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l'onltry'Kecpiiig in. the South. ,
A poultrynum writing from South
Florida, to tho Successful Poultry
Journal, says:
The -first Irosts have touched most
of our Northern citips and soon shiv
ering humanity will he seeking com
fort in, the sunny South. And we are
busy preparing, to ebrdiallyf receive
all who come... -. -
We want them, to find all the lux
uries here Vto which they are accus
tomed. -
So all raisers of the plump, tender,
well grown broilers or "fryers,' as
we call them, are now preparing to
hatch every egg-that can be spared.
During September yards have; been
filled with eight or ten newly moulted
hens and a male bird of some good
breed for brojlerl raising. We prefer
It. I. Reds, as they early make plump
little ;felldws. with good v yellow skin
and are very hardy. In two months,
if kept growing well, they are , ready
for market; " weighing about' t'wd
pounds each. , .
Prices are' best "from January to
April. ; Any of the American or .Asi
atic breeds 'a re good for broiler stock.'
The ' hens :ni; these breeding pens
are well fed with mised grains, prin
cipally wheat and oats well scattered
in litter. They are on good 'Bermuda
grass yards, so get plenty of green
feed. A good many eggs are brought
in each -day, though many of - our
neighbors" complain ' that they find
"no eggs'' this time of year. 1
If the hens are well managed , and
well fed, there should not be this dif
ficulty in getting eggs, . for we find
that those who are making a business
of broiler raising here, know they
must hatch these broilers in October
and November to receive the best re
turns, are. moulting their stock early
by the Van Dreser .method, and also
hatching pullets in February and
March that will-be laying in the falL
With good fertile eggs and an in
cubator of one of the best makes by
the first of November the brooders
should be full of downy little fel
lows, lively .nd happy. The. incuba
tor must be closely watched though,
during the hatch, for it is very apt to
run too high these warm days, and
the tittle -chicks either cannot break
through the shell, or come out weak
and soon ifle "oS: The lampin a" hot
air machine should" of ten be put out
entirely during the . middle of the
day, and turned up well at night. ;
Good brooders are as. essential as
sood incubators.. Beware of one JLhat
is not well ventilated,s but bne"-'Svith
too great a circulation of air will be
liard to heat and the chicks will be
in great danger o being chilled
The former evil is greater here, i
Iiowever. A brother poultry man who
has great success in raising little
chicks, rarefy losing one, " had - some
little children visiting at his home.
In the afternoon they were playing r
about, one; of the brooders, and know
ing no' belter, pushed the ventilating
slide entirely in. In the. morning
the poultry man was dismayed by
opening the .brooder to find several
dead chicks. The heat was all right,
he fed nothing but a "baby chick
feed," he could not imaginewhatthe
trouble was till he noticedrthe closed
slide. Opening it at once, he lost no.
more chickens in thai broocf.On this,
account brooders made for Northern
climates and working successfully
there, are death trr.;s for brooder
chicks Is used in this section.
Thi difference between the temper
ature inside the brooder and the out
side air is not great enough to cause
sufficient circulation through the
small openings provided for ventila
tors. We-bought two such, brooders;
which were highly recommended and
cost a good sum. We. were.inexperi
enced then and could not understand
why we lost so many chicks in these
two when in those of another make
the little fellows were growing well.
After replacing a glass plate inHhe
top of the nursery chamber with some
fine wire screen '.cloth, the brooders
did fairly good work. But it: is betr
ter to buy those that are 'especially
adapted to this climate. This, with
a good baby chick food of finely
ground mired grains, pure,. , fresh
water, a little charcoal, , fine grit,
some green food arid careful atten
tion to regular feeding hours and to
"keeping the chicks out of wet grass
and sharp winds will raise from, a
good hatch a fins lot of marketable
broilers that will well repay for the
time and trouble spent. It is hatch
ing at the right season, keeping the
little, chicks alive and growing rapid
ly, and marketing them as soon as
they are of broiler size, 'that' makes
the business of broiler raising such
a profitable one. t
Treatment For Smut.
The smut of grains is caused by a
fungus, the spore (the spore is the
reproductive body of fungi, correspond?"-
to ff in h1rTnr
Proverbs and Phrases. "
Want of care, does us more harm,
than want of knowledge. Franklin.
Becautious what you say, of whom
and to whom. Fielding.
Censure pardons the ravens but re
bukes the doves. -Juvenal.
Ceremony is the smoke of friend
ship From the Chinese.
With the good we become good.
