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Show SURE TO STICK SEVERAL FACTS ON POULTRY Easily Mads and Will Preparation Add Greatly to Appearance of Many Tarm Buildings. Flock Will Not Do Much During Au 'gust and Fsw Eggs Art to Bo Expected Timo to Cloaiw Purely Business Argument for ths Establishment of Sanitoriumo for the There are many brick and stona walla, as well as wooden outbuildings, fences and tbe like, shout a suburb ban place which, lacking paint, detract much from the general appearance of the home. Hut paint Is somewhat expensive and cannot be applied with too lavish a hand by the average citizen. There Is, however, whitewash, which Is easily mode and applied, is inexpensive and which for most outdoor work will nniwer quite aa well as oil paint. For chicken houses, brick walls and the like It Is excellent. To make the whitewash slake half a bushel of fresh lime with boiling water, keeping It covered during tbe process. The lime should not, of course, be confined, but merely covered, as confined. It possesses considerable explosive force. Strain it and add a peck of salt dissolved In warm water, three pounds of ground rice put In boiling water and boiled to a thin paste, half a pound of powdered Spanish whiting and a pound of clear glue dissolved in warm water. Mix these well together and let the mixture stand for seven days In a reasonably cool and shaded place. Keep the wash thus prepared in a kettle, and when It la being used put It on as hot as possible, using a painters or an ordinary whitewash brush. Always use magnesian lime for (By PROF. L. HWINETJ As a general rule the flock will not do much during the month of August. Some hens are still broody; some are beginning to moult and one may expect hut few eggs for a while. Then, too, most of us are apt to grow careless about the poultry business, since It la not, at present, bringing us in anything worth mentioning. We neglect to clean out the droppings as often ss we used to; the roosts are never washed and aired out; no fresh new nests take the place of the old, filthy ones; while the heat coupled with all these produces a scent both nauseating and dangerous to the flock. Lice and mites thrive under these conditions and unless we keep a close and constant watch they sneak In and are playing havoc before we realize It So, lets dip the hens about the time they begin to moult and spray tbe poultry house thoroughly with some effective, home-mad- e solution. There are many such and they cost According to ltgyres contained to the annual report uf Dr. 11. 1 Barnes, superintendent of the Rhode island state sanilorium, the earnings of the of that Institution during the year 1911 would amount to over This Is a sum three times as large as that spent each year for maintenance of the institution. Including four per cenL interest and depreciation charges. The actual earnings In 1911 of 170 WHITEWASH ancf INJURY TO TRUMPET CREEPER Moat Beautiful Vines la Subject to Attacks of Small Black Beetle. Dm of the fBy ritor. I SWIXEY.) The trumpet creeper, one of our most beautiful of vines. Is, compared with other ornamental plants, relative free from pests, but It Is subject to tbo attack , of a singular small black beetle that may Injure the leaves so badly slid cause them to become so unsightly as to render the ph.it valueless for the purposes for which it Is planted. The adult Insect is a flatfish gate beetle belonging to the family as the cucumber beetle. on tbe leaves In July when it is dant as an adult. It looks like a elon- aame Seen abun- bit of FEEDS FOR EGG PRODUCTION Farmer Should Be Able to Supplement Natural Resources of tha Farm to Increase Revenue. (By J. 8. JEFFERY.) The production of eggs for market la generally considered the most profitable branch of poultry keplng. Under proper conditions there la no reason why eggs should not be produced at a price that will allow a good margin of profit. Thin should be especially true of egga produced on farms where the fowls may find a large part of their sustenance at no cost to the farmer, utilising what would otherwise be waste products. With a knowledge of what Is necessary for the best results In egg production. the farmer should be able to upplement the natural resources of the farm in such a way that revenue HOW TO MAKE WEED PULLER MADE BIG PROFIT FOR STATE e Tuberculous. $266,-60- were obtained Barnes. by 0. Veal Loaf CrOto It it The