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POWDER HENS BY MACHINERY Discarded Churn Makes Application of Insect Powder Easy and Quite Effective (By C. S. ANDERSON. Coloiulo Agri cultural College, Fort Collins.) A hen muy be healthy, well fed, and well housed, but If she Ls overran with lice rind mites she cannot remata a profitable producer or a good mother for the young chicks. Under ordinary conditions, lice and mites can be kept down by frequently spraying the poultry houses, roosts, dropping boards and nests nnd by pro viding a good dusting bath for the birds. When these precautions fail, in dividuaf Ireatment must be followed by' 3?stTn?^ thT b?rds with "some "g??c? Insect powder, in large flocks this Is very laborious, and the following use of an old discarded churn may help to solve the problem. Put a cupful or so of insect powder In the churn. Next put In the birds one at a time and turn the churn gent ly for a half-dozen revolutions. If the powder contains carbolic acid or some other strong Irritant, it will be well to protect the birds' eyes by slipping a small cloth sack over their heads. The rotation of the churn causes the bird to relax and the feathers to open, thus letting the Insect powder get well Into the skin. TURKEYS ALWAYS IN DEMAND Because of Constant Decrease In Num ^ ber of Fowls There Is Increased ^ .Profits, jn JThem. (By ANDREW WEINANT.) Vi Because the number of turkeys In itoe J7?jl?ed ^tatg^ has constantly de creased in thelast few years while ute demand has perhaps increased, a more profitable side line than turkey raising for those favorably situated for the work could hardly be found. Given plenty or range, turkeys will readily find grasshoppers and other insects, green vegetation, the seeds of ?weeds and grasses, waste grains, and acorns and nuts of various kinds. In this way the cost of raising them ls small and the profits large. Grain Turkeys on Range. and Ciock farms are particularly well adapted to turkey raising, and It is in such places that most of the turkeys are found. Little hus ever been dono In the way of raising turkeys in con finement, und when it has been tried the results have been discouraging. WAR RATIONS FOR CHICKENS Corn 16 Probably Most Important Food for Poultry and Should Not Be Overlooked. In spite of the high cost of feeds a flock of good fowls will continue to re turn a handsome profit, because of the great advance in price of eggs and poultry. There ls no cheap ration, because all grains and feeds have ad Tanced. Corn is probably the most important food for poultry and should col: be left out of the ration. Cracked corn and oats may well constitute the bulk of the hard grain, using equal quantities by weight of ?ach. A little barley, say 20 to 25 per Cent, will add variety, but wheat Is ?ut of the question. Low grades and screenings that do not contain too many weed seeds may also bo used. DAMAGED FEED FOR POULTRY Before Buying Low-Qrade Grain Make Sure That lt Has Sufficient Amount of Nutriment. i Before buying low-grade or damaged grain to feed the poultry, make sure that It has enough nutriment In it to be worth the price you pay for it. Grains that are simply shrunken, if bought cheap enough, are sometimes profitable to feed ; but those which are damaged in some other ways frequent ly are almost useless and are expen sive at any price. When possible, lt ls well to send samples of this kind of grain to your state experiment station for examination. EXCELLENT FOOD FOR DUCKS Mash of Cornmeal and Wheat Bran Every Morning and Every Other Evening Is Favored, f _ A good feed for the ducks, both young and old, ls a mash of one part cornmeal and two purts wheat bran every morning and every other eve ning, and on the alternate evening a good feed of cracked corn, shrunken wheat or oats. If they can be allowed free rp.nco they will pick up consider? Ebie food around the place. HER KIND (Copyright. 1017, Western Newspaper Union.) Lawrence Morey was tired of the adulation attendant upon fame anti fortune. Presently, he acknowledged, the call would come to him to go buck, but he would now linger longer in thc perfect freedom this unfrequented Luke.shore resort afforded. Most of the regular cottagers had returned to their homes, the distant boarding place he had chosen was free from interruption ; it was unlikely that the distinguished features of the miniature artist would here be recog nized. Fishing, at first entered into with zest, now lost its charm, Morey took to long walks upon the beach. It was during one of these strolls that he came upcra a girl's comp, \\i\.h the name of a weM-k??wn city factory above its door. The fair workers out Tor their vacation wire evidently thor oughly enjoying' the change. Much like the favored girls whose society the artist had always known, were these bright-faced creatures taking their morning dip in the luke, or cook ing things over a beach camp fire. One face especially attracted his attention, several times he had met the girl upon a return trip from the village. In her short skirt und middy blouse she was childishly attractive. ' Each time he saw the girl he became more eagerly desirous of knowing her. After all-in this place so free from observation-why not pass the time with a diverting flirtation? The wom en at home had become of a tiresome sameness, here one might find interest ing variety. So Morey approached one day a jolly favorite dubbed by her companions, "Myrtle," and besought "Myrtle" for an introduction to her reserved friend. "You want to meet Jane Gray?" the girl responded, "sur?, I'll introduce you," and she did. _ . Jane Gray, swinging along down a path, smiled w;hen she was accosted. "I'm "pleased to meet you, Mr, Morey," she said simply.