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PRACTICAL POULTRY HOUSE.
One That Will Comfortably Accommo
dato About Fifty Hens.
A good, comfortable house for the
hens Is shown In tho Illustration. It
can be built, up to a certain extant,
any size desired, or to nccommodata
comfortably from 25 to GO hens. As
suggested by tho sketch, It should
faco tho south or southeast, and,
prefornbly, occupy u warm, sunny lo
cation. Tho front part should bo flvo
foot high, tho conter eight foot and
tho rear four and one-half feet above
ground. Tho roosts should ho In tho
bade 'part, leaving tho front for
, A Comfortable Poultry House.
.scratching floor, with nests for laying
(arranged along tho sides and in tho
jcornors. A Bmall door should open
4nto tho yard at one end, but only In
.favorable weather need tho fowlB liavo
access to OiIb, and then not until It
has been well carpotcd with straw or
hay, for to lot hens onto tho bare
ground in cold weather will chock
their laying at once. Such a houso,
says Farm and Home, Should havo
clthor a good board floor or ono mado
pf cement, and bo constructed through
out of flrst-class lumber. Kept well
painted, It will thou last almost a
lifetime.
IMPORTANCE OF COMB.
Breeders of Fine Stock Pay Much At
tention to Comb.
Thoro Is perhaps no part of tho pure
bred bird that receives or should re
ceive mora attention than tho comb.
A good comb will often give stylo to a
bird otherwise faulty. ,Tho bird with
a good comb Is often adjudged beforo
tho rest of It Is examined. Tho stand
ard allows eight points for tho comb,
all of theso being for shapo alone. It
ta well for tho breeder of fancy
fowls to know the comb requisites
and to breed accordingly with an Ideal
in vlow.
Whoro tho breed requires a small,
neat comb, caro must bo taken in
feeding meat Too much meat pro
motes growth of comb, and in tho Med
ilerranean breeds may cause crooked
or fulling comb. Excess of heat will
also increase the size of tho combs.
Long exhibition tours with constant
showing In heated rooms will often
permanently destroy the neatness of a
comb. Particular Leghorn breeders
will not pormlt tho hen to mother tho
chicks after thoy can keep them com
fortably in a roomy brooder, and will
not uso a brooder which has a cloth
hover touching tho heads'.
Tho comb Is a good Indicator of (lis
oaso. It hoa been said that tho hen car
irles her health cortiflcato on top of
her head. Tho cxcoptlon to this rule
is in liver complaints. Tho first symp
Em of this disease in its later stages
an unnaturally bright comb, often
istakon for vigorous health. Tho
jcomb has diseases peculiar to itself.
iThore is "whito comb," a scurfy con
dltlon of tho comb duo to unsanitary
'.surroundings, which Is troatod by
jwashlng with carbolic soap and anoint
ing with zinc ointment. Favus 1b an
other dlsoaso of tho comb, something
of tho samo naturo as white comb,
hut more severe. Favus is causod by
p vegetable paraslto or fungus; whito
comb is not.
Spanish Cold Slaw.
Talco a half dozen good slicd toma
toes, pour boiling water over them,
then rub off tho skin. Take out as
many soedB as possible, squeezo out
tho water, and put In tho chopping
bowl. Add ono white onion, a clovo
of garlic, two small greon chill pop-J
pers, and ono cucumber and chop all
flno. Season with Bait, pepper, a bit
of sugar, a few grains of cayenne, and
a half oup of vinegar. Hoat together,
cool, pour ovor tho tomatoes, and sot
on ice. When ready to servo arrange
on crisp lettuco leaves.
50 CENTS
PAYS
Lincoln Daily
State Journal
WITHOUT SUNDAY
mm Stew UnfiB January 0, MM
75 CENTS INCLUDING SUNDAY
(Dy Mall Only, Outside of Lincoln Carrier District.)
OLD HENS NOT PROFITABLE.
Teito Show That Egg Production De
creases After the First Year.
In embarking In tho poultry busi
ness don't put too much faith to any
ono breed being tho best. It has boon
demonstrated by tho trap nest that
thero Is moro difference In Individuals
than In breeds. Hens must bo proper
ly cared for, no nmttor of what breed.
