Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA,
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED
COVERS WIDE AREA.
GREATER 00 LESSEO IMPORT
Includes What Is Going On at Wash
ington and In Other Sections of
the Country.
WAR NEWS.
A manifesto opposing conscription
lias been issued at London by a com
paratively small number of members
of the British parliament.
A Coalition cabinet has been
formed in Franco to tako tho place
of the ministry of Premier Viviuni,
which reslgnod.
Japan ban become a party to tho
agreement, entered into uy urcut
Britain, France, Russia and Italy not
to conclude a separate peace.
Great Britain has informed Greece
that If she would glvo her full, Im
mediate support to Serbia against
Bulgaria, Great Britain was prepared
to give her the Island of Cyprus.
David Lloyd-George, the British min
ister oC munitions, speaking for Pre
mier Aequlth in tho House of Com
mons, denied that Great Britain was
engaged directly or indirectly In peace
negotiations.
As. tha result of the activity of
British submarines in tho Baltic the
late of Swedish war insurance on
ships bound for German ports has
been doubled, according to a Copen
hagen dispatch.
All the Tiolllgcrent powers have
granted tho request of Popo Bonediot
that Sunday bo made a day of abso
lute reposo for prisoners of war. Sev
eral of the countries in their replies
said that' thoy already had been ob
serving this rule.
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The Russian government Is busy
making war munitions and Importing
them from Jnpan in preparation for a
big drive that is expected to begin In
tho early spring, according to Albert
B. Thayer of Cincinnati, who arrived
-In New York from Copenhagen.
Premier Asqulth announced in the
British House of Commons that tho
casualties to October 9 were 493,291.
He placed the killed in all areas at
fi.fiOG officers and 94,992 men, tho
Avounded at 12.C33 officers and 304,832
men and tho missing at 2,000 officers
Tind 72,177 men.
GENERAL.
H. B. Whitehousc, head of tho
Omaha agency of tho National Cash
Register company, said, that from tho
check taken by himself recently there
aro sixty-one now stores In Omaha,
opened sinco January 1.
It Is roportcd to New York that
Uusslan agents aro trying to float In
this country a credit loan of about
?GO,000,000, for eighteen months, at 9
per cent, to be spent entirely In this
country for supplies.
Tho act of tho legislature levying a
tax on anthracite coal and providing
for tho collection and distribution of
such tax on the coal mined within tho
state, was declared unconstitutional
by tho Pennsylvania state supremo
court.
SL Joseph, Mo., is to have a now
two-nlle automobile speedway of co t
creto, Jack trlnco, promoter, has re
reived tho assurance of business in on
and commercial organizations thoro
that tho project would bo backed sat
isfactorily, Germany nnd Austria can stand the
struin of financing tho war longer
than czn her enemies, In tho opinion
of John J. Arnold, vlco president of
the First National bank of Chicago,
who spolco at tho Nebraska bankers'
convention nt Omnha.
Captain Anton G. Thomson of tho
Frederlk VIII., which arrived in Now
York a few days ago, completed his
309th voyugo between Denmark and
Now York as a master. lie received
his master papers In 1881, and bin
record shows that ho has covered
noarly l.GOO.OOO miles during his time
as mnster.
California, In a general elec
tion on tho question of making the
stato government wholly nonpartisan
as Its county governments and some
state offices now are, voted flatly
egninst it.
Tho supremo court of Wisconsin
held that typhoid fovor contracted
through drinking water furnished by
the employer and resulting In tho
deuth of said employo Is an accident
and wlthJn tho meaning of tho work
men's compensation act.
Albanians in tho Kossovo district
of Serbia, the Prlzrend region, havo
bogun hostilities against tho Serbians,
according to tho official statement by
tho Bulgarian war office Issued at Sofia.
Outlining tho policies of tho Illinois
Equal Suffrage association, Mrs.- Grato
Wilbur Trout, president, declared
against any nllianco with cither wet oi
dry factions.
Twenty-one chlldron, most of them
girls, ranging In ago from 7 to 11
years, lost tholr lives in a flro which
destroyed tho SL John's parochial
school at Penbody, Mass.
Tho steamship Eastland, which
tipped over In tho Chicago river, Au
gust C, with a loss of S12 Hvoa, may,
bo used as a government nnval train
ing ship, it was announced In Chicago.
