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Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

About half way between the Medi-
terranean and Asiatic breeds in most
characteristics are the American and
the English breeds. They are fair
layers of light brown eggs, and while
not so difficult to control as the Leg
horns, are very much more active than
the Asiatics and usually are more de-
sirable for the general farm. Good
strains of the American breeds lay
nearly as we'll as the Mediterraneans,
and at the same time furnish a better
carcass for the home table.
The American breeds which are
common on farms are the Plymouth
Rocks, the Rhode Island Reds, and the
Wyandottes. The American breeds
which are seldom seen any more are
the Buckeyes, the Javas, and the Dom
iniques. The only English breed that
has had any large degree of popular
ity among poultry fanciers in this
country is the Orpington.
The real choice to be made in the
way of a breed for the farm, usually
lies between one of the American
breeds or the Orpingtons on the one
hand, and a Mediterranean breed on
the other. AS a general thing, the
Leghorns will probably lay more eggs
the year round than the American
breeds. The question to be decided is
whether this fact offsets the difficulty
of their control, and the fact that their
carcasses are not generally considered
so desirable.
Within the American class the
choice is largely one of personal taste.
The fact that the carcasses with light
pin feathers are being demanded more
and more by the best markets, how
ever, is having more and more infiu-
ence in favor of the white and buff
varieties On the other hand, it is
generally understood that where coy
otes are still about, the white varie-
ties are more conspicuous and more
easily picked up.
In the preparing of eggs for market
the greatest step in advance that can
be made is in educating the farmer as
to the Importance of keeping the male
birds away from the laying flock dur
ing the summer months, so that infer
tile eggs may be produced.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
HENS RELISH SPRoUTED'0ATS
maize Excellent Substitute for Green
Feed During Winter-Sprouts
Are Very SuccuIent.

Green food is excellent for poultry
hut it is sometimes hard to get, par
ticularly during the winter. Where
cabbage, mangels, ETC., are not OBJ
tainabIe artifcially sprouted oats
make an excellent substitute. If prop
erly prepared it makes as good a
green food as there is. A leading au-
thority finds the following method
most successful for preparing it:
THE oats should be soaked IN wa
ter at a temperature Of from 60 to 20
degrees Fahrenheit, for about 40
hours. in pals or galvanized wash
tubs, and during this soaking process
there should be added from five to ten
drops of formalin to kill the spores
of molds and to insure clean, sweet
feed. After soaking they are spread
out about one inch thick on trays
which ere placed in sprouting rack
seven to each rack, the trays, being
ten inches apart and kept at a tenn
neratrFs af about so 70 SO degrees
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
BEST DEMAND FOR CHICKENS
Holiday Season Is Time for Big Birds
Turkeys, Geese, Guinea Hens,
Etc, Are Wanted.

Chickens are more in demand al,
most any other time than during the
holidays, although great many are
used then, too, but the demand for
chickens is a steady one, much more
STEADY than the demand for ducks,
geese, turkeys, guinea hens, etc. AL
though these are always demanded,
the chicken seems to meet the COM
mon requirement more often. 1t is
not so large, and its first cost is less.
and so it appeals to the many with
smaller purses and for smaller occa-
siOns.
The holiday time is the time for the
big birds, as big feasts are the rule,
and the person who would hardly
think of a turkey of heavy weight any
other time, buys one then.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Sunshine is an amazingly potent
germicide for the farm housekeeper
and in the dairy and stables. The
practice of exposing cooking and 9TH
er utensils used in connection with
food to direct sunlight makes use of
this fact, although comparatively few
appreciate exactly the work done by
the sun in this regard. Probably only
those who are acquainted with tests
which have actually been made real
ize how quickly sunshine kills disease
germs exposed to it. Hence the fol-
lowing tests may be generally instruc-
tive and interesting, says the United
States department of agriculture news
letter.
A pasty, creamy mass of tubercu-
lous material, which was proved to
contain uncountable numbers of viru-
lent tubercle bacilli, was obtained
from a tuberculous COW and spread
in thin smooth translucent layers on
sheets of glass, pieces of wood, and
strips of muslin. Some of the sheets
Of glass, pieces of wool, and strips of
muslin were then placed outdoors on
a moderately warm, clear, calm day
where the sun could shine on them,
and an equal number were placed in
a dark room. After Is minutes ex-
posure to the sun, the tuberculous
material on the glass, wood, and mus
lin still contained large numbers of liv-
ing, virulent tubercle bacilli, which
were proved to be fully capable of
causing tuberculosis, but after 80 min
utes exposure to the sun no living
tubercle bacilli could be found; every
test that could be made proved that
they were all dead.
Similar tests with quite large Opaque
masses of tu5erculous material, larg-
er and denser than any tuberculous
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
AIRY
FEEDING POTATOES TO COWS
Value of Tubers for Milk Production
Depends Upon What Other Kinds
of Feeds Are Given.

