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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
Poultry Briefs

At the Wisconsin Roundup 1nst'-
tute last week Mrs. Ida Tillson spoke
of her experiences in poultry raising.
She said she had tried twenty-three
different breeds. Of these the White
Wyandottes seem to be gaining most
public recognition at this time. They
have largely taken the lead in the
shows and were surprisingly strong at
the Chicago show in January.
1t costs about % cents to bring a
chick to the fullest stage. That is in
elusive of the original cost OF the egg
and OF care and housing it to the
period mentioned. If pullet does
not lay before she is six months old
there has been some trouble with the
system of feeding. According to the
experience of Mrs. Tiilson, it costs
about 60 cents to board a hen for
year.
Most people that raise hens have no
idea of what the food costs they give
their fowls. If they try to keep &C
count of their expenses in that regard
very likely the grain feed will not be
separated from that destined for other
farm animals, and under such condi-
tons accuracy is impossible. The
grain destined for the fowls should be
weighed and placed by itself SO that
it will be possible to determine from
time to time the exact amount used.
One woman complains that even this
method is not effective in her case, az
her husband invariably feeds his Wis
itor's horses out of her grain.
A bone grinder is Of prime import
ance, this lady asserts, and every per-
son that keeps as many OF SO fowls
should have one. In her case 81
mill was purchased, as she desired to
be sure of it's value before investing
any larger sum in it. The smaller
mill does very well indeed, but will
not take in the shin bones and joints.
A SIS machine is prefera BILE. BY the
aid OF this machine an average OF IDS
eggs per hen has been obtained from
the flock People tell about focks
that average 200 eggs per fowl. but it
is very doubtful if there are any large
fiocks doing that well. Here and there
are fowls that lay 200 or more eggs per
year, but they do better than the aver
age.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

Dispatches from Southern Missouri
state that hundreds OF farmers in the
Ozark hills OF Missouri and Northern
Arkansas, who suffered severely by
last summers drouth, have been re-
duced to very short rations this win
ter and in some cases have lacked ne
cessities. They are of proud, indie
pendent spirit, however. and have re-
fused all offers Of assistance until now,
the planting season being at hand.
they are willing to accept seed which
the Governor Of Arkansas has secured
with money borrowed by him from the
banks The situation is being inves-
tigated by representative of the Mis-
souri, State Board OF Charities at the
request OF Governor Dockery, who has
proposed that the Missouri delegation
In Congress apply the seed, which they
are authorized to dispense under the
free seed distribution allowed con-
gresham, to the relief Of these unfor
tunate farmers.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

feed quite as much as they would eat
except of q night. The idea Is to keep
them In good appetite by always hay
ing them a little hungry. Mix pow
Tered charcoal with their feed once per
week and s-ve all the green onion tops
for them. Cut these into small pieces
with an old pair OF scissors or knife.
Give them all they will eat OF these;
they relish them and they are good as
4 sort OF appetizer and corrective. We
never had enough curd for them. II
ever they seem or their feed, miss one
meal and let the next feed be curds
and onion tops. II they do not eat
this. they have either found good
meal or else they are sick.
Keep cool water handy and keep It
in clean vessel, this is one necessary.
Another is to keep their coops clean.
The best way to do this, perhaps 1
should say, an extra good way is to
move the coop to new ground every
day. We do this every few days with
chicks, but it Is needed If you would
keep the poults in health. The great
thing is to keep the poults free OF lice.
Yes, they are sure to have them il
there are many of the poults, and there
is any other poultry around. Look
often for them; look under the top
feather on the little wings. betweenth
quilts OF the wing feathers; you will
find them, enough to sap the life out
OF a ten-year-old gobbler If allowed
to remain. Push the top feathers back
and dust between the quilts with fresh
lice powder, then rub gently to be
sure the work is we'll done. Each
wing must be so treated; it is tedious,
but there is no other way that Will do
the work and yet not injure the poults;
they are so tender. Every few days
you must look at the wings and upon
the first sign of lice dust again. 1t is
impossible to grow turkeys and lice
together. and if you do not destroy the
lice they will destroy your poults.-
Emma Clearwaters.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR
kuRAL READERS
fdov 0aeceoufN Enruners Operate This
Department OF the Parma Few
Hints ~ to ths Care of Live Stock
oaA POnltrE

