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iiiiiiif THE ROWAN RECORD - Published Weekly CHINA GROVB, NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD A CONDENSED RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE WEEK. ( 'SEVEN DAYS' NEWS AT A GLANCE Important Happening In All Parts of the World Summarized for the Busy Reader Southern. Allen Fleming is suffering from a most unusual accident -which happen ed to him. Passing- a corner of a va cant lot, in Athens, Ga., there was a sudden, blinding flash and explosion pn the ground at his side and within a few feet from him. He rethrew out a hand and saved his face and eyes, - tout the arm was burned" to a blister f fom the hand nearly to the shoulder. It was learned that two hours before school boys had placed a large charge of powder In a paper sack and had set fire to the paper to see the charge flash. Looking to a reconciliation of differ ences" now pertaining to the handling and shipping of the cotton crop of the near future, interests involved bank ers, cotton exporters, compress own ers and rail and water, transportation, company representatives were in ex ecutive conference in Birmingham, !Ua., with J. P. Doughty of Augusta, Ga., chairman of the general confer ence of cotton exporting interests, presiding. The words, "guaranteed under the food and drugs act," on a label are no assurance that contents of a pack age are pure, according to Dr. Carl L. Alsberg, chief of the bureau of chemistry, who spoke before the Association of American Food Dairy and . Drug Officials. Doctor. Alsberg was' speaking of the limitations of the federal bureau at Mobile, Ala., under the federal pure food law, appealing for closer co-operation between feder al and state authorities, and for uni formity of laws of states based on the national laws. PRESID ent it mm. TO CONGRESS ON CURRENCY " .-, ' - lili A terrific hail storm swept over" the Macedonia- section of Newton county,! Georgia,' known as northern Newton, John. Camp, a V prosperous ! farmer, about 40 years old, was killed by light ning. The hail . did considerable, dam age, to - the - corn and cotton- crops,' which were already ' some '' three weeks behind, the season on account of the cold weather. - The grand American gun tourna ment at Dayton, Ohio, was won by M. S.-Hootman of Hicksville, Ohio. Mrs. Irene Brunner, 25 years old, was arrested as the- latest auto ban- Ai nlA. - l J2 .ZriZrZiZ NEEDS OF COUNTRY'S BUSINESS ARE -POINTED OUT Miss Elizabeth Foley, owner of the PRESIDENT- URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION BY CONGRESSS ON CUR RENCY REFORM THE MESSAGE ONE OF THE SHORTEST IN HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY. General An anti-American mass meeting was attended by not more than 400 persons. These were chiefly workingmen, agita tors and idlers. The speeches were of a mild order. governor u iNeai or Alabama pro- store in Chicago, the. woman bought a handkerchief and while" she. was be ing waited on, drew a revolver from a handbag, held up the owner and two women clerks and made away with $100. Mrs. Brunners is the wife of Joseph J. Brunner, owner of an' au tomobile garage. The hills of Gettysburg, Pa., where the armies of Meade and Lee pitched their tents fiftv years aero, are flecked with canvas, harbingers of the tented city which will arise on the battle field. The army of Civil war veter ans from the North and South 40,000 in number are coming, some few in threadworn uniforms and all without -their muskets, to hold a jubilee reun ion on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle.- Some of the scouts are, here the advance guard will bivouac on the field; the rank and file will follow them. Fifty persons were injured, some of them seriously, when a Pennsylvania railroad excursion train was derailed near Sterling station. The train was filled with excursionists bound for Olean, Rock City and Bradford, Pa. While the train was running at about forty miles an hour, three of the five coaches left the track, rolling down an embankment As it rounded a curve, the smoking car left the track, followed by all but two rear. coaches. The locomotive also remain ed on the track, breaking away from the train after dragging the coaches about 200 feet Pertinent Reasons Why Measures Advocated by President Wilson Are E plained in the Message An Able Document Which is . of Great Interest to the Country; Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, gentle men of the Congress: It is under the compulsion Of what seems to me a clear and imperative duty that I have a second time this session sought the privilege of address ing you in person. I know, of course, that the heated season of the year is upon us that work in these' cham bers and in the committee rooms is likely to become a burden as the sea son lengthens, and that every consid eration of personal convenience and personal comfort, perhaps, in the cases of some