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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06

are forced under the circumstances to
rank it with dairying, wheat and corn
production, numbering, manufacturing, or
any others of our great national indus
tries.
Two decades ago men made merry with
the Poultry business" There was good
cause for this in many cases It was the
day Of beginnings in the building up of
the modern egg machine At present there
are plenty of plants handling thousands
and even tens of thousands of birds I
visited one farm last summer where more
than forty thousand fowls more than
three months old were then being cared
for. The same farm has an incubator
cellar with a total capacity of 5000 eggs.
] visited another farm which had a pro-
ducing capacity of 25o,"o baby chicks a
year. Such extensive plants usually ham
die ten thousand or more layers From
80 to 300, and sometimes as high as 100,
birds are kept in a flock.
Smaller plants for intensive egg pro.
duction are numerous and multiplying
rapidly all over the land. A lone Man
Farm is supposed to handle from ZOO
to 1000 laying hens, the lone man" re-
quiring an assistant during the busy sea-
son Of incubation and brooding These
intensive and extensive plants taken in
connection with the tens Of thousands Of
people on the farms and in the towns who
keep fowls in smaller f1ocks lift poultry
culture to the rank Of any Of the great
Industries of the country. The 3OO-egg
hen puts her seal of certainty on the
proposition. If one can lay 314 eggs in
u months there should be millions in
America that can lay 80 eggs apiece.
VALUE OF SCIENTIFIC METHODS.
This is not least. In fact it is primary.
Without scientific methods in breeding
and care we would never have known Of
the possibilities of the hen. The trap nest.
the balanced ration the line breeding for
nigh egg production, the most skilful
care-taking day and night, winter and
Summer-in fact, Scientific management
In its purest and most approved form,
must go along with this business as with
the building Of locomotives, ocean liners,
or 16-inch guns, if the largest results are
to be achieved. Given this scientific man.
agement with all that it means, and put
behind it the right kind of a personality,
combining above all things a heavy busi-
ness caliber with n keen and forceful in
ttiative. and every reasonable hope in
spired by the high-record bird will DO
realized.
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COUPLE SUE FOR $4,000.

Daisy b. Townsend of Rockingham has
entered suit against Peter Henry w.
Porter of the same town seeking to re-
cover 5000 damages for injuries alleged
to have received by the plaintiff when
n single carriage in which she WAS
seated was run into by an automobile
driven by Mr.. Porter in 1915. She al
le@es that she was thrown out with her
infant SON. Raymond, that she suffered
conclusion of the brain and other in
iuries. 1t is claimed that the automobile
was being driven at 80 miles an hour,
and was not properly under control.
Her husband, William l.. Townsend, sues
the same Mr. Porter for 5000 for the
loss of his wife's comfort, fellowship
and assistance. Property of the de-
PENDANT has been attached Mr.. Porter
is a we'll known real estate agent and
lumber dealer in Bellows Falls village.
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movement already widespread to make
The most of the utility value of the back
yard flock as we'll as of the tens of thou
sands of birds herded together on the
million-egg farm.
The average yearly yield of the farm
flock is about 20 eggs for each hen. This
is the fnC.ng of the department of agri-
culture at Washington. We write it and
read it with shame 1t is surely long,
long way from 20 to 3l4. The world is ON
fire to-day over economic efficiency, Most
certainly the figures that are before the
American people to-day will mean a
mighty stride forward in egg production.
Otherwise we prove our economic de-
ficiency.
A farmer told me the other day that he
keeps rs hens and that they "eat their
heads off two or three times a year"
It's long look from such story to that
Of another farmer who kept 100 layers last
year and reports a profit of slloo above
the cost of their feed.
The man who can't get paying results
from a flock Of hens to-day must hold
himself responsible. If he does not resort
to every possible method to increase his
egg production he must confess that he
that he is hopelessly sunk in the ruts of
a former generation.
What splendid stimulus we have in these
record BIRDS Why may not every one
of US start an cgg-laying contest right
at home with the purpose of increasing
our egg yield by spotting the mere board
err and breeding better birds for the fill
ing of the egg basket? A liberal estimate
Of the cost of feed for one hen for one
year would he $50 Allowing a yearly
production of only 30 eggs, there will
still be n profit above her feed of Sl.5o
with eggs at 80 cents a dozen An in
crease of 30 eggs a year to the fowl above
this would mean an average of only
$50 eggs for each layer. But it would
mean an increase of $3.50 "A year profit
on a plant carrying . 900 layers, This av-
erage would still be less than half the
record of the top-notch bird.
Here is where the American neople can
cut the high cost of living" by half a
billion dollars a year. namely by increas-
ing the average egg yield of the common
hen from 70 year to 40 a year
POULTRY CULTURE A NATIONAL
INDUSTRY.
The modern high-record hen should
mean this "unquestioned recognition
Poultry Culture has come to stay. We
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
WHAT SHAKESPEARE DID.

