f THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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O doubt the man who pnld nn oven
$800 for ft single hen, "LadyEglnn
tlne," not long ago, will get his
monoy back with Hbcrul Interest
Tho phouomennl vnluo of this hen
lay In the fact that she had Just
completed the astonishing perform
ance of producing 14 curb In 305
days. It Is ussumcd that the prog
eny of Lady Egluntlne will also he
Wonderful egg muchlneH, for which
reason her eggs will command the
highest prices for hatching pur
pose; as a matter of fact, they are already sell
ing at $5 nplece. To bo safe, this Is much of a
gamble, hut hundreds of people wilt be glad to
take Iho chauca. You see, the call theso days Is
all for heavy layers, for never has the demand
for eggs been so hard to meet. Sixteen billion eggs
are required to satisfy the Amcr-
ichu appetite cuch year,
ICgg farming has reuched a
point where It must be Included
among the big business Interests
of Iho country, nnd the coming
of tho parcel post has already
given It added Impetus. All over
tho country big plants nre spring
ing up, whore chickens nre
hatched by tho thousands and
shipped far and wide. Other
pluufH ard hfllng1 established for
diatom hatching, Just about as
cjilcks have boon hatched In Egypt
pjneo tho days of -Moses. Over
Ihoro tho hatching Is done In Im
mense brick ovens, of which there
are Homo six hundred, In which
l5iR,(KK),000' chickens are Incubated
each season. Camel's dung is used
for fuel, and the oporntors hnvo
such kpon senses that they can keep tho tempera
tur ut closo to 103 degrees without referring to
a. thonnomotor, which Instrument Is jievcr em
ployed. Custom hatching In this country Is quite an
other matter, nnd has been made possible only by
tio Invention ot Incubators of tho continuous
type, heated from n coal-burning f'urnnco and
"Wiring .only, a comparatively small amount of
nUonUon. It Is n lino of work which fanners'
Wives and other women can follow with success
mid to which fnrmora themselves, as well as tho
owners of large poultry plants, are turning their
attention. Men nnd women living near tho larger
towns, and especially 1? close to, the railroad sta
tion or on n trolloy line, nre particularly well sit
uated to do custom hatching, for people keeping
four hens will come personally with their egg
and ahjo cull for the chickens just as they do in
Wgypt, by tho way, except for tho means of con
veyance. 1 Tio initial Investment need not be large. One
Can start with a single machine nndvlncrcno tho
size or his plaut us business wnrrants. A .little
.advertluljig Jy aneuns of circulars, or, better, In
h uowspupor; will bring tho custom. It Is tlrst
necessary, howovor, to loam all about running
,(ho Inculmtor, If would bo foolish to seek cus
tomers before becoming thoroughly familiar with
artificial Incubation and making several experi
mental hatchings. These can be tnado In tho fall
or winter.
i Along with custom hatching goes the salo of
1uy-oId chicks. This Is another line which men
and women lnthe country or elsewhere who have
hut little capital may begin 1 a small way and
(HurctLHO with their business. The two branches
tuuy well bo-combined also. If at any time there
o a dearth of custom-hutching orders, the ma
chines limy bo kept running Just tho same to till
ordoijj.to'r nowly intchcd chickens. For hutching
chides; a churgo based on tho number of eggs In
ft ii Incubator truy Is often made. If, for example,
tho tray will accommodate 75 eggs, tho charge
may bo $2 ami upwards. Just as much tlmo and
fuel aro required for n dozen eggs as for 715. Of
course, If Iho eggs to bo hutched for several cus
towers aro received at the sumo time, they cuu
ho placed In tho sumo machine, hut It will bo very
difficult to decide to whom tho chicks bolonu when
they are put of tho shells.
If tho hatcher Is using single machines, it If
wise to jouiplny tho smaller sizes. The machine
which como In sections aro most satisfactory, for
they cun be added to ltko sectional bookcases
hh 6no's business grows. Of courso tho custom
hutchor tntuB no responsibility. IIo does his best,
and If ttio eggs full to hatch, tho loss Is the cus
tomer's. Tho hatcher has no means of knowing
that thoy wero fertile, oven, until n test at tho
iiiid of five days Is made. Likewise, the hatcher
rinm no open accounts, If ho Is wise. A deposit
4t(vuld bo made when tho eggs nro left, and tho
remainder paid when the chicks nro delivered.
