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THE NORMAN DAILY TRANSCRIPT
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He ware of kissing and kl He<),
Yearn hence, perhaps, this warning
Tnu shall Rive hkuI",
In Just the self-same words, dear.
And—Just as much in vain.
KISS DANGEROUS.
Will the audience at the movie*, or
those who are patrons of the speaking
stage, deplore the
fact if the length
of kisses of the
movie or st age
heroine be cut
down to half a
moment's dura-
tion? The censors
of Pennsylvania,
who have had this
matter under dis-
cussion. have de-
cided that the ex-
ample of the lin-
ger I ng kiss is
baneful. 1 am In
receipt of hun-
dreds of letters
asking my opin-
ion.
One letter asks
in part: "What's in a kiss, anyhow,
that so much attention is being paid
to it?" To which I make answer:
The kiss is responsible for much of
the world's happiness, being the
seal of true love. Again, it is respon-
sible for much widespread misery,
causing many a mold's undoing. The
first touch of the lips awakens the slum-
bering heart. Reverence and respect
Hre blended in that instant contact. It
is when lips cling to lips that passion
enters and respect takes wing and evil
thoughts wedge their way ip as re-
sults show In too many unfortunate
cases. All of heaven is blended in a
mother's kiss. It is always short and
instantaneous, never long and cling-
ing. The kiss of Innocent childhood
n always short as it is gentle and
sweet. The kiss between husband
and wife Is short and of pure devo-
ion. The kiss between relatives is
never fervent, but kludly and dignified.
The lover who receives the first kiss
from his betrothed's lips makes it nec-
essarily short, and he Is wis# in this.
Witnessing the clinging kiss upon
screen or stage can accomplish no up-
lifting influeuce to the onlooker. It
will be of quite as much import, carry-
ing out the story, If It were cut down
to minimum length. To those in the
audience the transport of love, as ex-
pressed In the kiss, between the hero
and heroine seems to be very real.
Jt would rob many of their euthUslasm
if they but kuew the stage or screen
heroine's thoughts are far removed
from the man who is giving her that
drawn-out clinging kiss. She might
be counting the moments until she can
get home to her sick child. The sup-
posed lover is wondering if he will
miss the train ou which he is anxious
to meet his old mother who is accom-
panied by the girl he is engaged to, and
Is soon to wed. The kiss they are
obliged to iudulge In has no effect upon
this man or woman. It's n part of
their business. They go through with
It, each with no thought of the other.
Both are anxious to earn the hard,
cold cash, which their careful, subtle
acting brings them. Save that it per-
fects the picture before the audience
neither would care a flip of the finger
whether the kiss was cut out or not.
It is the onlooklng young girls who do
not muke u business of feigning affec-
tion, whom it is wisest and best to pro-
tect. It is presumed the censors are
not bachelors, but have daughters of
their own.
hearts unasked? I have been con-
ing on a certain girl simply because
she made It pleasant for me evenings.
What is the meaning of friendship
if it Is not passing social hours with
those who interest us and whom we
are also interested In. No man feels
called upon at the outset when he first
begins to call to stute, 'I am on the
marry!' or 'not on the marry!' as the
case may be. llow does he know
whether his heart Is to succumb to
love the fair creature or not?"
Affection comes after a man and
woman have been brought In contact
for a length of time. If a man finds
that he Is not experiencing the grand
heart throbs nt meeting or parting
from her and Is Indifferent as to
whether or not she entertains other
callers, he Is not In love. Then the
more quickly he ceases his attentions
to her the better for both it will be.
I In breaking away, he Is simply giving
I someone else who may care for her
a chance. It is the man who continues
j to call, even after he has won a wom-
an's heart and knows her affection Is
i hopeless, who should be blamed,
j Wake up, young men. think this
matter over, you who are backward In
j declaring your Intentions. The girl
I you visit so constantly has a right to
know why you are coming. The man
who wishes to be a friend only should
limit his calls to one a fortnight. It is
cruel to trllle with a woman's affec*
Hons.
PROFITABLE GAINS IN FATTENING PENS
CULTIVATION IS ESSENTIAL IN ORCHARD
mm
jy MARY (jCAIIAM b0tN NKR
PLEASANT
JUNCO
FAMILY.
WYANDOTTE, RHODE ISLAND RED AND ORPINGTON.
Man: The noblest work of the Great
God has wisely Mdden from human sight
The dark deciees of future fate;
Sown their seeds In depth of night.
lie laughs at all the giddy turns of
state
"When mortals search too soon and fear
too late.
Qleaven from all creatures hides the book
of fate.
TRIFLING WITH AFFECTIONS.
