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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
FEEDING cocKERELs.
Things to Remember When Preparing
Them for Market.

When the chickens are nine to ten
weeks old az the Maine experiment
station and the cockerels weigh IA
to " pound, the sexes are separated
and the cockerels put by themselves
into vacant brooder houses, 100 to a
house, Each house has a yard in
front about ~ feet square. The cock
erels are fed on porridse three times
day In a Vshaped trough with four
Inch sides. This is made of six parts
corn meal. two parts middlings, one
half part linseed meal and two parts
beef scrap by weight, and mixed with
tepid water; milk would be better.
They are fed all they will eat in one
half hour when the troughs are re-
moved and cleaned. The yards are
kept clean by covering them With
sand, straw or hay when they get
dirty. The birds viii stand this feed
ug for two or three weeks with good
lprctitles. Wien they commence Ia.
ding less they ARE dressed for market
md usually we.sa b., LounGs dressed
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16

lho other end around the small
ends Of 16-foot poles so neck
# bottle is about one foot from
1ole Sharpen large end of role
ana set in the ground. Set the roles
Very ten or 20 rods clear around The
chicken range. The wind blowing
a. inst the bottle causes it to swing
AID turn around and at the same time
lie sun shining on the bottle OF water
makes It throw beams of light in sew
oral directions. When the hawk sees
,his he darts away as though he had
been shot at.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
HORTICULTURE
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PRUNING.
To Do Successful Work You Need
Proper Tools.

One trouble with the novice In
pruning is that he may not have a
clear idea of what he wishes 20 ac-
complish lie may think that the tree
is headed too low and so chops off the
main limbs and ruins it, or, the top is
too thick and proceeds to trim up tho
limbs, leaving a tuft of branches ai
the ends, destroying the fruiting spura
and leaving what fruit does grow in
accessible and exposed to the actiob
Of heavy winds. Better to have no
pruning at all than such work as this.
The tools needed are a saw, shears,
knife, stepladder and occasionally a
long ladder The saw should be the
ordinary, narrow sun-blade pruning
saw, about IS inches long and with
rather coarse teeth SO that it will cut
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
POINTS TO REMEMBER.

Do not cultivate soil when 1t sticks
Every farmers family should have
all the good fruit it can use the year
around.
There is no danger of OVERRIDING
fruit growing If the marketing facili.
ties are right.
The condition of the highway in
front of farm has very much to do
with the appearance of the farm.
Sunscald does not come in summer,
but comes in winter. Therefore, foil.
age does not protect from sunscald.
The man that tries to grow pears
should study pear blight in all its
phases; because that is the great OBJ.
stacle to pear growing in this coun.
try.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
BEES IN FRUIT RAISING.
Part They Play in Bearing Of the
Trees.

In my earlier days. when was as
much an enthusiastic horticulturist as
an apiarist, | conducted many expert.
ments and made many observations
| found that during the blooming Of
fruit trees, should the weather be too
cool to permit bees flying. an imper-
feet crop was the result. Believing
that the cool days might be the cause
Of the imperfect fruit, rather than the
absence of the bees. investigated n
little further i'm the eCiing years,
when It was pleasant weather for the
bees to visit the flowers, by covering
certain parts of blooming trees with
wire cloth or netting to exclude the
bees, yet to admit the free access Of
all pollen carried by the winds, and
in every instance the limbs and trees
thus covered produced either no fruit
or only a few small and imperfect
specimens. After repeated expert
ments It is my candid opinion that
without bees our fruit crops would be
reduced fully 80 per cent.
Not only is this true of the fruit
Of the orchard, but likewise with ber-
ricS and certain vegetables, says the
Orange Judd Farmer. As an example
let me cite the case Of Senator Smink
Of Rocky Ford Col, who raises mel
ons i'm fields miles In length. Years
ago he was afraid Of even the hum OF
a bee. His melons were then raised
in several separate fields, one OF
which was in reach Of the bees of q
neighbor, with whom he had several
stormy arguments. saying the bees
carried away all the substance from
the blossom, and a crop failure would
be the result. But to the surprise OF
all, that particular field yielded over
200 per cent. more and far better
melons than any other field.
To-day he owns over 1900 colonies
Of bees, and during the trans-Missis
sipri exposition he remarked that he
would keep those bees if he did not
get a POUND of honey, for no bees
means no melons.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
Water Gateway Through Fence.

