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NEAT LITTLE ELECTRIC TOY
Semaphore May Be Operated by Use
of Piece of Soft Iron and a Small
Electro-Magnet.
Plnco n small electro-magnet upon a
platform na shown, says tho Popular
Electricity. After securing the sema
phoro arm In place at tho top of tho
post, fasten a string to it and pass
Toy Semaphore.
the string through a scrow-eyo guide.
To tho lower end of the string attach
a piece of soft Iron which should bo
heavy enough so that when current
passes through tho electro-magnet tho
soft iron will be pulled down and the
signal arm raised.
BEGINNING OF "MRS. GRUNDY"
Like Host of Other Famous Matrons,
She Sprang Fcom Fertile Brain
of Literary Genius.
Mrs. Grundy is a comparatively re
cent creation. Llko Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
Gamp, 'Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Partington,
and a host of other famous matrons,
alio sprang from tho fertile brain of
literary genius.
Thomas Morton, a forgotten London
playwright, is her authentic sponsor,
nnd she made her debut on tho boards
of a London theater in 1798, tho ve
hicle of her maiden appearance being
a comedy of somo theatrical effective
ness entitled "Speed the Plow."
In the play Dame Grundy Is tho
wife of a rich and successful farmer.
Dame Ashfleld, another farmer's wlfo,
for whom she is tho object of innocent
envy and idolatrous adoration, can do
nothing but talk of her and quote her
and invoke her approval on every oc
casion and with reference to ovory
subject.
When she returns from tho market
she tells her husband that Mrs. Grun
dy's eggs nnd cattle are tho best sho
has seen there; and when news comes
that their daughter has married a tltlo
she exclaims:
"Our Nellie married to a real bare
netl I wonder, Tummas, what Mrs.
Grundy will say?" Her husband bo
trays great irritation at every such
reference, and finally breaks forth:
"Be quiet, woolyo? Always din, ding
ing Damo Grundy into my ears what
will Mrs. Grundy say? What will
Mrs. Gruudy think? Can't thee bo
quiet, let me alone, and bohavo thysolf,
Matty?" But the good damo 1b not to
bo silenced.
A Sacred Secret.
Tho inspector in an English school
waB questioning the small boys.
"Can you tako your' warm over
coat off?" he nsked.
"Yes, sir," waB the ready response.
"Can the bear tako hla warm over
coat oft?"
"No. sir."
."Why not?"
There was a perplexed silence.
Then a Httlo'boy spoke up: "Please,
sir, 'cause tho good Lord alono knows
where tho buttons Is." National
Monthly,
RIDDLES
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What did Adam first set in the gar
den of Eden?
His foot.
Why cannot a deaf man be legally
convloted?
Because It Is not lawful to condemn
a man without a hearing.
Why are tho pages of a book like
tho days of man?
Because they aro numbered.
How would you speak of a tailor
when you did not remember his name?
As Mr. So-and-So (sow and sew).
Why Is a leaf of a tree" llko tho hu
mm body?
I'ccnuso it has veins In It.
When aro soldiers llko good flan
nels? When they don't shrink.
Why Is n bad picture llko weak tea?
Because It Is not well drawn.
Why nro two young ladles kissing
each other like an emblem of Chris
tianity? Hocauso thoy aro doing unto each
othur as thoy would men should do
unto them.
Why Is a dressmaker a deceptlva
woman?
Uocnuso sho Is not what sho seams.
Why la a thlof called a Jailbird?
' necauHn Iio'b been n robin.
When Ih a blow from a lndy rathor
pleasant?
Whon sho strikes vou agreenblv
BOYS LEAVE FARM FOR CITY
Strong and Rather Rellablo Light
Thrown on Subject by Professor
Bailey of Cornell.
Professor Loot II, Bailey of Cor
nell university has been conducting
Botno inquiries as to why boys leave
tho farm, which throw a strong and
rather rellablo light upon this much
discussed question.
Ho nddrcssed a circular letter to nil
studonts of Cornell who, ho had rea
son to believe, were born in tho coun
try. Among tho replies received wore
155 from persons bred on tho farm,
nnd planning to leavo It. These assign
ed somo 298 reasons why they wore
leaving tho farm, tho samo being
roughly clnsajfled as follows:
Question of financial rewnrd 101
Question of physical labor 7S
Question of social and Intellectual
Ideals 7S
Miscellaneous handicaps 41
Professor Bailey summarizes ns fol
lows.: It Is easy to say that this finan
cial unBUccess is duo to poor Individ
ual farmings but it is a question wheth
er a good part la not duo to causes
that go further and deeper than this.
