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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31
Interior Cotton Market

Houston: Middling, Il 95c: receipts. H. 0Sl; shipments, STA; sales, sos; stock, 766. : S66 wy
 Memphis: Middling. 1213c; receipts, 7637; shipments, 2953; sales. HOO; stock 155, ASA
 Augusta: Middling. 11.6sc; receipts, 25o6: shipments. 1191; sales, 1914; stock, 164, ,91s
 St. Louis: Mddling, 121Sc; receipts, S200; shipments, 276O; stock, 731s
 Cincinnati: Receipts APT: ship,nents. 4615; stock, 11,370
 Little Rock: Middling. 1225c; receipts. 1881; shipments, 1886; sales, 1896; stock, 24,- 57S
 Dallas Middling, 11.50c.
 Total today Receipts, O482 shipments, 20,S2s; stock. 53,534
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New Orleans Cotton Futures
New Orleans Cotton

New York, October 30.-Raw sugar firm, molasses 3.6s@ s75c; centrifugal, 4.45 c 4.52c; refined firm, 10 points higher; cut loaf. 625c; crushed, 6.15c: mould A, 5.S0c; cubes, 5.60c: xXxx powdered, 5.50c; powdered. 5.45c fine granulated, 5.35c; diamond A, 5.35c; confectioner's, A, 5.25c; No. l, 5.10c. The market for sugar futures was quiet and featureless, closing points higher to, ? points lower: sales, HOO tons.
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aids growth of bono and muscie; di : gestibile and palatable.
 Corn meal furnishes heat and fat makes mash palatable.
 Meat scrap furnishes energy and fat albumen and mineral matter; adds pal l- stability and stimulates production.
 Oats furnish fibre and bulk; mineral matter for bone; heat and energy.
 Buckwheat furnishes about the same as oats but not so much fibre.
 Green food adds bulk. assists dlges . tion; contains mineral matter.
 The following ration is suggested for laying hens where there is a scratc | food used in combinations:
 Wheat bran, 200 parts; wheat mid dlings, 100 parts gluten meal. 10 parts ground oats. 100 parts; mea scraps. 25 parts; oil meal, 10 parts common table salt. parts: charcoal. . parts.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanoyer Square, N. change, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Produce, Exchange. Associate Members Liverpoel Cotton Association: sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for future delivery; Special attention and spot cotton for delivery. Correspond ence invited.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York. October 30-(Special.)- .)-Both the European and American markets are surprise to the trade-Liverpool because of its weakness and here on account of the strength Liverpool reports heavy selling from Bombay, with light offerings from America, while here on a small de- mand there were comparatively few sell CTS, so that with Liverpool points down (when it should have been up), our mar ket closes practically unchanged
 Previous to the Lever bill there would have been American buying orders in Liverpool, as with freight insurance and exchange as they are, Liverpool is the lowest market. Taken altogether. this market showed remarkable strength, as did the southern markets with their rela- lively large stocks, which exporters and spot house believe will come on the mar ket for sale to make room for the re- ceipts On the other hand, the strong conviction for a short crop gives cour- age and determination to the merchants and producers
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THE QUALITY
 OF TABLE POULTRY

In next weeks article Prof. W. C.. Krum, poultry husband man, Cornell university. Ithaca, N. T., will describe special methods of fattening fowls for home and market and will give rules for grading carcasses. The illustration by Louis Paul Graham will be of Buff Cochins.
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Rice Market

New Orleans. October 30.-Clean rice continued strong and Japan steady today, while the rough grade was active. Re celpts rough. 13,3ll; millers, 1o 743 clean
 5a.. Sales, SsI sacks rough Honduras at s.4oaS .6oc: 1O,536 pockets clean Honduras at Sls@ofc; lol4 pockets Japan at 2lk@ 4S-16c Quote: Honduras. 4dt51bc: Janan
 37s@4Ac '''''
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BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

growers. They make good capons ans good roasting fowls. and their yellov skin and legs made them quick, eas. sellers in the markets.
 As fancy fowl, the Barred Rock ha many admirers. For a time 1t was tn most popular variety. They are foun in every poultry exhibition, and fanciei will pay big prices for specimens win 1t requires considerable art an patience to breed winning Barred Rock:
 For the backyard flock there Is notl ing better than the Barred Rock l has already demonstrated it's value g, the farmers fowl and for the fancie it is worthy of his best skill in breedin and will give considerable satisfaction | return for care and patience in breedin:
 Whether you elect to breed Barre Rocks for fancy, for the farm flock. O. for your own little backyard table SUI ply, you can be assured of plenty of bi brown eggs and toothsome broilers, roas, CTS and fricassees when your table need them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31
Catton Seed Oil

