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ff1 U RUIlERIamE **~ PA. CORREZSPONDENCE 5OL!CITED DER LEETLE YALLER HEN. I loes to hear min Heinky sing. Tnd (s. Calve und Semb:-ch. I Wfes (to hea r dier imoovl ring Of Mfelba. lomer. Heinrich. I lofes der leetle Sherman bandt Vat blays so offul goot. Dey hunta. der buttons off der kloce To make dem brass horns toot. 13ut ven it cum to dntitn' fo Der lectie yaller hln Can aivays quickly dake der shIne Off of dem oprey men. Und von she lay der pig vite egg Och. mein, shte sing so svet I dinks she beat der oprey girl Und bandt out on der street! C. M. B. THE EGG FACTORY. Some believe the egg originates !n the gizzard, rolls down the Intestinal trolley, pops out the subway at the terilinal and the hlen rings up. lullt on the netumulative policy plan, If this theory were true. the egg should be tfiree tines its present size, as the in testine Is seven feet ong. while the egg canal is but two. Hoar the true story: The egg begins In two cluster-like ovaries (1). When fully developed. the yoIk breaks from the ovisnc (2), which 4 S THEl ElOG FACTFORY. holds1 it to the hunch. slips Ito the ovIduct (3-G) and, with the germ for comipany3, begins li journey to the clonen (ti), the terminal. Tihis ia a bird's egg view: F"romn 3 to 4 the egg gets the albumnen or white; fromt 4t to 5, the soft skini: from 5 to 0, the huardl shell. Sometlies two and even three yolks enter the oviduct at once: hence the dioubilo or triple yol k egg. Little yoikless eggs are ,n sign of d1isasedl or exhausted ovaries. TIhat blood clot in the egg Ia not a germ, but a drop of blood fromt a hem orrhage In the oviduct. Disenise of pas snge fronm 4 to S mans e-gs withlout the skitn: from 5S to II, noe hurd shell. Thle yolk alone means dilsease of the entire t'vIidut.t irobaly gangrene. Enzy breedls. 11ike the Cochtin, tiut their eggs wiith ehuoiolte. flltds like the I .eghorns are too busy laying to bo'thIer with fr-ills tand j ust innanufac *tile t he puret( whitle tile. T lalf breeds iad mtonigrels lay thbemn splash ('d or. sptcled't, lopsRidIed or goose We nre told Itat Philaidelphia atnd Bost on phongi~ for brown eggs. New York sernmbl ies for thle ipuro while globe, atid Chicngo takes it mnixed. Is this egg-otismn or what ? DO N'TS. Don't get the fita and1( seli :.our breed ers because they aren't shovitng out eggs just now. TJhey are*( just lyitng bnek to muake yout happy wvhen thle big hatch and1( sale rush are on. IJon't rorget that New Year's resolu tion to keep y'our poultry house titoie tidy. Yes, it Is hard to keep) elenni, but visitors will have a better opinion of you, and your htog will pay you back. Dotn't print yof& Sundhay school ree ord ont your b)usiness stationery. We 'ifoAW. TefT tid iact Truth fii an egg shell. Don't umake yourself out a genius o another fellow's work. When yot hatch another man's eggs. don't cha ng< the name until you make t!e stoci better. Better steal a man's chickem than his nane. Don't expect to build up a regulai trade in hatching eggs if you cheat. A lug motuth of it mad man stretches v long way. and you'll find yourself ad vertised in an awful big space yot didn't contract for. Poor advertising medium at a big price. THE ~WINTER LAYER. "When eggs in a farming district av erage 40 eents. what the dickens is the inatter with the chickens?" inquires the ruralite. "Fresh eggs 75? The hen must be deteriorating," remarks the city buyer. Gentleinen, be polite. It's not the great American lhen. but the m1ain be ind the henl, that's lit fault. A he:1 can't lay above her Capacity. It 111at ters niot how or what is fed. Any old bunch of fenthers will drop eggs in wari'm weather, bu t a winter lnyer Is at brain product. The hen dates back to Adam, but tjte winter layer Is a mod ei Invention. You can breed winter layers and perpetuate an egg strain If you followi' our plan. The lien is ready. IEN IIISTOlIY. To start a line of heavy winter lay ers we selected a perfectly shiped "S. C. W. Leghorn hen. She wias large. of strong constitutIon, and her average wats over 200 eggs a year. This was in the polar region of Pennsylvan!a. where the water mains froze up and the theriometer ranged from 25 to 33 degrees below zero for a Week at a time. That winter the Clear field county hens froze lip, but ours rolled out More eggs. their output aiways increasing with the price. Now, we looked around for a male to match. Ile must be standard bred and cone from stock that would also lay at the arctic circle. Ve found him up near Canada In the largest and most successful White Leghorn egg