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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24

| think if farmers would once keep
some kind of pure bred poultry and
once feel the satisfaction their posses
sion gives they never would return to
mixed focks Choose any kind you
wish. Any pure bred flock is hand
some if kept pure. | have always pre-
ferred Light Brahmas. a flock of 80
will make as big show on the farm
with their white plumage and lovely
black markings as 200 mixed fowls.
Yes; they make as good a show on the
table, too. as four times their number
of most chickens.
But no bird ever gave me so much
satisfaction as the White Holland tur-
key. have bred them for % years.
People are directed to our farm for -
miles around. go till you see lot of
pure white turkeys" They never get
to be as large as the bronze. but they
mature early ana bring more per pound
In the market than the coarser meated
varieties. Best of all, they are keep
ers at home" My first venture was
white gobbler with bronze hens. They
made Il fine cross of pretty turkeys
beautifully speckled that ones neigh
bors could not claim.
would rather have a pair of Tou-
louise geese for pets than any birds
know, they are so bright and compan-
ionable. They can almost talk. And
when the flock move along near the
ground, their great wings beating the
airvthey are too heavy to fly-the noise
is like train Of cars in notion Mrs.
B.J. Mcclure.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24

What kind of pasture is best for
geese and how can low land be profit
ably used for geese? This subject is
one suggested by reader who ex-
plains his object as follows:
"What would be the best way to
use low land for goose pasture? To
allow the wild grass to grow uncut, to
cut it to keep it tender or to SOW other
grass seed ON the unbroken land? If
the last scheme is preferable, what
is the best seed to SOW? l am so stu
ated that the geese could not have any
considerable amount of high land to
pasture on. and the low land Is never
more than two feet above water level
in the highest spots and at rare inter
walls small stream near by overflows
nearly all the land. How many geese
do you think an acre of such land
would pastureT
The best grass for geese is white
clover. Geese will eat down into the
roots and are closer grazers than even
sheep. But white clover may not
thrive where land is wet, though where
the land is two feet above the water
level, as mentioned above, the white
clover will probably grow on it. 1t
would not be advisable to pillow the
land if it has a sod, but NOW it occa-
sionally. A variety of other grasses
may be grown on the contiguous high
land.
Geese will eat almost anything that
Is young and tender in the form OF
vegetables or grass. They are very
partial to short grasses, all kinds of
clover and young weeds being delica-
cies. Young rye, blue grass, young
corn, green oats or even crab grass is
relished.
A patch of cowpeas, left to mature
seed, will be relished by all kinds of
poultry, as the dry pods can be easily
opened by them and the leaves will be
eaten by ducks and geese.
How many geese will an acre pas
ture? If an acre is divided. so as to
give some of the grass an opportunity
to grow while the other is being utiliz-
ed, an acre will accommodate about 90
geese, provided the pasturage is not
depended upon wholly, but the number
may be decreased or increased accord
ing to the amount of heritage produced.
the productiveness of the land affect
ing its use and the number of geese it
will support. Poultry Keeper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24

Skimmilk is food which contains
muscle and flesh forming material in a
form to be readily taken up and di-
gested by the system. Milk that has
been skinned has really lost but
small amount of its value as a food,
the cream consisting considerably of
fat, which in itself is the least nutri-
tious part Of the milk. except to create
warmth. The cheesy matter left in
the milk is its most valuable part for
food and tends to produce a vigorous,
healthful growth when fed to calves,
pigs and chickens. If chickens were
fed less corn and more sklmmilk. it
would not only be to their lasting ben
eft, but it would also eventually re-
suit in financial benefit to the farmer.
Poultry Keeper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
TYPICAL JAcoB1N MALE.

small head, with the hood reaching
well over it. The hood should be white,
as also the tail and flight feathers; a
short spindle beak and pearl eye. The
legs and feet may be feathered or plain
but at present most breeders breed
them smooth leg. These birds are bred
in black, red, yellow, solid white and
splashed, but the blacks are most beau.
tiful and most generally bred.
The ruff. also called ruffle neck, re-
sembleS the JaCobin, but it has larger
head, longer beak and greater size. The
chain does not reach down so near the
shoulders, and the feathers that COM
pose it do not lie so close and compact
as in the Jacobin, but an amateur fan
cier may easily mistake it for a Jacobin
and should be careful in selecting his
birds. The Jacobins, like the fantail,
make nice birds for an aviary, rs they
stand confinement we'll. - American
Poultry Advocate.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
CARE OF YOUNG TURKEYS.
II Kept Perfectly Clean They Have
Very Few Diseases.


