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POULTRY HOUSE.
Description Of One by a Practical
Pouitryman.


1 believe In the tightly built house.
out do not believe in thick walls nor
alright sleeping places for fowls. ami
mails or human beings. Within a
stones throw from where I am writ
ing there is poultry house which is
In use Tor the second winter. Three
Sides and the roof are made OF ordin-
airy rough lumber. Over these Is =
thick coating OF building paper of the
kind that stands exposure. The south
side is simply thick muslin. tackled
on two frames which are hinged at
the top so they can be swung back and
hoped to the roof in warm weather.
Over the opening wire netting serves
TO keep the fowls in and the maraud.
ers out This house has been used as
a residence for a flock OF fowls which
went through last winter. cold as II
was, without touch OF frost.
The hens laid regularly last winter
to the great profit of the owner. and
this winter they do not seem to have
discovered that winter has come at
all. When it was built curtain was
put In to drop down in front OF the
perches during very cold weather. but
II was found that IL was not needed.
This is Just bit OF my experience.
The poultry Instructor Tin an east
ern experiment station) told me that
he built two houses exactly alike. with
the exception that one had glass win
dows. He divided flock OF fowls and
put half In each house. He found that
the difference in inside temperature
was only one degree. average. the
cloth window house being the warmer
OF the two. He found that there was
no dampness, or foul odors where the
cloth windows were. while the glass
window house smelt "stuny" and the
walls were damp. At the end Of six
weeks the fowls in the house with
cloth windows were healthier and an
peared thriftier in every way than
those in the glass window house. His
houses were built almost on the same
plan as the one can see from where
I write this.
III poultry house is built on
dry ground II never gets damn
from without The dampness al.
ways originates in the house. being
merely the condensed vapor from the
breathing OF the fowls. a cloth front
Tor cloth window prevents this damp
ness from gathering. as there is al
ways a current Of air through the
cloth. but IL is such a gentle one that
no drafts are formed. The cloth front
or cloth window seems to have settled
the question Of ventilation perfectly.
A house with a cloth front or cloth
windows is never filed with foul air
or unpleasant odors.-Miller Purvis in
Breeders Gazette.
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ed to give their comrade a good
tickling.
Five or six men got him in a cor
ner and the tickling began. At first
Blankourn laughed ana yelled as he
tried to break away. but suddenly he
fopped over In what appeared TO be
sound sleep. The men left him ly-
ing on a lounge. and when at nine
O'Clock. the camp bedtime. he had not
awakened. they covered him ND for
the night
Next morning when Blankburn
could not be aroused the lumberman
became frightened and sent several
miles for doctor He had no sue
cess, although he tried all the means
at his command. Hypodermics were
administered, the man was pinched.
slapped and cuffed. and finally strong
ammonia was placed under his nos
trils.
The fumes had no effect other than
to make the sleeper cough. and in
desperation the doctor tried tickling.
Bearing Blankburn's feet, he took a
hen-feather and applied Il gently.
The man half opened an eve and
rolled over. This satisfied the physi-
clan that he could be awakened by
the same means that put him to sleep
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
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Slphon Water Trough.

the box. II the supply hole in the top
is securely plugged and there is no
other opening 10 admit air the water
will flow from the barrel until it Gov
ers the vent. when further flow will
cease until some water is removed
from the tank. A level will be main
tanned as fast as the water can pass
through the vent or as long as there
is any water in the barrel. In filling
all that will be necessary will be to
plug the vent until the barrel Is again
full
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
RATS FULL OF DYNAMITE
Rodents Eat Deadly Explosive and
Now Terrorize Farmer.

