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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
Mrs. Mary c. Wilson Dead.

Galveston, Texas, August p Mrs. Mary
G. Wilson, ngcd 50 years, died at 1915
o'clock last night at her home on Trc-
mont street AS there was no attending
physician Coroner Bershbcrgcr was SUM
inoned TO hold an inquest. His verdict
was that death was caused by old age.
about thirty years and leaves three sons,
Charles and Edward Wilson of this city
and George Wilson Of Chicago. The funcr-
al took place AZ 2. O'clock this afternoon
funeral services being conducted by Rev
W NJ Hnrrls, pastor Of the First Bap-
fist church.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
rranelera hv sea.

Galveston, Texas, August 2l.--The Mai
Tory line steamer Sabine sailed for New
York via Key West at noon today with the
following list of cabin passengers Mrs.
w. c Conner. Mrs, e. c. Conner Dallas;
Miss Jane Moore Waco: Miss Gertrude
Morrison, Ennis: n. schaible, s: Haemel,
ana two children. San Antonio; Mr.. and
Mrs w. G. Martin. Bolton; Mrs. w; g.
Connor. Jr. and baby, Miss Emily Yolght
.Mr. Hayes. Denver; Mr. aud Mrs II u.
Ryan. Miss Bette Ryan, Hope, Ark G.
Nj. Lelth c.. y. Dreler Galveston Mr..
Newman, Mr.. Scales, III Paso; Mr.. Noyes
% Smith, Austin; also q good steerage
list.
The Alamo arrived today with the fol
Beckett. c N. Kilgour, c. c. Wyant,
Harry u Collins c X H. Byrnc, g. Z.
running II. W DuGGing A. Buschwgld.
l.. L. Lauvc Galveston, and a good list
In the gtpprnHc.
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Anlarson Local News.

Anderson. Texas, August T., rs ~
Bridges of Nayasota is visiting ~
Meachum. vavassii e
Colonel Gordon Boone o. *
In town a few days tnis Ssvaso,a i "
inc 9ls Mrs 1o IA + Stelnhagea !. he q
n Rev MrSi Richard McGinty Is % Z
h. ID. Adkins Of Phllaae'p' ~
town this week on business EuuIs % ~
j.. ID. Scott has gone y ,r.s.d
ness aaiourued
Commissioners court .ssssIoa ~
day after a three dhys friends -
Snta This week.
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ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS
a NUMBER or BODIES OF STORM
VICTIMS HAVE BECOME EXPOSED.
Mrs. Mary c. Wilson Dead--Passenger'
10 and from the East--News
Notes and Personals.

Galveston, Texas, August 21.--it was re
ported at the Office of the health depart
ment this afternoon that there were tnir
teen bodies OF storm victims exposeu .
view In the vicinity Of woodlands lake ana
that the stencil in that nelghborhood IRON
the bodies was nearly unhearanle. These
bodies were Inferred shortly after the sep
TENDER storm.
An Inspector Will look into the matter
and cover such bodies as may be exposed
temporarily until they can be properly IN
tered.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22

tonic; They were accompanied by Miss
nolds for several weeks
NIL Miss Bette BENTON Wheeler left for
guest Of Mrs D. W. Frazer for waet
att'r which she viii enter the school Of
Expression in Dallas, of which Miss Caro-.
hhe Dunc0n Of Boston. Mass. is teacher
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
Yoakun LooaIs|

Yoakum. Texas, August - sod YsiI~
hall between the Sork'oN *, tprnsi F'' 4.
teams which took place az " ,.,o,y ~
sunday. resulted in , s Z h
Yoakum boys, the scr sBaka
T aeE faneral ne occurred ysst tss1nss Is
intermcnt in the Masonic sraplO,,ss M
Mr.. N. b. Terrell IN aIed susdN ~
railroad shops here, q,slssIkes nc
81 appendicitis. H's rom thls, u
death within 4 Neee Halleissl.,st
tb Mr., civ 4 t y; SfS for 4 sisd ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
A REWARD OFFERED
For Dynamiters Who Blew Up Negroes
Houses at levyisVilla

