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l.f " FEEDING FOR EGG PRODUCTION > ????? ( Ina Three-Year Experiment Specialist* Learn Value* of Rations Under Different Conditions. > The Progressive Farmer. Feed to produce one dozen eggs costs 10 cents with pullets, 14 cents with 2-year-old hens, and 19 cents with 3-year-old hens, in a three-, vear feedinsr test recently reported by poultrymn of the United States Department of Agricuture. These were the cost figures of feed at the time of the experiment, . which began in 1912, and must be corrected to present prices. Tables of rations and costs presented in the report enables poultrymen to make these corrections when compared to 1917 prices. In Bulletin 561 of the de- ' partment "Feed Cost of Egg Production," the specialists describe in detail this test, which was undertaken to compare the costs of various conditions also was learned in the experiment . . I Test Included 366 Fowls Starting with 6 pens of 20 pullets; each, the test was enlarged to inv dude 16 pens containing 366 fowls, Most of the pens were made up of 30 standard-bred pullets, bred and caarari iitiHit the same conditions! and selected for vigor, standard shape, ahd color., Some flocks consisted of fowls of one breed, wfrile others contained more thkn one kind of pure-bred fowls of the genral purpose type. Pens , of cross-bred pullets also were lysed. With the exception of three flocks which were confined to good-sized yards .air the fowls were/ allowed free range over several 'Seres, of rough land. Retailed records were kept of the feed used, the weight of the eggs, ^nd careful observations were made of tl(e conditions which affect zbut nroduction, such as molt infi: arid broodiness. The test was \ conducted on the experiment farm of the Bureau of Animal Industry, at Beltsvilld, Maryland. Summarizing the resulta^of the tests, the specialists draw' these conclusions: The average/ egg yield for the \ , first laying year in all pens was 131 eggs, and the highest pen average yield was 169.5 eggs. Iii the second year the average egg yield of all pens was 921.7 eggs, which decrea?-j ' ed to 78.2 eggs in the third laying year. The average value of eggs over feed cost the first laying year , was $2.56 per hen, falling to $1.41 the second year, and to $0.79 the third year. The highest average value in any pen was $3.41 . The general-purpose fowls consumed annually 72 pounds of feed, \nhich cost $1.13, while the Leghorns ate . 55 pounds, which cost 87 cent?. Good results were obtained with rations both with and withoutoats. The use of this grain added variety to the ration without increasing the cost/ i Effect of Feeding Beef Scrap Fowls not fed any feed scrap or other animal protein laid only 90 eggs during their pullet year, compared with 137 eggs from -the beefscrap pens, and 84 compared with w 83 in their second year. The egg? of the no-beef-scrap pens cost about 22 cents per dozen more to produce the first laying year, but these costs were about equal during the second }' year. Thefowls not fed beef scrap laid very poorly in winter, thus materially reducing the value of their eggs. Cottonseed meal used in place of beef scrap as a high-protein feed in the ration produced brown or ^een ' ish spots on the yolks of the eggs, especially in warm weather, making a considerable proportion of them unfit for market. Eggs were produced more cheaply and at a considerably greater profit on the beefscrap ration. Fish meal at $7 a ton less than beef scrap proved to be a good high protein feed, which can be used to advantage to replace beef scrap. The fish meal did not in any way affect the flavor or quality of the eggs. General purpose fowls allowed to select their own mash constituents ate a dry mash containing about 63 per cent corn meal, i.9 per cent beef scrap, 9 per cent bran, and 9 per ' ' v ? * vr he Farmei jt . cent middlings. Leghorns ate > mash of about 66 per cent ..con meal, 26 per cent beef scrap, an< 2 per cent each of bran and / mid dlings. No better results were ob tained by this method of feedinj than where the ground grains wer< mixed together in a mash. 9 i ' THE HEN IN THE GARDEN. I ' ' -/? . The hen can work havoc in th< ??J? cnmpfimo thoro /?nn hi gTauen, uuv uv?v?v ?