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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28

NAL food in the form of lean meat,
beef scraps, cottage cheese or milk.
This hardly helps; in fact. tends to
start the trouble. Without this food
ed and droopy. With them they are
lusty, thrifty and irrepressible. Hence
the remedy Is plenty of room. plenty
of occupation in the way of scratching
outdoor air in the house, with plenty
of heat under a dark or semi lark
cover, and, best of all. access to an out
! door run in all weathers after week
or two old.
The trouble having developed. the
guilty ones should be instantly re-
moved from the flock and kept isolated
until they have forgotten the habit. If
weeks. it is best they have the bill cut
back to the quick before putting back
with the rest. If there are only few
chicks, dipping each chick in strong
connection of bitter aloes until the
down and feathers are thoroughly wet
and drying quickly in warm room
will effect a cure.
You never will get something from
nothing. Remember this when feeding
hens. They require so much to sustain
life. When the ration is only liberal
enough to do this. poor biddy has
nothing FROM which to manufacture
eggs; therefore, no eggs.
The looseness of the bowels Of a
fowl generally is due to something 1t
has eaten. Increase the amount Of
middlings in the mash, and add tea
quart of soft food. Fowls should have
CHARCOAL at least twice week.
1t costs less to feed a pullet that is
getting no meat scrap or skim milk,
but it costs more to produce dozen
eggs from her-she lays so many less
when deprived of meat food.
pan of buttermilk and ground feed
now and then will tone up the appe-
titles of the fowls.
Guineas are good layers. but ow-
ing to their skill in hiding their
nests and their habit of changing their
nest If it is disturbed. it is hard to
say how many eggs they will lay, pos
sibly 60 to 100. Guineas are inclined
to be homogeneous; that is. to have
but one mate. but male will mate
with two females. Poor matches usu-
ally result if more females are placed
with male. Young guineas are fed
like young turkeys, with curds, bread
and milk. or boiled eggs and bread
crumbs the first week, always mixing
once day with sand, and for every
meal making one-third of the meal
green food, chopped onion or dandelion
tops. Finely chopped lettuce is good
good run they should have plowed fields
to roam over; this is not necessary.
When they are large enough to be
given free range they will pick up
most of their living. but should always
be fed at night. to give them the habit
of returning home.
Soft-shelled eggs are often caused by
fowls being confined, becoming over
fat. and from lack of mineral matter.
Small fountains filled with clean skim
milk put strength and energy into the
newly Matched brood.
Swat the mites in the hencoop. An
application of crude creosote is good
medicine for them.
Geese cannot be profitably Matched
and reared artificially, while incubators
and breeders have revolutionized the
duck business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28

upset the very object one has in feed
ing cockereIs for flesh
Feeds Easy to Digest.
successful ration for fattenine
cockerels is one part each by weight
Oh oatmeal, cornmeal and oats, and one
half part of fish meal. Good resu,+s
have also been secured by feeding
equal parts by weight of oatmeal ana
cornmeal wet down with skim-miIL
These rations are easily dieestibla so
that the cockerels put on flesh ranidiv
me performance of oats also rnaLss
them cheap rations
In feeding cockerels in confinement
t me o'gestibiiity of the feeds given
them Is very important for making
rapid growth. Cockerels If fed ahund'
antly on indigestible feeds will NOT do
SO wen as If underfed with rations
easily digested. Growing chickens
utst very ittle crude fiber. Corn Is
ABOUT as easily digested as any poul-
try feed. while wheat bran is hard to
digest when cockerels are penned
closely.
A mixture of equal parts of corn
meal ana nnely cut clover is sufficient
iy bulky to feed with meat meal. Ash
meal or other concentrated high
protein feeds. If fed in proper pronor-
tons together. these feeds are much
more easily digested than bran alone.
.oln Is a most valuable grain for fat
tening cockerels. 1t cannot, however. be
fed alone because it is deficient in pro-
TEN. To get good results in putting
nesh on the birds. corn should be fed
IN combination with rich protein feeds
ana some bulky material, such as cut
green clover, lawn cuttings or alfalfa.
Practical Feeding System.
Me
fattening cockerels is to give them a
wet mash in the morning, consisting of
eight parts by measure of bran, two of
middlings. two of ground oats, with
one measure of meat meal added twice
week. The materials of the mash are
thoroughly mixed dry and wet down
with sour milk or skim milk Stale
bread soaked in water or skim milk is
fed the last two or three weeks, being
mixed with the wet mash. About eyery
week handful of ground sulphur is
added to the mash as a blood purifier.
At noon the cockerels are given a
half ration of wheat and oats in equal
parts. The last meal at evening con-
sists of all they will eat up clean of
a grain ration composed of one part
each of whole corn. cracked corn, wheat
and oats. This last ration is kept up
until the cockerels are large enough to
prefer whole corn, when the cracked
corn Is discarded. Then the ration is
made up of two parts whole corn and
one each of wheat and oats.
On account of the more rapid growth
of cockerels after they reach the age
of two and one-half or three months.
it Is better to hold them until they
attain a weight of at least three and
one half or four pounds. Under the
system of feeding outlined above, my
cockerels weigh about four pounds
when about four and one-half or Ave
old. From this time up to six
they gain about a pound in
thirty days. They vary in weight from
six to eight pounds when six or seven
months old. Their gains in weight after
this time are not SO rapid. To make
the most profits from cockerels, there
fore, they should be sold for table use
when between four and seven months
old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28
Centralized.
m the Richmond Times Dispatch.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Grubbs-Do you thing Congressman
Hammfatt is able always to reconcile
duty with performance?
Stubbs-Easily. You see, the con-
gresham is profoundly convinced that
anything that Is good for him is good
for the country.
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MAKING MONEY FROM
SURPLUS COCKERELS
A Nuisance on Egg Farms, They
May Be Made a Profitable
By-Product.
Best Returns Depend on Proper
Feeding and Care Along Mar
ket Poultry Lines.
BY PROF. JAMES B. NORMAN.

