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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

The proper care and feeding of the
baby chicks is one of the most I'M
portant problems confronting every
man or woman who would make a
success of fowls on a large or small
scale. When Matched, chicks are very
delicate, even when of hardy strains,
and are therefore subjected to the re-
suits of improper management and
care on the part of the caretaker
The chicks for the first few days will
cat everything and anything coming
within their reach. The caretaker
must choose the food, teach the little
fellows to eat that which is suitable
until the fifth or sixth day.
Do not feed the chicks anything
for the first twenty four hours 1t
is quite natural that they should be
hungry for the first few hours, but
this is provided for them by Mother
Nature, as just previous to peeping
through the shell they consume the
consumed by the digestive tract,
which means sufficient food for
twenty-four or thirty-six hours. This
food must be properly digested pre-
Nious to more being consumed. Let
the chick sleep and rest for the first
two days. 1t has been a strain on
its system to pass through incuba-
ton. You may determine when they
are hungry, as they will pick at one
another.
There are five dont's that you must
remember If you would succeed. These
are:
l. Don't feed until chicks are
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

ton of three pounds wheat (cracked),
two pounds cracked corn very fine),
and one pound pinhead oatmeal. Feed
this in litter twice per day. " it'll
this feed, moistened with skim milk,
three pounds wheat bran. three
pounds corn meal, three pounds whe7
middlings (Which will be had with the
wheat. if ground n home grinder, as
result of the wheat bran) three pound :
beef scrap (best grade) and one pourd
bone meal. This same ration should
be before the chicks in hoppers all the
time from the fifth day on until the
fourth week, when we give ration of
three pounds wheat (whole), two
pounds cracked corn and one pou d
hulled oats, till the sixth week, when
chicks are on open range. Have dry
mash always available, and feed
moist mash of this twice per day.
From six weeks to maturity we feed
three pounds wheat and three pounds
of cracked corn. one meal of the mois-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

Throughout northern New Jersey
are thousands of acres of land on
which Angora goats can be raised at
q good profit. and which at the pres
emit time give their owners absolutely
no return. These who own such land,
as well as farmers who have small
areas which have been denuded of
timber, but which have not been
made available fer cultivation, are
urged TO make a study of these use
fui and profitable ANIMALS.
The rails ng of Angora goats in the
United States is now demonstrated
success, according TO a report just
published by the United States de-
partment of agriculture under the
title, THE AngCra Goat" farmers
bulletin 573. The industry. says the
bulletin, is indeed so well established
here that growers need not be incon-
venienced by the action of South
Africa n prohibiting the expectation
of Angoras. for the quantity of good
blood in this country is already suffi-
cient TO meet all requirements. In
the opinion of experts, the best Amer
lean heeces now equal any grown in
South Africa or Asia Minor, the orig
inal home Of the Angcra.
Nearly every State in the Union
now possesses its 1ocks. In large
areas of recently logged-off land the
Angora not only thrlves himself, but
helps to clear away the brush, which,
If allowed to grow unchecked, might
easily become a dangerous firetrap
Thus 1t is often said that the Angora
works and pays for its board at the
same time.
1t is paying more and more. for the
value of the fleece or mohair Is in
/ creasing steadily. Formerly the uss
! Of mohar depended so largely upor
! the preva ing fashion that its price
/ var ed widely from year to year. This
) condition. however. is rapidly chang
ing as new uses for moha'r are con-
t'nually found. from automobile tops
and table covers to dress goods and
curled false hair. and today the
grower is assured of a reasonably
steady market. The pr &c of course
varies with the quail ty the very best
fieeces bring ng on an average from
~ TO So cents q pound The weight
of a fleece has a very wide range. but
in 1909 the average fer Oregon was
found to be 81 pounds and for Texas
1.S5. On account of the greater heat.
however, and the damage of shedding
AHSOrdS III ID6 southwest are ire
quently shorn twice year-a fact
which must be taken into considera-
ton IN all calcula tions.
This pract Sc of clipping twice a
year is in many ways a drawback
to the industry. since Il tends TO lower
the average grade Of American mo-
hair. Mchair Is good as any can be
and is grown in this country, but the
average quality is not today cons'd-
cred to he as good as the foreign
About 100000 pounds are annually
imported. Ordinarily this is blended
and spun With the domest c product
Six inches is the shortest length of
fleece usually desired. and. because
Of shearing twice a year. much Texas
and New Mexico mnhair falls below
this standard Where the fleece Is
allowed to grow for twelve months
the average length is ten inches and
in the best fioclSs it 5 not unusual to
get Is In 20 inches. Ro-a9o. the
sweepstakes buck at the e Paso show
in 1910. = an example IF what is pos
sibie. His f1aece WEIGHED Is pounds.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02
THE PROPER WAY TO GROW
SOUASHES AND PUMPKINS