The value of potatoes for milk pro-
duction depends to considerable eX-
tent upon what kind of feed they are
fed in connection with. With clover
or alfalfa hay, potatoes would have
greater value than if fed with wild or
timothy hay or corn fodder. This is
true because potatoes are rich in
starch, or what is known as carbo-
hydrates in feeding terms, and low IN
protein. Glover and alfalfa are rich
in protein, while the other feeds men
toned are low in protein. Putting two
feeds together that are both low in
protein does not bring as good results
as when they are combined so that the
feed low in protein can be fed with a
feed high in protein. By combining
potatoes with some feed high in pro-
tein, they could be made to equal
about one-fourth the feed value Of
oats (ground) for dairy cows; that is,
pound for pound. Combined with
ordinary farm-grown feeds, potatoes
would hardly have this value for milk
production in comparison with ground
oats. According to this estimate, po-
tatoes would be worth only Is cents
a bushel or less when oats are worth
80 cents bushel.
Potatoes have somewhat higher
value for meat production than for
the production of milk and are more
valuable for pigs or for fattening
cattle than for milch COWS. With the
price of potatoes below 25 cents
bushel it generally pays to feed them
on the farm, especially if there is
shortage of grain or a long distance
to haul to market.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

person is apt to expectorate, proved
that the bacilli in such masses on
glass are still alive after 4, but en-
tirely dead in less than s hours, and
still alive in the material on wood
and muslin after 8, but dead in less
than 16 hours.
The tuberculous material in thin lay
ers on glass, wood, and muslin, kept
in a dark room, was proved to con-
tain fully virulent, living tubercle ba-
cilli after 80 days. The contrast is
remarkable, tubercle bacilli Of the
same kind of material, dying in
smaller number of minutes IN the sun
shine than the number of days they
remained alive in a dark room.
AS most varieties of disease germs
are more easily destroyed by germi-
cides than tubercle bacilli, and as tu-
bercle bacilli, in the thin layers in
which they are likely to adhere to
clothing, blankets, rugs, draperies,
furniture, walls, floors, etc., are killed
by the rays of the sun in less than
half an hour, though they remain alive
in dark places a month and longer, it
is reasonable to draw the following
conclusions:
(a) AS a general sanitary principle
it is desirable that all dwellings, sta
bles, etc., should be so constructed
that an abundance of sunshine can
reach their interiors.
(b) AS a general protective meas
ure against disease germs, it is an
excellent practice to expose uten-
sils for handling milk, and milk cans
after they have been cleaned, to di-
rect sunlight, and to hang or spread
wearing apparel, blankets, bedding,
rugs, horse blankets, ETC., periodically
where the sun can shine on all parts
of them.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

After cooling, inspect the stock
be remedied by sewing up with fine
white thread. Remove the blood from
the head and any dirt from the feet,
sort according to size and quality and
pack for shipment.
If the stock is to be shipped without
ice, it should be dried and placed care
fully in clean boxes or cases Of suit
able size. When ice is used, barrels
make the best packages, the dressed
poultry and cracked ice being packed
in alternate layers, the whole topped
with a large piece of ice.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
PREPARE FOWLS FOR MARKET
After Carcass Has Been Picked Clean
It Should Be Thoroughly Cooled
Sew Skin Tears.

- Picking should be started just as
soon as the bird has been stuck. II
delayed for any reason the work be-
comes more difficult as time goes on.
The usual plan is to first snap out
the coarse quills of tail or wings and
then go after the feathers covering the
more tender sections of the body.
These areas are more or less well de-
fined, one on each side of the breast,
on the thighs and the joints of the
wings. After these have been plucked
the remainder of the body is very
quickly finished.
Do not leave any feathers on the
neck or above the hook joints, except
ing in the case of capons, which are
usually dressed in certain snowy
fashion.
Remove the pin feathers with dull
knife, catching them between the
blade and the thumb and pulling out
without injury to the skin.
Then cool the carcass thoroughly.
Dry cooling is best, but the ice-water
process must of necessity be adopted
bv the majority of producers.
In dry cooling, the birds are merely
hung in dry, cool air, as in refrige-
rator. until all of the animal heat is
removed. When the wet process is
used. they are first thrown into water
of ordinary temperature and left for
short time, then transferred to ice wa
ter until the cooling is completed.
Wet-cooled stock does not keep as
we'll as dry-cooled and its nutritive
value is lessened.
Be sure to cool thoroughly. 1t takes
a long time to draw out every trace of
animal heat, but if this is not done
trouble is sure to follow.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

What breed of chickens to use on
the farm, is an ever recurring question
in the correspondence of the poultry
department of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college. So far as those quail
tiles that are important on the farm
are concerned, the principal distinc-
tions are between classes rather than
breeds.
The Mediterranean breeds are small,
sprightly, very nervous in disposition,
are good rustlers, can fly over any
fence that is likely to be constructed,
are clean legged, and are good layers
of pure white eggs of fair size. The
Mediterranean class includes Leghorns,
Anconas, Andalusians, Spanish, and
Minorcas. OF these, the Leghorns are
most popular among the breeds, and
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Duck Dont's.