New York, october 90-Cotton seed oil was quiet and while price changes were narrow the tone was easy owing to the acton of cotton and under week end lioui- oatioh' closing irregular at 3 points ad- vance to points net decline.
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Dry Goods Market

New York, October 30.-Cotton goods recovered today from the weakness of the past 10 days. Yarns firm, burlaps strong and knit goods active. Wool cns very firm. The carpet auction closed with all goods offered taken at better prices than has ever obtained at an auction sale of this character.
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Bonds
Reserve Bank Statement

Washington, October 30.-The net amount of federal reserve notes taken out by federal reserve banks increased nearly s4,000O00 worth during the past week, according to statement of the banks condition October 29. issued today by the federal reserve board It shows:
 Resources Cold coin and certificates in vaults, $21S,224O00. Gold settlement fund, s6l.960,000. Gold redemption fund with United States treasurer $1,2 900. Total gold reserve, s2S1. .4oe. coo Legal ten der notes; silver etc., s37,O5s00o. Total reserve, $31S, 464,0oO. Mills discounted and bought. Maturities, within 10 days, $6,- 939,0oo From Il to 30 days, $lo595, 900. From 31 to 60 days, $15,969000. From 61 to 90 days, $S, 462, GOO. Over 90 days, s2.102, 600. Total. s44,067,000
 1nvestments United States bonds $1o,- 505,000. Municipal warrants, S25,0l4,0o Federal reserve notes: Net, $19, 723, 900. Due from federal reserve banks: Net, s. 53S, ,00O All other resources, 8, 645,0 900. Total re- sources, 29,951,0O0
 Liabilities: Capital paid in. s54.sS 600. Government deposits, $15000.O0O. Reserve deposits: Net, s343. 600. Federal reserve notes, $13,91S,000. All other liabilities, s2,- 641, ,00c Total liabilities. S$429, ,951 900. Gold reserve against net liabilities, S75 per cent Cash reserve against liabilities after set ting aside 40 per cent gold reserve against net amount of federal reserve notes in circulation, S9.4 per cent
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The Barred Plymouth Rock enjoys the distinction of being the first strictly American breed to become generally pop ular. In the infancy of the American poultry fancy the range of variety was limited, consisting only of Shangnais Chittagongs. Spanish. Games and what were known as Dominiques. It is gen. erally agreed among authorities that the present-day Barred Plymouth Rock Is descended from the cross of the old Dominique and what was then known as the Black Java, the latter being of Asi- attic origin.
 It's undisputed valuable quantfes or fur nishing both toothsome carcass of good quality and weight and being heavy layer of large brown eggs. as well as fowl that can rough it," have made the Plymouth Rock extensively popular with the American farmer. It Is good forager and will give satisfactory results even under conditions not the best.
 Plymouth Rocks are popular for broil- CTS. due to the fact that they are rapid
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Naval Stores

