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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
The subordinate Grange.

The subordinate grange is the basic
stone of our Order, and without it
we could not succeed, says State Mas
ter Gaunt of New Jersey. 1t is the
strong link in the chain that binds this
great farmers organization together
from ocean to ocean. The influence
and usefulness Of the Pomona state
and national oranges depend upon good
work done b. our subordinates. 1t be-
hooves us as Patrons to look we'll to
the great superstructure upon which
the order rests. Let each be farm
ers' school, where the mind and heart
can be cultured the vision be broaden
ed and life made worth living.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Food and Color of Flesh.

In regard to the influence of food
on the color of the flesh it is said that
animal feed, as meat meal, scraps, ETC.,
tend to make it darker, says American
Agriculturist. This may be true OF
any food rich in nitrogen. At Cornell
station two similar lots Of chickens
were fed, one heterogeneous ration Of
wheat and skim milk, the other car.
bonaceous ration Of Indian corn. When
they were killed the flesh Of the first
lot appeared darker, more tender and
Juicy than the second, which, how
ever, contained larger masses Of fat.
On the other hand, a ration Of yellow
corn used at the Ontario Agricultural
college and experimental farms pro-
duced dark yellow flesh, while oats,
buckwheat and milk gave creamy
white color
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
reaching Hen. to Eat clover.

When 1 first fed cut clover in their
mash the hens would eat the grain out
and leave the coarser pieces Of clover
and some of the finer ones, says a
Maine breeder in Commercial Poultry.
I fed for several weeks and had to
throw away large part Of the clover.
AT last got a bag Of fancy middlings
nearly as fine as flour and used a good
quantity of this with the other grain,
making the mash quite "doughy." The
grain adhered to the clover, and they
would eat all to get the grain. 1t
wasn't long before they would pick
out the clover first. After they got
used to eating 1t up clean with the
middlings there was little trouble when
/ left them out But prefer a good
quality of middlings in the mash when
clover is included, as they seem to like
IT better .
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
whole Oats For Fowls.

AS a standby there is no grain to
compare with whole oats for laying
hens. 1t keeps them healthy and in
good laying condition and never pro-
duces an over amount Of fat. In buy
ing oats, though, we should be careful
not to get the light, chaffy kinds, but
buy the heaviest that can be found.
One special advantage in feeding oats
is that you need never worry about the
quantity given. 1t is only necessary,
as with all other grain. to scatter it in
litter or straw, so that the hens will
have to scratch for it. 1t is also neces-
sary. to keep an extra supply of grit
convenient, as the hens will require
more than when fed on other kinds
Home and Farm.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
The Breeding Male.

No owner of a good bird, the inner
itance of which is known to be what il
ought to be, and, although not a show
bird of the highest class, but still capa-
BILE of attaining a little success in that
direction, is justified in discarding him
as breeder without giving him test,
says III. L. Aller in Reliable Poultry
Journal.
A male bird capable Of transmitting
to his chicks the qualifications which
go to make up his breed type with
great uniformity is almost beyond price
to the breeder. Such bird is unques-
tionably often disposed of by the best
breeders without having been given q
trial, some one of his brood brothers
with something to his advantage as a
show bird, but lacking in prepotency,
having been selected instead.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Rest Grains For Poultry.

No grains that we have for the feed
ing of poultry are more valuable as an
egg producing food than wheat and
hulled oats. These two grains, with a
little cracked corn and some millet seed
mixed in, make an excellent scratching
grain food for the laying hens. 1t may
better be mixed in the proportion Of
one-third wheat. one-third hulled oats,
the other third one-half each Of
cracked corn and millet seed. This
mixture is right for poultry that are
comfortably housed and protected from
the cold weather and the elements.
Where they are not properly housed
the proportion Of corn should be in
creased, as corn is heating food and
furnishes warmth to the fowls.-Feath-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
THE BLACK oRPINeToN.
Manner I'm Which This POpulsr
Breed Was Obtained.

