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the veteran with the Black Spanish
Including Brown leghorns. Barred
Plymouth Rocks and Black Rhine
landers, a domestic breed valued both
for the table and for eggs. that has
been created In faraway Oregon. where
the apples come from. II 10 the FIRST
exploitation Of the Black Rh,nelanders
In New York. II Ia claimed they have
all the points of value distinctive In
the cottage" breeds of the United
states, Canada, Great Britain. France,
Germany or Spain. Carneaux pigeons,
noted in the squad industry. are also
entered from California.
Entirely new in poultry will be the
Blue Polish. the first type Of the
crested topknot breed to vary from
white. black. notified. silver or golden
sprays In the color Of its feathery
crown It 10 valued too for the plat.
ter and - q layer, so that uniqueness
In headsear 10 not the only recon-.
mendation Of the new strain.
Among the pigeons the CLASSES for
show. exhibition and record homers
will be features. This year ella sses
have filled Tor the first time for record
homcrs VITA recorded fights Of 800
miles and Of 100 miles or over. In
other years the flights qualifications
began ut 100 and mounted by steps OF
Nifty or a hundred miles to o maximum
Of 500 miles or v
Theodore A. Havsmsysr ana his
eroehsr, Henry O. tYtli exhibit white
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WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK cocKeREL WAITE PLYMOUTH ROCK HEN
BRED AZ THs GoVERNNeNT POULTRY FARM. eElTsvLLe MO,

in tho number and value OF tho cx-
hiblts.
Indications are for an entry In ex-
cess of 1000 single birds. inclusive of
utility fowls. pit games. bantams.
waterfowl, pigeons end ornamental
stock. the latter to include q wonder
full collection Of rare European, Mona
chus, Japanese and Asiatiq cranes and
tanks Of quaint foreign swans. geese
and ducks. entered by @. ID. Tilly Of
Darlen, Conn, that alone Is a "fenther'
SHOW worth going many miles to soc.
Fit names and utility breeds brought
AZ much as $1,000 apiece at the last
Garden Poultry and Pigeon Show. and
a conservative estimate 10 that the az
gregate value Of tho mammoth flock
that will bid farewell to 1916 and
chorus Q welcome to 1917 ths time at
Madison Square 10 $500
Besides the rare cranes and ducks
there will be Atty display pens on the
main aisles. near the Madison avenue
entrance, Of wild turkeys. blue tur-
keys. peafOwl. p~heasants. foreign
doves, Japanese %silsies. md the chief
varieties of domestic poultry and pig
cons. tie oddly contrasting biz White
Runts and dainty While Fantails be-
ing among the latter. hut the real ex.
hibition consists Of the marvellous va.
riety Of the poultry and piGson breeds
cased beyond the display pens On svsSy
available foot % SpAcs on the door and
eeaconie1 lbsstdss the A13oaning rodms.
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Bureau OF Animal! Industry of the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture. 1t will be in charge Of Henry
NJ. Lamon, chief animal husbandman
Of the bureau. who will also show
twice . day In the concert hall free
moving pictures illustrating all phases
Of the work at Beltsville farm.
Uncle Sans poultry display will be
Of Plymouth Rocks. Barred and
White: Buff and White Orpingtons.
White and brown Lcghorns and other
strains bred at the Beltsvil!c farm. and
also hybrids. the chartered pedigrecs
being displayed over each exhibit to
serve as object lessons 10 those in
terested. Many Of the fowls have rec
ords a egg producers. especially one
Plymouth Rock hen that has tested
layings Of eighty-four eggs In ninety.
two days and Of 100 eggs In l22 days.
Needless to say that at present prices.
such Q layer would be q boon to the
suburban or Greater New York "back.
yard" chicken raiser. The Government
display will also include working
models Of the farms laying houses,
equipped with trap nests; colony
growing coops: brood coops Tor hers
and their offspring; with the runs for
young chicks and grown poultry.
The entries. which closed on Tues
day, include many from Canada and
califbrnla, and The rush of letters and
entry h,aali eeataiaiag mooney snA
sAeelRs = !Aneeeeenee4 - ~ -
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Of horses and terriers. has come into
the Feather" fancy. She enters many
standard breeds from the Green
tree Poultry Farm. Miss l.. Grace
and Miss L. Aiger of Great Neck. L. l..
where they have their Red Brook
Kennels on 'Liangollen Farm. have
entries Of Blue Andalusians, Orping.
tons and other domestic types.
Ono Of the few clerical exhibitors 70
the Rev. w. Berberich OF Groton,. N.
T., who will pen Specified Sussex. an
old English cottage" breed.
Harry 7. Peters, the Islip polo player
and dog breeder. Is a newcomer among
exhibitors OF pit games, Others to pen
h thoroughbred type Of lighting fowl
will be Clarence Sackett of Rye. N. y;
p. II. B. Frelinghuysen Of Morristown,
N. j.; H.. NJ. aud e. 8. Dixon, Jr., Of
Ardmore. Pa: J. N. Vanderbilt Of West
New Brighton. Staten Island: tho
Greenes Of wildwood Farm, sayvtlls,
l.. l., ana Samuel Willets Of Bright.
holme Farm. East williston. L. /.
The Poultry Fanciers Club will make
an occasion OF It's first banquet at tho
Prince George Hotel on Saturday cye-
ming. December -. \ condition az
membership Is that u person must
have been Il fancier aud exhibitor sor
twenty-five years. yet there will DO
thirty members at table. d. Lincoln
Orr Of Orr's Mills. Pa, - the prsadsnt
ana J. H.. Drsvonstedt'o f PeeksAtul, n.
r., 10 secretary.
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THE MINNESOTA H0RTTCUL
TURAL SOCIETY.