What were his achievements? And
why do we call him great?
"No other writer of drama has such
lasting power over our laughter and tears
Others painted a duh world, Will gave
us Already.
Where other men draw marveously.
he gives us the life itself.
with infinite skill and infinite zest
he heirhtens comic effect by beauty.
"FIe left us his lyrics, faultlessly lovely,
and unrivaled. yet, for melody and fancy
as radiant and as pure.
with an exquisite sense OF appropri-
ateness he made of our common language
structures of loveliness so consummate as
to alter it's usage forever
"IIe brought English historical drama
to its perfection and to it's close When
he laid down the untangled skein there
was no one to take 1t up
He opened to highest tragedy a range
Of undreamed sublmity, and with I'M
parallel invention created or refreshed
a gallery of human types as true to ma
ture as to art, almost endless in variety,
and matchless in vividness.
His supreme gift to dramatic art is
the great gift Of misunderstanding In
mastery drawing of character he remains
unapproachable.
Gle used every type Of humanity fit
for tragic or comic art.
None ever framed n woman Of prouder
or swecter stuff, or so shrewlly drew her
April charm, or so woefully showed to
what terror her gentleness may be turned,
''None other ever made the CHASTITY
and appalling natural.
cor On JraW tho coarcepeSa and fiepdiS oh
malignity of an Iago side by side with
Dcsdemona's gentle purity
or with such matchlcss eloquence and
irresistible pathos painted the terrible,
memorable Jew.
mo other so provokes us to laugh at
human folly, shudder at human crime,
or shrink aghast from horror; yet keeps
unchanged our pity and love for fallen
humanity
with the highest secret Of comic art,
he discovered the sadness of laughter,
and put wisdom in the mouth of fools.
I'm Romeo and Juliet he wrote the
epitome of all songs or stories of youth
full passion and romance that ever told
or sung
His vocabulary is so vast, his know-
edge so comprehensive, that others seem
beggars who have been to a feast and
come away with the scraps.
yet the greatest gift his genius shows
is his knowledge of human hearts and
his infinite sympathy.
| There was no one like him i'm his day:
there has been no one like him since; and
we all shall live a weary while before we
see his like again."-John Bennett, in the
April St. Nicholas.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
Recognition of Poultry
Culture as One of Our
Foremost National In
dustries.
A m erican Hen Ha S
Proved That She Has
the Goods and Can
Deliver Them.
BY G.. r. SMITH
Author and Practical Poultryman
COPYRIGHT, 1916

This is an age of miracles. You can sail
on the sea- under the sea, or above the
sea. You can sit in an easy chair in New
York city and talk with your friend in
San Francisco. The "Wreless' pulses
your message through 500 miles of ether
as quickly as you could dictate 1t to II
stenographer. Our modern wizards of
progress are performing greater wonders
than the ancient masters of the BLACK
Art" ever attempted.
The feats Of science are equally astound-
ing in the animal kingdom. Minnesota
announces that one of her Holstein-Frie-
sian COWS, Duchess Skylark Ormshy,"
has produced an average of more than
four pounds of butter n day for 12 con-
secutive months. And now we have the
amazing output of a three-and-a half
pound Leghorn hen-3l5 eggs in $50 days!
What does it mean? Let us see.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
l. V. NJ ALUMNI GATHERING

About 80 alumni and undergraduates
of the University of Vermont, residents
of Windsor and Windham counties, met
TUESDAY, March 2S at the Congregational
church i'm Bellows Falls Dr. John II.
ifIod"ett presided. DR. w. y. Bryan.
vas POSTMASTER at the dinner. which
was prepared and served by the mem
bers of the Junior class of the Bellows
rails high school who are taking the
domestic science course. President Guy
Potter Benton of tee university, NJ. F.
Downing, agricultural agent of Rutland
county, A. l.. Gutterson of Springfield,
the we'll known athlete. and states At
torney O. h. Hughes were the speakers.
The work of organizing the two-county
organization was postponed as the pro-
gram lasted until a late hour.
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Bearded Golden Polish.

