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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
CHICKEN FEATHERS
Dry Pick and Save the Feathers Untf
You Have Enough ia Sell.

IONS OF feathers are probably. Lost
eacn year in small amounts because
!armers and poultrymen do not think
:. worth while to ave the few ounces
piucked from birds used ct home and
LOT local market. Another reason
PROBABLY is that the prices are
thought to be too small to make saw
ing these few feathers seem worth
while.
II q Few minutes be taken when
pluck1ng is done to separate the vari-
Gus grades and to practice the best
methods of curing them. there is no
reason why a nice little sum could
not be saved in each case, and the ag-
gregate make a considerable advance
IN the annual returns from poultry
Chicken and duck. as we'll as goose
feathers, are always in demand. and
should be saved, but ought to be kept
separate, and the larger feathers
placed by themselves. In no case
should chicken and turkey feathers
be scalded. because the hot water re-
moves the animal Oil and reduces the
grade very greatly. Such feathers
scalded command only a fraction of
the price paid for dry picked ones.
Another good point is to keep the
white separate from the colored feath-
ers, because white stock brings a
higher price than dark. After pluck
fling, the4feathers should be spread out
until the moisture is thoroughly dried
out During this time they should
be turned daily If they are spread at
all thickly. Turkey body feathers,
while too large as they come from the
bird, are often. chopped and used in
cheap pillows.
A leading dealer writes that hea
and turkey body feathers have only
saving value when dry picked. says
the Orange Judd Farmer. They
should be laid out on the floor and
forked over daily, and should be in a
marketable condition in three days,
when they can be shipped in burlap
bags. These grades are worth in
mid-autumn between four and FIVE
cents a pound. Chicken quilts should
be thrown away, never mixed with
softer body feathers, because they
spoil the grade. Turkey quilts should
be graded; the long tails placed in
one box, those from the first two
joints of the wings in another, those
from the last joint in a third. The
shorter quilts and those from the
rump, ranging from five to eight
inches, placed in a burlap bag. After
a thorough airing theymay be packed
for shipment. Moisture allowed to
remain in them rots the quilts quick.
ly and thus reduces the grade.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

The Charlotte Daily Observer IL made up-
m the principle OF making the best possible
uarspauer. regardless OF cost, and then tals-
,no chances on getting back the cost ana
s%nnmething more for our efforts.
whoever subscribes for the Observer Is not
having out an expense account, but is mag
mo an investment. The news columns carry
Information that Is worth money and so also
do the advertising columne. Tho business
mai who will watch these columns will find
manv an opportunity to turn an honest dol
lar in trade and at the same time give the
other fellow what he is looking for.
TIE newsga,herers Of the compnuy's pub
lication are trained to get aud print news OF
commercial value. New business opportun-
tiles. new enterprises, changes and Develop
meuts in old enterprises where there is op-
mrtunity for trade. are all carefully recorded.
The Observer is invaluable for family
reading. Everybody ought to have q clean
newspaper. 1t is the equivalent of an edu'
cation for those who cannot otherwise get
school or college training and it is the con-
Meeting link between the school or collegiate
training ard practical life. The modern
newspaper is the pulse of the daily activities
and those who don't feel this pulse are not
fully aliveto these activities.
Feel this pulse by reading The Daily OBJ
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u1TE DAILY OBSERVER. "a Newspaper Full
oNews," Charlotte, N. c..
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
Set Eight at a Tine.

It is best to set at least eight hens
at a time. Start them on china eggs.
and If they settle down we'll put IN
good eggs the next night. When sup
plying the eggs dust the hens and
eggs with insect powder and apply
the powder twice again before hatch
ing. Test the eggs about the eighth
day, put the good eggs under fewer
hens. and reset the other hens. Do
not be discouraged If some OF the
hens leave the eggs many hours at q
time. The eggs will hatch, although
a little later than If they had not been
neglected. Sometimes eggs Will
hatch when left without the hen Tor
thirty-six hours If the weather Is
warm. Fifteen chickens Is the limit
hat M hen should car for. More
than that will not do so well.-Mrs.
W. H. Marsh, Tolland County, Conn.,
In American Cultivator.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
MAKING SUNSHINE
It Is Often Found in Pure Food.

