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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

vESTMENT-Corner. 10oxl00, improved Fith Broom, 2-story house; corner 50x100, facant. This property only ' blocks from |enter. one block from Ridgely. Now, fsten. Will trade this property and will kccept a residence, if unincumbered,
 sorth from $S0O0 to $10,000 as part pay
 bent, balance can be handled to suit. This Is your chance to trade residence Tor the best semi-business proposition h the city. H. D. Williams & Co.,, Inc, |02-3 Jefferson Bank Bldg. Main IF.
 9-26-St-su-tu-th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

f0R SALH-Large corner lot near center of business section on paved street. certain to enhance in value; prtcs. $2o,-
 l Oo0; will consider good residence on South Highlands or Norwood as pay
 ment A. B. Lonergan Realty O.. 1tol-2 Jefferson County Bank Bldg. Main 1888.
 F0R SALE-S0 900 ,Oo0 feet white oak and
 poplar. ono to three miles of railroad, average large. F. o. Box 7l7.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26
BTOCK-RANCH-SNAP

|Oo acres. Sumter county. three-quarters |level, about 250 open, on public road. 3 land I miles to railroad station; three |tenant houses; chocolate and post oak |lime land Worth $16; for quick deal
 50 per acre takes 1t. Address S-94. |care Herald. 9.24-2t-fri-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

SELL OR EXCHAN0E-40 or 90 acres
 land, 21k miles city car, for 7-room house
 in good community, dnincumbered.
 Owner. 650s Underwood avenue. 9-26-3t
 FOR EXCHANGE-Beautif Broom
 thoroughly modern home. on large lot
 east of 10th st., South Highlands; price,
 &15.000. Will trade for small business corner in downtown section and pay
 cash for difference. A. B. Lonergan Realty Co.,. 15o1-2 Jeff. Co. Blk. Bldg. Main 753S
 SACRIFICE sALE.
 Sa600 eight-room house for only 5000; two halls, bath, large porches, barn and servant house. and 90-foot front lot; good locality, Woodlawn; owner has left town. J. L. M., P. o. Box 1. city. Phone se-J. West End.
 LIN THE PAY ROLL COUNTRY" New Groom bungalow within walking dis tance of Fairfield for $16Oo; lot 6Oxl4o; >60 cash. SIS per month Fine elevated lots within 3 blocks of car lines and convenient to all the plants near Fair field, for $400 and up. on easy terms Elevated lot 50x126, with all improve ments in and paid for. for $S75. on terms Phone Enslsy 6bS, or write J. M. Berri- THIRD avenue snap; this Is close in on a paved business thoroughfare, improved with a 2-story brick building; can be | bought on terms of CISCO cash, balance to suit; price. tz, 500. No information on phone. Sec g. B. Reece of Fl. D. Will liams & Co. Inc, N2-3 Je6erson Bank
 BIg. Main 177. e-ss-st-su-tu-th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

YOU LOSE MONEY WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR LUMBER NOT CONSIDERING OUR LOW PRICES.
 VIM. DUKES LUMBER co.
 PHONE S411. 4So1 MORRIS AVE. 8-1-tf-sI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26
FARM SNAP

FOR SALE-Elegant, Broom residence, built by owner for home; thoroughly modern; large lot; servant house and garage; exclusive neighborhood; con- venient to school and car; price, 5000; will consider exchange for smaller prop erty. A. B. Lonergan Realty Co.,, 1501-2 Jefferson County Bank Bldg. Main 753S. FOR SALE-150-acre farm in finest peach
 belt in the country near Fort Valley, Ga. Apply to M- A. Jackson. 3S4 N.
 10th st. Birmingham. 9-5-4t-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

SOUTHSIDE BARGAIN TWO BUSINESS CORNERS
 Is feet front by 100 feet deep on east side |of 2Sd st.. extending from Avenue to |J. Magnolia Point. The price ia SO per |foots on very satisfactory terms.
 PIERCE REALTY co. SoQe list Ave. Phone ASA. 9-24-2t-fri-su |oR SALE OR TRADE-The best dairy proposition in the district, with 75 cows and full equipment and contract for all the dairy will produce, clear ing from $500 to $500 per month. Ad- dress F-94. care Age-Herald. o-22-St-We- fr- ou
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

FOR sALEICheap; four-acre truck farm. 1k miles of East Thomas. fronting on pike road; jitney service every 10 miri- BroWn-Marx bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

