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The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29
LAYING CONDITION OF HENS
Physical Indications Are Time Of Mott. ing, Color of Shanks and Lobes
 and Texture of Comb.

There are four physical indications of a hens laying condition, says o. B. Kent, poultry instructor at Cornell university. These are the time or molting. color of shanks, texture or comb and color of ear lobe. The first and third points apply to all breeds, the others only to those having yellow shanks and yellow ear lobes.
 Good layers mott late and quickly. If you go through the flock the frst of October and pick out the hens that are just beginning to mott, or have not started, you will get most of those which are laying.
 In yellow skin breeds the paleness of the shanks after period of laying is good condition of hens ca pacity. Any bird with bright yellow shanks after year of laying may De picked out as a good producer.
The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29
ENORMOUS RUNoFF AFTER ToRRENTlAL SUMMER RAIN.

should be said, is nor recommended uil- der any circumstances. When winter rye is TO be used for pasturage. it should be sown early in September al about four pecks per acre. When grown for grain it should be seeded about the middle of October at about three pecks per acre. The two varie- ties that promise the best yields are the Kansas and the Iyanoy.
 Oats is the only spring grain that has proved successful. Next to win ter wheat it is perhaps the best small grain crop. While the yields are not large, it has never failed entirely ta make grain. The highest yields have been obtained from the rust-proof group. which are really winter oats. but in the Panhandle are grown from spring seeding. The crop is usually so8n about March and five pecks per acre have given the best results. All varieties shatteF more or less and should be harvested as soon as ripe.
 Proso may be sown in the latter part of May or in June at the rate of 20 pounds Of seed per acre. This crop is harvested with grain binder and fhreshed the same as the other small grains.
 The other small grain crops now grown in the Panhandle include win ter barley. spring wheat. winter spelt and winter emmer. None of these have demonstrated superiority in any im- portant respect over the four crops rec commended in the bulletin and there seems to be no good reason. therefore. why they should be grown. In feeding value emmer and spelt are similar to oats and are used for much the same purpose. The straw. however. is of lit tle value and the yields of neither of these crops are as great as from the better varieties Of oats.
 With ali the small grain crops in this section there is considerable loss from smut each year. The greater part of this loss can be prevented by treating the seed with a formaldehyde solution The different methods of treatment are described in detail in Farmers Bulle- tin TBS.
The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29
EFFECTS IN MASSlnG
By L. II. BENNINGTON.

Two recent photographs showing handsome California homes. one at Berkeley. and the other the Smith home at Oakland. illustrate nicely one of the principles of art that the maker Df a garden will do well to study. It Is the general scheme producing an ef- feet with masses of plants. and with foliage thrown daringly Into baclz ground or foreground with little ap- parent thought for the individual plant
 It follows the idea of the little darky who came home one day with q crude drawing made in school. The little boy held up proudly the product and said:
 @See. nanny, here am what done drawed foday.8
 @What datzs inquired the mother.
 Hits CT cow" said the little fel- low.
 "Yas. hits CT COW, all right" said the mother. but whar am de tail ?8
 "De teacher she done tole me" re- sponded the child, dat so long as de general effect am good. neber mind de tail"
 That is the theory shown striking ly by these two California pictures. n one is found heavy massing of green effects in the background, with the same general scheme of mass being ap- piled to the plants and grasses border ing the driveway. Not single one of the trees or plants stands out individ ually. but they all blend into a gen eral purpose.
 In the second picture the mass is transferred from background to fore ground. leaving the house itself tC stand boldly forth against the skyline In directly opposite ways the pictures show effects Of mass arrangement. I belongs to it's school of art, and t art as applied to the garden, as clearl, as the same theory has place in paint ing in oils.
 And it must be remembered that i takes more real work to get effec from q seemingly disordered mas' than It does to care for striking, in dividual and isolated elements.
The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29