supporting wires they should be con.
nected with a rod shown at A. Below
this rod is a stationary cross piece to
which BBB are hinged.
Boards are nailed across these sup.
ports at c. The whole gate is hung
-- 70 swings out with the current Of
the stream. When the water is high
,.- ,u,ent carries the gate out and
allows the passage of debris, but
when the water is down the gate nat
urally swings in a normal position.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16

freely. The right kind of shears are
a great help and with them much Of
the work can be done easier and
quicker than with any other tool, but
few of those found in the hardware
stores are worth much. Most of them
with only one cutting blade which
works against a shoulder, will spring
apart after a little use and they bruise
"he wood moro or less.
The double-cut shears with both
blades alike, while high-priced are by
lar the best thing on the market as
they cut close and do not bruise the
wood. The handles are of wood and
can be had from % to 80 inches long.
For a knife, the common large pruning
knife with a hooked blade is all right.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
MAKING CHICKS GROW FAST.
Ration That viii Give the Quickest
Returns.

The rational use of protein feeds
for growing chicks makes all the diff
terence between profit and loss, quick
or slow growth, stunted or vigorous
chicks. Rhode Island experiments
show that animal meal is the best
source of protein as regards gain,
growth and profit,
After n chick Is a month or six
weeks old the source Of protein food
Is not so important Gluten meal or
e anulated milk may be used with
scod results if some bone meal is fed
also.
Beef scrap will continue to be large.
iy used by poultry keepers, because It
Is so easy to handle. Unfortunately
the test referred to made no trial
with beef scrap, but it is similar to
animal meal and may be substituted
for It,
The greatest advantage in using
beef scrap is that It can be fed by it.
self. We make a practice of keeping
1t before the chicks at all times. Put
1t in a self-feeder, box or pan, set it in
dry place and let the chicks eat all
they want after getting them accus.
toned to it, Chuck the wheat and
cracked corn into them and with beef
scrap, SHIN Uliik and grit they win
grow rapidly.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
AIslke Glover on Low Land.

Alsike clover Is especially adapted
TO low land This gives it great ad-
vantage over the common red clover
for low localities. Many meadow
on which 1t has been impossible to
get catch of red clover could be
made clover producing II the alsiks
clover is sown. 1t will pay to make
a trial of this, for many a low piece
of land Is deficient IN nitrogen and
needs to have grown upon il few
crops of legumes.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16

says a writer in
Farmers Mail and
Breeze. Take pint
or uart size
clear glass bottles,
fiji two-tLirds full
Of water and cork
tight. Tie end Of
S tron n & or d
around the neck
Of each and tie
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
A WATER GATEWAY.
Keeps Stock In, But Does Not OBJ
struet Stream.

When farmers have trouble with o
fence passing over q ditch or small
stream they may be able to get an
idea to fix their fences SO as to turn
stock in, from the accompanying illus.
tration.
Posts are set at a point near the
edge of the stream and if there ore
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
Drinking Fountain.

az a, then solder the piece OF tin one
half inch wide on the bottom of can.
as in h. Put tight cork in top of
can and it makes a fine drinking foun-
tain. To fill it, says Farm and Hon
lay it on side and pour in tho water
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16

