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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
MEANING OF POULTRY TERMS
PuIlet Is Female Under One Year
Old-After Attaining Full Matu-
rity She Is Termed Hen.

There seems to be somewhat hazy
notion among amateurs aSsto the eX-
act meaning of the terms used to
designate young and old stock. A
pullet, strictly speaking, is a female
under one year old. After she has
attained her full maturity she is a
hen, but in the trade we speak OF a
fowl as pullet until she has COM
pleted her first years laying. There
fore, it is correct to speak of her as
a pullet until she is eighteen months
old, or has begun her first mott, says
Farmers Guide.
A cockerel is a male bird under one
year old, but he is usually spoken of
as a cockerel until he has at least en-
tered well upon his first year as a
breeding cockerel.
Cocks are older males, usually haV-
ing passed through one seasons breed
ing. If you order cockerels for breed
ing purposes, you will get birds that
have been used for breeding. When
ordering pullets you will get females
that are under eighteen months DID,
at the most.
A cockerel should never be used to
breed from before he is year DID,
A pullet, if she begins to lay at six
months, may be bred at nine months
Of age.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19

time they respond very readily to
good treatment. The fact that Cos
lings are so hardy is often made an
excuse for neglecting them, and this
results in slow growth, stunted de-
velopment and unGound constitution.
Very little brooding is necessary and
goslings can dispense with the hen
when they are a week or ten days old.
When they are this age they should
be placed in tiocks Of dozen or
fifteen and accommodated in a small
dry shed.
It is extremely important that they
should not sleep on a wooden floor,
which tends to produce leg weakness.
The earth itself makes the best kind
OF floor it is possible to have. In
rearing gcslings the fact should never
be forgotten that the youngsters
must be literally provided with
green food If possible they should
have access to a good meadow, but if
the heritage is insufficient they must
be supplied generously with cabbage
leaves, onions. the outer leaves OF let
tuce or other garden produce, green
food being essential to their health
and vigor. AS soon as the grain is
harvested allow the goslings to run
over the stubble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
KEEP POULTRY HOUSE CLEAN
Fatal Disease, Commonly Called
"Lungers," Can Be Prevented by
Attention to Quarters.

Many deaths among poultry, par
ticularly among chicks, come from
moldy feed and moldy litter in poul-
try houses. The mold when eaten by
the fowls causes fatal disease COM
monty called ''lungers." The fowl
stands in a drowsy manner and
eats but little. The wings droop,
breathing is quickened, and white
diarrhea is present. Death is caused
directly by soft, yellow growths that
clog the air passages Of the lungs.
There is no positive cure for the
ailment, but since it is caused by
moldy feed and filters, it can be en-
tirely prevented by keeping poultry
under sanitary conditions. This is
only one of the many troubles aris-
ing from unclean conditions. Include
the chickenhouse in the spring clean
ing and avoid them all
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
GLORIOUS BOON OF LAUGHTER
Gift That Has Been Given to Man In
Not Shared by Beast, Fish
or Reptile.

In a recent number of London Opin-
ion the sage, James Douglas, specu-
lating on that pleasurable emotion
which is accompanied by face cracking
movements of the muscles OF the
physiognomy and a brightness of the
eyes and is known as laughter, de.
scribes the phenomenon as the hu.
man miracle" and says: mo bird or
beast or fish or reptile can laugh. You
can teach an ape to do almost any
thing, but you cannot teach him to
laugh. The awful solemnity Of ami.
mails is the one really intolerable thing
on this earth. They are cut of from
the abiding miracle Of humor. The
worst consequence Of the war Is its
tragic solemnity. 1t starves us Of
laughter, which Is the food OF the
gods. A wise man has warned
US to interrogate ourselves when we
laugh. I totally and entirely repudi-
ate that diabolical doctrine. Never in.
terrogate yourself when you laugh.
You should never look laugh in the
mouth. There are many kinds OF
laughter, but they are all good. Inter.
rogate yourself, If you like, when you
weep. But If you value the we'll be-.
ing of your soul, never interrogate
yourself when you laugh. Laughter
is a good In itself, and an end by 1t.
self. The quality Of laughter, like the
quality of mercy, ought never to be
strained. Laugh before you look!"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
BUTTE2MILK GOOD FOR HENS
Acts as General Aid to Digestion and
Develops Vigor and Vitality to
Marked Degree.

