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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
FEED PENS FOR BABY CHICKS
Wire Covered Yard of Laths, Placed Close Enough to Keep Old Fowls
 Out, Will Suffice.

If old and young chicks are allowed to range together, feeding pens should be made for the baby chicks. A wire covered yard of laths, placed far enough apart to permit the chicks to get between, and wide enough so that the older birds cannot reach their heads in to feed. is cheaply and easily made. A box deep enough to prevent the old birds reaching in, with a wire fence in front, will protect the feed hoppers from the weather. In such hoppers, keep a dry mash of ground grains, charcoal, cracked bone and the only food; cracked corn scattered in the litter makes a good exerciser.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30

hard. but birds in good condition and laying have pliable combs.
 With the White Leghorn bullets which have yellow pigment in the earlobe at the start of the season a white earlobe will be an indication of high production. These birds with yellow pigment in the earlobe will lay out this color until the lobes are white.
 "The smoothness, pliability and oili- ness of the skin are indications of egg production. A laying bird has n softer. smoother feeling than the non laying bird.
 Due to the yolks developing in the ovary and the increase in size of the oviduct. the abdomen swells out in preparation for the laying season. When a bird gets ready to stop lay ing the abdomen shrinks. This fact is valuable in telling what the bird may do for the next two or three weeks, or by knowing whether the bird is laying at certain time of the year.
 .'The practical application of these facts is to discard at the end of lay ing year all bullets which have yellow shanks, dried-up combs and shrunken abdomens."
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
New Mexico.

The Mayfield mine, east of Tularo sa, has been leased and bonded.
 The Cakes Company is shipping ore from the Eberle and Clifton mines.
 The Deadwood mine at Mogollon is to be unwatered preparatory to bond and lease
 Fourteen bars of gold and silver bull lion were taken out by the MogoIlon Mines Company for the las. half of June.
 There has been a greatly increased activity among manganese mines of the United States during the first six months of 1916. This activity 's shown by the operation of new mines, reopening of old mines, and more regular production from mines al ready active. There is . prospect that the production for the entire year will greatly exceed that for 1915. which was 9,651 tons, the larg. est since 1901. Several discoveries are reported from Arizona, California, Oregon, Utah and Virginia, and there are new operators in Arkansas, Cali fornia, New Mexico. Utah and vir. ginia.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
PROTECT TREE FROM B0RERS
Application of White Lead and Lin. seed Oil Will Keep Female From
 Laying Eggs.

Apple trees may be protected from the fat-headed borer by painting the trunks with . heavy application of paint that will remain unbroken for two or three months and keep the female from laying her eggs. Pure white lead and raw linseed oil, mixed rather thick, will not injure the trees. when applied to young, smooth park, and form . protective coat dur Ing the egg-laying season.
 Before painting, however, the earth should be removed from the base of he tree for . depth of from three to .our inches. The surface of the trunk :hus exposed should be first scraped and painted and the earth then re- placed. This is necessary, for the beetle occasionally lays her eggs un- fer instead of above bround.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30

