THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
NINE FOUND GUILTY
NEW BUILDING OF AMERICAN RED CROSS
POPULAR AND COMMON BREEDS OF GEESe
VERDICT AGAINST DEFENDANTS
IN "WILD HORSE" CASE.
TWO EXONERATED OY JURY
Trial One of tho Longest and Cost
liest on Record. Over Hundred
Witnesses Heard.
TOULOUSE IS GIANT
The Toulouso Is the giant of the
goose family. It Is a native of Franco.
Its ordinary weight Is from 15 to 20
pounds, but it is not uncommon to
find specimens weighing from' 23 to
30 pounds. This is the typical gray
goose, but beneath and behind these
are white arens in the plumage.
It is said by those who have hud
(experience wlti tills breed that young
geese during the first year lay from
15 to 25 eggs, when older they mny
lay from 25 to 40.
The Embden is a popular breed in
some places. The body of the birds
Is snowy white, the legs and bills
yellow. They lihvcTjood type und con
formation. In size it is the same as
standard for the Toulouse, though it
Is said a smnller number of Embden
reach this standard than of Toulouse.
FEEDING WILL pOUBLE EGGS
Average Hen In Missouri Lays Sixty
Three Eggs Annually Scantily
Fad Hen Is Poor Investment.
(By II. Ih Kempster, Missouri College
of Agriculture)
According to the United States cen
sus, Missouri's 21,000,000 liens lay 111,
000,000 dozen eggs annually. If this
is true, the average lien lays about 03
eggs n year. This Is a poor record.
One reason why hens are not more
productive Is because usually they are
half fed. It Is false economy to ex
pect them to pick their living from
the, leavings of other stpek. Many
fnrmers admit that they feed their
hens nothing during the summer. In
so doing, they are saving feed but los
ing money.
A productive hen requires from 70
to SO pounds offccd a year. If she
gets only 40 to 50 pounds, she will
Blmply satisfy her body requirements.
She will not lay eggs. The scantily
fed lien Is a poor investment. It is
only the liberally fed hen that yields
the profit.
Farmers should keep dry ground
feed, such as a mixture of bran, shorts
und cornmenl, In hoppers before tho
hens nt all times. Either sour milk or
butter milk should be given as a drink.
Crushed limestone or oyster shell
should be before the hens all the time,
nnd the hens should go to roost with
full crops.
One correspondent wrote that after
feeding according to tho directions of
the poultry department of the Uni
versity of Missouri his hens laid twice
ns many eggs. These directions are
given in circular 70, entitled "Feeding
for Egg Production," which is distrib
uted free.
KILL CHICKENS FOR MARKET
To Prevent Food Remaining In Crop
and Intestines Fowls Should Be
1 Starved 24 Hours.
Tho chickens must 'bo starved 21
hours before kijllng. This will prevent
the food remaining in tho crop and
intestines, which decomposes nnd
spoils the flavor.
Several hours after tho last feed al
low the chickens what water they wish
to drink. They should then havo a
complete fast until they aro killed.
For market purposes, tho birds
should be killed by bleeding within tho
mouth nnd piercing the brain.
ENCOURAGE HENS TO CACKLE
See That Fowls Are Given Proper4
Food and Water and They Will
Increase Egg Production.
Do the hens cackle? Eggs nre
worth 40 cents n dozen, or 3 1-3 cents
a cackle.
You hud plenty of cackles when the
lii'ns could catch bugs and worms
(meat) nnd hn! green grass to eat und
plenty of wntcr.
I?'p Hint they get tho egg-producing
fi-uls i n- 'vy will cackle.
OF GOOSE FAMILY.
The Embden when well bred, prop
erly fed and prepared makes, u car
cass that sells well on the market.
But it is said that many breeders in
this country have not given much at
tentlon to fine qunllty.
There are two varieties of Chinese
geese, brown nnd white. This brceO
has different characteristics from the
others mentioned. , Tho birds stnnc
moro erect and havo longer nnd slen
derer necks than the others. Tlu
Brown Chinese have at the buso ol
tho bill n peculiar dark-colored knpb
The Brown is considered the mos'
prolific of nil the geese. The stand
nrd weight for the gander Is 1(
pounds, geese 12 pounds. Tho female
is said to lay from 40 to 50 eggs, some
times more. A large per cent of tin
eggs are generally fertile.
SELECT HENS WITH RECORDS
Mate Them With Cockerels of Good
Laying Strains and Hatch From
Them Progress Slow.
