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mis Ml ??H?T OF farm poultry K ,t rwk> Are Too Small and Aro I fjot Given Attention and Car* 0 They Doserve. j^Hevo that we are jufttfled In 1 , M th*t the average farmer <)oea KTglve enough atteutloa to the PJ g|(j0 of farming. Experimenta ij? have been conduoted abow tjiat Bi farmer's flock may bemade a i Joflubie P?rt of bla live-stock bual B??r Moat fl oka are too amall and RPqoI receive thd attention, study lilc*rt? tliwy should, says Utah Farm No live stock paya bigger dlvl :*i6 wj?.? put on a commercial foot KTand properly managed. It coata Igu more to care for a large flock CT tot a few hena. Keep * rtock for bUB,ne8B reaaons Lj ^ merely from force of habit. 1 Kagrels 0r scrubs are not the kind K|re. Get some pure-bred chlckena Llhe kind you like. Wa would laugh |y (he live-stock man . who depended Sob scrubs to build up bla live stock Etoero. Pure-bred Stock Will nearly arouse the enthusiasm of its Ejer and hi* family. \ Other essentials to profitable farm ttpltry are houses, equipment far E,inf and rearing, care, feeding, jEeting, etc- The humble.hen pro E?a millions each year-rthe quea pion we ask is, are your getting your j^kareT L There Is money In poultry? If you Knot have the time, turn thla part gfyour ffinu work over to the boya ft girls. DON'T USE CAYENNE PEPPER K liver Disease and Kindred Troublea Are General Result of Uae ef This Strong Spice. iThe writer is strongly oppoaad to ta use of cayenne pepper. He knows nm past experience that liver dla* lie and kindred troublea are thai pent result when thla atroxQTlKplce j I bused, but If that condiment la placed ' | i preparation of apices there no Hbt la a medicinal virtue In it. Condition powder if rightly made fa] aposed of such ingredients as work i the blood which In turn purines ? system and nip8 in the bfiTd any Itease germs that may be starting, j rajs a writer in Texas Stockman. [.Furthermore a reliable powder will jlfengthen the organa which muat we egg production more easy and wtnrai. Of cetirae there muat be a| 'jidJcious use of all atimulatlng prep* patiens? just enough to gain thai pht desired. Eft Is not in the use, but the abuae, Alt condition powder or any atlmu* nit like corn, buckwheat or barley ?jtti that makes It dangerous tor fowl iPLE TRAP-NEST SCHEME flight of Fowl Reieaaea 8upport andj : Cloaea Openlng-j-Hen la Taken Out Through Top. ? ~?m ? In response to a query for a aketch |f x simple trap nest Montreal Her [M gives the following^ __ Illustration shows a very aim* Ijbtrap nest. The hen walkB on the, awing board to the naat. Whan She | fto near the point EJ her weight de 81mple Trap Nest. that end of the board and ects the support D, which fan* *.Hs own weight. Then when Wie Nn into the newt the hoard being <*vler on the outside and hinged L*? Ups until the opening to tlje i? closed. The hen in removed the top of the neat, which *T? m fwet as shown above. ?r- ? tt RATION FOR CHICKENS _______ jt. VirQinia Experiment 8tatlon Interesting Teat-r-Eggn Are Much Larger. effect of meat rations waa test "ttho West Virginia Experiment '^there one pen of lowlfl re * ration largely of corn and ?tarchy grains, while another 'u fed partly on meat and bones. " " ''.'Vr iwat fed fowls laid 7.S55 eggs. G* grain-fed hifflfc lAtd 3,431, |y than one-half as man^t as those the nitrogenous rStion. from the ?eat-fed jfowl? RHrgar, much firmer, 'rather bet produced far more' vigorous than those of the others. ffj* 'ots of fowls remained in a vigorous condition. : ? -- r ;'*" ? **c?ll?nt Egg Producer. leld peas contain a large of nitrogenous* aubstancea, ?**Uy making an eacellent food. ? LOW TEMPERATURE IS BEST Churn Should Not Contain More Than Two-Thirds of Its Capacity to Inaure Good Butter. When ready to churn care should be taken not to put too much cream In the churn. The churn should not con tain more than two-thirds of its cupao ity, Much weak and shortrbodled but ter la caused by overloading the churn and churning at the wrong tempera ture. Salvy, mottled and streaked butter la often due to an uneven tem perature of the waah water uaed dur ing the working proceaa. A good bod led butter Ib uaually inspired by a low temperature, but a high temperature la almost sure to cauae m weak bodied product Sometimes butter ia difficult to ^gather," especially when a