Chalnnnn Charles D. IUlles of tho
republican national commltteo an
nounced that a call had been Issued
for a meeting of tho commltteo In
Washington, Docombor 14, to select
a city for the coming national con
vention. Drastic action by officials of Kan
sas City, Kan., to prohibit illegal sale
of beor by breweries was taken when
threo drivers wore arrested, sentenc
ed to Jail and tho bter and trucks con
fiscated. Tho drivers were fined $500
each and given six months In jail.
More thnM 100 cases of beer were de
stroyed. Porter Charlton, former Omaha
boy who has been on trial In Como,
Italy, charged with murdering his
wife nt Lake Como In 1910, was con
demned to six years and eight months
Imprisonment. The jury found Charl
ton only partially responsible. Owing
to amnesty, Charlton will serve only
twenty-nlno days In prison.
SPORTING.
Charles Cutler of Chicago, defeated
Floyd Domer of Polo, 111., In two
straight falls, in thirty-eight and nine
teen minutes, respectively, at Dead
wood, So. Dak.
Nelly the Great, a 2-year-old trotting
filly, made a new world's record for a
hair-mile track at Sprlngfleld,0., when
at a breeders' meeting, she stepped a
milo in 2 : 1 5 94 . Tho former record
was 2:lC'.
Outweighed to a certainty and out
played In many departments of tho
game, Nebraska university's big foot
ball team defeated at Lincoln, Neb.,
tho formidable Notre Dame crew by
tho remarkable score of 20 to 19.
Matt Wolls, English lightweight,
was accorded tho newspaper deci
sion by a shade over Charlie White
of Chicago, in a sensational ten
round bout in Milwaukee. Popular
opinion concedf i W(Hs tho winner.
Alexander Abcrg of Russia, world's
champion at Greco-Roman wrestling,
successfully defended Ills title, throw
ing Wladek Zbyszko, tho Polo, after
one hour and four minutes wrestling
at Madison Square Garden, Now
York.
Fred Fulton was accorded a news
pnper decision over Arthur Pelky In
the fifth round of tho scheduled ton
round bout at Oshkosh, Wis. Fulton
had knocked Pelky down twelve
times In this round, and tho referee
stopped tho flghL
That the Kansas City club of tho
Federal leaguo lost $35,332.13 this
yoar, although finishing high In tho
race, was incoroporated in a report
made to a stockholders' meeting of
tho club In Kansas City, by Conrad
H. Mann, president.
WASHINGTON.
Tho Justice department announced n
decreo entered at Philadelphia against
the Philadelphia & Reading railway,
divorcing the company's coal and iron
holdings as well as its navigation line.
Mrs. Frederick Glllman of Vallejo,
Ca., widow of a gunner on the sub
marine F-4 which sank in Honolulu
harbor, has been appointed Hag
maker at tho Mare Island navy yard
by order of President Wilson.
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Secretary Daniels has signed an or
dor for tho construction at tho Wash
ington navy yard of a giant blplano
for tho navy, tho first aircraft to bo
built at any government establish
ment. Plans for tho machine aro pre
pared. Speaker Champ Clark has been in
vited by Prcsdiont Wilson to confor
with him smo tlmo beforo congress
convenes on tho genernl legislative j
program for tho next session, partlcu
larly tho administrations plans for na
tional defense.
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President Wilson announced that ho
would receive on Decomber G Sarah
Bard Field and Miss Frances Jollffe,
ropresen;tlves of tho woman voters'
convention recently held in San Fran
cisco, who will present a petition urg-
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America's long considered protest
against British interference with com
merce botween the United States and
Europe has been dispatched to Lon
don by special messenger nnd will be
presented by Ambassador Pago to the
British Foreign office this week.
A navel aviation corps Indopondont
of tho navy proper, with tho same
status as tho marlno corps, will bo
recommended to congress by Secre
tary Daniels as ono step toward the
Improvement of tho aviation sorvico
at sea.
CONDENSED HEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
The Ponco Weekly Advocate claims
hero Is not a vacant houso in that
place.
Tho Boatrlco Commercial club Is
considering a proposition of erecting
a community club houso.
Spontaneous combustion caused
tho destruction of tho Ponek mills
U Lynch, with tho loss of $7,500.
President Wilson has appointed
Samuel G. Hudson postmaster of Lin
coln. His selection was urged by W.
I. Bryan.
Thomas Murray of Dunbar was
elected president of the Nebraska
bankers' association at Its session
it Omaha.
Burwell was visited by a disastrous
tiro last week. The Frank Wogryzn
Ivory barn and two othor buildings
voro burned.
Boatrlco young women havo organ
'zed a Y. W. C. A. and a commltteo
has been selected to rnlso funds for
iho securing of quarters.
