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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07

question the new settIers-See
what they've done in the few
months they've been here.
Walk around WauchuIa-Look at
Its pleasant homes. its schools,
churches. lodges. stores. banks.
Observe the new building going
on. Wauchula has grown from
1900 to 1000 in the last year. Visit
Vandolah, the new town west of
Wauchula. See the activity of
this region.
Come down during shipping SEN
son, III you can-See what splen-.
did service the railroad gives
Study the cash prices paid, Fig
ure out how much YOU could
make.
Talk to natives and newcomer.
about climate and water supply
Ask about their health down here
Learn what fishing and hunting
there Is for vacation time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
NFat Chickens
Crate-Feeding Improves the
Quality and Increases
Value

A large proportion of the table
poultry sold in this country is inferior
in quality to that of certain other
countries where the practice of spe-
cial fattening Is generally adopted
Last week Professor Elford explained
how the government fattening stations
have brought about wonderful i'm
provement in the quality of Canadian
market chickens. In his subjoined
contribution he discusses in detail the
fattening methods which have proved
most effective and satisfactory, and
which our American poultrymen might
we'll adopt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
Guarantee By
Bankers

The Wauchula Development
Co. is a home company of
bankers. Vice-President Carl
ton is a native of Florida.
Secretary Smith comes from
Alabama. Treasurer Holtsinger
was born in Tennessee, but
has been a resident Of Florida
for years. Their records will
stand the most vigorous in
vestigation. This is their
guarantee to you.
"Start payments ON your land
rs soon as possible, to get the
best choice of location. Come
down and see your plot any
time within a year. If you're
not satisfied we return your
money with o per cent for the
time we've had It,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
by PROF. #. c. ELFORD
Dominion Poultry Husbandman

Copyright, 1913, by George A. McDevitt
Company.
" RAVELERS in Europe often grow
enthusiastic over the superior
Il quality of the table poultry
found In certain countries and fire.
quently come to believe that the SUI
periority Is due to the breeds of fowls
generally bred there. or course this is
a mistake. No better chickens grow
under the sun than are found in Amer
lea. The difference in quality, then,
lies solely in the method adopted In
finishing" them before placing them
on the market.
Too often, in fact in most casep
American poultrymen simply grow
their stock to market size and then dis
pose of it without going to the trou-
BILE of further preparation. In England,
France and Belgium, and of late in
Canada, the poultry growers who cater
to the high class trade pay special at
tention to the fattening process and
thus make their market stock plump,
tender and fine favored.
Crate + eeding Best
Many different system of fattening
adapted to our conditions is crate fat
tening, the details OF which are ex-
planned below.
Unfattened chickens are hard aud
muscular, especially if they have been
permitted to range at Will. Pen fat
tened birds-confined in small quar-
ters and fed heavily on corn-are all
Improvement. but their fat is usually
deposited in Jumps in the abdomen and
In layers on the intentines where
much of 1t is wasted in dressing and
cooking. In crate fed stock the fat is
distributed throughout the tissues of
the entire body, thus making the flesh
tender and sweet. This is the secret
of the high quality produced by this
process.
Any one can successfully fatten
chickens in this manner If he will pay
attention to details. The work may be
conducted in small way by the indi-
vidual producer or consumer, or on a
large scale by the commercial fat
tener. No one has a monopoly of the
business; there are. opportunities for
all.
In crate fattening the birds ara
placed for a limited time in small lots
In Slated coops, where they are COM
Portable but have no opportunity TO
lily digested food and their whole duty
is to lay on flesh, which they do at q
truly astonishing rate.
The art of successfully and profit
ably fattening poultry by this method
is not difficult to acquire. Some eXper-
ience is required to enable one to Sc
lect chickens of the proper type and
feed them the right amount for the
right period of time, but the actual
fattening of a few small lots of chick
. ems will enable any observant poultry
man to learn the trick.
No expensive apparatus or equip
ment Is needed. Crates and shaping
boards are simple and may be con-
structed by any one able to use saw
and hammer Feed of the proper char
acter may be secured from almost any
good grain dealer. Chickens are not
difficult to find. In short, there arc
very few obstacles for the beginner
to overcome.
During the cold season 1t Is neces-
sary to provide a reasonably comfort
able building In which to do the work.
A snug, dry basement, good poultry
house or tight room In the barn will
do. The essentials are freedom from
draughts and dampness and sufficient
crates may be set under an open shed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
POULTRY

