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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-16

'winter layer" or "non-winter layer "
The number of hens that are exceptions
to the rule implied by the conditions in
dictated, is so small that they need not
be taken into consideration.
AS we have always heretofore, and in
tend to hereafter, through the press, give
to the public the beneficial results of our
experience and observations, we shall
try and plainly state to the inexperienced
our mode of selecting winter layers in
the fall of the year.
If we were to start out tomorrow to
gather up lot of common hens, from
various sources, to put in our yards, with
view to making money out of the
eggs they might lay during the winter
months, our selections would doubtless
surprise good many persons.
In the first place we would not, at any
price, take any hens in good, smooth and
firm plumage, with dry quilts, because
they are the very kind of hens that will
not lay in the winter time. For the hen
that is in firm feather in September and
October will most surely moult very late,
hardly before Christmas, and the eggs
she would lay before spring would not
pay for her keep. True, she might be
laying at this time, but, unless she was
Matched very late the previous fall, she
IS bound to shed her feathers before
spring. Late fall pullets sometimes 60
to the second fall or midsummer before
shedding, but such young hens are rare.
Our first preference would be, the hen
chockful of pin feathers and new feath-
ers-one that is rather unsightly and has
her comb all drawn up by the moulting
process. She will make an early winter
layer, and an all winter layer if fed rights
Our next choice would be the hen that
is very ragged in feathers, dropping
them right along, with the new feathers
Just a-starting. She will be in the pin
feather state the latter part of Novem-
Der, and in full new feather by Christ
mas. She will make good January and
February layer and an early setter.
Hens require about three months in
which to moult September, October and
November are the usual moulting
months. The hens that do not begin
till November should be disposed Of;
they won't lay an egg all winter.
Any one who will observe the condi-
tions we have named and be guided by
them, can easily select hens that will
make profitable winter layers; for the
hen that sheds her old feathers early in
the fall, and has her new ones fully de-
veloped by the middle of December, or
earlier, is the hen to feed high and house
warmly, in order to get eggs from her
when they are worth three times as
much as they are when the late moulted
hens are aying.-Southern Cultivator.
A Plan for Curing Pea Vines
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strips 1x4 inches are nailed to the side
posts inside. These side strips are
nailed every two feet apart from the
lower pieces to the top of the frame.
Four inches below the lower inside strips,
is nailed, outside the posts, a strip on
both sides for rails to rest upon. Upon
these rails are laid inch planks for a
temporary floor, to be used in putting
the vines in place, and which can be re-
moved afterwards if necessary. Rails Ii
feet long are laid upon the lateral strips,
and upon these rails the green vines are
laid for curing. The frame is covered
with light shingles, the caves extending
20 inches over the plates, which are
nailed to upper ends of posts. The sides
are braced by mailing strips diagonally
outside the posts in addition to the lat
eral strips. A frame nearly twenty feet
high, filled with cured pea vines, is not
very heavy, and is liable to be blown
over by strong wind so, to preventsuch
an accident, the frame should have
braces outside as well as those inside in
it's construction. / will anchor mine
with strong wires to adjoining buildings
and to the ground
Now for curing the vines. l have
them cut in any convenient way, when
ripe for curing. Immediately after cut
ting them, or the day after, | have them
gathered up in suitable sized bundles
and tied as | would fodder but loosely.
If tied Immediately after cutting, the
bundles can remain on the ground day
or more before being gathered in. These
bundles are hauled up and thrown upon
the temporary floor of the frame, and
then packed away upon the rails. Two
rails are laid upon the lateral strips Of
the frame about twenty inches apart,
commencing at far off end OF frame
from the end at which the vines were
thrown in. Put the bundles loosely up
on the two rails and pile up, without
packing them, until on a level with the
next upper lateral strips, when two rails
are laid upon them as before. In this
way, one tier upon another is laid until
the roof is reached. In starting another
series of tiers, q space of a. few inches
should be left between them for the free
circulation of air. In this way, the
frame is filed from the floor to the roof.
By packing the bundles loosely between
the rail supports, there is little chance
of their becoming heated, and in short
time, if the weather be dry, the vines
will be cured and ready to be packed
away IN the barn, when the frames can
be filed again as before.
The main advantage of this plan lies
in buudling the vines, which is done by
taking quantity and doubling them up
and tying them loosely with the ends OF
the largest vines, but securely enough
to prevent the bundles from coming
arart when handled. The vines saved
last year were cured perfectly IN this
way. They were planted after oats were
cut. l am satisfied the pea vine nay
was worth more than the oats cut OH OF
the same land.
The peas should be of kind that Will
produce large amount of vines. am
inclined to the opinion that cheaper ana
better hay for horses and COWS can be
made out of pea vines than from any
grass that the farmer can plant in the
South.-K. M'Kinnon in Southern Gull
tivator.
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Care of Young Poultry.

