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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
RATION TO FATTEN POULTRY
Method Adopted at Maine Station and
Gives Much Satisfaction-Coops
Are Used.

At the Maine station the following
ration for fattening is fed to fowls In
small pens with great success.
Hundred parts of cornmeal.
Hundred parts wheat middlings.
Forty parts of meat meal.
This was fed as porridge, thick
enough to drop, but not run, from a
spoon. Milk is preferable for moisten-
ing the mixture.
French and English fatteners who
make a speciality Of the business OF
fattening thousands of chickens each
year conf1ne them in small coops. The
coops used at the Maine station had
a floor space of 16 by % inches. in
each of which four chickens were
placed This method can be used
when the space is limited. At the
Maine station 1t was found that chick
ems fattened in a pen put on weight
as rapidly and at as low cost as those
I'm crates or on which examining ma
chimes were used.
Where a pen is used the fowls
should have shade, grit and the water
must be fresh and plentiful. Feed
them three times a day and be care
full to see that none is left In the
troughs between meals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
BANLSHES ALL PETS

though. that cats and dogs offer the
to quarantine a house when cats are
going in and out and mingling with
the neighbours children?
When we drew up our bakery
ordinance we had occasion to investi.
gate The matter of cats in bakeries.
Chief Sanitary Inspector Ball col
lected considerable data. The pres
ence of the cat was defended on the
score that it kept down the rats and
mice. Mr. Ball in his investigation
found that in fact cats Gid little In
keeping down rats and mice. and that
the harm they did far more than of
set the little good they were sup.
posed to do. 1t was demonstrated
that they were nuisance and a
menace in bakeries
There is much on this subject
which comes under the head Of rea.
sonable surmise-and the indictment
is severe against family pets. When
it comes to incontrovertible facts
though, the case is not so clear, but
there is no question that family pets
are a menace in large cities.
Il might add that 1t is significant
that In certain sections of Chicago
where there is a dog practically in
every house, We have had much trou'
BILE through epidemics of contagious
diseases-diphtheria in one particular
ward which l have in mind"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
rolK

the light 1t will be seen that the air
space in the large end is very small
and the yolk almost invisible. AS the
age continues the air space enlarges
and the yolk becomes visible as shown
in the Illustration. Rough shelled and
abnormal eggs should never be
shipped. Through some markets may
call for several grades of eggs as a
general rule there is no necessity for
many grades. What the best trade
demands is freshness. grading, uni
formity in packing and regularity in
supply.
For ordinary purposes two grades of
eggs will be found sufficient to salts
fly the demands made on the producer,
vix.: New LAID selects and No. 1. An
other grade of common stock may for
a time be marketed. but they must
not be sold under the brand of the
association.
New Laid Selects.-These are to
consist of strictly new laid eggs, not
over five days old, weighing not less
than twenty-four ounces to the dozen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
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CANADIAN GRADING OF EGGS
Poultry Producers Association Ma
king Efforts for Proper CLASH
fication.

The Poultry Producers Association
of Canada has been making an effort
to provide a classification and grad
ing for dressed poultry and eggs. Last
year a number of grades were adopted
for the use of poultrymen and at pres
ent the secretary wishes to get the
views of producers and dealers in re-
gard to any amendment of the grad
ing rules that may seem desirable.
In the grading of eggs it is laid
down as first requirement that they
must all be shipped new laid. A new
laiG egg is an egg that is not over
five days old when shipped, an egg
that has been gathered promptly and
KEPT in a moderately dry, cool place
(under 60 degrees), free from foul
doors and other communicating infiu-
ences. On holding a new laid egg to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Healthy Fowls.

The natural inheritance of all fowls
is constitutional vigor, provided, of
course, they are not enfeebled by in
judicious breeding. Constitutional
vigor can be maintained and brought
about by choosing the strongest
healthiest and hardest of the stock for
breeders every spring and by killing
off the weak and sickly ones in the
fall. The introduction of fresh blood
frequently not only keeps up the
stamina, health and vigor of stock, but
1t also enables them to resist sick.
ness and sudden changes of weather
much better than fowls closely and
continuously inbred. or fowls not bred
to any degree of constitutional ex-
cellence, or selected for establishing
any permanent quality.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
TWINS FIRST MEET WHEN SO
Brothers Were Parted Almost at Birth
and Come Together After
Many Years.

