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Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
GOOD SUGGESTIONS
FOR WINTER LAYER

The successful poultryman knows
that the winter eggs are the profit
able eggs. He knows, too, that to
secure a constant supply of eggs dur
ing winter the laying hens must be
kept comfortable. The condition of
the poultry house al this season is
therefore of great Importance.
IA hen that uses up the food given
her to keep her body warm cannot
be expected to lay many high-priced
eggs" says Prof. D. S. Weaver Of
the department Of agricultural en-
gineering at the North Carolina State
college. "We should look to the con-
dition of the poultry house and see
that there is plenty of litter on the
floor; that the walls are tight to
prevent drafts and that we have win
dows to admit light and air. These
are requisite for heavy production
Of winter eggs"
Professor Weaver states that the
windows should open on the south
side of the house and should be
equipped with curtains so that they
might be raised during the day to
admit sunlight and air and closed
at night to keep out the cold.
Longer working days for the hens
may be secured by installing cleo
trio lights, states Professor Weaver.
An automatic switch may be used to
turn on the lights before daylight in
the morning and after sundown in
the afternoon. Such a switch will
save lots of trouble and add to the
egg production when the proper
amount Of good feed RS supplied.
"Nor should we forget that hens
like plenty Of water in winter" says
Professor Weaver. "This water should
be ice cold bat fresh and pure each
day."
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Field Mice Will Injure
AnV Young Orchard Tree

Field mice do lot of damage to
young orchard trees every winter. In
addition to putting wire cloth guards
around the trees and scraping away
any trash that may have collected
about the trunks, a fruit grower
should poison these pests. This can
be done by the use of strychnine on
wheat and oats. A little of the poi
soned grain is put by each tree and
then covered with shingle or board
weighted down. If one edge is propped
up the mice will find the bait but the
birds and chickens will not be able to
get at it.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Variation in Production
of Milk Due to Feeding

Dairymen are often puzzled as to
the explanation Of why two COWS of
the same age breeding, and under
similar management vary so widely in
milk production.
In study to determine the under
lying cause of this variation the dairy
department of the Missouri College of
Agriculture kept exact feed and pro-
duction records of two COWS of similar
breeding 1t was found that the COW
producing the largest amount of milk
and butterfat consumed a great deal
more feed than the COW producing
only a small amount of fat. From
this it is concluded that the underly-
ing reason for the variation in the
milk production Of cows is due to the
difference in the amount of feed they
are able to consume and use above
that required for maintenance. Both
cows were equally efficient in digest
ing the feed which they received. In
other words, a COW is a large pro-
ducer because she is able to consume
a large amount Of feed above the
maintenance requirement and uses
this feed for the production of milk.
This, of course, means that a COW
must have a large udder containing a
large number of cells which secrete
milk. On the other hand, the small
producer has a small capacity for feed
and also mammary glands.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Seed Potatoes
Need Treating
Farmers Agree That Is Thing
to Do, Even With Ger
tilted Spuds."

What Is going to be done about
treating seed potatoes for the coming
season? There is no doubt as to the
advisabilfty of using certified seed"
Practically every farmer who has
used such seed in the past will agree
that 1t is the thing to do in the fu-
ture. However we have too many
farmers who buy certified seed
and do not treat them before plant
ing. Regardless Of what kind of seed
you buy or where the tubers come
from it is we'll worth the time and
money expended to treat before plant
ing. Although the seed are certified,
it is still possible that scab. Sclerc-
tium wilt, and powdery scab can come
in unnOticed. Seed treatment wtll
control these troubles, says DR.. w. D.
Moore, extension plant pathologist at
Clemson college, who adds that the
control of a small amount of disease
now may prevent a large amount Of
loss In subsequent years.
Corrosive Sublimate.
Use corrosive sublimate for treating
your seed. 1t can be had at any drug
store in tablet form, or can be bought
In the crystalline form. Make up
l to 1000 Zone part corrosive sub
Innate to 1000 parts of water) solu-
ton, which is equivalent to four
ounces of corrosive sublimate to 30
gallons of water. Use wooden bar
rels or cement tanks for this work.
This material is deadly poison. so
keep children and all animals away
from the solution.
Method Used.-Treat each batch Of
potatoes for one and One-half hours.
The potatoes may be treated in bags
or crates. After treating batch OF
four bushels, add enough water to the
barrel to make up the original volume
and then add one-half ounce of corro-
sive sublimate to keep up the
strength. This can be repeated about
four times, each time after treating
a batch of seed. Because of the dirt
that gets into the solution new bar
rel should be made up after this. Aft
er treatment the potatoes may be
dried and stored or else planted i'm,
mediately.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Plain Preaching