Worcester. Mass.-CharIes b. Dana.
an Oxford farmer. would like some ad-
vice as to how 10 get rid OF a family
OF rats fattened on a diet OF dyna-
mite.
Dana lives in mortal terror Of the
animal bombs" as he calls them His
barn is full OF them. He cant kill
them, for fear they will explode while
being assassinated. And II he lets
them stay in the barn he is afraid
one OF them will commit suicide by
falling from the haymow and distribute
his barn, farm implements and live
stock over the surrounding country
Dana stored a box OF dynamite in
his barn for the winter A few DAYS
ago he discovered that rats had eaten
every bit OF it. He said that since the
dynamite disappeared he has seen
more rats and larger ones than ever
before in his life.
I'm afraid to throw a brick at the
pesky critters. for fear they will ex.
plode and blow up the barn" he saws
Il can hardly sleep nights thinking
that one of them may fall out of the
hay NOW TO the barn floor and send
my horses and cattle to kingdom come.
When / go out TO feed the stock |
handle the hay and bedding as ginger
ly as I'd handle eggs. What II one of
those animal bombs should be in IL?
The shock I'd give him by throwing
him about might blow up everything"
Dana is trying to entice a rat away
from the barn for experimental DUR
poses, but has had no success.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
POULTRY NOTES.

Unless chicks are wanted males
are useless.
Householders stop buying eggs
Leg weakness attacks cockerels
more frequently than il does pullets.
In cold stormy weather is the time
good shelter is appreciated by the
fowls.
For best results. the food. care and
conditions must be of the best quail
ity-Farm Journal
Green cut-bone is great egg pro-
Queer and can be given TO the hens
two or three times a week.
Water fowls can be made both use
full and ornamental. under the proper
kind Of environments.-Farm Re
view.
The hens should always have q
dust bath handy. winter and sum
mer. This will help keep the fowls
free from lice.
Are your hens roosting in the tree
tops, on fences. old sheds and the
like exposed places? II so. please
don't expect many eggs this winter.
The noisy coop Is where the egg
laying business is going on. Cack.
ling. Growing and singing indicate
that the hens are healthy and happy.
--Farm and Home.
We talk Of idle curiosity. There -
no such thing: curiosity Is never idle.
Try to take things rs they come. but
At any rate grab than baSowe thow 80
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
How Microbes Can Be Killed.

Microbes cannot be killed by great
violence. as large animals can. and
the blow of a hundred-ton steam ham
mer would not kill one OF them. They
are, however, subject to subtle forms
OF violence, such as rotary motion.
tapping and vibration. DR.. Samuel 7
Melzer placed bottles of germs in the
vibratory machine of a soda water
manufacturer. and found that they
were killed by the motion. The an
paratus produced vibration and a
strong centrifugal tendency.
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PI AMT DEPOTS
NEW YORK CITY

NE w hOENh w
P. Ritzheimer. n. 134th st.
Green and Bailey. 249 e. 127th St
]. H. Parker, IA w. 26th ST.
Charles Devan. III w. 30th st
W. j. Buckner. $50 w. 53rd st.
NJ. w. Slaughter. 312 W. 10th st.
w. w. Johnson. 247 w. 47th ST.
e. II. Mitchell. 1862 w. 27th st.
Turner r.. Robinson. 12-6th Ave.
e. A. Williams. 200 w. 63rd st.
VI. B. Walker. 309 w. S7th st.
]. II. Jarrett. 4S3-7th Ave.
Smith G. Miles. z32 w. 41st st.
NJ. B. Wineyglass. 322 w seth st.
PHILADELPHIA. PA
NJ. Clay. 1901 Fitzwater St.
]. II. Gray. 1888 Pine ST.
Bishop Robinson, 1894 Melon ST.
r. p. Mackens. 1116 Pine st.
James e. Warwick, 254 8. 18th st.
Mrs. B. Homsher. 1910 Pine st.
William Parker. 631 Pine ST.
Mrs. Lavinia A;dridge. sal 8. 18th.
Chas. A. George. COS: Market st.
r. A. Stewart. 173U Federal Ct
PITTsBURG. PA
Jos. Evans. care Jones q Lsughlin.
e. X Thumm,. 140z wylie Ave.
BOSTON MASS.
Branum, 657 Shawmut Ave
w White. $40 fremont 81
up r1T
John Debora. $40 Church 81.
r. u. W. Perry. . Jones Place.
CHICAGO. Ill.
e. H. Faulkner, sIo4 stats o.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
TlCKLED TO SLEEP;
SLUMBERS FOUR DAYS
Even Doctor Couldn't Awake Team.
ster Till He Tried Tickling Him
Back to Consciousness.