- happy cooperation. If you are goini to dig up the garden, invite thi chickens to a big worm, bug, weed seed festival..The invitation will bi accepted, if you are not nervou with your hens. The chickens kee] the weeds out of the corn and ad< a certain amount of fertilizer Grown hens cannot be with grow ing crops but hens with chicks. can Keep the hsfi in the brooders am let the little chicks' run out. The; will do much good and no harm.? The Progressive Farmer. "* T~" DOUBLING GARDEN PRODUC . , I TION. We must have twelve-months-in th^-year gardens instead of sis " J ? _ - A ? u. nionins-m-wie-yettr goxucuo* ad jm& Patterson said in last week's Pro gressive Farmer, we shouldn't thin much of the factory owner who op erated his plant only six njonths ii the year when he might operate 1 i twelve?and that there is about a little excuse for a six-months^in-th year gardeln is shown byLthe. -lis of fourteen vegetables she reporte as now growing in her garden: Kale, Leeks, Carrots, Onions, Lei tuce, Brussels Sprouts, Parsnip; Mustard, Chicory, Turnips, Radial es, Beets, Parsley. In connection, with this, howevei our leaders must preach the necee sity for proper equipment.,, for ;th gasden as well as the farm,?not oe ly soil as rich as it can be made but wheel plows to lighten summe work, and hotbeds and cold frame to overcome the cold in winter an spring.?Progressive Farmer. J- - t ^ 1 i,-/- ' ENLIST WORSEN1 AND - CHILDREN IN CANNING AND POULTRY WOR1 It is necessary for women .an childrefa, as well as men and \boy to do their utmost. Everybody mus be urg^d to plan and ptynt nowfo maximum, production of canne goods next summer. ! 7 ' Even more important is increase attention to poultry raising. "On Hundred Hens to Every Farm" i the slogan the Government expert are sounding and by adopting thi plan, the women and children ca not only greatly increase profits bu help America as well. And th main points these experts emphasiz deserve constant reiteration?name lw tViot ftio fawwoi* pun {nnnan poultry production without hirin extra labor, it taking little mor time for 100 hens than 40; the cog of breeding stock is small and th returns quick, a chicken increasin its weight twenty times in twelv weeks; and that cheap home-grow feeds instead of bought feeds pre dominate, while cash markets ar always available. Landowners who. have tenant often work out profitable partnei ship plans fo rraising chickens. ALL MUST HELP FOOD CONSERVATIOl The next thing America asks o every farm family is that ever member aid food conservation. Th iLi'X ? 2 T _? ? ? iiiut mat a iarmer raises wnat n eats doesn't affect the question. I my brother is starving, it is no mor right for me to refuse him home raised food than store-bought fooc and thousands are starving beyon the seas. "In Finland Alone," says a ns tional authority, x "several hundre thousand men, women, and childre will die of slow, terrible starvatio this winter simply because wastefi America has not saved enough t enable us to help them keep life i their bodies." It is a terrific indict ment. And in the face of such situation, it is the duty of . ever farmer to help arouse his neighboi to the necessity for following foo conservation policies?one to tw founds of cottonseed meal per da per horie.to releaae corn; grahai ' J -.' , ' . ' '' ' -V'", \ ' I bread, or flour, rt.Lced with or fourth meal, to release wheat; a then the five big rules laid doi by Mr. Hoover: .1. Meatless Tuesday. 2. Wheatless Wednesday. 