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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1920)
( THE BEE: ; OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, im. 3 S I In beginning- the noultrv venture at this season of the year it is ad visable to purchase either yearling ncuj or wen maiurea punets, the pul lets bejng preferable if you can get mem. uooa puiieis tnat are well developed should beein lavinir and continue through the winter and spring season, while yearling hensj "s" bwu, ic noi so acpenaaui'j. It is the general rule that fowls lay more eggs in the pullet year than at any time thereafter. , At what age should pullets begin laying? It is commonly acknowl- eagea mat Leghorn pullets on the average will begin laying at the ae of 5 to. Sy months, Wyandotte and Knocie island Keds at 6 to &J4 months and Plymouth Rocks around months. Of course, there are ex ceptions where better records of early laying are made. Much de pends upon the care and attention given therp during the months of growth nk development. If prop erly fed and housed, they should be ( m a laying conditions at the age mcnuonea aDove. . Seasonable Pointers. If you want winter tax, house the birds in their winter quarters now. von i crowd them. Crowding is a very common mistake. Better to allow more than enough space than too little. Four square feet per bird , is the least I would figure on. When you get below that you are at the danger point. , Do not permit sleeping on the floor, particularly .on cold, frosty nights. Young stock housed with old stock will be less liable to take - to roosting, as they are shy in the presence of older birds. By all means house the young stock separ ately. Be sure .that the litter is dry and that it is changed at the first sign of dampness. ' Feed scfatch feed in a deep litter that is always fresh and clean, allowing about a quart per dozen birds Keep a good dry mash feed that contains the full 10 per cent of animal protein either in the form of meat scraps, fish scraps, dried milk or'dried buttermilk, before the birds all the time. Secure a . dry mash hopper for this purpose from your local poultry supply dealer and you will save its cost many, times over in the avoidance of feed waste. Fowls require plenty of green food at this season. At this time of the year look out for colds in the flock. You can eas ily locate this condition as the first sigrtt are very, noticeable sneefing, sticky or watery discharge from the "eyes and nostrils or bubbles in the corners of the eyes. When evidence of this kind "appears remove the bird or birds thus affected at once, keep them separate from the rest of the flock and disinfect the poultry house frequently and thoroughly. There are a number of reliable cold reme dies on the market which will relieve this condition if quick action is taken. ' v :' ,: Second Big Essential. The second of the three big essen tials is proper housing. While there is a greater satisfaction in providing a hotfce, the outward appearance of which is attractive to the eye. yet in so far as practicability goes, outward appearance from the artistic stand point, counts for nothing. To house 4 If your YouAroTo Blamo IT'S not the hens' fault wheitthey don't produce. When they haven't the health and vigor with which that a necessary to is aaa to tnetr icea Pratts Poultry Regulator More Eggs! Eggs from all your hens a the time'. The big gest possible profit from the high egg prices I That's what you get toon after you begin to use Pratts Poultry Regulator. Prevent colds, catarrh your poultry, rut rratta Koup Remedy in , . i tne arm King water. . Tnt RtMf lack TOM kt M Nebraska Seed Stewart's Seed I I. a . Service... , in the Careful Handling of All Orders for , Grain and Provisions for Future . Delivery in AH the Important Markets . A We Operate Private Wire Connections to All Offices Except Kansas City WE SOLICIT YOUR Consignments of All Kindt of Grain to OMAHA, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, KANSAS CITY and- SIOUX CITY Every Car Receives Careful Personal Attention The Updike Grain Company THS RELIABLE CONSIGNMENT HOUSE fowls in clean, wholesome quarters, well ventilated and dry, wit'.i plenty of fresh air and sunshine and space enough for comfort, is the Impor tant factor and this can be done whether or not the house itself is