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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
By WALTER b. LEuTz0


Geese are great foragers and will
wander for miles in search of food.
This is particularly true OF the com.
mon kind. but the improved breeds
are not so much disposed to wander
and for that reason are more easily
cared for
Full grown geese can be turned out
on the range or pasture and II grass
is plentiful will take care of them
selves during six months of the year,
They must have green food at all
times. During the breeding and laying
season they should be fed twice day
with cornmeal and shorts In equal
parts, slightly moistened. II their food
ia sloppy II will cause bowel trouble,
Stale bread slightly moistened with
water is an excellent food and TO this
should be added ground beef scraps.
Water is much enjoyed by geese but
II is not at all necessary and, in fact,
young goslings when being pushed for
growth should not be allowed TO swim,
as all forms OF exercise are objection.
able. Geese lay from twelve to TWEEN
ty eggs and then want to sit, but II
they are prevented from doing so they
will begin to lay again in about q
week and will continue until the end
OF the season.
II Is better to keep geese laying
eggs and hatch them under hens. Five
or six eggs may be placed under a
very large hen but the average Will
be from three to FIVE. The period OF
incubation is thirty days. AS rule
geese are extremely fertile.
When placing the eggs under the
hen she should be thoroughly busted
with insect powder. The eggs should
be sprinkled with warm water, at least
twice. during the last seven days OF
Matching. and IL the weather is very
dry and hot it should be done oftener
Great care must be observed when
Matching begins and the goslings must
be taken from the nest as soon as
they come from the shell as they are
easily killed by being stepped on by
the hen. Put them in a basket and
cover them with flannel until all have
Matched out when they may be raised
in brooder as chicks are. They
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
Jam-Makina Time.

Jam-making time is beginning and Il
is a good plan to always grease the
bottom of the preserving pan with best
olive oil before putting in the fruit,
for 1t prevents the jam from burning.
Also add lump of butter about as big
as walnut for every six pounds OF
fruit. putting II in when the jam comes
to the boil after the sugar has been
added and let melt.
By the way, one should never let
jam boil after the sugar is put in till
II has really melted. or the jam win
go thin.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
PROPER FENCING FOR SHEEP
Always Looms Up as Serious Problem
to Those Interested In Keeping
Few of the Animals.

To those interested In getting few
sheep on the farm the fencing prob.
lem always looms up as a most serious
difficulty. 1t does not require heavy
fence to hold sheep. Barbed wire,
however, is most unsatisfactory fenc.
ing for sheep.
The best kind of fence is one made
OF woven wire from 80 to AZ inches in
height, having from five to nine hori.
zontal wires and from 16 to 20 stays
or vertical wires to the rod.
Any woven fence coming inside
these limits II put on to good posts
from IA to 16 feet apart will make a
satisfactory fence for turning sheep
With 30-inch woven wire it is al
ways desirable to place at least one
barbed wire on top.
When building fence to turn sheer
1t might just as well be so construct
ed as to turn all classes OF farm ami
mails.
Where It is desired to fence against
hogs 1t will be necessary to have Q
barbed wire next TO the ground as well
and a somewhat closer mesh and
heavier wire must be used.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
CBy NJ. *. BoYER1

AS the killing time draws near. feed
often, being sure to give variety. 1t
Is a mistake TO depend on corn alone.
Potatoes. swedes. mangels. boiled
soft and mixed with ground oats, bar
leymeal, buckwheat meal or cornmeal.
constitute good fattening foods.
The French fatten with beetroot, ar.
tchokes, or potatoes. boiled and mixed
with meal. and give acorns. chestnuts
and walnuts. The latter, they consid.
er, add delicious flavor TO the meat.
While being fattened. turkeys should
have plenty Of ventilation and fresh
air in their coops and there should
be plentiful supply OF grit, sand and
lime rubbish to aid digestion. They
should also have all the clean water
they can drink
A popular American method OF fat.
tening is to have morning mash OF
cornmeal. barleymeal or buckwheat
meal mixed with skim milk; a few
sweet potatoes can be added. AT noon
give cracked corn. buckwheat, or bar
ley, and at night give whole or cracked
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
SHROPSHIRE is BEST SHEEP
New York Breeder Is Very Careful to.
See That Ewes and Lambs Get
Plenty Of Exercise.

