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The Raymer enterprise., 1911-02-16
tBy F. A. SOFTER,

toy n. 6Ol
, The majority Of failures in this busi.
ness are due to the fact that most
breeders do not start OF with properly.
mated stock. They have either bought
cheap stock, or else having paid
enough for good birds, they have been
swindled by dealers.
II you cannot start with first-class
stock. do not start at all. A pair Of
common barnyard pigeons. raising
squads that will weigh from six to
eight ounces each, will eat and feed
to their young as much feed as a pair
Of good homers which will raise squads
weighing from nine to fourteen ounces
each.
II possible. make 1t point to see
your birds before you buy them. II
you cannot afford the time or money
for this. insist on getting guarantee
from them that the birds are as rep
resented. or that your money will be
refunded.
The sanitary condition Of the lofts
has much to do with the success. We
DO not advocate running through the
plant all the time looking for filth.
The manure from pigeon pen is
worth about sixty cents bushel as
fertilizer. In cleaning, two rounds
are made of all the pens. In the first
the manure is all gathered, care being
taken to keep 1t as free from feathers
as possible. 1t should then be bagged
up and sent away. On the second
round the nests are all cleaned and the
floor thoroughly swept.
Where the squads are very young,
or there are eggs. the nest must not
be disturbed. II nest has squads in
1t old enough to get along by them.
selves. the nest Is cleaned out and the
squads replaced.
After a thorough sweeping, spray
the inside Of the pens, covering every
crack and crevice with solution OF
one part carbolic acid and two parts
water.
There should be regular days for
killing. Before feeding In the morn.
ing, every SQUAD Of the size fit to kill
should be gathered up and taken to
the killing room. II any of the birds
have a little feed left in their crops,
make an incision with a sharp knife
and wash the crop clean.
AS a rule. squads are ready to dress
st four weeks old; but some parents
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CURED HER BABY OF ECZEMA

SdA Iel III WOTub uOW happy tle
word 'Cuticura' sounds to me, for 1t
cured my baby Of itching. torturing
eczema. It first came when she was
between three and four weeks old,
appearing on her head. / used every.
thing imaginable and had one doc.
tors bill after another, but nothing
cured 1t. Then the eczema broke out
so badly behind her ear that really
thought her ear would come OF. For
months l doctored 1t but to no avail.
Then 1t began at her nose and her
eyes were nothing but sores. l had to
keep her In dark room for two
weeks. The doctor did no good, so I
stopped him coming.
For about two weeks I had used
Cuticura Soap for her every day,
then ! got box Of Cuticura Ointment
and began to use that. In a week
there was marked improvement. In
all l used two cakes Of Cuticura Soap
and one box Of Cuticura Ointment and
my baby was cured Of the sores. This
was last November; now her hair is
growing out nicely and she has not a
scar on her. can not praise Cuti.
cura enough, / can take my child any.
where and people are amazed to see
her without sore. From the time
she was four weeks old until she was
three years she was never without the
terrible eruption, but now. thanks to
Cuticura, I have well child" (Sign.
ed) Mrs. H. E. Householder. 2004 VIII.
helm St.. Baltimore. Md. May 10. 1910.
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the first Of March until the first OF No
vember.
Place clean, white paper over the
top and cover with burlap. mailing 1t
firmly to the barrel. Place tag on
the burlap top and another on the
side and ship in the evening whenever
possible.
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In response to query a. to how q
combination poultry house should be
arranged. Mr.. 7. R. Thomas In the
Rural New Yorker makes the follow.
ing reply:
In the diagram, A shows run by 1e:
B roosting houses. 4 by 4; c laying
houses, 4 by 4; D dry mash house. 4
by 4. Cut holes to admit fowls At x
In each house. Each vertical line on
the plan is the end Of each run or
louise and each house or run can be
moved as II the plan was q line Of
store boxes; they are not fastened In
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SQUAD RAISING PROFITABLE
BY DILIGENT ATTENTION
Properly Selected Birds. Sanitary Buildings Care
Killing Is Secret Of Success First
Class Stock Is Needed