Houses at LewisViIle.
Lewisyil'e, Texas, August 20 The eIti
zens of this place have placed in the Citi
zens' bank Of Louisville $500 70 be given
rs reward for the arrest and conviction
OF the party or parties placing dynamite
OF other explosive under two houses occu.
pied BY negroes, which was done August
8 and 10.
Notices We're stuck up telling negroes 10
get out IN fifteen days. which time was mn
on the date mentioned
Others have beer since posted and the
negroes Are In a great stir
This Is probably the outcome OF tho
Howell and Champion shooting Of receni
date, fully detailed In The Pest at the
time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22

3 40113 rs: Western steers OOSi5 90
Hogs-Receipts $4,000; market steady TO
weak; good choice heavy 3. 7516 80: light
q. 6OH6.OJ; bulk 3. S0cd6. O5. Sheep--ite.
choice wethers 3 Dob 50; fair 70 choice
mixed 3.00na 40 Western sheep B. 15M3 80,
yearlings 2 236l4 90: native lambs 3.UO6t
Obs; Western lambs 4 0Cd5. %.
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Hunnerfnrd lt....

hungerford, Texas Angus, N ,,,.u.
aay and Fannie Con Of Fannin Ta ,Sss'
WALTZ ', pn az the home of the agent Mr..
Whsr,oEa ols Hudglns returned todav from
friends. she has been visiting
's' English and her daughter. Miss
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22

Pearl, have returned from vi'l' = =
Mrs. Henry Goldman q .sgis NJ
who has been visiting her MINER ~ XXX VII
Fhrenworth. at Houston. VIII % Ds
her friends for few dais.
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Viclorla Ne,.s No.

Nlctoria, Texas, August 20 Mr. Alley
ban left yesterday for san Angelo IN re-
Spouse 70 telegram Announcing that his
brother Harry had been shot and killed
az Fort Mehayltt by man who had
shot and wounded his father s.,,ass,
mSnthA age. Harry Was 70 yeaEa Of age
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
Rev. YOUNG Critically III.

Galveston, Texas. August 2iRey. Hen
ry Young, who for years has been pastor
OF the German Presbyterlan church, Is
lying critically M at ~. Mary's iudrnary
and his death Is expected 70 occur at any
moment l1r Young has lived in Galveston
almost continuously Slucc 1876 ana MS
friends are numbered hy he hundreds lie
was born at Frankfort nthe Main IN 1871.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22

may not III the requirements OF her own
Offspring failing milk Is usually II nnar
milk Borden's Eagle brand Condehs 4
Mllk has been. the standard for move than
forty years. Send Zoe for "Babyls DIarv y
u Hudson street. New York,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22

ship agents make the following ocean
freight quotations on cotton for shipments
Irota the Interior within fifteen days from
-, Cents.
HRtTtN"l poor tsecond class. .s,......... a.
Sn'.''l,sneslei lSec9nd class)............. 40
ir1t.,li,F lFst cluSSl ;................ a.
.t|'lc t>ctohd cllSS .....,....-..... "A
Antwerp second classl IN
Rotterdam tramp. Observation-Disclosures, a.
Hamburg ttrampl. Observation-Disclosures. "a
Cchoh second classl ....,...,.. F6
Beral tramp, via Hamburp) .. Is
A.t..t 'l'ild ss.ss.... Observation-Disclosures. m
Tho above quotations are based ON 6rsf
cAsa liners Second class llners / cent and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
Aransas Pass li.n,s

Arkansas Pass, Texas. August 10 NJ.
hiossom Reynolds and Miss Ida pssnSs
naye returned 10 their home A San A.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
GALVESTON.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
roRr OF GALVESTON. August q

PORT OF GALY ESTON, August 81.
Arrived
SIS Alamo tAm), from New York.
Cleared
SIS Sabine (Am.), for New York.
Sailed.
IS Sabine (Aml, for New York
81 Felix de A1asola SPAN, for Ham.
burg.
IS Khartoum tBr) for Cette. France.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
LIVE STOCK.
KANSAS CRY.