3 inches each way,
q. d: !. !. D. :: !. : !. !. !: !. !: I" !. ! !.
r-@I=e-s@@3 explains the CORE
kTaEE spondent OF Farm
" -,vuE1ps and Home. The
~ %{sfsfl illustration shows
how they are
%I made. In the cut
the trap is set ready for the hen To
enter. A cleat, c. is fastened TO
small piece of cord. which is tied to a
nail on the side of the box Set the
trap by raising It and resting the
cleat on the nail. with the other end
under The arm marked "a. This leaves
an opening from four TO six inches
wide which as not enough for the hen
to enter In going in,o the nest she
viii be Obliged TO raise the trap door
which viii let the clcat faI thus clos
ing the trap after the hen has gone in
| malc the trap door, the arms and
the clcats out of lnth Leave n little
space between The boards i'm the walls.
so the heat can escape. otherwise 90
will be too warm iu summer The
bottom board D.. I'm front should Doe
three or four inches wide. and The
lower piece of tlo trap door should
rest against this $50 the hen cannot
get her head through, raise The trap
and get out
1 have bands ON one leg of each of
my hens. and % record sheet on which
Keep account of tho eggs laid by
each. ID is some bother to have trap
nests hrrf ...f ,,t,Y. ...... afrg, .
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
MADE OF OLD OIL CANS.
Drinking Fountain for Chickens That
Keeps Water Clean.

Do not throw away the old oil cans,
but cut a slit half way through along
the bottom, push the side in as shown
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
Grow Hardy fruits.

Tho longest keeping frul a~e
most profitable, except in 'oco
where all marketing facilities a.
tue best.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16

Chicks should not be allowed to g
on the roosts uuiil they are about
'hree months old
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
4 GOOD POULTRY NEST.
Trap Nest Which Can Be Made Out
Of Grocery Box.

A useful trap nest can be made OF
grocery boxes. Those | have are 12
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16
HAWK SCARER.
Merely a Glass Bottle, But II Is
Effective.

| have tried this plan Of keeping
away chicken hawks and 1t succeeds,
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-16

inches each way,
explains the CORE
spondent OF Farm
and Home. The
illustration shows
how they are
made. In the cut
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
One Fish Didn't Grow.

A number of men were telling Of re-
markable catches off Atlantic City, and
one of them said that one day he
caught a very small cod, and, not car
ing to take home such little fellow
he took a piece Of copper wire, ran II
through the tail of the fish, and on one
end Of the wire he attached a copper
tag with his name scratched upon 1t
1.-The next year when l was off there,
continued the man, II got a heavy pull
on the line, and after five minutes
fighting landed a twelve pound cod
and there on its tail was my tag"
That reminds me Of similar ex-
perience off there" said another man
81 caught one Of those small cod, and
1 wanted to hang some sort Of identifi-
cation on it, but l couldn't find any
thing in the copper tag line from one
end of the boat to the other. 1 did
find, however, a little tin whistle In
one of my pockets, and running wire
through the tail of the fish, hung or
the whistle and threw the cod back
into the water.
THE following year got a most pc
culiar bite on my hook, and after pull
ing in the line got the surprise Of my
life. There was the same little cod
He hadn't grown an inch, but hang
ing on his tail was long fog horn
Philadelphia Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
Old Wine In New Bottles.

A barrel stood on the sidewalk ir
East Water street and beside it stood
a man, says The Milwaukee Free
Press. The man was dressed in labor
er's clothes and apparently was in q
quandary about how to get the barre
to one Of the upper floors. He scratch
ed his head and pondered and mean
while a crowd began to gather.
rig up a derrick and hoist it by
hand" suggested one man with 9
clay pipe in his mouth.
The man beside the barrel made nc
response.
Get a rope and pulley and hitch q
horse to the rope. That'n get the
thing up in Jig time," suggested an
other.
The man remained silent.
why in the dickens don't he put il
on the temporary elevator and take il
up that way?" asked the man with
red whiskers.
II know a better way than that,
said the man with patches on his
trousers. Just rig up a boatswain's
outfit and the thing can be hauled ur
quick as a wink"
Suddenly the man beside the barrel
took a red bandana handkerchief
from his pocket, wiped his forehead
took chew of tobacco, put the bar
rel on his shoulder and carried it uI
to the second floor.
The barrel was empty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24

