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Show THE HERALD-REPUBLICA- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1916. N, SEGREGATING COCKERELS AND ONCE WEALTHY; MARKETING SURPLUS BREEDERS Select Specimens That Have Every Indication of Becoming Strong and True to Type. lliijiiniliiiiiiilfiiiiiliiiil! 1 1 ;!! III jsHiiiiiiiii'iHil Divorcee Toils for Living I Rather Than Ask Funds From Father. Old Fouls Should Be Culled According to Their Performance and Not Because of Age. ny M. I- - CTIAPJtA x. Juds?, Breeder and WrttT. Amoni; the problem that confront poattrmra at LI Maion L "rfrtcallns; Ihr rockwU and rasrkrlln,; the arplus Thli opf ration often tax the mWIII nl rrMwrrrfoInMi of the fur It It upon thin work thnt the lormi or failure of tb future flock and the profit nm m Iulnr vfalnrr ere largely o,-erat- or, LIGnT BRAHMA BANTAMS tie-prod- rat. the cockerels means SEGREGATING the Infor from the males it flock, joung volves the selection of those birds that ar to be returned at the head of the breeding: flock for the following1 Ba-- f oru It must be remembered that the real foundation of euccess In poultry culture depends upon the trong constitutional vigor and vitality of the fowls, and that the breeding1 male la one-haof the future flock. The firet duty that confronts the operator when the cockerel Is to select the fgatlncrbirds that fulfill every Indica jours tion necessary to become typical lf bjeeders. It lm Trap Tfeat. that the full im- portance of trap resting Is appreciated, as It gives the operator positive knowledge regarding the parentage of the young- bird. This knowledge also conveys the data pertaining to the health, Tiror and vitality of the flock's ancestors, also the breeding characterisg tics and records of each "specimen. To those who are rtrivlng for ihow TTrds the trap nest Is a guide for future matlngs. especially regarding the hape and color. To those who want birs yields of perfect eggs, it gives the opportunity of confining the selections to birds that have ancestors with. records and other laiKe - egg-layin- cg characteristics. egg-producin- g: ' Where the data is at hand the young birds should be separated into groups, according to the performances of their nnestors, in order 'to simplify the final selections. Only those cockerels that show derided masculine appearance should be considered. They should be of moderate size, possess well spread feet, Krone legs of medium length, placed wi'ie apart. lie should have a broad. f'.-- ' bead and a bright protruding eye, the appearance of alert-- t inls. glvei The back should be broad and and the body deep with a full, d. rounded breast. Such cockerels ''. easily distinguished In the flock, : they have a natural masculine car-iti- -e which forces them upon the norf the operator. Their activity Is r.oticrahlo and their belligerent attitude is testimony regrrrdins thlr individual vigor and vitality. Alt others tfnt do not measure up to this standard rhouM be placed in small yards and j repared for market. Where there are a rramber of cockerels that measure up to the standard vf breeders, and they have several of strong producing ftock Pr.ri!ipii3 behind th"m. it is often possible to dispose of them as breeders, in which case they will brine better prices than if f"r market- - It is essential that the cockerels reserved for breed-In- . purposes should have free range snd a full diet of nutritious food. They hould be amply protected from inclement went! er and forced to make bone and muscle. IsrkettnK Surplus Oockerelia. ;r There are numerous methods of the surplus cockerel?, but much depends upon the equipment and resources o? the operator. The easiest ruethod Is to keep tr.em penned up for a few days, giving them plenty of soft mash food, aiid keeping fresh clean water before them at all limes, after which they may be shipped to market alive. Thus the expense of feeding- !s cut off and aJl the labor of killing and Is removed. dressingroasters are always in demand Soft at good market prices, but It require! from ten to twelev weeks to get the birds la the best possible market condition so a to command highest .rtees. "Where this method is pursued the birds f;.ouU1 run on a limited range. They should receive liberal feeding- until they develop large bodies capible of supporting great quantities of muscle -- ! t -- mar-Jettn- Light and Dark Brahms, Bantams were originated in England. They were pioduced by crossing large Brahmas with Cochin and Black Tailed Japanese The latter cross Bantams. showed the first of theje that were strongly Imported to America. Some enterprising American fanciers selected the best of the first specimens and recrossed them with splendid, but undersized specimens of the large Light Brahmas, with the result that they established a strain of Light Brahma Bantams which were In fact miniature Brahmas. These are good Brah Light mas In shape, feathered Just heavily enough on the shanks and have very lit In tle or no bock feathering. In addition the black markings are much Improved and more distinct. The only bad feature was that they were somewhat larger in size. The defect, however, has been remedied during the last seven or eight