beautiful to look upon. A piano box, oW shed or barn, if properly, ar ranged, will fill the bitS in this re spect: a good coat or two of paint and outward appearances will not be so bad at that. Local conditions should control your decision as to the best site for the "houite. It is advisable, however, to face it south or southeast, as this insures the greatest amount of sun 1 ght during the winter. There are times when exceptions to this rule must be made owing to surrounding influences and slope of land and con ditio of soil, etc. The ground upon whin the house is located should have good drainage so that the floor and runway will be dry and free from dampness. It would be a mis take to build the house in a hollow where cold air settles, as dampness will be Vure to result -and dampness will imperil the health of the strong est and most vigorous flock. Bear in mir.d this question of house location. It is extremely im portant and much depends upon your own good judgment. When you come right down to. it, poultry rais ing is as much a matter of common sense as is law. Make sure you arc right at the very beginning and you will save yourself much needless worry and trouble. Where ground space is limited, the houstnay be raised high enough fom the gtound to allow of a runway underneath. It is not necessary that the birds have free range or large yards. I know of one big breeder and a very success ful one. too, who does not consider. yards or runs necessary for grown fowls. This breeder has no run ways in conection with the laying houses and results are fully as satis factory, if not more so, as whet yards were provided. Types; of Houses. - v There are various types of poul try houses, which though entirely dmerent, seem to give equally good results. The open front house, how ever, is perhaps the most generally used "of all. In later issues I will discuss some of the different plans of house construction in detail. Many beginners solve the poultry house nroblem bv burchasino- the ready built portable poultry houses. X here, are numerous manufacturers of these houses in sizes particularly adapted to the back-lotter, and in sofar as I know, they are entirely satisfactory. I. have never received any adverse reports regarding them, and I have used the ready built port able myself with very gratifying re sults. (Copyright. 1019. by Esrt M. Whitney.) Aircraft Demonstrate Ability to Bomb Vessels Washington, Oct. 17. Ability of aircraft to hit battleships with bombs has been amply demonstra ted in experiments just concluded with the old battleship Indiana, $iz- val officials declared a high percent age of hits had been registered from the air on the deck of the ship, an chored in Chesapeake bay. Hons Dorit Lav they mil produce. All make them lay rtgularly roup, trom attacking SstWhT Co. Store Offices at Omaha, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Hastings, Nebraska Chicago, Illinois ySlovx City, Iowa Holdrege, Nebraska Geneve, Nebraska Das Moines, Iowa Milwaukee, Wisconsin Hamburg, Iowa Kansas City, Missouri - Service First! tthe Union Stock Yards Co. of Omaha The Live Stock Market of Good Results. lVG CiRiiRNlfflgMg (to airan yssaseebsis.eaa m aft Swartz .Light Gtmranteed S rears. Thew & Carley, Inc. OMAHA, U. S. A.' "Service and Satisfaction" HARD COAL ALL SIZES OZARK LUMP (SemlAathracite)J CORD WOOD .(All Leaf the) DOYER.1IAN ffURAN LUMBER V I COAL CO CALL COLFAX SO FOR PRICES. ORTMAN'S New England Bakery 214 No. I6tb - ' Branches at Central Market, Hayden Bros, and Table Supply.'"' THE AUTO TOP AND TRIMMING CO., Inc. "Belter Work" , Perfect Tailored Seat Covers and Tops. 420-22 So. 13th St., Omaha, Neb. Douglas 7114. BEMIS BRO. BAG CO. of Omaha - MOTOR TRUCKS ; mmmmmmmmmmm 'THERE i not a drop of water In International Harvester common and preferred stock. Financial authorities will tell yon there is more than a dol lar of vaiue In Internationa Harvester properties for every dollar of capital, itation. npHAT means that the products of International Harvester faotoriti do not have to provide a single dollar of exeeis revenue. It means that in the price of International Motor Trucks there is not' one penny of Inflated value. The International Harvester Company of America Omaha Branch i 714-716 So. 10th St - WELDED OIL STORAGE TANKS HORIZONTAL er VERTICAL -Capacities 2,000 . to 20,000 Galloas Shlsmeat It Diyt. Write er Wire Ui Year Ordws. NEBRASKA and IOWA STEEL" TANK CO. ISM Willis Ave., OasJifc. Everything for the Office Wo e grave visltiac cards, weddlag mvitatleas and anaouarsisato 1 The Omaha Stationery Co. 307-300 So. 17th St Phoae Dougiaa 808. 