^ rx**"* if the artist had found the women of his acquaintance of "tiresome same ness," the feeling had not been recipro cated. Even in his indifference he had possessed for thom a fascination, so now where Lawrence Morey was for once In his life eagerly desirous of pleasing, it wns not strnnge that he should succeed. Jane Gray at first apparently diffident, yielded to his ac knowledged charm and few hours of the day found the two apart. There were so many beautiful walks to be taken, rides through the early autumn In the artist's car-enchanted moonlit evenings the two seated in silent com panionship, just beyond the laughing circle about the beuch fire. Morey did not talk to the other girls, this one little dark-eyed, soft-voiced creature claimed his every thought. Alone with his pipe, he fretted uncom fortably, that where he had intended this to be but a pleasant flirtation, this girl out of his world, had so complete ly enthralled him. When the acqualnt unce would be ended as abruptly as it began, would he still know this con stant yearning for her presence? In his apprehension came a joyous real ization of love returned. Could it be love at last-upon his part? This he must know though he cast it from him. The opportunity came upon tho night before his secretly planned departure, she was irresistibly uppeuling, us they stood alone ut dusk, her upraised eyes showing In the moonlight with a sort of rudiance. Lawrence Morey kissed her-kissed her, und then ho knew! For one glorious moment her arms clung to him. "I love you," he whispered tensely. The girl sighed. "It seems too good-to be true," she said-"you and I meeting here and through this chance-a future life of happiness. I will confess now, that I knew all along, who you were else I should not have been so friend ly. Though wealth und fame could not Influence my love, that-just had to come." Then, feeling the while like a brute, Morey told her. "It was all a mistake. He must go back. Loving her, still he might not make her his wife. There was his aristocratic family to think of, his career. One might prate of marriage for love, alone, but after all there could be but one satisfactory union for him-marriage with one of his kind." Pale, wide-eyed little Jane Gray list ened, then dumbly silent moved away. During the business hours at the studio, he could not banish her from his thoughts. "Girls like that some times made way with themselves," and he wondered. Bursting in on his troubled reflec tions, one wintry afternoon, came his sister. "Such luck, Lawrence," she began, "I'm bringing up a millionaire ess to see you. She's going to be all tho rage here this winter and if you can get her portrait, you'll be the rage too. Daughter of the "Gray Manufac turing Plants"-mun, you know, and she's doing a great work among fac tory girls, has vacation camps for them nnd even chaperones them sometimes herself. Wait till you see her." When Morey did see her, he stood speechlessly staring. Thc little lady in costly furs was quite composed. When he could find a moment with her alone, the artist spoke quickly, "I did love you-I want you for my wife," he pleaded. Put June Gray smiling, shook her head. "I tor? believe in marrintce with one's kind, she said, and my kind-are hon orable-and true." -.^-V^-T?L O' = - How Europe Was Made ISafe for Royalty By OSCAR COX ? {Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union There was once n principality som* Where in Europe-the censor has take the principal points out of this story whose territory consists of only a fd square miles. The prince hoing of th blood royal and an associate on equc terms with the other sovereigns of Et rope, was required to keep up the! style though he did it on an infinite! small scale. He had one general, on judge, one executioner. His anny COD Bisted of a hundred men divided int j:?j} of ten men ti ft coW$??y\ Everything'else jyas 00 1 proportionate scale. But the general Srcept when on duty, was a butcher the judge the only policeman in th< principalityt and the^ soldiers wen laborers. The executioner was thi parson officiating over the little churcl 20 by 30 feet In area, one-third o: which is taken up by the roya? pew The parson was a meek little man in competent to decapitate