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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
TRIAL OF HOPPER FEEDING
Test at West Virginia Station Shows
Epq Production at Lower Cost
Than Other System.

In bulletin 100 Of the West Virginia
station report is given of trial of
the hopper-feeding system for poul-
try, which was installed in order to
save labor. In a years test, with five
pens of white Leghorns, the cost Of
food varied from 6S cents to $1.04 per
fowl per year. and averaged 80 cents
per fowl for the 100 fowls in the ex-
pertinent.
The egg production varied from
S1.4 eggs per hen. when fed principally
upon corn, to PAT in the pen which
received whole grain once per day,
scattered In litter, and dry mash and
beef scrap without limit in q hopper:
The food cost Of the eggs during year
varied from 85 cents to 11,e cents per
dozen. Two pens. hopper fed, pro'
dueed eggs having q lower food cost
than the pen which received moist.
ened mash, and In this test there was
apparently no benefit from the extra
labor involved In moistening the mash.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
A Good Farm Gate.

the head and heel posts, and nall
where the brace crosses the bars
Nail on cleats over the bars at the
head and heel posts and on both sides
at the middle OF the gate.
Fasten one end OF three eights
rod to the top Of the heel post and the
other through the mead post WIN d
nut and washer to draw the rod tight
After it is tightened, cut the rod on
even with the nut. Wedge the gate uE
in the position III which 1t is to hang
and mark the position of the hinges on
the heel post. Take the gate down
bore the holes for hinges and block
up into place again. Have the tot
hinge bolt 80 threaded that 1t may be
taken up by turning up the nut II
any sagging Ia noticed, Put bolt"
through the post of the gate, bo'h
above and below eath hinge to pre-
went splitting.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
POULTRY
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PROFIT IN GEESE AND DUCKS
Fowls Arc Important Adjunct to Farm
and Farmers Living Near Water
Should Raise Them.

Those living close to water should
raise geese and ducks. They will get
a large part of their food from the
streams and swamp lands, requiring
very little grain during the summer
months.
Toulouse geese are hardy, early
layers and prolific. often raising two
broods of goslings year. The young
early take care of themselves on good
pasture and grow rapidly. They should
have oatmeal made into mash daily.
and afterward a few oats or barley
scattered over the grass late In the
evening. BY careful feeding they grow
very fast and by Christmas have been
known to weigh 20 pounds each. Emb-
den geese grow to large size and are
said to be nearly equal to the Tou'
louise variety in early maturity.
OF the four varieties OF ducks.
Rouen, Cayuga, Aylesbury and Picking,
we give the preference to the last for
size, early maturity, abundance OF
eggs, hardness and domestic habits.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
LITTLE GENERAL FARM PAYS
Profit Secured In Poultry as Well -
Horses, Mules, Dairy Stock,
Sheep and Hogs.
(By w. II. SHEPARD)

(By w. II. SHEPAHD)
A neighbor of ours makes poultry
q strong side line of his farming. He
grows a great variety of plants and
keeps and feeds a variety Of animals.
His poultry sales amount to near
ly 5000 each year and he feeds his
grown chickens nothing except what
they pick up about the place, but
through his methods Of cropping and
feeding they secure an abundance,
and respond accordingly.
The same neighbor keeps and grows
horses and mules, dairy stock, sheep
and hogs.
From the poultry and cows he has
a constant daily cash income.
From the horses and mules he sells
each year one or two animals at 500
or more a piece.
From the sheep he has wool to sell
in early spring, and lambs later In
the summer, and from the hogs he
sells from 500 to $500 worth every
two or three months.
He grows wheat, oats, corn. hay and
q variety of forage crops, besides
good orchard. truck patches, and gar
den from which nearly all the family
eatables are grown, with some fruits
and vegetables to SELL
He also sells from 500 to 5000
worth of wheat each year, and his
dairy products amount to $500 per
year, and all from a farm OF less than
100 acres.
Any general farmer who plans and
executes can grow a variety Of plants
and animals on a small farm, make
good money from the crops. and at
the same time build up his land faster
than by special cropping
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
WHICH ARE BETTER LAYERS?
Poultrymen Are Debating Whether
Hen or PuIIet Is Capable Of
Greater Egg Production.