3. Porklesfl Saturday. j 4. Every day one meatless me 1 and one..wheatlefes meal! j 5. Not over three pounds of i . gar per person per month. "It will take not only the men ^ the trenches, but the women in t e retrenches, to win the war," as J been well said: and men must < I operate with women in this pat otic service.?Progressive Farmei b "CASCARETS" FOR A \ 0 COLD,-SAD BREATH ? OR SICIC HEADACI e ' -j [( Best For Liver and Bowel*, for E q ionsnesa, Sour Stomach and s< Constipation. P , ' a Get a 10-cent box now. Furred Toague, Bad Colds, In - gestion, Sallow Skin and Miseral i. Headaches come from & torpid lh 1 and clogged bowels, which cat y your stomach to become filled w - undigested food, which sours a ferments like garbage in a swill b; rel That's-the first step to 'tmto i. misery?indigeistionj J foul gas bad breath, yellow skin, men fears, everything that is horril . and nauseating. A Cfiscaret tonif > will give your constipated bowels g thorough cleanmng and straighl yo uout by morning. They wc k while you sleep?a lOcent box fr< k your druggist iviU kisep you feeli n good for months. Millions of n t and women tak<? a Cascaret now a 8 then to keep i&eir utomach, lii e and bowels regrulated, and ne1 t know a miserable moment. Do ^ forget the Children?their little sides need a good, gentle cleansii r too.?Adv. *? ?1? ? ' ?J!"' I;"1 i ifJ Start Tomorrow ?... and Keep It Up I Every Morning r ? B Get In Che habit of drinking ? d , glass of hot water before breakfast. .. || ' ' . J. We're not here long, so let's mi ?i I nnr stav acreeable. Let us live w eat, t?eUt..digest well, work w 8 sleep well, and look well. Wha1 )t glorious condition to attain, t t yet, how very easy it is if one \ ^ only adopt the morning inside ba Folks who are accustomed to f dull, and heavy- when they ari e splitting headache, slmffy from g cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, a ;s stomach, can, (instead, feel as fr< g as a daisy by opening the sluices n the system each morning and flu [t ing out the whole of the inter a poisonous stagnant matter. Everyone, whether ailing:, sick well, should, each morning, bef e breakfast, drink a glass of real I g water with a teaspoonful of iii _ stone phosphate in it to wash fr % 4 ' '1 lt the stomach, liver and bowels e previous day's indigestible was g sour bile and poisonous toxins; tl e cleansing, sweetening and puri ing the entire alimentary canal , fore putting more food into i e stomach. The action of hot wa and limestone jgiosphate on an et ty stomach is wonderfully invig ating. It cleans out all the 1 s< fermentations, gases, waste t acidity and gives one a splendid petite for br^kfast. While you i yj enjoying your breakfast the wa and phosphate is quietly extract ? a large volume of water fronr( 1 y blood and getting ready for a th e ough flushing of all the inside e gans. f The millions of people who i e{ bothered with constipation, bili< >- j spells, stomach trouble, others v 1, have sallow skins, blood disord d and sickly complexions are urged get a quarter pound of limestc i- phosphate from the drug store. T d will cost very little, but is sufficii n to make anyone a pronounced crs n on the subject of inside-bathing il fore breakfast.?Adv. o n STOCKHOLDERS MEETING fc a The annual meeting of the sto y holders of the Building and Lc s Association of Abbeville will d held next Wednesday, Jan. 9th, o the office of Dr. G. A. Neuffer. y J. S. M^rse. Sec and Treas n l-4-2t. \ ; WTt f - < ,'i. . t-.y i GUARD TO BE IN SPOT LIGHT 13 nd . ^ 8tate Troops Will Have Major Place In Thoughts of General Public, Says Regular Officer. "It seems to me," remarked an offl*. . cer of long experience, according td i ] al, the Army and Navy Journal, "that a j i littler friendly, earnest advice to our J j 3U National Guard units would be strictly, j in order at this time. The members , . of the former state regiments are pe>m cullarly placed In the great organlza- ^ he tlon which Is to include all our forces. ( tas Fhey will have a major place In the i :o_ thoughts of the general public, which ] . always has ignored, except in ,the most ] abstract way, the existence of a regu- , r* lar army. Unless things go wrong the j Guard will be over the water and in ] the midst of things before the regis- , tered lads have mastered the intrica- ? cies of extended field maneuvers. And, without dwelling on the justice of It? ... you. can bet that Company Q of Po- f dunk win be mentioned oftener in the , press stories