THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
GOVERNOR'S
Ceremony an Impressive but
Synopsis of Recommendations by Incoming
and Retiring
Tho inauguration of Kplth Ncvll.o
wan a short and unostentatious proceeding, it was witnessed by mombers
of tho legislature, many frionds and relatives, and visitors from every soctlon
of thn state. Messages of tho outgoing
listened to closely by all officiate and
who concluded Ills four years B'ervico. was roundly cheered whon ho took his
place to read his farewell letter. No less hearty were tho cheers which
greeted Governor Novllle. In his addross tho governor made tho following
recommendation:
GOV. NEVILLE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
Thirteen suggestions for a strict
club s, illegal shipping in and sales from drug stores, drastic penalties for vlo
latlon, and a state welfare board to help law enforcement.
A publicity bureau to advcrtlso Nebraska's possibilities as a homo stato
Measures to reduco tho cost of farm loans.
Correction of primary law abuses, tending to securo hotter candidates.
A shorter election ballot, secured by
elimination of presidential electors' names from ballot
Creator efficiency in educational systonu
Development of irrigation in westorn Nebraska.
Replacement of tho east wing of tho
now building.
Development of permanent roads, with tho appointment of a road com
mission.
Economy In oxpenditure of public funds.
RECOMMENDED BY EX-GOV. MOREHEAD.
Continued economy in public expenditures.
Stringent laws to protect the peoplo
Uoa4 Improvement by the uso of convict labor.
Consolidation of stato departments whenovor possible.
A building committee to determine
to tho old one.
Fou.'-ycar torm, without power of re-election, for stato offlcors.
A shorter ballot, with more appointive power In the hands of tho governor
Election of chief Justice by districts.
Extolialon of tho public school system and health department.
Legislation for the enforcement of tho prohibition amendment.
A CUSTODIAL FARM
STATE MAY JBE AWFUL DRY
Items of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Sources Around
the State House.
Westorn Newspaper Unlo.t News Service.
Tho Btato of Nebraska will be asked
by a targe group of men and women
hiteirBted in and with a knowledge of
ponat conditions and penal matters,
backed by businoss men and otherB,
to Itae up with other progressive states
in 1he treatment of persons whose of
fences against society are of the minor
ordsr, and fall within tho list of mis
demeanors, and also of penitentiary
iiitvotos.
Tlio Lincoln social servico club is
sponsor for a bill that will bo present
ed to tho legislature and which will
call for an appropriation of $100,000 to
purchase and equip a custodial farm.
Ha'.t tho jails in Nebraska counties
today aro In very poor condition and
noffd rebuilding. Tho remainder aro
nothing to brag of. Tho best of them
are condemned by Intelligent penolo
gists.
Nebraska May be "Awful" Dry
It will bo a parched, barren, sandy
walto in Nebraska when the state
goes dry. Not an oasis In the desert,
not a drop for tho thirsty, If tho bill
Just drafted by tho legislative ocm
nil '.too of tho Nebraska dry federation
parses tho coming legislature.
Hero's what tho proposod Nebraska
"dy" statuto prohibits:
"?ho sale of any liquor with alcohol
tot bovorago purposes.
fhe shipment Into the stato or from
placo to place in tho state of any such
liquor for such use.
Tho circulation of any liquor adver
Using whatsoever, tho soliciting of
salvs or tho giving of Information
wliftro liquor can be procured.
The shlpmont or tho carrying into
the atato without notifying the rail
rood or express company of any suit
cans, trunk or container filled with in
toxTcants.
The delivery of liquor without an
affidavit from tho consignor that It is
"for medicinal, scientific, mechanical
or sacramental purposes."
Tho giving of a proscription by a
doctor, containing alcohol, unless ho
takes out a state license Then ho
must givo the day and hour, and toll
wht the disease is and sign his namo
and dato of issuing.
Tho selling of liquor by a druggist
witoout an affidavit attested to by a
notary public that it Is not for a hov
ers go.