When pullets are raised for egg pro-
duction they can produce no income
for at least seven or eight months
Even after they have begun to lay, 1t
takes some time for pullets to produce
enough eggs to provide profit above
cost of feed. But this is not the case
with cockerels. Instead of being
nuisance, as many poultry keepers say.
cockerels may be turned into cash at a
substantial profit in four or five months
from the time they are Matched.
Difference in Breeds.
cockerels of the heavier, dual-pur-
pose breeds of fowls are better for
making profits than the lighter and
more active breeds. White and Barred
Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds,
Wyandottes and Orpingtons are excel
lent breeds for the quick development
of high-class table fowls Surplus
cockerels from any Of these breeds
grow rapidly after reaching the age of
two and one-half to three months.
Many poultry raisers. from lack of
room or to avoid the trouble OF caring
for their cockerels a sufficient length
growth, dispose Of them as flyers when
six weeks or two months old. This is
too early to make them profitable only
few poultry raisers with special IA
cilities for Matching and raising chicks
very early can hope to make flyers
profitable when marketed SO young as
six weeks Their profits come from the
much higher price fryers, sold to Sc
lect trade around Easter and up to the
last of May.
Segregate the Cockerels.
AS soon as their sex can be de-
termined the cockerels should be
penned by themselves. There are sew
eral reasons for this. If allowed to
run with older fowls, they do not get
their proper share of food for normal
growth IL young pullets and cockerels
run together. especially after they are
three months old, the cockerels get
more than their share of food at the
expense of the pullets, which may be-
come stunted.
II the poultry raisers pen space is
limited 1t is a good practice to dispose
of older fowls or double up some pens
to make a pen for the cockerels. The
cockerels come along at a time of the
year when this can readily be done.
Before the breeding season comes
around again, the cockerels have all
been sold. Then the YARD ana mouse
can be thoroughly cleaned s~d made
ready for breeding fowls the following
season.
The object of feeding cockerels is to
put on flesh as cheaply and as rapidly
as possible. To accomplish this the
cockerels must be fed plenty of pro-
tein. The function of protein is to
form flesh; the function of carbohy-
drates is to generate heat and fat. In
summer and early fall the cockerels
los car
tein. Thus corn is a highly carbon
aceous feed. An excess of corn. es-
pecially in summer, has the effect Of
overtaxing the liver. But this would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28
A Sure Thing.
From Life

Il ask you, sir. would you take your
daughter to see play like that?"
And answer you, sir. no: the
chances are nine to one that she has
already seen it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28
His Little Joke.

From the Boston Transcript.
Hub fwho on rising has gone to
window)-Quite a comprehensive snow,
my dear.
Wife-What do you mean?
Hub-Why, it covers the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28
Would Treat Himself for That.