I consider the Shropshire the best
utility breed among sheep. AS a pro-
ducer of wool and mutton both of the
best quality are secured. l became
interested as early as 1880, having
at that time some Shropshire grades,
writes Arthur S. Davis of Orange
county, New York. in Orange Judd
Farmer One of my ewes weighs 200
pounds, and in four years has sheared
601a pounds wool. My yearling rams
run from 10 to 200 pounds.
1t is my rule to change the sire to
prevent inbreeding once every two
years. My method of breeding for
show does not differ from that for
any other purpose. give them
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
[ R0([IL[lB3Y
LANGsHAN VERY HARDY FOWL
Uniformity In Size Make Them Desir.
able for Home Flock-Also
Wonderful Layer.
CBy PAUL v. IVEsD


The Langshan is probably the oldest
variety of standard fowl. It has been
bred for many hundreds OF years in
the Langshan hill district of China.
from which place the breed derives its
name.
The Langshan has been bred for so
long a time that the type is fixed and
practically all birds bred from a mat
ing come very true to the ancient type.
They are so uniform that the casual
observer will have difficulty in seeing
any difference in them, and this fea-
ture makes them very desirable for a
home flock on a gentleman's estate.
They give tone and distinction to a
place that no other breed will.
The Langshan is a wonderful winter
layer Of the largest of winter eggs, and
as table fowl. too. is unsurpassed The
carcass is fine boned and white
skinned, with an abundance OF breast
meat and very little offal for the size
Of the carcass. The finest Of capons
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
REGULAR HOURS FOR FEEDING
After First Week Give Calves Little
Dry Graln-Feed skim MIX
Four to Six Months.
CBy r.. G, wEATHERsToNE)

(By H. @. WEATHERSTONED
Feed at regular hours and after the
first week give a little dry grain, after
they have drank the milk.
Give them all the clean, cool water
they will drink.
Sprinkle little salt on q board
where they can lick IL.
Give little bright, clean hay. As
they become accustomed to II increase
to what they win eat up clean.
Increase the grain gradually until
II reaches a pound a day. Shelled
corn. whole oats, bran, shorts, wheat
are all good; but preferable in the
order named.
Always feed the grain dry in the
box after taking away the milk pail,
Leave them in the stanchions 30 to
40 minutes after feeding.
Handle them frequently. Avoid
frightening them.
II they so on good pasture at six or
seven months OF age graduall. shut
on the grain.
Feed the skim milk four to six
months
For forage, alfalfa, red clover, pea
and cat hay mixed with meadow hay,
fodder corn, ensilage are all good. The
first four are the best.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
i)AIRl]
RAISING CALVES FOR DAIRY
Food and General Management Should
Ee Such as VIII Give Full Devel-
opmont In All Parts.

II owners Of dairy stock would al
ways remember that the calf of the
present is to be the COW Of the future
the treatment would be different In
the majority OF cases. The food and
general management should be such
Ms will give full development to all
parts They need good care during
the cold season and should be housed
during rain or cold, biting winds;
whatever lessons their comfort or
warmth lessons vitality also, and that
means loss in growth.
The calf that is reared for a place
in the dairy herd should possess all
necessary qualifications for such an
important place It's grandams on
both sides should have a good record
at pail or churn. Examine udders at
suitable age and note any malforma'
tions: occasionally there will be found
three or sometimes Ave teats. an un-
desirable number; sometimes there
will be double teat, which will prove
a troublesome feature. 1t will be bet
ter 10 discard all such.
Handle the calves gently. groom
daily and they soon become accus
toned to Il. Much OF the nervousness
which we see In the young COW can
be done away with II calves are given
proper treatment Teach them to lead
from the very first. We all know how
annoying II is to try to lead n maturs
animal that has not been broke TO IT.
when young. The tlmidity OF the
young heifer with her first calf is near
Iy always due to training and not TEN.
permanent DO not allow calves to be
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
FARM
ANIMALS
SUMMER DISEASE OF CATTLE
infectious Sore Eyes Cause Many
Animals to Go Blind-Spread
Through Medium Of Flies.
(By GEORGE II. GLOVER. Colorado
Experiment Station.)