There is money in raising ducks on
farms, but the beginner should go
easy until he learns the ropes"
These negative suggestions may be
Of service to boys and girls who are
interested in this branch of the poul-
try industry.
Don't keep two or three different
kinds of ducks. Chose one variety
and breed for quality.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
He Had No Kick Coming.

That's awful pitching"
Whats the matter, my dear?
That's the second man he's given
a pass to first this inning"
Il don't see why you should com
plain, George. That's the way you
came into see the game Detroit
Free Press.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With Cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap, dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch
ing instantly, clear away pimples,
blackheads, redness and roughness, re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands as
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

the single-comb whites are the most
popular of the Leghorns.
In the Asiatic class are found birds
of the opposite extreme in almost ev-
cry characteristic. They are the larg-
est of the chickens, are slow matur-
ing, and are very heavily and loosely
feathered over the body and down the
legs. They are rather poor layers of
dark brown eggs of good size. The
breeds that comprise the Asiatic class
are the Brahmas, the Cochins, and the
Langshans.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Fahrenheit. In from seven to ten days.
depending on temperature, they will
have developed sprouts three to four
inches long and a growth of roots, the
entire mass teing very tender and sue
culent.
About one square inch of feeding
surface is supplied daily to each bird,
or as much as it will clean up quickly.
The oats must not be fed in excess as
they are laxative and are apt to pro-
duce diarrhea."
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Great Business Head.

He's one of our most successful
business men"
That so? What's his secret?"
well, in the first place he insists
upon his clerks selling his custom
ers what they want; not what the
clerks themselves wear" = United
Free Press.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
EARLY TRAINING FOR HEIFER
Much Difficulty Experienced on Some
Farms With Young Animals
Kindness Is Favored.

On some farms great difficulty is
experienced in training the young
heifer to be MIXED. Often the meth
ods resorted to are brutal, and the
permanent result is more or less a
failure. The actual training of dairy
heifer should begin long before she
comes in milk. In fact, when she is
a little calf is none too soon.
All dairy animals Should be taught
to lead, to be groomed and handled
in every way while. they are young.
The important thing is to manage
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
He Had the countersign.

At a military camp in New York
state few years ago, guard inspec-
tor, while going his rounds, approached
a German sentry who simply looked at
him and marched on.
"Well," queried the inspector, in
tending to remind the man of his duty.
well, vell Vot is it?"
Don't you want the countersign?'
mo, dots all righdt. Der feller in
der guards tent gif it to me. got it. ;"
Boston Transcript.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Try Pixies TOOthaehs Drop.
Not Handicapped There.

And what is your son William do
ing, Mrs. Bjones?" asked the visitor.
"Oh, Willie, he's an actor and doing
very we'll"
William an actor" said the visitor.
why, I thought he was deaf and
dumb?"
He is" said Mrs. Bjones, but that
doesn't make any difference. He's
playing Hamlet this week in the
movies. New York Times
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Euas Absorb odors.

Egg shells are porous and absorb
the odors in a room to certain de-
gree. This will cause them to become
stale and spoil Therefore, eggs
should be stored in clean room until
they are ready for market.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Sheer and Wheat FARMING.

AS swine growing is the natural ad-
iunct of dairying, so sheep is the nat
hral accompaniment Of extensive
wheat farming. The ability to utilize
and turn to account what would other
wise be waste products is the detetL
mining factor in each case.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Keep Dropping Board Clean.

If you do not keep the dropping
boards cleaned off at least three times
a week you had better not have any
and go back to the dirt floor, as the
dropping board is a danger if left to
accumulate filth-too close up to the
chickens.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Discard Immature Binds.

Discard both male and female birds
that have an immature look or that
have been stunted, as we'll as late
Matched individuals.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
EorestaIIinn 4 Pronosal.

You mustn't mind what l said while
l was delirious."
Certainly not" replied the pretty
nurse. And will be even more care
full not to mind what you say while
you are convalescent."
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

them in such way that fear of hu-
man beings is never instilled into
them.
Above all things, they must be han
died with gentleness and never abused.
A heifer which has been raised in
this manner does not need to be bro
ken to milk, but accepts the procedure
as a matter of course.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Much Manure Required.
Rhubarb and asparagus need much
manure.
uae craIn.Tinht Manoers.

