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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
HEALTH OF POULTRY FLOCK
House, Roasting and Nesting Places
Must Be Kept Clean and Free
From All Disease Germs

There can be no success with poul-
try unless the fowls are healthy, and
the main assurance OF health in the
fowls is healthy surroundings and con-
ditions. In the FIRST place. the house.
the roosting and nesting place, and
particularly the setting place, must be
kept clean and free from the elements
OF disease. Many people now have
separate places in which to make the
nests for the setting hene and move
them from the laying nests to the set
ting nests before putting under them
the eggs for Matching. This is a good
plan and |, is not difficult when worked
out with reasonable skill and tudg-
ment In moving hen It is necessary
to connne her at her new nest for a
short time. a day or two perhaps, but
II she Is broody she win soon accept
her new nest, and the eggs may safely
be given her. Be sure that setting
nests are new and clean. The mate
rial used in making them should never
have been used in a nest before; then
little lime sifted In the material
makes 1t a nest safe from all the
poultry pests. The laying nests, too,
should be kept fresh and clean, and a
little lime occasionally sifted in them
is an important precautionary meas
ure.
Each time the house is cleaned It
should have good treatment OF lime
sprinkled over the floor until II shows
distinctly, and dashed or sifted into
all the wall and corner crevices and
on the roosts. This is scarcely equal
TO whitewashipg. but It Is the work
Of only q few minutes. and it is a
great help.
The young chicks raised on the
farm are expected to have much the
same runs year after year. These
runs are liable to become germ and
disease infested. and then there is
complaint OF bad luck with the young
chicks" Gapes appears among them
and many die without apparent cause.
Early every spring such runs should
be treated with q liberal dressing OF
lime. Let II be sown broadcast or
otherwise evenly spread all over the
ground until it's whiteness can be
easily seen. Lime is not costly, and
when II Is air-slaked 1t does not take
much to accomplish this purpose. II
is a practical guaranty against many
Of the young chick troubles.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
ONE OF BEST DISINFEcTANTS
We Should Take Advantage Of Sun.
light at Every Opportunity
Destroys Disease Germs.

Sunlight is one OF the best and
cheapest disinfectants at our disposal.
and We should take advantage OF this
fact at every opportunity. In the con-
struction OF barns or shelters OF any
kind for animals, ample provision
should be made for the admission of
the maximum amount of sunlight.
Southern exposure is desirable. that is.
having the majority OF the windows
facing the south. The warmth this
provides in cold weather is desirable.
and much Of the excessive heat in
summer can be avoided by providing
suitable curtains or screens Most
disease germs are easily killed by di-
rect sunlight, as has been repeatedly
shown by experiments.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
Problem Of Feeding.

Feeding poultry Is always some
thing OF problem. Never place feed
so that fowls can gorge themselves
at any time Make them work for It.
When fed inside the building scatter
the grain in litter OF fine straw or
chan upon a good fioor This makes
the birds exercise to get their feed
and so improve their physical condt
tion. II you are feeding out OF doors
scatter the feed on dry. hard ground
or in short grass. Don't put It on
moist ground and don't under any cir
cumstances leave mixed feed where II
will become sour and soggy. This is
disastrous 20 the older birds.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
MANAGING THE TURKEY
ALL HAVE STREAK OF wILDNEss
IN THEIR NATURES
Birds VIII Not Do Well " There 10
Too Much Management In Rails
ins-Free Range Is One Of Most
Important Factors.