CBy GEORGE II. GLOVER, Colorado
Experiment Station)
There is a disease among cattle,
seen mostly In the summer, affecting
the eyes and causing many OF them
to go blind. This is an infectious
sore eyes, and by cattlemen on the
range is spoken of as pink eye" of
cattle.
This disease is undoubtedly infec-
tlous and spreads from one animal to
another, probably through the medium
of flies. The disease runs it's course
| In an animal in from one to two weeks
and may result in total blindness.
though usually the sight is not inn
paired. Only one eye may be affected.
The first symptoms is a profuse flow
OF tears. Soon the eye becomes very
sensitive to light and is kept con-
stantly closed. The eyeball becomes
clouded and gives the appearance OF
a film over the eye.
Animals affected with this disease
should be confined In comfortable
stall with the light excluded and given
laxative, nourishing food.
A simple treatment consists Of
bathing the eyes with strong solu.
tion of borlc acid. or perhaps what
will be still better, few drops Of the
following mixture may be placed in
the eyes with dropper several times
a day. Add half grain of zinc sui
phate and ten grams of boric acid to-
an ounce of distilled water.
The animal should be protected
from the flies, as they greatly increase
the irritation to the eyes and probably
spread the infection to other animals.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
The King Of Birds.

corn with an occasional feed of buck
wheat.
II is best not to coop turkeys during
fattening as they are apt to lose their
appetites and become sickly.
II led at all they viii eat three
times day; they are not inclined to
roam. but win sit around quietly.
Turkeys intended for the later mar
kets should not be so heavily fed as
those intended for sale in few weeks.
They should be killed at once when
ready for the market as they will be-
gin to lose flesh and prove unprcfit-
able II kept over this time.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
LOCATION OF POULTRY PLANT
Success or Failure Depends Largely
on Character Of soil--Move the
Fowls Every Year

The success or failure of any poul
try enterprise depends to a large ex-
tent upon the character of the soil
upon which the poultry plant is To-
Gated.
II the soil is too heavy and
tenacious. there is a tendency for dis
ease germs to accumulate to such an
extent that after time the fowls be-
come unthrifty and Improbable
Soil contamination and its conse-
quent deleterious effects can be avoid
ed to a certain extent by employing
colony houses so that the fowls can be
moved to fresh piece of ground each
year.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19

grow very rapidly and soon. become
too big for the hen to protect. They
should be kept warm and dry until
their bodies are we'll covered with
down.
II costs only little more to pro-
duce a pound of goose meat than a
pound OF pork and the price of the
former is usually about twice that of
the latter. II farmers could only be
made to realize this geese farming
could be made as profitable here as
In European countries
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
First Prize Shropshire.

plenty to eat. like oats. clover hay
and clover pasture, in season. am
very careful to see that the lambs
and ewes take lots Of exercise. and
Go not care for shelter except from
winds and storms.
My chief difficulty has been with
stomach worms. am now using to.
bacco dust with salt. which gives
good results. 1t is advisable not to
keep them on old pastures too long
at time.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19