Many legislators refused to tako at
fare value last Besslon tho statements
of many well known and experienced
boy workers that If tho clgaret law
wore not nmendod it would result i::
an increased use among tho very
yofcths whom they wantod to protect
The result has been Just aa predicted
Wrille an unenforceable law has beoti
on tho statute books boys of all ages
hae been able to buy cigarets, am:
th demand has increased enormously
in fho past two years.
p. F. Ackerman, stato hotol com
missloner tho past four years, under
tho administration of Governor More
head, has filed his socond biennial ro
port. Ho reports that In tho last tw
years ho has recoived less than one
fourth as many complaints concerning
hotolB in Nobraska as were recoived
during tho first blonnlum. Ho reports
that his dopartroant mado a total of
3,462 inspections in the past two years,
78 flro escapes woro installed and 1C5
sanitary orderB were issued and com
plied with or are in process of com-pllaacc.
INAUGURAL I
Unostentatious Affair.
Executives.
as governor of Nebraska, Thursday.
nnd incoming governors were both
people present. Governor Morohead,
prohibition lnw, prohibiting drinking
four-year terms for county otllcors,
stato capitol, with provision for a
of tho stato against unsafe banking.
feasibility of now capitol or repairs
Opens School Land Sales
Land Commissioner Fred Beckmann
has como out strongly against tho
proposal that tho stato sell its remain
ing 1,650,000 acres of school lands and
reinvest tho proceeds in bonds and
other securities. Ho declares that a
big advanco in land values is taking
placo in Nebraska, and if tho stato
holds onto Its lands it will get tho
boneflt of this increase, but that by
disposing of them it will loso a largo
part of their rapidly growlug value.
Mr. Beckmann thinks that if tho
stato had kept all of its school lands
from tho beginning, Instead of selling
off over a million acres and placing a
quarter of a million acres more under
salo contracts, it would bo much better
off today than it is. Ho shows that
much .of tho land that has been sold
brought only tho minimum prlco of $7
per acre, whereas a great deal of It Is
now worth $100 to $200 an aero.
Forty acres of good land in eastern
Nebraska, says Mr. Beckmann, would,
if valued at $112 per nqro, bring in as
much, revenue as the state school fund
in rentals as tho proceeds of an ontlro
soctlon, consisting of 040 acres, sold
at $7 per acre. In other words, some
of tho land has becomo worth sixteen
times as much as tho prlco tho state
recoived for it.
Phone Law Held Valid
Tho supremo court of Nebraska has
upheld the constitutionality of tho
liartos law of 1909 requiring railroad
companies, express and telegraph com
panies to Install telephone Instruments
in tholr public offices when so ordered
by tho stato railway commission.
This is tho decision of the court in
tho caso of the stato railway commls-
atnn nfatnaf Mm lVT1aa.il nnnlnn nli
"O-"..-.. ..wuuwu. 1 a. avmv 4UU-
road, a caso arising at Panama, whero
fhn rn Irnml rnmnv ,lllo,l f )
stall a teloDhone in Us denot. Tho
rallwav commission, nftnr xnmnlnfnt
and a hearing, ordered a telenhono
put in. Tho railroad company declln-
ed and tho commission appllod to tho
district court of Lancaster county and
obtained a writ of mandamus ordoring
tho company to comply with tho ordor
of tho railway commission. Tho rail-
road appealed to tho supremo court
and tho Judgment of tho lowor court Is
now affirmed In an opinion prepared
by Judge W. B. Rose.
The democratic houso caucus on tho
ovo of tho opening of the legislature re
sulted In victory for the Bryan forces
when George Jackson of Nuckolls
county was named on tho fourth ballot
to succeed himself as speaker, and
George W. Potts of Pawneo county
was nominnted by acclamation to suc
ceed himself as chief clerk.
To1ifo atrn 'a fnt.nltn..A (aT atf1tta
a
with 2 per cent on estates worth
$10,000 and ranges upward aB follows:
All over $16,000, 3 per cont; over 30,-
000, 4 per cent; over $30,000, 5 per
cont; over $60,000, 6 per cent.