weed puller Is made of a piece of heavy galvanized Iron, 5 by 5 Dawn a. Gum. With Seated Egg Egg inches, as shown In A, and bent Into With Gum Cover Turned Aside. the shape 15. After shaping the metal, bark, or other rubbish, and since it tbe small 4 Inch projection is placed remains quiet to escaim detection, under the opposite side and then with its legs folded up about the body, soldered. Ttio metal la and drops to tbe ground if the leaves aro disturbed, the collector is more likely to collect it by accident, than from a recognition of It as an Insect. Tl.e females begin placing their eggs promptly in June, and may be found on the plants until July IS, or thereabouts. Somewhat hirer they disappear, hut reappear again in numbers ubont S?ten:!n.'r 11. these being tho Individuals that hibernate. The eggs are placed aingiy on the op rer side generally over the midrib, and toward the tip of tbe leaflet. They Handy Weed Puler. are fastened down with a brown glue which hardens and gives them the ap- then fastened, to a handie with two pearance of being a deadened part of plecea of strap iron, using bolts and the loaf. Tills separates from the leaf riveta as shown at C. Tho puller la used by pushing the readily when pried up with a needle. The adult always gouges the leaf just sharp point of the laetal Into the above the place where the egg Is at- earth, having first inserted the stalk tached as if she meant to brand it and of the weed In the hole. Then turn the away other females bent on sim- handle and draw the puller out, and jara the weed with its roots will be reilar errand. The mines inude by this Insect are moved. Popular Mechanics. rery striking and characteristic. The larva penetrates tbe leaflet above the SURE DEATH TO ALL INSECTS aidrib and works toward the center in a straight course at first, then at interParis Green Mixed With Land Plasvals makes excursions to tbe right or ter la One of the Beet Preventives on each aide of the midrib, and of Ravages of Bugs. itfiea reaches nearly to the margin of Paris green mixed with dry pow. dered land plaster or rye flour, ona tablespoonful to the gallon, Is the best preventive of the rarages of potato bugs, co.ldiing moth, caterpillars, slugs aud worms. If In solution mix one pound in 200 gallons of water. Buy pure freshly made parts green. A cheap kind is lacking in strength. The parts green should he applied as soon as the first worms appear. The quickest way Is to sprinkle it on ' Manner of Placing Egga After Gougwith the hand. An active man can ing the Leaflets. cover several acres in a day. Apply ha leaflet before turning back and early in the morning when the dew itartiag another. Tbe final result Is a is on the leaves. Two applications irincbed mine with long curved or will nearly always answer. In case slightly tortuous extensions on each a Bhower rhnuld wash off the powder, side of the midrib. When ready to a third application will be needed. pupate the larva returns to the renter Slug shot may be used Instead of it tlie leaflet and pupates in the cen- paris green. tal chamber over the midrib. t Treatment for the insect is simple. The adults run be destroyed in the spring when they appear on iho leaves ,o place their eggs by spraying with menate of lead. Take care of your surplus garden HAY IN STACKS 'TOpS. MEASURING seed grain Is free from foul Feed. Kansas Experiment Station leaues Corn silage has passed the experiBulletin Giving Instructiona for mental stage. Doing the Work. Millet should be cut for hay when U Is just hendlrg out. HufieMn No. 155, of the Kansas Ex'She cultivation of kaffir corn and periment station, contains instrucmlln maize Is very similar. tions for the measuring of hay In Wheat may bo cut for hay when It long and round Blacks. Tho measurIs in biosaom or shortly after It has ing of a stack or rick to ascertain the her? (led. tons of bay it contains Is, at best a Every season sees some new use goes a. The bulletin states that when to which explosives may be put on alfalfa hay has been In the stack 20 the farri. days it inquires 512 cubic feet to Milo maize Is similar In composition make a ton; that when the hay has to Indian corn and will make very been in tho stack five or six months, 421 cubic feet are calculated for a ginnl silage. Cement will solve the fence post ton. la Dm erase of old, well settled for those who have a gravel problem slacks, 212 cubic feet are figured us