Farming is virtually tho only great
scries of occupations that Is unorgan
ized, - unsyndlcated, unmopopolizcd,
uncontrolled .except ns It Is dominated
by natural laws of commerce and tho
arbitrary limitations Imposed by or
ganization In other business.
The replies of theso serious-minded
youths should also set ovory thought
ful person wondering what Is to be
the place of tho farmer in tho social
schomo of things, nnd whether tho
present trond is doing him complete
Justlco.
" About 17 per cent, of tho replies
considered thnt tho farmer has dis
tinct social disabilities.
They suggest tho question ns to how
far agrlculturo is to depend for its
progress on tho efforts of tho individ
ual farmer.
BOTTLE DRESSED LIKE DOLL
Children Will Hold It Instead of Toss
ing It Aside, Thereby Getting
Benefit of H"ot Water.
Tho Now York woman who devised
tho water bottle baby showed keen
Insight into juvonilo psychology. Inci
dentally she overcame tho child's nat
ural tendency to toss nsido anything
of medicinal purpose. Or it may bo
Water Bottle Baby.
wrong to say Incidentally, for that
was tho prlmo motive of tho Inven
tion. Any ono who has trlod to mako
a child hold a hot wnter bottlo against
It can testify to tho difficulty of tho
task. Tho illustration shows how this
may be done. A doll's head I"? fasten
ed to tho bottom of the bottle and a
dress allowed to drape over it In loose
folds. Tho garmentxComplotoly con
ceals tho bottlo, ncd'a child will nurso
tho doll and got all tho benefit to bo
derived from Jtho hot bottle, without
knowing It Is .being "treated."
P0INTERsf0R COUNTRY BOY
Simple andJPractlcal Suggestions for
Youtljfto Follow While on
Hunting Expedition.
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Don't pull your gun after you when
you cllmj? or crawl through a barb
wire fensp. Push it through first,
with tho Jmuzzlo away from you.
It youjfnll in going down steep
hills orpver rough ground don't turn
your gu$ loose. Hang on to It? and
keep tan muzzle pointed tho other
way.
Don shoot even approximately In
tho direction of anyono In tho woods,
as a glancing bullet may strike them
qultea bit to ono side of tho object
at which you aim.
DoSjt forgot that tho smaller a rifle
or sliotgun tho more steady you must
holdjflt when you shoot. It takes a
mljjhty good shot, to do long-rango
shooting with a small target-rifle.
lon't pull tho trigger until you're
suro you know what you aro shooting
atjf Quito a number of men aro in
tliclr graves now becauso In a quick
glance tho nervous hunter took them
tqjbo a deer or a wild turkey among
tho bushes.
If you nro In the- woods a long
Unfa, and do a lot of shooting, don't
falllto glvo your gun ono cleaning,
eHpaclnlly If a target-rlilo or pump
gunl It will shoot truer.
For Hoarseness.
Father was examining tho mechan
ism of an auto honker that was out
of ordtr.
"What' aro you going to do with
It?" asked Benjamin, aged nlno years.
"I think I'll try pouring a Ilttlo oil
In It," replied tho father.
"Ql nothing!" exclaimed Benjamin.
"Whctt that thing needs is cough
Blruj."
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Yestorday lie won hla samo.
Everybody wildly praised him;
Iovlngly thoy spoke hla name,
On tliclr shoulders proud men rnlne
him;
Yesterday his curves were great,
Splendid batters fell before him;
All the town stayed up till late,
Willing, eager to adoro him.
lie Is walking from tho field,
Badly, slowly, unattended;
With hla features half concealed,
All hla former glory ended.
Ho Is hissed and termed a "nnit,"
Ho has lost the game, confound hlml
Yesterday a hero, but,
Bricks today aro falling round him.
Dreams.
"Oh, I had a beautiful dream last
night," said Mrs. Peckham. "I dream
ed that you had dono oomethlng-herolc
for which the peoplo woro all praising
you; but Instead of permitting your
self to bo carried away by Buccess you
took mo in your arms, before tho mul
titude, and kissed me, and cried aloud
so all might, hear, that you had had
but ono thought in accomplishing your'
glorious achievement, and that wag
my hnpplnoss."