AN UNsoUGHT PARDoN.-Among the
stories of that former governor Of
Texas familiarly known as Sam Hous-
ton is more than one amusing tale.
There was a financial agent Of the
penitentiary who had warmly opposed
the election of Governor Houston, but
was particularly anxious to retain his
own pleasantly lucrative position. Con-
sequently the new governor was soon
in receipt Of petition in which the
mans years of faithful service and
special qualifications for the place were
set forth in glowing terms by himself.
The governor sent for him and said
gravely, 1T appears from this petition
that you have been in the penitentiary
eight years"
Il have" was the reply.
And during that time you have per-
formed faithfully every duty that has
come in your way to the best of your
ability?"
II have" answered the agent, his
courage swiftly rising.
Then, sir" said the governor, with
the air of one comforting a priceless
favor, Il pardon you out"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
cHINA's GREAT REFoRMER.
Not a Traveller, But a Statesman OF
Wide knowledge.

Yuan Shi K'ai is remarkable man,
writes Samuel Merwin in Success Mag
azine. Unlike some Of his colleagues
who have travelled and studied
abroad, he has never, 1 believe, been
over the sea; yet no Chinese official
shows a firmer grasp on this biggest
and most bewildering Of the worlds
governmental problems. Practically
self-made man (his father was SOL
dier) he worked up from rank to
rank, himself a part and product OF
the antiquated absolutism of his
country, until he emerged at the top
red-button mandarin, viceroy,
with a personality towering above the
superstitious, tradition-ridden court
and yet sufficiently able and skillful to
We have seen in an earlier article
how Yuan, then a governor, kept
Shantung province quiet during the
Boxer outbreak. 1t is he who Is build
ing up the new army with the aid
of German and japanese drill-mas-
ters. 1t is he who succeeded in intro
ducing the study of modern science
into the education of the official
classes. He is committed to the abol-
ition of the palace eunuch system. He
has, within the past few months,
made great headway with his bold
plan to remodel this land of fossiliZed
ideas into a constitutional monarchy,
with a representative parliament. But
first, and above all else, he places the
opium reforms. Unless this curse can
be checked, and at least partially re-
moved, there is no hope of progress.
Throughout this magnificent strug-
gle for a new China, Viceroy Yuan
has radically opposed the very spirit
and genius of his race; but far from
ostracizing himself or splitting the gov
ernment, he has grown steadily in
power and influence, until now, as a
sort of prime minister, he appears to
hold the substance of imperial author
ity in his hands. Try to imagine a
self-made, reform politician outwit-
ting and beating down many tradi-
tions of Tammany Hall, in New York
CITY. multiply his difficulties by a
thousand or two, and you will perhaps
have some notion of the sheer ability
of this great man, who has risen above
the traditions, even above the old-age
prejudices of his own people. There
are many Europeans in his retinue-
physicians, military men, engineers,
educators-all of whom apparently
look up to him as a genuine superior.
An attache summed up for me this
feeling which Yuan inspires in those
who know him: You forget to think
of him as a Chinaman," said this at
tache, las in any way different from
the rest of u.s. He's just smart man.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24

AN AMBIGUITY.-The English Win
ston Churchills reputation for wit is
we'll known, and on one occasion he
made a neat little joke at the expense
of a self-opinionated army officer. The
incident occurred during a dinner in
South Africa, and Mr.. Churchill and the
officer were seated side by side.
Throughout the meal the latter was air.
ing his views, until at least Churchill
could stand it no longer. do you
know" he said quietly, Il met a man
today who would gladly forfeit ESQ for
the pleasure of being able to kick
you"
ITO kick me, sir!" exclaimed the as
tonished soldier. Il must ask you to tell
me his name at once!"
oh" replied Winston, I'm not quite
sure that ought to do that"
But l insist on knowing" demanded
the other, angrily.
well, then, suppose I must tell
you. 1t was a poor young fellow in the
hospital who has lost both his legs by
the bursting If a shell."-Cleveland
Leader.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
BY WIRE, WIRELESS AND CABLE
Uncle Sans Telegraph Lines In Alas
ka's Wilderness.

