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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-12-01
BIanChdrd'S Poultry Notes
By II. L. BLANCHARD.

1t is very gratifying to note the progress
that has been made in this section of the
Northwest during the last few years IN the
poultry department of farming; and to the
influence of The Ranch much credit is due
for such conditions These facts have been
forcibly brought to my mind by both OBJ
servation and my correspondence. 1t Is be-
coming more and more recognized as prof
liable industry when directed by staying
qualities and intelligence. Particularly is
this true in this Northwest country, where
the price of eggs ranges for the year between
20 and so cents per dozen, and where,
through selection, breeding and more intelll-
gent feeding and handling are being more
and more recognized as the cardinal prin-
ciples leading to success, and that doubles
the egg production Of the flock.
The hen that lays IL to Is dozen of eggs
per annum is fast taking the place of the
one that laid only seven and eight dozen
of eggs.
II don't know how we could get along
without our hens,'' is remark that has fire.
quently been made to the writer during the
last six months by parties in different parts
of Western Washington.
Mrs. Bristol, of Oak Harbor, can justly
be ranked as one Of the best managers OF
poultry for egg production in the state. She
and her husband are living on rented
farm, and keep from $50 to 500 hens. This
farm is being conducted as dairy and grain
farm, they keeping about twenty COWS and
raising a few thousand bushels OF wheat
and oats annually The proceeds from the
sale of eggs alone at the regular market
prices from this farm last year amounted
to more than 1000, which practically rep
resents the results of the individual efforts
of Mrs. Bristol alone, besides her many
other cares necessary attending the d1rec-
tion and management of her household at
fairs. while many others are doing nearly as
we'll Mrs. Bristol makes the best and most
satisfactory showing of any whom l have
met with.
Mrs. BIS plan and system is admirably
adapted to farm conditions, and will give
them to the readers of The Ranch IN the
near future.
The following questions are few that
have lately come to hand from the readers
of The Ranch:
l. How much land should | require to
start poultry farmg
2. How much stock, and what Breeds
would be best for me to get?
3. Is it necessary to gain some experience
on poultry farm first, before starting on
my own, or could I start right away
Answer: This inquirer, as stated IN his
letter. being without experience or other
knowledge of the business, we would adj
wise to first try one of the Leghorn breeds,
preferably the S. c. Brown Leghorn, Tor
tbe reason that from our own experience we
have found that this breed can be more
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-12-01
We Want Your
Potatoes

Send us any quantity you see
fit. We can handle them, either
on consignment or spot cash.
Prompt returns guaranteed.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-12-01

Poultry breeders will find it profitable to
use the columns of The Ranch in advertising
their eggs and pure bred stock. We do not
advocate the use of large space; one inch,
or even half inch, being sufficient to keep
the name and address of the breeder the
varieties of poultry Bred prices, etc., before
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-12-01
McWhorter s Devon Importations.

North Yakima, Nov. 6, 1903.
Editor The Ranch: Upon my return from
Ohio and West Virginia last Sunday, I
found your esteemed favor of the 10th ul-
timo on my desk. [ thank you for your kind
ness in publishing my article.
[ brought with me nine head of extra fine
Devons, mostly heifers Zone bull calf, all
carefully selected from dairy stock in East
ern Ohio. This lot represents the selects
from three fine herds. One heifer that cost
me $500 dropped a fine heifer calf the fourth
night after landing at the "Devon Home E"
We now can offer a choice few yearling
heifers at an extremely low price, and to
the right man, who will be willing to start
herd, we will certainly do the right thing by
him.
Never before in my experience as Devon
breeder has the outlook for these noted cat
tie been so promising.
AT the recent Ohio State Fair the Devons
were in the lead in both numbers of herds
as well as individuals. There were seven herds
represented by 1877 head of Devons 1.-THE
most of any other one breed was three
herds.)
Thanking you for your kindness, I am
yours most truly
L. V. McWHORTER.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-12-01

