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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-02-15

James Dryden to about 1000 farmers
of Oregon, which asks certain ques-
tons relative to the poultry products.
If a sufficient number of these circu-
lars are returned with answers the staff
of the, college will be able to recon-
mend methods by which the industry
can be helped. These are the questions
asked:
1. What is the size of your farm ?
2. How many laying hens do you
keep?
8. What breed do you keep?
4. How do you house the fowls?
5. Are they confined in yards?
6. Do they have free range on the
farm?
=. Describe method of feeding?
8. What animal food, if any, do you
feed?
9. What is the annual cost of food
per fowl?
TO- How many eggs are laid per
fowl?
II. How many years do you keep
your laying hens!
70. What has been your experience
with incubators; if any?
13. Do the incubator chicks do as
we'll as the hen-hatched chicks?
IA. What was the lowest price re-
ceived for your eggs and poultry in
1908? The highest?
Is. Do you ship any to city mar
kets?
&c. Do you cooperate with your
neighbors in shipping? Why?
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CONSPIRACY OF CHICKENS.

According to reliable authority,
1871, 758 cases of eggs were in storage
among the Associated warehouses" of
the country on October 1, 1908, and
these eggs were valued at $12,533, 1856.
And, of course, the hens of the
country entered into a horrible con-
spiracy to fleece the householder by
having their product raised out of the
plebeian class and brought up to 31a
to cents apiece, where only the pros
porous can enjoy 'ham and for
breakfast.
The hen deserves to be taught a
lesson If she won't work, she should
be made to furnish dinner to suf-
fering public-Watertow Herald
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II. Is the poultry looked after by
the men or women?
Is. WHAT is the average death rate
among the fowls and what is chief
cause?
10. What is the hardest problems in
poultry keeping.
20. DO you consider poultry-keeping
profitable on the farm?
81. To what extent do you think
farmers should engage in poultry keep
ing?
%. Do you raise turkeys? How
many each year?
%. What per cent Of turkeys
Matched do you raise?
"a. What is principal cause of
losses in turkeys?
Is. Are you interested in home
reading course in poultry culture?
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side, and It was evident that some
thing was attacking our donkeys. 1t
was pitch dark, and we fir l several
shots in the direction Of the sound
before we discovered that the attack
ing beasts were hyenas. We did not
mind having a donkey killed instan-
taneously by lion, but we had not
bargained for the poor beasts getting
mauled by hyenas, so taking a lamp
we went out to see what had nap
pened. My donkey had got off with
a nasty bite In the hollow of the hind
leg above the hook, and we had him
taken into tue camp at once. The
other was completely disembowelled
and must have been killed instantly.
We could not find any dead hyenas
but we were pretty sure that on, or
two must nave been hit. Seeing that
key there would not 1e much chance
of hitting them on SO dark night,
we pulled the carcass right under the
skerm or fence round the camp, and,
to prevent hyenas dragging 1t away,
tied a rope to one of its legs, and
passing 1t over the fence, fastened 1t
to a heavy water barrel inside the
camp. We sat up for a bit and got
a few shots at hyenas, and then we
went to bed. telling the sentry to keep
a sharp lookout and to let US know II
lions came to the carcass.
Some time after 1 awoke to find
Abdullah bending over me, with my
rifle IN his hand. He was frightfully
excited, and all l could get out of him
was 'Libah. sahib, liban!" C'Lion. sir.
lion!D Jumping up l rushed out just
as my companion fired two shots into
the darkness. The first thing l saw
when l got to where he stood was that
a great piece of the skerm round the
camp had disappeared. leaving
broad gap. l could not for a moment
think what had happened, and then 1t
struck me that when The carcase had
been dragged away the water barrel
must have got hitched against the
inside of the interlaccd mimosa
boughs and the whole lot had gone to-
gether. 1t was frightfully dark out
side, and we stood peering out for
some time without being able to dis
tinguish anything; but after a few
minutes we could hear something
tearing at the flesh quite close by.
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quite unable to move. All the life in
him seemed concentrated In his eyes,
which glared at us furiously. Another
shot put him out Of his misery. The
first shot. very bad one. had grazed
the spine Just In front of the withers;
another quarter of an inch higher and
it would have missed alto -o,.er.
This lion was quite maneless, ex-
cept for few long hairs on each side
of the neck, and his teeth were worn
down quite short, SO he was evidently
very old. He was in very good condi-
ton, Notwithstanding. but his stomach
was quite empty, which accounted for
his going SO far before lying up. We
had to stop at the main camp for the
night when we got there, and did not
follow up our camels till the next day.
l have described this track rather at
length because it is a good example of
many similar dayS
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PeriIs of the Man Eater.

