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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
POULTRY MONEY EASY

There Is hardly any business that
viii give the owner the proportlonate
yields that poultry will. Frances
Blackburn, OF Riverview. Hillsboro
eounty. a member of the poultry clubs
Of her county started out this year
with SS hens and 2 ROSTERS. She now
has all the chickens she started with
plus 80 young chickens and has sold
t6121 more OF eggs and chickens than
her total expenses.
Frances did this without any I'M
usual effort. Doubtless she would
have done as much work with the
chickens had she not been a club
member. But, as club member, she
received instructions from her county
home demonstration agents, took
special pride in her work and kept
accurate records. Her expenses to-
tailed $34.S3.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
GETTING MONEY
FROM POULTRY
Florida Is Naturally Suited for the
Raising Of Poultry.

Florida Is naturally suited for poul-
try raising. or course, there are soils
too low or too wet, but such areas are
inconsequential compared with the
vast areas that are high and dry.
Poultry owners are asking how they
can increase profits. and beginners
with to start with facts that will save
them money, worry and perhaps fail
ure.
For this information ii is natural
that F1oridians should turn to their
state agricultural college, which has a
poultry specialist, DR.. n. w. Sanborn.
This specialist, a man of wide prac-
teal experience, is anxious to help
poultry raisers. The whole state is his
field. He emphasizes the following
principles:
/. Grow better chickens. Secure
purebred stock, which may be done by
buying purebred eggs for Matching.
Start baby chicks on sour milk. Use
care in brooding. Save early maturing
ones for winter laying.
e. Watch for diseases. In the sore
head season, the season of heat and
rain, put a pound of flours of sulphur
in every hundred pounds of dry mash
used. Best TO feed this to all hens and
chicks, all ages and sizes. The mash
win be less likely to mould or spoil and.
If sorehead does appear, 1t viii be less
severe. DO not stop the sulphur before
last of September. In case of a severe
outbreak, increase the sulphur to 3
per cent Of the mash. After two weeks
return to the smaller dosage.
s. Gull older layers in September
and October. The best layers should be
kept for one or two more years. The
poor layers cannot go to the pot too
soon. Good hens should lay until Oc-
tober anyway. But such hen is not
handsome. She Is dull OF plumage,
feathers are ragged and her beak and
shanks are pale. She has full red
comb, soft as velvet. Get rid Of non
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
PREVENT SOREHEAD
AMONG THE POULTRY

Specialists of New Jersey have es-
timated that sorehead costs the poul-
trysnen of that state $1,000, 900 a year
in egg loss. This disease breaks out
there in autumn when the pullets are
about mature, and when many of the
hens are laying.
Sorehead shuts of egg production
and retards the growth of the chicks.
Every year one or two dozen more
eggs would have been laid. had 1t
not been for the ravages of this
dreaded disease.
Investigation on SO farms of New
Jersey has shown big money losses.
On July 1, 1921, that state started a
campaign to stamp out sorehead.
During seasons of heat and rain,
take steps to prevent sorehead, for it
is always true that prevention is bet
ter than cure. During this season
place pound of hours Of sulphur in
every hundred pounds of dry mash
used. II sorehead breaks out, increase
this pound Of sulphur to three pounds.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
YARD FLOCK is
PAYING INSTITUTION

With eggs at 81 a dozen in the win
ter, as they have been for the past sew
eral years, the price seems prohibitive
to the average housewife.
With the newer knowledge Of the
nutritional value of milk and eggs, two
of the most important sources of the
essential vitamines, no family can at
ford not to include them in the diet.
Although 1t may not be practical for
every family to own a cow, it Is prac-
teal for most families in the small
town and for many in the city. to keep
q back yard flock of at least two lay
ing hens for every member OF the
family. These can largely be main
scraps Of food, says Miss Minnie
Floyd, poultry specialist of the State
college, Tallahassee.
A flock of ten puilets should pro-
duce at least 100 dozen eggs in year.
At an average of so cents a dozen
these would be worth $50, to say moth
ing of the satisfaction Of having strict
ly fresh eggs.
If one has not, or cannot secure pull
lets for fall mad winter laying, year.
old birds can be bought from some of
the commercial plants Of the state. or
from other breeders who do not wish 10
carry birds over a year old.
The State marketing bureau. Jack
sonville, is in position to put those de-
string to purchase in touch with breed
ers who can supply their needs along
this line
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
COOPERATIVE EGG
CIRCLES POPULAR
Since the Organization of Circles
Thousands of Dollars Worth Have
Been Marketed.

