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The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
Circuit Court No. 4.
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Assignments for Monday. May 4, 1903:
No. i67, Hall vs. Capital Traction Company At
torneys, Leon Tobriner-R. R. Perry & Son.
No. 45l. Barnes Slater ct al Attorneys.
Turner & Mitchell--G. F. Williams.
No, 81. Murphy vs.. District Of Columbia Attor-
neys, II. Z. Davis and Wolf q Rosenberg-E. H.
Thomas
No s5. slieohsr ct III IL Cairo Apartment
House Company. Attorneys. ]. W. Echols-Birney
& WoodaTd.
No. SIS Hayes vs.. Warrington Post Company.
Attorneys. T. L. Jefords-Chapin Brown,
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lots was as follows: Lot /, 1914
pounds; lot 2, 1850 pounds; lot 3.
1910 pounds; lot 4, 1898 pounds.
Each lot of lambs received, twice
weekly. until February 26 IA pound
of mixture made up, by weight, of
four parts salt to one part sulphur
Beginning February 26, 1R pound of
the mixture was fed to each lot
twice weekly.
The lambs were fed in barn Ga by
100 feet, with hay storage above. A
row of eight pens 12.5 feet by 26 feet
long (these measurements include
the space occupied by feed racks and
watering tanks) was on each side of
d Weekly Gains. All Weights Taken
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rocks or other coarse material.
Above this layer should be placed n
layer of clay, wet and packed hard, so
the hens cannot scratch It up, or a
different plan may be used and the
floor constructed of a sandy or loamy
soil of which the top layer can be re.
newed each year.
The object of ventilating a chicken
house is to supply n reasonable
amount of fresh air, and. equally i'm.
portant, to keep the house dry. Ven
tilation should not be by cracks or
open cupolas Direct drafts of air are
injurious, and ventilation by such
means is always the greatest when
the least needed. A thorough scheme
of ventilation is by n system of pipes
that removes the foul abr from near
the floor, while the corresponding
fresh air is forced to enter ut the top
of the room. This system of ventila.
ton, when properly constructed,
works well, but there are other meth,
DDS which are more practical. The
latest, best and cheapest scheme for
providing ventilation without drafts
is the curtain-front poultry house
Such houses are constructed with a
portion of the south side made of can.
vas or oiled muslin attached to a
hinged frame. BY such provision
steady current of fresh air enters
the house while the carbon dioxid
and moisture of the air pass outward
through the curtain This ventilation
takes place without any air.current
and consequent cooling of the house
In such houses similar curtains are
usually provided to inclose the roosts
With this arrangement 1t is possible
to make a house an open shed in hot
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-23
Is THE HEN A PROFIT EARNING
FACTOR ON THE FARM?
Given Square Deal She Will Return Affirmative
Answer-By Prot. Oscar Ere Kansas.

A representative of the Kansas ex.
pertinent station, during the summer
of 1905, made personal visits to over
100 farms located throughout the cen
trail and eastern portions of the state.
Judging from these visits, the follow.
ing conclusion was drawn: Four.
fifths or more of the farmers have
houses separated from other buildings
for the accommodation of the farm
poultry. The majority of the remain
ing farmers house their chickens in
lean-to sheds or In stables and parts
of other farm buildings. Some farm.
ers provide no building whatever for
their hens. Few farmers have yards
connected with their henhouses. A
still smaller number, and generally
those engaged in fancy.chicken breed.
ing, have partitioned houses and free
ranges.
The typical farm chicken house is
of shed type, and an average size
OF about 10 by 16 feet. 1t is sided by
n single thickness of boards, which
may be patent siding The interior is
for the most part occupied with roosts,
usually arranged in the form of a
ladder. The nests are commonly
open boxes, and may be set on the
floor or nailed to the wall.
Many different styles of chicken
houses prove equally successful in the
hands of poutrymen. 1t is unwise to
recommend the universal adoption of
any one form. If the following points
are given careful study, any farmer
should be able to build successful
chicken house. suitable to his wants
and purse.
The house must be planned for the
hens comfort first, and then the
owner may add such embellishments
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-23
NOW TO KNOW PURE PAINT.
a Way In Which u May Be Identified
Before Using.