81 The Following sales by Texas and Ter
ritory stoekmen were made today
steers, 2.95; 6. Is sleeper, Wagner. s7i
pound steers. 3.05; Cobb & Pierce, Henri
eta 1s6,p9und cows, 255; Garnger &
l.eahy, lelgin, l0S7pOund steers, S.Ih: w
"; futile, Higgins, T39pound cows 2.4o,
l44-pound common calves, A.25, Rashull
Chittim, Cummitt, 17S.pound calves.
Kansas City August q. Cattle Re-
ceipts 10000, natives 1900 Texans 1904
calves; Texans steady; other cattle gener'
ally l0d15c lower; choice export and
dressed beef steers 5.400l5.no; fair to good
Western fed steers 4.309t5.o0; Western
range steers 3.5Oll4.b0; Texans and In
dians 2,soM4.o0; Texas cows 2,4oa2 90;
native cows 40di 90; heifers 2.75a49O;
Gamers l,60M2.35; bulls 2.506l4Oo; calves
2.51d1oO. Hogs Receipts 10000 market
opened lower closed steady; top sales CHS;
packers h.s1@6 l2ls; light 5.5od6OO pigs
3. 4oM5.50. sheep Receipts 1000: stock
sheep strong others steady; lambs 1000
lings 340d3.6J; Western wethers 5000
8 40; Western yearlngs 3.25m3.50; ewes
210@S.l5i stock sheep 2.00a265.
ST. LOUIS
Special to The Post Reported by the
81. Louls National stock Yards)
me fSaw s59es ass n' Mere s 1odnf 2 6y
Texas and Indian Territory stockmen:
no G ,: std sleepsSrs 10 WeggS%ner I 1o55
ton, J. a, $40 pound steers, $40: W. N.
Bevins, Elgin. Kan, 479 pound steers, $50;
pound steers s.75. 97a pound steers, 3 IS;
670 pound steers. $50; C.. Williams Cat.
one hundred Texans sold; steady, ''"
ST. Louis. August 2i--cattle-Recelpts
with natives Zoe lower Native shfnniur
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22

MOBILE. Ala Edna Thrower 10 wears
OF age, IN. daughte, OF the late Henry
cause scolded by her mother for q trivial
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
GALVESTON srocK.


Receipts Of wheat today, Cars
Gulf Colorado and Santa re ~
missouri, Kansas md Texas -
intellaluonal and Great Northern 49,. .
Galveston, Houston and Northern. IS
lotal -..-......-,,......... 1O2
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22

THE THOMAS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS WEST END ANTONIO TEXAS
spanish French ahc or6ngR and lAS6peew1s
methods -Four with college
three
ocnton
In
MN faHi9 bunS al Modern ss
A a. NJ PNdsm,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
NEW ORLEANS.

Especial to The Post)
New Orleans August 2l.-,rhe New or.
leans Live Stock exchange repOrts
Market almost bare grown cattle: do
mand strong for choice; prices firm; Fat
caives aud yearlings In request; prices
steady No good hogs OF fat sheep In nrst
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22

Chicago. August 2I.-4'attle- Receipts 25,.
0OO, Including 1000 Texans, 1000 Westerns;
s. Sc poor to medium 3 60Nf4, % stockers
apn feeders steady ?, 25M4 80; cows ?. 500
rs hpifers 2 5lf6f5. 10; Gamers /. hO12 90;
bulls Glow 2 2o0i4. 90: calves 3 .oON5 25s
Texas steers 4.O0@5 90. Texas grass steers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
CHAPPELL Hill FEMALE COLLEGE


and under hes
each limited pupils
get same advantages and additional industrial Apply s
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27
Finding Days of the Week.

