PRODUCTIVE QUALITIES OF
STANDARD-BRED CHICKENS
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,hy WILBUR. NLPBIT
TEDDY'8 SENTINEL.
Last nlsht I woko up In the dark,
All Bhlv'rlnft In my bed
For fear a slant would come In
And roar, MI want you. Todl"
My sword was In the nursery,
My shield and helmet, too.
And, all defenseless a I was,
8 death, what could I dot
Xlut all at once I eat right up,
As happy as a lark, .
Because way down In our front yard
I heard old Hover bark.
And then I knew that I was safo
The giant d never daro
To even touch our picket fenco,
With Hover watching there!
'NAPKIN RING IS HOME-MADE
Attractive and Pretty Llttlo Souvenir
That Any Young Lady Can
Make- for Friends.
. A very protty napkin ring can bo
mndo from extremely simple mnto
rialB, all of which aro to bb found In
any household.
To mako tho ring you need a round
pleco of wood a few lnchea long,
around which tho ring It to bo work
ed. A pleco of curtain polo will nil
tho purpose admirably. A round bot
tle will do very well.
Now cut soveral strips of thin card
board about two Inches wide. Theao
nro to bo pasted ono over tho other,
In order to mako a solid, stiff founda
tion for tho rjng.
Wherover tho cardboard overlaps It
must bo shaved thin, so that,- when
Blued together, tho points will bo per
fectly Bmooth. Figure 1 shows just
how this is to bo dono.
Each strip of pasteboard should bo
long enough to ovorlap about one
fourth of an Inch. After tho strips
have all been glued together fasten
tho wholo thing somowhoro whoro It
will bo hold tightly, until It Is per
fectly dry.
After this cut tho onds of tho poato
board perfectly smooth with a very
sharp knlfo. Figure 2, shows this
operation.
Tho next stop is to mako tho raised
rims for tho ring. This is dono by
pasting narrow strips of paper ono
fourth of an Inch wido on top of each
other, in tho same- manner as tho
pasteboard strips' wero pasted.
After these strips aro solid, they
aro to bo covered with a narrow strip
of gayly colored calico, as shown In
Figure 3.
Tho rest of tho napkin ring can bo
covered with a pretty colored paper
or with, somo other pattorn of calico.
Gold paper makes a protty covering.
Another very attractive covering can
be mndo from flowered crepe paper.
Tho Inside of tho napkin ring must
bo lined with smooth materials. A
Home-Made Napkin Rings.
brown glazed paper Is tho best. Fig
ure 4 shows the best way to Insert the
lining with tho help of tho index and
third fingers.
Figure 5 shows tho ring complete.
Tumbler Through a Table.
Flaco tho spectators at somo llttlo
distance on a lovel on tho opposlto
sldo of tho tablo to where you sit,
having spread unporceived a handker
chief across your knoes. Take a drl'nkl
lng glass a tumbler with no stem is
preferablo and, covoring it with pa
per, mold the covering as nearly as
possible to tho shape of tho glass.
While uttering somo cabalistic
phrases drop tho glass Into your hand
kerchief unobserved, and as tho pa
per retains tho shape thero is no dif
ficulty in making the lookers on bo
lievo the tumbler to bo still beneath
it. Passing the glass In tho left hand
beneath tho tnblo, you now crush tho
paper down with your right, when
tho glass will appear to have been
sent through tho table. If a cloth is
over the tablo tho trick can bo more
easily performed.
Little Pitchers.
Little Jack one day undortook to
entertain a caller of his big sister un
til she camo downstairs.
"Why, Mr. Carson, It isn't so at all.
You'ro JUBt as white as I am, and not
one bit black."
"Black, my boy; what made you
think mo" a colored man?"
"Why, I heard SUtor Suo say you
wouldn't oven buy her a soda, you was
so awful niggardly."
The Right Kind pf a Mother.
