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The Republican journal., 1913-10-16
NOTING.
A Serious Problem For the Hen Man.

A Serious Problem For the Hen Man.
By J. ". KELLER.
Practical Breeder and Poultry Erpert.
Supposing in the hottest part of sum-
mer. after months of hard work, you
had to make an entire new outfit of
clothes for the coming winter. You
would find 1t a pretty big job. and so
does the hen. Forced to lay eggs all
winter, set for three weeks in spring
and then burdened with family for
many weeks more, she no sooner seems
to deserve rest than she is called
upon to grow an entirely new coat of
feathers for the coming winter.
Even wild birds become listless, lose
their song and often their power of
fight during Noting, and it is even
harder on the domestic fowl, which
does much heavier work. Ordinarily
the first full molt comes at about six
teen months Old but chicks mott con-
tinually until matured, and sometimes
early spring pullets mott in the fall.
Good nourishing food with plenty of
green's may be given during this try
ing period, and, providing the birds are
not overfat at the start, beef scraps
and oilmeal are valuable If used in
moderation. In addition, most sue
cessful poultrymen use good poultry
regulator or tonic, which is quite gen.
orally agreed to be an absolute neces-
sity for fowls kept under present arti-
fetal conditions.
Even If the weather be warm con-
siderable corn may be fed, provided
the birds have cool runs. The impor-
lance Of giving all the run or range
possible during the mott cannot be
oyereStimated 1t affords valuable Cd
portunlty for exercise and obtaining
aids to the general health.
There are a number OF methods to
hasten mott. One sure and humane
way Is to pluck from the birds body
such feathers as appear dead and still
cling. but if these feathers do not come
away easily or appear fresh or bloody
this should not be done.
While the above is written about
hens. remember that to the males.
after long hard breeding season. mott
ing is just as serious. Male birds mott
more slowly when kept with females.
30 they should be separated from them
during this time but they may be fed
and treated like the hens. Remember
the male is one-half OF your flock, so
keep him strong and vigorous While
birds are weakened during melting
they are easy prey for disease so keep
everything clean and disinfect lber-
ally
Perhaps You now ealiZe what an i'm
portant and irving a thing a mott is,
Care expended now will pay you big
returns later. for your birds are not
loafing, but working on big job.
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16
BALANCED RATIONS
What They Mean to the Dairyman.

By LAURA ROSE STEPHEN,
Of Ontario Agricultural COLLEGE. Author
OF "Fdrm Dairying"
Properly fed cows are better milk.
ers; produce stronger. healthier calves:
are better able to withstand sickness
and disease and changes in climate;
are always ready sellers.
Moderately high feeding costs. but it
pays. There is no economy SO false as
shortening up the food supply or feed
Ing ration widely out of balance and
that brings up the question:
what is balanced ration?"
A balanced ration is one in which
the three chief food principles-protein,
carbohydrates and fat-are in the right
proportions.
If COW Is to do her best she must
get liberal supply of properly COM
bined food, One pound of protein to
six pounds of carbohydrates and fats
Is the right proportion
The protein in the food is the ex-
pensive element. 1t is that which
forms muscle In the body and the
casein or curd In the milk
The carbohydrates are the cheapest
portion. They are the starch and sug-
ar of plants and perform u like office
In the body as does fat Green fod-
der, corn silage, hay and roots Of all
kinds are high carbonaceous. Gluten,
cottonseed and linseed meals, peas.
wheat bran and oats contain a high
per cent Of protein.
Alfalfa hay is particularly rich in
this valuable constituent A ton has as
much value for cows as ton of bran.
1t is the bulky foods that form the
big part of cows ration. If you own
q big COW remember her stomach is
capable of holding forty gallons. So
give her plenty of feed and water She
needs nothing in summer but good
grass. fresh water. lump of rock salt
and the shade of a tree,
In winter you may give the same
row forty pounds of good corn silage.
twenty to thirty pounds of pulped roots,
eight pounds Of cut oat straw and clio
yer hay. four pounds each Of bran
and crushed oats and one pound of Oil
cake Give this in two feeds and a
little long hay at noon. and you'll not
be far off balanced ration
Feed the grain according to the
milk flow.
\ heavy mixer requires much
larger ration Of meal than does a COW
with a small milk flow COW that is
fed a large quantity of starchy foods
and small amount of meals rich in
protein may draw upon the reserve
Vie has stored in her system. but she
viii soon go down in flesh. and her
milking period will be shortened.
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waste motion.
The work falls into two fields: (a)
the protective side; (b) increased pro-
duction and increased profit side.
on the protective side note the de-
nartments campaign to aid the farmer
to overcome plant diseases. to prevent
and stop ravages Of insects and other
pests and blights and to deal effective
II With contagious diseases and cpl
denies among plants and animals.
on the constructive side the govern
neuJs work begins with the actual
Eoi The bureau of soils has for years
pee0 making complete soil analyses
a1d has furnished each county studied
with complete maps showing the ma
ture Of the soil, the crops best suited
ard how to treat the soils.
TIE dairy division conducts work to
cut from herds improbable cattle, to
Woluce and ship dairy products with
greitest profit and to increase values.
Another bureau pays especial atten-
ton % poultry, showing how to produce.
ltFh' hii anu Slllp Eggs anu dressed
poultry 50 as to command highest mar
set orices. Other bureaus search the
world for new agricultural products
which might be profitaby raised on
American soil.
Tie biological survey specializes on
The protection of birds and wild ami
mails which are beneficial to farming,
and on the eradication Of animal pests
The cost of hauling farm produce
over bad roads can easily run up to 25
cents ton mile and so make it i'm
possible to compete on equal terms with
producers located on good roads The
department maintains a special office
0, qlblic roads which is conducting
extensive experiments to secure good
reais over which the farmer may haul
bis produce to market.
Ai office of markets will investigate
thoroughly the possibilities of supply
Ing rarmers with market quotations
ani will endeavor to aid them in CO.
operative and other forms Of selling.
This office also will take UP the ques-
tg> of shipping farm produce.
The department is ready and anxious
e sea that every farmer receives the
benefits of its service.
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16