FOR SALE OR RENT-New bungalow, 307 Poplar st., West End. Apply to own CT, l.. c. Sims, 727 Brown-Marx Bldg. Phone Main 23S9
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-31
CLASSIFICATION OF APPLE TREE INSECTS

Before It Is possible to combat an
insect pest intelligently we must learn
something Of its habits and of it's vul-
|nerable points. When these are known
proper remedial measures may then be
taken for it's repression or extermin-
alton. In the United States alone
more than four hundred species Of in
sects are known to affect in greater or
less degree the apple tree or Its fruit.
For convenience in dealing with the
species nof insects which damage apple
trees, they have been classified, IN
accordance with the character Of the
injury they cause, into three primary
groups.
A. InJuring root, trunk or branch;
borers and sap feeders.
AA. Injuring the foliage; biting or
sucking insects.
AAA- InJuring the fruit: maggots
caterpillars, bugs and beetles.
In the class Of those in3urlns root,
trunk or branch, are the borers-
round headed. fiat headed and shot
borer-which are destructive to the
wood; the scale insects and plant lice
which include the oyster shell and San
Jose scale and the woolly aphis.
In the second class-those injuring
foliage-are the plant lice, small,
greenish, blackish or reddish lioe. like
sucking insects, such as the green ap-
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EJ front kkmt1e~

lily. All food and water can be car
ried through the house on this car
and 1t will prove a great labor saver
IN long laying house. The droppings
from the roosting boards may also be
removed on it, being gathered in pals
or boxes loaded on the car. and push
ed to the manure shed.
Bill of Lumber.
In constructing this house any
strong lumber may be used. Amounts
are given In board feet unless other
wise specified. The following esti-
mates do not allow waste in cutting
and are for the material needed for q
curtain-front house 20 by 20 feet, or
for one unit Of a long house.
Eight cedar posts, six feet long, six
inch butts; $50 feet two by four inch
for studs, doors. windows and coop
frames; 22O feet two by six inoh
planks, for floor joists (1o-foot
lengths); 60 feet six by six inch for
Ellis (20-foot lengths); rs feet four
by four inch for corner studs and wall
stringers; 40 feet two by three inch
for. roosts; 216 feet two by Ave inch
for rafters; 80 feet two by nine inch
for steps; 40 feet one by eight inch
boards for braces for rafters; SO feet
one by nine inch boards for doors;
ION feet per door six inch boards for
door braces; 1850 feet boards for out
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MUSSEL MUD AS FERTILIZEfe.-

In most Of the bays indenting the
shores Of Prince Edward Island are
found extensive deposits Of mussel
mud, so-called locally. being organic
remains Of countless generations of
oysters, mussels, clans, and other BIZ
valves Of the ocean, and of crustac-
eous animals generally. The shells,
usually more or less intact. are found
Embedded in dense deposits Of mudlike
substance and this combination Is q
fertilizer Of high value and potency
1t supplies lime and organic matter,
besides small quantities of phosphates
and alkalies. An ordinary dressing OF
1t secures fertility in a striking man.
ner to the poorest or most exhausted
soil. The shells decay slowly, year by
year, throwing off q film of fertilizing
stuffs. The deposits around Prince
Edward Island vary from five to 25
feet in depth. They are taken up by
dredging machines worked from RATS
In summer or from the ice in winter.
From Consul Frank Deedmeyer,
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,
Canada.
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uous winter stages-several moths.
such as orchard ard forest tent cater
pillars, cecropia cocoon, brown tail
moth nest, antique and white marked
tussock moths.
The third classification: insects in
Turing the fruit; caterpillars, lesser
apple worm, coddling moth and the
notified fruit caterpillar, legless mag
gots or grubs, railroad worm and cur
culio; mature insects with wings and
legs, plum curculio, rore chafor. tar
nished plant bug.
The notified fruit caterpillar Is q
very familiar apple insect. The eggs
are laid in q mass attached fatty to
the leaf. The larva IS smooth, hair
less caterpillar, one and q half inches
long when grown. It's head Is shiny
yellow with one dark blotch on each
lobe It's body Is mottled grayish
brown above, and pale grayish green
underneath. This caterpillar feeds
upon the foliage and the fruit. The
pupal stage is passed in the ground,
a glistening brown object, about three
quarters of an inch long. This cater
pillar Is readily dislodged, Earring the
tree and killing the insect on the
ground is a convenient combatative
measure. ....
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FINE YIELD OF CLOVER SEED