1t has been truly said Cooperation
Is the master word Of the new CEN
tury." People are realizing as never
before the necessity for and the adj
vantages of cooperation. Many books,
pamphlets, etc, are setting forth the
methods and advantages of co-opera-
ton, particularly for farm people.
We may have any number OF these
and yet we can do nothing II leader
ship is lacking. If, however, the CO.
operative spirit exists among neigh
bors. and leadership Is available,
community may safely undertake
many and varied lines of cooperative
enterprises.
Cooperative buying and selling
should appeal to farm people. Coop
erative egg circles give the farm wo-
men opportunities to realize greater
profit on their poultry work and lay
the foundation for other lines Of CO.
operation. Not only the producer Is
benefited by this method of marketing
eggs, but the consumer is likewise, be-
cause he gets guaranteed profit.
Since the beginning of egg circles
by the home demonstration agents OF
Florida five years ago. tens of thou
sands Of dollars worth of eggs have
been marketed through them FOL
cash." where formerly the farm peo-
pie were forced to take 'in trade
whatever price local buyers saw fit tc
pay.
Reports to date show that the high
est average sales to the person las
year were made by the women o.
Florahome, Putnam county. The mem
bership. Of less than 20 women, from
June 30, 1920, to June 80. 1921, sol'
10,290 dozen eggs, for which $4,53S.9
was received. Since the organization
of this club several years ago ever!
member has improved her flock till sh
owns only purebred chickens.
The largest report in the state iron
June 80, 1920, to June, 80, 1921, Is tina
Of the fernando county circle. The,
have sold 1904 dozen eggs 70
s5,295.34; and 1864 pounds of poultr
for $2,55s.34; total for the year Q
l$7S4S.6S.
For information in regard to tn
u Organization of egg circles consul
your local county homo demonstratio
agent or write to Miss Minnie Floyt
: poultry specialist of the state colleg'
} Tallahassee.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
Agricultural News Notes

producers in order that good layers
may have more house room and bet
ter chance at the bugs, worms and
waste on the farm.
4. Feed well. After culling, better
feeding gives more eggs from the Few
hens left than from all the first. Ari-
NAL foods is needed for hens to pay. II
there are only few hens in the flock
possibly they can get enough bugs.
etc. Otherwise meats must be added.
Clabbered milk can be substituted for
meat scrap. Do not feed too much
scratch feed (grain). Give more mash
(meat scrap. milk. etc., pound for
pound. than scratch.
5. House the hens well. They need
shelter from the winds of January,
from the rains of summer. and from
the attacks Of wild animals and thieves
at all seasons.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
CHTCRETX FROM
AHNS AND EGGS

. Are you a doubling Thn.
II comes to the value of club work ?
wen. L ySH are iffsRs eoaYiBfa expenses
by Rose McGrath, little club girl of
Florahome, Putnam county, and throw
no more cold water upon the efforts
OF those who support club work among
the boys and girls OF this state.
Rose had a few dozen single comb
white Leghorn hens at the beginning
of the present year. She has just as
many hens now, plus several younger
chickens. But that is not all. During
the first six months of the year she
collected S40S.69 from sales OF eggs
and chickens. Her expenditures for
that period amounted to s115.oS. This
left her a clear profit of $29361.
In addition to all this profit, Rose
has received $50 as prize money. Miss
Sarah w. Partridge, state home de-
monstration agent, and Miss Floresa
Sipprell home demonstration agent OF
Putnam county, are very proud of
Roses record as club girl.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
County Agents Reports