After building has been painted
long enough for a weather test, 1t is
easy to tell IL the paint used was made
of pure White Lead or not. But such
helated knowledge comes like locking
the barn after the colt Is stolen.
What one wants is n test that will
tell the quality of the paint before It
and the labor of putting it on are
paid for.
Nature has provided a way in which
genuine White Lead may be positive
ly distinguished from adulterated or
fake White Lead before you spend a
cent on your painting.
Pure White Lead is made from me-
tallic lead. and. under intense heat,
such as is produced by n blow.pipe,
pure White Lead will resolve itself back
into metallic lead. If, however, 1t IS
not genuine White Lead, or If it con-
tains the slightest trace of adultera.
tion. the change will not take place.
Therefore the 'blow.plpe" test is an
absolute and final one
The National Lead Company are
urging everyone interested in painting
to make this test of paint before using
1t, and they guarantee that the pure
White Lead sold under their Dutch
Boy Painter" trademark will always
prove absolutely pure under the blow.
pipe or any other test TO make It
easy for You TO perform the expert.
ment they will send you free upon re.
quest blow-pipe and everything nee.
essary for you to make the test, to.
gether, with valuable booklet on
paint Address, National Lead Com.
pany, Woodbridge Building. New York
City.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-23
MUSIC STUDENTS
Should Have Steady Nerves.

The nervous system of the musician
is often very sensitive and any habit
like coffee drinking may so upset the
nerves as to make regular and neces-
sary daily practise next to impossible.
Il practise from seven to eight hours
a day and study Harmony two hours"
writes a Mich. music student. Last
September | was so nervous | could
only practise few minutes at a time,
and mother said | would have to drop
my music for a year.
This was terribly discouraging as
/ couldn't bear the thought of losing
whole year of study. Becoming con-
yinced that my nervousness was
caused largely by coffee, and seeing
Postum so highly spoken of. | de.
cided | would test 1t for a while.
Mother followed the directions
carefully and | thought | had never
tasted such a delicious drink. We
drank Postum every morning instead
of coffee. and by November | felt more
like myself than for years, and was
ready to resume my music
II now practise as usual. do my
studying and when my days work is
finished ! am not any more nervous
than when | began.
Il cannot too highly recommend
Postum to musicians who practise half
a day. My father is physician and
recommends Postum TO his patients.
Words cannot express my appreciation
for this most valuable health bever.
age, and experience has proven its
superiority over al. others There's
. Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek. Mich. Read The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
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as may please his fancy. The hen
needs, first of all, floor space. place
to eat and scratch. The more floor
space the hen has the better, but the
space above should not be too great
so as to maintain the proper tempera
ture from the animal heat OF the hens.
All things considered, a house just
high enough for a man to walk erectly
and a floor space of about five
square feet per hen would be ad-
visable, depending somewhat whether
the fowls are yarded.
east, and that which dries quickly aft.
er a rain. will prove the most suitable
for chickens. A gumbo patch should
not be selected as location for poul-
try. Hogs and hens should not occupy
the same quarters. in fact, should be
some distance apart, especially IL
heavy breeds of chickens are kept.
Hens should be removed from the
garden, but may be near by or within
an orchard. Chicken houses should
be separated from toolsheds, stables
and other outbuildings.
Grading for chicken houses is not
commonly practiced, but this is the
easiest means of preventing damp
ness in the house, which is a serious
handicap to successful poultry work.
The groundlevel may be raised with
a plow and scraper, or the foundation
Of the house may be first built and
before the frame is constructed filled
with dirt.
A stone foundation Is best, but
where stone is expensive may be re.
placed by cedar, hemlock or Usage
orange posts, deeply set in the ground.
Small houses can be built by setting
tall posts In the ground and spiking
both sills and plates directly to these
posts. Colony houses are best built
on runners, and these may be blocked
up on stones after each removal of the
house.