No matter how successful we may
become in any business we are try
Ing all the time to find how we may
increase our profits. To Increase our
profits means, OF course, an increase
in the output OF our goods, whatever
1t may be. Poultrymen are now de-
batting whether the hen or the pullet
Is capable of the greater egg produce
ton. There Is good argument on both
sides, says the American Cultivator.
Some claim that while hens lay less
ttlal pullets they lay larger and heav-
Ter eggs, aad because Of this fact the
eggs command q better price than
those laid by pullets. This Ia true, but
in many sections Of the United States
eggs are sold without grading. and
consequently the smaller egg Is abs
to command as good a price as the
larger one.
Others are in favor Of pull"ts be.
cause they lay 30 many eggs which.
they claim, possess better flavor
than those laid by hens. No one dis.
putes the fact that pullets lay more
eggs than hens.
The question of which is the better,
hens or pullets. will never be an
swered so that It will please every
one. 1t Ia simply a matter of the likes
and dislikes Of the individual poultry
man,
Personally the writer fayors puilets
There are very few OF them that Jay
understood eggs. and II he wishes the
poultryman can easily Gull them out,
The average Leghorn pullet com.
mences to lay when about six months
of age. while many Of them start at
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
CONVENIENT AS A NAIL BOX
Anything In Shape Of Pan May Be d.
vlded Into Compartments to Hold
Bolts and Screws.

Anything from half gallon baking
pan to a six-gallon dishpan may be
used In making a very useful and
convenient compartment box In which
to keep nails. screws and bolts. The
pan may be divided into four, six or
eight compartments.
To make the divisions. get the dis.
lance across the bottom and the top
OF the pan, secure piece of board
just as wide as the pan Is deep, and
long enough to make the piece, an
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
GOOD SWINGING FARM GATE
Directions For Making One That Will
Not sas-oidlF ashIoHsd Eysbolt
Hinges Used.

To make q gate that Will not sag
set a heavy post few inches more
than twice the height OF the gate when
set solidly in the ground down TO
spade length. tampihg earth. grave'
or small stones firmly In around the
post. Old fashioned eyebolt hinges
are previously put into the post ABOUT
IL inches from the top end the same
distance from the ground, says the
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Cut two pieces OF heavy scantnng'
one six inches shorter than the helgh'
OF the gate above the ground. ana the
other twice the length OF the hrst.
Cut the rails from six inch stun and
let them into the heel and head posts
their own thickness. 30 that the gate
ia flush on one side. Before mailing
up the gate. set in brace four inches
In width, from the top OF the mead
post to the bottom Of the heel post
on the side of the gate that Is nush.
Nail down the rails and brace onto
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
Pan Nall Box.

other piece two or three inches
broader for the piece that forms the
handle. Cut a notch Is shown at X,
this notch to be as wide a. the boards
are thick.
Place the No. ] In center Of pan
and nail in place, through the sides
and bottom OF pan. Next place No. 2
across No. 30 that the notches at
Xxx will At In each other, then nail as
you did No. /. II more places are
wanted. these quarters may be subdi
vided.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
DRAFT EQUALIZER ON TRUCKS
Invention Involves Plurality Of Lever
In Pivotal Relatlon-Plan OF
Device Shown.

In describing and illustrating q
draft equalizer for trucks. invented
by b. NJ. Murken OF Manhattan. N. Y.
the Scientific American says: This
draft equalizer is adapted for use on
trucks or other vehicles, drawn by
either one, two or three animals pull
Ing abreast SO that the leverage will
be equalized, the invention involving
q plurality of levers in pivotal relation
with each other and also articulated
through the medium Of springs. The
equalizer Is adapted for use with one.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
The Best Soil,

The best soil upon a farm 10 one
that warns early in the spring and
that holds enough moisture for plant
contain some sand. clay and organic
matter. The sand permits the air to
enter and the clay and organic matter
aid in holding the moisture. II T.
friable ard = -."''
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
sinaIe Comb White Leehorns.

1--WE months. Therefore 1t 10 very
ensy matter to raise pullets 80 that
they will be laying the winter after
they are Matched.
The eggs OF pullets do not hatch as
we'll as those of hens. Not only that,
but the chicks do not seem nearly SO
strong and lively as those Matched
from hen eggs. For this reason, then.
the writer would advise pullets for
market eggs and hens for breeders.
Gull cut the ROSTERS.
Whitewash the stables.
Balance the hens ration.
After hens are through laying they
should be sold to the butcher unless
they are needed for breeders next
season.
The actual cost to keep added to
the service fee OF the sire. represents
the amount at which horses you raise
stand ypp-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
CUttlnu Crops.

Considerable loss is occasioned on
many farms every year by allowing
crops to become toe ripe before har-
vesting. This ia especially true Of
grass or clover, or any crop intended
for hay or as substitute. With
grasses when the seed begins to form
well and with grain crops when the
grain begins to harden is the best
stage to harvest
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

II does not require any great abil'
sty at figures to show that there is a
great waste in selling hogs when they
are but half fed
Salt. hardwood ashes and charcoal
are ideal to keep In hog pasture. and
II there Is any other one thing need.
ed II Is pure water
Never whip balky horse. Sell
him n you can't manage him and let
the other fellow match his temper
against that Of the horse.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
Foleya
Kidney
Pills
What They Will Do for You