than any similar unit of t Pershing's boys. For this reason and J( otters, I -would say to our Guardsmen: Jj "The National Guard will soon be engaged In qne of the largest and most L di- difficult .undertakings, In a military A t>le way, that has been attempted In this ^ .er country since the CIv^l war. That is , your mobilization at camps, transfer j to the coast, embarkation and crossing, u ith ThlniKs should move with comparative nd (smoothness if every man jack of you, ( ar- from brigadier to rear-file private, ij jld takes advantage of the experience ^ eB gained in the mobilization of last tai - r" | . ?6 ' . ' HE DIDN'T HAVE $2,000,000 ; Jttt j a "Man From Kentucky Thought for a t ;en Willie That He Might Buy the )rk . ^ Coal Baron's Property. < 51x1 r New York is chock-full of littlp pik- C ng fen who ate here seeking opportunities [j ien |to invest their nest eggs, which usual- L n(j ly roii in the five figures, a Pittsburgh v Dispatch correspondent writes. One of 7eT them, a man from Kentqcky, who had . 'er wished himself into the wealthy class, L n't met a wwdfliy coal baron from ParIn kersburg, W. Va^ and let It be known c Q? that he was not averse to acquiring a f goodsminlng property. *Tve just got I tne property yon want," saiu tne man < from Parkerabur#, "Let's have 4lnn<ir _ together and talk it aver." The coal man went,to his room In the hotel and brought down an arm* load of papers. "Every one of my mines ls^a producer," he opened up. "They're all developed and are paying 85 per cent on the. investment." They r spent two honrs steadying the maps and figures on the daily output and the. present price of coal. Finally, the i j question of the amount of money in* j volv<?d In the deal was broached. "How i much ilo you want for the whole prop-. asked the Kentuckian. "Two million dollars," answered.the Parkersburg man. "Gee, I hadn't figured on putting more than $25,000 tn mining," lke seid tie man from the Blue Grass', ell, states. "In fact, that's all I got to j n.?n4? |i en, i ; a : / . I . j X-R?y Colors Glass; Glass colored by the light of short- \ wavti length and gem stones changed ; .th. in color are among the carious effects t eel produced with the new X-ray tabe of |se H. Ilosenthal, a New Jersey expert-j ' menfer. Several kinds of optical glass ? were affected, and became progressive-j1 C1? ly changed throughout to various yd-! esh {low and brown tints. A variety sup-' of posed to contain manganese took ion gjj. the amethystine or purple tint some, times acquired by window panes long na exposed to bright sunlight Pink California spodumene was altered to a or deep green In a few minutes; and some are minerals owing their natural coloring ^ to manganese were also changed In : color. The special X-ray tube Is about ne- IwaKam In i41amAfav A vnH /if i iuui iLiLuco iu uiauicwi* jol ?vu va. om molybdenum supports an anode of the folld tungsten, which is water-cooled, ^ and the, cathode Is an electrically heated spiral of tungsten. The bulb Is 1US cooled by compressed air. The tube is fy- operated by a high-tension transformbe et, and its effects can be modified or the regulated by varying the voltage and ter the cathode temperature. Patriotism. or- This conversation was overheard on )ur ft street car the other day: ind 1iW?ll? what are you doing for youi county? Gone into the home guard?" p" "No; they wouldn't take me on ac* are count of my eyes." ter Tlanllng a garden?" ing "No; haven't any land that's fit to plant Tm going to pay my war tax without kicking. The association or~ wanted me to go in with them on a ! or~ protest, but I refused." Is not that a pretty good kind ofjj rvof-HniHam Inn??Thft Ynnth's Com- i are * . ' p anion. jus rho White Corners to 8top Spitting. ers Employees in a certain Boston fac-| I to tory who had acquired the' Insanitary | habit of spitting In the corners of the1 I room were cured of the practice when' "1S: the floor and walls adjacent to the ent corners were painted white. This simink pie expedient also served as an Induce- : be_ ment to i?e janitor to be particularly