a chicken. All worked well in the principality for many years. There were no crlml nals to try, or to punish, the princ( spent his time visiting his royal rela tives, so that his living was provldec for, and the people, who were taxec only to provide for the royal pockel money, were happy. Then suddenly came trouble. Th? general of the army was caught In the act of treason. A neighboring king whose territory consisted of many mil lions of square miles, wanted the prin cipality for a pasture for his cows, and bribed the general of the prince for a consideration, to let down the bars of the fence inclosing the prince ly territory, and admit the "king's army without resistance on the part of the princess forces. The plot being dis covered in time, the other European sovereigns frowned upon lt and ?jopged ifc Had lt jteen "carried through t? ey would have TieTd UL con ference and in order that the peace of Europe might not tie disturbed would have winked nt lt. As lt was, the only action required was to try the general for high treason and cut off his head. But the judge, who, lt has been said, was only a policeman, knew nothing about law and was Incapable of con ducting a trial. The prince got over the difficulty by ordering a trial behind closed doors; and when they were opened a warrant was produced by which the general was condemned to death. It was taken to the prince, who signed it, and the pen with which he aifixcd his royal signature was sent to the sovereign of the most powerful em pire ns a token that imperialism was absolute in the principality. It remained now only to carry out the sentence by beheading the general. A meeting of the privy council was held, at which lt was unanimously agreed that the executioner could not be relied upon to carry out the sen tence and the members deliberated what was to be done in the premises. One suggested that the general, being n butcher, was far better fitted to cut off his own head than the executioner, who was a parson. Whereupon another niemrer suggested that the two be sur reptitiously made to change places and the butcher be made to cut off the head uf the parson. This would sat isfy thc powers. But the prince, who was a just sov ereign would not hear of such a nefa rious deed, and dismissed the council, saying that he would lay a plan for carrying out the sentence himself. Un til such time as he could find an exe cutioner he would take the general's pnrole and release him from confine ment. The general willingly gave his word not to leave the principality and the next morning was to be seen peace fully swinging his cleaver in his butcher shop. Now the king of that country who desired the principality for his cow pasture-remember that this story has boen censored and all names have been deleted-hearing that the general was engaged at his usual business, sent a deputation to the prince to protest Dgalnst such a flagrant omission of a royal duty to punish treason, repre senting that if such leniency were practiced by the crowned heads of Eu rope the world would at last be cursed with all the horrors of democracy. To this the prince replied that rather than see this he would consent to the massacre of every one of his subjects. The leader of the deputation replied to this that If the prince so desired his royal mastee would send his own exe cutioner to decapitate the general. A few days later the king's execu tioner arrived. His guard of honor numbered five hundred men armed with the most deadly implements of modern warfare. They took the gen eral from his shop and the king's exe cutioner dispatched him. Then the prince was shot down, and when the executioners were finished there was not a human being left In the princi pality. The executioner, attended by his guard, went back to the king, who aRked him if he had acceded to the re quest of his royal cousin, and the exe cutioner assured him that he had done his work so well that the principality was now ready for his majesty's cow pasture. This is an Instance of how the bless ings of royalty have been 6aved to the world by one royal cousin assisting another in repressing treason. Tho principality ls now a cow pasture. Who knows but that it might have been a vast plant for the manufacture of comforts for the people? II Aine ? There can be no doubt as to the merit of Cardui, the woman's tonic, in the treatment of many troubles peculiar to women. 1 he thousands of women who have been helped by Cardui in the past 40 years, is conclu sive proof that ii is a good medicine for women who suffer. It should help you, too. Mrs. N. E. Varner, of Hixson, Tenn., writes: "I was passing through the .. . My back and sides were terrible, and my suffering indescriba ble. I c?ri'? tell just how and where 1 hurt, about all over, I think ... I began Cardui, and my pains grew less and less, until I was cured. I am remarkably strong for a woman 64 years of age. I do all my housework." Try Cardui, today. 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