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Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02

C0lOred Linen Suiting IL l-2c
Various styles that have sold for 25c, 35c and
5Oc all good colors, suitable for fall suits
and Peter Pan waists; very unusual value
35c DOTTED SWISS 15c-Plain sheer
dotted swiss in mauve lavender, light blue,
nile green, pink and white with pink dots;
lot that is slightly damaged, so we say for
Tuesday 15c instead of 35c.
zoe LACE LAWNS 1212c-Lace striped lawns
in white, very pretty for waists and full
suits. zoe grade, Tuesday, third floor, 12hc.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02

Just for an hour from 8 to a. m.
pliable straw, firmly corded edges.
121ac a yard.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
Keen the animals Warm.

GLOW do you manage to always
keep cattle looking so sleek and fine"
was asked of a successful stock raiser.
"Why, l keep them comfortable"
he replied, from the. day they are
born until 1 sell them"
And this is to a great extent the
secret of success in stock growing.
The best farmers are the best stock
raisers; and this is a branch of farm
ing that always wins in the long run.
If you can raise all the rough feed
and grain that your stock need, do
so. by all means, but don't neglect the
stock to do this. Better buy of some
less fortunate neighbor who has more
feed than stock. There are other
things beside feed, too. Have you
seen cattle and horses bumped and
shivering, day after day, through the
worst part Of the winter? Do you
think that those animals were COM
Portable? Picture yourself in that con-
dition and imagine how you would like
il! 1t is difficult to see how some men
can crawl into a warm bed at night
and sleep soundly until morning,
while their live stock stand half frozen
and perhaps haH-fed all night Such
a mans feelings must be pretty well
blunted. 1t doesn't pay in dollars and
cents, either. Now, it doesn't cost
much to fix up a comfortable shelter
for stock, when old hay and straw
can be had almost for nothing. When
a man lets his stock suffer from the
cold, it is a clear case of shiftlessness.
But every year there are fewer and
fewer of the shiftless class.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
POULTRY. BEES AND FRUIT ON A:sourHeRN FARM.

for enough money to pay for his phone
service that year. With a telephone
in his home, the farmer has the world
where the wool is short. He has a
down-hill pull. On the next day he
is too busy to send horse to town,
four miles away, for a bushel of seeo
corn he must have for immediate
planting, as he has been advised by
telephone of its arrival by express, so
he pays a thriftless neighbor who Is
going into town to buy bacon, to bring
the seed corn out to him. That is bet
ter than stopping a three-horse plow
for half day. At night he inquiries
of neighbor over the phone, how he
is pleased with the improved double
row corn planter, and he learns that
it is the correct thing, so he orders
one to be delivered the next day from
his nearest implement house. 1t ar
rives and saves so cents a day in
labor for ten days of the planting sea
son. His wife calls up her cousin,
who lives in the town and has a
pleasant chat about all the doins of
the last two days; finds out who was
present at the last social, which she
was unable to attend, and she is satis-
fed. The phone is a veritable money
maker, and social satisfier in the
rural home. 1t is a builder of so
ciety, an insurance against violence
and an ever present help in case of
| sickness.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
Use of Nitrogen Bacteria Limited.

The extravagant and misleading
claims made by many of the circulars
advertising those widely heralded bac-
terra for inoculating barren soil, which
were to revolutionize agriculture, have
led the United States Department OF
Agriculture to issue a warning to the
farmers. In the first place the inocu-
lation is very limited in application
If the ground is already naturally in
fected with these nitrifying germs, any
further addition of the artificial pro-
duct is useless. They in no sense re-
place the usual forms of fertilizer; II
the ground is barren, no benefit can be
expected to result from its mere inocu-
lation with bacteria; phosphates, pot
ash, lime or other plant food must be
added along with the nitrogen-fxing
microbes. In a soil already rich in
nitrogen the bacteria do little good.
Furthermore, many of the bacteria
now on the market are of no value
whatever. OF nineteen samples bought
in the open market and examined by
the Bureau of Plant Industry one was
pronounced very good" FIVE others
good" and most of the remainder
poor and eight worthless"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
Fowl Bulletin in Demand.

