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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

Louis OchS, a travelling man,
of New Orleans, was a visitor
here during the latter part of
last week Mr.. Ochs is we'll know
here and has many friends who
were glad TO see him.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

Farm surveys show that the
families living on their own farms
generally consume more food per
year than do families living on
rented farms,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

Il q. Lem and family have
moved to this place, stopping at
the Palms Mr.. Lem is all u 3.
engineer in charge Of some dredg-
ing work near here.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27
She Was Going Some.

Editor Progress
was just beginning to think
of commencing 70 start to begin
to 90 to school, when it began to
commence to close.
Yours truly
A. SCHOLAR.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

Lafayette is having its fair
Premium List printed for its big
fair this year Abbeville is 3
little late with hers so far.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

Many citizens of this parish
attended the DemOcrated state
convention held at Baton Rouge
Tuesday.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27
Municipal Officers Qualify.

AAuiAiSiPoi SiliSCio Nudlliy
Delcao,bre's newly qualified
mayor and aldermen have met
to organize as follows: Mayor
Fernand Landry, Councllmen
Theodore Leblanc. Theodore IRA
han and Laodls Leblanc. The
mayor was appointed street COM
missioner.
Ma rshal Isadore Delcambre was
appointed taxcollector and Coun>
Gilman Theodore Leblanc was ap-
pointed temporary. while Theo>
dore Trahan was made mayor
protein. J. E Kibbe. Jr of
Abbeville, was employed as legal
adviser.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

The mission at the Catholic
church, which started Sunday,
will last another week.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

Mrs. Uhas. Corrodi, who has
been quite sick at her home, is
much improved at this time
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN
secondhand Paige Automobiles
/ second hand Buick Roadster
/ second hand Allen---36
2 second hand Fordr
STAMM- SCHEELE MFG. CO., LTD.
Rayne, La.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

Theodore Rice was business
visitor here tuesday.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27
THE OLD IDEA
that Mineral water was good only
to drink and had to drink gallons
of it for a long time before any
medicinal and very little anteseptic
effects could be had.
THE NEW IDEAL
Nu.Ton.Nik

A mineral treated water with
wonderful medicinal and anteseptic
qualities in most cases a half tea
spoonful in a glass of water three
times a day for a very short time.
The Medicinal and Anteseptic eff
fects are pronounced at once. Ask
any user of Nu-Ton-Nik what they
Think
How is your digestioni Your ap-
petite1 Your stomach and bowelsi
Cuts, burns, sores. your blood and
your general SYSTEM
Good blood is the most important OF
all. Your Doctor will tell you to take
iron, as iron is recognized as the best
blood purifier and system builder that
can be taken. Nu-Ton-Nik contains a
large per cent of Natures iron and other
medicinal ingredients that 90 to hep
build up and maintain healthy body.
This is the time of the year that most
every Ole needs tonic to get their sys-
tenn in perfect condition for the summer.
We want to suggest good tonic for you.
Take half teaspoontul In glass water two
or three times day after meals aud
then you watch the results.
Ask your Druggist or Merchant for
Nu.Ton.Nik
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27
PROFESSIONAL CARDS


Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat and Refraction
Office Hours, a. N. to y m, except Mondays
Lafayette, La.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hotel
Mondays. 10 a. III. to p. m.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-05-27

DIR McHugh is visiting In this
city, a guest at the Palms.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
VALUE Of ECONOMY
IN POULTRY CULTURE
Aim to Lessen Expense and Waste
Without Decreasing Plants
Efficiency.
Suggestions for Converting By
Products and Waste Into
Poultry Profits.
BY BERT CoNNELLY.
Copyright, 1861