These races OF Polish fowls were first
known as the Crested Dutch. 1t is prob
able that they came from Italy to the
Netherlands thence to western Europe
and later to America.
The first of these varieties was the
White Crested Black; and from these the
Dutch breeders obtained the silver and
golden Polish, some with crests only, and
others with both creSts and boards. The
Golden Polish as shown above are of the
latter variety, and they have immense
crests and boards which almost hide the
eyes. Their pumage is generally golden
tan in color, each feather laced or edged
with brilliant black.
The hens are excellent layers of large
white-shelled eggs. so that for a home
flock that will be delight to the eye, as
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06

and whole bones. which is said to have
originated in Russia, is as follows:
I'm a trench three or four feet deep,
wood ashes and whole bones are piled in
alternate layers, each about six inches
deep. The lowest and the uppermost
layers are of ashes, and each layer of
ashes is saturated with water as soon
as it has been laid. Upright stakes are
set in the trenches at intervals of about
three feet at the beginning. and they are
withdrawn after eight or ten days time,
Into the holes which the stakes have LETT
enough water is poured to saturate anew
the ashes. At the end of two months,
when the bones have become considerably
softened, the heap should he thrown over,
mostened, and allowed to ferment anew.
This process should be repeated at inter
walls as often as necessary. Five months
and three turnings should he sufficient
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06

Wei as producer for the table. the
Golden Polish will he found both pleas
urable and profitable The hens are nom
Sitiers, hence their eggs must be Matched
10y other hens or by artificial means Tho
chicks are rather delicate. unless kept
dry. Damp ground or damp coops are
fatal to young Polish They should never
be reared in large open spaces, as their
crests prevent them from seeing the
hawk in time to avoid capture
In size these fowls compare with the
l-eghorn and weigh about the same. They
are very fine boned and carry a larger
proportion of desirable meat. The legs
are blue. or, in old specimens white; the
skin is white, and each fowl has round
protuberance on its skull, from which
the feathers Of the crest grow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
VERMONT BREV1TfES.

There are 90 cases of whooping cough
in Rutland.
Hiram A. Martin of Swanton has filed
a petition in bankruptcy. His assets are
$3.50 all claimed exempt. and his liabilities
s37266
Mrs. f.. stanton Wasgatt Of Barre died
March -, having been stricken with
a paralytic shock while attending an
Eastern star meeting.
Sanction for the transfer of the prop
critics. rights, privileges and franchises
of the Waterbury Light & Power com
pany has been granted by the Public
Service Commission. The purchasing COM
pany must assume first mortgage bonds
of the Waterbury concern amounting to
s1Oj 900
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
CCl\pENlS ALTON.

Not long ago the editor of an English
paper ordered a story of certain length.
but when the story arrived he discovered
that the author had written several hun-
dred words too many.
The paper was already late in going
to press SO there was no alterna tive
the story must be condensed to fit tho
allotted space. Therefore the last few
paragraphs We're cut down to a single
sentence. 1t read thus:
THE Earl took a Scotch high-ball, his
hat. his departure, no notice of his pur-
suers, a revolver out of his hip pocket,
and. finally, his life. Everybody
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
MRS. NANCY A. SPRAGUE DIES.

Mrs Nancy A, Sprague. native of
Barnard, where she was born September
3, 1887, died March ~ at Lakewood, n. J.
She was prominently identified with
charity work in Chicago, where some
time ago she founded a home training
school for nurses at the Presbyterian hos
pital During the last year she gave a
large sum of money to Yale University
Cor the erection of music hall The
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
FOUND DEAD IN FRANKLIN.

