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AlI-Purpose Henhouse.

variety of laying hens. Roosts and
dropping boards are placed in each
corner at the back Of the building and
made so they can be inclosed in ex-
treme cold weather by simply drop
ping curtain in front of the roests.
Two tiers of nests are placed against
the wall between these roosts at the
back of the building. This roosting
method gives your flock chance to
divide during their roosting hours
without crowding, thus avoiding dan
gers from colds, etc.
A window is placed toward the front
In each end of the house, which helps
to furnish light at the bottom Of the
building where needed when fowls are
scratching for their food in the litter.
the open front two feet from the
ground, assures against any draft
when you enter the house. There is
no need Of using muslin upon this
cold weather. The open front also fur
nishes light close to the floor, which
also helps the fowls in their scratch
ing for food. 1t also affords the very
best possible system of circulation and
ventilation when the front is open by
using the adjustable windows at the
top as an outlet for impure air. These
windows at the front near the top fur
nish the light which keeps the roosts
and roost boards dry. You will note
that they come in just the proper
place for the sun to shine into the
extreme corners at the back of the
building. My experience has taught
me that we must have light in the
house. The more we have up to a GER
tain point, the better.
A house of this size, built of drop
siding and tar paper with rubber roof.
ing, will keep SO or 60 fowls warm and
comfortable the coolest weather. Not
only is this house splendid for laying
hens, but it serves we'll for surplus
cockerels; or, if divided, makes the
very best of breeding pens, or may be
put to many other uses.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

BAD FEED FOR THE DRY cow
ACCESSIBILITY of Feeding Animal Well
Is Not Usually Recognized-Give
Her a Vacation.

(By r. W. LATTA, New Mexico State
College)
! We'll feed this spoiled hay to the
dry cows" This statement shows a
common attitude, but a wrong one.
True, the dry cow can utilize to adj
vantage, as .-4rt of her ration, some
Off-grade hay, but the advisability of
feeding her we'll is not usually recog-
nized. A COW will do better in milk
production for twelve months if she
has six weeks to two months "vaca-
ton on full pay" While she is dry
she is nourishing her calf and getting
her system into condition to give
large flow of milk when she freshens.
While drying off the COW, she may be
given the starvation treatment-no
grain and only poor grade Of dry
roughage, but as soon as she Is dry
.she should be we'll fed again. The
good dairy cow cannot be made too
fat, when dry. All the fat stored up
in her body will be MIXED off again,
increasing the yield Of milk, and also,
it has been demonstrated, her milk
will test higher throughout the fol-
lowing lactation period than If she
freshens in poor flesh.
Ten days to two weeks before calv-
ing, the feed should be reduced, and
light, loose feeds of choice quality
should be fed. Bran, ground oats and
linseed oilmeal are especially valuable
at this time. A bran mash fed as a
warm cruel is excellent to cool cut
the cows system. 1t is important to
have the bowels in a laxative condi-
ton at calving time. The COW should
get plenty of exercise, and water not
too cold. After calving she should not
be crowded with feed, two weeks should
pass before she is on full feed. If cared
for in this way the calf will be strong
and healthy, and the COW will be
ready to do big years work.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
OUR FIRST MEDICAL SCHOOLS
Up to the Nineteenth Century There
Were Only Five Such In
stitutions.

The first medical college in the west
ern part of the United States was
Rush Medical college, founded in Chi
cago in 1887 by DR.. Daniel Brainard,
who was born in Whitesborough, N.
Y, 104 years ago, May 10, 1912. Rush
college commentaries the name of
DR.. Benjamin Rush, who was born
near Philadelphia of Quaker parent
age, in 1745. Doctor Rush served as
an apprentice to a Philadelphia physi-
clan for six years, and then completed
his medical education in Edinburgh,
London and Paris. He was a signer
of the Declaration of independence,
one of the founders of the first Amer
lean antislavery society and the great
est physician of his day. During the
yellow-fever scourge in Philadelphia
in 1893 he visited more than 100 pa
tients daily. Up to the nineteenth CEN
fury there were only five medical col
leges in the United States, all in the
East. In 1919 a medical school was
started in Cincinnati and in 1925 the
first institution of this kind in the
South was founded in South Carolina;
the University of Georgia soon follow.
ing suit. The first medical college
west of the Mississippi was established
in st. Louis in 1912.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