The subscribers of The Ranch who desire
special information relative to poultry rails
ing in this section may forward to us any
questions they wish to ask, and same will re-
ceive the careful attention of our Mr.. H. L..
Blanchard Mr. Blanchard is very success
full farmer and poultryman residing in JEFF
ferson county, He has no untried theories to
expound, but all his information is based
upon actual, practical, every day experience.
Mr.. Blanchard is the author of the we'll
known work on poultry, entitled 'Blanch-
ard s Poultry Book, which we will mail to
any address for the small sum of 20 cents.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-12-01
Mathesona Deady

yard about 6Ox100 feet, and having a good
coop. Let the other half have the range.
Then make study of poultry management,
by visiting other focks and reading the best
poultry literature, and by keeping complete
and careful accounts with each flock. At
the end of the year you will have gained
much in poultry knowledge, and will be
much better able to determine upon plans
for the following year. I might state that
the confined birds should equal, if not ex-
coed, in number of eggs laid, those on the
range.
start of this kind does not require a
very large area Of land-a piece 200 or 300
feet square would be large enough. While
the ordinary poultry farm has an area of
from five to fifty acres or more, according
to the conditions and the magnitude of the
business
Experience on some successful poultry
farm, of course, would be valuable, but is not
indispensable to success, as is being daily
demonstrated. In fact, as great successes IN
the business are found in Washington and
British Columbia as can be found anywhere,
and [ do not know of one that owes their
success to any experience whatever on other
poultry farms. They are practically all self
made successes, and what has been done so
many times should be done again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
BOYS TRAINING SCHOOL WILL BE
LOCATED ON THE M. D. KING PLACE.
Meeting of Stockholders Settled the Question
Of Site Thursday Night.-Price to Be
PAID Is $4,5OO.--Contains Ten and a
Half Acres.
(From last Thursdays Daily Herald.)

who was chairman of the meeting,
and suggested a 7-acre tract directly
across from Mr.. W. j. Webster s,
ON the Mt. Pleasant pike, for S., 600 +;
and a 10 acre tract between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets; for 81, 300; and
a 15-acre tract on the Theta pike
town, for So, 300.
Considerable opposition prevailed
against the selection of the place for the
school at last nights meeting, several
of those present claiming that the stock
holders should not act too hastily in the
matter. Much wrangling eDsued over
the matter, the meeting finally voting
by a vote of IA to 10 that it would not
postpone selecting the place. Mr.. E. ID.
Hatcher and DIR. Robert Pillow spoke
earnestly against the selection of the
site at last nights meeting, saying that
none of the stockholders except the
members of the location committee
knew anything except in a very vague
and indefinite way of the merits OF the
many places which had been suggested
DR.. Pillow was chairman of the location
committee and was late getting to the
meeting and he spoke very vehemently
against final action on the location OF
the school at the meeting. He said
that the members of the location COM
mittee had agreed with him yesterday
that they would ask for more time last
night, and he intimated that they had
broken faith with him in not doing it
when the matter was first called up.
Several who we're opposed to taking
action last night left after the vote was
taken; Mr.. E. Fl. Hatcher. who was one
of the leading spokesman against taking
action last night, took his defeat good
naturally and stayed the meeting out.
AS the names of those stockholders who
had left the meeting we're called on the
vote for the site, and there was 20 re-
Spouse, Mr.. Hatcher would say, "Le
seeded"
The committee on raising the capital
stock reported that all of the S1O,O 900 had
been raised except about $3.50. One
hundred doll; r. of this amount was
obtained this morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
VIM. H. JACKSON
DIES AT NASHVILLE.
Second Owner of Famous Belle Meade
Succumbs to Typhoid Fever al
The Age Of 20.

Nashville, July 20.-Twice has death
visited Belle Meade since the birth of
the present year, and each time has
it claimed the master. First TO be
claimed was the illustrious Gen. Will
lam II. jackson, whose name will al
ways occupy shining place in history
as the head of the famous establish
ment. and whvse fame for hospitality
and chlvairy of the true Southern
type Is as wide as the country. The
second mark for the pale horse was one
younger in years, just reaching the
vlgor of young manhood, and whose
life promised in every way to be equal
to that of mis- strong ancestor.
William Harding Jackson, Jr., pass
ed away Sunday morning at his late
home at Belle Meade farm. after an ALL
ness from typhoid fever extending
over period of about three weeks.
New York and Chicago June 20, and
it is thought contracted the malady
while in one OF those Cities The Sat
urday folio wing his return he became
so i'll that the family physician, DIR
Richard Douglas. was summoned.
When the physician first arrived II
w
fever. and all of the power of the
into effect to check Its ravages. DIR.
W. q. Ewing and DR.. E. G. Wood
were called into the case. Notwitn-
standing the valiant efforts to save
the life OF MIR. jackson he continued
to grow steadily and rapidly worse.
and there was no abatement in the
fever
When the dispersal sale of Belle
Meade Stud was held last October Mr..
Jackson was the largest purchaser,
Huron and imp. Loyalist were the
only other stations purchased by him
at the sale, but he bought the cream
of the brood mares. The horses pur-
chased by him required an outlay of
nearly 500, 900.
HIS GREAT AMBITION.
The great ambition of Mr.. jackson,
after becoming proprietor, was to
successfully manage the large establish
ment. Possessing great ability, which
he had clearly shown during recent
years, there Is no doubt but that Belle
Meade would have remained among
the first STOCK farms of the country had
he lived. Mr. Jackson had won the
greatet love Of the numerous attaches
of Belle Meade, and each will realize
in his death great loss.
Mr.. Jackson was 80 years old last
Monday, and was the only son OF Gen.
Jackson. In 1897 he was married to
Miss Annie Davis Richardson, daugh-
ter of James B. Richardson, a promi-
nent wholesale merchant. Surviving
him are his wife and one child, the
latter being VIM. H. jackson, who is
now years old.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
A DASTARDLY CRIME.
Upton County Farmer Assassinates
His " ife Because She Left Him.