"That waB qulto a dream," Mr. Peck
ham answered, "but I had a nlcor ono.
I dreamed that you nnd I had started
alono through a great forest,' whoro
there were many wild bonstB. Wo had
gone for miles Into tho depths, I fully
armed and prepared to protect you
with my llfo. Wo were llko another
Adam and Evo, tho only human be
ings there. On and on wo wont, you
clinging to mo and assuring mo of
your faith in me, until finally "
"Yes, dear," sho urged, when he,
hesitated, "until finally"
"Until finally you let go of my arm
for a raomont and got lost."
As Applied to Family Affairs.
"What," asked tho teacher, "does
anthraclto mean?"
"That's a kind of coal," said little
Willie.
"Yes. Anthraclto coal is what we
call hard coal. So anthraclto must
menn hard. Now can you tell mo what
bituminous means?"
"That'B coal, too," Willie replied.
"But It Isn't tho samo kind of coal
that anthraclto Is, is it? Bituminous
coal is what wo commonly refer to ns
soft coal. Now, Willie, let us eeo If
you dan form a sentenco containing
tho words anthracite and bituminous."
WIlllo thought tho matter over foi
a mlnuto and then said:
"Hero'B ono. Thla morning before
pa started downtown ma wanted $5
for grocorlea and things, nnd sho tried
to get it by saying bltumlnouB words,
but pa gavo hor an anthraclto look,
and when ho disappeared around tho
corner sho was weeping bltumlnously."
Their Little Weaknesses.
"Nations and women aro a good deal.
alike."
"In what way?"
"Well, whon ono woman gets a now'
hat her neighbor wnnts to go right
away and get a bettor ono, and whou
ono nation builds n new war ship all
tho others otart right out to get blgget
ones."
Business for Him.
Littlo Charles Sister told mamma
yesterday you was born to bo a poli
tician. Mr. Sklmploy A politician? I won
der why sho thinks bo.
Littlo Charles Sho says you can dc
bo much talkln without commlttln'
yourself.
His Old Habits Abandoned.
"It was too bad about Nell Rich
mond's husband dying so suddenly,
wasn't It?'
"Did ho dlo suddenly?"
"Yes; hadn't you hoard about it?"
"No; I thought ho wua from Phil
adelphia." Cornered.
I heard Cordelia sing, last night,
I heard her Blng and play
( heard her do theBo things because
I couldn't get away.
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ITABSENT-MINDED
Important Chapter In the Hum
Drum Existence of a Young
Rector.
By MARY MARSHALL.
Being mo.doratoly nbsont-miude.d
cast an interesting aura about tho
personality of tho new rector, tho Rev.
Archibald Demttrost, but whon carried
to tho oxtromo this trait had Its draw
backs, nnd thereby hangs an import
ant chapter In tho Hov. Archibald's
hum-drum cxlstenco. Tho fnct that
ho ono day forgot to eat his lunch
nn Intelligence handed over tho back
fenco of tho ncnt littlo rectory garden
by hla faithful housekeeper Magglo to
Molly tho; Stevenson's cook, and thus
by way ot tho Stovonson'a drawing
room through tho neighborhood tilled
the hearts of his fomlnlno parishion
ers with sympathetic concern. Tho
fact that tho causo of thu rector's pre
occupation on this occnslon was a
good run of trout In tho littlo hillsldo
stream a few miles from tho rectory
would not linvo added to-tho glamor
nnd Mngglo, being a woman of discern
ment, did not mention this fact to
Molly ncrosa the fenco.
Ono day, a fresh mild spring day,
tho rector did not como In to dlnnpr
till 8 o'clock, and Magglo always had
dinner rendy nt G. Whon sho naked
him why ho was so lato ns she stood
nt his side, ns ho hastily ate his soup,
ho looked up In surprise at her. Then
lie drew out his watch and whistled.
"By Jove!" ho exclaimed, "how tho
afternoon Howl" nnd when Magglo
waited for an explanation tho rector
offered nono.
After dishes woro waBhod Magglo
hastened to tho back fenco to toll
Molly, but Molly had Bomothlng to say
herself.
-"I don't know what ovor la getting
Into Miss Hortense," sho said. "Sho
never enmo in to dinner till 8 o'clock,
and wo always' havo It nt half past six.
And tho funny thing ts thnt sho didn't
know sho was Into. Sho said sho had
been walking but sho didn't say who
with."