In tho same chair whero, aB speaker
of tho house, ho presided eight years
ago, Secrotary of Stato Charles W.
Pool Tuesday summoned tho repre
sentative branch of tho 1917 legisla
ture to tho beginning of its work.
Promptly on the stroke of noon, his
gavol fell and tho chamber came to
order. A good-sized crowd looked on
from tho gallery and tho lobby of tho
house.
Prayer was oJTerod by tho nowly
olected chaplain, Rev. T. D. Davis.
President John L vVobflter of tho
Nobraska Historical society has ap
pointed a committee of threo to can
vass tho field of applicants and to
mako recommendation of ono to be
como secretary of tho society. G. W.
Wattlos of Omaha heads tho commit
too. Ills assistants aro George W.
HanBon of Falrbury and Attorney
General Willis E. Reed. Seceral havb
been prominently mentioned In con
nection with tho position. Among
them Stato Superintendent Thomas,
whoso term of office Is about to expire.
cchbehsed NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
i run V.OIHIIXU cui.iv.
Lin-
Stock association meeting at Lin
coin.
Jan. 15 to 20 Organized Agriculture
Annual Mooting at Lincoln.
January 1C Nebraska Association of
Fair Managers' Mooting at Llucoln.
January 1C-17-1S Annual convention
of Nebraska Voluntoor Firemen at
Auburn.
January 16-19 Winter Annie. Floral
and Potnto Show at Lincoln.
Jnn i9Nort.hoa8t. Nebraska Editorial
Meeting at Norfolk.
Jan. 24-25 Nebraska Leaguo of Muni
icipalltles convention at Hastings.
Fob. 7-8-9 Nebraska Iletall Lumber
Dealers' Association Convention at
Omaha.
February 15 Stato Volleyball con
tost at York.
Tho Union Stock Yards company
of South Omaha just finished tno
greatest year In its history. The to- federal government has appropriated
tal receipts of llvo stock of all klndB n good roads fund, of which $8,
in 1916 was 7,664,195 head. This re- 500,000 is apportioned to tho dlstrlci
markablo showing assures South of Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Mis
Omaha Its position as tho second sourl. The condition is that before
stock markot In tho world. It loada the federal monoy is available foi
Kansas City for socond placo by over road building In any Btato, that state
500,000 head of all kinds of stock,
Cblcngo is tho leading markot of tho
universe. October was tho banner
month In cattle receipts, 225,511 head
being received; Fobruary tio best for
hogs, with 402,152 head; during Sop-
toraber tho most sheep wero register-
ed, 530,092 head; and tho mulo rc-
celnts woro tho most In September,
tho total being 3,332. Receipts for tho
entire twolvo months aro: Cattio,
1,443,581; hogs, 3,021,927; sheep,
3,171,364, and mules, 27,333.
Thirty newspanor men and business
men, associates or friends of Norrls
A. Huso of tho Norfolk Dally Nows,
gathored at tho Hotel Fontonello,
Omaha, where they tendered Mr.
Huso a farewell banquet on tho evo
of his departuro for Now York City
whero ho Is to becomo vlco president
of tho American Press Association.
Tho citizens of Miller must wait
awhllo longer beforo they enjoy mun-
iclpal water. After tho malnB had
been laid, all connections put in, etc.,
it was learned that tho well waB In-
sufficient to supply the water, and
now a new well will have to be sunk
boforo tho supply of water can be
turned on.
A piece of an oak tree 5x18 inches
was presented to tno jtiiuunKio"
library by J. C. Smith, which hud
grown around tho blade of an old
pocket knife. It Is thought that tho
knlfo was stuck Into the tree some
fifty years ago, when It was a sap
pllng. Tho curiosity wan found near
Hartlngton by Mr. Smith
E. M. von Saggern has purchased
tho West Point Republican trom
James C. Elliott. Mr. von Saggom
was formerly editor of tho Wost Point
rti.v.intt n nnmnan mi til Inn t Inn .