Greensburg, Pa.-Separated q few
days after birth, 80 years ago, neither
having seen the other, Amos and Cyrus
Lape, twins, met here for the first
time.
Amos is employed near Export, and
a few days ago stranger approached
him with the greeting, Hello. Cy, what
are YOU doing here?" Amos, with quiet
dignity, informed the stranger his
name was not "Cy." The stranger apol-
ogized, saying he thought Amos was
Cyrus Lape
Questioning developed that Cyrus
lived at Dunbar, Fayette county. The
meeting followed, and the twin bro
theirs have gone to Amos house at
belmont.
Amos and Cyrus Lape were born at
Blackjack. Indiana county. A few
days after their birth their mother
died. The boys were placed with two
families, living some distance from
each other, and neither boy ever knew
OF the whereabouts of the other.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Dogs and Cats Should Be EIim-
mated From All Cities.
Health Commissioner Evans of Chi.
cago Says Animals Spread Con-
tagion and Are Responsible
for Great Many Deaths.

Chicago. = Health Commissioner
Evans put a ban on cats. dogs and
other pets.
He declared that they were a means
of spreading contagion, and undoubt-
eddy were responsible for many deaths
in a year.
There Is no question in my mind, y
he said, but that dogs and cats, es-
pecially the latter, should not be per-
mitted In cities.
Without doubt they carry con-
tagion and are responsible for many
deaths annually-just how many no
man can surmiSe.
I'VE quarantine a house where
there is scarlet fever for instance. 1t
has been established that contagion
is spread principally through con-
tact. We say: No one inside the
house shall come out, no one outside
shall come in But there is a fam
lily cat. 1t is constantly In contact
with infected things, If not actually
stroked by the sufferer.
The cat runs In and out, through
doors and windows. 1t roams about
the neighborhood. 1t is stroked and
petted by the neighbors' children.
Much contagion certainly is carried in
this manner. Parents should guard
against a cat from infected premises
as carefully as against children from
the same premises.
"But the cat is not nearly as easily
guarded against.
THE dog to a minor degree spreads
contagion, in a minor degree because
a dog as a rule sticks closer to his
masters house.
Dogs, though, are a general nuis-
ance, and they spread the deadly
rabies. Not all cases are of local
origin, many persons being brought
to Chicago for treatment
1T is in the spread of contagion,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Rodents Overrun Town OF Greenwich
Connect Intoxicated on
Deacon's Liquor.

Greenwich. Conn.-"Wanted - In
Greenwich. Conn, one pied piper sim.
liar to the one who formerly operated
in Hamelin, province of Hanover, Prus.
STA, and whose effective business meth
DDS have been described by the late R.
Browning"
This advertisement or one something
like 1t may soon be published by the
Greenwich board of selectmen If the
rats here continue to increase in mum.
bers and boldness as they have been
doing in the last two weeks. Driven
by thirst occasioned by the long dry
spell, they seek liquids wherever they
can find them. They are overrunning
everything and the worst part of it is
the cats seem to be all on a strike
Druggists have sold more rat poison
In the last two wekes than in a year
previously. Merchants, particularly
fruit dealers. are greatly worried by
tho rats
More surprising than anything else
Is the story of the depredations com
mitted in the house of a certain aged
deacon and temperance worker here,
whose name is withheld by request.
The other night when he went to bed
ne left quart bottle of cold tea, with
which he refreshed himself this hot
weather, on the top of a cupboard.
When he arose early the next morning
he found the bottle broken on the floor
and rat tracks all around it. He be.
lieves the rats. with almost human
sagacity, pushed the bottle, which was
of the small bottomed. broad-shoul.
dered variety. off the shelf and drank
the contents.
When the cook arose to build the fire
she found four rats lying intoxicated
on the floor of the kitchen, which adj
joins the room containing the cup
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Woke Him lin