Magglo looked knowingly at Molly
"I havo susplcloned It all along," Bho
snld. "I won't say anything that Isn't
my nffnlrs, but I will say that tho Rev.
Archibald didn't como In himself till 8
nnd whistled when I told him ho waB
two hours lato. You can draw your
own conclusions."
Mngglo's suspicion was before long
making its way through tho parish.
Tnoro was littlo room for doubt that
Hortense and hor neighbor, the rector,
were much togothor, and there was no
ono in tho parish who secmod to keep
such a good run of church nffnlra aa
Miss Hortenso who, until tho now rec
tor hnd como, had boon lukewarm, It
not n poBltlvo backslider.
But In splto of Horlonsc's lutereat
nnd help Archibald grow ovon more
nbsent-mlnded." On one occasion ho
read morning prayor nt Sundny ves
pers, and a week later ho announcod
,tho hour of tho ladles' missionary so
ciety ns 3 o'clock in tho morning In tho
rector's study. But such slips could
bo overlooked.
It was threo hours boforo vespers
on tho following Sunday afternoon.
Archibald was lazing In hla comfort
able littlo study nnd Magglo was out
for tho afternoon. A small boy from
tho country camo breathSjss to tho
rectory door nnd between gasps ex
plained: "Mamma sent me for tho doctor and
he Is awny for tho day. Baby's got a
fit and papa has gono up tho rlvor.
But I guess you can help If you hur
ry." Archlbnld Btoppcd long enough to
reflect thnt vespers waB not till 5 and
that It was about 3 o'clock than, nnd
thnt ho could go straight from his
visit to church. Ho put tho notes for
his nddrees In his coat pocket nnd
with ndmlrnble forethought rcmem
bored a flrst-nld-to-tho-lnjurcd kit from
his study desk ono that ho used
when taking his choir boys camping.
Ho did not know much about Ills, but
still he might need It ho ho put it with
n roll ot bandaging and u medicine
enso Into a neat black leathor bag that
ho UBed to carry his vestments In to
weddings nnd funerals.
About fifteen minutes inter when
Archibald had reached tho Binall two
room ccttngo by tho rlvcrsldo about n
mllo from tho rectory ho found n
scene of confusion. There were four
peevish children, n smoky lire, n tired
worn mother nnd a vlgorous-luugod
baby whoso "llts" proved to bo merely
a case of had temper. Archibald llxod
tho fire, humored the children, con
soled the mother nnd managed to food
tho baby somo warm milk. Fifteen
minutes before church tlmo ho mado u
break to leave. Ho could Imagine
what confusion his absenco from
church would cause, nnd yet na tho
poor mother bogged him toarfully to
stny "Just a while longer." at least till
tho baby's fathor got back from tho
river where ho was fishing, Archibald
didn't havo tho heart to leave.
Archibald know that it u.as not a
case of lifo und denth, but still tho
mother's tears mado It lmpo3slblo for
him to go. Ho remembered what Hor
tense Stevenson had (old him tho day
before about IiIh duty to tho poor poo
pie of hla parish, and ho had a pleas
ing feeling of doing something of
which sho -would npprovo aa ho decid
ed to stay with tho poor woman till
her husbnnd returned. Fortunately
for Archibald tho father did return in
about a half an hour, and after n few
worda of advlco and good cheer and a
Ilttlo difficulty In collecting hla scat
tered belongings, tho young clergy
man hastened toward church.
His lay rcador, of course, would
have begun tho service, and ho would
still bo tffrffa In tlmo for tho Address.
Archibald felt an exhilarating senna ot
being necessary as ho hastened to
ward tho church. Ho would slip Into
tho vestry, quickly don his vestments
nnd Blip through tho sldo ontranco to
tho chnncol. Tho oyes ot his faithful
congregation would be turned toward
him ho know thnt and of them nil
it would bo tho questioning, anxious
eyes of Hortonso that would count.
Then after ocrvlco ho would hurry
awny from church, nnd not stny to
answer any ot tho curious question
ings ns to what had cnuscd hla delay.
Ho would go bnck to tho rectory and
thon after supper ho would slip over
to Hortenso. Hortonso would bo ex
pecting him, for It was only two days
before that ho had told her of his lovo
for hor, nnd that sho had glvon him a
properly reticent nnswer. Ho hnd
been nllowod to hopo. Archibald cal
culated tho probablo offect that his
story of tho nttorno&n's oxporlenco
would havo upon hor. Ho would not
mako too much of it thnt would bo
boastful but whon Bho nsked, as of
course sho would, what had dotalncd
him, ho would In nn off-hand way let
hor know what ho had dono.