The prematurely aged young man
whose duty II Is to get up The Rec
ords Answers TO Correspondents"
column says that queries Of the same
nature always come In punches. They
seem to be epidemic. Just at present
a great many people seem eager TO
know what day of the week they were
born on, and Il keeps him busy fgur-
ing the dates out. He has a system
which he uses. and for the benefit Of
others who may he in search Of like In
formation II is herewith given;
For instance. take Jan. 10, 1868. A
man born on that date writes to know
what day of the week II fell on. In
order 10 ascertain this divide the fig
ures representing the year by 4, reject
ing the remainder, II any. TO this div
idend and quotient add the number OF
days I'm the year TO the given date, in
elusive. always reckoning % days in
February. Divide the sum by I. and
the remainder will be the number OF
the day Of the week, signifying sat
urday. Here is the illustration, taking
Jan 10, 1868:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27
TOLD BY TELEt HONE.
woris Whispered IN opr Ear From
inlaud Towns In the territory
Thursday Atterilan.

CHACBls.
More than tweiiy drummers
have passed thro gh here since
Yesterday morning.
DIR. + NJ. Snod .ras went to
Ardmore yesterday
Harry Stiefel is lere rom Ard
more.
X. J. Creel anG A. Z. Welch
left this morning for tht Comanche
country.
Wagons pass through every hour
loaded with people enroOte to the
new country.
LOCO.
A number of our people are at
Duncan today attending the picnic.
MARIETTA.
Miss Carrie Dent is visiting rela-
tives at Gainesville.
BOB.
Miss Zu Berry of Marietta is
here visiting friends.
Miss Lula Laird went to Ard
more today to visit for few days.
Miss Ella Vandover is reported
better today.
Mr.. and Mrs Newt Phillips
have a child quite sick.
Prof. Michael also has a sick
child.
SULPHUR.
The ice plant machinery has ar.
rived and will be placed in posi-.
ton at once.
PURCELL.
The townsite surveyors have be-
gun work. They expect to finish
the survey OF the townsite within
three months.
REAGAN.
The majority of our people are
at Pontotoc today attending the
picnic.
EARL.
The infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Stockton died this
morning. The remains Were taken
to Davis today for burial.
Mayor Burger is still confined to
his room.
Mrs n. A. Galloway is visiting
in Texas.
Harry Duke is ieporte quite
sick at the home Of j. W. Me-
Alester.
Mr.. Crider, T. Collins aud Bill
Phillips and their families and
Master Roy Holliugsworth left this
morning for an extended hunting
and fishing trip to Pennington.
Don't fail to see w. II Rogers
a A.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27
atally Hurt.

Marlow, l. T., June 2G About
Z o'clock Yesterday evening, while
working st the Coker well-boriug
machine in the south part of town,
Payne Cary, a boy about 10 years
of age was fatally hurt, dying
about two hours later. The boy
was driving the team and walked
mp near the lever to tart the team
when one OF the singletrees broke
lose and flew back with great force.
striking the boy in the stomach,
causing Internal Injuries. He was
the son Of the late f. y. Cary
formerly of Parker county, Tex.
who died at this place last year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27

