Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-17

have their days made OF tho same pro-
portions OF light and darkness as nj
homo before they will lay. heard OF
man at circle. who importcad "A lot
OF fowls from the states with the idea
of starting a chicken farm After II
week or =" they grew droopy. They
lost h"Sh and he got no crcs whatever.
II, WAS then told the chickens were
suffering for lack of sleep IT WAS
midsummer. when the light is bright
throughout the twcnty-four hours The
chickens had NO sunset To mark thcii
bedtime. and they kept on scratching
gravel all night. The man decided TO
pa; them in darkened coops At =. NJ.
and keep them 50 until morning. The
hens al once rcraincd their old viEot
ana began 90 drop ranch cErS" which
sold for several dollars Il dozen. | am
told that the c"nps mus, lie lighted
jurinE the long dark days Of the win
ter in order TO make the hens lay
In the past few years there has been
.craze IN .hlaSka in favor Of the help
ful hen Most of the residents have
been k"cpiuG chickens and raising
their own rIrs At first many keep,
the chickens throughout the summer
and sold them as cold weather cam"
on to save the expense of warming
and lighting tn" coupS during the long
winter nights. They would then inn
port a second flock for The following
summer To-day il is the custom to
care for Your chickens in summer and
then pu; them out to board in the
winter. In Dawson and Fairbanks
there ar" - number Of chicken board :
lighthouses. where fowls are cared FOR
AT a regular rate The usual price
for boarding "a hen is 81 per season.
and this includes feeding and keep
inr in - we'll warmed and wcli~iirhtcd
coop The eggs laid during The winter
go {" the landlord. As soon as the
warm weather comes on the owner
takes back his chickens. and Is thus
nhi" y" raise hroiicrs aud pullcts and
~ the same time have plenty of ccEs
ENTIRE cot Nrn, BECOMES
COI.D-STOK Age: rI.A VT
Another interesting feature is chick
cu-kiiliur time. This corresponds
somewhat with hog killing time in tn"
states When the weather gets cold
II stays cold al! winter. The Their
momctcr goes down 10 below zero. and
the whole country is cold storage
until spring. This makes IT SO that
meat can he Kept in frozen state
throughout tn" winter. Each house
h"ldc! haNing decided how many chick
ems She will put out To board. kills
the balance. she cleans and tircsscs
them and hangs them out Of doors or
ia an unhcatcd building. They freeze
S'INi lHt ilSl ilEnl, ahu can tntn he
laid away in cold place and brought
in TO he eaten as needed know of
one woman who has now TOO chickens
She VIII keep them till fall, when
eighty Will he Killed and the re
maindcr he put out =" board That
woman is sure of good chicken all
winter, and IN" meat viii bo far bot
ter than that from our cold storage
plants.
In Dawson - butcher told ~" how
they managed to have fresh meat all
winter long. Said he:
We bring our beef aud mutton in
on the hoof before navigation closes.
and keep them until about the middle
Of october. after which time We are
sure Of a steady cold until spring We
then Kill and dress them aud hang
taem up out OF doors just as YOU hang
NJ hccvcs in cold storage plant. We
then lay them away and thaw them out
as tn" market demands We freeze
rarihou and mo"s" III" sam" way Last
year ono of tho butchers frozc "a carl
hoE with the skin and horns on. and
just AS - looked when alive He stood
tho car"ass out in IRON, OF his. shop.
and used j, for sign
Among other strange cold-wcathcr
features ~ this part of tho world is
the Watching Tho icr in tho river 10
50" when u will form, hos deep i,
VIII iTc"H" and when II Till 90 ont ia
tn" spring ono az m" river captains
tells m" b" las measured tn. icc OF
IA" Yukon aud found ~ a. times i've
:"c' iu tnl, IrlrrF In n" ordinary s":t =
son 'nv lrc an Tho main part Of the
stream iS only ,wo and ouc-haif o.,
'hrcc f""' dc"p aud tin" water flows
beneath u IN" ir" forms III" great
highway ~ travel IN winter weather
asked this captain 10 'cll me more
about ia" lc" ON IA" YUhou. 'ic re-
pli"d
"Na,igatiou opens ~, pawsou 10
tween IA" 9Th and tn" iSth Of May.
and - usually .loscs about me 18th
81 bD'ob"r. Long before tn" ,.ut"r OF
ino river is frozen. thcr. rs = com
tnu"rs strip Of leo alone 'h. shores.
ard rHk"s "f irc float along ~. chan
r"i y. tn" cold weather continues.
~" 90" extends farther and farther
"h' until the channel grows so mar
70" That The steamers cnuuot make
their way through Tho noatliy cakes
MAKE Horgcs at tn" marrow places and
form solid ice there. As winter se, =
ti"S down into steady cold the
whole river IS frozen from hank 20
bHnk, and IL - so solid tina, vo, can
run u train Of cars over il
The most intcrestiue 'linc uu tho
fult continued TIA" captaiu us
When m" ice breaks MP In The spriur
That on the upper part of 'he river
breaks first aud pushes i,s way down
INC stream. breaking N" other loo as
II goes. tn" boats start In behind the
ice and move along as faa, as they
can, ana sometimes small boats star,
III IN" ic" The water never freezes
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