Officers of tho farmers' co-operative
.creamery, at a meeting in Fre
mont havo decided to locate tholr
new plant In that town, j
Manual training pupils In Omaha
nro proparlng a largo number of bird
houses, to bo placed In tho parks
thoro next season.
Tho third week of tho Lowory meet
ings at York ended Saturday, Oct. 23.
At the close of tho second week since
tho Invitation was given for sinners
to hit tho sawdust trail more than
four hundred have gone forward.
Tho St. Francis hospital at Hani
son wns open to tho public last week.
This is tho first nnd only hospital in
Sioux county. Dr. Borglum, who is
in charge of tho institution, will start
a tubercular colony In the spring.
William, alias "Dan" Jordon, was
found gulUy by a Scottsbluff Jury oC
tho murder of Joseph Layton. Ills
punishment was fixed at Imprison
ment in the. state penitentiary for life.
The Jury verdict and sentence mot
the general public's approval.
Tho Nebraska-Notro Dame game at
Lincoln October 23 sot a now mark in
Iluskor finances, tho total receipts be
ing ?H,700. The previous high
mark was two years ago for the Ne-braska-Minnesotn
game, when re
ceipts were slightly over JS.000.
Tho government census bureau
lias made by arithmetical calcula
tions the following estimates of the
population of Nebraska cities in
1915: Omaha, 1G3.200; Lincoln. 4G.028;
firand Island. 12,519; Hastings 10,470;
Beatrice. 30.337; Fremont, 9,191.
Mrs. Fred J. Epson of Sydney, Aus
tralia, 28 years of age, was killed,
and her husband quto badly Injured,
when tho nutomoblle In which they
were riding turned over one mile west
of Fremont. Tho machine turned
completely over nnd righted Itself.
Refusal upon tho part of Mrs. B. F.
Reynolds to allow the placing of a
buttress in tho basement of her mill!
nory store at Hastings, resulted in the
abandonment upon the part of WI1'
lam Brach of plans for the erection
of a $75,000 six-story office building
soon to have been submtted to con
tractors. The expenses of fifty Presbytorlnn
pastors and laymen In Nebraska In
the fight to make Nebraska dry in
191G will be fully and completely paid
by tho national board of temperance
of tho Presbyterian assembly. An
nouncement of this plan was made re
cently at tho state synod at Aurora
by Dr. Robert C. Westenberg, secre
tary of tho board of temperance.
Will Hawk, living near Loup City,
mot with a severe accidont while rid
ing a spirited animal ono day last
week. In turning a corner ho wno
thrown to tho ground. His head
struck tho slump of a tree, Inflicting
a very severe scalp wound. Nearly
one-half of the scalp was peeled from
his head.
John Otto, son of a farmer residing
ono and a half miles south of York,
suffered a fractured skull and other
serious injuries when his clothing
was caught In a belt of an onglne.
His head struck against tho onglne
at every revolution of tho drlvo
wheel. Ho wns assisting In baling
straw at the tlmo of tho accidont.
An unusual case of rabies has de
veloped in a horse belonging to Len
Snyder, near Lushton. A veterinarian
called from McCool watched tho ani
mal until it died from the loss of
blood from Its solMnfllcted wounds.
When tho veterinarian called ho was
attnckcd by tho animal and It was
with difficulty that he got away
without serious Injury.
Tho European war Is delaying tho
shipment of buildings materials for
the new buildings to bo constructed
at the state university and tho farm
nt Lincoln tinder the campus exten
sion fund. Contractors on tho now
building at tho farm report some of
the Iron work, which wns to have
been shipped, hns been delayed be
cauHO tho factories aro overworked
with ordors for supplies from the
allies.
Tho Fillmore County Signal, pub
lished at Geneva, has celebrated Its
fortieth anniversary. For twenty-ona
years tho paper has been published
by tho present owner and editor,
Frank O. Edgecombe.
Tho Carneglo library at Collcgo
View is about completed. AH tho ex
terior work is done, nnd all that re
mains is a few finishing touches on
tho Inside. Tho library board is mak
ing plans for tho dedication, which
probably will bo held within tho next
fow weeks. Tho building cost about
17.000.
Tho Peru Commercial club has boos
reorganized.
National guard compnnlcs nro soon
to bo established at Crawford, Gor
don and Plnttsmouth.
Manufncturors of tho state vlll hold
their annunl convention in Lincoln
Novomber 10 and 1G.