careful when sweeping and mopping the corners. Skating in the Trenches. Parcels from home had Just come to k two chums in the trenches, and they kaa'on nr an am a '4att a^ I.U VjJtU Ul^Ui ITAUA viiv JVJ VJL expectation. Sandy soon had the wrapuc I pers off his parcel, and, turning lmmein! dlately to his chum, exclaimed: "God bless ttj.e old woman; she is thoughtful. I told 'er ?here was Ice In the trenche? last time I wrote, and I'm ; blest If Bhe 'aan't Bent mo a pair of I skates." i WHY CHILDREN TELL FIB8 Imagination Is Stronger Than the ln> tellect and Fiction Is flp Real to I Them as Fact Why do children He? Edwin S. Puller in the Mothers' Magazine answers the question by saying that the Imagination of a child Is stronger than hie Intellect, that fiction Is as real to a child as fact "The cure for lies inspired by imagination," he asserted, "la the education of the child's Intellect to distinguish aetweeo fact-and fancy.. As his erret [8 merrtal, not normal, his cure must 3e mental. It would be a grave erroi jf, training to attempt to suppress Ida imagination) as a cure for his untruths [imagination 1s the mainspring which tioves his mentality to growth, hence t should be -directed intorational channels aiid not curbed. "Only parents who cafinot distinguish between an Imaginative untruth rnd a real lie punish such Infants 01 iqold them far being wicked. The child foes not recognize any Immoral quaity in his untruth because there i? ione. Therefore he does not see the lustice of the censure the whipping vhlch he has received as punishment tat he-would recognize as helpful his nother's patient effort to untangle his maglnation which is so (helplessly com< nlngled witnraets. "About/the- age of seven or eight, the adM*s mental fog begins to dear and mentality develops to the point vhere It. begins to dominate bis Imagination. The unreal becomes more sharply defined; and fancy slowly disengages Itself from fact "When such hental development Is reached, the nlsstatements Inspired by Imagination rill cease.,< j .-;' - /; "The factor for the prevention and rure of Jytyg In, older children la the ?ood example-of parents. Moral suasion s apt to lose/Its effectiveness .when the nother sends her daughter to thedooi xx tell the caller that mother Is not In. Fhe parent should be 'on honor5: In the natter of truthfulness, as well as the ?lld. Children are great Imitators Sold up an example of scrupulous adMrence to truth and your .part win liave been nobly j done." ?;?? SETTING THE AIR IK-ALASKA People of Far North Do Not Warm Up to Idea of the Open window, Declares Write*. J r ; ';K?p?iwr f : 'f Imbibe the ozone J Wash the blood In oxygen. RebulM the tissues of the human machine. Gel up In the morning feeling good. "Whj Btnpefy when oxygen la the most abun Qmfcsfld "widely distributed element oc eo eiiMritlal to tlM-ftttll Dawson revels today !n the eplendoi of the midnight sim,saydt the Dawsoi (Yukon) News. Balsam and the vigoi of youth are in every breath of few air.' The open air of this halcyonclliEK is an ocean for bodily nourishment ' These farts are patent They nee< no substantiation to anyone with hal an oiitlc. And yet how many there an in this salubrious realm who cour stupidity by sleeping in stuffy, box tight rooms?in fetid and impoverished air which is poison rather man io<k to'the system. Cruise the streets of Dawson aftei midnight In this glorious mldsummei period. Note how few windows 01 sleeping rooms are open; how few ar< inviting the currents of stimolattnj air; and bow many actually have th? windows down tight, and not even i knothole open large enough to let jr air for a Aerobe. : ( A small percentage will be noticed Sleeping with the windows open, ana t very few have,plunged right into th< open and sleep in cots on porches or li tents. These know the joy of lung? well filled with llfeglving element throughout the hours of sleep, and fee] the tingle of new life and the buoy ancy of yOuth when they awaken. Thej do not drag themselves from their pillows. They bound out like you die wnen a Doy. xnars wnat au