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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Cause of Many Deaths Among Poultry,
Particularly Among Young Chicks,
Can Be Prevented.

Don't give poultry moldy feed. 1t
causes aspergillosis and chickens af-
ficted with this are "lungers."
"Moldy feed and moldy litter in
poultry houses are the cause Of many
deaths among poultry, and particularly
among your chicks" says ]. B. Hayes
of the poultry department of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. These molds
taken into the body Of the fowl cause
a disease known as aspergillosis which
is as fatal as the name sounds. Among
poultry men, the chicks affected with
this trouble are commonly spoken of
as "lungers."
The chick stands around in drowsy
manner and shows little desire to
eat. The wings hang down, the breath
is rapid, and white diarrhea is pres
ent. Indeed the disease is many
times mistaken for white diarrhea.
Older birds, when attacked, are mac,
tive and sleepy. If forced to run, they
will fall from exhaustion, The breath
ing is rapid, the appetite is diminished
and more or less catarrh is present.
An affected chick will be found to
have soft yellow growths from the size
of pinhead to that Of pea, mainly
in the lungs but sometimes in the in
testines and mesentery. These growths
clog tho air passages Of the lungs and
so cause the death of the birds. In
mature fowls there are two forms OF
the disease The membranes lining
the air sacs and tubes may be covered
with membranous formation which
is soft and yellowish and has an Of
fensive odor. Or there may be white
or yellowish nodules imbedded in the
tissues of the lungs. In either case
the disease is incurable.
But since it is caused by moldy feet
or moldy litter 1t can be entirely pre-
vented by cleaning up the poultry
house once in a while and keepinf
moldy feed and litter away from the
flock This is only one of the many
poultry troubles that can be avoided
by clean feed and clean pens ant
yards.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Good Way to Use Dead Trees-Fine
Work for the Winter.

pie like them better that way than
when packed loosely in barrels.
Be particular to select good apples
of the same size for the top layer, but
be just as particular to see that those
in the middle and the bottom of the
box are equally good.
Second quality apples should be
packed in the same way, in boxes by
themselves, and the culls can either
be made into cider or worked up for
family use or sold In the market for
just what they are. If the second
grade apples and the culls are packed
In along with the best you will get
nothing more than the price for culls,
as buyers always base their offering
on the poorest quality of fruit.
If the fruit is stored in the cellar, it
must be well ventilated and perfectly
dry, although we have found that ap-
pies stored on a cement floor become
too dry and are apt to shrivel. We be-
lieve that there is nothing better than
I'LL tdI lueH HOOT LOT Surfing apples OF
fruits of all kinds, providing the drain.
age is perfect.
If the cellar becomes damp at sud.
den thaws the fruit should be looked
over carefully and all imperfect speci.
mems sorted out and the fruit elevated
two or three feet above the floor.
II you are going to plant new or.
chard next spring make your selec.
tions now and give your order to the
nursery along in February so that it
may be delivered to you when wanted
BY getting in your order early you are
more likely to get good trees and ship.
ments will be made to reach you at
planting time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12

