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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
PROPER CARE OF HEN YARDS
Fowl Should Have Abundant Supply
Of Water-Feed Literally OF All
Kinds OF Green STUFF.

A hens body and n hens egg In
composed to n large extent OF water.
therefore a hen should have abun.
dance OF water. either in the clear
state or through green vegetable mat.
ter. Have the vessels clean and give
freshly pumped wen water twice a
day.
When the hen pasture Is eaten or
close remove them TO fresh pasture.
Spread a thick coat OF fresh air.
Stacked lime over the first pasture 10
kill tho bacteria that may be present
and TO sweeten the soil Lime is one
OF the best and cheapest ~disinfectants
we can use. Oyster.shell lime at the
kiln may be had for FIVE cents per
bushel. and when airslacked one bush.
al will make two bushels. Use lime
freely In the yards. and in the house
at least once a week. Have plenty
Of crushed oyster shells and grit in tho
feeding room.
Hens confined In small yards should
have a part OF the yard spaded up at
least once n week and then lined.
Give an abundance OF freshly cut
clover, cabbage leaves. lettuce and
grass. No refuse matter should be
allowed TO remain in the yard, as II
Is liable to produce disease among
the hens. Chickens should not be
kept in the same yard with hens.
Have Slated feeding coops. Feed tho
chickens in the coops. so they can get
their full share OF feed. These coops
can be quickly made OF ~laths-being
light they ran easily be moved from
place to place-and will be found q
great convenience. especially where
the hen has a brood OF young chick.
ems.
Chickens and grown fowls suffer
from the heat, Shade OF some kind
must be provided II there is no ma.
tural shade. Make a low shed OF
poles and cover the poles with brush.
Grass range saves feed and is best for
the health. Hens pick up a large part
OF their living In the summer in the
fields.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
The King OF Birds.

now on for a few weeks II is quite
important that some shade be pro.
yided 10 protect them from the mid.
day sun, says a Kansas writer in
Farm Progress. For young turkeys
simply cannot survive it's ravaEes.
I found this out TO my sorrow a few
years ago. Our shade trees were a
minus quantity, so tine little follows
had been used to hiding in the alfalfa.
That morning the " were busy
In the fields and after dinner, when
the men went out. they found a mum.
Der OF my turks lying limp and life.
less in the path. They had simply
'keeled over dead from heat and ex.
haustion. That taught Ms a lesson.
II the hen can have the run of a
grove or orchard with her little ones
she is safe on that score. But II
there Is not any natural protection.
artificial shade should be provided.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

mulched with olo manure or lawn clip
pings, or II the plants are set close
enough together to shade the ground
after July 1.
One packet climbing nasturtium four
to six feet; blooms in July until frost.
Set seed one inch deep in May.
One packet nicotiana afinis two to
three feet; July until frost. Start ir
May one foot apart.
One packet ~candytuft n foot, June
and July. Sow seed early in the gar
den.
One packet poppy n to n and
one-half feet; July and August. Mix
seed with sifted soil. SOW the earlier
the better. Firm the soil with o
board or he hand but do not cover,
Not easily transplanted.
One packet petunia dwarf sir
inches: July to September. Start In
the house for early bloom. Grown
anywhere. Portulacca rose moss) is
another annual for a dry soil. Grows
In a sand pile. six inches. Sow the
seed middle OF May.
No. 3. A handy garden that will
bloom the first year with a light
strawy winter protection and improve
in appearance from year TO year. After
the first planting they will require
only an occasional mulch OF old man.
ure. Pull the weeds and thin the
plants when they begin to crowd,
which will not be before the third
spring.
Start all these seeds in the hot-bed
or a box OF fine soil In a sunny win
dow.
One packet hollyhock four 10 six
feet; July TO August. Get single early
blooming.
One packet delphinium thardy
l%arkspur) one to three feet; June to
July.
One packet New England asters M
to three feet; June to the end OF
August. Sow seed out OF doors early.
one packet pompon chrysanthemum
one to three feet: October until snow
flies.
In October plant bulbs OF dafodils,
late tulips and crocus In this garden
TO have flowers from March 10 until
| November with practically no work.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
he NEEDED PLENTY OF ROOM
And Was Willing TO Pay for Two
a. One Didn't Seem 10
Serve.