combined chum la being uaed. The grain of the butter aeems to be worn out by the mass of partly gathered butter pouud ing and pouring over the inside por tions of the churn and by the worker, and when the butter is finally worked it is brittle and weak bodied. Do not have the temperature of the waah vary very much from that of the butter, but if the butter comes at so high a temperature as to make it soft, the wash water must be cold enough to harden the butter, so that it will bear working without overworking or destroying the grain of the butter and giving it a salvy appearance. e *T j. JS> ... . ? i. ....w.,! PAIL AND STOOL COMBINED ' 1 " . Device Recently Invented Acta at Re ceptacle for Milk and Qood 8eat for the Milker. In the 4*iry where the herd ia of any considerable proportions the mat ter of getting around among the ani mals at milking time i* one of some .magnitude and, anything of the nature of an innovation, which will facilitate this operation and at the same time make for cleaner milk, will get a wel come. A combined Btool for the milk er and receptacle for the milk has been ? recently invented with this object. A can somewhat larger than a bucket hi supported on four legs ajfcd re-en forced for the purpose of supporting the weight which it Is called upon to do. The top is covered and the lid acts as a 6eat for the operator. Pail and 8eat Combined. f Introduced near the top is a funnel arrangement having an outlet spout and an inlet opening. As the milk is dra,wn from the cow it flows into the can through this funnel extension. This apparatus relieves the dairyman jot the necessity of carrying both the 'stool and milk can, as he must do un der ordinary circumstances and at the same t|me the' milk passing so direct ly from the source of supply to the can, the possibilities of contamination are greatly reduced. AVERAGE PRODUCT OF A COW Two Hundred and Forty Pounds of ?utterfat Should Be Produced . In Year From Animal. A good dairy animal should pro duce 240 pounds of butterfat a year. If she produces a milk testing five per cent fat hat- production of milk must be 5,000 pounds. If the milk Is four per cent it is equivalent to 6,000 pounds and if three per cent to 8,000, pounds. It the cow is dry sli weeks out of the year her dally average of butter fat will b'e about three-fourths of a pound. - If the herd can be made to average thjs amount dafly it is an excellent record to maintain. There are herds that win average more than this, but they are fqw and far between. Pairy vs. Poultry. The cows will return xnondy, or its equivalent, each day in the year, and In a way it will less worry than to get iVfrbis poultry. A cow isn't- is easy to stop in her milk flow as a hen .is to stop in her egg flow, nor is she as hard to get back to the normal. The money Invested is much greater, so this oft - sat* that to some extent- _ ? weethy of patience. , It requires lots of patience with some heifers, but if they are promising, they Jgf worth it i&CM "SPARKS" CONTAGIOUS *.v , i ?' x v WHAT A GRATE FIRS DID. "Don't you adore a irate fire?" Lydla drew up her cb^r before the grata and prepared h^telt for the court danceo that such a position Inspired. The grate was Myra'a. "Yes." replied Myra. "but 1 think they are dangerous." "Because of the sparks?" Innocently demanded Lydla. "Well, yea, if you use tho word 'sparks* In the old-fashioned sense." "Gracious!" exclaimed L?ydla. "1 had no such thought. But why should they be dangerous In that way?" "Simply." explained Myra. "because a grate Are Is so conducive to sen timental dreamlngs that I never knew a man and a woman to sit down before one but straightway they would fall to romancing; and If they were young and unmarried ten to one they would be persuaded, by the subtle and per suasive Influence of the fire, to ex change vows, or to do something equal ly foolish." "How absurd!" laughed Lydla. "Did you ever happen to know of such a ?U"Indeed I did/' replied Myra. was thinking of Irene Lelghton and Cllve Wheaton when I spoke. Of; course they were both of a sentimental nature, ahd they were a bit smitten with each other before he made his first call, but at the same time I don't believe he would ever have proposed to Irene If she had not seated him before a beautiful grate Are upon that first evening." "Dear me!" Lydla drew nearer to the