Thursday, October 10, 1907.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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OCTOBER IN THE POULTRY YARD.
Messrs. Editors: October is here
-"glorious .October"- with its bur-"
den of ripe harvest and the glory of"
its turning leaves. -Now is the time
to gather up these fading and falling
leaves. Though they seem to be the
refuse of the year, and many people
delight to see them go up in smoke,
yet for the poultry fancier these
leaves have a value if collected and
stored away in me ary, ior tney
make excellent scratching, material
for the hens when the cold days of
winter come oi. Good are they to
scatter grain among, to keep the hens
in good exercise, working as it were
for a living. The hen that will not
work should not be allowed to eat,
for she will not lay.
Make Your Poultry . Comfortable
These Cool Nights.
The nights now are cool and the
chickens need special' looking after.
See that they are not allowed to roost
on the ground, and that they have
some more comfortable place to roost
than in the trees. Chickens should
not be allowed to learn the habit of
roosting in the trees at any time of
the year. One reason is that it is
detrimental to the chickens, and an other
is that in due time it will in
jure the trees. A great many farm
ers allow their chickens to roost in
the trees until some morning they go
out and see the ground, chickens and
tree covered with snow (does it make
you shiver?), and then they begin to
bestir themselves to get their chick
en into winter quarters. Then they
warn to economize space, ana tne
final result is, that they are unable
to make their poultry pay during the
winter months. A great many in
herit this idea from their forefathers
that the poultrykeeping industry ia
a go-as-you-please thing, and it
seems - hard to get the idea out of
them.' ;. ;
Encourage Your Early Pullets.
. The earliest pullets ought to be
'laying now, or soon will be. Encour
age tnem to do so oy judicious reed
ing, unless you have a select few that
you wish to exhibit at the Fair and
desire to have them reach the great
est possible size, and be in the finest
condition at that time. A pullet is
at her best for show purposes just
before she begins to lay. She then
looks neat and trim, her comb red
dening, but not overgrown; her
plumage bright and unsoiled, and her
eyes sparkling. Now, do all of you
who have standardf-bred poultry send
a pair or pen to some one, or all, of
the seven or eight Fairs to be held
in the State this month. Then you
who. are fortunate enough to capture
the blue or any other, color, let's all
meet together in January, 1908, at
Durham, N. C, at the Fifth Annual
State Poultry Association meet.
Write Mr. J. S. Jeffrey, Raleigh, N
C, about this; he will give you all
information.
Kill Off Unprofitable Layers.
Moulting among poultry is now al
most general, and the poultryman
should know something about it and
act accordingly. Hens, as a rule, do
not lay when moulting. Some do,
but stop after they get through in or
der to have a rest from the heavy
drain upon their system. Unless they
are yearlings, or are exceptionally
good layers, they should be killed off
ere the moulting season begins. Do
the deed before they begin to moult.
Old hens do not lay well, as a rule,
and where eggs is the great desid
eratum, they should be killed off. A
late moulter seldom gets . down to
business before the winter is well
over, whereas one that moults early
is likely to Jay through late fall and
winter and prove very profitable to
keep. Hens as they grow old usually
moult later and later each year, and
it does not pay to keep them.
Young stock should also be culled
this month. There are always some
that do not come quite up to the
standard, and now is the time to de
tect their bad qualities.
UNCLE JO.
Mecklenburg Co., N. C.
A Plea for the Farmer's Wife. "
Most important v of all, I want to
say a special word on behalf of the
one who is too often the very hardest
worked laborer on the farm the
farmer's wife. Reform, like charity,
while it should not end at home,
should certainly begin there; and the
man, whether he lives on a farm or
in a town, who is anxious to see bet
ter social and economic conditions
prevail through the country at large,
should be exceedingly careful that
they prevail first as regards his own
womankind. I emphatically believe
the really indispensable industry in
which they should engage is the in
dustry of the home. There are, ex
ceptions, of course; but exactly as
the first duty of the normal man is
the duty of being the home-maker,
so the first duty of the normal wo
man is to be the home-keeper; and
exactly as no other learning is as
important for the average man as the
learning which will teach him how
to make his livelihood so no other
learning is as important for the aver
age woman as the learning which
will make her a good housewife and
mother. But this does not mean that
he should be an overworked drudge.