of us, considerations of personal health even, dictate an early conclusion of the deliberations of the session; but there are occa sions of public duty when these things which touch us privately seem very small; when the work to be done is .so pressing and so 'fraught with big consequence that we know that we are not at liberty to weigh against it any point of personal sacrifice. We are now in the presence of such an occasion. It is absolutely imperative that we should give the business men of this country a banking and currency system by means of which they can make use of the freedom of enterprise and of individual initiative which we The tragic story of how Ensign WiK are about to bestow upon them. liam D. Billingsley was hurled from We are about to set them free; we a disabled biplane, 1,600 feet in the' must not leave them without the tools air, and fell, straight as a plummet, of action when they are free. We to his death in the depths of Chesa- are about to set them free by remov- peake bay, was related by Lieut John ing the trammels of the protective tar- A. Towers of Rome, Ga., chief of the iff- Ever since the Civil war they have navy aviators, who clung to the hurl- waited for this emancipation and for ing wreck that followed his comrade's course from sky to water, and escaped death, almost miraculously. Fourteen American soldiers were killed in the recent four days' fighting on Jolo iBland, the Philippines, when General Pershing's command finally subdued and disarmed the rebellious Moros, according to a report to the war department On the list of dead mulerated an order to tha efrwt ha the shackles that have been placed J, 7 y ayior A" mcnois OI tne on the state convicts must be remov ed. This order is issued in the in terest of i humanity, it is understood. .Fnuppine scouts, eleven scouts and two privates of the regular army. An unexpected sequel to the recent He also ruled that the city convicts burglary in, the Berkeley hotel In Pic- cannot be leased tr nnhiio wnrto . adilly is the arrest of the nicht nnr. I ... . nHta t i j- j ter. Arthur lamoa -r,rv, i i iaciie and of easy that some jfcity convicts have been concerned in stealing from the hotel leased. in tfie, state.? : f- v, safe $35,(100 aad . attempting to mur- An aviator, Falrbairns, was drowned aer lowers, the ether night porter, in off Shoesburyness, England. He had London, England. Movements of a flown from Brooklands and was ex- bIg m tQe hotel dining room led perlmenting with a new type of ma- to James arrest Employees of the chine with which he projected a trans- hotel in hunting down the rat found Atlantic flight in July. Falrbairns fell its hole under the radiator and into the sea from a height of i 000 tnrough Ifc 8aw a gleam of gold feet and sank before a friend, who f or we nrsi time in many years was cruising In the vicinity, was able Bri"sh cabinet ministers were com- to rescue him. The machine was a Pelled to defend their personal hon-350-horsepower one, was completely esty before parliament The attorney enclosed and provided with a glass eenerai, tir kuius Isaacs, and the connnlg tower. chancellor of the exchequer, David Donald. Roscoe. 10 years old. and Lloyd-George, excused their dealings Hubert Moore; 9 years old, both of m American Marconi shares on the Niagara Falls, went to their death in floor of tne house and the scene In a small boat in the whirlpool rapids, the Marconi affair, which their ene while hundreds' of men watched, help- mies had attemptedto magnify into less, from the shore at Niagara Falls. a scannai rivaling the Panama debacle. Tne boys were playing in a flat bot- was tense and dramatic. torn scow half a mile above the rapids wnen me rope noiaing tne boat broke ir i . and they were carried on, into "the stream and down the river. f resident Wilson has signed the When Mrs. Dave Grant, residing sundry civil appropriation bill, with a fourteen miles sonthwoct f pa.h statement declaring that he would N. D., went to call two sons, aged 5 have vetoed, if he could, the provis- munIty unless we show that we know and 7. she found them dead in hed ion its exempting labor unions and how both to aid and to Protect it ? between iarers organization from prosecution the free opportunities It will bring with it. It has been . reserved for us to give it to them. Some fell In love, indeed, with the slothful security of their dependence upon the govern ment; some took advantage of the shelter of the nursery to set up a mimic mastery of their own within its walls. Now both the tonic and the discipline of liberty and maturity are to ensue. There will be some re-adjustments of purpose And point of view. There will follow a period of expansion and new enterprise, freshly conceived. It is for us to determine now whether It shall be rapid and accomplishment This it cannot be ' unless the resource ful business men', who are to deal witn tne--neTr-cirTun8tanee ar to have at hand and ready for