plant in the United States. This is our hlne of winter layers, and the beautiful hens sprung from that pair are now work ing overtime building our bank ac count. The hatching season will soon bc here. lemember these simple points Breed from the best layers. If lont bred, buy a male of eqiual or bettel stra In. Do not mate northern am I southern stock for winter eggs. Th< seconid year mate the cock with hb1 daughters and the cockerels with thu hlens. Do not hatch clicks before th first vcek In April. as they wvill ruol in the fall and le done for winter lay Ing. N'ATURE'S EGG FORCE. Thxereiye on the scratching flooi brings eggs. Strav litter two feet deep for adull fowls, ess for youn1g s-tOk. Wmakes :1 good playground. If ioved too easily mu In a fewv cornstaiks nu piae. themt around the water vessel to keel away the straiw. Now openi the windows; throw i the gra In: see the fun. It beats har' gauin -oun aeri entekie, grid Iron scrapingi1 or WVall street scramlies and1( cakewatllt stunts:. It warms tup the lIidles antl gives themi good digestion In the wvin ter itndl saves the ilock I'romn choleri epidemiesc in the rainy season of warm or climates. Scratch that down. AN AUTOMATIC EGG PULLER. Morning-Cracked corn. Noon-Wheat, buckwvheat, barlcy or oats. Night-Crumbly mash..* Morning-Crumnbiy mash. Noon--WhVte't. buckwheat, barley or oats. Night-Crnched corn. Morning-Wheat, buckwheat, barley or oats. Noon-Crnumbly mash. Night-Cracked corn. Cahhage, cut clover or alfalfa ani grit every day. (Grain maay lie mnixe. and1( always should be fed in litter Mash to be cleatned up in fifteen mlin u tea, except at night, when lhens shoul< fllt up. Feed graIn sparingly for break fast mtore att noon and all they want a night, Decide ltmuntlly by conaditlot of liens andt~ fullness of Cr0o). Al way: keep them hiungr'y in the daytime. M ash formula: Three parts br'an, tw< partst cornmeal, two par'ts wheat mid dlings and 10 per cent bee.f retrup. N seritp whent feedluig cut bone. Feet cut bone and cabbage spiariugly a first. later all, they wvant. For griah and( mash htopper feeding use sanu proportions and gratins as here shown. FEATHERS AND EGGSH-ELLS. A gold miner in the Yukon has suec ceeded int haitchinmg chIcks with a tallov candle. Vi'hey will surely lay goider eggs. This has been the greatest show yea: in tihe history of poultrydom. T1h< buirds wvere better, the atterudance wvi: larger, the prizes were more vitlutabie and the exhibits wvere more extensiv< andtt better handled. Congratnulat ion: all arountd. 'rThe potultry journal with 50,000 eir culat in is no rare b.ird'. We devou sixteen a month, and they're all tender fat and Juicy. Are we tired of poultry NLtI th wy hev nern IR nn 'rhcI Zefg knockedy out tne waldor?-.storia and Dellevue-Stritford long ago. Tt's one thing to call the American farmer at hayxeed and show the goo(ls. These little lieu pen scratchers who are Riiging ink at the farmer for not ixL. ing up on hen science remind us of the elephant and the gnat. "Beg your par don." said the gnut. "If It's any ineo::. venience to have me roost on your e:. I'll desist." "Oh, never mind." repIle I the olephant. "I didn't know you werte thero till you spoke." Mnny poultry associations are made lip largely of women. Somue of these have got inventions on scientific p0oul try appliances. Others hold positions on journal staffs and have books on the market. The women In all sections art exper(s in raixing turkeys. ducks and chickens. One thing the male per suasion excels them in-that is. shell game tactics in trade and fakin.: for shows. Be holiest once, gentlenen, and own rp that yon e. li. Bu, with 1l; Oit rnprfectiois, Wt. love themn weni t hey're st'!. Fancy Poultry. I have been ra!iig poultry for about 15 Years, on a small scale. I bred Pit Games for a long tinme and liked theni fair-ly well. They :'re good workers: in fact, they work just a little too nm h fo' the good of any vegt ahies Or rl:mi; t.:at are Iiar tli house --ind flving,. they have every Im I'hine heat has yet been in venltd. And it takes the chicks a long ime io get ready for the table. I then tried Leghorns and found them too small, but good lavers. No better than Barred Rocks or Wyandottes, however. I then tietd, in the language of the Colored boy, a "Duke's Mixtrv," itud soon became dis courage(1d. My chicks would (lie, anod theo. that lived were a long time getting ready for thc table or market. At last I (lecided to try th( Barred Rocks. I have foum them to be good layers, as goot as the Leghorns, early matur ino, and best all-purpost bird I have ever tried. I am also raising some Silver Laced WyTvalndottes and like them fine, hut find them hard to) breed to col(r. 1 umate all of my Ba1rred Roc ks (ecordingi. to the Felch line sys temn, anld wvill shortly inst all trap nests in all my pens. This wvilh eniablle me to cut all sorry-l aying hens, and also pedligree all oif Hoping thait the "PoultryV De p~ar'tmenlt" of your paper will be a su1Cca s, and more people will becomela intereted( in fancy poultry, and that our fall showv wvill b)e the best in the counitry, I am1 your r' iespectfull y, A. J. BAnsesS, (Ioldt n Creek Farml, Easley, R. P. D). 