1 1 uwmmmmmmmmm '"(' lliggins Packing v Co., Inc. 36th and L Streets Beef and Pork Products, Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Cheese Sausage of '-11 Kinds. Qnr Motto "Quality and Service? U. S. Gov. lnp. Abbt. 043. Phones: So. 4995 Tyler 4487 Chiropractic Makes You Well iCeeps You Well LEE W. EDWARDS 1 CHIROPRACTOR 24th and Farnam St. 1 Douglas 3445. T Omaha Printing Co. OMAHA, U. S. A. GLASS. MIRRORS, PAINT PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO. 11th and Howard Sts. EE; Ft3a f t ' EUta i BUEHLER BROS. MARKETS Special on Quality Meat and Previsions FOUR STORES t 212 No. 16th St. 4903 So. 24tb 2408 Cuming St. ' 634 Broadway, Council Bluffa , Cartar Sheet Metal Co. 13th and Grace. (THE HAHOT MQ TROUSH ir1 lkaXr IVm. F. Roesigg OMAHA'S RELIABLE AUTOMOBILE PAINTER. , CADILLAC BUILDING 2570 Farnam.St. Harney 144S. Carbon Coal & Supply Co WHOLESALE COAL 1905 HARNBY ST., Grain Exchange Bldf . OMAHA, NEB. PAXTON - MITCHELL COMPANY Manufacturers of Brass, Bronze and Aluminum Caatings. A specialty made of soft Gray Iron Castings. Carpenter Paper Co. Wholesale Distributors PRINTING PAPER, WRAPPING PAPER, PAPER BAGS, BUILD ING PAPER, FANCY STATIONERY. -Croskes Nnr Patented Laues ellounate all sharp light ran. y OR. L. f. LARSEN, lleilrlsreS Oittalaa. Whaf Omaha Offers s By PAUL GREER It is only around a poker tabje that all friend ship ceases.' In business life friendship, plays a most important part. i. "All other things being equal, people will trade with their friends rather than with strangers or people who have no interest in them," says William Stull, who has built success for himsef on that prin ciple.. It is his firm belief that the more Omaha does for its neighbors in Nebraska, the better it will prosper. ' With that in mind he has urged greater effort on the part of the business interests- of the city to .push the project for a ship canal from the Great Lakes to tne s6a as a development that will benefit every part of the middle west. Butter, eggs, grair and all the various products that Nebraska and'iti? neighbors have for export to Europe can then be sent at lower freight rates, the car shortage will cease to menace, and European products can be brought in return right to our doors. He is not alone in his advocacy of this practical measure, nor is he alone in urging careful attention to the need of maintaining fnendy relations in our own household. Tho question of housing is a press- ing one. Without sufficient low-priced shelter Omaha cannot attract new supplies of labor to man its growing industries. ' Omaha is thinking of all these things, but there is an old saying, "Don't sit down and think xit over; let's stand up and knock it over." It's all right to blow your own horn, but you must be able to produce the goods to back up the noise. That's Omaha, all overi It is spreading its market territory in all directions through its com bination of friendship and substantial values. The recent automobile, trade trip of the Chamber of Commerce took a large delegation of Omaha busi ness men into southwest Iowa and northwest Mis souri. Those are districts just as near Kansas' City as they are near 'Omaha. It is in places like thesr that friendship counts. . Omaha can give , at least just as good service, and just as low prices as Kansas City, and these things being equal, the people there will trade with whichever place gets nearest their hearts. ' The enthusiastic reception given the trade tour ists in such placs as Malvern and Banchard and Maryville showed that the friendly overtures of Omaha were goinfe to be met .halfway. One thinks of Nebraska as the natural market of Omaha goods, and yet Robert L. Trimble, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, said that this trade trip into Iowa and. Missouri. was one of the most successful that had ever been conducted. J There is a double value in these excursions. Not only is the name of Omaha and its willingness to accommodate advertised, but the business men learn from first hand the peculiar needs and desires of their outside