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Show DAIltY AND rOULTllY. rTE RESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READe.RO. IhaeeoMlBI raranaes Oparats TVils Itepartniaol of ' the Farm A raw lllau aa te the sera of Live etoek and l o.lury. Ktpetleoee of One Hevtee. W. C. Calklna, In .at addreaa before' the Oaltwhurg ' poultry ' aaaoclatlon, thus tella of hla Drat eiper'ouc in poultry raising: I woke up one morning with It.Oou and an Idea. 1 atlll have the Ideit. It waa thla 1 learned from obaervntlon that the average hon could make a Uble d'hote dinner off a manure henp and lay an egg evory working day. I also lxarned that thla proud city of oura waa entirely at tho mercy of a few Indifferent, non-union hena, distributed dis-tributed among the farmers round about, for lu aupply of fresh sweet-aaentvd sweet-aaentvd egga. Pulling the two together to-gether (the money and the Idea), I thought I aaw a chance to promote an Industry which would rival John I). Hockefeller'a oil plant when It came to a matter of declaring dividends. It waa evident that there waa nothing to do but collect a Inrge, choice company com-pany of fowla, give them a happy home, and then lean bark In my boun-taoua boun-taoua office chair and aoftly murmur. "Lay on, McUult." or whatever their various namea happened to be. I, therefore, purchaaed a tract of rolling prairie. It waa covered with, a heavy growth of green, blue graaa, ahaded In spots by atiitely elms and dowering catalpaa, and Irrigated by a sparkling, bubbling brooklet. It waa a spot that would make a hen a life one long dream of bapplneaa. It was a resort that would have coaxed aim out of the moot barren prospect, it was here I built a chicken house of auch mammoth proportlona that It re-aemblod re-aemblod a anownhod on the Northern Pacific. It waa built on the moat Improved Im-proved plan of architecture. I gathered gath-ered my Idona from personal vlalt to all tha poultry farma In the country that wore worth while, and every time I Tlalted a new one I came home and changed my plana. Thore waa an entire en-tire aulte of rooms for every particular particu-lar grade of chlckonklnd. There were drawing rooms for the aristocratic and hoapltnla for the feeble. There waa a souvenir building for the Plymouth Ply-mouth Hocka; there were templea for the Brahmaa, Improved foot-baths for the White Leghorns and china closets for the Cochin Chinas. I hired a small boy to do the scratching fur them, so they might sleep during the early morning hours. I built a stable for my borae and delivery wagon, aunk a well, fitted up an office and bought a burglar-proof aafe In which to keep the eggs pending a riae In price. Then I began to look around tor tenanta. This waa difficult. At that time all hens looked alike to me. 1 was compelled com-pelled to take the seller's word aa to their pedlgreo and habits. I have alnce learned that hens, as a rule, do not always carry out tha agreements uf their former owners. After gutting Into touch with every man In Illinois who had a hen he was willing to part with, I secured enough to open up business. The first roll call showed 376 present Statistics ahow that one onergutlo hen will lay one egg a day, on an average. I did not have an average around the place, eo I substituted a good, soft, well upholstered up-holstered neat for each one of the 376. Id a short time, through the courtesy of a doien haughty roosters which I Introduced among those present, and with the help of two ateam-heated Incubators, In-cubators, I swelled the total number to 1,2K. Then I full that my troubles were at an end. I had spent enough money to supply the town with eggs for years at Easter prices. I bsd purchased pur-chased everything from aatchet pow-dor pow-dor for the prevention of lice to ground bona for aldlug their dlgeatlon. 1 bought drinking fountains, hovers, footbaths, steam heaters and egg cases. I naturally auppoaed that II waa all over but putting the Income In the bank. 1 was hugging the delusion. delu-sion. It soon developed Into a proposition prop-osition of alupendoua proportions. My health began to fall and my placid brow, on which my earlier yours uf struggle hud left no mark, became as corrugated as a waahbourd. I decided to aecure a manas.Hr for my plant, one who knew the heu huel- nesa, anu give uiyaeu a, nettueu vacation. vaca-tion. 1 employed a man who cune to me well recommended by hlmauif. lie claimed he had made the chicken business a life study; that he wan on peaking terms with overy hen In Knox county; that he knew every III that chicken flesh Is heir to; knew all their little troubles, their faults and their accompaniments. When 1 thought of all he said he kne, I wondered how I got him so chaaj As soon aa he entered the place be became be-came a universal favorite. Day after day tha bens crew more fond of biro. They would eat from bis band, climb upun bis kuea and permit hlM to shampoo them and manicure the'.r toenails. toe-nails. I turned the whole biuhiens over to him and went away on a twu mouths' vacation, thinking thai the next hen census would show a remarkable re-markable Increase, aud that tha aUao-ute aUao-ute control of the egg market of tha wurld would be In my grasp. I)ut I reckoned without my host, also without with-out my manager. When I returned to the acene of my labors, bringing with me the latest style of cash ruglstar to figure up tha profits, 1 found out of 1,280 happy, well-coutentod hens, only 27 were gathered to welcome me. My manager assured me that the great majority had paaaed Into tha dim, hazy unknown. some Uood Ad i lo. The buttennaker In an eastern cooperative co-operative creamery sends out