Show THE IlfTELLIGENT GARElEGESSAlYi s i -- should not be above 50 degrees If possible Give as careful thought to the handling of each-- ' egg- - as you would If it: were a fully matured fowl Neg- lect of eggs causes failure with chicks and: there fore with the mature-birdPrenatal conditions count as much with chicks as with humans ' When nest and eggs are all In read! ness the sitter should be placed on the nest after dark Handle her with gentle care Place a few china eggs under her at first If she remains true to her trust on the new nest for a period of twenty-fou- r hours the eggs to be Incubated may be given1 her Place-threor four at a time successively about the edge of the nest permitting the would-b- e mother the delight of pressing them underneath her body by the 'use of hey beak This will help to make her pleased with her surroundin ings and so aid In confirming her the prosecution of her Important busi-ne-ss From'tW time forward only a alight will be required It might be oversight well once In two or three days to inspect the nest to discover whether any eggs are broken' Every particle of broken shell should be cleared away clean of everyThe neat should he' kept would thing that would- foul ' It or that or inbe: a source' of discouragement motherto hen About' the the jury tenth day- the ‘eggs' might': be' ‘tested by candling and all infertile eggs removed It Is desirable to set hens In pairs This gives the advantage of having all the chicka from two alttings of tfie same age Accordingly all can be placed with one hen t hatching time The other hen will soon get' busy' again at egg production In this way the work is simplified and much labor Is saved After the first ef May one hen is able to care for a brood of from twenty to twenty-fiv- e Carina: for Chicks The first month Is the emergency to period Get a chick well brooded four weeks of age and you are reasonably sure of maturing It The value of bird will be determined the largely by the efficiency of the first month’s brooding Plenty of water and grits are all the "feed" the chicks need for the first thirty-si- x hours At the end of this period they should be given finely cracked grain Pinhead oatmeal la an excellent thing for them They like it and it is almost a perfectly balanced ration A chance should be given them by the second day to dig their grain from light litter They must have exercise from the first Otherwise their muscles and bones and vital organs will be weak You wiH have big chickens but soft ones At the end of ten days or two weeks their bodies will be too and muscles If heavy for their bones on once their legs" they down "go they wili be deformed stunted damaged life ' Feed five times a day for the first week Keep them a happyand her hen An excellent coop for brood is of the "A" shave about two feet square with slats in front nailed on vertically Between these slats the chicks can go out and in and can be A door fed away from the mother may be arranged to permit the hen to run with them in the inclosed park aa outside park they grow larger This or larger as may be two by six feet space will permit Chicka do better when they can get on the ground Tender grass lettuce or some other form of green food should be furnished them in abundance A little charcoal every day will help to keep the digestion right Many people lose a big proportion of the chicks hatched They are per- - - - FOR THE f tr' SALT LAKE CITYUTAH SUNDAY MAY 20 1917 HEEAIiD-KEPUBLICA- N ft Right Kind of a Mother Bird Shows Hatching and Brooding Efficiency in Her e Mannerisms - Rules for Running Nature9s Incubator and Brooder— Including Some Useful : BYGII S9IITII Author uud Practical I’onltrymaa The setting hea fa 1111 a bis tee-to- r la poultry culture Moat people who keep hena make uae other more or leaa She la a cheap and very efficient hatching machine for thonaanda wha have not enough bualneaa to warrant the nae of the artificial method When comparatively few chleka are needed to replealah the floclc and on many farma where time and help are lacking the netting hen hould be carefully atudled and uaed to the beat advantage I HE "termagant" should be skipped The true mother spirit Is of great Importance with hens as with folks Some broody hens are rough in their j ways They seem to have no regard for the safety of either eggs or chlck- ana Such hens are likely to break the eggs on which you place them and If they succeed In hatching any chicks they are likely to crush them to death with their bodies trample them to death or kill them outright by striking them with their beaks The fitness of the hen for motherhood must be Judged by signs The gentle but firm and faithful bird Is the one to select She should be In Ip erf sot health and of good size She has a large task before her It will not pay to waste time and patience on small sickly bird jaThere are plenty of them There are 'also plenty of the better kind If you haven't the right kind seek her among your neighbors Many people are glad to sell a setting hen or "loan" her Poultry men are everywhere dlspoeed to accommodate one another A hen that is really a sue-- ‘ cessful mother Is as profitable for and brooding purposes as her hatching 200-esister for commercial egg pro- duction Suoh a kind and tender and faithful mother Mrd Is worth keeping till she dies of old age She may have small laying powers but eminent hatching and brooding talent Find her and make the most of her Arran grin a the Sitter Xmt It’s a three weeks’ steady pull and more That means wide