The poultry business has only recent
keeping hens" and has taken its
rightful place as a properly qualified
industry. There is much printed and
said about poultry as a fad, a means
of getting interested in outdoor life
and of giving one some live interest
outside of shop; but no practical man
or woman can remain interested Tor
any length of time in "A fad that shows
no profit. SO the man who is looking
to poultry for his living and the one
who is interested in it merely as a fad
are both asking the same question:
Will it pay"
The largest bill of expense on a
poultry farm is the feed bill. There
fore, since grains of all kinds are
cheapest in the fall and early winter
months, the poultry farmer should plan
to have some ready money available,
so that he may buy much of his grain
at that time OF the year. In the cast
ern and northern states, buckWheat.
wheat and oats can frequently be
bought at home markets; the corn,
however. should be purchased from the
mills. and care must be taken to store
it where there is circulation of air.
There viii be less waste in ground
feeds if they arc mixed as soon as
bought. and stored in grain boxes or
barrels. If this is fed dry the hoppers
must be so constructed that the fowls
viii not waste it. If wall hoppers are
used. drive long nails through the dish
of the hopperS about five inches a part
which will prevent The fowls throwing
the grain out.
Another waste of feed is in indis-
criminate feeding. Chemists have ana
lyZed grains and have ascertained the
properties of egg. If one wishes a
hen to lay she must be fed grains con-
tanning the elements needed for egg
production.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
Care of By-Products.

The poultry droppings on many farms
are considered nuisance, to be got rid
of the easiest way possible and of no
value whatever. AS matter of fact.
poultry manure is one of the richest
fertilizers in the world if properly
cared for, but quickly deteriorates
when exposed to rain and weather.
1t should be taken directly from the
henhouses to the land, or else stored
under shelter. IL a quantity of ma
nure gets wet, very soon one can de-
tect strong smell of ammonia, the
active fertilizng element that is set
free by the action of water. In freez-
ing weather the droppings will not lose
in value if stored in the open, but care
must be taken to scatter it well on the
plowed land before it loses in fertiliz-
ing value.
Poorly planned buildings engender
much waste of time and energy. Have
your buildings so planned that the
greatest amount of work can be done
with the least expenditure of energy.
Then have a system about your work
and each day follow the same routine.
You will do the work and do it well
almost automatically.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
ALL AROUND THE PLACE.

During the month of March continue
blowing. Harrow and reharrow until
a perfect seed bed is secured. An
ounce of preparation is worth pound
Of cultivation Apply lime to the corn
land as the seed bed is prepared.
Where grass lands have not had a
sufficient amount of stable manure ap-
piled previously there should now be
an application of commercial fertilizers.
AS the grass becomes green is the prop
er time to make the appilcatloh-
Go over your drainage systems and
see that they are working properly.
often earth from the sides is thrown
into the bottom of open bitches by the
freezing and thawing of winter. This
may so choke up the ditch as to inter
fere with the outflow OF water or the
earth slide may cause the flow to cut
into and undermine the opposite bank.
Where there is under-dralnage, see
that the outlets are open. Examine
the fields of winter wheat, rye and
other winter grains and see if the
crop has been killed. injured in spots
by "heaving" or 'spewing' or has been
drowned out by water standing on the
surface during the winter. If any such
spots are found plan to give them bet
ter drainage.
The time will soon come for turning
saved if the fences are gene over at
this time and loose wires frightened up
and defective posts or rails replaced.
Continue hauling manure on the fields
intended for corn. Fresh manure spread
on the top of plowed land and worked
in with the harrow will give better re-
suits than if spread before plowing at
this season unless the manure be very
coarse.
The too common practice of burning
over old fields at this season prepara-
tory to plowing is strongly to be repro
bated. 1t is much better practice to go
over such fields with the disk harrow
once or twice to chop up the dry vege-
table matter and mix it with the soil,
and then plow rather than burn the
vegetable matter. which is the life of
the soil.
Discing a sod before plowing makes
the p1owing easier and greatly facili-
tates the preparation of a good seed
bed. 1t is as important to have the
bottom of the seed bed finely pulver-
lied as it isto have the surface well
worked.
The easiest way to do this is to disc
before plowing. 1t may seem that this
is an extra operation. but land that is
well dsced before plowing will not
in order to get it in first class condi-
tion. and there is no question of the
bottom of the seed bed being as well
worked as the surface.
1t is also good plan to disc rye or
rye and clover before p1owing under.
This. aids the complete turning under
and at the same time helps to mix it
with the soil. which is necessary in
order to get the most rapid decomposi-
ton. 1t also insures against the diff
Guilty of preventing the clover from be-
ing turned under in mat, in which
case it simply acts as blanket in pre-
venting the upward movement of mois-
ture.
Canada field peas are especially well
adapted to the climate of Canada and
the northern tier of states where there
Evening star., 1916-03-19
CRACKED EGGS CAUSE
LOSS TO POU[TRyMEN
Nearly Million Dollars Wasted An
nually Through Improper
Methods of Packing.
Prevention of Breakage Simple
Means of Cutting Off Ire
mendous Losses.