Day-old chicks aro best sold nt n tint rate, say
311 cent nplecw, with delivery charges added.
Hlrongly ninth) cardboard boxes cspoctnlly de
igned for shipping chicks tiro manufactured and
cause broken eggs, although the point nt
issue is that fertile eggs ure less desir
able for table purposes than unfertile ones.
One might Inmglno that with the trer
mendous extent of tho egg business In
.this country1, the market would be glut
ted. On the contrary, tho demand seems
lo keep pace with tho supply In fact; a little
ahead of It, or It would not bo found profitable to
Import eggs from China, as was done a year or
two ago.
All over the country mammoth poultry estab
lishments are springing up. Not Jar from Chicago
Is n large plant made famous by Its White Plym
outh Rocks and White Indinn Rcnners. There are
100 acres, on this farm, und houses are scattered
all over them. The man who owns this big plant
sells much of his stock for breeding purposes, and
values some of his birds ns high as $5,000. That
sounds like an "Unbelievable figure, to be sure, but
the very lowest price for which one can buy a
fowl at this farm Is $5. The 'owner has made a
fortune, Is a bank director nnd n business man
who can tuke rank with those who manage tho big
Industries of the city.
One thinks first of eggs In connection with the
poultry business, 'but growing nnd fattening
chickens for the table Is almost as Important a
branch of It as egg farming. Formerly no one
thought of specially preparing chickens for the
slaughter. The farmer simply went out into tho
yard, selected a likely looking fowl,
laid it on the block, nnd chopped
off Itsiend, Quito different is tho
process now, especially In the West
and In Canada, where fattening
poultry has developed Into more of
a fine urt than In the eastern stntes.
There Is a difference of from
three to seven cents a pound In tho
price pnld for well-ileshed or fat
tened birds and that paid for poul
try JuSt off the range. As this
means a difference of from 15 to
35 cents on a five-pound chlckin,
It Is well worth while to fatten the
fowls.
When Robert Lansing, secretary of
state, has a particularly busy day .his
office at quitting time Is a cross be
tween a lawyer's den and the art room
of a metropolitan dally.
This Is duo to the cabinet pre
mier's lifelong hablt.of sketching heads
of beautiful women when working on
abstract problems.
Secretary Lansing has the unusual
knack of tackling some Intricate prob
lem of International law with his right
hand while drawing the most exquisite
heads with his left.
There la a feeling around tho state
department thnt he could ns well write
a German note with his rlghttand draw
a beautiful blonde with his left, but
this has never been established, be
cause tho secretary locks himself In
when he tackles a diplomatic note.
It's Just a llttlo diversion, tho sec
retary says of his art labors. Ho finds
It an aid to concentration to do a llttlo
free-hand sketching while his mind Is turning over some legal problems.
And when thus engaged the secretary uses his left hand because his right
is apt to bo engaged in Jotting down notes on the problem his mind is
evolving.
Tho secretary never saves tho results of his artistic endeavors. They go
Into the state department wastebasket nt the end of the day.
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GENERAL LECHITSKY
protect the chick from harm. If shipped as soon
'Us dried off, no food will be required, for a chicken
needs nothing to eat for the first two days of
Its existence after leaving the shell, being nour
ished by the yolk of the egg which It has absorbed.
For that reason, peoplo who complain that tho
practice of withholding food Is cruel aro wasting
their sympathies.
To just what extent these new developments
Will revolutionize the poultry bustness of the
country, no one can safely oven gue&s. It Is cer
tain, though, that hundreds of people who for
merly raised a few chicks each season with hens
will now either send their hatching eggs to a cus
tom hatchery or buy day-old chicks. The expense
Is, but llttlo greater and hours of fussing with
broody hens aro eliminated. People living In tho
cities may now keep hens In the hnck yard, for
they will need no roosters and thus avoid tho com
plaints pf neighbors, ami call keep breeds which
do not get broody.