Local people, boost your town run
1t up, instead of down.
Boosting is the thing it needs If 1t
prOspers and succeeds.
All it's benefits are yours while your
dwelling here endures.
From purely selfish view, boost
ing is the thing to do.
But there's still another side-that
OF having civic pride.
Citizens must every one lend hand
and get things done.
Never knock; it doesn't pay; boost
ing is the better way.
Do not kick, but boost, instead
that's the way to get ahead.
This Is how to build your town
talk it up, but never down.-By the
Booster Of the Triton (Ga) Gazette.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Prevent All Drafts in
the Incubator Cellar

To get good hatch Of strong chicks,
It is essential to have the incubator in
The right kind of room, properly ven
:ilated. advises the poultry department
Of the New Jersey agricultural expert
ment station. A room that will hold
an even temperature of 60 to 70 de-
grees is as important as having an in
cubatOr that will hold a temperature
Of 103 degrees.
If an incubator cellar is used. il
should be large enough to provide for
the future expansion of incubator ca
pacity. A yelling eight feet in height
is preferred, as it permits a layer of
air to circulate over the machine and
provides room for the expansion tank
and other fixtures found on most incu-
bators. The length and width of the
cellar, Of course, will depend on the
size Of the incubator to be used and
the number Of machines to be placed
side by side. AS a rule, an inside
width Of II feet is ample for single
machine and % feet if two machines
are placed side by side. Have windows
(three-light cellar sash) on each side.
Place them approximately eight feet
apart if the building or room is 23
feet wide, and ten feet apart if II
feet wide.
While the incubator cellar is most
commonly ventilated by opening the
windows, this method has serious OBJ
jections. 1t is rapidly being replaced
by the indirect method which provides
plenty of fresh air at all times with,
put drafts.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Preventive Measure in
Dealing With Diseases

Several years ago sheep producers
of the corn belt became convinced that
If they were to grow sheep profitably
they must rotate their pastures in or
der to prevent worms from injuring
their flock. In more recent years the
hog producers have adopted a similar
plan in order to avoid many of the
diseases that cause loss. At present
poultry producers are beginning to
realize that many of the diseases that
are causing heavy flock losses can be
prevented by following plans similar
to those adopted by sheep and hog
men.
Most heavy poultry losses can be
traced to the fact that the birds are
raised on the same ground year after
year without paying attention to the
prevention Of worm infestation or
disease infection.
DR.. Charles Murray, Iowa State col
lege, who inspects the sick poultry
sent to Ames by Iowa farmers, is re-
sponsible for the statement that coc-
cidioSis is the cause of a large per-
centage of the loss among young
chickens, especially among those that
are over two weeks of age. In out
lining the trouble, Doctor Murray lays
particular emphasis on the need of
preventive measures in dealing with
the disease.
In all poultry diseases prevention is
the best cure. Birds are small and
difficult to treat individually.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
FARM NOTES.

Don't scrimp the ewes this winter
on account Of the shortage of rough
age.
Do not let the work horses lose
weight during idle time in winter but
avoid feeding too heavily.
Animal products are high in pro-
tein and must be fed to supplement
the grains in an egg producing ra-
ton.
If combs are frozen thaw them out
with snow or cold water, then apply
petroleum grease once a day for sew
eral days.
Feed ration that is adequate rs to
both nutrient and mineral content, and
producing germs.
Moistened mash is a good force feed
for the pullets. Add just enough water
to make it crumble, and feed all they
will clean up. Feed it in the morning
or at noon.
Every possible effort should be made
to prevent birds from catching cold.
Running of the noStrils is usually a
forerunner to swollen eyes, roupy
condition. canker and diphtheria.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Form of Milk Pail

