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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-06
Country Merchants Buying
Literally In Markets.
SedsonabIe Weather In Most
Sections Make Good Trade.
Textile Mills Output Large---Shoe
Factories Are Busy.

New York, April 5.--R. 6. Dun x
Cos. Weekly Rev lew OF Trade tomor-
row will say:
Trade responds to Sedsonabc Wed
Their distribution of spring merchan-
disc fully equalling sanguine eApecta-
tioTS. and country merchants purchase
literally from wholesalers at leading
centers. Reports from principal cities
are uniformly favorable, active bust
ness being accompanied by further inn
provemcnt in collections.
Primary markets for textiles are
quiet out there is no diminution Of the
output of mills, except where labor
cannot be secured. Most cotton goods
producers nave orders covering output
so far into the future that the tighten
ed pressure is helpful. Jobbers are
still selling goods purchased below the
present level and the future Of the
market can not be determined until
untitled orders are placed at the high
est prices. No assistance is anticipa-
ted from the export department until
fall. especially as regards China. De-
mand is vigorous for light weight cot
tons for the big trade, converters being
poorly prepared for requirements,
which are usually very large in July.
AS to wooden goods, slight improve
ment in the mems wear division is
found in larger duplicate orders. but
clothiers have not been able to deter
mine the trend of demand from sales
mems returns.
Footwear factories are still busy. anI
bids for fall goods at slight concessions
are rejected by producers, who do not
anticipate any read justmcnt Of quota
tionS. Increased activity is expected
within the next two weeks after job
bers have taken Inventories showing
the extent of Eastern trade. JObbine
business continues brisk at the East
The fOrwardings from Boston are well
maintained. Demand for sole leather
has improved. and Friday it was re-
ported that 100000 sides had been taker
out Of the market which should ma
| teriaiy strengthen all departments Of
| the industry. Harness leather has
| again declined and glazed kid is dul'
any weak but the easier tone has not
produced any general fall in quota
tions. Country hides declined sharply
| and some further concessions have oC-
| CURED in packer hides because of the
Indifference OF tanners. yet the ton.
| is better on account of the easier mon
"y market. \ fair absorption of receipts
prevents any material weakness II
foreign dry hides.
Commero ial failures this y eek in the
United states are 40 against 1871. tn,
| corresponding weak last year. Fail
| urcs il Canada number - against i
last year.
Bra1strects State of Trade tomorrow
will say:
Somnthin" like u IulI in retail trade i,
| shown this weak in Canada. causes fnt
| this being reaction from Easter ac
| tivity, d cola snap and bad country
| roads. BUSINESS done before Easter or
| spring account was good. however
There is still some complaint as to col
lectionS. though these have slight,
| improved in til" Northwest
Failures for the week number q
as against Il in this week n wear aro
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
Thew Wouldn't Salute.

Black Jack Percival, who was a ma
val captain in the Old days. once
brought cargo Of Spanish jacks home
in a man-of-war. He was in Spanish
waters when the jacks were given to
the United States by Spain and was
ordered to bring them out In his ship
1t made him angry, but he got the
beasts aboard and sailed for New York
When he came through the Narrows
the guns had been rolled back, and out
Of every port there stuck jacks head.
Thus decked out and without salute,
he came to his anchorage. The admiral
commanding sent posthaste to de-
mand why Captain Percival had not
saluted. II didn't salute" was the
doughty captains answer, because I
couldn't. I had two men twisting ev-
cry jacks tail, but not blanketed one
of them would bray"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
DUST PARLOR.

them. The great objection, however,
to dust boxes in poultry houses, aud
one that has caused breeders Il good
deal of thought, is the effect that the
constantly stirring dust has on the
birds. There are some authorities who
declare that the coughing and sncczjng
which are frequently mistaken for
roup are really caused by the Irritation
of the fine dust particles against the
delicate mucous membranes Of the
mouth and throat of the fowl.
The illustration given herewith,
which is taken from Reliable Poultry
Journal, shows an excellent plan
which was originated by common
sense poultryman. This dust parlOr"
is built close up against one Of the
walls of the poultry house, with which
1t is connected by sueans of square
opening cut in each wall so that they
come together when the dust par!or Is
put in place. The front of the dust
parlor is provided with glass, so that
there is plenty of Sunshine, while there
is no trouble in the poultry house
proper from the lst, the small parti-
cles of which are liberated from the
dust parlor by means of small holes
In the fronts and ends.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
Value Of Poultry Manure.