A few seasons ago we thought we
would not cut clover for seed, as the
drought had been unusually severe
during the greater part Of the sum-
mer. We expected that thu e-stracted
drought would lesson the turnout OF
seed.
Several farmers in this vicinity said
that they did not intend to cut their
clover for seed. They thought it would
not pay for the labor and expense of
thrashing.
I had very large field Of seed
clover, and, as was needing the seed.
concluded that 1 would cut it and see
what the results would be. The turn
out of seed was excellent - ap-
peared as though the drought vas Of
some benefit.
can see now that DIR. season INTER-
the seed has formed will increase 1l,e
yield Of seed in place of lessening II,
IS e. Brands, Ind.
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side boarding, walls, floors. etc.; 500
feet matched one by six inch boards
for top floor; 500 feet one by six inch
shiplap for walls and ends; 100 feet
boards for roost frames; 40 lineal
feet two by two inch surfaced four
sides for nest frames; 80 feet pine
for curtain frames; $500 shingles
laid five inches to weather.
Bill Of Hardware.
One pair double acting spring hing
es with screws; one pair six inch
heavy T hinges with screws; seven
pairs five inch light T hinges with
screws; two pairs two by two inch
butts with screws; i've pairs three by
three inch butts with screws; two
dozen No. 10 screws two inches long;
20 pounds three penny single nails;
75 pounds eight penny common nails;
rs pounds 10 penny common nails;
10 pounds 20 penny common nails:
two pounds three penny clinch nails;
one pound three quarter inch staples;
two thumb latches complete with
screws.
Miscellaneous.
Two storm windows, IL lights, 10 by
12 inch glass; six squares building
paper; 10 feet ~ inch poultry net
ting; three yards "a inch unbleached
sheeting, or 10 ounce duck; seven
yards 80 inch unbleaohed sheeting, or
10 ounce duck.
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+ Summary Of
Essentials to
Sure Success
By G. F.. BARBER.

Coming up--or downtown the
breeding of Black Spanish In 1860. to
the grand standards of the present.
what have I learned? More than can
be told IN a few words. To give some
OF the most important facts connected
with the poultry industry that have
been settled as such. 1t may be said,
that there can never be success with
out cleanliness: that vermin can GER
tainly be exterminated by spraying
a,osts and walls with kerosene: that
lice on chicks can be destroyed with
a slight application of lard or vase
line on the head and throat; that
chicks for laying stock must not De
Matched from the eggs Of pullets; that
disease Is never cured nor prevented
by mixing blood: that dry feed Is
best for newly-born chicks, and no
feed better than rolled oats for the
first two weeks, with milk for drink;
that with all feeds, milS and meat
should not be omitted; that for both
growth and eggs there is no better
srain. fed sngly. than oats; that
gree, bone cut fine, is the best single
element for the production of eggs.
but never over one ounce day for a
hen: that a balanced ration. moist
ened with milk, new or skinned. Is
about 25 per cent better for growth
of chicks than when moistened with
water; that a ration of mixed grains
for growth is improved about 40 per-
cent by adding a proportion OF about
two-f ftns of animal meal. or, in other
words, it has been abundantly proven
hv the most thorough tests that
growth and health will be greatly pro-
noted by feeding a heterogeneous ration
I,st-ad of a carbonaceous one: that
animal meal in the ration for duck
lines will make a gain of about three
to orc over ration that Is wholly
negotiable; that over 20 per cent more
fd~d IS required 70 make pound Of
gr,v-t'1 on veceta BILE diet than with
a r-.inn having a mixture of meat;
that crowded yards are the source Of
r-o-t of the evils to which poultry Is
Fable; that dust bath is as profitable
for hers as water brooks for ducks;
tlat the buying of cheap or imper-
feet nirds with the intention of "breed-
ing ~ is not profitable: that the
'sll purpose hen has not come yet,
but the Rocks and Wyandottes are in
the lead now: that
For forms Of government let fools
contest;
That which Is best administered Is
best"
But If we substitute for forms of
government" the words different
breeds" the maxim will be as peril
nent in poultry as in politics.
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Eg.f [Ioss Section alAB
Nitrate Fields
Enrich Country