seed leaves can be lifted without m
due effort On the part Of the stem.
Two good plants are all thar ar.
necessary in each hill, but owing Il.
the menace Of the cutworm. or poss.
bly, the weak vitality of some of the
seed. five seeds al least should be
planted in each hill, scattering them
a little, so that superfiuous plants
may be removed without injury to
the others.
When the squash beetle appears It's
injurious est'ng will be hindered by
sitting land plaster over the plants
summer squash should Re gathered
before the rind toughens, but with the
winter varieties this toughening is
desirable to insure their keeping.
Late squashes and pumpkins Should
be clipped loose from the plant when
fuil-grown early in September, and
left exposed TO the sun and ar. but
protected from frost as late as the
wea ther viii allow.
When the sQuashes are removed
from the vines the thick stems should
he left on the fruit. This viii Keep
them much better than If removed,
although no real harm will come.-if
they happen to become broken of
accidentally. In this event, however.
such squash should be used first Ehis
advice applies to pumpkins as well as
suua shes and should be carefully OBJ
served.
For winter use the Boston maTHosx,
the Hubbard varieties. Essex Hylutd
and the Delicata are among the best.
Among pumpk ns the Chinese and
jun DO var cites are wel-knpN1i
types The Mammoth or Jum0o asl-
rieties are large for small families.
Winter Luxuries and Calhoun are
more cony enient as TO size. and arc
of fine quality. -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

tened mash if early development is
desired
Provide fine grit. charcoal, shell and
lone from the start G.ve grass range
or p.enty of green food. Have fresh.
clean water always available. Feed
only sweet, Wholesome foods. good
enough for humans" Never al ow
damp or soi.ed litter, as this breeds
germs and disease. Disinfect brood r
coops with one third of water, Zero
sene oil and crude carbolic, us
power pump spray. Allow q Is to dry.
then replace litter with clean ard
fresh alfalfa of the cut VARIETY after
second week. Never feed beef rap
that is heavily proport oned wit pork
substances, as this damage the sto'k k.
Cheap beef scraps conta u this. Ruy
the best. sold by houses that m Ike a
business of supplying poultryn en-,
and know and care about their need
Allow stock to become hungry once
ach day. This will make them alive
and active. eed moist. musns mash
very sparingly. Always keep dry
mash in hoppers before the stock.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