Machias, Mean odd story. which
is said to be true. comes from the
Chase logging camp some miles north
east Of here. where a teamster by the
name of Blankburn is alleged to have
been tickled TO sleep and remained in
an unconscious condition for four
days.
Blankburn, according TO the report,
is an extremely nervous man and ad-
verse TO being tickled. The pointing
OF finger al his ribs will set him
gurgling with laughter and a delicate
prod viii send him into Mysteries.
This falling became known to the
woodsmen. and one night they decid-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
IF AT ALL.

Oh. little Afterthought. I wish
You had not come Go me.
For with myself otherwise
Quite satisfied should be
You're excellent but ! deplore
That you should not have come before
Why is Il that you are not prompt.
But saunter I'm Instead.
When all the things I've done are done
And all I've said Is said2
or nuisances you are the worst:
Don't come unless you come at frsti
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
THE BEES.
stow the Eight-Frane Hives Can BE
Made at Home.

II IL is the intention to make hives
OF the capacity OF the eight-frame
dovetail frame hive. get some thor
oughly dry pine boards planed on one
or both sides, nine and half inches
in width.
Usually / get boards about ten
inches wide. and plane them down to
the right width after they have been
sawed into pieces OF the proper
length, writes a New Jersey Bee Keep
er, in Farm Journal.
The lengths are 20 inches for the
sides. and 1915 inches for the end OF
the hives.
rabbet these hive ends without the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
The Annual = 80,

Young Husband a~cr q
year OF unremHtin-
economy we have On e-ed
saving about $500. VS.. shall We
do with it,
Young Wife-WcU. dear we
both need rest Lc IS "a pleas.
ure resort for a we - Y. Weekly
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
Prevent aoup.

RorS should be prevented. for II Is
exceedingly difficult to cure. More
over. many OF the birds that are
treated for roup never amount to
anything afterwards. even IL they are
cured. To prevent roup keep the
poultry house dry and segregate
every bird ttaf seems to be ail.ne
from any caase Il a pane OF glass
Is hroaeS- see TT Sc Is r,eaded M
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02

and he left the loggers to complete
the job.
Little by little the tickling took eff
fect and at the end OF three more
days Blankburn was able 10 sit IN
and eat hearty meal He appears
TO be none the worse for his extend
ed sleep.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
A CONSTANT WATER SUPPLY.
Convenient, Labor-saVing Device for
the Stock and Poultry.

a constant supply OF water can be
maintained for hogs. sheep or poultry
by devising a plan similar to the one
illustrated herewith, devised on the
plan of the siphon and printed some
time ago in the Iowa Homestead. All
is needed is water-t!ght barrel, and
a water-tight box with six or seven.
inch sides. The barrel is filled with
water and a hole bored through the
side at a point just below the top OF
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
An Artful po5ser

Mr.. Ketcham-H1w is your boy get
ting along at school?
Mr.. Cheatem-Splcndidly, splendid
~ tell you, my old friend. that boy 81
mine will make his way 10 no wo--l.
don't you fear. During ere o. -hr
years he's been go'0c 20
have had b eVaninat
managed 20 'r' ere GO e.a
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
Proof of Economy.

Husband-You are not economical
Wife-Well. II you don't call a
woman economical who saves her
wedding dress for q possible second
marriage. I'd like to know what you
think economy Is.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
Rival Candidates.

Il understand your opponent isn't
very popular said the family friend
You bet he isn't," replied the can
didate for once. why. that fellow
couldn't even get Mandatory sentence
On his tombstone!"-Chicago Daily
News
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
Mardi Gras. New Orleans. Le.. Mo
bile, Ala. and Pensacola Fla.
Feb. ZIP, 1907.

Very low rates via Southern Rail
way from ali points 10 the above
points and return Selling dates.
February 9Th to lit. inclusive. re-
turn limit Feb. 18th with privilege
or extension return limit to Marcf,
End. 1907. Buy deposit OF ticket at
destination and payment fee of nifty
cents. These tickets embrace stop
over privileges at many points Two
through schedules daily. Drawing
room Pullmans. dining cars
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02

once. as otherwise Z my be the means
of starting roup II the flock. The
f-rmer should be careful about intro
ducing new blood In the flock, as this
IL often a means OF bringing in the
disease.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02

why do they call these melAn-
choly days?"
Because they are the days when.
Just as you have finished paying up
your debts for your summer vacation.
you remember that you have TO be-
gin saving up for the holidays
Cincinnati Enquirer
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BROOKLYN. N. Y.

