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develop into chick in a temperature as low as P degrees Fahrenheit. It is there fore advisable to keep males in the flocks only during the breeding season, there by producing infertile eggs, especially during the warm summer months
 All eggs should be sold as promptly as possible, for they deteriorate rapidly When it is necessary to hold them few days they should not be stored in cellar or cooler where the air is stale, where there is decayed fruit or vegetables or near vegetables having strong odors, such as onions, cabbage or turnips
 The best place to store eggs for short time is in a clean, slightly moist cellar that is well ventilated and pre- ferably at a temperature of 42 to 45 degrees. These eggs should be can dled before shipping to remove any cracked or thin shells, any that may have been spoiled in stolen nests or that contain blood clots or meat spots. If eggs are held in a warm or dry room the moisture evaporates and a large air space appears in the egg. Such eggs are graded as ''held egs," Ga very poor grade), and always suf- fer a heavy discount on the market. PROPER FOOD FOR HENS The production. of a large number of high grade eggs is not only a matter of breeding proper feeding is an equal ly important factor. Hens need large amounts of water and this should al ways be clean. They must have sharp, hard grit always available. Smooth sand or gravel will not do.
 Since good egg shell contains about 92 per cent carbonate of lime, this should be furnished in an avail
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Had Poor Chance

From the Chicago News.
 A new minister in a rural district who wished to make the acquaintance of the members of his congregation and also to discover whether they were pleased with his discourse met an old farmer whose face he recognized as one who had attended the church the pre- vious Sunday, and, stopping him. said:
 MT. Brown, how did you like my sermon last Sunday?'
 Well, parson," replied the old man, you see, didn't have a fair chance to judge. Right in front of me was old with their mouths wide open just a swallerin' down all the best of your sermon; n what reached me, parson, was purity poor stuff. purty poor stuff"
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PRICES IRREGULAR
 ON COTTON MARKET
Week-End Realizing Had Tendency to Ease Off
 Early Advances

New York, January 15.-The cotton market was very quiet today with fiuctu- atons more or less irregular. On the whole, however, prices showed a tendency to ease off under weekend realizing, and after selling at 12 59c early March con tracts reacted to 12.47c. The general list closed barely steady, net points lower to 3 points higher with new crop deiv- cries showing the advances.
 Firm Liverpool cables, favorable goods trade reviews and a bullish view of the weekend statistics, seemed to be respon- sible for an opening advance of from to 10 points. May sold at r Soc. July at 12 92e and October 12.77c, immediately following the call. but there was very lit- tie demand from spot houses. Offerings were not heavy, but they, were sufficient to check the upward movement. and prices sagged off later in the morning with May selling down to 12.69c July to 12 Sic and October to 12.71c. The market closed on practically this basis. The census report showing a very large yield Of linters in proportion to the amount of seed crushed, appeared to create no fresh sentiment.
 Private cables reported some long liuui- dation in Liverpool, but said that offer ings had been readily absorbed on the advance. Reports from the Liverpool grain trade said that buyers and sellers were still hesitatng owing to further talk of possible intervention by the British government in the ocean freight situa- tion, and the possibilities in this direc- ton are attracting a great deal of in terest in local cotton trade circles The amount of cotton reported on shipboard awaiting clearance at the close of the week, however, was considered somewhat disappointing, as it showed falling off of about 20,0O0 bales as compared with last week, the figures being 164,56S bales against 427,243 last year
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able and cheap form. know of noth- ing better for this purpose than oyster shell, yet often when this is before the birds all the time we find many soft and thin shel1ed eggs. This is usually due to the fact that the method of feeding is such the hens take but lit tie exercise, obtaining their food so easily that their muscles become soft and their bodies so filled with soft and often times deseased fat that the lime cannot be utilized. Give plenty of green food all the year round as a stimulant to appetite, an aid to digestion and to produce rich yellow egg yolks. Do not, however, feed onions or other vege- tables or foods having.a a strong flavor, as they might affect the flavor of the eggs. Your state colleges and expert ment stations will gladly furnish you with formulas for the rations best suited to your locality.
 SALESMANSHIP
 The demand for high grade eggs is always in excess of the supply, and can best be filled by the man who pro- duces uniform output throughout the year. In order to do this he must hatch his bullets early enough to com mence producing eggs before the hens have ceased laying and begun to moult. Where conditions are similar to New York state it is advisable to hatch
 