that they could be packed in a regular
SO-dozen egg case, and shipped from
the creamery to market by express.
The labor and cost of handling the
eggs at the creamery were thus re-
duced to a minimum. They were never
candled because the farmer was I'M
der obligations to bring in only good
eggs, and failure to do so was regard
ed as sufficient ground for the creap,-
ery's refusing to handle the eggs 81
the offender in the future.
In the particular case described, the
eggs were shipped to large grocery
store In Duluth, Mimi, which was al
ready taking butter from the cream
cry. This store was able to sell the
eggs to its customers for several cents
dozen more than the prevailing
prices for other eggs. 1t is interesting
to note, also, that the buyers became
accustomed to the stamp on the eggs
and when by accident two cases
reached the store unstamped there
was little difficulty in disposing of
them
The increased profit to the farmers
through this method of marketing was
not as noticeable during the spring,
when eggs are plentiful, as when they
were scarce. During the winter the
difference was sometimes as great as
| ten cents a dozen, and when this par
! ticular creamery was visited one De-
cember the farmers were receiving
this very time farmers in the nearby
village were paid 25 cents dozen.
With the increased prices the produc-
ton rose rapidly also. Before the
creamery took up the marketing Of
! the eggs the supply received by the
local storekeepers was hardly more
than sufficient for the local demand.
Later the creamery paid out in one
year nearly $4,000 to producers Of
eggs, nearly all of which were shipped
away. This accounts for the fact that
the local merchants, who were at first
| inclined to look with disfavor upon
the innovation, soon saw that the in
creased returns to the community
meant increased profits to them even
! tually.
There is no reason why a system
similar to the one just described
should not be adopted in many other
localities. Local conditions will, of
course, require certain changes, but
the fundamental principle will remain.
Fresh eggs shipped regularly in good
condition to city markets are certain
to earn greater profits for the pro-
ducers than those which are allowed
to deteriorate On the road from the
farm to the consumer. Finally the
profits from its egg business may well
make the establishment of creamery
possible when it could not be run for
dairy products alone.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
moLDY FEED BAD FOR HENS VARIETY FOR WINTER EGGS
Best Results Secured From Laying
Fowls by Using Ground Food,
Meat and Green Stuff.

Variety of feed is what makes the
winter eggs. Corn three times a day
as rule builds up fatty tissue, makes
hens lazy and reduces profit.
Animal food, ground food and a
generous supply of green stuff pro-
duce the best results for laying fowls, u
says j. G. Halpin, head of the poultry
department of the University of Wis.
consin.
The exercise so needful for poultry
can be provided in winter by working
the grain ration well into the litter OF
fresh straw that should be provided as
carpet on the feeding floors. A good
variety of grain should be provided
some corn, wheat, oats and barley
mixed together, or fed alternately
makes satisfactory ration.
A grain ration for winter use that
has given good results at the expert
ment station farm consists of two
parts corn, two parts wheat, one part
oats and one part barley.
1t is recommended that the ground
feed be placed in small mash box
or trough where the hen can have
ready access to it. The following mix
ture of ground feeds is considered tc
be quite satisfactory: One hundred
pounds bran, 100 pounds middlings
/, 100 pounds ground corn, so pounds
malt sprouts, so pounds meat scraps
and sufficient salt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
TO SPREAD OR PILE MANURE
Answer to Question Is Largely One of
Location-Much Loss Sustained
by Broadcast Scattering.

(By ALVIN KEYSER, Colorado Expert
ment StatioIO
The question frequently arises,
Should manure be spread thinly over
the land in winter when it is hauled,
or should it be dumped in piles to be
scattered in the spring? The answer
to the question is largely one of loca-
ton. In great deal of Colorado ter
ritory the winters are dry, with dry,
very windy springs. Where such con-
ditions normally prevail scattering
manure broadcast on the land during
the winter means that the manure will
dry out and frequently be blown
away by the first heavy spring wind
storm.
Dropping in piles to be hand scat
tered later saves part of this loss.
Where snow is on the ground and
where winds are not menace, or
where conditions permit disking the
scattered manure into the top soil,
this loss by blowing is prevented.
From the standpoint of labor, drop
ping In piles increases the labor. From
the standpoint of saving the manure
it sometimes saves an appreciate per.
centage, while broadcast scattering
would lose all of it. The farmer will
have to decide these questions for
himself in his own localities, based
upon the points above enumerated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12

ing good health now and owe it all to
your remedies. ! take pleasure in tell
ing my friends and neighbors about
them. Mrs. MATTE HALEY, sol Col
quhone Street, Danville, Va.
No woman suffering from any form
of female troubles should lose hope I'M
til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
Ingredients of which are derived
from native roots and herbs, has for
forty years proved to be most valua-
BILE tonic and invigorator of the fe-
male organism. Women everywhere
bear willing testimony to the wonderful
virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
Every woman ought TO have
Lydia E. Pinkham's 80-page Text
Book. IL is not a book for gen.
eral distribution as it is too
expensive. 10 is free, and only
ODtainabHe by mail. Write for IL
today. Lydia e. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
PICKED UP IN THE ORCHARD
II Trees Are Not Protected Against
Mice Much Damage Will Result
Sort and Pack Apples.