Savannah October 3o-Turpentine firm, 60.tc; sales. sf; receipts. 273: shipments. 14a: stock. 11.0H Rosin firm; sales, @6; Quote: A. B. c. D. E. F. q. .H31al. 50; e. q .H; H. l, H. >oQ4.66: K. $.7od6: N. &.55; ", Q; WIG, 6.25; wv. e6.tA
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in the mouth Nature has provided sali- vary glands at the base of the tongue for moistening food before it passes into the crop. When food is "gobbled' down, as wet food generally is, this moist ening process by the salivary glands does not take place, in which case the crop, gizzard and intestines of the birds have to take up the work of moistening and mixing the food before they can proceed with their own work. In other words, by compelling fowls to eat slowly and naturally they derive more nutriment from their food and they are not as likely to get indigestion
 The necessity for a we'll balanced ra- ton is appreciated by most feeders A well balanced ration is one in which all the different food clements are com bined in correct proportion so that they will supply the necessary nutriment to the fowl in order to maintain perfect health and condition under all circum- stances. Laying hens require a com paratively rich ration which is easily digestible and one that supplies the elements which are contained in egg formation in large quantities. The diff ficult computations involved in secur- ing the correct combinations for per fectly balanced ration make it neces- sary Tor the average poultryman to feed more or less by guesswork The poultryman who feeds in this way must be governed by experience. and all we can do is to give the general principles or feeding as guide
 Mash feeds are generally composed of bran, middlings. corn. gluten, oats, meat scrap and clover.
 Wheat Bran Indispensable
 Wheat bran is regarded as indispen- sable by most poultrymen. It is used as the foundation for nearly all mashes. either wet or dry It carries a compar- atively high percentage of coarse. woody material and it's digestibility is comparatively low. It supplies certain elements. however. which cannot con venfently be secured in any other way. being particularly rich in mineral mat ter and it also has a tonic effect which gives it added value. Corn meal. wheat middllngs. buckwheat middllngs, glu- ten feed, ground oats and oil meal are all used In various proportions
 Wheat bran furnishes a1bumen and minerals; fibre for bulk; assists diges- ton.
 Wheat middlings furnish heat and eEergy; alubumen; binds mush together:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31
Live Stock


 Chicago, October S0.--Hogs: Receipts, 1000; slow; bulk. s6.65Q7.20; light $6.6O0l 750; mixed, $65O@7.50; heavy. $6.s5@76 60; rough, $635@655; pigs, ss3. .5oQ7.
 Cattle: Receipts, 800; weak; native beef steers, $5.9OQ1O.5O western steers. s6.50Q S.6o; cows and heifers s2SOQS.25; calves, N.25611
 Sheep: Receipts. 2ooO: firm; wethers, sss @665; ewes, $s.9O@6.S5; lambs, $6.B@B. go. St. Louis, October 30.-Hogs: Receipts, 3oO0; higher; pigs and lights, s6.25@. l5; good heavy, s7.60@7.70.
 Cattle: Receipts, $50; steady; native beef steers s7.6001o.25; yearling steers and heifers, s. .50110.25; cows $6QS; stockers, $6 @7.75; Texas and Indian steers, $5.25@S .50 cows and heifers, $4@s50; native calves. se 010.5O.
 Sheep: Receipts, 15o: steady: lambs. $2 co; sheep and ewes, $5@6.50.
 Kansas City, October s0.-Hogs: Re- ceipts, 15O0; strong; bulk, $7.05g7.30; heavy. $6S0@7.30 light, $747.40; pigs, $6Q675.
 Cattle: Receipts. 200; steady: prime fed steers. $9.65@10.25 dressed beef steers. B @9.60; southern steers, s5.503750; cows, 4250p7: heifers, $699.25: stockers, $575Q $50; bulls, A.500S; calves. $6010
 Sheep: Receipts, not quoted; steacy: lambs. $s.25s.75; yearlings. $6.5O@7. 25; wethers, $5.50@6.5o; ewes, z 25d5.75.
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Coffee Market

New York October SO-The market fol coffee futures opened steady at unchanged prices to an advance of points in sym pathy with continued steadiness in Brazil There were some further Wall street and foreign buying, but support was much less active than recently. and the market sagged off from 6.75c to 6.70c for March and 6.S6Q6. Soc for May under scattered realizing. The close was net unchanged to 1 points lower. Sales. $500 bags. Novem- Der and December. 6.70c: January, Febru- ary and March, 6,6ec; April, 6.74c; May. 6.79c; June, 6.s4c; July. 6.s8c; August. G.S3c: September. 69Sc.
 Spot steady; Rio Ts, TIC; Santos 4s, 9stc. No change was reported in the cost and freight situation.
 The official cable reported an advance of 125r at Rio. Rio exchange on London santos unchanged. Brazilian port receipts. H,OOo; Jundiahy. l7.0oo.
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Charles Fairchild's Letter