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which has suspended publication.
Mr. Elliott, has taken un the duties of
county attorney of Cuming county.
rvhn Mnrtlionnt Nohraska AutOmO-
win nwnor' nnsnpintlon. ombracini;
tho territory which extends as far
" - - .
north aa Niobrara, oast to Fremont
on.1 nnutli to PnllimhllB. Was Organ-
lzed at Norfolk Just recently. Tho
ntirnnan nf tho orcnnizatlon IB tO Pro.
toct auto owners agalnBt theft.
Ronald Shoemaker, 7, and Walter
Apfel, 14, wore run over and fatally
injured by a Northwestern Bwltch en-
Kno at Norfolk. Tho two boys were
ridinc tocether on a Bled and reached
tho railroad crossing at tho same time
aB the engine Both boys woro ter-
rlblv mancled
Plans for tho new Gage county Jail
woro Bubmlted to tho board of supor.
visors and accepted by tho board.
Tho plans call for a two story struc
ture with basement The cost will bo
about $25,000.
Threo thousand two hundred now
cars bf all kinds have been ordered
by tho Union Pacific railroad, beside
thiB 900 now refrigerator cars are to
bo built in its own shopB at Omaha.
Levi D. Phipps, deputy grand cus-
todian of the Masonic lodge of No-
. , ,
brasKa, flicu at nis nomo in lOKaman,
Just recently.
Fivo hundred dollars an acre was
tho prlco paid for a 160-acro farm ad-
Joining the city of Soward.
A Beatrice coal dealer states that
hard coal Is very scarco In the city,
and some of tho dealers are charging
aB high as $16 per ton, as against
$11.50 last winter. Tho dealer states
that should a severe cold Bpell come,
it would be next to impossible to sup
ply tho city with this variety of fuel,
Madison County Fanners associa
tion, which employs tho county
agent, has decided to retain that offi
cial and delogatcB of tho body aro
desirous of securing n woman agent
for home economic work.
Seventeen Omaha saloons went out
of business the first of tho year, hav
ing failed to apply for ronowal of
of their licenBPB for tho four months
yet to run boforo Btato-wlde prohibi
tion goes Into offect.
A sorioB of revival inoetlngB aro
under way at Table Rock, and will
continue for a month or moro. Tho
vurloUB churches of tho town hnvo
united in tho movomont.
Tho Presbyterian church of Aurora
nas lifted Its ontlro debt and lt mom-
borahlp celebrated tho occasion by,
burning the mortgage
Tho famous Aruona wild horao caso,
which has boon on trial In United
Stntcn court at Omaha (or the last
threo weeks, ended when tho Jury re
turned a verdict finding nlno of tho
ejovon dofondantB guilty and two not
guilty. Indictments aro yet outstand
ing against seventeen othors, somo ol
,u WiU.bo i0.."T
others of tho soventeon will bo dis
missed. Those found guilty were: J.
S, Smith, C. A. Smith, John Bolocj
and C. M. Thompson, Omaha; J. P.
Shlrcllff, Sauk Center, Minn.; It. B.
Bunvlnklo, Dos Moines, Iowa.; W
Hinkley, Drayton, S. D.; Albort A.
Hastings, Sllvor Crook, Nob.; and
Charles W. West, Lincoln. Tho
chargo upon which tho indictments
woro roturnod is thnt of conspiring Ui
uso the mails to dofraud, tho penalty,
Upon conviction, being n lino up to
$10,000, or imprisonment for two
years, or both.
Omaha has boon selected as head
quarters for the fifth federal good
roads' division, which comprises the
states of Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and
Missouri. Kansas City was in tho
flold socking to bo chosen as hnad
quarters for the fifth district, Tiia
must appropriate an amount of mon-
ey equal to tho amount of federal
monoy It seeks to uso.
