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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

interior of the house. especially in the
cracks and crevices, is an effective
means of killing mites. If kerosene Is
used it is necessary to continue to
spray every 10 days or two weeks
throughout the warm weather. The
effect of crude oil or wood preserva-
tive is much more lasting.
Inasmuch as lice spend a greater
part of their time on the fowls, the
most effective treatment is that which
is applied directly to the birds. The
cleanliness of the house, however, Is
of equal Importance if the lice are to
be gotten rid of entirely. The two
most practical methods of fighting lice
are busting or using paste or an oint-
ment. Provide good dust box con-
tanning mixture Of road dust or wood
ashes and allow the hens to dust them
selves. busting the hens by hand Is
effective and is especially recommend
ed for setting hens and fowls that are
very much infested with lice. A good
homemade dust or louise powder is
made by mixing together one and one
half pints Of gasoline and one pint OF
crude carbolic acid with four quarts
Of plaster Of Paris. Allow it to dry.
crush to a powder, and work it well
into the feathers by hand.
One Of the most effective ointmentS
used to destroy lice is mixture OF
equal parts of blue ointment with vase
line or lard. Mix these ingredients
thoroughly and apply small portion
(about the size of a peal to the top
of the head, under the wings, and
around the vent.
NOte-Blue ointment should not he
used on Matching hens and small
chicks.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

portance should be attached to judy
ment based on the appearance Of the
comb alone.
The best way to deal with such hens
is to feed them heavily to fit for mar
ket. Many of them will begin to lay
when they regain flesh and lay well
for a few weeks or months. They
should be kept as long as they lay,
feeding we'll all the time; but sold
or killed as soon as they stop laying
again. They are not the kind to keep
over.
A hen that is very fat at this season
is a poor layer without question. One
that is very thin and poor now may
have laid well through the winter and
spring, but unless the poultry keeper
is conscious that shortage of feed is
to blame for her poor condition, it is
safe to conclude that her best laying
days are over.
Judging Layers by Pelvic Bones.
The width between the pelvic bones
when considered in connection with
other points of structure and condition
is a fairly reliable index Of marked
differences in the laying capacity Of
fowls. Good width in this region is
generally associated with sufficient
breadth and depth of body to give
the "double wedge shape" which is
often called ''the laying type"
To be a good layer hen must have
body capacity for vigorous vital and
digestive organs and also for a con-
siderable number Of eggs in process Of
formation. A little careful observation
will enable one to Judge marked diff
ferences in laying capacity, as these
affect or are affected by structure Of
the body quite as well by the form Of
the bird as apparent to the eye as by
actual measurement of the width Of
the pelvis. The latter, however, is Of
greater service in determining whether
a hen is laying at the time of ham
ding for in the same hen the width Is
greater when she is laying than when
she is not. This is natural differ
ence, the body being more distended
when carrying eggs and the bones Of
the pelvis separating more when hen
IS in that condition to give easy pas
sage when the eggs are extruded.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

In the Poultry Yard.


Uniform products command the
best prices. Pure-bred fowls produce
uniform products.
Removing the male bird has no in
fluence on the number of eggs laid by
the hens.
Infertile eggs will withstand mar
keting conditions much better than
will fertile eggs.
The free use of an effective lice pow
der is always in order.
Plenty of exercise increases the egg
yield.
The hens greatest profit-producing
period is the first and second years,
and unless hen is an exceptionally
good breeder she should be disposed Of
at the end of her second laying season
and before starting to mott.
If possible, mark the pullets that lay
in the fall and use them in the breed
ing pen for the following spring.
Soft-shelled eggs are often caused
by fowls being confinedA becoming
overfed, and from lack Of mineral mat
ter.
Feed the chickens about five times
daily and only what they will eat in
few minutes, except at night, when
they should receive all they want.
All diseased birds should be isolated
Immediately.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Sand and Gravel Piled on Subgrade
Ready for Use on Experimental Con-
crete Road, Chevy Chase, Md.