Very Few Diseases.
l find If young turkeys are properly
fed and kept perfectly clean and free
from lice they have very few diseases.
Exercise they must have, but very
young turkeys can have sufficient ex-
ercise on an acre or two, and a great
many young turkeys can be saved by
enjoying this exercise under your con-
troll.
| give little sharp grit in their feed
every morning. l use grit and oyster
shell, the larger part grit, as turkeys.
to be healthy, must have it. l have
lost hundreds of turkeys, l know, by
not having plenty of grit with which
to grind their food. If they get a
little sharp grit in their food every
morning, 1t keeps their grinding APP
paratus in perfect order. Very young
turkeys do not find the grit of their
own accord, and as they grow older
they are liable to gorge themselves
with the grit as soon as they discover
Its use, thereby clogging their d.
gestive organs. while a small quantity
in their food each morning keeps them
in excellent condition.
Overlooking is another cause of loss
In young turkeys. | feed only three
times day for the good reason that |
could not possibly find time to feed
oftener with the large number | raise
l find it sufficient. They take more ex-
ercise if fed less. Then when they are
fed they are hungry. The time be.
tween feeding, too. allows the food
to digest and gives the digestion a lit
tie rest.-Mrs. Charles Jones in Poultry
Keeper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
Color Produced by Feeding.

1t Is interesting. to say the least of
1t, to learn through the medium of the
Sheffield Daily Telegraph. that Or.
Sauermann, an Austrian, has obtained
curious results in coloration by feeding
oirds on food dyed with aniline." Pi-
geons. for instance, become a beautiful
red color on methyitrahrome fluores-
cine, or blue on methyl violet, a sub
stance which we have much pleasure
In informing our readers consists of a
simple mixture of the hydrochlorides
OF penta methyl pararoSaniline and
heXamethyl parar0saniline and so on
through the various stages of the col
ors of the rainbow indeed the whole
thing is so simple that the opponents
OF the color feeding cult who only
avail themselves of such rare and cost
~ commodities as marigold, nastur-
tlum or cayenne to effect their objects
must henceforth be regarded as quite
crude opponents of a noble science.
Henceforth the poultry or pigeon
breeder will only have to raise white
birds, which, with the assistance of
penny's worth of the hydrochlorides of
pentamethyl pararosaniline and hexa-
methyl pararosaniline mixture or some
such pleasant drug. he can alter to any
color which his fancy dictates.-Eng-
lish Stock Keeper
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
GREEN FOOD FOR RABBITS.
What Kinds to Use and When and
How to Use Them,

AO" W Use AcHhs
The diversity of opinion that exists
among fanciers as to the feeding and
treatment of their pets is very pro.
nounced. One of the subjects on which
rabbit breeders are wont to be greatly
at variance is that of green food. The
large majority of the breeders find
that green stuff is essential to the
health and well being of their animals.
DWellers in the country have an advan-
tage over their town brethren in that
they can procure a great variety of
green food during the spring and sum-
mer; chicory, dandelion, hedge parsley,
COW thistle, grass and clover, radish
tops, blackberry leaves, turnip tops.
fresh pea pods, cabbage and lettuce
leaves are generally easily procured.
In towns, cabbage, lettuce and dande-
lion have to be looked to as the chief
vegetables.
Chicory, though not often used, Is
Gost valuable and beneficial. 1t Is
eaten readily by the animals and keeps
them in good condition. never giving
them the scours.
Cabbage is particularly useful at q
time Of year when other green food
is not to be had. Lettuce is particularly
useful for breeding does. although Of
so watery nature that it should not
BE given in large quantities or in wet
seasons. Dandelion is another valuable
green food. 1t has powerful effect on
the kidneys, so should not be given for
lengthy period at time Hedge pars-
ley is largely used in the country. 1t
must not be mistaken for hemlock,
which is somewhat like it and very poi
sonous.-Poultry Monthly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
No short Cut to Success.

The man who attempts poultry rails
ing must learn the business. There is
no short cut to success. 1t must be a
steady, sturdy, persistent line purpose
to carry a man to the sure ground
where he can feel that he is master of
the situation. Happy go lucky methods
may serve their purpose for a time,
Out these cannot endure. Learn the
business.-Maine Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
Locntion Of Poultry Houses.