feed better than rolled oats for ths first two weeks; with milk for drink: that with all feeds. milk and meat should not be omitted; that for both growth and eggs there is no better grain, fed singly. than oats; that green bone cut fine, is the best single element for the production of eggs. but never over one ounce q day for q hen; that a balanced ration. moist ened with milk, new or skinned. is about 25 per cent better for growth of chicks than when moistened with water, that a ration Of mixed grains for growth is improved about 60 per cent by adding proportion Of about two-fifths of animal meal, or. in other words. it has been abundantiy proved by the most thorough tests that growth and health will be greatly pro- noted by feeding a nitrogenous ration instead of a carbonaeeous one; that animal meal in the ration for duck lngs will make gain of about three to one over a ration that is wholly vegetable; that over 20 per cent more food is required to make a pound of growth on a vegetable diet than with a ration having a mixture of meat; that crowded yards are the source Of most of the evils to which poultry is liable; that a dust bath is as profG- able for hens as water brooks for ducks, and that the buying of cheap or imperfect birds with the intention of "breeding up is not profitable.
The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29
OBJECTS OF POULTRY SHOWS
As Rule They Are Not Money-Mak- ing Propositions-Aid Improvement
 of Standard Varieties.

Poultry shows are, as rule, not money making proposition. They are promoted and conducted by organiza- tions composed of poultry fanciers' who are interested in educating the public in the breeding of pureDreu poultry of all standard varieties. lhe door receipts help to pay the many cash prizes and other trophies oIefeu to encourage the breeding of better specimens of the various varieties oi our domesticated fowls. Without these exhibitions the progress of improve ment in the standard varieties wouiu be reduced to a minimum, and ,ne poultry raisers be handicapped in tnell endeavor to advance the growth or ti.e pure-bred poultry industry ID tD's country.
The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29
FOR SUCCESS WITH POULTRY
Ration of Mixed Grains for Growth is Greatly Improved by Addition
 of Animal Meal.
Rv 2. RARRER !

To give some of the most important facts connected with the poultry indus. fry that have been settled as such, it may be said. that there can never be success without cleanliness: that yer. min can certainly be exterminated bY spraying roosts and walls with kero- sene: that lice on chicks can be de- stroyed with a slight application of lard CT yaseline on the head and throat: that chicks for laying stock must not be matched from the eggs Of bullets. that disease is never cured nor pre- vented by mixing blood; that dry feed is best for newly-born chicks. and no
The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29
KEEP CAREFUL MILK RECORD
Only Positive Way to Tell What Each Cow is Ooing-Test Should Be
 Made Frequently.

The only way to be sure which cows really do pay is by keeping careful record of the amount of milk given by each COW in the herd. and the amount of butter fat her milk contains as shown by the Babcock test. The test should be made fairly frequently. but the milk given and the feed used should be recorded every day.
The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29
Opportunity Lost.

What you might have made if you could h;sFe delivered your produce to market that day when the price was up, will never be entered on the prof. 1t side of your books as long as the road to town is string of mudholes
The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29
Must Rebuild Bridqes.

New York state is facing the neces- sity of rebuilding two-thirds of her highway bridges because they are not strong enough to bear a weight of eight tons. In addition. there are dam- age suits totaling $1,000,000 as the re suit of the failure of bridges.
The Pulaskian., 1916-09-29
Limestone as Manure.

Ground limestone will be used as commonly as barnyard manure by many Missouri farmers of the coming generation" says M. F. Miller of the agricultural experiment station of thu University of Missouri.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
TWO QUESTIONS. TWO ANSWERS.

A Congregational preacher in Mar
shall county and outside of MARSHALL
town having heard the insinuations
that Meredith might have signed sa
loon petitions and was a drinking man
wrote 10 Meredith about it. He re-
ceived the following reply which was
SO frank and so satisfactory that he
brought it to the T.-R. for publication.
Meredith wrote TO him saying:
In the first place. never have
signed a saloon petition in my life.
Many other stories have been told,
for instance that I keep liquor in my
house and have wine cellar l have
no wine cellar, do not keep liquor in
my house, nor do l serve it. All of
these stories, / suppose grow out Of a
statement I made at Oakland at which
time ii the presence of Ny Harding !
referred to the two or three times in
my life when I had either served or
supped wine. ! did this because I be-
ieve that the people of the state have
right to know all there Is to know
about their candidates and to this end
l told them all there was to tell on that
subject. I firmly believed that honest
men would appreciate that course.
You are at liberty to say definitely
that 1 have never signed saloon petit
ton and that have always supported
temperance and prohibition and al
ways Will; and that l am neither a
user or server of wines at my home or
otherwise
A few days before that letter was
written Mr.. Harding was in Des
Moines when a reporter for the Des
Moines Capital was interviewing him
for publication. The reporter inquired:
Did you see the editorial in last
nights Des Moines Tribune in which
that paper offers new hat to certain
parties If they could get a statement
from you as to whether or not you are
a total abstainer7"
Mr. Harding said:
4 did not. I wonder if they want to
know the color of my socks"
These replies are characteristic of.
the two men although 1t is not Of i'm
portance what they drink so much as
it is Of Importance to know how they
would line up in the governors office
on enforcement Of liquor laws and en-
actment Of other laws for q cleaner
and better state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
BUNDLE, WHO'S GOT A BUNoLE7