| ~ AAooAsouS 40SC0 Ll1C AAVWuuk Vlu
Acropolis, the south side and the east
end offering no ascent because of their
sheer natural walls from which the
works of mans antiquity have been
swept away. Against the north side
are massed some stone stable-like dwell
lings, inhabited by some OF the seeming
ly poorest Greeks in Athens. A narrow
sinuous passageway led up through this
settlement and round to the west, where
the ruined gateway, the Propylaed, af-
fords admission to the summit, match
less in ruins of ancient art. The little
monument of Grysikrates, the Oldest
building of the Corinthian order in ex-
istence, erected by himself as the pedes-
tai on which to exhibit the tripod won
by him at the Dionysiac contest in 1874
B. c., was first passed. Next was
passed the beautiful Tower of the
Winds. By that time group of
Greek children, from said poor quart
ers, were heralding their way up
broken stone stairs and jagged paths,
assuringly exclaiming from time to time
''Acropole, Acropole". Oh, time and
destiny! Oh, poor, graceful little sons
and daughters of the worlds greatest
teachers of letters, art, and philosophy, of
the most hardy and brilliant soldiers ever
known. AS often as | turned, thrilled
In my emotions, to caress the brown
|
cheeks of these little brown eyed, brown
haired children, they would stand motion
less, with eyes straight out and dreamy.
as II catching some enhancing vision of
a coming new day fer their homes and
country.
The glorious sun was setting over
the Piraeus, the Aegean and the noun
tains of the Peloponesus. The Mars Hill
of St. Paul, the Pnyx of the Greek ora
tors, and the Atheneum with the Philos-
ophers Grove stood basking in the food
of mellow light. The air was transport
ing in GOODNESS and vigor. To the south
west low line Of cliff with some low
cedars nestled near the base and three
entrances with grated doors cut in its
face, appeared to view. There, 400 years
B. c., Socrates, for teaching the youth
of Athens that their mythical gods were
powerless, and that by the true ethical
culture Of their minds they would be.
come better citizens, was confined in the
fair view of the Acropolis, and the Phil
osophers' Grove, drank the fatal hem
lock. and went into the night of death
as serenely as the lark greets the LIGHT
of morning.
''How shall we bury you?' walled
one of his friend. AIRY way vcu
choose" calmly he replied, "only make
sure that you get me-; meaning. of
course, that Socrates, tie immortal.
could not be buried. Wo1 derful. lofty
soul In what sweetly reasonable max.
inns did Jesus four centuries later teach
/ all for which he stood, and more, even
ultimate truth, from which the unerring
/ judgment of human history has found
no appeal, and yet. and yet, political and
religious nostrums are still rife, weari-
/ some, and destined to be disappointing,
while the Sermon on the Mount, and the
/ Poets dream of golden age for man,
see ms to be given 70 more than Sc cond
or third place. | am, however. no pessi-
mist. No man can look on the grim
monuments of our human, strangely
inhumanly human past and say that his
torically We are not climbing the hill.
We certainly are
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16
ENJOY YOUR MEALS
Tone Up Your Stomach Right Away So
1t Viii Do Ito Own Proper Work