John NJ. Wise, in American Poultry
Journal, says, if possible, locate poul-
try houses on high, dry ground. Sc
lect an elevated site, protected by trees
on the north and west If the yards in
front are exposed too much to the sun,
plant trees. If you are afraid the
fowls will destroy them by scratching
about the roots, place stone about the
trees, or make a board frame, which
can be cheaply and easily made from
any old lumber. This will also act as
mulch and keep the ground cool and
moist. Trees and fowls are good
friends and should never be separated.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24

The dread disease known as canker
is very contagious, and affected birds
should be at once removed from the
loft, and the entire premises should be
carefully disinfected. Examine the
mouth of each bird, and if found with
canker spots the spots should be paint
ed with solution of lemon juice and
sugar. Powdered burnt alum is also
very good. If the canker has spread
much about the mouth, it hardly pays
to spend great deal of time over
them.-Feather.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24


the breed has suffered a sort of decline
In public favor. For the past couple Of
seasons number of breeders have
bestirred themselves to bring about in
this country full appreciation Of the
many merits of this fowl which is so
highly esteemed in England. Their ei-
forts seem to be meeting with the sue
cess they deserve.
The Silver Gray Dorkings have sin
gle combs and the White Dorkings have
rose combs. The distinguishing char
acteristics of the breed are the long
low body and the five toes on each
foot. The flesh of the Dorking is said
to be of finer grain and favor than
that of any other variety except the
Indian Game, perhaps. Their greatest
drawback is their extreme tenderness
as chicks, the mortality between the
time of Matching and weeks of
age being abnormally heavy except
when the most assiduous attention is
given the little fellows.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24

~ III 2 M p III p IN p, III
sc" stops to take on passengers for Columbia
and points east "h" stops to let of passen-
gers from west of Columbia
Additional trains leave Frederick for Bruce
vile us, 9.i5 n. m and l55 p. m. weekdays :;
returning, leave Brucevile for Frederick S3S,
1910 a. m, and $50 p. m.
Trains leave Hanover for Gettysburg at 9.52
a. m, II 40 and 5.42 p. m. weekdays; return.
ing, arrive at Hanover from Gettysburg, o. IL
a. IN. and i.2S p IN. weekdays.
TRAINS LEAVE YORK FOR THE NORTH.
Pacific and Northern Express, daily 40 a. m.
Niagara Exp. and Mail weekdays. 10 n a. m
Chicago Exp. and Fast Line, dailyI 40 d. m
Chicago and St Louis Exp. daiy...8O7 y. m
Western and st. Louis Express dailyl04 p. m.
For time tables and further information ap
ply to Ticket Agent nj the station.
j. b. HUTCHINSON, J,R. WOOD.
General Manager. General Pass. Agt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
A Good Word For Bnntnms.

The great points in favor Of ban
tams are the small amount of money
required to keep them, the little space
required for their habitation and the
returns they will yield in the shape of
eggs and stock to sell, besides the de
llcious chicken pie. Many Of them are
splendid layers. The breeders art has,
with natures assistance, produced
race of birds that cannot fail to fascl.
nate all who have the least spark of
love for Gods dumb creatures
American Poultry Advocate.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
FELcH SCRATCHING SHED uorsp.

use of the poultry during the daytime.
A cloth curtain may be put at the front
Of the scratching shed to be let down at
night whenever the weather Is stormy
for the purpose of keeping out the
snow and rain. While Mr.. Felchs
house was designed many years ago.
a number of poultrymen are returning
to this plan as being the most con
venient, economical and practical that
has ever been devised.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24

Farm Poultry has an illustration of
a scratching shed house made many
years ago by that veteran poultryman,
l. X. Felch of Natlck, Mass. The par
tition between the roosting pen and
the scratching house is closed at night
as shown in the cut. In the morning,
when pushed open, it fits exactly into
the front of the scratching shed. thus
making one very large house for the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
Jack Rabbits as Belgian Hares.