What They Will Do for You
They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, COR
rect urinary irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess uric acid
that causes rheumatism. Pre-
vent Bright's Disease and Dia-
bates, and restore health and
strength. Refuse substitutes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
Fall blowing II cheapest

Fall blowing II cheapest
4 daily thermometer payA
No Hee excels the Bartlett peal.
SANITARY milk strniners are BEST
Neglected fYstt trees are worthisoA
Dryness 10 the main rsQuireDsnt IN
q sheep shed.
TAsrs b little nkelthood Of Dayana
10 nueA $50 eegR
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
Draft Equalizer For Trucks.

two or three swingle-trees, 1t being
desirable in some instances that the
animals used with vehicles be changed
at short notice. and the structure OF
the device Is particularly adapted for
such change, The accompanying en-
craving shows plan view of the de-
vice.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

The best stock pea for grazing IN
the field is the black Everlasting
Red and Red Ripp'r are also good
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

There 10 a great reduction in me
meat supply, which should be Ia
ken up BY chickens and eggs but 1t
cannot be done II they are not pro
duced.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
E)O(IIN'
&YR
SMALL, MOVABLE HEN HOUSE
One Found Satisfactory After Much
Experimenting-Bullt on Runners
to Facilitate Moving.

After experimenting with several
sizes and styles of poultry houses we
have decided that the small, movable
house is best of all, writes Mrs. w. H.
Bush in the Missouri Valley Farmer.
1t is built upon runners 80 that team
may be hitched to 1t for moving, and
should not be larger than 8 by IL feet.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

The anything-will-do method OF man.
aging a fall and winter dairy Is not
conducive to the receipt OF satisfao-
tory bank-check returns at the end OF
the month.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

Stout, livable chicks are obtained
only from sturdy parents. and pullets
that have Deea forced for winter eggs
are hardly IN that class.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

The farmer who is not raising le'
gumes has his eyes closed to some OF
the biggest opportunities in farming
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

Swedish turnlps grow well In tn"
northern states and provide large
amount o. feed for the winter
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

The cows like the silage In the win
ter just as well as they do the grass
In the summer and it Is good at any
season of the year
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

Fruit growing anA aoultry raising
60 well together. Anyone following
e.tt4r will do well to consider the
other
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

Don't blame anyone but yourself
II your farm won't grow lsgumes
They will grow for the man who
knows how to make them
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

A hog fed on corn alone from the
time it Is weaned from the SOW un-
til butchered at Is months old. seldom
pays for his keep.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

Penning chickens t2 the best way
TO get fine flock, for II aeans that
you are getting eggs from the best
hens you have.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

The sand Fetch - snaai.Er and more
recumbent than the common petch.
and has been tested but little IN this
country.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

Hens, when they cease laying fat
ten very easily and fat hen Is a
thrifty candidate for all kinds OF poul
try diseases.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

II is poor economy to feed spoiled
food to the poultry They may con.
tract disease or become poisoned.
Nurn all decomposed food stun at
once
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06

The farmer who mal an effort TO
~, the corn crib and smekehouse
each year generally succeeds.
The Forrest City times., 1913-08-01
HELP THE KIDNEYS
Forrest City Readers Are Leading
 The Way.

It's the little kidney ills
 The lame, weak or aching back
 The unnoticed urinary disorders
 That may lead to dropsy and Bright's disease.
 When the kidneys are weak,
 Help them with Doan's Kidney Pills,
 A remedy especially for weak kid neys.
 Doan's have been used in kidney troubles for 50 years.
 Endorsed by 30,O0O people endors- ed by citizens of this locality.
 J. A. Glover, Pine & Main Sts., Brinkley, Ark, says: II have tested Doan's Kidney Pills and l know that they act just as represented. My kidneys did not do their work as they should and I had lumbago and pains through my loins. Finally I got Deans Kidney Pills and they acted promptly in relieving me. Doan's Kidney Pills have certainly proven beneficial and they will always have my endorsement.
The Forrest City times., 1913-08-01