d improper selection Of food
drives many a healthy person into
the depths of d~espairfng Illness In
oeed, most sickness comes from
wrong food, and Just SO surely as
mat is the case, right food will make
tle sun shine once more.
An old veteran of Newburyport,
Mass, says: in October, l was
taken sick and went to bed, losing ~
pounds in about 60 days. I had doc-
TOR after doctor, food hurt me and 1
mad to live almost entirely on mag
nesla and soda. All solid food dis
HeSsed me SO that water would run
out of my mouth in little streams.
i had terrible night sweats and
my doctor finally said / had consump-
non and must die. My good wife
gave up all hope. We were at Old
orchard, Me-, at that time, and my
wlfe saw Grape-Nuts in a grocery
'here. She bought some and per-
suaded me to try it.
i had no faith in It. but took it to
please her. To my surprise it did not
distress me, as all other food a
oone. and before I had taken the fifth
package l was well on the mend The
PAINS left my head, my mind became
'1earer and 1 gained weight rapidly.
/ went back TO my work again
ana now after SIX weeks1use Of the
1000 am better and stronger than
ever before in my life: Grape-Nuts
surely saved my life and made me a
s'rong, hearty man. Is pounds heav-
'f than beforeL was taken sick.
Both my good wife and I are will
ing to make AFFIDAVIT to the truth OF
this
Read "The Road to Wellvilie." In
pAss. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
o~e appears from time to time. They
-, genuine, true, and full e human
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
49,
POULTRY
CULTURE.
H.4E
>~t&5EEExA. ~
NUMBER OF HENS IN A FLOCK
Inc Subject Discussed From the Sin.
gle Point Of Utility.

By NJ. Ray Dawley.
There Is considerable controversies
over the subject Of the size of the
nock. In the Australian laying con-
test SIX hens are kept together. Some
breeders even keep hens in individual
pens. Laying aside the matter Of
breeding and considering. only. the
utility points, we want to know what
size q flock should be to make the
most profit Sometimes thirty hens
Will lay as many eggs as fifty hens in
n same pen. The reason for this is
that. with fifty in the flock they vere
too crowded. BY reducing the num-
Der we better the conditions. Sup
posing q house eight by ten feet to
be large enough for twenty hens, we
give each hen the privileges OF eighty
square feet of floors space. while if
the house were built sixteen by twen-
ty feet, each hen would have 800
square feet to roam over, or four
times the room. The latter house
should be large enough for eighty
hens The former house would cost
about $25 and the latter one some
$50. That is to say, it costs $1.25 to
house q hen in the small fiocks, while
in the large focks 81 pays for the
house.
So we have a double advantage for
the hen by building the house large.
Moreover, the sunlight and ventila-
ton in the large house are better:
hence. it is easier to keep dry and
healthy.
A factor OF as much importance as
the above IS the amount of labor re-
CURED. In, having only one water
pan to fill. one place to feed, one
place to gather eggs and one roost to
clean, instead of Jour roosts, the
work can be done in much less time,
and therefore the profits are more
and the cost Of equipment less.
On the other hand. a large house
cannot be drawn about like a colony
house. It has to stay in one place.
The hens have to come out on the
same ground, and so find less green
food and forage than the hens scat
tered about in small focks. Diseases
are very contagious, and sc the risk
Is greater in the large house.
I have had splendid results keep
ing two hundred hens In one flock in
a house sixteen by fifty feet with a
yard 100 by 500 feet Part of the
yard is in sod and part Is plowed and
sowed to oats or wheat twice each
season.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

more small ones would bespetter than
very large houses.
One rooster is sufficient for ten or
twelve hens or pullets.
If you force your utility hens 10
moult early, you will be suret.of q
good supply of eggs in the winter
when prices are high.
The incubator is always on The 1op.
never has to leave the eggs Tor 1eeo
or water. and requires less time ana
care than the average busy old ~.
ting han
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
Poultry Yard t

Charcoal is essential to the good
health of the chickens.
Plow at least partof the chicken
yard up, spread a little h1mesover 1t
and SOW thickly with clover seed.
The bulk of poultry comes from the
farm and not the fancier, but the S
noultry usually comes from the fan
cier or small farmer.
A house 8x12 Is q very
sire tor q small flock OF fowls. Il a
large lock Il to be housed two or
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

