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Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Artificial Lights Will
Encourage Fowls to Law

hen will lay a dozen eggs more
per year if given lights in her house.
This is shown in records kept on 100
poultry farms in New Jersey last win.
ter, where lighted and unlighted f1ocks
were compared.
w. Il. Allen, poultry specialist at
the New Jersey College of Agriculture,
describes the three best methods of
lighting as follows: ''the evening lunch
plan"-turn on t! = lights at o'clock
for one hour; 'the morning lighting
plau"-turn on the lights in the morn
Ing and at a time that will allow the
birds twelve hours of daylight; "the
combination plan burn the lights
from 6 a. m. until daybreak and from
sunset until 6 p. m. Each of these
methods has proved satisfactory.
Electric lights are the easiest TO regu-
late, but gasoline or oil lanterns may
be used.
Good feeding practices must be fol-
lowed when lights are used or the
flock will get thin and sometimes molt.
Fourteen pounds of scratch grain
should be fed to 100 layers, feed 8
to 10 pounds in a deep, dry litter to-
ward evening. This will insure against
any possibility Of the layers going to
roost without filed crop. The other
four or six pounds should be fed about
s a. m.
Mash must be kept before the birds
at all times. A good mash to feed is
the New Jersey dry mash, which con-
sists of equal parts by weight Of wheat,
bran, cornmeal, -four middlings, ground
or rolled oats and meat scraps. There
should be at least one linear foot OF
mash hopper space for every eight
birds.
One hundred pullets laying 35 eggs
day should eat approximately 25
pounds Of feed a day. IA pounds Of
scratch feed, 10 pounds Of mash and
some miscellaneous feed such as semi
solid buttermilk. mangeIs. sprouted
oats. or eabbages.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Hen-Releasing Trap Nest.

AS she passes through, the door drops
again and closes the entrance When
she has laid she notices the opening
at the back Of the nest and passes into
a different pen or alleyway. AS soon
as she does so she raises this back
door, which is hung from the top on
hinges, and string which passes
over two spools lifts the front door
and resets the latch, so that another
hen may then enter the nest.
The only objection to this method
of trap nesting hens is that 1t is not
possible to know which egg Is laid by
any one hen, but it is possible to know
which hens are and which are not lay
ing in the flock; and the hens can be
credited with the number of eggs they
lay, so that the poultryman may know
which are the most profitable birds
and can select them for the following
years breeding flock
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Star Boarders Are Now
Found in Some Orchards

Campaigns against star bOarders
are no longer confined to dairy herds
and poultry flocks Orchards are next
on the list, says the Michigan Farmer.
To Gull all star boarders from an
orchard, the most efficient way is to
keep tab on individual trees. Such
records, experience has proven, will
quickly point out the improbable
trees and varieties.
One Ohio man who has started to
keep records on the individual trees
in his orchard, using the record
blanks and instructions provided by
the extension folk, finds that some
trees show a gain of 1895 on market
value over production cost, while 9th
ers in the same orchard show a loss
of S2.05 in a year. These figures do
not include harvesting and marketing
costs.
OF the AT trees in this farmers or
chard. 102, or more than 25 per cent,
showed a loss.
Orchardists who keep such individ-
ual tree records, the specialists in
horticulture point out, can readily
pick out the star boarders. Then they
can topwork these to desirable va
rieties, or else remove them to make
way for young trees Of profitable va
rfeties adapted to the locality.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Keeping Feed Trough at
Proper Level by Chains

A nearby neighbor who feeds a car
load OF steers each year-ha had trou-
Bile In keeping the feed troughs at the
proper level, writes Earl Rogers in
Power Farming. For inside feeding he
has devised series of chains made Of
links about six inches long and sus-
pends the feed troughs from the beams
of the covered feed lot.
As the manure piles up during the
winter he has only TO adjust the rack
by hooking the chain one link higher.
When the shed is cleaned out the
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
QL\\IL Try
TRAP NEST TO TELL
PROFITABLE FOWLS

One of the principal objections to
the trap nest generally employed where
individual records of hens are desired
is that too much time is required to
take the hens out Of the nests and re-
cord their achievements, says Orange
Judd Farmer. Many farmers and
poultrymen who would like to know
which hens are profitable and which
not, in their fiocks, will therefore vel
come such nest as pictured herewith.
AS will be seen, the nest is an ordi-
nary box. The front Is provided with
a very light door made of a shingle or
other light wood, and swung on pivot
from the top. Near the middle Of the
right-hand side Is shown a little bar,
also pivoted where 1t touches the door.
Toward the lower end Of this little bar
is a notch, which as the door is lifted
engages on the latch on the side
below.
When the hen enters to lay she
lifts the door and disengages the latch.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Learn Eyeiid Talking

