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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-15
Notes for the Poutryman.

Buying market eggs for Matching is
mighty uncertain business and big
waste of time
Arrange for fall shows with the idea
that other classes of poultry are en-
titled to consideration as we'll as
chickens.
Sunshine is one of the most health
full agents and should be permitted to
enter the poultry house as much as
possible
The favorite point of attack by lice
on young chicks is the top of the
deadlock there first and you are
liable to find the pests.
Poultry fattening farms are now be-
ing operated in Canada, and system
attic efforts are being made to induce
farmers to raise more fowls in an eff
fort to supply the demand thus Gre
ated.
Be on good terms with your fowls
and they will repay your kindness in
a substantial manner. An old scarey
hen is an abomination on anybody's
place.
thorough spraying with lice killer
will rid the premises of lice and
mites but, ike the dad dollar" they
will come back, hence spraying should
be done every week.
1t is not necessary for a poultry
keeper to be a poultry fancier. To
keep up the standard of the general
utility fowl, all that is required is a
change of settings from a strain OF
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as good or if possible better than his
own, a periodical change of ROSTERS
and the using of eggs from the best
hens when chickens are to be Matched.
The secret of success in any bust
ness is looking closely after the small
details, and poultry raising is not an
exceptional is made up of a multi
tude of small details.
If your neighbor kills your chickens
while they are trespassing on his
property, you have no recourse at law
If you can't keep your poultry at
home better dispose of it and go out
of the business.
Even on a limited scale well bred
poultry can be made to return hand
some profit. There are eggs for the
family, Matching eggs to sell in the
spring, the culls to dispose of or eat
and the surplus stock to be sold.
Dressed fowls for market should
be dry picked as the carcass presents
a much plumper appearance than
when scalded and then picked. To do
this properly the feathers must be
quickly removed while the fowl is
still warm. Dry picked fowls always
bring top prices.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-15

Sugar beets are to be laid by when
the tops begin to grow together and
when no more cultivation can be done
without breaking off leaves. This must
be avoided as the sugar is elaborated
in the beet through the influence of
the atmosphere and sunshine upon the
leaves. 1t is for this reason that the
beet will not exhause the soil if the
tops and the pulp are fed to cattle
and the manure brought back to the
land. Most of our growers have al
ready discovered that the thorough
culture, irrigation and manuring which
the beets require in order to bring big
returns will benefit the succe eding
crops and still more so if regular ro-
tatiOn is followed.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-15
Lice on Fowls.

Some persons have supposed that
lice are found on fowls only during
the warm weather Lice may be found
on the bodies of fowls at all seasons
of the year. While lice multiply very
rapidly in summer, they also multi
ply some during the cold period OF
the year. The little red mites are
more prevalent in summer, existing
mostly in the poultry house, and are
not difficult to eradicate. The real
enemies are the lice which donot leave
the body of the fowls, some kinds
working in the feathers. Examination
of the heads, under the wings, along
the backs, and around the vents will
nearly always disclose their presence.
Remedies are not difficult to find. "A
thorough drenching of the poultry
house with kerosene emulsion, to
which a little crude carbolic acid has
been added, will prove very effectual
against the red mites and other IN
truders of the poultry house II done
every week, while even ordinary melt
ed lard is effectual in destroying lice
on the bodies, though linseed OIL, ap-
piled with a sewing machine Oil can,
is perhaps better. These remedies are
mentioned because they are simple
The advertised lice killers are also
excellent. No kind of oil or grease
should be used too freely on the bodies
of fowls or chicks. The difficulty is
that farmers and poultrymen as
rule do not employ any remedy at all
until lice have gotten the mastery
of the fowls and the flock is being
thinned out by death. Young turkeys
and young chicks quickly succumb to
lice, for as soon as the chicks are
Matched the lice leave the dams and
infest the young ones. The dust bath,
cleanliness in the poultry house, ex-
animation of the fowls once week,
and prompt work as soon as evidence
of lice appears will save not only the
young birds, but also increase the
number of eggs, as well as promote
thrift in the flock The best remedy
is prompt attention and no delay In
preventing the lice from getting a
foothold.
Two foreign breeds of chickens have
recently been introduced into this
country from Europe. The first OF
these is the Lakenvelder, Dutch
breed. which is certainly unique in its
markings, which are somewhat SINH
lar to that of Dutch Belted cattle
black and white with the white cen
Il IVNGF
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p 0 ULT r Y
II. L. BLANCHARD