Inc young poultry SnOuld oe puSneu
to maturity. This is particularly true
of young turkeys, for the next two
months they should be fed for rapid
growth, for at the expiration of that
time we shall comm feeding them
for fat instead of growth as we will then
be near the time for marketing them,
and to have them large and we'll grown
they must have the best of care now. |
annually raise a large flock of these fowls,
and | allow them to range at will and
forage for themselves, but [ always be.
gin giving them extra feed about the
first of Septem ber. l do not feed corn,
as the object is growth and not fat. Exr
elusive feeding on corn is always bad at
any time Of the year; it is too heating.
Other grains such as buckwheat, oats,
barley and wheat should be part of
their diet, animal food, small seeds sue
as millet are also good, so is bran says
writer in Home and Farm, "but
should be scalded or it will cause bowel
trouble"
Besides those fowls which are to be
sent to market the chicken pullets should
come in for their share of extra care, for
unless they are we'll matured before cold
weather they will not lay before spring.
The care of the young pullets will often
solve the problem of how to have eggs
+lo III o.
our best laying breeds must necessarily
take rest on egg production during the
moulting season. which generally occurs
early in the fall, then if the early
Matched pullets have had the proper
care they will take the old hens places
in keeping the egg basket filed.
See that they are free from lice, for
these pests are the cause of more deaths
among young poultry than anything else.
A neighbor said to me: II had no idea
that there was chicken mite on our
place until the other day l was in the
hen house seeing about setting hen and
| found the place literally 'swarmiug
with them" She didn't know that
constant vigilance in that respect is the
price paid for healthy fowls, for if the
growth has been checked by the pres
ence of lice the young fowls will always
be less vigorous than if they had never
been infested with them. For the best
results in any undertaking, we must ex-
pect to give the best care. We must at
tend to the poultry as we do other things
on the farm if we expect them to pay
their way.
Fowls will necessarily make their sur
roundings unclean, and uncleanllness
breeds disease, and disease among fowls
necessarily means diminished egg sup
ply, besides usually thinning out the
flock. Filthy quarters are what breed
cholera. One generally feels as though
she knew all about how to take care of
poultry until the cholera breaks out
among them, and then after trying
everything she has ever heard of and
they still die, she knows there is much
vet to learn.-Arkansas Farmer.
-&~1
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POULTRY DEP RTMENT.

Address all communications to Poultry
Department, Box 200, DeLand, Fla,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23
a Bologna $3.50 Feet in Length.

The revival of the trades after the long
stagnatiOn which. followed in the wake of
the crusaders was responsible for many
fantastic procession freaks in the larger
towns of Western Europe
For an instance we are told that in the
councillors procession, which took place
at Nuremberg in 1887. the bakers of the
town exhibited a loaf of bread weighing
l141 pounds, and that in the procession a
cheesemaker exhibited f'star-shaped
cheese which put three horses on their
mettle to pull it through the streets
mounted on goodly dray"
The old account further says that this
bread and cheese, which was distributed
free OF charge among the merry-makers.
was dinner sufficient for upwards of 5000
persons" In the New Years procession
at konigsDerg in 1858 a bologna sausage
exhibited by the ''butchermen" was
622 feet in length and was carried on the
shoulders of 81 men and boys The one
exhibited in the same city in the year 1888
was over 1900 feet in length and weighed
434 pounds. But the giant of all sausages
and perhaps the largest thing of the kind
ever made, was exhibited by the Konigs-
berg butchers on New Years day in 1901
when they paraded the streets with a bo.
logna 1850 feet in length and weighinf
nearly 1000 pounds. 1t was carried on the
shoulders of 1877 men, the first and last in
the column each having it wound around
their necks.-St. Louis Republic
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to his adversary until it would seem his
case was conceded entirely away But he
always reserved point upon which he
claimed decision in his favor and his
concessions magnified the strength of his
claim: He rarely failed in gaining his
cases In court.
Mr.. Lincoln was social man, though
he did not seek company; it sought him.
After he made his home with me- on every
winters night at my store, by big wood
fire, no matter how inclement the weather,
eight or ten choice spirits assembled, with
out distinction of party. 1t was sort of
social club without organization. They
came here because they were sure to find
Lincoln. His habit was to engage in con-
versation upon any and all subjects except
politics.
A Forerunner of the Lincoln and Douglas
Debate.
"One evening political argument
sprang up between Lincoln and Douglas,
which for time ran high. Douglas sprang
to his feet and said: Gentlemen, this is no
place to talk politics; we will discuss the
questions publicly with you
Ga few days afterwards the Wings held
meeting and challenged the Democrats
to joint debate. The challenge was &C
cepted, and Douglas, Lamborn, Calhoun
and Jesse Thomas were selected by
the Democrats. Logan, Baker, Browning
and Lincoln were selected by the Wings.
Such intellectual giants of course drew
crowded house. The debate took place in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23
Lincoln's Religious Opinions.