extremes of weather — heat and cold wet and dry — the burning sun and the drenching chilling storm It means also dangers from vermin ranging from the deadly little spider louse to the weasel the J I 1 ' high-temper- i ed gg - Free round - trip transportation for Free everyone sandwich lunch at - Special free excursion cars leave State South and Fourth streets at 1000 1030 and 1100 o'clock this morning - ‘ 1 LAKENVELDERS This is one of the old breeds of poultry In Holland whence It was Introduced to England Germany and Amer? lea The' first specimens' made their - appearance in this country about ' a dozen years ago The Lakenvelder Is thought to be of Campine origin and shows similarity in shape head and in the leg color which is slaty 0lue Like all small bodied breeds of poultry the Lakenvelder is a good layer It produces a large number of eggs Which are described as being of porcelain whiteness The Lakenvelder Is not recommended as a table fowl though like all Mediterranean varieties such as Leghorns Aneonas and Campinas it Is excellent for the production of "squab broilers" ’ to be sold at from to one pound weight The fowls are hardy active excellent foragers and small eaters and are of a rather wild disposition They do better on free range than In limited quarters In fact It Is difficult to raise them successfully in small yards In size and shape thqy resemble the White Leghorn In both sexes the body color is white' while the neck black tall ‘and saddle hackles are This coloring is a continuous jet breeding problem with the fancier - three-quarte- rs - skunk and the fox not forgetting the the nest Keep cracked corn and 'wheat water and grits with material Have all these things In mind and for a daily dust bath In the hatching Let pen all the time Arrange the pest arrange the nest accordingly that it cai be easily reached by there be no possibility of danger to so caretaker But he should not the the brooding bird under any conceiv- "reach" it too often able conditions If you do not thorSelect Eggs With Much Care oughly dust both nest and bird with The eggs are your seed Tou will the best procurable Insect powder there will be great danger' of her being 'liter- reap what you sow It will take no ally bitten to death Thousands of longer to hatch thoroughbred chicks The former deadly mites will hatch and mature In than to hatch mongrels a marvelously short time They must will pay you back many times over bo forestalled at the very beginning for the extra cost of eggs not only or your best laid schemes will prove in dollars and cents but in pleasure failures and satisfaction Look about for the A thick sod turned earth side up best full blood heavy laying strain of makes an excellent foundation for the fowls Don’t expect to get such eggs nest Do not make the nest depres- at 30 cents a dozen You will get out sion too concave lest the eggs pile of your business what you are willing up in the center and break Place to put Into it Try some well-bre- d straw aboat ono in h in thickness over stock merely as an investment and the dirt This makes the ideal brood- then see that you make good Set fresh eggs — the 'fresher the beting nest A space two by four feet in addition to the nest space will fur- ter It is best that they should not nish sufficient room for eating and be more than two weeks old Two exercise once or twice a day It is days will be better The warm freshbetter that the sitter should not run ly laid eggs still better If preserved at large with other fowls when off any length of time the temperature rat full-gro- Val Verda ' IT moment of your ride and visit to Every Verda Val today will be a pleasure The street car will carry you quickly northward along the beautiful Wasatch foothills straight to Val Verda In 25 minutes And then will come an hour or two of the most delightful nay you have spent In many weeka The street cars stop at Verda with Ita the main entrance of Val — sidewalks cement great illuminatel arch of the streets over property the lead up clear to the great reinforced concrete resYou’ll ervoir at the head of the tract home-sitfind graded streets— dozens of acre plowed and planted you’ll find beautiful new homes already occupied and many others under construction YOU’LL EXJOT wn - - I -- ft-ee es TREES IX BLOOM Round about you stretch some of the most famous orchards vineyards and: garden truck in all Utah you’ll see SO acres of grapevines in leaf and bud—you’ll see 1 hundreds of fruit trees —in glorious blosBut best of all you’ll ses VAL VERDA— where a man and an acre spell Remember this Is the Independence man who Is greatest of all living truths— acre an of this can taka willing to work everyraise and town to Close rich soil the eat will throughout thing hls'famlly his work with continues still while ho year in the city But come and see with your own eyes— come today for this is "8ee Verda Day" Free Excursion— ygj round-tri- p transportation — free esad- wlch lunch for everyone at Val Verda and Fourth Special street cars leave State South streets at 1000 1030 and 1L00 o’clock this morning If you prefer to drive toy motor cast take tbs’ road to Ogden 7 miles north of town you’ll see a big billboard directing you to the road to Val Vends Today is the day— See Val Verda Day I som Everybody welcome! fr mltted to run at large with the hen and The result Is shift for themselves that "accidents" of all kinds overtake them Special care keeping the chicks within proper bounds at the same time diet and diattending to their exercise 90 to 95 