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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
PLAN FOR RAISING eoSLlNGS
Hen Will Cover Only Five or Six
Eggs, While mother Goose May
Hatch From ~ to is.

Geese usually begin to lay in March,
and II not allowed to sit will lay from
20 to 30 eggs each The first goslings
are not hatched until the grass begins
to come in green. A hen will cover
only five or six goose eggs, while the
mother goose may hatch from 12 to
is. Although the period OF incubation
averages 80 days, IL will vary from 2s
TO 80 days. AS the time for Matching
is half as long again as for hens eggs.
only hens that are in good condition
and kept free from lice and properly
fed will stay on the nest long enough
to bring OF a good hatch.
Since the first gosling may appear
as early as the twenty-eighth day. and
the last one not until the thirty-third
or thirty-fifth day. IL is a good plan
to remove the goslings from the nest
TO a warm flannel-lined basket as fast
as they hatch. II this is not done the
hen may become restless before the
hatch is finished and leave the nest
II is not wise TO assist goslings from
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
SELF-FEEDER is PROFITABLE
Experiment Made at Nebraska Es-
pertinent Station Shows Method
to Be Practicable.

That the self-feeder is practicable
for lambs is shown by the results OF
an experiment that has Just closed at
the Nebraska experiment station.
Twenty-eight lambs fed for 40 days by
the self-feeder method made an aver
age daily gain of half pound head
at a cost OF 1874 for each 100 pounds
OF gain. The net profit per head was
S1.45. Pea-size oil meal and prairie
hay were kept before the lambs con-
stantly from the beginning of the test
Corn was added the third day, and
gradually increased from that time.
At the close OF the third week the
lambs were consuming about two
pounds Of corn and one-half pound of
oil meal per head daily.
At the end OF the experiment they
were consuming one.half pound more
of corn day and the same amount of
oil meal. The average daily consump-
tion OF prairie hay per lamb was one
half pound. Corn was valued at 60
cents bushel, oil meal at $40 a ton
and prairie hay at 50 a ton.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11

two ways-in the amount OF pasturage
required and in the amount of winter
feed needed.
In Missouri. Illinois, Kentucky, In
diana and Ohio, wherever there is
bluegrass, sheep should be run. These
regions are peculiarly adapted to
sheep growing in connection with gen.
eral farming. The grass comes early
in the spring and fingers until very
late in the fall. In about three years
out of every five the pasturage is such
that the sheep can take pretty good
care of themselves until well along in
to the winter. With a pasture of this
sort and cornfield full OF soy beans
or cowpeas the problem Of sheep feed
ing pretty nearly solves itself
In this way the sheep-feeding season
is greatly shortened and the feeding
cost is cut down to a point where il
amounts to very little. While you are
forced to be shoveling out the corn,
the silage and the cake to the cattle,
the sheep are managing to get along
with very little expense to their owner.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
CLEANLINESS OF THE CHURN
Rlnslne Out With Warm Water VIII
Remove Any Particles Of Butter
milk Remaining In Wood.

After the butter is taken from the
churn, the latter should be rinsed out
with warm water. and the rinsing fol-
lowed by a thorough washing with
very hot water. The rinsing out with
warm water will remove any butter.
milk which may remain in the pores OF
the wood. The hot water will remove
any fat which may be left in the
churn.
II is never well to use soap powders
on the interior Of the churn, but the
occasional use OF a small amount Of
dairy washing powder or lime water is
beneficial. To keep the churn sweet
and free from odors and taints a small
handful OF lime placed in somo water
in the churn or in the last rinsing OF
the churn is very effective. II is very
essential in good butter making to see
that all apparatus used is absolutely
clean and free from undesirable odors
and taints. as these are quickly abb
sorbed by the butter
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11