Manner I'm Which This Populsr
Breed Was Obtained.
The black is the Oldest variety Of this
popular breed OF fowls and was intro
duced to the public in 1886 by William
Cook of England, says American Agri-
culturist. 1t was several years later
before the breed was seen in this
country, but 1t has become very popular
In the past year or two. The Orping-
tons in general appearance resemble the
American breeds, but are possibly
somewhat larger in size. The manner
In which the Orpington was obtained
b thus given by William Cook, the
originator:
Over twenty-six years ago the Barred
Rocks were imported into England.
Then many black sports were found.
These we tested and found that they
laid thirty-five to forty more eggs per
year than the Barred Rocks Matched
from the same stock and began laying
as pullets from one to six weeks earlier
than their barred sisters from the same
pen. The black hens were mated with
Black Minorca ROSTERS from the finest
laying strains Obtainable.
The pullets Matched from the two
breeds were mated with Black Lang
shan ROSTERS. Then they were very
short on the leg. When making new
breed, the last bird used represents the
type of ones future production. The
Langshan at that time was the best
layer we had in England of dark
brown egg.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Mating Turkeys.

No matter what variety Of turkeys
may be selected for keeping, they
should above all things be strong, Wig
orous, healthy and well matured, but
not akin, says G. e. Mitchell. Better
secure the females from one locality
and the male from another to insure
their nonrelationship rather than run
the risk Of inbreeding. In all fowls 1t
is well to remember that size is infiu-
enced largely by the female and the
color and finish by the male. Securing
overlarge males to pair with small,
weakly hens is not wise policy. A me-
dunn sized male with good, fair sized
females Of good constitutional vigor
and mature age will do far better than
the largest male with the smallest fe-
males
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
The Laying Nest.

The best nest that can be adopted is
a soap or candle box open at one end,
leaving strip two inches at the bot
tom Of the opening to retain the nest
material. This should be cut fine III
stead Of being used in a bulky rough
condition. Cut hay is excellent, and
before placing this hay in the nest put
In an inch of dirt. Dust the hay with
insect powder once week and renew
the material ut least once a month so
as to avoid vermin.-A. V. Meersch In
Western Poultry Journal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Tn. prostnbIe CANON,

Caponizing is becoming more popular
and more generally practiced than ever
before. The caponizing of all the
young cockerels is the very best way to
care for them, as larger numbers OF
capons can be kept together this way
than would be possible in the natural
state. They grow to large size, are
heavier and can be sold for either
capons or roasting fowls, whichever
has the best demand In the market.
Large fiocks of Brahmas are handled
IN this way throughout New England,
md more profit seems to come from
such disposition of the young males
than is possible in any other day
Feather.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
The Hanging of the Kettle.

There are many farmers in need of
something convenient to hang a large
kettle on. Many support the kettle on
three stones, which is unsatisfactory,
especially If the heat cracks one stone
and the kettle tips over. The accom-
panying cut is drawn from photo
graph took recently on a neighbor-
ing farm, says a correspondent Of
Orange Judd Farmer, and it comes
very near to explaining itself. The
device consists Of three moderately
heavy pieces Of wood for legs, which
are attached together at the top by a
heavy bolt. Some six or eight inches
below the union Of the three legs a
heavy clevis Is secured to the middle
leg. From this clevis two chains ex-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
One Might to Denver.

From Chicago and the Central States
and two nights from the Atlantic Sea-
board, on the Colorado Special. Two
fast trains daily via the Chicago, Union
Pacific and North Western Line, over
the only double track railway between
Chicago and the Missouri River Sum-
mer tourist tickets to Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo and return daily,
beginning June 1, $50. 90 from Chicago
Corresponding rates from other points.
All agents sell tickets via this line.
Send for MAPS booklets, hotel lists, etc.
Address, w. H. Guerin, Gen1 Agt.,
Passenger Dept, II Campus Martius
Detroit, Mich. $50
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23

PERSPECTIVE VIEW.

hree feet from the ground, one small
window without glass, but wooden
shutter two feet square in the end OPP
posite the door for light and ventila-
ton and two exits for the fowls In
front. They have a platform the length
Of the house three feet wide under the
perches to catch droppings. This is
kept covered with dirt or dust.
Between the dropping boards and the
floor is platform for nests. All the
platforms and perches are removable.
The houses have earth floors. Each
house has one large door placed in the
end close to the front. The exits are
II by 16 inches, placed close to the
ground. On stormy days the door is
kept closed, the fowls going in and out
through the exits. The windows have
strong, fine meshed wire nailed on the
outside. Each house shelters sixty hens,
and 1 keep ten cockerels with four
f1ocks. They have unlimited range.
The eggs hatch better than when a
cock is kept for every twelve or fifteen
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth via
Chicago s. North Western nv.