dangerous flames. "Do you mean to say that he fell into the fire, speak ing metaphorically, the minute ho sat down?" "Oh, I don't suppose he proposed Instantaneously after taking hlB seat, but he Is excessively literary, and he began by recalling various scenes in his favorite novels where the hero and heroine had talked their affairs over before a Are, and then he asked Irene whether she had,, ever read the 'Rever ies of a Bachelor.' " "And she had?" breathlessly de m and ed Lydla. "No, she hadn't," went on Myra. "So he told her all about the book and how the hero of it was a lonely old bachelor who was accustomed to sit before hla solitary flre and console himself for the lack of a real com panion by some- Creature 'out of his fancy and out of the ashes. Then, of course, Cllve went on to talk about his own dreary existence and to tell how_ he had not even a flre for companion ship, but that he had a picture of a happy newly wedded pair sitting be fore a flre and planning their future together. This was the poor man's substitute both fbr a lire and for a wife." ? ^ "And of course Irene couldn t re sist remarks so touching and original," put in Lydla. "She couldn't! When he went home that evening they had already planned on which side of their living room they would have the grate and whether they would burn coal or wood." "That w&tf- lovely," sighed Lydla. "But don't you dare tell me that the cold glare of day or the sight of the ashes in the grate caused her to re pent the next morning*" "Well, If she ropented she never admitted the fact," declared Myra. "for Irene, with all bar sentimental ity, is a girl of pluck. Just the same, I am quite sure that If *he and Cllve had sat down before a gas <tste on that first evening I should never have been Iny^ted to act as bridesmaid next month." "But I think it; was bis .knowledge ? of literature that 'fanned the -flame of her fanoy," mused Lydia, as she me - chanlcally took ftp th6 poker and began to stir the flre. "It's so nnusual in these days to meet a man who knows anything about books or who could recall a single heroine who had aver heen wooed before ^a flre, so I'm not surprised that Irene was fasoinated. If Cllve had sat .down before her lire and begun to talk , about Insurance or real estate I am sure thatlrene would not have accepted him even If he had followed up such a conversa tion with a proposal." "PeThapi not," admitted Myra. "But I do believe that It was the flre that did It." "What kind of drew, did Irene have on that evening?" demanded Lydla. "You know that costume has a great deal to do with such situations, and if she wore the kind of gown that lends itself to flrelight and if she sat! near enough to the blase so that her fea tures could be illuminated by the ft* fnl flame,* ti the novelists put it, yrhYt I can easily understg^ Cllve' s details," laughed Myra. "I only know 'that the flre was the matchmaker." "Wen," declared Lydia, "I am go ing to ask father to have oar gas grate persuading ful who sits before It. ?Chicago Daily Diet for Statesmen. A Washington diettat ?7? *? an ideal food. It certainly ought to be for some satesmen we know, and a little hay and fodder to *0 ?w1th It tor variety wouldn't ho out of place. ? Houston Pofct Persia has no distilleries, breweries or public houses, and native wine Is ; the only Intoxicating beverage seed I? eg" ? "-L! , - ,i'. OUR COLONIAL S0L0N9. First LagUtlativ* Assembly M?t at Jamistown, V?.. In 1619. TUu llrat ttipfMviiunivv legislative ifssemhly over Ui'UI In America con vened ill Jamestown. Vh.. Ill July, lull), a year before the plturlnw. landed at Plymouth and a decade l>efi>rv the Mukmh luised* Hay ?t>lony was begun It consisted of tht? governor, Sir <Jt>ofgc Ye* id ley. his mum-U, two burge*tfv* elected l>y oaeb of the eleven lucorpo rated plantations. The assembly hat In the chancel of tin* little church where Ave year a l)o fore Pocahontas had been married to John Uolfe. John Twine, the clerk of the assembly, nays III bis ottklul re|x>rt: "The most convenient place we couhle tlnde to sltt In waa the quire of the church where 8lr George Yeard ley. the Kovernour, being sett down lu hla ucoustoined place, those of the counsel of estate sate nexte hlui on both ha tides. excepte ouely the socre tary, then np|H>luted apeaker, who aato right before him, John Twine, elerke