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The Portland daily press., 1897-02-09

FNO LET-To single gentleman, very large,
desirable front ROOM in private family,
hot water heat and use of bath rool.l. Refer
ences required. Inquire at "a PINE ST.
ianl4 If
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-04
poultry yard girl has to be employed,
who should be supervised during her
enticeship. Dictionaire des Sci
Winter Raised Chicks.
.enl.lcIes.


Eggs are too valuable in winter to be
used for Matching purposes unless one
is confident Of securing good matches
and OF raising the chicks, says an ex-
change. To use a dozen eggs from
which only six chicks come and then
lose three Of them. means an expen-
diture OF four eggs for one chick, and
no one can afford the cost in that re-
spect. The heaviest loss of chicks is
with hens-not with incubators and
breeders and this fact should not be
overlooked. It is admitted that in the
spring and summer, when the hen has
everything in her favor she will be
more serviceable than the brooder, but
In the winter, when cold winds, ice,
snow and rains prevail, the hen has
a difficult undertaking to care for her
self instead Of attempting to raise a
brood. and as a rule the hens are for
tunate if they raise one-half Of the
chicks, Matched. When hen becomes
broody and makes her nest in a warm
place. and when she brings OF her
brood have a place prepared for her,
under shelter and where the sunlight
can come. Be careful that the chicks
are not exposed or become chilled, and
aim to raise every one Of them. In
that case the chicks will pay, because
the expense of the eggs will be reduced
by reason Of the larger number of
chicks marketed.
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mer's family, but to derive all the pro-
fit obtainable, a certain number of
principles must be followed which may
be epitomized as follows: The first is
I to utilize for the fowls the resources
OF the locality or farm itself without
going to any great special expense.
s Fowls should be fed on the least val
liable substances or ailments which
could not be otherwise utilized. Grain,
ETC., being of some commercial value,
should be added in small quantity as
complement, and particularly for
iattening. The poultry yard should be
daily opened so that the fowls may
wander about in the vicinity in search
OF insects and waste seed; these sub
stances, Of no value, should play an
Important part in their maintenance.
This principle, however, should be ap-
piled, reckoning the neighborhood Of
crops, which fowls might injure. In
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such a case the yard must be closed
at certain times. The extent of the
poultry yard should be- in proportion
with the demand available From this
point of view the neighborhood of
large towns is a reason for giving great
Importance to the poultry yard, be-
cause the sale is abundant and lucra-
tive, and rearing is just as cheap as
in strictly rural districts. To feed
fowls cheaply it is good to place dung
heaps within their reach in which
seeds and insects abound. In poul-
try yard are reared hens, turkeys,
guinea-fowls, pheasants, peacocks, pig
cons, ducks, geese, and swans; some
for flesh, others for feathers or down.
The establishment expenses Of a poul-
try yard should always be as small as
possible. It must be separated from
the other part Of the farm by wall,
Wire-work or very thick hedge. a few
trees are useful to give shade and at
night shelter to the hens, turkeys and
peacocks which do not always care to
return to the house. There must be
hen house; one or two pools of Wa
LO4 LII sIA0 SCCSCsSdA OuChS, uA4OSS
there is some pond or stream in the
neig hborhood; tubs Of pure water COW
cred for the hens to drink, which pass
their heads through openings in the
lids; grass plot for grazing and a
heap OF cinders or sand for them to
clear themselves Of vermin. The farm
eress can attend to the poultry yard,
proftably employing part of her time,
without being disturbed in other work.
She can only succeed by loving the
fowls and making them love her. Every
morning and middle Of the afternoon
she must call and feed them, ascertain
ing whether none are lost. If all are
well, II laying and Matching progress
favorably, etc She must be able to
attend to them ia sickness. cure them
and fatten. All this involves so much
labor u large poultry yards that q
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The illustration of an ideal Single
Comb White Leghorn, male, is by
Sewell, the well-known poultry artist.
It is an excellent illustration of the
grand carriage and beauty of this
variety. Some writer's claim they
are the original variety of the Leghorn
family, and others give that honor to
the Browns. But it matters little
about their history. It is sufficient that
we know they are the most popular of
the Ieghorn family, and that comes
from the fact that they are larger and
lay larger eggs than any Of their race
They are very popular in the East on
large egg farms. If given a warm
house, with scratching shed combined,
they will prove to be good winter lay
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ers. But it will not do to confine them
much in the house without the priv
lege Of scratching among a lot of loose
litter. They are very active, and the
only way to make them profitable is to
keep them busy. They greatly resem-
Bile the Black Minorca in every way
but color of plumage, and lay an egg
very much the size of that of the Min
0rca. It was owing to this fact that
the White Minorca never gained much
favor in this country. "Our folks
want clean, yellow legs, and as the
White Minorca did not have that, and
as they had no other claims for SUI
periority, the Leghorns came right to
the front, and are to this day close riv-
ais OF the black variety of Minorcas..
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Red Polled Cattle.