year. The winners at our best shows are quite small, no larger than is demanded by the American standard, which requires a weight of from twenty-six to thirty ounces for males, and x ounces for females. They lay a large egg, considering- the size of th hens, and they are also prolific layers. The hens will become broody, sit and rear the chicks, and are very successful mothers. to twenty-fou- r -- twenty-si- - up to the standard as producers should be marketed, and if this Idea is folThere is science In feeding poul-- 1 lowed there will be greater profits In the poultry Industry. It is not a difNo one grain should, be fed! try. ficult matter to determine which in- I exclusively. Some feeds furnish! dividuals have been poor producers more heat and than others and J those that are drones eating their J some are betterfatadapted to grow-- f feed and giving little or no returns. J to and feathers bonej producing Ing These birds should be disposed of as ) anu esss. tyjicii a. ra-- I Lunsequsnuy soon as possible, no matter at what tion is well balanced the object Is season, for the longer they are retained I mnra realllv attained The nnnlv- ! the gTeater the loss. sis of grains and their Now that the young pullets are ready the is of next week's article, i subject to take their places In the laying flocks be these, too. should rigidly culled, and only those retained that show evidence of maturing into sturdy, vigorous hrns. All disproportionate, narrow-breaste- d pullets should be prepared for market. In getting these birds ready for market they should be divided according to their condition. Kat hens are ready at once, and will bring good prices as stewing fowls. If they are old and in poor condition they had better be marketed alive at so much per head. Pullets that are off in condlitno but healthy and growing may be placed in Keystone State Expert Prom-ise- s yards or allowed free range with the cockerels and fitted for market at the Assistance, to Utah same time. Commission. Marketing conditions vary In differ- n ent localities and the successful always studies the market requirements In his locality, so as to be Dr. Joseph B. Byers of Philadelphia, able to dispose of his fowls to the best executive secretary of the American advantage. committee for provisions ror the feebleminded, will visit Salt Lake on August GUARDS' ARMY TERM 17. 18 and 19. with the' purpose of aswhat Is most needed in solvcertaining CUT TO THREE YEARS Dr. the feebleminded problem In Utah. ing E. G. Ocwans, state superintendent of Instruction, received a letter public 5. National Aug. Tashington. from Dr. Byers yesterday He was inguardsmen now in federal service who hLs forthcoming visit here. announcing that the Gates will immediately complete three years" active service formed satisfactory. will be transferred to the national beThe letter from Dr. Byers also conof states reserve their service guard Information tains that the American or territories unless they desire to con- committee will furnish Utah an expert the survey of the feebletinue with the colors Tor the full six in conducting is to scheduled which open In years of their enlistment and If fur- - minded, the state on September 3. An expert to the reserve will be font Is not available at present, says Dr. loughed home at the expense of the governMyers, but he promises that one will ment. This announcement was made be sent to Utah on September and war the state only will be aeked to today. by the that department on new the In computing enlistments furnish current expenses for the exbasis full allowance will be made for pert while he is in This time already served undr superseded the letter adds, mayUtah. be used inexpert, Utah enlistment contracts. until the latter part of December, when r report of the survey will be prepared CONFESSES nMHEZZLEMENT. for the consideration of the State LegTweed, islature. Chicago. Auir. C. Benjamin I. he Miss Sadie Myers of Salt was who claims that until recently a Wash., told graduate of Smith college, who has vispostmaster at Waverly, I'ostofflce Inspector Gerraer today he ited eastern educational centers where funds. feebleminded problems are being conhad embezzled government arTweed cave himself up last night, be- sidered, is beginning preliminary cause, he tald, bin conscience could no rangements for the survey, assisted by Dr. Gowans. longer stand the strain. ts! IYERS TO HELP MENTAL SURVEY Los Angeles. Aug. 6. The lndommit-abl- e will of Mrs. Christine Bulst Pierce, who recently obtained an absolute decree of divorce from her husband. Dr. on a Horace Pierce of Santa Barbara, realIs to about desertion. of charge ize the victory for which she has striven ever since her youthful physician husband decided to live with his parents Instead of with her.now money For Mrs. 1'lerce is earning to her to pay her traveling expenses home in Moorestown, N. J., by acting as a switchboard operator at the Baltimore hotel. she will tret there, she says. to ask forTonnK any! without being compelled 1. .. manuBulst. wealthy retired rubber facturer of the east. Dr. and Mrs. Pierce were married the fall of 1914. at the home of during the bride's parents in Moorestown. A month later they came