Lee Kicks, 7S2 Fulton st.
William Dabney. Quincy ~
William Pope. ia Myrtle Ave.
CHARLESTON. w. VA.
l.. c. Sarrar sol Brooks st.
ASTORIA. Ii
Frank R. Wood. IA Broadway.
ALLAN TIC CITY. N. ].
Hursey Bros. 1917 Commerce Ave.
BRONX BOROUGH. N. Y.
J II. Barrett sOs-ls2u ST.
PLAINFIELD. N. J.
Thos. n. Bridges. Ga w. 4th St,
WASHINGTON. D. C.
L. II. Singleton. goth and z sta.
Southwestern Drug Co,
1924 Street. w.
LAWRENCE. MASS.
A. e. Evans. $50 Essex st.
SPRINGFIELD. MASS.
w. H. Brown. IS stockbridgs q.
CONVICTION. VA.
Daniel Braxton. Box 81.
NEWPORT NEws. VA.
T.. ]. Jefferson. 1211-3Oth St.
George T. Hall. 1332-s0th St
TARPNRo. N. C.
v. E. Howard.
WILMINGTON. N. G.
William H. Mosre.
sTAUNToN. VA.
VIM. c. Johnston. III h. Main 81.
LYNCHBURG. VA.
Charles Morgan. TOO Taylor St
HAMPTON. VA.
John n. Phillips.
DANVILLE. VA.
D. r. Clark. z33 ~. Union St,
PORTSMOUTH. VA.
n. 8. Cooper. 1892 County St,
JACKSONVILLE. FLA.
John H. Johnsca. 2lo Bridge O..
PROVIDENCE. R. l.
Douglass A. A. P. Agency.
oENoPoLIs. ALA.
John w. Anderson.
MILWAUKEE,. WIS.
J. D. Cook. 20 juneau Ave-,
OKLAHOMA CITY. O. =.
e. p. Fsaexn.
BALTIMORE. Nh.
Henry Aios-t. sos Riskneua O..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02

1t is thoroughly equipped
to do all kinds of printing on
short notice. We make q
speciality of Society printing
and work for Insurance Com
parties, such as Financial
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opes, Note and Letter Paper,
Bill-heads, Monthly State
ments, Business Cards, FL
nancial and Order Books,
Circulars, Check-books, Pam
phlets.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02

We furnish "cuts when desired and we will arrange ia
complete special work in line When of any work
in our line, call and and estimates will be furnished
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We print Wedding Invita-
lions, and High Class Sta
( tionery for Balls, Parties, Pic
MICS and all entertainments of
{ q social nature.
We print Church Envel-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02
OUR AIM

is to please our patrons and to
give them the best service at
the lowest prices, consistent
with satisfactory work.
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Cards, Policies, both straight
life and benevolent, Physi-
eian's Certificates, Sick Cards,
Application blanks, Agents
Report Sheets, Rate Cards,
etc.
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WO]
OF ALL DESCRIPTION

we print Handblls Quarter-Sheets, Half and Whole
Sheet posters Tags Tickets Placards Society Cards Min
utes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stationery
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-02

We talk Of idle curiosity. There -
no such thing: curiosity Is never idle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-10-23

for mysterious uses by persons with I'M
reliable memories. But accelerating
public opinion and wire pulling in Al
bany gave employment chiefly to con-
temptible politicians and lawyers. The
higher financiers. however, as directors;
bought franchises and railway lines at
one price and unloaded them on the
stockholders at ten times their cost;
issued bonds for electric roads that were
not built, and carried on private bank
ing business on the inside.
In justice to the Standard Oil people it
should be said that in their quiet way
they also showed considerable enter
prise. One payment of $2,6O7, 1852 in
1899 is followed by similar payments
amounting to S2O,000,0Oo in six years
to purchasing agent who denies that
he knows anything about these cash en-
tries for 'loans." The money seems to
have escaped" as that eminent legal
adviser Paul Cravath would say if it had
been a Metropolitan transaction.
So far between $30,000,00O and $780,
100000 of the Metropolitan stockhold-
ers' money has disappeared. Up to date
the Standard Oils score stands little
lower, but it is making rapid progress as
the Governments investigation proceeds.
1t is close race between the Ryan and
forces, and until one side or
the other breaks into jail it would be TN
fair to say to which belongs the victor's
New York World.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-10-23
That Silver Service.