AS we look out over the orchard
these days, everything seems to be
quiet and peaceful on the surface; but
If there is deep snow on the ground
thousands of mice are probably busy
making their tunnels from their nests
to the young trees to breakfast off
their tender bark. If you have not
protected the trees by putting paper
or wire screens about them your re-
Elections will not be altogether pleas
ant.
II you have apples to sell and they
have not yet been properly sorted and
packed, now is good time to do this
work. Sort according to size and color
and pack in small boxes with paper be-
tween the layers, particularly if you
have private customers, as most peo-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12

First, know what sort of bird is a
pictures of winning birds that are
shown in the farm papers and poultry
journals. Compare the best of your
flock with these. When you go among
the flock to pick you're birds, look for
those that have grown rapidly, and are
well feathered.
Don't take those that have dull, life
less feathers.
Don't take any that are out of pro
portion, or that show any sort Of a
malformation, as crooked back or
breastbone.
Don't take birds which are sup
posed to have clean legs and feet and
which have feathers there instead. 1t
doesn't pay to show fowls which will
be disqualified.
There are minor faults, however
which may be overlooked. For 1t
doesn't matter greatly whether a cock
erel has one too many points on his
comb. Too much stress should not be
laid on faults which do not really dis
qualify.
After the birds are selected, they
should be tanned, Tame birds act bet
ter in the show room. Take them VI
and handle them. Practice putting
them into show coops, handling them
carefully so as not to brighten them
Never take a bird up by its feet. Put
it into the coop head first and take II
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Green Bone for Fowls.

Green bone can be fed advanta.
geously to fowls intended for different
purposes and kept under different
conditions. 1t is great help in has
tening the growth of young birds. but
the greatest help of this food to the
average poultry raiser is in feeding it
during the winter months to supply
animal food. When fed to laying
hens the yield will be increased won.
derfully, and the poultry raiser will
be well paid for the labor expended
in cutting. 1t is food which all
fowls eat readily. and one that must
be fed judiciously.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Best Time for Pruninc.

There is a lot of truth In the old
saying that one should prune when
the knife is sharp. Spring is the best
time for pruning. as at that time the
wounds heal up most quickly. If the
trees are making excessive growth a
pruning early in July is good, as there
Is not likely to be any new growth
starting as the results Of cutting out
the old. There is also little danger of
recurring growth If just the water
sprouts are cut out now
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12

out by grasping it by the thighs, over
the wing and under the breast. In
this way the bird cannot flap it's wings
and break them, and you cause it no
discomfort. Practice up on some OF
your common stock before you tackle
your show birds. When you have
learned how to do it you can handle
them all you wish.
Do not overfeed your birds before
shipping. If you are going to ship to
a show where the birds are weighed
in, see to it that they arrive at the
show rooms with good appetites. The
show management will see to 1t that
they are properly fed before being
weighed Feed just what they will
clean up and remove the rest. II
doesn't pay to cram before shipping
When they arrive, theyhave no appe'
tites, and are weighed in to poor adj
vantage.
The male birds should be kept sepa'
rate. Otherwise the two best ones
are almost sure to get to fighting just
before the show, and will thus be out
of condition. If you must keep them
together, be sure that your show bird
is master of the coop. Otherwise he
becomes cowed and will not show to
good advantage.
If in doubt in regard to any points
about your birds, consult some local
authority who can tell you just which
is the best bird
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Care of Details Important.