of the Kcueral assembly, being placed nexte the (speaker, and Thorana Plersts the norKeant. standing at the barre. to tM. ready for uuy so* vice thu assembly should require. But forasmuch as men's affairs doo little pro?i?er where God's Service Is neglected, al) the bur gesses took their places In the quire tUl a prayer was aatd by Mr. Bucke. the minister, that It would please God to guide aud aanctlfle ail our proceed ings to his ownc glory and the goode of this plantation. St. Paul Pioneer Press. f. . _? COAL MINERS' CLOCKS. Tilling the Time of Day by ? Lump or ar, Oil Flask. Do you know that every miner when descending Into the pit to work takes with him ? couple of clocks? These ?re not ordinary tliuopleeea. for they j have neither wheels, springs, dials nor any of the Usual appurtenances. The '?clocks" are simply his lamp and oil j flask. Dy noting the quantity of oil consumed- or that left?the miner can ! tell (o within p few minutes any hour of the day or night 4 When a miner's lamp goes out, as .it not infrequeutly does, in almost any Circumstances he must not relight it himself. Instead, though he may be Jfegt Id pitch darkness. . he must grope , l?ls way to the lamp cabin or to some other point where he can obtain the proper assistance. He does the "grop ing" with hi* hands, stooping down; until he touches the tram lines along which the coal Is taken, and sliding his hands along the metal until be reaches his destination or meets some one going in the same direction. A eon I hewer's earnings depend on the weight of coal bo gets and also on the number of fathoms cut. A. cubic yard of coal weighs about eighteen trtindred weight, and the outstretched arms of an average man extend to about one fathom. By these measure ments. independent of the Official ones, each man can roughly calculate his earnings for any particular "shift"? London Tit-Bits. What Is Dissipation? I think sometimes that our common definition of dissipation is far too nar row. We confine It to crude excesses in the use of intoxicuting liquor or the crude gratification of the passions, but often these a v& only the outward sym bols of a rjiore subtle inward disorder The things of the world? a thousand clamoring interests, desires, posses sions?have got the better of us. Men become drunken with the inordinate "desire for owning things and dissolute with ambition for political office. I knew a man once, a farmer, who de bauched himself upon land; fed his ap petite upon the happiness of his home, cheated his children of education, and himself went shabby, bookless, joy less, Comfortless, that he might buy more land. 1 cal) that dissipation too. ? David Grayson In American Maga ; - ? 1 ? t The Greatest Geologist. The royal name in geology Is un-*1 doubtedly that of Charles Lyell. It was Lflrell who did for geology what Cop^nicus did for the heaven* and Darwin for the realm of biology? gave It title rendering by finding out and stating its true laws. Before Lyell's time geology was largely romance, but In "The Principles of Geology,? pub lished in 1830, the old catastrophic view of the formation of the earth heard its deathknell, and from the pub lication of that great work we are to date the birth of real geology.? Ex change. - - Aluminium Bfonjfc*. Aluminium bronze was invented by the French chemist Dertlle in lSGQ and was used experimentally for the man nfacture of domestic utensils and ar ticles 'of Jejeelry. It has the color of g<fl4-fchd retains its brilliancy, not be ing attacked by salt water or the at " re. It consists gf 10 per cent W of dopper. It has tenacity of Bessemer steel and when heated Is easily forged and rolled. - Hie Family Tree. ig "But the tree has no foliage on Mr "No. You see. Tin fteotcii/jdescent and my ancestors wore kilts and went with bate limbs,"? Yonkecs Statesman On th? Right Track. "But I no spikse English goof* T y> a cinch, kid.' You stick around me and I'll soon put you wise to the right dopei"? Llfeu We must all toil or steal. VmjS'Ib] worse.? Thomas Carlyle. 