New York, October 3O.-(Special.) )-Liv-
 erpoors weakness this morning was not
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Surar Market

sugar Market
 New Orleans, October 30.-Spot cot ton, quiet unchanged; sales on the spot. S3 bales; to arrive, 1900: good ordinary, 9.74c; strict good ordinary, 1030c; low middling, 10.93c; strict low middling. 11.3Bc; middling. 11.75c; strict middling. 12c; good middling. 12.s2c; strict good middling. 12.69c.
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receptacles, Is especially recommended for sanitary reasons. Dry food hoppers hung along the wall or placed on a platform above the floor where the drop pings and Mtter cannot get into the food. and 70 arranged that the fowls cannot perch on them protects the food from contamination. Furthermore, this fine. dry food is unfavorable to the existen ce and development of disease germs that arc often present and may easily spread through tho flock where wet mash 10 fed and general unsanItary conditions pre- vail. fF
 The dry mash feeding is the natural method When eaten dry the food Is digested naturally. and the process of digestlon begins where 1t should begin--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
Would Copy Old Song.

am wondering if any of your read CTS know where can secure copy of the old song, Sweetest Bunch of Lilacs' If any of your. readers have a copy of the song and words to the same. should be more than grateful if could even borrow 1t to copy. would gladly pay postage. I have tried all of the largest music dealers in this city and they tell me the song is out of print. D. c. P.''
 l don't think any one has ever asked In vain for the words or music of a song who has made an application through the Corner. l trust this time may not prove an exception to the rule and that D. c. P. may secure the song she desires
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
Supplies Reading Matter.

IF you will send me the address of F. w.. who writes from an old miner,s camp. my daughter and I would be glad to send her some magazines. As we have been placed in the same circumstances ourselves. we know what it is to lack books and also what 1t means to be too poor to buy them! Also if you will send the address of Maisle. who wants castor beans. can supply her. I have . tree in my yard that Is fourteen feet or more high and full of beans. both green and dry 50 that she can have all that she wants wish to express my apprecia- tion of the Corner. It contains so much that is helpful in more ways than one and always cut out the matter and save it for future reference.
 MRS. J. R. A."
 There is nothing like similar experi- ences for producing sympathy. Those who love to read and who have been de- prived of books know how to feel for others in similar plight. I was glad to send the addresses requested and am happy to know of some one else who haa been helped by the Corner and It's work.
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rush of articles which would come there.
 did we not make a hard and fast rule aeainst 1t. When the address of any appli- cant is wanted all that is necessary is to write and ask me for it and it will be promptly supplied. trust B. L. may be able to assist some one again and that the next time she will ask for the address Of the person she desires to aid and send
 her gift directly,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
Canned Tomato Bouillon.

"Can you give me good recipe for to- mato bouillon? My tomatoes are ripening and wish to put up some of them Tn this way. l have read somewhere that the best way to do this is to use the pure to- mato pulp seasoned with Spanish sweet peppers and beef juice. But the right pro- portions were not given or directions for cooking the mixture. Please answer at your earliest convenience. as l should like to put up the tomatoes when they are at their ripest stage"
 MRS. D. F. P."
 I am not acquainted with the prepara- ton you describe. Of course, have eaten tomato bouillon, made either from the fresh or the canned tomatoes. stewed the juice pressed out. strained, and seasoned. but have never made and canned the bouillon. Can some of our readers give
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For All Kinds of Ants.

Here Is a remedy for ants. red and black, little and big, and all kinds of ants:
 Sweeten a bowl of water well with molasses and vinegar; make 1t just pleasant to the taste. and set 1t III your kitchen sink. In the morning you will think you have bowl of blackberries. All kinds of ants. red, black. blue. or white. will get full on this drink and die.
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10 know something of what your gil are really doing and thinking and fed ing. and don't put 1t of until they a half-grown. It may not be very thrillil to live with their thoughts while the are babyish and limited. but this Is t only way by which you can hope to ke in a growing intimacy with them. Tht hearts and minds are putting out tendr all the time. If these do not cling to y they will attach themselves elsewhe and for this you will have yourself blame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
Best PicealiNi Ecer Made.