Frank G. Carpenter, special CORE
spondent, writes from Antofagasta,
Chile to the Chicago Sunday Tribune
that he has been travelling through
one of the richest lands of the world,
land that turns out more dollars
than the valleys Of the Nile, the Eu-
pirates, or the Gauges, and one whose
worka BILE area makes the 1900 an acre
corn fields Of Illinois look like 80 cents.
This land is as barren as the Sahara.
1t has not a plant q tree, blade OF
grass. nor any green thing. 1t is land
where one often has to go hundred
miles for a drink and one upon which
the rains never fall. 1t Is land made
up Of rocks, stone, and sand, and OF
salty particles that reflect the rays Of
the tropical sun, inf1aming the eyes.
1t Is the great nitrate fields that run
through the desert and up and down
this west coast from below Antofagasta
to the Peruvian boundary.
For q generation or more these nj
trate fields have made Chile richer
than any other South American coun-
try, and today they bring to its an
nual revenues an amount equal to $40
for every family In the republic. Since
1880 the total revenue from nitrate
export duties has been over 100000
900 In gold. and If the present rate
Of production continues during the
next twenty-five years. the amount
will be $3.50, 100000 more. Today the
nitrate fields are paying from so to
80 per cent Of all the government ex-
penses, and in addition are yielding
fortunes to those who exploit them.
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Prompt Repairing Of
Barns and Other
Farm Buildings
s
nsoseha BttbGm
BY w. II. TOMHARE.

Every business man, in making out
, the annual balance sheet, which L. to
show the profit or loss on businesssfor
! the year, allows a certain amount for
| depreciation in the value Of his equip
| ment and buildings and for the cost
| OF repairs. He also finds a slack Per.
iod at some time during the yenr.
when the buildings. machinery and
other equipments are overheuled. I'm.
less he does this, he will find thaHssi1e
efficiency and producing power Of his
plant will not be kept up to the stand
ard.
Every farmer VINO Is In tho i've
stock business is confronted with this
same problem. He has his barn and
other stable equipment, which remains
idle part Of the year, but plays an
important part IN the returns froms&ho
herd during the winter. 1t shou1da1e-
ceivs thorough overhauling during
the summer, SO as to have everything
in readiness when fail comes. The
floors, unless they are cement, will
probably need repairing In var1o0s
places. In dirt floors, all holes tha4
have been made during tho winter
should be filed with clay and packed
The inside Of the barn should receix~
a thorough cleaning. and then be CIV.
en- good coat Of whitewash. WhAu&s
will mako It Fighter as we'll - more
beautiful. The managers, stano1r4xaa.
doors or windows may need some r.
pairs; these can BE- taken care Of. dur.
ing rainy day 10 increase tho lie
Of the barn, 1t should receive an ocoA.
sional coat Of paint. There may DO
places In the barn that last winter lot
in too much cold afr, to tho disoomA
fort of tho cows These should bs
taken care of before the rush Of Tho
season is on. There may also be- so13e-
thing wrong with the ventilatiop tn the
barn, which can be re1nedied by q
little work and few boards.
These points may seem like sn,An
matters, but unless looked after thar
will do much toward keeping down
the milk-dow Of the cows, rs we'll a.
reducing the size Of the crean14cheolk.
Further than this, there is muc1t
pleasure and satisfaction In working
in place that can be Kept clean, and
where everything Is convenient ana
handy. With these things taken, care
Of and good handling and feedtn9t
the dairy acknowledgements fSfspt-
should be g. profitable ad5unct-oEsthe
farm. ~
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A Baby Shetland.


Starting with q mare In foaa, @boy
can. in the course Of five years, Il he
has no bad luck. find himself In pos
session Of enough animals to start him
on the highway to success.
1t is always best to buy registered
animals for breeding. but ii crosses
are used with registered stallion ono
can in time breed up to q very high
standard. Shetlands are very easily
kept They require but little grain,
and will do very we'll on rocky HILL
sides where there Is fair pasturage.
They need shelter in bad weather.,
Of course, but an open shed, wind
tight on three sides, leaving the south
side open will be all that Is necessary.
A good wire fence Is required to
keep them in bounds, as Shetlands are
extremely curious and somewhat rest
less. and will manage to get over. un-
der, or through the average farm
fence.
If handled from birth they are verv
easily broken, and at three years old
will be ready to ride or drive Thor
oughbred Shetlands find ready sale at
prices ranging from s125 to 5000, and
exceptionally fine specimens byin7
even higher prices.
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After working ane experimenting
with heated houses and then with
glass front houses and various other
kinds, many poultrymen and fnvestiga
tors came to the conclusion that they
had not as yet discovered the right way
to build their poultry houses. Then
came a radical change. 1t was from
the closed warm house to the curtain
front house. These houses were con-
structed with two windows in front,
one at each end. and in the center a
long opening. The bottom Of this open
window was high enough from the
floor so there was no direct draft on
the birds. The walls of the house
were built absolutely tight SO there
We're no drafts. The opening was COW
cred only. by light cotton curtain.
Thorough trials Of this style of house
developed the fact that the fowls kept
in such buildings were more healthy
and vigorous and produced more
eggs than under other systems. So
that now the CURTIN front house has
come to be generally accepted as the
most desirable poultry house to build.
The free circulation of air through the
house removes all dampness, the litter
is kept dry. and the birds scratch free
ly in it.
After several years Of experimenting
the Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station has adopted the following plan
as the most economical in construc-
ton:
Each pen 2ox20 feet will house 100
birds: a house may be made up Of as
many or as few sections, or pens. as
the owner desires. A door In each
partition will make it easy to do the
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fig / front fcam,yA41
work. In long houses, one end section
may be left for q feed room.