The Groton Times speaks right out in
meeting on the rejection of the original
design of Harry W. Randall of st. Johns
bury for the battleship Vermont and
rightly intimates that the best would
have been none too good Herei is Editor
Lords pungent comment on the politics
of the question:
The economy = closeness, tightness,
niggardness, or whatever you may term
it, of Vermont officials who expended
but $3,886 Of the states appropriation
of $4,000 for silver service for the bat
tleship Vermont is receiving considerable
criticism. The Times is of the opinion
that the sum appropriated should have
been used. If a cheaper service had been
desired less sum would have been
appropriated.
There is another side to this question
that ought to be made public That is
the rejection of an original design BY
Vermont jeweler, after he was given to
understand that his design and bid
would be accepted, and the finally ac-
cepted design altered to include the
salient features of the aforesaid original
design. Was it done for sectional
reasons
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-10-23

low salaries paid the teaching profession.
Teachers salaries have remained station
airy, while the cost of living has adj
vanced 20 per cent. Teachers should
receive wage sufficient to make them
free and ought to be recompensed for
professional preparation. The new
organization ought to work to prescribe
minimum salary. The teachers should
strive fora compensation which would
be an impetus to make them do their
best work in the spheres whereto they
are called.
On motion of Miss Gertrude S. Hayes
OF Bellows Falls it was voted that all
work or business which could not be
transacted at yesterdays meeting be left
to the discretion of the officers of the
club.
Miss Margaret Slattery of the Fitch
burg (Mass.) Normal school, whose adj
dress on 'The Teacher as an Optimist"
made such profound impression, was
here presented by Miss Tucker. Her
address at this meeting was Boys" a
theme which, under her handling, became
one of the most fascinating of the many
considered during the convention.
The election of officers came on Satur-
day morning. These are the officers of
the association: President, P. R.
Leavenworth of Castleton; vice-presi-
dent, 3. M. Roscoe of Springfield; secre-
tary, ]. F. BroWnscombe of Montpelier;
treasurer, A. A. Kempton of Saxtons
River; executive committee, Isaac
Thomas of Burlington, B. E. Merriam
of Bellows Falls, E. G. Ham of RAN
dolph
At the meeting of the Vermont
Schoolmasters' club the following off
GERS were chosen: President, A. E.
Tuttle of Bellows Falls; vice-president,
c. P. Rowland of St. Johnsbury; secre-
tary and treasurer, ]. E. Colburn of
Manchester; executive committee, E. D.
Collins of Johnson, G. E. Spear of
Brattleboro and A. M. Jones Of North
Bennington.
The next meeting of the association
will be held at Rutland
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-10-23
The Governor and a Second Term.

Several of our exchanges, notably the
Bennington Banner the Burlington
Clipper and the Barre Times, are urging
that the people re-elect Gov. Proctor
next year as their endorsement of his
splendid administration. But we have
never believed that the Governor would
consent to this plan and, besides. he
does not need such an endorsement. His
administration speaks for itself, and his
sincerity, earnestness of purpose and
Yankee ability to wisely administer the
affairs of state have undoubtedly made
him the most popular man in the state
today. Once when some of the state
papers suggested st. Johnsbury lawyer
for governor, Squire Dunnett promptly
squelched the incipient boom by saying
he wouldn't take the nomination even if
it was offered to him on a silver plate.
Probably Gov. Proctor feels the same
way as far as second term is concerned,
and when he returns to private life next
fall he will have the satisfaction of
knowing that he will rank in our history
as a governor who made good and
achieved things. And others will follow
him and wisely steer the ship of state,
for if the new Vermont" idea stands
for anything it stands for progress along
the very lines wherein Gov. Proctor has
attained his success.