Floors are commonly constructed
OF earth, boards or cement. Cement
floors are perfectly sanitary and easy
W htOp Nithbs it ObJNNAiOiA W NllNll
common use is the first cost of good ce.
ment floors. Cheaply constructed floors
will not last. Board floors are very
common and are preferred by many
poultrymen, but If close TO the ground
they harbor rats, while If open under
meath they make the house cold
Covering wet ground by a board floor
does not remedy the fault of dampness
nearly so effectually as would a SINH.
lar expenditure spent in raising the
floor and surrounding ground by
grading. All things considered, the
dirt floor is the most suitable. This
should be made by filling in above the
outside ground-level. The drainage
will be facilitated II the first layer
OF this floor be Of cinders. small
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colder, to provide either one or two
walls between the roosting closet anG
the outside air.
Make all roosts on the same level.
The ladder arrangement is a nuisance
and offers no advantage. Arrange the
roosts so that they may be readily re.
moved for cleaning. Do not fjl the
chicken house full OF roosts. Put in
only enough to accommodate the
hens, and let these be on one side of
the house. The floor under the roosts
should be separated from the feeding
floor by board set on edge, or better
still, a tight oost-platform may be
built under the perches. BY this lat.
ter scheme the entire floor of the
house is available as a scratching
floor.
For laying llocks the nests must be
clean, secluded and plentiful. Boxes
under the t-platform will answer
but a better plan is to have the nest
upon shelf above the ground floor
under the roosting platform. The
nests shown in the plans for a poultry
house in this bulletin are so arranged
as to allow the hen to enter from the
dark side. They have no bottom and
may be readily removed and cleaned
Nests should be constructed so that
all parts are accessible to a white
wash brush, that the lice may be
eradicated. The fewer contrivances
in chicken house the better
a man who is engaged in careful,
poultry breeding will need one or
! more yards, the extent and style OF
| which will depend upon the kind OF
chickens bred and the number of pens
mated during the breeding season.
The farmer can get along very well
without any chicken yard at all. It
will, however, prove very convenient
arrangement if "A small yard Is at
tached to the chicken house. The
house should be arranged to open
either into the yard or out into the
range. This yard may be used gor
fattening chickens or confining cock.
eres.
The farmer in general has not vet
fully recognized the full value of
poultry on the farm for supplying
food for his table. Besides the eggs
that they produce, which are being
recognized as one of the most whole.
some food products that we have, the
poultry should furnish to the farmer
the bulk of his meat for the year,
which can be had at all times in
fresh and healthy condition. There is
no other meat that can be produced
as cheaply and is as wholesome and
digestible according to the chemists
analysis.
1t is hoped that the farmers, and
all people who are in position to iaise
poultry. will recognize the full value
Of the poultry Industry.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-23
"sINNER" CAN COME AGAIN.
Thiefs Visit Resulted in Nice Margin
Of Profit to Farmer.

II there are any more chicken
thieves like the one who entered his
hennery three weeks ago, Thomas In
graham of Park Mills, n. Y, will glad
ly furnish a chart of the grounds and
guarantee to tie up the dog. A few
mornings ago Mr.. Ingraham entered
the hennery, and to his amazement
found dozen fowls in place of the
ones that he had missed after the
visit of the thief. He also found hang
Ing to nail in the building a scrawl
which said: Mister Farmer, | was
wicked when | stole them chicks OF
you, but wringed their necks when
hooked 'em from the roost, so could
not put 'em back. Am awful sorry
done 1t, and will prove what say by
bringing you other chickens which I
never stole. Them / took were com.
mon chicks. these are blooded. Never
will steal any more. Sinner" With
such a conscience. the sinners resolu-
ton Is evidence of good business judg.
ment, for Mr.. Ingraham says tho
fowls he received are worth at least
twice as much as the ones whose
necks were 'wringed" when they
were hooked"
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The matter of selecting the ration
for sheep that are to be fattened is an
important one and one upon which,
to marked degree, the profits from
feeding depend The department of
animal husbandry of the Ohio expert
ment station has undertaken a series
of experiments to compare various ra-
tions, and the results of the first two
years work show something of the i'm
portance of using rations that have
been carefully selected.
One hundred and seventy-six head
of lambs in four lots of "A each were
used in this experiment Three of
these four lots contained % ewes and
% wethers; one lot contained 90 ewes
and only 81 wethers. They were Sc
lected from a lot of about $50 head
of Wyoming bred lambs.