When a man admires a woman and
ftegins to pay her marked attention,
knowing full well he is not in a posi-
tion to marry, does he stop to con-
sider that he Is doing her a gross in-
justice? Not he. If women had hearts
that were hard and cold, all might be
well. The trouble is a woman's heart
is tender aud easily touched and im-
pressed by the man who makes It
pleasant for her. With women. It is
but a short step from friendship to
love.
So many youug girls write me In
this strain: "A young man has been
calling to see me for many months.
During this time, I learned to cure
for him, although he had spoken no
word of love. Suddenly he stopped
coming to see me and is going with
iinother. My heart Is breaking. What
ran I do about it?"
That's it. What can these girls do
about it? It seems impossible for !
some girls to be thrown in contact
with attractive, marriageable young
men without becoming the victim of
misplaced confidence. How strange it
is thut men do not think of this. Ac-
tually they court when they have no
thought of marrying. The seriousness
©f the afTair does not seem to occur
to these young men.
In such a case, a young man once
faid to me: "Why do girls give their j
RICH AND POOR GIRLS.
It has been truly said that one-half
the world does not know how the other
half lives. The daughter of wealthy
parents has little If any conception of
how the girl who must toll for her
dally bread exists. She has read or
heard that tenement homes consist of
but a few dreary rooms, with little to
brighten them.
A girl who will one day be a great
heiress confided to me recently that
she was Just making up her Christmas
lists of presents to buy. She remarked
she had already made some of the pur-
chases.
"There is a girl who works in a
paper-box factory, living on the fifth
floor of a tenement, who will certainly
be surprised when she gets what I pur-
chased for her."
"How sweet and kind of you," I said,
Impulsively, thinking she had made
a wise purchase.
I was as much surprised as the poor
girl was when the maiden remarked,
"I have bought her a sterling silver
i toilet set for her dresser, with her
| Initials on each piece, and a cluny lace
centerpiece; also white satin bedroom
I slippers with rhlnestone buckles and
| cute pink silk tassels, and such a be-
witching lace breakfast cap. I paid
twelve dollars for that alone. What
do you think of that?"
"I think the very best thing you can
do Is to take them right hack to the
store where you bought them and se-
lect a heavy bed blanket and warm
cloak for the girl. Instead. Ten to one
she has no dresser. Her bedroom Is
likely to be shared by all the younger
fry of the family. Girls like you need
to come Into closer touch with poor
girls. See them In their homes and
the pinching poverty that surrounds
them. It would be an eye-opener to
you."
There's one multimillionaire's daugh-
ter living In New York, Miss Anne,
daughter of the late J. I*. Morgan,
whose chief pleasure Is calling upon
the poorest of girls In their homes.
She takes note of how they live and
betters their conditions. There's hard-
ly a poor girl In the city who does not
speak of her as her friend. As Miss
Helen Gould, this woman of great
wealth had warm friends among her
poor tenants. She visited and aided
the longshoreman's sick wife when she
was ill, slipped an envelope containing
a goodly sum to a little dressmaker
out of work, whose last penny had
been paid for rent. She believed there
should be no barriers between the rich
and the poor. Itlch girls would 'be
happier If they put aside self and set
forth to relieve the sorrow they might
find In the world for the looking. It
Is a gross error to send a box of bon-
bons to a woman starving for bread,
with no coal lu the scuttle to start a
fire.
In order to make the most economi-
cal gains It is necessary to have the
utility or heavy breeds of fowl. The
lighter breeds, as Leghorn**, Ml norms,
Aneonas, etc., do not, ns a rule, make
profitable gains In the fattening pen.
Cockerels of the breeds of Rocks, Or-
pingtons, Rhode Island Keds, Wyan-
dottes, Game, Dorkings, etc., are usu-
ally preferred. When a bird Is be-
tween three and four months of age it
makes the greatest gain when put in
a fattening pen or crate. If the mar-
ket demands a heavy bird It would be
necessary to leave them on the range
a little longer, as there Is a limit to
the time that a bird can he profitably
Confined In the feeding pen.
The most economical gains are usu-
ally made the first two weeks of feed-
ing, and there Is seldom much profit
In feeding longer than three weeks.
I We have known birds left In the crate
for four or five weeks to he thinner
iifter being fed that length of time
| thnn they were at the end of the sec-
ond week, suys a writer in un ex-
change.
Crate fattening will Increase the
weight of a bird by one pound or a
trifle more In three weeks, the exact
amount depending on the type of bird,
the kind of feed, and the carefulness
of the feeder. When fed on u mix-
ture of finely ground grain, mixed to
a batter in skim iullk or buttermilk,
flesh of the highest quality is pro-
duced. *
Chickens are not the only kind of
fowl that are fattened In pens or
crates. In most of the poultry-fatten-
ing establishments will be found a
large number of turkeys, and possibly
some water fowl.
METHODS OF PICKING FR0ZEN C0MBs AND WATTLES
Suggestions Given as to Success-
ful Poultry Practices.