From the Boston Transcript.
so your chief symptoms are a high
fever and constant thirst"
Yes, doctor. But if you'll cure the
fever l can take care of the rest"
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1t costs less to feed a pullet that is
getting no meat scrap or skim milk,
but it costs more to produce a dozen
eggs from her-she lays so many less
when deprived of meat food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28

The looseness of the bowels of a
fowl generally is due to something it
has eaten. Increase the amount of
middlings in the mash, and add a tea
spoonful of charcoal every day to each
quart of soft food. Fowls should have
charcoal at least twice a week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28

A pan of buttermilk and ground feed
now and then will tone up the appe-
tites of the fowls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28

BE kind and gentle to the cows YOU
are milking. Nothing will so quickly
reduce the amount of milk as unkind
treatment. Kindness Is profitable in
dealing with members Of the human
race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-28

You never will get something from
nothing. Remember this when feeding
hens. They require so much to sustain
life. When the ration is only liberal
enough to do this. poor biddy has
nothing from which to manufacture
eggs; therefore, no eggs.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
Expect Ashland
Range to Be Used
By the Army Soon

Lincoln, Oct. H-(SpeciaD-Major jor
A. R. Haysel, assistant adjutant gen.
eral of the Nebraska Guard, is in
Ashland experimenting the erection
of buildings and rifle pits at the ma
tional rifle range in expectation that
the range will shortly be used for
rifle practice by the government.
A part of his time is being spent in
Omaha. assisting the new United
States disbursing officer, Major A.
B. Falconer, to take over the work
formerly done by General Hall, who
resigned.
General Hall is on the border,
where he went to look into the con-
dition of the Nebraska troops and to
carry and present the regimental
flags prepared by the patriotic wom-
en- of Nebraska for the Fourth and
Fifth regiments.
Promotions in the Guard have been
made as follows:
Lieutenant P. II. Bartholomew of Blue
Hill, to be captain In the medical corps
Field hospital No. /.
First Lieutenant H. NJ. Anderson of Nor
folk, Fourth regiment, to be captain and
adjutant on staff of Colonel Eberly.
Second lieutenant F. G. Tracy, to be
first lieutenant and adjutant to Major I. s.
johnson, First battalion. Fourth regiment.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18

tonia, Cortland, Adams and Filley
will be visited Short talks will be
made by the candidates at each town
and speaker of national reputation
will be present at Filley to deliver an
address.
The officers have secured no clue to
the whereabouts of the slayer OF
Cozme Rodriguez, the Mexican who
was found murdered along the Rock
Island right-of-way near Ellis Satur-
day morning. 1t has been learned
that Frank Gonzales was with him
the night that Rodriguez disappeared
and that he boarded an evening tram
for Fairbury. At that plac, all trace
of him appears to have been lost,
Rodriguez's skull was crushed with
some blunt instrument. He had $50
on his person which was taken.
Arrangements were completed yes
terday to hold automobile races at the
Queen City park October 2S and 20.
There will be five, ten and hfteen-mile
races.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
Only Short Stop
Made at Harvard

Harvard, Neb,, Oct. l7.-(Special.)
The first day of Harvard's BIZ
partisan political revival opened with
bright skies and cool breezes, follow,
ing showers. The Hughes special
enroute to Hastings, was scheduled
to make short stop here at $50
1t was so short that the large crowd
at the depot barely had opportunity
to see the candidate. 1t was not
oriS Wy arranged that he should
speah But merely appear on the plat
form that he might be seen; but the
train had passed the larger portion
of the crowd before he got out. The
school children, upwards Of 800 strong,
with their flags, marched to the depot
and were given the prominent place
on the platform. They made pretty
and inspiring sight. People came
from a long distance to see, and, if
possible, to hear the candidate. Hearty
cheers were given the candidate as
he made his appearance, to which he
responded by raising his hat and wav-
ing his hand.
Arrangements for the revival are
all completed and the "wets" and
,"drys" had the first inning this aft
ernoon. ]. L. Kennedy, candidate for
United States senator, and S. r. Bar
ton for representative in the Fifth
district, will speak this evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
Soldiers Homo NOtes.