IN Indianapolis they tell story on
certain attorney to explain he quit
drinking so suddenly. says the Inte-
rior. He hal patronized one saloon
with great liberality for years. Late
ly the proprietor of the place bought
a house and lot and he employed an
other lawyer to examine the abstract
for him. The stSDiy patron, the In
terror goes on to say. when he heard
1t, went after the saloon keeper rough
shod, demanding to know why bust
ness fayors weren't exchanged when
there was opportunity. Why did the
saloon keeper turn away from his
own customer aud give business 70 a
man who never hopght anything %
bi|-n6f of any otheF saloon keeperf
The saloon keeper was amazed at the
complaint; he thought the explana-
ton ought to be plain enough: When
I've got business" he said with child
like frankness, Il want it done by a
sober lawyer" Suddenly the attor-
ney, too, concluded 1t was all plain
enough: his friends say he hasn't
touched liquor since.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Poultry Runs.

There is more or less dry weather
during the summer, and the runs not
infrequently become baked, and il
heavy soils more or less filthy. The
man who has the best interests of his
stock at heart will once a week use a
hand plow in such yards and stir up
the soil so as to make 1t loose and
fresh. If he does this at night, the
next morning the fowls will get at
work, scratching, hunting worms and
stirring up things generally. II Is
wonderful how much they find In this
turned up soil that furnishes them
both amusement and food.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
CHILDREN IN AERIAL LEAGUE
English Boys and Girls Organize to
Aid In New Science of Aero
nautics.

London.-Although the science of
aeronautics has only just found a foot
ing in England, schemes for helping it
along are springing up on every side,
and the latest of these has developed
in the shape of the Boys and Girls
Aerial league, in the organization of
which Miss Gertrude Bacon is active
ly interesting herself. Miss Bacon Is
herself an aeronaut of considerable ex-
perience, though that, up to the pres
ent, has been confined to ballooninf..
The object of the institution is to &C.
ucate and interest children in all mat
tiers of aviation, to encourage them by
means OF competitions in modern fly
ing machine construction, and In es-
say writing on aeronautical subjects,
and to stir up public interest by organ
izing a lecture campaign through the
county.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
IS LATEST OF MEN
Lies in Bed for Days at a Time,
His Wife Declares.
Makes No Protest When Spouse SO
Described Him in Tottenham Po-
lice Court RecentIy-Cannot
Find Work and Is Healthy.

London.-Though Archibald Depau
of Tottenham has never claimed on
his own behalf to be the LATEST man
in the world" he made no protest
when his wife so described him at
Tottenham police court recently.
The court was much amused by the
recital of his misdeeds, or lack Of
deeds, and the magistrate advised
Mrs. Depau to leave him and then
summon him for maintenance.
How can l leave him with the
children?" asked Mrs. Depau For
two years he hasn't worked and won't
try to get work. Through the Nation
al Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children he was sent to
prison for six months last summer for
neglecting than and me.
While he was away was allowed
five shillings week for the three
youngest children, and with the help
of my son Robert, who is twenty, and
liftman in the city, we got along
all right. But five weeks ago Archi-
bald came out again-they knocked
off a month and gave him a few shill-
ings wages when he left Pentonville,
so he must have worked there.
"Since then he hasn't done a stroke.
even in the house, and the five
| shillings a week has stopped. | can't
| feed him, and We are worse off than
ever. He used to lie in bed for weeks,
and once when l lifted him up, bed
| and all, and put him out of the house,
he crawled in again through the win
dow. He doesn't lie abed so much
now, but he has only been out one
afternoon these five weeks.
I'VE used to respect him once. He
was brought up as waiter, and his
father kept a hotel He hasn't any
trade except waiting and bartending,
but he could get something"
| Archibald himself, the worlds
LATEST, YEARLY sauntered into the
room and gazed at the visitor with
lack-luster eyes. Il don't sleep when
I'm In bed." he said gently, very
| gently.
Il shall be fifty this MONTH" he said
in reply to a question. Il can't get
work. I've no pain. It's not dis
ease" He was too tired to smile or
cough.
But he Is not iii looking at all. His
| iron-gray beard and whiskers are be-
coming. He is not bald, and his fea-
| lures are good
Things can't go on like this" said
his son Robert. They won't have him
IN the union because he's sane and
healthy.
My eldest brother Archibald, was
killed in the South African war. The
next one, Joseph, has gone bach to
Australia, where father lived for II
years, and where l was born, because
he couldn't stand fathers laziness.
People tell us to turn father out,
but what would people say If we did
and any harm came to him. He's as
we'll able to work as | am. Why
should l support him? It's as bad for
him to sit about in the kitchen as to
lie abed. He's never unkind and
doesn't hit anybody. If he was like
that it would be different. He's just
lazy"
Archibald, before doing off again,
said that he was too old and nobody
wanted him He wanted new teeth
and some hair dye and better clothes.
I'm happier in bed than anywhere"
he concluded, as his chin fell on his
breast.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Society Formed to Investigate Visits
Place and Pussy Gives Them
Big Fright.