are made from this breed, and many
good sales have been made in the last
year by the breeders for this purpose.
They are very hardy, grow quickly
end mature earlier than American
breeds. With their erect red combs,
understanding. cordy legs; short, beau
tifully curved backs; broad. full
breasts and wide, full-fowing tails that
rise as high or tower over the head,
the Lanshans present most imposing
appearance and attract much atten-
tion. whether on the farm or in the
show.
Two colors are bred in the Lang
shans, the older and more common
blacks and the whites, which are more
more modern but fully as useful. They
are Just as good layers and perhaps
more beautiful than the blacks. The
whites as yet do not come SO true to
the old type as do the blacks, nor are
they quite 80 large. There is In the
process OF evolution blue variety
that will, when perfected, be, in the
opinion of some. handsomer than
either its black or white cousins.
The Langshans are decidedly on the
gain In popularity. and this with no
concerted action on the part of the
breeders to boom them. Breeders are
unable to I'LL orders for eggs this
spring, and anyone starting in this
breed now with the idea Of selling sur.
plus stock or eggs for Matching at good
prices will have the advantage of this
rising tide Of popularity that has set
in for the Langshan.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
Good insecticides.

The liquid lice killers on the
market are good insecticides when
properly used. They will kin the
mites which infest brood coops as well
as henhouses. They should be ap-
piled to the brood coops in the morn
ing and the coops aired during the
day. Remember any strong insecti-
cides will kill young poultry IL they
are shut in coop freshly painted
with it,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
channe Of Feed.

Don't chop on in day from dry
feed to green pasture, The milk COW
treated in this way Is sure to show
a material decrease in her milk flow.
The work horse taken from good hay
and given grass as his main rough.
ness won't stand up under IT, Feed
them what hay they want until they
quit OF their own accord. Even then
the best results won't always follow.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
stewed Prunes.

Take pound of prunes. wash them
carefully and put them in a stew pan
with the grated rind of a lemon. a
little cinnamon and allspice and three
tablespoons of sugar Cover with cold
water and boil until soft. Serve warm
or cold.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
Roots for Dairy Cows.

On every dairy farm there is a
place for root crop. These crops
furnish a variety for the cows that
are on test and they help TO make the
cows appetite more vigorous.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
Feeding Coop for Chicks.

the latter. The coop complete is shown
in the larger drawing. b is feeding
board with slot cut in front for draw
ing 1t out of coop. IA represent
takes driven at end of coop to anchor
he feeding board when in use Make
ront of coop so 1t can be removed
asily. A cord and nail at top and
takes Mt bottom will do.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
stenellIno Curtains.

When stenciling curtains make the
colors a little darker than you wish
them to appear. When hung at the
windows the colors seem lighter than
they really are.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
Soy Beans Per Acre.

About one and half peck OF SOY
bean seed viii SOW an acre when plant
ing with corn drill one seed in hill
"a inches apart in the same row as the
corn This makes splendid hog food
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
FEED COOP FOR THE CHICKS
Much Trouble Avoided by Providing
Place for Little Fellows to Get
Their Share Of Fo5t.

In feeding a flock of chickens 1t
often happens that the older and
stronger fowls get more than their
share OF the feed by driving the young
er ones away. This trouble may be
averted by making a covered coop for
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
When 10 FIaht MIts..

Don't fight mites on the hen. Get
them before they leave the roosts
and walls They 90 on the hens
only TO eat
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19

Have all the roosts in a hen hous,
he same height II they are OF diff
terent heights all the hens win try
70 sit on the highest one.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19

Famous tennessee SnoTtnoTn SoW'
teased-it will spoil the finest disposi.
tion. Neither allow blows.
Growing calves should have such
food as insures growth. Fat is not
needed In the dairy calf, The food in
winter should be clover hay, oats and
bran; bright straw may be fed also,
and roots for variety. Keep the calves
comfortable-growth will follow as a
natural consequence.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
ExeeI,.nt Feed.

Skim milk is an excellent feed for
fatteping chickens or for making hens
lay. Its value for pigs IL known BY
all.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-19
Summer Feed for Chicks.