During the run OF a play at the
Cohan theater In New York last win
ter a wobbly person teetered up TO
the box office one Saturday night
when the place was packed and de-
manded a good seat.
Nothing left except standing room,"
sand the box Office man. Sell you
standing room for a dollar"
The wavering one produced a dollar
and went inside. But so many general
admissions were grouped at the rear
that, over the intervening hedge OF
heads he caught only vagrant glimpses
OF what went on upon the stage.
He foggily considered the situation
for a spell. Then he rocked his weav
ing way back to the box Office window
and put a second dollar on the shelf.
Gimme nozzir one OF them standin'
rooms" he ordered. cant see the
show at all II you only got one."-Sat'
urday Evening Post.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
CARE CT THE LAWN

In a dry season don't now the lawn
as often as IN the showery one. Regu.
late the frequency OF your moving by
the appearance Of the grass. Aim to
keep 1t looking green and velvety. II
will not have such a look II you keep
1t shaved too closely In dry weather.
And don't make the mistake Of clip
ping II too short A sward that has
the appearance OF having been shaved
with a razor cannot De ornamental.
There must be enough OF the grass
blade left to give the dark, rich color
and the ~plushlike effect upon which
all lawns depend for their attractive.
meas
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
$4,000 conscienee Fund.

Ten thousand dollars was added 10
the treasury departments conscience
fund the other day when a special de-
livery letter from New York, contain.
ing that sum in currency, was received
at Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo's
office.
While tho sender has paid double
TO the United States the amount he
stole, yet his conscience Is not salts.
fed. and here's another payment, read
n letter accompanying the contribu,
ton.
This Is the third largest contribu.
ton - che conscience fund. Some
coEtriD. ions are as low as a penny.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
SPARE MINUTE GARDENS
By LULU q. PARKER.

These sp%are.minute gardens. de.
signed for busy women. are not formal
affairs; they are border beds about
two by eight feet In size and should
be planted along the walks. drive
ways and fences.
Get good seed from a reliable seeds
man. Phlox will not terminate ut all
unless Il Is fresh. Cheap balsam seed
win produce poor flowers.
Plant tall sorts in a row at the back.
medium sized sorts In clumps OF @
dozen seedlings or more, and use the
low growing sorts for edging.
Any OF these little gardens will
furnish enough cut flowers for the
table, with a few to give away. besides
Frightening the yard from June until
frost.
Five minutes each day or half an
hour once a week given up to stirring
the top soil and wedding. will be all
the attention required after the plant
ing Ia done.
No. /. ANNALS for a sunny garden
with plenty OF water. Flowers from
June until November.
One packet cosmos. early Towering
three to four feet: bloorrs In July un
III frost. Start seed indoors and trans
plant six feet apart In the garden
In May.
One packet balsam one to one and
oue-half feet: blooms June and July.
Sow In the garden In May. Thin or
transplant ten inches apart.
One packet phlox drummondi six
inches to one foot: blooms June and
July.
One packet dahlia eighteen inches
TO two feet. blooms September and
October. Start seed In the house. set
In garden n foot apart after dan.
ger from frost Is past,
One packet sweet alyssum six
inches: June TO November. Sow seed
In the garden early. This alyssum
viii thrive In q damp place as well,
No. Q. Garden In a dry. sandy soil,
These plants will require no water
ing during the driest summer. II
weeds are kept out and the soil ID
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
LOOKING AFTER LATE P0ULTS
Birds Are Sure TO Bring In Good Re.
turns " Properly Manaoed-Shade
10 Absolutely Necessary.

The July and August Matched poults
are we'll worth looking after. For
they are sure TO bring in good returns
II properly managed. The turkey hen
whose early brood meets with disaster
or who has been repeatedly broken
up often lays o. and now brings up
all the way from two TO a dozen little
ones.
Do not think they are too late 10
amount TO anything and therefore liz.
more them or leave them TO shift for
themselves. but give them the Same
care you did the early focks, AS the
weather Is apt to be quite hot from
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
Gather the Turkey Eaas.

A good turkey hen will usually lay
more eggs than she can comfortably
cover; 1t is therefore advisable "a
gather the eggs as they are laid and
when the hen desires TO set give ner
~ or Is OF the last laid eggs.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
SAVE GRASS CLIPPINGS

Save the grass clippings from the
lawn to serve as a mulch for the bed
Of tea roses. These plants like 10
have the soil about their roots cool
and moist. Spread the grass over the
bed to a depth of two or three inches.
When II withers, work II into the soil
10 act as n fertilizer as II decays. and
apply fresh clippings.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
Modern Hero.Worship,

What's the big celebration? Con.
quering hero or something"
NO. one OF the town boys MUIR
dered a fellow some years back an
he's just been declared sane by a
Jury. That's the reception commit.
tee. buffalo Express.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
WIRE NETTING SUPPORT

This arrangement makes an excel
lent support for any OF the climbing
plants. Any kind OF chicken wire will
answer the purpose. The posts should
be driven solidly into the ground 10
that the weight OF the plants will not
cause them To sag.
Plants supported in this way will
grow faster and blossom more freely
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
Waste Feed on Roes,ers.