pit rear by. tun. a It further that soya making Corn silage is perhaps ths most .slough liay Is heavier than alfalfa economical rtock food any western and that upland prairie hays are can rah'e. farmer .lighter than alfalfa. Having found the use old, worn-ou- t It doesn't pay contents of a stack in cubic feet, diwhen new ones can teeth cultivator vide the number of feet required to he bought so cheaply. make a ton to find the number of Alfalfa Is too good a feed to be contana In Uio stuck. demned by those fellows who do not know much about 1L Sweet Corn. Fence wires that are grounded do No vegetable withstands severe not represent very much expense and drought and heat so well aa aweet they may prove mighty profitable la car. It succeeds well In either hills case of storm. or drCls: probably in tbe latter plants Sorghum has proved a very profit .As wot bJutr over so much during wet hie crop on many of the most lm and wlody weather. The soil should proved farms. It Is good for dairy cows and hogs. ile very rich for tho best results. tube-shape- d Home-Mad- Box for Feeding Dry Maeh e from the hens would be largely Increased by a small extra outlay for food. Ii has been demonstrated that fowls do better where they have part of their ration of grains, either whole or cracked, and part of it of ground products or what is commonly called a mash. Until within the last few years. It has been the custom to feed this mash wet This necessitated the mixing of the mash fresh for each feeding and required a great deal of extra work In mixing and feeding. On figures above given. He says, however: While Institutions for the cure of tuberculosis are good investments, there Is good reason for thinking that Institution for the isolation of esses would be still better Investments. Out of s total of 46,450 hospital days' treatment given, 39,147, or 64 per cent., were free, the treatment costing the state on an average $200 per patient. Out of 188 free cases investigated, 56 bad no families and no Income on admission to the sanitorium. Out of 132 patients having homes, the number in the family averaged 5.2, and the average family earnings were 5.46. In 59 cases the families had no Income, and In only five cases were there any savings, none of which amounted to aa much as $100. h this account the farmer has never taken to the feeding of mash. With the Introduction of the feeding of this part of the ration dry, from hoppers or feed boxes, the objection to it has been largely done away with, and it can now be fed with leas labor than can grain. Enough mash can be mixed and put In the feed boxes to last for a week or ttM days with no moro work than wai necessary for the feeding of the day's ration under the old method. Not only is there this great saving in labor, but It haa been shown that hens .fl Garden aod Farm Notes Well-grade- return a greater profit on the feeding system than on the wet mash, without taking into account the labor In either case. A box for feeding dry mash serves the purpose very well. It may be Improved by putting the slats on the inside of the front and having a wire screen to cover the front at r.fglit to keep out rats. A good style of galvanized feed box is covered by a grating of expanded metal. The hens get their food through this grating and are thus prevented from pulling a part of the mash out of the hopper in their search for the ingredients they like best. By hooking the lower end of tha grat-inup at night, the hopper la made home-mad- e rat-proo- Drinking Vessels. Boil d If many chicks are raised It Is a good plan to keep a large kettle near the poultry house In which the drinking vessels can be boiled at least once A handful of common soda Ihrown In the water will help. a week. Treating Chicken-po- Chicken-Pox- can . ba successfully treated by anointing the head and wattles with carbolated vaseline, after having first bathed well with hot watx er. A quinine pill should also be given each night for a week. one-grai- n Frightened Hen. The hen that flees when you enter the yard or run has you "siiotted" as a disturbing element. Change your attitude and you will at onco change hers for the better. j Improving ths Flock. The welfare of the flock is In no way Improved by Irregular and indifferent breeding. Regularity Is to the liking of tbe business hen as well as of the business man. Failures are Common. The failures In poultry culture are no moro common than In other activities, and are usually Tnreahle to a want of proper knowl-tdg- a com-merei- of ;!