Prosldont Calvin of tho Union Pad-
fl0 announced at Omaha that hlg
company contemplated tho oxpondl-
turo of $14,180,848 on tho system in
M917 -fhls aum covers but three
classifications of tho ontiro yearly
budgot, which Is said to bo tho largest
jn tho history of tho road. Nearly
$700,000 of tho nbovo sum Is to bo
spont In Omaha, $250,000 In Grand Is.
land, and $43,500 in North Platto,
Tho United States statistical ab-
Btract for 1915 statos that Nebraska
produced 105,000,000 pounds of sugai
during that yoar. Officially tho aver
ng0 person consumes 83 pounds oi
sugar In tho course of n year. Since
tho lost census of this stato showB a
population of 1,258,624, this stato sup-
plies sugar for Its population with an
annual export of over 1,000.000
pounds.
A valuablo paint mineral Is said tc
i,avo DCen discovered on iho Y. E.
skldmoro farm south of Ewlng last
8Ummor. Tho trado namo of tho min-
erai jB Ochro, and is what is usually
used as .a pigment in paints. It ro-
Bombles clay, and tho slo of tho do-
posit appears to bo unllmltod, accord
Ing to reports.
Tho Hastings Y. M. O. A. building
reopened tho first of tho year. Tho
$2,500 sought in pledges to toko caro
of possible deficits for three years
,wvlng bcen securc(li DurlnB tho pcr.
lod which tho association's building
was closed, It was thoroughly reno
vated and repaired.
Colonel J C. Elliott, county attor
ney of Cuming county and tho formor
nnaLrn..ain nnrl nrnnrlMnr rtf AAnst
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a member of tho west point city
council.
Winter wheat sold for $i.az a dusii
el on tho floor of tho Omaha Grain
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a..b .u u.
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mo uraana marxoi.
TllO City COUnCll OI UOU 110UU
has accepted from W. T Auid, noad
of tho Corn Exchange bank In Omalia,
a gift of $20,000 for a library elto,
building and oqulpmont for tho city.
Tho year of 1910 saw tho placing of
botor than $500,000 of improvements
in North Platto, tho highest flguro for
Improvements of any city of Ita class
l" tho stato for tho twelve months.
Auburn invested $200,000 in "per
mancnt improvements during tho year
1916. A number of important im
provomentB aro being planned for this
year.
Tho taxes of the two railroads oper.
ating in Nemaha county, tho Missouri
Pacific and tho Burlington, havo been
paid. In, tho first paying $9,802.80, and
tho last named $9,214.01,
It is reported that tho Grand Island
Browing company will manufacture
"near beer" following tho expiration
I I r 1
m ui--r ucuu my .
Nobraska Is tho fourth stato In tho
union in crop valuo, according to the
report Just issued by tho department
of agriculture In Washington.
Boatrico partios aro promoting
movement for a rest room for men.
It is planned to rent a building, equip
it with chairs and tables, and open
a reading room in order that mon
may havo a place to while away tholr
tlmo when they como to town.
A well doflned movement, support
ed by Hastings teachers, has been
started in tho west end of tho stato
to Bpllt tho Nebraska Stato Teachers'
association Into two divisions, Tho
matter will como up for decision at
t.'io next stato meeting,
A now brldgo over tho Platto rlvor
south of Yutan will bo erected at a
cost of $98,000. Work will begin in
the spring. Tho stato will bear ono
half tho cost of the structure and
tho countlos of Doughs and Saunders
will pay one-fourth ench.
All bids for tho now government
building to be lmed for tho fedornl
court and postonico at Chadron havo
been rejected aB being nbovo tho
amount appropriated by congrcsB.
Madison's now hospital, which h
tho first to bo established in tho city,
I will be opened about January 16.
BEST PAYING RATIONS
Interesting Experiment Conduct
ed by Ohio Station.
Pullets Producing Largest Number of
Eggs Were Furnluhed Most Expen
sive Feed Careful Accounts
Aro Important
Tho number of eggs lnhl during tho
feeding of a .ration it not nlwnys nn
ndox to the value of the ration. Tho
bost-pnylng ration should be sought.
rimt Is a ration which will give the
most profit on tho number of eggs
Intd. An experiment conducted by tho
Ohio Btutlon Illustrates this point:
In the experiment, threo lots of 25
pullets each, of Single Comb White
Leghorns, wero used. These pullets
were housed In half of n colony house
10 by 12 feet In alzv, this spuco being
allotted to each group. The hens woro
nlso confined to tho houses from April
1 to June 7, In order to permit tho
grass in the lots to get somo growth.