About nine o. OF every ten farmers
must plead guilty to wasting feed on
too many ROSTERS from now on. THIS
also adds 10 the egg losses through
their being fertile and thus quicker
to dcteriorate
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
WIlIIno 10 Obliue.

Nora" said the mistress 20 the
new servant. I'VE always want our
meals promptly on the hour"
"Yis. mum. An II | miss tn FIRST
hour shall | wait for tn next?"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
FIRE BLIGHT

Fire blight Ia caused by disease
germs IN the tissue OF the plant ana
the leaves and new growth turn black
as though having been s%corched. Cut
out all tho infected parts and burn
them.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

The attempt to form a separate IN.
:ernational union for the %bartenders
Mas voted down at the recent conyen
ion AZ San Francisco.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

Women employed in the United
States arsenal in Philadelphia have
asked for q 25 per CEN increase in
pay.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
Whom He breads.

II isn't the girl who grows indignant
when he tries to kiss her that a man
drecds. 1t is the one who laughs at
him.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

The trouble with Diogenes was not
that there were 10 honest men. but
that he tried to find them with a Ian.
tern.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
Accurate Clock.

So accurate is an astronomical
clock in Germany that after Is years
Of use It's error was only one second
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
Portable HosteIry

When / landed | took the car for a
hotel"
What a singular mistake,"-Boston
Transcript.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
Never.

Some people are always saying
There ought TO be something done
about IT," but they never do anything
themselves.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

Poverty is said TO be a sure cure
for dyspepsia, but the cure may bo
worse than the disease.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

The man who says he is glad he is
married is either An optimist or q
liar.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
support for Climbing Plants.

ouPPV't 'OV SHWoIH0 Tlants
than II they are supported. Sweet
peas. particularly. should be support.
ed by wire netting. or lath lattice
work, and not be allowed to straggls
up uncertain strings, only to be blown
down By the first heavy storm.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

Sweden is increasingly using kero-
sene and gasoline motors.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

Alaska is II times as large as the
state OF New York.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

From one family In France - men
enlisted for the European war.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02

Australia and New Zealand are the
greatest wool. producing countries.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-02
Quite Likely.

What made Bill go OF so vio.
lently?"
Il guess he was loaded"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-28
SOME FLOWER NOTES

Pot your callhs early in September.
Sprinkle powdered borax around
plants that are bothered with ants.
Mark the native plants when in
bloom, and this fall transplant them
to your border. Many of them are
worth having in the garden.
The spotted Gala will die down
after blooming and should be left in
the ground until late autumn, when 1t
can be taken up and stored until Jan.
uary. Store like gladiolus bulbs.
For rose mildew spraying with sui
phfde of potassium. using one ounce to
three gallons Of water, is much more
effective than the old.fashioned
method of busting the foliage with
flowers Of sulphur.
Try making climbers Of your choice
petunias. Trim out all but three or
four branches and keep these tied up
to stake or trellis. Give them rich
soil and plenty Of water. IL you want
something beautiful. !.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-28
Argentine Is Coming Rival of United
States as Export Nation, Says Write,

grain and cattle and their products.
The Argentine farmer is near to thu,
sea and has the advantage of an open
winter, cheaper labor and less compc.
tition. Remember that Buenos Aires
is only 210O miles farther from Eng
land than is New York.
After arriving home from on the
horses about seven o'clock, I enjoyed
the best meal of my life. Directly at
ter the midday meal, Thomas Barber,
the owner of the ranch, and a gaucho
caught fat sheep by the hind legs
and in Is minutes had it skinned and
dressed. 1t was then attached to an
IRON rod, about four feet long, an end
of wlich was stuck into the ground
at an angle of IS degrees. Under this
an open fire was built.
At Z o'clock it was ready to eat and
in the moonlight, we ate with our fin.
gers the chops cut from the sizzling
roast. In the woods beyond the qua
tnos were singing accompanied by a
guitar: under the peach trees the frogs
were giving their evening calls; while
for miles around could family be seen
great nerds Of cattle and sheep graz
ing. Ah It's a great country for the
man with capital who wants to form.
We're l a poor Immigrant farmer I
wo:.ld go to the United States: but
had capital l certainly would buy
a hague Of land in Argentine and
there be q prince.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-28
SUMMER AMONG FLOWERS
BY BESSIE L. PUTNAM.


