -U.A. t. 'V N. C. ' I kind-hearted, friendly ypung get tleWtn jk>u are. But asking your pat Ion for the liberty, sir, can I serve yo i in any way?" "I don't think so," I told hint; "*I am seeking a Colonel O'Donnell." I fancied a flicker of surprise stii red the bluff friendliness mirrored In his ^fuce. He stared arpund the room I "Never heard o' the gentleman, sir, which ain't surprizin', seein' I ras never here before this morning, nyself; but I ran Into some old/8 dpmates of mine as gave me the rui o' tlie place, and it may be I can ilnd out for you from one o' fhera. Just you wait here a shake, Master Or np * L rod, and I'll see wnai i cuu uu. Silver disappeared through a d>or at the rear in company with one of the drawers, and in a few minutes he came swinging in again on tils crutch, ahead of a tall, lantern-Jav ed man in a rich dress of black-a idsilver, whose goid-hilted svt"ord proclaimed the gentleman. This n an Silver ushered to tne with a crud fly hearty courtesy." "Here's luck, Master Ortaerod," he called when he was within earshot. "My friend had heard tell the colonel "I Did Not Comt Aftor Him," I An we red. ' was above-stairs. This here's thi young gentleman I spoke of, you honor. My duty to ye both, sirs, an< Slways pleased to serve." And off ha swung on his crutcl again to be received with acclamation by his cronies In the corner. The lantern-Jawed man gave me i keen glance, almost a suspicion! glance, I should have said. | ? "Well, sir?" he said. "I understant you desired Speech with me?" "If you are Colonel .O'Donnell?" He nodded curtly. "?I am to tell you that youi djaughter awaits you outside/' I con eluded. He was genuinely startled. | "My daughter? But who are yon, sir, who act us her guardian?" I was nettled, and did not hesitntt to show It. j "She asked jme the way hither when siie< came ashore," I retorted, "and deeming It scarce probable that you wiould care to have her enter the taproom, I even j offered my services to fetch you fortih to her." I saw now his resemblance to her. for the corners of his mouth twitched down In the same way her's had. And he muttered something like a curse In Spanish. "It seems I am beholden to you, sir," he answered stiffly. "She is a child, and vastly Igporant | of the wprld, and I must Tie l|>oth father and mother to her." I bowed' and stood aside to make room for him tjo pass out. 'Master Ornterod, the seamah called you, did he not?" continued O'Donnell. "Perhaps, sir, .you will permit an older mijn to compliinent you upon an honorable deportnient." X slightly pompous tone Invaded his speech. "I am not unfamiliar with the chief centers of our Old world society. Master Ormerod,'and I have the honor to hold the office of chamberlain to a monarch/who, though he may not be named upon English soil, will, some day recover the estate a usurper has aepnvcu mm ui. * uccu auj "v uiuic, I am sure." "I understand, sir," I replied. "And may I suggest that Mistress O'Donnell Is awaiting youj?" "A caller in the night"?next week. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Time Beginning ?Work are too weak to chew much of the leaf, but they can suck out the Juices. The worms reach their full growth In 18 days, says a writer in the Scientific American. Some idea of their ravenous appetite can be gained from the fact that a group of 200,000, I he number hatched from one egg sheet about one foot square, eat a ton and a hulf of mulberry leaves in a little over a fortnight On the eighteenth day the farmers transfer the worms to a bamboo rack, and almost Immediately they begin to spin their cocoons. **? "* -- ? I -- wnen windows "Sweat" The sweating of windows is due to Imperfect ventilation, and If perfect ventilation could be obtained it would probably give the most effective reisults. In many cases openings are made in the sash, top and bottom, so that a current of cold air may cover the interior side of the glass. In some Instances, where the sweating of; wln-| dows is not so bad, 55 grams of glycerin is dissolved in 1 liter of alcohol (63 per cent), to which a little amber oil is added. As soon as it is thoroughly mixed, it may be rubbed op the Inside surface o.* the window with a enamois or linen rag. A thin coat of pure glycerin applied to both sides of Uia glass will prevent moisture. FARM' IWMHTRY ??? ???mmmmmm???