Perhaps no feeds are SO general and
yet put to such slight actual use on
the average farm as buttermilk or
skim milk. Both are about the same
in feeding value, particularly after the
latter has become sour. The full
value Of buttermilk or skim milk does
not lie so much in its food value as
in it's effect on other foods and gen.
eral aid to digestion. Buttermilk also
develops vigor and vitality to a
marked degree as we'll as promoting
unusual growth at the same time.
Milk, added to the ration, increases
the consumption of other foods and
experiments have shown the greatest
increase or gain with chickens was
made when most skim milk was being
fed.
Buttermilk is also very valuable for
laying hens, having a very high feed
ing value, particularly during the win
ter months. Either may be fed IN
mash mixtures or in a drinking
fountain.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
MOST EFFECTIVE DUST BATH
Finely Screened Coal Ashes Sufocate
Vermin in Fowls Feathers
Other Advantages.

Finely screened coal ashes make
the most effective sort of dust bath
for the hens. The fine dust penetrates
the fowls feathers, and, coming in
contact with lice serves to stop the
breathing passages Of these parasites,
causing them to suffocate and die.
Wood ashes are even better for this
purpose, because the particles of dust
are finer; but here again the lime is
Objectionable, since it tends to take
the gloss off the plumage.
Coal ashes should be used freely on
the floors of poultry buildings, for they
will penetrate cracks and crevices, and
will assist in destroying mites and
other vermin, in dissipating noXious
odors and in improving conditions
generally. Still another advantage:
Large quantities Of the cinders will
be eaten by the birds as grit, and will
contribute some Of the mineral nutri-
ents. Small bits Of coal will be eaten
also, and will be digested.
Dust removed from a road during
dry weather, which is only an annoy
ance to travellers, will be found benef-
cial in the dust boxes. Every poultry
farm should have supply on hand for
winter use; for, unless dirt floors are
used, these artificial means of supply
ing the fowls toilet requisites must be
provided. A dust bath is quite an es-
sential to the well-being of poultry as
is the regular soap-and-water variety
to the human.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19

The value of these geese has dimln-
ished during the last decade. Not
withstanding this fact, goose raising
remains a profitable pursuit, provided
the conditions are suitable.
Only two breeds are bred to any
extent in this country, the Toulouse
and the Emden. Since these COM
bine all the requisite economic char
acteristics it is unnecessary to go
further afield. The Toulouse is the
largest of these two varieties: i'll fact.
it is the largest breed there is, but
it is rather a slow grower At a time
when the Emden, the more rapIulE
maturing variety, is fit for killing. the
Toulouse is tall and lanky and quite
unfit for marketing. The Emden, there
fore, is the breed for the early trade,
while the Toulouse is used almost eN-
c!usively for supplying the Christmas
markets.
Goslings are the easiest Of all kinds
of poultry to rear and the percentage
Of deaths among the young stock,
provided they are reasonably well
looked after, is extremely low. They
are so hardy they seem able to thrive
anywhere, and they can withstand
treatment which would be fatal to
other kinds OF fowls. At the same
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
VIII XIII Germs on Pencils.

OF the $4,000 school children in this
country who are the annual victims OF
preventable disease, there is no doubt
that goodly per cent of them con-
tracted disease from the habit of suck
ing the points Of pencils passed from
hand to hand.
To prevent this transmission OF
deadly germs of preventable diseases a
new device has just been invented,
says an exchange.
1t is a specially constructed rack
upon which pencils collected from the
children can be placed with the tips
resting in sockets where they are
acted upon by formalin gas disin.
fectant, which kills all germs.
To get the best and safest results
two sets Of pencils should be kept on
hand. While one set is in use the
other can be undergoing disinfecting,
Thus by changing pencils twice a day
the danger of the spread of germs can
be cut in half.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
TALE OF mother HUBBARD"
Its First Entrance Into Hawaii and
the Eternal Favor Which 1t
Gained Thereby.