Americans are not all owners of ex-
tensive herds, some having only one
or two cows, and many only singles
bull, but the latter fact is significant
as it shows that bulls of this breed.
are used for improving other CATTLE,
says the Red Polled Cattle Record
The first object of this Improvement
is to get rid of horns, which are more
Objectionable on the ranches than
among our more docile stock; and it is
we'll known that the use Of the pollel
bull on horned cows will produce,
polled, or, at any rate only slug horned
animals. The Red Polled has also two
advantages over the Scotch Black
Polled, viz, that the color of the half
bred is liked better, and the progeny
are better mixers. The Red Polled So
ciety has often called attention to the
weight of bullocks, and might fairly
have placed on record the fact that.
Erebus, the. champion bull at the.
Royal" show at Plymouth, was sold.
to kill at Lynn market recently, aged
eleven years, and weighed one ton FIVE
hundred pounds, and made ESQ los, but
in the 1896 volume the society has.
devoted some pages to milk records. If
quality and quantity Of beef is proved.
in former volumes, the society throws;
down the gantlet as to milk in this one;
The records for the year of thirteens
herds are given and with the majority
are notes on feeding and management
It has often been asserted that the Red
Polled COW may be butter cow. but
she does not give large milk yield
The latter assertion is disproved by
these records, and has doubtless been
made because people are apt to Judge
COW by single milking. But meas
ure or weigh the milk for the whole
year, and what is found? The Red
Polled cow milks almost every day OF
the year, or except for short period
before calving and while weaving the
calf; and, if the daily average is not
very large, the years total mounts up
and we find Lord Rothschild's herd at
Tring giving an average of 7,744-
pounds for twenty-five cows, and that
every record shows an average far ex
ceeding the 1000 pounds which an or
binary COW is supposed to give. Where
Babcock's tester has been used the per-
centage Of butter-fat of very few COWS
fall as low as 8. and 3.5 to IA is the
usual run. In the note we find that.
some of the largest Of these herds are.
kept for milk selling only, that the
cows are on grass only from May till.
October. and not highly fed in the win
| ter. The Necton return gives the cost
Of feeding at 81 lbs 10d per COW. and
the Whitlingham Flo Is; but at Whit
bingham the grass (Which is seWa ge-
grown) is valued at "a lis per COW.
and at Necton at e. lbs Cd, SO that the
winter keep, which Is the main expense.
is only IS to f5 los in each case
OF the 500, 900 sheep in Iowa, s.4se are
reported as Oxfords.
More orchards are starved to death.
than oyer-manured.
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suck for from three weeks to three
months, says Rural Life. This will
spoil COW for the dairy, as a rule, and
at any rate it takes the time out Of her
period of buttermaking, which will re-
duce the butter yield for the year be-
low profit. If the calf sucks three
months and is then weaned the COW
may be expected to go dry in few
weeks, or half dry at least, and she
will not pay for the feed and the
trouble. To get a paying mess OF milk
it is absolutely necessary to milk the
COW from the first. The first means
to some dairymen when the calf is first
seen. It's removed Immediately and.
not allowed to suck even once, but the
milk is drawn and fed to the calf. BY
this practice the COW knows no other
way to have the milk drawn and does
not worry for the calf, SO everything
goes smoothly. Other dairymen think
the first time the COW should be MIXED
is when the milk is first good for use.
The first secretion is not true milk, but,
@colostrum, and is designed to physic
the calf. All agree that the calf must
have this first milk, but some let him
help himself and others do not. Many
of the most advanced dairymen strong,
ly advocate never letting the calf suck.
Others, and the greater number, prefer
to let it suck until the milk is good and
this is what the writer recommends.
After the milk is good for use the COW
at once increases it in quantity, and
good butter fat is too precious for calf
food. There is no difficulty in taking
of the calf then without any objections
from the. mother, if you use common
sense and good tact. II she is inclined
to worry tie the calf by her side while
you milk for the first time or two, and
she will be reconciled, but on no ac-
count permit 1t to suck after the milk
becomes good for use.
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some Live stock Facts and Figures.