The home timer mad us one dozen
for $6-$12 saved.
Advantages.-Need not NIL every
day; easily filled and carried; nolos
large quantity water: does not STOP
ont. keens clean and sweet; cannot
hurst from freezing; chickens can
not drown in it; water runs into
trough only al used n does not
freeze SO quickly.
Caution.-Do not use acid prepar-
atoms in metal vessels. Serve them
in earthenware. Clean and d1s1nfect
with one Of the many coal tar prepar-
automatically Witness.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
Her Native City.

The misapplication Of words in
ordinary conversation is one Of the
positive and peculiar traits of a
large portion Of the negro race, due
in a measure to their desire to appear
"eduacted' beyond their fellows. An
example Of this characteristic oc-
Cured recently at Birmingham, Ala,
where a group Of deliberately attired
negroes we're leisurely sauntering
along the handsome streets of that
busting Southern city, showing the
sights to a young woman OF the party
who resided in another part of the
South. Discussing the varied attrac-
tons of Birmingham, a dusky beau
remarked that "Miss Pearl Lucille
was very much delighted with ou1
town, on this her first visit" Prompt
ly, Pearl Lucille in all the bravery of
fashionable garb and fortified with
the knowledge that she was esteemed
a "star' guest, replied, "Of course
! am. | like this. town so much [ in
tend to make it my native city,
From the June Bohemian.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
Sentence Sermons.

character is better than wealth.
w. W. man became a william all. al
,ree.-Juvenal.
'p No mai is wise at all times
p,;nv the Elder.
fi Never ask pardon before you are
,eeused.-Italian.
Crosses are the ladders that lead
.Heaven.-Spanish.
Wan, the hermit, sighed tin woman
.n;1ed.-Campbell.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
,,,st Wonderful Cure In The Wori,
Nus For Eczema.

Dr.. W. W. Leake, of Orlando. Fla. who
Dcured of a very bad case, writes: Han
Vs. 49, sulphur Compound Is thu most won
,.srl remedy for Eczema I have eve.
u0ounr Doctors everywhere prescribe and
Isommend it as the greatest cure for skin
'.sases ever known. You can get a bottle
. ..,m your druggist for 80 cents. DIR. B. 81,
mSomas. of Valdosta, Ga, was cured Of q
'.infu, skin trouble, and he praises it In the
ps;chs,t terms. Hancock's Sulphur Com
annd and Ointment cured an ugly ulcer fol
w.. Apn w. Willett, OF Washington. D, c.,
~ three days. Booklet free. II you writ
HANCOCK LIQUID SULPHUR Co.. BAlr1aozn,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
The Best Water Vessel

The p~oultry-man has some trouble
to get a drinking vessel to fill the
bill.
Here is our favorite. You can see
how handy it is. It is made Of galva-
nized iron, and three gallons is about
the proper size, though suit yourself
on that. Our first one cost $3.50.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
BABY'S SKIN ROUGH AS BARK.
Baby Boy Had Intense Itching Hnnlo1
Scratched Till Blood Ran
Found q Cd1ra in GLuticura.

1QDy 10y Ha1 intense 1ICIl4NS EAtA4l1of
Scratched Till Blood Ran
Found a Cure in Cuticura.
Our son, two years old, was afflicted
with a rash. After he suffered with the
trouble several weeks l took him to the
doctor, but it got worse. The rash ran to-
gether and made krge blsters. The little
fellow didn't want to do anything but
scratch and we had to wrap his hands up
to keep him from tearing the flesh open
till the blood would run. The itching was
intense. The skin On his back became hard
and rough like the bark on a tree. He
suffered intensely for about three months.
But I found a remedy in Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment The result was almost
magical That was more than two years
ago and there has not been the slightest
symptom of it since he was cured ,. w.
Lauck, Yukon, Okla, Aug. % and Sept.
II, 1908" Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sose
Props. of Cuticura Remedies. Boston, Masa.
1900 800 L
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

the lower part Of the scratching shed
be made Of glass. No nests should
be placed in a house of this kind. as
it is useful mainly for combining
fowls in bad weather.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
DO Your Feet Ache and Burn.

