Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-12

which all of 1t Is taken in considera-
tion, occurs down by the spring, or on
the fallen logs before the country
church hour, at the school commence
ment, at the picnic, around the courf>
try, or at the mill gathering places.
No, they are not giving their entire
time to discussing you or thinking
about you. With good many people
you will only cross their minds occa-
sionally; but then it will be on account
of some story, some remark or some
incident, and all these things will have
their effect on the vote that goes in
the box. So be careful, gentlemen, and
watch your step.
Raising Chickens.
'Tt is not worth while to try to raise
chick unless NJ Is whole to start
with" said John z. jackson, the we'll
known proprietor of Shady Nook Poul-
try Farm, to Views and Interviews,
the other day.
Mr.. jackson was in town on busi-
necs, and incidentally remarked that'he
had just destroyed about twenty-five
or thirty chicks out Of hatch of more
than hundred in his incubator some
days previous. s.&
4 or course Views and Interviews
wanted to/know something about It,
and Mr.. Jackson gave him some inter-
esting Information, E.'. 4
For quite a while after we began to
devote more attention to chicken rails
ing he said, I'VE, which means my
wife and me, used to try to save and
raise every chick that came out Of the
shell with life in it; but we don't dc
that any more. We found that 1t does
not pay. Unless the chick Is whole
as to body and limb. we found that it
is best to just pull it's head off at once.
Of course, If you care to devote lot
Of time and care to these imperfect
chicks you can. make something out
Of them; but it never pays. They are
not worth the trouble, and no matter
what you do, you can't make good
chicks of them. One big trouble is that
the weaker .ior deformed chicks can
not thriye with the stronger ones. The
others, are too vigorous and quick in
taking such food as may be thrown
out, sand the weaker chicks do not
stand any show in competition with
the strong ones. BY the time. you have
raised one of these imperfect chicks to
frying size. you not only have. an in
ferier chick; but 1t has cost you more
thansa good chicken would be worth:
Asked as to why there should be a
large proportion of imperfect chicks In
an incubator hatch, Mr.. Jackson said
that he was not sure about the cause
of the trouble, - but he had a theory
that he thought might be pretty nearly
correct In the first place, he wanted
1t Understood. that the per centage. of
inferior chicks was not always neces-
sarily large. On the contrary, a really
poor hatch is the exception rather
than the rule. But the trouble, he
thinks, arises out Of the Introduction of
too much air along about the time the
piping Of the egg is going on. A rea-
sonable amount of air does not hurt at
any other time, provided the eggs are
not allowed to cool below something
like 1o1 degrees; but exposure to air Of
even a minute or two during the pip
ping stage is likely to result in imper-
feet chicks and when the chicks are
imperfect, it is just as well to destroy
them at, once, rather than go to lot
of trouble that does not pay in the long
run. !, , .'
.,..." Stevenson and the Bonus.
"A couple Of ex-soldiers who favor
"a bonus for soldiers were, standing in
the lobby of the Carolina hotel in
Rock Hill Wednesday afternoon talk
ing to Congressman. Stevenson who
was taking things easy and awaiting
the coming of Col. c. L. Cobb who
was to take him out to Ebenezer
where he was to deliver the Memorial
Day address. ..''
Conversation finally came around to
the action of the recent York county
Democratic convention in adopting
a resolution favoring the adjusted
compensation plan of the American
Legion. which resolution was adopted
by a two-thirds majority.
A grouchy looking travelling man
was seated in a chair next to Mr.
Stevenson and looking up from his
magazine he observed that he shad
been almost everywhere; but he had
never seen anybody yet who favored
| the bonus for soldiers. .,.
'"Just look at us chirped the two
veterans and the travelling man look
cd and wasn't much impressed be-
cause his countenaHce displayed great
er evidence of gout and opposition t
| the measure. .,
We'll" drawled Mrs Stevenson, "
was against the bonus measure So
long as it appeared that every person
was to take his own individual losse.
on account of the war. / paid $500 o
my salary out for taxes on account o
it and I didn't compain.
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