Poultry manure, to keep so that it
will not heat. should be mixed with
finely sift.l ashes, says American
Poultry Journal The value differs
somewhat upon the use to be made of
It, For ms lance, if wanted to be use;l
for growing onions its value IS high.
We have known it to be sold at a dol
lar q barrel in some districts. For the
growing CT sweet corn it is also OF
great value, 60 to 70 cents barrel hav-
Ing often been given.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07

The truth is, l fear, that madness
has great advantage over SANITY
Sanity is always careless. Madness IS
always careful. There IS great deal
of falsehood in the notion that truth
must necessarily prevail. There Is this
falsehood to start with-that If man
has got the truth he is generally happy.
And If he Is happy he Is generally
lazy. The incessant activity, the exag
gerated intelligence, generally belong
to those who are little wrong ana
lust little right. The whole ndvan-
tage Of those who think that Bacon
wrote Shakespeare, says Gilbert j.
Chesterton, writing in the Illustrated
London News, lies simply In the fact
that they care whether Bacon wrote
Shakespeare. The whole disadvantage
of those who do not think 1t lies In the
fact that they do not care about It,
The sane nan who is sane enough to
see that Shakespeare wrote Shake
speare is the man who is sane enough
not to worry whether he did or not.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
SENSIBLE DUST PARl.0R.
An Ingenious Plan For Doing Away
With the "Cornor Dust Bath"

It goes without saying that fowls
cannot be successfully kept in coniipe-
ment without having access to dust
bath. Especially is this true in the.
colder climates, where fowls are some
times locked up in their houses for
weeks at time The hens by "wa"h-
Ing" themselves in the dust get rid OF
lice and all other forms of body ver-
min. In addition to that it is thought
that the irritation of the dust against
the skin is grateful as well as bene-
fetal to the fowl
In most well regulated poultry houses
the dust bath is provided by mailing
boards of the proper height diagonally
across one corner of the pen. TINS
answers the purpose very well. Tor the
boards are always made so high that
the birds cannot shake the dust over
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
FOUNTAINS AND TROUGHS.
Keen Them Clean or Disease Is Apt to
Overtake Your Flock.

Nothing is 50 dangerous or 50 apt to
be contaminated as the drinking YES
sci for man or beast, says the Feather.
Poison sown in the stream soon spreads
pcstilence among those who may con
s,lme its contents down the waterway
for many miles. Contamination of the
water fountain or drinking vessels of
poultry is the most prolific cause or
the spread of disease. A fowl with the
roup may drink but once from the
fountain used by other fowls and
spread the disease throughout the
whole flock. Gapes, roup and conta-
gious diseases of all kinds are carried
from one to another through the In
fected water fountains. A fresh wa
ter supply Is most valuable, but wa
ter kept In an infected vessel Is dan
gerous and destructive. One may al
ways feel absolutely certain that the
Infection has been removed from yes
sci that has been thoroughly scalded or
heated to almost burning point upon
the stove. Nothing is more certain to
remove all danger than this treatment,
and thorough cleansing with a brush
or broom is more than likely to prove
successful. Proper rinsng when no
lurking danger Is about Is suii1clent.
Never allow an infected drinking YES
sci to be used by your poultry.
Next to this in point of danger Is
sour feed trough that has been gener-
ally used by all fowls and left each
time thereafter to become sour. Fer
mentatlon begins, and the destructive
germs growing therein may spread
pestilence of chicken poX, roup or any
other disease that may be prevalent In
the neighborhood. This can be easily
avoided by thoroughly cleansing the
feed troughs and turning them upside
down each time the poultry has been
fed.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
Double Moltinu" PuIlcts.

The common occurrence is for pulletS
beginning to lay in the late summer Or
early fall to lay at least several weeks
quit laying aad go through partial
mott before beginning again, says n
writer in Fa.m-Poultry. Instances Of
old hens noting twice the same season
occur quite frequently. OF the causes
of these phenomena practically nothing
Is known. ,:'heir occurrence is so far
from regulas that ordinary obserYa-
tons have tot yet suggested probable
causes or II les of occurrence.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
The liberia Peach.