Nothing takes che joy out of life like q
weak stomach. Enjoy the good things
that Others enjoy. Take Dr.. Williams'
Pink Pills and notice the improved con-
dition of your stomach.
When you have no appetite and even
the sight of food is nauseating, no
amount of dieting, stimulating drugs or
any treatment that overlooks the blood
will help you for any length of time.
These pills 60 deeper than remedy
that acts on the stomach alone. They
get at the real cause, which is impure
blood. They make it red and healthy.
The whole digestive system is toned up
and where once the sight of food was
nauseating, you will have good APP
petite and be able to eat without distress.
Do not put Oft finding relief single
day. Get a box of DR. Williams Pink
Pills today and begin the treatment at
once.
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s ss:ss ss: Of ZhAzzzzx
Skowhegan Potato Shipments.

1t is estimated that between $50 and
IT'S carloads of potatoes grown in that
vicinity will be shipped from Skowheggan
this season, which will make about lo5,-
600 bushels, and will represent $52, 600
at so cents a bushel. The estimates
show that the largest acreage of pota-
toes in the history of the town was plant
ed this year, and indications are that
the acreage next year will be larger.
Norridgewock leads in the biggest acre
age in the county, Skowhegan Second.
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16
The Family Cough Medicine

In every home there should be bottle u
DR.. Kings New Discovery, ready for lmme-
date use when any member of the family con-
tracts a cold or cough. Prompt use Will stop
the spread of sickness. S. A. Std OF Masoh'
Mich, writes: "My whole family depends upon
DR.. Kings New Discovery as the best cough
and cold medicine in the world. Two DUO DOL
ties cured me of pneumonia" Thousanos oi
other families have been equally benefited aho
de pend ept,re,y upon DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry to cure their coughs. colds. throat ano 'unS
$780, All druggists.
H.E. evckjes L Co, Philadelphia or
ST. Louis.
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16
Minutes Mean Dollars
III TREATING ANIMALS

Doubtless you know the danger of delayed treatment
of collie and other diseases You also realize that
wrongly applied remedies are often worse than no
treatment at all. In other words. not to diagnose
disease accurately may prove fatal. Every owner
should be able to recognize an aiment and give
correct treatment at the first SYMPTOMS. PROMPT
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16

action is the great secret
Of treating horses.
Minutes mean dollars.
OF course proper treat
ment is always necessary.
That is just how Hunlpt-
reys' 500 page Veterinary
Manual Will prove so val
liable to you. 1t is by
f. Humphreys, N D., VS.,
and teaches how to dag
nose and give proper
treatment.
This book will save you
hundreds of dollars and
costs you nothing. It will
be sent absolutely free
on request to any farmer
In Nrdar tn In trn1una
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16

Humphreys Veterinary Remedies. Remember, tits
absolutely free. You do not have to order any
Homeopathic Medicine Company, 1856 William Street.
New York City. This is a splendid opportunity to
obtain veterinary treatise that you should have
in your library. As a reference work you viii find
itinvaluabe To have 1t in the time Of need will be
worth many dollars, whereas 1t will cost you but
post card by writing for 1t row.
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16
rHE FARMERS OWN DEPART.
MENT

The Department
Of Agriculture be-
lieves that farm
ing Is a business
and must be made
to yield a profit.
The home is part
Of the business
plant. and for this
reason the depart
ment makes public
methods to save
money, labor and
The Republican journal., 1913-10-16

"Dr, Thomss' Eclectic Oil 10 the best remedy
for that often fatal disesse-croup. ~
been ussd With success in our family ,ot e's"'
yeasa"-Nn. Z. Whitsaere. Buffalo, ~ l.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1913-01-08
TONIGHT! TAKE A
eCASCARET" sure
No Headache, Sour Stomach,
BiliouSnesS, or ConSti-
patton by morning.