The turkey Is the only one OF our
America While the chicken has been
bred up from the wild Jungle cocks
and hens OF Southern Asia, the white
men found the turkey here when they
came. And the turkey has changed
very little In the three or four CEN
turtles since the first Caucasian came
TO America.
Turkeys all have q streak OF Wild
ness in their natures. a turkey hen
will always do better when she Is al
lowed 10 steal her nest IL left undis-
turbed she will bring of much bet
ter matches than IL interfered with by
well-meaning poultry keepers, says a
Kentucky writer In Farm Progress.
These wild birds resent interference,
and many times ! have known them
TO desert thier nests when molested.
always let them alone until after
the brood has been brought of In
their wild state they are able to rear
their young very well. as they run in
woods and along streams where the
underbrush and weeds do not inter
fere with them. In fields and around
farm houses II is best to keep them
up for a week or ten days after hatch
ing. The young turks are not able TO
stand being dragged through wet grass
and weeds wet with dew.
Anyone who understands turkey ma
ture can make some profit from the
breeding Of these birds II there is room
for them to have considerable range.
As a bird for yards and coops the tur-
key is distinctly out of place. ! have
never known anyone to raise them
successfully in confinement, and doubt
II such a thing is possible.
Akin to Wild Turkey.
The bronze turkey is very closely
akin to the wild turkeys still found
in small focks In various parts OF the
country. When Columbus returned
TO Spain after his first voyage to
America he took with him a few OF
these beautiful birds. Later voyagers
took a great many Of them to Spain,
and from there they were taken to
England.
The Old World has been raising these
domesticated birds longer than we
have. but four centuries Of confine-
ment and breeding have failed TO breed
all the wildness out OF their natures.
The bronze turkey. direct descend
ant Of the wild turkeys Of tropical
and s1b-tropical America. is the larg-
est OF these birds now grown. The
old traits OF wildness. caution and a
tendency to hide when about to set.
are still characteristic Of the bird.
Some OF the bronze turkeys reach a
weight OF IS pounds. which seems
greater than any birds OF the wild
varieties Careful and selective breed
ing has increased the weight and deep
ened the colorings and plumage mark
ings.
Dark eyes. coppery bronze and
glistening black plumage, Offset and
heightened by white markings at the
feather tips, are some OF the most
notable characteristics OF the bronze
turkey. The basic color Of the plumage
is black. and over this plays combi-
nation OF iridescent greens and cop
perry lights
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
1fdRM[
S1R0NQK.
BEWARE OF UNsoUND HORSES
so-cslIed "TriHes" often Show Weak
ness Which 10 Liable to Be
Transmitted 10 FoaI.
Bv NJ BELL,


Well. the main question II, what
sort Of horses do you want TO raiser
In the FIRST place the difference in the
cost Of raising q scrub and a properly
bred horse is nothing like as great as
the price that you will get when the
colts arrive at maturity and the diff
ference will all be in favor Of the we'll
bred one-eertainly In nine cases out
Of ten.
The buyers in the big cities want
horses that are bred on certain lines
The drafts must have weight and bone;
the roadsters speed: the saddle horse
gaits and carriage and 30 on. each ac-
cording to his kind.
Nov. brother farmer. read the mar
ket reports in your farm and daily
papers and see II am not right about
the classification and prices OF horses
when they are sold for the high
dollar" and then note the prices paid
for chunks. which are generally nom
descript
Whatever you do. beware of the un-
sound stallion Of any breed. for al
though you may be t5id by the owner
or groom that such troubles as Just
slight pun" on the inside Of hook.
lust little narrow about the heels"
or "tust little enlargement about the
knees" but sound as a dollar" and
numbers Of other irifies. so called. you
will find that in the course Of years OF
breeding horses that unsoupdness In
limbs or feet shows a manifest weak
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
Feed ReIIshed by Chicks.

Give the chicks plenty OF green
food, sprouted oats. or tender grass.
also some fine beef scraps or some
raw meat cut up hne. They relish the
latter and 1t does them much good.
answering the same purpose as in
sects. Keep the little ones busy by
feeding the ground grain feeds in the
litter. and feed them four or FIVE times
daily.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
A New Egg Tester.

shines through two beveled-edged
slots in the top. The outside OF the
box is covered with black felt cloth
and the inside is lined with white as
bestos. The strong light shining
through eggs placed in the slots
makes 1t possible to Judge their quail
fly even In daylight.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
Mex, Ysara Roonters.