I have hearty sympathy with the
movement to better the condition Of
the average tiller of the soil, of the
average wage-worker, and I have
an even heartier sympathy and ap
plause for the movement which is to
better the, condition of their respec
tive wives. There is plenty that is
hard and rough and disagreeable in
the necessary work of actual life;
and under the bqst circumstances
and no matter how tender, and con
siderate the husband, the wife will
have at least her full share of work
and worry and anxiety; but if the
man is worth his salt he will try
to take as much as possible of the
burden off the shoulders of his help-mate.-rFrom
President Roosevelt's
speech at Lansing, Mich., May 31,
1907.
Trees for Small Lawns.
I have been asked to give a list
of trees of medium size suitable for
planting on small lots. I would name:
Cut-leaved birch, mountain ash, purple-leaved
beech; the flowering crab,
and cornus florida, or white-flowered
dog-wood. .The best evergreens
for general use ara the three spruces.
Colorado blue, Norway, and hemlock.
From "The Making of a Country
Home," by Eben E.' Rexford, in the
Outing Magazine, for May.
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NORFOLK. VA -Jamestown KxrioHltlon
60-day tickets, 10 day tickets, sold daily.
Coaoh Excursion tickets at very low rates,
sold Tuesdays and Fridays Extra coaches
irom narione. naieien ana Durham on
Nos. 38 and 32 Tuesdays and Fridays.
v ar service oi ail irairs.
Dining
.NASHVILLE, TENN. Tenness el Home
coming Week, September 23rd. to 28th One
first cIifs fare plus 25 cents; Tickets so d Sept.
21st to 23rd limited to September 30th. T
RICHMOND, V A.-Triennial General Con
vention Protestant Ep scopal Church, Oet.
2nd to 28rd. One first class fare plus 25 cents.
Tickets sold September 29 to October 5th.
limited to October 25th. ' f
WASHINGTON, D C International Con
vention Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Sep tern
ber 25th to 29th. One first class fare pins "25
cents. Tickets sold Spt. 21st to 25th limited
September 30th. f
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in regard to other bpecial occasions, address
the undersigned. I
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' Traveling Pass. Agent,
RALEIGH, N. C.
REDUCED RATES TO JAMES
TOWN EXPOSITION.
Tbe Norfo'k and Southern Railway an
ndunce that Coach tickets which heretofore
have only been sold to Norfolk and return
account of Jamestown Exposition on Tues
days, will hereafter, until further advised,
also be on sale each Friday: From Golds
boro, $3.60; Klnston, 83.60; New Berne, 83.60;
Washington, ?3 25. ;
Tickets on sale Tuesday and Friday of ea h
week, limited to seven (7) ays, inc uding
date of sale.
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I Traffic Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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Raleigh Account State Fair
Oct. 14-19, 1907
VIA SEABOARD
One first clas fare plus 25 cents using rates
effective prior to July lst,4S07. plus 60 cen's
for one admission to Grounds, from points in
North Carolina: From points outside of
North Carolina 50 cents for admission coupon
to Ground is not added. Children over flve
and under twelve half fare. '
Military Companies and Bands, twcrty
fiye or more on one ticket, two cents per mile
one way dlstan ce traveled.
iTica-ets sold October 11th to 18th inclusive,
and forenoon trains arriving Raleigh Oc.ober
19th; limited October 21st.
Special Trains will be operated from all
territory on Seaboard whenever necesea y to
properly handle tbe buslneep.
See flyers advertising special service on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Tiain will be operated Wedtsday and
Thursday every 20 minutes Uoion lep t o
Fair Grounds to accomodate the travel fr-.m
tbe city. , ,
SThiswillbe th best and largest attended
Fair in the history of the Assocatiou:
pctober 15th, Postmasters' Day.
October 16th, Masonic Day.
October 17th. Bryan Day.
October 18th, Children's Day. . ttnd
Grand free attractions, Hippodrome and
Wild West shows. Meeting of Fostmaers
and speech by Postmaster Temple
d y. Laying corner stne Masonic Temple
Ytfdnesdkr. Hon. WUMam Jennings Bryan
speaks on Thursday.
V'ot lnrormaiion,
iasee agent or address
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