PasteurIzias MIN 1. BOTTLES.
The bottles known - ''sterilixing"
bottles are tall. narrow ones, with
capacity OF eight ounces, or half pint.
After being filed with milk the bot
ties are corked most conveniently by
means of wad or plug OF cotton bat
ting. But of course care must be used
that this does not become wet. and the
bottles must be kept upright. They
may also be stoppered with ordinary
.corks which have recently been boiled
each time before using, and then less
care to keep the bottles upright VIII be
needed. But corks must be firmly tied
down, when sterilizing is done, to pre-
vent their being forced out. To heat
the milk in these bottles it is necessary
to put them into q boiler upon per-
forated false bottom or platform to
keep them from direct contact with
the bottom of the boiler. Water ls
poured in around the bottles to the
same level as the milk. This water IS
heated, and as the temperature OF the
milk lags some ten or more degrees
behind that Of the water. the latter
must be raised to the boiling point,
when the bottles can be removed and
cooled gradually, to prevent their
cracking. AS it is advantageous to
cool the milk rapidly. the use OF tin
cans OF similar shape as the bottles
has been recommended in bulletin 1874
OF the Michigan Experiment Station.
Such cans may be put at once in iced
water. The part of the bottles above
the milk Is not pasteurized. and hence
the bottles should be kept upright to
prevent contamination. At ITO degrees
water begins to steam and simmer,
while boiling begins at 100 to 1875 de-
grees, at which time tho milk in the
bottles has reached 1875 degrees. If it
is desired to pasteurize at lower tenn
perature, say, at 155 degrees, the water
must be held at this point for half an
hour, and at 14O degrees for about an
hour. This will take more care and
time than the method described.-Ju-
illus Nelson
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
wouen's whisher. In spain.

A Spaniard who is now on a tour Of
this country says that many American
customs strike him as being most Pc
suliar. For instance" he says, II
have seen advertisements in your pa
pers of what you call dermatologists
who remove superfuous hair from
womens faces. Their places. 1 learn.
are called beauty parlors,' and l and
that in your country the women are
much annoyed when hair grows on the
upper lip. They go to the beauty par
Ior' and submit to a painful operation
IN having this hair removed. Now, in
Spsin. il ia just the other way.
Our women consider it a mark of
beauty to have growth of soft downy
hair shadow the mouth. A woman who
would have this taken off would be
considered crazy. But then l suppose
every nation has its own ideas of beau
y."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

An official publication Of the Kansas
station says: The Kansas Experiment
Station has tried both ropes and
stanchions. and finds that using the
latter is the simplest and best means
of holding calves while they are being
fed Calves Will also learn to eat
grain much quicker than when fed in
an open pen. With stanchions. each
calf finds its place and the feeder can
set the milk pail in the feed trough,
which prevents it being tipped over,
and while the calf is drinking can
In this way it is possible for a man to
keep three or four pals going. until
all the calves are fed. If grain is put
into the feed trough at once the calf
will go to eating and forget about its
friendly but impolite and unsanitary
affection for his neighbors ears or
mouth. Calves fed in this way can be
let loose again fifteen minutes after
entering the stanchions. The agricul-
tural college has found that excellent
stanchions for calves can be made out
of plain fencing for the upright pieces,
with two-byfours for the horizontal
pieces at the top, with fencing boards
at the bottom. The stanchions are
forty-two inches high, twenty-eight
inches apart from center to center. and
allow for four and one-half inches
SPACE for the neck. The feed trough Is
twelve inches wide, four inches deep,
and runs the full length Of the stanch-
ion. II calves are fastened by rope
ties, they should be far enough apart
to prevent them from sucking each
other.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
For Growth of Fat

Strong bone and lean meat are es,
sential to hardy race Of swine. as has
been shown by the Investigations car
ried on by our experiment stations.
Those same Investigations have shown
that corn as a swine food has limita'
tions. 1t is the proper food for fatten-
ing swine, but it is not the best food
for building the frame that is to carry
the fat. For the development OF the
frame clover is one Of the cheapest
and best foods. Grass is good where
clover cannot be obtained. These two
may be fed as pasture, and their har-
vesting and subsequent handling is
thus avoided. Milk is q great frame
builder. Roots play minor part in
the ration, but can be fed to advantage
with other feeds. The eaters Of ork
naturally prefer pork made in this
way to that made by feeding whole
corn ration. When the fattening time
approaches the feed should be changed
gradually from the kind we have men.
toned to whole corn.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06