In their time, all things pass un
der Heaven.-The Bible.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

If expenses need cutting down, it's
a pretty good sign that the advef
Using needs to be increased.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

Who does not know the misery Of sun
burnt eyelids-that crirkly and burning
condition of the skin? Isn't it worth a great
deal to know that DR.. Mitchelrs Eye Salvt
applied to them upon retiring will effect
complete cure before morning? On sale
everywhere. Price p cents, or by mail
Hall 8 Ruckel, New York City.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
BURDENS LIFTED FROM RENT
BACKS.

A bad back is a heavy handicap to
those of US who work every day. Nine
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to PureEood and Drug Laws.
Murine Doesn't Smart: Soothes Eye Pain
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
Entirely Well of Eczerna-Tetterinr
Did the Work.

IT had eczema on my chest for seven
years and it looked like a piece Of rusty
One Of your statesmen offered to pay for
the Tetterine If it did not cure me- I
used less than three boxes and am en-
tirely we'll"
Glen Kinard. Ruffln. 9. C.
Tetterine cures Eczema, letter, Ring
Worm, Ground Itch, itching Piles. In
a nt's Sore Head, Pimples, Bolts, Rough
Sores Dandruf. Scalp, .5ur-
ions, Corns, Chilblains and every form OF
Skin Disease. Tetterine Soc; Tettertne
Soap Csc. Your druggist, or b. mail from
the manufacturer, The Shuptrine Co..
Savannah; Ga.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
Sunburnt EyeIids,

They condemn what they do not un-
derstand.-Latin.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
The Pulse Of Life.

Set your sail according to your
Wind Italian.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

Confide a secret to a dumb man and
it will make him speak.-Livonian.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

Rough on Rats, unbeatable exbexmfnatoR.
Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, sc
Rough en- BedbugA Powder or Liq'd 2Sc.
Rough on Fteas, Powder or Liquid, 2c.
Rough on Reaches Pow.d, 15c., Liq.d, 23o.
Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, sc
Rough on Skeeters, agreeable in use, 25c.
E. s. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, NJ.
Serve as a serf,or fly like a. deer.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
They always talk who Y think

DR.. Biggers Huckieberry Cordiaa Never
Fails
To cure Children Teething, Bowel Troubles.
etc. At Druggists 25c and SOC per bottle.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

DO Your Feet Ache and Burn?
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease, q
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight OF
new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Smarting and Sweating Feet
and ~1ngrowing Nails. Sold by all Druggists
and Shoe stores, p cts. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

says: II had such terrible pains
through my back and kidneys that I
could not turn over in bed. I was
threatened with Bright's disease, and
at the worst stage began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills They cured my
trouble, and doctors who have since
examined me say my kidneys are all
right"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box
Foster-Mf1knrn Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

times out OF ten It Is
due to sick
The only way to find
relief is to cure the
kidneys oan's Kid
ney Pills have given
sound, strong backs
to thousands OF men
and women Mrs.
James Cooper, 118
w. German St.,
Winchester, Va.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
Coop and Scratching Shed.

This form of chicken house is used
a good deal in the South, but Is we'll
adapted to the North, particularly IL
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

He runs heavily who is forced to
run.-Danish.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

Even the sea, great as it is, grows
calm.=Italian.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

Opportunities are Of no earthly
good to the mar too slow or behind
the times to take advantage Of them.
The world is full Of opportunities,
but if they do not come floating
around the enterprising mans way
In rapid succession he III get out and
Manufacture them
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

A good show card may fail to make
sale; but SC may a good clerk. That
is no argument against the use of
show cards or clerks. The card you
don't use will certainly not make a
snln
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10

Say not all thou knowest, but be.
lleve all thou sayest.-German.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-04-02