When eggs nro selling ut fancy prices
of what good Is tho breed If tho honB
nro not laying. Under such conditions
some poultry raisers blamo tho breed
Instead of themselves and change to
somo othor kind of fowl. One of tho
problems of tho poultry raiser is to
find tho most profltablo ago of tho
hen. On this James Dryan, nn Oro
gon authority says:
"Poultrymcn who havo kept in
touch with poultry Investigations dur
ing tho past few years aro protty well
Informed on this point, but the Import
ance of this subject Is not yot gen
erally appreciated. Tho writer carried
on for seveial years at the Utah ex
periment station n lino of experiments
with tho object of determining tho val
ue of tho hen at different ages for egg
production. Tho samo hens wero kept
year after year under similar condl
tlons and a record kept of production
and of food coiiRiimed. Theso experi
ments proved that tho hen is different
from tho cow, which retains or Im
proves her production with uge. Tho
first yenr was tho most profitable, and
thero was a gradual decrcaso In pro
ductiveness each succeeding year. It
Is safe to figure this decrease nt 25
per cent, ench year. With averago
prices for food and for eggs it Is not
profitable to keop hens aftor thoy
havo finished their second year of lay
ing. Tho first, or pullet, year is very
profltablo; the second will give a sat
isfactory profit, but during tho third
year tho egg yield will seldom pay for
the food consumed.
"Theso conclusions apply only, of
course, where tho eggs aro sold at
market prices. Fowls that havo a spe
cial valuo as breeding stock should
bo kept longer, but tho notion that
'tho old speckled hon Is tho good lay
er should not be cherished unless sho
Is caught In tho trap nest. Tho fact
that sho sings a joyful lay, paints
her comb a brilliant red and scratches
a vigorous scratch should not be ac
cepted as sufficient grounds for com
muting sentence.
"It is safo to say that the poultry
keepers of this state would be many
thousand dollars in tho pocket by rig
orously killing off tho hens every two
years and replacing them with now
stock with tho exceptions noted
above.
"Where tho pullets and hens are al
lowed to run together it will bo neces
sary to mark them, otherwlso it will
be difficult to scparato tho old stock
from tho young when it is desirod
to market them. Tho usual method of
marking is to punch n holo in tho web
between tho toes when tho chicks aro
hatched. This 1b easily and quickly
dono with a punch which may bo pur
chased from tho poultry supply houses
for 25 cents. A number of different
markings may bo mado in this way.
Whero tho practice is to dispose of
tho lions every two years it will bo
sufficient to mark them every other
year."
The Roosters.
As soon as tho young rooster begins
to crow, you should cither feed him to
tho threshing gang or sell him in the
market catalogued as tho "old rooster"
variety. Rooster flocks should bo con
stantly culled and those which do not
meet tho standard from a breed stand
point should bo promptly disposed of
In somo way. From tho roosters our
flocks dovlop and by constant weeding
out tho flock gradually improves in
standard.
Honey from Linden Tree.
Tho honoy from tho linden tree la
very light In color, rich in body, and
of a very aromatic flavor. It has, how
ever, tho tendency to granulate very
quickly when separated fro 'th
comb.
Cheese Pudding.
Mix together In a basin half a pound
of chceBe, ono toaspoonful of flour,
two tablespoonfulB of bread crumbs,
salt, popper and pnprlka to taste, add
ono cupful of bolllpg milk, ono heaping
toaspoonful of butter, the yolks of (wo
eggs and tho whites stlflly beaten. Mix
p.ontly, pour Into a buttered pudding
tilsh and bake for 15 minutes hi a
moderate oven. Servo hot.
Pepper Keeps MIce'Away.
Place a cayenno pepper where mice
frequent and they will not return.
FOR THE
SUCCESSOl
TClftatedaaB&l&alaaaMH
tepjrlgbl by MofTctt Stadia, CUlcajot
William Hayward, who succeeded Elmer Dover as secretary of the Re
publican national committee, hat the distinction of being the youngest Judge
in his native state, Nebraska, and the youngest state chairman in the country,
Having been chairman of the Nebraska state central committee for two years.
He Is 31 years old, was born in Nebraska City, and has been practicing law
there since he was graduated from the University of Nebraska In 1001. He
Is the son of M. L. Hayward, who was elected to the United States senate from
Nebraska In 1902, and who died on the day he was to take his seat.
MiJcoACniv
KENTUCKIANS HUNT TREASURE
FROM BARGES SUNK IN 1895.
Thousands of Tons of Fuel, Exposed
by tho Low Stage of the Stream,
8 tart a New Industry at
Hickman.