Some Live Stock Facts and Figures.
w. p. Anderson, an agent Of the
Union Stock Yards company, says: In
many respects this has been one Of
the most remarkable seasons, SO far as
at least two branches Of the live stock
trado are cOncerned-cattlea and sheep
that we have experienced for years
In the former branch Of the trade.
commencing with the movement OF
cattle from the pastures of southern
Texas to the pastures Of the Indian ter
ritory, and the purchase of stock cattle
for the Panhandle pastures, there are
many influences out OF the ordinary
which govern this trade, both directly
and collaterally. The advice OF the
different cotton exchanges to the plant
ers Of Texas to curtail one-half of the
acreage Of the cotton crop was the
cause Of many cattle being moved into
the Panhandle country north Of the
quarantine line, so that they might find
feeder markets other than the cotton.
seed mills Of Texas afforded This
and the still further curtailment Of
/ the cotton CROP through unreasonable
weather, reduced the Texas cattle feed
ing numerically from about 1926. 900 in
1895 to about 100000 or 100000 in 1896.
However, this shortage will not be-
felt fully until next year. The railway
reports show an actual increase of the
number Of cattle shipped from Texas
Tor the first eleven months OF 1886,
and the reports of. the Kansas City
| stock yards for the first eleven months
show an increase of receipts in the
Texas and Colorado cattle country,
Which goes to prove that many more
cattle have gone into the feed lots OF
Kansas and Missouri from the sections
mentioned than ever before. The rail
way records show that upwards of
| 100000 cattle have been put on feed in
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas,
Illinois and Wisconsin. From October
to the middle Of December is has been
almost impossible on large railway.
| systems to procure cattle cars enough.
to do our local business, comleiRngs
many feeders to hold over till January
who could have shipped month ear
lier could they have procured suitable
stock cars for their shipment. The
movement of Texas, New. Mexico. ARR
iona and Utah cattle for Montana. the
i DakOtas and northwestern Wyoming
ranges was greater than last year,
while Nevada, washington and Ore
gon contributed greater amount for
stocking the northwestern winter
ranges and for the Chicago. market
than usual. their contributions espe-
cially from Oregon and Washington
being chiefly to the eastern Montana
and North Dakota winter ranges, while
goodly number of them were taken
into the Bear Paw countries in west
ern Montana. This movement will ag
q gregate about 100000. OF the cattle
that were taken into the South Dako-
ia and northwestern Wyoming country
and some parts of Montana in the
spring Of 1896, on account Of the nm
certainty of an abundance Of winter
grass and the cheapness Of Nebraska
corn, many Of the -year-olds were
shipped back into the Nebraska and
= Iowa feed lots. There were about 49,
900 of this kind, which will lessen the
range supply in 1898 from Northeastern
4 sNvyUnrtnS unI1 South Ia l1nta 49,
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Ahead Of Time.

Sand now, little children, said the
Sunday school superintendent, "if YOU
are good children, some day you NAV
wear a golden crown .
Paws got one on his tooth nov. =
chirped the smallest and newest boy.
indianapolis Journal.
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The Principles of JESUS.

The principles of Jesus plainly are
that God is an Infinite Spirit; that He
is infinitely good; that the best quail
ties of humanity are but hints Of His
excellence; that all souls are His chill
.dren; that evil is our most dreadful
foe; that God desires our rescue from it:
and that Christ is the expression Of
that desire, and his holy and un-
changing love.-T. S. King.
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Mere Words.

