Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-12

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much interest will be taken in this
timely advise offered by contribu-
tor to the current issue of Field and
| Farm: "The first advice | give every
| beginner is to let incubators alone.
Stick to the hen. After you ,earn
ho1 to hatch and raise chickens with
hens and you begin to feel that you
understand the business, you ran
tackle an incubator, The orthodox
advice Of the poultry journals TO the
beginner is to purchase trio or pen
from some breeder for about $25 to
$50 and start right My advice is
to buy two or three one-year-old hens
and five or six good sized pullets
from some poultry raiser near you.
Have him pick you good birds from
his flock. They will probably cost
you dollar each. To the beginner
who is very short of cash | would
advise the purchase of hen and
brood of chicks. The poultryman
will want a dollar for the hen and
about 10 cents apiece for the chicks,
and enc can buy from ten to twenty
chicks, Twenty is not too many, and
the hen will care for them well in a
coop made of a goodsbox covered
with piece of prepared roofing"
| +. A. Metcalf, mayor of Steamboat
Springs, is in Denver attending the
funeral of his father-in-law, Colonel
+. J. Strman. Mr.. Metcalf is well
acquainted with the conditions in
Routt county and in discussing the
action of the tax committee and the
miners, said: at is purely a ques-
tion of taxes. The county is not a
rich one 1t has been put to an ex-
pense of between $500 and $400 day,
and our reserve fund is practically
all gone. The county commissioners
met at about the same time the court
released the agitators on bond. Pub
lie opinion demands that the strike
be settled. The operators granted
everything, even a 10 per cent in
crease in wages for the Routt county
miners, and only declined to grant
union recognition. The operators
went so far as to agree to treat with
a grievance committee from the min
ers to settle all trouble. The miners
turned it down and refused to go to
work unless they secured union recog
milton. | guess the people of Routt
county have not forgotten their old
ways of settling difficulties of this
kind At any rate, they organized EN-
masse and demanded that certain of
the agitators leave the camp. 1t is
perhaps best that the governor agreed
to send in the troops. This will stop
the expense to the county and the
mines can now be operated at full ca
pacity. There would have been SER
ious trouble if the taxpayers league
had gone TO Oak Creek. The league
is composed Of cowmen and the pio-
neer element, and they do not under
stand the new way of conducting
labor disputes wherein entire COM
inunties are wrecked merely to Sc
cure recognition of some official or
ganization." Pueblo Chieftain.
That the directors of the Fair as
sociation are alive to the best meth
ods of placing the association on a
footing that will bring support from
all classes of Industries. In the
Forthcoming premium book features
that have not been equitable will be
eliminated and thorough overhaul
ing of the lists will be made with
the cooperation of those whose ex-
perience will enable them to issue a
premium schedule that will be at
tractive to the farmer, stockgrower
and the sporting fraternity. 1t was
brought out that to enlist the CO.
operation of those to whom the as
sociation appealed to make the fair
a success in every way a revision of
premiums offered must be equalized
which Will be done AT an early GATE
so that the premiums offered will be
issued by April lst to enable those
who anticipate putting their products
on exhibit TO know what inducement
is offered TO enlist their efforts to
exhibit and yet leave them margin
to defray the necessary expense OF
shipping and caring for their sheep
hogs, cattle, etc. while on exhibition
The directory will try and cooper
, ate with the farmer to better theil
breeds in livestock and grain. With
J the advent Of the new packing plan
and creamery the farmer has an op
portunity to produce the products
that enters into these new industries