the sides and bottom with a clean,
white paper. In the bottom place a
layer Of two inches Of ice, then a
layer Of squads. then another layer Of
one inch OF ice, alternating until with.
in six inches of the top. and the re-
naming spaces should be filled with
ice.
The express companies allow 20 per
cent of the total weight for ice from
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any way. The reason the houses are
b. 4 ls that they can be moved by
one man or boy. or even q woman,
and being built Of one-inch boards
would be too heavy II made larger.
Also the beginner can start with 10
hens, one run. one roosting house
and one laying house. and increase as
he wishes. The outside shape and size
Of all houses are the same. e shows
nests. r dry mash. Make hole, X, In
diagram large enough to admit light,
but not large enough to admit rain on
the mash.
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PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
four druegist viii refund money II PAZO ONT.
nRNT fails to cure any. case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protrudinx Piles In 6to II days. 600
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Let US make the best Of our friends
while we have them. for how long we
shall keep them is uncertain.-Seneca.
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Some tombstone inscriptions are too
good to be true.

Constipation is an avoidable nisery-take
Garfield Tea, Natures Herb laxative.
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Had His Uses.

"You don't make very good music
with that instrument" said the limo.
cent bystander to the man behind the
bass drum as the band ceased to
play.
NO." admitted the drum-pounder;
"but l drown heap of bad"
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Garfield Tea purifes the blood and eradi.
Gates rheumatism. It is made of Herbs.
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All the worlds stage. and life is
the greatest on earth.
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Exactly.

Papa, what is flatterly?"
Praise Of other people, my SON.
Boston Transcript.
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The Cynic with incipient mustache)
Poof! Lady footballers. indeed! Why,
l don't suppose half Of you know what
touch down" means.
Young Lady-Your best girl does II
you ever kissed her.
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A good way to keep well is to take Gar
field tea frequently. 1t insures good health
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A Sad Face.

He-What sweet, sad face she has.
She lin hpff)-Enough to make
any one sad to have such face as
that.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09
FLORIDA FARMERS
land THEIR WORK

Coed Fertilizer fer the Home Garden.
When the man whose gardening is
confined 70 the limit Of q town lot
reads that 1,s00 pounds per acre Is the
correct proportion in which to use q
certain fertilizer, he gets but q vague
idea OF the amount to apply to his
i've feet square bed Of lettuce. Yet
Il 70 even more important for him
than for the large grower to exercise
care In the application OF fertilizers
for IN using them on such a small
scale the chances for error are very
great Four ounces (about three ia
blespoonsful Of the average CONNER
ciaI fertiIizer) applied to bed three
feet square, q mistake easily made,
would. on an acre plot in the same
proportion, be an excess Of more than
half q ton. Too much fertilizer Is as
bad as. or even worse than. none at
all
Five ounces per square yard would
pc equal TO fifteen hundred pounds
per acre.
A good, all-round way for the apph-
cation Of fertilizers to plants in pots.
or IN hot beds. Is 70 use say one ounce
ef the material IN q gallon OF water,
applied once in two or three weeks.
Raising Of Hogs In the South.
In q bulletin Of the Mississippi
State Experiment Station. Prof. e. r.
Lloyd discusses the, subject of hog
raising from the standpoint of Missis-
gippi conditions. but states some facts
which have 4 wider application. espe-
cially In the south He points out
that Mississippi now imports about
50 per cent Of the pork consumed in
the state, while with the facilities for
producing cheap feed there should be
an export Of hog products. This is
also true Of Florida
There are some features In hog
raising that should appeal to every
thoughtful farmer. No other meat
producing animal Is capable Of pro-
ducfng 50 many young In a year. In
our mild southern climate. where suit
able pastures can be provided for
nearly every month In the year, the
SOW should farrow twice annually.
producing one litter IN early spring,
which can easily be made ready for
the late fall or early winter market
and another litter in early fall, to be
made ready. for the spring market
The small amount Of capital required
to begin with and the quick returns
on the investment should make hog
rsisinge specially attractive to the
small farmer with limited means. The
hog win make a pound Of gain on less
food than most live stock. and will
probably utilize the waste products
around the farm, dairy and kitchen.
At present there is g. strong demand
az very attractive prices for what is
known as the light market hog;
weighing from $50 to $50 pounds. A
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09

months and has been growing in a
healthy and vigorous manner. there
by demonstrating its adaptability to
this climate. The fruit is about three
quarters of an inch in diameter, one
half inch thick and shaped something
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09