can u?. who otherwise are blessed In limb anc form. Get the idea. Open the doors. Thro* tip the windows, or move out under the heavens. Breathe and live. vj , Poisonings In Munition Planta. The Industrial intoxications arising from the making: of war munitions open a quite new field of study. Alicc Hamilton, in her investigation among 30,000 workers in 41 plants, found thai the real cause of illness was recognized by few even among the factors physicians, but there was evidence ol poisoning in 2,508 cases, of which 63 resulted fatally. The most harmful materials were nitrogen oxide fumet and trinitrotoluene, which, with benzine, caused all but three of the fatal poisonings. Among other injurious substances are included nltrobenzine toluene, phenol, ether, mixed adds, sulphuric acid, picric acid, fulminate ammonia, mercury, nltroaphthalenes - -* 1 1 1. J-l IIIrnlT ana cmonae, uut uieae uo uvi, iueij 3to produce serious results. . Girls as Ticket Collectors. The employment of girls as ticket collectors In Britain has lead one 01 two men to endeavor to travel without paying a fare. Such an one was recently charged at Ware. Giving evidence, a girl collector said she refused to allow the accused to pass because he had not a ticket. He swore at her, took her by the collar, and tried to push past. The Clerk?"What happened?" "I just took hold of him and deposited him outside. He looked surprised," was the girl's calm reply amid the laughter of the court. SOCIETY WOMAN 18 Ml Leader of Philadelphia ."WT ; jfl Offer of Job as Chief Exam^H Florida baa crossed the RnbS woman suffrage, according to a mI . Haven (Fla.) correspondent MM i Philadelphia Ledger. The pop^H * of this city has petitioned a Plfl phi a society woman who hafl , farming a 2,000-acre ranch ln^^| i mo us Everglades to aceept. ffi^H , oralty of this city. She has a<fl > after, the two man candidates jH ; ally requested her to tajce theflH ! Mm. George Quintard HorwiM i new mayor-to-be of this dtyv^H In Philadelphia she has taiiaH , lead. In social, philanthropic asm , movements. In Florida she. B9 .swered the call of the nation oDment of her estate In | trouuiea uuueu ux > pest to the tidier. i year Is making life on tgt&fiiH thing bnt pleasant, and, I swarms of them app^rln^^^J J make 801116 ot lt lmpoadhlA^^B 3 Humor, ana souw w. uiw raw u genuinely amusing to tbe^'tjgH i who encounter them often^ ipnH York news letter. One flf tafenil^H I for a moment to watch a hug?M i comfortable looking man wefjgfl j self. The man was a foremS i inasmuch as he placed a peoafl i scale1 which clearly t 'cents for service it did not-Vra^H I stood after the coin fell, loanH . njarkably indignant. Then, r pbrter behind him, he turne^t^^ I and that nothing had happeneq.^M i most I do now?" \ shrugging his shoulders. looked at him with a smile, mefrM . taking off his hat and slTatdoH , bead speculatively. "when you put your money lfl'^^l what you weigh and then aot&ajH pens you just go right on wouH , how much it can be you wetyo|H | / Using Inferior Fuel*. I . Now that It is possible; toJH ! Inferior fuels, such as peat coal, with a relatively high degfl ; efficiency, into gas by genera . to make practical use of tbfl I sources of power, the interest tjfl I is increasing. In northern Ck^B , whose water power 18 not easUgfl , able, the hlgb. and low. bof&^^H /?44nA^ *A <#ni**nfali iKo AiaT | DUUCU tV Jiux i |My , , the generation. o^ electri<^. ^^|S perlences of the overland powti^B In the Aurlcher WiesmOor have n ' that with a peat i consomptionH I kilos (4.4 pqwds) P ? kilowa^l , the peat bogs ajrp.an economical? ful sonrct> of power' of great and duration. " Big War Map. fl An American exhibitor's war lfl 15 by 20 feet in size, 'and shofl ' most of Europe, shaped to the d , natural curvature, and with itS I exaggerated 10 times, the hooH scale being 7.8 miles to the lncfl the vertical .78 mile. About 200 fl are marked by electric bulbs. names are on a large lndicafcoi?^B side, and as the lecturer cauftfl name of a town on this to ItgjH the corresponding bulb on begins to glow. ^