Communications for this department are
solicited. Personal experiences detailed and
questions prove of great beneft. Write to
H. L. Blanchard at Hadlock, Wash, or
direct to The Ranch, Seattle.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-15

Better keep five COWS on full feed
than ten on scant fare
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-15

Catalogue free of the best Brown White
and Buff Leghorns, Minorcas Brahmas, B. p.
Rocks. FRED A. JOHNSON, 61s s. 35th
St.. Tacoma Wash.
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completely around the fowl. The
word Lakenvelder means in Dutch a
shadow on a sheet and is quite ap-
propriate. The other variety is the
FaVerolle.
Some people claim that June
Matched chicks do not grow as quickly
as those which are Matched earlier.
The reason, perhaps, is that the mill
ions of lice and mites that have been
incubated and brooding through the
early spring are not kept in check
when the warmer weather comes.
Whitewash needs to be we'll made to
do it's work effectually. Too often it
comes off in flakes when the house is
dry if the woodwork is touched. Fine
ly Stacked lime should be dissolved
in hot water, making the lime as
thick as possible. Add a little soft
soap and some paraffin and the white
wash will kill the lice and stick to
the woodwork 1t should be applied
hot, the walls of the poultry house
being first swept down to clean them
of cobwebs.
Ii pI6uUy VI 6SS5S dI6 W US OUCdlucu
from young pullets do not trust to the
mixing of many breeds. We have
seen a mixture of Plymouth Rocks
and Black Langshans do we'll together
and keep the egg basket we'll filed
but have never known a varied col
lection of all colors and all breeds
to do well in the production of eggs.
Somehow it seems to demoralize hens
when running with all other varieties
for one can notice that they do not
associate closely as chickens of the
same breed.
If trap nest were used for no other
purpose than to ascertain the non-pay
ing fowls, it would pay it's way. 1t
is the means of separating the idlers
from the Industrious hens. By the
use of a trap nest friend of ours
not very long ago was able to as
certain that the best hen, the highest
scoring pullet, laid only eleven eggs
during the spring. This was a reve-
believe it, but the proof was too con-
vincing Another man introduced trap
nests and he said the first year he
ascertained that about one-fourth OF
his flock was not worth shucks for
breeding purposes, for he believed in
the principle of like begets like. By
culling he found that the next year
he received twenty per cent more
eggs with twenty-five per cent fewer
hens. He bred only from the cream
of his flock Surely the trap nest
paid this breeder.
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completely around the fowl The
word Lakenvelder means in Dutch a
shadow on a sheet and is quite ap-
propriate. The other variety is the
Faverolle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-03

anything but tobacco. Not that they
won't, but that they can't. At least
that's what a large number of them,
interviewed by the reporter, said.
First, they don't raise these things
because there's no money in them.
Second reason: Raise all tobacco and
buy these things, and have plenty of
money left. That is their theory.
They won't listen to our plan. Of
course they haven't tried it, but the
tobacco farmer is wise enough to
know things by intuition, without in
vestigation. The fact that every
pound of tobacco raised by wen
tenths of our farmers has to be sold
to buy the very staples they scorn to
raise( and then they don't get to
taste half of the luxuries we have
mentioned above after the frost kills
the garden) is no argument to Mr..
Al-Tobacco Farmer. He has said
he KANT, and he KANT. That's
enough, which drives one to the in
evitable conclusion that there is a
certain species of animal which you
"may convince against his will, and
he'll be of the same opinion still."-
Danbury Reporter.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-03
Poisonous Plants.