customers. ;Next summer there will "be more of these adventures in getting acquainted,' to the mutual prolt,of Omaha and its customers, t 7 ., . Omaha is a good town. It has something to advertise. Out on that trip one of the country mer chants who greeted the tourists told a story to illus trate the spirit that drives this city on to success A liewcomer to heaven was amazed, so the story goesf, to see a large iron cage in which several other J new arrivals were confined. v , "What is this," he inquired, "do you have crim -inals up here?" "Oh, no," was the, explanation, "those are peo ple that have just cgjne froni Omaha, and they are determined to go back." s ' . x That's the kind of a place Omaha is striving to be. x ; . . , The people who live here and work here must have reason, to feel a real attachment, to Omaha. The customers from outside the city the cattle shippers, the grain growers, the. merchants and shoppers who do business here must be made to feel that they ar6 among friends, and that the serv ice and goods they ge are as good or better than they could find by going somewhere else. For, alk other things being equal, people will trade with their friends. ' W. H. AHMANSON. Pres. W. U Wlleo, V. Pres. W. A. Smith, V. Pres. Nation Tyler 5188 Onriaha (EL Council puffs Street Railway Company biub be r oBies, dec. j rcaa, Merrick E Lease, Afcy.,Supt 1? fff m. S9 am Brkr Block it....:i ; made Mums'' .ooo IN MfJZ'? MILES OMAHA (Wm Guarentee ii!iaiiiiniiiiM4r ffliiiiuniBiniuiiiii Cornhusker Tires NEBRASKA TIRE & RUBBER CO. 3167 SPAULDING ' Eat Purity Sausage Purity Provision Co. 2424 Q St. South 2404 GASOLINE SAVER All kinds of flavoring extracts HQLCOMB FOOD CHEMICAL . PRODUCTS CO 918 No. l?th Trier 49C4 PHONE TYLER 441 WALNUT 82B Geo. A. Roberts Gram Co. Receivers and Shippers GRAIN HAY SEEDS i Consignments a Specialty 230-31-32.33-34 -Grain Exchange Omaha, Neb. 1 'Sljo px; EFFECTVE EFFICIENT OIL AND COMPRESSION TIGHT. GILL PISTON RING CO, - 1823 Faro am St. RENT-A-FORD DRIVE IT YOURSELF All New Cars With Winter Tops at Same' Prices as Usual OPEN DAY and NIGHT NEBRASKA SERVICE GARAGE 19th and Faxnam Sts. Doug. 7390 American State Bank 18th and Farnam SOLICITS. YOUR BANKING . ' BUSINESS Phone Tyler 80 mmm Whistle Bottling Co. Tel. Web. 2131 RADIATORS and Radiator Cores for Automobiles, Trucks snd Iractors - MADE AND REPAIRED Send your radiator by express. Guar anteed work, prompt service and rea aonable charges. OMAHA AUTO RADIATOR MFG. CO. 1819-21 Cuming St. OMAHA. SCREENS AND CABINET WORK Reoidenco Phone Walnut 4633. Buaineaa Phone Tyler 1632. A. C. LESSARD A SON .. Remodeling and Building ' ( Contractors. 2021 Cuming St. JOHN DEERE PLOW GO. Agricultural Implement Jobbers Sioux Falls Sidney Omaha RALPH DeLONG l The Common Brick HUGH MURPHY Yard on c b. q. R. r. ; Construction Co. V 404 FINANCE BLDG. . pAVtNC CONTRACTORS , Tyler 4348. D. 83. . 20e Karhach Bldf. Attention Mr. Automobile Owner We overhaul yeur car, reboro the cylinders, make pistoayaad rings er aay parts you might need. P. Melcl)iors & Son Machine Works 411 South 13th St. General Autoroobile, Machine Od BlacMnJth Repair Work. "BUSINESS IS COOP THANK YOlf ' " " " 1 .'v Nicholas Gasolenes y Give' POWER N. . LY. Nicholas Oil Comfamx Ti I "little Red Wagons" Grading Contractors' - EaBtaaaeat TRACTORS STROUD & CO. Colfax 2998. 20th and Ames Ave. KOPAC BROTHERS Automotive and Shop Equipment Holt Caterpillar Tractors Tiros and Trucks Wholesale Branch Norfolk, Nob. Main Office Omaha, Nob. Norfolk David City Columbus Schuyler, Neb. Not only Lumbar, but Mlilwerk, Hard ware and Paint. ' . WE PAY THE FREIGHT. C. Hafer Lumber Company 135 W. Broadway Council Bluffs, la. Distributors of Quality. ELECTRICAL MERCHANDISE - and Suppliee. r Omaha Sioux City "Omaha Liberty Fire the Height of Perfection" "Tou SHARE IN THE PROFITS while haying PROTECTION." OLD LINE STOCK COMPANY Paid In Cash ' Capital and Surplus ........ $560,000 Remember it costs no mors? to insure your property in OMAHA LIBERTY than in any other responsible' company and you share in the profits. Insurance against lose by fire, lightning and tornado.. Auto mobile and hail insurance). . Hone Offieet 1817 Douglas Bt Phono Tyler 2621. FAIRBANKS MORSE &co: OIL ELECTRICAL ENGINES MACHINERY FARM ENGINES SUPPLIES WIND MILLS . ' FAIRBANKS SCALES (Hi ooanni m 3 l 4 ' .-..e-raM.