From Farmers Review: When the
poults have part or all OF their
bodies out from under the hen remove
them from the nest. Give two matches
to one hen after busting the hen with
fresh lice powder and greasing her legs
with lard, remove to a clean, warm,
rain-proof coop that is placed in small
pen, say 15x1S feet, the pen fenced in
with foot wide poultry netting prefer
ably, but boards are about AZ good
though not as handy. The advantage
OF the netting is that the poults cannot
sec to get over 1t as we'll as they can
the planks. 1t is necessary to have
the coop in some pen or else have
some one on the watch constantly, for
the poults will wander away from the
others il they have any chance at all;
they are so very silly.
Have the pen on a grassy plat, II
possible, but have the grass very short
else the dew on it will damp the poults
enough to cause their becoming
chilled, and II this does not result In
death 1t surely will in bowel trouble.
For the first few weeks 1t is best to
feed nothing but wheat bread soaked
lin sweet milk or water, and milk curds.
Pepper this thicklY with black pepper
once per day and mix 1t thiekly with
lphArp sand twice per week for their
breakfast- Feed rather often. bat AsvaF
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
We Are Building a Great Navy.

Since 1898 feet of battleships. cruis-
ers and torpedo boats stronger than
the two fleets that conquered the ships
of Spain has been added to the Ameri-
can navy. The new feet contains I3
battleships, 6 armored cruisers. 3 semi
armorsd cruisers. protected cruisers,
4 monitors. 90 topedo boats, 16 torpe-
do-boat destyoyers and submarine
boats. in all, 7s vessels. OF these ves-
sells bAttleshfps, IL destroyers, 70 tor
pedo boats and submarines" have
been completed and many Of the othsx
!se61sels VIII Be nDishsd this year.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06


Bulletin 152, New Jersey Station: In
living in the milk while 1t is yet In
the udder OF the COW, and in the next
place, q good many more fall into the
milk pail from those floating in the
air, being caught in the streams of
descending milk. Still others are in
troduced clinging to the PARTICLES OF
dust. dirt, hair, chaff, ETC., that become
loosened from the udder and adjacent
surface of the COW, and from the
hands, arms, ETC., of the mixer, and in
ny time from the whisking tail of the
pestered animal. 1t is the presence Of
numerous particles OF this sort which
is responsible for the general practice
OF straining milk. But no strainer is
fine enough to retain the smallest par
fttcles, and least of all, the germs that
lave been washed out Of the particles.
In those dairies where the practice OF
keeping cows and stalls thoroughly
clean has not been adopted. the dirt
that most frequently gets into milk
consists OF particles Of manure. The
presence of even a little manure i'm
parts to the milk the peculiar flavor
distinctive odor of this domestic spe-
cies. But this flavor is quite distinct
from the odor Of new, pure milk (also
found in the cows breath, over which
poets have raved in ecstasy. In these
days of modern dairy progress" the
production of Convey" milk is both in
,excusable and reprehensible. Milk has
a strong attraction for doors and read
lily absorbs any predominant odor of
the air, etc, 1t Is in contact with,
hence 1t is not strange that it extracts
the odor Of the dirt that falls into it.
In fact, If the mich cows food has any
peculiar flavor it affects the milk.
These various disaSreeable favors in
milk are of less consequence than the
fact that milk receives the germs that
inhabit the dirt which gets into it. OF
all dirt, manure Is the richest in germ
content, and what is even more i'm
portant, IT contains germs that are
parasitic in the intestines and hence
are liable to produce disease.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
Sword of william Of oranx.

