Established 1899
Some Passenger
Fare Puzzles.
Tiie Bothersome Mileage Ex
change Question Irom'a Hew
Point o! View.
To the Editor of the Democrat.
The Exchange Mileage ticket
has brought up questions
that puzzle the writer and
he has read much on the
subject as published by the
papers in the Carolinas and
listened with closest attention to
arguments before the several
legislative committee? and he is
still in the dark as to what it all
means.
Why does the public buy that
of transportation? If be
cause it is cheaper then is not
the conditions the consideration
and does the 20 per cent reduc
tion compensate?
What hardship does the ex
change of mileage slips for. a
ticket impose that is not required
of tne man who pays cash for
his ticket and if he fails to pur
chase a ticket and pays on tne
train must pay the excess fare?
It has besn stated that it takes
more tiipe to exchange mileage
than to change a $20.00 bill for a
25c ticket and if that is the case
then is it not also true that the
conductor's duties on a fast mov
ing train between close-by sta
tions renders it very probable he
will not reach the passenger be
fore he leaves the train at his
destination?
It has been stated that 20 per
cent of the people do 80 per cent
of the traveling. That b«ing so,
does it not follow the larger por
tion will use mileage and in that
case if mileage is taken on the
trains would not the conductor
be overcrowded and the ticket
office become nearly useless?
If under such conditions the
conductor failed $o take up the
mileage what would become of
the road's revenue and could the
coupons be u«ed again or is there
some certain automatic method
by which the jostle of the train
would cancel one coupon for each
mile the train traveled the pas
senger? "
The writer also has beenjnuch
puzzled over the reduction of
passenger fares during the past
few years, as to who has been
. benefitted by these reductions?
Take the case of a road before
the rate was lowered from 3 1-2
and 3c per mile to 2 l-2c. Then
the man who wanted a 2 1-2 rate
rode second-class and the man
who wished rode first-class and
paid 3c by preference. Under the
new rate the man who needed or
desired the reduction has not
received it and cannot unless he
can put up S2O for one of these
much talked of mileage books.
While the man who was in posi
tion and did pay more by pref
erence had his fare reduced and
those who can pay the S2O
further reduction while the fel
low that needs it is still rpaying
his old price because the roads
had already given him the low
est possible rate and was en
abled to do so partly because the
other fellow prefered and could
pav the higher rate.
Now we have the 2c mileage
ami the 2 l-4c mileage and the
2 l-2c Standard rate, which one
does the laborer use, and, the
business man is paying hotel
and livery bills because he has'
not the train service more rev
enue would enable the /roads to
give.
Mr. Editor, did you ever stop
to hgure out some of these pas
senger fare puzzles?
Take the man with 400 lbs of
baggage, he is permitted 200 lbs.
free and the other 200 lbs. at 15
per cent of his passenger fare.
Now suppose he is going a dis
tance of fifteen miles, passenger
fare 2c (mileage) or 30c for the
man and 200 lbs. Excess on the
otner 200 lbs. cost him 9c, total
39c. Now suppose he shipped
his four hundred pounds by
freight at regular rate? Here it
is: 400 lbs. at 25c per 100 lbs.
Now does the railroad actually
pay that man 61c to ride on its
train?
Another: Suppose a passenger
train of four passenger cars with
fifty passengers each carrying
their full allowance of baggage,
200 lbs. each, 40,000 lbs. How
many baggage cars would be re
quired, especially if several ot
them hat trunks, clothing,
bicycles etc? what time wouid
be consumed loading and un
loading en route and pulling the
Heavy, impure blood makes a muddy,
pimple complexion, headaches, nauses,
l idigestion. Thin blood makes you
weak, pale, sicklv. Burdock iiiuod
Litters makes the blood rich, red, pure
-—restores perfect health.
THE ffICKORY DEMOCRAT
i" ~—
Opportunity.
Written for the Democrat.