 May and the larger breeds two to four weeks earlier. Then if they are prop erly grown, the poultryman can sup ply his trade throughout the year. The man who can do this instead of selling to the country dealer or wholesaler will have no trouble building up a rep utation with the consumer during the period of high prices that will stay by him when eggs are plentiful.
 A neat package appeals to the cus- toner who is looking for high grade goods, as it is usually an indication that the contents were produced under clean, sanitary conditions. One does not need to stand long in the large mar kets to see that the best packed goods sell first and for the best prices
 Too many shippers are constantly changing markets, as customers are looking for new ones, instead of edu- eating the ones they have to the fact that they are producing something bet ter than the other fellow and have plenty of it all the time.
 The old maxim, ca we'll satisfied cus- toner is the cheapest and best adver- tisement," applies to the poultry busi- ness equally as well as to any other Produce what the best markets want and find hard to get and furnish a regular supply; then your hardest prob lem will be to keep up with the de- mand. s8 At
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The American Standard of Perfec- tion recognizes two varieties of China Geese, the brown and the white They are great favorites with farmers, who use them for crossing with the Tcu- louse, Emden and African varieties, for the production of green" geese for holiday trade.
 White China Geese originated from "sports' or alienos of the brown va riety, and are identical in every re- spect except for color of the plumage and of the eye, which as in all other white geese is blue. It should be pure white in plumage with orange yellow bill and legs. The know on the fore part of the head is yellow, too. The neck is long and swan-like.
 They are very noisy and active, and recognized as the heaviest layers. They are smaller than most other varieties and are sometimes called the bantams among geese. The weight demanded for standard specimens is IA pounds for the male and 12 pounds for the female The meat is of excellent flavor and the birds easy to raise and fatten, but they are not a market bird in the full sense of the term, since best market results are obtained by crossing them with larger varieties
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Produce Market

New York, January 15-Butter steady; receipts, 39SS; creamery extras (92 score), 33c; creamery (higher SCOT ing), 34c; firsts, 2S@32c. Eggs easier: receipts, 4763; fresh gathered extra fine, 36@37c; extra frsts, 34@45c; firsts, 32@33c; seconds, 301s @31Hc Cheese firm; receipts, 12SS; state whole milk. held specials, 1Sc; state whole milk, average fancy, TIE @17%c: state whole milk, current make specials, IF @171ac; state whole milk, average run, 16A @16&c. Live poultry steady; west ern chickens, 16c; fowls. 1S1sc; turkeys, 20c Dressed strong; fresh killed chick ems, 16@27c; fowls, 131a @1S1ac; tur- keys, 25c
 Chicago, January 15-Butter un- changed. Eggs higher; receipts, 2O6S cases; firsts. 301ac; ordinary frsts, 291ac; at mark, cases included, 22@ 30c Potatoes: Receipts, 35 cars un- changed. Poultry: Alive lower; fowls, 16c: springs, 15c; turkeys, 1Sc
 St. Louis, Janaury 15.-Poultry un- changed, except chickens 14c; ducks, 15c; geese, 9@12c. Butter. unchanged Eggs, 2S1ac.
 Kansas City, Janaury 15-Butter, eggs and poultry unchanged.
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are exceptionally heavy, perhaps the heaviest noted at this season for three years back and fears of deficient sup plies from mills, already backward in making deliveries, are very general
 This report by one of the big commercial agencies shows conclusively the state of the textile industry in this country. The report of the British board of trade for December, published in these letters day before yesterday, shows beyond question the state of the same industry in Great Britain.
 With both reports showing an extreme ly healthy trade and with meager sup plies of foreign cotton to draw from. there is no question but what all Ameri- can cotton supplies will be absorbed and the carry-over into the new crop will be extremely small if not entirely ex- hausted. The ocean freight situation con- tinues to be the only bear argument.
 Mitchell & Cone were buyers today. This looks like McFadden. No change of opin- ion, buy cotton on all small recessions.
 AVERY
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Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, January 15.-Spot cotton was steady. Good middling, S.45d; middling, S.12d low middling, 7.75d; sales, 5000; spec ulation and export, 150O. Receipts, 17,OO0 Futures firm January, 7.921ad: January February, 7.921ad; February March, 7.901ad; March-April, 7.SSd AprilMay, 7.S4d May June, 7.S0d; June-July, 7.75d; Ju1y-August, 7.701ad August-September, 7.551sd; Sep tember-O October, 7.961Ad October Novem- Der, 730d; November-D December, 723d; De- cember-January, 7171Ad; January Febru- ary, 7.131ad.
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Interior Cotton Market