1 ? ? ? - ? ? - I - - - ? THAW LOHK8 AltKAU Ordered Bark to Mat tea wan HoopiUl For Criminal Insane. , New York, April MJ. Marry Kendall Thaw was ordered bark to the state hospital for the criminal insane at Matteawan today by the apellate di vision of tho New York Supreme court. In an opinion concurred In by all the Justices the oourt altlriued the de nial by Huprome t'ourt Justice Pago of a motion to returu Thaw to the Ju risdiction of the Htate *>f New Hamp shire, whence he was extradited to Htand trial for conspiring to e8ca|>o from the Matteawan asylum and ru'ed that tho original order committing hhu to the Institution was still valid. Plans aro twin# formulated to take the case to the state Court of Appeals. A decision adverse to Thaw came aH a ureat surprise to his counsel. The onlcr carried with It the provision that Thaw could not lie taken from New York county until fl\e days have claimed. The writ of halteas corpus sworn out In Thaw's behalf after he was ac quitted of the charge of conspiracy 1s finally returnable Monday. At this time counsel will present arguments urging that their client be granted per mission lo have u jury determine IiIh present mental condition. Should a decision unfavorable to Thaw be forth coming by Wednesday the state will have the right to return him to Mat teawan forthwith, providing his coun sel shall not have obtained a stay of execution in the order committing him to Matteawan landing appeal. W)N(J ON CATT1JR MAKKKT8. Propose To l>lvl(l? State Into Four IHHlrletM, Columbia, April 10. ? "I don't see why South Carolina cattle should Ik? shipped to buyer* wlion It In ho much ?wlpr anil less oX|khik<vo for buyers to come to the cattle, 'provided yon have theui concentrator at one indnt," said W. W. Ixutg, United NtHtea de monstration agent, this morning, in discussing tho results of the sale of.' cuttle at Greenwood yesterday. While discussing this snhj?M>t Mr. fxuitf made the announewnont that ho Intended dividing the state Into four market districts for the sale of cattle, the lunrket td he accessible and conven iently located In each district. The railroads, said Mr. l<ong, will an rec to allow cattle men to ship on through bills of hiding with the privlv lege of unloading their cattle at the district market for salesday and then reload and reshtp theni on tho same through hill of lading. The Halesdays will he fixed and the furmerH will feed their cattle preparatory for that day. The first sale will be held either the latter part of February or March, and then every two weeks, to give the buy ers time to dlsixwo of their purchases. The location of the market for each district will he left to the farmers, business men, railroad and live stock exiH>rta. "I have talked over with the buyers who were at Greenwood and Hock Hill this proamnion and they were much pleased with it and said they would come themselves and see that otlior buyers come," said Mr. Long. CITY PROPERTY Tho McCreight residence on TjyttTeton Street. Oho of the most elegant homes In Camden. Very cheap at Hated price. Five lots fronting on DeKalb Street., park of the Major Adams property. These are beautiful lot* eut in dimensions to 8ult pur chaser. Missel I proi>erty on lower DeKalli "Slireet. Heat alto In town for warehouse or wholeaale distributing point. Located on railroad. Lot 05 by 420. House and lot at 1008 Lyttleton Street. Price very reasonable, at terms to suit purchaser, Uesidenee 18041 Fair , Street. A bargain for either home or invest ment. Ixit 125x100, fronting on Fair & Mackey streets. Tho Robertson residence on Lyttleton Street. Very desirable lo cation with modern house. The Shirley residence on Fair Street. New house on nice lot, Price reasonable. ? ? ? ? Residence on DeKalb Street, now occupied by Mr. Ooff. Excellent location for l>oarding house. Priced low. Lot 114x274 oh Upper Fair Street, next to Mr. W. O. Ray. One of the prettiest lots in town. i * Residence of W. O. Hay, Fair Street. Modern cottage on beauti ful lot, Price in line. ? ; The above is only a small part of the property listed 'with us. Before you buy, let us show yort these and other listings. Kennedy & Workman 1012 BROAD ST. FIELD SELECTED WE HAVE ABOUT 75 BUSHELS ... ? - ??? ? ' * 7 ' '? * a * . ? 1 Bushel ........ $2.50 PRICES: Vt Bushel 1.50 ^ y4 Bushel 1.00 A poor stand of corn means a poor crop. - Plant good seed and have two ears where you have been getting one> Have Corn to sell. . We offer 500 to 600 bushels in the shuck at ou^farm at a little above market price of shipped corn. It will feed further on the ear than shelled com and is better ' feed. ^ : "Try, r -.,7 ; ? - - - ^ WANTED^To Buy Cattle ? -