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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-16

for his home should be made by the
same manufacturer. 1t Is now posi-
BILE to buy a complete bathroom en-
semble, consisting of built-in tub, a
vitreous china lavatory, a dressing
table, syhon jet closet, a dental
lavatory, towel bars, and recessed
soap dishes-all with perfectly match
ing colors.
While large bathroom may permit
the use Of contrasting colors, in a
small bathroom, good taste would die
tate that all fixtures be of the same
color. Sometimes lights will create
the effect of unmatched fixtures. For
instance, there Is usually a strong
light over the lavatory and a weak
light near the tub. While discrepan-
cies in lighting may cause an APP
parent difference in color values, an
ideal lighting system would show a
perfect matching of color.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-16
Raising Karakul Breed
Of Sheep Is Described

Karakul sheep, a breed raised
chiefly for the production Of lamb
skins suitable for fur, are COM
paratively new in this country.
Only limited number are now In
the United States, and direct i'm
portations from BOkhara, their ma
tive country, are prohibited by law
to prevent the introduction of dis
ease. Farmers Bulletin 1927,
Karakul Sheep, just issued by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, gives essential information
regarding this breed. The bulletin
is intended chiefly for persons who
contemplate raising Karakul sheep.
Lambskins produced from Kara
kul lambs are divided into three
main classes, known commercially
as broad-tail, persian lamb, and
caracul. OF these, broad-tail is the
most valuable, but the percentage
produced of this type of skin is
very small. the bulletin explains.
Fur skins from grade Karakul rams
and grade Karacul ewes have not
brought favorable prices. However.
experimental work indicates that If
grade ewes of the more available
American type are mated with de-
stable pure-bred Karakul rams for
successive generations, high-grade
Karakul sheep can be developed
whose lambs will be as satfsfac-
tory as pure breds for the produc-
ton of fur.
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POULTRY GLEANINGs

Eggs generally weigh from % to
25 ounces to the dozen. but may
vary from Is to so ounces.
A pullet can Withstand range
In temperature from nearly zero to
about 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Egg prices and feed prices, when
compared, remind poultrymen that
only the best ration is profitable.
Egg production in commercial
poultry fOcks in Massachusetts has
increased 35 per cent in the last 20
years.
A Commerce department report
says the Germans are making their
hens lay faster by feeding them
potassium iodide.
Arson county North Carolina)
turkey growers sold over 10000
pounds of birds at price of IL to
II cents pound during the recent
holiday season
Poultrynen who have grown pull
lets under complete sanitation have
received 20 eggs per bird a year
more than from birds reared with
out attention to the use of clean
chicks and clean ground.
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TO MOTHERS
whose children won't
EAT "

Nature knows best. Never coax =
child to eat! Remove the cause ~
a youngsters poor appetite. When
appetite fails, tongue is coated
white, eyes are a bilious yellow
don't give small children a constI.
pating cathartic that drains the sys.
TEN. California syrup Of figs Is all
the medicine" they require.
Specialists will tell you that A
sluggish appetite almost always
means the child has a sluggish
colon. Correct this condition called
StGSiS, and see how quickly a list.
less, dropping boy or girl begins to
eat-and gainl The only "medlclnes
such children seem to need is pure.
unadulterated fig syrup.
Children who get syrup Of figs,
now and then, soon have the appe.
tite and energy Of young animalsl
They keep well and avoid colds and
sluggish spells.
Nature never made a finer laxa.
tive for children; and they all love
the wholesome, fruity flavor Of the
real California syrup Of figs. It's
purely vegetable, but every druggist
has it all bottled, with directions
Begin with it at once. The very
next day, your child will be eating
better and feeling better. Keep on
with the syrup Of figs few days
and see amazing Improvements In
appetite, color, weight, and spirits
The promises made By the bOttIen
of California Syrup of Figs are true
and it aUiH do the same for yOa, If
its genuine CALIFORNIA. Don't
accept substitutes.
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[)(uIIRY
I#5 8l
SEE HOW AN EMBRYO
GROWS WITHIN EGG
Students Watch All Stages
of Development.