OSsS ssS0Oe SsSvy ~"ASSt s''~s
certainly true that the French had
the best roads in the world when the
war broke out and that the men and
supplies which checked the first Ger
man rush went forward largely by
motor. It is also true that break
down of all transportation facilities
prevented Russia from effectually mo-
bilizing her tremendous resources.
There is now federal Office Of good
roads. operating under the federal
road act, whereby the government ap-
prOpriates funds for roads, provided
the states in which the roads are to
be built will appropriate similar
amcunt. This gives the government
the power to recommend the improve
ment or building of certain roads and
to disapprove the improvement OF
building of others. It may exercise u
sort OF advisory and mildly compul-
sorry power toward the establishment
of q unified national system Of roads.
But this power, it is argued. is by no
means sufficient in an emergency like
the present. What is needed is the
power to form definite plan for a
system of national highways, and the
funds to carry that plan into execu-
ton as rapidly as possible.
For this new national system of
highways must not only be thorough
~ cO-Ordinated, but must be radically
different from that of most of our
present roads. The failure of these
latter is largely due to the fact that
roads which sufficed very we'll for the
traffic Of light pleasure cars and farm
ers' wagons will not stand up under
the strain Of heavy truck traffic. A
truck highway, to meet the require
ments now being laid upon it. must be
a paved highway with concrete base.
Such a road is very expensive to
build; it costs from $4,000 to $4,000
mile.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Frog as a Barometer.

Take small frog and put him in a
jar nearly half full of waite: Set in
the jar a little wooden ladder. so ar
ranged that several Of its rounds pro-
ject above the level of the water. II
fine weather be in prospect. the freq
will climb up the ladder out Of the wa
ter; at the approach Of stormy cOr.!i-
tiOns he will retire beneath the su--
face
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

STUDY NEEDS OF LIVE STOCK
Dairvmen and Stock Raisers Are Cau-
toned to Feed Only Balanced
Ration to Animals.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
In order to save feed-tO see that
none of it is Observation-Disclosures and
live stock men should study the needs
of their animals and see that only the
required feed is given in a balanced
ration. This is particularly impor-
tant at the present time, since an in
crease in feed and more live stock
are needed to supply the needs of this
nation and the allies.
To reduce the problems involved In
the selection of feeds on the basis OF
their nutritive value-which are meas
ured in terms of protein, carbohydrate.
and fat cOntents-in order to make
them apply to everyday feeding, has
not been simple. In bulletin re-
Gently issued by the United States de-
partment Of agriculture tables are
given which make the balancing Of
rations a simple matter of multiplica-
ton and division. It is explained that
protein, carbohydrate. and fat con-
tents of feedstuff are not the only
factors affecting it's feed value. Pro-
teins differ in their nutritive quail
ties, while some substances not in
cluded in the classes mentioned are
necessary to the proper maintenance
of the bodily functions. The palata-
bility and succulence OF a feed has
much to do with it's value as feed.
Many feedstuffs have physiological eff
fects entirely apart from their nutri-
tive qualities. A ration may be per-
fectly balanced from the standpoint of
relative content of protein and en-
ergy producers, and yet be quite i'm
practicable, the specialists point out.
because it is too bulky or too con-
centrated. Consideration of a feed
stuff or a ration based only on chem
ical composition, therefore, is to be
taken merely as a guide, it is ex-
planned, to be followed in the light of
all the knowledge obtainable about ami
NAL nutrition.
The selling price of feed is not
reliable guide to its relative feeding
value. The carbohydrate feeds-corn,
oats, barley, kafir, and various others
and the protein feeds-cOttOnseed
meal, tankage, and brewers grains
are found on the market at various
prices. The feeder desires to know,
with certain given prices, which is
the cheapest feed to buy-the true
value of a bushel Of oats, rye, or bar
ley for feed when corn is worth so
cents a bushel. He wishes to know
the value of ton of brewers grains,
linseed meal, or bran when cOttonseed
meal is worth $50 ton and corn 81
Il bushel. BY the use of the tables
presented in the bulletin, which show
comparative costs based on nutritive
values, these questions can be an
swered.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
SPEED GOOD ROADS BUILDING
Federal Supervision Of Nations High
ways Is Being Urged-MiIitary
Value Is Shown.