Hickman, Ky. Kontuckians nro
mining coal In tho Ohio river. Pro
truding above tho water, on account
of tho present low stage, may bo seen
off this town several barges which
were wrecked during a terribio storm
in January, 1895. This is the first
time since tho .barges sank that they
havo been visible, and being loaded
with Pittsburg coal, tons and tons,
of tho fuel nro now being recovered.
Tho coal is practically as good as tho
,day it sank.
Tho steamers Tom Rccs and Tho
Mariner-wore en route from Pittsburg
to points on tho lower Mississippi
with 22 barges of coal In tow nt tho
tlrao of tho nccldcnt. About sunset
they would hnve passed Hickman
had it not been for four of an ap
proaching storm. On this account tho
Itees, being ahead of tho Mariner, put
to land opposlto town and was soon
followed by tho latter. Both tied up
for tho night at the place where the
barges may now bo seen.
The twilight deepened into tho
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BLIND MAN 13 ACCOMPLISHED.
Rex Clarke Is Telegraph Operator, Mu
sician and Typewriter.
Pontlac, 111. Rex Clarke of Forrest,
a small place near this city, has n re
markable career for a blind person, ho
having been blind since childhood, but
nevertheless his dally llfo is as active
ns that of persons having the use of
their eyes.
Rex, aa he is familiarly called, is
well liked by every ono whom ho
meets, Is well versed on tho important
topics of the hour and has an education
of which any man would be proud. Ho
la a full-fledged telegraph operator, an
expert, user of tho typewriter and
plays many mimical Instruments, such
as the banjo, tho mandolin, tho violin
and tho piano. Rex also Is an enthusi
astic automoblllst, he having ono of
tho latest modcla, in which ho takes
great pride in touring tho country.
"When l waB a youngster and ready
for school llfo I was placed under tho
supervision of an instructor or 'gov
crness' who nt ono time was an in
structor at tho Illinois instltuto'1 for
tho UHnd, located at Jacksonville,"
said Mr. Clarke. "After 21 months
under her instruction I took tho coun
ty examination for a diploma out of
tho Eighth grade and passed with n
sufficient averago to admit mo to tho
high school, where 1 spent threo years,
after which I graduated. In the samo
year I entored tho University of Chi
cago, from which Institution of learn
ing I received an 'A. U.' degree in De
cember, 1907.
"As to how I pursued my studies in
a school for tho seeing may bo of In
tcreflt. I htrod n tutor and sho read
tho lessons to me, after which I was
expected to enter tho classes and re
cite with tho rest of tho pupils."
Locks Her Jaw on a Pear.
Allcntown, Pa. lilting a pear at
lunch in tho Wllbacher silk mill, Miss
Helen Malik dlulocntcd hor jaw, A
physician had a real job replacing tho
lockod Jaw.
TO DOVER
blackest night, mid with it camo tho
storm, increasing in fury until about
11 o'clock, when the waves began
running over tho decks of tho steam
crB and breaking over Into tho barges.
Pumps wero kept bitHy until tho
crows finally deserted both boats, with
tho exception of tho chief engineer
and captain on the Roes, who stnyed
and kept her from going to plcceH.
When morning duwncd tho cntlro
tow of bqth boats had gono down.
With tho barges about 14,000 tons of
Pittsburg coal wau lost, valued in the
neighborhood of ?GO,000. Dredging
boats wero sent to Hickman for tho
purposo of raising what coal they
could, which was probably a fourth, or
$15,000 worth. Tho remainder, worth
about $45,000, still lies under tho
water.
Should tho river contlnuo to fall
thousands of dollars' worth of coal
may be tnken from tho old wreckB. It
Is costing about threo dollars a ton to
get it out but that Is chenp.
Ten Hours' Work, 98 Cents.
Washington. For ton hours' work
in Japanese ship yards boilor makers
get 98 cents, cnlkers 49, punchers 40,
screw-makers 47, HnlBhers ono dollar,
molders 87, electricians 57, latho work
ers 99, copcrsmlths 9G, machinists 51,
blacksmiths $1.23, iron-workers $1.32
and foundrymen $1.02. This is re
ported by Consul Scidmoro from Nagasaki.
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Monument to Gen. Lafayette presented to France by the school children of
tho United States,
FREES ARE F
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LOCUST8 PLANTED FROM 8EED
FROM FORT DEARBORN.