for sale cheap. leaving city,
three trios White Indian Runner
duck eggs direct from pen winning
39 firsts at best shows north AMI
east: 80. $40. 312 trio. 6622 .Uudey-
wood avenue Woodlawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
Getting a Verdict

From the Kansas City Journal.
1--WE could have settled our difficulties
by tossing a coin. Instead, we spent q
lot of money going to law"
.Wellrf
II understand the jury settled matters
by tossing a coin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07


OF
the BIRDS
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07

gan in the Farm and Home. Small
wigs and water sprouts. dead and
diseased limbs. also cross limbs. and
-'trailers" or limbs that hang down
and scrape against other limbs should
always be removed in any case.
The principal object in pruning Is
20 foster more thrifty growth, as
well as to divert more of the energy
# the tree into fruiting. There is an
,ther reason accounted very impor-
ant by the western grower, where
,olor plays larger part in the apple
han in the east. That Is. letting in
more sun into the tree. for sunlight is
-ahat gives color to the apple.
Enough of the limbs. especially at
he top, should be cut out to allow
he sun to enter and color the fruit.
This is proved by the high color of
western apples They have nearly
continual sunshine through the day
Turing the whole growing season, and
hats what makes much color. The
greatest objection have found to
cutting off large limbs is the blight,
as trees too freely pruned are much
more subject to 1t, and seem to offer
little resistance when disease is once
established. When the apple blight
Is quite prevalent we should be mighty
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07
Would Dwarf Trees.

A novel proposition to increase the
orchard yield OF the country by dwarf
ing all fruit trees and plants was ad-
vocated by Prof G. p Close. pomol-
ogist OF the department of agriculture.
in lecture on "The Home Fruit Gar
den," delivered before the Washing
ton Y. M c. A. Professor Closes lee
ture was one OF others delivered by
experts of the department, designed
to help the city man reduce the cost
OF living by teaching him how to grow
fruit. vegetables and flowers 10 his
cwn back yard
II grow so varieties OF fruits ON less
than a quarter Of an acre OF land at
my own home" said Professor Close.
land any other man can do the same.
The secret is in dwarfing all trees by
pruning or pinching Off the top buds
till they do not exceed a height of
two feet above the ground In this
way the full strength of the tree or
plant is given entirely to fruiting."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07