of the windshield, a row of clear drops, like beads. forming and reforming. The white cloud was condensing to make bright crystals for us. little opalescent chains that broke, then fashioned themselves anew.
 The mist in front of me cleared and the white vapor became transparent.
 l looked down. Below l saw, in one vast, endless cyclorama. the roofs and gray streets of a city, with a river bounding them. The roofs were a deep. lusterless purple. In the dis tance I saw little gray disk, faintly outlined. This was St. Paul's. I was flying above the city of London.
 l thought for a moment that it was who was piloting me through certain uncharted spaces above the world, was not leaning over q little rim of painted iron ard staring du"'n at the greatest of great cities; that those fine lines of purple which We saw were not houses in which people lived, houses in which people worked, houses where men and women fulfilled the ap- pointed round of small incidents which make up the story of the world; that in those small houses there were peo- pie who were fighting a great war i; that there were tragedy and suffering and hope and courage and faith down there
 However. at this moment Captain x saw a cloud not too far above us and he started climbing again. I am not sure just how much that one particu- lar cloud had to do with our sudden new ascent. but we went up there. just 1000 feet above the city of London, and we jumped that cloud.
 When we started I don't know what I thought We were going to do, but this is what We did-we bore down on that cloud, and when 1t was just before us, small, round, opaque, my pilot throt- tied his motor We dropped. We dropped precipitately. It was rather a sensation this sliding off down to- ward earth.
 Then Captain x threw on the motor to full power and brought her back to an even keel. Then-we sailed up and hurdIed the cloud. It was very we'll done.
 Aft,r this we seemed to gather speed. for reasons unexplained; that is, when put my hand out the wind drove harder against it, pushing it back. Below. suddenly, a big strip of green appeared in the heart of Lon don.
 Captain x explained about the bit of green, with it's little white paths, which was interrupting the gray streets of the city. First, he hammered on the iron casing of the fusilage; l turned around. He made a quick ges- ture, reaching out toward me. l didn't know what he wanted.
 Then I saw that the captain was handing me a scrap of white paper, folded, about the size of a stamp.
 It was letter. It was not, however.
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Colorado,

Telluride reports that a good strike has been made at the lines mine. It is stated that work has been re- sumed on the Caribou mine after rest of twenty-seven years.
 Close to s5O0.OOO was invested by Denver mining men and capitalists in the recent Cresson purchase.
 The total value of the output of Colorado mines in 1915 was s42.795.- AGA. compared with s33,46o.12s in 1914.
 in Boulder county, force or thirty men is working on the construction of the Degge-Clark mill in Boulder cafon.
 In Boulder county preparations are under way for the reopening of the mill of the famous Boulder County mine at Cardinal
 The American Metals Producing Company has started the Black Hawk No. l plant. It is handling zinc-lead concentrates and ore.
 The production Of manganese ore in the United States in 1915 was 9.c51 tons. the largest since 1901, and more than three times the produc ton in 1914, which was 2,S35 tons.
 The output of the Rico-Wellington Mining Company last year was H.. 90i tons of $S-Ss copper ore, 1s,142 tons of $11.G9 lead ore. and s29 tons of iron-sulphide worth $4 per ton. The receipts from ore sales amounted ts s1o5,573.
 Coal mining in Colorado quickly rs- covered from the effects of the strika in 1913 and 1914, and, according to C. E. Lesher, of the United States Geological Survey, the production in 1915 was S,624,9S0 short tons, valued at s13,599,2 ,264, an increase of 454,421 tons, or sls per cent, in quantity, as compared with 1914, although the to- tai value in the two years was prac. tically the same.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30

It is not only possible but desirable to pick out the high-producing hens in the flock by means of external char acteristics, according to w. A. Lip pincott, professor of poultry husbandry in the Kansas State agricultural col iege.
 Hens that mott late are high pro- ducers," says Professor Lppincott ''hecause they have longer period in which to lay. Late molting is the ac . compartment of late laying. but the mere fact of late melting does not make high producers. The hens that mott late begin laying as early as thhs early molters, because they mott much more rapidly and lose less time.
 Tn the yellow-skinned breeds the paleness of shank Is a very reliable indication in the fall at the end of the first year. The high producers lay the color out of their shanks, and so any bird with yellow shanks after q year of laying has been a poor pro ducer for that year.
 Those birds with soft and pliable combs about October 1 are in general better producers than those with hard and dried-up combs. As q bird molts inc comb tends to shrink and become
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
FEED SHOULD BE NUTRITIOUS
Good Practice to Throw Limited Amount of Rolled Oats on Floor
 for Chicks to Clean Up.

A good first feed is to throw a Him. ited amount of rolled oats on the floor. only the amount that the chicks will clean up in about one hour. Rolled oats are very nutritious and relished by the chicks and are excellent as a first feed. However, their continued use is not advised. Hard boiled eggs, ground in a food chopper and mixed with dry crumbs may also be success fully used as a first feed.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK
Egg Furnishes Feed. Water and Other Necessary EssentiaIs-Heat Causes
 Incubation.