one Of Detroit's lawyers, who has
had such professional success as en-
abl's him to spend a portion Of each
summer in n quaint New England sec
tion. brings back some very interesting
facts.
81 take my outing In one Of those
parts he says. "where the farms are
SO run down that you can't hope for
good crop OF anything unless IL be
beans or goats. one of the conse-
quencos Is that the young men have to
find some other part of the country In
which TO make n living and I'll wager
that there is not another community in
the Union where the average age IL
higher
knowing ne 90 be a lawyer some
of the residents called me into n con
ference about the township treasurer
who had been guilty of advancing n
teacher 81 on her salary without the
consent of the trustees. There was not
man there except myself who was
not past -, and two were over 30.
"While was making a talk in favor
Of the treasurer and trying to minimize
his tranSgrosHions without offending
| the sclcctmen. as they called them, a
man Of at least 60 slouchcd through the
| door and took n seat.
"'Just minute said one Of the old
est veterans as he interrupted and
! glowercd at the intruder. How ofte1
have | quoted that there quotation tC
you bout old men for council and
young men for war? This Is "A council
Now you Just run out till we get
through. Willie. If there's any ares
TO be made. wen call on you AnC
Willie went without turning a word.
Detroit Free Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27
Thrifty.


A Canadian minister had Just mar
ried a couple. The registers were
signed, aud nothing remained but the
giving and taking Of the fee. The
bridegroom, a strapping young fellow,
asked:
How much Is itY'
The parson glanced at the smiling
bride aud slyly answered:
"Whntever you think II Is worth"
Now. II should have been worth a
great deal, for the girl was young and
pretty.
II reckon IT, worth about shil.
llngs," said the swain, holding out two
half crowns
The clergyman looked blankly at the
coins then turned TO the fair pne.
"I'll leave it to YOU, madam" he said
what do you think IT'S WORTH
What dd this young and blushing
bride do? She reached out took the
coins. handed one half crown 10 the
minister and put the other into he,
pocket
"a thrifty wife," said the minister
with sigh, sis her husbands crown"
Perhaps he ought to have said half
crown. r London TIt-Bits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27
A Slipper.

The lady who lost an ox-blood
slipper, almost new, near the
Broadway Methodist church. need
have no bashfulness in calling at
this Office for same. We want to
get rid rid of it. Men oftel lose
their hats and some lose their
heads. Give us number of slipper
and state for which foot aud IT. $
yours for trife.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27

The best equipped ice cream
parlor in the Indian Territory is
in Ardmore. 1t is thoroughly
equipped with a gasoline yapor en-.
CINE and dynamos which furnishes
power for its own electric lights
and fans. The fans and general
cheerfulness of the place, the cor
dial welcome given to all callers,
the music and the assurance that
the cream and cold drinks served
are the very best that can be made,
makes Peoples parlor the favorite
and the fashionable resort of the
city. l6tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27

Twenty-eight pictur, for 25c.
Remember Monday Jul! LIST. our
last day in Ardmore. over Mess
Bros. .6 At
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27

Don't fail to see W. II Rogers
when you want to sell your house
hold goods for he paws highest
cash prices for second han1 goods
of all description, on sputh side
Main street next door to j. b.
Mansfield, don't forget the place.
m 90 d W I'm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27
OIL EXCITEMENT HIGH.
Crowd OF People at Muskogee Wait
ing 60 File Land.

Muskogee. |. I June % The
excitement caused by the discovery
of oil ar Red Fork. l. T., has
reached this place. All day long
the land Office of the Dawes Com
mission has been crowded with
Creek citizens wanting to file on
laud adjacent to the well. There
was considerable vacant land in
Red Fork township before the ex.
cltement, but at the present rate it
will all be fled on by the end OF
the week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27
Notice.

Mules wanted, from II to l6
hands high, and from ) to 8 years
old at B0wles Livery Stable. 1ltf
Ladies, another line Of Ii pic
ture mouldings has arrived. Come
and let us frame your ? tares
II I'm L &. b lpGMAN.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27
A Great Nevspae .r,

The Sunday edition OF be st. ouis
Republic is a marvel OF M Tern
newspaper enterprise, The OIL ami
zation of its news service is vurld-
wide, complete in every DEPART snt !;
in fact, superior to that OF any .her
newspaper.
The magazine section is lllust ted
in daintily tinted colors and lem
did half. tone pictures. This sc lion
contains more highclass liz -nry
matter than any of the mo thly
magazines. The fashions illust ated
in natural colors are especially alu-
able to the ladies'.
The colored comic section is a
genuine laugh-maker. fhe I iuny
cartoons are by the best artists The
humorous stories are hign elias by
authors OF national reputation.
Sheet music, a high class, POI alsr
song, is furnished free every Hu lday
in The Republic. ~
The price of The Sunday Rep bic
by mail one year Is $500 For ssle
by all news dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-27

