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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

Even the rains these days emphasize the fact
that Hawaii's climate is the marvel of the
world. Cool and refreshing, they foretell an
early clearing away Of the clouds and then
many days of brilliant sunshine
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

AS reports begin to come in from eye-wit-
nesses to the battles in France it is evident that
there is no such thing as civilized warfare. ;"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

Switzerland appears to be afraid that an
other scrap of paper" is going to be torn up.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

What's the matter with the 'warriarsi No
body has been decorated with honorary mill
tary order for at least couple of days.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

George Fred Williams, late Of Greece, knows
Just how Sir Lionel Garden feels about it,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

F. SCHNACK, local attorney, is
returning to the city from an extend.
ed visit to the coast as a passenger
in the Matson Navigation steamer
Wilhelmina.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

Will you not come in and see
samples of our new Shaded Gre
cian' engraving and of the new
panelled card?
Wichman & Co.,
Jetcelers
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

D. F. MccoRRIsToN was an arrl
val from Hilo in the steamer Mauna
Kea this morning.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

A. GARTENBERG Joined the steam.
er Mauna Kea at McGregor's Landing
following business tour of the island
of Maui.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

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ATTORNEY A. G. coRREA of Hllo
Is q visitor in Honolulu today.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

c. IS. CARLSMITH, attorney, came
over from Hilo this morning on brief
visit in connection with legal affairs
in the circuit and supreme courts.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26

OLIVER soRENSoN is in the city
today as passenger in the steamer
Mauna Kea. He joined the vessel at
Kawaihae.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-26
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04

cannot be improved upon in my
opinion.
10. Anconas are tame and not so
Eighty and nervous as most of the
Mediterranean breeds. They are not
the lazy kind that are always under
foot, but are docile, and easily APP
preached without becoming excited.
II. They are non-sitters. A broody
Aneona is a rarity.
II. Several well organized clubs are
stimulating the exhibition interest of
Ancona breeders, which gives zest to
the game and plenty of opportunities
for winning ribbons, medals, cash
and trophies.
These reasons are why l am breed
ing Anconas exclusively, and / be-
lieVe others would agree with me IF
they had the same light In poultry
craft.
1t is a good sign of the merits of
any breed of poultry when those who
keep that breed are as wildly en-
thusastic as those are who favor the
Ancona Indeed, as one of the promi-
nent poultry magazines lately said:
THE Ancona people have the reputa-
tion of being the most enthusiastic
in behalf of their breed" Another
poultry journal of recent date con-
tains this signigeant item we no.
tice in our exchanges that the An
coma is fast winning its way to the
front as an egg producer. and is every
day becoming more prominent" It
is TO this great enthusiasm on the
part of Ancon8 breeders that the re-
markable advances in popularity of
these most satisfactory fowls in the
last few years is due.
The poultry keepers in the West
ern States particularly have taken
them up, and through the Middle
and Eastern States Anconas have n
splendid following. The modern
specimens of this ancient Mediter-
ranean breed have a prominent place
at all of the worth while shows
There is a club devoted to the pro-
motion of the breed and also a little
monthly magazine
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04
CONCRETE CULVERTFOR FARM
THAT CAN BE CHEAPLY BUILT

bracing them at each end, as indi-
Gated
The width and depth of the exca-
walton should be such to allow an
eight-inch concrete covering at the
top and sides of the form After the
concrete has hardened the inside
braces are knocked away and the
side forms allowed to collapse, which
will also release the upper top board.
This will give fiat concrete arch of
great strength, and the method of
constructing Ii is as simple and eco
nomical as could well be devised
Where a very small drain is required
and the farmer happens to have some
old terra Gotta pipe on hand, he could
resort to the same method of build
ing a culvert with round instead
of square or rectangular opening, al
lowing the pipe to remain.
In case of the culyert first de-
scribed, old lumber free from knot
holes or other openings would answer
for forms Construction of this type
would be easily convenient for the
short drains often required in the
vicinity of the house or barn.
BY remembering that a barrel OF
cement will make about 25 cubic feet
of concrete of the proportions given
above, it will be easy to calculate
approximately the amount of cement
required for culyert of given d.
mensions. In building culverts OF
this character the farmers should be
careful to have clean sand and we'll
graded aggregates and be patient
enough to allow the concrete to har-
den thoroughly before using the Gull
vert, say for period of two weeks.
More failures are caused by the use
of dirty sand and unsuitable aggre-
gates. and undue haste in the re-
moval of forms and premature use OF
construction than are caused by de-
fective cement.
One of the greatest virtues of ce-
ment is that it can be employed In
Just such simple and inexpensive
ways as are described above. If the
farmer would exercise his ingenuity
and inventive talent he could use con-
crete for many other improvements OF
like simplicity and low cost.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04
GOOD COURSE IN
FARM SUBJECTS

