The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 25, 1913, Image 2
GOOD CARE OF DUCKS
Fowl Cannot Eat Gummy Food
Without Wastino It.
Plenty of Qrlt Muat Be Available at
All Tlmea, but It Muit Not Be
Mixed With Food ? Green
Stuff Is Aleo Eeeentlal.
(By A. OAIJ/IUIIiai.)
A ration thut Itt all right for ducka
may be all wrong for chlokena, and
vico veraa. For inatanee; Whole grain
la not a? good for ducka an a mixture
of ground graini* and cooked vegeta
ble*,
Wbolo corn inny be fed occaHlonally,
but it ahould bo Hoaked for ueveral
boura before feeding.
Dry oatn arid wheat make very poor
?duck food, but <beth are good when
rooked and mixed with corn meal or
bollod potatoea and bran.
It hardly paya to feed wheat to
ducka unlotjH it in unsalable. Hince
thorough cooking render? taunt y
grain harmloaa it may be fed to ducka
with good roaultH. When cooked po
tatooa are nued tbey ahould not be
mixed with the ground grain until
after the latter han been thoroughly
molatened with either milk or water.
If. the dry meal in added to the
mashed potatoea a tough, atlcky maas
will be the reault. Don't make the
Indian Runner Duck.
feed sloppy; Just moist enough to
<*linpr toother without being gummy.
A duck cannot eat pimmy feed with
out wasting It.
Other vegetables, such as turnips,
beets, rutabagas, etc.. are sometimes
used Instead of potatoes. Pumpkins,'
when thoroughly cooked, make it very
good basis for the mash. The seeds
should always bo removed.
When no vegetables are to bo had
wo u bo equal -parth of lulled oats,
?orn moal, wheat bran, and middlings
?r second flour with a little powdered
?harcoal added. Some people (who
?Might to know better) put Hand and
?yste.r shell In their duek feed. When
Mils Is done the ducks are oft cm forced
>o consume more grit than they re
? lulre.
Of course ducks must havo plenty
? f grit at all time, but it should not
be mixed with the food. We place
shallow boxes of grit close to the feed
troughs. Oyster shell and coal cinders
In some of the boxes, and clean, coarse
sand in others.
Ducks will eat grit after every meal
if it. is within reach.
They usually drink and rinse their
beaks while eating, therefore water
should bo placcd near the fed
troughs. Also green food is necessary
the year round. Some sort, of green
stuff should be given at least once a
day In winter ?
If cabbage is plentiful, a little may
bo added to the mash each time. It
should bo chopped raw. As bulk is
one of tho important elements in a
duck's ration. It. is a good plan to i
.provide an abundanco of green stuff
for wintor use. Wo usually bow a
patch of ryo early in tho fall for win
ter and oary spring use.
Tf it gets a good start In tho fall it
will Htay green all winter, If protected
with a little straw or other covering.
Tho grain of ry? is unfit for poultry
? feed. Unless ducka are well fed in tho
winter they will not begin laying very
early in the spring, and when they do
begin their eggs will not bo as large,
?or as fertile as they otherwise would.
There Ih usually some shed or build.
Ing that can bo converted Into a duck
house at small expense.
If the roof is goo<J tho rest is easy.
Tf tho weather boarding Is not suffi
ciently close to keep out draughts In
cold weather cover the outside with
tarred paper or strip with lath.
A board floor Ih better than hti earth
floor, because tho ducks often Stir
up the ground In a very disagreeable
banner where there iR the leaRt sign
of moisture.
In cold weather ducks should be
kept in the. house, because their feet
aro so tender that v- hen they come In
contact with the ground they suffer
greatly, and hobble along as though
their backs were broken
Provide plenty of clean bedding, and
chnngo it frequently. . Straw or litter
should be kept on tho floors all tho
rtmft. Tf bedding material is plentiful
$mt it on several inches thick. It will
help to keep tho ducks comfortable, I
and also keep the floors clean, thus
serving a double purpose. Never pick
ducks in cold weather, nor during the
laying season.
Laurel* tor Woman o.
The feat of Ml?? Neliio tfv.i
Alameda, In swimming WTQUi
Rock* ban e#tuhlUh<<J h< I
as a champion Hwimmer. N?> anv
font her Iimm #uc< ? t d< <l In
around all Tour of iho Seal |to ko, at
UMialJy tin i idc . .i ? 00 i . lOUt l)
around tbOlQ that the BtfpDgMi vwlat
luei Is powerless to make any head
way against It. Only two men, ath
lotet* of the Olympic eluC, have kwuiii
around three of tho rock*. Ml**
Hehmidt bus also to Her credit tho
awlmmlng of the Golden (late and the
?wlm acroea the Kay of Ban Fran
oieco. ' Hh? in an Alameda girl who
hat* developed her remarkable quali
ties as a swimmer in tho last throe
yearn. Hhe la a type of woman ath
lete that in becoming common here, 1
because of the great opportunity which
the climate afford** for outdoor oxer- j
clsejjvery day in the year.? 8an Fran
olaco ('all '? ::y;; ? ; y.:;
Pau the Onions
Kill the onion and you leave a gap
in tho universe. Kill anything else I
and there la a substitute. Tho onion
Is alone, unique, triumphant. It it* a
npecial creation to tempt the palate ?
