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SQUAD RAISING REQUIRES
A GOOD DEAL OF STUDY
Not Only That, but Il Great Deal OF
Real, Honest, Hard
Work.
LOOKS EASY ENOUGH ON TAPER
No Industry Appears More Simple,
But There Are Troubles OF Witch
No Mention Is Made In the Cir
culars Sent Out.

The SQUAD raising and selling bust
ness has been made profitable in this
part Of the country in some fnstpnces.
in 1T least three that know of but
after all that Is TO be said about the
squad Industry. IL must be confessed
that it Is something of a ticklish bust
ness IL Is TO, he guessed that the
dealers in squad breeders are OVERRIDING
the stunt to some extent, and IL may be
we'll enough to sound Il warming before
too many people are taken in. AS be
fore stated, have heard OF three
plants in Virginia that have done we'll
In the business. but have not heard
of All that haze made Il failure al II
and perhaps never will get tho real
statistics. bat ] have heard of several
dozen. aud there are doubtless several
other dozens that will not talk out for
publication
rho amount Of Information that has
been published. showing what Won
derful profits arc TO be made in the
SQUAD business by professional dealers
In sGuab breeders has been enormous
While much of /, has been in the
main correct many misleading state
ments have. however. been made.
statements that probably would cause
a business man to study the subjcr,
more carefully but which the aver
age person to whom this literature
has beer sent has read eagerly and
quoted as gospel The result has
been that many widow has placed
her $1,000 life Insurance In squad
breeders and equipment. expecting at
least $1,000 In dividends within a few
months. since the greater portion of
this literature says, They viii pay
for their feed from the start tof course,
being properly mated" AS ii rule the
investment not only has failed to pro-
duce the dividend expected, or even
TO pay for the feed that has been
eaten. but also has given consider
able amount of work. aud the stock
would be hard to change into cash At
a loss of 70 cents on 81
BEWARE Or PROMISES or EASY
WORK HELD OFT BY ADVERTISERS
Some advertisers claim that pigeons
require little " no care This state
nent is no. correct Not only must
the houses be kept clean. but the
birds must he fed and waterod regu-
larlv twice each lay. To rear squads
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somewhat different. Unless they are
killed within limited time. they de-
precsate not only In weight but in
value. and must be sold as pigeons in
stead OF squads The professional
breeder may use these tc increase the
| ioft, but In that ease the surplus birds
go mo stock instead of cash. This in
| crease In stock naturally demands am
increase In equipment. which under
some circumstances might he advisa-
bic; but tho producer who hasn't his
market nearby. and unless he is IN d
position to guarantee delivery of a
certain quantity Of his product at Ger
tam Intervals. is working under a. very
heavy handicap. and must be satisfied
with the market that is offered him
or undertake TO create market.
Where shipments are In small guam
titles to commission merchants. II is
10 be expected that the commission and
express will take the greater portion
Of the profit.
The selection .or foundation stock
Viii determine largely their ultimate
success or failure. Many leading
breeders advise beginners to purchase
guaranteed mated pairs. or what we
term working mates" AS II rule.
such birds as these cannot he pur-
chased for less than So Il pair. am!
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g Firms VIII BE Your Host While i'm Richmond

Agriculture Implements.
IIoenni gers iZemore Co, Inc, 1893 E Main ST
AutOI@oh Supplies.
The Chemi Company, 60 Z. Main street
Hiottins inper Mnnufncturers
Canal Streets
w. ii. Adams. IL y. Twelfth street
iiuggy Manufacturers.
" TaFnpEt Stop So COMPANY
u Z. FaWier. 1901 L Cary street..
Uignrs-Tobarcc.
straus Cigar Co. Tenth and Main Streets.
II. Marks Clothing Co. 1917 L Main Street.
cios M nag Mp nm act ,n, asa, v,,,,.
Conce-Pennut Butter
'Wes,morcland Candy Co, 6oS n 18th ST.
dhn II oss Gre IS M"n s.4es
The L. D. Taylor Co iol l. - Ma Main street
GoraS iasss .,O and
Drugs,
Snor Drug Co.. T. 6 @siE GasS St
Song Drug G9 Co., s2G sn 81 Main
street.
anderson Lewis Cray Co. 1924 E. Franklin
Richmond Dry Good; Co. 1908 = t csr S' ST.
Wilkinson. Williams 4 Reed i4l3 s. Franz.
lin street
''Ihe Dunlop Mills, Seventeenth and Dock sts
Electric Supplies.
Binford Electric Co. Inc. 1s22-ls24 L. Main
Street.
Tower Binford Electric and Manufacturing
Co. ) Governor Street.
Fish Net and Irvine,
L. Iichtenstein Sons. $ Fourteenth Street
Fertilizers and Agri cultural Lime.
=, ). Lee and sons Co. 0S :. Thirteenth st.
Richmond Guano Co.. Travellers Building.
Finvoring Extrncts.
&c f. s.luer Co, Broad cor. Meadow Street
Furniture.
BloomberG Michael Furn Co. Va. Ry and T.
Bldg, 9TH and Franklin SITS. tWhol onlyD
Pitts Furniture Co. 1929 Il. Main Street.
Sydnor & Hundley. Inc. 700 T.. Grace Street
Firms marked % have permanent displa
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Luc,s 7. with Us.