The Nebraska State Bar associa
tion will hold Its nnnual session in
Omaha December 28 and 29.
Tho Ravenna High school authori
ties havo cancelled all foot ball dntes
of tho team on account of rough play
ing. James IC. Kolthly, for tho past ten
yoars editor and publisher of tho
Syracuso Journal, died at his homo In
that city.
Tho evangelistic revival meetings
to bo held at Soward will begin No
vember 7. A tabomnclc seating 1,500
has been erected.
While hanging up a 22-callber rlflo
C. II. Jcssup of Aurora accidentally
shot himself through tho abdomen
and is in a precarious condition.
West Point citizens will glvo a flvo
number lecturo course this winter
free of charge, tho cost of tho courso
io be raised by voluntary subscrip
tion. A stenm tractor and comploto
threshing outfit ran over and killed
Elmer Benedict near Dalton. Tho
man wns lying In direct path of tho
tractor.
M. C. Miller, a Soward merchant,
has been awarded first prize by a Chi
cago concorn, that was seeking tnll
corn. Miller's entry measured 15 feet,
10 Inches.
Twenty good roads enthusiasts from
Clay Center, Including Mnyor Adams,
met with Hastings business men re
cently In tho interests of good roads
co-operation.
An effort Is bolng made in North
Bend to enforce tho stnto law on the
sale and use of tobacco by minors.
The woman'3 club is taking an actlvo
part in tho campaign.
Tom Doctor of Belleville, welter
weight champion of Kansas, won over
Rocs Robinson of Lincoln, champion
welterweight wrestler of Nebraska, In
two straight falls at Deshler.
Prominent business men of Aurora
have organized and Incorporated tho
Hcniilton County Speed association
of Aurora and aro planning to hold a
race meet in Juno of next. year.
, The York base ball park Is to bo
dismantled nnd all paraphernalia
sold November 1G. Tho association
hnd a disastrous year, and tho sea
son closed with a small deficit.
Sheriff Colo and Chiof Crosson aro
keeping close watch around Hastings
for burglars who entered C. Peter
son's hardware store at Mlnden nnd
robbed it of $500 worth of merchan
dise. Tho first load of barley scon on tho
streets of Kearney In ten years was
brought to town last week. Tho
grain was sold at 30 cent a bushel,
there being no market for it In tho
"ectlon.
Joseph Cording wns seriously In
lured and the building occupied by
bin drug store at Litchfield was total
ly wrecked by an explosion of turpen
tine which had leaked from a barrel
in storage.
E. P. Curran, .who linn been editor
of tho York Dally News-Times for
tho past four years, has Bcvored his
relation with that paper and pur
chased an Interest in tho Dally Nowb
at Columbus.
Although but a small per cent of
tho threshing Is dono Jefferson coun
ty farmers havo plenty of money. At
a sale of nearly $4,000 worth of hogs
and cattlo near Falrbury recently,
"very sale wns settled In cash.
In a wrestling match at Lincoln
Joe Steelier of Dodgo easily defeated
O. Schocnloln, alias Amerlcus, of Bal
timore, In two straight falls. Tho first
fall camo In six minutes nnd a half,
and the second In threo minutes.
Based on actual survoys, a high
school course Is proving to bo worth(
more than an Investment of $G 000
In 5 per cent bonds to n farmer, whllo
a courso in a College of Agriculture
Hrcms to bo worth ns much moro.
From 30 to 100 per rent greator
and bettor yield of potatoes was se
cured from northern grown seed than
from homo grown need this vonr on
farms of tho Gago County Farmers'
Association members under the di
rection of the county agricultural
agent.
An X-rav examination revnled n
broken thigh, a dislocated knee nnd n
rushed nnklo bone nftor his phvslclai
had told him there were no hroken
bones, according to tho petition of
William Stewnrt. seventy-two, who
filed suit for $5,000 damnees against
nr. J. v. Begthol, Hastings city
health officer nnd former coroner.
A rnttlesnnko nbout sixteen Inches
long was killed on n Lyons sldewnlk
by Hollls. throe nnd one-hnlf-voar-old
son of Olios Cleveland. Tho child rnn
over tha snake whllo riding his tri
cycle, and seeing It squirm, he turned
nnd rodo over It ngaln and again Just
to "seo It wiggle," not knowing tho
''angerous chnrneter of the reptile.
This is the second rattler killed this
yenr on tho Lyons sldownlk.