The nft!cth anniversary Of the Min
nesota Horticultural Society va held
at the West Hotel In Minneapolis De-
cefnber 6 to s. Although the weather
was very unfavorable the attendance
was large. The Minnesota Horticul-
tural Society IL ono OF the largest In
America having a membership OF
5000. The members say there are two
reasons for It's size and vlgor. They
were confronted with more difficulties
than the members Of any other similar
society. Tho severe winters killed the
fruit trees. and orchard after orchard
was planted only TO be destroyed. A
system Of producing ironclads was de-
vtsed by top working on hardy stock.
and - n result Minnesota Is filed
with bearing orchards and the exhibit
of fruit at the fiftleth meeting was
equal to that Of any State In the
Union. Some ten members Of the
society are enthusiastic workers al
though SO years Of age or more.
G. S. Harrison OF tho Nebraska
State Experiment Station was called
upon to open the meeting. which he
has done for many years. He also
read a paper or evergrcens and n fore.
cast Of the future. Mr.. Harrison says:
"Our choicest fruits and flowers
have originated In the past half CEN
fury and our successes are prophetic
~ future attachments. The soil and
climate Of Minnesota are we'll adapted
10 most kinds Of fruits. Everbcar!nr
strawberries are II decided success. At
the Minnesota State Experiment sta
lion 5000 strawberry seedlings were
produced. and all were discarded en-
cept three Of the most desirable, One
Of the three produced immense straw
berries nearly the size OF crabapples.
Charles @. Patten. one Of the
worlds greatest pomolosists, Is orig
mating new apples. pears and plums.
Prof. Hansen Is doing wonders with
his new yellow Powered alfalfa and
new plums."
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wrsn's eggs neatly drilled and not %
much as . trace OF moisture left In the
shells. Here, I think. the wren was the
oulprit. as no other bird available has
a bill 20 we'll adapted to this delicate
operation.
I have seen a Baltimore orioles nest
entered by a warbiing vlreo and a
grand commotion resulted. What was
the vireo's purpose? 1t is ~inconceiva-
bic that It was pacific. The nest was
SO new that eggs only could have been
In 1t.
It was my custom for many years
In May to make almost daily rounds Of
the nests that / had found. and dis
turbing nothing gained many a birds
confidence and so possibly gained some
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plemeEt II representatives OF the ngri-
cultural colleges Of New York, New
Jersey. Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts, will make q Joint ex-
hibition that will surpass. anything
ever attempted hitherto at an Ameri-
can poultry show.
Features outlined in the lecture
course and moving picture hall include
a talk on THE Usefulness Of the Hon.
ing Pigeon In War;" by John Fischer,
secretary of the International Fedora
,ion OF American Homer Pigeon Fan
cicrs. n foremost authority on the sub
jest, and on January 3 an Illustrated
lecture by a. q. Quarles, president OF
the American Protection Of Game
Birds Association. on "Pheasants and
Pheasant Culture In the United
States." which should be Of especial In
terest In view Of the extent the work
u being organised In the various
States. The so-callsd utility ~ market
poultryman will also be catered to In
talks on exhibitions by experts on kill
Ing. picking, dressing and displaying
market S,wls: the proper grading,
packing and display OF market eggs.
with kindred topics.
Paints On Exhibits aud Exhibitors.
Something new at the Garden Poul-
try and Pigeon Show will be displayed
on sidslinee for poultrymen that Il
may b worth their while b study.
One. arrangsd BY James Forsyth Of
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Owego. y. Y. Will reveal how success
fully he has started into breeding two
very different but equally valuable
forms Of live stock-the costly silver
foxes and a hybrtsheep. q cross be-
tween the Merton Nnd caracui, that
produces a coat THAI 10 superior to
either and Is a harder animal and
better adapted to successful breeding
In the United States.
At former exhibitions r. A. Rowen
Of Los Angeles. who specialized In n
strain Of white faced Black Spanish
descended from fowls imported In the
days Of the missions from that
try. was about the only exhibitor from
California This year there are .
dozen from tho Pacific coast 10 mako
entries. the varieties they send besides
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OF this vast arena Tho vista II typi-
cal Of the importance Of tho standard
bred fancy poultry and pigeon strains
and Is the magnet that makes the Gar
den Poultry Show Americas greatest
rendezvous OF fanciers and OF all who
cater TO their wants. for the exhibits
Of the needed supplies. appliances and
~lncidentals Of a successful yard or loft
is by no means the .east interesting
part Of the great show.
An element Of interest and value.
too. Is tho educational work carried
out annually by the promoters OF the
Garden Poultry Show TO stimulate the
interest Of beginners and old timers
alike In the Chicken game" The Gov
ernment exhibit comes really In this
section Of the exhibition. and TO sup.
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The little red owl. the hong cared
owl are both nest d%estroyers. but z
the parent birds cannot be caught by
them while on the nest. probably the
eggs escape. but never the young. On
the other hand, the handsome barn
owl, my neighbor for forty years. IL
as innocent as a sucking dove and
asks Of nature only suficlent mice.
1t Is more In the world Of the little
birds that interest centres. and here.
too. we find evidence that an egg i q
delicacy. I nee witnessed q lively TIT
between q black and white warbler
and q chewink or towhee bunting, and
the cause Of quarrel was. apparently.
the destruction Of the warbler's nest.
which was too near to escape notice
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RURALPHuOS0PHY.
Prom the PhtiodsipAte Ledger.