Here is a cheerful note from that
extremely conservative journal. the
Springfield tMass) Republican:
American luck. which has been in
evidence more than once in our his
eigner's observation that God takes
especial care of children. intoxicated
persons and the United States-Ameri-
can luck is Evidently to make another
record this year with a poor wheat
crop abroad, while our own crop is un-
precedented In it's dimensions. The
special European demand thus st.fens
tho price of wheat. and the American
producer finds himself with big har-
Of Detroit, may have to build new
factory to supply automobiles enough
for Kansas
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that the City of Monuments slept Il
little too much on that job. but Chat is
not the baltimore habit. anu ii certain
~ is rot doing any slumbering In the
matter of Offering inducement to man
nfacturins enterprises. Some infor-
NATION gathered from Baltimore pa
pers. especially the manufacturers
Record. concerning some of Baltiinore's
recent activity may give Richmond
and several Southern towns some val
liable hints.
"a conference.-the railroad connect
ing with a large number of factories,
ana handling their product absclutely
free rf charge &c them. is one of the
very unique features connected with
the operations of the Canton Company
of baltimore. This company, which has
been in operation since lS2S. when it
was incorporated by the Maryland State
Legislature, still owns about 1900 TO
1900 acres OF land facing the water
front in the lower harbor of Baltimore
ipediatcly adjacent to the city y
large numbered big industrial enter
prise. have been built on the company's
property. aud during the last six or
seven years about 1000 workmcn's
houses have been built in the neigh
bOrhood
AS outlined in the Manufacturers
Record. the company is planning seine
construction OF "A series of concrete
piers. one of which. $50 feet long by $50
feet wide. is now nearing completion.
While others will be built in the future
rs the requirements Of the shipping in
terests demand. In connection with
this pier the company has let a con
tract for dredging thirty five foot
channCl from the main harbor channel.
in order to provide ample depth OF
water for steamers using this pier and
others to be- built by the company in
the future. The plans of the company.
which is abuudantly able financially
10 carry out all OF its undcrta kings.
are broad Jnd ambitious. They look
TO providinS very extensive pier and
warehouse facilities on Il scale com
terests of the company and with the
growth of baltimore.
An interesting fact. already men
TONED. is that the railroad owned bv
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Why n coun,r, no,a Unit.

GoOchlsnd County man incloses q
| clipping. which says he takes from q
! Middle West paper, and asks. why
should not the same rule apply ia Vir-
/ SihlaF The CLIPPING reads as follows;
"A stretch ~ road Of tho utmose i'm
portance to a locality may be OF little
concern t. ii particular township in
Nolved tthe people using another
road. and hence there is no oppor-
! tunit% 10 have the entire stretch Of
the road improved as il should be
And we conclude that no system Of
roads that will answer present needs
can be built under township units. be
cause they are too small to carry ON
the work Moreover. the cost would
fall wholly or the township. whereas
the centre toward which the road goes
is as much benefited. but may be IN y
different township. County control Of
the main roads would be better: the
law could let Zach county vote for ur
against county control"
The answer to all of that is that
We are doing pretty we'll in Virginia
building good roads by the township
or district method. and il is ZOO. pol
Icy to let well enough alone our
counties are large and there is Ia them
much division OF sentiment oa tle
good roads and bond issuing subjects.
Too much division In GOochlaud, | sus-
poet 1t is much easter to get =, town
ship Vr district united on good roads
ana bond issue for The same than
II is TO get whole county solid md
that IS why the Legislature let down
the bars so that districts could act in-
dependently. Aud then, too, where
ever one district in "a county has led
off with bond issue for good roads
and got the roads. the other districts
have generally followed suit as soon
as the people OF the same saw and
Travelled over the good roads In the
district that took the lead. we are
doing pretty Well in old Virginia with
the Townships or districts acting in
dcpendently OF the balance OF the
counties. Let the good work go right
along, even in Goochland. if the Lord
wills
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Sundny IrafnIItIe.