-- i requirements. HOUSEHOLD EXTRACT rmruMine ou fasnioheo wohe-hao- e rootbcer:- Every home ahould make root-be- er in springtime for its deliciousness and its fine tonic properties. I hitaiaaa (iw it' nppIM. m iwU jour Bill jraa a Hi. tHtan nmilnuuai. If olll raMipf tt ,,nh. Writs for prsmium THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO. 2iS N. StobS St- - Philadelphia. Pa. g with eponge. Ci Libby, McNeill A Libby middle- egg-layin- tern it cold with criipeew lettuce. a tufy treat and acooomiral aa welL At An d Tool That Will be Found Extiemely Handy on Any Farm la Made of Heavy Galvanized Wire. Luncheon or picnic nothing equal Dr. These ranged from $2 to $31 per week, the total earnings for tha year amounting to $102,752. On this basis, Dr. Barnes Computes the next to nothing. Lets wash the rocsts with ten to quarts of 'good, strong which have been added a quart of kerosene and some stiong brine, or use a good coat of whitewash. Lets see that every om of the droppings is removed from the buildings, then, to make sure we have done a clean Job, spade up the dirt floor to bury the last vestige of filth. This should bring matters back to norma and with an occasional spraying, Ths Middle-AgeWoman. ought to insure the flock beginning Of the many ways in which the camthe fall and winter -aged woman may vary the effect paign early. of her afternoon gowns none Is simpler than the use of a collar and cuffs INDICATOR OF SPOILED EGGS of white voile edged with scalloping an dembroidery In a floral design. AnCandler Msds of Oak, Lined With Aa other change may be the frock set of Electric white chiffon with border of black , (estos end Contsining Lsmp Put on Msrket malines, and still another is the one of black net hemstitched with silver An egg candler" for use anywhere thread. Some of these collars are so but more especially adapted for soda long in front that they terminate only fountains, is on the market and con- at the waist line, where they cross in sist! of an oak cabinet by 6 by 3 surplice effect and are tucked away under the girdle. An excellent model of this sort Is of light blue lawn embroidered with black dots, and a second is of white agaric trimmed with tiny folds of broadcloth, alternating soap-sud- s FOR E3EE2 Poets are horn and most of tbe great ones are dead. Women waste a lot of powder when the enemy Isnt in sight. Many a fellow is a goner before he has had a chance to be a comer. Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good. Old friends are best, but many a woman deludes herself with the idea that she is too young to have any old . friends. Misinterpreted. Advantage. William Shaw, the secretary of tbe Stella Has that summer resort any famous Christian Endeavor society, views? aid In a witty after-dinne- r address In Bella Kr no, but it Is close to the Boston: There is a little Back Bay girl who moonlight. Electric Egg Candler. la much Interested In her aunties Persuasion. Christian Endeavor work. The little Inches lined with asbestos and col What made Mr. Chuggins buy an was girl writing a letter to her broth- automobile? talnlng a lamp, says er at Yale one day, and In tbe midst the Popular Mechanics. Two open- of the His wife persuaded blm by calling she looked up and said: epistle In the top covered with adjust bis attention to the economy of havings Auntie, how do you spell devil V able slides are provided. Pushing gasoline on band to clean gloves ing Devil! cried with her a aunt, aside a slide an egg is placed In the with. Washington Star. shocked smile. Why, child, dont you opening and the light shining through know use such a word aa mustnt you indicates its condition. Between Girls. devil V I believe I'll break my engage"But, auntie, protested the little ment to Care of Duckling Choliy. He can't really lova girl, I want to tell brother about your me." Ducklings require special attention Christian and devil meetings!" for two or three weeks, to Insure Why not?" He writes such short letters. Look their not getting wet. After that they Excellent Plan, ran be raised with less risk or cars t this only seven pages. 