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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
PROFITABLE AGES OF FOWLS.
First Laying Year of a Hen Gives
the Best Profit.

AS a general rule it is found that
pullets are the most profitable fowls
to keep for the production of eggs.
Some experienced poultry men may
claim that they have just as good
results from older animals, but the ex-
perience of the many does not seem
to bear out such a statement. We
would like to know what our readers
think about it. What age fowl has
given you the best returns? Has your
experience been in accordance with
the following report from the Oregon
experiment station, as presented by
Prof. Dryden of that station?
1t is a point in management that l
wish to speak of here, one point in
many that must be taken into account
if poultry keeping is to be made a
success. 1t is a question of the most
profitable age of the hen. Poultrymen
who have kept in touch with poultry
Investigations during the past few
years are pretty well informed on this
point, but the Importance of this sub
ject is not yet generally appreciated.
The writer carried on for several years
at the Utah experiment station a line
of experiments with the object of de-
termining the value of the hen at diff
ferent ages for egg production. The
same hens we're kept year after year
under similar conditions, and a record
kept of production and of food con-
sumed. These experiments proved
that the hen is different from the COW,
which retains or improves her produc.
tivity with age. The first year was
the most profitable, and there was a
gradual decrease in productiveness
each succeeding year. 1t is safe to
figure this decrease at 25 per cent.
each year. With average prices for
food and for eggs, it is not profitable
to keep hens after they have finished
their second year of laying. The
first, or pullet year is very profitable,
the second will give satisfactory
profit, but during the third year the
egg yield will seldom pay for the food
consumed.
These conclusions of course, apply
only where the eggs are sold at mar
ket prices. Fowls that have a special
value as breeding stock should be
kept longer, but the notion that 1.-The
old speckled hen" is the good layer
should not be cherished unless she is
caught in the trap nest. The fact
that she sings joyful lay, paints her
comb a brilliant red, and scratches a
vigorous scratch should not be ac-
cepted as sufficient grounds for com
muting the sentence.
1t is safe to say that poultry keep.
ers would be many thousands of dol
Jars in the pocket by vigorously killing
off the hens every two years and re-
placing them with new stock-with
the exceptions noted above.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
Aristocratic Makers of Jams.

The Viscountess Wordsworth has
found her jam factory so remunerative
that she has decided to enlarge the
plant before the beginning of the next
season and to add sauces and chut-
neys to her products, says an English
newspaper On her marriage Lady
Wordsworth began to make all the
jams and preserves for the consump-
ton of her own household. Her friends
liked her jams so well that she final
ly decided to go into the business. An
old brewhouse adjoining her home,
Walters hall. was reroofed and fitted
up as a factory and a staff of expert
women engaged to make jam under
her direction. Next year she expects
to double the number of her employees
as we'll as the amount of her products.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
Christmas GiMinn

The one feature of Christmastide
that cannot be overdone is the giving
of comfort to the needy. Sometimes
it appears that the custom of ex-
changing gifts has its questionable
side, in the increasing demands upon
slender purses and the cultivation of a
spirit of mendicancy in servitors.
These matters. however, regulate
themselves, and probably little harm
is done by the swelling of the spirit
of generosity at this holy time But
the relief of the poor and unfortunate
is a blessed work that can never work
injury to him who gives.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
FARM HINTS.

Feed your soil; it can be done at
all seasons.
Do not let hillsides wash into gull.
lies, keep them in grass or other
crops to prevent washing.
When a gully washes out on any
part of the farm, Immediately fill it
with trash to prevent further washing.
1t is easier to save the soil than to
make it after it is lost.
Let the boys and girls see you Sc.
lect seed corn. 1t will be valuable
part of their education.
We cannot hope to take large crops
from soil in which available plant food
does not exist in abundance.
Because a new fruit does we'll in
one locality is no proof that it will do
well in all localities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