William Wakefield of Franklin was
found dead Friday afternoon near the
Cold spring on the road leading to Can
ada The seectmen investigated and
found that he died Of a fit. He had no
relatives in this country, coming here
from England several years ago.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
CUT THIS OUTFIT is WORTH MON

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip.
enclose with Be to Foley e. Co. Chicago.
H., writing your name and address clear
ly You will receive in return n trial
package containing Foley's Honey ana
Tar Compound for bronchial coughs
colds, and Group Foley Kidney Pills, and
Foley Cathartic Tablets (Adv)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
OFF ON WASHINGTON TRIP.

High school pupils from Chester, Ran
dolph, Bellows Falls. Windsor and Lud-
low left Monday on trip to Wash
ington, d. c., under the direction Of Guy
+. futile of the Chester high school. They
will return on Thursday.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
TO HAVE NEW INDUSTRY.

Beginning Monday Lustberg, Nest &
co. of New York city, manufacturers of
dress shirts, will employ 100 at their new
establishment in Bellows Falls They
will succeed the Inter Ocean Shirt COM
pany, which foundered on the rocks of
business depression more than year
ago.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
MISSING ROY Is FOUND,

John Paul King, Jr, aged IA, who dis
appeared from his home in Willamstown,
Mass, was found at the farm of Bert DIN
in SALISBURY, VT. He was possessed with
the desire to work on a farm.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
MOVIES IMPELLED THEM TO STEAL,

Listening to the stories of youthful
crimes. Magistrate II. w. Scott of Barre
city court declared Saturday that the
movies were worse than the saloon. Two
nine year-old boys asciibed their trans.
grcssions, in part, to the influence OF the
film shows. Petty larceny extending over
a wide area in the city and including the
theft of milk bottles, umbrellas. door
mats and rufbers We're uncovered by the
police last week with the result that the
two boys were hailed into court. Both
confessed to visiting vcrandas and sell
ing their loot to junk dealer.
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MONEY IN TURKEYS.
Grain and Stock Farms Well Adapted
to Turkey Raising.

For those who are favorably situated
Tor raising turkeys a more profitable
SIDE line can hardly be found Given
plenty OF range where the turkeys can
lind grasshoppers and other insects
vegetation, the seeds of weeds and
grasses, waste grain, acorns, and nuts
or various kinds, the cost of raising
them Is very small and the profits large
Hraln and stock farms are particularly
well adapted to turkey raising, and it
~ Oh such farms that most OF the turkeys
are iouhd. Little has ever been done
~ 'He way OF raising turkeys in con-
hHcHeht' ard where it has been tried
the results have been discouraging.
ilenty OF range is essential to sucess III
turkey raising
BREEDING.
In selecting turkeys for breeding. the
most important factors to be considered
are vigor, size, shape, bone earlv
maturity, and color of plumage The
body should be deep and wide tbe bocl.
broad, and the breast round and full
The head should be Of good size and az
Clean healthy appearance. A strong,
wel-made skeleton Is shown bv thick
sturdy shanks and straight, strong toes
p
raiser to have flock of pure-bred tur-
keys even though they are sold at mar
ket prices The male at the head of the
flock should by all means be a pure-bred
of the best type obtainable. The male
is one-half the entire flock and bv
continually selecting the best females of
similar type and mating these with a
pure-bred male, one can soon have a
flock OF uniformly large, early-maturing,
strong boned, long and deep bodied tur-
keys Of the same color
Fifteen turkey hens can safely be
mated to a vigorous tom. If % or &c
hens are kept, two toms should not be
allowed to run with them at the same
time, but one should be confined one day
and the other the next When two
toms are allowed to run together during
the mating season, they fight badly and
the stronger does practically all of the
mating.
LAYING
Turkey hens are wont to "steal' their
nests in hidden places, such as a patch
of weeds. tall grass or thick brush ana
often wander a half mile or more from
home before they flnd locations that
suit them. To find these stolen nests
often proves to he a long and tedious
task. the usual method being to follow
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
FAMILY DIES WITHIN YEAR

Within n year four members of
Townshend family have died and all OF
the same disease, pneumonia. Frank
Felch succumbed on Sunday. Less than
a year ago he was living with his parents
and his grandmother at Buck Hill, Town
shend
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
FIND CLERK DEAD IN BED.