The reason why the Elberta peach is
planted more than all others Is about
the same reason why Baldwin and
Ben Davis apples, Concord grapes and
Bartlett pears are more generally
planted than most all others. The
tree is vigorous and hardy, thrives on
about every variety Of soil; fruit buds
are little more hardy than the aver
age. 1t is an early and profuse bearer,
and, whether the fruit be thinned or
not, 1t is always Of large size. 1t is Of
bright yellow. with red on the sunny
side, which makes 1t always attractive
In appearance. 1t has thick. tough
skin and IS long keeper, and. as tho
majority of the buyers never ask what
is under the skin of fruit. 1t is good
seller, but is not peach that people
who appreciate high quality or are
catering for the best markets for table
fruit think Of planting.-J. H. Hale in
Rural New Yorker.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
The Crafty Brother,

A man had two sons. The elder was
virtuous and dutiful, the younger wick
ed and crafty. When the father was
about to die, he called them before him
and said: Il have only two things OF
value-my herd Of camels and my
blessing. HOW shall I allot thenT
"Give to me-" said the younger son,
"thy blessing, for 1t may reform me.
The camels should be sure to sell and
squander the money"
The elder, Disgusting his JOY, said
that he would try to be content with
the camels and pious mind. 1t was
so arranged, and the man died. Then
the wicked younger son went before
the cadi and said: Behold, my brother
has defrauded me of my lawful her
itage. He IS so bad that our father, rs
is well known, denied him his blessing.
Is it likely that he gave him the cam
els?'
So the elder brother was compelled
to give up the herd and was soundly
bastinadoed for his rapacity.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
THE YOUNG CHICKS.
yAme Valuable Suggestions as to tho
Care of the Little Fellows.

Care OF the AitttS
When the chicks are thirty or forty
hours old they are carried in warm
covered baskets to the brooders ana
fifty or sixty are put under each hoVer'
where the temperature Is between 10
and 100 degrees, says Il writer speak
ing from experience, in Inland Poultry
Journal. The temperature is not al
lowed to fall below 50 degrees the llrst
week or 90 during the second week.
Then IT is gradually reduced according
to tbe temperafure outside, care being
taken not to drive the chicks out by 100
much heat or to cause them To crowd
together under the hover because they
are cold. They should 1latten out sep
aratcly when young and little latcr
lie with their heads just at the edge or
the fringe of the hover.
Under no condition are they allowed
70 middle outside of the broodcr. They
huddle because they are cold. ana they
should be put under the hover to get
warm until they learn to do so OF their
own accord Neither are they allowed
to stay under the hover too much, but
are forced out into the cooler air,
where they gain strength III the day
time. They are not allowed to get
more than a foot from the hover dur
Ing the first two days; then little far
ther away each day and down on to
the house floor about the fourth or
fifth day. if the weather Is not too cold.
They must not get cold enough to hud-
die or cry, but they must come out
from under the hover frequently.
The floor of the Drooder is cleaned
every day and kept well sprinkled
with sharp, fine crushed rock, known
in the market as "chick grit" The
floor of the house is covered with clo-
yer leaves or hay chalf from the feed
ing floor of the cattle barns.
For raising great numbers of winter
chickens the long plped broOder house
is Indispensable, and 1t has many adj
vantagcs when used at any season of
the year. The advantages are espe-
cially great when raiSinS chickens If
April or May prove to be cold and
wet, for then the small houses are apt
to be cold Outside Oc the brOodcrs.
The expenditure IL greater for the
pipcd houses for the reason that colony
houses should he provided in which
the chickens may he sheltered after
they leave tn, brooder house In ordi.
nary seasons we experience no dill.
Guilty in raising April and May Matched
.J, s,I-e,
er feeding. pallets Matched in these
months are early enough to do good
work throughout the scar.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
Study Your Stock.

A writer advise. all growers to study
the disposition Of their stock. Some
focks are wilder yhan crows; others as
tame as kittens. we imagine that it is
the disposition Of the handler that in
fuenccs quiet among the poultry, says
the Feather, rather than the DISPOSE
ton of the fowls themselves. Some
can handle beas without protecting
hands or face, while others are being
continually stung when caring for the
bees incascd liz Il flying armor. 1t is
the influence o. the disposition of the
handler that qE,lets the flock Of poul
more contented, quiet and easily ham
died.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
Cochin SUGGESTIONS,

Keep the Cochins active before and
during breeding time. If preparing
them for exhibition keep them as quiet
as possible.
Feed mash to your Cochins once q
day, preferably at night. Mash pro
notes looseness of feathering.
A little sugar in the mash for late
Matched chicks will develop them more
rapidly, about cup of sugar to three
or four quarts Of mash.
Separate your largest chicks from
the smaller ones or the latter will not
thrive. Yard the largest and give the
smaller ones free range.
Clip away some of the fluff from both
males and females.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
Salt Cat Fo. PIGEONS.

