THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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MAKE HEN EXERCISE IF YOU WANT EGGS
TROOPS 10 RETURN
AIRPLANE BUILT FOR WIRELESS CONTROL
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND' ARE
"ORDERED FROM THE BORDER.
FUNSTON OESIGNATES UNITS
Nebraska and Iowa Men Are Includ
ed. Between 45,000 and 50,000
Militiamen Still on Duty.
FIRST PRIZE WINNER AT
(By C. S. ANDERSON, Colorado Asrlcul
tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
Activity is the life of the laying
hen. As her uctlvlty decreases, so
does her egg production. The hen
that stands around all day, and scarce
ly has enough energy to eat food
placed before her, is never a laying
hen.
The amount of forced exercise nec
essary will vary with the breed. The
Leghorn, conceded to be the highest
egg producer, and most active bird,
will take a great deal of exercise
The Brahma is an example of the
other extreme, nnd must always have
a strong Incentive to exercise. The
vigor and productivity of the frce
rnngo hen as compared to one yard
confined is largely accounted for by
her active life.
During the winter months exercise
can best be managed by feeding all
VARIETY FOR POULTRY!
Method Recommended by Maine
Experiment Station.
Grain Mixture of Wheat, Oats and
Corn 16 Scattered In Litter Chick
ens Should Have Ample Sup
ply of Green Food.
One of the most successful methods
of feeding poultry Is the one advo
cated by the Maine experiment station,
which Is briefly as follows: A grain
mixture of equal parts by weight of
wheat, oats and corn, and a dry mash
of a mixture made up as follows:
Brnn, 200 pounds; cornmeal, 1Q0
pounds ; middlings, 100 pounds ; gluten
meal, 100 pounds, and beef scraps, 100
pounds.
The usual method of feeding the
grain is to scatter about fpur quarts
of the groin mixture for each 100 hens
in the litter at night after the chick
ens have gone to roost, or early in the
morning. The litter should be deep
enough to give the hens plenty of ex
ercise. At noon another four quarters
should be scattered in the litter.
Aside from the grain and dry mash
the chickens should have plenty of
green food, which may be furnished
either In the form of mangels, cab
bages, sprouted oats or cut clover hay.
Milk Is also a very valuable poultry
food, and If furnished daily the amount
of beef scraps In the dry mash can be
cut down to 50 pounds. It is prefer
able to feed sour milk, as sweet milk
will often sour and cause digestive
troubles,
One of the secrets of successful
feeding is to have the chickens go to
roost with their crops full and In the
morning have them eager for grain.
If the chickens are not anxious for
the feed, it is an indication that they
are getting It too easily or that they
arc getting too liberal amounts.
TREATING WORMS IN FOWLS
Mix In Feed One Teaspoonful of Per
manganate Root Bark for Every
Fifty Head of Birds.
Intestinal worms are prevalent In
almost all farm flocks. To be con
vinced of whether or not your bird
has worms, It Is a good plan to give
the flock, or at least a few Individ
uals, a dose of physic. One of the
best methods of treating worms In
fowls Is to mix In the feed n teaspoon
ful of powdered permanganate root
bark for every 50 head of birds. In
treating a few birds at a time It is
well to follow this medicine with a
purgatlvo doso of castor oil, such as
two or three teaspoonfuls.
Oil of turpentine Is an excellent
remedy for all worms which inhabit
the digestive tract. It may be given
In the doso of one to three teaspoon
fuls, and Is best administered by forc
ing It through u small, flexible cathe
ter that has been oiled nnd passed
through the mouth and esophagus to
the crop.
NEW YORK POULTRY SHOW.
the whole grain In a litter 10 to 12
Inches deep. This will not Involve
a waste, for If hens are left a little
hungry they will scratch long after the
last kernel has ueen found.
Laying hens should never be fed In
such quantities as to satisfy their ap
petite. Whole grain should be fed
very sparingly In the morning, nnd
heavily at night. This not only keeps
the birds more active through the day,
but a heavy Xeed of grain at night
keeps their bodies warmer.
Straw, hay, alfalfa chaff, leaves and
cut corn stover, alt make good litters.
Shavings and sawdust are not best
because they tend to puck, and also
hold dampness. Regardless of the
kind of litter used, It should be re
newed frequently and never allowed
to become badly contaminated with
droppings.