The other dav while in the of-!
fiee of The Hickory Seed Com
pany. a farmer came in and ask
el: "Got any good seed corn?"
"No." Another, "Any clover I
seed?" "No, just out." Another,!
"Any cowpeas?" "Yes."
The farmers of Catawba and
adjoining counties are missing a
great opportunity in not growing
for their local seed house, pure
seeds of the different farm crops.
There is a continual call for pure
seed corn, clover, cowpeas, soy
heans, and other farm crops,
i Newly aU the farm croDS
1 well in this county and the farm
! ers should grow some of these I
crops for the seed. Plant a few i
acres of pure bred seed corn
patch this spring, tend it as it
should be and have seetHor your
self and some to sell.
The farmers of Catawba Coun
ty should supply the Hickory
Seed Company with seed instead
of buying seed from it. You
have within your own borders a
business which should distribute
among vou every year thousands
of dollars.
J. A. CONOVER. v
History as a Balm.
Rev. J. H. Shuford, of King's
Creek, was in the Democrat office
Friday after a biographical trek
amongst the Catawba Dutch x>f
lower Catawba and upper Lin
coln counties. He expects to
write about the Baker family.
Catherine Yoder Baker, or Bech
jr, of whom Col. G. M. Yoder
wrote so entertainingly in the
Democrat recently was the
grandmother of Mr. Shuford.
Mr. Shuford is a philosopher
who knows that "variety is the
spice of'life." Said he: "Peo
ple get tired of politics, Demo
cratic or Republican; tired of
churches; tired of business; tired
of everything. Don't you think
a little history now and then '
'would be a balm? Wouldn't it
ease 'em down a bit?"
Mr. Shuford is at our urgent
request going to rub a little balm
in, from time to time, through
the columns of the Democrat.
"I have to take my time to do
it," he said. Then changing the
simile lwkadded: "I can't shoot a
squirrel on the jump. I have to
lean my gun-barrel on a fence to
take aim."
Catawba Items.
Correspondence of The Democrat.
Catawba, April 19.—Miss Ma
bel Gilleland spent Saturday
night in Asheville with her
father, who accompanied her
home Sunday morning.
Miss Mary Lawrance of Dav
enport College, spent Easter with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Lawrence.
Mr. Claude S. Smith, of
Greensboro, was a Sunday visi
tor.
Mrs. J. J. Smith has returned
from Lenoir, where she visited
her daughter Mrs. J. A. Price.
Mr. Robert Bailey, of the
Southern spent Sunday in town.
Miss Bertha Herman spent
Easter with her parents near
Conover.
Mr. C. A. Reid, of the South
em, spent Sunday with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Reid
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Boggs
spent Sunday in Claremont.
i Miss Rae Davidson, of States
ville, spent the week-end with
her cousin, Miss Zula Sherrill.
Misses Gladys, Annie Law
rance and Aileen Lawrance spent
Easter with Misses Flossie and
Eva Frayzier of the country.
Miss Maud Boggs and Miss
Stamey of Lenoir, spent Sunday
night at the home of Mr. R. R.
Boggs.
Miss Bertha Herman gave an
Easter egg hunt to her school
children at Mrs. John Sherrill's
Friday afternoon.
heavy baggage cars?
Is it fair to haul one man and
his 200 lbs. freight at 2c per mile
and charge another without,
freight 2 l-2c per mile?
Is it not true that while the
government is spending millions
annually to prevent discrimina
tion, custom has bound to us
many that are too strong to
break away from and is it not
also true that the man who is
receiving the greater benefits is
sorretimes the most persistent
in his clamor for more?
OBSERVER.
•'OUI baby cr.es for Chamberlain's
Coigh Remedy," writes Mrs. T. B.
Ks ' drick. £asaca. Ga. lt is the best
c> gh remedy on the market for couphs,
Otus and croup. For sale by all deal-,
ers.
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 20. 1911.
iDeath of Mr.