Grand Island Neb. Oct. 17.-(special)-
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cummings have re-
turned from Upton, Neb.. where they have
been visiting with daughter
Mr.. Shoemaker Of Colorado, who has been
here before, Is expected back, and It is re-
ported that there will be a wedding In the
near future. He will have rooms at Mr..
Moler's.
urday night after a thirty-day visit with
relatives and friends at distance.
Those asking for furloughs are: Mr.. and
Mrs. Waters, for seven days; Mr.. and Mrs.
d. Pickerell,\ thirty days, and Mr. and Mrs.
Hewitt, seventeen days.
Mrs Spencer in the dormitory. Is con-
fined to her room with rheumatism.
Mr.. Blair, who has been confined to his
cot in the dormitory for the last three
weeks, is SO much improved that he was
able to be out In the Home park to the
rear Of the main building on Saturday aft
ernoon.
in the absence Of the regular quartermas-
block, did his work nicely, and was finished
on time and without mistake.
Yesterday there was quite a number of
outside visitors at Burkett, among whom
was Sioux City party.
Among the republican office seekers who
have visited Burkett recently are: w. H.
Reynolds, for state treasurer; A. L. Scud-
der. state representative for reelection:
Robert w. Devoe, for attorney general, and
John McCutcheon for sheriff of Hall county.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
REED VERY SLOW
WITH HIS ADVICE
Railway Commission Unable to
Get Tip From Attorney
General on Demo Law.
ALL OVER WAREHOUSE ACT


Lincoln, Oct. H.-(Special )-Tht
State Railway commission is raising a
howl because it cannot secure some
information from the attorney gen.
eral on what it shall do to enforce the
warehouse law passed by the last
legislature.
Members of the commission say
that they have written the legal de,
partment of the state several times
asking an opinion on the points in.
volved in discharging their duties as
commission in charge of the law, bu,
can receive no reply.
They say that they believe that
when republican board is willing to
enforce democratic law that a demo,
cratic attorney general ought to fall all
over himself in his haste to help them
do it, but there appears to be no ef-
fort on the part of the legal adviser
of the commission to point the way.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
Nebraska
KENNEDY WILL GO
TO THIRD DISTRICT
Republican Candidate for Sen
ator Has Successful Meet
\ ings in West.
WILL JOIN W. P. WARNER

Fremont, Neb., Oct. l7.-(Special.)
John L. Kennedy, republican candi-
date for United States senator, arrived
in Fremont this morning from Su-
perior and Harvard, where he ad-
dressed large crowds yesterday. He
was met here by E. R. Gurney and w.
P. Warner, republican candidate for
congress from the Third district. Mr..
Kennedy and Mr.. Warner will spend
week in the Third district campaign
ing together.
Mr.. Kennedy joined the Hughes
party at Lincoln yesterday and ac-
companied Mr.. Hughes as far as Har-
ward, where special stop was made
to allow him to alight. At Harvard
Mr.. Kennedy was met by Silas R. Bar
ton, republican candidate for congress
from the Fifth district; Harry Thomas
of Harvard and Cliff Broughton of
Grand Island, who conducted him by
automobile to Superior, where he and
Mr.. Barton addressed street meeting
of 500 voters. At Nelson Robert
Greenwood, county chairman, and a
crowd of county candidates and voters
riding in sixteen automobiles gaily
decorated with flags and bunting
joined in, and, headed by a brass band,
led the way to Superior. Much en-
thusiasm was manifested all along the
line and the effect of the presence in
Nebraska of Charles E.. Hughes was
plainly felt in this part of the state.
From Superior the campaign party
went to Harvard, where Mr.. Kennedy
was one Of the speakers at the po-
litical revival being held there. Z. J.
Smyth of Omaha, democratic ap-
pointee to federal office, also spoke.
Senator Hitchcock was scheduled to
speak at this meeting, but he did not
show up. Mr.. Smyth spoke for him.
1t is remarkable that Senator Hitch
cock has avoided all dates for speeches
where he and Mr.. Kennedy would be
on the same program. The meeting
at Harvard was held in the canvas
tabernacle and was attended by about
500 voters.
Mr.. Kennedy spoke today with Mr..
Warner at Scribner, West Point, Oak
land, Lyons and Bancroft and a night
meeting was held at Pender.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
Former Table Rock
Man Dies in Colorado

Table Rock, Neb, Oct. 17.-(Spe-
cial)-Word has been received here
of the recent death at his home in
Boulder, Colo, OF James J. Bernard,
formerly of this county, and elected
from Pawnee county to the legisla-
lures of 1895 and 1897. He moved
to Colorado in 1900. He was "a years
of age. and was a candidate on the
republican ticket for county commits
sioner at the time OF his death.
The S-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudolph Krofta, living three miles east
of Table Rock, was caught in man
ure spreader and his face badly lac
Grated. Unless internal injuries de-
velop, his recovery is anticipated.
The boosters of the Dry federation
were here in four automobiles, COM
ing from Pawnee City, and leaving for
Humboldt.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
Beatrice Grocers
Assign to Creditors