From the Phtlodsiphto Ledger.
when the wintry winds are BLOWN an the
ground II white with SNOW.
An the ice king throws his fsttsrs Ger
the streams.
Ain Il queer what pleasant msm'riss ~
tho summer tins we knew.
How allurin' theD the FARMER season
0esma.
We can almost hear the bussin' Of the
frowsy humble bee
~ be hovsrs DER the ois0sm IN the
We oen elmes. see the cherries on the
An the cove smiiin 'oauss the grass
hes come.
A s'e,.r rented zephyr ss'rs The ns'ds Of
On ire fence the rooster crew. until h..i
while Dame Natures ali s.shuckls a. .h,
welcomes once again
The daisies an the butter01ee porfoPes.
An then when summer does arrive We ma
our heated brow
An wonder why the outlook seems 80
The iey blasts Of winter W would gladly
welcome now
An We soorn the bsimy Srsssss. A.n't
u 0uoort
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CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS-WHER THE MISTLETOE GROW

A. good storage cellar u q very
va!uao asset on any farm. II ran be
Duilt 1t . season when other work Ia
fsht. A storage cellar will last for
years n Will pay dividends Of 10 10
AZ per cont. on crops property handled
In storage.
All root crops, such a. potatoes,
beets. turnips, onions. &C., cabbages
ana apples. can be stored when market
conditions and prices seem to make
this Desirable,
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Daras VIII F1irs. ssys Expsrt,

PHLADyLSHiA, Dec i0.-At the meet
ing Of the American Ornithologists
Union Dr.. Arthur A. Allen Of ithaca, ".
y. an expert on tho habits Of birds. said
that contrary to tho belief Of poets and
naturalists the fuzzy creatures Will
"firt" at every opportunity. EVEN
the common thrush. q bird SYM
bol!o Of constancy. will desert his
nest and family for the caprice OF any
passing hon whose feathers chance To
attract his fancy" said DR.. Allen. 1T
10 . matter Of cemmon gossip tina, "a
female swallow will entertain perhaps n
dozen gentlemen callers during the nh
snc of her mate. But look out for
squalls II Mr.. Swallow catches her"
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fantafl pigeons ana game Santams
from their estate at Mahw1h. N. Y.
Both are charter members Of the Ma
tional Bantam Association. which on
New Years Day will celebrate the
twenty-hfth anniversary OF It's organi-
zat'on in the Garden at the show OF
that year. J. Hart Welch OF Douglas.
ton. L. l.. u president and George l..
Young OF Brooklyn secretary Of the
National Bantam Association. Mem
bers who Intend to come from distant
points in tho United States and Canada
to participate In the silver wedding"
Of their society have brought the en-
tries In bantam classes far above the
records for any Garden poultry show.
Mrs. Payne Whitney Of Manhasset.
l.. l.. very prominent a. an exhibitor
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while about them, nea ana an In easy
distance. were twenty-one species nest.
ing at the same time. I never saw any
evidence Of quarrelling. but on the
eighth season. tho song sparrow's nest
and eggs wcro destroyed by a pair Of
tho same species. who apparently
coveted their nesting site. Were the
eggs eaten? The appearance OF the