Turn the rascals out-the headache,
the biIiousness, the indigestion, the
sick, sour stomach and foul gases-turn
them out tonight and Keep them out
with Cascarets.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never know
the misery caused by a lazy liver. clog
ged bowls OF an upset stomach.
Don't put In another dav of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse and regulate your
stomach; remove the sour, undigested
and fermenting food and that misery
making gas; take the excess bile from
your liver and carry out Of the system
all the constipated waste matter and
poison in the intestines and bowels
Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning They
work while you sleep. 10-cent box
from any drug store means clear
head, sweet stomach and clean, healthy
liver and bowel action for months.
Children love 10 take cascarets becaus.
they taste good-neyer grippe or sicken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1913-01-08
CHAPTER Nv.
The Murder of Black Jamie.

= HAD been dreaming of fierce faces
angry voices and clashing weapons
all night, and my visions were
haunted by that suspense, fear, and
excitement which leave one more tired
in the morning. Perhaps It was on ac-
count OF this exhaustion and the nature
OF my dreams that 1 did not really
awake in the dawn when Big Aundra
and number of men from the castle
and the clachan came shouting before
our house and pounding at our front
door,
Indeed, it was only when 1 heard nv
fathers voice crying. Murdered" that
L awoke to find reality in the disturb
ance: As l slipped on my kilt 1 heard
Aundra shouting loudly:
Give us the Spaniard or tell us where
Angus Maclean."
l heard my father answer quietly: 81
kenna where the Spaniard is"
Then If ye will not deliver him we
must even break in the house,, cried
Aundra.
Yen not, I'm thinking" said my
father, very calm
Shame on we, Angus Maclean!" cried
a number of voices. AS l reached nv
fathers side in the doorway Aundra
AYE. shame, Your kinsman. James
Black. murdered in his own hall, and We
would hide the heather devil"
felt the blood stop flowing in my
veins, Black Jamie murdered, / could
see the great, hulking figure living in
the castle hall, and the dour, mist-gray
race looking up at the dingy roof with
dead eyes Black Jamie murdered!
Give US the Spaniardi' roared the
Highlanders. I'VE are hiding the black
amoor."
So they accused Don John? He.
knew, could not have committed the
crime. And they accused my father Of
hiding MIN. Before ! knew what 1 was
saying hurled a childish taunt in their
teeth.
Aye, he is hidden where you will
never find him."
Ny father started violently. At tho
same time big Aundra caught me by
the shoulder and. dragging me from nv
fathers side, lifted me Off nv feet by
the hair. i screamed with pain.
What's this? Speak, We whelp!
But L was suddenly released. and I
saw the blood of the Macleans darken
my fathers face. He caught big Aun-
dra by the throat and, with a snarl of
rage and strength, bent his back over
his knee.
I'VE coward" he raved. I'VE would
lay hands on my lad"'
When big Aundra was nigh black in
the face my father threw him on the
ground and glared at the rest of the
Campbells, as II in challenge None
moved, except Roderick Dow, who
stepped forward and said:
Angus, We did the right but IL the
boy kens where the Spaniard is. we will
gar him speak"
Il have told we I kenna where Don
John is" said my father sullenly. And
IL my lad kens. IL will be the first 7
have heard OF" Turning to me, he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1913-01-08
IN HOSPITAL,
DISTRIBUTES FUNDS
TO HIS RELATIVES
Bernard Monday Sells Farm
in Montgomery County to
James Crown.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Jan. S-Bernard
Monday has sold to James NJ. Crown
his farm of 1874 acres, near Hunting Hill,
the consideration being $500
Following the sale, Mr.. Monday, who
is dangerously Ill in a Washington hos
pital, made distribution of $500 among
his FIVE children and four grandchildren.
The children are Thomas F. Monday, Of
Annapolis: John NJ. Monday and Mrs.
Marian KIoffer, of Washington: Edwin
w. Monday and Mrs. Clara Fry, of this
vicinity The grandchildren are Wilbur
and Louise Monday, and Emma and
Augustus Ward.
married recently in Rockville: Aivah
NJ. Norris, jr., and Miss Susie Frances
Littlefield, both of Washington; Murray
Linwood Payne and Miss Grace Frances
Saunders, both Of Washington. ana
Church, Va, and Miss Matte Rose En-
brey, Of Manassas. Va.
A steady downpour of rain did not
prevent q large number of farmers and.
from attending the famers' institute in
the courthouse yesterday.
Among those who delivered addresses
were DR.. Hill. Guy E. Walcott, of the
Agricultural College j. II. Arnold. of
the Agricultural Department; w. Os-
car Collier, Of Easton. Md, and c. L.
Orperman. Of Berwyn, Nd.
A resolution vas unanimously adopted
favoring the construction of ooule-
ward from Washington to Gettysburg as
d monument &c Abraham .lncpfn, ami
tnr Marylarl representatives III :he
Senate and House OF Representatives
were urged to use their best efforts to
induce Congress to build the road.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1913-01-08
WESTERN FREEZE
WILL COST ORANGE
MEN 100000
Four-ffths of Entire Crop
Frozen in CALIFORNIA;
Cold Spell.