HOLMES CT. ]. Sechrest): The first
hale OF new cotton this year was
ginned and sold August 20 for IS IL
cents. Several bales OF last years crop
have recently been sold for ten and
eleven cents.
WALTON Ct. w. Mathison)s We
have just organized a county farm
bureau with a large membership
There are local organizations already
in practically every community Of the
county nus - ~. .,..S.-,,r
agricultural development this wear
Car-lot shipments of farm produce Ia
date Is 400 percent in excess of al o.
last year. Poultry products have in
creased at least 800 percent since last
year.
GADSDEN Cd. J.. c,azasYoeIU: The
community service club of Gretna is
raising money for school Improvement.
Much tobacco Is being sold now.
LIBERTY (A. w. Turner: Many OF
my corn club boys are field selecting
Beed corn for next years crop
SANTA ROSA q. G. Hudson): We
shipped our second carload OF sweet
potatoes this week, the farmers getting
k1.10, net, for4 them. DR. Sanborn, ex-
tension poultry specialist, has been do
Ing some good work here this week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
PAYING POULTRY
FARM In MARION

In the lake region of Marion county
there is a paying poultry plant. It
Is not large, in acres or numbers of
birds, but It more than supports
family. Ten years ago Its location
was waste land, over-run by range
cattle, according to DIR. ". w. San
born. extension poultry specialist of
the College Of Agriculture, University
of Florida.
Nine years of occupancy has seen
the land fenced, partly cleared, and
there Is now eight acres of beautiful
bermuda pasture for the chickens
Twenty small poultry houses shelter
the thousand layers which labor IL
months out of the year. There IS a
small brooder and incubator house. a
shed for the family horse, as well as
abundant room for repair work and
for storing grain. No money has been
wasted. However, everything really
needed to run a paying poultry farm
| IS there.
| This is purely poultry farm. Ex-
cept for q splendid home garden and
small patch In which is grown a
little feed, no crops are attempted.
Practically all grain is bought, and
all scratch and mash feeds are mixed
on the farm. However, regardless OF
this fact, the farm can be called a
successful one. Feed Is bought in half
and whole tons, good quality and at
carefully located markets.
1t Is a clean farm. When the brood
ing season is over the machines and
rooms are left spotiess, and the house
is closed till needed in autumn. The
little egg packing room is kept free
from litter and odors.
How many hens on this farm? Ar
average of 1000 the year round. How
many chicks reared? Enough TO re-
place third of the flock which are
sold each year because of theis -IarsrfII
ing an unny,eR1se OF $50 to each OF
| nc 1onO s--ts a year, or 10000. What
~oes It cost to feed one OF those hens
a day. About half a cent. Price of
eggs sold? The lowest per dozen
price last year was 30 cents, and the
highest was s5 cents, shipped at buy
er's expense and risk.
DR.. Sanborn thinks this Is perhaps
the cleanest and best managed one
man poultry farm he has ever seen in
Florida, and he says IL closely APP
proaches his ideal. But OF course.
there are many other good ones in
the state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-29
CAUTIONED AGAINST
ENTERING The SLO
Machine Blower Should BE Turned on
TO Get Rid of Deadly Gases.

Turn the machine blower on and
leave 1t on for at least two minutes
before anyone is permitted to enter a.
partly filed silo. Unless this rule is
followed, the. result is likely to be-
dead men, says the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
Annually fatalities occur among
farmers and their helpers as a result
of the workmen entering half filled
silos after the deadly carbon monoxide
gases have had a chance to accumu-
late directly above the freshly en-
SLED corn. A few days ago two ILL.,
nois farmers were killed and another
was rendered seriously sick by silo
gases which are almost as dangerous
as the poisonous mustard gases used
during the recent war. In this in
stance. one of the farm workmen
entered 50-foot si1o which had been
half filed the previous day. Some
time elapsed and when he did not
come out, another of the hands as
cended into the silo. Neither reap
peared, though the other workers
shouted to them repeatedly to come
down.
err finally climbed into the siIo. He
also was Immediately overcome by
the poisonous fumes and only the fact
that others followed him, forced open
the extra silo doors and carried him
into the open air saved his life. The
| two other men were sufrocated i'm
mediately.
Each year number OF accidents
of this kind occur, due largely TO
carelessness and ignorance of the
proper methods of graduating the
dangerous gases The preventive
measures are simple and efficient and,
] where they are followed, there is no
danger.
/ No workman should ever enter a
| partly filled silo, after the ensiled corn
has had an opportunity to develop
/ poisonous carbon monoxide gases over
night, until the machine blower has
been started. The fresh air diIutes
and scatters the obnoxious gases tc
the extent that they are rendered
harmless. After the blower has beer
operated for two minutes, II is per-
fectly safe for the workmen to enter
j Another precaution which should be
practiced religiously Is not to wedge
the siio doors into place until they are
needed to prevent the waste of this
ensiled corn. Many farmers follow
the practice Of placing most of the
doors befors any great amount OF
corn is cut and deposited in the silo
This prevents free circulation of ali
through the silo which, in turn, op.
crates to favor the accumulation o.
carbon monoxtde and other deadl,
silo gases.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-09-09