Thus. by this calculation, which is In
falllble. It viii be seen that Jan. 10,
1868 fell on the 1fth day Of the week.
which is Thursday. Philadelphia Rec
ar1
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-03-16

r,I some OF he small farms near ;nc
cities OF Ike Western States the farm.
rrs are buying lambs from the large
sheep ranges of the points both north.
west and southwest, and fattcning
them for market. aud they will find ii
profitable. Thcy claim that with small
III horkS and suitable shelter they can
fattcn them more chpaply than they
can be made lit for market on The
ranges and then they have the adyan-
tH%e OF being near 10 market when
they are ready, and often able to take
advantage of Il Favorable turn. They
buy them ut four TO six months, and
fattrn in from one TO two months
feeding. So that they increase about
one third in weight. The alfalfa hay,
shredded corn fodder. roots ana corr
are converted into cash. and there is Il
GOOD pile of the best Of manure TO en-
rich the land for future crops. We
think The same thing might be profit
ably done here in New England with
some of the half fattcncd lambs that
reach orr markets. Or one might buy
ewes to lamb in the spring, and realize
a Good profit from his sale OF lambs
and wool next season. American Cul-
tivatOr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-03-16

During cold weather one Of the chief
difficulties IN butter making results
from hard fat granulcS and cream
with Il hi@h Ni&COSity. These condi.
tons are more common in he early
winter months than at any other time
ana when cows are sometimes nd
yaN"ta in laciatiun The character OF
the feed also has something to do
with lhiS. The difficulty can he rene
died hy using feed OF Il more Surcu.
lent character, diluiing the cream with
WaGm wafer o. a very weak brine.
Care MUST he taken in diluing not
10 carry lniS too far, as the cream will
he thin and hard to churu. Warming
of the cream gradually several hours
before churning will also all in the
collection of butter fat. 1t sometimes
happens that the cream will have to
E2 heated rs high as svycnty-tvc OF
eighty degrees to churn WELL DO not
heat any more than is absolutely
necessary. Other things being equal,
i, lowe" the temperature 1T which
th2 cream can be churned the higher
ihr quality OF The butter. - Grange
Judd Farmer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-03-16

Ovrrcrow.iinG in the Poultry House.
We hear u great many say shat over
crowdng fowls in house is sure 20
invite disease. and At great length
figure cut exactly the amount of space
that a given number Of fowls require
Now. after twenty years OF careful
study OF Il hens natural instincts, |
am convinced that so long as the
roasting room is sufficiently large for
all the fowls to sit comfortably, there
H. 10 danger of crowdin@.
AS matter of fact, no matter how
LARGE the room or how few the fowls,
they will all huddlc together in one
corner, and occupy only n small pof'
ton OF tie space. Furthermore. III"
large roam is more likely to be cold,
and the fowls will suffer, while in the
small room. they will be comfortable.
| have found that fifty fowls can be
housed comfortably in 1room ten feet
square. but this applies only to the
rooS,ing and laying room.
\ scrarat" scratching shed must be
arranged for the day, and must he SO
constructed that III" fowls can remain
in it during he coolest weather with
out fear of frozen combs. And again,
the rOOStin% room must I've Kept per.
fccily clean. and should be thrown
open during the day and allowed to
he thoroughly ventilated.
Ii given Il warm, bright place 10 nus,
tie in during the day. the hens will not
suffer from crowding mt night, Int on
The contrary viii! keep themselves
warm 10y sitting close togcthor.-llomc
and Inrm.