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JUST WH?T HENS EAT Meat (s Usually in Form of Bugs and Worms. Considerable Studying and Experi menting Necessary to Find Out What Fowls Need and How Much They Should Have. (By KATHERINE ATHERTON GRIMES.) The hen has three reasons for eat ing: to repair the tissues of her body, to keep herself warm, and to make eggs. It therefore follows that her diet must be varied and plentiful. If we open the crop of a hen that has been allowed to eat just what she pleased we will find that she has pro vided herself with three kinds of food -grain, green stuff and meat. The last named ls usually in the form of bugs and worms. We must, *hen, furnish our hens with food of these classes. Moreover, the quantity must be about right of each. If they are not given enough, they will have to use it all for body building and heat production, and will have nothing left over to make eggs with. If we feed too much of some kinds the surplus will go to fat. and the hens will get too lazy to lay. It takes considerable studying and experimenting to find out just what the hens need, and how much they ought to have, but we mu.st learn as soon as we eau, or we will find our Oats sprouted to supply green food when none ls growing in the open. The arrangement of the trays shows sowing at week intervals. Then trays can be slipped out and placed in the poultry house as needed. poultry is not so profitable as lt ought to be. The feeding question is one , of the most important in the whole poultry business. Experts tell us that a hen needs about six ounces of food a day. A flock of ten, then, will need about three and three-fourths aounds a day, or a trifle over twenty-six pounds a week. Of this amount two-thirds by weight should consist of grains. The grain should be a mixture of equal parts of wheat, cracked cora and cits. A few handfuls of sunflower seed, cane seed or buckwheat should be added for va riety. They are to the hen what pie ls to the boy-and you know what that is. The other third should be a "mash." which is a mixture of bran and other finely ground feeds, usually fed dry. Some poultrymen moisten th ' mash, but the majority claim that it is bet ter to feed it dry, and let the he a moisten it in her crop by drinking what water she wants. If fed dry there Is less danger from certain hinds of disease. A good formula for a mash is as follows: One-half bushel bf brun. 4 quarts alfalfa meal. 2 quarts each of ground oats and corn meal, 1 table spoonful of charcoal, 1 pint of beef scrap, 1 tablespoonful of salt and 1 teaspoonful of pepper. This furnishes both meat and green food in about the right quantities. Where these elements are given in other ways the alfalfa meal and beef scrap may be omitted from the mash. These ingredients should be thor oughly mixed together, and the mash kept where the hens can get it any time they want it. It is a bulky food, but not a fattening one, so there is no danger of their eating too much. The bran is one of thc best "condition powders" poultry* can have. It keeps the system vigorous and healthy aud furnishes a large part of the egg-mak ing elements. The grain food should always be thrown into a deep little of straw or chaff, where the birds will have to "scratch for a living." If you have ever watched an old hen digging about in the yard you will know that it is as natural for her to dig as it is to breathe. Grit and lime, usually given in the form of oyster shells, are two other necessary elements. They should be kept before the fowls all the time. A very convenient hopper for feeding the mash, grit and shells may be made like the illustration, the compartment for the mash being much larger than the others. MAID OF THE PALISADE By BELLE KANARIS MANIATES . Through the Virginian forest in the lengthening shadows of a midsummer day rode a man, stern-faced and gaunt. Presently he came to a clearing where upon a slope of green was 3et a houso more pretentious than one would ex pect to find in so primeval a time and place. This oasis of modernity was encircled by a palisade. As he drew near, the gate was unbarred by/ a brawny serva ut, to whom th? man tossed the bridle as he dismounted. As he went toward this house, a slender, girlish form with eyes of corn flower blue and a skin of snow ?.nd roses came out to greet him. His stern features softened as he stooped to kiss her. "Myla, my child," he murmured ten derly as they went up the steps to gether. It was for her, his motherless daugh ter. hi? all, that he had built this pali saded palace in the forest and h^d guarded it so jt-'ously from every' in truder. A nun-like life lived the fair Myla, who was known far and wide as the "Beautiful Maid of the Palisade." Pate stepped in the very next day. when the stern Master Mollins again journeyed away on his red-brown horse. Myla accompanied him to the towering pine which marked the boundary of her freedom. Then with a good-bye, she turned and retraced her steps. A road to the right te-red her. She strayed aimlessly from her beaten path and wandered at will. She soon paid the price. A lout of a fellow stepped from behind a tree. "And so the Maid of the Palisade is freed at last," he cried with a leer, planting himself in her path. Myla cried out in fright. The man stepped nearer. And theo came a knight to the rescue in the person of one Capt. Philip Darcy, who knocked the fellow senseless. Then he turned to Myla, and her eyes, admiring, trust ing, met his own. They walked to gether through the deep woods, and she chatted to him freely of her close ly guarded life. "And you are content to live this hermit life?" he asked earnestly. i am very happy," she assured him, "and no danger has ever come to me until today. ? was well pun ished for my disobedience ia not re turning directly home." "Are you sorry." asked the captain in low, vibrant tones, "that you turned from your path?" "No." she answered sweetly and shy ly. "I am glad!" He walked home with her, but she bade him leave her before they reach ed sight of the stern warder at the gate. "I shall come tomorrow," said the young captain gravely, "when your father is here." Hearts moved quickly in those days, and the captain returned the next day a wooer, but Master Gregory Mollins ruthlessly repulsed his advances and bade him begone never to return. 