tImidly she gave her hand 20 Mr.. Biggs.
Its just the right Dress" he said.
at goes SO well with your hair. I'm
glad to see you. l have never seen q
girl like you In my life. I'm going to
come and see you often, IL your
mother viii let me-"
A blush spread over the girls
cheeks to the pretty dimple at the
point of her chin.
"Youll see her scampering up the
ladder like a squirrel" said Mrs. Kel-
so. "She isn't real tame yet"
perhaps we could hide the ladder, I"
he suggested, with a smile.
EDO you play on the aute9" BIN
asked. u asssa
"No," said Mr.. Biggs.
II was afraid" BIN exclaimed. "ldy
Uncle Henry does" She looked into
Mr.. Biggs' eyes.
BIr. Biggs laughed. SThat smile Of
yours is very becoming" he said.
At this point Mr.. Kelso returned
with his gun ON his shoulder and was
introduced to Mr.. Biggs.
81 welcome you to the hazards Of
my flreslde." said Kelso. $50 you're
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tation on the one life lie of COM
merco upon which large scale relief
work on the lower Volga can depend.
FOOD MAY DEPEND
ON FUEL
1.-THE iron rails of Russia have
disintegrated with neglect and traf-
fic. The great Russian waterway
will be open for at least two months
more. And the fuel long used in
the Volga steamers and tugs is Pc
troleum and its by-products, prin-
cipally masut, a thick residue from
the refineries. Fuel and food are
Intimately connected in any plan of
Russian relief on the lower Volga
and the wastage of petroleum in
Baku is matter of deep concern.
Before the time of the Saracens,
Baku was noted for it's natural gas
and sacred fires. At Surakhani,
where, from the days Of Zoroaster to
1879, the colorless flames of naptha
gas were never extinguished, tenn
pie of the fireworkshippers, built
in the time of Marco Polo and re-
stored in the time of Shakespeare,
can still be seen, although the light
ing of naptha gas is no longer al
lowed here or on the waters of the
Caspian at Bib Eybat. Firewor-
shippers on pilgrimage to Baku in
the days just preceding the American
Revolution had the tradition that
the fires of Surakhani had begun to
burn soon after the flood and that
they would continue to burn until
the end of the world.
when, in 636, A. D., the Arab
hosts appeared In Persia and fire
worshippers became Moslems under
the sword of the Prophet. large num-
j, bers Of Zoroastrians fled to India
Their great tombs of Silence on the
slopes of Malabar hill in Bombay
where loathsome Vultures await
their gruesome opportunity as con.
sumers of cOrpeses, stand as pres,
ent aand remindes of political and
religious forces which removed the
Parsis from their ancestral homes
and placed them in control Of mod
ern finance at the gateway to India.
The modern city of Baku is 6
combination of the new and the old
of the East and the West. Since
the establishment of the Azerbaijar
republic and the selection of Baku al
Its capital, some changes have beer
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Of the North, who cared not d fig for
the property rights Of a Southerner.
The stories would travel like FIRE In
dry grass.
So, swiftly, the thoughts Of men
were being prepared for the great bat
tie lines of the future. Samson saw
the peril OF It.
AS they rode along young Mr.. Biggs
complained of pain and Samson made
a sling Of his muller and put 1t over
the neck and arm Of the injured Biggs
and drove with care to avoid jolting.
For the first time Samson took care
full and sympathetic look at him. He
was a handsome youth, about six feet
tall, with dark eyes and hair and 9
small black mustache and teeth very
white and even.
In New Salem Samson took him to
Doctor Aliens Office and helped the
doctor in setting the broken bone.
Then he went to Offut's store and
found Abe reading his law book and
gave him an account of his adventure.
"Pm both glad and sorry" said Abe.
I'm glad that you licked the SLAYER
and got the negroes out of his reach.
I reckon I'd have done the same IL ]
could. I'm sorry because 1t looks to
me like the beginning Of many trour
bles. The whole subject Of slavery Is
full Of danger. Naturally Southern
men will fight for their property, and
there is a growing number In the
North who VIII fight for their prin-
ciples. If we all get to fighting,
| wonder what win become Of the coun.
try. II reminds me Of the man who
| found a skunk In his house. His boy
was going after the critter with .
club.
"Look here, boy he said, when
| you've got skunk in the house, it's q
good time to be careful. You NIGH
spyle the skunk with that club, bui
the skunk would be right certain t.
spyle the house. While he's our guest
l reckon wen have to be polite
whether we want to or not"
That evening Samson set down th'
events Of the day in his book anC
quoted the dialogue in Ohut's store II
which he had had part. On the frs
Of February, 1910, he put these word
under the entry:
81 wouldn't wonder II this was tn
first trip on the Underground rail
road"
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cOpyEAght Irving naehsGlss