Carefully Guarded for Three Genera
tions, Will Now Be Sold to Di
vide Estate Probably Will
Bo Cut Down Soon.
Chicago. Soon to bo divided in
Rogers Pnrk Is a llttlo estate, tho
story of which would Intercut rcadors
not only In Chlcngo, but In hundreds
of homes In other otnlcs.
On thlH property stnnd soven hon
pylocuBt trees that wero grown from
seed produced by tho parent trco In
sldo tho Btoekndo nt Fort Dearborn.
Tho seed wns gathered nnd tho trees
nut lured and guarded by threo worn
en of threo different generations of
tho samo family, ono of whom, with
her family, Is still living under their
shade.
Tho estnto Is known ns tho Kyle
properly. Thero wan n houso nnd a
remnant of u tract of 1C0 acres of
land that was bought from tho gov
ernment for $1.25 nn acre. Tho land
Is now worth nbout $2,000 nn acre.
In tho enrly history of Cook county
Mrs. Sarah Mnrshall, who was born
In Nottingham, England, In 1788, came
to Illinois and settled on tho rldgo
about ten miles north of tho mouth
of tho Chlcngo river. Shortly after
wards bIic obtained several of tho
pods that grew on a honey-locust treo
on tho slto of Fort Dearborn. Tho
heanllko sends wero extracted and
planted. When tho young locusts wero
largo enough they wero BOt out in
different places about tho farm, nnd
later wero dug up nnd replanted.
Those trees produced seeds that
woro given to many friends in dif
ferent pnrtB of this country, nnd from
tho trees that grow from it othor
seeds wero produced until tho distri
bution has assumed tho proportions
of n problem in arithmetical progres
sion. Long before Mrs. Marshall died
tho en ro of tho Fort Dearborn
locusts, ns they always havo been
called, was transferred to hor daugh
ter. Mrs. Ann Kyle, whoso husband
was tho master of a vessel on Lako
Michigan, nnd thcrororo Bpent most of
his time away from home.
When the town authorities threat
ened to cut down six of the trees bo
cause they Btood on tho roadway,
Mrs. Kyle stood guard ovor them,
armed with a shotgun', nnd threatened
to shoot tho first man to sink nn ax
in ono of them.
When Mrs. Kylo died tho caro of
tho trees passed to her heirs, chief
among them being hor daughter, Mrs.
Maxwell, who is tho present guardian
of tho trees Unit havo produced tho
seed for shado for probably a thou
sand homes, Bcattored over a big sec
tion of tho United States.
Preserve Old Time Relics.
Houghton, Mich. Tho Central Homo
Coming association, mado up of hun
dreds of former rcsldentB of tho cen
tral mine location In Kcwconnw coun
ty, onco the moBt prosperous and most
important mining community and
center of population in tho Michigan
copper district, has 'decided to pre
serve for nil tlmo tho old Methodist
church nt Central whero tho annual
homo coming services nro hold. Tho
church was built in 1808. Tho copper
country lodges of the Kulghts of
Pythias have started their work toward
preserving tho little red schoolhouso
at Kaglo Harbor, Kowccuaw county,
whero Ratlibono wroto tho ritual of
their order years ago while ho was a
teacher there.
NEW DISTRICTS AND
NEW RAILWAYS
WESTERN CANADA AFFORDS BET.
TER CONDITIONS THAN EVER
FOR SETTLEMENT.
To tho Kdltor Sir: Doubtless
many of your renders will bo pleased
to havo somo word from tho grain
fields of Western Canada, whoro such
n largo number of Americana havo
mado their homo during tho past fow
years. It Is pleasing to ho nhlo to ro
port that generally tho wheat ylold
lias been good; It will averago nbout
20 bushels to tho nero. Thero will
be tunny cases whoro tho yield will go
.15 bushels to tho nero, nnd others
whero 50 bushels to tho aero has
been tecorded. Tho ont and barloy
crop has been splendid. Tho prices
of nil grains will bring to tho fnrmors
n mngnlflceut return for their labors.
An Instance has been brought to my
notice of n farmer In tho Plncher
Creek (Southern Albortn) district
whero winter wheat Is grown who
mndo n net pro 111 of $19.55 por nero. or
llttlo less than tho selling prlco or his
land. 30, 40, and 50 bushel yields nre
recorded there. Tho beauty nbout tho
lands in Western Canada in that they
nro so well adapted to grain-raising,
while tho luxuriant grasses that grow
ovorywhero In nbundnnco mnko tho
best possible feed for fnttenlng cn't'o
or for those used for dairying
poses.
