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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-29

turkeys are generally conceded to
be the most difficult to raise of all
poultry. While in their natural state
they are healthy and hardy, in con
fnement they easily become a prey
to disease and the mortality in do.
mesticated turkeys is such as to
cause rigid investigations on the part
of both state and national expert
mentors. The object of these expert
ments has been principally to pro-
duce, If possible, q strain of turkeys
that would be immune or nearly SO
from the. disease commonly known
as "blackhead" and to find the cause
and remedy for that trouble.
1t has been found by most breed
ers and those interested in turkey
culture that an old sod was prefer
able to cultivated fields for ranging
OF yarding turkeys and that the COM
bination of turkeys and chickens in
the same yards is unadvisable. The,
parasites Of the disease infest chick
ems In great numbers but are appar-
emily not as malignant and fatal to
them, but IL turkeys are allowed the
same range, they are easily infected
with the disease, and the mortality
in young turkeys is very great.
There is some difference in opin-
ion as to whether turkey-raising is
becoming more difficult. 1t is the
opinion of most breeders that each
season finds a greater mortality in
young turkeys.
Some twenty years ago we visited
q large plantation near the coast Of
Virginia where an old time planter
raised turkeys in large numbers and
this apparently without much effort
or care on his part. At the time Of
our visit there were hundreds Of
beautiful, well-grown, glossy plum
aged bronze turkeys roaming about
over the broad fields and forests. The
owner Of this estate was before the
war man Of Independent means and
after being wounded In battle, find
ing his crops and acres devastated,
his slaves freed. and those near and
dear to him actually in need of the
necessities of life. he attempted tur-
key raising as well suited to his sur
roundings-a plantation Of many
acres about evenly divided between
grassy slopes and well-wooded shores
on tide-watered river.
He gave them little care. absolute
ly free range and allowed them to
breed and rear their young almost
wholly unmolested. They were the
tame Bronze variety but had every
advantage of the Wild Turkeys that
were then quite plentiful in that sec
ton, and some of them not infre-
quently came to the roosting ground
with the tame ,ones. +
He claimed that turkeys. were very
hardy, required little care and for
aged for the greater part of their,
living. Turkey raising along these
lines is undoubtedly little, practiced
today and 1t Is the opinion Of most
Investigators that the attempts to do
mesticate, or semi-confine turkeys,
especially in connection with other
domestic poultry, is resulting in a
greater mortality among young tur-
keys each season. American Poultry
| World. q.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-29

A web Of. nlament two and one-quar-
ter miles long has been taken from the
body of single spider.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-29

SUPPLY EGG-MAKING FOODS.
If one fact is established in hem
ology. 1t is that the fondness Of fowls
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-29
STIMULATED HENS.

Since we are much interested In
eggs and in poultry just now, It will
be well to give heed to such infor-
nation as comes to US about them,
from other lands. The report Of
Consul Henry D. Baker on an egg,
laying competition now going on in
Tasmania is therefore timely. These
competitions are quite popular In all
the Australian States. and each State
has one running at the present time.
1t appears that In Tasmania the
greatest success has been obtained.
It is said indeed that the results
shave exceeded the most sanguine
expectations Of the poultry expert"
At the time tne report was writ
ten the competition had been going
on at Springvale Gardens, near Ho.
bart, for seven months. which in
cluded the winter season. During
that time the leading pen made up,
of six white leghorns. has yielded s26i
eggs. AS wheat is scarce in Tas;
mania the chief food for chickens in
that country is OATS A great deal
of green food is given and also a
large amount Of lime and bone-fdrm-
ing material is supplied. In other
words, the hens are fed unnaturally#
and stimulated into an artificial pro-
duction.
An expert on the subject says ma
ture intended hen to lay at, most,
| "a oUCe An a voor Tho m odarr now, :.
mercial hen is expected to lay from
800 to $50 eggs a,syear. To enable
her to achieve that feat a highly
stimulating. unnatural process Of
feeding Is required. One breeder in
Tasmania obtained big results by
|feeding curds of skinned milk OBJ
tanned by using rennet. He is quot.
ed as saying: IN a dairy country it
will pay farmers better to feed skim
med milk to laying hens than to
pigs"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-29

AS usual, we start in the day after
determined to have a sane Fourth
next time. and henceforth to use no
other. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-29

It does seem to the small boy that
he should have one day to spend I'M
hampered by rules and regulations.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-29

Let him go. It Is part of boys
Education.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-29
News Of Iowa
IOWA FARMER IS BuNcoEn.