Covington, Tenn, July 16.-Whlle
in bed with her two gables, Mrs.
Sarah q. Hill was assassinated about
2 o'clock this morning.
The foul crime occurred half mile
southeast OF MunfOrd. The assassin
crept up to the window, raised the
sash few inches put his shotgun
between the sash and plank OF wooo
which had been placed on the inside
to keep any one from seeing the In
terror of the room, and as his victim,
aroused by the noise raised up il bed,
shot her in the bresat with load OF
bucKshot Death was almost instan-
taneous.
Mrs. Dyer Ferguson, who slept IN
the same room, was aroused by inc
shot and the noise of the body falling
from the bed. A light was burning
in the room and plank OF wood had
been placed on the inside of the win
dow to prevent any one from seeing
the location of the bed and its occu-
pants, as Mrs. Hill for some time had
been apprehenslve of violence. Inc
babies were unlnjured.
Mrs. Hill had filed divorce suit
against her husband on account or
drunkenness and brutality, and on last
Saturday he MADE application Tor a
postponement of the suit until the next
term of the court, and filed an affidavit
showing the absence of certain wit
esses, but the court held that unless
he would furnish some means for the
support of his wife and six children,
the two youngest being twins months
old and the Oldest being about II years
old, it would not hear his application
or a continuance. The defendant was
given until this morning to bring into
court $3.50 for the support and main
tenance of his family or his case
would be- absolutely set for trial next
Saturday. Hill is the owner of valu
able property ana had disr osed OF 1t so
that his wife could not share the pro
ceeds.
The people in the Munford neighbor-
hood are very much wrought up over
the terrible affair and the excitement
ia intense.
When Hill came to Covington this
morning and offered to surrender, 1T
was decided to take him to Union
City for safe; keeping
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
NEGRO RAPIST
AT FRIERSON.
Friel Choate, a Mean Negro Crimi-
naIIy Assaults a 7-Year-0ld Negro
Girl. and Will Probably Stretch
Hemp.