Tho new homestead rogula . nn
which went Into forco Soptombor, 1908,
nttracted thousands of now Bcttlern. It
is now posBlblo to Bccuro 1C0 acres In
addition to tho 1G0 ncren as a fro
grant, by paying ,$3.00 an nero for it.
Particulars as to how to do this nnd
ns to tho railway rates can bo Bo
cured from tho Canadian Government
Agents.
"Tho development throughout West
ern Canada during tho next ten years
will probnbly exceed that of nny other
country In tho world's history," Is not
tho statement of nn optimistic Cana
dian from the bunks of tho Saskatche
wan, but of Mr. Lesllo M. Shaw ot
Now York, cx-Secrotary of tho United
States Treasury under tho Into Presi
dent McKlnley and President Roose
velt, and considered ono of tho ablest
financiers of tho United States. "Our
railway companies sold 11 good deal
of their land nt from threo to flvo dol
lars an acre, nnd now tho owners aro
Belling tho samo laud at from fifty to
Bovonty-ilvo dollars, and buying 'moro
up in Canada nt from ton to llttoen."
Tho editor of tho Montlcollo (Iowa)
ExprcBB mado a trip through Western
Canada last August, and wns greatly
impressed. Ho says: "Ono cannot
cross Western Canada to tho moun
tains without being Impressed with Its
immensity of territory and its future
prospects. Whero I expected to find
frontier villages thero wero substan
tially built cities nnd towns with every
modern convenience. It was former
ly supposed that tho climate was too
Bovcre for it to bo thought of as an
agricultural country, but Its wheat
raising possibilities havo been amply
tested. Wo drew from Ontario many
of our best farmers and most progres
sive citizens. Now tho Americans aro
emigrating in greater numbers to
Wcstorn Cnnndu. Sovcnty-fivo per
cent, of tho settlers in that good coun
try located southeast of Mooso Jaw
and Rcginn nro Americans. Canada
Is well pleased with them and Is ready
to welcome thousands more."
Colombia's One Iron Foundry.
Tho only iron foundry in Colombia,
South America, is at Bogota. It la
known ns La Pnradcra and Is operated
on a Bmall scale, nntlvo ores being
smelted, tho iron being subsequently
romelted for casting purposes. Thero
aro several commercial Iron deposits
In tho Interior of tho country, and one
oro body situated near tho coast ot
tho Caribbean sea is now being drilled
by American engineers.
320 Acres "a"
IN WESTERN CANADA
WILL MAKE YOU RICH
Fifty bushels per
acre have been
grown. General
uverngc greater than
in any other part of
the continent. Under
new regulations it b
possible to secure a homestead of 160 acrea
free, and additional 160 acres at $3 per acre.
"The development of the country hat mad
marvelloua atridea. It la a revelation, a rec
ord o( conquett by aettlement that la remark
able." kt tract from correspondence of fVjfooat
bjltor. vtho vtstteJ CatuU in Aiuasl tar.
The grain crop of 1908 wPl net many'
farmers $20.00 to $23.00 per acre. Grata
rul.ilnii, mixed farming and dalryog nro
the principal industries. Climate is excel
lent; social conditions the best; railway ad
vantages unequalled; schools, churches and
markets close at hand. Land may also bo
purchased from railway and land companies.
Por"Ltt Beat Wetfpamphlet. inapt and
Information aa to how to aecure fowctt rail
way ratea, apply to
Superintendent of Imwltratiaae
Ottawa, Canada
or to the authorlrrd Canadian Oov't Agent
W.V.BEnKETT,
091 New York Lite Dullglnf. Oatba, H-Wmis.
Various "Schools" of Painters.
Tho Munich Jugend hns discovered
flvo signs by which to dotect tho
school to which a painter belongs:
(1) If ho paints tho sky gray and tho
grass black, ho belongs to tho good
old classical school. (2) If ho palntu
tho sky blue and tho grass greon, ho
is a realist. (3) It ho paints tho sky
greon and tho grass bluo, ho la an Im
pressionist, (4) If ho paints tho sky
yollow and tho grass purplo, ho is a,
colorlst. (5) If ho paints tho sky
black and tho grass red, ho shows pos
session of groat dccoratlvo taleuL
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