My first experience in tracking lions
was early in 1892, and the night be-
fore was rather an exciting one. After
hunting elephants unsuccessfully for
about a month. we were on our way
south, when we arrived one day at
some villages where the natives had
been very much bothered by five lions
which were said to be still in the
neighborhood. A girl had been killed
two days before, and an enormous
amount of damage had been done
among the sheep and cattle. The first
day we camped there two of our party
had shooting zerebas made at the vii
Vage to which the lions generally
came and just before sunset they
went of there.
l tied up our two donkeys just out
side the camp. on the chance that the
lions might come and look us up. Just
after dark we were having dinner in
the tent when there was a scuffle out
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We had a shot or two at the sound,
and the beasts, whatever they were,
went away. AS at that time we knew
nothing about lions, we were not
quite sure that they were net hyenas
after all; but Abdullah stuck to 1t
they were lions, SO we got our beds
and lay down one on each side of the
opening, just behind the fence to
watch. hoping that the brutes would
come back. Nothing furtL r happened.
however. At daybreak we sailed out
to see If by any chance we had man
aged to hit lion, but We only found
two or three dead hyenas. One of
these brutes had been partly eaten;
we thought at the time by other hy-
enas. as it was still too dark to make
out tracks. We came to the conclu-
sion we had made idi-ts CT ourselves,
and had been shooting all night at
hyenas, and we did not feel any the
better when our friends came back
from their night at the village and
told us we had probably frightened
every lion out of the country by our
bombardment
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point one could easily command the
whole of it. The lion was almost GER
tain to break out of one of the sides
river-bed, in which case | should get
an easy broadside shot. If we fol-
lowed the track into the place, the
noise we were sure to make would be
very likely to get the beast on his
legs, and he would sneak out at one
side as we went in at the other, es-
pecially as the water had left lot of
dead sticks along the edges, over
which it would be impossible to walk
quietly. Abdullah also said that from
the way he had wandered about this
lion must be very hungry, and would
sleep lightly. These considerations
decided us to drive. l posted myself
with Abdullah a few yards out from
the point, and the other two men, hav-
ing collected some stones, began throw
ing them in at the far end. Abdullah
was right about this lion sleeping
lightly; for at the first stone there
was a growl and crash in the bushes
and then, for minute or two, not a
sound. The men started to walk down,
one ON each side, shooting and throw
ing in stones. was watching them, and
wondering what had happened to the
lion, when there was a faint cracking
just in front of us. and he appeared at
the point of the island. Although We
were standing within a few yards of
him, and absolutely in the open, he
did not see us.
He was facing straight towards us,
and was SO close that | did not like
to fire at him as, on receiving the bull
let he would be very likely to plunge
in the direction he was going and be
into us; nor did l want him to come
any closer; so, as he stepped down on
to the sand, l moved my rife up
towards my shoulder to attract his at
tention. He saw the movement at
once, stopped dead, and turned his
head sharply towards us. For the
fraction of second thought he was
going to be startled into charging.
but he plunged off to the left with an
angry snarl at us over his shoulder.
AS he passed l pulled, and he skated
along on his stomach and fell down a
little ledge in the sand. This slowed
him round. and he lay facing us.
spread-eagled on the sand, evidently
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two different methods of hunting lions.
One of them could hardly be called
a method at all, as 1t depended on
news brought in by natives as to
where a lion had actually been seen.
The second plan consisted of tying
up donkey for bait, and sitting up
to watch at night A much more in
teresting way Of hunting lions than
either of these and very success
full one 1r the native shikaries en-
ployed are any good, is this process
of tracking them. A lion lies up in
some cool, shady place for the day,
unless the sky is overcast and the
sun cannot get out, when he will oc-
casionally be found hunting at any
hour. If you can strike his spoor of
the night before there is very good
chance of following it up to where
the lion lies, should the ground be
suitable. There is no form of hunt
ing so exciting as this. When the
spoor Is found there is generally
nothing to show if you have struck
it early or late In the lions wander
ings, so that it is quite a chance
whether it leads you for hours over all
sorts of country, or whether. after half
mile down on a sandy river bed or
path, 1t turns off into a thick patch
of reeds or bush close by, where the
lion is lying. 1t is extraordinary how
the excitement grows as time goes on,
and still you keep the track some
times very slowly, where only now
and then part of footprint can be
seen on a soft place between the
stones. at other times as fast as you
can walk over soil where the track
is visible many yards ahead. And
when the spoor is lost and minute
after minute goes by while you cast
about vainly in every direction, how
wretched you are, and how quickly
your spirits rise again when low
whistle or swapping of the fingers an
nounces that one Of the trackers has
hit 1t off further on!
At last certain signs show that you
are getting near the end; the trackers
take off their sandals and tuck up
their loin-cloths under their belts, lest
corner Tapping in the wind should
scare the lion. For the first time you
take your rifle from the native who
has had charge OF it, and. with your
head shikari carrying second rifle.
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Reading the Lion Tracks.