There Is q sword on exhibition at
Belfast, Ireland, OF more than local in
terest. 1t was formerly carried by Will
lam Of Orange. and was given by him
10 the first Earl OF Portland, who after
ward was governor of Jamaica. The
weapon passed through many hands.
and about 100 years ago came into the
possession Of the Balfour family, where
it now is. The hilt of the sword is of
ivory, carved to represent the Flemish
lion trampling on the dogs of France.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

From Farmers Review: Relative
to the Hessian fly, would say that
nothing has proven effective in this To-
cality Jersey County, Illinois). The
late-sown wheat has as a rule little fly,
but it does not give a satisfactory
crop. Lime and various remedies have
been tried. but without much profit. I
have not sown any for several years.
am now growing cow-peas and soy
beans.-C. B. Bartlett
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
'YE HOUSE CLEANING
JOSH WINK GIVES SOME ADVICE To-
TROUBLED HUSBANDS.
For vsrny These De Grisvous T,~ss.
when Madness Seizss Upon the House-
wsse, and There u No Peace for the
Sons Of Men

Behold, the time is again at hand.
and is even now upon US, when the
women OF the land will put aside the
thought of the new dress and the
spring bonnet.
And decide that this will be a good
day to begin cleaning mousse.
Yea. the time OF the cleaning of
houses is near, and 1t oometh upon as
IS a thief in the night.
Or as a trolley car at the crossing
And as the raging cyclone for sud-
denness and wreck.
Hearken unto me, my son. that thou
mayest know when this pestiience IS
upon thy house.
That thou mayest learn the signs
and the aymbols Of its coming;
SO that thou mayest go thence for
. day or two. until the attack be past.
Seest thou q woman who psereth
into the corners OF the wall and rub
beth With her fingers above the
frames OF the pictures?
Doth she poke at the carpets With
her feet and shake the curtains in
her hand, saying that they need wash
ting?
Doth she linger before the window
OF the drug store where the moth ball
rioteth in gay display and the house
hold ammonia showeth its color,
Alright?
Then, verify, it is we'll for thee that
thou goest to an hotel and lOdGest,
for season.
For she will on the morrow or even
sooner rend the carpets from the floor
Of the house and compel thee to beat
upon them In the back yard until the
fingers OF thy hands feel like unto hot
nails and thy arms are even dropping
from thee;
She will cause thee to lift upon the
piano until it slippeth over against
thee and shoveth thy back into the
wall and rideth upon thy feet SO thar
thy corns howl aloud as in anguish
and thy bunions become as raging
volcanoes;
She will give thee to eat disappoint-
cd pickles from the grocery and cold
ham that hath sojourned beside the
cake Of soap:
And to drink thou shalt have coffee
that hath been warmed over from the
day before yesterday and is now as
cold as the handelasp of thy rich
uncle;
She will wear garments about her
that will cause thee to think OF divorce
on the grounds Of false pretencee.
For her hair will hang in strtnge,
about her face and there will be smut
upon her nose and the CLEAN OF mad
ness In her eyes.
While for raiment she will wear an
old red tablecloth, thy ancient rubber
shoes, and a basque Of the vintage Of
re.
So that thou shalt look upon her and
wonder.
Furthermore, thou shalt sleep in the
midst Of shoes and books and picture,
frames and shall find no chair to Sit
upon.
Therefore, it is we'll and 1t is wise
that thou shouldst go away for q;
time when thou seest these signs and
symbols OF the coming Of the fever
that maketh woman clean house.
For she that was as the gentle dove
OF the valley becometh then as the
-aSing lion of the desert.
And thy home. that was the abode
OF peace, groweth in moment into a
place of desolation and turmoil.
Is 1t not SO, even as it is written
Verify, II is true and that is tina
aaddest part of it-Josh Wink In Bal
timore American.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
The Headless Ono.

Ten-year-old was playing with his
lead soldiers. He had built a tiny
house and grouped his men about it In
various martial attitudes.
What is 1t all about?" his father in
CURED.
They're policemen at the Thirty
Henry
why have you placed that one
(pointing to a badly battered soldier)
in such a prominent position?"
Cant you see? He hasn't any
head. He's detective. New Yea
Evening Post
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
Their Ultimate Destination.