Each recurring spring brings to
the North Carolina Department of
Agriculture specimens of plants
which have poisoned animals or chill
dren. The latest case of such pois-
oning occurred near Warsaw child
having eaten as "spring green's" the
dubious roots of a plant locally called
"Stagger grass" and which is botan-
ically known as Zigadenus glabberi-
mus. This plant belongs to the Col
chicum tribe of the lily family, and
is not a true grass. 1t bears large
white flowers in June. Stagger grass
is a common native plant of wet
meadows and savannahs in the east
ern part of the State, and is probably
the cause of much sickness among
grazing animals in early spring.
Other common and poisonous
plants liable to be eaten by stock are
the Calico and Wicky Laurels, Kali
mia latifolia and X. Angustifola.
The leaves of the void black cherry
and those of the common buckeye are
poisonous. The leaves and seeds of
the Unison weeds are very poisonous.
The flowers of the Yellow Jessamine
and the Larkspur are poisonous. The
two Sneeze weeds common in this are
injurious to stock. The roots of the
Indian Poke Veratrum viride; the
Indian Turnip,-Arisamae triphyl-
lum; and the common Poke, Phytol-
acca decandra are all poisonous. The
night-shades and Sumachs are pois-
onous. The wild and garden Spurges
are poisonous to the skin of many
persons. The Water Hemlock,-Ci-
cuta maculate, a common weed has a
very poisonous root which is often
eaten by children under the impress
sion that it is Sarsaparilla.
REMEDIES FOR VEGETABLE PoIsoNs
For animals not much can be done.
A draught of warm melted lard
poured down the throat of the animal
from a long necked bottle will gen.
orally relieve the pain, and in most
cases when used soon after the eff
feet of the poison become visible will
save the animals life. In case of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-03
THEY KANT, AND THEY KANT.
And So Opportunities for Money Making
In Small Crops Go Unimproved.

Homegrown Irish potatoes would
easily bring $1.00 to $1.25 ON this
market, but there are none to be had.
Seed potatoes in the stores sell at
$3.50 to $1.75. Beans bring readily
$500 to $500 per bushel, and retail
at 10 cents per quart. That is, they
would bring it, but there are none
for sale. Cabbage would easily COM
mand from 21a to 5 cents per pound,
but none have been seen In a good
long time. Wheat is supposed to be
worth $1.OO, and corn 80 cents, but
where can you buy a grain of either
at these prices. Oats are the finest
feed for stock, but the average Stokes
farmer would swoon at the sight of
a bushel of them. They sell for 60 to
IS cents per bushel. Sweet potatoes!
Oh, thou golden luxury, pleasant to
the taste and palatable to the human
physical economy, where art thou!
Worth $1.00, but not a 'tater in sight.
Peas, the cheapest things a farmer
can raise, the most excellent feed for
stock and cattle ever grown, and the
best medium through which that val
liable fertilizing ingredient, nitrogen,
may be transferred to the soil-not a
bushel to be bought. Worth $1.25
to $3.50. Onions, which though we
would prefer that u sweethearts
would abstain from their use, are
nevertheless a most useful and staple
article, and easy to grow, are not to
be had for less than 10 cents a quart,
and you can't find a peck within a
radius of 10 miles at that price. But
ter-the COWS seem to be on a strike
with the hens, for a pound of the one
will bring as much as a dozen of the
other, and either is worth 20 cents.
Chickens are as scarce as their own
teeth at TIE cents per, pound.
So this is the uncomfortable situa-
ton with which we are confronted by
n TACT hat our farmers can't raise
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-03
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER


children a prompt emetic should be
the first thing. Sulphate of zinc,
from 20 to 80 grains, in a cupful of
warm water is effective as is a teas
poonful of mustard in a cup of warm
water. After the emetic has acted
give some sweet oil, cream or fresh
milk. If the pain is severe from 5 to
10 drops of laudanum may be added
to the oil, cream or milk. If the pa
tient becomes drowsy give strong
coffee or whiskey in small, repeated
doses, and keep patient walking.
Children should be taught to avoid
eating strange plants, and stock
should not be turned out too early
when hunger forces them to eat
plants they instinctively avoid at 9th
er times.
GERALD MCCARTHY,
Biologist, North Carolina Depart
ment Agriculture.
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We have the following from w. E.
Shipley, Breeder of Pure Bred Here
ford Cattle and Shropshire Sheep,
Vale Crucis, N. c.:
"I have used Zenoleum as a dip for
my sheep and as a spray for lice on
my cattle, and found it very effective.
1t cleans up lice wherever it goes"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-11
DEATH OF NEGRESS
CAUSED BY BEATING
Man With Whom She Lived Under Ar
rest Suspected of the
Crime.