OF the making Of Government docu-
ments there is no end. This, too,
although the President has forcibly
expressed the opinion that the liter
airy output of the departments could
be cut one-half. But there are bulle-
tins and bulletins.
The Tapeworms of American
Chickens and Turkeys" prepared by
B. IL. Ransom, b. Sc, A. NJ, Acting
Zoologist, Bureau of Animal industry
is one that a city chap might classify
as a useless publication. Even though
the important subject of tapeworms
Of poultry has received but little
attention in this country" the indi.
vidual who often mistakes cooked
veal for chicken would not sanction
the expenditure of public money for
such a ridiculous document" In
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
The Fertility of Eggs.

In considering the possibilities for
a good hatch from a setting of eggs,
the fertility of the eggs used is of
prime Importance. Data regarding the
factors affecting the fertility of eggs
are of great value in the poultry in
dustry, this question having been
studied at a number of the experiment
stations in the United States and else
where.
Too warm quarters for laying stock
and overfeeding as we'll as a cold sea-
son are commonly believed to exer-
else an unfavorable influence on egg
fertility. The way eggs are handled
or stored is also believed to affect the
proportion which will hatch, as well
as the conditions under which incuba-
tion occurs. The vigor and character
of the parent stock and the length of
time the male bird has been with the
flock are also important. At the out
set, officials of the Department of
Agriculture wish it distinctly pointed
out that fertility and 'hatchability"
are not necessarily identical. An egg
may be fertile and the germ still not
have sufficient vitality to produce a
healthy chick under the ordinary con-
ditions of incubation.
s. In a series of incubator experiments
at the Rhode Island Station, of S,677
eggs tested, SO per cent. were found
to be fertile, while only 46 per cent of
the fertile eggs, or 3S.6 per cent of the
total number of eggs, hatched under
the conditions of the tests. Expert
ments made at the Maine Station
showed that there was as great varia-
ton in fertility as in the total yield
OF inherent hens some producing eggs
that were all highly fertile and others
that were completely infertile, and,
Furthermore, that eggs of some hens
varied greatly in this respect at diff
ferent times. The observed facts
seem to show that while heavy egg
yield does not hinder fertility. provid-
ed the hens are allowed to rest before
they begin to lay again, infertility is
likely to result after hens have been
laying long and heavily.
The Ohio Experiment Station made
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
WHITE AND BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS AT BmTMoRG. n c.

Ten millions Of dollars or more, prop
erly expended each year through the
medium Of agricultural colleges and
departments throughout the states,
would be a valuable investment by the
National Government for the entire
nation, provided these influences tend
ed to Lpbuild the agricultural and
livestock interests of the South; to
teach the growing communities how to
care for their lands and their homes
in a manner that would return to the
soil It's former richness, and to make
the products Of the ground increase
and multiply and enrich the people.
But nothing could be more unfortu-
nate for any locality than to have
sums of money voted to that pur-
pose and have it made use of fol
political advancement and the aid of
classes rather than the masses.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

South Of the Virginia line and on to
the Gulf in the Atlantic States OF
this country can be found about the
same climate as is prevalent along
the Pacific coast south from San Fran
cisco. The State Of California, the
people of California and the agricul-
tural interests of California began a
number OF years ago a determined ef-
fort to colonize that section OF the
world with poultry growers. NO
stone was left unturned to make this
effort successful; the railroads, the
state statisticians. the agricultural
department and the people kept it
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
THE SOUTH BEST SUITED FOR POULTRY
BY 7. F. Nc GREW.