to Los Angeles, to start and the young physician tried a practice. But he fell 111 and was go to Santa Barbara to compelled tohome to recuperate. his parents'his convalescence apDuring uo between rivalry the mother sprang parently and the bride, for young Mrs. Pierce a reappeared in Los Angeles, telling markable story of how she had been practically ordered out of the Pierce mansion. Attorney Lee Riddle she Through an alienation filed suit, asking $100,000, mother-ln-loand sister-in-laagainst her Later this was changed to a suit for absolute divorce, without alimony. This divorce was granted. Young did not want Mrs. Pierce asserted she to be free again. alimony, only this During all family difficulty the young bride was stranded 3000 miles away from home, without means of supwith his port. Dr. Pierce finally sided mother and refused to see his bride, she says. The young women soon exhausted her means of support and was forced to call upon her family for aid. This hurt her pride, and In a determination to fight resultedextremity out her own battle without further upon her father, although depending was more than willing to the latter aid. "I have been working at the cononly I could do," she said, as she thing nected an irate party with central, inword between serting a"Itconciliatory has been hard, but not as plusrs. hard as requiring help from home. "No, I have not seen Dr. Pierce since I left Santa Barbara. I have my absolute decree, without alimony, and I am perfectly satisfied." And the young- woman whose wedtwo years ago was regarded as ding the greatest social event of the season, continued her attention to the hotel switchboard, rebuilding her shattered 3000 miles from home, with the life, same determination that her father must have exhibited In developing the great concern in the east that bears his name. M l f it. ; HOMEBTJTIiDERS Our Materials Railway Workers9 Vote Is Decidedly One-side- with good furniture at a reasonable price, come and see the five-sixth- em- railroad systems the country had been countthroughout ed today it was announced that the men stood 90 to 1 for a strike. Only a few chairmen of the trainmen's unions had not arrived this forenoon and it was definitely stated by officials of the four trainmen's brotherhoods that the count would be completed on Monday, after which the final vote would be considered and Joint conferences with the railroad representatives held. ployees of 225 GUARDSMEN Guaranteed nt Solicitation of Comrade. Columbus, N. M., Aug. 5. Military authorities here announced had received apologies today fromthey twenty-eigmen whose names had been affixed to a statement which, it was asserted, vouched for the truth of allegations made in a story published inal- a 711 Boston BIdg. Jlolyoke. Mass., newspaper, making the officers of comlegations Second against Massachusetts infanpany D, of which Private try, for the writing Clarke 13 held In custody here. Hugh The men. who are all members of the national guard organization, asked that allowed to withdraw their they befrom names was taken on the requests, the they No actionadvices asserting had signed U at paper, f roni General Pershing. Clarke's solicitation. p ending Say They S!jrmeI Charge & Mfg. Co. ht By Briggs MY AtsjD i Birthday A PARTY AMD HAVe. if -- if -- ip- NVOTMEF? ihWrMBmM - - - - r - - - . -- v-fx.- ot r x?,. .r-'- i iNvit'e Tb COMt Awp T T life A-ST- " CvM You 135-13- 7 -:l eg ASKING ThE pe.CH Little To your Party M atena E. Broadway. Next Store East of Auerbacli's. Buy a Jewel-S- ave because our years of experience in the: lumter business will prove very helpful to you. A suggestion of a different kind of wood or perhaps a different grade will save you many dollars on your home. We've all kinds of lumber. Let's go over the plans together and figure the cost. Fuel Wahlqmst Labhardt 169 Second East. Cornice Work G eo.r.reit Lumber Co. & Was. 1197. Office Felt Bvilldin? HI 24. Phone Vnrd S4 h. Stnte. a. Tin Work Phone Was. 24. BRITISH NAVAL VESSELS WARRANTS SW.O N OUT TO FRUSTRATE DUEL SHELLEDJYJEPPELINS Germans Claim Much Dam- Birmingham Newspaper Men Suspected of Design to age Was Done in Air Meet in Combat. Raids Over England. Amsterdam, Aug. 5. The following semiofficial statement supplementing the German official version of the Zeppelin air raid on the eastern and southeastern coasts of England on the night of August 2 has been published here: "At Harwich the naval force in the and the harbor was twice attacked docks and railway works were abunbombarded. dantly "Jn the county of Norfolk Industrial buildings and searchlight Installations attacked. at Norwich were on LoweThen bombs wereeuccessfully dropped a number of fires broke stoft,In where out factories. 'British seaplanes which attacked the airships were forced to retreat." INDUSTRIAL PARALYSIS IS THREAT OF I. W. W. three-yexr-o!