Tho second shoot between tho Oma
ha nnd tho WIsncr Gun clubs for tho
Charles E. Reesn trophy hold on tho
WlBner grounds resulted In a scoro
of 907 to 895, in favor of Wisner, thus
giving tho Cuming county town titlo
of state championship.
A permanent organization of tho
Fremont Union Revival association
has been completed for tho purpose
of conducting tho Froiriont revival in
January. Ono of tho first nets of tho
now body was a vote to cnlargo tho
plans for tho Tnbornnclo to a ca
pacity of 2,500, Instoad of 1,500.
FARM HORSE FILLS
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A Money-Mnkor
(By C. M. SCHULZ.)
When tho nctlvo working season on
tho farm will hnvo a llttlo let up, tho
farmor can hnvo n moniont to spnro
to ascertain of what value his brood
marcs havo been.
Ho will remember, In tho llrBt plnco,
that thoy have each given birth this
season and havo raised to weaning ago
a nlco promising colt that bids fair
to dovclop into a good salablo horso
later on.
Thoso youngstors nro increasing In
value and ns thoy aro yearlings now
will hblp to mnko their living next
senson ns two year olds. Tho brood
mares havo also dono much farm nnd
road work.
Probably I mnko n mlstnko in cred
iting each maro with a colt every
year; so It Is Bafor to Bay that count
ing for accidents n maro should aver
age two coltB ovory three years.
It would bo rather a hnrd matter
to Bay Just what product sho will glvo
hor owner each year of hor working
and brooding life. So much depends
on hor quality nnd especially upon her
capacity ns a suro breeder and like
wise as n good rnothor.
Marcs, llko cows, differ greatly In
tholr How of milk and many times n
modlum-slzcd nnimal with heavy milk
How capacity will ralso a blggor and
hotter colt than a much larger anl
mal whoso milk flow Is Insufficient.
Tho practical horso brccdor and tho
farmer of oxpcrlenco Is well nwaro of
thoso facts and ono will often bo sur
prised to seo farmers keep brooding
mares that to tho uninitiated appear
to bo Indifferent specimens.
Say that a farmor hns bought n
maro In Jnnunry for $150. Sho Is llvo
years old and ho breeds her In Murch.
Tho stud fco is $25, but tho monoy is
not duo unless tho muro proves to bo
in foal.
Tho colt has cost $25 at birth and
at weaning tlmo, four months later,
ho would bo worth, If a good Individ
ual and a good grado, say, $40.
By noxt spring ho should bo worth
$75, nnd at two years old should bring
$100 to $125. Now ho can bo put to
work.
From then until ho is four years
old ho Bhould eurn his. feed Bay $75
a yoar and glvo a profit of $25 por
year, although $50 would bo nearer
tho mark.
At four years of ago ho should bo
FENCING FOR SHEEP
IS TOUGH PROBLEM
Most Sheep .Raisers Use Woven
Wire From 30 to 40 Inches
HighPut Barbs on Top.
(By E. RUSSELL. North Dnkota Agricul
tural College.)
Tho fencing problem has always
loomed up big to tho beglnnor In rais
ing shoop. It Is not, howovcr, n very
difficult ono If It Is undertaken in an
Intelligent manner. It docs not re
quire a heavy fenco to hold Bhcop,
though barbed wlro will not mako sat
isfactory sheep fenco. Most sheep
raisers uso a fonco constructed of
wovon wlro from 30 to 42 Inches high,
with flvo to nlno horizontal wires and
16 to 20 stays to tho rod. Any fenco
coming inside theso limits, if put up
with a post each 14 to 1G foot, will
provo satisfactory for shcop. If a 40
Inch wovon wire Is used It should havo
at least ono barbed wlro on top of it.
It usually pays to put on or two
barbed wires on top of tho wven wlro,
howovor, ns thlH will mako a fonco
that will turn horses and cattlo as I
well as sheop.
Clay Soil Fertility.
To keep tho fertility of clay soils
it is nocessary to add considerable
vcgotablo matter. This is best dono
by using all availablo manuro and In
addition by turning under an occasion
al second crop of clover or other
logume. Even in tho natural stato
cUy soils raroly contain much hu
muz. Tho supply of phosphorus Is also
limited and should bo increased by tho
addition of phosphato fortlllzer to sup
plement tho farm manuro.
Picking Chickens.
Instead of dipping fowls In Bcaldlng
water to got tho fcathors off If you
will uso that poor way of picking put
boiling water In a wash bailor or some
big vossol, lay sticks on tho top of It
to sot tho fowls on, then lot tho water
boll hard. Tho steam will loosen tho
plumugo without wotting it. Turn tho
birds over and over until tho fonthera
como off easily. Do not leavo them
over tho steam long at a tlmo.