] work. In long houses, one end section
| may be left for feed room.
Three 6x6 inch sills run the length
Of the house. the center one supports
the floor timbers in the middle of the
house, while the outside ones rest on a
rough stone wall, high enough from
the ground for dogs and cats to go un-
der the building to look after rats
etc, that may harbor there. The
stone wall rests on the surface of the
ground. with large openings in it ev-
cry 90 feet to allow the circulation Of
air. This keeps the ground and tim
bers dry during the summer. The
floor timbers are 2x8 inches and rest
on top of the stills. The front studs
are eight feet high, and those at the
back are six feet six inches high. The
two sides Of the roof are unequal in
width. the ridge being eight feet from
the front wall. The height Of the
ridge from the sill to the extreme top
OF rafters IL IL feet. four inches. All
studding Is 2x4 inches. The building
is covered with one inch rough lum-
Der, then papered and covered with
rustic siding. Tho roof is covered with
one inch boards and thin building pa
: per, and then shingled. The cost Of
the building may be lessened by using
shiplap for the sides and by covering
with q high grade roofing paper.
| The front Of the building, or Of each
section. has storm windows, two feet.
II inches by four feet, six inches.
These glass windows are screwed on
uprights two feet, eight inches from
each end of the room. They are three
feet above the floor. The distance be-
tween the windows ia eight feet. ten
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Fig K k1d<1em>nyRau
Asphaltum for
Peach Borers

In bulletin of the California sta
| ton E. l.. Morris calls attention to the
use OF hard asphaltum. grades CO.
and 3D., for the control Of the peach
tree borer This material was applied
early in the spring to badly infe led
trees from which the borers had been
dug.
1t was found that thick heavy
coating prevented both the issuance
and the entrance Of about 95 per cent
I; to 90 per cent Of the insects, the de-
gree Of efficiency depending upon the
thoroughness of the application. AS
phaltum does not penetrate, crack.
deteriorate or bind the tree, since it
yields to the slightest pressure. -Four
the least injury
The material Is applied warm with 8
brush from five inches below to five
inches above the ground 1t Is easier
to apply two or more coatings than to
try to put on more at one time than
will adhere firmly. The first coating
will harden very quickly and the Sec
ond can be applied without loss Of
time. Two coatings are generally suf-
f1cient unless the bark Is very rough.
But in any case thick. uniform COW
er1ng Is absolutely necessary for the
best results.
Borers are seldom uniformly distrib-
uted over an orchard. Small blocks
Of trees here and there may be badly
infested, and the most Of the orchard
comparatively free from the pest. In
such cases 1t Is not necessary to treat
all of the trees with asphaltum, but 1t
Is necessary to examine them care
fully, for in no other way can the true
conditions be known.
A convenient way to handle the as
phaltum is to mount an iron kettle on
the running gear of an orchard truck
and suspend benath it a sheet iron
apron as fre-box. Keep hard as
phaltum in the kettle all the time, so
hat the melted asphaltum will not get
90 hot to carry in small containers,
Ind apply directly to the trees. |
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BY E. NJ. PATCH.

pie aphis, and rosy aphis. Insects
feeding upon the leaves without a nest
and not concealed within. leaf or bud
-canker worms, several species of
caterpillars, brown tail, gypsy and
tussock moths; caterpillar living in
web nests in spring or summer, or con-
cealed in folded leaf or bud; fall web
worm, tent caterpillar. bud moth, leaf
sewer. and cigar case bearer: conspic-