The hen ns wo havo her today has
been developed very rapidly as an egg
producer. The jungle fowl from which
our laying hens have been developed
probably laid about two dozen eggs
a yenr nt most. Perhups many onlj
raised one brood. Hens of anything
like good type and breeding todnj
may uveroge 140 eggs .a year. There
nre, of course, 200-egg hens nnd n ten
that hnvo made records much higher.
But these high records are by no
means common.
It is said that a high average for a
pullet Is 150 eggs a year, for a hen
140. But wo must remember thttt
hens, like cows, havo their own indi
viduality and It Is not eusy to llud a
flock of high producers.
Tho way to Increase the production
of eggs Is to select pullets' or hens
with high records, mnto them with
cockerels from good laying strains
and hatch from them. Even then, the
progress must bo slow, for there Is apt
to be n large per cent that will bo
poor producers. But this is tho only
safe way to raise hens that lay a largo
number of eggs a year.
SELECTION OF BEST LAYERS
Look for Full, Well-Developed Breast
and Crop This Gives Assurance
of Strength.
Tho selection of tho best-laying hens
may be made Jn several ways. If you
know that the mother hens wero good
egg producers nnd the pullets have tho
same formation of the body it may bo
rensona'blo to expect that the pullets
will also he line egg producers. Thero
is, however, one almost certain sign
that may be used In selecting laying
hens. Look for n full, well-developed
breast nnd crop, showing n largo pock
et in which to carry tho food supply.
This gives assurance of strength and
vigor, and the ability to consumo a
sufficient amount of food to sustain
tho body and, produce the eggs.
She must have tho ability to con
sumo n large amount of food and the
body nnd nbdominnl proportions to
handle nnd transfer it Into the general
make-up of tho body and tho egg pro
duction. FATTEN POULTRY IN CRATES
Special Ration of Cornmeal, Middlings,
Bran and Buttermilk Adds
Weight and Flavor.
To fntten poultry put then) Into n
crate, keep them for a day without
food, then give them a special rntlon of
seven parts cornmeal, three parts mid
dlings and one part bran, with butter
milk enough to mnke n mixture about
ns thin as pancake batter.
During the 10 or 14 days they aro
fed this ration they gain from 15 to
25 per cent In weight and much jiioro
thuu that In lluvor.
Omnha, Nob. Tho famous Arizona
wild horso enso, which has boon on
trial in Unltod Stntes court for tho
last threo weeks, ended when tho
Jury roturnod a verdict flndfng nlno
of tho eleven defendants guilty and
two not guilty. Four of thoso found
guilty wore recommended to tho
mercy of tho court. Indictments aro
yet outstanding against seventeen
othors, some of whom will bo brought
to trial whllo othcrs-ot tho sovonteen
will bo dismissed. Thoso found guilty
were: J, S. Smith, Omaha; C. A.
Smith, Omaha; J. P. Shlrclln", Sauk
Center, Minn.; R. B Burwinklo, Dos
Moines, Iowa; W. Ilinkloy, Brayton,
S. D.
Tho following wore suggosted to
tho mercy of tho court: John Bolecy,
Omnha; Albert A. Hastings, Silver
Creek, Neb.; C. M. Thompson, Oma
ha; Charles W. West. Not guilty
wero: F. V. Oulldlngor, Northwood,
la.; and L. It. West, Osceola, la. Dis
charged by order of tho court after
tho ovidenco was all In.
In 1914 the federal gnuid Jury In
dicted forty-two persons for having a
hand In tho Belling of phantom and
imaginary wild horses which ths
United States Live Stock company
claimed wero running tho range in Co.
conino county. Since tho first Indict
ment was' returned a number of tho
defendants have died and others havo
been roleased from the chargo, whllo
several others have been granted
separate trials.
After tho verdict of tho Jury wan
read, Judgo Woodrough granted tho
defendants thirty dayB in which to
mako motions for now trials, take ap
peals and mako such motions ns their
attorneys think best. Tho bonds un
der which tho defendants were at
liberty before tho trial were all al
lowed to stand and no new bonds
wero asked.
Tho case was ono of the costliest
and longest over tried nt the federal
court here. The government subpoo;
nned nearly 100 witnesses from all
parts of the country, whllo witnesses
for tho defenso totaled half this num
ber. Tho technical chargo upon which
tho indictments wero roturnod is that
of conspiring to uso tho mails to do-
fraud, the penalty, upon conviction,
being a flno up to $10,000, or Impris
onment for two years, or both, at tho
discretion of the court
Every Man Liable for Service.