neatly and sew back and forth from
one edge of the linen to the edge op-
posite Sew on the ribbon and then
line each cover with a piece of the
silk.
Cut two pieces of flannel one-half
inch smaller than the covers and over
hand the covers and flannel together
Then overland the needlebook on the
bag.
A very pretty color scheme is to
have the bag and needlebook lining Of
blue silk; the cover of white linen,
and blue satin ribbons. The en-
broidery is effectively done as follows.
using very delicate colors:
Flowers, pink.
Centers of flowers, white silk dots.
Leaves and stems, green.
Bow knot, blue.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they cannot reach
the seat OF the disease. Catarrh is blood const
tutonal disease and In order to you must take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternaly and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medi-
cine. 1t prescribed by OF the best physicians
in this country for years and is regular prescription.
1t is composed OF the best tonics known, combined
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination OF the
two ingredients is what produces s n wonderful re-
suits in curing catarrh Send for testimonials. free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

will release the doors which will drop
and allow her and the other fowl to
escape The only thing, therefore, neces-
sary in operating is to lift the door
in the eveping after the fowls have
gone to roost. 1t will latch itself and
remain in that position during the
night.
AS will be seen from the cross
section, says the Orange Judd Farmer,
the floor is balanced and connected
with a stout wire to latch of the door.
This being tilted somewhat outward
from above, readily falls when the
latch is sprung by the hen stepping
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

to run the ribbon through. This
heading is made as it is in any bag
Gather across the lower edge of the
bag where the needlebook will be
sewn on.
To make the needlebook, cut two
pieces of linen 51a inches by AZ
inches Transfer the design IN the il.
lustration to the linen by means of a
piece of carbon paper. Be sure to lay
the design on across the long side OF
the linen. Cut two pieces of paste.
board exactly the size and shape indi-
Gated on the page where the design is
drawn, and cover these with the
linen.
Care should be taken in placing the
linen on the pssteboard to see that the
design is straight. Turn the edges of
the linen over the pasteboard very
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
Plenty of Litter Needed.

Place plenty of straw or other
clean litter in the poultry
house in cold weather. Scatter
grain in this for the hens to
scratch out. 1t will help to keep them
warm and make them lay. When the
litter becomes soiled and dusty. clean
it out, for dust is not good for the
breathing organs of any animals. All
cleanings from the poultry house
should be mixed with stable manure
and applied to the land 1t is rich in
fertilizing elements, and the mixture
with stable manure makes an all
around fertilizer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
The Dissatisfied

The happy people in the world are
those who enjoy what they have.
Those for whom nothing is good
enough are neither fit for earth nor
would be satisfied in heaven. Here
they are restless. There their halos
would be damp or would not set
straight. The third domain. which
rhymes with well, would not be well
for them, for the best would be too
invariable or attending to fires would
be too monotonous.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
Warm Water Device.

draft. The top of the can is cut out
evenly and the can itself is placed
Immediately below the hole cut in the
top of the wooden box. A couple Of
thin pieces of wood are nailed on
opposite slides of this hole, and COM
mon drinking fountain placed on top.
The warm air coming from the light
ed lamp prevents the water from
freezing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
CAPITOL Reflects Nation.

Every great nation is proud Of its
capitol. Every great state in the union
has lavished millions of dollars in the
adornment of its capitol. Every i'm
portant city, which is a miniature
commonwealth, should have a noble
capitol, or city hall. In the chief
building OF a municipality is carried
on the business which concerns every
citizen.-Troy Record.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
Cross Section of Protector.

on the floor beyond the point of bal
ance. The measurements given in the
drawing are merely suggestive. For
large fowls the height of IL inches
may not be great enough, but this any
poultryman can readily fix for him.
self The mesh of the wire front
should be too small to permit a weasel
entering; one inch mesh is plenty
small enough.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