The form of milk pail used in milk
Ing is an important factor in eliminat-
ing contamination of the milk. The
Geneva station found that ordinary
12-quart pals to which had been SOL
dered covers with oval openings 5 by
~ inches, were most satisfactory.
These covers we're sufficiently convex
40 that the entire inside Of the pail
could be easily observed and readily
cleaned. Their height was only 1914
inches, so that they could be COM
fortably used in milking short-legged
or heavy-uddered cows.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Corurn11ritu
y B,,ildinq' :
Painted Bricks Make
for Cellar Don1pneSs

One of the biggest mistakes made
brick, or brickwork around their
houses, is to paint over this material.
If paint is put on bricks in a home
1T may mean damp cellars. The tenn
perature of a cellar Is seldom the
same as outdoors. In the summer it
is cooler and in the winter 1t Is warm
er. The difference in temperature on
either side of the bricks, added to the
fact that the larger part Of the cellar
wall is beneath the ground, makes for
dampness within the basement.
Except after a beating rainstorm,
the outside of the bricks will not be
damp, because the constant circula-
ton of air outside dries them. Inside,
the air is more stagnant. The damp
ness gathers on the bricks, and, as
bricks are porous, soaks into them.
If the bricks are unpainted this
dampness is drawn out of the bricks
on the outside, and evaporates, with a
resulting dry cellar. Paint these
bricks and the lead in the paint will
fill the pores of the bricks and pre-
vent the dampness from escaping from
the bricks to the outside, and that
will mean damp walls in the cellar.
It is far better to leave the bricks
their natural red and to know the
dampness of the cellar has some
means of being absorbed into the out.
er air.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Pruning Most Essential
to Produce Good Fruit

Pruning is needed to produce good
fruit says r. Fl. Roberts of the horti-
culture department at the Wisconsin
College of Agriculture.
Pruning of the young orchard tree
is needed to secure well-balanced
top, which will produce uniformly
good fruit in old age" maintains this
fruit expert in a newly published bull
letin on the subject. "After the first
few seasons little attention need be
given to pruning for the form Of the
tree, but much attention is usually
needed to keep the tree highly pro-
ductive."
According to Roberts, when the trees
begin to bear heavy crops, the annual
growth is much reduced especially on
some of the branches. Differences in
rate Of growth of trees determine
their fruiting habits. He advises the
fruit growers to watch the kind of
wood that bears the best fruit, and
then use pruning as a means of get
ting the whole tree, and all the trees,
like this good wood.
Roberts claims that it is much easier
to keep tree in good vigor than it is
to revive it after it is in a weakened
condition. If undesirable growth and
fruiting conditions are to be avoided,
it is necessary to know what the fruit
ing possibilities of the tree are in ad-
vance of the trouble.
There is no iron-clad pruning 'sys-
tem,' which can be followed Expert
ence shows that no one treatment
gives the best results" he claims.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Cave Husbands Refuge

Eastbourne,, England, can hardly
boast an interesting ecclesiastical his
tory, and the most famous of it's old
time parsons seems to have been Jon
athan Darby, says the London Post.
PafsOn Darby had been somewhat un-
fortunate in the choice of a wife. and
to repair the mistake sought peace for
study and meditation in a cave in the
cliff at East Dean. In this retreat he
stayed all the week, out of range of
Mrs. Darby's tongue, and issued forth
only on Sunday to conduct the service
in church.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Prevent Bacteria in Milk

1t is a common practice with some
dairymen to brush their cows just be-
fore milking. In a study of this prob
lem it was found that there was uni
forrnly higher number Of bacteria in
the milk drawn from the COWS which
had just been brushed than there was
In the milk drawn from the cows which
were MIXED before the brushing was
done. These results are not surpris-
ing to those who appreciate the fact
that the hair and skin of the COW nor
mally carry very large numbers Of
bacteria.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
To DeUelop the Arms