is mounted upon a short wire shaft,
one end of which is bent into hook
IF, Fig. 81. Stick the long end of
this shaft through one hole in the
propeller, and the hooked end through
the other hole, then twist the hooked
end over on to the main part of the
shaft, as shown in Fig. 9.
The propeller is supported upon the
bearing plate G Gigs. and 10). Cut
this out Of piece of tin IL inches
wide by inches long, bend it in half
crosswise to give 1t stiffness, and
then bend it lengthwise to the angle
shown SO 1t will fit over the slanted
stern CT the boat Punch two holes
through the upper end for mailing to
the stern, and a hole at the lower
end for the propeller shaft to run
through. A couple of beads must be
slipped over the shaft between the
propeller and plate G. to act as q
thrust bearing Oh, Figs. 8 and 11)
Probably you can find couple Of glass
beads in your mothers button bag
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
BLUEJAY ENDS CHICKEN FIGHT
Interested Referee Finally Steals
Prize From Hen, Rooster and
Guinea.

A black hen, game rooster and a
guinea hen on the farm of Samuel
DOdd, near the Passaic county line.
discovered and fought for nearly an
hour over a good-sized rat which had
been crippled by the rooster.
Each bird asserted it's claim to the
prize In the best way it could. When
the fighting was firing the combatants.
along came bluejay which settled
the ownership by picking up the rat
and flying into a cUrncrib.
The farmhands and others who had
watched the battle asserted that the
bluejay's trick entitled the bird to all
the honors that have been heaped up,
on the species.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
FARM :
POULTRY
ALL-PURPOsE CHICKEN HOUSE
Structure Possesses Four Basic Prin-
clpes, Light, Ventilation, Warmth
and No Drafts.

Here is a sketch of what l consider
my best all-purpose house. This state
ment brings forth the question, why?
Before answering this l want to say
that there are many good houses in
use upon successful poultry farms or
plants.
The house as shown contains the
four basic principles necessary to a
practically constructed poultry house,
writes M. G. Scudder of Merrick coun-
ty, Neb., in Independent Farmer.
These principles are as follows: Light,
ventilation, warmth and no drafts.
The size of this house is IL by 16 feet.
It will house sixty head of most any
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

inches high and the rear edge
inches high, and cut down the
front and back even with the
edges of the ends, as indicated by
dotted lines in Fig. g Many Of you
girls will find 1t no trick at all to cut
down the starch box in this way, but
If you think you cannot do it, ask fa'
Their or brother to lend a hand. With
the cutting done, get piece of glass
large enough to fit over the top and
project a trifie over the front and
ends. Possibly you can find an I'm.
used picture frame with glass of the
right size, or several camera plates
that can be fastened together with
passepartout paper to make a piece
large enough to cover the box; If not
painter will sell you a piece for a
nickel.
The model shown in Fig. looks
more like a florists nursery green
house. The starch box which forms
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

saw off the bow end on line with
the bow Of the hull, and the stern
end on the same slant as the bevel
cut on the stern of the hull. With one
side in place, nail on the second
side and trim off its ends. The stern
piece &C, Figs. and g. should be
cut next to fit the slanted ends of
the sides.
The propeller &c, Fig. g. is cut from
the side of tin can. Cut a piece 3
inches long and q inch wide, round
Its ends, and with the point Of nail
pierce a hole through 1t each side Of
the center of the length of the piece
Gig. y. To finish the propeller, 1t
is only necessary to take hold of the
two ends and twist the piece into the
shape shown in Fig. 8. The propeller
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
A. Nicely HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS !
A TOY MOTOR BOAT.
Copyright. by A. Nicely Hall)

The toy motor-boat shown in the
illustrations is propelled by tin pro-
peller run by a rubber-band motor.
First cut out the hull from piece
of wood 1 inch thick, making it of the
shape end dimensions shown in Fig.
8. Be careful to curve the side edges
the same. The stern end should be
sawed off on bevel as shown in Fig.
4.
The sides of the boat (B, Figs. 4 and
81 are thin strips 21a inches wide.
Nail one to one edge Of the hull, then
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
DUCKLINGS NEED FRESH AIR
Sometimes Well to Open Door Of In
cubator Trife to Permit Them
to Breathe.