extend several miles into the forest
tapping the primeval sections. When
these are sufficiently cut over the
track is taken up and put down else
where. At certain desirable locations
terminus of the road. the lumber
camps are situated where the loggers
are domiciled.
Primitive occupation.
No part of the lumbermans occupa-
tion is more interesting and primitive
perhaps than that of getting out the
logs In the woods. A trip to one of
the camps where this part of the bus.
mess may be witnessed Is a novel
spectacle, especially so when one
makes the trip on a logging train. The
Telling OF the trees, the cutting of the
trunks into logs. the clearing away Of
the brush is done with the same tools.
the ak and saw. the same expenditure
of physical strength. expended by the
pioneer home builder In stripping
away the magnificent hardwoods that
fell beneath his sturdy stroke in the
group of states carved out OF the ter.
ritory between the Alleghenies and
the Mississippi river.
The roads upon which the unsawed
timber Is transported from the forests
to the mills are railways. though diff.
fering from others of their kind In
that they were built for no purposes
other than freighting logs. One must
perforce ride on the framework OF
the cars or on the tender of the en-.
gine. which is scarcely hardship to
him who feels the lure OF the out.
doors. Before all else permission for
the ride must be obtained from the
mill owners or manager Out into the
clearings one is borne over hills and
valleys once instinct with arborescent
life, now denuded and overstrewn
with the littering Of the slaughtered
trees that fell to the mailed hand OF
the lord of creation. Finally a shrill
blast of the engine announces the ar,
rival at the camp, which consists OF
four or i've large ungafnly structures
and a number of smaller ones. ali
built of rough pine lumber. more sub.
stantial buildings being impracticable
as the place at best Will be occupied
but temporarily while the sections
contiguous thereto are being cut over
It is in settlements of this character
that the ''lumber-Jacks." the men EN-
ployed in the camps. live. and have
their being month in and month out
Overwhelming always Nby day and by
night is the solemn grandeur OF the
forest. Each morning the loggers 60
forth to their work OF destruction I;
oach aafffnp auu lootxa down IN n
larger treeless waste. Now and then
the more conyivial of the number re-
pair to the neighboring towns to pass
away the time, looking not disdain-
fully. the while. on the flowing bowl
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07
BOYS Mistake.

p. r. Fogarty OF the Northern Pa
cific railroad was talking in Portland
about the $10,000.0O0 order for new
equipment that he has just placed.
THE cause of this order, the larg-
est of Its kind on record he said, "is
prosperity. Real prosperity. Not the
kind young Husk encountered.
Young Cornelius Husk was about
to try his fortune in New York.
Now, Corny., his old grandmoth-
er said, don't desert the narrow path
of righteousness when you get to that
rich city where money is so plentiful
that they say the streets are even
paved with gold
'Husk promised his grandmother
to behave himself, and in due course
he reached New York. He got out
at the station and. started down Sew
enth avenue, when he saw, glittering
in the gutter bright ten-dollar gold
piece.
He picked up the coin joyfully, and
was about to place it In his purse,
when blind beggar caught his eye.
- wave Of genuine sympathy surged
through him and he handed the beg
gar his rich find.
Here. take it, he said. I can see
'em, you can't. New York Times
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07
Ton Of the sea.

There are many pleasant pursuits
open to the sea fisherman besides fish,
ing. I'm Sea- Fishing" Mr.. @. o. Minch-
in tells of the interest of the plank.
ton, or floating life Of the ocean. The
upper waters contain eggs of fishes: !:
crustaceans in their Iarval stages.
and hosts of various things too numer-
GUS to catalogue. many of which are
of great beauty both Of form and col
or.
It requires no hard labor and no
costly apparatus to collect. for tow
net is easily made and az easily
worked. A ring OF stout brass or
painted iron wire about foot in dia-
meter Is fitted to the mouth of a bag
OF fine muslin some two feet long.
This is suspended evenly by three or
four cords of equal length to an ordi-
nary hand-line, and towed behind q
boat moving not faster than q mile an
hour, or lowered from the end OF .
pier when the tide is flowing.
At intervals the net can be taken
UP and the contents washed out into
a large pickle bottle Of clear sea wa
ter Then they can be picked out. one
by one, with glas tube, or pipette,
and transferred to small vial OF spir-
it's for preservation and examination
at leisure. None of them will live Uut
of the sea Many can be we'll exam.
ined with strong hand magnifyins
glass, but others, such as the fisb
eggs, require the powers OF a micros.
cope.-Youth's Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07
HOG MULCH FOR AN ORCHARD
Canadian Field Peas and Sometimes
Oats Seeded In Sprfng--Animals
DO Not Touch Trees.