Frances Munroe, negress, about thirty
years old. died at Freedman's Hospital
yesterday morning from injuries about
the head received about d week ago
George +. Webb. a negro, thirty-five
years old. with whom she lived for sew
eral years, ia locked mp at the Fourth
precinct station on suspicion Of murder
Coroner Neyitt will hold an inquest
over the body tomorrow morning.
The woman was taken 10 Freedman's
Hospital last FriGay. Although she was
unconscious and had been in a critical
condition for several days before she
was taken 10 the institution. neither
her relatives nor the hospital authorities
informed the police
When she died yesterday the Coroner
was informed Deputy Coroner Glaze
brook performed an autopsy. He ascer-
tanned that the woman had come to her
death as the result OF a blow on the
head with some kind Of a blunt instru-
ment.
Or. Glazcbrook found a large clot OF
blood on her brain and a number OF
severe bruises about the limbs and
body. There were evidences OF strug-
gle. Police OF the Fourth precinct were
informed Of the suspicious circumstances
surrounding her death.
Mary Murroe, mother of the dead wo-
man, informed the police that Webb
had beaten her daughter on a number
of occasions. She alleged that at their
home. 80 Tnird Street southwest. about
a week ago, Webb struck the woman on
the head with stick, and also kicked
her.
She was treated At home until her con-
dition became alarming Then il was
decided 10 take her 10 Freedman Hos
pital She was unconscious when she
reached the institution, and failed TO
regain consciousness throughout her
stay there.
Search was made for Webb. lie was
found at his home last evening uLl
locked mp. He refused TO talk. Police
say the man and woman have had
numerous fights, and that she shot him
with revolver about two years ago.
but hc would not prosecute her 10
day JLc police of the Fourth precinct
station busted themselves looking for
witnesses to the assault
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-11
ALL OFFERINGS
WE'LL ABSORBED
Market Rallied Irregularly,
But Prevailing Tone Firm
GOOD DEMAND FOR STEELS
Liquidation by Trade Rather Offset by
Good Commission House Bust
ness-BOnds Strong.

NEW YORK July 1.-THE stock mar
ket opened strong, with halt dozen
leaders active, but Transactions not es-
pecialiy well disribuated There was
good demand for Steels. the preferred
ruling Is higher. Metropolitan Street
railway lost y. and was under some
pressure. Reading lost 5 net. Erie is
sues were strong on London support.
The average of prices in the stock
market is slightly higher than the close
Saturday. The first half hour was on
the whole. reactionary. on account Of
heavy proht-taking. by the operators
who We're the leading bulls last week
Offerings have been. ON the whole, very
well absorbed
The market has rallied iTTeEularly. but
the prevailing tone is firm \ sale Of
10000 shares of Pennsylvania Railroad
was presumably for the account of the
operator whose open trades I'm the stock
amounted 10 over $1,000 shares last week.
pressure 10 take profits on long stock
mas Deen especially pronounced in Read
Ing Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Metro
politan Street Railway. Tho bond mar
ket Is strong. especially for Specula tive
Issues Government bonds unchanged.
Other bonds quiet.
London houses have been consistent
sellers, but the amounts arc cOmrara-
lively unimpOrtant The total foreign
sales We're about 1890 shares. There
was fairly good commission house
BUSINESS this morning which rather than
onset the traders HQuida ton
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-11
NEW YORK.