The pitifu; tale of drownines and
motor killings again darkens the rec
ord OF the summer sunday. one would
madness In the Sunday air Not one
Of the tragedies OF the day is due TO
unavoidable mischance. Each brief
sad story shows up some man or WON
an who has abandoncd all the ordinary
restraints OF common sense. Speeding
without regard to possibilities Of dis
aster. swimming or boating as IL wa
ter were safe and sta BILE as the land,
utter disregard of accumulated warn
lngs-these are the causes OF the
Sunday fatality, and not any inherent
danger in reasonable sport sanely pur-
sucd.--New York Sun.
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Ginger Ale and Mineral Waters.
The Beaufort Co.. Inc. 9th and Byrd SITS
Groccrs. Heavy and Fancy.
eMn sF' as%s co. & fagS sFss St
" ce &c aG sg sr e Mai" St
T. saanders sons S1 co. and Gffy aF ST. SITS
stokes Grymes Grocery Co. IL 5. 14th ST.
Hardware.
GS fS s 'oS 41a 81 a" st
Virginia Carolina Hardware Co. 1920 Il.
watKins-cottren Co. 18th and Dock sts
G s%aHlsFf CO. CO. 1903 ssi Main rn2 sSrea, St
Imperial Harness Co, alst and Perry Sis.
Etchison Hat Co. ia Virginia Street
Il. u. Stokes & Co Fourteenth and Ross SITS.
Percy j. Stratus. lo4 y. Fourteenth Street
Life III InsT I,,ni,ss 10 ., v,.u..
capitol streets anu
Mnchincr.-NiII Supplies.
southern HALLWAY Supply Co. 1928 e. Main st.
Observation-Disclosures.
Stntioncrs and Office Supplies.
Banshmqn STATIONERY Co. l322 w: Broad St
Evare aGo3 WaG G cd Co. n s,As sn
'soTthern stamp ana Stationery Co. 1906 L.
waliord stationery and Printing Co. Inc.
1871 L. Main Street
Bloombers Millinery Co. 5o4 e. Broad ST Cup
Kaufmann & Co. COZ :oe n. Fourth street
N0t = j ,e,s Goods Leo e,, T. n,,n s
Pnimts-Oils.
Ta%ner IainI and oil Co. ' tMfgs .Sse ins l.
wv. 5. Tanner Paint Co. 1903 L. Main ST
Paper.
Il. w. Wilson Paper Co., 2o-24 Governor s.,
PInnos-YictrOlnx.
The Coriey Company. 2ls L. Broad Street.
Pork Pnckern-PrON isions.
F>E. Patrick-Young Co. Byrd Street
Printers.
j. w. FERGUSON & Son Inc lo5 n 18th ST
Whitmore & Garrett Inc. 1909 e. Franklin
Street.
s in Manufacturers Exhibit. second thir;, ano Il
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Columbus. g.. JIly Estate mining
authorities in Ohio have ruled that The
min" rescue car, recently bought by
the state. can be used when practi, al
In any industrial disaster. whether ii
be factory or hotel fire. train acct
dent Of most anything else. Railroads
operating in the State have expressed
their Willingness to furnish free trans
pcriation for the car over their lines
when II is TO be used in rescue work
of any nature. and II ruling of the AT
torney-General gives them permission
TO render free service without viola :
tion OF state laws. Free transporta-
ton by railroad companies is prohibit =
ed except in only a few instances OF
this character.
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successfuily person must Know his
birds. must know that there are none
but working pairs ia the loft. must
Keep them free from Nermin. and be
IN position TO notice anything irrcgu-
lar that may I've going on IN the Iof,
This requires constant care and AT =
tent!on and a loft OF 200 pairs should
have =; least t"o hours work per
day besides one day Il week for KILL
In the youngsters and cleaning up in
general
1t should not be understood from this
that money cannot be made from the
SQUAD. but it is doubtful i. any person
can take up the SQUAD industry AS A
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cash, and every family requires eggs
as a daily diet The result is that the
output from the poultry plant can be
disposed Of almost anywhere and in
any quantity, no matter how small
If there is no demand for the chicken
AS broller, which is often the case.
1t can be kept few weeks or months
longer. OF course at an increase in cost
but with Il sufficient quality to more
than pay for the care. II market is
not ready to take the goods, they can
be held until the market doec get
ready, and the delay need not cause
a loss to the producer. Should a poul-
tryman so desire. he can sell out at
market prices with little loss at al
most any season of the year.
ALL IN KNOWING JUST
WHEN AND HOW TO KILL
With squads, however, the case Is
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business and pay expenses. especially
during the first year or two. unless
he has had training or previous OK
perence, would be required in any
other industry to make it a success
IT has been said, and with some truth
that a very small percentage of the
people in the poultry business are
making ends meet" although poultry
is staple article. not only the pro-
duct hut the live stock having "A mar
kct value which can be turned into
cash At that market value at any sea-
SON of the year and in almost any To-
cality in the Union. Almost any coun-
try store will accept eggs in lieu of
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It ia often hard 10 get them at that
figure Some strongly advocate pur-
chasing young birds from six to
eight weeks old and letting then ny
together until they began TO mate.
another loft. In this way working
mates often can he secured much
more cNeaply, and the purchaser will
know the age OF his stock.
MUST KNOW now TO
WATCH OUT FOR OLD BIRDS
Pigeons deprcciate III value with age
They are considered to be AT their
prime when three years old. and there
are very few pairs that pay for their
feed after they arc seven years old.
Professional dealers in breeding stock
have been known To buy these Old
pairs for from SO TO IS cents. and the n
SCH them TO the unsCspecting public
as guaranteed mated birds (Which they
certainly are) at from So to So Il pair
such birds. AS rule. will breed pref =
- we'll for the first few months in
their new quarters, but after that they
are only a source of expense. For this
reason d man should buy birds from
some one with whom he is personally
acquainted. or else from some person
who is willing to give a guarantee hot
only az TO the birds being mated, but
also as to age. If they are mated
birds there is no reason why sa;c
mar should not furnish particulars
With them, giving the numbers on the
leg bands. and IL he has bred them
which most breeders claim to haW
jore. he ought TO be in position Il
give a fair estimate Az TO age. but a.
there is no way of certifying this state
ment the only safe plan Is to buy
young birds and mate them yourself
There are many varieties Of pigeons
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Big seizure and Old story:

The biggest seizure OF liquors in
day, when p carload OF what was bill
cd as gravel turned out to be $1,000
worth of beer and whskey The sub
teriuge reminds one of the hurry call
which 4 Maine man once received
from freight agents assistant: THE
boss says to come down to the depot
right away. Your bundle of Daily
Tribunes is leakin'."
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VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
ntlnued From l'irst PMEeD

tContinued From First PngeD
market rs principle. which cannot
be too much emphasized. That prin-
ciple is publicity There WAS Il time
when our business men feared IT. our
politicians are terror!2cd ~ 1t nov.
But our business men have made cnor-
nous strides i'm the right direction in
the past ten years. They have learned
thai no man is 50 secure as he who
has nothing tn Concenl
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WEALTH GROWING
IN OLD NORTH STATE
OContInued From Flrst Pngel

- NCOH'IIIucu FTom Flrst FAkeD
short years ago the public thought
nothing could be produced on these
Carolina sand baircns
IF "" did but advertise facts like
THIS to the outside world, the stream
OF emigration now flowing to the Yves,
and TO Canada would turn TO this new
land Of promise, The New south
Think of 1t. land that sold for from
81 30 81 an acre producing an annual
crop worth 100000 on 800 acres,
Great credit is due Messrs Harps and
Tg'Sdon for this concrete ADVERTISE
nent Of the possibilities &. the old
North State"
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and this has been accomplished

and this has been accomplished
This line receives and delivers
Delight to and from all the railroads. TO
;,nd from all the factories reached by 81.
and deos This without cost TO the re-
cciver of tn" shipper y plaly-~n broad
IS TINS. hICked by r"fne OF tn, tadius
financial people OF the city with a
property Offering such great ssibn.
itics ;or development. is sigiiti, mt OF
tha way in which big things are be-,
ing done in Baltimore. and In other
cities and other parts OF the South
these days
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Irnn Orc Shinnicnta.