When tho snow was on tho ground, tho
Jiens wero confined to tho houses. At
(JDE
IDEAL CHICKEN HOUSE FOR FARM FLOCK
POULTRY HOU3E FINDS FAVOR IN KANSAS.
Thero nro as mnny types of chicken
houses as thero aro of poultry raisers,
Sad but few of theso houses approach
10 Ideal, asserts N. L. Harris, super
intendent of tho poultry plant, Knnsas
Agricultural college.
"The ideal chicken houso should bo
nt least 20 feet long and 18 feet wide,"
says Air. xiarris. "ane neignt suomu
bo such as will bo convenient to tho op
erator about nine feet In front and
I not less than four feet at tho back.
"With u house of theso dimensions,
thero will bo no frozen combs, even In
severe winter weather. Frozen combs
usually result from keeping poultry In
unmll houses whero good ventilation
Is n difficult matter.
"Thero Is no question thnt cement
is tho best floor for poultry houses,
DEVELOP OOCYTES FOR EGGS
No Hen Lives Long Enough to Produce
More Than Small Pecentage of
Undeveloped Eggs.
Automatically ovcry normal hen
would nppeur to bo fitted to becomo
n good layer. Certain it is that no
hen lives long enough, or remains
In condition long enough, to develop
all, or moro than u small percent
age of tho undeveloped eggs on her
ovary. In counts mado at Malno
experiment station from 014 to 3,005
fxievlps fnndnvoloned ocirs) wero
Ifound In thd ovnrlcs of somo 15 hens
examined, and only thoso visible to
itlio unnlded eye wero counted. Threo
hens Bhowed better thnn 1,000 oocytes
leach flvo showed better thnn 1,500
undeveloped eggs each; llvo better
'thnn 2,000 each; nnd ono yielded ft
count of 8,005 undeveloped eggs.
In tho Investigations It was shown
that tlia number of oocytes vlslblo
on tho ovnry boro no definite or
constant relation to tho actually re
alized egg production of tho specie
men.
Apparently actual egg production
depends upon many things besides ho-k-cdltary
characteristics nnd anatomical
(differences. It Is easy to understand
that Influences which nffect tho indi
vidual specimen may play n very largo
part in producing conditions favorublo
to maturing tho undeveloped eggs
of tho ovary nnd tho nctunl Inylng of
same. Potentially, from an nnntom
leal standpoint, almost every hen Is
u thousnnd-egger or better.
It remains for us to develop nnd ob
tain tho eggs. Of course, mnny oocytes
nover develop nnd mature. Ileus
which havo mado ft record of 1,000
eggs In their lifetime nro still rnro
birds.
FEEDING CORN TO CHICKENS
Wasteful Practice Whero Fowla Aro
Confined and Not Given Greens,
Charcoal and Lime.
Feeding corn to hens of no vm'tlcu
Jar breed shut up In small quarters will
not get enough eggs, to pay. nut pure
bred stock, bred by n breeder who
knows his business, If given a clianco,
will mako good uso of good feed.
Chickens need variety. Feed them n
variety of grains, greens, charcoal
lime, plenty of grit, and If It is neces
sury to conllno them, feed fresh meat
twice a week.
If In houses, keep them plenty warm
i.iid dry.
Do not forget to keep them well sup
jlled with wutcr.
other times, each lot had access to n
ynrd.
