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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

economical in some sections. Where
sheep raising cannot be made a spe-
cialty, it is often desirable to keep the
lambs to be finished in winter quar-
tiers. lnder such management the
lambs of breeds Of intermediate size
are not likely to be above the best
selling weight when sold. This plan,
however, involves the need of adopt
ing methods to avoid trouble from
stomach worms in summer and fall.
In weight, length, and fineness of
fleece the Shropshire ranks very high
and the proceeds Of the wool are
very important part of the income
from the flock. In breeding for val
liable fleece along with mutton quail
ties the Shropshire breeders prefer
sheep that are well wooded over the
poll, down below the eyes, and on
the ears. This along with the shape
of the head, and color of face and
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

1t would not be a difficult matter to
establish them in the horse or cow
stalls for managers or small watering
troughs.
In using old boxes in the manner
described it must be understood that
the chief object in view is to do the
work as cheaply as possible. In a
majority of cases, unless the boxes
were perfectly smooth and oiled or
soaped before the concrete is put in,
it would be necessary to destroy them
in removing them from the concrete.
If the builder cares to go into more
expensive forms, such as can be used
over and over again, the same struc-
tural methods would be used in the
case of well-made forms provided
with hinges and locking devices to
facilitate their removal and repeated
use.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

A satisfactory mixture for work of
this kind would be a concrete COM
posed of one part Portland cement,
two parts sand and four parts stone
or gravel. When placed in the forms
it should be thoroughly tamped and
worked from side to side with a fiat
paddle. This will bring the richer
mortar to the sides of the form, max
ing smoother surface than would
otherwise result. The concrete should
be of sloppy wet" consistency. Ia
should be protected from the hot SUM
and wind and kept in the forms sew
eral days, after which it should be
sprinkled twice a day, or, if the object
is small, immersed in water for the
period of a week.
The purpose in using concrete is to
have an everlasting and decay-proof
material which may be employed for
indefinite purposes.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

Layer of Concrete is N the Larger

Placed IN the Larger Box.
tom than at the top, thus providing
an inclined interior surface upon
which the ice will tend to slide up
ward, thereby preventing the destruc-
ton Of the tank. 1t is said, howeyg,
that the placing of stick in an up
right position in a receptacle of this
character will prevent it from burst
ing in cold weather.
With pipe openings established,
these box forms are available for the
construction of kitchen sink or slop
drain, as well as a drain for an out
side pump or faucet.
Made in narrow sizes they could be
used for making receptacles in which
to sprout seeds, merely placing pane
of glass over the top.
They would be convenient to use
around the poultry house for example,
for hens nests, for they could be easily
disinfected by subjecting them to fire.
If the boxes were of fairly good size
and nails were inserted in the con-
crete along the upper edge before the
material set, the box could be turned
on its side and wire netting attached
to the nails, thus making it serve as
small coop. Concrete boxes could
also be used for sprouting oats, thus
giving green food for chickens in the
winter season. 1t would merely be
necessary 30 put the boxes in a warm
cellar, spread over the bottom two %,
three inches of oats and sprout the
latter by adding a sufficient quantity
of water, as is done with wooden
boxes.
Such receptacles would make excel
lent refuse boxes and if quite large
would be very convenient for small
storage purposes, indoors or out.
Transferred to the barn, they would
prove to be convenient for the mixing
of feed, especially where water is
used, as concrete improves in strength
when subjected to moisture.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03
Old Store Boxes
And Concrete

pointing them with cement mortar.
By the use of dense and imper-
vious concrete, reinforced as described
above, but especially at the corners,
the forms will answer for a small
tank or watering trough. Where
tanks are to be placed in exposed sit
uations subject to freezing, it would
be well to slope the inside form o.
making it a little smaller at the boN
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

The accompanying drawing is de-
signed to represent two store boxes,
one smaller than the other The
wooden strips nailed across the top of
the inside or smaller box keep it sus-
pended few inches above the bottom
of the larger box. These two boxes
are forms for certain simple things
to be made in concrete. The smaller
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

sier by throwing in a handful of meal
as the utensil is emptied of it's con-
tents and rubbing the meal around
briskly with the hand. Any dish
washer who has once tried this on a
greasy kettle will never forget it,
even though she has no chickens to
eat the meal. Any food that has
stuck to the sides or bottom of the
vessel in cooking can be easily re-
moved in this way, and there is
scarcely anything possible to be
cooked that will not be relished in the
chicken yard. This is also a saving
of material that usually goes down the
sink.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