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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
ELECTRIC WAITER is NOVEL
Frenehman Arranses His House %
That He Can Secure Numerous
Articles by Electricity.

The wonderful electric house OF MT
George Knapp. In Paris. France. in
which the owner can be served with
anything he wants from a book to a
meal in any room in the house by
simply pushing button, can hear
everything going on in any part OF the
house and see approaching visitors be-
fore they gain the entrance. has been
described before. But many new
things are continually being added.
one of the most interesting being the
means by which dishes are made to
appear on the table.
The chef prepares each dish in its
proper order and has it ready waiting
on a tray. When the host and his
guests are seated at the table, the
former touches a button and the cleo
trically operated tray arrives through
trap door in the top of the table.
When closed this tray looks like two
ordinary silver covers on the table.
BY pressing another button, the tray
with its dish is carried around the
central portion OF the table AS the
dish arrives in front of each guest.
the host touches third button, which
stops IL while the guest is helping
himself. The dish passes all around
the table in this way. and then. on
again pressing the first button, 1t dis
appears through the table and returns
to the kitchen.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
GROWING HAIR ON BALD HEAD
Electricity Utilized by Latest Method
More Effective Than Any Other
Process Tried.

The newest method OF growing hair
on bald heads is by electricity. 1t is
said to be more effective than any
process hitherto known. and promptly
checks tendency to falling hair
though OF course when badness has
reached its final stage nothing will
help, and even the electric current
does not avail, the roots being dead.
For the purpose in question cur
rent is applied to an exceedingly high
voltage. but of small amperage. This
Is not so hard to understand as might
be imagined. Voltage is a term of
pressure. When water is flowing out
OF faucet one might call the rate of
flow the voltage and the size of the
stream the amperage In the case of
the bald-headed man who seeks cleo
trical treatment only a small quantity
OF electricity is employed, but it is ap-
piled at high pressure.
The result is vigorous stimulation
OF the scalp and the roots of the hair.
III the latter have any vitality left in
them the bald place will soon be GOV.
cred by n downy fuzz, and. healthy
conditions being restored, a becoming
hirsute thatch will take the place OF
the erstwhile bare expanse of Uranium
"a source of thankfulness to the pa.
tient.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07

trying Is done by leading the mare to
the stations door. II found In season
she is led to the northwest corner OF
the barn, of from the plank, onto a
space 21x16 feet with cinder and earth
floor and II feet to ceiling A solid
slide door 10x1f feet shuts this space
of from the rest of the barn except
big box stall in which mares can be
tied For the breeding pen or chute
proper the north wall OF barn pro-
vides one side and the west wall of
barn the end toward which the mare
Is led. Sink couple of solid posts
so as to have a pen feet long from
west wall and 4 feet wide inside. Lay
sound 2 inch plank from the ground to
a height of 3 feet inches. Have the
two posts outside of plank sawed to
their height and edges smoothly round
ed, as well as edges of planks at
ends and on top. Sink another post
from middle of pen south feet. Just
in front of this wing make a couple
of holes to run a pair of feet inch
gas pipe bars through and make q
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
ELECTRICAL NOTES.