MT. Sam Cox, of Haynes, was a genial visitor in the city Monday morning. The gentleman came up TOT the purpose of shipping a fine young lilly to Brownsville, Tennessee. as a present to his mother. whose home is in that city.
 MT. R. W. Benson, successful and enterprising proprietor of the big ladies and gents furnishing store on the corner, accompanied by his two sons, Bob, Jr,, and Reuben, spent sunday most pleasantly at Widener, guests in the home of his friends. MT. and Mrs. c. c. Fogg.
 Our friend, big Jim Taylor. of Colt. was in town Wednesday, wearing a broad smile upon his countenance. It's great big girl. The stork came Saturday. Mother and babe are get ting along just fine. We congratulate the happy parents, and wish the young lady long life of happiness.
 MT. Sam Ashworth has been quite sick in room No. 20 at the Marion Hotel since Thursday of last week With fever. He has been kept com pany by brother Odd Fellows and other friends, has had the best of at tentlon, and is some better at this writing Wednesday evening
 MT. Ira Proctor has accepted situ- atlon as salesman with Sol Lewis t& Son, where he will be glad to have his friends call and see him when in need of anything in their line. Ira is a good salesman, a steady, reliable young gentleman and hustler, and we have in mind that he will make good.
 Mrs. Charles Hequembourg and children, who had spent the past four or five weeks in this city on visit to the family of Mrs. Heouembourp's mother, Mrs. N B Nelson, and friends, left yesterday morning for her home in Charleston, Mo-, greatly to the regret of her relatives and many friends.
 The line of new Oxfords for ladies. young ladies and misses, including ali the newest shapes and shades, conSti- tute one of the prettiest and most stylish displays of slippers to be found in Forrest City. In fact. our Shoes are all Snappy and embrace a supremi cy style and distinctiveness not found in the ordinary kind The Russell Graham-Alderson Go.
 For one week, beginning next Mon. day, we will have on display sample swatches of Sterling Suits and Over coats for Fall season. This is no make believe tailoring, but display of Sterling bench-tailored clothes, which are recognized as having no superior in America. Those desiring ex- elusive patterns can make their selec- tion and save from five to ten dollars. R. w. Benson & Co.
The Forrest City times., 1913-08-01

Mrs. c. II. Haven will leave tonight via the Iron Mountain for Dupo, H. linois, to attend the bedside of her little grandson, Madden, the 2-year-old son of Mrs. Lucy Looney, who is very low. She will be joined at Wynne by her daughter, Mrs. Tim Ezzell, and son Nolan, who will accompany her e
 MT. and Mrs. w. B. Mann, Jr.. of Marianna, arrived in the city Satur- dap evening on visit to the home of Mrs. Mann's parents, Capt. and Mrs James Russell. The lawyer returned home Monday morning, while Mrs Mann remained in the city for more extended stay with friends and relat- ives
 Miss Montine Kirkpatrick, lovely sister of MT. s. L. Kirkpatrick, ac- companied himself and wife on their return from visit to his folks at Ripley, Tennessee, arriving Monday, and is delightful guest with them in the home of Hon. and Mrs. o. B. Rollwage where they are making their home.
 Our Ladies Dress Goods Depart ment is bristling with attractive bar gains in beautiful new Wash Goods, to which the attention of the ladies is invited, Those planning Spring and Summer Gowns, are urged to make early selections, because by purchaS- ing now you are assured of getting the best. The Russell. Graham A Alderson Company.
 Cashier H. P. German, who is in the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Little Rock. and suffering with stomach trouble. is quite good deal better, and letter states that he may go to Augusta the latter part of this week, and after remaining there a few days with his daughter, Mrs. CarlLee, will return home.
 A gay party left Tuesday for Cow Bayou Lake, on fishing outing. The personnel of the party were Chief J us- tice Carr, Messrs. Andy Vaccaro and sons, Leo and GaZZola, s. B. Trapp, J. o. Bridgforth, Jack Ferguson, c. R. Hine, Jas. Russell, Jr., D. E. Hoshall, two young men name Monaghan, of Memphis, and perhaps some others whose names we did not learn.
 Miss Pearl Davis, who had been at tending the Summer School of the South, at Knoxville, Tennesse, the past six weeks, arrived home Satur- day greatly enthused over the work she had accomplished during her stay in Sunny Tennessee. Miss Davis is one of our county's most successful teachers and one of the foremost mem- bers of the Crowley Ridge Institute faculty, who will have charge of the primary grades in our city schools the coming term.
The Forrest City times., 1913-08-01

Messrs. James Ewart and w. w. Campbell and Miss Eva Bridgforth and Miss Jordan, and MT. and Mrs Emmet Buford spent several hours very pleas antly at the Crescent Club House last Sunday afternoon. Besides these Mes SITS. Nat Norton and Ed. Wolff were the only guests until late in the even- ing, when Mrs. J. T. Fondren and her mother, Mrs. Pope, accompanied by Messrs. James Fondren, chaffeur, Jas Pope and Thos. Fondren, Jr, came down in their Ford. Miss Jordan Is a charming visitor with MT. and Mrs Buford.
 Mrs. Hattie Brooks, stepmother of MT, John Brooks, of Marianna, and a lady who was most favorably known and highly esteemed by all who knew her. died on last Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock and was buried the fol- lowing Sunday afternoon at o'clock, Rev, Mckelvey, officiating. The Times begs to join in deepest sympa- thy to the dear ones who are now crushed beneath a weight of sorrow and affliction over this sad dispensa- tion of Providence which has removed from earthly walks a beloved wife and mother, thoughtful and con siderate neighbor and friend and a beautiful and consecrated Christian character. May God rest her soul.a