to tha patrons a circular from which wa tualf extracts aa follows: Gentlemen Another year has almost paaaed. Has It been a profitable one? l)o you think 1 am doing my best to serve you! I am trying to. Are you all doing your part? I fear not The larger number of you are doing well; you bring your milk to the creamery nicely strained In bright, clean cana. and It Is a pleaaure to a buttermaker to receive It. as from such milk he can make a quality of butter that will soil fur tha top price In any market. Hut othera, I am eorry ti say. do not tako proper care of, their milk and do not bring It to the reumery 'In propel ahnie. A great J-l ofmllk la brought In dirty cana, nut atralued at home, and no effort made to keep etrews or filth out of IL Borne of the cant look as If seldom or nover washed and a atlcky filth may be acraped off of them, both Inside aud outaldo. Do you expect ex-pect that I can make good butter out of such milk? I cannot; neither ean anyone else. I can strain the milk, run It through the separator, but no buttermaker but-termaker on earth can remove the tnfntod and filthy smell that milk geta from unclean barne or bad emelllng barns. Hut yon will say: "I get aa much for my milk aa my neighbor who takea extra care of hla milk while I don't rare how II reaches tha creamery. I dump It In the weigh can and let er go Oallagher." Hut you are mistaken. Your milk will not test so well and, besides, every can of poor milk that goea Into the weigh ran reducea tha average price of milk at tha creamery. cream-ery. Borne of our patrons would be horrified If they aaw the dirt and filth 1 remove from my strainer and separator. separa-tor. Doea anybody think that a bar of soap, a chunk of atable manure, potatoes, po-tatoes, dlah rags, hair pins, pan cakea, soaking In your milk can over night or longer will Improve tha flavor of milk? I hove found all of the above, and mora In the strainer of the weigh can. How run good butter be made from such mllkT If I should grade the milk tn two lots and make butter from each lot eeparatuly. giving each lot the aame attention, would you expect each lot to Sell fur tha same. prlreT If you did you would be dlaappolnted. Tha butter but-ter made from the poor milk would sell for one-half aa much aa that from th good milk. No buttermaker on earth can change the flavor. If milk Is off flavor tha butter will ba. When you aend your Jar to the creamery for butter for your own use, what would you say If 1 should put soma of tha dirt I find Id your milk on top of tha butter Id your Jar. You would say, "Ob! that dirty, noaty buttermaker, what does be mean? Ia this tha proper way to send me butter?" You would return tha butter to that creamery and ba mad besides. It tha buttermaker would return re-turn your jdalry milk to your borne h would do hla duty, although It would make you mad. Now, my trleada, please help me to make good buttet. Keep your cana and milk clean and away from the dirty barna and dirty tanka of water as much aa possible. Strain your milk carefully; when you go to milk your cowa rub off their lga and udders carefully and clean, and you will aee a great Improvement In the milk and butter. Haago renea IXIemma, Cattlemen are very much worried over the evident Intention of tha government gov-ernment to have all fences on the public pub-lic ranges removed at once. The National Na-tional Live Block Aaaoclatlon has been appealed to to uae Ita Influence In Washington to have the matter delayed, de-layed, but there aeeme to be nothing that can be dona. To put tip a fence on the government range la contrary to the etatutee, and to aak a government govern-ment official to shut his eyes to violation viola-tion when the violations are pointed out, Is to aak him to virtue the law and hla onto. As long ui the stock men themselves were content to keep till, the government was willing to bellove that there were no ranice fenced, but with a flood of protest and complaint pouring In, there la nothing to do but enforce the law. Aa lung as there was plenty of range for all there waa no trouble, but as soon aa the range became crowded then there were plenty to find fuult with the femes, and the only remedy seems to be to change the law. It la now generally gen-erally admitted that the present land law will have to be changed, but as to the nature of the chango there Is a vast opinion. The latest proposition la that the government aell the lands to anttlera at a low rate and on long time and get out of the free land business busi-ness once and fur alt. There seems to be many In favor of thla plan. Denver Den-ver Live Block Record. All the oleomargarine makers want Is to have the government permit them to put coloring In oleomurgarlne. They know when this la done thut the Identity Iden-tity of tho substitute la so concealed aa In nlna cases out of ten to defy detection de-tection by atate officials or Internal revenue officers after It la In tha handa of the retailer or hotel keeper. And they know that It la the retailer and restaurant keeper who will find a way tn tine the colored article with which to docelva tha public. Radical changes In feed during the winter are open to objections, as changes gonerally causa shrinkage In milk. A mora uniform flow la obtained ob-tained by feeding the aame ration all winter If possible. If It becomes necea-eary necea-eary to make a change it should be very gradual, no that the system can adjust Itself to the variation In bulk and the muscular action required by the stomach to digest that particular feed. Do not Judge the probable plumare of chlcka as soon as they are hatched, as they will when fully feathered, come to the desired color. |