poultry, and stock Of all kinds, the
presence of which always enriches and
fertilizes the soil. providing that care
and attention be given to the eco
nomical saving of the manure and a
proper distribution of it over the land.
The States of Missouri, Kansas and
California are samples of what can
be done in the upbuilding Of the
poultry interests for the elevation of
its people through an increased In
come enabling the State TO have bet
ter schools, better education, better
homes, and to better improve their
lands. Only a short time since there
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

used are those from vigorous parent
stock, known to produce a high per-
centage of fertile eggs, while in order
to secure a great percentage Of fertile
eggs the hens should be allowed a
rest after each laying period, The
eggs should be handled very carefully
and not subjected to extremes of tenn
perature in storage, and used only
when comparatively fresh.
AS a whole it may be said that the
ordinary conditions prevailing on the
farm as a rule favor the production of
egge of high vitality. The keeping
quality of eggs is a very different mat
ter from fertility, as it is the general
belief that infertile eggs keep better
than fertile.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

afoat, until California has become one
Of the largest poultry producing
states OF the country, and san Fran
cisco and the Pacific Coast are being
supplied with the finest quality OF
fresh-laid eggs and poultry OF all kinds
produced at home-a supply which
formerly came from east OF the Rocky
Mountains.
We note this for the benefit OF the
states lying south Of the above mem
toned line. II the people in the q
districts, individually, locally and ma
tionally, would take hold of the up
building of the poultry interest, Of the
growing OF all kinds Of land and water
fowl for market and the producing OF
fresh-laid eggs in winter it would not
be many years before the fields OF the
South would bloom again as In the
Olden days when cotton was king, and
when the planter of these districts
rolled in wealth enjoying the distin-
guished attitude Of being envied by
all mankind.
The modus operandi to be pursued
In connection with the poultry in
dustry is extremely simple, and the
only wonder is that it is not more
generally carried out. 1t appears,
however. to need the energetic work
OF one or two men in each community
to demonstrate to the surrounding
farmers the advantage and profit in
employing up-to-date methods. The
BARNARD flock can within a short
time and at a very small expense, be
bred up from an average of 60 or 20
eggs a year to a production of 12j or
$50 eggs per hen, constituting the diff
ference between a loss and a hand
come profit from the flock. All 1t Is
necessary to do is to decide upon some
suitable breed OF fowl and infuse new
blood into the flock each year by the i'm
portatiOn Of n reasonably Well-bred cock.
By this g0nns not only can egg produc-
tion he increased but, if n general purpose
breed is selected, a great average In
crease in the weight of the fowls will
be absolutely assured.
In connection with this, nothing
could be more profitable to handle
than the growing Of fruits and market
stuff throughout the entire South.
Two other features of great value
might easily be added that is, cult
waiting squads for market and keep
ing bees for the production Of honey
and bees-wax. In the local market,
bees-wax sells now for almost 40
cents a pound. In the southern or
warmer climates where winter feeding
would not be OF long duration, the
cultivation OF bees for bees-waX alone
would become a profitable vocation,
eSn il the extracted 4oney were dis
tributed among the neghbors as a
gratuitous compliment from the grow
ers Of the bees. But the bees must
be compelled to build their own
honey-combs, TO facilitate which. as
well as to have larger product OF
bees-wax, the boxes for receiving the
honey should be so constructed as to
influence the formation OF a large
amount Of honey-comb or bees-wax in
preference to honey.
II these matters were earnestly
taken hold Of by the agricultural de-
partments in every Southern State
and pushed as they should be, with a
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