Abdullah still insisted that there
had been lions round the camp. and
little later we found the spoor of
one big lion by the body of the half
eaten hyena. The ground was very
stony and there were no other tracks
to be seen, but one lion could hardly
have dragged the donkey and heavy
barrel away SO quickly, so there were
probably more. The other hunters
had got hold of man at the village
who said he knew where the lions
always lay, SO they went with aim.
Soon after they left. Abdullah. who
had been hunting about, came and
told me that he had picked 'p the
track of one hon on soft ground lit
tie way from camp, and that we ought
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| to follow it. At that tine none of us
knew much about tracking, and we
had had such bad luck after the ele-
plants that we did not think much
of our shikaries, and did not think
it was much good, Abdullah persuaded
me and | went. After we n,l followed
the track for some distance | quite
caught his enthusiasm, and when the
single track was Joined by three 9TH
ers, | was divided between delight at
the prospect of having four lions all
to myself and the thought that per-
haps | had more on my hands than
could manage alone.
After track of about an hour We
came in sight of two or three big
thickets of "irgin" bushes surrounded
by open mimosa scrub ana intersected
by narrow paths. My second shikari
at that time was a very tall fellow,
called jana, with enormous feet. Sew
eral times during the track Abdullah
had turned round to pitch into him for
making such a noise, and now he con-
fided to me that jana walk all same
cow" and that we had better leave
him behind here with the pony and
boy as the lions were sure to be in
the place in front of us. Knowing
nothing about it, l agreed and went
on with Abdullah. We were walking
quietly along the outside of one of the
thickets when Abdullah suddenly
clutched me by the arm and pointed
towards a tree standing on the edge
of the bush yards off. The tree was
divided into two towards the bottom,
and the sun was throwing the shadow
of bush on the ground inside the
hollow.
This was where Abdullah was point
ing getting more excited but l could
make out nothing at all, until great
yellow beast moved suddenly out OF
the shadow and slipped away on the
far side. fired from the hip. letting
off both barrels Into the tree. We
rushed round to the other side Of the
thicket just in time to see a fine
lioness come out. l could not get
clear shot at once, and when l did.
after running some distance, l was
shaking so that could not get on her
at all, and missed. She kept lobbing
along just ahead, every now and then
stopping to look around and show her
teeth at us. Each time she stopped
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shot, but so badly that wasted
seven bullets at different ranges
without touching her. The first six
did not seem to annoy her at all. but
the last hit the ground just under her
teeth. and either the bullet so close.
frightened her or stone hit her. for
she sprang off with a snarl and a
flourish of her tail and, putting on the
pace, in a minute or two ran clean
away from US. was terribly disap-
pointed and annoyed with myself. and
thought OF course. that everything
was over for the day after all this
shooting; but Abdullah, who was al
most weeping. hardly gave me time
to get my wind little before he
rushed me back again. AS we ran
round the place where we had first
seen the lioness, fine lion appeared
walking slowly out Of another thicket
towards us. AS shot. he turned
and plunged thorugh an opening in the
bushes to our right We ran round an
outstanding bush to head him If he
broke out, and met a lion facing us. Just
as / fired heard moan to the right.
SO was~sure it was not the same lion.
This one staggered away at the shot
and fell stone dead close by.
Death of the Jungle Lord.
Abdullah called up jana and the
pony boy, and they soon had the hide
off and tied on the pony. I thought
all the time that Abdullah knew all
about the other one. but as he seemed
10 kn ~ 7 m
we had not better go and look for 1t,
and he replied tnat 1t was the same
lion all the time, and that I had
missed it the first shot. did not feel
quite sure about 1t myself but the
moan in the bushes could only have
come from a wounded beast, SO l told
him We had better go and look any
way. He evidently thought 1t was
waste of time, but when we got back
to where the lion had been hit we
soon found some blood, and going
quietly down little path between the
"irgin" bushes we came round cor
ner almost on top of the lion. He was
stone dead. was very pleased at
scoring off Abdullah, as he mad shown
such evident disgust at my shooting.
We met one OF our party on our way
back to camp, and told him he might
run across the lioness If he followed
our track back to the place We had
come from. An hour after we got
back to camp he came galloping up,
having seen two ions, curiously
enough both males, and had shot one
with a better name than either Of
mine.
l have at another time described
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Agitation regarding the pay OK
French military officers has had some
effect, for the minister Of war has
asked for an extraordinary credit OF
100000 to supplement the pay of the
officers, which has not been increased
since 1870. In that time nearly every
grade of state official has had his sti-
pend raised, but the sub-lieutenant has
had to make both ends meet as best
he could with six francs day sNh
the lieutenant with eight.
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i on
Shooting
i'm
SOnlaliland
By Lord DeIamere