The stock of furniture purchased
from kcmblo Brothers by the Glob,
Furniture and Undertaking company
wac placed ON sale today at greatly
reduced prices. Two or three months
before Kemble Bros closed out
their business here they offered
everything in the store at cost, and
these prices have been still further
reduced about twenty and twenty
five per cent by the Globe company
As soov as the present stock Is dis
posed Of or greatly reduced new
goods will be bought aud the bust
ness continued under the manage
menf of Mr.. W. O, Curry, q young
mau who has had several yeGrs eN-
pcrienco as a furniture dealer \ re-
porter for this paper visited the
store yesterday afternoon and found
Mr.. Curry and his assistants rear
ranging the stock and getting every
thing in shape for opening the store
to the public today The reporter in
spected the stock from one end OF
the store to the other and learned
that everything In the house Is be
ing offered at astonishingly low pri
ceS
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-04-02
TO INLAND AUSTRALIA
FOR YOUR HEALTH
Round Trip Only 500.

II You are q catarrh asthma or
hay fever sufferer. what would you
say If the above offer was made TO
you?
How would you like to 20 to the
mountainous forests of pine and
eucalyptus, where catarrh and asth-
ma do not exist? Where people do
not have to hawk every morning to
spite out the lump CT disgusting mu-
cous? Where the healing, antiseptic
balsams purify the air and kill all
germs?
You can't go to this ideal spot,
OF course. You haven't time and
possibly not money. But you can, for
81. bring the healing halsamic air
from these forests right to your
home; you can kill the germs of ca
tarrh at home, without losing min
utes time.
Ask Hood & Curtin about Hyo-
mel the Australian dry air cure
Get an OUTFIT. which includes inhaler
for 81, breathe the same air that you
would hnd In Australia, and If It
does not heal the raw membrane
and cure you Of catarrh snufles,
cough. cold or asthma, you can have
your money back. 9o3-3i1-s
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-04-02
auditorium

Howard Texas March go The
farmors nf the community are get
ting along nicely with their work
Most an began planning cotton this
week
Miss Ada rudnoll Is very sick at
this writing MIS- stone has been sick
but Is improving
MIR. Ben McCartcr aud family Wis
tied at MIR Godfrey's Sunday.
Little Floy stone spent last week
with her grandmother, Mrs. stone,
OF this place
Messrs. John Clark aud Albert
stone OF Ray visited at Mr. Mat
thews Saturday evening.
Miss Hamilton of WaXahachio Is
visiting Misses Margie and Robbie
Matthews.
Or. Armstrong and Miss Lena God
frey were married Sunday afternoon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-04-02
stiI,atton

Oak Branch Texas, March 81
Health ~ good at this time.
Mrs. Della Armstrong, VINO has
been Il sufferer Of consumption, was
brought from Amarillo. Texas, and
buried In the oak Branch cemeter,
last week
l.. Il, Boarden's mule was cut very
badly Wednesday evening on wire
The singing was enjoyed by al
present at Prof Barnes Friday
night
The hands worked the roads
Thursday and Friday.
There was u very enjoyable day
spent at Oak Branch Sunday. Rev
Harris preached an excellent sermon
In the morning after which dinner
was had. The afternoon was spent
In singing.
MIR, Lowery's barn burned last
night. lie lost some hogs as wei
M corn and other feed stun.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-04-02

Brights Disease, Diaoeres, Rheu-
matism, Govt, Gravel Dropsy, lnfln-
nation of the Bladder, Bad Blood
and Nervous Troubles caused by sick
Kidneys.
Hood 4 Curtin, the well known
druggists OF Waxahachle, know by
experience that HINDIPO will cure
all forms of Kidney and Nervous
Troubles, and will guarantee IL IN
all cases.
Cant you afford to try It at their
risk? II costs you nothing II IT don't
do the work.
Sent by mail to any address, pre-
paid, on receipt OF so cents. Six box
es, $3.50, under positive guaran-
tee. I'll
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Biarritz, April 2. Several OF the
detectives transferred to Biarritz for
the kings visit are showing much In
genuity In the DISCUSSES they adopt
and, though II would be unfair to
give their secrets away, no harm can
be done by mentioning that his ma
iesty was much tickled when inform
ed subsequently that Il handsome
stranger who u few days ago was
presented to him. In perfect inno-
cence on the part or the person re-
sponsble, as a distinguished foreign
nobleman, was In reality n secret
service man. The latter has Il great
reputation as u protean artist, and
il also u talented linguist.