in pens with three male birds and the
percentage of fertile eggs observed for
nine days after mating. This in
creased regularly from o on the day
of mating to 95 per cent on the eighth
day after mating. The fertility of the
eggs was apparently not materially af-
fected until the twelfth day after re-
moving the roosters. This point was
also studied at the Ontario Agricul-
tural College and Experimental Farm.
The hens were separated from the
male and the eggs laid each day were
placed in an incubator and tested with
respect to their fertility. OF the eggs
laid during the first four days after the
male was removed, 20 per cent. were
fertile; of those laid on the fifth day,
61 per cent; on the sixth, 60 per cent;
on the seventh, 49 per cent; on the
eighth, IL per cent; on the ninth, 2
per cent. and on the tenth, all were
The influence of the male on the
total number of eggs produced was
also tested with two lots. Lot 1 con-
sisted of pullets, hens, and 1 cock;
lot 2, of hens and pullets OF the
same varieties as lot /. Both pens
were fed and cared for in the same
way. = Lot l laid $50 eggs and lot 2,
l972 eggs. It may thus be seen that
there was but very little difference in
the number of eggs laid by the two
pens.i
Il Ideal Conditions for Fertility.
The various observations made at
different stations, while not entirely
conclusive, seem to indicate that, in
order to secure fertile eggs which will
hatch, It is considered desirable for
the laying stock not to be kept in very
warm quarters or overfed; the males
must be kept with the hens contin.
uously and only eggs used which have
been produced after the male has been
with the hens several days. Tfe most
desirable fswls whose eggs arp to be
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
The TeIephone on The Farm.

He sits by his hearth and sells his
cotton when it reaches IL cents be-
cause his samples are stored in the
town, even though his cotton Is at
that time under the cow-lot shed. He
learns when he comes from the field
at noontide, that the carload Of seed
potatoes ordered by him and his
neighbors has arrived and he goes to
town Immediately for his own share,
and by phone agreement, hauls home
the portion belonging to two neighbors
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

was a gathering Of representative
business men from the South look
ing for national aid to the upbuild-
ign Of the localities from which they
came. Nothing should be more loudly
applauded and approved by the people
Of this country than government aid
properly applied throughout the South
ern States; but this aid should be so
applied as to make the people more
industrious and to add to their wealth
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
UncIe AIee's ReTeefions.

Doan nebber try to comfo'ht er man
by tellin' i'm his trouble might be
wus. 1t tickles his pride ter feel dat
he's beatin' de record, eben when it
come t. bein' mizzable.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
The Reason.

Nah ole woman's idea OBJ economy
am in payin' ten cents wurf OBJ cah-
faih fo' de sake OBJ buyin' dollars
wuf of stuff TO ninety-eight cents,
what she doan't want nohow.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

study Of the effect of the presence
IF the male bird on egg fertility. Forty
Eeghorn hens which had previously
been kept without males were placed
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25
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The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

Henry Labouchere has spent one
million dollars in defending suits for
libel brought against him as editor OF
the London Truth.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

find with 1ns sl people have no f.u1, S''s !.
thew ", %,'n n, Squire Jennings as q 70
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

citizen in ,o.,, purpose let everv
and ha.- 'O"n stand by tbs conna,,
-u Dear that na,. Council
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

High-born Siamese walk with tht
elbow joint turned Inward and the
thumbs turned out.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

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The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-25

There are 640,000 horses and $500
licensed automobiles in the State or
New York.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-08-31
MR.. STEGMAIER'S
WILL PROBATED

The will of the late Charles Steg-
maier, the wealthy WilkesBarre brew
er, has been probated before Register
Battle, of that city. The instrument
in addition to making many charit-
able bequests, reveals an estate which
is estimated at 81, 800, 600.
The essential parts of the will fol-
low: To the Holy Family Convent Or
phanage, Danville, $780, to the
United Charities, Wilkes Barre, S2,-
500; to the Humane Society, $500: to
the Home for Friendless Children,
30, 500; to the Wyoming Society for
the Prevention of Tuberculosis, ST.
600 Ito he,,Mercy Hospital for the en-
dowment of a bed, $5 900; to the Old
Ladies Home. 81, 900; to the House of
Good Shepherd, Scranton, $4,000; to
the st. Patrick's Orphanage Asylum.
Scranton, 81, 600; to the st. Joseph s
Founding Home, Scranton, 80, 600; to
Meta and Mary Baer, his nieces, the
income of S12, 900 during their lives,
or so long as they shall remain un-
married. He also makes ample pro-
vision for his son, Charles, by the
creation of trust fund, and gives to
his old and trusted financial and priv
ate secretary, J. @. Weigand, the di-
vidends on 1850 shares of capital stock
OF the Stegmaier Brewing Company,
so long as he shall remain in the en-
ployment of said company. The re-
manning of his estate, real and per-
sonal, he gives in equal shares to his
children, O. E., George j. and Fred
| Stegmaier, and Mrs. Louise S. Eorve,
and appoints O. E. Stegmaier and
Louis S. Forve his executors.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-08-31
A CITIZEN APPEALS
TO DR.. DIXON