For the dweller in the suburbs or
the farmer who has time himself or
has a son who wishes special knowl-
edge on any of the farming
subjects, the short course of
from four to twelve weeks depending
upon the State in which you live) at
your experiment station, or the ag-
ricultural college connected with it,
is an excellent thing. 1t is practical
work from start to finish. The "short
courses" include such subjects as
poultry, husbandry, fruit-growing,
dairyingi etc.
Do not forget that you owe a duty
to your State experiment station. Be
as helpful as you can in sending its
officials information. Do not demand
from 1t anything unreasonable Do
not take the attitude that it's work
ers are public servants" and as such
are in office to wait solely upon you.
Cooperate with them for the common
good. And last, but by no means
least, let your representatives in the
State Legislature know about the
work being done, and tell them to re-
member 1t when 1t is time to consider
the annual appropriations. Most State
experiment stations are really handi-
capped for lack of funds.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04

very handy for the small poultry
keeper, especially a beginner. but
know some experienced amateurs
who don't bother with Matching any
more either by hen or incubator, but
simply buy the day-old chicks when
they want them.
AS | have noted, there is one draw
back to buying day-old chicks-not
knowing about the stock from which
they come. But to offset this adj
vantage a new business has sprung
up in the last few years.
This new business affords a third,
and also an easy method of starting
in the poultry business. This method
is custom Matching" You buy the
eggs of the breed you want from
the particular breeder whose strain
you fancy and turn them over to a
custom hatchery" The hatchery In.
cubates the eggs in either small or
large ineubators for a small fee for
each egg. Some of these hatcheries
have mammoth incubators with a
capacity of several thousands of eggs
They have competent attendants and
systematic methods of handling the
eggs.
If you stick to the old-fashioned
m ethod of setting eggs under the hen,
there are n few points to be borne
in mind If you want successful
hatch. First be sure that the hen
really wants to set and shows an in
dication of sticking on the job for
twenty-one days. Then provide her
with a comfortable place, slightly
dark and not damp or drafty. Be
sure she is free from lice and that
she has access to food and water.
Hens in whom the broody instinct is
strong sometimes starye on the nest
because they will not leave 1t to OBJ
tain food
If you are going to use an incu-
bator yourself follow closely the di-
rections the manufacturer sends with
1t. It is a wise plan to operate the
machine without any eggs in it for
a few days until you get used to it.
An outline has been given above of
the various methods one may use TO
start with poultry in the spring by
buying, Matching, or having Matched
the young chicks. Now as to tho
feeding.
If you have set your eggs under
hens and the hens are to bring up
the chicks, the feeding problem is
greatly simplitied If you use a
chicks a lot that they would other
wise learn from the hen.
The first two or three weeks of a
chickens life is perhaps the most
critical time in its history. If you
can get the chicks safely over this
period then your problem is nearly
solved. Then any feed which will
give best results, which will tend to
decrease the mortality, IS not expen-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04

Getting the proper start is a most
important detail in poultry raising,
There are several methods open to the
beginner, and the way is becoming
easier all the time with the improve
ment of Matching methods and the
day-old chick business.
We are all familiar with the story
of the way many people in the coun-
try get a start. They borrow a set
ting hen from one neighbor and
setting of eggs from another. Then
they return the hen when-the chicks
have grown and send back a dozen
eggs when the chicks begin to lay.
The writer knows of a woman in the
country who started in this Identical
way two years ago and now has a
flock of fifty fine chickens without the
original investment of penny, This
method requires good-natured neigh
bors and a rather fair amount of
nerve on the part of the borrower
and most of us If we have one of
these lack the other and prefer to
pay our way.
All things considered, the spring is
the best time to start keeping poul-
try, although the beginning may be
made almost any time. But most
people get the chicken fever worst
when the sap begins to flow, and the
resulting enthusiasm is a very essen
tial asset in the chicken business.
Unless you like chickens and don't
mind fussing with them and attend
ing to the many details that belong
to poultry-keeping, don't start in the
game. Enthusiasm will carry you
through lots of the troublesome work
connected with poultry.
One of the first principles to follow
is to get well bred stock. Common
sense poultry people will admit now
adays that there Is more to the ques-
ton of breeding and the manner of
handling of fowls than in the variety
chosen. In a general way, you should
select a variety of fowls that will an
swer the purpose you have in mind.
If you want eggs and care little for
chickens to eat select an egg breed
one of the many varieties of the Med
iterranean class. If you want meat
alone and care for the eggs only Incl
dentally, choose one of the Asia tics
that meet with your fancy If you
want both eggs and meat choose one
of the general purpose breeds-com-
monty called the American breeds.
The Star has been publishing a valu-
able series of articles during the last
three months on the characteristics
of some of the different breeds, and
already a dozen different kinds have
been described. Ask your friends
about their experiences, too. All of
the breeds have some advantages
over the others.
Get some kind of fowl that you like
the looks of and that you can be en-
thusiastie about. Get all of the same
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04