Ducklings, when Matched in an incu-
bator sometimes need more fresh air
in the machine than chicks do and
when the hatch is complete and the
little ducklings are still in the ma
chine getting strong before being TAX
en- out, 1t is we'll to open the door a
little, say one-eighth of an inch, to let
In more fresh air for them to breathe.
This, of course, applies to a good
hatch, not where there are only few
fiucklings In the machine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
TURN SEPARATORS TOO SLOW
Large Majority of Operators Lose
From Seven to Twelve Pounds of
Butter From Each Cow.

Extensive investigations conducted
by Purdue experiment station and
others show that 10 out of 20 separa-
tor operators turn their machines too
slow and that every time they do they
lost from to IL pounds of butter per
COW per year. This serious loss many
times spells the difference between
success and failure in dairying.
Every kind of separator, to do eff
cient work, that is get the greatest
percentage of cream from the milk,
must be operated carefully in accord
ance with the instructions supplied by
the manufacturer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
USEFUL COOP FOR MATCHING
Cheap, Durable, Neat, Handy, Lice
Proof, CIose-to-Nature Device
for Setting Hens.

''In trying to simplify the problem OF
having to set hens in boxes all over
the farm came across this plan: This
setting coop is IL feet long, feet
wide, and 1 foot high. 1t is divided
into IL runs each l by 4 feet in size,
which is plenty of room for hen. The
frame is of by inch boards" writes
D. o. Krehbiel of Enterprise, Kan, in
Farmers Mail and Breeze. sides, ends
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
Entirely Unnecessary.

Il suppose it is hardly necessary for
me to tell you, sir, that l am in love
with your daughter" said the trem,
bling sutton.
"Not at all, young man." replied her
father "And Furthermore, I've seen
enough idiotic symptoms in the last
month to convince me that your pas,
sion is reciprocated." - Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
At the Races.

Redd-That fellow over there was
just talking about the horses. Do
you know him?
Greene-Oh, yes, we'll"
How do you know he's up on the
ponies?"
why, he's a college graduate"
What's that got to do with his
knowing the ponies?"
why, he's a graduate of a veterin.
airy ege"-Yonkers Statesman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

turning the stock out the bar A must
be thrown to one side and to set the
stanchion after this is done, it is only
necessary to place the piece B as
shown, so that the coil spring G will
hold 1t in position. When the beast
enters, its movement of the head
downward trips the piece B, the
spring locks the bar A under the loop
ID, and the stanchion is securely
closed.-Popular Mechanics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
BUYING NEW COWS FOR DAIRY
Those From Farmers Who Practice
Rational Methods Of Feeding Are
Always Preferable.

In buying new cows for the dairy
one should buy from farmers who
practice rational methods of feeding,
preferably from those who do not
feed calves In stanchions. The feed
should not consist of too much grain
and rich concentrates.
Many cows have been fed so much
grain that they have lost their capac.
fly for handling homegrown rough.
age.
Such cows are no longer profitable
dairy producers and should be avoid
ed when buying new cows for the
dairy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
Outdoor Matching Coop.

and partitions are made Of poultry wire.
Each run is covered with three Stats.
the outer two being nailed down while
the middle one is used as a slide when
feeding and watering the hens. This
enables one to get at each hen with
out disturbing the others. The nest
is put in a frame one foot square
placed in one end"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
STANCHION is SELF-CLOSING
Device Works Automatically When
Beast Puts Its Head Through
How II Is Operated.