Spade or pillow up the runs and SOW
oats. This will provide green picking
for the fowls, keep them healthy, busy
and laying.
On account of the high prices of
feed stuff you should not keep any
thing but the best birds. Sell off the
culls and thus reduce your feed bill
Vermin and filth are always found
together, therefore it pays and pays
big to keep everything clean about the
poultry houses ,and yards.
The pullet that natures naturally
and gets good growth before begin
ming TO lay, is more likely TO be
good layer Of good eggs.
If you have some poultry buildings
them this month, as they will then
have plenty Of time to dry out before
winter.
Rye sown in the fall provides green
pasture for the fowls along in the
winter and early spring when all other
vegetation is dead. Sow a patch of
rye if possible this fall.
No matter how long they have been
breeding poultry they do not all raise
prize winners, so don't be discouraged
if there are some culls from these
high priced eggs or from that breed
ing pen you purchased last spring.
There is nothing better than dry
earth to use on the dropping boards.
Cover the boards and this permits the
droppings to be cleaned off easily and
the earth added to the droppings does
not lessen the value of them
Sort out your promising prize win
ners now and little extra care and
attention will well repay you. You
can handle them and they become bet
ter acquainted to the use they will get
in the show room.
DR.. Geo. B. Edwards, writer in
Poultry Fancier, says: at is not
necessary that fowls have unlimited
range, nor extensive run. But there
are two essentials without which there
Call De no success. "A proper amount
of exercise and cleanliness. You may
keep your birds working in litter all
the year through, or you may spade
up their runs and make them work
for a living there. At any rate they
must be made to work for their daily
bread, for thus saith the natural
law"
Prof. A. +. Rolf Of the Oklahoma
agricultural college in speaking about
marketing eggs, says: Good business
judgment is necessary to secure the
best prices in marketing poultry and
eggs. In the first place, one should
find the markets and ascertain what
they desire. If the market will pay
more for eggs which are uniform in
size and color (and nearly every mar
ket will do this), the person would
not show good business judgment in
keeping mongrel chickens. Mongrels
will not produce uniform, marketable
products. Keep a pure breed"
If the housekeeper will keep YES
sci filled with Indian meal on the
kitchen work table, she can add relish
to the chicken mash, and make the
washer who has once tried this on
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

date between Southdown and larger
breeds. The lambs reach common
market weight later than the larger
breeds and slower gains may be most
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03
The Shropshire.

The Shropshire.
The Shropshire is the most widely
known and bred of the "down" breeds
in America. In body it is interme-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

Alfred r. Lee, of the United States
animal husbandry division, gives a
good whitewash receipt and for the
benefit of our many readers, who are
looking for something good we print
it. "Whitewash is the cheapest of
all paints and may be used either for
exterior or interior surfaces. 1t can
be made by shaking about 10 pounds
of quicklime in pail with two gallons
of water, covering the pail with cloth
or burlap and allowing it to Stake for
one hour. Water is then added to
bring the whitewash to a consistency
which may be applied readily. A
weatherproof whitewash for exterior
surfaces may be made as follows: (1)
Stake one bushel of quicklime i'm II
gallons of hot water, GU dissolve two
pounds of common salt and one pound
of sulphate of zinc in two gallons of
boiling water; pour (2) into "a, then
add two gallons of skim milk and mix
thoroughly. Whitewash is spread
lightly over the surface with a broad
brush"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

After collecting the eggs for two or
three days from a large number of
hens, place them together and exam
inc them closely. They will appear Of
different sizes, colors, and shapes.
Now assert them in different lots, and
note the great change that has app
peared. Each lot will be somewhat
uniform, and Will also be more at
tractive, while before they were as
sorted they possessed no advantages
in appearance over eggs that may
not be so fresh or desirable. The way
to secure high prices is to improve
the appearance. Attractiveness is an
important feature in selling, and APP
plies to eggs as well as to anything
else. Uniformity of size and color may
be secured by asserting the eggs and
selling each lot separately, which will
induce great deal higher price.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

On account of the high prices of
feed stuff you should not keep any
thing but the best birds. Sell off the
culls and thus reduce your feed bill.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