IMPORTANT PLACE
on Any Farm.
worth $200,' Judging from tho wnj
woll-bred, well-broken and well-kept
horsos nro now selling.
Wo will say that a brccdor is luckj
onotigh to havo rnlsod a pair of four-year-olds,
sound, good lookers, hearty,
with Bnap and stylo, weighing from
1,200 to 1,400 pounds each, for tht
pair $400 can easily bo had in any of
tho big markots.
Theso nro tiot fanciful figures bu
aro based upon actual oxpcrlenco of
overyday farmers of brooding, raising"
and selling colts.
Evory farmor should, If posslblo,
keep ono or moro good brood mares,
not brokon-wlndcd, worn-out, city
hacks, but sound, woll-shapod, woll-.
bred animals that possess indlvldnl
morlt and whoso progeny will sell
readily when tho dealer comes along.'
Any brooder of oxporlonco knows
well that almost as much dopends on
tho brood mares ns upon tho stallion In'
tho raising of any broed of good1,
horses.
Many colts tako tholr conformation'
from their mother, especially from
tholr shoulders back. For instance if
a maro has wldo, ragged hips, hor
colts nro most Hablo to inherit this'
tendency. Many colts also InhorltJ
their dispositions from their dams. '
Brood mnros should bo sound, of
qulot disposition, strongly built, and
they should bo woll cared for. j
Tho maro can bo worked up to a,
wcok or two botoro tho colt Is!
droppod. In fact, sho Is bolter off
for tho regular oxorclso. but sho,
should bo handled by a caroful man,
who will not oxclto hor, and alio Bhould
havo a roomy box stall for hor sloop-'
ing quarters.
Although many may disagree with
mo, I am firmly convinced from noarly
30 years oxporlonco on breeding
fnrms, that It la a risky business pur
chasing aged mares, who havo spent
tho best yoars of tholr llvos doing work
In tho cities, and trying to mako
brood marcs of them.
In tho first placo when a maro has
arrived at that ngo, and has novor
had n colt, hor chancos of getting in
foal nro lessoned oach year. j
Furthermore, It i8 safo to nay that'
n roasonnblo proportion of tho3o maroa
havo slunkod tholr coltB, nnd for thlst
roaflon they havo boon sent from tho
farm nnd sold in tho cltios, where'
thoy can do oxcollont work.
TRIED CURES FOR
POULTRY DISEASES'
Avoid Leg Weakness in Chicks byj
Proper Feeding Remedy
for Swelled Head.
Leg woaknoss In chicks Is ofton duo1
to tho food bolng of a fattening na-i
truo, and tho bodies, In consequence,!
bocomo too heavy for tho muscular'
Btrcngth. of tho chick's legs. Thoro.
should bo bran In tho soft food that
Is fed, It being ono of tho best bono:
and musclo foods that could bo given.
Aflllctcd chicks should bo given
quinine water daily mado by dissolv
ing flvo gralnB of qulnlno In a quart
of drinking wntor. Also add bono
meal and charcoal, and also glvo green
food dally.
Very often fowlB, from somo unox
plalnablo causo, will bocomo nfillcted
with Dwelled head and fovor. Ex
posure to a draft of nlr. whllo roost
ing nt night, howovor, Is tho most com
mon reason, in which caso tho oyo
nearest tho draft bocomoB first af
fected. In Itself, swelled head Is not
roup, but when tho lumps appear It Is
ono of tho first stages of that dlseaso.
A very good treatment Is to mix ono
part spirits of turpontino nnd four
parts of sweet oil. With this anoint
tho head, faco and comb dally. Then
glvo, twlco a day, a pill composod of
equal parts of bromide of potash and
qulnlno tho pill to weigh ono grain.
Add, In. addition, a tcaspoonful of
chlorato of potash to each quart of
drinking wntor.
Tho looseness of tho bowels of a
fowl generally la duo to something It
has caton. Increase tho amount of
middlings In tho hash, and add a
teaspoonful of charcoal every day to
each quart of soft food. Fowls should
havo charcoal at least twlco a week.
Concrete for Poultry Floor.
In making a concroto floor for tho
poultry houso or collar, havo tho enrth
as firm as tho natural condition, tamp
It If you pleaso, spread two Inches of
coarso sand, wet It down and apply
tho concroto whllo wot throo-fourths
Inch thick. It will hold for all pur
poses except driving on.