Stand erect, stretch your arms out
forward and clench the fists tightly.
Holding your arms as stiff as possible,
bend wrists outward and inward Is
times, with precision Of movement.
Next, holding your arms in the same
position and clenching the fists, twist
the forearms as far around as pos
sible, first one way, then the other
Repeat Is times
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-27
Horticulture Notes

If you're shy about pronouncing
paradichlorObenzene, just tell your
druggist you want the chemical that
kills peach-tree borers by gassing
them
Strawberries are very liable to heat
In transit, especially when shipped
long distances, hence great care
should be taken in packing them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-06
NORTH AUGUSTA

The Christmas tree held at the
Grange hall was q success. The exer-
cises were carried out by the Ballard,
Stone and Bracket schools. and the
pupils of the Bracket school de-
serve much praise, owing to the fact
that their teacher. Miss Whidden, was
obliged to be absent, having to un-
dergo an operation for appendicitis,
three days before the close of the
term.
Miss Whidden, who was operated
upon at the Augusta General hospital,
has returned to her home in Bath.
Bernard Douglass, who is en-
ployed at w. r. Ayers, visited rela-
tives and friends in Pittsfield over
the weekend.
Miss Elsie Daisy Tracy Of Rome,
visited her cousin, Edith Tracy, of
this place and returned Saturday eve
ming to attend New Sharon High
school.
Mrs. Ella Damren visited in Gardi-
ner and Randolph. the last OF the
week.
The New Years ball at the Grange
hall was we'll attended. The hall
was prettily decorated and one Of the
novelties was ribbon paper, thrown
among the dancers forming q web
about them which presented q very
pleasing effect as they unwound the
bright colors and but for the delicate
texture. their feet would have become
entangled in pillows of rainbow tints.
A portable mill commenced opera
tons near the grange hall, Monday,
January 4.
Little Milton Libby walked about
three and one-half miles across coun-
try to visit his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. H. Tracy at Maple Knoll. Sum
day, December q.
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SO[LON

The Ladies' Home Circle met with
Mrs. Rowell and Mrs. Hilton. Thurs
day afternoon. There was a large at
tendance. Delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess.
Asher Davis span Of horses broke
through the ice last Friday, while
he was scrap4ng snow on the brook.
Mr.. Davis and his horses were
plunged into the water. but were
soon rescued.
The w. G. T. u, annual meeting
was held at Miss Alberta Whipp1e's,
Friday afternoon. Mrs. Jennie
Randlett, the county president. was
present and gave very interesting
account of the National Convention
which was recently held in De-
troit. There was a good attendance.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess.
Dwight McFarland's daughter.
Shirley, Is very i'll with pneumonia
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SOMERVILLE

Miss Marguerite Peaslee returned
to Augusta, Sunday afternoon after
two weeks recess from her studies at
Cony.
E. W. French was calling in Angus
Ia, Saturday.
Mrs. Leola Brann has been very Ill
but Is able to sit up a short time now.
Lewis and Fred l. Turner were
visiting their father in the Augusta
General hospital, Sunday. The doc
tors think they can save the sight of
Mr.. Turner's eye. which has an ulcer
on it.
Fred L. Turner returned to Colby
college, Sunday after the holiday va
cation.
SOUTH-Lina Bartlett and Jane
Hewett were school visitors one day
last week.
Margaret and Irene Bartlett were
the guests of their uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Hewett, one day
last week.
A chimney fire occurred early We'd
/ nesday morning at the home Of Mrs.
c. NJ. Allard. Neighbors quickly ex-
tinguished the blaze and no serious
damage was done.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Babb of West
Washington. were callers at w. B.
Hewetts. Friday evening.
John Grotton has been hauling wood
to Augusta for A. A. Bartlett.
The Misses Margaret and Irene
Bartlett returned Sunday to Farming
ton Normal school to resume their
studies there after passing the Christ
mas recess at their home in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. B. Bartlett and
daughter, Della and Mrs. Annie Hib.
bert of West Washington, also Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Hewett of this place,
were dinner guests at L. +. Hewett's,
Sunday.
The South Somerville school chill
dren are much enjoying hot lunches,
these cold days, served at the school,
house during the noon hour, by their
teacher, Ella NJ. Brann.
Mrs. Leola Brann, who has been
suffering from peritonitis, is some
better.
Miss Marguerite Peaslee has re-
turned to Cony High, Miss Marie
Turner to Erskine Academy and
Fred L. Turner. Colby. '27, to Colby
college.
Herbert French visited his teacher,
Lewis Turner, over Sunday night.
E. Fl. Philbrick of Rockiand visited
relatives here Sunday. as did also J.
ID. Turner of Palermo.
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THORNDIKE