The National Electric Light associ-
alton has attained a membership Of
nearly 1000.
Germany now leads the world in
the number of electric furnaces for
smelling. refining and casting
a pulsating vacuum pump. operated
by an electric motor. is novelty in
the line of milking machines.
Ranking next to the suns rays IN
stimulating and germicidal effects are
the rays from electric lights.
To take up the strain more evenly
a Swedish inventor has produced cleo
trio cables with hemper cores.
Coal is so scarce in Siam that gas
8 not used for Illuminating and the
only city using electricity Is Bangkok
The government posts and tele
graph administration controls all
wireless telegraph stations in France
The danger OF fire is eliminated
when an oil tempering bath Is heated
by electricity instead Of coal or gas
II Is estimated that electric illumi
nation is used by about 100000 out OF
a total OF about 100000 households
in the United States.
OF the 100000 horsepower which
the rivers Of Minnesota ere estimat
ed to be capable Of producing less
than one.third has been made avail
able.
A new system OF electric signaling
for mines. TO give an alarm in case OF
fire o. other mishap, operated by
hand-driven generator, has been per.
fected.
According TO statistics quoted in
Engineering, there are in the whole
world 100000 telephones, and the
lines have an aggregate length Of
about 1880, 900 miles.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07

| chinch bug disease but its appearance
on infected insects is not nearly as
conspicuous as the latter. To an or
binary observer 1t appears to be no
more than the mold which is common
ly present on damp bread few days
old. 1t will live and propagate on
bread and Is apparently just as harm.
less to the higher animal life, but the
microscopic examination of an infect.
ed San Jose Scale reveals 1t to be fatal
to the latter.
Our experiments have been so con.
elusive In regard to the practicability
OF checking the San Jose Scale with
this disease that we are now propagat.
ing 1t to an extent sufficient to enable
us to supply gratis all interested citi-
zens OF this state who may request II.
The conditions under which we shall
send 1t out are that the party request
Ing 1t shall first submit specimens OF
scale TO us for Identification. If the
submitted specimens prove TO be the
San Jose Scale we will send a small
package by mail. No directions for
application other than those following
VIII be given unless especially re-
quested.
Directions-The fungus is grown on
a jelly-like material which is of amber
color In appearance. The color of the
fungus or disease is white. This ma
terial may become more or less disar-
ranged In transit through the mail,
but It's vitality will not be lessened.
Upon its receipt the applicant should
paste small portions Of It TO his in
tested trees. The jelly-like substance
will adhere nicely. The fungus will
gradually scatter from one tree to an
other Of its own accord, but will ae
complish better results n artificialy
well scattered when first applied.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
ORCHARD TREE
PEST KILLED
San Jose Scale Controlled by Nat
uraI Enemy in Form Of Disease
Of ngu7 Growt
CHI g c X 3 Its Spread.

By G. T.. SANBORN. Entomologist. Ok
lahoma Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion)
During the last two or three years
this department has been experiment
fng with natural enemy of the San
Jose Scale. This enemy is a disease
In the nature of a fungous growth. In
southern ATTITUDES it has been used
even to commercial extent for con-
trolling the scale, but on account of
the weather conditions of this state 1t
has been supposed that such a disease
would either fail to propagate itself
during the summer or be entirely too
delicate to withstand the low winter
temperature. Careful experimentation
however. has proved the disease is
very hardy and capable of propagation
to very beneficial extent in our in
tested orchards.
Oftentimes diseases of a serious ma
ture are introduced and scattered by
Insects and other agencies in general.
This disease, however, is not capable
of doing any damage to anything ex-
cept the San Jose Scale and allied
forms. It's use in orchards, groves.
and public parks, as shown by our ex.
periments. will be OF very great ad-
vantage In checking the local spread
Of the San Jose Scale.
1t is Of the same nature as the
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
Get Electric Light With Coin.

The authorities OF the village OF
Jocketa. in Saxony. recently installed
electric light in the streets. The light
is cut off at 11:00 p. m. when it is
supposed everybody is in bed.
The authorities, however. discov-
cred a number of clubmen who were
afraid to go home in the dark" and
who kicked about having the lights
extinguished at eleven. To meet their
demands the authorities have attached
enny-in-the-slot devices to the light
poles.
A tired clubman going home in the
dark after eleven can now tumble his
way to an electric light pole, drop a
penny in the slot and light his way
home. If he lives far from his club
two successive pennies will do the
trick.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
Electricity pispIaces Gasoline.