Visitors to the incubation school
at the New York State College OF
Agriculture see how an embryo de-
velops in all of the stages Of batch
ing. This Is made possible by
new method developed by Prof.
alexis L. Romanoff of. the Cornell
university experiment station.
Scientists attempted to study the
growth of embryoS as early as l7oO
when Beguelin observed the ger
minal disk through a hole in the
shell at the side or blunt end OF
the egg. The opening was covered
with piece Of shell from another
egg. In 1887 Gerlach was able to
study the embryo up to the fifth
day and occasionally to the eighth
day. Byerly had about the same
success in 1926. -.
At Cornell the development OF
the embryo has been observed from
the fresh egg up to the normal
Matching. The egg is first washed
in alcohol and hole is made about
an inch in diameter at the blunt
end of the egg by removing the
shell and membranes. The opened
egg is set on an indented glass to
hold it upright and is covered with
sterilized beaker and placed In
the incubator. -.
The experimenters found the
greatest mortality from the second
to the fourth day. when the heart
begins to function. Eggs opened
after one week of incubation had
the least mortality and could be
watched throughout the Matching
process.
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How Can Poultry Men
Stay In the Business?

Now that commercial poultry
production is furnishing source
of livelihood for many citizens. new
problems are arising in the enter
prise and many growers are Won
dering how they can continue In
business.
"Some poultry men are inclined
to push their birds to the limit of
egg and flesh production. These
men are using the facts developed
by science to extract the final cent
of profit from their birds, and In
doing so there is danger that
some of the vitality is being
Slapped from poultry" says Roy S.
Dearstyne, head Of the poultry de-
partment at North Carolina State
college. Nov. alert poultry men
are seeing their fiocks become more
susceptible to troubles not hereto
fore a menace to the industry. All
of this means that poultry men
must give greater care to their
feeding, breeding and other factors
which will help to build up the
stamina Of the individual flocks."
In planning work for the new
poultry year, Mr.. Dearstyne be-
lieves it imperative to pay more
attention to breeding.
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BY w. A. RApEoRp

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all problems pertaining to the
subject Of building work on the farm,
for the readers Of this paper. On ac-
count of his wide experience as editor,
author and manufacturer, he is, with
out doubt, the highest authority on the
subject. Address all inquiries to Will
liam A. Radford, No. 407 South Dear
born Street, Chicago. ILL.,, and only in
close two-cent stamp for reply.
One Of the best authorities on farm
building construction has termed the
barn "the farm milk manufacturing
plant" He takes the position that
milk is q manufactured product just
as is any other commodity. The cows
are the machines which, from feed
and water, manufacture milk, and the
barn which houses them and the build
ings or space in buildings which stores
their feed, can be well likened to
building in which fabricated commod-
tiles are made.
Shown in the illustration Is a "milk
manufacturing plant" for the farmer
who has forty cows. Adjoining and
aCCdCu6u U lEc UuluiuS oiS WV ShSs,
with feed mixing room between
them, and at the side is the milk
house where the cream is cooled, sep
arated and the cream made into but
ter and the whole milk or cream bot
tied ready for the market. This plant
is laid out for progressive manufac-
ture. The feed is kept in the silos
and in the NOW the cows or machines
which manufacture the milk are on
the first floor and the milk room adj
joins, where the finished product is
turned out.
The barn itself is Of frame construc-
ton and is 100 feet long and SO feet
wide. These dimensions provide for
two rows of stanchions. The cows
face the center alley over which are
three hay chutes through which rough
age is dropped directly where it is
needed and overhead is carrier track
leading to the feed mixing room and
to the two silos. At one end Of the
barn are three pens, one for the bull,
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Use Large Bin to Mix
Homemade Laying Mash