use the instrumentalities and . conveniences of free enterprise which independent men need when acting on their own Initiative. It Is not enough to strike the shackles from business. The duty of statesmanship is not negative mere ly. It is constructive also. We must show that we understand what busi ness needs now, and will need in creasingly as it gains in scope and vigor in the years immediately ahead of us, is the proper means by which readily to vitalize its credit corporate and individual, and its originative brains. What will it profit us to be free if we are not to have the best and most accessible instrumentalities of commerce and enterprise? What will it profit us to be quit of -one kind of monopoly if we are to remain in the grip of another and more effective kind? How are we to gain and keep the confidence of the business com with a rattlesnake lvlne them. It is believed that the rentile under a certain $300,000 fund desie- crawled into the bed clothes during nated for operation of the Sherman the day while they were being aired antl-trust law. The president charac- out of doors. During the previous terized the exemption as "unjustifiable rtimnin r 9 T 11 1 J in rhflTflPtor OTld nr1ni!nlft ' I... 4. 11 1 wjiifo, j udl Aug lixc j kjvi Lii a uau re-1 mwyic, uui can- tired, each had complained that the ed attention to the fact that the de other was pinching him. panmeni or justice possessed other Advices from Barcelona say there- fund5 witn which to enforce the anti- newal of fighting in Morocco, which trust law, resulted in violent rioting at Barce- J President Wilson secured from a ma- lona in 1909 is again arousing the So-lJority ' the Democratic members of clalistlc and Anarchistic elements, and tne house, banking and currency com the situation is beginning to be dis- uwttee expressions of harmony and quieting. A stormy anti-war meeting acquiescence in the administration pro- at .Barcelona wa& followed by acolli- &ram of enacting a currency bill dur ' sion between police and the agitators. mS the present session of contrrriss Firearms were used on both sides, and -Vigorous opposition from the L new several persons were shot. Again department of labbr to the proposed there were several violent clashes, the arbitration and mediation act, prepar- punce on two occasions nnng at the ea vy tne railroads and railroad broth- moD. ernoods for enactment by congress, me Australian ieaerai premier, Rt was voiced when the measure was non. Anarew Eisner, ana the cabinet presented to a joint session of the nave resigned as a result of the re- house and senate interstate commerce cent elections, in which the Liberals committees. Secretary Wilson criticis- What shall we say If we make fresh enterprise necessary and also make it very difficult by leaving all else except the tariff just as. we found it? The tyrannies of business, big and little, lie within the field of credit We know that. Shall we not act upon the knowledge? Do we not know how to act upon -it? If a man cannot make his assets available at pleasure, his assets of capacity and character and resource, what satisfaction is it to him to see opportunity beckoning to him on every hand, when others have the keys of credit In their pockets and treat them as all but their own pri vate possession? It is perfectly clear that it is our duty to supply the new banking and currency system the coun try needs, and that it will immediately need more than ever. The only question is, When shall we supply it now, or later, after the demands shall have become reproach-- es that we were so dull and so slow? Shall we hasten to change the tariff try to take advantage of the chang ? There can be" only one answer to that question. We must aet now. at what ever sacrifice to ourselves. : Itls a duty wmcn me circumstances forbid us to postpone.- I should be recreant to my deepest convictions of public obliga tion did I not press it upon you with solemn and urgent insistence. ine principles upon which we? should act are also clear. The coun try has sought and seen its path in this matter within the last few years sees it more clearly now than it ever saw it before much more clearly than when the last legislative propos als on the subject were made. We must have a currency, not rigid as now, but readily, elastically responsive to sound credit, the expanding and contracting credits of every-day trans actions, jthe normal ebb and flow of personal and corporate dealings. Our banking laws must mobilize reserves must not permit the concentration any where in -a few hands of the monetary resources of the country or their use for speculative purposes in such vol ume as to hinder or impede or stand in the way of other more legitimate, more fruitful uses. And the control of the system of banking, not pri vate, must be vested In the govern ment itself, so that the banks may be the instruments, not the masters. of business and of. individual enter prise