One thing Is certain, though. If tho egg pro
ducers aro goliig to mako tho most of their op
portunities, many of them will have to reform
their methods. Tho statement Is made, apparently
with authority, that thero Is an annual loss of
$15,000,000 becnuse- of the Improper handling of
eggs. Much of this losd cnu bo traced dlroctly to
(ho producers the men and women on the farms.
Such facts nro responsible In part for tho present .
much-discussed high cost of living.
Many farmers let their eggs accumulate until
they get a basketful, although It may take sovcral
weeks, Fertile and Infertile eggs are dumped Id
tho sumo lot. If n hidden nest Is discovered, the
old hei ,B shooed nwny and the hnlf-lneubnted
eggs are sold along with tho others. This Is the
reason why tho average, market egg Is unreliable.
Incubation has begun In n fertile egg beforo It Is
laid. In a few days traces of the enrtiryo may
easily bo discovered, even though the egg simply
be kept In n warm room or allowed to remain In
tho sun, Ordinarily the germ soon perishes, and
then tho egg Is quickly added to the rotten-egg
class. An unfertile egg may be kept for innny
weeks without going bnd, although It may get
somowhat stalo and consequently unfit foe the
table.
Under tho present system, the customer Is pro
tected to a large extent by the big egg merchants,
who exutntuo tho eggs which pass through theh
hands by menus of a test known ns candling. This
candling Is a highly Important part of tho business
In most cities, and on tho care and expertness
with which tho work is done depends the quality of
the product which the customer secures. Tho men
who candlo eggs become remarkably expert so
expert that they can hnndlo Wo eggs In each hand
and grade them ut a glance as they are passed
quickly beforo n hole In a tin shade placed beforo
a strong electric light.
Eggs front flocks which contain no mnle bird
except In tho breeding season will keep longer nnd
be bettor than those laid by heim with vrhtch a
rooster Is running. Many peoplo still hold to the
antiquated belief that hens lay better If attended
by a roomer, This Is a pure fullucy. Ii point
of fact, tho roosters uunoy the hetis, und may
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POULTRY NOTES
General Lechltsky, who has been
In command of the left wing of tho
Russian armies, is a man of sixty, and
for tho greater portion of his service
has done duty with the Siberian corps
of tho Russian army. Siberia ordinarily
serves as tho great training school for
Russian higher officers. Thero some
of the ablest of the modern generals
of Russia hnvo studied the handling of
troops on a large scale. Siberia In
thnt regard offers much the same ad
vantages that India is considered to
offer for British commnnders. During
the war with Japan "General Lechltsky
led tho Siberian Rifles division. Ho
was promoted thence to the command
of the First Guards division at Petro
grad. In 100S he took command -of
the Eighteenth army corps. At tho
outset of the present war ho was in
military charge of the Amur army re
gion. It fell to General Lechltsky to
lead the advance thrust of General Bru-
sllofTs groilp of armies into Bukowinn which, In June and July, broke up the
Austrian armies of the south. ' '
SMOOTHER OF TROUBLES
Selecting Pullets.
Not every poultryman can select a laying hen
tv hni- nniiimrunce. It Is truo students of poul
try husbandry are generally able to do this, but
few fanners and poultrymen are unless they have
Klven the subject some attention.
; The following suggestions should be of "help, to
you In enumerating some of tho points In tho
milking of agood laying hen. But theso points
will need to bo verified. That Is, you must prac
tice If you wouhl become u good Judge or at least
learn how to select your own pullets tor layers.
And It will bo necessary for you to know how to
select If you are to improve your uock.
Although he did not succeed In
settling the dispute between the rail
road brotherhoods and railroad presi
dents recently, Judge Wllllnm Leo
Chambers, head of tho federal board
of mediation and conciliation, has
smoothed' out many such troubles Jn
the. past, and long before ho became
a member of the board ho was engaged
in onnging controversies to a peaceiut
conclusion.
Like so many other men now In
high public places, Judge Chambers
is a Southerner, having been born in
Georgia, tho son of a wealthy planter.