A Michigan man uses hog mulch
and handles it very successfully At
least, he calls 1t a hog mulch, says
the Northwest Farmstead His land
is not particularly good. He cult
Yates In the spring and seeds Canada
field psas, sometimes using a small
quantity of oats When the peas are
pretty well formed he turns in 200
hogs They do not touch the trees.
md by the use of movable fences he
has been able to switch them from
one part of the orchard to another.
until the entire crop is fed down. He
furnished his hogs with little corn
and then turns them to market as a
by-product of his orchard. The or
chard ia well cultivated by the roofing
OF the hogs and large amount Of
humus is available to piow under the
following spring
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07
Out Of the pI..onraph.

MY son." said Dug Watson &c his
Oldest boy. don't pose and assume to
be superior being while you are
courting SaIlie Hankins Persuadine
girl that you are her ideal is alnos'
sure to invite her just resentment
later on"
People get over enjoying highly ro-
mantle novels the same as they get
over liking nursery rhymes. You can
come pretty near guessing woman's
age II she will tell you honestly who
her favorite author is.
There are things that even con,
scientious effort cannot accomplish
The harder some men try to sing the
worse it sounds
Grandpa Mintlicker, who is eighty
years old, says he can't see why there
should be any fuss about women
smokin' cigarettes. He has known a
number OF perfect ladies who dipped
snnff.
Does your daughter play by note7''
mo" answered 81 Smiling, "she plays
by ear We are buying the piano by
note"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07
Owed Recognition to Emperor.

Bell had little success at the Philar
delphia exhibition, and his invention
would have passed unnoticed, even,
had it not been for Dom Pedro, the
emperor of Brazil. For the story we
are indebted to the Revue Scientifique
Dom Pedro was inspecting the exhibit
tion. attended by his suite, when he
came across Graham Bell whom he
remembered as a teacher In school
Of deaf mutes. Dom Pedro came to
his stand and asked him to "set his
machine going"
A wire crossed the room from wall
to wall. Dom Pedro stood at the re-
ceiver and Bell at the transmitter No
one understood exactly what was hap
pening, when suddenly the emperor
lifted his head dramatically and
shouted, In absolute amazement:.
Hes talking" The scientists in Dom
Pedro's suite rushed to verify this ex-
traordinary announcement. and "the
more they knew OF electricity, the less
they would believe their ears" The
next day the newspapers were filled
with the news. and the telephone be.
came famous Immediately.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07
SHE REALLY CARED
And Earle Barton Discovered
That He Had a True Life
Partner.
eY FLORENCE LILLIAN HENpER.
SON.
"Going-going- gone!'

-going-gone!'
The hammer of the auctioneer came
down with final tap. The man of
bids waved his hand towards the
cashiers desk. Earle Barton paid
four dollars, gave his name and ad,
dress, received a package wrapped
in tissue paper and regained his com
panion, Ward Tolman.
Whatever induced you to pay that
money for a toy that looked to me
like cross between baby's rattle
and nutmeg grater?" rallied young
Tolman.
well, In the first place 1t was
cheap. and further, it is quite an odd
ity." replied Earle, but he did not dis
close for whom the purchase was I'm
tended.
What is it, anyhow" inquired Toll
man.
1T is called a prayer mill. sup
pose that doesn't tell you much, SO
I'll show It to YOU"
Earle removed the so-called toy
from its wrappings. It's form was
box-like, with a little ivory handle.
There was slot across it. and as the
handle was turned a silk ribbon
showed between two rollers. This
ribbon was covered with hero
glyphics printed in gold letters.
The mill came from Thibet," said
Earle. 1T is made by the priests in
that great city of mystery. Lhassa, a
place where they visit the intrusion
OF stranger with death. The de-
votee when he wishes to pray, sim
ply turns the mill and his work is
done for him"
II see," nodded Tolman carelessly;
but how do you come to know so
much about these curios?"
Earle flushed deeply and evaded a
direct response. He went on to tell
that he had certain liking for an.
tiques. The auctioneer had interested
him by narrating the story of ma
tive priest of Thibet travelling. in the
United States, who had died in debt
and whose effects had been sold to
bury the poor fellow. The name OF
the man was engraved on the mill
"Zuelphi.'
The friends parted. Tolman, who
had money and position. to attend
some social function. Earle. who had
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07