The San Francisco Chronicle tells of
the remunerative venture of two farm
hands in the Belgian hare business.
Their stock in trade was a cheap team,
covered wagon with fine sounding
name painted on 1t and stock of jack
rabbits. Their story was that they
were overstocked and must reduce
stock. so they sold at discount from
prevailing high prices. From So to $25
a pair satisfied them, and they did a
rushing business. But in dividing the
profits they quarreled and the one that
was worsted gave the snap away.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

The Tax Books are now ready, md the
County Treasurer would call the attention of
the taxpayers for 1909 to secton46, Article 81 j.,
Revised Code of Maryland All persons who
shall pay their state taxes on or before the
FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
of the year for which they were levied, shall
be entitled TO a deduction of
5PER CENTUM
on the amount of said taxes all who shall
pay the same on or before the first day of DC
tober, of the said year. shall be entitled TO a
deduction of
4 PER CENTUM,
and all who shall pay the same on on before
the first day OF November, of said year, shall
be entitled to deduction of
3 PER CENTUM
Taxes ON the income of mortgages become
due September |, 1900, for said year
ALEX. RAMSBURG,
july20.tf County Treasurer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24

1Otdl
The Belgian hare is a meat producer
1t is also fur producer, and there is
no waste in the little creature. and the
feeding of it costs practically moth
ing. 1t can be kept in small spaces
"a single animal in hutch > by and
breeding doe in Il hutch 2la by 1. We
have no domesticated animal that will
thrive in as small a space as the Bel
gian hare. 1t is Il clean animal. thirty
ing on vegetable food, garden truck.
hay, clover, etc In fact, it is good
bit like sheep. 1t will eat most any
thing. but green food should be fed
sparingly.
They are also very prolific. y doe
will produce from six to eight young
sters about every 20 days.
The question has been asked me IA
number of times. at what age is the
best time to purchase young stock?
Young stock is generally sold at the
age of 3 months. But at this age
1t is indeed very hard to tell what you
are purchasing, for it is at this age that
they are losing their baby color AMI
commencing to get their real color and
ticking, and a hare does not fully ma
ture until from 5 to . months of
age, and it is advisable not to breed
them until that age.
My advice would be to a beginner
TO purchase as fine doe as his or her
purse will allow. Have her bred to a
buck equally fine, and if you raise
extra good youngsters from that mat.
Ing. keep breeding the doe to the same
buck for at lease a few times. \ good
individual specimen. backed by ances-
tors of known quality. never proves a
disappointment, and if properly mated
will produce young better than herself.
American Poultry Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
H. Dorsey Etchison Executor, on Petition.

on the Petition of II. Dorsey Etchison, Ex-
ecutor of William Johnson, late of Frederick
County, Maryland, deceased, setting forth
that inasmuch as some OF the persons
claiming distrihutive shares in the estate
of said deceased are non-resdents of
the state of Maryland, he, the said Exec
utor desiring TO have day appointed
when distribution and payment of distrbu-l
tive shares might be made under the direc.
ton and control of this court, in accordance
with the Act Of Assembly of 1896 chapter 255
SO as to protect himself and his bond from
any unknown person who might hereafter
present himself
III, ordered by the Orphans Court of Fred
erick County and by authority thereof this
18th day of July, 1900 that Tuesday, Septem.
Der the 18th, 1900, be and the same is hereby
appointed fora meeting of the persons entitled
TO diStributtve shares in said estate: the hour
and place of meeting Mt 10 o'clock, y. NJ, in
the Office of the Register of Wills for rreder.
lex County, Maryland, subject to such adj
Journment as the Orphans Court shall deem
proper TO order when distribution and nav.
ment of distributive shares will then and
there be made under the Courts direction and
control Al d 1t Is further ordered by the all-
thority aforesaid that notice be given. to all
persons who are non-residents of the state OF
Maryland and who claim an interest i'm the
estate of the said William Johnson d, ceased
and TO all persons interested as distributes or
otherwise whose places of residence are un-
known, whether residents or non-residents Of
the state of Maryland of the time and place
ana object OF said meeting and warning them
TO appear in the Office OF the Register of Wills
as aforesaid, in person, by guardian, solicitor
or age 1t on or before the said 18th day Of
September, 1900.
And tits further ordered that such notice be
given by the publication OF this order in some
newspaper printed and published in Fred
erlck County, once week for four successiN I
weeks, prior to the 18th day of August. 1900.
G. BLANCHARD PHILPOT.
RUSSELL Il. LIGHTER,
ROGER NJ. NEIGHBOURS.
Judges of the Orphans Court
True copy test,
CHAs. L. SAVIOR,
REGISTER of wills for Frederick County.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
RXECUToR'S PUBLIC SALE
Ia Or
FREDERICK REAL, ESTATE.

