The Republican journal., 1918-11-14

| Ellis can testify for we had them the day
she was here. didn't count them, but |
| think she must have eaten at least a
dozen.
| During the summer we made various
other things, among which was ice cream.
We made strawberry ice cream, robbing
Mrs. Miller's garden for the berries
About the time we began to eat people
appeared from all directions but we had a
plenty for all.
The housekeeping was done chiefly at
home, although we got plenty of practice
in dish washing at our meetings. l am
sure we all enjoyed our seasons work as
well as increasing our knowledge of cook
ing and housekeeping; we surely "Hoov-
erized" for we did not leave crumb
Most of US will try it again next year
when we ought to do better work after
one seasons training. AS we had to use
substitutes it was more difficult to make
things and have as good luck as we other
wise would, but by using these we did our
Streeter, Brooks.
This is Uncle Sans corn. We CON-
menced to plow my piece May 18, 1913.
We got along very well until we got
about in the middle of the piece, then
what do you suppose happened? Why!
we struck "Kaiser Bill'' in the shape of
rock. We had to stop the horses and dig
him out and put him on drag. 1t took
pair of horses and a pair Of oxen to haul
him. We took him and dumped him in
the brook. The water washed over him.
l wish the German Kaiser was there too.
We finished blowing in little while,
then narrowed it lot. Every time the
harrow would strike a rock it would
squeal as if some one was pulling pigs
ear. l had quite time narrowing the
hole in where ''Kaiser Bill' came from,
got done narrowing in little while. One
day papa and planted it. 1t grew very
fast. When it was about inches tall
Jack Frost made a visit to me. He bit
off some of my corn. He helped himself.
too. | planted some over. 1t grew very
fast. 1t got cared out pretty well, when
the horses got out one night and got in it
and ate some. All went well until one
day the oxen got in the plot and destroy
ed two rows. Then all went we'll for
while then the cows got in to the plot
and ate some of it. Then in about a
week 7 picked the corn. 1t turned out
pretty well, guess. l had husking bee
one day. We had a good time husking
corn. We threw husks at each other l
sold my fodder for SIS. 90 to papa. | hope
everybody had good luck in raising corn
and other vegetables and | hope that Jack
Frost wont make so many unexpected
visits next year.-Mark r. Shibles, aged
IL years, Knox Station.
Although it was later than the time
specified in the contest rules could get
no setting hens until April 10th. On
that day | set two hens on thirteen eggs
each The eggs which got from neigh
Dor were supposed to be of the White
Wyandotte strain.
The nests were in the barn chamber
where nothing could disturb the hens.
They were made of h1y and thoroughly
disinfected with lice powder. The hens
were also sprinkled freely with the pow
der before being placed on the nests
During the day time a screen was placed
over each nest and was removed later in
eat and exercise.
At this time l had the measles, so could
not tend the hens myself and the eggs
were not tested. On May 7th they began
to hatch. At the end of the day two
chickens had Matched and the next morn
ing one more. This was all that ever
hatched from twenty-six eggs. All the
others were rotten. However, as the
chickens seemed very healthy l thought
them well worth raising.
The first week fed them on bread and
water. After that made up dry mash
consisting of cracked corn, oat meal and
meat scraps This seemed to be what
the chickens needed and they grew fast
As the weather was cold the chickens
| stayed in the barn chamber for two weeks
then put them out of doors in a small
chicken coop. They were fed three times
day and had fresh water at every meal
tried fastening the old hen but she would
get away or become tangled in the string,
so let her 60 and the chickens had free
range over all the farm.
AS the chickens grew larger it became
evident that there were two White Wyan-
dotte cockerels and one Rhode Island Red
pullet. After they were about nine weeks
old l began feeding them wholly on crack
ed corn, keeping supply where they
could get it any time, also fresh water by
! them. About Sept 18th one of the cock.
erels disappeared. l was unable to find
the cause. That left me one cockerel
and one pullet On weighing them Octo-
ber 14th found the cockerel weighed five
pounds and the pullet four pounds.
This makes my poultry venture un-
profitable to the amount of one dollar and
thirty four cents (Sl.34. But next year
mean to try poultry raising again, and
by following the instructions more care
fully l hope to have better success
RUTH LEMAN, Liberty.
| During the latter part of last winter
! Mr.. Donahue of the University of Maine,
! the leader of the Waldo County Agricul-
tural Clubs, spoke at one of our Boy
Scout meetings on the different branches
of his work and at that time the pig club
appealed to me, as the Belfast Board of
Trade would lend seven dollars, secured
by note to be paid in the fall of this
year, and if the pig died of disease the
note would be Cancelled.
In week or so Joined the Dig project
club and after receiving some circulars
on bow to select and feed pig begun to
look around for Berkshire wrote and
telephoned number of places, but the
nearest could find was Berkshire and
White Chester cross, which bought of
E. II. Knowlton, Belfast. On Nav list ]
made pen, took bag and got my pig, a
black and white affair weighing is i-2
lbs and 4 weeks old, being born on April
4th.
That night put down to him thin
slop made from 100 lbs. feed flour. Is lbs.