and initiative. The committees of the congress to which legislation of this character is referred have devoted careful and dis passionate study to the means of ac complishing these objects. They have honored me. by consulting me. They are ready to suggest action. I have come to you, as the head of the govern ment and the responsible leader of the party in power, to urge action now. while there is time to serve the coun try deliberately and as we should, in a clear air of .common i counsel. appeal to you with a deeb conviction of duty. I believe (that ycju share this conviction. I therefore appeal to you witn confidence. I am at your serv ice without reserve to play my part in any way you mav call nnon mo to 'play it in this great enterprise of exigent reform wflich it will dignify ano distinguish us ;lo perform and dis- rcdit us Jto-negleft r , BLANCHING OF: CELERY Sandy Loam Will Give Most Sat- ' , ' isfactory, Results. Sood Article May Be Grown on Land v Without Barnyard Manure Pro-. , yided There Is Abundance of Humus'ln the Soil. (By C. C NEWMAN.) Celery Is no longer a luxury within reach only of those who can afford to purchase it at a fancy price, but can be had in abundance by every gard ener who will. give it proper care and cultivation.; While celery may be grown on any well-drained, fertile soil, a sandy loam win give the best results. This vege table is a gross feeder, and though the soli selected is reasonably fertile, eight or ten tons of -barnyard manure should be applied per acre and thor oughly incorporated with the soil be fore planting. Good celery may be grown on land without barnyard man ure provided there is an abundance of humus In the soil. However, the application of a few tons per acre will always greatly improve the crop. If the celery Is to be blanched by earth, the rows should be marked off five, feet wide and the plants set five inches apart in the row, requiring about twenty-five thousand plants per acre. If the double row system is tacked across, the .top o every Six' feet' Largo glowers some- the ' boards 9 ft fe I heavywire ' the' boards. t and hold dedly the- the boards.. obtained-a majority of one over the ed the new measure as going beyond laws and then De laggards about mak- Labor party in the house. the necessities oi the hour. To Ms visitors President Wilson has The Democratic congressional com- made it clear that he will not consider mittee elected Representative Dore- the name of former Gov. John A. Dix mus of Michigan chairman, and agreed of New York for the office of govern- to co-operate with the Democratic na- er of the Philippines or for any other tional committee in the coming mid- post. presidential campaign. Mr. Doremus At Memphis, Tenn., nine of a party is understood to have been President of fourteen United States engineers Wilson's choice to head the party's ana otner government employees were congressional campaign organization, drowned near New Madrid,, when the He was elected by a vote of 30 to 24 United States survey boat Beaver, after several months of lively skir- which the party was aboard, capsized mishing for the post Mr. Lloyd an- jduring a windstorm. nounced some time ago that he would i The senate has confirmed the nom-1 relinquish the chairmanship. The new inations of Cato D. Glover as registrar I chairman is serving- his second term of the land office. J in congress The whipping of 10-year-old Marvin Judge, lawyers, policemen and spec Willford by W. F. Arimor, farm over- tators were sent scurrying to cover seer at the Georgia Industrial Home, ?e rImlnal cur at Washington. . . . .. ' D- C.. when Ray M. Stewart, aged 18. wm ue pronea at a special meeting fired three wild shots in an attempt of the trustees. to "shoot up" the court. Al the first Delegates from the Typographical crack Justice Wendell P. Stafford dis unions of South Carolina, Georgia and appeared beneath .the desk, and out in Florida are in session at Augusta, Ga. the Court room there was a wild scram- A plot fomented by Bulgarians ble for places of safety. Some sought against the life of King Constantine refuge under tables Or behind heavy of Greece has been discovered. A num- chairs, and. others, frenzied by fear. ber of Bulear soldiers dlamiiaed a ri. x?aped lnto windows and dropped to ing it possible and easy for the coun- vilians were arrested by the Greek military police. I the ground some fifteen or twenty feet below. Justice Stafford had just refus- i ed, to release Stewart on probation. Milledgeville The farming force of the state sanitarium is now engaged in threshing the large crop of grain produced at the institution this sea son under the direction of G. W. Hol linshead, farm steward. The acreage planted was a large one, and the yield generous. Altogether the authorities expect to thresh out several thousand bushels. The force is now engaged in plowing in peas on the land upon which the oat crop was grown, and the thorough, systematic