after the spring rains and rats have
taken their toll.
This coop is rec feet wide. six
feet long, two feet high in the rear
and three feet high in front. A door
eight inches wide runs the entire
length OF the back so as TO permit easy
access to the hen. In the front are
four openings which are covered with
Stats II is possible to close the open
ings by placing an eight-inch door
along the entire front. This makes
the coop rat-proof at night and by
hingiig II at the bottom the door pro-
yides a runway for the chicks TO en-.
ter Just beneath the caves along the
front is a door foot wide. The open.
ing made by this door is covered with
wire screen. When open this door
lights the coop and protects it from
rains.
The coop can be used for Matching
and broodinR II is divided by burlap
frames into four compartments. The
aim Is to set four hens in the back
part OF the coop and keep food and wa.
Matching. the chicks from two hens
are given TO one for brooding. Later
when the hon weans her chicks the re.
naming partition can be removed
and the COOP can be used TO house the
| young stock for the remainder OF the
season. It makes hen Matching easier.
/ and more effi ,ient brooding possible.
| II can be male rat-proof very easily
and can be moved from place to place
with little trouble.
Hints on House Construction.
| -Four square feet OF floor space
| should be allowed for each hen.
Have from eight TO fifteen inches
of roosting space for each hen.
Allow one nest to every four or FIVE
hens.
When muslin is used for ventilation
/ purposes, one square foot OF muslin
should be placed ON the south side for
every Is square feet OF floor space, IL
| the house is 15 feet wide. II the
house is ten feet wide. on the south
side use one square foot OF muslin to
every 20 square feet OF floor space.
! and II the house is 20 feet wide, on
the south side use one square foot OF
muslin TO every ten square feet OF
floor space.
Tho foregoing rules viii also apply
in the use OF the shutter.front method
OF ventilation.
The height Of the tops OF the win.
dows II placed on the south side
should be a little less than one-hali
as high as the house is wide.
Glass should be placed in the house
at the rate of one square foot to
every Is square feet of floor space.
II the chickens are yarded. $50
square feet OF yard space should be
allowed for each bird.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11

rBy PROP. H. l. KEMPsTER Univer-
sity of Missouri. College of AgricuiiureD
In selecting a location for a poultry
house the farmer usually chooses the
1ne which is nearest to his home in
order that the housewife may con-
Eeniently care for the poultry flock.
This accounts for the usual location
1f the poultry house half way between
he house and the barn where II is
convenient for the hens to overrun
not only the farm buildings. but also
The kitchen porch. This habit is also
encouraged by the .sdiscriminate scat.
lering OF feed, often closer to the
farm buildings than to the poultry
house II the farm poultry house is
located so as TO make IL natural for
The hens not TO run in the yards,
there will be very little trouble with
hem oyerrunning the farm buildings.
In the caro- OF poultry one should
aim as far as possible to feed all the
feed in and around the poultry house.
Frequently poultry can be encouraged
10 run into the orchard by a simple
arrangement OF the fences. Grain
crops can often be grown upon the
same ground upon which the poultry
flock is running with very little injury
to the crop. Corn is especially adapt.
ed TO such a practice. This practice
furnishes an abundance OF shade dur.
ing the summer when IL is most need.
ed. The yards are plowed occasion.
ally, exposing the soil to the sun. de
stroylng many disease germs and in
| testinal parasites. and the droppings
which are generally wasted are util'
lied. In addition to making condi.
tions more healthful. this growing OF
crops on the poultry runs also reduces
the feed cost. Under Missouri condi.
tions II is more desirable for chick.
ems TO be kept upon cultivated soil
than II is to attempt to have a perma.
nent sod run. Often the garden can
( be alternated with the poultry pas
ture. Under farm conditions this
kind OF yarding can be easily arranged
with practically no fencing. While the
location OF the farm poultry house is
generally determined by the conven
fence with which II can be reached
from the house, little fore
thought will enable the poultry keep
er TO make the above arrangements
without sacrificing convenience.
Matching and Broodins House.
The combined Matching, broodlnI
and housing coop shown below il
large enough to accommodate foui
hens and is as good as a 6O-egg incu
bator. Farmers who have used thi'
coop have pronounced it a success
This coop does away with the littl,
"a shaped coops which are common
ly given to hens after they hav,
hatched their broods and which ar,
soon outgrown by what chicks remain
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
REAL PROFIT IN LIVE STOCK
Problem Of Making Profit is Largely
Matter Of Making Use Of ST.
lage and Roughaqe.

When you break even on your
beeves you are ahead OF the game pro-
vided you save the manure-especial-
ly II you have kept hogs following the
cattle. Saving the manure doesn't
mean saving merely one-third or one
fourth. II means saving all OF II, liq-
uid as well as solid.
The problem OF keeping live stock
with profit is largely matter OF max
ing use as silage, roughage, or bed
ding. OF stun that Ia wasted on the
average farm.
Weeds and weed seeds. usually
counted worse than nothing, may be
put ON the right side OF the ledger by
means OF few sheep, Grass makes
cheap pork,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
Vegetarian Rlssoles.