Beatrice, Neb., Oct. H.-(Special.>
Morris & White, proprietors of the
grocery store and meat market in
the Paddock block, on North Sixth
street, have made voluntary assign
ment for the benefit of their creditors
and closed their doors. Lack of cap
ital and bad debts are given as the
causes for assignment. The liabili-
ties are about $1,000, it is said
The Young Women's Christian as
sociation will hold conference Of
associations here early in November
and delegates from various counties
in the state will attend the meetings.
The republican county central
committe has arranged for an auto
mobile tour over the county Wednes-
day of this week and Pickrell, Cla-
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18

J.~Mullis, John c. Walker, George
M. Anderson and George Wilhelm.
A constitution and bylaws govern
ing the clubs actions was duly
adopted.
1t was predicted by w. w. Anness
that under this organization Dunbar
in the next two years or eighteen
months would have water works,
electric lights, better roads and a
new $4,000 hotel building, the latter
one of the best assets of the town. He
was followed by Thomas Murray,
Adolph- Weller, Prof. H. B. Tibbels
and others, who all congratulated the
community on taking this forward
step.
Dunbar has an $4,000 Presbyterian
church, $4,000 opera house. and has
just completed a new $3s,000 school
building.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
Odd Fellows Holding
Session of Grand Lodge

(From stan correspondent
Lincoln, Oct. l7.-(Special. odd
Fellows opened their grand lodge
session today with the regular busi-
ness of the convention, as did also
the auxiliary organizations holding
their meetings here.
The reports will show that the total
membership of the Odd Fellows in
the country is 2,lS8,458, while in Ne
braska the membership shows 25.347.
The Rebekahs have a state member
ship of 10000.
This evening joint meeting was
held in the Auditorium and pro-
gram given, participated in by men,
bers of the organizations.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
Rankin Is Pleasing
To Men in the Shops
(From a Staff Correspondent.)

Lincoln, Oct H.-(Special 1.-THE
best speech on the tariff l have heard
this year." was the opinion given by a
man who heard A. c. Rankin, the iron
molder orator, who spoke to the rail-
road shopmen at Havelock last night
The meeting was success in every
particular and it is said that no man
on the stump this year has the faculty
of presenting the tariff subject so it
can be readily understood as does Mr..
Rankin.
Mr.. Rankin visits Omaha next Mon
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18

Richardson Best Wash Embroid.
cry Silk, in all colors. Regular
price, 3 for 10c; skein. -. &c
Mercerixsd Cordonnet Crochet
Cotton, in white, ecru and colors.
Not all sizes. 10c spool. =. Be
Germantown, Shetland and Sax.
ony Yarn, In a good assortment Of
colors. 15c value, skein. J. ...7E
japanese Scarfs and csntsrs, in
1Sx45 and 18x54 and 36-inch sizes.
soc values 1OE
Children's Stamped Dresses, in
white, pink and blue. $1.00 val
ues for. .............., .ZSC
Msrcerized Embroidery Floss,
in white and colors. Stranded and
India, Regular price, 2 skeins for
&c; sale price, skein. ......1E
Stamped Center Pieces on pure
Irish linen. Neat, dainty patterns.
36-inch size. Regular $1.00 values,
on SAFE .... .SOE
Stamped Laundry Bags, on lin
enc and crash, 50c and 75c values,
special ~. -. ;. .2JG
Ssw-On.O Gram, Embroidered
Initials, in white, pink or blue.
1Oc and 1bc values, choice. Sc
- sa..s a.Hl.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
DRUGGIST RECOMMENDS
FINE KIDNEY MEDICINE

We have been selling DR.. Kilmers Swamp
Root for the past seven years and during
that time we have never heard complaint.
All of our customers speak in the highest
terms of the results obtained from its use
and all are well pleased with It as kidney.
liver and bladder medicine. We think It is a
fine remedy and we sell q great quantity
Of It. Very truly yours,
E. E. HARRAH & SON,
Druggists.
Dec. 18th, 1915. Golden City, Mo.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-18
Good Things Are in
Store for Dunbar

Dunbar, Neb., Oct. l7,-(Special.l J
A community commercial club has
been organized here with the fol-
lowing officers: President, Wilber w.
Anness; vice president, Cliff c. West;
secretary, Henry S. Westbrook:
treasurer, Irwin S. Wilhelm; board of
directors, Mayor Thomas Murray,
Adolph Weller, James P. Baker, Coon