shells suggested that they had been
Intentionally pierced and contents ex-
tracted. Circumstantial evidence this,
but apt to be convincing to the OBJ
server. II not to the reader. Properly
no preacher Ia accepted save cum
grano sails. Otherwise. u precious
individuality would disappear.
1t IL known everywhere that crows.
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Of the chewtnk, VINO nests also on thu
ground. I use the word Apparently
advisedly. - I did not witness the
destruction. but tho condition Of the
eggs pointed strongly 10 the sugges.
ton that they had been eaten rather
than simply. wantonly destroyed.
That ono species Of bird may destroy
the eggs Of another species. as It IL
charged that the least bittcrn Will
pierce the ehells Of the kingrail's eggA
y again apparent" but the purpose al
the depredator 10 not quite evident. for
the marsh 10 wide enough for both. and
! have failed to learn that the de-
stroyed eggs were emptied Of their
contents. On tho other hand ! have
found a full complement Of marsh
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suspicious a. they are. w1l 20 TO
almost any length to get at hens egEs.
Their craving leads them at times to
take the chances. and tossing caution
aside. approach nearer to farm build
ings than any corn or other morsel
could tempt them, and It 10 a. q nest
robber that It Is so persistently at
tucked by the kingbird. and long
after the nesting eas the crow 10
just a obnoxious to many other small
birds. This applies equally to the
bluejay and the purple Crackie. both
notorious egg eaters. and I believe II
to be true where the ash crow fire.
Quents. as along the river shore. nc
birds building exposed nests are ever
found during the early summer.
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'1nside Information" such - isno.
rance continually boasts Of having In
possession. It was my painful ak.
p%crience to find all too frequently rined
nests that showed the contents were
destroyed without injury to the nest
itself. Now the white footed mouse h
equal TO such depreciation. but often
the nest was IN such position as to
shut out this rodent. and I can think
Of no other culpr.t than q bird.
General conclusions based on what
after al may b insufficient observa.
ton arc Of course Of little worth. but
ones own observations loom up as Of
largo proportion. and after many years
OF wandering aneld we have conn.,
dencs therein. however they may az.
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cause Of bird destruction. not only in
~ village yards but about every
farmhouse ana IL garden, 10 the do
nestle cat. which does not live up TO
its reputation - domestic but 10 often
truly feral and YER more ready TO
catch q bird than . mouse. Cats. like
the English sparrow. could be readily
suppressed II people would but take the
trouble. When I have made . sugges-
ton In this direction with reference TO
cats the reply has been invariably "the
other persons cat 10 the oulprit." II IL
common sense. and the latter % often
sadly In need Of II.
CHARiks CoSRAD ABBOTT.
BriSroi. Pa.
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AZ he ,rst sign Of spring I began -