Much Depends on Whether Fowls Are
for Future Consumption or for
Immediate Use—Fowls Keep
Better If Not Drawn.
Dry picking and wet picking are
the two general methods used In dress-
ing poultry, depending upon whether
the birds are for future consumption
or Immediate use.
"Successful dry picking depends on
the proper sticking of the fowl," snld
P. E. Fox of the poultry department
In the Kansas State Agricultural Col-
lege, "as the longer the bird is Wft
after sticking, the harder the feathers
set. Dry picking takes a trifle longer,
but if the sale of the fowl Is to be de-
layed for any reason, us by shipment
or storing, it should be dry-picked.
"When the fowls are dry-picked
they are bled by thrusting a sharp
knife through the mouth until the Ju-
gular vein Is pierced. Blood will Im-
mediately begin to flow from the
mouth. The brain Is then pierced
through the eye. This loosens the
nerves that have control over the
feathers. After this portion of the
brain has been paralyzed the feathers
readily yield themselves to the hands
of the picker.
There are two general methods of
dry-picking poultry, the bench method
and the string method. Commerclal-
| ly, the bench method Is generally pre-
I ferred.
' "Poultry keeps better If it Is not
I drawn. The head should be neatly
| wrapped in paper, and the feet left
Intact.
"If the fowl Is for Immediate use, It
Is a trifle quicker to scald it and use
I the wet method of picking. In this
| method the 'bloom' is spoiled and the
j bird will not keep so well. All scalded
fowls are Immediately drawn. In cold
' weather one can send the birds almost
I auy distance by parcel post."
Troubles Largely Due to Poor Condi,
tion of Fowl and Dampness—
Closed Houses Are Bad.
Frozen or frosted combs and wat-
tles are common at this season, wheth-
er you house your birds In closed build-
ings or those with open fronts. Usu-
ally the birds in the closed houses get
the worst of It.
Freezing of the headgear is largely
a matter of poor condition of the bird,
and dampness with sudden changes In
temperature. Now and then a healthy,
vigorous specimen, in good order, will
get frostbite from undue exposure, es-
pecially to freezing winds, but gener-
ally there will be no severe frostbite
under ordinary circumstances unless
the bird Is out of condition from In-
digestion, faulty nutrition, too much
handling, etc.
Exposure to severe cold winds when
headgear Is wet with drinking water
is a common cause of freezing. For
treatment, thaw out the frosted parts
by rubbing with cold petrolatum; then
apply a mixture of one ounce of sweet
oil with one teaspoonful of spirits of
turpentine. Apply daily.
Do not take the bird into a warm
room. WTarmth will cause trouble.
"I want to tell you this e/ening,"
said Daddy, "of a little bird who comes
I to us in the fall and stays until tlx
spring has come.'*
"Where Is he in the summer? ' asked
Nancy.
"I should think that would b«? the
time he would like best. Or does he
cure more for the cold weather?" usked
Nick.
"First to answer Nancy's quest ion,"
said Daddy. "In the summer ho goes
far Into the northern woods wla'ie he j
moults. He does not care for the very
wintry weather, and avoids wide fields
where the wind can blow as hard as I
j It likes with nothing to stop or hinder
! it.
"And his name—"
"Oh yes," shouted the Children,
haven't heard his name yet."
"Ilis name that he Is known by best
(ft all is* Junco. Aud he Is also known
us the Snowbird and Slate-Colored
Snowbird. He wears dark feathers on I
his heud while the upper parts of his j
body arq slate-colored. He wears a
gray vest while underneath he Is white, i
And in his tail he has beautiful white
feathers thut can easily be seen when
in- flies,
"He Is quite friendly In the autumn
and winter time with'the Sparrows und
Chickadees, and often goes crumb-
hunting with them.
"The Junco birds have quite lovely
voices. They warble and trill and sing
very sweetly, but above ull they have
happy, Jolly dispositions.
"One day Mr. Junco, his wife, and
severul of their Children were sitting
on a fence, when Mr. Sparrow eaine
along.
" 'Good-day, Cousin,' snld the Spar-
row. For the Juncos and Sparrows are
cousins. 'Would you like to come and
look for crumbs with us? We think
there should be some ut thut house
over yonder. We cun see a little girl
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TOPS OF TREES FULL OF BRUSH AND WATER SPROUTS.
(By If. P. OOTTT.D, PomoloKlst. United
States Department of Agriculture.)
If the best results are to follow the
planting of an orchard. It Is essential
that the trees receive good cultivation.