Rub three ounces OF butter into one.
half pound OF whole-meal bread
crumbs. adding one tablespoonful of
finely chopped parsley, one teaspoon
full each Of shredded onion and OF
minced herbs, a CRATE OF nutmeg and
lemon peel and seasoning to taste;
mix this with an egg beaten up in one
teacupful Of milk, or, better still II
available, Of white sauce; mold into
balls or torpedoes, fry in hot fat and
serve garnished with daintily fried
slices OF hard-boiled egg, handing
brown sauce and red currant jelly at
the same time.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
MIXING THE BUTTER CAKES
Breakfast and Luncheon Delicaey
Worth All the Time That Can Be
Bestowed on u.

An earthen bowl should always be
used for mixing cake, and a wooden
cake spoon with slits lightens the Ia
Dor. Measure dry ingredients. and
mix and sift baking powder and
spices. II used. with -four Count out
number Of eggs required. breaking
each separately that there may be no
loss should a stale egg chance TO be
found in the number. separating yolks
from whites II rule so specifies. Meas
ure butter then liquid. Having every
thing in readiness. the mixing may be
quickly accomplished.
II butter is very hard, by allowing
II to stand a short time in a warm
room II is measured and creamed
much easier. II time cannot be al.
lowed for this TO be done, warm bowl
by pouring in some hot water. letting
stand one minute. then emptying and
wiping dry. Avoid overheating tie
bowl, as butter will become oily rather
than creamy. Put butter in bowl and
cream by working with a wooden
spoon until soft and Of a creamy con-
sistency. then add sugar gradually and
continue beating All yolks OF eggs
or whole eggs beaten until light,
liquid and -four mixed and sifted with
baking powder: or liquid and -four
may be added alternately. When
yolks and whites are beaten separate
ly whites are usually added at the
last, as in the case when whites OF
eggs alone are used.
A cake can be made fine grained
only by long beating. although light
and delicate with a small amount Of
beating
Never stir cake after the final beat
ing. remembering that beating motion
should always be the last used.
Fruit. when added to cake. is usual.
ly Toured. to prevent it's settling TO
the bottom. This is not necessary IL
II is added directly after the sugar,
which is desirable in all dark cakes. II
a light fruit cake is made. fruit added
in this way discolors the loaf Citron
Is cut first in thin slices. then in strips,
Toured. and put in between layers of
cake mixture. Raisins are seeded and
cut, rather than chopped. Washed
currants, put up in packages, are
quite free from stems and foreign sub
stances. and need only picking over
and rolling in -four.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
I1lII(I
PREPARING A DAIRY HElFER
Kindness and Gentle Handling viii
Remedy Kicking Habit-Haiter-
break While Young.

You must have foresight In prepar-
ing the dairy heifer for her fret milk.
ing period. II you handle the udder
and teats so as TO develop the udder
doing this at least twice a week for
six or eight weeks before calying. the
heifer will then be quiet and gentle
and will not be afraid when her udder
is touched after she has calyed. Also
her udder will be developed so that II
will almost resemble a cows udder.
II is natural for the COW to stand
while being MIXED, consequently the
heifer knows nothing about kicking
until hurt or frightened into II. II is
a good plan to halterbreak a beifer
when she Is young, always being care
ful not 10 hurt or frighten her. II by
accident anything should be done TO
cause the heifer to kick II is not the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
Mock Fish.

Cut some scraped satisfy into inch
lengths, dropping them as done into
water acidulated either with vinegar
or lemon Juice, and. soaking them in II
for an hour; drain carefully. barely
cover with boiling salted water, cook
gently until soft, and strain.
Having made a thick. white sauce
with the liquor mingled with an equal
quantity OF scalded milk, thickened
with butter and -four in the usual pro-
portions and seasoned agreeably with
salt. pepper and lemon juice, put the
satisfy into fireproof shells, mask with
the sauce. strew lightly with bread
crumbs and few knobs of butter, and
brown in a quick oven. Or, IL pre-.
ferred, serve in cases OF puff paste.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
Irish Iceberg.