sive even if you have to buy it and
pay good price. You cannot afford
to let anything stand in the way OF
providing the best feed obtainable TO
feed your chicks for at least the first
three weeks after Matching. Prac-
tioally every poultry raiser has a lit
tie different method of feeding. If you
are getting good results after trying
any method, do not change it. The
outline here has proved to be simple
and safe in most cases.
Provide hover for the hen and
chickens, or comfortable brooder
for the incubator Matched chicks.
Cover the floor with chopped hay or
alfalfa. Sprinkle a little grit over
the floor and provide a fountain Of
pure water Place the chicks in the
brooder, but do not feed them for
about forty-eight to seventy
hours after they are Matched The
first food to give them is a little
good grade commercial chick food,
which is sprinkled in a clean place
on the floor. This is fed at morning,
noon and night. AS soon as they
have learned to eat sprinkle this
feed in the litter and let them have
the fun of scratching for ii. Be
tween meals, about 10 o'clock in the
morning and about 2:30 in the after
noon, sprinkle a little rolled oats or
pinhead or steel-cut oats on the
floor
Provide all the sour milk or but
termilk you can get the chicks to
drink from the first day until the
stock is fully matured. The writer
prefers this to feeding them beef
scraps. Also cut up an onion occa-
sionally and give to the youngsters.
This furnishes them with green food
and also seems to aid in keeping
them healthy. After the chicks are
about ten days old, begin to feed a
dry mash mixture made as follows:
Two parts bran, one part corn meal,
one part shorts or middlings.
Mix in little bone meal and lit
tie fine charcoal and also include one
half pound of fine salt with every one
hundred pounds of this dry mash.
This is kept in a hopper or box where
the chickens can eat it any time they
become hungry. The same dry mash
Is used until the chickens have fully
matured. If you cannot get sour
milk or buttermilk, it will be neees
sary to add one-haf part of dry beef
scraps to the dry mash mixture.
After the chicks are from two to
three weeks old, gradually change
change their grain food from the
commercial chick food to a mixture
of two parts wheat and one part
cracked corn or kaffir corn. After the
chicks are a month old, their grain
food is all fed from hoppers.
Next week the question of select
ing breed will be taken up in de-
tail. The following week poultry
homes will be discnssed)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04
SPRAYING TIME
IS NEARLY HERE

1t will soon be time to do spray
ing in the orchard, and the sprayer,
whether it is to be large or small,
should be selected now. The small
barrel pumps and hand spray outfits
are very good for small orchards up
to six or seven acres in size, but
where the orchardist has more than
seven acres of trees to be sprayed 1t
will pay him to use a power sprayer.
Half of the value of spraying lies
in doing it in time, and most of
the failures from spra ying are due to
the use of too small machine over
too large an area. The power outfit
must be light and convenient for
use over rough ground, well bullt,
easy to operate and of sufficient ca
pacity to cover the ground in short
time. The trucks and frames should
be light and at the same time strong,
as they will receive much rough
usage. Pressed steel frames cost
little more than wooden frames, but
they are much stronger, and are
lighter to handle The wheels should
be broad tired so as not TO sink down
in the ground and cause unnecessary
draft on the horses, and, if made of
steel, they will also be lighter and
more durable than are wooden
wheels.
Metal tanks are somewhat lighter
than wooden tanks, but, unless they
are lined with some non corrosive
material, the chemicals in the spray
solutions will eat them out in short
time.
The pump is the real heart of the
machine. For large outfits the three
cylinder or triplex pump is the most
efficient, but for smaller orchards the
two cylinder and even single cylinder
pumps give very good service. Inc
best pumps have ball valves OF either
brass or bronze, as the ball type OF
valve seats better and does not clog
easily. Brass or bronze will also
wear well and keep true.
The pump should run easily With
out noise, as noise indicates friction,
and there is nothing which viii tear
down any piece of machinery quicker
than will rafting and rubbing of
the parts. Another desirable fea-
ture which many of the best ma
chimes have is a drain cock for drain
ing the pump cylinders. This Will
keep the cylinders from freezing up
and cracking and in case the ma
chine is neglected the parts are easy
and cheap to replace. An engine
that is easy to run, and that VIII run
through thick and thin in any Kind
of weather. should be part of the
spray outfit Most of the outfits are
not equipped with reliable engines,
but it is we'll to insist that the dealer
give you test before purchasing.
The engine should be easy to start
and easy to run. Other conveniences
which should come with the engine
are a magnetic rather than batteries
and a pressure regulator. The pres
sure regulator is device which
keeps the pressure in the pump and
base even with any kind of spraying.
4 high pressure is necessary, wheth-
er the nozzle be full open or only par
TALLY open. and good guage will
not allow the pressure to vary more
than five or six pounds at any time.
In addition to this the guage should
be so arranged as to take all of the
load from the engine when the noz-
zlas are closed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04