* s
\ R. W. Johnston
One ol the Oldest Citizens mil
Senior Elder in Presbyter- -
ian Church Passes.
Mr. R. W. Johnston, ope of
the oldest and most highly re
spected citizens of Hickory,
passed to his rest Friday morn
ing at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. L. M. Totten. He was over
82 years old and was a good
Christian and senoir elder in the
i Presbyterian church.
He-was engaged in the hard
ware business years ago. Three
children survive, Mr. Frank
Johnson, Mrs. Totten and Mr.
Vance Johnson, of Baltimore. *■
The funeral was conducted bv
Rev. J. G. Garth at the Presby
terian church Saturday after
noon. The following were the
pall-bearers: Messrs. H. E. and
D. M. McComb, H. M. Doll, A
K. Joy, W. H. Menzies and Dr.
T. F. Stevenson.
Mr. Garth read the following
sketch:
Mr. R. W. Johnston was born
in Cabarras county, N. C., May
7, 1828, in the old Poplar Tent
neighborhood, a noted Presby
terian settlement ot prosperous
farmers. As a young man he
connected himself with the
PoDlar Tent church, and as for
many years a deacon in that
congregation. He made a last
visit to his old church in the fall
of 1908, to attend a meeting of
the Presbytery, and rejoiced in
the scenes of his boyhood, and
in meeting old friends.
Mr. Johnston moved with his
family to Hickory in the winter
of 1874. and united with this
church August 9. of that year,
and so was one of its earliest
•members, though not a charter
member, as the church was or
ganized in March, 1873, a year
previous to his arrival. The
church then worshipped in the
old Reformed church, located on
9th avenue. So Mr. Johnston
has seen the erection of the two
buildings which the church has
occupied. He has been an elder
in the church for many years,
and one of its most active and
faithful members. Until only
last year has he been unable - to
attend regularly both tfie exer
cises of the Sunday School as
well as the church.
Mr: Johnston was married
twice, and was the father of six
children, three of whom are now
living,
In Memoriam.
Mr. D. Edgar Norris. who for
four years has been living .in
Long View, this place, died at
the home of his father in Boone
on the 31st day of March, being
a little over 28 years of age.
Mr. Norris was anob'e hearted
young man, kind and amiable in
disposition always true to his
friends and ever appreciative in
temperment and disposition.
This writer knew him well and
valued him as a true friend.
The taking away of this young
man in the prime of life is pecul
iarly sad, having just settled
down in life and was working
hard to build for himself a home
and a business that would insure
to him and his loved little family
the comforts of life.
Jus.pi little over a year ago he
was married to Miss Dolly John
son of place, who with one
tiny little" one are now left to
this sore bereavement. Besides
the wife and little one he leaves
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Norris, of Boone; two brothers,
MesSrs. J. P. Norris, of Hickory,
and S. A. Norris, of Watauga,
and six sisters, Mesdames
McCoy Moretz, N. O. Coffey and
Carl Whitener, of Hickory; Mrs.
K. A, Link, of Lenoir, and Mrs.
Joe XSook and Miss Jannie Norris,
of Boone.
Mr. Norris had many friends
in Hickory and Watauga, his
native county that .were pained
to hear of his death and greatly
sympathise with the bereaved
ones. He was buried at the -old
home church near Boone, and
many sorrowing hearts were
there to show the esteem in
which he was held by his former
friends and neighbors.
A noble young man is gone,
and I wish to lay this tribute
upon his grave. He was my
friend, I loved him and we shall
meet him again in the sweet by
and by.
A FORMER PASTOR.
*Mr Sterling Moody was in
Asheville a few days last week.
For that awful cough take Bloddine
cough checker. ASO cent bottle will
, last longer than most any cough. For
I saleby Grimes Drug Co.
Catawba College Notes.
The Civic League met to con
sider the matter of laying cement
wallrs in front of the college
building; the treasurer reported
$178.25 paid it on promises, of
this sum the young ladies have
raised half, $34.00 coming from
an entertainment given by them.