All of the lambs were fed corn
and clover hay alike. until the initial
Food Consumed Daily by Each
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Fishing.

Fishing promises to be good this
year. If you don't believe it just
drop the fish line and find out foi
yourself.
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four lots of lambs during each Of the
four four-week periods of the test.
All four lots of lambs We're fed
clover hay in such quantities as they
would consume without excessive
waste. The clover was of good quail
fly. The amount of clover refused by
the various lots will show something
of its purity. Some coarser parts of
the plants were left. but what wss left
was not very palatable and had little
feeding value. All corn used was
shelled before weighing and feeding
In this experiment most of the oil
meal used was finely ground. A
small amount of the "pea-size" was
used. At first the lambs did not
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seem to relish the finely ground meal,
but soo.i came to eat it very well.
The stock food was of the same
brand and lot that was used in the
previous experiment, purchased from
a local dealer. The lambs ate it very
readily throughout the experiment.
The lambs in lots 3 and refused
some of their grain during part of
the experiment, and, on this account.
their grain allowance was reduced
somewhat, as shown in table.
Wheat straw was used for bedding,
being supplied at all times in sufii
cient quantities to keep the pens from
becoming at all filthy. Besides the
wheat straw, the refuse hay, consist
ing chiefly of the less palatable por-
tions of the clover hay, was used as
bedding for the lot which refused it,
The average daily amount of bedding
(straw and refuse hay) for each of the
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\ steady man am I, b. gosh. who works
when works Z do.
But when tn sun is scttin' red an all tn
chores Is through.
You'll find me with the "Ncttie Dere" n
ilOatin on tn blue
\ can of worms upon tn stern a settin'
side o. me,
\ crooked pole atwccn my legs, "a bobber
bobbin' free
Then life is wuth tn lIvm an I'm Twin
1t, b. gee.
do not kccr fer gold cr fame, l do not
kCer fer love.
I'm gist as happy sittin' here us any tur-
tie dove,
With ripples NpCkln' at my feet an gray
in skies above
! do not even kcer fer bites although Of
course they's sum;
| amt afear o drouth ncr bugs ncr any
halls thet cum
I'm gist content sittin' here an gittin'
nearer Hum.
Why. Lord, thcy's cumfurt here so thick
it makes a fellcr dose
An tip his pipe agin' his hat an burn 'er
there she goes,
But hats don't count fer nothin' here-ner
other kind o. clothes
Why darn II, they amt nothin counts
when sunset finds me here.
With all tn world n song o peace an
sweet content an cheer.
a fshin' with a crooked pole frum off
tn "Nettie Dere".
You fellers who is worn and whipped a
chasin fame an gold,
Gew drop tn irons frum yer wrists where
hearts is born an sold
An git u ticket down { here where
worrys bust her mold!
Gist climb aboard tn "Nettie Dere" an
plumb fergit tn rest
Then life is wuth tn livin' and you're liv-
in on tn crest
With sorrers lost behind tn sun a settin'
i'm tn west,
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the barn, with 12-foot driveway be.
tween the two rows of pens. Racks
for hay and grain extended along each
side OF each pen, giving about so
feet OF feeding space for each A
lambs water was supplied in auto
matically regulated tanks, one 10.
Gated at the end of each alternate
feeding rack, so that one tank fur.
nished water for two lots. The racks
and tanks thus arranged formed the
partitions between the different pens
Vertical partitions divided the racks
for the lots under experiment.
b. 10. CARMICHAEL. Chief OF An
imal Husbandry. Ohio Agriculture
College.
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Little Thinks.

Nothing is too difficult to try when
a mans life is at stake.
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Any true poet can write a poem
from a beautiful picture.
Z = =
All are followers of the chief on the
eve of the day he trlumphs!
4 4 Z
Our dreams carry US in carriages,
our realities force us to walk.
Z 4 Z
Medicine! How il has been cursed
by takers and prostituted by the dis
honest!
1t takes a wise young man to pick
a girl who is going to be nice looking
when she is forty-five.
4 Z Z
The feeting scent of perfume is
sweeter and more pleasing than the
aromatic continuance of 1t.