81 have often been asked said Mr..
Speed further, what were Mr. Lihcoln's
religious opinions. When | knew him in
early life he was skeptic. He had tried
hard to be believer, but his reason could
not grasp and solve the great problem of
redemption as taught. He was very eau
tious never to give expression to any
thought or sentiment that would CRATE
harshly upon a Christians ear. For sin
cere Christian be had great respect. He
often said that the most ambitious man
might live to see every hope fail, but no
Christian could live to see his fail, be-
cause fulfillment could only come when
life ended. But this was a subject we new
er discussed. The only evidence have of
any change was in the summer before he
was killed. | was invited out to the Sol
dlers' Home to spend the night. AS / en-
tered the room near night he was sitting
near window intently reading his Bible
Approaching him | said, II am glad to see
you SO probably engaged
es, said he, i am pro6tably en-
gagged
Well, said I. 'if you have recovered
from your skepticism ! am sorry to say
that have not
Looking me earnestly in the face and
placing bis hand on my shoulder he said:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23

Experiments with the great cannon mag
net at Willet's Point show that the body of
person standing in front of it will sup
port iron bars standing out at right angle,
while the nerves are wholly unconscious of
the magnetic force. This great magnet
has been chiefly studied by electricians,
but clearly Psychologists also have much
to learn from it.
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ailments which the
weaker which the half of has
probably problem that
medicine all times
good But DR. HENLEY the
combination Of Celery the
to
You will much good will do he.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23

Voltigeur won by half length That is the
only information the Query Column can obtain
on this subject
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You are wrong, Speed. Take all of this
book upon reason that you can and the
balance on faith and you will live and die
q happier manu.
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. FLYING DUTcHsiAN--G. s., City. The race he.
~" the frying Dutchman and voltigeur was
-oA sne Doncaster cup, September, 1850.
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o, DOLLARS AND BULLIoN-G. c., City. On the
M . INST .here were in the San Francisco Mint
proxlmate cost OF silver bullion in the Mint On
1880, is So, AT ,2O3 81. '' " uis a.
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hands unless requested by the lady to lay them
aside and spend the evening. Etiquette holds
that umbrella, rubbers and oYercoat, when
worn, must be left in the hall. If the gentle
man intends to make brief call he may be al
lowed to retain his hat and cane in his hand
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the Presbyterian church. and lasted fol-
eight nights, each speaker taking one
night. Like true knights they came tC
fight III intellectual armor clad. They all
stood high, and each had his followers,
adherents and admirers. This was in
January. 1910. The conclusion of that
speech, as an evidence of Lincoln's style
at that early day, is, l think, worth re-
peating here.
" If ever l feel the soul within me ele-
vate and expand to those dimensions not
wholly unworthy of its Divine Architect, il
is when | contemplate the cause of my
country, deserted by all the world beside
and /, standing up boldly and alone, hllrl.
ing defiance at her victorious oppressors.
Here, without contemplating consequences,
before heaven and in the face of the world,
| swear eternal fealty to the just cause, as
[ deem it. of the land of my life, my lib
erty and my love, And who, that thinks
with me, will not fearlessly adopt the oath
l take! Let none falter who thinks he is
right and we may succeed. But if, after
all, we shall fail, be it SO, we will have the
proud consolation of saying to our con-
sciences and to the departed shade of our
country's freedom that the cause approved
of our judgments and adored OF our hearts
we never faltered in defending"
This speech was considered at the time
to be the best of the series, and some even
doubted, according to Herndon and
Lamon, two of Lincoln's biographers, that
Lincoln could have prepared it without
assistance. Lamon says in his book,
written in 1872: .'ro this day there are
some who believe he had assistance in the
preparation of 1t. Even Mr.. Herndon ac-
cused Speed of having had hand in it.
and got fiat denial for his answer. All
all events, the speech was popular
success"
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An illustration of Lincoln's Tenderness
of Heart.