Lot 1 received n ration of shelled
corn, ground corn, eight parts, nnd,
meat scraps, fivo parts. Lot 2 received
n ration of shelled corn, ground corn,
seven parts; bran, threo parts, and
meat scraps, flvo parts. Lot 3 hnd
shelled corn, one pnrt, nnd wheat, four
parts, with ono part of onts, nnd n,
mash composed of ground corn, threo
parts; hrnn, four pnrts; middlings, four
parts, oil menl, ono part, und meat
Bcrnps, two pnrts. Each lot hud access
to grit, oyster shell and chnrcoal. Lot
1 produced 185.0 eggs, Lot 2, 180.8, nnd
Lot 3, 201.0 eggs per hen, at a cost
of 8.73, 8.51 and 10.00 cents per dozen,
respectively. Tho profit from Lot 1 was
$2.00; from Lot 2, $2.15, nnd from Lot!
51, $1.08 for ench hen In tho rcspcctlva
groups. 'The ration for Lot 8 not only
cost moro but was moro trouble, to pre
pare. If wo looked nt tho number ofi
eggs only, It might scorn that 201.0
eggs were far better than 185.0 or
180.8, but tho profit Is what wo nro
after tho most money with tho lenst;
trouble. Tho farmer needs ospcclnlly
to look to his profits this year of high
priced grnln. Careful accounts nro tho
only means of determining tho cost ofl
eggs pcr dozen, and tho bcst-pnylnR
ration.
slnco such n floor is sanitary, vermin
proof, nnd easily cleaned."
Tho manner of lighting nnd venti
lating n poultry houso Is always im
portant, In tho opinion of Mr. Harris.
Too much glass in a poultry houso
raises tho tcmpcrnturo In tho day and
permits rapid radiation at night Tho
resulting wldo variation of dny and
night temperatures is always Injurious
to tho health of the fowls.
Probably tho best means of providing
adequate light nnd ventilation Is to,
havo two windows in tho south sldo of;
tho building with a cloth curtain be-,
tween. During stormy dnys, whllo the,
curtain Is closed, tho windows will pro
vide sufficient light nnd tho curtains
will allow sufficient ventilation without
permitting drufts.
PROPER CARE OF COCKERELS:
Young Fowls WIN Need Plenty of
Right Kind of Food and Shelter
for Best Development
Thoso who havo good cockerels.
needed for breeding birds In tholr own
flocks will sco to It that thoy aro
properly cared for. Tho young cock
erels will need plenty of tho right
kind of feed and tho proper shelter
nnd protection so they mny develop
into good birds.
Tho mlstnko is sometimes mado of
not keeping enough cockerels for tho,
number of hens needed on tho farm.
As a result of this, farm flocks some
times produce too smull n pcr cent
of fertile eggs. This menns consider
able loss for tho Infertile egg unuacd
In Incubation is almost If not a com-i
plcto loss.
It Is not easy to tell tho kind of;
birds young cockerels will mako, afc
lenst whllo thoy nro qulto young. It
Is necessary generally to keop tho
birds till their type, plumago nnd
general Individuality can bo ascer
tained. The best Is nono too good nnd
no ono should ufford to keep poor cock
erels. Should nono of your flock bo
suitable, then dlsposo of all and get
good cockerels to breed up your flock.
This will bo economical In tho ond.
MILK IN FEEDING CHICKENS
Will Greatly Increase Egg Production
Carbohydrates Do Not Offset
Necessity of Protein.
Tho uso of milk In feeding chickens
will greatly increase egg production.
Tho hen never lays un egg until
all tho Ingredients necessary for tho
complete development of a chick aro
present.
Slnco tho egg contains protein as
well us carbohydrates, nny amount of
cirrbohydrutes fed in tho form of grain
will not offset tho necessity of protein.
Milk given to tho birds, either as a
drink or Jn tho form of wet mash, will
greatly lucreuso egg production.
DUST BATHS ARE NECESSARY
Laying Hens Are Enabled to Rul Them,
selves of Vermin and Remove Dirt
and Scales.
Laying liens must linve their dust
bath If they aro to lay tho mioclmum
number of eggs during tho wlutcr. It
Is n necessary luxury for them.
By Its uso they uro enabled to rid
themselves of mites and to remove all
scales and dirt from tho skin.