AS rule it is the taking care of the
little things that goes furthest toward
making success of any business.
This is especially true in the poultry
business. Until one masters this fea.
ture of the work he cannot hope to be
a real success. This is one reason why
many women are really successful in
the raising of chickens. They have the
Unborn faculty for detail in their work
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
indication of Fowls Health.

The condition of the bowels is the
best indication Of the fowls health.
When the droppings are more or less
hard, of dark brown color, capped
with white, we know the fowl is enjoy
ing the best of health. But when they
are watery and yellow, indigestion. II
not liver trouble, is the cause.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Vaccination a Fake

If any tree doctor offers to vaccinate
your trees to repel insects and disease
set the dog on him and drive him of
the place in hurry. He is q fakeI
and his treatment is no good. 1t may
hurt the tree; 1t certainly will not be
Of benefit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Best keepina Qualities.

For best keeping qualities, apples
should be picked as soon as they are
well colored and before they are over.
ripe. However, If picked too green
they will shrivel, while If allowed to
become too ripe they will become dry
and mealy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Persistence Makes sucsess.

Those who become discouraged at
a few failures will seldom succeed
with poultry Failures are often met
in any line, and poultry is no excep-
ton to this rule. 1t takes persistence
to make q success at anytime
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Attention, Mothers!

Write VIM. Wrigley Jr Co., 1904
Kesner Bldg. Chicago, ILL.,, for 2S page
beautifully colored Mother Goose
Jingle Book" Sent free to all read
ers of this paper.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Pear Trees Run Hloh,

Young pear trees are inclined to run
up high. They should be headed ir
severely every year while young. Bear
ing pear trees need but little pruning.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12

much better tnan i
did when the doctor
was treating me. /
don't suffer any
bearing down pains
at all now and l sleep
well. / cannot say
enough for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and
Liver Pills as they
have done so much
for me. | am enjoy
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
increase the Meat Ration.

Remember, In cold weather TO in
crease the meat ration. as the hens
need it to keep up the heat for the
body.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Crow Profitable Pics.

We cannot grow pigs profitably
without feeding enough to keep them
gaining steadily.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
The Kind.

81 am going to start an aviation
journal"
"Will you print it on fly paper?"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12

When a woman has no faith In her
husband she can generally find con.
ISOLATION with the fortune teller.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12

A simple remedy against coughs and all
throat irritations are Deans Mentholated
Cough Drops-5c at all good Druggists.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12

Few sermons are as broad as they
are long.-Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
Euus Easily Ruined.

Duck eggs are very easily ruined by
careless handling.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-12
WHAT $40 DID
FOR this WOMAN
The Price She Paid for lydia
E.Pinkham'sV Vegetable Com
pound Which Brought
Good Health.

Danville, va.-"I have only spent ten
dollars on your medicine and I feel 30
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-04
SPILL 100 GALS.
OF CHOCK. BEER

Last Saturday evening about 6
o'clock J. H. Flippo, constable; c. M.
Beard, police officer, and Jim Dillon,
deputy u. S. marshal, raided dark town
and destroyed 100 gallons of "Choc'
beer, found between Third and Fourth
street, on Dakota avenue, and between
first and Minnesota avenue. There
was no arrest made, but the officers
made the beer makers promise never
to make any more of that stuff or bring
any of it here.
Officers say there will be close
watch for this kind of beer by them.
Better cut it out or you will get job
on the county road is the word.
Flippo says that Jim Diloln is there
with the jimpson" when it comes 70
dumping a sixty gallon barrel of beer,
and that Officer Beard can smell that
stuff for one hundred yards. 'He
would certainly make fine blood
hound" said Flippo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-04
EXTENSION
IS GRANTED