"'You stay there TIL get away an
yOu'n be safe said he.
1.-THE man looked dewn and swOre
and shook his fist and threatened us
with the law.
mfr. Nuckles rode close to the wood
shed and looked up at him.
"'My brother. | fear you be not q
Christian he said.
"He swore at the minister. That
settled him. 4 reckon he better stay
thar till he gifts little O. Gods grace
in his sOul.' says the minister.
'"Then he says to the dog: PontO,
you keep i'm right thar
1.-THE dog appeared to understand
what was expected Of him.
"The minister got on his boss and
hltched him and took OF his coat and
put It on the ground.
"'What you gOin' to dor says.
'Mef says the minister. I be
gOin' to rassle with Satan for the soul
o. that ar man, an II you keep watch
reckon you'll see at the groundll be
scratched up some fore GIT through
"He loosened his collar an knelt on
his coat and began to pray that the
mans soul would see lts wickedness
and repent. You could have heard him
half a mile away.
''Mr. TrayIor drove or with the
damaged SLAYER settin' beside him and
the saddles boss hitched to the rear
axle. / see my chance an before that
prayer ended / had got the fugitlves
under some hay In my wagon and start
ed on with them on my way to Liv-
ingston county. could hear the pray
In until got over the hill into Canaan
barrens. At shutdown left them In
good hands thirty miles up the road
In a frontier newspaper Of that
time 1t Is recorded that the minister
and his dog kept the SLAYER on the roof
all day, vainly trying with prayer and
exhortation to convert his soul. The
man stopped swearing before dinner
and on his promise not again to violate
the commandment good meal was
handed up to him. He was liberated
at shutdown and spent the night with
Brimstead.
''Who is that big sucker who grabbed
my friendT the stranger asked Brlm
stead.
Ellis name Is Samson Traylor
Comes from Vermont" was the an
swer.
"Tf he don't look out Liph Biggsl
kill hlm-certain."
Samson spoke not more than dOzeI
words on his way back to New Salem
Amazed and a little shocked by hi
own conduct, he sat thinking. Ate
all he had heard and seen, the threa
Of the young upstart had provoket
him beyond his power OF endurance
The sensitive mind Of the New Eng
lander had been hurt by the story 0
the fugItives. Upon this hurt tn
young man had poured the turpentin
of naughty, imperial manners. Tn
more he thought OF 1t the less incline
he was to reproach himself for hi
violence. Slavery was relic OF al
Client imperialism. It had no right
free America. There could be q
peace with 1t save for little tim
The Missourians would tell the
friends of the lawless and Violent me
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SKIES LIGHTED BY
FAMOUS OIL REGION

Washington, D. C.-The skies
above Baku are once more iIluminat-
ed by the eternal fires Of the worlds
most famous oil region. Near the
spot where Zoroastrian or Parsi
priests guarded the sacred flames
which burned for more than score
of centuries. eighteen modern wells
are now ablaze; according to press
dispatches. What this great natural
waste means is brought out in the
following bulletin from the Washing
ton, .. c., headquarters of the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
''If American relief work Is in
augurated in South Russia and If
arrangements can be made with the
new governments of the Caucasus,
the race between charity and staFva-
ton may be run largely with Baku
OIL" says the bulletin. Already
the white nights OF north Russia are
beginning to wand and the ice which
coats the Neva early in the fall will
soon be creeping down the queen Of
Russia rivers and stopping transpor-