New York.-A party of men of AS
bury Park. n. j., and Lakewood. N. j.,
who believe in spirits and ghosts, have
formed a society among themselves for
the purpose of proving that ghosts and
spirits of those departed return to visit
us mortals on earth.
The other night a few members of
the society, consisting of John Hama
ford. John Ryno, Harold Woolly Will
liam Mason, Amos Allen and Frank
Cook, visited a suburb of Asbury Park.
where there was a haunted and de-
serted house, reported to contain
ghosts.
They arrived at the house about 9: 80
o'clock and waited there for the hour
of midnight
About 11:45 o'clock, according to
Ryno, there was an awful noise in the
house, and Mason, who is a detective
In Lakewood. rushed forward with
drawn revolver and encountered Q
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
lP9uJI q AF[R29Y
G1lESlSl6>I|Nlf ESQ

All poultry that are not pure-bred
are not scrubs.
When growing fowls expressly for
market, many poultrymen prefer cross
breds.
The houses and pens the fowls are
placed in should be scrupulously
clean.
Generally hen with a nice. clean
cut head and a full. bright eye will
be a good layer.
Crossing an African gander on Tou-
louise geese is said to give the largest
sized offspring.
1t is we'll to consider what is the
best treatment of fowls while they
are passing through the moult-
Fowls always seem to moult earlier
and quicker when they are warm
and in places where they are exposed
to the sun.
When moulting actually commences.
it is best to feed literally on rations
which are easy of digestion and rich
in protein.
The cockerels should be culled out
early and sent to market. Pullets will
develop much better if this is done.
Some hens in every yard are too old
for good service Have you any?
Good time right now to get rid Of
them.
Among the several varieties of the
Cochin family the Partridge is consid-
cred by many to be the most beautiful
Skinned milk is a good feed not
only for raising calves, and pigs, but
it is also an excellent feed for raising
chicks and for egg production.
1t is as difficult to name the best
breed of fowls "a It Is to name the
best breed of hogs or sheep, or the
best make of corn planter or cream
separator.
Many people are realizing the profit
in raising, heavy geese, as they are
worth m re a pound than the lighter
breeds nd every year there is more
demand for the Toulouse.
OF first Importance is to keep young
stock growing vigorously. Too many
poultry raisers compel their young
stock to shift too much for itself our.
ing the middle and last summer
months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Poultry Business.

The poultry business is not adapted
to sluggards. The lazy man loses
money with hens Every neglect in
poultry raising has its cost.
He who is constantly complaining
about bad luck" is only advertising
the fact that his methods are at fault.
Bad luck investigated will nearly al
ways prove to be wrong management.
Good luck and proper management
are akin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Hay Crops.

Wheat, corn and other crops are no
more improved by rotation than hay.
The Minnesota experiment station
shows that plot continuously cut for
hay the past Is years has given an
average yield of 1.73 tons per acre,
while a plot under three-year rota-
ton of wheat, clover and corn hay has
yielded the past 10 years an average of
% tons per acre. In five-year rota-
ton of wheat, timothy and clover, pas
ture, oats and corn, the hay has yield
ed an average of 3.9 tons per acre
since 1900. Eight tons of manure per
acre we're applied once in five years
In manure.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Chick Fountain.

five-eighths of an inch from the bot
tom; fill with water and place dish
over same diameter of dish must be
about two inches larger than diameter
of cam.
Turn the can and dish over quickly
and set where desired
The advantages of this simple ar
rangement are many, the chicks can
not stand in the water and foul II,
neither can they turn it over, and the
dish is automatically filled from the
tank as fast as the chicks drink it
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Chinese Corn Experiments.