Use a large bin in which to dump
the ingredients for the homemade
laying mash. A small bin means
that some Of the ingredients will
lodge in the corners and not re-
ceive a thorough mixing. Shovel
over the mixture until all the
streaks of material disappear. Hens
should not receive too much meat
scraps one day and too much. bran
the next when they are expected to
keep up a continuous production of
eggs.
Some feed companies sell q sup
plement which can be purchased to
mix with homegrown grain. This
mixture may contain meat scraps,
fish meal, dried buttermilk. bone
meal, etc. It contains everything
needed in a poultry laying mash
which cannot be supplied from the
grains produced at home.-Indiana
Farmers Guide.
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framing If he saw doubt but, when
once decided, going through with
his purpose, whatever obstacles op.
posed. ~.
His heart was not warm in its
affections, but he exactly calculated
every mans value and gave him
solid esteem proportioned to it. /.
1t may be true he said that never
did nature and fortune combine
more perfectly to make great man
and to place him in the same con.
stellation with whatever worthless
have merited from man everlast-
ing remembrance" ...
After all has been said, it was
Washington's character which was
supremacy great, which was respon-
sible for the greatness of his
achievements. In the Revolution it
was the trust in Washington which
held together faltering and dis
couraged people, which tided the
country over the darkest hours,
which was responsible for the
eventual victory.
After peace had been won it was
this trust i'm Washington which
made It possible for a disunited
people to attain enduring strength
and unity. There have been great
er generals than Washington, great
er statesmen: there has been no
greater character. When the writ
ings of his detractors have passed
into obscurity his memory will re-
main what 1t has always been. a
sacred legacy to the American peo-
pie.
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] I'VE
S ] OCt<
METHODS TO PREVENT
SWEET CLOVER BLOAT
Best Plan to Feed Well Be-
fore Pasturing.

Iowa farmers suffer many losses
from bloat that might be prevent
ed, believes F. S. Wilkins, chief in
forage crop Investigations at Iowa
state college. With the Increased
use of sweet clover pasture, the
possibility of bloat in cattle mas
increased and care must be taken
not to turn the cattle onto the pas
ture too soon. The most severe
losses are found during the seasons
of heaviest rainfall. and precau-
ton must be taken in turning STOCK
onto wet fields. 49,. Is
Among the best methods to pre-
vent bloat in pasturing sweet Glow
er and other Iegumes Is to see that
stock are well fed before they are
turned onto the pasture. Some
good dry roughage will aid mate.
rally in decreasing the danger OF
bloat :: ~.
Plenty of water should always
be available since thirsty stock are
likely to drink too much when they
have an opportunity and this in
creases danger from bloat. 1t is
good practice to keep air-slaked
lime in the water and to keep a
mixture of equal parts of salt and
air-slaked lime before the stock at
all times. After the animals have
become accustomed to the pasture,
they should he kept there continu-
ously. otherwise they will have to
be carefully watched each time
they are turned in to prevent bloat,
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Push March Pigs Along
for High Market Price

'sIt does not pay to hold back the
March narrowed pigs to feed them
out on new corn" says Prof. w. E..
Carroll, University of Illinois.
"Most farmers figure that corn is
too high to feed spring pigs and
consequently pay dearly for their
new corn by taking lower price"
The heavy runs of the year come
in the fall and winter months and
generally depress the price, says
Professor Carroll. "There was a
difference OF $1.2O In the cost of
producing summer-fed and the fall
fed hogs and a market difference
of S9.56 in favor Of the 225-pound
hog that went to market in Septem.
Der instead of December. PROBES.
sOr Carroll declares. "Thus there
was net difference of SS.36 In Ia
yor of the hog that was fed out on
old corn and marketed In Septem.
ber."
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Lord Corvallis Army
Disorderly on Surrender