George Grosvenor aged SO, native Of
Winooski, was found dead in bed at
Springfield. Mass, Friday lie had been
employed at Springfield for number of
years,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
DELEGATES NOVEL TO MRS. HART
NESS

Mrs. Eleanor II. Porter, who has won
fame for her "Pollyanna," has dedicated
her new book. Just David" to Mrs.
James HARNESS of Springfield, Vt, wire
of the chairman of the State education
board.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06

The world is going to the yelpers; can-
ons have given place to cannons; the
inter to inter, and Saint Peter to salt.
peter-Yale Record.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06

We owe it to the fexibilty of language
that we can make expression OF old
thoughts seem to be something new.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06

building, which is now under construction
Mt Now Haven, will be dedicated to the
memory of her husband, who was a grad
uate of Yale in the class of 1859.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF

Swiss newspapers assert that secret
peace negotiations have been under way
for some time on Swiss soil between italy
and Austria Hungary.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06

Whenever YOU see heaps of flowers at
funeral You may know that some Of
them symbolic remorse or regrets, and
some, hypocri
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06

Company operating 1000 taXis in New
York files bankruptcy petition, blaming
winters storms and low fare ordinance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
TO TRANSFDR REV. T.. +. NEWELL

TO IRA N'SFDR REV. T.. +. NEWELL
The Rev, Elmer +. Newell, pastor of
the Heddng Methodist Church. Harre
has been transferred to the New England
conference after serving three churches
in the Vermont conference. His new
charge will probably be in Lynn, Mass.
He has been four years at Barre
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war sufferers bazaar in New York.
Senator Jones, who wants New York
boxing commission abolished. introduced
bill to prohibit showing OF Willard Moran
pictures.
Georgetown University instruments
record earthquake shocks $500 miles
away.
Central railroad of New Jersey to erect
new 100000 station in Newark
Motor cars kill 1Si children in New
York city during 1915.
Levi Pruitt, arrested for murder Of
Charles Ncians in Chicago. admits he
"disliked Nicians' table manners and shot
him."
Huntington. w. Va, man mixes five
gallons of gasoline. three of kero-
sene and small quantity of camphor gum,
making II cent motor fuel.
Il am my mothers only boy" pleaded
John Ledwth. n, in New York court,
she Is 20 and lonely" Prisoner dis
charged.
Won Der Gotz tells federal officers he
tried to raise German army here for in
vasion of Canada in 1914
Forty British sailors from cruiser
Conquest lost In Tuesdays storm along
English coast.
Everett Fl. Barney, one of Springneld's
wealthiest residents and widely known
throughout New England, dies.
New York Sun bread line receives &c soO
loaves during March
Milwaukee Herod comes out editorially
for pro-German party at coming cleo
ton.
Cardinal Mercier's private secretary ar
rested for communicating with Teutons'
foes.
General Felix Diaz, nephew Of former
president back in Mexico for new re-
volt.
Since beginning of war Italy has seized
forty German ships.
Eastman Kodak company declares ex-
ira dividend of 8 per cent. on common
stock
London despatch issued by Reuters
semi-official agency says; At present the
British are probably something like one
fourth of the entire length of the west
ern front. extending in an unbroken
line from the User to the Somme,
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each turkey hen as she separates from
the flock and starts toward her nest
care being taken that she does not know
she is being followed. A much easier
ana quicker method than this is to con-
fine the hens early some morning soon
after they have come down from roost
ana let tSem out late in the afternoon
Those that are laying will then head for
their nests in order to lay the eggs they
have been holding.
If many turkeys are kept. the use Of
breeding pen will be found a great
convenience. This pen should cover II
sufficient area to allow the turkeys
some exercise, an acre for Is birds being
none too large. A hog-tight wire fence
three feet high will hold most turkeys,
and If any persist in flying out the
flight feathers of one wing should be
clipped. Nests should be scattered about
the pen. those which turkey hens take
to most readily being barrels turned on
their sides and nests shaped in them
with straw.