In his younger days ho was a teacher
and banker, and in 1893 ho was prac-'
tlclng law in Washington. President
Cleveland sent him to Samoa as land
iimiitrv in kiiIiI tn lie ii finer art than
oininn f Mi,or fiinti nnimiils. but the man 1 commissioner, and then President Mc
.... wn,...m whn i.u-ks millets with a fine head. Klnley mndo him chief Justlco of the
alert ores und cdmb, face and wattles of fine tex
ture. has taken tho first step toward Increased
egg production. Good pullets should stand square
on their feet, with legs wide apart, with tho front
end of the body slightly higher than the posterior
end, and with a long back and tall carried rather
high. Tho body should be wedge-shaped, yielding
amnio room for tho reproductive and digestive
organs.
When Egos Are Hlghett.
How to get eggs In late fall and early ,wlnteff
when they nre highest Is a serious problem with
most poultrymen.
Taking It for grunted that the pullets wero
hatched early and have made good growth during
tho summer season, we would get the entire uock
of snrlng pullets, yearlings and all Into wlntei
quarters In September, That Is, we would hnvo
the poultrvhouse and yurds put In order for win
ter then, so there will be no rearrangement to
(itKttirb iho flock or In any way disarrange Its
daily routine or habits during Into October, NaveM
iwr mid December, when wo most desire tho eggs.
One of the principal factors for'securlng a high
egg production In the poultry flock Is exercise. A
hen kept closely cooped will not lay as many
eggs during a season 5 she will take on fat Instead
and become unhealthy. Give tho hens plenty of
rnngo and then get a larger basket Ih which to
carry the eggs to market.
Single Comb Black Leghorns.
Not many years ago this breed was little known
to breeders. They havo made rapid strides and.
are becoming very -popular. Tho heavy Minorca
combs, high tails, very dork legs and purple lustend
of black plumage hrtvc nil been bred out and tpday
the Black Leghorns nro as good In slope ns tho
other Leghorns. Their combs are equally as small
.und neat as the whites or browns. They carry
their tnlls low and well spread. Their legs show
a. good yellow color together with u good grwsn
sheen to the plumage.
Among many fanciers black Is n desired color
nnd among these admirers nnd fanciers tho Black
Leghorn. In many Instances, Is replacing Its brown
or white sister. They aro persistent layers of large
chalk-wblto eggs and thero's no reason why they
should lack popularity uny longer.
international court at Apia. During
his four years in that office he presided
nt the hearing of rival claims to tho
throne, which resulted In the abolishment of the kingship, and "the partition
of tho Islands. Soon after that Judge Chambers came home and was a
member of the Spanish war claims commission.
When tho Newlands mediation bill was passed-In 1013, Judge Chambers
was appointed commissioner nnd his first task was to avert a threatened
strike of tho conductors and trainmen employed on 42 railroads in tho East.
In this ho was eminently successful, as ho has been in various other similar
instances.
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SLAYDEN'S TALE OF TEXA&vCDUBTESY
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Representatlvd Jamea L. Slayden
of San Antonio, Tex., was about to
make n campaign address In a small
town in his district ono night when
word was brought that n prominent
citizen had Just shot a man. Without
waiting to hear another word, Slayden
announced that lio would postpone his
speech to some other day. He had
traveled far to make his address, but
ho knew thnt everybody In town would
want to go and guze at tho body of
tho man ""who was shot, rather than
hear about politics.
On tho following morning ns he
was waiting for his train to pulj out,
Slayden received a message. It was
handed to him by the sheriff of tho.
county and was from the man who had
dono tho murdering the Tilnht before.
"I want to beg your purdon for our
llttlo nffalr last night," wrote the mur
derer. "I'm afraid It spoiled your
meeting nnd I'm sorry. I -assure you
that 1 shall t(ry not to let it occur again."
"And thbt," says Slayden, "is Just typical of the Texas sense of courtesy."
CaesarAvas ono of the first to part his namo in tho middle. How account
for his dlalike of "Calusl"
Theifo Is Btlll thft occasional illusion that a reckless, Ill-natured remark Is
"wit."
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