Littlo Mary was Inclined to bo so
stout that tho doctor and hor mother,
greatly to tho child'B .distress, forbado
hor to eat sugar and candy, of which
she was fond.
Ono day at tho circus Mary Btood
lost in admiration of tho fat boy.
"Mamma," sho finally said, "what
n Hind mother that boy must havo
had.".
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A Pech ov
veil I decUve
I'll hfcV to
GtX thew both
PINWHEEL IS QUITE UNIQUE
It Revolves Both Ways at Once and
Produces Most Bewildering
Effect In Colors.
Even tho slmplo plnwheel has been
modernized by an Ohio man. Ho has
contrived an arrangomont whereby-the
wheels themselves and tho group of
them rovolvo In opposlto directions at
the samo timo, producing a bowildor
lng effect of motion and colftr. This
novel toy consists of thrco plnwheols
mounted on a three-armed head,
In Two Colors.
which is pivoted on a rod. Each disk
of tho plnwheols is made in two col
ors, As a child runs ,wlth 'lone -of
these toys the disks of tho plnwheols
rovolvo as they do in tho old-fashion
ed kind and tho two colors mlnglo
ln
a pleasing way. Tho puzzling part of
tho affair, however, is tho action of
tho structure on which the plnwheols
aro mounted and which revolvos in
the opposlto direction, making n puz
zling picture. Tho principle, of course,
Is Blniplo enough, and It is easy to
mako ono of those toys at homo, but
to tho juvenile mind tho action of tho
dovice is wonderful,-
SHOW HAS CAPTURED LONDON
American Circus Takes English Me
tropolis by 8torm Trained Cucka
toos a Feature.
Tho big American circus now In
London has taken tho town by storm
and nil tho English woeklios have pic
tures galoro of tho freaks and anlmata.
Tho trained animals especially seem
to appeal to ' tho British heart,: and
the trained birds are prime favor-
Going Out With the "Pram."
ites, Hero is a picture of a cuckatoo
wheeling a porambulator in which re
poses another bird of tho same spe
cies. This has sont tho juvenllo por
tion of tho metropolis wild with do
light. Tho birds also flrp off toy can
non, walk on a rolling ball and do
other clovor tricks.
How Acorns Work.
It is as good as a tonic to see tho
acorns now. After a winter spont In
luxurious ease, they are learning what
It is tq earn thoir board and lodging.
They have thrown off their caps, and,
with red faces and jackets split up
every soara, are Intently ongagod in
putting down taproots into tho mellow
.earth, digging away for dear life. As
a result of this fit of Industry tho
woods will by and by bo full of tiny
oak trees most of thorn, Bad to re
late, destined to bo eaten up by grubs
and fungi and such small doer. An
oak Just out of tho cradle Is a Jaurity
little fellow, with a fat, juicy stalk
and tho two chunky halves of tho
acorn, probably still In tho shell, cling
lng to It llko a lunch In a bag, for It
vis on tho stock of starch stored In
tho meal of tho nut that tho plantlet
subsists until it dovolops strength
enough to mako a living for itself.
I stood beside th' pastur fence, an' looked
out to th' road,
An', though thoy wa'n't a sprig o' green
In anything; that showed,
I sort o' sensed th' springtime llko you
hear things fur ft way,
Or llko you see th' sunshino trlmble up
Ions 'fore It's day.
An' while I 'stood an' looked out at,,th'
promise ovcr'whero
I sort o' whispered sot'-lllto: ' "Spring,
Im ready when" you air."