Four magnificent fast daily trains
from Chicago to st Paul and Minneapo-
lis and two to Superior and Duluth.
The archaeological Northwestern Linn
tied and Duluth Superior Limited 70
the Head Of The Lakes, include all that
skill and liberal expenditure can pro-
vide for comfortable and luxurious
travel. Beginning June 1, round trip
summer tourist tickets will be on sale
daily from Chicago at the rate of $1,000
round trip st. Paul and Minneapolis
and $50. 90 round trip to Superior and
Duluth, with correspondingly low rates
from all points. For full information
apply to your nearest agent or address
w. II. Guerin, Genl Agt., Passenger
Dept, II Campus Martius, Detroit,
Mich. $50.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Housing Fowls.

1t is q debatable question in our
neighborhood as to whether fowls
should be allowed to go out in winter
after the cold weather really sets in,
says an Ohio woman in Commercial
Poultry. Some affirm the fowls should
decide the matter: that the poultry
house should be left open in daytime,
so they can go out if they wish.
have tried both ways, keeping them
shut in all winter and also letting
them go out in moderate weather.
am undecided which is the better way.
/ get fewer eggs when they go out, but
the loss in eggs may be counterbalanc.
cd by the better health of the fowls.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Topics For Discussion In the Grange


Will the exclusive use Of commercial
fertilizers tend to impoverish land
when used continuously?
Is the food value of a ton of corn
either increased or diminished by put
ting it into silo?
Should a farmer join the grange
merely to make or save money by SO
doing?
Is the abolition of corporal punish
ment in our common schools proving a
blessing or an injury to the youth of
our country.
Is it possible for manufacturers of
farm implements to sell direct to farm
ers and dispense entirely with agents
Does improved machinery increase or
decrease the cost of production of a
crop, everything being taken into con-
sideration? f3
Is it equitable and fair for one To-
cality that has already built good roads
to be taxed for the improvement of
roads in other localities where roads
are unimproved?
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. BARROW. Chatham. N. Y.
Press Correspondent NeiD York State
Grange
THE ORDER FLOURISHING.

Brief Reports ef the Condition of the
Grange Iva Various States.
New Hampshire reports 266 subordi-
nate and 10 Pomona oranges, and 100
members of the Order were elected to
the last legislature. Pennsylvania re-
ports nearly 1000 new members the
past year. Maine now has 374 subordi-
nate oranges and "a Pomona oranges.
The total state membership is 45,772.
Thirteen new grange halls were erect
ed the past year in that state, cost
ing on an average $3,700, the most
expensive one costing $14,500 One
subordinate grange in that state has
a membership of about 800. New
York has organized 80 new oranges
the past year and has dedicated 7
grange halls. The gain in membership
is between 5000 and 5000 for the year.
Kansas has added 5000 to the member
ship during the past year. One fire in
surance company in that state carries
risks to the value of more than So, 20O,-
900. Rhode Island reports fair prosper
ity for the grange. Mutual fire insur-
ance companies report a saving Of so
per cent on the cost of insurance.
Maryland reports progress. Michigan
has added eighty-one oranges the past
year, making 719 oranges in the state,
with 44,013 members. There are about
twenty county and district fire insur-
ance companies In the state, the aver
age cost of insurance on each $1,000
being about SIPS per annum. They
have $4,000 in the state treasury.
Four hundred grange halls are owned
by subordinate oranges. There are
twenty-four in one county. West Vir-
ginia is rapidly coming to the front.
There are about 100 oranges in good
standing. New Jersey has increased
its membership about 1000 the past
year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23

Get the incubator ready II you want
an early crop of broilers.
Charred corn should be given to the
fowls occasionally. 1t aids digestion.
Don't oyorcrowd the pullet pens IL
you want them to be profitable winter
egg producers.
AS the pullets approach the egg pro-
ducing period be careful not to have
them too fat.
Cabbage, turnips and potatoes cut
very small, cooked and mixed with a
mash food make a fine addition to the
winter mash for laying hens.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
An Enterprising Maine Grange.