Up to tho tlmo of slipping ovor to
Hortense after supper things happen
ed aa Archibald hnd expected. In fact
ho found Hortenso dressed In tho soft
pink and whlto dress ho liked so well,
sitting by a low elcctrollor reading as
ho entered tho drnwlng room, which
tho roBt of tho StovciiBona hnd, with
their usual conBldointcncss, seen fit to
abandon nt tho tlmo for his call.
Archibald hurried to her with out
strotchod hands, but Hortense greeted
him with n cool raising of tho eye
brow that took his breath away. Ho
pulled a chair to tho sldo of tho tablo
whoro sho sat, nnd waited for hor to
say something.
"I hardly know whether to expoct
you or not," sho snld with n forced
laugh calculated to frocro a much
mora daring heart than that ot Archi
bald Demnrest.
"Hortonso." said" Archibald, fooling
a curious ohoklnoss, as ho drew up to
tho idol of hla dreams. Ho had never
seen hor In this mood, nnd ho wna
qulto unpropnrod for It. "I couldn't
miss this, no matter how busy my dny
had been."
"No?" said Hortonso with a rising
inflection. "It would perhaps bo more
to your credit If you felt as much de
votion to vospors as -you profoss you
fool for mo."
"Oh, that's it, Is H? Do ymt know,
I couldn't mnko out what mado you
seem so standoffish whon I camo In.
That's all. Isn't It,. dear doarost?" It
was rather hard in tho fnco of Hor
tenso's prolonged frlgldness to como
out with tho nowly-pormltted forms ot
endearment, but Archibald waB mak
ing a great offort. "I novor know till
two hours boforo vespers and I trlod
to get bnck In tlmo."
HortenBo'B oyes were bright with
angor. "You needn't mako any ox
cusos," sho said, drawing from his out
stretched hand. "You could havo been
man enough "
"Man onoughl 'Why, Hortonso, I
thought I did tho manly thing. I
thought It was Just tho sort of thing
"Manly thing .to como In half an
hour lato to vespers! A Ilttlo absont
"mlndodness Isn't lnoxcusablo What,
you didn't forgot? You did It on pur
poso? Walt till you explain? You
need mnkn no explanations, Mr.
Demarest."
"It was a Bmall.mnttor," Bald Archi
bald, helplessly.
"A small matter to go fishing on
Sunday afternoon nnd not to get back
till vospors was halt overt That was
a small matter, was It?"
Archibald dropped to his knees be
fore Hortenso. "Why on earth do you
think I was fishing?"
"Bccnuso you weren't clover onough
to conceal tho fact, I suppose"
"Hortenso, Hortenso," plended tho
rector. "Won't you think hotter of
mo? I went out to help n poor wom
an whoBe baby was having fits and "
"Yes, nnd stoppod to fish on tho way
homo nnd forgot all about vospors. I
am sorry. Mr. Domarest, but I would
rather end our friendship here."
Hortenso suddenly rogalncd hor
composure and Archibald Jumped to
his feet na Molly camo Into tho draw
ing room.
"Please, sir." sho said, with a smile,
"Magglo Just asked mo over tho
fence, could you stop back to tho rec
tory a mlnuto. Thoro is a littlo boy
there snys you must havo took his
fathor'a satchel of fish homo by mis
take. He's got your black bag with
thu bandages In It, and Bays will you
please accept threo of tho largest
troutt) in tho catch and leavo him have
tho rest?"
As a light of understanding broke
ovor Archibald's faco Molly added In
an nsldo to Hortonso, "It's all right
about Mr, Demarest. Ho wasn't fish
ing nt nil. You boo, Mr. Demarest,"
turning to tho clorgyman with a con
fidential air, "Magglo was sure whon
you brought homo tho bag of fish thnt
you had been oft fishing, nnd sho told
mo and I told Miss Hortonso."
(Copyright, 1913. by the UcClnro News
paper (Syndicate.)
High Diplomacy.
Tho Ilttlo girl had boon so out
rageously naughty that It was docld
cd that sho should not bo allowed to
attend tho party to which sho and
her sister had been Invited. On tho
day of tho festivity tho mother cnllod
in person to pick up hor unoffending
daughter, and bring hor homo again.