If the porch box was fully enriched
at planting time with we'll decayed ma
terial from the cow stable it will prob.
ably not require additional fertilizer.
although SO many plants blooming in
SO contracted space may prove too
hard a strain.
If the growth becomes less thrifty,
try using liquid manure once every
week or two.
The saliva bed is now in its glory.
II few slips are placed in water in
a sunny window and allowed to take
root they will be fine foundation for
the winter window garden.
Plant flowers in the back yard.
Then If the drainage problem has new
er been fully worked out. the plants
may thrive upon the kitchen waste
during the summer months, and there
will be no trouble about cess-pools.
If you have occasion to paint plant
stands or boxes avoid the bright and
conspicuous tints. Olive green and
black are both colors which harmonic
we'll with almost anything else and are
not in themselves conspicuous. Keep
the blossoms closely clipped as soon
as they begin to fade.
Many complained last spring that
seeds did not come up, three success
sive paintings being necessary in some
instances to obtain q show of plants
Here again, in an adverse season.
or when old seed is used, comes the
advantage Of generous sowing.
Then. if the heavy rains come and
wash the ground out. there is still q
chance that enough seeds are left to
make good showing.
Most flowers will not succeed In q
shady yard. II you have such 10.
cation, make the most of 1t, taking
your pay in pansies, ferns and plenty
Of comfort. But the flowers must be
given place in the garden where
they will get sunshine during at least
q portion Of the day.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-28

nine, on a glorious spring morning.
Meantime the second ord, had been
sent and carried about. but somehow
it failed to reach the regiment OF col
ored cavalry which had then for sew.
eral weeks been in the command of
Colonel Adams. They were posted on
the extreme right of the Union line,
and they obeyed an earlier request
from General Devens and it was the
only order of which they knew any
thing, that they advance into the city,
and thus this colored regiment, headed
by the grandson Of one president and
the great-grandson OF another, earned
for itself a share of the glory of that
morning.
General Weitzel himself in his re.
port SAYS:
cat daybreak I started various d..
visions towards Richmond. General
I Devens' division came up the New
Market road and the cavalry, under
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., came up
the Darbytown and Charles City roads
directed them. all to halt at the out
skirts Of the city until further orders.
then rode ahead of the troops, along
the Osborne Pike, and entered the
city hall. where received the surren
der of the city at 8:15 a. m.
Troops Placed in Position.
Majors Stevens and Graves had en-.
tered little after Z a. m. 1
ordered in Immediately after my ar.
rival a brigade of Devens' division un.
der General Ripley as provost guard.
and ordered all the rest of the troops
into position along the inner line OF
redoubts about the city.
"The first troops to reach the city
were the companies-E and H-of the
Fourth Massachusetts cavalry, who
were the escorts to Majors Stevens
and Graves, and their guidons were
the first national colors displayed over
the city. Next came the pickets of
the Twenty-fourth corps. After that,
as / was in the city and not on the
outskirts, do not know what came,
and it is a matter of dispute. both di.
visions claiming the credit"
Wherever the credit goes 1t will fall
somewhere in New England. and prob
ably upon New Hampshire for prior
ity, and Massachusetts, will have full
share.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-28

While the fragrance OF the mignon-
cite is highly enjoyable, we question
whether it Is not better when only.
few flowers are grown to depend
for fragrance upon some of the flow
ers which are also beautiful in form
and color, as the sweet pea and the
carnation.
The rose.geranium slip planted
early in May will soon become an i'm
mense plant with most luxuriant TO-
liage, which is just the thing for en-
circling the base Of your bouquet, be
the flowers what they may.
The leaves are also used in scent
ing the handkerchief or note paper
box.
Another year you may decide to
border your bed of geraniums with
this scented rose, or better to alter
nate the green with the white edged
variety.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-28

Many seeding plants found growing
about the roots of old plants may be
lifted and potted, sinking the pot in
the soil and keeping the young plants
growing until cool nights. when they
should be brought indoors. gradually
accustoming them to the new condi.
tions until cold weather. when they
will give the finishing touches to the
cheer of the living room. The busiest
housewife may have few plants. and
there is nothing more encouraging
than bit of thrifty greenery in the
house when the storms are raging on
the outside
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-28
PLANTS FOR THE BORDER

In choosing plants for the border,
try to get those varieties which give
a succession of bloom. The majority
of ornamental shrubs come into bloom
early in the season. but there are
many which give fine effect during
the summer and we'll along into the
autumn months. While some shrubs
are foot or less tall. others reach a
height of ten or twelve feet, and this
should be considered in determining
location.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-28
Fooled EnIistino Officers.

They tell a tale Of an amusing in.
cident that occurred at a recruiting
headquarters in Indiana. where an old
man with flowing gray beard and
white hair offered himself as q SOL
der. OF course. he was rejected. He
said nothing, but. Fastening to a bar.
Der shop. had his hair dyed and a
clean shave. Then he came back, and,
declaring his age as rising thirty.
five." was unrecognized ana promptly
enlisted.