Muskogee, Okla, Oct. 4.--The fol-
lowing telegram has been received by
Gabe Il. Parker, superintendent of the
Five Civilized Tribes, from the secre-
tary of the interior:
"fou are authorized to extend the
time for all deferred payments unallot-
ted lands, timber lands, and surface
or segregated coal and asphalt lands
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations due
November, December. 1915, and Janu-
airy. February, 1916, one year on pay
ment of interest on balance Of unpaid
purchase price, said extensions to be-
come effective only upon payments of
interests"
AS the deferred payments draw five
and six per cent interest and the lands
purchased are being improved and
otherwise enhanced in value and the
title thereto. remains in said tribes un.
til full payment is made. the interests
of the tribes are not only amply pro
tected, but the extension comes at an
opportune time considering the finah
depression following two crop failures
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-04
TWO PINTS
CAPTURED

Deputies Arthur Williams and 0. n.
Dryden OF Sheriff Bailey's force, stop
ped over while enroute to the evening
performance of the big show, Saturday
night long enough to investigate the
wherefore of a seemingly unlawful as
semblage in the heart of Darktown.
Pushing their way into the building,
the officers were just in time to at
tend the passing out of the last Of the
joy water-two pints. When Deputy
Williams laid the hands of the law up
on the last pint the supposed dispenser
advised him that he was Sorry, Boss,
but that whisky's done been sold"
A. J. Carter and Doctor" Graham
accompanied the two pints and the two
officers to the county Jail where they
remain pending further investiga-
ton.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-04
DR.. ROUSE
RETURNS
TO TEXAS
Pastor Of Baptist Church Delivers
Last Sermons to Large Con-
gregations; Grateful to
Cbickasha People

Largec Congregations were present at
both the morning and evening services
at the First Baptist church yesterday
TO hear the last sermons of the retir-
ing pastor. Rev. w. L. Rouse, d. D.,
who Will return to Texas, a field in
which he labored for many years be-
fore coming here about year ago.
DR. Reuse announced that he had
accepted the pastorate of the Baptist
church at Memshis, Tex, where there
IS Baptist church of 500 mem
hers with a magnificent house of wor-
ship. He and his family win leave to-
morrow in their car, going via Hobart,
where they will visit few days.
The people of Chickasha, and
out of the church, have treated me
with the greatest Kindness" said Dr.
Rouse in the course of his farewell re-
marks to his congregation. my rela-
tions with theo ther pastors of the
city have been cordial. All of them
have treated me well and have tried
to treat them the same way The press
has also been kind and considerate to
me. / leave Chickasha with the best
feeling for all the people here and with
gratitude to them for all their kind
ness"
During the pastorate of DR.. Rouse.
lasting about year, there were 16S ad-
ditions to the Chickasha church and
the amount Of money contributed for
all purposes was about $500.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-04
CINNINGS
) ALLER
IS REPORT
Condition Also Shows Falling Off;
Total Crop Of lO,95O,OOO Pre-
dicted; Markets Take
Up9ard Turn

BY United Press.
Washington, Oct. 4-According to
the census report issued today the total
number o. bales of Gotten of the 1915
crop ginned up to September %. was
2,9oe,Oo7.
Up to the same date in1914 the total
amount ginned was 3,S93.752 bales.
The department of agriculture. in a
report issued today, estimated the con-
dition of the cotton crop on September
% to be COS per cent of normal as
compared with 69.2 on the same date
of the previous month
On the basis of these figures yield
of 16S pounds per acre was forecasted
making the total 1915 crop 10,95O, 1eS
bales, as compared with 16,1S5,00o
bales last year,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-04
BOARD IN
SESSION

The board of commissioners of
Grady county met in regular monthly
session this morning, all commissions
ers present, together with county
clerk. county surveyor and other OF
ficials
Today has been devoted principally
to the disposition of the regular routine
business of thee ounty, the allowance
of claims and other matters in kind
1t is possible that the matter of fix
ing the routings of number of county
roads and the possible state highways
which are to traverse the county, will
occupy the attention of the board dur
ing the latter part of today's session.