A few days ago big government
mOtOrtruck stuck hard and fast in Il
rut on the road between Washington
and Baltimore. A commercial truck
tried to get around it from one direc-
ton and another government truck
from the other direction. Both OF
these also stuck. Soon this over
Travelled road. for q mile each way.
was jammed with squawking cars and
trucks. All traffic was stalled for the
better part of day, with the result
that war work was delayed, suburb
antics were late to dinner and thirsty
Westinghouse were unable to reach
the Maryland oasis.
This incident is no special discredit
20 the Maryland rOau builders. The
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. road was not
built for the amount and kind of traffic
it is now bearing. The same is true
If many other highways in all parts of
The country. More and more motor
trucks are taking over what used to
oe "short haul'' railroad freight. And
the short haul that is accomplished
by motortruck has gradually length
ened from ten or fifteen miles until
aow much freight is carried 200 miles
In trucks.
Such facts are the basis of a drive
being made on congress for legisla-
ton to empower the federal govern
ment to unity roads of the country into
q comprehensive system and to spend
the money necessary to make the
roads adequate to meet the new re-
quirements. The federal government,
it is claimed by proponents of the
plan, must do the work, because u
central authority is absolutely neces-
sary to the perfection of a national
system of roads.
The federal government should
spend the money, they say, because
their military value makes the roads
q great national asset. This military
value of good roads is already shown
by the dependence which the govern
ment is placing upon them for the
moving of troops and supplies. In Eu-
rope it has been even more cOnvinc-
ingly demonstrated. 1t has been said
that good roads saved France and the
lack Of them defeated Russia. It is
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
VALUE OF BACKYARD FLOCK
Average Size Should Be at Least Ten
Hens to Produce 100 Dozen
Eqqs a Year.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Here are some safe figures about
what can be expected of backyard
flock. Each hen in her pullet year
should produce ten dozen eggs. The
average size of the backyard flock
should be at least ten hens. Thus
each flock would produce in year 100
dozen of eggs, which, at the cOnserva-
tive value of 25 cents dozen, would
be worth $25. But the 100 dozen is
more important than the $25.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

FOR LICE AND MITES
Unless Parasites Are Controlled They
Have Marked Effect on Number
Of Eggs Produced.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
Poultry raisers should be on the
lookout for lice and mites, for they
get buster than ever with the coming
of warm weather. Unless they are
controlled at this season they will
have a marked effect on the number
Of eggs produced by laying hens. and
the number of chicks raised. POul-
try houses should be thoroughly clean
ed, whitewashed, or sprayed with kero-
sene or kerosene emulsion at this sea-
son. The hens should also be provided
with a good dust box. and insect pow
der should be busted among their
feathers.
Mites usually stay in the cracks Of
the henhOuses and under the rOOsts in
the daytime, where they lay their eggs.
At night when the fowls 60 to roost
the mites come out of their hiding
places, attach themselves to the fowls,
and feed by sucking blood from the
birds. To get rid of them the houses
should be cleaned and sprayed thor
Oughly. including the nests, the drop
ping boards, and roosts. The poultry
house that is kept clean and has plen-
ty of sunlight and ventilation is usual
iy free from mites. Immediately after
cleaning the house should be white
washed or sprayed. An effective white
wash is made by shaking one-half peck
of lime in 20 gallons Of water. Add
one pound Of salt, previously dis
solved, and two quarts Of crude car
bolic acid, or one gallon of stock dip,
and apply the mixture with Il spray
pump or brush. Kerosene, crude oil,
or some good preventative manufac-
tured from coal tar. sprayed about the
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Happiness That Satisfies.