A practical stanchion that will close
automatically by the action of the
beast when placing its head through
the bars is shown in the sketch The
stanchion Is made in the ordinary
manner except that it is equipped
with the self-closing parts. When
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
MINIATURE GREENHOUSE FOR
STARTING SEEDS INDOORS.

Small boxes are better than large
ones, because the earth makes the
boxes heavy and the smaller they
are the easier they are to handle.
Starch boxes are of good size.
Fig. 1 shows the simpler form of
miniature greenhouse Cut the tops
Of the starch box ends slanted so
that the front edge is about IA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16
Very Attractive.

This novel has an attractive de-
scription of the heros country home"
you bet" assented the old farmer.
I'D like mighty we'll to use that in
the booklet l get out every year for
summer boarders."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

After slipping the beads on to the
shaft, and sticking the shaft end
through the hole in bearing plate G..
bend the end of the shaft into a
hook; then screw a small screw-hook
into the bottom of the hull of the boat,
ut the bow end Q, Fig. g., and you
will be ready for the rubber-band mo-
tor. Rubber bands about 1s inches
In length are best for the purpose.
Loop these together end to end Zig.
12) to form a strand that will reach
from hook | to the hook on the pro.
peller-shaft; then form three more
strands of this same length, and slip
the end loops of all four strands over
the hooks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

Nearly every pretty girl is a piano
thumper and nearly every homely girl
is a good cook.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

Give the outside of the boxes couple
of coats of white enamel.
Select the loamiest soil that you can
find in last summers garden for fill.
ing your miniature greenhouses; also
get some pebbles or broken stone.
Scatter a layer of the stone over thu
box bottom, then spread the soil to q
depth of or inches on top of
the stone. Plant your seeds not
closer than inches apart, and not
deeper than four dlameters of the
seeds. Water frequently to keep the
soil continuously moist, cnd allow
plenty of sunlight to enter through
the glass roofs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

Love may be blind, but the girls
father and the dog seldom need the
service Of an oculist.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

The atmosphere contains traces of
helium and peroxide of hydrogen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-16

There is quite a difference between
throwing your whole soul into thing
and putting your foot into it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-28
WEST FLORIDA NEWS
COTTON NO LONGER
DEEPEN DAZZLE CROP
SPECIAL 70 THE JOURNAL.


Baker, Fla, July 27.-Tf the West
Florida Chamber of Commerce is
ready to show US that other crops will
grow where we have failed to make
a cotton crop this year, then we will
feel that the organization has accom-
plished untold good for West Florida,
aside from it's advertising campaign
to bring new settlers into Okaloosa
county"
This was the openly expressed
sentiment of score of cotton farmers
who united as active members with
the Chamber of Commerce at organi-
zation meetings held at this place.
For the first time the farmers who
have devoted a lifetime to grow ing
cotton have been convinced that that
staple, but unstable crop, Is no longer
to be the money crop for West
Florida.
81 have grown cotton for twenty
years." said A. Lester, land I want
to confess right here that the secTe-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce is
correct when he says something al
ways happens to cotton. L has hap
pened to cotton every year of the
twenty have been engaged in grow
ing, and yet we have gone along year
after year neglecting the opportuni-
ties to do other things"
The farmers of Baker today are
waiting for the word from the Cham
Der of Commerce to get busy planting
fall feed crops that they may place
their livestock on the market at thu
Andalusia packing house. Cotton is
total loss and many had been ready
to surrender.
"But you can plant fall gardens
that will feed your families and raise
fall feed crops that will see youl
stock through the winter and unit
the crops come next year," said the
secretary, "and where else in tht
United States could you do that?"
It was confessed that this wai
true and the second day following
the three weeks of rain some of the
merchants closed their stores thai
they might assist with the planting
of home gardens. The secretary has
asked for advice from all farmers Of
the West Florida section, as to wha-
these repentant cotton farmers o.
Baker may plant to their advantage
this fall. Any information regarding
fall crops that may now be planted
are desired by the Chamber of Com
merce and all farmers are asked t,
communicate with the West Florid;
Chamber of Commerce at TIE Bonita,
headquarters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-28
F OUR CHARGED
WITH STEALING