Each egg produced by good, vigor- ter and housed and fed under proper conditions is the possibility of another chick. In the egg is a home and it contains feed, water and all that is necessary for the development of the chick, except heat. It is the appli- cation of this heat under favorable conditions that is called incubation At the time the egg is laid the de- vclopment of the chick has been go- ing on rapidly for several hours. As soon as the temperature drops down below 70 degrees F. this growth stops and the embryo goes into a resting stage until the egg is again warmed up. This very young chick, called the blastoderrn, rests on the upper sur face of the yolk.
 Immediately surrounding the yolk extending out at opposite sides toward the large and sinall ends of the egg fs dense opaque layer of albumin or white called chalaZa which tends to support the yolk and lessens its movement, except as it revelves on the chalaza as an axis to keep the hlastoderm at the top. The rest of the white is more watery and more transparent and is surrounded by two rather tough membranes and the shell. These two membranes separate at the large end of the egg and form the air cell which in fresh egg is about the size of a dime, but increases with age due to evaporation of moisture. The shell being porous permits the passage of air or moisture in or out.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
CLEAN THE CHICKEN BRooDER
Give Chicks Good Start by Disinfeet- ing Before Placing Them in it.
 Use Hot Water.

Give the chicks good start by cleaning and disinfecting the brooder before they are placed in 1t. The Pennsylvania State college expert Ipent station recommends scrubbing with hot water or the use of a 3 to ger cent solution of any of the coal tar or other commercial disinfectants. Have the broOder dry before the chicks are introduced into it. Cleaning the brooder once a week during the brooding period is good practice.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
Wyoming.

The production of coal in Wyoming in 1915 was 6,554.02s short tons, an increase of 7s,735 tons, or more than 1 per cent, as compared with 1914.
 It is stated that oil in copious quan titles has been struck in the Dry Piney Basin, and a company has been organized to push development work.
 According to reports received in Moorcroft, the Wyoming Fuel Oil Company, which has been drilling be- tween Kara and Thornton, struck oil at a depth Of 700 to 800 feet.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
Fruit Crate.

a slight prying motion with any suit able tool breaks the wood at the ends of the slot and allows the top to be removed.
 The bottom and sides are stiff, but the top is flexible. The fruit Is packed in the crate upside down. the bottom being the last part closed. The cases are shipped on their sides to facilitate ventilation and to prevent crushing down the flexible op.-Independent Farmer.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

As preventive against fire Aus trian laws require dwellings and busi- ness houses to be built throughout of solid materials.
 Several German chemists are en- deavoring to find economical processes for the recovery of combustiole mate rial from coal ashes-
 A survey of the worlds foods shows that one-half of the viands have a swedish taste, one-third are salty and one-tcnth sour or bitter.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
Ea02zAnE QzZ WEe4NE-