We are not as careful with our words
as we, ought to be. We often wound
and are wounded by hasty or angry
or rude words; we say things not soon
forgotten by the nearer, and for which
we feel sorry ever afterward. Rev. O..
r. Gregory.
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WEAVING the Dairy Calf

WEAVING the Dairy Calf.
One of the reasons why dalrying is
a failure in some localities is that the
calf is desired for beef making, and to
give him good start it is allowed to
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'DA Y AN ID POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Flow Successful Farmers Operate This
Department OF the FarmA Few
Hints to the Care of Live Stock
end Poultry. f5

HE NAME "Po ul-
try Yard" is given
to that part Of a
rural estate where
rural estate where
fowls are reared;
frequently it also
contains rabbit hut
ches. The poultry
yard is a valuable
resource for a far
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TALMAGE.S SERMON.
''H EAvE My RECOGNITION,
LAST SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
From the Following Text: 81 Shall Go
to Him''--second Book of samuel,
Chapter xii, Verse as-The Future
Life of the just.

..H az. Rosy.
HERE is a very
sick child in the
abode OF David the
Z j n g. D ] S e a Sc,
which stalks up the
! dark lane of the
poor and puts it's
smothering hand on
lip and nostril Of
the wan and wasted
also mounts the pal.
ono c%oirc on1 hand
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Farm mortgages are increasing.
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OF the SOC, 900 sheep in Iowa, s.486 are
reported as Oxfords.
/ More orchards are starved to death
than over-mnnured.
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out Oh pe,soiis wy uleu ~ callnn ines
anu placluley, anu ~ ~. were not nat
urally superstitious' olten the glorles
OF heaven nave STRUCK the dylng Pill
low ana ths oepartihs man mas SAID
ne saw ana nearu lnose :, VINO mad gone
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
COLONIZATION
Of FAMILIES
Major Winchell of the Sal
walton Army Highly
Pleased.
Commander Booth Tucker Pens
an Encouraging Letter on
the Subject.
Eight Thousand More Acres Wanted
and F. A. Hibn's Liberal Offer
Regarding Them.

Major w. w. Wincheli, who has charge
of the social WORK of the Salvation Army,
returned last evening from the new colony
in the Salinas Valley, near SoledaJ.
The major feels highly encouraged over
the prospects. He says that the coonists
have entered heartily into the movement,
They are rapidly putting up buildings to
shelter them from the winter storms, and
all are enthusiastic in the knowledge that
they can acquire homes of their own un-
der the mos favorable conditions-small
payments and a long time in which to
meet them.
Commander Booth. Tucker of the army
has written TO the major a very hopeful
letter concerning the colonization plan.
In the letter the commander states that
there are 5000 acres adjoining those
already purchased by the coloniza ton
committee which can be had. The COM
man der says that +. A. Him of Santa
Cru 2, in letter 10 him, announces that
he will be ono of 100 to purchase these
5000 acres and turn them over to the army
for colonization purposes. Major Win
chell in spe ak;ng about The matter said
Here is an opportunity for the benevo-
lenily rich. or rather the benevolently
good, to assist IN helping along worthy
enterprise. When the color ization
scheme was first mentioned to Claus
Spreckels he yer y kindly subscribed $1,000
His example is certainly worthy of emu.
latIon, and we ardently hope that we
sbail be able 10 acquire these 5000 addi-
tional res.
"You have no idea of the mum Der o
poor and deserving families that are daily
applying and prsying to me TO be placed
on land where they can earn their own
living, and in doing so acquire homes.
tn Sc families are not confined 10 San
Francisco Applications come from all
over the State
at has been with the greatest difficulty =
that have suppressed movement quail
ing in m agnitud that of Jacob S. Coxey.
Several poor IA III lies, with tGe II househ old
eff cts, have come in wagons from remote
parts OF the State and appealed to me to
be placed on land in the Salinas Valley.
My refusal was h-artrending not only to
them bu. 10 m believe that when there
is so mucn vacant lanG in the State, land
that is idle, not deserving family should
b. debafreG the privilege of m aking a liv-
ing IN tilling the soil.
"We neeI money In pushing this COM
mendable work and any assistance, no
mater how small, will be most thankful Y
recc we'd and acknowledged. Our first aim
is to reIlev. the congested cent rs of popu-
lstion OF poor and worthy families. Then
we will trv and assist the poor in the
country. Oi course we are anxious TO help
every family in the State and make il
self-supportiug but OF course we mus
I've within our income. and in our elee-
mosynarv work not contract BIT.
"Yes, everything at the colony 10 going
along smoothly. Tners IS only one draw
bsck-there isn't enough OF IL, but we are
very thankful for / hat, for we are max
ing others happy and self-supporting."
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A DANGEROUS TIME.
just Now Is When You Must Be Specially
Careful.