- Building Sail Lake Furniture Co. Nephi Plaster RETRACT coe YOU '' a.r In a position to supply with you everything from the to the shingles if you Inplans tend to build this year. You should talk to us about IF YOU want to furnish a home d. s New York, Aug. 5. When of the ballots cast by the 400,000 CAJ r Everything from the ans to me Shingles "We IS sr HOMEBUYERS. All we can say is to have you say to your contractor, insist upon "NEPHI" products. "We rould say more, but "we are busy and vre kno-- you are; so read it quick and remember it. THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT ( two-year-c- Are making this store their headquarters because they find it easy to purchase every household requirement and for less money than they can elsewhere. Not the least bit of trouble to show goods, even though you may be "just looking." NINETY TO ONE FOR STRIKE nt . BRI DES - , Where the necessary skill and equtp-tieis at hurt'l. quite a profitable business may be built by marketing males as capons. This Is not surplus a difficult metter and It is practicable for small cr larir flocks. Marketing surplus breeders. Is a problem over which many pouHrv men have stumbled, and where mistakes are rot discovered tmtll it is too late. It is wrong to think that all yearling .rens about. 1 be discarded, regardless of their previous performances. This Is a common error that has cost m.iny roultrymen the loss of capital and years of bard, labor. Here, again, tie. value of the trap neat Is evident. Fe-males that have proveri their worth breeders, either in producing- show rlrds or pullets that were prolific be retains! until they .layers, should are fmir or five years of age, providing they maintain their vigor and vitality. 2"eplte the fact that many breeders claim that pullets are tbe more profitable, ft has been conclusively proven that the yearling, d her. and even the are a good Investment. Resides being producers there Is no .profitable in , doubt of of their value s brdcrt '.ftrorsr, hts.thr, vlgoros cr.l-k- J. Valne of Old nreederw. No poultryman should dispose of his account of their age Tree.trs merely onare at least 3 years Alone until they old. and then only those that have shown indications of breaking- down. ;No matter how small the flock, a few ithoroughly reasoned breeders of known characteristics should be producing Tr.e 'retained. great expense Incident .to poultry keerin;? is the renewal of the flocks, atid fron a practical business standpoint the cost of ihese renewals should be kept at a minimum. With careful culling and marketing eny those hens that failed to measure Street, Salt Lake City 234 South State w. w - It FURNITURE fXX AlODERN 1Y1 poul-tryma- 1 and Suggestions About Buildinsr. Timefy Hints Directory of Architects, Builders and Supply Dealers. I brr-Jem- . Vulnre of the in this work NOW PHONE GIRL Duluth, Minn., Aug. 5. Threats to close every Industry In the United States unless the ten I. "W. "W. agitators confined in the St. Louis county Jail, Duluth, are freed, were made by Joseph Ettor. an I. "W. W.. leader, at a meeting of Duluth Socialists last night, when resolutions were adopted demanding that Gov. J. A. Burnqulst bring about the removal of what the resolutions termed "gunmen" from the range strike rone. The Socialists went on record as faand voring fusion with the I. "W. TV. approving the strike meeting of that organization. UJtFAIlt COMPETITION ALLEGED. Washington, Aug. E. On the showInvestigation ing made by preliminary the federal trade commission today issued a formal complaint against the Phredded Wheat company of Niagara Falls, N. Y., on charges of unfair comRoss Food petition brought by the be will held, in company.N. Hearings Y. September 14. The Ross Buffalo, company alleged that the Niagara Falls concern sought to fore it out of busi ness, Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 5. Warrants for the arrest of Victor H. Hanson, publisher of the Birmingham News, and E. TV. Barrett, editor of the Birmingham were sworn out before the city recorder ' today by Arlie Barber, commissioner of public safety, who alleged he had reason to believe that the two men Intended to fight a duel. The warrants are the outcome of a controversy between the two papers, culminating in the publication of a card In yesterday morning's signed by "W. II. Jeffries, business manager, which Mr. Hanson claimed rei flected on his business honor. Mr. Hanson wired Mr. Barrett In Age-Heral- d, Age-Hera- : t:lttinJ' Le -- ld " for the attack. The published the Hanson telegram this morning together with one from Mr. Barrett accepting full responsibility and offering to meet Mr. Hanson any time after next Tuesday. Commissioner Barber also swore, out warrants charging criminal libel j, Barrett, Jeffries and C. M. Stan-leagainst alnews editor of the leging publication of an article that would tend to provoke a breach of the Age-Hera- ld Age-Heral- d, peace. Mr. Hanson's bond was fixed at $25,-00- 0. Mr. Barrett, who now is in Ashe-vlll- e, N. C, will be arrested on his re- turn to Birmingham. ! URGES VOTE ON PROHlDrnOX. N. M., Aug. 5. Governor Albuquerque, McDonald, in a letter answering an by a minister and made public Inquiry savs he favors the submission todav. of state-wid- e pronibltlon to the voters of New Mexico. This could not be acuntil after the legislature complishednext has acted January. McDonald adda he Is not a candidate for The government of Sweden will Bupport a factory that will financially be erected to manufacture fuel from . Powdered peat. re-electi- on. |