Houston: Middling 1250c; receipts, 602S shipments. 75S1; sales, 2612; stock, 221 950.
 Memphis: Middling, 12.3Sc; receipts, 2761; shipments, 5539; sales. 140O; stock, S43,526. Augusta: Middling, 12.06c; receipts, 697; shipments 1871; sales, 1451; stock, 197,547.
 St. Louis: Middling 12ssc; receipts. 17O6; shipments, 1119; stock. 1851. .
 Cincinnati; Receipts, HOO; shipments, 1065 stock, 1S,S99.
 Little Rock: Middling, 12.3Sc; receipts, 75S; shipments, 1421; sales, 1421 stock, 39,- S31.
 Total today: Receipts 13,045; shipments, Is, 096; stock, $40, 304.
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Chicago Grain

Chicago, January 15.-Wheat No. 3 red nominal; No. 3 red, $1.25@125A No. hard, $1.221a @1.23ss No. 3 hard, $1.10 0@1.193s. Corn No. ? yellow, nomi- nal No. 4 yellow, TEE @731ac; No. I white, 72 @7Sc. Oats No. white, 46s4 O 47Ac; stanrad, 49@49Ac. Rye, nomi- nal. Barley, 65@79c. Timothy, secs Glover, $10@1S.75. Pork, $1S.27@1927 Lard, $10.37 O 1855. Ribs, $10.12@1O.55
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The care of Indian Runner Ducks is a subject in which many poultrymen are interested, and more are becoming so every year, for. this variety is stead fly making new friends and retaining all the old. c. S. Valentine, who is an authority on the subject, writes an ar
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American Farmers Rob Themselves of S45,0O0,O0 Every Year-The Selling Methods as We'll as Care leSSneSs to Blame
Copyright, 19l6)

WY
 The losses sustained by shippers of eSgs every year amount to an enormous sum- That some eggs should be wasted IS perhaps unavoidable, owing to the na- ture. of the product itself; but the magni- tude of the loss may be attributed only to the carelessness, or ignorance. of the sIdppers themselves Some facts every poGltryman should know are contained in the following article.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, January 15.-The cotton seed oil market was moderately active and frmer on small offerings and a good scattered demand based on the continued strength in crude. Closing prices were net unchanged to points higher. Sales, 930C barrels. i strong; spot, 9c bid January, 9.O4GI9. .25c; !; February 9,0449. 15c; March 9.O409 Csc April, 9.O4@9. 10c; May, 9.09@9. Ice; June, g. 12@9. 1Sc July, 9.19@9. 2oc; August. 92lQ 9.22c.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, January 15.--Wheat No. ? red. $1S0 @1.33A; No. hard, nominal May, s1.231s @123A; July, SLIPS Corn No. 2, 73Ac; No 2 white, 750 75 hc; May, 76a @767sc; July, 77c. Oats No. ?, 46 1ac No. ? white, nominal; May : AS Is c; July, nominal
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Yearling wethers, $s@9.25; lambs, s9@1O. 60; ewes, $6.25Gl7. .25.
 Kansas City. January 15.-Hogs; Re- ceipts, 4000; market lower. Bulk, $5 75@ 6.75; heavy, s7@Z10; light. $6. 75@7; pigs, $6 @650.
 Cattle: Receipts. AGO; market steady Prime fed steers. $s50@9.25 dressed beef steers, $7@S.25;' southern steers, s6d7; COWS, $4d7; heifers, s6Q9; stockers, $6@1S 15; bulls, $5.50Q8.50; calves, 6@1050.
 Sheep: Receipts, 1000; market steady. Lambs $975@1075; yearlings, $S.25@9. 20; wethers, $6.75@7.75; ewes, s6 25@725.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, January 15-Wheat. cash No. red, $1.1O@1.15 No. white.
 $119@1.20. Corn Mo- mixed, 691h c
 roc; No. white, roc; No. ? yellow, 71c. Oats No. white, 46@47c No. ? mixed,
 41@42c
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Bonds
Mercantile Paper