The old-style gasoline lights which
have been used in Central park are
to be displaced with 1.400 or more
than twice as many electric lamps.
A very artistic lamp pose has been
designed for the new lamps. One OF
the objections to the gasoline lamps
was the fact that the leakage OF the
oil ruined the grass around these
lamp posts. Furthermore. the lamp
lighters did much damage by making
short cuts through the flower beds
along their routes from one lamp to
another.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
New Application Of Elsot1loitx.

An eminent firm OF German electri.
clans claim to have devised an an
paratus by which an electric current.
of the character useG for the purpose
of healing internal disorders, may De
applied locally.
The inventors say that while the
current produces no detrimental con.
sequences to the patient in other re.
spects. II may be applied to diseased
organ with good results.
1t is alleged further, on its behalf
that the current. directed to any part
of the body on which it is intended to
operate, would produce sterilization
and thus prevent blood poisoning.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07

Mares are bred In this pen or stall,
those for the trotter alw avs being hop
plod, but rarely for the draft horse.
The dimensions given may be varied
and the part of stall back of wing
hinged If desired. However the hinges
are not much of an advantage: the
stall is wide enough 80 mares heels,
by sharp turn of her head. may be
turned into the wall.
OFTEN boys. or timid people, bring
mares and the safe harbor of refuge
behind the wing is much appreciated.
1t will help stations patronage
where competition is sharp.
The floor of the entire space should
be covered with short stun and chaff
and kept scrupulously clean, wet straw
and droppings being wheeled out after
each visit. This arrangement is adj
mirable also for handling bull with
safety. Up to this date this year
August 22-74 mares have been bred
to the brother. 9S to the draft horse
and 62 cows to Red Poll bull without
| injury to man or beast.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07

Mrs. Barlow Brings Tommy TO Tears.
The camel" answered Mr.. Barlow.
us chiefly found I'm those burning elf.
mates which you have heard de.
scribed. His height ia very great. ris.
Ing to II or IS feet, reckoning to the
top of his head; his legs are long and
slender, his body not large, and his
neck OF amazing length. This animal
Is found in no part OF the world that
we are acquainted with, wild or free /;
but the whole race Is enslaved By
man and brought up TO drudgery from
the first moment Of their existence. /"
Here the interest and concern which
had been long visible IN Tommy's face
could no longer be repressed. and
tears began to trickle down his face.
From Sanford and Merton"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
wlreIess on ocean vessels.

Every ocean-going boat carrying
passengers and doing business at
American ports and playing between
ports 200 miles apart is now equipped
with wireless telegraphy outfits, or IL
is violating a law passed by congress
last June, making such equipment
compulsory. The lighthouses also are
equipped with the wireless. This will
make easy the extension OF a new in
venticu to circumvent the danger Of
logs.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
High Temperature Alarm

of fusible substance which holds q
spring. says Scientific American. When
this substance melts at the predeter-
mined temperature the spring is re-
leased and forces the two members
into contact. thus completing the cir.
cult OF an alarm.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07

couple Of holes In nortk side of wall
to receive them. The wing affords q
safe place for party With mare. The
bars make a pen for foa, SO the mare
may keep her head to e The bars
also keep the mare from being showed
ahead and cramped. The top one will
be at her breast and the bottom one
at her knees. These bars should be
strong. say inches. and work easy.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
MINNESOTA STALLION BARN
FOR BREEDING PURPOSES
Sofe Harbor OF Boys and Txn,,d
People With Dfares-Also An
curing

The following description OF q Min
nesota stallion barn is given by NJ.
L. Grattan In Breeders Gazette:
The stallion barn fronts to the south
and after passing ONCE and carriage
space comes the stallion boxes with
stout plank doors opening in and
double doors opening out. The
stations stand with their heads out at
liberty. and as they never bite mares,
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07