~ ne flrst sign Of spring I began -
turn over the virgin sod and TO con-
vert the small plot around the new
home in the far West into some SEM
iAsnce Of the old lawn in the East we
had loved so well. The planning and
planting were 10 well done that the
following year the civic improvement
prize money was mine.
Five years passed and the rose
hedges grew and doomed. when the
husband was suddenly taken away. and
the garden the following year was left
to caro- for itself. Tho next spring.
however. saw the return OF the little
gardener. and great was the welcome
she received from the garden. The tiny
Marie Pavie. a polyanthus OF fairy rose
Of dwarf. bushy habit in the East, with
very double flowers. deliciously fra
grant, white flushed with carmine. had
grown a stately bush. Winter and the
closed home came again. Rain. slcet
and trying thaws killed many sturdy
ros bushes. int Marie Pavfe stood the
test and buddcd out the next spring.
filing the dusty prairie with fragrance.
a frightful summer Of drought has
been ours; ten weeks withoOt rain. and
not another roso II blooming. Many
have withered and died, but my Marie
Pavte Is still green. beautiful ana
blooming.
Mrs. c. r. MCMILLAN. Oklahoma.
ISL use 10 neu.e 'ne ~
nope a"u sIoNs W vac sa,uen
my. ~ pIoonns ut II! .easons aa.
"eii.u Mo'u, c1n .oi,ups nv' iio
= s'eai. 1NeI'"s =.
II psIiSn' ,or WINERY. suI'nr' III VI
spIlns " nouIIsleS !" oea"'s anu ''
VII e''.n --.,
~ So'"r 10 WIG coIor o' .he pI.n
- 'u . iNe ,ne "ush o, sunIaL .
p..s ~. ,ho oiusn VIZ. ne1 oui
I'm" .no s!,aoe y, us pe'sIs ID .euL
~ seo. when .'e TOWN. sun on
lumn"nSI,.I les upon IL ''s Iao'onoe ~.
.uinss 'ne co'or VI 'ne !eiIow sose .no
70 .nv iovols VI sue" .espomus WV.
~ SNu.I ne..uIe o. a..Iec..o"' W.
20 .he Jun ihci,hes .owefu .he oouol
o.. 10 II suor "uu H"vp0iS
INV I.Io nno oh o'IehA' w" upon
.nS osau'y %, my ven wNos
spIonuo' nln.s OIL ualn paes'o'i' I'
.nc ouu ''a. never o'oo.ns' ior a. tle
h!sn.te"-coo,-coioert man ths snows
?. ley nos,nus. anu the etno.e
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A STUDY OF BIRD LIFE,