II isn't too late yet by any means
TO buy that setting OF eggs from which
TO secure your next years ROSTERS
Don't begrudge a good price. either.
Remember how much cheaper set
ting OF eggs is than buying the roost
ers fully grown.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
Demand for Feathers.

There is good market for ali kinds
Of feathers. Pick fowls dry and sort
feathers. the coarse from the fine.
They cen easily be preserved until
enough are collected to take to mar
ket
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
ELECTRICITY TO TEST EGGS
Compact Device Patented to Take the
Place Of Crude contrivanees Used
by Many Grocers.

A compact egg tester has been pat
ented to take the place OF the rude
contrivances used by many chicken
raisers and grocers. An electric light
in a neat box. 61 by 8 by 3 inches.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
Supplement Natures Food.

Nature provides food for the chicks
the first As hours Of their lives. Some
poultry keepers supplement this with
some fine grit and fresh water.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
Sheep Ruin Meadow.

flock of sheep on tender mead.
ow will quickly ruin It by their sharp
hoofs and their eagerness to get all
the green grass.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06


Feed corn 10 the setting hsna II
digests slowly and keeps up heat
Immediately after the pigs are far
rowed siIow them 70 suck the dam
An egg 10 never IN better condition
for setting than on the day 1t IL laid.
Chicks require about the same food
that fuIl-groxn hens DO. only less Of
IT.
A man who drives over a bad road
and is contented with II Is q moss
back
II IL astonishing how the good seed
movement does wake up the boys on
the farm
Don't SOW seed on poorly prepared
land. II means more work and often
poor returns
II IS far easter 20 destroy one weed
this year than a thousand OF it's OF.
spring nett year.
II chicks are kept growing and free
OF lice they are less liaple 10 become
victims Of disease.
Oatmeal boiled and made into a
Cruel and mixed with milk. Is an eI.
ceilent feed for calves.
/ II you want TO be really up TO date
sweep down the ceilings Of your sta
bles and whitewash them.
Well-fed hogs possess great resist
ance against disease and are not so
liable to attacks OF worms.
A solution Of copper sulphate will
destroy weeds In gravel and cement
walks. Apply with a sprinkler.
Where June grass or dandelion is
troublesome the alfalfa should be cut
while these weed pests are still green.
The water wallow In some brook
or creek In which crude oil or coal
tar dip is sprinkled also spells rout
10 lice.
The successful farming communities
are those that pay some attention to
the social side OF life as we'll as the
Industrial.
Chicks should have access 10 q clean
drinking fountain which should be so
constructed that they cannot get them.
selves wet.
A too liberal diet OF corn will bring
on indigestion and liver troubles-con.
ditions that are so frequently taken
for cholera in chickens.
A piece OF growing corn near the
hen houses is an excellent thing for
the birds to run through. They will
get lot OF feed from IT.
: Don't over-tax the mares when they
|
: with them. Remember they are doing
double duty. Feed them generously.
The FIRST eggs laid by pullets should
not be set as they are small and will
produce weak. undersized chicks. Let
the eggs come to full size before set.
ting,
When handling a horse self-control
is essential Don't get out Of patience
and abuse him Don't expect the
horse to guess at what you want him
TO do.
II owners OF dairy stock would al.
ways remember that the calf OF the
present is 10 be the COW Of the future
the treatment would be different in the
majority OF cases.
II rain is imminent while the oats
hay is in the windrow the oats should
be piled up into big shocks-the big.
ger the better, for the big ones will
come nearer turning water.
In selecting eggs for Matching much
care should be used. Select only nice
brown, well-formed and good.sized
eggs Of healthy stock. Keep them just
cool and incubate them as soon as D is-
sible.
Doubtless buttermilk can be fed 20
pigs with great success but as a gen.
eral thing the sweet milk or skinned
product will be better, because Il more
nearly approaches the sort OF nourish.
ment the pig has been accustomed to
all his short life.
There are several good remedies ioI
the deadly head lice on chicks. but II
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

The difference between hen-oost--
which is more than mere feed--and
the product OF the average hen Is not
enough to warrant one in keeping un.
productive BIRDS. so II is wisdom 10
give q thorough personal examination
Fhsn birds come to maturity.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