manner in which this is being done gua kntees a splendid crop of peas as well: 1 Cordele. Claiming that he walked every step of the way from Dothan) Ala., to Cordele, coming through Fort Valley, and Manchester, and that h'e had not had a mouthful to eat but one time, . Walter , Mansiil, a youth 17 years old, approached Chief of, Police Summer and begged him to lock him in the city jail so that he might get a place to sleep and 'something to eat. The young man's emaciated appear ance bore out his statement and the officer accommodated him. Later he became critically ill and - was re moved to a sanitarium .for treatment. Griffin. Through the continued ef forts of A. W. McKeand, secretary of the southern commercial secretaries association, there has been perfected in Griffin a board of trade, which be gins Its career with a membership of one hundred and twenty-five, and with funds in hand amounting to over $4,000. Savannah. In an effort to escape a detective,, Morris Kramer, a young Austrian, was nearly suffocated in a closet in a West Broad street store. Kramer is wanted in New York for the abandonment of his wife and sev eral children. He has been in Savan nah several weeks as a clerk In a clothing store, and, according to the police, was planning to marry a Sa vannah woman. Savannah. At a police court hear ing Frank Rivers, the negro chauffeur who ran over and killed Miss Marv Moore on Thursday, was held blame less by Recorder Schwartz. The oc cupants of the car. Miss Ruth Ely and her visiting guest, Miss Catherine Crampton of Mobile; Miss Virginia Wright of Wilmington, N. C, and Miss Perkins of Savannah, appeared in court to testify for the negro, who was driving them. Athens. Commissioner-elect .Jim Price of the agricultural department of the state, stated in reference to the generally circulated report that he might appoint Dan G. Hughes, son of Congressman Dudley Hughes, as assistant commissioner, that he had not made an appointment nor promis ed an appointment to anybody or for anybody. Jerry A deed was filed in the clerk's office superior court, and re corded, in which the consideration set out in the deed was one" pair of Berskhjre, pigs, and the property con veyed being, one acre of land near Wellston, Ga., in which is a : small dwelling house. The dflbd was ex ecuted by C. H. Hardison to Thomas W. Murray of Wellston, a breeder of registered Berkshire hogs. Augusta. The business houses closing,, there were probably 3,000 people gathered on Barrett plaza when the heroic bronze statue of the late Senator Patrick Walsh, mounted on a mammoth ma: ble pedestal, was presented to the city and accepted by Mayor L. C. Hayne from the Walsh Memorial' association. The addresses of the occasion by Hon. Clark Howell of Atlanta, and Hon. Pleasant A. Sto vall of Savannah, "both of whom knew Mr. .Walsh intimately, were sym pathetic and he'd the rapt attention of the big crowd. Milledgeville. After being con siderably delayed in farm work, by bad wealth, the farmers- o! Baldwin and neighboring counties have had op portunity to get in some tellhig work, and a more active week than the one just passed has not been recorded. The outlook with all the crops has brightened materially, and business men and farmers are better satisfied with the situation than they have been for some . time. Favorable sea sons from how. oh will insure a fair crop, and the outlook for good prices continues to be 'materially strengthen ed frcm time to time. I times have hooks made to slip over the top o every" threes or v four; them in place.' This -is most rapid way of spac! but the: plants must be large enough to assist in holding thlm in an up- ngni position, as ceieri I n-r ill nnill TDV D HO III COO by excluding the light fm the stems, ol Mri I m ruuui n i uuoniioo Initial Step Should. Be to Determine "' on Breed of Fowls Adapted to . One's Locality. . The first thing to do In taking up poultry as a business is to find some breed adapted to the , locality, then stock up with that breed and study it, says, the.- Poultry Journal. - Personal ity enters into the success of the poul try industry to a large extent A man must, be good-natured, , for; one thing, and willing to give .his time and pa .tience to detail work. For these rea sons a man who takes up this busi ness for pleasure often, succeeds much better than- the man who goes Into Growing Pel It for purely the money It brings him. mpared With Success in this business comes slow- Golden Celery la Bank Soil Removed From One Side. used each set of double rows should be six feet wide and the plants set six inches apart each way. This system of planting will require about twenty seven thousand plants per acre. When the plants are set in double rows and blanched by boards, each set of double rows should be four feet wide and the plants set six inches apart each way. This method will require about forty-four thousand plants per acre. . If the plants are set in