long letter. And there was, on one side of It, printing of a somewhat mis- ceilaneous character. This, by error, read first and could not understand it all.
 Then I turned the paper over. Writ ten on the other side of it, In pencil, were two sentences:
 I've are over Hyde Park. Would you like to loop over London2"
 Did l want to loop over London. in one of the finest of England's war planes? Did want to loop over Hyde Park at height of 1000 feet? Yes, did.
 The machine plunged headlong tow ard the earth. The motor was running full blast. The world rushed up to meet us. I found myself staring at the nose of the machine, which was straight above me. Her piston rods, a row of them on either side. were dancing up and down briskly. 1 saw them, and l saw the roof of the sky yet l had not moved. I was still sit ting, staring straight ahead. Only I was staring at the sky, instead of the earth.
 Everything was moving. Hyde Park wasn't where 1t ought to have been. The sky was not in right. The nose of the machine was over my head. All wrong.
 Then a slice of the earth dislodged itself and, making circles, stood on An nr rushed into it. I saw this myself. There were some trees mixed up In it. I don't know when this was. But l saw It all.
 Afterward the nose of the machine came down in front of me, where It should have been. And the iron strip on it was shaking again and the two thin cables on my left were vibrating pleasantly. I looked over and assured myself that Hyde Park was down be- low. It was. l liked the world.
 turned and saw the captain leaning out over his windshield. He was smil- ing-smiling and fumbling with his goggles. Something, 1t seemed, had gone wrong with them. So far as could see. this was the only mark of our having been upside down. And 1t was set right straightway.
 For immediately we started turning The captain banked her very prettily and saw the little paths of Hyde Park between the planes. Somehow it gave them a wonderful perspective. this looking down the full length of the plane.
 And so we came back, over houses and white streets, to the wide sweep of the river. Came back straight toward the sun, which for the first time was shining through the mist It seemed very close in front of us and not brilliant because of the gray cur. tain before 1t.
 And in the little village train was running along. Very small, making puffs of smoke. And the smoke was yellow, not the clean white of the low us.
 We circled toward the aerodrome We dropped down, spiraling. It was a double spiral Captain x made-and a particularly beautiful one It was the fnal evidence of the superb construc- tion of his majesty's bipiane, designed for the destruction of enemy aircraft. I had full opportunity of discovering whatever weakness or fallibility might have been in her. There was none.
 Built for the purpose of war, de- signed for the most difficult and dan. gerous work. she fulfilled every de- mand. I knew that the Royal Flying corps had pride in her and faith in her. And I felt that it was justified.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
MAcHlNE-HATcHING IN FAVOR
Broken and Spoiled by Hens Average Is Large.

A forceful argument in favor of ma cfiine-hatching is the number of eggs broken and spoiled by sitting hens. Even under tine most satisfactory hen tiatching conditions the breakage will often average l5 to 90 per cent of the eggs set. Other eggs are smeared when not broken and the chicks lack air to develop sufficient vigor to break the shell
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
FIRST FEED FOR THE CHICKS
Dry Mash Mixture Given Until Fowls Are Six Weeks Old, Fed in Self.
 Feeding Hoppers.

Dry mash. which Is fed until chicks are six weeks old in shallow boxes or self-feeding hoppers. is compounded as follows:
 Five. pounds blood meal, three pounds charcoal, twenty pounds mid dlings, twenty-five pounds cornmeal, twenty-twO pounds buckwheat meal, twenty-three pounds oatmeal, five pounds fine bone meal.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30

Holland is preparing to start new "superphosphate" project.
 The United States yearly produces II, 800, 100000 pounds of lard.
 North Dakota has s64,OOO.OO0 worth of land set apart as school endowment.
 Wilmington has built and opened a city and county office building costing S1, 100000.
 Denver's Manufacturers association plans to raise a fund of S1,0O0.0O0 for use in strengthening present indus tries and inducing others to locate in the city.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
Arizona.

After more than fifteen years of struggle. Amalgamated. now Anacon- da, comes back to an sS dividend.
 The Oatman-North Star has started drifts in two directions on it's ledge at the 400 and is in a grade of man. ganese ore that tends to encourage.
 The shaft that has been sunk through debris and Quicksand to a depth of 130 feet on the mining prop erty of Joe Winchester. in the Union Pass section, is now in big ore.
 After. twelve years of likeness, oper- ations at the Elkhart mine in the Chloride district, have been resumed The property recently taken over by bered and unwatered.
 Record productions of all metals are predicted for the mines and smelt- CTS of Arizona, based on a report made to the U. & Geological Survey by Victor s. Heikes of the Salt Lake office. At the rate they are now working they will produce 600,00O.000 pounds Of copper against 450.000.00o in 1915. A corresponding increase is noted in the output of precious metals and an increase in that of lead and zinc, which at the greatly in- creased prices will probably make the total value of the output in 1916 double that Of 1915, which was about sSS, ,O00, 900.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
WASTE OF TIME TO DOCTOR
Attention .o Details, Constant Watch fuiness and Careful Feeding Are
 of Great importance.