Washington. Every able-bodied
male citizen of tho United Statos be
tween tho ageB of 18 and 45 years is
hold liable for service in tho national
guard In war time, without further
act of congress by war department
regulations for tho government of
tho guard issued under the national
defenso act. In a circular prepared
nearly two months ago, but mndd
public Just recently, tho militia bureau
directs that whoro a nationnl guard
reglmont Is called out for war serv
ice, a reservo training battalion to
fill vacancies at tho 'front shall bo
organized out of the nationnl guard
reserve and by voluntary enlistment.
"If for any reason," tho order con
tinues, "there shall not bo enough
reservists or enough voluntary enlist
ments to organize or to keep the re
serve battalions at prescribed
strength a sufficient number of tho un
organized militia Bhall ho drafted by
tno president to maintain such bat
talions or lesser unit at tho prescrib
ed Btrength."
Policy Of 8llencn Arfnnt.il
"Washington. A policy of absolute
sllenco rncrnTfllnir ih
j C" v ufw) ItUgUUU"
tionB has been adopted by President
Tin T ,
vywbuu ana aecrotary Lansing.' It
was stated officially that all steps
uui,wuiiu win bo regarded as confl
dontlal. that
vv il uu
made on any development and that
rumors will not bo discussed in any
m m mi .
ino uccision to pursue
course wob mado known after
state department had
this
tho
tho
official toxts of tho Oerman and Aus
trian replies to President Wilson's
luoiuicai notes to tho belligerents
proposing a discussion of peace
terms. In many quarters the official
nttitudo was construed as indicating
that secret exchanges were expected
,i ujoy am not precede the
formal answers of thd entente na
tlons to the notes of President Wil
son nnd the central powors
50,000 Armenian.
Now YorkFifty thousand deported
Armenians aro starving in tho vlcln
Ity of Alenho. Anintin ..
rosult of a recont temporary suspon-
Inn rf ..nil.. '
. upiiropnauons, accord
ing to a cablegram from American
iiuiuansauor uiiKus, received here,
Boy Killed Coasting.
von Moines, la. Dolbort Collins, 17
years oiu, was killed and flvo boys
seriously injured, ono fatally, when
two bobsleds collided hero on a steep
bill.
The American Bed Cross will move about January 15 from its present quarters In the mute, war nnd navy build
ing, in Washington, into Its new headquarters, a magnlOcent whlto ninrble edlflco whtoh occupies nn entire squnro
between the Corcoran Art gallery and D. A. It. hnll. On Its cornerstone, which was laid by President Wilson and
former President Tnft, tho building Is labeled: "A Memorial to tho Ucrolc Women of the Civil Wnrl" Construction
was begun early In 1015.
HATTIE
lint tlu, jlliu sixteen-year-old elcphuut of the New York Central park zoo, photographed as she cleared the pat lis
neur her residence. This is tho second year that Iluttlc, under tho direction of her good friend, BUI Snyder,
headkeeper of the zoo, has helped to keep down tho city's snow-removal expenses. Sho enslly drnga n snowplow
which clears a 12-foot path and takes up uovcrnl tons of snow nt each trip.
MENDING
English .aviators patching up u
SHE WORKS FOR FRANCE '
..,:. -mi MI IHIII mini!
Miss Maud 10. Kuliu, oldest daughter
of OUo II. Kahn, ono of' tho foremost
bankers of America, In tho service uni
form sho wears "somowhero In
France," whero sho Is engaged in war
relief work.
Wouldn't Encourage the Plants.
"Whnt havo you nice today?" asked
tho lady entering tho grocer's store.
"Wo havo some very nice egg
(plants," replied the man In tho whlto
'apron.
"You know I belong to the nssocln
'tlon that Is boycotting .everything In
,tho way of eggs, so I cannot con
scientiously hitvo unythlng to do with
tho plants."
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CLEARS SNOW FROM HER WALKS
A CAPTURED GERMAN
German ulrplano that had been brought
LAUNCHING TORPEDO
Liiuiirlilng of th- inrpt'do-bnut dtMtroyer Shuw nt Mare Island, Sun
KiiiiielKco, a few tluys ago. Tho vessel was nearly completed when
launched. It Is .'IIS Id long, with u speed of 95 miles nn hour.
AIRPLANE
down, und turning it to their own use.
DESTROYER SHAW