By virtue of the order of the Orphans z ourt
for Frederick County, Maryland, passed on
the date, July Slst in the year 1902 ana by tne
Daniel Scherer, late of Frederick county,
Maryland. deceased, found recorded In
Liber X. W. No. l, folio 4A, one OF the hec-
ords of Wills in the Orphans Court for FREQ.
erick County, Maryland, l. the undersigned
Executor in said viii named, will offer az
public sale at the Court House door IN FRED
eiick City, in Frederick County, Maryland, ON
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1900.
at the hour of O'Clock, p IN the real estate of
which Daniel Scherer died sliced and possess
ed, and consisting of,
First That house and lot of ground situated
on the south side of West Patrick street, in
FrederlcK city, Maryland. east of and adj
ing the property of j. w Starr, In which the
said Daniel Scherer and wife resided in their
lifetime, and being the same real estate de-
scrbed In the decd from solomon J. Getzen-
danner and wife To Daniel Scherer dated Nay
2ird. in the year 1868, and recorded in ldber
{, Nj. No 2, toliOS 81, etc, me of the Land
Records Of Frederick County, Maryland;
This lot fronts on West Patrick street 81 and
one-half feet, more or less, and is improved by
a TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE
WITH BACK BUILDING.
Second. That lot of ground in the rear of the
above described lot. and running back TO Cat
alley, and being the same real estate as de
scribed in the deed from George G. Derr and
wife to Daniel Scherer, dated March 9th. 1884,
a.. ~
of the Land Records of Frederick County,
Maryland.
Third. That lot of ground contiguous to the
two above-described lots, and running "a and
one half feet, more or less, on Cat alley, and
being the same real estate as described in the
deed from Jesse w. Starr and wife to Daniel
Scherer dated April 10th, 1855, and recorded in
l.tber \. f., No. i, folio 90, one of the Land
Records of Frederick County, Maryland.
Fourth That lot of ground located on the
south side of East sixth street, in Frederick,
Maryland, improved by
a TWO.STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE
known as No. 20. and now occupied by Will
liam W Lease as tenant, and being the same
real estate as described in the deed from Cath
crime Darncr and husband to Daniel Scherer
dated october 18th, 1870, und recorded in Liber
W. l. r., No. II, folio SIS. one of the Land
Records of Frederick County, Maryland.
Terms of Sale-One-third cash on day of sale
or ratification thereof by the Orphans Court,
the balance in equal payments in and IL
months each, the purchaser or purchasers Civ
ing his, her or their notes, bearing interest
from day of sale, with good and sufficient Sc
curlty, 10 be approved by the said executor,
Tor the deferred payments, or all cash at the
option OF the purchaser.
All conveyancing costs ut expense of the
purchaser.
deposit of one-tcnth of the purchase
money will be required of each purchaser at
the time of sale.
JACOB ROHRBACK.
aug SIT Executor of Daniel Scherer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24

Experiences differ with locations.
Think of that before you judge a mans
reported experience.
Think of the drinking vessels per-
fectly dry and you enjoying a cooling
drink. There's not much humanity in
that act.
The man who will neglect his poul-
try on the first day of the week because
1t is Sunday hasn't got any Christian
ity to spare.
The man who will overcrowd his hen
roost summer nights should be put in
a sweat box himself.
a poultry crank isn't the worst man
In this world.
If You are losing interest and love in
your work, change your occupation.
Don't seek the shade to cool off while
your fowls are exposed to the burning
sun.
Anybody can keep" chickens, but
not anybody can have the chickens
keep him.-A Few Hens.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-24
A BEAUTIFUL PIGEON.
characteristics of This Feathered
AristOcrat of the Loft.

In the Jacobin we recognize beauti.
full as well as interesting bird. The
characteristic points of feather in the
Jacobin are the hood, chain, rose and
name. In size they are small and rath-
er slenderly built, with an erect car
rage of the head and neck to display
the hood advantageously. They are
little larger than the tumbler 1t has
. range Of inverted feathers extending
from the shoulders up over the head,
forming what has been likened to the
cape or cowl Of Jacobin monk The
upper dart of this feathered covering
of the head is properly styled the
"hood" and the lower the chain"
These feathers, to make a handsome
Jacobin, should be long, thick and
bushy. This bird should have q very