Uncle Sans Telegraph Lines In Alas
ka's Wilderness.
About the biggest task in charge Of
the signal corps of the army is to
maintain communication between the
interior of Alaska and the outside
telegraph lines, wireless telegraphy
and ocean cables. The electric impulse
must go under the sea by cable or
through the air by wireless 1854 miles
to click off a message from the opera
tor at Valdez to the operator at Sc
attic.
The signal corps has had especially
strenuous work back in the interior Of
Alaska. Laying the Atlantic cables
was less difficult than to connect Seat
tie with the principal military posts in
Alaska. First the cable ship had to
unreel and drop $500 miles Of subma-
rine line in the waters Of the Pacific.
Then through the forests, across the
mountain divide, over the glacier went
three military pioneers until they had
line and had put up masts so that 100
miles more of the wilderness was span
ned by the government system Of
wireless telegraphy When this task
was completed a message could be sig
nailed across the continent from New
York to Seattle, 5000 miles, thence to
Fairbanks, a distance Of 6,10O miles
from the metropolis.
Gen. Allen, the chief signal officer Of
the army, has under him 1880 men.
OF these 210 officers and men are in
Alaska They have now completed
nearly 10000 miles Of cable, wire and
wireless system, serving fifty places
where in a year 100000 messages have
been received. many sent from the far
eastern states.
So difficult is this work in the will
derness that no individual or company
has tried to establish a system, and,
therefore, Uncle Sam does all the COM
municating between the territory and
the rest of the country, whether it be
by mail or wire. To plant the tele-
graph poles often it has been necessary
to hew a lane through miles of forest
land But such work is easy contrast
ed with running a line across the tun-
dra.
This treeless, bottomless, vegetable
sponge is capable of sustaining heavy
weight only when winter has turned to
ice the water contained in it. Even in
winter the telegraph poles sometimes
break through the frozen crust and a
half day may be needed to dig one out
Of the ooZe, if indeed it is not down SD
deep that efforts to recover it is useless.
To set a pole in the tundra is difficult
because it must be forced down many
feet to reach a firm foundation. Yet
for hundreds of miles the men Of the
signal corps were obliged to make a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-24
cHEYENNE's PILGRIMAGE.
lmpelIed by Religious Belief to Re-
visit Old Home in Wyoming.

lmpelIed by Religious Belief to Re-
visit Old Home in Wyoming.
After the Custer massacre on the
Little Big Horn," said John H. Seger,
who has lived among the Cheyenne
Indians in Oklahoma for more than ~
wears, to an Arapaho correspondent
of the Kansas City Times, "a part OF
the Cheyennes who expected to De
punished severely by the government
came down here and Joined this south
.rn band Of Cheyennes on the WASN'T
ia river, near Arapaho.
1.-The climate was new to them and
the fever and chills took away many
of them. They longed for their OLD
haunts and determined to return. =,
"These 800 Cheyennnes, led by Dull
Knife, Wild Hog and Little Chief,
scattered out in three bands and made
the raid The settlers opposed their
march and the whole available mill,
tary was brought into the field
against them. Had the Indians been
allowed to pass peaceably there would
probably have been no trouble, put
every man along their path took
shot at them and the Indians return
ed the fire and several on both SIDES
were killed. But the Indians eXhiolt-
ed remarkable aDlllty IN tHelr ma Cli
across Kansas. Nebraska and TWO
great lines of railroad. Two Of the
bands got through all right, but one
was captured
1T was a religious craze that i'm
PEELED these Indians to go. They be
lieved the evil spirit was punishing
them for running away when they
should have stayed to fight 1t out.
They religiously believed that If they
stayed here the evil spirit would put
the last one of them into his grave;
1.-The authorities and the people did
not understand the movement and 1t
resulted badly all around. But the fact
that two of the bands got through IN
the cold part Of bad winter and only
one band was captured after almost
reaching its destination showed great
strategy. When it Is remembered
that the women and children were
carried along with all the camp bag
gage it was a remarkable march.