1t is a very good plan to get some
good brand of poultry food and feed
your young ones on it during the sum
mer months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-19
John n. Sheehan

John II. Sheehan died Monday after
noon of tuberculosis At the home of his
brother, NJ. 2. Sheehan, at Loudon Hill
Mr.. Sheehan was born in Hallowell Aug
p. 1879, and was educated in the public
schools Of this city. For a number Of
years he was employed as a clerk here
and in 1903 accepted position with the
Lawrence, Newhall & Page Co., now the
Hume-Newhall Co.. of Augusta, and for
II years he continued with that firm. July
l, 1914, he was obliged to resign his DO
sition on account OF falling health. He
went to st. John, n. B., for the summer,
hoping to be benefited, but early in the
tutumn he returned to his brothers home
in this city, where he has remained ever
since.
He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Nellie
Sheehan; a sister. Mrs. Katherine Gala
CHER of Bangor and two brothers, James
A. Sheehan. who is practicing law in
Brooklyn. \. Y, and II. E. Sheehan Of
this city.
Funeral services will be announced lat
er. Friends are requested to please omit
flowers. The relatives have the sympa-
thy of the entire community in their be-
reavement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-19
BELIEVE THE GERMANS HAVE TAKEN
DEFENSIVE AGAINST RUSSIAN ARMY

London, Jan 1S.-dE P. M).-London
is recalling that this is the 44th ami
versary Of the proclamation of Wilhelm
/ as German Emperor, and in the British
capiatl it is expected that the day may
bring news of a widespread German eff
fort to follow up with still more i'm
portant movement the success achieved
last week in the neighborhood of Sois-
sons.
In London it is believed that the Ger
mans have adopted what is virtually a
defensive role to the west of Warsaw
some British observers arguing that this
has been forced upon them by superior
Russian numbers-and that these defen-
tive tactics synchronize with the move
ment of many thousands Of Teutonic
troops from Poland to the French and
Belgian battlefields. The fighting at
scissors some British commentators de
clare to be the precursor Of the entry
of these new troops upon vigorous Of
fensive, perhaps an attempt to cross the
river Aisne AT scissors the French fall
ed to hold their positions on the northern
bank of the river and for the Germans
to attempt to gain the southern bank is
regarded as a development to be expect
ed. AS to future engagements in this
region, it appears to be a fact that the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-19
BILLY SUNDAY :
VISITOR AT THE
White HOUSE

Washington, Jan 1s.-"Billy'' Sunday,
the revivalist visited Washington today
and called at the White House, and later
talked to a great crowd of people about
"If Christ Came to Washington. Mem
hers OF the cabinet, congressman dip
lonlats and government officials helped
to swell the big audience that listened
to the picturesque sermon of the base
bail evangelist as he climbed upon a
table and warned his hearers that God
must DE served
Sunday was a triffe hoarse, but he
spoke for an hour with tremendous en-
ergy. He declared that he believed he
would not have to leave the corporate
limits Of Washington TO find people who
would vote to cruelty Jesus Christ if
he walked up Pennsylvania avenue to-
day"
Christ is already in Washington. -
ne asserted. He sees every false vote
that you cast here, or that is cast in your
constituencies. His Judgment of you is
rot based on what he reads in the Con-
gressional Record
: AS the assemblage arose to hear the
preachers final prayer. he thanked God
for "a President in the White House
who bows his knee in submission to
God"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-19
RUSSIANS GIVE
OUT STATEMENT

Petrograd, Jan. lS-The general
staff of the Russian army today gave
out an official communication reading
as follows:
On the left bank of the River Wis
lula we delivered a counter attack the
night of Jan. Il, and we re-occupied
certain trenches near the village of
Goumite which the enemy mad cap
tured the night of Jan. II. Our ac-
ton resulted in rendering the situa-
ton as it had been. The German de-
tachments defending these trench IS
were virtually anihilated. Two efforts
made subsequently by the enemy in
this locality to attack us were with
out success.
During the same night the Ger
mans tried to assume the offensive
on the Goulki -Vissouffka front. but
they were discovered in time by our
searchlights and were dispersed by
our fire.
In the region to the east of Piotr
kow (South of Dodz). our artillery has
destroyed an armored motor car If
the enemy. New attempts made by
the Germans to lombard Tarnow On
Galicia), with heavy guns were frus-
trated by the excellent fire Of our ar
tillery."