A gentleman of influence residing in
this city in order to get an expression
of opinion ON the subject addressed
letter to DR.. Dixon of the State board
of health, calling his attention to the
abandoned canal, which is proving
such a nuisance and menace to our
town. The description given was
thoroughly adequate and the head of
the State board of health was brought
face to face with the conditions as
they exist.
In reply, Dr. Dixon stated that while
undoubtedly a nuisance yet in his OPP
inion the old canal was matter for
the local board of health and not the
State board 1t seemed a matter of
surprise to him, in the premises, that
the local board had not proceeded legal
ly and he asked what reason the mem
bers assign for not taking action.
The old canal, essentially nuisance,
threatens in short time to become
doubly Objectionable by reason of the
rank growth of bushes and noxious
weeds that have taken root in the fer
tile and we'll watered bottom and are
springing up to maturity as if by
magic. Already in the borough the
spot presents wild and neglected ap-
pearance, but it is not so bad as be-
low town where long succession of
fine farms is intersected by the old
canal, which with its rank growth has
become a positive menace. At some
places the old ditch is nearly obliter-
ated. the tow path and the opposite
bank being also hidden by the rank
growth. among which are weeds that
are apt to prove very troublesome to
the farmers. Not only is such spec
tacle unsightly and annoying to n
the weeds on his own lands, but he
has no assurance that the weeds, nox
ious and otherwise, which are per-
mitted to thrive and go to seed in the
canal, will not spread to his fields
abutting Oh the old water way, thus in
the future adding to the labor and eX
pense in keeping his farm presentable.
The farmers no not understand that
they have any right to encroach foot
on the canal property. In the premises
they think the very least the owners
of the canal could do would be to cut
the weeds down. There will no doubt
be some agitation along this line be-
| fore long.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-08-31
Wholesale Life Saver.

Edwin W. Saylor, young man
whose home is at Sixteenth and Mad
ison streets, Philadelphia, has develop
ed into champion life saving hero
during his vacation, which he is spend
ing at Lewisburg, Pa. Last week he
saved the lives of five young women
in two days.
On Friday he was invited to go out
rowing with four pretty delegates to
the Baptist assembly. They started
across the Susquehanna, and when the
boat got about half way over it struck
upon sunken snay and upset.
Tho four young women, one of whom
was Miss Bessie Nevins, of Philadel-
piha, were flung out into the water,
but managed to cling to the gunwales.
Saylor sprung out and began swim
that the young women wJuld become
exhausted before long, he attempted to
struggle towards shore, pushing the
boat ahead of him. After long fight
ilt soL lIlt Clulb llibo StIuitoN "atpi
and helped the quartet of girls to the
bank
On Saturday Saylor accompanied a
picnic party members of which posed
for a group photograph on the breast
of an old dam. One of the girls, Miss
Mabel Hostetter, of Williamsport, step.
ped upon lose stone, and plunged
fifteen feet to the deep water below
the dam.
Fully dressed and without even re-
moving his straw hat, Saylor dived in
to the pool and caught the girl as she
rose to the surface, bringing her to
shore badly scared, but uninjured.
Saylor made little of his two daring
feats. He is a splendid swimmer, and
| cankeep afloat for hours if it is neces-
| sary. Boating parties for this week
are all including him, for safety S
sake.