Foremost among the great hunt
ing authorities of the English speak
ing world is Lord Delamere. He is
credited Nth being the heaviest kill
er in the party which bagged the
record number of african lions some
fen gears ago. In East Central At
RIGA his prowess is familiar to every
native. Not long ago locality beset
With lions sent delegation four
hundred miles to call on Lord Della
mere to ask him TO come and 1Uipe
out the destroyers of their cattle. In
this article he uiuidly contrasts the
theory and practice Of lion hunting
in the region Which Er-President
Roosevelt ,Dill tnuade.
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Two of my men got badly mauled by
lion, SO our camp had to stop where
It was till they could be moved. After
a time one of them was able to walk
0Pout with his arm In sling, and the
other was getting on well, SO one night
I decided to leave the big camp next
day and go with two or three camels
to some villages only days march
away Early the next morning Ma
homed Moor, the headman, started
with the camels. l stopped behind to
get some breakfast. Just as we were
going to follow, camelman, who had
gone up the riverbed close by to get
some water, came running back to say
that lion had been down to drink
at one of the shallow sand wells in the
night. / started at once with Abdul
Iah and two other trackerS, telling my
pony.boy to follow on as soon as he
could get the pony saddled When
tracking, l have always found it the
best plan to have the pony led some
distance behind. The boy ought to
have no difficulty in following the
tracks of two or three men and
lion. and If the pony is kept close
up, 1t is sure to stamp or blow it's
nose at the critical moment
When we got to the well there was
the spoor plain enough in the sand,
but rather blurred by some rain which
had fallen at daybreak. This made
the tracking a little difficult after we
left the river-bed, but when we had
followed it slowly for scme distance
we came to a place where the lion had
lain down uIder a thick bush, evil
IDENTIFY to shelter from the rain, as tle
spoor after this was quiet distinct on
the top of the damp ground. This
0de us think we were In for short
track, for it must have been light
W IN the lion went on again from
here, and hons generally lie up short
ly after the sun rises; but this day
proved an exception, be Hause 1t was
cloudy and cool through the forenoon.
Trailing the King of Beasts.
The spoor now led us along sandy
path, where we could follow 1t as fast
as we could walk. When it turned off
into the bush we quite expected to see
the lion at any moment; but not bit
of it-he wandered about through
endless clumps of mimosa a "irgin"
bushes, as if he did not mean to lie
UP at all.
The track at last ed us down a
little sandy watercourse, which 1t fol-
lowed for some distance. Up to this
time we had had no real difficulty
in making it out. but now came our
first serious check. The nullah turned
of along the side of a stony ridge,
and, instead of going along 1t, the
lion had turned up the hill. We had
got the general direction tn" the lion
had been going in, but this was no
good to US, as on casting forward in
the same line to the bottom of the
other side of the ridge where tfere
was some sandy ground, we could find
no sign of his having passed In that
direction. We spent some time hunt
ing about, growing less hopeful as
time went on. A man following a
trail by sight certainly has an enor-
nous advantage over hound hunting
it by nose, because time Is of no
particular object to him, and every
direction can be tried in turn. After
making out cast forward we went
back to the little water-course, and
foll1 Aed that down for some distance,
hopi Ig that the lion had turned down !
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hill again; but here, 700, we were dis
appointed. and gravitated back to
where we had first lost the spoor. We
knew that the lion had not gone
straight on, nor had he turned back;
he must have gone along the top of
the ridge and then crossed into other
stony hills where is was hopeless to
try to track him.
Abdullah, who is never defeated,
said there was big river-bed further
on in the direction In which the lion
was going. 1t seemed very slender
chance, as he might have turned off
anywhere in between, but 1t was the
only one, SO off we went. We were
evidently in luck that day. for we had
only gone about quarter of mile
when we struck the spoor. The lion
seemed now to have made up his
mind as to his direction, for he kept
on straight down the middle of the
river-bed. The sun had come out from
behind the clouds, and in places the
sand was very deep, so that we were
not sorry when at last the track led
into a little island of bush in the
great fiat sand. There was no doubt
the lion was at home, for on casting
round no sign was perceptible Of a
track coming out. The island, raised
little above the river-bed. was
formed of mass Of thick-tangled
bush and creepers clustered round
few big trees. The water coming down
the river after heavy rain had washeI
1t roughly into the form of triangle,
the apex of which pointed up the
river. From this point the sides
wdened out to the other end. which
was about thirty yards broad, the
whole length being somewhat urder
hundred yards.
Driving the Lion to Bay.
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Hospital

She-And did you enjoy your ~
rican trip. major? How do you like
the savages?
Fe-Oh, they were extremely kind
hearted! They wanted to keep ae
there for dinner.
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HE best piece OF
lion tracking l ever
saw lasted five full
hours and is SO
memorable in sew
eral respects that l
purpose to use it as
an Introduction to
that general method
of lion hunting.
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Driving the Lion to Bay.

The shape made it y easy place to
drive, for little way out from the
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Poultry on the. Farm.

Montana Farmers Bulletin No. ;.
Poultry Keeping on the Farm" has been
prepared for distribution at the Farmers
Institutes during the season OF 1909 and
1910. Il will be sen, on, to applicants bv
mail prepaid IN receipt Of ven (io) cents u
stamps. This charge is made - order 20
avoid diminu,ion Of institute work for
which present funds are insuiicieat.
F. s. Cooley. Sup, Of Farmer Institutes.
Bozeman. Mont.
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Fine Lots For Sale.

! still have number Of fine business ana
residence lots in culbeEtson for sale. which
! am anxious TO dispose Of. No~ is the
proper time 10 invest. q when have sold
out my holdings. these lots will be held
much higher than they are Al present. Res
idence lots are in the best part Of the city
and business lots are the very bes, %
Broadway. Terms. one-feurth cash and
balance TO suit PuEchasers
T. CouacnBAs.
Townsiie Owner.
culbertson. Mont.
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hosrified his grandmother. Mrs. Maria
Taylor. q Nsbo. KY. who writes that.
when all thought that he would die. Buck
lens Aruica Salvs wholly cured uim. In
fallibls for Burns. Scalds. Cuts. Corns.
Wounds, Bruises. Cures Fever-Sores.
Boils. Skin Eruptions, chilblains. Chap
ped Hands. Sson routs Piles. a5c ~ the
Valley Drug store.
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Church Fair

The Ladies Aid Of the Methodist Epls.
copal Church Gill hold their First Annual
Fair on Friday. December 10th. The
Epwor,h League will also coaiuc, q
handkerchief Bazaar in connection with
the Fair. This will Be an excellent op.
por,uni,y TO secure dainty Christmas pres
cots fos your friends. Remember the
date, December roth.