Souashes and pumpkins are fond OF
good living. They need plenty of
available plant food. A mellow gar
den loan. rich with well-rotted COM
pest. and moist enough to enable the
del cate cellular structure OF the
plant to avail itself of its nourish-
ment, and a warm. sunny location
favorable to rapid growth in the
summer varietio and to the coloring
and toughening of the rind of the
winter sorts are the requirements.
Squash vines soon feel the adverse
effect of dry " ather. The leaves will
wilt and begin dry ng out while other
vegetables are yet holding Their own.
Those portions of the vine which
loose their green color and turn yell
low or brown from lack of moisture
do not regain their vigor. and the
resources Of the plant are cohse-
Quently diminished; hence il is I'M
wise to plant them in a really dry
part of the garden
AS a fertilizer, clean'ngs from the
dairy barn are preferable to those
from the horse stable. half ushel
to each hill is not excessive. \ mix
ture of one-half COW manure and
one-half poultry manure give excel
lent results.
The hills for bush summer squash
need not be more than three feet
apart. but six feet, or even eight
feet. between hills viii be necessary
for the running squash and pump
kins
These vegetables are such rampant
growers, when condit ons are right,
that a crop of the largest grow ng
varieties may be produced well witt
in the limits of SUNNI from June
until the first Of September. Those
desired as winter keepers may be
planted from May 10 to June Is. The
summer squashes. such as the sum
mer marrow, summer erookneck and
white bush scalloped squashes, may
be painted by May 5, and not later
than May 70. TO get them for summer
use Pumpkins should be planted
about May IS.
Squash and pumpkin seed should
not be planted deeper than one and
one-half inches, SO that the broad
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

with an instinct for that which is
best for 1t. But nature did not pro-
vide the chicks with knowledge of
what a good meal amounts to. The
feeder must decide this for the chick.
Many successful poultry raisers
spread the floors of the brood for baby
chicks with eight inches Of alfalfa
finely ground, which may be pur-
chased at any supply house. In this
they place a peck of chick grain,
which is finely ground. There is
enough feed in this bedding to prop
erly feed the little fellows for term
Of two weeks at least.
At the end of that time they place
another peck in the new supply. This
type of feeding is IDEAL The keeper
is not obliged to feed the chicks every
two hours, and they are never over
fed or under-fed. They can earn their
living when they feel hungry and will
save the owner considerable in feed
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

Under this heading we have al
ready considered several of the diner :
ent varieties of Leghorns from the
s;andt oint of breeders of these varie-
ties This week the Buff Leghorns
have the floor In Their behalt q
veteran breeder writes as follows
After being educated for profess
sional life, a physical breakdown
brought me back to the old farm and
unconsciously my poultry Instincts
began to assert themselves. MY
knowledge of modern poultry condi-
! lions and breeds was very limited.
My parents. were hard-headed
farmers of G rman descent who had
way of finding out whether every
department of their farm work ended
in a profit. Consequently they had
experimental with nearly every one
of the popular breeds of poultry until
S. c. Buff Leghorns were given a
trial. The results from this variety
were so striking in winter egg pro-
duction, vitality and every other de-
sira BILE characteristic, that Buff Leg
horns were welcomed as permanent
residents.
When my eyes began to open to
the possibilities of poultry as an in
come producer l began to consider
breeds Probably it was because Of
thoughts of shortage at the Sunday
dinner table that made me want to
breed some. nice, fat, heavy breed
surely it was not thoughts of feed
bills that stimulated this desire.
However that may be, I, like many
others, labored under the delLsion
that couple of extra pounds of meat
at marketing time would turn the
table, of profits in favor of the
heavy breed. I selected heavy va
riety of buff fowls, and with S. C
Buff Leghorns kept a business record
of their performances. | proved con-
clusively the statements so often
made that you can keep three S. c.
Buff Leghorns where but two of any
heavy breed can be kept; that the :.
c.. Buff Leghorn will lay more eggs
with less attention; that your extra
POUNDS of meat have been "eaten
up several times over at marketing
time, with lower egg production in
the meantime Consequently the 5.
C. Buff Leghorn produced the most
actual cash; in fact, the gross re-
ceipts We're larger not mentioning
the smaller quantity of feed con-
sumed.
With the S. C Buff Leghorn win
ner on the profit page" l set out to
breed none but the high. record lay
ers Knowing the extreme care the
dairyman and other stockmen take in
selecting their breeders, l began to
do my breeding from hens whose egg
laying qualities were definitely
known, using males from high record
hens and carefully following line
breeding, l have proven to my own
satisfaction. at least, that this course
gives definite results. I noticed the
early maturity and early laying as
pullets of females from a certain hen
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