Dads old coat hangs in the closet or
up in the attic. It's a very good coat.
When the trousers wore out father
discarded it but it is warm and COM
Portable and a pretty good looking
coat yet Somebody ought 20 have II
and get the good of it. Somebody
needs 1t. Somebody is going to need
it worse when the snow and cold come
Gather 1t UP and put 1t in a bundle.
The women of the charity association
will pass It on to Somebody.
1t gets mighty cold in Iowa along in
the winter. 1t wasn't uncommon last
winter to see a hardworking man go
ing without an overcoat. Coal and
groceries and rent and the children in
school took every cent and then some.
So he waited for the overcoat. There
are such cases. Those who take an
interest know about them. Put that
overcoat frayed about the sleeves into
the bundle.
Fix up a good bundle for the charity
women Take the overcoat the boy has
outgrown, the macldnac he isn't going
to wear this winter or ever again, the
girls last season coat also. the warm
dress she grew out of when she shot
up so" this summer, the underwear
that still has warmth in 1t but has
been supplanted by new in the family
the dozen things that are lying about
in the way and that still are yaluable
to Somebody. The women know
Somebody who can use them.
Do better. There's that pair Of
shoes that need little fixing. You'll
never wear them again. Spend few
cents having them fixed. Put them IL
the bundle. They'll fit Somebody.
Dig them out. Somebody's hah,
needs the sweater coat you laid away
when the last baby lost babyhood AMI
you wrote finis to family extension
Il isn't doing anybody any good wher'
it is. It would keep, little bundle o
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
BERWADDfS BUM STEER. {"
Waterloo imes-Tribune.

Mayor BerWald should have ex-
planned to the Michigan man that there
Is plentiful supply Of all kinds Of liq-
uors, at all times just a mile from
Davenport; that there are ferry boats
running: that there are good bridges
connecting the city Of Rock Island with
the city Of Davenport and that the
street car and taxi service - all that
could be desired. This would have ex-
planned lot Of things to the Michigan
man. He should know, II the mayor OF
Davenport wants to be fair with him,
that there Is every convenience at hand
for the drinker Of alcoholic liquors and
that commercial rivalry between the
cities on the banks Of the Mississippi
have a good deal to do with Davenport
overlooking the infringement on the
law. AS to the situation at Davenport
it is almost as IL the city had not closed
UP its bars.
But even at that there is question II
the mayors statement can be made to
hold. Naturally there would be whisky
and beer bottles about What are the
drinkers to do with them? The saloons
OF Davenport used to take them back
Drinkers used to drink the stun over
the bar, now they hold up the bottle
and let 1t run down their throats. Then
the bottles must be discarded. But, II
Rock Island were dry, what then would
the mayor have to say? The tale might
be a great deal different.
The Michigan man made = mistake
in writing to the mayor OF Davenport
He should have written to the mayol
OF Waterloo. or Cedar Rapids or some
place in Iowa not mile from wet ter
ritory The mayors Of these cities
would tell him story that would In
terest him. While liquor IL still shipped
| into these cities for private use, ye
there is little drunkenness and the stun
30 hard to get that habitual users O
liquors in the old days are forgettint
about it and things are getting bettel
and better with less and less demant
all the time. Waterloo people do no
] want d saloon back They were wet u
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
The CAMPAIGN FUND.