There is story, vouched for by an
American, who lives in Hawaii, of the
influence of the Mother Hubbard
there.
Years ago, the story goes, an Amer
lean was organizing a sewing class
among the native Hawaiian women
At that time they gowned themselves
in seaweed and strings of shells, and
the American wanted to teach them to
make more substantial clothes for
their own use. So she sent home to
the United States and asked that
pattern of the simplest garment pos
sible be sent her-something so easy
that even fingers that had never be-
fore welded a needle could follow it.
The Mother Hubbard had but recent.
ly made it's appearance, and a pattern
Of this new and simple garment was
sent to the worker in Hawaii. Ha.
waiian women by the score emerged
from seaweed fringe into cotton Moth.
er Hubbards, and white cotton gown
modelled On this famous original be.
came practically the national femin.
inc attire of the islands.
To this day you cannot persuade
a native Hawaiian woman of the low.
er classes that the Mother Hubbard
is not the native dress of American
women. They have never changed
their habit of wearing a cotton Moth
or Hubbard as a badge of civilization.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
TOUCHED PORTER'S HEART
George Could Not Take Money From
Man Who Was Less Fortunate
Than Himself.

A correspondent sends US an ex.
cerpt from yet unpublished work to
be entitled "A Sentimental Journey to
the Pacific Coast"
1T was about seven o'clock in the
evening"" relates Mr.. Thornton, when
the following conversation took place
between myself and the porter, who,
strangely enough, was called Georges:
WELL said l, it has been nice
day. No noise, no dust, smooth rid.
ing and an empty carp
"'Beggin' yo' pardon, suh,' demurred
George, All begs to, diffah with you,
sub. It's been an exceedingly po' day
today, sun
Why do you speak thus, George?
"In de fust place, dey's been no
dust, as you say. Dat means less
brushin', an less brushin' means slim
tips. Dey's been nobody on de cyah,
as you remark. Dat means slim pick
in. Yessuh, OATS how she go. All
depends on de travelin' public TO- sub.
sistence. Aim de oldes' potah on de
line. Nah haid done grow gray in de
service, an NAH life is failure, subj
q felt sorry, so I handed him a
dime. said: I'm sorry can't make
it more, George, but this is all have.
I'm in the law business
well, of co'se dey's always dose
OATS wusser off dan u.s. said George,
frightening up. 'Ah'm sorry TO you,
subj
And he handed me back my dime"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
HER LAST H0vR Or SERVICE
This Newark Domestic Made a Clean.
Iy Exit, Aided by the Services
of Her Employer.

Marian was going. For a week the
homework had stood still, because"
as Mrs. Woodside said, you can't ask
a maid to do anything when she's leay-
ing
For a week the kitchen range had
been cold, likewise the water tank be-
side it; and, there being no gas heater
in the Woodside home, the grownups
had contented themselves with cold
baths and the children with such puri-
fication as could be accomplished with
occasional bedtime teakettles Of hot
water. Il ought to have Marian start
the fire." said the mistress, but it
means bringing up coal from the Gel
lar, and I'm afraid to ask her.
The hour of Mariars departure had
arrived. She lazied through the break
fast dishwashing, then disappeared up
stairs to pack. Mrs. Woodside went
into the deserted kitchen and said.
Now I'll have fire and boilerful of
hot water at last" She brought
kindling and coal from the lower re-
gions, she built the fire and stocked
it for an hour, until the water tank
gave out a grateful heat. Then she
went to look for Marian.
The outgoing maid was not in her
room. Mrs. Woodside came down from
the third floor perplexed. Could Ma
riar have gone without saying good
by?
Then from behind the closed door
of the bathroom came the joyous
sound Of one luxuriating in porce-
lain tub filled with glorious hot wa
ter. Marian was taking bath.-New-
ark News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
Out of the Abundant Caution.

An elderly gentleman from the coun-
try was at the head of line of arri-
walls at a New York hostelry, and, af-
ter signifying his acceptance of the
rate offered him, was invited to sign
the register. He consumed such an
unconscionable amount of time in this
that the clerk became impatient.
Just sign your name, please"
snapped the clerk. THE other guests,
too, would like to register
See here, young man. exclaimed
the old gentleman, don't you tSy to
hurry me. l don't never sign nothing
| amt read carefully"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19

wen the Most Famous Naturalists
Have Been Unable to Explain
Satisfactorily.