Wesaweskeag grange, up in Maine,
Is noted for something besides its
name. This grange, we learn from the
Maine Farmer. is to acquire title to a
small farm property at South Thomas
ton, whereon it will erect or remodel
one Of the present buildings into COM
modious grange hall. The hall will be
on the second floor, with banquet hall,
kitchen, pantry and other facilities on
the first floor. This will involve an
expense of about $500, and the money
for the entire deal is in sight. The
property cost $1,000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23

hens. The interior of the house is also
shown. The platform is whitewashed,
and dust or sand is sprinkled on it.
The perches are poles two or three
inches in diameter. Between the floor
and dropping platform is another plat
form two feet wide, on which the nests
are placed.
The nests are sometimes boxes made
Of short pieces of board, but usually
are small boxes, bought at the grocery
for cents each.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Too Much For Her Memory.

"You bad man. exclaimed the flut-
tering hostess, you've kept everybody
waitingr'
Pardon me-" replied the young poet,
II have been lettering on the slopes of
Helicon."
"Helicon? Where's that7 Another of
those new north shore places2 never
can remember the funny names they
give them towns up that way."-Chi-
cago ReEM- Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Fnttcning Turkeys.

Turkeys are readily fattened on thick
boiled cornmeal and oatmeal, mixed
with chopped suet, says Farm Journal.
Keep the birds In closed coops away
from other birds. A shed which is
only partly lighted is a suitable place.
Give the food every three hours. The
birds will be fat for market in twenty
dova
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
KETTLE PROPERLY SUSPENDED.

tend downward to proper distance and
double backward to fasten on to the
ears of the kettle, which then hangs
suspended. The length of the legs
will depend on convenience and the
size Of the kettle they are to support.
Those shown in the cut are eleven feet
In length and were made from me-
dunn sized well seasoned fence rails.
When the derrick is not in use it can
be lowered, folded together and laid
away.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
The Grange In Illinois.

We have added eight oranges to our
rolls during the year and increased our
membership about 20 per cent. The
profits to the membership, so far as
reported for the three quarters past,
by cooperation in buying supplies and
disposing of products, were about II
per cent as compared with the local
prices. Our dealings reach from the
disposing of products in the east to
the buying of fruit in Washington and
California.-Oliver Wilson, State Mas
ter of Illinois.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Gravel md shells

Ground oyster shell is sharp and
greatly serves to assist the fowls to
grind the food in the gizzard, says A.
V. Mursch in Western Poultry Journal.
Where oyster shells are not obtained a
good supply of sharp grit may be insti-
tuted, such as gravel pounded up, bro
ken crockery and chinaware. When
the fowls do not obtain supply of
grit they are liable to have indigestion.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
stock ner,sh nrou,c crass.

1t has been found at the Kansas ex-
pertinent station that stock relish
bronze grass. 1t starts early In the
spring, coming on nearly month ear
ller than the ordinary pasture grasses.
II is also Il good pasture in the late
fall. 1t can withstand good deal Of
dry weather and when cut for hay IL
greatly rellshed by both horses and
cattle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Four First Class Tours
Lewis and Clark Exposition Portland

Personally conducted. Choice of
tours to include Denver, Colorado
Springs, Cripple Creek, Pixies Peak,
Royal Gorge, Salt Lake, the Yellow
stone, San Francisco, and Los Angeles
en- route Railroad fare sleeping cars,
hotel service, side trips and all ex-
penses included in the rate. Parties
leave Chicago via the Chicago, Union
Pacific e. North w Western Line, July 9th,
18th, 9th. and August 10th. Full in
formation on application to S. A.
Hutchinson, Manager; 212 Clark ST.,
Chicago, Ill 7.15.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Feeding For EgEa.