Th south wind, It 'uz blowln', an' It
flickered on my cheek
Ez If cz though It waritod mighty badly
fer to speak: '
I looked up nt th sky, too, an I kind o,
cocked my ears
To git th' bluebird's wa'rblo, like you do'
when It appears. '
Wuz Bompln' half-prophotlo In th' Holds
all dead an' bare
Th't made me up -an' chuckles "Spring,'
I'm ready whon you alrl"
I knowed It wa'n't th' right tlmo,- nor I
needn't look for spring,
But wuz a look o' hopln' on th' faco o'
ovcr'thlng I '
Th trees kop' noddln' knowln'-llko taeach
an' over'-ono
Ez If cz though thoy's tellln' how th' sap'
'uz duo to run. ,
An, so I looked off yondor whur th sky1
'uz clear an fnlr
An snz, half absent-minded! "Spring. I'm.
ready when you air." ,
I don't bold' much wl' poets, nor wl' an
that kind o' truck,
nut somepln' come an' teched mo In my
buzzum, an' It stuck,
t can't oxplaln ozackly 't'uz llko waltln'
fer th' hymn
In' church a-Sunday mornln' an' I pulled
my ol' 4at brim
Down on my forrud sofly, llko I didn't
hev a card,
An' spoke up all unthlnkln': "Sprlng.-I'm
ready when you air."
Traits of the Great.
Wagner would not uso tho wireless
telegraph.
Mark Anthony, although n master of
elocution, never recited "Curfow Shall
Not Ring To-night"
Nero did not enro ,for tho phono
graph. Christopher Columbus never went
Into vaudeville.
Longfollow did not mako a musical
comedy -of "Hiawatha."
Georgo Washington seldom, if over,
attended a moving picture show, ',
Tho duke of Wellington would not
uso a fountain pen,
Louis XVI did not havo a folding
bed in tho palaco. , v
Catherine the Great did not wear
Bhlrt waists.
Confucius would not write for tho
Sunday papers.
Of Course Not.
"Hah!" Bncers tho petulant hus
band. "Tho way women dress nowa
days is tho limit of absurdity. Look
at tho figures thoy present uttorly
out of all similitude to tho human
form. I toll you, you couldn't got
tho Venus do Mllo into modern cor
sets and and things."
"I should say you couldn't," agroea
tho long-suffering wife. "Tho poor
thing is mado of marble."
Proof.
"You may argue all you llko that it
is an accepted rulo of science that
man ovolvod from tho monkey, as Dar
win claimed, but you can't convinco
mo. Show mo any instance of mon
keys evolving from man. It's a poor
rule, you know, that won't work both
ways."
"But it does work both wayB."
"Tut, tutl"
"It does. Often n woman mnkna a
monkey of a mnn."
May Make One.
"I supposo, after eating thin good
dinner, you feel as if you hadn't an
enemyin tho world." t
"I don't know; until I tip tho wnltor
ho at least will remain In a position of
armed neutrality."
Farmer Is Concerned Chiefly With Table and Egg-Laying
Capability of Poultry Get Away From Dunghill
Idea and Fancy Breeds. , , . '
(Dy JAMES DUTDKN.)
Poultry brccdora havo been tolling1
lis for years that the pure-bred poul
try aro tho best layers, and this is
echood and re-echoed every day in
tho year by the poultry papors, and
most of ua have como to bcllove it.
But has any ono over boon ablo to
demonstrate by careful experiments
or tests that tho purct-brodB aro bet
ter layora than tho cross-brcds or tho
ordinary farmynrd fowl?
Wo nro apt to toll tho farmers
ovory day that thoy know nothing
about poultry; that they ought to
study up. Wo loll about this system
and that system, and special poultry
fnrniB, and toll them to go and do
likewise But bo goes on in his own
Ignoranco and produces' $600,000,000
worth of poultry and eggs n year
while a certain egg farm produces
$6,000 and a certain, "system" pro
duces $1,500 in ono year on a vacant
lot.
Tho best poultry koopor In tho
country is tho farmer or tho farmer's
wife. I havo been ashamed a hun-
Columbian Wyandotte Pullet.
drod times in, my! chicken enreor that
wo who wero "educating tho farmers"
woro raising sickly, constitutionally
weak chickens, and thon to go on to a
farm and boo running around tho
barnyard, without apparont attention
or caro, thrifty, robuBt, lively chick
ens. Tho farmer 1b tho best poultry
man in tho country. We nro tho Blavos
of tho dogma of tho feather and tho
standard, and tho farmer produces
the eggs.
