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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1912)
THE SEMI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE SECTION 13 II Here's a new "YANKEE" Spiral Ratchet Screw -driver (No. 130) thai means easier, quicker anil surer work. A spring in the handle makes it the "Quick Return." At) vou have to do is push' The handle conies back of itself, rcailv for the next push. Great for working one-handed the spring's pressure keeps the bit In place. Ask Your Dealer for "YANKEE" Quick Return Spiral Ratchet Screw-driver No. 130 Price $1.85 Supplied with thrccsliosof bit. Special attachments may tic hud tor drllllm; and countersinking. Of th, " T ent f'RLk. in ftiur I NORTH BROS. MFG. CO., PbiUdtlplU Hens tnat Cut the Cost of Living 1 POULTRY & tUUIDfc 1 AT LAST a really practical dependable Poultry-BooK Containi the Lnowledne gained from 25 yean of pleature and Profit in practical poultry railing. The Poultry Guide Post detcribee the "den'te." Point to the onnortunillee. Cloth hound. Well illustrated. Helpful. Worth many lime tti price in profile Delivered on receipt of tl.iu. Wc art to iure thle ii the beet poultry Imws. ever published, thai we wui return your moaey if not ratlined. Il'n(f for IMS Poultry Almanac, FJtEE. THE PARK &. POLLARD CO. 6A Canal Street. Boston, Mass. ,Grow the Extraordinarily Big Macatawa Blackberry The terries measure Inches around one wav. tv iU lnthrs the other. iSwftt ertn when gwn, rkh-lla- vorca, meaty, altogether ue lklous, Kiien from July un til frost. (oi looklnt; and line eating. Hants tear the first ear jlelj Immense crois afterward! are abso lutely hardi In 40 decrees t low zero. tause Maataa ' Isa trots between 1 Morailolilai L terry and true f.lant Himalaja Herrv Mat atawa riant f 1 each, rfcfursli. Unlv Six to one l-erson. Send today lor ine ivi ntrry- rry look, 1 liieu irum cmrr w cwct im im 1 .WriiM M.atiwa lllaLkt-em. Jllmalaxa llerrv. and other rplemUd -errIe ou should have in your garden or held. It Is free. Write & card now. A. Mltttnir. Berry Specialist HKltHYPAl,.: KXI'EIIIMI.NT OAHHKN8 Ore mm Avenue. Holland. Mich. I dale Dc Continued from 'ngt' .V ) i-irjlit hours, iir longer, after they burst their shells. Nnturo having ulilijinj;ly nrrannctl in.'itters so that I lie jolk is sib xnrlM'ii Itv the chirk just licl'oio it is hutched, t lie hatcher can, with a clear con science, enclose the chick, with a dozen f his brothers and sisters, in a well ventilated box. and ship him a .jouiiiev of ninny handled miles. When he arries I the chick, of course) he is icndy to eat, drink and be merry. To be sure, the ex press companies hae to be leckoued with; and wh.'it they do sometimes can onlv lie ptoperly described with the aid of long, black marks. Hut the poultry keepers of the country hae not been lic.sicjjini; their epansie congressmen and frock coated senators for a parcels post without niak um some impression, it seems. How they will bless the day that frees them from the vagaries of the express corporations! Hut once nrjain, let us return to the back-yard Hock. Assume that it belongs to a commuter who is away all day, and so has little time to care for the birds. The solution of his problem lies in keeping rlFBaTJ POULTHY BOOK FREE I noultrv on theordinary farm. How to make a flril-claii I brooder out of an old piano I Imi. What breeds lav belt. IF-laoa for poultry houiel. how . Li fed. breed, etc. Deicrlbei I 'PRAIRIE STATE Incubitort ind Broodirt I roowlll be rprliedallhevelaablelnfometloDltMn. I telnl. Ifafree. Write a potlal for a copy today li I Pralrl Stall Incubator Co.,36 Willi St.. rlctrnrClr,. f.l I t JT . 1 I it n w..mi I Wa attln Utile k fran I I PL Paul, Huflitol Ukmi 1 it w I , U tUSlUe I batlttkcUofi ruhrtuiUtxl. BlKtCitflncubitcrCo.,Boil69.Biclin.l ' " SIIOEMAKEfl'S uuuh. on World's Champion 140-Epp; Incubator rut1.rM klliTrriUiteorrr ttakinurt.ry, Mlf-tKulatlDit lit lLb.ck butsur 111 eti rn 17 POULTRY I and Almanse for 1913 has 224 ratrstwithraanr ' colored Utrs of fowls true to lifo It Ul!s al about cmcsens. vneir rire iinirnr unni vi and remelies All utout lneutmtrs, thsir prices and their oferatioit Ait aluut oultry Lnuaandhow tti huild them It anencyclo -TT C. V. tnOr:MAkr.lt,'ltoal0.-2 rrtrpoft, lit A LIVING FROM POULTRY Our lariro 1913 cataloK tells bow In wordaand picture. ItlsFRrC Stock and tux' of all leading rarletlea land and water fowls. Iiicubatnra and uplines at lowest prices. Iloolilet. Proper Caro of Chlcka" 10 cent. Royal roultrj Firm, Dtpt.453 . Dn Molnn. Ii. Barred Plymouth Rocks the ureal American breed the floor of the poultry house covered with litter several inches deep hay, straw or leaves. Into this litter, at night after the fowls have gone to roost, he throws a liberal feeding of grain. In the morning, ho repeats the operation. He may feed but once a day in the winter; but the allow ance should be a double one. It is im portant that the grain be worked well into the litter, so that the hens will be forced to hustle for what they eat. It is an adage among poultry keepers that the busy hen is the laying hen. If the amateur wants a short cut to this desirable end, there is one ready-made for him. There is a self feeding device so arranged that the hens keep a little stream of grain falling into the litter. The hopper need not be filled oftener than once or twice a week, and in the meantime, the amateur need have no concern about the matter. A wall hopper may be