From the Dutch.
plants) of which is carried in the
seed to the young plant.- Smutted
plants in the field, and in threshing,')
shed their spores in the air. These
spores are. then , carried about by the
wind, many of them finding Jodgment
in the seed of neighboring plants
They are .thus planted with the .grain i
and' the same -moisture, .warmth etc,
which starts the, plant into renewed
lire quickens the smut. It thus hap-, i
pens that many young plants are, in
earliest infancy, attacked by-theemut
enemy, which, having gained en
trance, lurks within the plant until
blooming time, when it breaks forth
inits well-recognized form. Only
very young plants are susceptible, to
attack - of the smut, therefore -if 'wo
can so treat the seed of the plants as
to destroy, the adhering. spores of the,
fungus without injuring the j grain, i
we ; can, enable the young ; plant to
pass the critical stage of its existence
in safety. It is thereafter safe. Such
treatment is possible." Smut'' can
therefore be practically 1 eliminated
from the field. Several kindsu of
treatment are effective, but of all
those kn.own, that by formula is by
far the best and cheapest.
Formalin can be purchased from a
druggist at a cost of from seventy
five to ninoty-five cents per pound
One- pound mixed thoroughly with
forty to fifty gallons of water is suf
ficient, to treat forty to fifty bushels
of grain
To treat the grain spread it -in a
thin layer on a smooth barn floor
and sprinkle with the "diluted forma-
lin, using either a spraying machine
or a watering-pot. Sprinkle so as to
thoroughly and evenly wet the grain
with the mixture. Then shovel the
grain over thoroughly a few times to
insure even distribution and cover
the pile with canvas, carpet, blankets
or bagging, to keep the fumes of the
formalin; within. The pile -should
stand from six to twelve hours in this
way. The oats may then be readily
dried by mixing with air-slaked lime,
and the lime may be removed by the
fanning-mill. The seed is then ready,
to sow. It may be stored, but in so
doing it is liable to renewed smut in
fection. The best way is to treat,
dry, then sow as soon as is practica
ble. ; , '
" In general, x one gallon of mixture
.will suffice to. treat one bushel. of
grain. The formalin should be used
at the rate of one ounce to three gal
lons of water. ,yV. J".
. Formalin" is an irritating caustic
which should not be brought into
contact with the skin in pure form.
In diluted condition it Is harmless.
F. L. Stevens, Biologist, Agricultural
Experiment Station, Raleigh N,i C.
' ' "How to Detect Spavin."'
The , following test, furnished ? to
the Farm 'Stock -Journal by a Weter-
inary surgeon, may. prove useful to
you, if you ;have occasiontto buya,
hew horse: " '-. " '
t When the buyer suspects that ta
spavin large ' or small Is present yet 1
finds lameness absent, possibly due
to continuous exercise of 'some nre-
.ventiva measure (adopted lor the oc
casion, he. can speedily ascertain
whether J it ;is f indeed present, hy a
simpleest.' Have1 an assfstanVlead
the horse out to halter and prepare
to trot-r him instantly at the word
"go." Nowliftlup the foot of the
suspected hind ' leg and hold it as
close tbthe horse's belly as possible
for a few minutes. Suddenly drop it
and immediately trot the horse, when
he will, for the-first few steps or even
rods go Intensely Same, but soonre
cover. This Is an unfailing test and'
should be practiced in every: ease
where" there Is the" slightest suspicion"
of a spavin. -
Bone and Meat For Eggs.
There is no kind of food that will
answer for summer unless it be free
from fat or starch. , jt" the flbek Is
confined, food must, be, provided! and
then a proportion, .of grain . must be
allowed; but if the hens are on a
range they should be given no food.
There is one kind of food that will
make hens lay, and that is lean-meat.
And itr.may be allowed that those
who use bone-cutters, and can secure
fresh bone from the butchers, can
provide the cheapest and best' food
that can 'be given. A pound a day
for a dozen hens is ample. It' costs
but a small sum for a cutter, com
pared with, the saving of food, and
though operating a bone-cutter de
mands labor .(as a bone is not'easily
induced), the gain is more than the
expenditure. We" probably refer to
this summer feeding very often, but
the tendency is to feed too much, and
it i3 difficult to convince poultrymen
of the fact. Meat stands first of all
egg.-producing foods, and it is the
cheapest in proportion to results ob-rv-nVl.
Poultry News. f
Bits of Brightness; .
Mistress I am; sorry to, trouble
you, Bridget, but my husband wants
his breakfast tomorrow at 5:30.
Cook Oh, it won't be no trouble at
all, mum, if he don't knock nothin'
over while cookin' it an wake me
up. Judge.,
He that will nake a door of gold
must knock in a nail every day.
From the Spanish.
I The Worst Enemy.