Manhattan, Kan.-Experiments in
the production of variety of corn
that will resist drought are being
conducted by the botanical depart.
ment of the state agricultural col
lege here.
About dozen kinds of corn from
the dry western counties of the state
have been secured. Crosses are to
be made between this variety and a
Chinese corn obtained from the
United States department of agricul.
ture.
This oriental corn is said to have
unusual drought resisting qualities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Big Bounce BaIks Peril.

Hazleton. Pa.-Because he is a hu
man rubber ball, Louis Pickensham
hneman of Hazleton, in the employ
Oh the Hardwood Electric company, de
spite a 30-foot fall from pole al
iofKtown, lives to tell the story, hav
ing sustained two split bones in his
right loot only. His body struck the
ground with such force that it re-
bounded five feet in the air, landing
him on his back.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Coins Melted In Pocket.

Vincennes, Ind-Arthur Moore, a
young man living near Bridgeport, ILL.,,
was sitting on the front porch of his
home when lightning struck the house.
He was rendered unconscious and was
revived with difficulty. 1t was found
that several keys and coins were melt
ed In his pockets. Young Moore does
not seem to be any the worse for his
experience.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Pastors In Gum Test.

Canton, O.-To find who could chew
his gum the longest and stretch it
the the most, ministers, deacons and
elders entered into an original contest
at the picnic of the German and
United Evangelical churches.
Disappointment was caused by the
quality of the gum, which refused to
be stretched more than a foot or
two.
The prize was awarded to John Su-
tiers, an elder. Rev. William Davis
of the Trinity United Evangelical
church, was beaten by a mere frac-
tier of an inch.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
No Cause for Alarm

L have decided" said the theatrical
manager. ito give you a trial, Miss
Arlington. Please be ready to begin
rehearsing Monday afternoon"
Thank you SO much. But before we
go any further l must inform you that
I shall positively refuse to wear tights
or gown that is cut low in the neck"
"Oh, that's all right. In the part
that I'm going to give you, you will
merely have to stand behind shed
and help to scream when the cyclone
strikes town."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Old Man Rides Far.

Greeley. Col.-Roos Magnus. so
years old, rode into town the other
day from West Virginia, having COW
cred the distance on horseback.
He came west to locate farm on
government land. In the United
States land office he displayed $4,000
in bills which he had carried in his
bootleg.
at feel like a boy" he said at the
end of his three months ride
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
HOMEMADE CHICK FOUNTAIN
Handy and inexpensive Receptacle for
Watering Little Ones-Many
Advantages.

The above sketch illustrates prac-
teal chick fountain which can easily
he made from a tin can and an earth
ern or tin dish.
Procure a tin can about four inches
in diameter (baking powder usually
comes in cans this size) and punch a
hole in the lower rim with nail about
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

Clean, of uniform size and color,
packed in substantial neat cases hav-
ing clean filters.
No. Ito consist of new laid eggs,
not over five days old, weighing not
less than twenty-one ounces to the
dozen. Clean, packed in substantial
and neat new cases with clean filters.
Note-Common eggs, not covered
by the foregoing grading, must not be
marketed under the brand of the as
sociation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Whales JaWbonee He,vv

New York.-The jawbones of the
largest whale ever caught by Japanese
whalers have just arrived here. con.
signed to the Museum of Natural His.
tory.
Inc bones weigh So tons-11O.OOO
pounds. They are 40 feet long and
were transported from the steamship
pier on large truck drawn by ~
horses.
Inc "haie was caught off Moi,.
japan, ana was more than 200 feet
over all. The tail was 80 feet Ions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Benefits of Cultivator.

Those who have kept the cultivator
busy in the cornfeld will see the ben
eficial effect of soil mulch this year.
The more perfect the mulch has been
kept the less water has evaporated
from the soil and the more, conse-
ouently, has been utilized by the
corn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
Twins Come Three Times.

Winsted, Conn.-For the third time
Mrs. Elof Peterson has presented her
husband with twins. They are boys
this time. weighing six and one-half
pounds and seven and one-half pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson are SO years
d and have had IL children during
eir 16 years of married life. Seven
them. six boys and one girl. are
wing