Detectives in Canada are being
taught code by means of which they
can communicate with one another by
dropping, raising or other movements
Of the eyes, and also how to talk Sc
cretly by means of finger touches, by
twisting of a cigar, lingering of mus
tache and twiddling fingers behind the
back. This is being done so that they
can transfer their thoughts when in
the presence of criminals or prisoners.
It is declared that communication
with the eyelids can be as rapid as the
ordinary man typewrites. = Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Soy Bean Hay Good for
Breeding Eve in Winter

Soy bean hay is good for wintering
breeding ewes. But it is better yet
when efficiently combined with alfalfa
hay, says John NJ. Evvard, chief in
animal experiments at the Iowa ex-
pertinent station.
Where soy bean hay replaces alfalfa
hay entirely, 100 pounds of it saves
1O4 pounds of alfalfa hay and 10
pounds of corn grain, total of ia
pounds. The Introduction Of "A
pound of soy bean hay into the ra-
tion Is found to save sc pound Of
alfalfa hay and "a pound Of grain
daily per eve. On this basis the feed
ing Of 100 pounds Of soy bean hay
saved 76 pounds of alfalfa hay and
40 pounds of corn grain, total Of 122
pounds, In recent tests.
A good practice in Mr.. Eyvard's
opinion, If both alfalfa and soy bean
hay are available. IS to feed a oombi-
nation Of them along with corn Stage,
some grain and some salt.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Miles
wisconsln-Troy Center through ME-
Miles Of Paved Streets
in American Cities Big

If the paved streets of 29O leading
American cities-which in the first na-
tional census Of city paving ever made
in this country have reported officially
their paving yardages last year TO the
Asphalt association IN New York
were merged IN a single great high
way eighteen feet wide that highway
would more than twice encircle the
globe. The survey the results u
which have just been announced
shows that with an average of
eighteen feet Of width, there are 56-
97ss miles OF paved streets iu Amer
lean cities of 10000 or more poDua-
ton. This mileage by far exceeds fhat
Of almost every other country in the
world
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
ORCHARD
GLrANINGS
MOIST, COOL SOILS
BEST FOR CURRANTS

In order to have currants bear choice
fruit and plenty of it, plant the bushes
in moist, cool soil. Clay loan, or even
stiff clay, is good for currants. Some
| shade is not Objectionable, hence the
reason why currants do so well in
orchards as an intercrop. 1t is well
to remember, though, that they may be
little hard on trees.
If they are set out on good soil, and
properly cared for, dozen plants Will
be sufficient for the average family.
Don't set them along a garden fence
and let the grass and weeds grow up
among them, says a writer in the Sue
cessful Farming. Work plenty of good
barnyard manure into the soil before
and after setting the bushes.
The bushes should be set four feet
apart in the row and the rows should
be six feet apart. Shallow cultivation
is best, because if you cultivate too
deeply you viii injure the roots.
Ashes, manure and sawdust make very
good mulches. Confne the mulch to
the hills and within the row and cult
vate between the rows.
Two and three-year-old bushes pro-
duce the most and best fruits. On
older wood the fruit is likely to be
much smaller. Hence the urgent need
of pruning out the old wood.
Four to eight main stems must be
left to bear fruit. Nip back the new
shoots in the summer when they are
about eighteen inches high, as the
fruits are borne near the ground.
The bushes will winter in all places
except where there is a very severe
climate without protection.
The worst insect pest on currants
is the currant worm. This worm will
eat all the leaves from the bushes in
a few days. To kill these worms,
spray the bushes with white hellebore,
using one teaspoonful to a gallon of
water. This material loses strength
from standing, so be sure you are
using fresh powder.
Mildew is the worst disease of the
currant. The leaves become covered
with a white mold and dry up. To
prevent this, spray the bushes with
bordeaux mixture when the leaves ap-
pear, and repeat every two weeks, I'M
til the fruit sets. Then substitute po-
tassium sulphide for bordeaux mix
ture, using half ounce to a gallon of
water.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
2 llDE
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TOO GREAT OVERHEAD
CAUSES PIG FAILURE