There are q great many strange
facts about animals and insects that
seem to defy explanation. Here are
few, an exchange says:
A fly will crawl to the top of a win
dow pane, fly back to the bottom and
crawl up again. Hardly ever does
1t fly up and crawl down. 1t has been
known to repeat this former act over
thirty times before stopping.
Hens always scratch for food with
the sun behind them. A blind hen al
ways manages to get the sun behind
her when scratching, and she will miss
but few bits of food.
Cats hardly ever lie with their feet
to the fire. In most cases they lie in
stead with their left side to it. Dogs
invariably lie with outstretched paws
to the fire.
A mouse overlooks perfectly safe
food supply, sufficient for a meal or
two, to enjoy the perilous pleasures OF
an unlimited store. 1t will hide near
the food and come out to nibble when
hungry, for it is not true that a mouse
will seek its hole at the first alarm.
II a small snake is kept in captivity
and fed and cared for, 1t will become
tame, and after few months crawl to
it's captor for food, when approached.
This Is true especially of the small
md bormlesc yariatipg
The unerring ability of the homing
pigeon to find it's former abode Is not
lue to a sense of location, but rather
to a natural instinct, which cats and
dogs have displayed when taken from
their homes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
MARBLES IN ANNUAL DEMAND |
Each Spring, 1t is Estimated More
Than 2o0,oo0,0oo Are Used In
the United States.

It has been estimated by statisti
clans that more than 100000, 900
small clay marbles are used by the
boys of the United States every
springtime. 1t is known fact that
100000 marbles are made every
year by one clay marble manufacture
er whose plant is in Summit county,
Ohio. And these marbles are made
or rolled by young girls, the Cleveland
Plain Dealer states.
The marble manufacturer does not
devote all his attention to the manu-
featuring of the game marble" There
are various uses to which the marble
is put, and as matter of fact, the
size varies according to its intended
use. The Standard Oil company is
one of the largest buyers Of marbles,
and these are used for oil cans and
larger sizes are started in graded
pipelines to clean out the paraffin
which gathers on the side of the pipe
as it flows to the tanks.
Clay marbles are used also by the
manufacturer of rubber, ink and salt,
chemical and powdermakers. They
are used also in grinding the large
stones of the photographer and by rail.
way supply people. Puzzle box
makers are also large buyers of mar
bles.
The sizes Of the clay marbles as
made in the United States vary from
nine-siXteenths of an inch in diameter,
which is the small pill" the boys
play with, to one measuring six inches
in diameter, or about the size of
cannon ball.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
IIse for the New Baby.

A New Highlander who is a great
angler and whose fish stories are lis.
tened to most attentively by his eight
year-old son, recently became father
for the fifth time, another boy being
brought by the stork.
The eight-year-old was told of the
arrival of this new brother, and he
was very curious to see him. The
father took the first opportunity to
crafty the lads curiosity. The kid
die gazed at the bit of red human.
ity for quite while, and then, with
great gravity, he looked into his ia.
theirs face and said:
Dad, he'd make a first-rate bait,
wouldn't he?"-Harper's Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
Economical.

p Economy was the text of Mr.. Jones'
discourse one evening after he had
been settling some household bills.
while Mrs. Jones listened with true
wifely interest.
Il don't want to make you unhappy,
darling" finished the husband, but
really we must be bit more careful
in future. For instance, look at the
bill for petrol. That motor car Is
costing us rather too much for the
time being"
Eyes, Henry, DEAR" agreed Mrs.
Jones. I'm afraid it is
Then her sweet young face bright
ened as she went on:
But just think what 1t saves Us In
carfares and boot leather"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19

One day, when Dorothy's mother
was reading to the little maid, she
came to the word "gravitation." She
explained its meaning, but thought the
child would forget ii. Consequently
she was much surprised when, a few
days later, Dorothy came running in,
crying:
ooh, mother! it's such a good thing
for me there's law of gravitation; II
there wasn't I'd have surely tumbled
head over heels into Heaven just
noW!"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
New Road to Riches.