Successful pouitrymen spend much time in trying to prevent disease. At tention to details. constant watchful- ness ana careful feeding play the most important part in the everyday life of the prominent breeder. So much time is given. therefore, to prevention that it is considered a waste of time to doctor when disease appears.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
Horticultural. aAdyiiccll Hs 4*k)
ADVANTAGES OF FRUIT CRATE
Quickly Opened and Fruit Left Ex. posed for Sale In Attractive
 and Pleasing Manner.

The chief advantages claimed for this crate are that it can be quickly opened and that when opened it leaves the fruit exposed for sale in an at. tractive manner. The chief feature is the slot near the top of the end pieces;
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
Her Particular Sphere.

"Muh wife" boasted Brother Bom- bershay, ''am de most prominent so- cialist in dis end O town. Yessah. our church never thinks O givin' . social widout she's right dar to do de bossin' r'--Kansas City Star.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
ReferrinQ to the coM7

It is said that a gravestone bears this inscription: Here lies the body of Samuel Holden, who died suddenly and unexpectedly by being kicked to death by a COW. Well done, good and faithful servantw
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-30
WESTERN MINING AND OIL NEWS
Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 Metal Market Quotations. Lead, New York, s6.50. Bar silver, 621zc. Spelter, St. Louis, s9.621s. Copper, casting. S2i.1217. Boulder. Colo.-Tungsten, per unit of 50 per cent, s20G25.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-09-06
GIVEN SURPRISE SHOWER
Miss Helen Peterson Given Party
While Home From Boston.

While Miss Helen Peterson was
home from Boston to spend Labor
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Peterson, she was given a
surprise shower by Is of her friends
here, the company including her
class mates in St j. A, 1911, now re-
siding in town, and her most intimate
friends. The affair was arranged by
Misses Ethel Taylor and Edith Stone
for Saturday evening and proved a
delightful party in every way BY
means of a cobweb hunt Miss Peter
son was led to her shower which com
prised linen, silver, cut glass and 9TH
er things much desired by the bride
to-be. Refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served in the dining room
Mrs. George A Martin served the ice
cream and Miss Emma Swanson cut
the cakes Piano solos by Miss Sigrid
Eklof added to the pleasure of the
evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-09-06
DAY--MLACHLN
Miss Fernie Belle Day, Daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nj. Day, United
in Marriage TO Peacham Man.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
NJ. Day on Pearl street was the scene
Of a pretty home wedding Tuesday
evening, the contracting parties being
their daughter. Miss Fernie Belle
Day. and william McLachlin of
Peacnam. Only the families Of the
bride and groom were present to wit
ness the ceremony which was per-
formed at o'clock by the brides
pastor, Rev. Paul Dwight Moody.
The bride was attended by Miss
Ruth Flint as bridesmaid and Neal
Roy of Barnet was the best man. The
wedding march was played by Miss
Eugenia Scott. The bride was pret-
tily gowned in white net. her veil was
caught with orange blossoms and she
carried a bouquet of pink roses. Miss
Flint wore yellow silk and carried
white roses.
Following the ceremony refresh
ments OF ice cream, cake and coffee
were served in the dining room where
the table was decorated with pink
roses. The brides sisters served the
refreshments. The wedding gifts in
cluded silver. linen and cut glass.
Mr.. and Mrs. McLachlin are taking
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-09-06
state department at

through the state department at
Washington.
The reunion ended upon motion
for adjournment
OF the veterans present FIVE were
so years of age. or over j. r.. Symes,
IS, of Barnet, was the oldest, with ex-
Gov. Pingree, S4, of Hartford, VT, a.
close second. Others were J. b. Buz-
cell 81, of West Burke Carleton Felch,
80, st. Johnsbury, and Captain Hor-
ace French Of West Lebanon, who pre-
sided at the business meeting He and
his old friend, ex-Gov. S. e. Pingree
were, as always, the life of the occa-
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