As it bad been estimated that,
if the students did the work, the
cost would not exceed $230.00 for
straight or $259.00 for slightly
curved walks, it was decided to
go to work at once. Mr. Parodi/
being appointed for that work,
laid off the walks Friday after
noon the students tore up the
old wooden walks and began
digging for the foundations of
the cement woark. There is to
be « straight walk, tap feet wide,
.in front of the building; on the
right there will go out from this
a five fpot path which, after
curving around the pump, will
pass by the dining room and
president's home; on the left
there will be another path, also
five feet wide, which leads to
College Street at the left end of
the.campus.
This arrangement will leave in
front of the main building a
large open space where a circular
driveway may be laid out and in
the center of which a flower bed
may be put.
The baseball team has been
playing first class ball on its trip
west, defeating Asheville High
School in a four inning game,
6-2, called off because of rain,
and defeating the strong
ham team twice by the scores of
11-7 and 17-15-
Mr. Rfß. Boger has announced
himself as a candidate foi reelec
tion to the mayorship of Morgan'
ton.
REPORT OF MAYOR MADE TO THE BOARD
OF ALDERMEN, APRIL 14TH, 1911.
Amount of cash received and paid out on account of street improvements
for the city of Hickory.
Cash Received.
1910.
Aug. 4th—6 months note. SSOOO. discounted lit National Bank $ 4,850.00
Aug. 4th—6 months note, 5000. discounted Hickory B. kT. Co. 4,850.00
Aug. 15th—Sold 4 bonds to Mrs. Bourbonnais 4,025.66
Sept. 2nd—6 months note, 15000. discounted at Hickory B. kT. Co. 4,850.00
Sept 2nd—6 months note, 4006. discounted at Ist National Bank 3,880.00
Oct, 8rd —6 months note, 1000. discounted tt Ist National Bank 970.00
Oct. 3rd—l bond aold4o Mrs Mary E. Elliott 1.012.50
Nov. 4th—6 ifionths note t15,000. discounted National Park Bank N. Y. 14,547.50
Received from property owners assessment v ; 11,959.18
4
Total amount cash received from all sources $50,944.84
dfch Paid Out:
1910
Aug. 4th—Harte-Abee k Co.—July estimate • 5,087.19
*• 4th—Gilbert C. White, commissions 201.08
«' lfith—W. L. Clinard, Tress, for G. C. White *, 500.00
44 27th —J. C. Williams, lowering pipe drainage - 31.22
Sept 2nd—Harte-Abee k Co., August estimate 10,194.59
" 2nd—Gilbert C. White, commission 400.00
" 3rd—J. C. Williams, lowering pipes 2.20
n 8th —Hickory Roofing k Tinning Co. 3.70
" Bth—Shuford Hardware Company for pipes, etc. 29.36
" Bth-J F.Joy * 4.40
'• Bth—Seaman Printing Co., Specifications 27.50
44 10th—J. C. Williams, lowering pipes 18.77
" 17th—J. C. Williams, lowering pipes 5.50
Oct Ist—Harte-Abee k Co. 8,131.26
" 3rd—Gilbert C. White, Commissioner 411.91
44 15th—J. C. Williams, lowering pipes ~ 4.15
" 29th—Express charges . 4.63
Nov. 10th—Hicko>7 Banking k Trust Co., on note 2,500.00
" 10th—First National Bank, on not® ** 2,500.00
" 11th—Harte-Abee k Co. 6,976.31
" 12th—J. C. Williams, lowering pipes 22.33
" 12th—Gilbert C. White, commissions 310.06
" 12th —Harte-Abee k Co., advance on contract 613 35
" 21st—Harte-Bros., extra grading 9th Avenue 43.90
«« 22nd—Harte-Abee k Co., advance on contract 900.00
Dec. ,sth—Hickory Electric Co. I- 60
" sth—Harte-Abee k Co.,
« 5th —Gilbert C. White, Commission 243.68
" 7th—Mr. Campbell's brick, 10th Avenue 3.15
" 7th—J. C. Williams, lowering pipe 3.50
" 10th—Capt. Mott, underpass wall, 10th Avenue 25.00