Some time since a little girl who
lived in rural community appeared at
the back door of a neighbours house
with a small basket in her hand. Mrs.
Smith," said she, as the neighbor an
swered her timid knock, mother
wants to know if you won't please
lend her a dozen eggs. She wants to
put them under hen"
Put them under a hen?" was the
wondering reioinder of the neighbor.
Il didn't know that you had a hen"
I'VE haven't" was the frank reply
Of the little girl. I'VE are going to
borrow the hen from Mrs. Brown"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
Different Kinds Of Trains,

The boasted "Balkanzug" brings
back holiday memories of all those
different kinds of trains which the
German language, after it's habit, de.
scribes in one word. There we're the
Vergnuegungszug, the pleasure or ex-
cursion train; the Personenzug. CORE.
spending to our parliamentary train;
the Schnellzug, or express train: and,
above all, that impressively named
Blitzzug, the lightning" train, which
achieved the 1862 miles in three and
one-half hours.-London Chronicle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
Nearly Transparent.

Just as the football match was get
ting interesting it began to rain. A
well-dressed man in the front row OF
the stand Immediately raised his UNI
brella, which was rather the worse for
wear.
AS soon as it appeared, however, the
people behind him began to grumble
that they couldn't see the game. The
well-dressed individual at once turned
to them and said in a supercilious
voice:
'I-er-beg your pardon! But can't
you see over my umbrella?"
NO" replied voice from the rear,
I'VE can't see over, but we can nearly
see through it,"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
There is more Catarrh in this section ,

There is more Catarrh in this section
tie country than all other diseases ~
together and until the last few yCal.
was supposed to be incurabie. For :"
great many years doctors pronounced it
local disease ard prescribed local rcne-
dies. end by constantly failing Il; cui'
with local treatment. pronounced it5incu!+
able. Science has proven Catarrh TO be I
constitutional disease, and therefore rc.
ouires constitutional treatment. Hall
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. )
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is fine onl'
Constitutional cure on the mar!:F. 1t
taken internally. 1t acts directly on tn
blood and mucous surfaces of the system
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: f j. CHENEY G co., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
Dust Bath Is Essential.

Remember that the dust bath is es
sential to the healthfulness of fowls
especially of the chicken kind; hence
facilities for a dust bath should al
ways be provided. A liberal supply of
ashes in the bath makes it better, and
if lice or mites are feared, pulverized
sulphur may be mixed in it to great
advantage.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
The Dear THINGS.

This is the kind of stuff you hear
on the front porch:
why, George, how dare you? Now
you can just go right home, and don't
you ever, ever speak to me again!"
George goes-as far as the steps.
Let me come back, please. I'll be
good; honest, will"
If you're going to be good, there
isn't any reason for coming back"
"Oh, you little angel"
George dear, l can't breathe."--
The Gargoyle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
WAY to Carry Fowl.

The old method of carrying fowls by
the feet, heads down, is cruel prac-
tice, and very seldom seen on prac-
teal farm nowadays. The proper way
is to allow the birds body to rest on
the arm, holding the feet firmly with
the hand.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
WORKINGS of Conscience.

A seedy-looking Individual in a Chi
cago saloon turned from the free-lunch
counter, where he had been helping
himself most generously, and said to
the barkeeper:
Friend, can you trust me for a
glass of beer till tomorrow"
NO." said the barkeep.
81 am sorry to hear that" said the
seedy one. "It seems kinder mean to
eat the amount of free lunch I have
and not buy nothin'."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
The Customary Way,

Look here! l don't want you hang
ing around here! You have the repu-
tation of stealing everything you can
lay your hands on and"
mo, sab! No, sah!-dat is, no mo
dan is customary 'mongst gentlemen.
sab. kansas City Star.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
Grain Feed at Niuht,

This is the season when a good
grain feed at night is worth while, and
more corn can be used to advantage
now than at any other season. It's
wonderful how full crop at night
helps to carry the fowl in comfort,
despite a freezing temperature.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-19
Wise Move.

Mrs. Rankin-When it comes to re-
sourcefulness, you can't beat Mrs.
Amley. ..-
Mrs. Phyle-What do you mean?
Mrs. Rankin-When she wants to
scrub her front steps she fastens a
couple of brushes on the feet Of her
boy Willie and lets him pretend he is
roller skating in the soaDsuds.