ID. E. Salmon, ID. V. NJ. in United
States department of agriculture bull
letin, says: "Limberneck is in reality
not a disease but is a symptom of
several diseases which are character
lied by a paralysis of the muscles of
the neck, which makes it impossible
for the bird to raise it's head from the
ground. This condition is due to the
absorption of poisons from the intes-
tines, which act upon the nervous sys-
TEN and cause paralysis. 1t is gem
orally associated with indigestion, or
the eating of moldy grain or putrid
meat or with intestinal worms. The
best treatment is to give a full dose
of purgative medicine; that is, so or
60 grains of EPSON salts or three or
four teaspoonfuls of castor oil for
grown fowl. Often the birds will be
cured within "a hours, and in case
they are not better within three or
four days it is not advisable to keep
them"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

Spade or pillow up the runs and SOW
oats. This will provide green picking
for the fowls, keep them healthy, busy
and laying.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

If the housekeeper will keep a YES
sci filled with Indian meal on the
kitchen work table, she can add relish
to the chicken mash, and make the
washer who has once tried this on
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

Vermin and filth are always found
together, therefore it pays and pays
big to keep everything clean about the
poultry houses ,and yards
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

The pullet that natures naturally
and gets good growth before begin
ming to lay, is more likely TO be a
good layer Of good eggs
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

If you have some poultry buildings
to construct, you had better build
them this month, as they will then
have plenty Of time to dry out before
winter.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-10-03

Rye sown in the fall provides green
pasture for the fowls along in the
winter and early spring when all other
vegetation is dead. Sow a patch of
rye if possible this fall.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-03
CASE SAYS ALL ARE
 TALKING ABOUT SEWARD
Secretary of Seattle Commercial Club
 Delighted With This City

Otto A. Case, secretary of the Seat tie Commercial club, believes that Seward is the place for the govern ment railroad and he stated yesterday that all the talk outside in this con nection is associated with this city. Mir. Case was a round-tripper on the Evans and paid visit to the differ ent places in Seward. By the way, he came to the Gateway office with MT. Sauers and while here was nice enough to say that the paper and the office would be a credit to consider able city outside.
 Mir. Case was candidate for gover- nor of Washington in 1912 but was defeated by Bob Hodge in the pri- mary. Hodge afterwards went under to Lister who is now governor MT. Case says we have the townsite, the harbor and everything else that could induce the government to choose this city above any other as the ocean ter minal for the great railroad.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-03
THE OPTIMO KID HAS
 AT LAST ARRIVED

Gus Giles "The Original Optimo Kid" arrived yesterday in Seward and is still with us. Sunday being his day off he spent it like any ordinary citi- zen maneuvering the great European armies which have been placed by Providence under his watchful eye. But today and on other ordinary days he is engaged in selling the Optimo cigar by the wholesale and the name of the Optimo cigar alone means vol umes of luxury.
 Mir. Giles is a department head of the National Grocery company al- though he is really only "a kid". Inc National Grocery company has the Optimo agency.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-03
GOV. HICKMAN NOMINATED

LOUISVILLE, Aug. Ex-Governor Beckman was nominated yesterday at the primaries as candidate for cleo tion to the federal senatorship. The nomination practically means that he will be the next senator.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-03

The oil output at Katalla has dou- bled this year, according to Supt. P. P. Smith of the Alaska Oil and Re- fining company, who refnes the crude output at Katalla and supplies the To- cal market here and at other South western Alaska towns.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-03
IF WAR COMES UPTON
 WILL CUT OUT RACE

LONDON, Aug. 2.-Sir Thomas Lipton announced today that in case Great Britain enters the war which is now on in Europe he will not race for the America cup.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-03
be brought to places where certain naonaities whose

be brought to places where certain natiOnates whose fatherlands are fighting, are numerous.
 LONDON, August 3-As the afternoon proceeds the war mania is becoming and more intense. The vic tory of the French at Petit Crox cheered by great crowds of Engishmen in the streets of London Word has reached the people that the troops all the country have received instructions to be ready to march towards the sea coast and the warshps in home waters gathering and clearing for immediate acon The defeat of the Russian fleet in the Baltic cast temporary dam per on the enthusiasm but not much expected from the Russian ships In the meantime nothing further has been heard of the reported battle between the German and British fleets in the North Sea and the anxiety still con- tinues.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-03

The best quality of work at prices that are right at The Gateway Job Printing Department.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-03
BRITAIN ENTERS CARNAGE
 Continued from page D