1 see," said Mrs. De Jones, while than chicks, are hardly ever troubled Mrs. Van Tyle was calling, that you by disease, and ard free from attacks Why They Went. Do you As the Sunday school teacher enof lice and mites. With a mash feed have a Chinese chauffeur. find him satlsactory? tered her classroom, she saw leaving morning and night, and grass range, He's perfectly fine, said Mrs. Van in great haste a little girl and her of themcare take they practically "" Tyle. To begin with, his yellow com- still smaller brother. selves. plexion is such that at tbe end of a "Why, Mary, you aren't going long, dusty tide he doesn't show any away? she exclaimed In surprise. Disinfectant. Cheap and then when Ia am out In my Pleathe, Mlth Anne, weve got to A cheap disinfectant for the poultry spots, limousine 1 have his pigtail stuck go. was the distressed reply. Jimmy house is a whitewash made by slackthrough a little bole in the plate-glas- a 'th thwallowed blth collection." ing fresh lime to the consistency of window and I use It as a sort of bell cream and adding a gill of crude carto tell him where to stop." bolic acid to every pallful of the rope Two Enough for Her. whitewash. The whitewash will help Harper's Weekly. was s small boy with a dark, He mites. out the chicken The best keep A Lottery. eager face and he was waiting at tho treatment for lice on birds that have Is that picture one of the old mas- end of the line of feathered out Is to give them a good eight or ten perters you were telling me about? sons for a chance to make his wants dust bath. asked Mr. Cumrox. known to the librarian. When his Yes.' replied the art dealer. It Is turn came he inquired briefly: Have a genuine treasure; absolutely authenUnyou got Twenty Thousand tic. der the Sea'? Ill buy It. I already have three No, responded the librarian a litJust like it, and somewhere in the tle snappishly, for she was tired, Tntj bunch Im liable to hit the original. thankful to say I've only got two. Keep your chicks on dry ground. They're not under the sea! Oats make an excellent ration for Generous. laying hens. Voice of Conscience. Jack When I met my pretty cousin Nothing fattens young turkeys like at the train I was in doubt whether 1 A western Kentucky negro was in plenty of corn. Jail awaiting trial for stealing a calf. should kiss her. Don't overcrowd the brooders, brood His wife called to see him. On her Tom Well, what did you do? coops or colony coops. benefit of the way out the Jailer, whose name waa the her Jack I gave to not The young turkeys will begin doubt. Grady, halted her. fatten until cold weather sets In. Mandy, he Inquired, have yon Never let the ben and her young a lawyer for Jim? a Brother. got Merely roost away from home a single night. Kr Jim show me some No, sah, said his wife. Please Young Lady It is best to kill fowls ten lours ties. waa guilty I'd git him a lawyer right before preparing them for the table. Clerk A gentlemans tie? away; hut he tells me he ain't guilty, Poor quality poultry and eggs ard Young Lady Oh, no. It's for my and so, of coRe, I aint aimin to hire hard to sell or get rid of at any price. none." brother. Clip the main feathers on one wing "Mr. Grady." came a voice from the. of the fence flyer. That will keep her He Cant Be Overlooked. cells When above, "you tell dut nigger wom-H- n in. we never take or down Somehow other lhar to git a lawyer and Plow or spade up chicken runs, if much notice of the coming man till he git a dam' good one, too! Saturday or sow oats not well grassed, and gets there. Evening Post. rye. Move chick colonies to new ground before the grass In the old run Is quite gone. Old Michigan's wonderful batter Don't fail to supply abundant shade Eats Toasties, tis said, once a day, and shelter for adult fowls end growing chicks. For he knows they are healthful and wholesome The smoother the roosting poles the more easily they can he kept free And furnish him strength for the fray.' from vermin. Tha stock will benefit from your InHis rivals have wondered and marvelled telligent use of a good lice nnd mite killing preparation during the heated To see him so much on the job, term. Not knowing his strength and endurance Do not let your young birds roost with the old hens, ss they are liable Is due to the corn in TY COBB. to catch diseases which old hens are more subject to. AH hens which have completed their Wrillt-hr J. F. W OFR, mil W BiiliiiiKUlU Hu, Taro Slwta, Fli. second laying season should be disfor Ona of tha 10 Jlnglra Sir which tha Sniuia Co., posed of at once, to make BalUa Crock, Mich., paid IliMMM In Huy. the young stork. n rr-c- |