" 29th—H. H. Little, freight on stone 335.40
" 29th—J. C. Williams, lowering pipe 3.60
1911 *
Jan. 5th —R. J. Foster, Telegrams 3.13
" 10th — k Company, December estimate 3,024.12
" 11th—Thomas G. Witherspoon's house 25.00
44 14th—E. H. Whitener, moving 2 houses, 9th Avenue 65.00
" 15th —H. H. Little, freight on 3 cars 63.31
" 30th —Gilbert C. White, commission 146.83
Feb Ist—H. H. Little, t-ansfer $2.00, Telegram 25c 225
" 9ih —Harte-Abee & Company, January estimate *, 1,087.98
" 20th—J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State 1-S0
" 25th—Hams Granite Quarries, stone and blocks 1,124.35
44 28th —R. J. Foster, work on 9th Avenue 12.27
March 22nd— Paid First National Bank, interest 120.00
44 22nd— Paid Hickory Banking k Trust Company, interest 225.00
April Ist—Western Union Telegraph Company 1.50
Total Paid Out $49,587.83
Cash on Hands - 1,357.01
$50,944.84
We owe Tor money borrowed $30,000.00
We have City Bonds to be sold , $30,000.00
We have due City J>y property owners $13,414.16
No estimate on work done on 9th Avenue, West 13th Street from 11th
Avenue to 13th Avenue, 13th Avenue or 12th Street This will add several
thousand dollars to street improvement account
With cash on hand we nave for street improvements $14,771.17. Your in
structions to make 13th street and 13th Avenue to 13th street and 12th street to
15th Avenue full width macadam, and to build side-walk on 9th Avenue west
from 14th St. to 20th St. can be executed, and we will be able to macadam 9th
Aveuue west three blocks full width and the remainder to 20th St. 15 feet and
make the connection from under-pass to 9th Avenue, and still have available
for side-walks for 10th Avenue from 15th St. to Piedmont and from the Mineral
Springs to Lenoir College and the contemplated 1500 ft Macadam on 17th St,
about $20,000.00. ... .
To-do this work it will be necessary to collect the assessments against
abutting property promptly. This collecting is giving me a great deal of
trouble. I recommend that the Board authorize the Mayor to borrow for the
improvementlAccount a sum not to exceed $15,000, and that the assessments be
pledged as security for its payment. The work is in good shape and with good
weather we should be able to complete all of the contemplated work within
three months. /
Respectfully Submitted,
J. D. ELLIOTT, Mayor.
For your information I desire to state that owing to the increased revenue
received from the Water Works and the general economy of your administra
tion, notwithstanding the necessary increased expense caused by the street and
side-walk improvement the extra work and material on opening 12th Street to
! corporate limits, etc., at a"coat of several thonsand dollars, we will still be able
to reduce the indebtedness carried over from the last administration from sll, ■
000.0Q to six or $7,000.00. that is we will pay between four and five thousand
dollars oa old current expenses. . _
i J . D. ELLIOTT.
|Value of Pure
Bred Jerseys
Some Parting Good Advice From
Ei-Dairyman Conover.
Written for the Democrat: J
In the April 7Mi issue 5 of
"Hoard's Dairyman" is the* 9 re
sult of keeping yearly records of
one hundred herds, 1287 CO#B in
Pennsylvania, There is a world
of food for thought in that ar
ticle. Let me cite one or two in
stances. ; s
"Forty-seven graded herds,
554 cows, produced an average
Ifcoftt par cow of $9.07.
ungraded herds,
743 cows, produced an average
loss per cow of $3.09." w
This shows the value of a pure
bred bull.