Shipments OF iron ore OH the Great
5.5O2.367 tons. compared with 7.91a.4ia
tons In the CORES ponding month last
year. "A decrease Of nearly 100000
tons. For the first six months OF this
wear the decrease from the CORE pond-
ing period last year was more than
100000 tons, or at the rate OF about
5000. coo tons year. Although the
June movement was small il was CON
siderably better than that OF May,
when only 3S52.063 tons were moved.
The low shipments for the first half
OF this year reflect the depressed state
OF the iron and steel market. II is cS
pecteG that with AN Improvement in
the ore trade the rest of the year, Il
total OF about 1000 coo tons will be
moved in 1919, compared with over
$4,000 900 tons last year.
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track and reaching every factory on
the property. carries freight entireiv
free Of charge. all charges from the
factories to the different railroads be
ing absorbed by the railroads them
selves. President Brooks of the Canton
Railroad Company, in referring 10 this,
says:
This was our main intention in
bringing about the condition that now
EXISTS, viz. that We wish the port Of
Baltimore to be free of amy additional
charge over the Hat Baltimore rate.
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Printers.
ras Son Il Sna Si5' St
Seed.
P e e. @J asasss ons ne M stsss
shoes
" f. s. H sses g. e. f E. rfas Hin Street
stephen Putney shoe Co. Broad cor Allison
Roberts x Hoge shoe Co. az S 14th St
Wirro E &c; 100 c yirgn Gb6 street zee
mond.
Christie Mfg Co, Inc l24 Virginia Street
Sporting Goods aud Bicycles.
Harris, Fippen 4 Co. l2is L. Main Street,
stcXes-Ranges.
Southern Stove Works. West Leigh ST.
Trade DEP. Psriodicnl
Fifteenth Street ~ '
Trunks and Travelling Bugs
Broad Street (FactoryJ. -'- e
Trdge sireet .s soutR R EH c Ssyeh'A and BAN
Tobacco manufacturers.
'I.arus x Bro. Co. $. rwen,y-hrst Street
Narnishes.
atlantic varnsh Works. Inc. Lester Street
wholesale sIiomse Furnishers
Ezekiel IL Co. 5O4 L. Broad ST. Cup stairs)
Wnson and Carriage Material
a. Mn o. clarke irt, q Son Hardware Co.. l2l5
Il. L. Taylor Il Co. 1915 l. AIain Street.
H iest ga mai Matqn - @n lc,h and Main
eren NmtoN No nnF S.A ana an sfrss;
National State and City Bank. iii i. Main
old Dominion Trust Co. Ninth ana Main SITS
Planters National Bank 18th and Main Sts
Richmond Bank ana Trust Co. lOl6 L Main
street.
Virginia Trust Co. Travellers Building
Hotels.
Jefferson West Franklin aud Main streets
Lexington, Twelfth and Main Streets.
Murphys; Eighth and Broad Streets
Richmond. Ninth and Grace Streets
Ruegcr'S, % ~ Ninth Street.
Stumpfs. Eighth ana Main Streets
Newspapers.
S SssaGs ss SS@FnS E 5 Nq1 s street
times Dispatch, South Tenth Street
Richmond Virginian, 81 y. seventh Street
nth floors, Sixth and Main Streets
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CnnI Shtnmenta

Anthracite coal shipments in June
were 6,1So,1S6 tons, as compared with
5,970.047 tons in June, 1913. an in
crease of l60.139 tons. Shipments for
the year to June 80 were 3o,945, 7S9
tons. as compared with 34.S51.S tons
in the first six months of 1913, de-
crease OF 1906, 065 tons.
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that are used for squad producers
but probably the most common is the
homer. These are often crossed with
rHEta, dragons. tcals, Duchcsses and
Maltese. The runt is very heavy bird
The Duchcsse gives feathered- leg
SQUAD. but has a tendency to incrcas Sc
the weight
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There may be some cXaGgcratlon in
the above story. but not very much,
think. Anyhow, there is no use TO
seek so-cailed gold mines III the Far
West. We have all the mines we are
looking for right here in the agricul-
tural lands OF Virginia and North Caro-
lima, II we know hCw to dig for sure
emOIIgn gold
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Oycrtlone Thrift,

The following from ,he Atchison
Globe is full of suggestion:
Thrift properly directed. is q great
virtue and provides AN umbrella for
rainy day. and sound sleep and
longevity and other desirable devices
and destinations. But some over
work II. never have any fun nor friends
and finally die OF overworlI or dry rot,
and there is great rejoicing among the
lawyers and their kin. After the tight
wad corners all the cash in sight. he
learns too late that money can't buy
everything. nor anything, unless he
spends il, and that also hurts
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Professor c. II. Ecklcs. OF the Mis-
souri, Agricultural College. announces
that proper feeding during calfhood
viii increase the percentage OF but
ttr-fat given by the COW. Heretofore
this was thought TO be impossible by
any means.
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BALTlMORE'S METHODS
FOR CREATING BUSINESS
Encouraging story From tho Momu-
;nentni tity-NIust HIVE More
Business by Getting H..

We have laughed some at Baltimore
FOR sleeping on the Job OF Getting
a reserve bank. and maybe il is true
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The American people are too much
interested in murder trials. That is
evident from the long daily dispatches
from Paris concerning the Caillaux
case Is it merely a hot weather de-
nland for light summer reading