It is encouraging to note that capital
IS going into stocks and bonds. says the
New York Times" In its financial ar
ticIe. Large purchases for investment
account were made In last weeks mar
ket while there was AN active speCula-
tive demand from operators who be-
lieye that quotations will sell many
points above the current level before
winter. The speculative idea is based
on the expectation of bOuntiful crops
on q continuance of easy money. on the
belief that the Presidential campaign
VIII not upset the business affairs
OF the country. and on the theory that
market values are now quoted under
their intrinsic worth. The increasing
active demand for high grade securities
reflects a return Of confidence in bust
Will doubtless continue for "A long time
10 come, inasmuch as there is a large
supply of money IN the country avail
able for investment purposes, while
prices Of securities are At q level which
will return an attractive yield 10 the
buyer.
The truth is. SAYS the New York
Sun" that the forces that have under
lain the recent advance in security
prizes have been so superior TO political
Consideroti lions as to make these OF
smaller account than have ever been
known before in a Presidential year.
What these forces are II has been the
eudCav0r of this column IN the last six
months 10 point out They may all be
comprised I'm one phrase, the natural
resilieucy Of q sold out stock market
under toe impulses Of an assured finan-
cial condition, the reasonable hope Of
large crops sold at good prices, and The
general prospect Of the hugely increas-
Ing wealth and population Of our Couu-
try.
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CANNOT GET HIS WAGES

Justice Halbert +. Paine, of the Sew
euth district. has rendered an interest
Ing decision IL the case Of Bissett
against Schley, which was tried before
him several days ago.
The plaintiff, Bissctt. who resides ia
Maryland. garnishec3 the wages Of
Schloy in the District Of Columbia. where
he is employed. Schlcv has q residence
both ga Maryland ard the District OF CO.
lumhia, and as the law Of Maryland. re-
latinS 20 this matter, holds that wages
are exempt from punishment. Justice
The defendant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-11
Kaiping Occupied.

The following cable dispatches from
Tokyo We're received at the Japanese
legation here today;
General Oku reports that our second
army commenced operations on July &
for occupying Kaiping.
after suCCt ssively dIsiOdEing Russians
from their positions. We finally occupied
Kaiping and neighboring heights or
july @
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-11
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF STOCK MARKETS
WASHINGTON.

Trading on the local exchange had q
decidedly bulliSh tone, even though the
volume Of business was but moderate
Nearly all the active stocks were either
sold or quoted at higher prices than at
the last session Of the exchange. The
Washington Street Railway issues were
in the dead IN the march toward a higher
Lowell, both the bonds and the preferred
stock selling at a considerable advance
the latter making a gain of nearly fun
point, while the bonds rose p per cent
Washington Gas certificates sold at IlSla,
a fun point above the price paid last
Friday, and even Greene Copper made
an advance of =, selling at 15;s. Wash
iuEtcn Gas stock sold at IS, an advance
of =
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no Casualties.

General Kuroki reports that on July
our detachment. eNpelling 800 Russian
cavalry. occupied Hsienchang, thirty
miles northeast OF Saimachi, and there
were no casualties on our side.
ION July we repu'sed Russian cavalry
regiment under Colonel ChiCainsky.
which came 10 attack near North Fen
shuiling. our casualties were four killed
and three wounded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-11
TORPEDO BOAT
ATTACK REFUSED

TOKYO. July H.-During a storm last
Friday night a hotilla of torpedo boats
belonging to Admiral Togo's fleet ap-
preached Port Arthur.
The boats were discovered and were
attacked by the cruiser Askold-
The result is unknown. II is known.
however, that two japanese petty Off
GERS were severely wounded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-11
BAD RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.

a runaway accident occurred SaN1Ir-
day afternoon, On the Murdoch Mil
Road. Tenleytown. in which two persons
were badly injured. They were GRAY
Pollock. the driver. and Walter slrnms.
an eighJ-ysar-Old white boy. The w:tgof,
belonged 10 the lumber firm Of Aithison
x Co.
Pollock and Simms were thrown from
the wagon; he former received a broken
icg. and a number OF cuts and bruises
about the head and body, while the bow
Of the frontal bone Pollock was con
yeyed tc the Georgetown University
Hospital I'm the patrol wagon of the
seventh precinct, while Simms was
brought 70 Georgetown on Il car of the
Georgetown and Tenleytown line. 10 the
corner Of Thirty seCOnd and u Streets
northwest, where nc was placed on q
car o. lHe metropolitan line, which ear
ried him 10 the Georgetown University
Hospital.