The initial impulse Of the naturalist
In the older Days. II we may Judge
from archaeological literature, was to
determine the number Of species OF
birds In a specified territory and wha.
these stood for in the economy Of ma
tore, was Of secondary importance and
more often considered a. wholly I'M
important This species moneeripg
still exists, ana Il 10 scarcely contradic-
tory to say that profound ornithologi-
ca, knowledge ana ignorance Of birds
can coexist in the samo individual:
but q change for the better has Of
ate years taken place. and the living
rird ana not Its anatomical details or
jasmine nomenclature concerns US.
When a hundred crows walk over a
Held what Is the result? When q
Thousand redwlngs or ten thousand
rusty grackles tarry in the marsh for
half a day what happens? Details are
not available. and II Strengthening a
o Of them to ascertain the facts
Is necessary. not desirable. The bare
Va AMT AItuSt bOO OLNen SuI.
Q but II 10 certain that birds never
tarry long II they DO not md some
thing to eat. Theirs IL an appetite
that must DO appeased. and 50 far as
man ID concerned. do they leave be-
reficencs or destruction behind them?
AL experimental evidence tends to
show that an army Of agricultural ana
horticultural enemies 10 often Dc.
struyed with minimum Of injury to the
interests Of man. Tho reverse 10 some
times reported. but carefully consider
the source. Some men arc mean
enough to begrudgs q robin q rotten
cherry. As . fact every robin. oriole
and catbird II q respectable member
Of society and every mar Is not.
All this. however. does not argue
that Q bird II akin to a saint, or, hav-
ing wings. savors OF tho angelic.
With birds. without exception. might
makes right-a law Of nature, by the
by-And being so. the acknowledge
nent Of meum ct tuum. supposedly
obtaining among ourselves. does not
obtain among them. Knowing this. the
question very naturally arises. to what
extent are birds given to eating the
eSgs OF other birds and how extensive
10 their wanton o destruction? After
living among birds for more than half
a century. ! am inclined to believe no
statistics OF value be had. The
baleful influence Of old Ideas Is shown
In exploiting the dove as typical of
peace on earth. Familiarity with a
dove cote will show at once that the
cverpreached amiability Is no deeper
than the sheen Of the birds feathers.
/ have known a pair Of song spar
row to nest for seven consecutive
years. raising two broods each season,
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SPECIAL INFORMATION.

The Farm ana Garden Department
OF THE SUNDAY Sun aims to be Of real
assistance both to amateur ana pro-
fessional gardeners and farmers. The
articles In the Farm ana Garden De-
partment are by practical h%orticuitur-
lists and can be relied upon - being
authentic ana according 70 the latest
practical and scientific practice. Let
tsrs 8 welcomed from readers max
Ing s~uggsstion1 a. TO articles 70 hs
published or asking for any desired
Information. Address The Garden Dc-
partmert, SUNDAY SITS, New York.
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feet. others. Taking ny own .sxreei.
enc6s a. q criterion. I an convinced
that upon occasion almost every bra
will destroy wantonly or appropriate
as food the eggs Of other birds.
This element Of bird destruction
my not DO a serious n rs affecting
the bird population. but It Is one that
cannot be ignored and Is another
bmong q myriad Of reasons why bird
life should be vigorously protected, and
the subject not be treated with the
criminal indifference with which In
legislative circles II Is. The harm
done by birds IL almost a negligible
quantity III comparison with the good
they do.
A word more. Another contributing
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Speed OF . ~Jaekpabbat.

SMITH CENrR1, Kan, Dec. ie.-Frank
White. q farmer near here. met with a
peculiar experience while husking corn.
lie saw q jackrabbit approaching or ,
dead run and closely pursued by q grey
hound. White ~squatted and the rabbi {
struck him with full force In the chest.
Knocking him over lie brought hts
arms together and caush, the ANNA! IN
q tight grir. Examination proved THAT
It's neck had been broken by the impac'.
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Now 10 . good time to pfuns and
trim fruit trees.
A SERIES OF ARTICLES BY G. 3.

A series Of articles will begin next
Sunday by the veteran hortiouiturist
c. 8. Harrison. who has been In the en-
ploy Of the United states Agricultural
Department and the Nebraska State
Agricultural Department The articles
will extend over q period Of several
weeks and will include THE Study Of
Trees" which 10 more Of q story than .
study: also "F1ower Missions" THE
Iris and possibly others.
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POULTRY NOTES.

Clean and d!s!nfect the chicken
house frequently: never allow accumu-
tons; change the bedding on the floor
ana material IN the nests frequently.
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Never make a quick move about
horses. cows or other animals. and
this applies also to chickens. Move
carefully among the birds so as not
TO Brighten them.
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A pint Of crude carbolic acid mixed
with a gallon Of kerosene makes an
excellent spray for poultry houses.