Grain-tigNt hangers will, by using
the tanning mill awhile on the refuse
left in them by the stock, save sever
al dollars worth of meadow seed this
winter,
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
His Way.

She-Aren't you just devoted to
animals?
He-Well, l 90 like a lamb when
it's well roasted and served with
mintsauce.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Not Gray Hairs but Tired Eyes
make US look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you will look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago, Sends Eye Book on request.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Leaky ThreshoIds.

A piece of Quarter-round mai a ON
the bottom of a door exposea to the
weather prevents rain fron runnine
under the door. Daub piece r. paint
Ind nail quite solid.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Out of It.

Pa, what's innocuous desuetude'?'
Its what fall into, son, when your
mother and caller start to discussing
the servant problem"
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Records Prevent Mistakes.

Whenever possible, record the dates
Of service and calving. This enables
a dairyman to avoid many mistakes
that might prove costly.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Ana to Breed Heifers.

Early breeding stunts growth.
Heifers should be bred to drop their
calves when about two years old or
older.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Water for Dairy Herd.

Make careful preparations to supply
plenty of good water for the dairy.
herd, old and young, not ice water.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Weary-Always a-grumbling! Why
can't yer be contented wiv yer lot?
Walker-'Cos l amt got lot!
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

What a contemplate weakness char.
ity is, when it is shown for the faults
of those we dislike.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Many Herds Of 7ewlne Ruined.
Fashion and improper kinds of food
have ruined the breeding qualities of
many herds of swine.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Don,t rrust ! RulI.

The cross bull should be kept in q
strong lot Of his own, and not trusted
Gor single moment.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
To Prevent the GriO
His Reason.

Colds cause Grip Laxative Bromo Quinine
moves the cause. There is only one 'Bromc
Quinine" E. w. GROVES signature on box zsc
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

If a fool is happy in his folly he
should worry. Very few wise men are
as lucky.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Work Nicely Together.
The hog and the dairy COW work
nicely together.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Exceptions.

Like produces like"
Not always. Just you try to gel
any cold cash from a snowbank."
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Piles Relieved by First Application

And cured in to "a days by PAZO OINTMENT.
the universal remedy for all forms Of Piles.
Druggists refund money if it fails. SOC
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-16
(By L. J. Overlock)

BOSTON, Jan. 15.-For first time in years the money position is most en- couraging, large corporate interests begin to see the way clearing to place long time bonds. This will facilitate an expansion that has been impossible of late years. The Mexican situation is attracting much attentionJ It is doubtful however, if there is any in teryention in Mexico. Everybody of course. is studying carefully the situa- tion; everybody knows Aat some of the belligerent nations will become financially exhausted but there is no known reason to discount now the end ing of the war when we do begin to discount the end it may be done in an orderly manner. There was little pro fit taking today but the market took offerings well and it looks like higher prices next week.
 Paine, Webber & Go.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-16
UNIVERSAL TREAD IS NEW TIRE OF MICHELIN
New Type of Casing Has Now Been Introduced by Vete-
 ran Tire Makers.

A genuine sen Satioa has been caus
 ed in the tire trade following an an,
 nouncemet by the Micnelin Tire com
 pany that they have perfected an en- tireiy new type of tire known as the Michelin Universal Tread. The new
 casing has been developed so quietly that nothing has been known about
 it even in. the trade, yet the com
 pany states that it is the result of ex-
 periments and tests covering a period
 of over three years.
 These tests were conducted on the
 public roads ia the vicinity of the
 factory, and were most thorough and
 interesting. For example during the testing period all the busses owned by the Brunswick Motor Company were equipped with these new castings These vehicles cover one hundred and ninety-two miles daily, not only over the fine macadam roads between New Brunswick, Metuchen and Plainfield, N. J., but also over the rough and sandy roads on the South River, Old Bridge, Spotswood, Englishtown and Freehold route These severe tests were continued daily, both summer and winter. Then again private cars belonging to executives of the com pa1y were fitted with Universal Treads. one of these, a seven passen- ger Lozier, used as a testing car, hay ing been driven over one hundred miles daily, excepting Sundays and holidays for over two years.
 In describing the new Michelin cas- ing, Mir. J. J. Bowen, of the Bisbee Auto Co.,, the local representatives of the Michelin company, states that th Universal Tread is really a combina tion Of the Michelin racing type flat tread, having the same characteristic heavy added tread, and the Michelin plain tread, a full round tire of the so-called oversize" type. The non skid feature. MT. Bowen says, is a combination of the raised or studded tread non-skid, with the fiat or sue ton tread type. MT. Bowen, who is a very enthusiast Michelin booster, says that the Michelin company is very conservative in offering this new casing to the public only after three years Of careful tests of the most ex- laustive kind, and for that reason he | is ready to endorse this new tire without qualification. Word from the ! factory indicates taht very large de-l mand for this new casing is already assured