The worst enemy of the good roads
movement is the stupid neglect to
which the newly-made roads are so
af ten subjected a x neglect' V which
dates fr6m the; very day on which
they are completed; The 'Ih'differ-'
ence of ; the public and the parsimony
Df legislatures are not more hurtful
to this !godd;c'au$e than the fact .that .
in so many cases the new. high ways
are. suffered to fall I-itb disrepair,
Just; as! fast as the traffic' and ' the
weather can wear ther4 down. " It !is
likely that everyone who reads this
statement 'can call ' to mind" one ( or
more stretches of macadamized road.
In .his immediate neighborhood,
which to-day present, a surface which'
Is merely a mockery of that over
which they rode when tha roads were
first opened to the public. This
rapid deterioration was evident even
In the days when the bicycle was pop
ularj and before the automobile had
commenced to tear loose the . top
dressing of the roads and scatter it
to the winds under the united trac
tion' and suctioh of its rubber tires.
The, deterioration, of newly-made
roads was far too rapid, even in those
days; but in this age of the automo
bile, the rate at which our highways
have been torn to pieces, mainly be
cause of lack of maintenance, or of
maintenance, that is properly applied,
is simply appalling.
Of all the works of man that come
within the province of the civil engi
neer, there are few, if any, which call
for more careful attention, and more
immediate repair on the first signs of
disintegration, than the common
turnpike macadamized road. Per
haps the nearest to it in this respect
are ; the track ' and roadbed of a
steam railroad; though we doubt if
even that heavily-worked system
shows the lack of upkeep so quickly
as does a frequently-traveled high
ways The amount of ignorance, or
indifference, displayed in the neglect
of mew macadamized roads would
scarcely be credible to a European,
who has been accustomed to witness
the watchful care with which the
famous roads of Europe are main
tained and the very first signs of
wear corrected. Instead of keeping
a gang; of men employed In the con
stant, 'day-by-day repair of weak
spots,-hollows, and ruts, our authori
ties in many cases seem to" think that
it is sufficient to spread a few loads
of top dressing over the whole sur
face of the road annually or bien
nially, as the case may he, and let
it go&t' that. Under this method the
solid portions of the road receive
just as much care as those whieh
have developed soft spots and show
the' need of more 'extended repair.
The top dressing serves no better
purpose than to temporarily cover up
the damage of the last season's trav
el, and in a few weeks time the sur
face is about as badly, if not more,
brbken up than before. Matters go
from worse to worse until there is
a call for drastic remedies. In nine
cases but of tea the drastic remedy
consists in breaking up the entire
surfacej and practically rebuilding
the road.
Now, ;it has been proved to a dem
onstration, not merely in Europe, but
in certain sections of this country
where the maintenance of roads is
intelligently and conscientiously car
ried, on j that if a macadamized road
be properly built in the first instance,
with firm foundation, adequate drain
age, and an ample crown- to shed the
water from its surface; and if a small
force of men, answering to the sec
tion gang on a steam railroad, be
kept, constantly employed in repair
ing ?any incipient wear of the road,
such a highway need never be re
built, but; will ;be good for;all time.
That is the great lesson which needs
be enforced "by the advocates of good
roads. iWhen it has been brought
home, ' and, commissioners have
learned to maintain their new roads
in absolutely first-class condition, so
that the: value of a macadamized road
will be apparent, not merely in the
first few months of its life, but con
tinuously through the succeeding
years then, - and not till then, we
may look for the rapid extension of
a system of macadamized , highways
throughout the whole of the United
States.Scientific American.
Dustless English Streets.
' The streets of Nottingham, Eng
land, are sprinkled with water in
which chloride of calcium has been
dissolved and are therefore dustless.
One dressing every three or four
weeks is enough to keep them so,
even in ! the hottest weather. The
cost is very small.
Oiling Bluegrass Tikes.
The work of oiling seventy-five
miles of Fayette County's turnpikes
has begun and it is estimated that
about 7000 gallons of - oil will be
required for each mile of road. Ken
tucky Farmers' Homo Journal.
He Lost Nothing.
- fHarrys mother had given bim an
apple and told him to peel it before
he ate It. Returning to the room
after a few moment's absence,' an
seeing no peeling, she asked:
" "Did you peel your apple, Harry?"
"Yes," -answered Harry.
"What did you do with the peel
ings?" she asked. -
"Ate them." Harper's Weekly.
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You are not likely to find faith
when yon are looking for flaws.
Mrs. Winslo w's Soothing Syrup for Children
fceething,sof tens thegums,reducesinflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle
Out before day, in before night.
From the Dutch.