Not all who try to raise pigs make
success Of it, in spite of the fact that
most persons think pigs will raise
themselves One reason for failure
with hogs, the New York college. Of
Agriculture at Ithaca points out, is too
great orerhead expense. Sometimes,
for example, too elaborate and expen-
siyc Buildings are provided. The
buildings must be dry, free from draft.
light, and well ventilated, but only rea-
sonably warm. When a raiser goes
beyond meeting these requirements in
his hog quarters, he Is piling up ex-
pense on which he cannot realize
profit
Another thing which brings up the
costs, Is buying all the feed required
and making no use of waste products.
Some farmers seem to think hogs
can be proftably raised without pas
ture In some cases perhaps they can,
but the farmer who attempts pork pro-
ductlon without sufficient pasturage,
such as alfalfa, red and sweet clover,
dwarf-essex rape, or fall wheat, suffi-
Client to allow an acre for every twelve
to eighteen pigs, is setting himself
handicap against the farmer who does
have adequate pasture.
Unsanitary quarters likewise have
a part In throwing the balance to the
wrong side Of the ledger. Uncleanli-
cess Is likely to cause lice, cholera,
worms, and rheumatism.
Failure to study market demands,
and then feeding and breeding to meet
these demands, are also listed as rea-
SONS for lack of success with swine.
Again, "know 1t all' attitude has
caused many farmer to refuse to
take advantage of information regard
Ing the Requirements Of hogs.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
ASK MOTORISTS TO
PAY FOR HIGHWAYS

(Ry ROY D. CHAPLIN. Chairman Highways
Committee. National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce)
Highway engineers of the United
States have carried their task forward
to point where the public can now
obtain a visual demonstration of re-
suits in every state in the Union. At
the end of 1918 there were 125 miles
of completed federal aid projects In
the country. Since then projects
amounting to 29,772 miles have been
completed, 1913 miles are under con-
struction, and an additional 5000
miles have been approved for con-
struction.
Virtually all Of this work has been
done on those main highways which
constitute the selected federal aid
system of per cent of the highways
Of the country, and yet the funds so
expended from both federal and state
sources are less than one-half of an
nual expenditures made for rural high
way purposes.
The other funds have been expend-
ed, first, under state jurisdiction on
the secondary roads, and, second, un-
der county and local supervision, on
the county and purely local roads.
The net result is that as we swing
into 1924 there are approximately
100000 miles of highways in the
United States on which there has
been some degree of improvement
from those of sand-clay up to the
heaviest and most durable roads
known to modern engineering. The
total mileage of all types of roads In
the country is 2,941 .294.
This achievement, which gives us a
mileage Of improved roads almost
four times as great as all of the roads
in the United Kingdom, has been at
tanned just in time to take care of
the swelling army of motor car drivers
and it will be only by a continuation
of the present program for the next
ten years that we can finally arrive
at a completed system approximating
the needs of highway traffic.
The principal problem to the stu
dent Of highway transport is that Of
how an undertaking of this size is to
be financed, requiring as it does, and
will for a decade, an annual appropria-
tion of at least $1,OO0,OO00O0 from ma
tional, state and local sources.
The answer has been obtained, in
part, through conferences between Off
cials of the American Association of
State Highway Officials, the National
Automobile Chamber Of Commerce,
the Investment Bankers of America
and the bureau of public roads.
The chief points were that all who
benefit from highway construction
should join in paying for them, that
maintenance of the interstate and
state systems is justifiably chargeable
against the motor user. that highway
expenditures should be based upon
budgets and should not be out of line
with other public needs, and finally
that depending upon the comparative
stage of the highway program, long
term bond issues should be voted to
provide for immediate construction of |
the principal systems which must in
eyitably cost the public less to build |
and maintain than to go without
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
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Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Feed Rack Held Up by Chains.

links come down. This keeps the
steers from getting into the feed racks
as they will do if they can. 1t also
provides a good place for the fatten-
ing hogs that follow the steers to stay.
Pieces of 2-by-4 are stuck through the
links Of the chain at the proper height
to keep the steers from getting their
front feet in the rack, yet these allow
the steers plenty of space to get in to
eat.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
E,leoprage Brood Sows 10
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Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Important to Grow More
Legume Hay for Animals

The Important thing, not only for
sheep grower bur also for the pro-
ducef of cattle and horses, Is 10 grow
more leeume hay and Less timothy.
The fefdlDg value Of timothy Is not .
great deal higher than fhat of good
ost straw, while az the same lime u
" = barder crop on fbe sol fhap any
lesVpet
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Important Requirements
in Winter Care of Hens