USING AN INCUBATOR
Users of incubators are given
the following suggestions by
the United States department
of agriculture.
See that the Incubator is run
ning steadily at the desired tem
perature before filling with eggs.
Do not add fresh eggs to a tray
containing eggs which are un
dergoing incubntion.
- Turn the eggs twice dally
after the second and until the
nineteenth day. Cool the eggs
once dally, according to tho
weather, from the seventh to tho
nineteenth day.
Turn the eggs before caring
for the lamps.
Attend to tho machine care
fully at regular hours.
Keep tho lamp and wick
clean.
Test the eggs on the seventh
and fourteenth days.
Do not open the machine after
the eighteenth day until tho
chickens nro hatched.
In setting up and operating nn
Incubator follow the directions
of the manufacturer.
HENS NEED MUCH ATTENTION
Fowls Must Have Plenty of Right
Kind of Food, Especially During
Cold Weather Season.
Tho old idea that hens do not need
much attention has almost disap
peared. Farmers now realize, as poul
try fanciers did years ago, that it is
necessary to take good care of thb
hens If one expects profits.
There was a time when fowls coulo.
find the food necessary nnd tho farm
er need not worry himself with the
expense of raising feed for the blias.
But there are now very few places
where the fowls may be expected to
find their own food.
It Is quite true that hens will find
much of their food on range if given
a chance. But, they will need feed
at certain times and generally at all
times for a supplement to balance the
rations.
During the winter, farm fowls will
need plenty of tho right kind of food ;
there will be times when little can
be found; then the feed supply must
come from tho barn or granary. Aud
much will depend upon tho kind,
amount and frequency of feeding.
KEEP ALL POULTRY HEALTHY
Avoid Condiments and Medicines in
All Kinds of Weather 8ee That
Fowls Are Comfortable.
If your chickens are healthy and
free from lice keep condiments and
medicines away from them, in cold
weather and nil other klndB of weath
er. 'Water and good feeds will do them
tho most good, granting that they aro
I comfortably housed.
Washington. Moro than 25,000 Nn.
tlonal Guardsmen now on the Mexi
can border have been designated by
Major Genernl Funston for return
homo and muster out of the federal
service.
All theso organizations, will bo
started homeward bb soon' as trans
portation facilities can be provided.
Their de'parturo will leave between
15,000 and 50,000 men of the Guard
still In tho federal service, doing
border patrol.
War department ofllclals contlnuo
to withhold commont oireports that
tho movement of General Pershing's
regulars out of Mexico soon will be
un,der way and the Btutemont an
nouncing tho Guardsmen are desig
nated for relief does not connect or
ders with tho withdrawal plans In
any way. The understanding hits
been, however, that with tho return
of tho expedition in Mexico and te
adjustment of tho bordor patrol, all
of tho state troops gradually would
bo Bent home.
The department's statement said:
"General Funston has selected
theso organizations chiefly in accord
ance with the rule of returning first
tlioso longest in service on tho
border. To borne extent, however, this
rule could not bo followed without
uneqaul weakening of tho bordor
guard nnd the departures from it are
so explained. The total strength of
the organizations selected Is 25,243."
Tho order includes tho first squad
ron cavalry, field hospital No. 1, am
bulance company No. 1, brigade head
quarters, and Third Infantry, all of
the state of Iowa, and the Hold hos
pital No. 1, Company A, Signal corps,
and tho Fifth infantry of Nebraska.
Tho Fifth Infantry Is In command
of ColoneMI. J. Paul of St. Paul. It
consists of companies from Lincoln,
Nebraska City, Beatrice, Wymoro,
Hnstlngs, Fairfield, Ord, Blue Hill
and Gothenburg. Tho signal corps
company is from Fremont and tho
field hospital from Lincoln.
Hundreds Killed By Explosion.
London. The dead may number
thrco, hundred as tho result of tho
munition factory disaster In East
Londan last Friday.
The force of tho explosion was felt
all over the city and in many adja
cent suburbs. Windows were blown
out, and tho sky was lighted with a
rose pink glare.
Three rows of houses were destroy,
ed with the entire munitions plant.
All of tho munitions at this spot wero
destroyed. The government declared
that tho disaster would have no ef
fect on the futuro production of mu
nitions for England's armies.
Tho section that felt most violently
the force of the explosion was East
London. Doors were torn off their
hinges, windows shattered and lights
extinguished. Fear-crazzed citizens
turned In alarms, and fire engines and
ambulances scurried through tho
streets.