'if it must be that my daughter wed some day. when she ls much older, I will never give her to a soldier," he declared. Love would have laughed at pali sades, but war claimed the young cap tain's services and he must needs ride away. Faith and hope thrived in Myla's heart, but when the war was ended and a long time elapsed with no word from the young soldier, she began to fade like a flower too much In the sun. When a fever contagion wus car ried by a servant to the palisaded for est-house. Myla proved a ready victim. A physician was summoned from Jamestown, and the crisis was passed successfully, but Myla remained weak and enervated. "I have done all in my power," the doctor frankly informed the agonized father, "but this is a condition that baffles my knowledge. There la a young doctor lately come to James town whom I should like to bring here In consultation." Master Mollins consented, but he chanced to be asleep when the young surgeon called. When he awoke, he learned that the new doctor had made his visit and departed. Ha went to the sick room. There was a look of the old Myla in the face upon the pillow. The nurse followed him into the hall. "The new doctor seemed to put ne? life and strength into her with the mere touch of his hand upon ber wrist," she informed him. Tlie father eagerly awaited the com ing f Myla's savior the next morning: He met him at the door. "You!" he thundered, looking into the grave eyes of Philip Darcy. "What latrine-) is this? How dare you pre tend io be a di^or!" "I am a doctor," replied the young man q ietly. "I was a surgeon in the army. : settled here in Jamestown to be oea> 1er. I can save her life." In si; :oe the father led bim to tho sick room. Myla looked up, her eyes full of life and joy. "Path- :." she cried. "He has saved my life i vice." and she told him of their firs; meeting. Master \Iollins bowed to fate. "You have won her," he acknowl edged with a. sigh. "You ha -- i not loBt your daughter," said Phil;:) earnestly. "You have gained a son." Favorite "Situation." "Do you suppose a father ant] hil son ever compete for the favor of thc same chorus girl?" "Well, I've seen lt done in m?sica' comedy and French farce." PREVENT HEN SITTING DOWN California Man Invents Apparatus That Will Effectually Break Up Broody Fowl. As every poultry farmer know3, there are times when he does not want his hens to set and there are some hens he does not want to set at any time. To insure obedience by the stupid birds a California man has Invented the apparatus presented here. A breast plate has two wire legs extending down from it. On either end of the plate are straps. whichj>ass under the chicken's wings and buckle over it3 back. The legs stick out in front and do not in the Balks Setting Hens. least lnterf?r? with the fowl's free dom of movement, but to prevent her from setting, although she can lay eggs and is expected to do so If she wants to remain popular. When a hen persists in setting the eggs are sometimes hard to find, and when they are found are unfit for any oth er use. TO PREVENT DREADED ROUP Disease Results From Cold in Head and IE Easily Broken Up if Taken in Time. This is the season for colds. If left unattended a cold will, within com paratively short space of time, develop into either roup or bronchitis. While the two diseases are widely different yet they are both the result of colds, and while the latter is not nearlyjfc?! disastrous as the former yet many birds die of it. A cold is 7ery easily broken up if taken in time- and thus the life of many valuable specimens saved. Purchase a five-cent oil can and fiH with coal oil. At the first sign ot a cold catch the bird and by pushing the bottom of the can inject one douche ol oil into each nostril and into the roo! of the mouth. If taken In time this one application is sufficient to cure thc bird. Should a cure not be effected re peat twice daily. Result, the entire absence of roup the most dreaded di sease. In addition to the caol oil place a small quantity of permangan ate of potash in the drinking water. Market eggs at least twice each week. Warmth and comfort are the feed economizers. Don't forget that lice and mites af fect the egg yield. It requires about four geese to make a pound of feathers. Be sure that the male at the head of a flock of poultry ls purebred. The more the hen exercises the more eggs she will lay. So keep her acra tching. Dry-picked turkey feathers com mand a better price in market than scalded ones. February is generaally the begin ning of the laying season Cor both ducks and geese. Ducks seldom become broody; geese are apt to become broody after laying the first litter. The hens need strenuous exercise these days to keop them from becom ing sluggish p.nd inactive. The secret of getting winter eggs is early-hatched pullets, well grown, well sheltered and well fed. Eggs from yearling duckB batch well, but geese must be about three years old to show strong fertility. A few drops of little liquid sulphur In bucket of water ls Ono for chick ens in dry weather, once or twice a week. A little cotton seed meal mixed with mash ls fine to produce glossy feathers and helps to supply the meat food needed. Geese cannot be profitably hatched and reared arti?cally, while incuba tors and brooders have revolutionised the duck business. Green cut bone will make hens lay In winter. Get a bone cutter and grind them yourself, If you cannot j buy them already ground. The older the gander the more Tie ious he ls apt to become during breed ing season; the drake seldom shows temper, being of a more timid nature, i Sea We carry and?househo lng the nee( ways All ore See our line of Screen doors and windows Water coolers Ice cream freezers Gasoline oi -Call on ---T---TT ? -rriTi Building Steu Fertili2 Cotton ? Soda,Bloc Mixed go Royster, can Agri Georgia ( Call and sec PROEESSIONAL J DR. J S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OPFICB OVER POSTOFFICE. Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. James A. Dobey, Dental Surgeon j Johnston, S. C O?TFICB OVBR JOHNSTON DRUG CO. A. H. 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