About 80 per cent OF the egg crop NJ
the whole year is produced during the
months of March. April, May and June
it is during March. April and May also
that the eggs are of the hest quality
and most desirable for cold storage.
Nearly SIS per cent of all the eggs so
stored 20 into storage during March,
April and May.
1t is especially necessary, therefore.
to see that the early spring pack il
well put up i'll new standard cases.
with new strong filters and fats, and
that cracked eggs, even the very
"lightest checks" he riGidly excluded.
Cracked eggs are the cause of great
trouble and loss to the egg industry
from producer to consumer. Every
time an egg is handled on the farm or
elsewhere it is likely to get she'll dam
age. Occasionally the hen cracks an
egg, but that is seldom. The farmer
cracks some on the farm, and by the
time he has hauled them to the coun-
try store or to the shipper investiga-
tors find that approximately 4 per cent
are cracked and one-tenth of ! per cent
mashed or leaking
If the country Storekeeper rchandles
the eggs and hauls them to the egg
shipper. the number of cracked eggs
is increased to about per cent. In
addition, three-tenthS of l per cent
are mashed eggs or leakers that must
be thrown out If, however, the coun-
try storekeepcr sends the cases of eggs
to a nearby shipper by local freight the
total of cracked eggs has risen at the
end of the journey to approximately
I per cent, and l per cent more are
mashed or leaking. The damage when
eggs reach the big cities after a haul
of 900 miles or more will depend upon
the quality of the egg packing, the
way the lot is placed in the car and
the way the railroad hauls the car, es-
pccially when switching. When the
eggs are shipped in car lots and both
shippers and carriers do their work
weli transit damage is kept down to as
little as ] per cent. including cracked.
mashed and leaking -sss.
Approximately one egg in two cases
gets mashed or becomes leaker Oh
the railroad trip. But when eggs are
shipped in less than car lots, the
transit damage is generally multiplied
many times. The total damage from
all landings of eggs between the hen
and the consumer, Investigations show,
is certainly not less than 10 per cent,
and may be even greater. The 10 eggs
out of 100 that are damaged consist
of about eggs which are lowered in
value by cracking and about eggs
which are a total loss.
Evening star., 1916-03-19