"Thirty-eight ensilage fed
herds. 566 cows, produced a pro
fit per cow of $4.86.
herds not fed en
silage, 721 cows, produced an
average loss per cow of 17c.
Does it pay to have a silof
"Sixty nerds, 801 cows, whose
owners read good dairy and farm
papers produced an average pro
fit per cow of $7.01.
Forty herds, 486 cows, whose
owners do not read good farm
papers, gave an average loss per
cow of $4.96/'
Better subscribe for good dairy
and farm papers and study them.
Results per cow of best herd,
20 cows, $82.47 profit.
"Results per cow of poorest
herd, nine oows, loss $19.05."
Qat the best and get on the
right side of the profit and loss
column, Mr, Farmer,
J, A. CONOVER.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated )905
j The Week in the J
| Women's Clubs. J
Kate Elliott and Hilda Field
entertained the Do-As You-Please
Club, Monday, April 10. After
the members arrived they en
joyed guessing a contest, which
was very amusing, in which Ef
ne Johnson received a prize.
They were then bid to go into
the dining room, where two
courses were served. After
some music had been given, the
members gave a good-bye to
their hostess,
Mrs. Claudia Henderson was
the gracious hostess of the Thurs
day Study Club April 13th. Quo
tations on children brought forth
many amusing anecdotes and
bright bits of poetry. Mrs. D.
T. Fry read an interesting chap
ter on the Diseases of India and
Mrs. _ Grimes told of Durbar.
Election of officers resulted in re
electing Mrs. C. Cv. Boat Presi
dent, Mrs. Roy Abernethv Vice
President an# Mrs. R. A. Grimes
Secretary. Dainty refreshments
were served in three courses,
Miss Mary Knox Henderson and
Miss Mabel Little assisting the
hostess. The next meeting will
be with Mrs. Bast.
The Round Dozen Book Club
held the last meeting for the
year at the come of Mrs. C. C.
Bost, April 12th. After the usu
al progranf the hostess read an
original story, "A Modern Chro
nicle in which the names of all
the books read this year were
most ingeniously interwoven. A
series of moving pictures was
shown and much enjoyed, after
which the guests were ushered
into the dining room. The table
was beautifully arranged; three
large cut glass bowls filled with
apple blossoms and surrounded
by dozens of tiny candles made
exquisite "center pieces." - Cov
ers were laid for fifteen, and at
each place was a nest with a fluf
fy little chicken and candy eggs.
The place hand
Dainted representations of the
titles of the books and eaclrmem
ber easily recognized her own.
An elaborate luncheon was serv
ed in courses by Misses Mar
garet and Constance Bost.
The initial event of the Easter
Spason was the reception given
to Mrs. 0. M. Royster, Tuesday,
April 17th from 4to 7 p. m, by
the Hickory Book Club at the
residence of the Misses Wheeler.
About a hundred friends came to
welcome Mrs. Royster home af
ter her travels in Europe. They
were met at the door by Miss
Wheeler and Mrs. H. C. Men
ziesand conducted to the re
ceiving line who were Mrs. Chad
wick, President; Mrs. 0. M.
Royster, the guest of honor; Miss
Schenck. Vice-President and
Mrs. Harvey Geitner, Secretary.
Miss Geitner and Mrs. H. D.
Abernethy presided at the punch
bowl. Mrs. J. A. Martin, Mrs.
J. Ramsay and Mrs. E. L. Shu
ford continued the delightful
4iospitality in the dining room
where a salid course was served.
Mrs. A. A. Shuford, Jr., whose
absence was caused by sickness
was the only clrb-member in
town not present. The grapho
phone, reproducing to the life,
the tones of world-known artists
in works of genius added to the
pleasure given by the exquisite
coloring of the many-hued
crowns blending with palm and
-fern, apple blooms, and spring's
flowers. Yet aboye all the at
mosphere of true geniality caused
the great enjoyment and the
unanimous verdict of a great
success.