single rows and blanched by boards, the rows are marked off three feet apart and the plants set four inches apart This method requires practically the same number i plants V to setfan aoe as the double row sfstem, but requires about seven thousand square feet of boards more per acre than the double row method of planting. Early celery or that which Is to be harvested before the cool months of fall is generally blanched by means of boards. The boards used should be from 10 to 16 feet lone. 12 to 14 inch es wide, and one inch thick. When Showing the Effect try in the Sun ai Growing in the Sh ocii-DKncningf urowri in ins oum , B, Golden Self-Blan tiing, Grown In Shade; C, Giant P; seal, Grown In the Sun; D. Giant F iscal, Grown in Shade. care must be taken tl it ho light may reach the plants fi m under the boards. To avoid thi the soil should be slightly banked ag .inst the boards by means of a cull vator or celery hiller. - When the ce 3ry . is blanched, which will require . three or four weeks, it is harveste and the boards used again the sam season. When the boards are no lotger heeded they should be stacked fo: needed for the celery is to be blan tile, some of the rieties are used. Drain tile four in hes in diameter and from 12 to 14 in les long is some times used for blan iiing celery on a small scale. After he plants have grown to considerat e size the leaves are held close togetl er with one hand and the tile slippei over the plant with the other. Wh re only a small number of plants are grown this method will be found protection until xt crop. When ted by boards or slf-blanching ye- N Excellent Specimen. factory, but is too expensive to be em ployed on a large stale. Late celery fori winter use Is ly. . It must be built up. It requires patience, but when success does come everything after that is easy and the profits are good. k To the man who washes to enter the poultry business at 'a small expense. Very satis- I would advise stocking with a dozen blanched by soil. In the field Ji August and tfe about the last of hens of some good breed. It Is no.t well to try to do too much until the beginner has learned how to make a e plants are set small flock pay. T have had very g July and early good success In getting eggs from my nching Is begun hens all the year round. I hatch the chicks as early as possible in . the spring. The; best ' time to .- market chicks is when they weigh about two pounds and fowls just before molting. I find it profitable to market eggs where they must be guaranteed fresh, working up a good trade for the pro September. The celery is usually ready for use by the 20th of November but will 'continue to grow rapidly. It should be pro tected by covering entirely with soil or straw, or it may be stored in a suitable frame or trenched. J The first process in blanching celery duce at a fair price. wnn son is caiiea "nanaiing." This consists in gathering .all the leaves In j CAUSES OF MANY. FAILURES' Endeavor to Save In Expenses by Cheapening Cost of Houses and Space Is Enumerated. Celery Blanched by Earth and Bank High to Protect From Cold. the leaf stems are about one-half inch In diameter at a distance of one Inch from the plant the blanching process may be begun. The boards are placed flat side down on both sides of the rows with one edge near the plants. The boards on both sides of the row are then brought to a vertical position at the same time, the lower edge of each board just touching the base of the leaves. The boards are held in Blanching Celery by Means of Boards. one hand and holding them in an erect position while the soil is banked and slightly packed ' around them to about one-half their length. When this is dope the soil Is heaped around the plants with either" the plow or "celery hiller." Instead of "handling the plants as described above, they are sometimes wrapped with' paper string to hold them erect until the soil can be banked about them. The " string is fastened to the first plant In the row and is then tied once around each suo ceNjing plant an t last fastened se curely at the end of the row. As the string is covered with soil it soon de cays and does not injure the plants. The soil Is now banked about the plants with the "hiller or plow. As the plants grow the soil is heaped higher,- and after a few weeks the banks will be so high that the hoe and shovel will have to be used in addition to the hiller. After the celery is sufficiently blanched it is gathered, washed, trimmed and tied -in bundles each con taining 13 plants. It is then packed In crates lined with paper. . - The Illinois station gives ' among the causes -of v f Aluro in the noultrr business the following: Endeavoring to : keep ! too many fowls where room for one only can. ?e obtained, - that is . saving In ex penses by cheapening cost, of houses and space. .