just Now Is When You Must BE Specially
Careful.
There is no sea son of the year which
has more real dangers than the present."
This remark was ma lie by an eminent
scientist VINO had been close observer for
many years. Thus contjnu ng, he said:
people who have passed through the
summer, even if they have taken vaca-
tion are more or less in a rundown and
exhausted condition at the opening of the
fall season. The muscles have become re-
laxed, the pores of the skin are open, and
the heat of the body causes exposure to
drafts VIII ch are none the less dangerous
because tney are no felt.
The great danger from ell this is
Tneumon;a, which Is getting to be he
most subtle, as well as most dangerous,
disease Of American life. II comes quick
IL. and too often it ENDS quickly. 1t as
sumes many ;orms, but hey are all seri-
Gus and too o ten fat l."
Every man or woman who feels any
sudden change WAich causes a cough.
cold. tight ming of The no trils, chill or
muscular pains should take good, pure,
health-glvlnG st mutant. Take it medi-
clnaily, and remember that the best in the
market Is DuGy's Pure Malt Whiskey,
which has been before he pubic for years.
ano has done more to counteract pneu-
monla than any other preparation known
to the world. Do no. let any druggist or
grocer persuade You to take anything else
that lie NAV say is lust as good"
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

the Baltimore is likely to be well manned
when the cruiser leaves port.
The gun boat Marietta will probab bly, get
away for Eering Sea to-day. Passed As
sistant Engineer Cham bers will go out IN
charge of the engine room.
The Alaska Yukon Transportation Com
pary il oetting ready for The sIring travel
to the Yukon. On Move mber 10 the keel
OF two river steamers will be laid, and
they will be ready to start north when the
winter is over. They will each be 16S feet
long, So feet broad and 8 feet deep, uraw-
ing foot of water unloaded and three
feet loaded. A large steamer has been
chartered in England. anu will leave
Liverpool early IL March with 800 passen-
gers. She will come via the eastern route,
stopping at Hongkong and Bombay. On
her way TO 81. Michael from San Fran
cisco she will stop at Victoria, and there
alter will make her headquarters on the
sound, running between Vancouver, B. c.,
ana 81. Michael. a second steamer will
run between San Francisco and st.
Michae! direct, and trading stations are
10 be erected at St Michael, Minook, Cir
Gle City and Dawson City. The company
is managed by business men and the ven-
ture Is sure to prove a success.
&. A. Hooper e. Co. have purchased the
bark Coioma anu will put her in the lum-
ber trade. Formerly the bark, in COM
mand OF Captain Noyes, ran between here
and China.
The whaling bark Charles w. Morgan
errived from cruise in the sea OF OGhutsk
yesterday with the product OF three
whales. During the cruise the captain
was taken sick and had to be landed az
Hakodate. The first mate took the vessel
out, but there was trouble from the start
The men could not get along with the
| third and fourth mates and i'll conse-
quence there were ten of them in irons at
one ime. When Captain Layton took
command again things proved some
what, but sIIlI the men were not sorry
when the bark's anchor was dropped in
the bay. On September 20 the Morgan
spoke the Horatio with 400 barrels of oil
and 70J pounds of bone and the California
With SIX and half whales.
The steamer Hum boldt, from St. Mi
chael via Seattle, is expected here mex.
Saturday. Sne will be put back on the
Eureka route a out Novem ber 5.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
AGAIN CONTINUED.
Editor Lawrence Again Postpones the
Trial OF His Criminal LIBEL
Case

a. NJ. Lawrence, managing editor of the
Examiner, is still fighting for delay in the
trial of the criminal libel suit brought by
Claus Spreckels for an article pub ished
in The Mission-street paper some months
ago. The case was TO have come up be-
lore Superior Judge DIlngertield yeste--
day aiterno oon, tut N the morning Garret
McEnerney, Lawrence'S attorney, re-
quested Grove l.. Johnson TO consent 10
another continuance until to- IN orrow,
stating that the Judge had given his con-
sent. Upon this showing Mr.. Johnson
granted the request, with the under
standing that the trial should proceed at
the appointed time.