Los ANGELES. Cal, Jan. s.-That
only one-fifth Of the California orange
and lemon crops will be saved and that
the loss to growers will total nearly
$50. 900. 900. was the statement made today
bys persons who have communicated
with all parts of the citrus fruit dis
trict from Los Angeles to San Bernar-
dino since, the blghting frost strnck
that section Sunday.
Other conservative estimates state
that the loss ID growers win be about
s15.O0o000. and that. In addition, the rail-
roads will lose about 100000 in cur
tailed freight receipts.
Although they have already fought
for forty-eisht hours to save their crops
from the cold, most Of the growers were
cut again all night burning smudge pots
in an effort to save what had not al
ready been lost.
Today 1t was stated that fully four
fifths Of the entire crop was frozen dur
ing the cold spell. which means that II
Is irreparably ruined. The weather
bureau today-predicted warmer weather.
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THE TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
A DAUGHTER OF THE ARMADA
By Stephen Chalmers

for him to endanSer my fathers name
and peace of mind by accepting further
hospitality.
THE best you can do for me, Rorie,' ~
he said, lis to find me some rabbit-hole
where l can lie safe until the war is
over. or l can get back to SPAIN
That will be very easy" / said, for
had in mind a thing that had been
my playground for two summers. yell
live in my cave"
"What!' he cried. "A cave?"
AYE. It's no big, but it's grand
cave"
"Rorie, Rorie" he cried. laughing.
What a lad you are
Now that i think on 1t 1 know that
Don John spoke the simple truth. What
boy is there, except he lives in a town,
who has not cave or tree-house hid
den away somewhere? And the more
think of another thing, too, the more
believe that the safest place for man
TO hide is where a man is most known,
for there he is aware of all the places
where he himself would hide a friend
If in an emergency.
| told Don John all about my cave
1t was just hole in the bank of the
burn. where the spring spates coming on
bend of the stream had whirled and
burrowed into the earth, leaving a dry
cavern when the burn was low. The
mouth of 1t was hidden by brambles
that trailed in the shallow pools, and
the roof was a good two feet of fine
root-bound turf. The same waters that
had burrowed this cave year after year
had taken away the sustenance of a
big oak. which had rotted and broken
off about ten feet above the ground The
hollow trunk left standing thus admit
ted light and air, and let out smoke
when / lit a fire in my cave, while II
was too high for anybody to peep in
without climbing up the tree trunk, let
alone man.
This was my cave, and 1t will be
readily understood, as Don John per-
ceived. that once man was hidden
there II must be a shrewd enemy who
discovered him, unless the enemy was
actually led through the brambles or
told to climb the side of the trunk.
Although 1t was quite black in the
woods. l had little difficulty in lead
ing the way. We just retraced our
steps to the burn, and then waded
through the pools and scrambled over
rocks until We came to the bend I
have spoken of. We pushed aside the
prickly brambles and got into the
cave. Don John got out his flint and
steel and finder, and presently he had
light enough to see that all was as I
had promised.
L showed him a corner where 1 had
strewn heather and dried brackens,
too. for a bed. and on this he declar-
ed he could very well sleep fer the
rest of his days. There were broken
pots and pans, too, which my moth
er had given me for my playhouse
In the woods. so that a man could
make a meal provided he had the
food to cook.
Then, having taken so much re-
sponsfbility upon me, ! promised Don
John that / would bring him his por-
ridge in the morning. I warned him
not to stir out until 1 brought him
wcrd.
"Rorie,'' said he. and there were
tears in his ewes. "some day you will
be rewarded for this
So / left him that night, never i'm
agining what, and how sweet that re-
ward would be when it came.