The important requirements IN the
care Of the fowls 10 the winter are
that they should take sufficient exer-
else, have sucoulent food, and be sup
piled with some form of protein, such
as skim milk on beef scraDs, 20 take
the place of the Insects which they
consume lp the spring.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Wisdom Justified

Governess- old is person who
was born in 1894?
The Modern Child-Man or woman7
London Opinion.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
"DANDELION BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for 90 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
of 'DandeliOn" for 30 cents.-Adv.
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21

And some people even seem to be
proud of the fact that they have moth
ing to be proud Of
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Records Give Wisconsin
Longest Concrete Road

Where are the longest continuous
stretches of concrete roads?
A recent search of highway records
gives Wisconsin the honor with 90
miles. The contestants are from every
section of the country and show how
the good-roads movement is being car
ried out.
Nfi1es
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21
Will Your Family Be Happy This Spring?

If yours of the few remaining families lacking
automobile doubt you have finally decided to
within the four months.
owprced modern automobile like the Chevrolet has be-
indispensable to the family of ordinary income.
million other families easily that the better
with Chevrolet The beauties the interesting
and educational features of other places and of living
remain things read about dy cold photographs
until free them and pleasure
suppose have definitely decided buy Chevrolet
this spring This does necessarily going
get Anyone posted conditions in the automobile business
will tell that thousands of families going be unable
this spring This has been almost spring
for the There of making
getting your Chevrolet for when the flowers and bamy
breees of spring lure the roadbuy it
order il
If you do pay for it in full this time,
Chevrolet dealer will suit convenience
You will be surprised learn how easy it is pay for
Chevrolet and use it while you paying for it.
Please realize these statements made by good faith
and what about the possible difficulties
of getting delivered this spring wait until
then order it. The only way be of Chevrolet
this Spring is to order it NOW
Shoshone journal., 1924-03-21

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The Washington times., 1924-06-13
DEATH CLAIMS
D. R. NkEE,
WRITER
Veteran Journalist Was One
of Gridiron Club Founders.
Funeral" Tomorrow

David Richie Mckee, eighty.one
years old, one Of the founders of
the Gridiron Club, and a former
head OF the Associated Press. Blu
reau in Washington, died today at
his home, 1882 K street northwest.
Mr.. Mckee was born In Wheel
ing, West Virginia, September II,
1S42, the son Of Redick and Eliza
Richie Mckee. He spent his school
days in California, and was chief
deputy United States marshal In
that State for two years.
After spending a year and half
travelling In Europe, he came to
Washington, as correspondent OF
the San Francisco Bulletin, to which
he regularly contributed under the
signature of 'Ritchie" for fifteen
years.
Entering the employ Of the Asso-
ciated Press in 1867 ne was in
charge Of It's congressional reports
until 1882, when he was appointed
manager Of its Washington bureau.
He retired in 1893.
He married Frances Dunn, the
daughter Of General William Mckee
Dunn, u. S.. A., May IL, 1874. Mr..
Mckee is survived by his children.
Lanier Mckee, of New York: David
Ritchie Mckee, jr., and his grand.
children Elliot Bates Mckee and
Frances Dunn Mckee. Of this city.
Mr.. Mckee was a member of the
Washington National Monument
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politan and Chevy Chase Clubs.
Services will be held at the fam
lily residence, at 1882 X street to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery,
with the Rev. Doctor Wallace Rad.
cliffe officiating, will be private.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
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The Washington times., 1924-06-13
FLORIDA MAN LOSES
$40 MATCHING PENNIES

Professional ''penny-matchers last
night swindled Nal Altman, of Wan
chula, Florida. Of $40. he reported
to police.
Altman declared he was met at
Uuion Station by two men, who in
vited him to play a game Of penny
matching. He consented after some
persuasion BY the time he left
them, he said, he was out $40.
Police admit they have bean
powerleSs in apprehending the two
men, who have worked a similar
game on more than q score Of visi-
tors to this city before.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13

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The Washington times., 1924-06-13
ALBANIAN REBELS READY
TO SET UP GOVERNMENT

LONDON, June 13.-Albanian
revolutionaries, who now hold all
their country from the Jugo,Sav
line to the Greek frontier, are pre-
pairing to set up a provisional gov
eminent, according to information
from Belgrade.
The Albanian legation admitted
that, the rebels have occupied
Tirana. the capital. The revolu-
ton, 1t was said, is practically at
an end, with the government forces
in flight.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
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