A piece of boiler, weighing four
tons, was blown 400 yards from Its
normal resting place.
Roof b in the section of London
nearest, the explosion were wrenched
off and hilrled, throughout the coun
tryside,. Thn newspaper reporters who wore
allowed to approach' nearer the scene
described what was formerly tho bUq
of tho explosive store as a hole a nun.
dred yards across and eighty feet
deep with masses of earth. Iron and
all sorts of wreckage covering an
area of about sixty ncrps around tho
hole. Within that area the destruc
tion was absolute. Judging from the
fact that most of tho factories were
nearly empty and from the known
proportion of casualties In certain
houses. It does not appear that the
death roll will exceed 300.
Police Captain Confesses.
Chicago, IH.Pollco Captain Ste
phen K. Healy, Indicted In connection
with the recent charges of police
graft, has confessed, Maclay Hoyno
state's attorney, announced. Mr.
Hoyno said Healy's confession Impli
cated ex-Chief of Police Charles C.
Heuley, also under Indictment; Oscar
Do Priest, a, negro aldeiman, and oth
ers Bald to have been linked with tho
alleged corruption syndicate.
Would Permit Only Amateur Boxing.
Denver, Colo. Senator David El
liot of Colorado Springs Introduced a
bill In tho legislature last week which,
ho said, was designed "to prevent
boxing contests like the Welsh-White
contest last Labor Day." Tho bill
would terminate tho practice of li
censing clubs to atago "boxing con
tests." Colorado already bus a stat
ttte against "prize fights." If Sen.-,
tor EUIot'B bill becomes a law, only
strictly amateur boxing contest will
be permitted within the state.
tins wlrcless-conttol airplane has Just been built by the Ilurgess-Cuillss company for John Hays IIanimoud,
Jr., and will be given a scries of tests for the United States government. According to the Inventor's plans, tho op
erator can "pick up" a torpedo and, by means of the wireless-control outfit placed Just back of his seat, can direct
It against the object of attack.
RUINS OF MUNITION PLANT THAT WAS BLOWN UP
Close-up view of the ruins of the munition plant of ilk- Onundiuu Cur and Foundry company tit Klngsluud, N. J.
The hill on the right Is said to be tho only thing that saved tho towns of Klngsland and Rutherford from probable
destruction from exploding shells and fire. Tho wind at tho time fortunately was blowing In u direction opposite to
Uie towns. The company was Just finishing n $100,000,000 contract of shells for tho Uusslnn government, which had
kept the plant busy for the last two years.
WORKING ON THE
Miss Anita Larson and Nell I'oititm.N. Cillfoniln girls donned Jenim at
the recent Oakland celebration, to help In preparing tla4 first blast at tho
Pacific end of the Coast-to-Coast Lincoln highway.
JUST THE RUINS OF A GERMAN TRENCH
lJrillsji utlu'lal photograph tuken on lln vt-H-iu front I In i uu- uik
a great deal like tho ribs of an extlucl mastodon, but are nothing but the
remains of a German trench. The trenches were constructed similar to
tho railroad subways with which tho American people are familiar.
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
HELPED TO CONVICT B0PP
Mrs. Annette A. Adams, assistant
lTnlted States district attorney, stepped
Into the place of tho district attorney
when ho was taken 111 nt tho start of
tho IJopp explosion plot trial nt San
FrnnclRco, Mrs. Adams opened for
the government, conducted tho cuse
throughout Its course nnd secured u
verdict for the United States.
Takes No Dictation.
Church What's become of
stenographer and typewriter?
your
Gotham Flew de coop.
"Left you?"
"Sure thing."
"Your wlfo the cause?"
"Oh, no."
"Got another Job?"
"Nix."
"What happened then?"
"Sho became a suffragette."
"Well, couldn't sho hold her Job Just
the same?"
"Say, boy, did you ever know of
a suffragette that could b dictated
to?"
Incautious Burglar.
A man who Is given to doing "odd
Jobs" about his house was very proud
of a bit of painting ho had accom
plished. About midnight following the com
pietlon of tho outside of the house,
lie was awukenud by it noise. Creeping
to the window, he looked out, and to
his horror, saw a burglar climbing up
a ladder to the second-story window.
"Look out there l" yelled tho house
holder to the burglar. "Look out for
the Mtilnt,"