Happiness is never more real, more
satisfying. than when founded Oh clean
heartedness. The poSsessOr Of a clean
conscience sees more beauty in the
world around him, because he looks
through clearer eyes. He has faith in
his friends. because it is so easy for
the one who is straight himself to be-
lioye the same of others. He gets the
best out OF life because lie unconscious
~ attracts it.
Right living, by whatever name you
may call IT, :,as it's own reward right
here on this earth OF ours.-Girls' Com
naniOn.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
RAISING CALVES FOR DAIRY
Young People Can Help by Caring for
Young Animals-Task Is Made
One of Pleasure.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
In the calf club an effort has been
made to centralize the energy of the
boys and girls in raising and caring
for dairy calves. The objects of the
calf club are many the chief one, how
ever, is to develop in the boys and
girls desire to engage in live stock
husbandry and at the same time teach
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Camp Fire Hints.

A camp fire Tor cooking will burn
C;th steady glow if Z small bag of
charcoal is added to the wood after
II las Il good start. One successful
c.,nlner builds lis fire in a small trench
;:,o,., is inches long and Il few inches
', .I-:..l. :j"rp. Two fiat stones placed
uc:os, i,lc .".' for the frying pan and
kettle give IN even heat. Meat. pOta-
toes. corn and apples cnn be roasted
ty holding them over the fire on the
euds Of green, pointed sticks. IN old
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Asbestos Clothino.

The fire fighter who would be prop
erly dressed for his work wears COM
plete outfit. from leggings to hood and
gloves, of asbestos cloth. The mineral
lends itself wonderfully to the weaving
process. it's fibers being soft and pill
able. The fabric woven from asbestos
is very firm. Not only the fireman. but
other places where one is exposed to
intense heat, will favor the use of this
material.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

them the value of thrift. Many plans
Of organization have been used in these
clubs, but the best one seems to be
a plan that provides for the calf to
be raised by the boy or girl and event
ually added to the milking herd of the
parent. In this way the juniors are
instructed in all the essentials of the
raising and caring for calves and dairy
cows, instead of the care of the dairy
cattle being task it becomes u pleas
ure. The extension department of the
state colleges and also the department
Of agriculture assist in this work.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
TURKEY FEED NOT EXPENSIVE
When Being Prepared for Market in
Fall It Is Worth While to
Supply Some Grain.

About the only expense for feed for
the turkey is during short period In
the fall when they are being fitted for
the market and as they bring quite n
little more per pound than any other
kind of meat raised on the farm it is
well worth while to feed we'll during
the fattening period.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
GULL GROWING PULLETS

A flock of growing pullets
nearly always contains a c0nsid-
cradle proportion of birds very
much under size or in other
ways poorly developed. Most
poultry keepers are inclined to
keep these until the flock is
culled at maturity. 1t is much
better to Gull them out as soon
as they are marked as conspicu-
ously backward.
In war time, with feed scarce.
press Of other more important
work is the only excuse for let
ting them remain. They will
never make a profit, and the
sooner they are eaten the less
will be the loss. Even where
f0raging is good it does not pay
to keep them. 1t is much better
to let the good pullets have all
the feed.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

Duck feathers sell at 40 cents per
pound; goose feathers bring double
the amount.
One reason why more attention h
not given to poultry raising on the
farm is that few records are kept as
to the income the fowls are bringing.
Seventy-five per cent is about the
average hatch by a hen, and so per
cent by an incubator. Poor machines
and careless and inexperienced opera.
tors are the causes of the difference.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
PQfpKRYM1S

Poultry manure contains 2.43 per
cent of phosphoric acid, 2.26 per cent
potash, and 1926 per cent nitrogen, as
ammonia and organic matter.
In 100 parts of the y0lk, So per cent
is water, As per CENTS oil and fat, and
1 per cent each of albumenoids, color
Ing and mineral matter.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Milk After Deino Drawn.