Tho way to develop tho poultry in
dustry one way Is to stop advocat
ing puro-brcd or Btandard-brod fowls
for tho farmer. Tho way for the
farmer to incrcaBo his profits is to
got away from tho dunghill idea nnd
to avoid fancy-bred fowls. Ho should
f docido o'n tho typo of fowl to breed
and forget tho names of tho breeds.
Let him decido, bearing in mind iho
conditions of his markets, whethor ho
wants an egg typo or a small fowl; a
meat typo, a largo fowl; or a general
purpose or modlum-slzod fowl, nnd
thon purchaso puro-brcd males of tho
proper tyjo and of good vigor, nnd
grado up his flock. Tho way for tho.
farmor to start in tho poultry business
la to buy a fow cross-bred fowls, or
eggs from cross-bred fowls from his
neighbor, and thon uso pure-bred
males to grado up his flock.
Feather Is all right pure-bred fowls
aro all right, but tbo queitlon is, shall
tho farmer mako feathers and fancy
points of primary or secondary im
portance. It is no use talking to tho
farmer about fancy points, or about
standard or perfection, unless wo, can
show htm that thoro is somo connec
tion between thon and productive
qualities, Ho 1b not concerned about
such things. He is concornod about
supplying tho market with poultry
and eggs.
If wo want to incroaso poultry pro-
CONSTITUENTS
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TAX
Tho IlluBtrntlon shows tho closo connection botwoon tho constltuontfl of
tho food and of tho body. Minoral mattor or ash Is contninod in tho bran
of wheat and goes to mako up bono and Bhol. Protein is transformed largely
Into lean meat or tho whlto of tho egga. Carbohydrates and fats supply heat
and fat to tho aulmal body,
ductlon and nt tho samo time help
tho farmer to increase Ms profits, it
seems to me that that is the way to
begin. Tho country wants eggs, and
poultry, and -wo cannot get these by
building on a foundation of feathers
or fancy points. Lot tho foundation
bo of egga and poultry moat. Wo, can
then build a superstructure with
feather trimmings. It we want eggs
lot us first get n hen tnat lays, no mat
ter what hor color or shape. Lot us
study her external characters, and'
whon wo find that certain characters
or points indicate the good layer, let
ua breed for thoso characters regard
Iqss of everything clso, Then, after
wo havo dovoloped, an egg typo and
have got a sufficiently largo flock wo
may, if wo wish, glvo oomti attention
to feathers; but lot us ndhoro strictly
to tho egg typo and breed for eggs.
Wo will mnko slow Improvement In
brooding without nn egg record for
each hen in tho flock. This record can
bo. obtained only by tho uso of the
trap nost,' which is about tho best
thing, wo havo yet discovered In tho
poultry business. It has opened our
oys and pointed out -. clear lino of
distinction bctwoon tho . Bo-callod
standard-bred poultry nud practical
poultry.
Locating Henhouses.
Farmers who locate their poultry
houses with tho front toward tho
sunny sldo, who koop tho fowls well
supplied with oxtrn scratch food, grit
and balanced rations and protects
thorn at all times from dampnoss and
chills at night, will havo no trouble to
get n full egg basket, Bays a writor in
an oxchnngo, Tho soil should be of a
light typo, so tho poultry can easily
scratch and dust themselves in order
to got rid of tho mites and ltco, It Is
nocosBory to drain off nny wator ,that
may sottlo in hollows and later bo
come foul, Tho.honhouBp should bo
protected from tho north wind by the
barn. I prefer tho raanagomont of a
hennery by ranking winter nnd its sur
roundings as nearly llko summer ns
possible.''
Feeding Meat Bones.