To get eggs in winter keep the hens
warm and give them a variety. Do not
sverfeed, but learn to know the wants
of the hens. If variety is provided
more eggs will be obtained and at less
cost than with corn and wheat as no
eggs will be obtained at all ON an ex.
clusively grain diet-Poultry News.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23

There is a large profit In rightly
managing poultry on the farm. Every
additional egg laid in week by eacl
hen is so much gained, and when the
flock is large, as 1t should be on every
farm, the number of eggs produced
when each hen only adds one, is large
and will pay well for the labor re
CURED to properly care for them
Farmers Advocate. -,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23

The death Of Ex-Governor Nash Of
Ohio left a vacancy on the board Of
trustees of the Ohio State university
Governor Herrick promptly appointed
Hon. f. A. Derthick, master of the
Ohio state grange, to fill the vacancy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
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WHOLESOME MILK.
Comparative Condition of MIX Drawn
In Open and In Covered Pals.

Comparative Condition of MIX Drawn
In Open and In Covered Pals.
In a bulletin Of the Connecticut
Storrs station w. A. Stocking, Jr., re-
ports the results of comparative stud
les of the sanitary condition of milk
drawn in open and covered pals. Two
pals were qsed in these experiments.
One was regular open pail; the other
was pail with cover of special de-
sign. An illustration of the latter is
here given. 1t is an ordinary milk pail
with a closely fitting cover, which has
an opening near one side, into which is
soldered funnel four inches in diam
eter having wire gauze OF fine mesh
soldered across the bottom. This fun
mel extends slightly above and below
the cover and slopes somewhat toward
the side Of the pail. Another funnel
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
The Grange In Rhode Island.

This little Roger Williams state, con-
tanning little over 1000 square miles,
reports within its borders twenty-one
subordinate oranges and four Pomona
oranges. Frank Il. Marchant is the
worthy master.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Feed Corn In winter.

DR.. Woods believes that 20 per cent
of the entire weekly ration in winter
should be corn or corn products, in hot
weather less.-American Poultry Jour
nal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23

Every deputy organizer should know
the history Of the Order by heart and
be able to tell what it has done for the
farmer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Kidney COMPLAINTS

and Backache of either sec the Vegeta-
BILE Compound IS unequaled,
You can write Mrs Pinkham about
yourself in strctest confidence.
LYDIA E. PINKHAM MED. Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
SMALL POULTRY HOUSE.
Cneap and Handy Building For Me-
dunn Sized Flock

dunn Sized Flock.
keep about 300 fowls and have sew
eral small houses such as shown in the
accompanying illustration, says an I'LL
nols correspondent of American Agri-
culturist. The houses are Z feet wide
and 10 feet long, z feet high in front
and AZ feet at the back. The stills are
2 by 4 inch oak and the caps by 4
inch pine. They have one window of
six lights "a by 80 inches in front and
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Dizziness, Eainfnoss.

Extreme Lassitude, "don't-care and
nt-to-be-left-alone" feeling, excit-
ability, irritability, nervousness, sleep
lessness, fatulency, melancholy or the
blues" and backache. These are
sure indications of Female Weakness,
some deranpement of the Uterus. For
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23

GA - ToEEA.
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
LrreuuLarjfv.

Suppressed or Painful Menstruation,
Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion,
Bloating, Flooding, Nervous Prostra-
ton, Headache, General Debility. Also
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-23
Lydia e. PxnkkIsasss's
N0u0fahLo G0s,,s,0sxs,l


is positive cure for all those painful
ailments of women. 1t will entirely
cure the worst forms of Female Com
plants, all Ovarian TROUBLES. Infiam-
nation and liberation. Falling and
Disbursements of the Womb and con-
sequent Spinal Weakness, and is
pecu iarly adapted to the Change of
Life. Every time it will cure
Backaclae.
It has cured more gases Gf Leucor~
rh9a than any other remedy the world
has ever known. 1t is almost infallible
in such cases. It dissolves and expels
Tumors from the Uterus in an early
stage of development. That
Eeas.xng-d0Wn Feeling,
causing pain, weight and headache, is
instantly relieved and permanently
cured by its use. Under all circum-
stances it acts in harmony with the
female system. 1t corrects
Ls,regukarjfy,
Suppressed or Painful Menstruation,
Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion,