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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
FORENOON SALES.

Bullock, lUUU at lac
Colorado. 100 at 74c, seller thirty days;
100 at 14c. seller ten days: 90 at 75c
Columbus, 200 at s1.i72: 200 at Si.50;
1000 at sld5k. seller ten days; 100 at
ten days 100 at sl.t5.
Grand Central. 1000 at $50: 100 at
S2;2O. seller thirty days; 100 at $220.
iron Blossom. 1900 at 73c, 800 at 7lc,
buyer ten days.
Lower Mammoth;; 1000 at l5c.
S1.gTI, buyer ten days.
Ohio Copper 100 at se: 100 at IS 90.
seller sixty days: 100 at s5.95.
Red Warrior 100 at $3.50,
silver King. 300 ut S3.T7i
Sioux Con-, 1000 at 2Sc; 300 at 29c: 1900
dt 2Slc; 1900 at 294c.
South Col. Con, $500 at 1O1c; 1000 at
l0c; 1000 at lie; Sc at &c.
Utah Con. i0OO at &c.
Shares sold. 20. 766.
Selling. value. sl7.061.ii.
OPEN BOARD,
Colorado, 100 at 7ic.
Columbus. 500 at 81 80.
Grand Central. 100 at s2.20
Indian Queen. 1000 at 2ic.
Iron Blossom. 800 at 78c,
Plutus. 1000 at sc.
Swansea, 1000 at 2lc,
South Col. Con-, 1000 at l0ac.
South Iron Blossom. 1000 at lc.
Tintic Central. 500 at 6Ic.
Uncle Sam. 100 at f0c.
Yerington 1900 at 4lc.
Shares sold. $500.
Selling value, $350i.75.
AFTERNOON SALES.
Beck Tunnel. 100 al lac.
Colorado. 500 al 7lc. seller sixty days;
200 at 73c; 400 at 72c.
Columbus. 1000 at $l.45: 600 at S145.
seller ten days: 100 at sl.42l, seller thirty
days 200 at S1.f2l
Crown Point. 200 at 5c 5000 at SAC.
East TintIc Development, 1000 at 7sc:
1000 ut 7Ae. seller sixty days.
Grand Central. 600 al $2.l7l 100 at
81 10. selc? sixty days; 100 at $2.I5 seller
iron Blossom. 500 at 79c: 100 at 7lc.
Mason Valley. 500 al Sl.95. seller ten
days.
New York. 100 at Ice; 1000 at l5ac
Ohio Copper, 100 at $3.50: 100 at $685.;
100 at s6.
Silver King Coalition, l5O at sS775.
Sioux Con. 800 At 29ic; 500 AT 29c. sell
or thirty days; 700 at 29c.
South Columbus Con. 1000 nt 10lc:
5000 at lie.
Utah Con. 1000 at &c; 1000 at sic.
Shares sold, 27.650.
Selling value. $l0,3lT25.
OPEN BOARD
Colorado. 500 at T2c.
Columbus. 200 at $l.45; 100 at s1.42l
Grand Central 500 at s2l5.
Iron Blossom. 100 AT lie
Sioux Con. 1000 at 281c.
South Columbus Con. 1000 at lie.
Seven Troughs. 200 at &c.
Shares sold. 9631
Selling value, S39212l,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
DOLLY WARDEN CAMP
CONTINUES ACTIVE

Under date OF December r3. Messrs.
Moore and McAnley report much annual
assessment work in Dolly Warden dis
trict All claim owners are doing hon
the corning year will reward their ef
forts. not only in ore shipments, but in
better prices for merltorIous mining prop
critics. r. T. Root OF Denver Colo has
force Of men at work on property bond
ed from George Maddelana and others.
John Hosie, the owner OF fine copper
property. has left the district for call
forn!a. IL Is expected that his visit To
the Golden state will result advantage
ousy TO the general mining interests in
that part OF the state
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
IDAHO PROPERTIES
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Capital to Be Expended in
.Perfecting Smelling
Plant.

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec l5.-Callng
meeting of the stockholders of the
Idaho Smelling and Refining company
in Spokane for the afternoon Of Jan
uary 3,-to elect board Of directors, J,
Herbert Anderson, president, announces
in letter that he has interested cap
ital to the extent OF 100000 as an
operating fund for the smelling plant at
Ponderay, adding that this is more
money than was ever invested in the
company since its organization. lie
says that since tins money will be
used solely for the purpose of opcrat-
ing and not TO reduce liabilities, the
future of the company is assured for
the first time. He says also that ar
rangements have been made for suf-
6cient capital TO make certain more
modern improvements ut that plant,
which will place the company in posi-.
ton TO compete favorably from all op.
position.
Hecla Holding Out,
Reports from Burke, Ida. say the ore
body encountered on the 9O0-fOot level
of the Hecla mine there is holding out
well, having width of six feet In clean
shipping ore. the rest being concentrat-
ing gaicna. The shaft has been sunk
to the 1200-foot level, where station
is being cut. When this is completed
a cross-cut viii be driven to the vein,
distance of 700 feet. James f.. Nc.
Cartby is manager of the company,
which is a steady producer Of lead.silvcr
ore. The Hecla is equipped with the
largest electric hoist in operation IN
the United States.
Copper at Mullan.
Shipping ore in quantity and quality
has been broken into on the Reindeer, a
copper property, near Mullan. Ida. and
there is enough milling orc in sight to
warrant the beginning of operations as
soon as the snow goes Off in the spring.
As the drift has been progressing the
character of the copper has been i'm
proving, but it has remained of a mill
ing grade. The ore has been exposed
in large quantities, so that there appears
TO be no doubt that the Reindeer will
be a producing mine within eight
months. The ore body has been opened
for 300 feet the great width of the
vein requiring much cross-cutting and
lateral drifting. The work so far has
been confined to the east drift, the
ground west of the main cross-cut tun-
mel not having been developed. The
company s ground extends 1900 feet
west of the main tunnel
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
EAST CUMBERLAND
TAKEN BY LEASERS

Information was received in this clY
Wednesday 20 the effect that promlnat
mining interests OF Ely have taken ~
eighteen months lease on the East cun-
berland Ely property. the terms Of lhs
instrument providing that at least dty
shifts Of work shall be done In the dsve!-
opment OF the prospect every week n,
property is favorably located and is look.i
TO TO develop into a big producer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
UNITED STATES LEADS
IN COPPER EXPORTS

WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-During 1908
the United States contributed more than
one-half OF the worlds production OF cop
per the exports OF copper from this coun-
trr being 61S,613.S42 pounds. the largest
amount recorded. These facts arc con-
tained in u report on the subject by the
United States geological survey. The do
nestle consumption OF copper during the
year was 5o3.OOO, 600 pounds notable
feature OF the industry during the year
was decrease in the cost of production
due TO improved methods and Increased
efficiency Of labor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16

tlon was sent no definite values or dln,.
sions regarding the find had been n.,d.
vein OF oXldized iron being In eyde,ts
and showing signs OF Improvement z
work progresses. No changes were ~.
ported in the condition of the Br,DI.-,
shaft -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16

The Taylor s. Brunton Ore Sampling
company, having sold its samDling
plants and the good VIII of its business
through Ernest r. Woolley, to the Utah
Ore Sampling company, desires to thank
its friends and customers for their good
will and fayors in the past, and TO be-
speak their continued patronage for the
new company.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
WORK PROGRESSING AT
ELY CONSOLIDATED

Word received Wednesday from the Ely
Consolidated property at the local offices
was to the effect that operations at the
mine arc progressing in Il very satisfac-
tory manner, and that all indications re-
main encouraging. Workmen are still
prosecuting from the Zack shaft and n
body OF oodlooking ore has been encoun-
tered recently. AT the time the informa-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
Nevada News Agents,

Bauvard-A. G. Pesco,
Goldncld-I.ou Polin,
Hawthornc-Louie PolIn.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lowney.
Lovelock-Bi0le Bros.
Midas-Mrs. C. a. Harrington.
Rawhide-Louie Polln.
Reno--Hote Golden News Stand: Ro-
senthal e. Armanlta; Shepard 81 Son.
Yerlngton-F. NJ Burner.
Winnemucca-Pcarce &. Chase.
Cobre-Richard Richards
Cherry Creek-Grcy & Collins.
Elko-Wheeler & Co.
Ely-Grace 3. FaXon: Harvllle Station
cry Co
McGill-M. Herman; Walden & Bur
nett.
Rhyolite-The Crescent.
Ploche-Plochc Drug Co.
Calente-John Shler; Thomas Him
street.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
Metal Quotations.

The metal quotations posted wedna
day by Mccormick & Co. follow; Slva
52sc; copper. lStc; lead. s4.i3.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
GRADE AT PROCTOR
Is BEING REDUCED

A. w. Tennant. general manager OF
the new town OF Proctor and superin-
tcndent OF the mining interests there. has
received adviccs from his correspondents
descriptive Of that part Of Nevada. eight
miles west Of the Utah state line At
this point the Western Pacific railroad
is eXpending millions OF dollars in reduc-
ing Its grade over the Silver Zone pass
from the present 81 per cent to 1 per
cent. Under present conditions a single
engine can pull but seven or eight cars
over this grade. and after the new grade
has been completed the same engine Will
be able 10 pull forty-ive or fifty cars.
When this work is completed the entire
grade Will he a fraction less than ] per
cent from Salt Lake City To Oakland,
Cal. The mining interests. of this dis
trict are reported TO be in nourishing
condition. with prospects OF lively sea-
son beginning with the new year
\ band OF sheep covering forty square
miles Infest this part OF the country. by
reason OF the excellent feed found there.
The greatest need now is a general sup
ply store, not only for the mining but
for the sheep and cattle industry as well
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
FreparinG 70 Move

The Utah Coalition Mines company is
preparing to move its Offices from the
Dooly building 10 more commodious quar-
A>rs In the Newhouse skyscraper.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
Ore Shipmeuts.

The ore and bullion report POSTED
Wednesday by Mccormick g. Co. was as
follows Ore received. 100000; bullion
shipped. $4,000: total. S1l0 900.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
Ore and Bullion.

The Utah Ore Sampllng company Re.
ported Wednesday the releasement q.
twenty-five cars of Utah ore.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
UNLISTED STOCKS.

Forenoon sales-Bineham Central
Standard, 1000 at 35c. 1000 at 36C. seller
sixty days: Federal Ely, 800 at l6c.
2ic 0pc% 1000 sI Ss i696 A. M iic 90 %en AT
tral- Standard, 1000 at S4c 200 at 35c. 100
at 37c.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
Nevadas in San Francisco.

James a. Pollock & Co. bankers and
brokers. furnish the following, received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
GOLD BAR UNDER
FIVE-YEAR LEASE
Operators Contemplate Erec.
ton of 50-TOn Reduction
Plant.

deal considered of special inter
district is that by which a group Of
PittsbuIg capitalists, associated with W..
+. Gray of Goldfield, have secured a
fiyc.ycar lease on tho Gold Bar claim
of the estate of the G.. O. d, Consoll-
dated Mines company. Mining opera
tions, it is stated will be started at
once, and in short time, also, work
will begin on the construction of a fifty
ton mill on the property, tho plant to
be equipped for the purpose of reduc-
ing the ores already in sight in the mine
as well as any bodies that may be en-
counteTcd in future work, The opera
tions planned by the leasing concern, 1T
is understood, call for the expenditure
of $50 900 ut the start
Commenting on the transaction, the
News says: "Thc lease that has been
taken on the Gold Bar covers the entire
claim with the exception of the block
upon which the SillS lease is working.
and comprises about twenty acres in
tho aggregate. Careful estimates of the
ore bodies exposed in the old workings
on the claim and on tho dumps give
an estimate of some 1000 tons of S25
pip ph lH' Jumps IN dd'l lIou W Inn
ore from the Gold Bar, the mill Will
handle that ore from the Thomas lease
on the Columbia Mountain estate, which
is being worked by Mr.. Gray and asso-
ciates, and is included in the larger
lease operations. AT less than 100 feet
from the surface in this lease an eight
inch vein of oXidi2ed. free milling ore
has been exposed and developed to some
extent, the ore being better than $40
per ton.
About the Mill
"The fifty-ton milling plant to be
erected by the leasers will be at the
Gold Bar shaft, so arranged that ore
will be dumped directly from the cage
into the mill bins, thence by gravity
fed into the crusher, thence into the
Denver mill, and by gravity run
through sinner, amalgamation watts and
concentrating tables. The equipment of
the mill Will be an SXl2-inch Denver
crusher one five and half-foot Den
YER mill. which is practically the latest
model OF grinding mill on the Chilean
order; one automatic ore feeder, one
Pierce amalgamator, three Whitley
tables and ono Horn sinner. The mill
viii be driven by electricity. The ca
pacity of the mill is guaranteed by the
houses with whom machinery contracts
have been made, to handle fifty tons
of ore per day, with the mill crushing
TO eighty mesh.
''Mill construction will begin shortly
after the first of the year, construc-
tion to be by contract under the super
vision of w. f. Gray, who Will be the
general superintendent for the leasers,
Other Goldticld associates will be B.
f.. Thomas, as millman, and IL. 3. Ruhl,
secretary.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
Boston Couper Market

James A Pollock & Co. bankers anG
brokers. furnish the following. received
over their private wire yesterday after.
noon:
BOSTON c,npprp rAN.cm
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
New York Mining Stocks.

James A. Pollock & Co., bankers and
brokers, furnish the following. received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
San Francisco Mining Stocks.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15.-The Off
cial closing quotations for mining stocks
today were as follows:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-16
NEW YORK CURB CLOSE.

Tribune Want Ads.
Bell Main 5000, Independent $50.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08
L. w. Robbins on Committee,

L. w. Robbins was Wednesday APP
pointed member of the soldiers re-
lief committee by the board of super
visors. He takes the place made vacant
more than a year ago when %. b.
Zines resigned from the sommittee to
become member of the board of SUI
pervisors. The board has had difficult
ty in securing any one to take the
place. Mr. Robbins is commander of
f. Nj. Thomas post, G.. A. r.
The bond of Deputy Clerk of Courts
II. S. Reilly was approved. The board
adopted resolution by which it of
fers to pay to William Neilandt, liv-
ing two and one-half miles north OF
Gilman, $50 for damage done to his
land as q result of removing two coun-
ty bridges and changing the channel
of the creek crossed by the bridges
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08

base; Lillibridge, second base; Bright,
third base; Kuhns, left short; Stewart,
right short; Robinson, left field.
The following is the score Of the
second game:
Seniors :. ......o 2 o 2 4 2 o s-14
Grocer Co. ......0 0 0 0 0 2 1 liz
The teams lined up as follows:
Seniors-Carlson, pitch: East, catch;
Lounsberry, first base; Scott, second
base; English, third base; Lincoln, left
short: Smith right short. Western
Grocer Company--A. G. Carlson, pitch;
Lindstedt, catch; Klosswosli, first
base Booth, second base; East. third
base; McCreery, left short; A. W.
Carlson, right short; Berg, left field;
Bowen, right field.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08

per every cork handed IN to the agent.
But the boss here, you see he wants
only his own brands recommended, SO
he spoils the cork commission game.
Here's another oddly. Early break
fast walters gets no tips. Why is that?
idea, tho, is that people what rises early
are just naturally cross grained and
mean.
''These regular boarders ds q queer
lot. "A regular boarder at this hotel
puts his tooth brush outside the door
with his shoes. He pays the porter q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08

Mr.. F. G. Fritts. Oneonta, N. 81.
writes: my little girl was greatly
benefited by taking Foley's Orino Lax
alive, and think it Is the best remedy
for constipation and liver trouble"
Foley's orino Laxative is best for
women and children, as 1t is mild.
pleasant and effective, and is spleh-
did spring medicine, as it cleanses the
system and clears the complexion. Me-
Bride & Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08
Council Committee to Meet Board.

Mayor o. L. lngledue will appoint a
special committee of the council to
meet the board of supervisors to take
up the question of the proposed
Strengthening of the Iowa river chan
mel fr1m the soldiers home to the
Center street dam by digging a new
channel. Ii is claimed the straighten-
ing of the channel will aid materially
in carrying off the water and prevent
ing the loWlands from being flooded
The plan is TO have the city, county
and the land owners interested divide
The cost. which is estimated at from
Isl, 500 to $500 between them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08
Licensed to Wed.

Thomas II. Thompson. farmer, aged
81, ana THETA Olson, aged %, both of
LeGrand.
Fred Carl Kollin. timer, aged %, and
Anna Viola rryhon, aged %, both of
this city
Marion d. Kiise, salesman, aged 80,
and Laura May Collins, aged IS. both
OF this city.
Joe Shepardson, painter. aged 49, and
Ethel May Andrews, aged IS, both of
this city.
Frank Denver snyder, photographer
aged %, and Margaret Hughes Walsh
aged %, both Of this city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08
Low Fares for Settlers, Chicago, Mill
waukee & ST. Paul Railway.

Low fares for settlers, every Tues
day from March 23rd to April 9th, in
elusive, to North Dakota and Montana
points on the new Chicago, Milwaukee
4 Puget Sound Railway. Rates apply
to Haynes Hettinger, Bowman, Mar
narth and other North Dakota points,
and 10 Baker, Miles City. Forsyth,
Mussellshell, I.avina, Roundup, Har-
Iowton, Moore, Lewistown, and other
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08
Observations Of a Waiter.

The little, lean waiter, balancing cas-
lily on his enormous feet, talked:
ooh, yes, dts got it's oddities, waitin',"
he said. Here, f'rinstance, all wine
corks must be guy up to the cashier.
Why so? Well, s'pose on shown you
the wine list see you amt no wine
judge. Then recommend you brand
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08

Montana stations on this new line.
Complete information free from your
local agent. r. A. Miller, general pass
enger agent, Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08

dollar q week to hold the tooth brush
under spigot half an hour day.
Sweetens 1t up sump'n fine, he says"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-08

HbW ENFORCEMENT
FOR ALI cae2M
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
Good Speech Almost Spoiled.

EIOIll Tic EHitddtipAAld ilC
This debate in the Senate the other
day must remind o OF your Did days
In the House, doesn't it?" asked a
friend of Senator Dolliver.
Yes" remarked Dolliver. I'VE used
to have some great times there. The
b an interesting place. One
never knows there when he's going to
run o M OF some bright chap who'll
bowl him over. / remember one time
/ was making a speech there on the
tariff. I was painting the glories Of pro-
lection. / was contrasting the 'pitiful
conditions of the poor in Europe with
the people who work in this country.
/ was telling about the people who
came from Europe to my district, how
they prospered and often sent back
something u of their savings to their
parents Dr. other relatives in the depths
Of poverty in the old country. / de-
scribed how 1 had often seen them
weep as they thought OF the grinding
conditions under which their loved
one struggled back In the fatherland.
Suddenly Caruth, of Kentucky. arose
In his place, looked solemnly over his
glasses at the speaker, and. in his high
pitched, peculiar voice, said:
MIR. Speaker, what did the gentle
nan from Iowa say all those folks
were crying about?'
Well, IL was too much for the
House. The members roared with
laughter and yelled and cheered. and
1t was some time before / could go
In fact, 1t pretty nearly ruined my
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
The Incubator in Egypt.
From the Kansas City Star.

Methods for Matching eggs artifi-
cially are about as old as the pyra-
mids. The Egyptians were the pio-
neer poultry raisers and they were able
10 devise a e to do the work OF
the setting hen or the setting goose
in Egypt geese were the principal do
nestle fowls. Several of the ancient
writer's have mentioned the skill OF
the Egyptians In poultry culture. This
is from Diodorus, a Sicilian traveller
and historical, who visited Egypt about
1G b. c.:
"Of all the discoveries to which any
class of Egyptians attained the one
which is most worthy of admiration Is
their mode of rearing fowls n geese;
and by a process their ingenuity has
devised they hatch the eggs and there
by secure an abundance OF poultry
without the necessity of waiting for
the incubation of the hens.
The poulterers may be divided into
two classes-the rearers and those VINO
sold poultry in the market; the former
living in the country and villages and
the latter in the market towns
The incubator of the Egyptians was
a simple device, nothing like the mod
ern contrivances that are automatically
heated by electricity and have every
comfort for the newly Matched chicks.
The Egyptians Matched the eggs in
.ONtIS Oulit OH Tie 6iouHd diu bSoNSo
by a "slow" fire. The ovens We're kept
at a temperature of about 104 degrees.
The Egyptian roHlterers had no Their
mometers. and they had TO guess at
the temperature, but by long expert
ence they became expert.
Did the Egyptians stay up all night
with their incubators? The early writ
ers don't say, but perhaps they did.
Diodorus neglected to give details.
plinU tha Roman fra Weller
that the Egyptians Matched 100 million
eggs a year in thoir incubator ovens.
Chambers encyclopedia says: From
time ~immemorial the Egyptians have
Matched eggs by artificial warmth in
peculiar ovens called mammals
The modern Egyptians particularly
the Copts,' says Gardner Wilkinson,
the Archaeological, have borrowed the
custom of Matching eggs artificially
from their predecessors, and eggs are
annually Matched in the towns Of up
per and lower Egypt"
Chickens, perhaps, were not known
in Egypt at the time Of the Pharoahs,
but the absence of these domestic
fowls, was compensated for by the
great abundance of ducks and geese,
more especially the latter. In ancient
Egypt geese were cultivated as one of
the main articles of food In the coun-
try and they were reckoned as among
the most valuable farming products.
Geese were sacrificed TO the gods. When
an inventory was made of the belong
ings of an Egyptian farmer, the goose
eggs on hand were counted. Most of the
eggs Matched by artificial warmth by
the Egyptians were those Of geese.
Egypt always has been a wonderful
egg producing country. Fowls of many
different kinds increased by the mill
ions in the lowlands along the Nile
river. The Egyptians robbed the nests
of ducks, geese and other wild fowls
and PATCHED the eggs in their ovens.