is sufficient moisture. In a Maryland
they will succeed pluch better in the
northern and mountainous sections of
the state than elsewhere.
Like the garden pea, they will not
make much growth after hot, muggy
weather sets in, along about harvest
| time or little before, and for that
reason should not be considered in the
light of a grain crop with mixture of
oats as they are in the northern states
and Canada.
Where oats is soWn in the spring for
soling or for hav the feeding value
may be greatly increased by miXin <
Canada field peas with the oats. The
quantity Cf seed per acre varies from
one and q half bushels of oats and one
and a half bushels of peas to two BUSH
els of each. 1t is very importa mt that
the crop should be sown in early
spring. for the earlier the crop is
planted the greater will be the likeli-
hood of the maximum returns, as both
IT'S and peas suffer in the hot days of
late spring and early summer. Al
though some growers recommend that
the peas be planted much deeper than
the oats and few days before planting
the oats. there is, however, no good
reason for this practice, as expert
ments have shown that even distribu-
tion and as large yields can be secured
when the oats and peas are mixed to-
gether with the grain drill and seeded
together.
Where land has never grown garden
or field peas it is usually advisable to
inoculate. otherwise the growth will
not be sufficient to pay for the seed
and the extra labor.
Forest culture is as much of an art as
is corn culture. A good woodlot. like
a good corn field, is the result of an
plying intelligent methods to produce
a full, valuable crop. A corn field with
fail spots, empty hills, feeble stalks
and half-flled ears is neither a credit
to the farm nor a paying investment
for the farmer. No more is a woodlot
half stocked with inferior trees When
timber is cut is the time of all times
to apply forestry. The way in which
the cutting is done will determine what
the subsequent condition of the wood
lot will be.
There is a difference between farm
woodland and the farm woodlot. Farm
woodland is farm land which has not
yet been cleared. Farm woodlot is a
term which might best be used to mean
a part of a farm permanently devoted
to timber production, under sound
plan of farm management. The size and
the location of the woodlot will depend
upon various considerations of which
the most important are the home needs
of the farm, the character of the land
and the present and prospective market
for material from the woodlot.
Estimates of the value of stable ma
nure on the farm indicate that in east
ern Pennsylvania the manure produced
by one adult horse or COW nets the
farmer on an average $3.50 per year,
while i'm southern Michigan the ma
nure of one such animal nets the farmer /
$s.22.
A survey of 900 farms in Lenawee
Mich. indicates that the farmer
of southern Michigan keeps a horse on
an average S.5 years and sells him for
$1S6S less than he cost. Similar studies
conducted in eastern Pennsylvania in
dicate that the farmer of that district
keeps a horse on an average of 12.1
years and sells him for $29.34 less than
he cost.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
What Becomes of Cracked Eggs.

What happens to all these cracked or
leaking eggs? The mashed eggs are a
loss at every stage, and go into the
waste can with the rots. The leaking
eggs can sometimes be sold in the
small towns at greatly reduced
price, but the money loss on them is
great.
Some of the cracked eggs show
plainly to the ordinary observer that
they are damaged even if the mem
brane under the shell is not broken.
These are generally put into cases 10y
themselves and disposed of at from -
to so per cent less than is received for
sound eggs. Such eggs are perfectly
good for food if used promptly or il
ia ken out of the shells by a properly
equipped and Intelligent egg breaker,
who freezes the liquid for use III VIM
tertime.
Other eggs are SO slightly cracked
Such cracks are found by Gambling or
by tapping the suspected egg against
sound one to get the ring of
perfect shell, or the characteristic
click" if it is damaged
During the months of March and
April, and generally during much of
May, practically all eggs are of high
quality except the infertile eggs and
rots that many farmers take from the
incubator and offer as fresh to the
storekeeper or shipper. Because of the
high average of good eggs, the grading
during these months is largely con-
cerned with size, cleanliness and
soundness of shell.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
Economy in Land.

Every inch of land should be utilized
on a poultry farm. Americans are just
beginning to know and realize some
things about soil economy. The crowd
ed countries across the sea have been
compelled to cherish every foot of soil
as a possession almost as precious as
life itself. and it would make us open
our eyes if we could see how much they
make from little. The poultry farmer
has an equally good opportunity. limit
ed only by the time at his disposal He
has the chance to improve his soil as
has the worker in 10 other branch Of
farming. He has the golden touch of
Midas that cnables him to take the
obnoxious hen manure and with ma
lures wonderful alchemy convert it
into abundant crops Of grain, hay, roots
for stock, or fruit and vegetables. all
of which have a marketable money
value.
Rye is a good in-between crop to
SOW in September By keeping the
fowls away from it through the fall
until it gets a good start, ii will make
an excellent feed for poultry during
the winter and early spring, and will
enrich the soil when plowed under for
the succeeding summer crop.
If space will permit his keeping
COW, she will convert coarse fodder
into the equivalent of beef scrap-for
SKINNED milk is in every way as valu-
able to poultry as the best beef scrap
and the butter fat from the milk will
make butter enough to pay for the
cows grain.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
Methods of Feeding.