"a prise gift, grown persons as
MJf@TW much as children, so some
IN M new and interesting sur
ZT prise centerpieces have
been prepared to supple
ment the Christmas tree and its bur-
den of gifts. These surprise pieces are
intended to occupy the center of the
table when dinner is served, either on
Christmas day or the evening before,
and they supply a good deal of merri-
ment as well as decoration. Their
decorative qualities are rare indeed,
for they trim a table deliberately and
more appropriately than an equal
quantity Of flowers would.
Santa Claus is the prevailing motive
Tor these unique decorations, and one
or the most attractive over which his
familiar form in miniature presides is
basket laden with glistening white
snowballs from behind each of which
peers a smaller Santa Claus In the
top of every SNOWFALL is stuck a sprig
OF genuine holly, while nesting under
each white globe is quaint gift, some
times joke, or something Christmasy
and appropriate for the recipient. En-
circling the high, rounded handle of
this basket is more holly, with real
istic looking icicles fringing the inner
side Of the top. Around the basket
proper are rows of Christmas crack
ers' to add to the fun and the amuse-
ment of the occasion. These are COW
cred with red crepe paper to match
the basket, and a broad satin ribbon
Of the same shade is fastened on one
side of the handle This trimming has
a Christmas sentiment done in gold
letters.
The idea of the Christmas surprise
decoration seems to be to hide the
gift as cleverly as possible. The Jack
Horner way is reproduced by using a
huge SNOWFALL instead of plum cake
or pumpkin and then concealing a gift
for each person inside the SNOWFALL,
with only a bit of white ribbon break
ing through the crust to show its hid
ing place A mock Christmas pudding
adorned with sprig of holly and with
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
WARM WATER FOR HENS.
Device Which Will Help to Provide
Comfort for Hens in Winter.

The drawing shown herewith taken
from the Orange Judd Farmer illus
trates simple device Tor providing
fowls with warm drinking water,
which is believed to be more condu-
Give to egg laying than cold water,
A shallow box forms a chamber in
which a small lamp is placed and sur
rounded by tomato can with some
holes punched near the bottom for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

book is attached to the bag, SO one
does not have to hunt among the
spools inside for the needlebook. 1t is
a simple matter to make the bag, and
it requires only a scrap of material
Cut strip of silk % inches long
and nine inches wide. Fold the short
edges together and make a small
French seam up the long sides. Fold
back two inches and make a two-inch
heading, with a half-inch space below
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
important TO Mo.hera
a New AiIment.

A South side four-year-old was not
so full of mischievousness as usual.
what is the matter, Ethel?" asked
her mother. Aren't you feeling well?"
Nom" replied the little miss. Il
fink there mus be someflng wrong
wifi my liver and bacon.
City Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

ED GEERS, "The grand old man." he
horses in races. He says: 81 have used
SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE for II
years, always with best success. 1t is the
only remedy l know to cure all forms of
distemper and prevent horses in same sta
bic having the disease" SOC and 81 bot
tie. All druggists, or manufacturers. Spohn
Medical Co, Chemists. Goshen. Ind.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
Let Children Make Cards.

Have large box at hand to drop in
pictures. fancy papers. scraps of rib
bon, and so on to give the children to
make Christmas cards. You viii be
surprised at their ingenuity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
GOOD POULTRY PROTECTOR.
Making Chute Door That Chickens
Can Open.

Wherever there is danger of
skunks, weasels and other providers
getting into the chicken house and
killing poultry, protector, such as
illustrated herewith, will be found Of
great advantage. The best feature
about the protector is that the first
fowl to step on the running board
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
Reciprocltv.

"He's very quick to reciprocate."
"Yes?"
eyes; killed his dog yesterday and
buried mine today"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

Aliens FOot-Ease, "a powder
For swollen sweating feet. Gives instant relief. Tho
original powder for the feet. 26c at all Druggists
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

Mrs. WInsIows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces In
hammation aays pain. cures wind collie. 25cabottle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog los
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

Lots wife may have been peppery
before she turned to salt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

Friend, what you'd get, first earn
Browning.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

He's a poor expressman who is un-
able to deliver the goods.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

NOVEL work bag that will
make a very pretty and &C
ceptable Christmas present
is shown in the accompany
ing sketch. 1t is a handy
LITTLE thing for the needle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
HEALTH VERY POOR
RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA.
Catarrh twenty-five Years.
Had a Bad COUGH.

Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Evanston, ILL.,,
writes:
81 have been troubled with catarrh
for nearly twenty-five years and have
tried many cures for it, but obtained
very little help.
s|Then my brother advised me to try
Peruna, and did.
''My health was very poor at the time
1 began taking Peruna. My throat was
very sore and had bad cough.
"Peruna has cured me. The chronic
cafarrh is gone and my health Is very
much improved.
81 recommend Peruna to all my
friends who are troubled as was"
PFRJNA TABLETS: -Some people pre-
fer tablets, rather than medicine in a
fluid form. Such people can obtain Peru
ma tablets, which represent the medici-
nal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet
equals one average dose Of Peruna.
Man-a-Iin the Ideal Laxative.
Ask your Druggist for a Free Pernna
Almanac for 1909.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03
HcZEZGH FILLED MZ7;H cJAI22R23E oo
cgFyONI BILLS -

loves a sur
prise gift, grown persons as
much as children, so some
new and interesting sur
prise centerpieces have
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24
A Harmony Of vuIaarity.