of a weary world. It proven the fa- !
tillty of luftn'tt wisdom. He might have ;
guessed at everything else under the |
Hun, but ho would have nover gueesed
an onion. Hclence may doduce a new
ntar before It becomeH visible, or ra
dium beforo ita discovery, but this auc
oulent fragrant, starry vegetable would
have gone unlnvented forever had not
lta own Insinuating, yet not bashful
qualities, forced UiemBelYCU Into tear
brimmed eyes and liquescent anticipa
tory llpa. With what a mixture of
gratitude and awe should we view the
Hpectacle of nature turning her ener
gies to the transmuting of mere clay |
into a vegetable with an artistic tem- j
perament.
No Ocean Balloon Trip Yet. ;
In Hpite of the failure of the Well- 1
man expedition and tho tragic fate of
the Vannlman party, the idea of cross
ing the Atlantic by dirigible balloon
still has its fascination, and a German
named Huchor has announced -his In
tention of making jthe attempt. A
French paper has been doing some
figuring. Taking as a basis of calcula
tion the dirigible Adjt. Heau, which
holds tho record for longest flight, it
is estimated that to cross the Atlantic
this dirigible must carry nearly eight
tons, nearly three tons more than its
capacity. And this is assuming that
it crosses in Ave days, without mis
hap or delay. The conclusion is that
in the present state of aeronautic
science It is impossible for a dlrigi- 1
[ bio to cross the Atlantic except on nj
route where favoring winds would do
j a large part of the work.
Man Who Dodged Tips.
The lato Henry Ivabouchero had a
friond who spent a good doal of time
and money in order to shirk the be
stowal of tips. "Ho had a conscien
tious objection against tipping barbers
and could not shave himself, lie told
mo once that, according to careful cal
culations, ho had been forced to travel
considerably over 100 iqilos in one
year to find hew barbers' shops where
his unbending attitude on tho tip ques
tion was unknown, and he spent rath
er inoro than .U 5 on bus and cab fares
in doing so. Finally, having exhaust
ed tho whole of inner London and
most of tho suburbs, ho had to give
up tho struggle and grow a beard."
Shun Melancholy.
Never givo vr ay to melancholy; re
Blat It steadily, for tlio habit will en
croach. 1 ouco gave a lady two-and
twenty recipes against melancholy:
oijo was a bright fire; another, to re
member all the pleasant things said
to her; another, to keep a box of sugar
pluma ou the chlninoy-pleco and a ket
tle simmering on tho hob. 1 thought
this mere trifling at the moment, but
have in after-life discovered how true
it is that these little pleasures often
banish melancholy better than higher
and more exalted objects, and that no
means ought to be thought too trifling
which can oppose it either in our
selves or in others. ? Sydney Smith.
Water Snake's Appetite.
Among the exhibits at the Aquari
um is a slender water snake now
25V& inohes in length; when brought
ife a year ago It was 15% inches long.
This slender and sinuous creature will
eat of live killtes, on which it Is fed,
more than its own length. At a re
cent feeding H took In, one after an
j other, thirteen killtoa, oach about two
Inches In lengtii. The little fishes It
stows away Inside overlap, but they
do not make Its slendor body bulge.
! ? Now York Herald.
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New Terror.
A federal judge In Pennsylvania hAS |
upheld the right of a creditor to aend
out bills on postoards. The postman
ter refused to deliver thom on the
ground that they were "dunning
cards," and hence unmailable, and will
appeal tho ruling of tho United State*
District court. With the federal gov* i
eminent smoothing the way for tha \
grasping creditor, individual efforts I
on tho debtor's side, even of a post- j
I master, can scarcely avail.
Confusing. 1
'Tf we women had the vote, matters j
would bo simplified. " "I don't know," j
replied Miss Cayenne. "They might !
be more complex. When a man Bent j
us candy and flowers we wouldn't '
know whether ho was leading up to a !
proposal or merely electioneering.'*
The 8tranger.
A stranger knocked at u man's door
and told him of a fortune to bo made. j
"I Jin," said tin? man. "It appears
that considerable effort, will bo In
volved."
"Oh, yen," Bald the Htrauger, "you
will puss many sleepless nights and
toilsome days."
"Um," ?ald th?, "and who are you?" |
"I am called Opportunity."
"Uh," Bald the man, "you call your- j
aelf Opportunity, but you look like j
hard work to me."
And he slammed the door.
No Solace There.
"My favorlto football team," coin
plained the gridiron eiithUBiaet, "is
losing right along Uilu season."
"Well/' Bald the baseball enthusiast,
"it is always bettor to do your losing
early in the season."
"I know that axiom goes good In
baseball, but we've got Hucb a darn
pliort season."
Sophisticated.
"You haven't asked me if you are ;
the only girl I have ever kissed."
"It is not necossary."
"You know you are, eh?"
"No, I know I'm not. You don't kiss
like an amateur. Hut you have not
asked me if you are the first man I ;
have ever permitted to kiss tne." i
"No, that isn't necessary, either."