very little, to proceed to the nearest
express Office and send the prayer
mill package to Miss velda Tresham,
Maybrook. Then he went to his
rather cheerless room where he was
making struggle of life trying to
write for the. newspapers.
Maybrook was the little country
town from which Earle had come six
months previous. Velda Tresham
was the one young lady In that viii
lage for whom he entertained a
warmer sentiment than she had ever
OWNED. Tolman, making a visit to
the city, had come across Earle. Only
casually had. Earle ventured to ask
about velda He had heard inciden.
tally that To1man had been paying
some attentions to the young lady,
and did not seek gratuitous heart
ache by exploring the intimacy.
Earle knew that the erudite Profes-
sor Tresham, the father of velda.
was great collector of unique odd
fties. He had sent the prayer mill to
velda hoping she might write to him.
AT least 1T would show that he had
not forgotten her.
The next day Rarle was sorry that
he had sent the little gift He hap
pened to meet Tolman. The latter
dropped into jewelry store and pro
duced an exquisite little ring.
Il wish you would engrave this for
me-" he said to the Jeweler, and care
lessly scribbled on card: Ward to
velda-"
Earle chanced to glance at the in.
Bcription ordered. He said nothing
about 1t. but his heart sank like lead.
To him there was only one "velda"
in the world, and he parted from Toll
man with the impression that what
he had just seen was an engagement
ring, and Miss velda Tresham its
prospective recipient.
The conviction killed good deal
of the ambition of the young writer.
He changed his room for a cheaper
one. Things did not go very well
with him. He did not seem able to
break In with any regular publisher.
His struck the erratic routine of a
penny-a-liner. Then, cheerless and
disappointed. he broke down. A fit
Of sickness followed. He was two
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07
NATIVE PEpUvfE2N ALcALDEo

and those the the ancient equus. the
forerunner of the horse.
The explorers we're vaccinated
against the ravages of the smallpox
and typhus fever. which were at that
time wiping out many small villages
In the interior. The Peruvian govern
ment was making no efforts to check
the sweep of the plague, according to
the members of the expedition.
Professor Bingham brought back
with him John F. Leguia. the thirteen
yearold son of the former president.
HE is a remarkably bright lad"
Professor Bingham said. "On the trip
up he gained working knowledge of
English. He will go to school in an
institution in Virginia"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-07
TELEPHONE POLES OF GLASS
Wood, or Even Concrete, Likely to
Give Place to New Idea Devised
In Brain Of German.

Near, Frankfort, In Germany, there
is a manufacturing plant which turns
out glass poles for telephone and tele-
graph wires. In order to give them
solidity and strength there is thick
framework of woven wire In the glass.
These poles are taking the place OF
the wooden ones in many sections Of
Germany.
1t may be that in time all such tele-
graph and telephone poles throughout
the world will be made of glass be-
cause there are so many advantages
in them. In the first place they will
last practically for all time. except In
cases of unusual accident, where they
may be broken, as in railroad wrecks.
They will last even longer than iron
or steel. as weather. has practically no
effect upon them, nor can insects get
into them and destroy them.
And in those days when wood is be-
coming more and more valuable, It
win be quite a saving of the precious
wood to make such things of glass.
Experiments are also under way for
the manufacture of railroad ties of
glass, in which wire netting is imbed-
ded in the glass.
Paving blocks are made OF glass and
have proved to be most valuable
material for street surfaces, being fit
ted together in such a manner as to be
water-tight, no water running down
between the blocks. There are. in
Lyons, France, number OF streets
paved with glass, and they have a bet
ter resistance than stone, and also are
not such great conductors of heat as
stone. These glass paving blocks are
now said to be actually cheaper than
the granite blocks.