Put four cupfuls of water and two
cupfuls OF sugar in saucepan, bring
to the boiling point and let boil 20 min.
utes. Cool. add three-fourths cupful OF
lemon juice. Color green and strain.
Freeze, using three parts OF finely.
crushed ice to one part of rock salt.
Serve in tall dessert glasses and pour
over each portion one teaspoonful OF
creme de menthe. Sprinkle with
chopped nuts, using Jordan almonds,
English walnuts, and pecans in equal
proportions.-Womans Home Com,
panion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
PROPER LOCATION FOR SILo
Huge ReeeptaeIes Should Be Placed as
Near Animals TO Be Fed as Pos
slbie to Save Labor.

Silos should be located close TO the
animals TO be fed from them, accord.
ing to the Oregon agricultural college
plans.
They should not be inside the barn
6ince they take up a good deal OF
room and may give of offensive odors
that will taint the milk.
They would also be inconvenient 10
MI, and silos should be where they
may most readily be reflled.
II requires about IA quarter OF ton
Of ensilage daily to feed twelve COVE
each forty pounds day, so that the
Bilage should not have TO be moved
any farther than is necessary.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
COOLING EGGS IN INCUBATOR
Best Result Secured In Test by Turn.
ing Five, Ten, Fifteen and Twenty
Minute Periods.

In an experiment to determine the
best method OF cooling eggs in an in.
cubator. the eggs in an incubator con-
tanning eight trays were cooled for a
mere turning, FIVE, ten. fifteen and
twenty-minute periods.
The trays that gave the best re-
suits were cooled as follows First
week, FIVE minutes in the afternoon;
second week, ten minutes in the after.
noon; third week, fifteen minutes in
the afternoon.
Cooling one tray for several hours
proved detrimental.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
REVIVED INTEREST IN SHEEP
Saving in Feed in Getting Animal
Ready for Market Is Big Point
PLENTY Of Pasturage.

The renewed interest in the pronts
OF the sheep business has caused a
good many farmers to put in sheep
instead OF cattle. It is easier TO do
business on a small capital where you
are handling sheep. You can take the
money used in buying a single steer
and buy several sheep, and the saw
ing in feed in getting the two classes
OF animals ready for the buyer is
worth considering. This is noticed in
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
Oisinfect the Coop.

To keep down lice and mites spray
the roosts and walls OF the chicken
coop with a good disinfectant. II you
cannot do this, you can at least clean
out the coop and kerosene the roosts
well with rag on the end Of a stick.
Take the same precautions with the
nests.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
CONSTRUCTION OF PIT SILoS
tering-oood Sand is Of VI.
most Importance.

Builders Of pit silos should be care
full about the cement plastering Make
the plaster OF one part good sand and
21z parts Portland cement, in two
coats, each about three-quarters OF an
inch thick.
Let the first set slightly before put.
ting on the second. Keep 1t wet for a
week. II the earth walls are dry to
plaster on, wet them before plastering
Keep the plaster shaded for several
days.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11

part OF wisdom to punish her for kick
Ing.
Kindness and gentle handling is the
only remedy. II one lets his reasoning
for the cause be based upon the prin-
ciple that she never kicked until she
was injured, the remedy will at once
suggest itself No COW was ever brok-
en- of kicking BY striking with
the stool or anything else. That prac-
tice only puts the COW on her guard,
and as one comes nea- her with the
stool she uses natures defense and
kicks.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
Cheapest Green Food.

The cheapest form OF green food is
sprouted oats. To provide these. have
a number OF shallow boxes. Soak the
oats "a hours and spread them In the
boxes, which have been provided with
drainage holes. Sprinkle night and
morning and feed when the sprouts
are two or three inches long. A block
six inches square is enough for ten
fowls.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
Easiest Roof 70 Build.

The single-pitch roof is the easiest
to build and the best for poultry.
houses. The single-pitch roof gives
the highest front for the entrance OF
the suns rays aud throws all the rain,
water one way.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
White Sauce.

Two tablespoonfuls butter. two
tablespoonfuls -four, one cupful milk
or white stock, one-fourth teaspoonful
salt. few grains cayenne. one-fourth
teaspoonful pepper. Melt butter, add
-four. seasonings and liquid. Stir un.
til the boiling point is reached. Boil
five minutes, beating constantly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
Avoid Hea,.ProdueIna Foods.