COPENHAGEN, August 3.-The warshpS of Ger many smashed the naval power of Russia in the Baltic to- day in one great supreme effort and the Russian fleet or what left of is fleeing into the Gulf of Finland for shelter This report is confirmed and there need be doubt about it. It evident to the Danish people now that Germans ready to strike the moment war was de- cared Accounts arriving of the battle in the Baltic nd cate the task of the German commanders cOmpara lively easy and the Russian warShpS had chance But here in Copenhagen it is not yet known how many Russian vessels sunk and captured The way is SUD- posed to be practically clear for the dispatch of the German land force to the neghbOrhOOd of St. Petersburg and the world is wondering whether Germany will dare to take such mighty step while enemies surround her on every side.
The Seward gateway., 1914-08-03

been heard of the reported battle between the German and British fleets in the North Sea and the anxiety still tinueS.
 VIENNA. August 3-Every trained man in the Aus ran empire has received orders to be III readiness to O the cOlOrS at any moment.
 Marching behind the German host that IS now crossing Switzerland is great army Of Austrlans winch VIII sup port the forces of the kaiser when they reach french SOIL
 The Russians are reported to be mObZng m force on the northeast frontier of Austria and Austrian regiments are marching across to meet them The Austrian fleet IS sti near CattarO in the Adratc although rumOr was cur rent this afternoon that they had sailed for the Meder ranean M
 Very little news permitted to be sent out by the Aus tran government concerning the movement Ot troops but the whole empire is just armed camp and thousands and thousands of men the march, All the ralrOadS have been taken by the military authorities for the moving of the troops and at least million men will soon be marching with the Germans or facing the Kusslans
 The German army has in it's ranks several brgadeS O1 the Austrian army. u
 The Austrian government has not yet formally decar ed war but the actions of Russia regarded as sufficient casus be and fighting may begin before any declaration is made at all.
 1t is expected that the entry of Austria into the fight ing will be followed immediately by the declaration of by Turkey and that an attack will be made on Greece while Turkey will permit the Austrian fleets to pass through the Dardanees and the BOSphOruS into the Black sea and attack Russia in the sOuh It is regarded as like ly that the British Mediterranean fleet would attempt to follow the Austrian ships but Turkey would probably close the DardaneeS and compel the British to force passage.
 The latest reports from the Servan frontier to the effect that the Austrian army of invasion has ceased its efforts for time while it is preparing for one grand at tack by the troops that are marching from the west to- wards the Russians.
 Everything is reported quiet along the Roumanian border and it is considered not likely that ROumania will come to Servas aid Should she do Austria could prob ably depend on the support of Bulgaria
 LONDON, August 3.-Tle decision of the British gov ernmen to declare may be followed before night by similar decision the part of Italy Should that kingdom open hostites its navy will probably be with the Aus tran ships against British ships and possessions around the Mediterranean The Italian army will also undOubt edly reinforce the Ausrians and Germans in the march against France and Russia.
 most remarkable secrecy has been maintained by the Italian government and not yet anyone guess it's n tenOnS The of opinion here however is that Italy will declare within wentyfOur hours as her pO sOn in the triple alliance is supposed to make her sup port of the German nation compulsory in the event O combination of the forces of the triple entente AS Br tains entry into the the completion of the lat ter combination her participation is regarded as inevit able
The Washington times., 1914-01-27
NEW YORK STOCKS
REACT FROM HIGH
Opening Is Strong, Following
London,But Reaction Comes
on Realizing.

NEW YORK, Jan. N.-After a strong
opening following a stronog London
market for Americans the stock market
reacted and prices eased of. There was
much realizing, but the stock was well
taken. London was a buyer Of Copper,
and that stock held above Monday s
close. II opened a full point up, bat
reacted later. Steel preferred opened
Il up and held a fraction above liz.
Steel common opened at esH, but re-
ceded to 65&, but there was some re-
covery from this low.
Union also went to 1903. after open
ing q up. and a recovery OF y was
made. Reading was rather stronger
than Steel or Union. going only a fracs
ton below Mondays close ard holding
a gain of about Y. Canadian Pacific
and Smelters we're strong, the former
holding a gain Of about a point, and
the latter a gain of about q. Lacka-
wanna advanced 8 points and Mackey
gained 2.
Steel. Canadian, and Union were
The subtreasury gained S1,931.00o
the net gain to S2,931, 900 since Fri
or the 10000 pounds of Cape
gold available in the London market
today 10000 pounds went to India,
and the balance to the Rank of Eng
land. An additional S2,pS0. 900 in gold
was enga ged for shipment to Paris,
making a total CT S6,000,000 in the
present movement