Here is an incident related by Mr.. Speed +:
Lincoln had the tenderest heart for any
one III distress, whether man, beast or
bird. Many OF the gentle and touching
sympathies of his nature which lowered
so frequently and beautifully in the humble
citizen at home fruited in the sunlight of
the world when he had place and power.
He carried from his home on the prairies
to Washington the same gentleness of dis
position and kindness of heart. Six gentle
men-Hemgone, Lincoln, Baker. Hardin
and two Others whose names I do not
now recall-were riding along a country
road. We were strung along the road,
two and two together. We We're
passing through a thicket of wild
plum and apple trees. A violent wind
storm had Just occurred. Lincoln and
young birds by the roadside too young
to fly. They had been blown from the
nest by the storm. The old bird was fiut-
tering about and wailing, as a mother
ever does for her babes. Lincoln stopped.
hitched his horse, caught the birds, hunted
the nest and placed them in it. The rest
of us rode on to a creek, and while our
our horses were drinking Hardin rode up.
Where is Lincoln? asked one. oh.
when | saw him last he had two little
birds iii his hand looking for their nest.
In an hour, perhaps, he came They
laughed at him. He said with emphasis !:
Gentlemen, you may laugh, but l could
not have slept we'll tonight if I had not
saved those birds. Their cries would have
rung in my ears"
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Lincoln's Rapid Rise as Lawyer ant
Politician.

Mr.. Speed was Lincoln's junior by four
years, man of some inherited means and
merchant with prospecting business.
They lived thus intimately and together
for four years, during which time Lin
coins affairs were little mended though
not much. During this time there existed
an intimate friendship singular in the
lives of both men, for neither of them in
after life was ever unreservedly intimate
with any other man. They appear to have
had no concealments from one another
and TO have discussed affairs of the most
sacredly personal nature. To no other
person did Mr.. Lincoln ever unburuen
himself with such nnreserve They con-
fessed to each other their sentimental per-
plexities, and of these, as is we'll known,
Lincoln had more than full share
To return to Mr.. Speeds narrative Of the
early years in Springfield. .'As lawyer"
he says, after his first year he was
acknowledged among the best in the State.
His analytical. powers were marvellous.
He always resolved every question into its
primary elements and gave up every point
on his own side that did not seem invul-
nerable. One would think to hear him
argue a Gaze in court he was giving his case
away. He would concede point after point
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23

Language, edition of 1898. The former says:
Pertaining to persons of Irish birth or descent
living in the United States; person of Irish
American of Irish parentage." The latter says:
neutrality-suspicious. TO Irish who live
in America; O native OF Ireland settled in
America; said universally of citizens of the
United States who are of Irish birth or
parentagep
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23

oklAH-A Reader, City. The reason that ex.
c C1. trains are not runto Ukiah, Mendocino
County, on Sundays is that the comnan,, o ~
ssrolllng the road finds that there IS not snf.
,sr traTei TO warrant it in putting on regu
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lRIsH-AMERIcAN-J. H. NJ, City. The latest
definition of Irish-American is that to be
found in the Century Dictionary of 1890 and
IN the Standard Dictionary OF the English
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CONFEDERATE STATEs-T. C. j., Oakland, Cal
The following shows the population of each of
the Confederate States at the time of the War Of
the Rebellion: Alabama, 964 pol; Arkansas,
435,450; Florida, lao, 124; Georgia, l ,057, 296;
louisiana, 5000; Mississippi, 79l, 3o5 !;
703,70S; Tennessee, 1.109,sOI; Texas, 6O4,-
215, and Virginia ,596,3lS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23

TELEGRAPHING-H. NJ. City. A dispatch of
1000 words sent through Morse instrument
in good condition from this City to Sacramento
would take about twenty minutes. II would
go TO New York on straight wire in the same
length of time and without greater exertion on
the part of the operator. If the message had to
De repeated at Chicago 1t would take few
minutes more. ten-word message would
take but a few seconds to go from here to New
York for electricity travels at the rate of Is 900
miles per second. The name of the winner OF
in New York from London at 10:0S A. NJ, or
3:0S P. M, Greenwich time. AS that was the
time the message was handed in at the London
office the time in transmission was minutes
imal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. City. Writers on ETH
quette say that formal call on lady should
be made in the evening never later than Q
O'Clock, and that it should never be prolonged
later than 10 o'clock. In making such cali a
gentleman should carry his hat, gloves and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23

THE TIDEs-A. T. NJ, Edna, San Luis Obispo
County, Cal. If you live five miles inland, but
desire to keep posted upon the rise and fall of
the tides in your vicinity, consult the "Time
Tables for the Pacific Coast" Government
publication, which may be had by inclosing %
cents to the Government Printing Office Wash
ington, d. C. 1t is book of over 200 pages,
prepared under the direction of the Chief OF
the Tidal Division of the United States Coast
and GpOdetiC Survey.
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THE SAN JOAQUIN RoAD-C. Y, Livermore
Alameda County, Cal. When the San Joaquin
Valley Railroad will be ready to run trains
none but the most experienced in railroading
Will be employed. There will not be any COM
petitive examination for positions such as bag
gage clerk. messengers clerk or conductor.
Any one who wishes to apply for position can
send written application to the main Office in
this City and it will be placed on the regular
file,