1. WHilm TO BUY POULTH'1Y AND EGGS Purme single' comba Braowun Leghorr s - I B '-t Liayin~ .stanin in the South. Ri et iting of M, 1. S. P. McCarty, Pick. For Sale. 75 Acr'es Wood0( land1 inl P'i(kenls ('oun ty 0on Eaista-. too creek1, kniown as Mur-' Fine timiiber'. Will sell f'or 810O. perI acre. First coniie, first served. Aier~isoni, S4. C. M. C. LONG, Attorrey-at-Law. Over Postoffice, Auidersoil, S. C WILLrJ Practico In all Courts in Sounth (arolinf SATISF PROD RAPE THIS IS 'I HE REASONX ALWAYS SMILING. WEAR! FARMS: $5640. Two miles of Cen tral. Known as the Watkins farm. 188 acres. 45 acres in cultivation. 6o acres in timber; 40 in pasture; two houses-7 and 5 rooms res pectivelv; outLouses. Good orchard. Will make excel lent dairy farm. Thirty bales of cotton can be made on place if put in proper shape. $1,200. 78 acres; 25 acres in cultivation, 35 in timber; bal ance in meadow and orchard; 7-room house; good stables and outhouses. This farm lies in 1 1-2 miles of West Union, S. C. $3,250. 200 acres; 9 miles of Norris, S, C., 4o acres in cul tivation; ioo acres of origi nal forest. Good orchard. Buildings on farm cannot be replaced for $2,ooo. $5.ooo. Porter place. Two miles of Central, S. C.; 224 If the above does not suit y( what you want and we will fill Holderi 4bm-Real Estate Pickens, 5 Office ovei Pic Plain Talks Hlow to Get the Greate It is a well-known scientific fact that in order to produce the very greatest possible ~ yieldl from any soil it 9 must contai.n an actual excess over and above all demands that can possibly be made on it by the plants. Many farmers will feed their stock as much nourishing food as they can possibly assimi late, yet wvill starve their crops on the mistaken notion that they are "economizing" on fer tilizer. The experiences of farmers, government experts, and agricultur ( ~alists eycry where confirm the fact that plants, like ani.. mals, ncced the fullest possible amount of nour / ishment t ha t they can obtain if they arc to be developed to the utmost. The economy in fertilizers is not in the amount used but in the ratio of quality to cost. Virginia- Carolina Fertilizers are the best in the wvorld for the least money. More than one million tons were ACT-ION. UCES [NESS? VHY OUR BUYERS ARE IT'S UP TO YOU TO t SMILE! F ARMS: acres; go in cultivation, 75 of timber, '25 acres under fence for pasture; 3 houses,. S, 4 and 4 rooms, respective ly, out-houses and other im provements essential to a. good farm; 1-2 bale of cottorm can be raised on an average to the acre. $6oo.oo. Last call. Three prospective buyers will look. at property this week. Be IN THE LINE and get this 2S acre tract which lies near the Camp Ground. $850-oo. Arthur Porter place, 4 1-2 miles of Pickens, S.C., x5 acres in cultivation, bal ance in heavy timber. Terms to suit buyer. $7oo.oo. Bryson Farm. i-z mile of Shady Grove church. 135 acres-15 acres in culti vation, balance in original foi est; 4-room house and out buildings. One-third cash. >u, write us giving an idea as to your bill. Taylor. and Stocks. o. Carolina. kens Drug Co. on Fertilizers at Possible Yield per Acre sold to Southcrn farm eslast yer;and every Syear the demand be comes greater. ~. The best results in 'p roducinig corn, the good old stand-by crop' of the South, follow the application of 200 to 300 pounds of the right fertilizer. Virginia-Carolina. Fertilizers will greatly "in creasc your yields per acre" of-corn or any other crop, even on poor land-and the most wvonderful results are produced through its use on good land. Write today to the nearest office of the Vii ginia-C arolina Chemical Com pany for a copy *y of their latest Year Book or. Almanac,alarge 130-page book of the most valu able and unprei judiced informa tion for planters and farmecrs. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA' CHEMICAL CO. Richmond, Va. Durham, N. C> Norfolk, v'a. Charleston, S. C. Colunmbia, s. c. . Baltimore Md., Columbus,Ga Savannah. Ga. Montgey. Ala.