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Breaks up COLDS
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Trial led 19c At Dnjjte
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(Equipped tvltli Smokeless Device.)
is an ornament to the home. It is made in two finishes nickel
and japan. Brass oil fount beautifully embossed. Holds
4 quarts of oil and burns 9 hours. Every heater warranted.
Do not be satisfied with anything but a PERFECTION Oil Heater.
If you cannot get Heater or information from your dealer write
to nearest agency for descriptive circular.
The Jj5jiLainp
.11 a t.wAf4 . Gives a. clear,
with latest improved burner. -Hade of brass throughout and
nickel plated. Every lamp warranted. Suitable for library,
dining room or parlor. If not at your dealer's write to nearest
ear STANDARD OIL COMPANY,'" '
. If more than ordinary skiUirtplayinar brings the honors o jkhe,
,f ffame to .the ginning; player sa exceptional merit :in a remedy
..ensures the cprrimenjaaonof the well infonriecUarid-as ajrea
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liHe health and 8trength, so dcef a perfect Jaxaye,tend to cine's
a .improvement in cases, of constipation, biliousness; headaches.
SynipGo., a laxative' which sweetens and cleanses the system
effectually, when a laxative is needed, without any .unpleasant' '
after effects, as it x acts naturally and genilyjon, te internal
organs, simply assisting- nature when nature'needs assistance,'
without griping, irritating or debilitating the internal organs in
anyway, as it contains nothing cf an cb.iecti6nable ci injurious -nature.
, As the plants which are combined with "the figs in
the manufacture cf yrup of Rgs are known, to physicians to
act mcst beneficially upon the system, the remedy has met
with their general approval as a family iaxative, a fact weii
wcrth considering in making purchases.
It Is because of the fact that JfeV RUP OF FIGS .
is a lemedy cf known cuality and exce Jence, and approved by
physicians that has led to its use by so manv miLicns cf well
informed pecple, who would not use any remedy cf uncertain
quality cr inferior reputation. Every family should have a v
bottle of the genuine on hand at aft times, lo use when a
iaxative remedy is required. Piease to remember that the
genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles of one size
reputable druggists, and that full name of the
California Fig Syrup Go., is plainly printed on
every package. Regular price, 50c per bottle.
Qifornia Syrup
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other dye. One 10c package colors aU fibers. Thejr dye In cold water better than any other dye. ?
iree ooouet now to iye uieacn ana jux uoiora.
MTHLY IS
is one of woman's worst afflictions. It always leayesr
you weaker, and is sure to shorten your life and mate-.-your
beauty fade. To stop pain take Wine of Cadui and
it will help to relieve your misery, regulate your func
tions, make you 'well, beautiful and strong. It is a re
liable remedy for dragging down pains, backache, head-1-,
ache, ner"0usness, irritability, sleeplessness, dizziness..;
fainting spells, and similar troubles. A safe and efficient:;
medicine for all women's pains and sickness.
Mrs. J. L. Broadhead of Clanton, Ma. writes; i haw?,
used Cardui for my disease, which was one peculiar t
women, and it has completely cured me."
AT ALL DRUG STORES, IN 1.00 BOTTLES .
WRITE US A LETTER
describing- fully all your symptom
and we will snd you Free Advhc
in plain ssals envelope. . Ladles
Advisory Dept.. The Chttnoofc
Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn.
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equipped with smokeless device no trouble,
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3.50&i3.00 Shoea
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W.LOoug!as$46i!tEdgeln9
cannot 38 equalled a tsnjp: ico y
To Shot DraUrt :
W. L Douglas' Job
tAng Hoaae i tbe most
complete in thla country
Send for Catalog
SHOES FOE EVESYBODY AT ALL
to $1.25. Women' tboti. 4.00 to
Mlea & CUdren'a 8ho. $3.06 1 to l.OGf. .
Try W. I. DonglM Woina'a. Mlaaa tamA.
Children's thoi ; for style, fit aad. ws
they excel other makaa.
If I could take you into my fcux
factories at Brockton, Ma&s.jind atx& '
you how carefully VV.L. Douglas sbaroa
are made, you would thea tin&e&a&sBB&b
why they Bold their 8baperfrtbettBsr .
wear longer, and are of greater va3tp
than any other make.
- .Wherever you live, . you cea obtaia Wi. i3L
Ootitas shoes. Hi neme and pries i&scaE54 t
on tbc bottom, which protects you 0Jst hi&Zk
prices and inferior shoes. Talr no x9sm
tut. Ask your dealer for W. I DcuSs i
and insist noon havins them.
Fait Color Eyelets used; tkeif itrflT r.t
Write for Illustrated Catalozof Fall Styles.
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