of the Himalayan mountains It is
a direct importation by the depart
ment and will prove a valuable addi-
ton to our fruits.
The horticulturist says it can be
propagated from cuttings and he al
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09

so that two months ago it had sent
out shoots over eight feet long and
at that time blossomed and began
to bear fruit.
The shrub has been bearing fruit
in large quantities now fer two
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09

ready has orders for AL he can sup
ply.-Tropical Sun.
This raspberry was one issued in
Uncle Sans regular spring seed dis
tribution. Try and get one through
your senator.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09

like the turban of Turk. It is Of
a bright red and the seeds fringed
around the outer surface give it an
artistic effect. In flavor this berry is
similar to our northern raspberry al
though it is a native Of the valleys
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09
EscAMBIA WRECK.

To close out the material from the
wreekzcf the Escambia, which consists Of
Pum2eE OF mantels, windows, doors.
OF same win be greatly reduced annIy
20 ONCE, h Monk. rear Of Escsm MA
Building. 1'i4O'o
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09

hog Of this weight can easily be pro-
duced with ordinary care at from four
to six months old.
No man should attempt to raise
hogs without adequate pastures For
pastures woven wire is the best fenc-
ing material. all things considered.
Around the field to be used for pas
lures run a woven wire fency thirty
inches high with three strands of
barbed wire above. This fence will
not only turn hogs, but other live
stock.
For convenience IN preparing the
land and planting the crops, 1t is
best not to divide the pasture up with
permanent fences. When the crops
are ready for the hogs by using the
hurdle or portable fence the field may
be divided into lots of any size. The
hurdle fence is simple and -cheaply
made. and when not in use can be
taken down and stored under a shed
until needed again.
There Is a mistaken idea held by
some that alfalfa, red clover, rape
and similar crops will produce profit
able gains when pastured without
grain. The practical trials made at
various experiment stations prove this
not true. OF the many forage plants,
alfalfa is one Of the most satisfactory
for hogs, since II can be made a per-
manent pasture and is rich in pro-
tein, making an excellent combination
with corn. The leaves are tender and
the stem small, which make II easily
masticated and it isSvery much rel
ished.
At the Mississippi station careful
tests have been made to determine
the value Of alfalfa pasture without
grain for hogs. Piggs ranging in age
from three to twenty-four months
have been used, and the results of two
years work show that alfalfa is little
more than a maintenance ration for
growing hogs without grain. Salts
factory gains have always been secur-
ed from alfalfa pastures by supple
menting the pasture with from l to 2
per cent Of the weight of the hogs
in corn or other grain.
Cowpeas without grain so far have
given better results than any other
crop for hog pasture. In one test
the crop was grown on the hill land,
where one acre OF cowpeas produced
ESQ pounds OF pork. In another test
on rich valley land one acre Of cow
peas produced 4s3 pounds of pork.
The hogs were put in the field When
the peas were about ripe.
Very little practical attention Is
given TO hog raising in Florida If
the same consideration was given to
the industry that northwestern peo-
pie give to IT, not pound of pork
would be imported, and the State
would enjoy an income by shipping
pork to the north and east
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-09
Drawn and Undrawn Market. Poultry