Is the cheapest and best security
man can buy. Il saves him from worry.
perhaps from ruin and hss family from
want The rates are not very high.
7 Will be pleased to give them to amp
me who will come IN snd talk the mat
Ter over Only safe companies repre-
sented T. =. McI'ougaA ceredo. W
Va
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07

Electrical Apparatus Especially
Handy In Vessels. Stores,
Houses and the Like.

w. p. Pierce. OF Krkwood. Mo-. has
invented the device shown In the II.
iustration and Is especially useful as
fire alarm In vessels. houses, stores,
or the like. or 1t may be used on jour
nailed bearings to prevent a hot-box.
The device comprises two members
normally held out of contact by means
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
TRYING TO
BE OBLICINC

Before a blazing fire Miss Belinda
and her brother were passing their
last evening OF the season In their
summer home. Miss Belinda. smiling
little wistfully at her own thoughts,
watched the leaping flames.
Ben" she said. without being the
least cynical. I've come to the conclu.
sion that gratuitous helpfulness isn't
well. isn't appreciated"
"Oh. did you just find that out?" in
CURED her brother. "How have you
gained this long deferred knowledge"
This morning." began Miss Belin-
da' when | was putting SO many OF
our things away for the winter, Il oc>
CURED to me that several OF our be,
iongings might be enjoyed by some OF
our neighbors. who seem to have so
little TO make their lives bright. IL
seemed to me. for instance. that Il
would be pity to leave my reading
lamp locked up here all winter when
II might mako the long evenings at
the Dodds' more cheerful. So | had
Matte I'LL and clean II and then car.
ried IT up the hill to the farmhouse
myself and offered It to Mrs. Dodd.
Well she said. of course II you'd
IKE to leave 1t here for safe keeping.
you can, Just as well as not. IL won't
look bad on the center table in the
parlor and anyway we shut up thai
room In cold weather.
But wish you to have the use of
It, explained.
Oh. don't set any store by those
dig fancy lamps-they burn too much
OIL, she answered, as she opened the
door OF the sepulchral parlor and set
the despised object on the center table
next TO the photograph album"
DID you leave IL there?" asked Ben.
yes. for / hadn't the courage to
say that, as she didn't like 1t. I'd take
It home"
Probably she's reading by its
bright refulgence at this moment"
laughed Ben.
determined not to be discour.
aged proceeded Miss Belinda. 80 I
took the basketful OF magazines had
gathered together for the Stewards
over to their place. met Mr.. Stew
art at the gate.
thought perhaps you and the
boys would enjoy some light reading"
| said.
never read anything myself he
replied. except the weekly paper.
s'pose maybe the boys win look over
them magazines after the fall work Is
done. But don't think much OF hav
ing lot OF reading stun I'm the house
us liable to take up the time the bows
ought to give to their regular chores
i humbly suggested that the bows
must have some leisure on rainy DAYS
and winter evenings, and he said
could leave the magazines IL | wanted
10. saw Miss Stewart when I went
into the house to avail myself of this
gracious permission, and | asked her
II she wouldn't like the use of my sew
Ing machine during the winter. When
went to her quilting last spring |
saw what an old thrashing machine
hers is"
NO, thank you, Miss Belinda she
said. I've used our machine ever
since | came here to keep house for
my brother and the boys and r
wouldn't know how to make their
shirts on any other kind. You're real
Kind, but it would be an awful bother
for me to learn the tricks OF a new
tangled machine"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
auanioInna

What makes you think he Is a hyp
ocrite?"
"He smiled yesterday when his hat
blew 50 The mud"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07

one side. says Popular Mechanics
This is carried on hinges so that IL
can be lowered. as shown in the illus.
tration, for boiling. frying, etc, while
I'm its ordinary position It heats the
oven. Thus one heater can be made
10 do the work of two, although. Of
course. not as the same time.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-12-07
ELECTRIC COOKER is CHEAP
Carried on Hinges so That 1t Does
Work of Two in Boiling, Fry
ing, Heating, Etc.

This electric cooker consists of an
oven, IL by II by IA in. inside, with
the heating apparatus mounted Oh