Clarence Potter, who has given
Watauga County much trouble by
his lawlessness, was convicted at
the recent term of Watauga court
of assault with deadly weapon
and sentenced to eight years on
the Gaston county chain gang.
At the end of two years he is to
be permitted to visit tis people in
Watauga for ten days, and if at
the expiration of the visit, he
will leave the state and stay out
of it, his sentence will terminate.
| —Lenoir News.
Are You a Woman?
f . Baltimore, Md. —Mrs. W. H. Ison,
; at 1419 East Madison Street, writes,
| "For several years, I suffered, off and
i on, from womanly troubles, until finally
I was taken down and could do noth
ing. The pains I experienced, I
> shall never forge i. I lost weight un~
1 til I was only skin and bones. I be
l lieve I would be in my grave if I had
| not tried Cardui." Are you, like Mrs.
1 Ison, weak and discouraged, because
1 of some painful ailment? Cardui will
help you. Try it today. Any drug
gist fill be glad to sell you a bottle.
How Id Make
Chicks Grow.
Begin to Feed After 48 How
"—Things That Agree fith
Biddies.
Written for the Democrat.
In my article several weeks
ago, I tried to tell you how to
start the chicks off right, and
now I want to tell you' how to
make them grdw rapidly.
As I said in my first article
don't feed the chicks for 36 or
48 hours after hatching, as they
absorb the yolk just before leav
ing the shell —and they will tell
you when they are hungry by
fretting and picking at every
thing. Then feed them.
Give first a little sand sprinkled
around and then hard boiled v
eggs mashed fine and crushed
oat meal. Give only a little at a
time, and four or five times a
day. Feed this for two days
and on the second day place a
little box of dry wheat bran be
fore them and keep this before
them always, even after grown.
Give a prepared "Baby Chick
food" on third day twice, and
bread moistened with sweet
milk. Make them clean up ev
erything each time and don't
-over feed. It will bring on bowel
trouble. They will eat all day if
you put it before them, but don't
feed too often. The first week
means so much in your raising
them.
After the first week the bread
and milk may be discontinued
but it is fine for them whenever
you have it.
If not on the ground sprinkle
some earth around and mix the
fine grain in it and make them
scratch. v
Give plenty of course sand or
grit all the time. Don't forget.
This is their teeth, and crusßed
charcoal and as many table
scraps as you have after the first
few days, especially rice. Sea
son it like you use it for the table.
When they are are about one
week old soak some clipped oats
for 24 hours and plant in a space
for them to sc-atch when they
are three weeks old. You ean
get this clipped oats at City Feed
store for about 60 or 65 cents per
bushel, and a bushel lasts a long
time. This makes muscle and
they like it very much.
Turn up a spade or two for them
when they,-are about three or
four weeks old and watch them
eat. It will do you good to see
them work for it. Keep new
places planted for them all the
time, and when it begins to
sprout with long blades turn
them on the new patch.
Keep the wheat bran before
them all the time, and the mixed
chick food several times a day
and scraps from the table until
they are two months old. Then
give them twice daily, equal
parts wheat, bran, corn meal and
ground aats, moistened with
milk and seasoned with a little
salt and pepper.
This is a forcing food and
makes them take on flesh. Now
feed cracked corn at night and
as many kinds of cracked grain
as you can. When you have egg
shells parch and crush fine and
feed this also.
If you have grass or any
green food give plenty of this
all the time; cutJfine if they can
not run on it. When they are
several months old feed often as
you can—there is no danger
then, and they need all kinds of
food to prepare them for egg
layers and table fowls.
Edgar D. Yodbr.
A Card
The members of the Civie
League tender to Mr. Howard A.
Banks many thanks for the no
tice of the Busbee pictures and
lecture in last week's Democrat;
also for the tickets and all other
favors shown the League.
Mrs. L. R. Whitenbr,
Sec, Civic League
Hickory, N. C., April 18, 1911.
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