At the surrender of Lord Corn
wallis his British soldiers presented
a brilliant contrast to the Ameri-
cans. CORVALLIS had ordered that
new uniform be issued to each
man and that in marching out of
the spacious field at Yorktown each
company conduct itself in strictest
order, even to the humiliating end
when the arms were to be ground
ed. Doctor Thatcher. a surgeon in
Washington's army, wrote of that
October 10, 17S1:
But in their line of march we
remarked a disorderly unsoldierly
conduct: their step was irregular
and their ranks frequently broken.
But it was in the last act of the
drama that the spirit and pride of
the British soldiers were put to the
severest test-here their mortifca-
ton could not be concealed. Some
of the platoon officers appeared to
be exceedingly chagrifed when Civ,
ing the word, Ground arms and
I am witness that they performed
that duty in very unoficer-like
manner. and that many Of the sol
diers manifested sullen temper,
throwing their arms on the pile with
violence, as If determined to render
them useless. This irregularity was
checked by order of General Lin
coin" (The latter had been dele
gated by Washington as the Ameri-
can in charge of the equalization,
The Americans" Doctor Thatcher
related, Though not all in uniform,
nor their dress so neat, yet exhib-
tied an erect soldiery air and
every countenance beamed with sat
isfaction and joy"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-16
Green.P Popular Color
for Plumbing Fixtures

In the last twenty years the Amer
lean public has changed completely
its attitude toward color In the home.
Twenty years ago one of the largest
manufacturers of plumbing equipment
put some colored plumbing fixtures on
the market. They wouldn't sell. The
public wasn't ready for color. Today
this company and other companies
making colored enameled ware and
vitreous pottery report an increase of
200 per cent in the sales of colored
fixtures in 1929 over 1928.
The most popular colors for bath
room fixtures and kitchen sinks are
green, lavender, orchid, ivory and
brown. Artists explain the popularity
of green by pointing to the fact that
it is cool color.
Color in vitreous china and enamel
is obtained by the use of metallic pig
ments. 1t has required centuries and
endless experiments to find pigments
that would Withstand the heat of 2,200
degrees In the firing of vitreous china
and the somewhat lesser heat neces-
sary for the baking Of porcelain
enamel on cast iron.
These pigments change color COM
pletely in the firing. Furthermore,
the firing of the china and the fusing
Of the enamel on iron are accom-
plished by different processes. This
makes it difficult, but not impossible,
for manufacturers to obtain the same
shade of color in the bath, which is
enameled, as in the water-closet
which must be vitreous china, or in
the lavatory. which may be vitreous
china or enamel.
because of this difficulty in match
ing colors in fixtures made by differ
ent processes, most plumbing contrac-
tors will advise the home-owner that
all of the colored fixtures he selects
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-16
Washington's Family

George Washington's mother
was Mary Ball, said to have been
a lineal descendant from John
Ball, medieval champion Of the
rights of man. Her mother was
Mary Montague, who, as the
widow Johnson" was married to
Colonel Joseph Ball. Her grand
father was Colonel William Ball,
who enigrated to Virginia in
1850, and settled in Lancaster
county. George Washington's
father was Augustine Washing
ton, the grandson of Lawrence
Washington and the great-grand-
son of John Washington, who
came from England about 1850
and settled in Westrnoreland
county, Virginia. The English
ancestry has been traced back
through Laurentia Washington,
father of Lawrence, several gen.
erations to the Sulgrave branch
of the family.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-16
Fireplace Adds to
Living Room Comfort