Cattyl ?
Nan ? Isn't it laughable to see MIhs
Wellon put on youthful airs?
Fan?Gee, yes! I heard her, com
plaining the other day that she
couldn't eat Northern Spy apples bo
cause they set her teeth on edge!
SAW HIM HIMSELF.
Cyrus ? Say, Mandy, ycr fcnow thel
we'ro just tho biggest fools in the
world.'
Mandy?- What on earth air ye
talkin' about now, Cy?
Cyrus ? Hain't wo bin teltin* the
young ones thet tbero wuz a real
Santa Claus an' we* didn't believe it
ourselves. Well, gol darn me if I
didn't seo tho old man walkln' erbout
in a store winder in New York.
T rue.
Hp's never smoked a cigarette,
A girl he's never kissed;
The Jlrst Ib quite eominendnbla,
The second 's something missed.
Real Reason.
"I didn't know she was left-hand
ed."
"She isn't."
"But she seems to do everything
with her left hand."
""Yes. Haven't you noticed tho en
gagement ring?"
Accompaniment.
Mr. Henballot ? They' are saying that
even tho Chlneso have granted votes
to women. ?
Mr. Grouchmore ? I'm not astonish
ed. Think of tho centuries that Chi
nese women have been wearing trou
sers.
No Use.
"So you aro on your way to propose
to Mies Plckello?"
"You bet! Wish mo luck!"
"Oh, I wish you luck, all right; but
it won't do you a bit of good; I feel
euro she is going to accept you."
SelfControl.
"A man must dtssemblo in politics/*
said tho defeated candidate.
"What reminds you of that?"
"I find myself obliged to send con
gratulations when I'd like to file suit
for libel.'
Out of Sorts.
Kind Wife ? John, dear, -what are
you -weeping About?
Husband ? I ? I just looked through
this auto supplios catalogue and find
there are 250 apcessories our car
hasn't got.
.7 Want h (Jook
Want a clork
Want a partner
Want a situation
Want tt sorvant girl
Want to veil a piano
Want to sell a carriage
Want u> Moll town properly
Want to Bell your dry goo<l?
Want to ?ell your hardware
Want to boII millinery goods
Want customers for any thing.
Advertlso through "The Chronicle."
Advertising la the way to success.
Advortlalug bringa customers
Advertising keeps old ones
Advertising; lusurtia suc*;obh
Advortlalng ahowa energy
Advertising shows pluck
Advortlalng la "bU"
Advertise ' or bust
Advertise long
Advertise well
ADVERTISE
At Once.
lOlKiK DIRECTORY
Rising Star Chapter No. 4, H. A.
M., meetB third Tuesday in each
mouth. N. H. Goodnle, E. H. P.;
W. L, DoPass, K.; C. H, Oriffln,
Scribe; C. P. DuBose, Sec.
Kershaw Lodge No. 29, A. F, M.,
meets flrBt Tuesday lu oach
month. Kf T. Goodale, W. M.;
W. Qelsenhelmer, TreaB.; J, W,
Wilson, Secretary.
Camden Lodge No. 119 I. O. O. F.;
meets second and fourth TueBday
In each month. R, T. Goodale,
N. Q.; C, W. Blrchmore, V. G.;
I. C, Hough, Secretary.
Jr. O. U. A. M., meets fourth Frl
'vK-day night In each month. C. W.
Blrchmore, C.; J. F. Batoman,
R. S.
Live Oak Camp No. 49. W. O. W.,
meets first Thursday night In
each month. C. W. Blrchmore,
C. C., W. E. Johnson, Clork.
DeKalb Lodge No. 41, K. of P.,
meets second and fourth Thurs
day nights In oach month. W.
G, Wilson, C. C.; M. H. Hey man,
K. of R. & S.
Poplar Camp No. 369, W. O. W.,
meets Monday night on or before
the full moon in oach month. B.
K. Sparrow, C. C.; J. E. Gnmp
bolle, Clerk.
Antloch Lodge, No. 293,' A. F. M.,
moets Thursday night on< or be
fore full moou in each month. D.
W. Joy, - W. M.; W. R. Davis, S.
W.; L. H. White, J. W.
Richard Kirkland Council, No. 130,
Jr. O. U. A. M., (Antioch) meets
Tuesday night on or before full
moon in oach month. F. D. Boy^
kin, C.;, C. W. Shiver, R. S.
Lafayette Council No. 2, R. & S. M.,
meets second Tuesday in each
month. C. H. Griffin, T. I. M.;
R T. Goodalo, R. I. 1). M; J. C.
Ilowan, I. P. C. W.; C. P. Du- ,
Bose, Recorder.
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Property of -
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in Northeast Camden
1 1 room house and two
other buildings with about
70 acres of valuable land,
suitable for town lots and
cultivation. Price, with easy I
terms, $7 ,000,00. M
Also 1 50 acres for sale, the Fitzpatrick lands, lying just
South of the Mary Bru.ce (or Hough) place on Lynches
creek, ten miles South of Kershaw. Price $10.00 per acre.
Also 35 acres of Fitzpatrick lands by the Turner lands.
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