Drawn and Undrawn Market Poultry.
Washington, D. c., March 29-The
results of the investigations into the
comparative rate of decomposition of
drawn and undrawn market poulty
of agriculture during the season of
1909-1910 have Just been published in
Chemistry Circular 20. The condi-
tons of the experiment were strictly
commercial, as the fowls were killed
and dressed by the regular employees
of a poultry packing house, were
shipped in the usual one-dozen to the
box package in a car lot of dressed
poultry, were received by a whole
saler and handled with his Stock, and
went to the retailer when he purchas-
ed fowls from the same car lot, re-
manning in his shop. for the period
which the market happened to require
for their sale.
The shipments extended over a Pc
Rod of six months, and the haul was
about LOO miles requiring on the av-
erage Of seven and one-half days. The
! birds were mature hens, large and fair
ly fat, and the method of killing was
by bleeding through the mouth and
puncturng the brain through the skull
just below the eye. The -carcasses
were dressed according to methods
known respectively as full drawn, IS
wire drawn" Boston drawn" and
some are undrawn, all beng dry pick
ed, and the eviscreation was conduct
ed with sufficient care to render wash
| ing unnecessary.
The routine Of dressing. packing and
shipping and general handling in these
experiments is far above the average.
In fact, all market poultry should be
handled so well, the problem Of decay
would become Insignificant.
The Investigations which are de-
scribed In detail in the pamphlet de-
monstrate I'd undrawn poultry de-
composes more slowly than does poul-
try which has been either wholly or
poultry, completely evfscerated with
head and feet removed decomposes
the most rapidly; CD Boston drawn"
and wire drawn" stand midway be-
tween the undrawn and full drawn"
In speed Of accomplishments wire
drawn" which is most like the I'M
drawn, being usually the better; and
ca that these deductions apply to dry
picked, dry chilled, dry packed, un-
washed fowls, which have been mar
keted with what would be called
promptness.
The effect of different methods Of
dressing in case OF delayed marketing
is now under investigation.
A Delicious Raspberry That VIII
Thrive Here.
F1oridians can now grow their own
raspberries, not the good old fash
toned, New England kind. bur one
that Is fully its equal in flavor al
though Of a different shape.
| Last summer a West Palm Beach
horticulturist received tiny plant,
not larger than a toothpick, which
was labelled Himalayan Raspberry.
/ !. IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

Interstate Commerce Commission SHOW
ed Agriculture deeper into the pit Of the
Departmental League race yesterday by
defeating it in an embarrassing seventh
ming game. Score, to ..
All interest in the game was eliminated
when Arthur Noyes, catcher for Inter
state, met with serious accident while
sliding into third. He was stealing from
second and had made the bag, but when
the dust had cleared away ii was found
that he had turned his ankle. 1t was
thought at the time that he had just
dslocated the joint, as some of the play
ers went to work on him and by little
effort put it back in place. An automobile
was handy and he was rushed to the
Emergency Hospital. There it was stated
that several of the little bones in the
limb were broken and besides many of
the ligaments were sprained. The doc
tors also stated that 1t will be about six
weeks before he will be able to walk,
and that means that his ball playing days
for this season are at an end.
The official score.
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MARQUETTE LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CHR,
Easy for Corcorans.

Corcoran had an easy time defeating
Company K yesterday afternoon in a
loosely played game, the final score being
II to 3 at the end Of the seventh inning,
when the game was called.
Mulino", who was in the box for the
Corcoran Cadets, twirled a corking game
allowing the Company * boys but five
scattered hits. But for costly errors in
the first he would have scored a shut
out. DAILY started in the box for the
Company X team, but retired in the fifth
in favor of Braddock. With all of the
bases occupied. Waple the Corcorar
center fielder. caught the first ball Brad
dock pitched for home-run clout. Rogers
played a good game for the winners a,
short. taking six hard chances and also
coming across with a timely bingle.
The
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whether or not he would be able to get
out by that time.
To watch Harry Bryan of the Agri-
cultural team play the outfield gives
one the impression that he is one of the
best men holding down like job in the
city. Not only is Bryan fast. and does
he field his position i'm good style but
he is also good hitter and an especially
dangerous man to face i'm a pinch as he
seldom is fooled into hittinalN bad ones.
The infieh presented by the Agricul-
turaI team in its game against Inter-
state yesterday did not play ball up to its
possibilities. The men seemed strange to
one another and failed to work well to-
gether. Donnelly, the Georgetown and
Manhattan infielder. on second: Wild
mayer. Catholic Unversity's star third
sacker; Downey, the crack infielder of
the st. Martin club. and Scott Damphier
made up quartet that with little
practice would make a much better
showing together than 1t did yesterday
Two of the mentioned men are fairly
good hitters also, both Donnelly and
Widmayer being able to WELD the stick
in fairly effective style.
If the Post Office team were to make
good its threat and withdraw from the De-
partmental League il would put that cir
cult In good big hole. and make more
or less of runaway Of the race. Com
me- e anu i-dooi "ouid nave HNcn hls
lead over the other teams that it would
be almost useless to play the remainder
Of the schedule.
The newly organized base ball team of
the bureau of engraving and printing
might force will play it's opening game
today, meeting the fast Riverdale A.
c. at Riverdale, Md The team is com
posed of some of the best players around
town and would like to arrange games for
Sundays or mornings Of the week DAYS
Any team desiring games should address
James Mooney, manager, bureau of en-
craving and printing.
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STRAYERS VICTORIOUS.
Score Signal Victory Over Sigma
Kappa By One.Sided Score.