- ' , v . " - Buying fowls from other farms and thus bringing disease and lice into the flocks. : Overfeeding, the fowls being sup plied with greater abundance under the supposition, the more feed the. more eggs. Cold draughts over the fowls at night with a view to supplying fresh air, when the temperature is low. Wasting time with sick fowls in stead of destroying all birds that can not be .cured Quickly. 1 , Pekins lay from 120 to 170 eggs a year. Forcing for eggs out of season is unprofitable. , - Keep the hens' nests clean and Dro- When celery is blanched by boards vioe one for every four hens. it is usually shinned in mtu in u - The brooder la mnna. this position, by stakes driven in the rough and is nrenared for th r for .poor results than .,, i ground or by short pieces of laths' trade after It reaches the market tor " If fowls are compelled to roost in foul and damn hnn POINTS ABOUT THE KINGBIRD ness- " ine earlier the maturity, all other things- being equaL tie greater the profits. . ' Sell off your old rooster and get a better one than you ever had of some neighbor. : . ; . . . The size of the egg becomes small- SULPHUR AND IRON REMEDY Neither Will Do Any Harm When Given in Correct Amounts Lat ter Acts as Blood Tonic. Responding to a letter asking whether the feeding of sulphur and sulphate of iron with salt would hurt sheep and how much of each it is safe to feed, Dr. B. W. Hollis of the Oregon Agricu' ural college says: Neither of these, when fed in cor rect amounts, will do any harm, and may do some good in certain diseases. This is especially true of the iron which may act as a vermifuge in some instances. Iron is also a general blood food and tonic. I would recommend that you do not give more than about 20 grains daily of the sulphate of iron, and not over .half an ounce daily of the sulphur to each animal. Hearty Eaters. All cows that are hearty eaters are not profitable producers, but all pro fitable producers are usually hearty eaters. Gentleness With Heifers. Always be gentle with the heifers. They are apt to be a little nervous at the start and require some patience on your part Try giving them some thing to eat while milking. It will take their attention from the milker. Restrict Cotton Acreage. , Do. not increase your cotton acre age this year just because the price Is good. Examination of Stomachs of Birds Show Fifty Per Cent of Its Food Was Injurious Insects. (By H. R. FLINT. University Farm. St Paul. Minn.) The kingbird or bee martin is so er " the hen increases the number wen nuown mat a aescription of him or ner prpduct ; is unnecessary. The biological sur. The chick that is alive ten days vey of the United States department hatching has most of its dan gers behind it ' oi agriculture nas examined the stomachs of 665 kingbirds from twen ty-nine states with a view to deter mining to just what extent the bird ieeas on bees. The survey disclosed the fact that jonly twenty-two of the stomachs con tained honey bees and the total num ber in those stomachs was sixty-one bees of which fifty-one were drones, eight workers and two undetermined! Fifty per cent, of the kingbird's food was found to consist of injurious in sects and the balance was practcially all made ufi of insects of neutral or slightly beneficial character. It would seem that we may as well spare the kingbird along with most of our other birds. ' Town and Country; Rock. The Ohio experiment station has been making some investigations to determine the difference In the cost of keeping and .results between town fed flocks and farm. .kept ' - v In a general way the best showing is made by the farm flock, the aver age cost for the farm flock was 97 cents per fowl, against 6 Scents. I The labor cost on the farm, was estimated to be 28 cents per fowl, and for the town 'flocks 60 cents. If a fowl becomes sick, separate it from the others and doctor it as the disease may be contagious. Laying hens drink a very large amount of water if it Is . clean and kept constantly before them. The old rule of improving the hu man race by beginning with the grand parents applies also to poultry rais For hatching purposes take the eggs from the 'ens that lay best Build up, never let the standard down. ' . .. r ; Do not let your young" birds roost with the old hens, as they are liable to catch diseases which old hens are more subject to. '- v , Puilets and yearling hens that have done such remarkable work in ,their first season are not so apt to do very . heavy work In the second year. " A shelf a couple of feet below -the roosts is handy, to catch the droppings and handy to clean. And don't forget to clean, it .. . ;:: ':7v:v ; Breeding stock should be '- carefully selected by , the poultryman and: then given -the 'best'; care, plenty of fresh air, sunshine and exercise. 5 A few nails thrown into the drink ing pan will give poultry all the iron they need, but they should not be al lowed to "remain . there. Clean ''the vessels every day. ;
China Grove Record (Salisbury, N.C.)
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