used for dry mash ; and it, too, will need replenishing only once a week. With such devices, feeding be comes a very simple matter. lhere remains, then, the question or water; for an egg is largely water, and the laying hen is a heavy drinker. Ordi narily, a pail of water set on a shelf a foot high will last a flock all day. Setting it on the shelf serves to keep it cleaner than would be the case if it were on the floor. The amateur may gie the birds enough water to last 'two or three days, by using a simple syphon device that is attached to the side of a common butter tub. Of course, the average family has a considerable amount of table scraps, that may be utilized for the poultry and will go far toward supplying the needs of tho Hock. The best plan is to feed the senilis at noon. The chorus of hen music that issues from the pen is evidence to the poultry keeper that the hens approve this plan. Study the psychology of the hen, and you will no doubt discover a close relationship between a contented state of mind and a well tilled egg basket. Any thing that keeps a hen happy will help to inciease the egg crop. This is a point tor the amateur to ponder. When theie is a garden, most of the gieen food may 1k raised. Kape may be cut in a few weeks after being planted, and can be used all through the summer. If the leaves are broken off, they will promptly grow again and continue to do so time after tune. A row twenty feet long will keep a small (lock supplied with greens for months. Vet, a certain degiee of caution in feeding rape to laying liens must be exercised. A greenish tinge to the yolks is a danger signal, and should be acted upon by reducing the amount fed. Swiss chard may also be grown and used in the same way. Cabbages are not the best of poultry food; but a few are worth growing, to feed during the winter, (irass clippings are excellent. A good plan is to lay a square of poultry netting on the I'round, cover it with dried clippings and roll it up. A wire will hold the roll in place, and if hung on the wall of the poultry house, it will furnish a large amount of succulent fodder without waste. Cut mangels in half, and spike them to a board. If potatoes are fed, boil them. If other green food is not available, sprouted oats may lie relied upon. They are easily prepared by soaking the oats over night in warm water, and spreading them an inch deep in a box kept in a warm room oi in the furnace cellar. The box should have a few holes for drainage, unless there are open cracks through which the surplus water may run off, and an old grain sack mav be thrown over the box until the oats have sprouted. The oats must lie sprinkled daily, and should be fed when the sprouts are about two inches long. Some economical housewives have learned to eut the cost of living by storing the eggs that are laid when eggs aie cheap, to be used when the price goes up. If the water glass method of preserving the eggs is followed, they will be perfectly satis factory for home use, and the eggs laid in the fall or early winter may be sold at a profit. Otlver thrifty poultry keepers send a few cases of fresh eggs to the cold storage plants in spring, and withdraw them the following fall when the prices of fiesh eggs begin to soar. The storage cost is but a few cents a dozen, while the amount saved is well worth tho little trouble involved. Poultry keeping is one of tho few forms of recreation that pays a profit. Some people can't realize that it is a recreation ut all. It isn't, as poultry is often kept. With a comfortable house, however, main tained clean and sanitary, and with a flock of pure-bred birds, the care of a small flock liecomes a real pleasure. It is im possible to get enthusiastic over a lot of nondescript fowls, mixtures of half a dozen breeds in assorted sizes and a va ricty of colors. Tho only idea of poultry that some people have, any way, has been gained from dung hill hens seen on run down farms. Nobody is advised to keep birds of that kind. A dozen hens, poli tically the same in size, shape and color, make a very different impression, A well marked hen is indeed a thing of beauty, although hardly a joy for ever; for it ought to perform its last semen in cutting the cost of living by appearing on the family table in its second year. Jki lor llalCDlDBV Don't Buy Eggs Sell Them and Make Money Learn the Putter secret Worth hundred, of dollars when buvnig or culling hens. on save the Livers and sell drones to the butcher, tlicicby save on Iced lulls and get as many eggs. PON'T C1IKAT YOU RSI. LK by not investigating these facts. It means extra dollars to every one who raises poultiy. The I'ottcr Secret explain how tho ek'tf litems: how nature controls the lav inn organs: how to determine the tirst Untie id van development, how far oil the lav nil! petiod is. how l.i know the pro lific Livers: when and how to mil; how to tell when n hen has laid outlier hatch of cutis: the best way to break up the hroodv slnle: how cut:, can be prndmed in winter- the elfect of feed, vermin mid disease on lav intr. Vou allow the money you can make from sin.li knowledge. Poultry Pays Large Profits if mannticd ptopeth . A lew intr hens reduce the liiuh cost of livint! ronsidcrnblt . Thev coin blue pleasure and profit. Kead nil nhout it in the one tireat poultry paper of America, the AMERICAN POULTRY JOURNAL, for sale at all t:oodnevvsdealers.chuiklulloi information on poultry. 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