twenty-four to thirty-six hours of
age.
2 Don't over-feed.
g. Don't starve them.
4. Don't neglect them, but give them
your unlimited attention.
5. Don't feed grain at first.
The first feed may be one-third
hard boiled eggs. one-third stale
bread, not musty, and one-th!rd rolled
oats Cor oatmeaD. This should be
moistened with SKINNED milk mot
souri, Do not feed sloppy mixtures.
Merely have mixture dry substance,
and add a little grit or fine sand,
giving the chicks all they will eat at
each meal, feeding this each two or
three hours. The eggs should be
boiled for twenty minutes, thus the
yolks will be mealy Feed five times
per day from 7 a. m. to p. m. in
late winter or early spring. As the
season advances, change the hours
to from a. m. to 6:S) p. m, feeding
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02
THE. COUNTRY CALENDAR
Practical Hints About THINGS to Do at This Season in Garden
and Greenhouse, the Orchard and the Poultry Yard

using arsenate of lead. AS the fruit
becomes of size use pyrethrum
powder.
All ANIMALS that have been grown
indoors for planting out should be
hardened OF. This is done by leav-
ing little air in the frames at night,
Increase the amount every few days
until finally the plants have no cover
ing at ALL Look out, however, for
hard, late frosts.
The best tuberose flowers are to be
obtained by starting the bulbs in pots.
Start them IN four-inch pots, and
later shift to six-inch pots, and they
will be ready to transplant outdoors
about June Is to 20.
Bay trees in tubs need much water
now until cod weather. Give them
manure water, too, once a month.
Any place in the garden that is go
shady for lowering plants will do for
ferns, provided the ground is moist
but well draine d. If possible work
some leaf mold into the soil; 1t Will
help to hold moisture. The hardy
maidenhair is a good one to grow in
such situations. The bracken (Pteris
aquil'na) and the Christmas fern will
also thrive here.
Sow hardy perennial seeds for flow
ers year from now. The seeds can
be sown any time from now up to
the middle of July, or evc -. later, but
the earl er they are soHn the better
the plants will be.
Plant annuals-asters, marigolds,
portulaca or similar kinds-among the
bulbs.
The secret of the culture of hardy
lilies is to keep the ground well
mulched and the stems shaded If pos
sible. A mulch in summer is just as
important as in winter. Well-mulched
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

I have small driving horse which
coughs and breathes heavily, but
which does not seem to have a cold.
"A neighhor tells me it has the heaves.
What can | do for this? I. w. A.
West Orange.
Heaves. Is usually associated with a
persistent cough, which is most
troublesome after drinking or when
driven. Feeding on clover hay or
straw, too bulky and nutritious food,
: and keeping the horse in a dusty at
mosphere or a badly ventilated stable
produces or predisposes to heaves.
Horses brought from a high to a low
level are predisposed.
When the disease is established
there is no cure for it. Proper at
tention paid to the diet will relieve
the distressing symptoms to a certain
extent, but they will undoubtedly re-
appear in their intensity the first
time the animal overloads tn:
stomach or is allowed food of bad
quality. Clover hay or bulky food
which contains but little nutriment
have much to do with the cause of
the disease, and therefore should be
entire omitted when the animal is
affected, as well as before. 1t has
been asserted that the disease exists
where cover hay is never used. The
d ct should be confined to food of the
best Quality and in the smallest
quantity. The bad effect of moldy or
dusty had, fodder or food of any kind
cannot be overestimated. A small
quantity of the best had once a day
is sufficient.
This should be cut and dampened.
The animal should invar ably be
wateredf before feeding; never di-
rectly after meal. The animal
should not be worked Immediately
after a meal. Exertion when the
stomach is full, invariably aggra-
Yates the symptoms. Turning on
rasture gives relief Carrots potatoes
or turnips chopped and mixed with
oats or corn are a good diet. Half a
pint TO a pint of thick. dark molasses
with each feed is useful.
Arsenic is efficacious in validating
the symptoms. 1t is best administered
in the form of the solution of arsenic,
as Fowler's solution or as the white
powdered arsenious acid. OF the
former the dose is one ounce to the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02
Leaf Spot on Gooseberry.