* YCARE REQUIRED IN PICKING BREEDERS With the hatching season soon to get into full swing, poultrymen are observing their breeders and their surroundings. For weight, the breeders should meet the standard requirements for that breed. Leghorn hens, - says VV. H. Ailo.n, poultry specialist at the New Jersey College of Agriculture, New Brunswick, should weigh four pounds, and the American breeds at least one pound heavier. Handle every bird and see that it Is free from foreign color and disqualifications such as side sprigs on the comb, feathers on the shanks, crooked [ toes and poor tail carriage. Then treat the bird tor lice. Good size, health, and vigor, as well as weight, must be observed in the individuals that go to make up the breeding pen. Depth from the center of the back to the front of the keel bone, a long keel bone, and a distance of three inches between the keel bone ?i rw>tv</> hnnna toother with a UIIU llic WVMVN* >-Q long, wide, flat back are the essentla! quallflcatlons for which to look. These factors apply to the males of the breeding per! as well as to the females. A male bird with a pedl gree Is worth twice as much as pne having the same qualifications but no pedigree. The lighter breeds require only one male to a pen of 15 breeders, and the heavier breeds require one with every ten. Breeders need more exercise than do the layers. Allow at least 4 square feet of floor space for every bird. See that the litter Is deep and that the flock is kept hnngry enough to work for the scratch grain. Itange should be provided when It Is possible. Feed plenty of green feed, such as sprouted oath and cabbages. Fresh air Is another essential. Don't close the curtains unless It Is freezing weather, stormy, or the wind Is blowing from the front of the pen. Less than 50 per cent production gives best results. Collect the eggs often and do not hold longer than a week In a dry room before setting them. Treating the Fowls for Diseases During Winter If the flock develops colds, or kindred diseases first give a dose of epsom salts, about one pound to each 100 birds. The salts can be dissolved In water and the water used In the mash. Use about a pound to three gallons of water. Then treat the Individual birds by painting their eyes and nostrils with iodine or a 20 per cent solution of argyro. If there is canker in the mouth.- remove it and paint the spots with Iodine, or if there are pox scabs on the comb, remove them and treat the same way. t , ^ j ' Very little is known about the control of chickenpox, roup, and canker, but the main is in preventive measures. One way to prevent the spread of these diseases is to keep visitors out of the poultry house. Remove sick birds from the flock ft when they show the first symptoms of sickness. One sick bird may contaminate the whole flock. Cull Flock Rigidly at i Beginning of the Year H One of'the largest costs of running | a poultry farm is the death rate among the laying hens. One authority figures this loss at 1 per cent a month or 12 per cent a year, calculated on the number of hens on hand from a given point to the corresponding period the following year. This loss will not take care of an epidemic p If it hits the flock. U can be readily seen that the wise thing to do is to cull out very rigidly at the beginning of the lading year, and carry only the most healthy and vigorous hens through the winter. Feed Hens Liberally Id a laying pullet feed will pass = through the crop, stomach, gizzard. 1 and five feet of Intestines In less than j ftrur hours. This fact shows the ne- R jcesslty of feeding liberally late In the j evening and early In the morning throughout the winter to shorten the v | night as much as possible and ln' crease production. a b Poultry Facts Gather eggs at least twice a day. Have sufficient nests clean and. | disinfected. Hens ought to have a dust box to help them keep free from vermin. Birds that show signs of weakness should be removed. Pale and shrunken combs are good Indicators of weakness. The birds need a constant supply of oyster shell, grit, minerals and "" charcoal, readily accessible or mixed 1 in the dry mash. * Eg^ production depends upon two factors: (1) The Inborn capacity of the hen for egg production, and (2) the conditions to which the hen is subjected. !,!. * * 3f any birds show Inactivity, ruffled mage, loss of weight or bowel dis charge, it is well $o remove them 4 i from the flock. * s S 7 sr'a ? , n If possible, construct the house so !' that changes In temperature will not 11 be noticed by the birds inside of the i hou4e. 7 p Tie reproductive organs of the hen g buihi the egg. The digestive organs will furnish the building materials if r the hen receives the right kind of T feed " I , ..vV, 1 [ j'l. iife -1 -.,.J . *: . < n^i It Builds Strengh Hll Just the ren -! t# t.B I )]|| the system in t: , J H IHI catarrhal wastes, help J I | functional orgai I | | <ligestion an<1 '''I I I the perfect balan H Pe-ru-na meet, r,.;B I which we all ire. ? fl I | | season of the Sold Everywhere | > rhv TaU*u or Liquid I Hgi Guard Against 'Tfl With Musterole j Influenza, Grippe and Pr,rJ usually start with a cold. Thea^B you get those warning aches, with good old Musterole. V Musterole relieves the and stimulates circulation. It >*9 the good aualities of the old fa^H mustard plaster without the bi&H Rub it on with your finger-tips, ifl you feel a warm tingle as the hcA ointment penetrates the pores, ;; soothing, cooling sensation and relief. H ave Musterole handy gencyuse. 11 may prevent . 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Polk County News and The Tryon Bee (Tryon, N.C.)
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Feb. 4, 1926, edition 1
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