Archbishop Hughes, of New York.
once preached a sermon on "Purga-
tory" at which some ministers took
offense, saying he had consigned them
to place in which they had no be-
lief.
We'll, il they don't like Purgatory,"
answered his Grace, they may 60 fur
Their and far worse"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

To the man who makes his living b.
handling stock, q knowledge OF live
weight is of great importance; and yet
IL is strange that so many practical
farmers have but an Indifferent con-
ception of the weight of animals an
they stand IN tho stall or Geld, and
consequently are often heeced by ex-
perienced and inscriptions dealers.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
CHS COLoRED MAT! WAS WISE.
New Industry a Windy Day IL
New York.


On the recent windy Sunday a new
and apparently profitable industry was
disclosed uptown. 1t was a day when
hats went suddenly off the head and
Travelled a block or two before they
alighted, and then rolled or bounded
three or four blocks more, like low
driven golf balls. People at Broad
way and Forty-second street, had just
watched young fellow disappear down
the cross street in pursuit of his
derby, and were turning to go on theiI
ways, when negro rounded the
corner, who looked like a hatrack.
Derbies were tucked under each arm;
he held a muddy tall hat in one hand
and white felt crush hat in the other
other, and on top of mis- own derby
a black felt hat was damned securely.
He wore a smile from ear to ear
What are you doing with all those
bats" someone asked him.
We'll. Use takin' all dat am
a-comin' ma way" and he grinned. II
could "a got more, but L amt got no
more place to put um.'
why don't you give them back to
the men that lost them?" he was
asked.
We'll. you see," said he, they was
most centrally so fab away dat !
couldn't wait"
Then he went on up Broadway,
with all his hats.
He proves the old saying" was
remarked; never chase your own hat
some one as always ready to do it for
you. York Tribune.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

Movable poultry houses will never
become popular, except where they are
used on a small scale and are OF a
diminutfve size. There is little ad-
vantage in their moYabilitY.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

A defect in one organ will influence
all the others In that animal In bro
portion 70 its importance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-08
FOE TO RHEUMATIC PANGS.
warshius Are Sheathed with Asbes-
tOs to Keep the Sailors In
Good Condition.

When the navy turned to building
it's ships of steel it was remarked
that unless some device was adopted
for offsetting the effect of heat con-
densing on the metal it would be
only matter of short time before
all our officers would be suffering
from rheumatism, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
The introduction of metal chairs,
tables and other pieces of furniture
followed a few years ago, and now
there is not single piece OF wood
of any size to be found in an officers
room on modern warshlp. he
sleeps in an iron berth, keeps his
clothes in steel chest, while the
floor, ceiling and walls of his apart
ment are of the same metal. Since
the adoption of the solid armor for
the sides of warships a great deal
of trouble has been experienced in
making habitable the quarters di-
rectly next to the outside covering.
The heat of the room condensed on
the cold metal and in very short
time the occupant would be on the
hospital list with bad case of rheu-
matism. This is now guarded against
by the use of sheathing of asbestos
placed next to the metal and held in
place by framework. This is found
to absorb the moisture in satisfac-
tory manner. Care is also taken to
see that the berths are not built
against the outside of the vessel, but
against one of the side walls, so that
the sleeper will be as far as possible
from the metal that comes in con-
tact with the water.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-08
A CAULIFLOWER TRUST.
One Organized by Long Island Farm
ers Is Reported to Be Doing
Good Business.

Some Long Island farmers estab-
lished about a year ago what has
come to be known as the caulifower
trust, with headquarters at River
head. It's first annual meeting was
held recently at the Riverhead court
house, reports the New York Sun.
The association has prospered, for
when it was started only Is farmers
attended the meeting, while at the
recent meeting there were 300 farm
ers present. Reports showed that 459
members, representing an acreage OF
1,4Oo, shipped last season 100000 pack
ages of caulifower, the total freight
rate rebates upon which were $4,-
57O.33, and out of this the expenses
of the association were paid.
The demand for and the supply OF
caulifower do not always correspond,
and usually the supply from Long
Island farms exceeds the demand in
New York markets. The plan of the
trust to obviate this difficulty is to
build picking houses with cold stor-
age plants, and three of these build
ings will be erected in year.
When the market becomes glutted
with caulifower the farmer will send
his caulifower to the sailing houses.
When the demand is greater than the
supply there will be no sailing done.
This one source of loss in raising
caulifower will be done away with.