Friel Choate, a young buck negro
living on the farm of Esq. George
Nc Kennon, in the Frierson neignbor-
hood, stands a mighty good chance Of
having his neck broken by the strong
arm of the law. Last Saturday morn
ing Choate went near the cabin OF
Huston Armstrong, a respectable negro
man living on the farm of Mr.. W. w.
Stephenson, In the Frlerson nelghbor-
hood. and called Armstrong 17-year'
old daughter, Gertrude, out to the
fence, some three hundred yards from
the cabin, and crimInally assaulted
her. The girl thought 1t was her
fathers voice when she heard her name
called, and went out to see what was
wanted. When she arrived near tine
place where the negro had concealed
himself, he sprang upon her and after
strangling her accomplished his pur-
pose.
The girls cries were heard by some
ne1ghbo-s. but before anyone reached
her the assailant had fled. Officers
were telephoned for and Sheriff Forgey
went out that night and caught the
negro. He was brought to Columbia
and lodged in jail, where he has been
sluCo. LIS preliminary Tia 40 wv
for this afternoon at 3 O'clock.
The colored citizens of that COM
immunity were considerably wrought
up over the lndignity and wanted to
organize a mob and hold lynching
bee, but the father of the girl refused
to countenance such action and insist
ed on the law taking its course. Arm
strong and his family are one of the
best respected negro families in Msury
county, and Armstrong; white friends
are assisting him IN prosecuting
Choate to the full limit of the law.
Saturdays devllment is said to be
not the first attempt of a similar ma
ture Choate has attempted, and for that
reason there is a settled determination
on the part of both whites and BLACKS
In the Frlerson neighborhood to have
his neck broken.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
w. C. DISMUKES DEAD.
Former Speaker of Tennessee Senate
succumbs to Appendicitis.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Nashville, July 20.--Hon. W. c.
Dismukes, Of Gallatin, one OF the
prominent men of Middle Tennessee,
and formerly Speaker OF the State
Senate, died suddenly this morning
at 9 o'clock at the sanitarium OF DR..
Richard Douglas. Appendicitis was
the cause of death.
Mr.. Dismukes became suddenly i'll
while at Huntsville on business Satur-
day and was brought to Nashville. An
operation for appendicitis was perform
ed Saturday night, and he stood the
operation well. There was great i'm
movement in his condition Sunday, and
his physician thought that the chances
of recovery we're very favorable. At |
O'Clock this morning he became, worse,
and continued to sink until death. !,
Mr.. Dismukes was 80 years old, ana
had practiced law at Gallatin for a
long number OF years, being one OF
the ablest practitioners in the Summer
County courts. Surviving him are o
widow and three children. Mrs. Dis
mukes was with him 10 the last hours
The children are William q, Dismukes,
Jr., Misses Fannie and Bessie Dis
mukes. He was the father Of Lieut..
Martin Dismukes, who died about two
wears ago after returning from the
Philippine Islands. 90
He was Speaker OF the Senate 10 1897
and 1898.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
MOBBED A PREACHER.
Anti-Sunday Base Ballists Roughly
Treated at Paducah, Ky.

Paducah, KY, July 1.-two members
of the Good Government League narrow,
" escaped mob violence after the ball
game this afternoon between Paducah
and GAINESVILLE. A committee composed
of Capt. j Fl. Roger, B. H. Scott, Rev.
w. H. Robinson and W. IL. Kirkpatrick,
from the Good Government League, &C
companied by Constable A. H. Shelton,
went to the park with the intention OF
stopping the game. They we're denied
admittance, and after being rldiculed
by large crowd, the committeeman re-
turned to the city, with the excep-
ton of Rev. Mr.. Robinson and Kirk
patrick.
After the game the latter two were
taking names on the outside, when at
tackled by mob and their notes torn up.
Kirkpatrick was then pushed into deep
ditch and Rev. Mr.. Robinson was pushed
and showed by the mob Cool heads in
terfered and escorted Rev. Mr.. Robinson
to car, preventing serious trouble. NC
arrests were made
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
Theta Defeats Spring Hill.

Spring Hill July 20.-Sprlng Hill
crossed bats with Theta Saturday In
one of the most interesting games ever
played in this place. 1t was witnessed
by large ana enthusiastic crowd.
This was the first game the Spring
Hill boys have played, and they had
never even had a practice game. And
we must say for our boys that they
played good game. There is no
telling what they would do ii they had
the proper training and practice. And
for the Theta boys, they played q
good game and ale in good practice.
They defeated our boys by u score OF
10 to II, but our boys dio not feel
bad over the defeat for they were
expecting nothing but to be defeated.
We expect to meet Theta again soon
and Will show them few things.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
BOTH OF THEM DEAD.
Young Alabama Rivals Meet While
Out Hunting and Double
Tragedy Follows.