The breeders of Anconas say that
these birds lay big eggs early and
lots of them in the winter that they
are hardy, good eating and good to
look at. Listen to this enthusiastic
story in behalf of this breed:
l am suburbanite, and have bred
many kinds of fowl during the past
twenty years. / discarded all other
breeds for Anconas, which ] have
bred exclusively for seven years, for
the following twelve reasons:
l. Anconas eat less than any other
breed, either Mediterranean, Asiatc
or American classes. This is an i'm
portant itern, when one must buy
all their feed at the high prices of
recent years.
2. Anconas lay large white eggs
and produce them at the least posi-
BILE cost per dozen. Figuring on a
yearly basis, including the variations
in prices of both eggs and feed, my
fowls produce eggs at a cost of ten
cents per dozen. This is not figuring
eggs at above local market prices
Anconas are not excelled as egg
producers by any breed.
8. Pullets begin laying at from
four to five months old and are pro-
iiii1 layers uhIii tuSy are 1ouI years
old at least. 1t is not necessary to
replace the old stock with pullets
each year, or two years, as must be
done with other breeds if the flock
is kept profitable.
4. The baby chicks are extremely
hardy and vigorous, the death rate
is very low, and they are quick to
develop to the light broiler stage.
The fertility of the eggs and the
strength of the germs always insure
a good hatch. It may not be a
characteristic of the breed, but my
experience has been 70 to so per cent.
pullets In all matches.
3. Anconas are excellent winter lay
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04
NO. 2-oETTlNo A START

, kind, so that there will be uniformity
in the flock The we'll bred fowl will
in the long run do better than the
scrub.
Another thing you must decide
right now is the number of fowls you
want to carry over next winter ii
you want a flock of twenty-five lay
ing hens and you are planning to set
eggs this spring, you should set one
hundred eggs. To hatch and raise to
maturity fifty out of the hundred
will be satisfactory work, and of the
fifty probably twenty-five will be
eockerels, leaving twenty-five pullets
for laying purposes, The cockerels
that you do not want for breeding
purposes next spring may be killed or
sold.
A flock of twenty-five pullets is
about all that the average amateur
will want to bother with. We have
assumed that you are going TO set and
hatch eggs either UNDER hens or in an
incubator. That is one very good way
/ to make a start.
But there is another and a better
way of starting, and ii is becoming
, the most popular. This method is to
buy day-old chicks and raise them in
brooders In The Star all the time
this season are many advertisements
| of reliable breeders and dealers who
have or will have soon day-old
chicks of practically all breeds for
sale. These chicks, put in one of the
various good types of breeders, may
be raised to maturity with a small
percentage of loss if you are willing
to give them a little care. And
though brooder is desirable and the
very best thing to have, the writer
knows of many cases where home
made contrivances have been used
with success. In fact, last year
raised twenty out of twenty-five
chicks to maturity in an old wash
tub, the bottom of which | covered
with chopped hay. Each night
tucked the chicks away in light rags
| suspended from a board over the top
of the tub
Day-old chicks may be purchased
from twelve cents UP to twenty-five
cents each If you are not located In
the city or near a breeders incubators
the chicks can be sent by express
with entire safety. Baby chicks re-
quire no food for forty-eight hours
due to the fact that Just before they
break their shells they absorb the
yollSs of the eggs, which provides
them with an abundant supply OF
nourishment One drawback to the
purchase Of day-old chicks is that in
some cases nothing is known of the
stock from which they came. But II
you buy from local breeders this can
be obviated, because they can gen.
orally tell you the history of the
eggs.
The business of selling baby chicks
has become a tremendous one. Ii is