New Orleans, January 15.-Rough rice
 Econtnued quiet today and clean steady. Receipts: Rough, 5694; millers, 5694; clean, [997. Sales, 2026 pockets clean Honduras ! at 21ksa4sc; 376 pockets Japan at 3A4 kS 11-16c Quotations were unchanged.
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held by the bank, s5,54s oo726; legal

held by the bank, $5,549, O0726; legal tender notes, etc, $239, 132.5O; total cash reserves, $9,314,139.76; due from federal reserve banks, net, $11S,537.64. Bills discounted: Commercial paper, ST. 40S,1 03.44. Investments Warrants, $25,- 00O;- United States bonds, S2,226,616 43; all other resources, $19,422,54
 Liabilities: Capital paid in, $2,419,- TOO; United States treasurer's deposits, s5,919, ,357.50; reserve deposits, net, $S,- 324, 4,942.36; profit and loss, $S2,549.77; federal reserve notes, net liability, $2,- 635,915: all other liabilities, $39,68O P -$19,422,544.S
 Memorandum: Federal reserve notes outstanding, $1S,130,000; feedral re- serve notes in hands of bank. S1,394,- 6S5-$16,S ,S35.315; gold deposited with federal reserve agent, $14, 200 900; net liability account federal reserve notes, $2,635,315
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Dry G0ndS Market

New York, January 15.-Cotton goods and yarn markets closed strong today With sales steady. Wool goods of a staple character for mems wear will be opened on Monday. Knit goods were active and very firm.
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Selma Cotton Market

Selma, January 15.-(Special)- 1.-The Sel- ma cotton market was quoted today as follows: Good middling, 121ac; strict mid ding, 1214c; middling, Pc; strict low mid ding, 111sc; low middling, 11c
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants. Hanover Square. N. change, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Produce Exchangee. Associate Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton ana Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery, Special attention and 0pot cotton for delivery. Correspond
 ance invited. -
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Reserve Bank Statement

Atlanta, January 15.-(Special.)-The
 weekly statement of resources and lia- bilities of the Atlanta reserve bank
 follows: Resources: Gold coin and certifi-
 |cates: Gold settlement fund, $3,526,000
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New Orleans Cotton Futures
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, January 15.-Spot cotton quiet, unchanged. Sales on the spot, 26O bales; to arrive, 1895; good ordinary, lO.4sc; strict good ordinary, 11.05c; low middling, 1169c; strict low middling, 1194c; middlirg, 1219c; strict middling, 244c; good middling, 1276c; strict good mid ding, 13c
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Ayery's Letter

Bradstreets review for the week in espe- cial reference to the dry goods trade, says:
 Sales of dry goods for future delivery
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Naval Stores

Savannah, January 15.-Turpentine firm, 55@5514c sales, 143; receipts. 1s7; ship ments, 326; stock, 14,6i4. Resin firm sales, ell; receipts, 126o; shipments 1192; stock, 65, S61. Quote: A. B, c, D, F, F. G, s5 30; H, s5.35; I, $5.4o: K, s6O5; M, $6 90; N, s6.75; VIC, $7; wv, S.7o.
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When one visits the large egg candling establishments and sees the enormous amount of eggs consigned to the garbage, one wonders who is responsible for this and the similar losses, estimated by the United States department of agriculture to nave amounted. last year, to about S45,- oOO'Vo or 11 per cent of all eggs shipped. O1 these per cent were dirty eggs. 2 per cent broken eggs, 5 per cent eggs in which chicks had begun to grow, , per cent with shrunken contents, per cent rotten and l per cent mody or bad fla vored. Many producers and shippers com plain that they do not receive fair re- turns for their products, feeling that they should have received at least the ''high- est quotatons,' without realizing that highest prices are paid for high quality only.
 New York city pays the highest price for No. 1 white eggs, while Boston and the best New England markets call for fancy or No. 1 brown eggs. Yet of all the eggs shipped to these markets, only about to ' per cent are of the color and quality desired for the best trade, while the bulk of the shipments contain eggs of various colors, sizes and quality. There are also many fresh-laid eggs good on the outside but containing meat spots and blood clots easily detected in cand- ling. which may be mistaken by the cus- toner for partly developed chicks. One can only expect to receive for such eggs prices in proportion to their quality.
 Nearly all the losses and low prices can be traced to the ignorance, careless ness or indifference of the producer or shipper and could be avoided if only good business methods were followed. The poultryman should keep only healthy stock. carefully selected and bred so as to produce large, uniform white orr brown eggs. As color and size of eggs are in- herited characteristics, it is advisable to. keep only thoroughbred stock and incu- bate only the best types of eggs.
 CLEANLINESS ESSENTIAL
 All@eggs should be produced under san itary conditions. The buildings should be properly ventilated so as to admit plenty of fresh air, which is a most po tent factor in maintaining the health of the fowls. The nests should be kept clean, and protected at night with door or cover to prevent hens roasting in them and soiling them unnecessarily. The houses should be cleaned and disinfectcd often and the yards either used alternate ly, or large enough that the hens will have a green range: muddy feet mean soiled eggs. Do not use in the nests, dis infectants or nest eggs having objection able odors, as eggs will as quickly ab- sorb these as they will odors from filth
 Eggs should be collected at least once day and in extreme cold or hot weather twice day. All soled ones should be cleaned at once with a damp cloth. They should never be soaked in water, as egg shells are porous and a large amount of filth would be soaked through and flavor or taint the egg.
 The germ in a fertile egg may start to
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At the Masquerade