Some persons make use of rock sal.
Tor their pigeons Others table salt.
The writer I'm the Fc; ther) never uset:
anything oher than Il piece of salt
goldfish nailed to a hoard and hung
against the wall SO that the pigeons
reached it, Many differ with us as to
the use of this, but we never had any
ailments N our loft after we had
cleaned ut the diseased specimens.
quit the uhe of salt of any kind, provid
ed perfectly dry intcri0r and used the
Goldfish fot salt cat. Personally we be
lievc that :he eating Of rock salt. table
salt or salt of any kind by pigeons
causes throat trouble. Eating the cod.
fish, which is sparingiy done, provides
meat and salt as we'll
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
Somewhat Simple,

A rather simple cOuntryman had
been induced to promise a fine hen Of
a particular breed In exchange for
what was said to be fine rosebush.
When the rosebush was brought, 1t
turned ont to be nothing else than a
sprig with little root. The country
man grumbled, but the other said that
ne only had to wait few years and it
would be fine bush. He then claim
ed the hen. The countryman went to
his fowlhousc and brought out an egg.
"That Is not the fowl you promised
me-" said the other.
mo" said the countryman. "but you
have only to wait year or two and
1t will grow into fine fowl."-Scottish
American.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
The Great Hustard.

The great bustard is the rarcst bird
that comes under the head Of game.
This bird formerly haunted all the
level counties of England and was par
tlcularly common on Salisbury plain.
From the reign of Henry VIII. repeat
ed measures were passed in order to
protect It, and 1t is expressly included
under the head Of game In the statute
Of the first year of the reign OF Will
liam w. which codilied and reformed
the laws relating to game.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07

Instea OF a solid plat orm or drop
pings board beneath the roosts usG
two fairly wide boards III front of and
behind the roost. They will catch
practically all the droppia"s, and each
board can be carried ont and emptied
placed on the floor directly beneath the
opening between the boa DIS ami with
hoe +hc droppings Oh one board cal
be she we'd off into the basket and pull
ed forward into it from the other
Having but two boards. ana thes'
verm Il.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
He Held Up the Train,

A German traveller who tried to pass
a meal tickle. on the train was told by
the conductor that he would have to
pay tie regular fare Of 35 cents. The
German argued and refused to pay
more than % cents. whereupon the con-
ductor stopped the train and put him
of In twnkling the traveller ran
ahead of the engine and started to
walk on the track The engineer blew
his whistle. but the iratc Ger 4 Il turn
ed, shool, his fist and called out you
can vissle all you want to. I Won't
come pack"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
Garden Windbreska.

The garden plat for early vegetables
needs slight southern exposure ard
protection from north and west winds,
a site selected just south Of grove
or buildings, says Iowa Homestead.
Where such protection cannot be had
the farmer can grow in three years a
sufficient willow hedge. In these days
Of high priced lumber it is perhaps a
practical suggestion to say build high
board fence.
The windbreak, once Its advantages
are noticed, will not be readily aban-
doned. Its value in securing early ma
turity Is considerable.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-07
Tho Now Strawberry Bed.

For starting strawberry bed tho
soil must be we'll prepared and the
plants we'll selected apd fresh and live
ly. Then proper culture must be given
for the next four months.
Above all things, set only good
plants. You may have bought plants
at high prices and have the feeling
that you cannot afford to lose them,
yet if you find them wilted, showing
no sign of vitality, the only thing ID to
throw them away, says Iowa Home
stead.
1t only adds to your expense and
final disappointment to set out half
dead plants. Better face the loss now
and set only plants that show life.
Then the culture must be constant
Keep the soil loose and fine as gar.
den until August.
Let the planter be guided by those
principles and then be prepared to
mulch his beds when NoIember comes,
and he will be reasonably sure OF
crop the second year.