There are several good remedies ioI
the deadly head lice on chicks. but q
they cannot be obtained II is well tc
use lard. plain vaseline or carbolatet
vaseline. being careful TO thoroughly
grease the head and upper part Of tn,
neck OF each chick,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Barnyard manure is a very variable
substance. The more important con.
ditions which determine its compost.
tion and value are age and kind OF
animal, quantity and quality OF food.
proportion OF litter and method OF
management and ago.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Hog sheds need not be expensive.
but they should be dry, tight enough
10 exclude rains and SHOWS. and also
capable OF being well ventilated In
summer when the weather Is hot and
shade Is needed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Take good care OF the work AMI
mails. for much win depend upon their
efficiency during the busy season
when crops must be cultivated fire.
quently and perhaps hurriedly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Doubtless buttermilk can be fed 10
pigs with great success but as gen.
eral thing the sweet milk or skinned
product will be better, because Il more
nearly approaches the sort OF nourish.
ment the pig has been accustomed to
all his short life.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

To start an alfalfa field where
the soil is deficient in lime and plant
food is sometimes quite a task. but
when once established II is like a
bank account for years.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

The swine industry is profitable and
affords a market for waste products
and materials OF little or no value in
themselves. Swine NJ perfectly into a
diversified farm plan
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

The FIRST eggs laid by pullets should
not be set as they are small and will
produce weak, undersized chicks. lie,
the eggs come to full size before set
ting.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

The closer you keep up in market.
ing your eggs the less loss there will
be- II doesn't take long for eggs TO
spoil when the mercury 10 hot
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

II owners OF dairy stock would al
ways remember that the calf Of the
present is TO be the COW Of the future
the treatment would be different in the
majority OF cases.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

When handling a horse self-control
is essential Don't get out OF patience
and abuse him Don't expect the
horse to guess at what you want him
10 do.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

In selecting eggs for Matching much
care should be used. Select only mic,
brown. well-formed and good-sizeC
eggs Of healthy stock. Keep them Just
cool and incubate them as soon as D is
sible.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Il rain is imminent while the oats
hay is In the windrow the oats should
be piled up into big shocks-the big
ger the better, for the big ones viii
come nearer turning water.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Don't over-tsx the mares when they
are sucking young colt. Go easy
with them. Remember they are doing
double duty. Feed them generously.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Never grease the hen that is set.
ting. as grease getting on the shells OF
the eggs will close the pores and
smother the chickens
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

A piece OF growing corn near the
hen houses is an excellent thing for
the birds to run through. They will
get lot OF feed from 1t
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

II is little less than cruelty TO ami.
mails TO put sore-footed horse on the
road. Keep him on the farm II you
will. but never try to make road.
Bter OF him.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

The hog has been called the mort.
gage LITTER" but Il is the hen that
keeps the family in groceries while
the hog Is growing
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Now and then we run across a farm
er who plants his corn before the
ground is rightly prepared. II never
pays to get In hurry and hog II in"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Many a valuable horse has been
-hipped" starting in at the barn door
that was simply thrown back and not
propped open.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-17
SHE KNEW

4 John, what made you so late?"
8 Wash held-hic-up, m'dear."
q 81 suppose if you hadn't been you
never would have gotten here"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-17
THAT FOR YOU

When a street car has it's full COM
plement of passengers it is never an
easy job to make ones way down the
center.
No one, of course, knew that bet
ter than the conductor; but, seeing
that while collecting fares he had
stumbled twice in two minutes over
the feet of Willie Smith, and seeing
that the aforesaid Master Willie was
quite the smallest passenger on
board, he had a nasty suspicion that
on each occasion a foot had been put
out deliberately to trip him.
Some people seem to have mighty
awkward sons" remarked the con-
ductor, casting a malicious glance to-
ward the mother.
eyes," replied the lady thus adj
dressed; that's exactly what was
thinking about your poor mother!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-17
A pREARY OUTLOOK