Decatur, Ala, July 1S.-News OF
tragedy which took place in the noun
tains of Winston County, near Clear
Greek Falls, Wednesday, reached here
today. The principals in the affair
were two young mountaineers, James
W. Cole and John Young. For two
wears they have been rivals IN love,
each seeking the hand OF Maggie VII
lams. a wlnsome mountain lass. Two
weeks ago the young men met and
bitter quarrel resulted. Wednesday
afternoon each of the young men went
squirrel hunting, and ~ they did not
return, a search was made yesterday.
Both men were found lying on the
creek bank close together. with load
of shot IN their chests. Cole was deaa
and Young was MORALLY wounded
and unconscions,s de cannot recover.
II is supposed the young men met In
the woods and renewed the quarrel
ana tnat each shot about the sime
time. Miss Williams Is prostrated
with grief, and during her hours OF
delirous awakening she calls alternate
ly for James and John.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
SENSATION AT
NASHVILLE.
Two Prominent Saloon Men In
dicted for Perjury.-Jeff
McCarn, Attorney for Law
and Order League, Indicted
For Pistol TOtin'.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Nashville. July 20.-A sensation was
sprung today by the Davidson County
Grand Jury. when two of the promi
nent saloon men of the city, Tom
Paine and Mat Wilson. were lnulcted
for perjury. The indictments grew
out of the oath which the saloon men
take in procuring tipping licenses, MS
they swear that they will allow no
gambling about their premises, and
will endeavor to learn If there is any,
and will report the same to the grand
jury. 1t was established tnat the
saloon men owned games and ran
them.
Jefferson McCaru, attorney for the
committee of one hundred, was in
aicted for carrying a pistol. He has
conducted the raids made on the gamb-
ling houses of the city by the COM
mittee of one hundred. He shows
letters to him in which his life has
been repeatedly threatened by gamb-
lerS
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24

The citizens interested In the new
Boys Training School for Columbia,
held a meeting Thursday night in the
law Office of Figuers & PadgetU aud
decided to purchase the NJ. d. King
place, on the Hampshire pike, about
one mile from the square, upon which
to locate the new school building.
The place contains ten and half
acres and has we'll built two story
brick house already standing on the
property. which will probably be used
temporarily for the school during the
coming year, but considerable i'm
provements will be maze at once, SO
as to make the buIld1ng thoroughly
convenient, and ultimately an entirely
new building will probably be erected.
The price to be paid for the property
10 "a, 800, and Mr.. M. ID. King, the
owner, agreed to subscribe Isl, 600 Of
that amount to the capital stock or the
company, which will own the school.
The committee on locating the
building reported quite a number OF
places, which had been suggested and
offered to it, hut the King place was
the favorlte of almost the entire list
of stockholders, and after the vote was
taken on motion the King place was
selected unanimously. The other
pisces suggested and offered were as
follows:
Tne John Allen place. on the Santa
Fe pike, containing ABOUT II acres
offered by Mr.. Fl. P. Figuers. for
SO, 500; the M. d. King place (which
was finally selecte0); the place be-
longing to Mrs. Clopton. known as
the old James place, containing o.
acres, for 81, 600 MRS. w. G. Sheppard's
place on High street; the old Nichol.
son place, containing 7 acres, offered
by Mr.. John Barrow, for ~, 600;
Riverside ball park, and the three
acre trait just across the road from
it, offered by Messrs. Parks and Block
er for 81, OOO SIX acres offered by Mr.:
HAYES in the rear of the property OF
CAPT. Joe Russell, on Ninth street. for
81, 900. Mr.. Horace Rainey was then
introduced by Mr.. W. B. Gfeenlaw,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
THE SPOFFORD ESTATE.
Hon. z. w. Ewing Moves to Have
Himself Appointed Trustee
Of the Estate.


Special to the Herald.
Pulaski. Tenn, July 90. Hon. q.
w. Ewing To-Day filed a petition with
the County Judge to have himself ap-
pointed trustee of the estate OF Miss
Eleanor Spoford, of Kansas City,
whose wealth IS valued at $500, 900.
The petition alleges tnat L. M.
Spotford, who Is Miss Spofford's guar
dian, has lost his mind and Is not
capable of attending to business.
Mrs. o. M. Spofford will sets out
that in the event of T. M. Spotford
becoming lncapacitated the County
Judge OF this county shall appoint
Miss Eleanor Spofford's guardian. The,
officers of the Methodist church here
re investigating the will of both
Thomas Martin and his daughter
with a view of protecting whatever
interest the church may have In the
estate Of Miss Eleanor Spofford unoer
the above wilIe. 1t Is understood that
an effort is beng made to remove
the control of tie estate OF Miss
Spofford from this county to Kansas
City, w here she now resides.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
New Tennessee Enterprises.

The records Of the secretary OF State 8
Office at Nashville show large gain IN
the number of new corporations In len
nessee. During the period OF two years
from April l, 1897, to March III, loy9,
there we're formed 597 domestic and llO
foreign corporations-total. 6S9; during
the next two. year period there were
formed 745 domestic and ] "A foreign cor
porations-total, S57; and during the last
two. year period from April ], 1901. 70
March 81, 1903, there were formed Soo
domestic and 1sl foreign corporations
total, 1867. @A@