Care should be exercised TO avoid
feeding too much heat-producing
foods, but we should strive TO main
tain the breeding animals in good,
vigorous fiesh-forming condition by
feeding them a ration made up OF
clean, wholesome blood. bone and
muscle-forming foods.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
LAYING HENS RELISH SILAGE
Found TO Be One Of the Most Salts
factory Sources Of Green Feed
Keep Up Egg Yield.

Laying hens must have green feed
and plenty OF It. When growing green
feed is not available. vegetables OF
some kind must be supplied, or there
will be a shortage in the egg basket
When IT has been tried. good silage
has proved one OF the best sources OF
greenfield supply, and especially
where legumes form part OF the 81.
lage.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
euIneas Prove Profitable.

Guineas are proving profitable with
some OF our farmers. These birds are
easy to raise and keep and furnish
the finest kind OF fowl meat for the
table.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11

the shell. 1t is important, however. to
see that the eggs are kept moist.
When incubator Matching all nom
fertile eggs are removed upon testing.
the sixth day. 1t is important to know
that goose eggs need more cooling
than hens eggs. After the tenth day
the eggs are sprinkled daily with luke.
warm water.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
stewed Beef With Dried Green Peas

Stewed Beef With Dried Green Peas.
Wash latter picking over) one pint
OF dried green peas. Put in kettle
with enough water and let come to a
boil (water should cover, and while
boiling add about one-half teaspoon
full OF baking soda (saleratus). Con-
tinue boiling for about five or ten min
utes. then remove from fire and strain
and wash the peas to free from taste
OF soda. Prepare about one-half pound
of lean beef (stew beef by rinsing
and cutting up in not too small pieces.
Put the meat and prepared peas again
in kettle and stew until meat is ten
der. Keep covered with water while
meat is cooking. Season with salt,
pepper and a small lump OF butter (the
butter may be omitted, but ! prefer to
add it,.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
For Irons That stick.

Irons will never stick to clothes II
one-half teaspoonful of either lard or
kerosene is added to the starch while
II Is hot.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
careIeaaneaa In costlx

carelensnoss In care OF feed win
cause loss In tho wool, as wen as
The lohn In n poor. nickly lamb.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-05-11
slan OF prosperl,v.

Improved live stock on farm is
a sign OF prosperity. The way TO be.
gin is by swatting the scrub sire.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04

LOST-One black barreled Water mans Fountain Pen with gold band around it was lost between High School and home of A. M. Denman. Finder will please return to Miss Irene Denman. dtf
 Bert Johnson of Highland Ark, manager of the largest peach orchard in the United States, was in the city today en route to Washington, where he will address a meeting of the truck growers this afternoon. We will also deliver an address at like meeting to be held at Bingen, Ark, tomorrow afternoon.-Arkansas Herald (Hope.) ]
 In yesterdays paper We gave a brief account of the death of Bill Yates, stating that he was 36 years of age and the son of Mack Yates. Our information was wrong as the de- ceased was an uncle of Bill Yates, aged 56 years. His name was also Bill Yates and in taking the notice over the telephone We understood his age to have been 36 instead of 56 years.
 A message received here this morn ing by Wat w. White from his son. Wat w. White, Jr., who with Mrs. White is located in Ignacio, Colorado,
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04

Murder or Incident-which Solv- ed in Dina of the Moorland," the new novel by Louis Tracy, author of Wings of the Morning." It starts in the Country Gentleman, dated Feb ruary 5th. Call PAP and get one.
 Mrs. L. P. Beidelman who has been the guest for a fortnight of her par ents, Captain and Mrs. J. T. Rosbor- ough, returned to Prescott yester- day.-Arkansas Herald (Hope.)
 W. (. Norman, poultry dealer, will be here Tuesday and Wednesday, of next week to buy all kinds of poultry. He will have a car on the Iron Moun- tain siding and will pay highest prices for chickens, etc.
 John N. Stuart left yesterday morn- ing for Prescott, Ark, where he goes to as ca. cr ot the Nevada Coun- ty Bank. His family will follow soon. We are sorry to lose him and his family from our city.-Southern Standard, Philadelphia