A good lecturer, like good singer,
knows at once whether or not he is
''in tune" with his audience. And
the professor was a very fine lecturer
indeed.
Instinctively he felt that his adj
dress on ''The Dignity of Labor had
not gripped the class in the way it
should have done. His suspicious
were confirmed when, on looking
round the gathering of students, he
beheld Percy Fitzwhistle in a semi
somnolent state at the back of the
lecture-room. The professor coughed.
'Mr. Fitzwhistle,' he said, will
you kindly give me a definition of
work." -.
The blue-bIooded one stretched his
legs and yawned.
Work." he murmured. Every
thing is work.
Nonsense, Mr.. Fitzwhistle!" said
the professor angrily. 'You should
choose your words with more care!
According to that definition, the very
chair upon which 1 am seated is
work."
$50 it is, sirr' drawled the aristo-
crat, settling himself once more.
Woodwork"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-17
WASN'T QUITE SURE

WASN'T QUITE SURE
A ScOtchman, in search of work,
succeeded, after much difficulty, in
finding employment at a shipyard in
Liverpool.
The job, which consisted mainly in
carrying heavy planks, was by no
means to the mans lazy liking. After
he had been at it for some time,
therefore, he went to the foreman,
and asked:
did All tell we ma name when All
started to work."
EYES," replied the foreman. you
said it was Simpson"
! "Oh, then, that's a rightp' said the
Scot, glancing towards the pile of
planks which he had yet to carry. 81
was jist a-wunnerin' if ye thocht All
said it was Samson
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-02-28
The Intruder.

A certain boat coming up the Mis-
sissippi one day during the flood lost
her way and bumped up against a
frame house. She hadn't more than
touched 1t before an old darkey
rammed his head up through a hole
In the roof. where the chimney once
came out, and yelled at the captain
on the roof: "Whar's yer gwfne wild
dat boat? Can't you see nothin'?
F'ust thing yer knows yer gwine to
turn dis house ober, spill de old wom-
an an de chil'en out in de food an
drown 'em. What yer doin' out here
in de country wild yer boat, anyhow?
Go on back yander froo de CON fields
an get back into de ribber whar ye
b'longs. Amt got no business sewn
miles out in the country foolin' roun'
peoples houses nohow?" And she
backed out.-Life.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-02-28
TalIest Tres In the Ward.

The tallest tree In the world fs the
Australian eucalyptus, reaching total
altitude Of 48O feet. The biggest are
the mammoth trees of California, some
Of which are 276 to 376 feet in height
and 1O8 feet in circumference at the
base. From measurements OF the
rings it Is believed that some of these
trees are from 1000 to $500 years old.
The Oldest tree In the world is said to
be On the island of Kos, off the coast
OF Asia Minor. 1t Is several thousand
years old, but just how many no one
has dared to say. The tree Is carefully
preserved by wall of masonry around
It, and the trunk is 80 feet In circunt
ference.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-02-28
How He Treated HeP,

A certain osteopath was treating q
young woman who had very weak
ankles and wrists. AS she lived In q
town quite distance from his OWE
city, he was forced to leave the city
Saturday Of each week and go to the
town in which the young woman
lived, give her the treatment Sunday.
and return to the Office Monday. A
friend once asked the osteopath how
he had arranged to give the young
woman the treatment for her ankles
and wrists when she lived at such a
distance. and the osteopath replied:
ooh, go out and treat her week
elds.-Lippincott's Magazine,
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-02-28
Books RuthIessIy DESTROYED,

The Puritans destroyed many col
lectlons of books in the monasteries,
and even Cromwell burned the Ok
ford library, then one Of the finest in
Europe. Extremists In revolution, as
In religion, have been equally de-
structive as regards books. The Span
1sh 1nquisition and the French revo-
luton were as one in this respect. The
crusaders were destroyers of what they
regarded as heretical books, and In
Russia today the war Of orthodoxy on
sectarian dissent still manifests itself.
among other things, in the ruthless de-
struction Of the books of the nom
conformists.