After the milk is drawn no time
should be lost in strainIDg, cooling and
covering the milk, as the longer it Is ut
a high temperature and open the more
likely it is to be contaminated With
undesirable bacteria.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
DUAL-PURP0sE animal TYPE
Breeds While Others Prefer to
Develop Beef.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
AS there has been q constant ten
dency for some breeders to incline
more to the dairy type of animals,
while others prefer to develop the beef
tendencies, there has been, and prob
ably always will be, a wide varia-
ton in the types of dual-purpose ami
mails.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Value OF Manure spreader.

During the next few years the ma.
nure spreader will justify it's exist
ence more than ever before. All
stable waste should be spread over
the land before any of its fertility is
lost.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
OId-Fashioned Idea.

The Old-fashioned idea that round
eggs would hatch pullets. and long or
pointed eggs cOckerels, is entirely
without foundation.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

In order to keep in the best of cOndi-
ton, cows must have plenty of pure
cir, light and clean stables.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Normal EQQs Favored.

Normal eggs are almost certain to
produce chickens which will lay nor.
NAL eggs. while the reverse is eQuullv
true,
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Dairy Cow Needs Rest.

Every dairy COW, in order to give the
best results, requires a rest of six
weeks or two months between lacta-
| tons.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

A potato digging machine of English
invention uses q revolving brush to
cleanse the tubers of earth.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06

newspaper is useful in starting the
fire, and plenty Of matches should be
ut hand.-WOrld's Chronicle.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-06
Prenare Rut%er n. M..L>%

Butter for market should be in
prints. wrapped in parchment paper,
and inclosed in paraffined cartons.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-24
ALBERT BAST0N
: MADE CAPTAIN
Cousin of Local Woman is
Again Promoted-Twice
Decorated.

Much interest Is taken in the pro-
motion Of Lieutenant Albert P. Bas-
ton, who has recently been commits
stoned captain in France after recov
ering from wounds received in the
battle of the Marine at Chateau Thier-
ry about July 10. He also was dec
Grated for bravery on two occasions.
once by the French and later by Gen.
eral Pershing. ID
Although Captain Baston has been
released from the base hospital, he is
physically unable to do trench work,
and it appears from his letters that he
is connected with police and guard
duty.
Albert P. Baston is known particu-
larily well in this city by students who
have attended the University of Min
nesota, as he is a graduate Of that in
stitution and was captain of the ''U''
of Minnesota football squad for two
years.
He left for overseas with one of the
first marine detachments the year he
graduated, 1915, and since that time
has seen considerable warfare and
has taken part in many famous bat
ties.
Captain Baston is a brother Of Mrs
E. j. Severson, S6S Belmont avenue,
and was a member Of the All-Star
American football team at one time.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-24

''The bearer, John Doe, having
agreed to remain away from all pubs
lie gatherings OF any nature, and In
every way to avoid contact with per-
sons living outside the limits Of this
post, is granted entrance into the
post" &
There are now eight serious cases
Of pneumonia in the hospitals, re-
ceiving constant attention. The in
.fluenza epidemic, it is hoped. is en-
tirely over and regular class work
and drill are being resumed gradu-
ally.
Deaths Last Night.
Garfield Bye of Grafton, who had
been i'll since Tuesday Of this week,
died at the university last night: he
was a graduate Of the high school at
Grafton and was only 10 years old.
Private Floyd Austin Fuller of
Pillsbury, N. D., a member of the vo-
cational section of the s. A. T. c. at
the university, succumbed to an at
tack of pneumonia yesterday after
noon after being i'll for several days.
Private Fuller was 81 years old.
Gust Anderson, 621 First avenue,
died in one of the hospitals last night,
pneumonia brought on by influenza
being given as the of death.
Mr.. Anderson's family is reported to
be i'll at their home.
One child died last night, Helen
Evelyn Smith, four-month old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Smith, 307
Cottonwood street. Mrs. Smith and
her 12-year-old daughter are said to
be seriously i'll. Funeral services for
Helen Evelyn were held from the
home his afternoon.