Four little negroes who gave their
names as James and Henderson Gait
ers, Solomon Spears and Robert Jen-
kins, were arrested yesterday after
noon as dangerous and suspicious
characters. They are specifically
charged with stealing lighting and
bath room fixtures from empty
houses, and one ofthen, to the chief in
the latter's office yesterday afternoon
told where someof. the articles which
they had sold to a local. junk man at
seven cents per pound came from.
For some time, empty houses have
beenthe especial objects of visit by
half-grown negroes, according to re-
ports which the police were in almost
daily receipt of. Yesterday after
noon lady residing near the corner
of Gadsden and Spring streets, re-
ported by telephone that several boys
were known to have entered large
unoccupied house in the neighbor-
hood, and were thought to either be
in search of articles of value to them,
or else might set it on fire through
careless use of matches or cigarettes.
Oflcer Anderson was hurriedly detail
ed to investigate, and he returned
shortly with the four little. negroes
named. They carried a sack of beat
en- copper and brass, and told the off
Ger ga lady on Hayne street give II
to US" Some of the copper had been
taken from bath room, and the
police believe there will be no trouble
in fixing the blame on one or more of
the boys in custody.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-28
TESTIMONY OF ARCADIA
WOMAN SPEAKS VOLUMES.
Arcadia; FIa.-"I am thoroughly salts
6ed that DR.. Perce's Golden Medical Dis

coNery, Favor1te
Prescription and
Compound Extract
OF Smart-Weed are
the best Of medi,
cines, and when
needed In my fam
lily / do not be
grudge the price ]
pay for them.
| nThe cares Of
my household and
looking after my
children reduced
NV health tn a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-28
TUG FLORENCE To
Be RAISED SOON

Efforts which have been put forth
within the past few days to raise the
tug Florence, which overturned in the
slip at her berth in the rear of the
Rosasco Brothers Office building, have
been partially crowned with success,
and when workmen left the familiar
harbor tug late yesterday afternoon,
the steamer had been Strengthened up
and today it is thought will be further
hoisted, to permit of patches to be
looked after, as several rents, into
which the water pours, are said to
have been discovered.
The Florence is possibly one of the
most familiar steam vessels doing
duty in the harbor. Men working
in the shipping line can remember
the little steamer for many years for
the service the latter has done in the
harbor, and they have a kindly feel
ing for the little tug and hope
the craft will shortly be re-commis-
stoned. The Florence, it might be
stated, was at one time owned by the
quartermaster department, and one
time was known as the Barrancas.
She was built in 1874, at New York,
but in recent years had bee1 prac-
ticallS Tc->.s't.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-28
MILLIGAN UNHURT
BY RECENT STORM

Milligan, Fla, July 27.-Reports
that the town of Milligan has been
devastated by the floods of the past
few weeks are untrue and it is stated
by citizens that this town viii be
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-28
SHERIFF BELL OF
WALTON co. DIES
AFTER OPERATION

News was telegraphed here yester-
day Announcing the death of Sheriff
Bell, of Walton county, who resided
at DeFuniak, and who had held the
Office named for number of years.
His death occurred at Baltimore, and
the remains will probably pass
through Pensacola on train No. 1
this afternoon, on the way to De-
Funiak, where the interment will take
place.
Sheriff Bell was suffering from a
tumor on the breast, and had made
a trip to Mobile for treatment. Being
unable to secure the proper attention
at that point, on account of the very
serious nature of the ailment, in COM
pany with one of his physicians from
DeFuniak, he went some several days
ago to Baltimore, where treatment
at the famed Johns Hopkins hospital
was obtained. An operation was per
formed, but, according to informa-
ton received here yesterday, he never
survived from said operation, and ex-
pired either on or soon after leaving
the operating table.
He was we'll and favorably known
throughout West Florida as a COM
petent, fearless and careful official,
and practically all sheriffs in this part
of the state knew him and held him
IN the highest esteem. A number
may be present at the funeral, which
may take place sometime Friday
afternoon.