No dairyman would feed his milk
COWS the same ration he feeds when
fattening cattle, yet many poultrymen
feed quantities of fattening corn to
their hens and then wonder why they
do not lay.
IrreguIarity in feeding is another
waste. 1t has been proved both by
individual poultryme nand at expert
ment stations that a fixed quantity fed
at stated intervals through the day
and every day Will produce eggs
enough to pay for the feed and profit
besides, while the same amount when
fed only once through the day or twice
one day and not at all the next would
be total loss, for the hens would not
lay under such conditions.
Injudicious care is another source of
waste. 1t is of little avail that the birds
are fed right if other conditions are not
right. Hens may be fed a balanced
ration approved by the latest poultry
experts and yet not lay eggs if they
have not clean quarters, warmth at
night. access to fresh air and sunshine,
ard if they are not provided with
means of exercise and plenty of clean
drinking water.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
Cracked Eggs Lower Prices.


Because there are SO many lightly
cracked eggs and because they will
bring Il lower price if put in cases by
themselves most shippers have svt.-.l
into the habit of including about 5 per
cent of cracked eggs in the cases of
supposedly sound eggs. This practice
has continued so long that the receiv-
ers in cities have adjusted prices ac-
cordingly. On the average the shipper
is really paid for just what he ships.
Very often the receiver blames the
railroad for all the light Well AS the
heavy damage in the ease. and since
the inclusion of the per cent of light
damaged eggs has become generally
known. it commonly is supposed that
it is these eggs which, being weak, are
further damaged in transit. The in
resigators OF the department. how
even dents. II well packed, loaded and
transported are only one-third more
liable to damage than are the sound
eggs similarly handled. If the cases
are well packed and shipped in well
loaded car lots. the additional liability
to damage is only about one-fifth of an
transportation alone the ) per cent Of
lightly cracked eggs appears to lie
comparatively unimportant.
From the viewpoint of cold storage
however, even lightly cracked eggs are
of great Importance. The investigators
find that about 80 per cent of the
cracked eggs are rotten by November,
generally because of a growth of mold.
Sometimes the moldy crack resting
against the filler infects ii and the egg
in the next cell becomes moldy. Each
leaking egg causes about two eggs be-
sides itself to rot. On the other hand
good early spring eggs with sound. clean
shells show less than / per cent loss
from decay by November. In other words
from decay by November. In other words,
six eggs in every dozen cracked eggs
will rot, while only one sound egg in
twelve dozen Will rot. all other condi-
tions being equal. The cracked eggs
are heavy economic loss.
Evening star., 1916-03-19
Loss $94 Per Carload.

Eggs at the eastern seaboard during
the early spring are commonly worth
about 20 cents a dozen. Carving
charges, including insurance, are usual
ly about cents dozen. Therefore,
the nine cracked eggs which are spoil
ed by November show a total loss, not
only to their value when they were
stored, which was about 10 cents but
also the carrying charges, or total
of 16ia cents. About ten cracked eggs
out of the nineteen. on the average,
will not spoil, but are much lower in
grade when coming out of storage than
the sound eggs They will be sold for
about SO per cent less than the sound,
good eggs. making. on a 25-cent basis.
another loss of Z cents, or total loss
due to cracked eggs alone of 23I7
cents a case. or about $9i on a carload
of 100 cases.
This loss of 231. cents a case, which is
believed to be a conservative estimate,
quickly mounts up to imposing figures
when the vast number of cases of eggs
that are stored is taken into considera-
ton. In forty-five cold storage houses
alone. according to the report of the
American Warehousemen's Association,
about 3.75O.O0O cases of eggs were in
storage July /. 1915. If these cases suf-
fered the average damage, in these
warehouses alone there w ould be n loss
to the country of 1881, 600 that might
have been saved to the egg industry
from producer to the consumer il ship
pers had been more careful in packing
their early spring eggs.
Evening star., 1916-03-19

An ample and clean litter on the
floor is also very essential when an
Al clean product is sought. Partic-
ularly is this true when the hens are
allowed outdoors during wet weather.
The litter acts as food mat for the
hens on their way to the nests. Clean
eggs bring better prices than dirty
Evening star., 1916-03-19

sErf7Nc EaGs-s. 6. 4. 2 REDS. BRED 10
lay; good enough TO show; $1.OO for Is: $6
per 100. L. s. Gaddess, Forest Glen, Md.
across from Barnes store. Pin. woodside 50.