Mrs. Lydia Farwell, Mrs. Emma
Fletcher and Mrs. Lewis Philbrick.
passed Wednesday in Belfast.
Mrs. Louise Larrabee returned
home Saturday from a visit in Fair.
field with friends.
Miss Margaret Farwell Of Unity
was the guest Of Miss Louise Gates
few days the past week.
Mrs. /. S. Spencer and daughters,
Priscilla and Eva of Unity, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Brad
ford,~ Thursday.
Mrs. Edwin Ware was called to
Dexter the past week by the illness
and death of her brother.
Miss Florence Ward returned to
Augusta, Saturday, where she is at
tending high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Genthner Of Wash.
ington, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Gates and Mr.. and Mrs. Guss
Gates, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Blake and lit
tie son of Belfast. were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Annie Cornforth and family.
Howard Hurd driver on r. F. D. No.
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CAPPELLI CONCERT At
GREEN Street CHURCH
THURSDAY EVENING

Augusta waits with pleasurable
anticipation the coming of Signor
Cappelli tomorrow evening at Green
street Methodist Church. where he
delighted capacity audiences a few
Sundays ago, and who will be eager
to hear him again in a more extended
and varied program.
Signor Cappelli was born in
America Of Italian parentage and I'M
doubleday gifted withTa remarkable
tenor voice of the best Italian char.
acter, developed to high degree by
faithful training and study under the
instruction of the well known MASTER
Arthur Hubbard. At three years of
already had won a prize for singing
in the Musical Academy of Casefta
for singing Italian folk songs. He
later returned to America, where
during the war he was heard by
Caruso, who Immediately interested
himself in the young genius, to
whom he offered his patronage and
concerning whom he made the most
promising predictions. These pre-
dictions Capelli is justifying in re-
markable degree, as Is evidenced by
the fact that he has just been en-
gagged to appear in opera In Italy,
France, and Spain for the season Of
1926 and 1927. The enthusiasm
he arouses wherever he appears may
be cleaned by the comments Of the
press, quotations from which might
be of interest. For example the Bos-
ton Herald declares him Americas
greatest Italian tenor" The Philadel-
phia Ledger calls him "the coming
Caruso." The Times Union Of jack
sonville affirms that "he has "a
dramatic tenor voice of wonderful
force" while the Virginian Pilot. OF
Norfolk, Va, maintains that Nor
folk music lovers. have never heard
anything to equal the rendering OF
Cappelli's folk songs" All of which
indicate that the people of Augusta,
are warranted in expecting one OF
the musical events of the season.
Readers of the State papers have
learned that wherever Signor Cap
| pelli appears he is greeted with ca
pacity audiences. Last evening at
Gardiner and last Sunday at RAN
dolph the places where he sang were
! crowded to the doors. It was said
at Randolph that literally hundreds
were unable to be seated.
His program Thursday will include
selections from Mozart, Handel,
Verdi Beethoven, Rossini and others
Of the worlds musical masters, Sig
nor Cappelli's voice is such that he
renders with ease and surprising
beauty many of the most difficult
compositions. His numbers will be
varied so that his audience may have
opportunity of hearing him In selec-
tions from the great operas. as well
as from the lighter and to many,
perhaps more popular songs.
Augusta will also be pleased and
interested to learn that this disting-
uished artist is to be accompanied on
the piano by one of the most gifted
and popular of the younger must
clans of the city, Willard B. Pur-
inton, who excels as pianist.
Mr.. Garland, pastor Of the Green
Street church wishes all to know
that no tickets will be sold beyond
the desirable seating capacity of the
auditorium, SO that it is not unlikely
that unless effort is made to secure
them early some may be disappoint-
ed