"I love the Helping Hand very much
 and have learned to make some good new dishes from it. I send you herewith "a recipe for the best piccalilli that was ever made. and l do hope that every one who secs the recipe will try it. It should be put in self-sealing jars. and especially In . warm climate it should be well sealed
 One head of cabbage. four green hot peppers. six onions. one peck of green to- matoes. Chop all these. Put with them one cup of salt and one quart of vinegar and cook thirty minutes; then drain. Scala together two pounds of sugar. two quarts of vinegar. one teaspoon each of allspice, cinnamon. ginger. and cloves; two tablespoons of English mustard and enc tablespoon of celery seed. Pour this
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Writc for the Address.

am sending you some music for which Mrs. E. D. B. asked in the Helping Hand department. Her address was not given ard so am forwarding the music to the paper. Won't you please forward it to her! hope it will be satisfactory. I think the Helping Hand Is so nice and hope may soon again have an oppor- tunity to help. B. L."
 Another cause for regret Again and again have said that gifts of any sort must never be sent to the office, where there are no facilities for handling the
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MARION HARLAND'S HELPING. HAND

over the pickles and cook twenty min- utes; then can. This is fine.
 MRS. W. l.. S.'' This is a time of year when recipes for thls sort of thing are welcome and we are glad to have this as we'll as to get the kindly tribute to the Helping Hand. Let me add the injunction to have the jars rinsed out in boiling water before putting in the pickle and to be sure the tops and rubbers are in good order
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Address Is the Office.

"I am inclosing a card. which may be of service to J. A. c. with regard to her MSS. I know you do not give addresses in the paper, but would it not be we'll to supply your own? MRS. A. M. R
 Any letter addressed to me in care of this paper will reach me promptly The card was sent to J. A. c.
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Asks for Information.

am a young man. g years old and am writing this in the hope that it may catch the eye of some one belonging to the Unitarian church who will be good enough to explain to me fully the teach ings and the life of that body. Anything can do in return will be pleasure to give. ScoTcHMAN."
 We do not admit discussions of any points of doctrinal or theological belief to this Corner, but if there are any Uni tarians who wish to communicate with " Scotchman in reply to his inquiries and will write for his address it will be promptly supplied.
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Forgot the Address.

Kindly send the address of D. K. to me. ! have received splendid letter from F. A. T., thanking me for the books and pictures it was my pleasure to send.
 MRS. E. This assurance of the generous good will of the correspondent makes me regret all the more that we could not give her the address of the applicant for which she wrote But. although Mrs. D. signed her name to her letter. she did not give us any address. It was therefore impossi- ble to reply to her letter despite the stamp she inclosed. I am sorry!
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Make a new dish and more will come to the funeral of the first. MRS. M.
 This is certainly d simple remedy and it will be little trouble to try. wish the correspondent had told us how long the treatment must be kept up to rid the es- tablishment of the pests.
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who wished clothing and pieces for patch work and I have tried to supply their needs to the best of my ability Now see some more requests for articles can well spare and later we hope to be able 10 do much more. A. c. O."
 It always rejoices me to print such a letter as this as an indication of the good and helpful work being done by the Cor nerites, in response to the requests which come to us for help. The addresses asked for have been sent to A. c. O.
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Design for a Quill.

would like to get in touch with some one who has design Tor log cabin quilt I have good pair of crutches. padded, which should like to exchange for a tripod for camera.
 L. c. H.'' Has any one the tripod of camera to oHer in exchange for the crutches. and VIII some possessor of a log cabin quilt Write me for the address of l.. c. H.?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
Garden Plants of Various Kinds.

f"HE correspondent whose name I ee inclose asks for castor beans. I
 have some to spare, also garden
 plants of various kinds. Some
 time ago l recall a person ask Ing for a bath cabinet or sweating cabi- net. Mine has benefited me so much that now I don't need it any more I would gladly give it to any one who would send for it. E. E. s. The correspondent who asked for cas- tor beans has been supplied, but have no doubt that others will be heard from who will be glad to have the beans and garden plants as well. am sure there will be call for the bath cabinet, and hope no one will ask for it who is not prepared to send for it or to pay trans portation charges.
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Has More 10 Scare.

Your kind letter was received some time ago. giving me the names of persons