4 4 4
Happy is the man who has a decent
business. who pursues it decently and
who lives honestly on the profit that
it brings.
y = p
What we need at this day and age
is more of the pride of workmanship
and less of the desire TO turn out
something quickly and sell it for big
profit.
4 Z: Z
Syrus says men should not live one
way in private and another in public.
And still it is better for the young
that many do not live their private life
publicly, as the Irishman would say.
yr 2 p
Love was the first law maker and
he ordered a perpetual season of
fondling. This lasted until dinner
time of the first dav when the cooks
chased Love from the kitchen and
broke the law, From this came the
Uncle BY axiom, Living on love is all
right between meals"
O G g
The Difference.
He stood on the bridge at midnight
And he hadn't lost cent
If he'd staid in the bridge game longer
I'll bet he'd be broke-or bent
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Opinions.
There are two good ways TO judge
man-by what he doesn't pay and
by what he doesn't say
q 9 9
From the Hoppertown Gazette.
Mr. Apson Judson is quite absent mind
ed at this writing Last Thursday morn
ing he ate up a whisk broom and thought
It was breakfast food. Uncle Ezra
Harllins has got some new hair ribbons
for his whiskers. The people In these
parts is some undecided as 10 whether
Taft or Fairbanks win get to be pres-
dent, all excepting Grandpa Bihbns, who
is still voting for Samuel Tilden.-Roy X.
Moulton.
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Fishing
Fishing promises to be good this
year. If you don't believe IL just
drop the fish n line and find out for
yourself,
Ss~.MsAe4s
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weights for the experiment were Sc
cured.
1t was planned to feed grain rations
as follows to the four lots of
lambs:
Lot !. Corn five parts; linseed Oil
meal, one part.
Lot 2. Corn, stock food
Lot 3. Corn (about one-siXth more
than lot received).
Lot 4. Com
Lots /, and received, as a rule,
the same amount of grain daily per
lot Table l shows shows the aver
age amount of the various concen-
trates consumed daily by each of the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-13

stimulated and fostered by the patent
system, which has guaranteed to discov-
erers and creators of new methods and
devices immunity from -molestation in
their proprietary rights. II there is any
virtue whatever in the system-and the
fact cannot be doubted in view of the rec
ords-it behooves the government to Sc
cure and hold the services of the best
available men for the examination OF
claims and the award of patents. The
certificate of patent issued by the United
States government should be a reliable
assurance of value in the invention.
parsimonious administration of the
patent office forced by niggardly policy
of appropriations has for some years led
to the employment of too small a force
and the payment of inadequate salaries.
Last winter the Secretary of the Interior
and the commissioner of patents succeeded
in persuading Congress to change this
policy to one of wise liberality. and Sat
urdays celebration was a token of ap-
probation of their services. 1t bespoke
the new spirit which has entered into the
force at the patent office. spirit which
should animate every branch of the gov
eminent service. This object lesson may
have its effect upon Congress in demon
strating the futility and unbusiness-like
of the policy Of consid-
ering that anything is good enough for
the government. The public service should
have the best men in any line in its ems
ploy, and such services cannot be OBJ
tanned and held without adequate compen-
sation.
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The Gray Boom.

Judge Gray was in his chambers at Will
mington preparing a decision when the
messenger handed him a card. SHOW
the gentleman in," he said. with smile.
The gentleman entered, looking little
shy.
Mr.. Marvel?' inquired Judge Gray.
The same replied the visitor.
Il have sent for you, Mr.. Marvel, to
learn some particulars about the Gray
boom at Denver. Naturally. l am a little
curious on the subject. Who were its
authors and abettors?''
Il shouldn't like to discuss the mat
ter without their consent. Could you
grant me time to obtain that?'
"Oh. certainly. In fact, I'm busy just
now. and another day will suit me better
But I hope there may be no trouble
about it. You concede. do you not, my
right to know
We'll. 1 should not put it that strong.
I concede your curiosity.
Wen let it go at that. But, If posi-
BILE, crafty my curiosity. It's a new
experience to have my name taken pos
session of forcibly and used for others
ends. At one time l was on the eve of
an injunction"
TN do what l can for you, Judge. /
sympathize with your feelings, and I'll
admit that the story is worth the telling.
Good day."
Good day.