The campaign fund ia a free-will Of
fering made by people who would be
pleased to save the country at so much
per year.
Every four years the people decide
to vote on President and see II 1t will
raise the price OF fall pigs. A great
many people who do not own any pigs
hav% to be coaxed to the polls in an
automobile. and this requires a large
sum of money Therefore it is neces-
sary to have campaign fund which
can reach it's long. sinewy fingers into
every voting precinct and yank the
blase citizen to the ballot-box. also in
structing him how to vote en- route.
There was a time when campaign
funds were made up largely OF the
spontaneous contributions OF dsinter-
ested corporations, who had no inter-
est in the election whatever save In
seeing the old flag flourish. Some Of
the best corporations we have paid into
the campaign fund every four years
merely to keep the protective tariff
from being strangled TO death And
yet there are newspapers which de-
nounce the corporations and demand
that they be brought under the provi-
sions Of the quarantine act.
Nowadays the campaign fund is
provided by the docile and semiintel-
ligent office seeker. aided by the hope
full but parsimonious office holder.
This is why campaign funds are small
er than they used to be. No sooner
does a party worker get appointed
postmaster than he backs up under the
pernicious activity regulation and be-
comes harder to get money out Of than
a slot machine. When a man is look
ing for office he will contribute to
anything from an apron sale to open
plumbing for the parsonage. but after
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON
OLD ENGLISH.

When Chaucer lived there were some
other bards. with inspiration loaded to
the guards And there were highbrows
in that distant age. who looked with
scorn upon great Geoffrey's page. and
said. "Gadzools, he writeth middiing
fair. for one whose soul 10 OF afnatus
bare: as crossroads jingler he may cut
some grass, but who'll recall him when
ten years. shall pass7 II you'd read
verse Of great. majestic power. you must
peruse the gorgeous works OF Cover"
No, it is true that in G. Chaucsr's time.
the critics josled him for his )paltry
rhyme. and held that LAngiand, Of
Pliers Plowman" dope, had moderns
skinned beyond all hint Of hope. How
vain the judgment Of the critic clan!
They heap their laurels on some ton
cent man, and say his harp will never
be unstrung, while there are men to
read his native tongue. Their petted
poet crosses the divide, ana IL forgotten
ere he's fairly died. while som un-
known. who smarted meath their jeers.
lives in mems hearts through al 1.-The
rolling years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
The BANKING MILLENNIUM.

The superintendent of banks for the
state of New York addressing the Illi-
nois Bankers Association at Danvillo
Wednesday advised that the millennium
in banking could be assisted in our
direction by state inspection of private
banks and by insurance of bank de-
posts as distinguished from guaran-
tee of bank deposits.
Inasmuch as the Times Republican
long ago recommended an insur-
ance of bank deposits, the same as in
surance against fire loss this New
York bankers idea on that subject will
be of interest to readers Of this news
paper. He says:
On my mind one thought has been
indelibly impressed by the events of
these strenuous years following the
European cataclysm. 1t Is more than
a thought. II is conviction-the con-
Viction that some way must soon be
devised TO satisfy the depositors in
every bank OF state that their money
is as safe as a deposit in the United
States treasury. And our wise men
may be willing to accept the plan l
have already suggested of voluntary
contributions by members of state as
socia1ions to sinking fund TO in
sure that any depositor shall receive
his money If any member bank closes.
The associations control their mem
b@rshipS and can examine, if necess-
cary, any member, as the New York
Clearing House does. Such plan
represents sound finance. The increased
confidence of depositors will add mil
lions TO deposits, with the cost of the
plan paid for many times over. Pro-
lection TO depositors and profits to the
bankers will go hand in hand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
oRIcINAL NOTICE.