"Wall," Bho asked, "nnd did you ex
plain to Mr. B how naughty
Botty had boon and how 1 kept her
at homo to punish hor?"
"Oh, no, mammlo," camo tho an
Hwor; "I didn't think that 'ud do. 1
Just said sho'd gono to a much bigger
party."
TARM
GOOD HOUSE FOR THE FOWLS
Should Have Southern Front and
Yards May Be Laid Off for In
dividual Pens If Desired.
A good poultry houso may bo built
after plans shown In tho drawing.
Such a houso may bo mado any length
desired nnd pnrtloncd Into six-foot
brooding pens, 10 foot deep, which
would glvo 7 1-3 square too per bird
for ono mnlo and 12 fomales. Tho
houso should havo a cement or board
door and can bo so built as to mako it
rat, wind and rnln proof. I profor
a floor of comont, writes William Scott
ot Abllcno, Kau., in tho Farmers
Mall and Brcozo.
Tho house should front south and
yards may bo laid off for tho uso ot
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Good for Several Uses.
individual pono it desired. This kind
ot houso 1b also suitablo for ralBlng
early hatchod chicks.
Thu uppor windows aro hlngod so
thoy may bo ewung opon at any de
sired nnglo or to bo hooked up aa
tho weather demands. Tho lowor
front ts covored with ono-lnch mosh
wlro nnd a drop canvas or windows
may bo used. Tho window Bhould bo
hung so aa to Bwlng In nt any desired
nnglo. HooBta are placed along tho
north wall. A slnglo roost running
tho length ot tho building and sot
out two foot from tho north wall, may
bo mado to aorvo tho purposo.
A roost shlold for cold woathor can
bo mado of a frame tho length of tho
rooBta and two foot wido, to bo cox
orod with sound burlap on top and
sides. Placo thla frame bIx Inchoa
abovo tho blrda' heada and let tho
burlnp hang a foot below tho roosts,
This framo should bo drawn up out
ot tho way each morning.
If ncsta aro placo low onough not
many hens will lay on tho floor and It
Is often considered batter still to placo
thorn right on tho floor. A screon
mado ot burlap so it will almost hldo
tho nosts mako thorn more atractlvo
to tho hens and holpa to prevent egg
eating. 'SULPHURING' THE HEN HOUSE
if
Job Should Be Performed at Least
Onco Every Month First Re
move All Combustibles.
To burn sulphur in a poultry houso
first romovo all combustlblo matter.
Thon put nn old iron kettlo Into a
dlshpan and placo on four bricks in
tho mlddlo of tho houso. In tho lot
tlo put somo cobs which havo boon
soaked in a solution ot ono part ot
plno tar to four parts ot korosono,
sprluklo tho sulphur over tho coba
nnd sot on flro.
Bo auro to havo everything arranged
so aa to beat a hasty retreat from
tho room and closo tho door quickly
as tho sulphur fumes aro suffocating.
Sulphur burned in this manner will
ponotrato ovory crovtco na well aa
covering tho surfneu and aids won
derfully In purifying tho building and
In destroying poultry vormln.
Ono pint of turpcntlno may bo add
ed to tho half gallon ot korosono aa
well as tho plno tar with beneficial
results. Onco a month is nono too
ofton to burn sulphur in overy poultry
houso.
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Never brood from tmmuaturo Btock.
Ground bono is great for laying
lions,
Tho first Bymptoms of roup swol
len oyos.
Dampness and chilling moan sure
death to chicks.
Do not allow tho fowlo to bo exposed
to tho strong winds.
Soft-shelled eggs aro a sign ot lack
of limo or of over-feeding.
Scrub hens kopt by scrub poultry
men mnko a bad combination,
Sifted ashes scattered undor tho
roosts mako an excellent absorbont.
Try hard never to catch a lien by
tho wing or feathers; grab hor by
tho" legs.
A Ilttlo granulated charcoal mixed
In tho soft feed Ib oxcallent In cases
of diarrhoea.
If there are cracks In tho walls of
tho houses, tho chilly winds arc sure
to creato a draft.
Tho best way to run an incubator
Is to follow tho directions thnt como
with tho machine.
Tho hen thut will not scratch for
her living Is too lazy to make you a
profit as a layer.
Leghorns mako poor sitters. Bet
tor not trust tho eggs to them. They
nro better layers and foragers than
ilttora.
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