From the Lampoon. s.A
 Everything abount Miss K is rather filmy.
 Yes, even the compliments about her are yelled. tAke
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Live Stock
 Chicago, January 15.-Hogs: Receipts 34,0O0; market strong. Bulk, S6.7o@7lb; mixed $6.75@730; heavy, $6S0Q7.25; rough, $6.s0@6.95; pigs, $6.60Q6.5O.
 Cattle: Receipts, 600; market steady Native beef steers, $6.5O@9.30: cows and heifers, $3.SOQS.50; calves, S25@10.75.
 Sheep: Receipts, 1000; market firm; wethers. $7.3O@7.S5; ewes, $5.25@76o; lambs, s. 40010.SO. Cattle: Receipts, 1200; market steady Native beef steers. s750d9.50; yearling steers and heifers. $S.5O@9.35; cows, s5.50@ e stockers, $5@7.25; Texas and Indian steers, $5.25QS.50; cows and heifers $4@6.50; native calves, $6@l1O50.
 Sheep: Receipts, 500; market steady.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New York, January 15-Mercatile pa- per, S@SA per cent: sterling 60-day bills $4.7OA; demand, s4.7514: cables, 4.7614 per cent; francs demand. 5S41a; cables, 5.S3M ; marks demand, 76A; cables, 761a kronen demand, 13 cables, 1874; guilders demand 431a: cables, 43a4. Lires demand, 6.77 cables 676 Rubles demand 301s cables 3oss Bar silver, 567sc; Mexican dollars, 44c Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds strong.
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By WALTER G. KRUM

Department of Poultry Irusbandrv. New York State College of AgricuIt,,re Cornell University)
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Painted Over

She: q hear that Jack has new girl. v He: No. that's just his old one painted over."
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Natal Market
Live Stock

New York, January 15.-Copper, firm electrolytic, $24@24 50; iron unchanged.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-11-02
UNION FARMERS CLUE.

The Union Farmers club met
Saturday, October q, with Mr..
and Mrs. e. G. Jones. The day
was nice, but the roads were
which kept some Of our
from coming, among
whom we're Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Frazier, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Bes-
sire and Mrs. j. q. Jones.
The club was called to order
at ii:45, with song by four
young ladies, after which the
minutes of the proceeding session
we're read and approved. Mrs.
McGavern read a paper entitled
':.Iowans Should Be Proud, which
really did make us all proud we
lived in Iowa. After considerable
boosting for our state Mrs. Jones
claimed the attention Of the audi
ence and asked that we adjourn
until after dinner, which we all
did with good grace.
Later the club was called to or
der at 2:30 with music by Mrs. G.
p. Deur, followed BY roll call,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-11-02
Wedding Dance.

One of the largest dancing par
ties ever held in this vicinity was
enjoyed last evening at the Nc
| Orchard hall east of town when
over 500 people attended the we'd
ding dance given in honor of the
newly WEEDS, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.
Finken.
One hundred and thirty-five
lautos, besides a large number OF
teams we're counted lined up in
the yard. The dance opened with
q grand march, lead by the bride
and groom, the splendid music
being furnished by the Kiger
three-piece orchestra from the
Bluffs. Along program of dances
followed and the party continued
until 2, a. M, when the guests de-
parted, wishing the happy couple
many years of happiness and
prosperity