Please give me a remedy for rust
on gooseberry bushes D. w.
Montclair.
berry bushes is probably anthracnose
or leafspot fungous disease. Bor-
deaux mixture, made according to the
usual formula. five pounds cop er sui
phate. five pounds of lime to fifty gal
Ions of water, applied as the leaves
open, again in about two weeks, and.
for a third time. just after the fruit
has been harvested. will hold it III
check. Failure to apply the preven-
tive Will. in many cases, mean the
loss of the crop.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

When it is time to set out the bed
ding plants, put them between the
bulbs, if possible; they will soon over
grow the bulb foliage. But where
deep-rooted and Dubious bedding
plants, like cannas and pennlsetum
are to be used, lift the bulbs. rake as
MANY roots as possible and put them
in flats or boxes in a shaded place,
and allow them to ripen before storing
in cool, dry place.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

warm. Low temperatures. even II
there is no frost, may kill them.
Do not let the rhubarb flower; pull
out the flower stalks that appear in
+ the patch. Less leaves and poorer
quality are the result of the plants
towering.
To prevent the striped beetle from
damaging the melons, cucumber
squashes, etc., protect each hill as
soon as planted with frame cover
made from a box and covered with
mosquito netting.
Spray the potatoes with Bordeaux
mixture and arsenate of lead for
blight and bugs.
Do not let newly planted straw
BERRY plants flower and fruit, To dc
so will seriously damage them.
Spray! All the fruit trees will need
spraying Use lime-sulphur wash in
stead of Bordeaux mix ture; it is as
good q fungicide as Bordeaux mix
ture, and does not cause ruSseting on
apples. 1t cannot be used so strong
after the leaves come out, as before
Cultivate the orchard and fruit
garden regularly all summer. but
particularly now, at intervals of ter
days, and after each rain, to con-
serve soil moisture.
Watch for anthracnose on the
brambles, and destroy infected canes
and spray the plants.
The golden yellow powder of rasp-
berry and blackberry leaves is rust
and cannot be cured. Destroy by
burning all infected plants.
ccSSeberries will need spraying
with potassium suphid, one ounce
to two gallons. to prevent mildew.
Cut worms can be held in check by
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

Non's Catalog Of Seess. Plants and Bulbs
is Trustworthy guide for dependable varle-
ties. II contains 112 pages, with beautiful
Illustrations from photographs and Is book
OF valuable and reliable information with
many suggestions. The catalog viii be lady
sent to ali who appreciate QUALITY IN seeds.
postcard viii bring It.
J. r, NOLL q Co.
IFS Mulberry street. Newark. ~ J.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

Spray the roses with whale-oil soap
or kerosene emulsion to kill aphids,
and late in the month spray with ar
senate of lead, at the rate of one ounce
to ten gallons of water, to. dispose of
the rose beetle.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

To guard against the root aphis on
asters, mix little wood-ashes in the
soil they are planted in and put to-
bacco dust around the plants.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

Seeds of half-hardy ANIMALS can be
sown outdoors about the first of the
month; the tender ANIMALS May 10Th
to Doth
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ASK THE QUESTION BOX"
What You Want to Know About Gardening Poultry and Cour.
try Problems Answered by Experts.

: This full
the
in to dplants
describe II
Evening
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02
GOOD ADVICE

Make two or more p'antingz,-of
gladiolus bulbs, for succession.
Be sure that the fowls have IS a
abundance OF fresh air, plentys-1f
fresh drinking water and 4 good dust
bath
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

beds will produce two or three times
as many flowers as unmulched.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

Some of the perennials are through
blooming, as soon as the foliage dies
remove them and fill in the gap with
ANIMALS.