per gestion should bring from cent through in fine form to a safe period No chances should be taken on the safety of the chicks The caretaker should know exactly where the mother and her brood are every moment of day and night He should know too that they are absolutely safe frofn all enemies and from every possible' weather emergency The mother hen should be kept with the chicka until they are at least five weeks old: If the weather is cold or wet and other conditions are unfavorable she should continue with them longer The judgment of the caretaker must be brought Into exercise In every business Some dispart of this fine to result But are bound appointments if the subject Is thoroughly atudled and the principles here stated faithfully practiced success will be assured Tkp very name white diarrhea strikes terror to ponltrymen Every year thousands of baby ehlcks are stricken by this disease It la sa of the most destructive foreee In The best way to poultry culture combat It la by preventive measures which are proven highly successful Learn about these measures lu next week's article stroyers that of late have been fishing up British mine fields In this region The Zeppelin was not far from shore and was plainly visible Its opponents could not be assn but their presence was made known by the sound of guns DESTROYEDIN ONE DAY Eyewitnesses sawthe airship dart upward after the first round of shots Then they hear a seoond salvo The Zeppelin endeavored to maneuver Itself of range but with the third broadOne Shot Down by British ouc side it went down mortally hit At first It sank slowly and then plunged Warships Other Probably down at great speed into the sea behorizon low the Struck by Lightning TWO ZEPPELIN AIRSHIPS WATCH THE 19 WANT3 and when L-2- Monday ads Use The Esbjerg within sight of the Danish the "want" want ad phone Main coast according to eyewitnesses These accounts Indicate that not one but two Zeppelins were destroyed on that day inasmuch as the explosion of an airship off Terschelling was reported from Holland at a point too dlstanst to cover the same case The loss of the second to lightning airship 2is attributed was seen off Esbjerg on one The of the dally observation tours up and down the coast of Jutland It was engaged by a British force which presumably was looking for German de Herald-Republic- - Walls and children s Little hands are often soiled and of spotless walls Walls of Velour Finish can be sticky-careTes- washed — but you can’t wash wall paper satisfaction to users of —Final action May Washington was taken in Congress today "on the bill Increasing the navy's enlisted to strength to 150000 the marine corps 30000 and Increasing the pay of navy enlisted men The Senate adopted the conference report previously accepted by the House and the bill went to the Weguar-ante- e Prsldent To the Theatre-goe- rs STRIKE OF BRITISH ENGINEERS SETTLED of the World i VELOUR FINISH It is sanitary Soap and truer will easily remove ' grease and dirt from walls London May 19 — The strike of engifor neers which has been in progresscensome time in various industrial ters has been settled it was announced settlement was ef- this afternoon Theconference at which fected following a Premier Lloyd George presided in producing “INTOLERANCE” was to express through a new art form the aspirations ml conflicts which have spurred humanity to greater achievements in every cycle of the world development Babylon Jerusalem mediaeval Paris and the stirring things of contemporary life are shown in centuries are covered by the the flash of events Time and space are annihilated Twenty-fiv- e rule of measurement but I hold that a theme is greater than the unities of a decadent drama As four parallel stories merge to their mighty climax LOVE is revealed as the conquering force h of the narwhich binds the universe If “INTOLERANCE makes you respond to D-GRIFFITH V rative its purpose has been fully sened Mj U-BO- ceilings and woodwork tainted with Velour Finish t is easy to apply and it is econom- ABANDONS AT TO HIS FATE MARINER CLINGING TO WRECK ical and artistic It is a durable finish for new or old walls Eijrh- ’ one-tentW London May 19v— Douglas Duff the fourth officer and the only sur- -' ' vlvor of the steamer Thracia sunk by a German submarine April 27 says in depositions that three hours after the ship was sunk the Ger- -man submarine approached the capsized boat the stem of which had been 'blown of fto which he was The submarine comclinging threatened 'to' shoot first mander fourth officer but Duff says the“wouldn't-wastpow- later said he der on an Englishman and sailed' his fate He away" leaving DuffatoFrench - Was picked' up fisher- by teeq attractive tints to select from - We shall be glad - ONE WEEK (Monday) MATINEES DAILY THEREAFTER AT 210 NIGHTS AT '810 PRICES— NIGHTS 25c to $160 MATINEES 25c to ‘$100 : STARTING - : Q ' to send you a color r card upon request and tell you the dealer - e man - in your neighborhood who can supply you DEVOE & RAYNOLDS t CO" Inc- No previous report of the sinking of the Thracia has been received Bhewas aCunard steamer of 2891 - —--Vtons grosa r- - : NEW' YORK Foandsd in NavYork in 1754 UmoMmIi CHICAGO kmuf aeturlnc oonem In thm United an 757 L-2- NAVY INCREASE BILL PASSES FINAL STAGE - -- there’s a vacancy in the kind of a Copenhagen May 19— Destruction of boarding house you've always hoped the Zeppelin 2 to find an unmistakable clew to its reported In a British announcement oocurred off whereabouts will be found In one of Ste1 |