Hamilton W. Mabie in the Printing
Art: A glance at the so-called comic
supplements of the Sunday editions
of great number of American news
papers fills the lover of his kind with
something akin to despair. These
sheets have one artistic quality:
Every part finds its place in perfect
harmony but it is harmony of vul-
garity. The idea, if there is one, is
cheap and often demoralizing; the
drawing is so elementary that an I'M
educated child may not only under
stand but execute it; the color glares
at the innocent reader like night
mare; and the printing is so bad that
it leaves nothing to the Imagination
The entire product bears the same re-
lation to the art of conveying thought
by symbol that cheap photograph
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24
LIFE ON THE FARM.

The government commission which
is Investigating the condition of the
farmers has elected statements from
more than one hundred in the middle
west Many farmers say their chill
dren left them when they came of
age" and others admit that they have
been unable to keep them until they
were that old Education, is was de-
clared in practically every case, had
produced the change, the determine
ton to get into another walk of life.
Dozens of farmers say their chief mis-
take was in not giving their boys a
share in the returns, a chance to save
little money SO that they might have
something to start with at twenty-one.
Everywhere the same reply was
heard -the boys and girls complain
They want all sorts of labor-saving
machinery; they want books and pa
pers; they want to quit work at sun
set or sooner; they want to go to
town every day. We either have to
give them what they want or they
leave" The telephone, rural free mail
delivery and other innovations have
done much TO improve farm-life con-
ditions, but until the farmer runs his
business on up-to-date lines with the
hours obtaining in other occupations,
the exodus will continue, Is the con-
clusion arrived at.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24
1hanksqiyInd.

Golfers Weekly: Roasted chest
nuts, well cooked turkey, the tawny
pumpkin pie, and the swollen larder
are playful symbols Of the iloly day,
the purpose of which is to bid def
ance to oncoming winter. Men make
them a fire. and heap the table and
gather their friends that they may
voice their unconcern for the sullen
months just ahead Thanksgiving day
IS the stirrup cup to the long jour-
ney. We rejoice that we may rise and
march again. Thanksgiving day is
the scarlet banner that we throw out
TO the November winds. We accept
the challenge Of winter, the rigors OF
unlovely climate the gathering OF
snowdrifts. Frozen and wind whipped
and driven to cover, we make OF mans
natural enemies the orchestral accom-
paniment to his banqueting, and listen
to the north wind driving down the
street as to stringed instruments
a lullaby of gray wolves. Man tunes
him chorus from the implacable ele-
ments IN his own destiny He rears
an altar to the powers that fay him,
sacrifices strange birds and beasts to
his unruly fate and drinks to the ever
lasting memory of his agony
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

A young man convicted 2 second
time of defrauding the government by
forging postoafice money orders threat
ened in Judge McPherson's court In
Das Moines that he would commit
suicide If sent TO the penitentiary-
The Judge was Howise deferred By the
threat and the young man Il now safe
ly in the government prison at Leav-
enwort.l Threats are the unwtsest
means anyone can employ in attempt
ing TO influence that particular federal
Judge
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24
A Bad National Haha.

:. A. .'ln Globe; In the ayer.r.
family, pa picks at me. and -. ..sss
at pa. Brother picks at sfs-s- plsAs
sister picks at brother. M - sna
Of the family has any liberty - ~.
tent; no member of the family i. s ~
praised. Yet the members Of tba 80 80
lily are pretty decent; all ara good 90 ~
pie, and deserving of occasio1ar ~ -
mendation. 1t seems to be an -.
can habit to pick at our neighbo-s. :,
members of our family: At ,bs
tional government. the state gora-
ment. Yet in spite of it all ours !,
the greatest country in existence -.
We are the greatest people. WV -.
we not more genteel, and more ss7st
Bile? Why are We SO quarrelsoroa.
Why are we all more wretched Than
we need be?