In the district court Of Iowa in and
FOR Marshall county. October term, =.
D.. 1916.
Lizzie A. Rewey. plaintiff vs.. George
Atwater, Thomas B. Abel, F1orenes
Abel Byrnes. Arvilla G.. Branch.
Fanny NJ. Branch, VIM. Branch.
William Branch, Edward p. Branch.
s. G. Branch. Samuel g. Branch. and
the unknown or known heirs,
spouses minors or insane persons
claiming by. thru or under said per-
sons above named or either or any
Of said persons and all persons In
terested or concerned In lot No.
twelce (12) in block No. twenty-one
(21) in the original town Of Mar
shall, Marshall county. Iowa, and the
unknown claimants Of said property
and a., persons having or claiming
to have an interest therein, wheth-
er known or unknown. sane or In
sane or otherwise incapacitated and
all unknown claimants Of said de-
scribed real estate, defendants.
TO the above named defendants and
the unknown claimants Of the above
described land:
yon are hereby notified that there
II now on file in the office Of the clerk
OF the district court Of Iowa in and for
Marshall county, the verified petition
OF Laxzie A. Rewey claiming Of you
that she 10 the owner In fee simple of
lot No. twelve (12), in block twenty
one (31) in the original town OF Mar
snail Marshall county, Iowa. That she
became the owner thereof by descent
and by purchase. That she Is In
formed that you have or make some
claim to the said property or portion
thereof but she AYERS that any such
claim Is junior and inferior to the
plaintiffs title and ownership. Thar
the nance and residences OF the un-5
known claimants referred to are un-e
known to the plaintiff ana that she
has sought diligently to learn the
same.
The plaintiff asks as relief that the
title to said land be Quoted and Scon-
firmed in her by decree of this court:
that the apparent defects In said title,
II any such there be, be corrected by
said decree and that you, said defend
ants and unknown CLAIM. and g &C 8:
OF you, be barred from at any time
making any claim adverse to the plain
tif's title in and to said real property
or any part OF It.
Reference is made to the original Pc
tition now on file. No personal judgs
ment is asked against any defendant
Now unless you appear and make
defense thereto at or before noon OF
the second day Of the next October
term Of said court. to be begun and
held at Marshalltown Iowa, on the
twenty third day of October 1915.
your default will be entered and q
decree rendered. thereon as prayed fsf
IN said petition.
Dated this twenty-first day Of Sep
TENDER, A. D.. 1916. i:' q!
LIZZIE A REWEY,
Plaintiff A
q BY w. n. HAMMOND.
Her Attorney.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
30 You Know That

1t is dangerous to put anything into
the mouth except food and drink?
Sanitary instruction Is even more
important than sanitary legislation?
The u. 8. Public Health Service is
sues free bulletins on tuberculosis?
The continuous liberal use of alco-
holic beverages lowers efficiency and
menaces longevity? 3.
Moderate exercise in the open mir
prolongs life?
Mouth breathing makes children
stupid?
s Fish cannot I'VE in foul water nor
man In foul air?
Smallpox is wholly preventabla?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05

flesh and blood warm. 1t might save
the life Of Somebody's baby. Put 1t m
the bundle.
II the reasonably good, warm cloth
ing lying useless about the attics and
in the closets OF Marshalltown homes
bulwarked safe against cold and want
were bundled up and given to serve
those who need it one Of the finest
and most satisfactory acts Of help and
charity will have been accomplished.
Make your bundle-Now.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
THE INJURED F1REMEN.

IWdlVTIUO OOuTltT.I
The whole city will hear with a pang
of regret of the serious injury of nine
of our firemen while attempting to ex-
tinguish fire Friday morning. But 1t
will not be slow to admire the men
who braved danger when duty called.
1t may have seemed bit foolhardy
to have entered a building where it
was known that high explosive In
considerable quantities was stored, but
the tried and true fireman is never
quick to place his own safety above
what he conceives to be his duty. The
tiremans occupation is filed with
hazards at all times and ne is so ac-
customed to facing perils that he
comes to regard them more or less
lightly. 1t is all in the days work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
Masonic Meetings.
Visitors always welcome

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, Mar
shall Lodge, No. 1oS, A F. & A. M. Fri
day, Oct. 8, 1880 p. m. Work in second
decree. John W. Wells, Secretary. b.
O. Frazey, w. NJ.
SicNET CHAPTER. No. -. r. A. M
Stated convocatton Monday evening,
Oct. l6, 1880 o'clock. Regular business.
Carl Shaffner, n. p; John w. Wells,
secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20. R. & S. NJ, Mon
day, Oct. 49, Regular business. l. T.
Forbes. Recorder. George Gregory. l. ~
STATED CoNcLAVE, St. Aldemar
Commandery, No. 80. X. T.. Tuesday
Oct. II. Regular business. l. t. FORBES
Recorder; H. c. Mueller, Commander
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81, Q. (.
S-Regular meeting for business, Weu-
nesday, T:s0 p. M, Oct. II. Eliza :: ba.
tin. secretary; Cora NJ. Mcdowell W..
NJ