If you havo a lot of meat bones on,
hand and have no bono mill to grind
thom, put them in tho stovo and burn
them till thoy can bo broken easily
with a hatchet and food to tho hens.
Thoy will bo delighted with thom and
thoy will do In placo of moat as well
as being very healthy and tako the
placo of charcoal.
Charcoal Is -Valuable.
Charcoal Is valuable in thp poultry
yard, broken in small plocos and;
placed whoro tho fowls can havoi
roady nccoss to it, or pulvorlzed and
mixed with soft food.
OF GOOD FOOD
Itfttntecti
Of FOWL
EGG
RANKS AMONG HARDY BREEDS
One Great Dangsr In' Breeding Barred!
Plymouth Racks Is tho Tens-artsy
to Overfatten, ,
The Plymouth flocks, especially tfea
Darred varloty, gonorally rank a work
lho,most hardy breeds. There Is but
sno dangor lino In their keoplng, and
that is tho tendoncy to overfattettj
Tho Plymouth Rocks aro more tw
:optlblo to this than nny other Araer
lean varloty.
Close inbreeding Is ono of thofcurnea
of tho honnory, Tho market poultry-
Plymouth Rock Cockerel,
man, in ordor to havo quick-growing
and hardy Btock, changes his ,male
birds every yenr. The fancier can
hardly do that, or ho will loao' the
good results of his mating.
Yet tho fanclor, if ho bo a practl
cnl man, can so lnbrood ns not to be
in dnnger. With all that, howovor,
tho loss inbrocdlng dono the better
for tho futuro' generations.
Mongrels nro n production of a va
riety of bloods, nnd it is moro dim
cult to inbrocd them to any uorlous ex
tent. Thoy will not show it bo qulclo
ly ns n thoroughbred, ob tho latter
la bred innro in lino.
MAKING ROOST LOUSE-PROOF
New Jersoy Man Gives Excellent Plan
for Keeping Vermin From Chick
ens While Sleeping.
A fine roosting platform I have
mado an follows; Tako -3-foot boards
and fasten them togothor with G-inch
battons, n, thon nail a G-lnch strlp.d,
on each cud to rocelvo polos, c, writes
Warron Johnson of Cumberland coun
ty, N. J., in tho Farm and Home. To
support it tako iron plato, d, and
bolt to platform a llttlo back of cen
ter." Havo nn upright iron standard,
c, to bolt on ta floor or cross sills.
Details for Roosting Platform.
with U-shaped notch in end to ro
celvo end of plato, d. Suspond front
from rnftorB by chains, f. This can
bo tilted back out of tho way in day
time and i nearly louse-proof.
Orlt is a dlseaso proventiyo.
Ovorfat In n diseased condition.
Unless grit Is hnrd and sharp it is
of llttlo use.
Ordinarily it costs about one cent
apieco to produce an egg,
Tho henhouse roof should bo made
absolutely tight boforo wintor begins
Correct feeding Is ono of tho first
stops towards profltablo poultry keep
ing. All hens that show ovldencos oJ
poor condition should bo examined for
llco.
Nearly all diseases of poultry caa
bo traced to 111th. Clean off tho drop
boards frequently.
If dlseaso and llco aro both in the
poultry Iioubo, it will pay to fumigate
with burning sulphur.
Moro peoplo nro keeping poultry
and producing eggs than over before
yot tho prices woro never bettor thaa
today.
Swollen eyes is usually duo to roup,
duo to tbo fowls roosting in a damp
houso or ono whero thoro aro cold
draughts,
Whon fumigating, remove nil of tha
fowls, mako tho room porfoctly tight,
and burn tho sulphur with llvo coala
or on a rodhot shovel.
Itomombor that hatching chicken
lu not half tho taslj. Raising then
without loss is a far greater tasc The
greater part of bucccsb lies In sus
taining tho young llfo nnd making it
dovolop into vigorous maturity.
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