The Strayer's Business College team
gave a fine exhibition Of ball on the
Ellipse this afternoon by deafeating the
Phi Sigma Kappa team. IA to 0.
The college team had its opponents
at its mercy all through the game
The superb work of the battery. Yet
ton and Thompson. was the feature of
the game. Score by innings:
phi sigma Kappa =. o 0 o o o o. O
Two-base hits-Lasier, Fisher. Three-base hits
Ellis. Yetton. Dove, solomon: Thompson. Hits
-On LASER: is; on fetton' .. Double plays.
B. O., 4 Phi Sigma Kappa. 9. Hit BY pitcher
Fisher. Struck out-By Yetton, IL; by LASER, 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.
Havenners Win Handily.

Havenners defeated Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company In the
Commercial League by the score of to \
principally through the efforts of Thomp-
son, who allowed only two hits and
struck out eight men. Munich, who was
recently signed by Cornell Company of
Capital City fame. put up a stellar game
behind the bat After splitting his finger
in the third inning. he accepted nine
chances without sip-up. one of which
was a foul fly off the screen. White.
left fielder, stole home in the sixth in
ming. after two of his teammates had
heen caught at the plate. Score:
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SOUTHERN RY. LEAGUE.
Law Noses Out Bookkeepers.

In a pitchers battle between Thomp-
son for Law and Tanner for Book
keepers the former trimmed the cellar
champions in the Southern Railway
League to l. Both pitchers were GO
ing in fine form. Thompson getting
thirteen strike-outs and Tanner ten.
Robinson furnished the feature of
the game when he caught a foul way
back of the plate. 1t was also the
shortest game of the season, only one
hour and fifteen minutes being con-
sumed to play the nine full innings
Score:
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ARE HITTING WELL.
Commercial leaguers Are
Banging Ball at Lively Clip.
BREWER TOPS THE LIST
Walford Man Hitting for 600 Mark.
ThirtySeven Batting Over
the 800 Standard.
Err TOPS THE LIST

Tho averages for the commercial
League show thirty-seven men TO %
elouting the ball for percentage or
more than 500. Several OF the men
who are over the standard hitting mark
are banging the ball for better than 40
average.
Brewer of the Walford club 10 leading
the circuit with an average of .6n. This
has been increas ed since the last official
averages were made M. and the long re-
ceiver is probably hitting even better
now.
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CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Victory for Navy Yard.

With BRYANT in the box for Navy Yard
hovs they drove the Seamen Gunners
crew deeper down into the cellar yester
day in the Capital City League, in
seven-inning game by the score ) to ..
Rice was the opposing slabman. and he
seemed to have everything. but his team
behind him could not hit. Score:
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G. P. o. Forfeits to Adams Express.

G.. P. o. Forfeits to Adams Express.
AS only one player of the Government
Printing Office team was on the field
and nine members of the Adams Express
team were ready to play when Umpire
Venable called for the game yesterday
afternoon, the Adams team was given
the game by forfeit. o to o.
The forfeit Yesterday by the Govern
ment Printing Office team was the second
this week This team, which Manager
Herbert, who purchased the franchise or
the Congressionals when they lost 1t by
forfeit games, started out to play all OF
the schedule games, has failed to ap-
pear recently.
A meeting of the league is to be held
this morning at the Aloysius Club 1t
is stated the principal business will be
the subject of the several forfeits by the
Government Printing Office team.
Umpire Venable. who succeeded Jack
Sherman in the league, is giving salts
faction and both the managers and play
ers are praising his work. He hustles
the game along and nearly all Of the
contests go the full nine innings.
Manager Walters of the Adams Ex
press team has signed George Thompson,
Danville team of the Virginia League In
the early spring.
Sabins, one of the best pitchers in the
District, has signed contract to play
with the Bureau of Engraving team, and
will have his first workout during the
coming week.