Nothing adds more to the comfort
and attractiveness of the living room
than generous open fireplace for
wood fires. 1t should be sufficient
depth to accommodate a good-sized
log which will burn for several hours
with the chimney hampers properly
regulated. To enjoy such fire fully,
the lights should be turned low or en-
tirely extinguished, leaving only the
play Of the flames to illuminate the
room.
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A small amount of good quality
clover OF alfalfa hay seems to be
tremendously worth while in the
cattle ration.
Scrub lambs are losing PROPOSE
ton. On the average they bring
S4.14 less per hundred than lambs
Of desirable quality.
Live stock men know that siln
location affects time required TO
feed. Silage should not have to be
hauled to distant feed hunks.
Worms are all that more insidi
ms because their toll in dead lambs
does not usually come all at once
hut is spread over several months.
All thoroughbred race horses de-
scend in direct male line from three
stations. the Ryerly Turk. the Oar
lev Arabian and the Godolphin
Bard.
There are certain factors that
nave TO be watched in feeding corn
silage to in-iamb ewes namely con-
dition or quality and amount. Elk.
IRENE methods are always bad.
&sE = "a
Pregnant ewes should receive
olenty of exercise. Unless the ewes
pct exercise In fields or pastures,
an arrangement which will require
them TO walk 90 TO 80 rods for their
feed Is desirable.
Unsatisfactory results in planting
pastures have almost invariably
been traced to improper prepare
ton for the ground or planting of
the seed Pasture grass mixtures
must vary according to the soil and
the moisture conditions and must be
adapted to them. r. ''7''|
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lation carries out the foul air and
sucks in fresh air in such way that
the cows are free from draft but arc
always provided with clean pure air.
Such barn as this, of course, will
only appeal to those farmers who have
a rather large dairy herd. However,
it can he shortened to accommodate
a smaller herd or heightened to ac-
commodate larger herd. The same
is true of the milk house, which can
be made the proper dimensions to ac-
commodate the number Of cows the
farmer has.
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AFTER HALF CENTURY

In 1874 traveller named "a.
crossed the Libyan desert IN ~ ualla
rection Of Kufra, which the ,.us e o.
recently captured from tbe Gu ans
tribes. Rohlfa wrote a messoa. uuss
ing his own name and the dSt ~ CIV
closed it in a bottle, buried n : 60
sand at a place called Repnaa ue
returned to civilization. The h. aaa
and the message have now baon J,
covered. The Arctic embalms n. w
crets for hundreds of years. the ~
les of men in the ice, their wrItln Ss
their foods, their property; bnt ns
would expect such fidelity IN ~
burning sands of the wildor,. ~
where wood and horn and glass -,
even ffngernails split In the beot aus
hair falls out? auV
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one for the calves and one for the
cows. 1t will be noted from the floor
plan which accompanies the exterior
view Of the plant and milk house that
modern barn equipment is specified.
The floor of the stable is Of concrete
with cutters pitched to drains. Wood
block or plank flooring are In the
stalls which are separated by steel
stall partitions. AT the stall heads are
swinging stanchions which give the
cows freedom Of action; concrete
manger which can be kept clean and
drinking cups where there is a con-
slant supply of fresh water for the
animals. A system Of automatic venti-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-16
Home Entrance

The entrance Of a home should be
hospitable in appearance and be so
placed to help the harmony of the
building-not necessarily in the exact
center of the front wall, but In har-
mony with the other features of the
house
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thoroughly" he said. His mind was
great and powerful, without being
of the very first order; his penetra-
ton strong. though not so acute as
that of Newton or Bacon or Locke,
and, as far as he saw, no judgment
was ever sounder. 1t was slow in
operation, being little aided by in
vention or imagination, but sure in
coSclusion. Hence the common re-
marx of his officers, Of the advan-
tage he derived from councils of
war, where hearing all suggestions.
he selected whatever was best.
"He was incapable of fear, meet
ing personal dangers with the
calmest unconcern. Perhaps the
strongest feature in his character
was prudence, never acting until
every circumstance, every consider
alton, was maturely weighed; re-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-16

Can't Shoot a Mosquito
1t is easier to stop the barking Of
log than the singing Of a mosquito.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-16

AT your druggists. For FREE sample
write 70 722 Ceres Ave. Los Anneless
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ssMy birthday party was spOIIed

ot 1o~ 49,
when mycoupheot 90
bad that ! had TO %
to bed. Mother says
after this she'll d.
ways keep a bottle Of
Hronehi.Lyptus for
counhs and colds"
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Nature
and
Fortune
Never Made
A
Better Man
Thomas ]. Weftenbakes
Ia Current History

ONE of the recent biog.
raphers of Washington has
given us so just and true
a picture of the man as
that drawn by Jefferson
more than a century ago.
81 think l knew General
yuocb;nrton ;n+;moto1yo nd
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LIVE STOCK NOTES

A small amount of good quality
clover OF alfalfa hay seems to be
tremendously worth while in the
cattle ration.