While the details of practice differ
widely and the methods that give good
results in one section may not succeed
in some other where the conditions are
different, the frequent stirring of the
soil during the growing season Is as
logical as It is in growing a crop of
corn, potatoes or cabbages, and for the
same reasons. It Is true that trees are
sometimes planted in sod and never re-
ceive cultivation, yet are successful
In some measure. But In most cases
of this sort, the degree of success ob-
tained Is probably In spite of the sod,
throwing something out of the window, j not foP(Mlllse nf j*
1 think it must be a plate of crumbs. j objects of cultivation are usual-
"Thank you so much,' said Mr. Jy attained when it Is done frequently
Junco sweetly. 'We would love to come enough to maintain a good, fine soil
with you. And what a nice day this mulch on the surface. Cultivation
Is? Crisp and cold but not too bitterly
cold.' Mr. Junco talked and chirped
in this pleasant manner as he flew
along, and Mrs. Junco tulked to Mrs.
Sparrow.
"But they had not gone far when
the Sparrow children started quarrel-
ing with the Junco children. At least
GATHER SPRING EGGS OFTEN
TROUGHS USED FOR FEEDING
Lightning Causes Forest Fires.
Records kept for many years show
that out of every 100 fires in the na-
tional forests of Arizona and New
Mexico, 40 originate from lightning. In
northern ami central Arizona the pro-
portion of lightning fires runs up to
70 per cent, while in the Manzona for-
est, near Albuquerque, only 3 per cent
of the fires are started by lightning.
There Is no satisfactory explanation of
this condition. In general, these for-
ests bearing big timber and lots of
grass seem to suffer most, but a no-
table exception occurs In southern Ari-
zona where the proportion runs from
40 per cent to 00 per cent in spite of
the timber averaging smaller and the
grass somewhat sparser than else-
where.
English Citizenship.
A Jew born in England is rightful-
ly termed an English Jew, Just as
there are Kusslan Jews, German Jews,
Polish Jews, etc. As to the nationality
of a Jew born In England, the British
vice consul furnishes the information
that "every person, Irrespective of re-
ligion, born In England of British pa-
rents, is a British subject; there Is no
difference in this respect between a
Jew and a Christian."—Fhiladelplha
Ledger.
Domineering Fowls Keep Timid Ones
Back—Best to Scatter Grains in
Deep, Clean Litter.
There are domlueerlng hens in ev-
ery flock which keep the timid ones in
a constant state of fear and subjec-
tion. When food is given in a trough
where the hens can eat their fill, the
domineering hens keep some of the
others back and often eat twice as
much as their share, while the less for-
! tunate ones do not get enough. The
j result Is both fat and skinny fowls In
the same flock—which Is always un-
desirable.
The way to avoid it Is not to feed
in troughs entirely, but to feed pretty
largely of dry grains, cracked grains
and seeds, and scatter them In a deep,
dean litter that compels every hen to
hunt and scratch for her share, thus
j giving each one an equal opportunity.
Those Intended for Hatching Should
Be Kept as Near Temperature of
50 Degrees as Possible.
During early Spring eggs for hatch- 1
ing must be gathered several times a
day until the weather gets mild and
warm. A chilled egg Is no better than
an Infertile one; in fact, It spoils much
quicker In the machine.
Eggs after gathering should he kept
at a temperature as near 50 degrees
as possible. Never allow them to re-
main In a temperature below 40 de- i
grees for any length of time as then
the vitality of the chick will suffer.
If they are allowed to remain exposed
to too warm a temperature, or a great- |
ly varying temperature,* the same
thing happens. They may hatch out
chicks all right, but the chicks will
never be robust. Leaving eggs In the i
nest to be set upon and warmed up
several times during the day Is anoth-
er way to lower chick vitality.
Attention to these little details pays i
well In the long run. Better hatch out
100 chicks with 100 per cent vitality I
than 800 and raise only about one-
third of them to a maturity of doubt-
ful vigor.
should begin as soon us the soil is in
condition to work In the spring; it
should usually cense by mldseuson. or
by the middle of July or first of Au-
gust.
Pruning.
The pruning of fruit trees Is an op-
eration that Is very frequently much
neglected, yet It is one of the most Im-
portant.
The pruning of a tree at the time of
planting has been described. Subse-
quent pruning should be done each
year during the dormant period, pref-
j erably In late winter or early spring.
| In case of young trees that have
| been growing rapidly, the previous sea-
son's growth Is commonly cut back
one-half Its length. Sometimes even
a larger portion Is cut off. The limbs
should also be thinned out enough to
keep the top sufficiently open to admit
sunlight and air. Pruning to keep the
growth. Old wood on the grape is
therefore of little value; hence the de-
velopment of so many systems of
training which, maintain only a single
permanent trunk, from the top of
which the bearing canes are renewed
each year. The so-called "renewal,"
"high renewal," "KnifTen," "Munson,'*
and various overhead systems of train-
ing all possess this feature in com-
mon. In fact, it is the only economi-
cal way in which to handle native
kinds. For the fruit garden, however,
where the vines are desired for cover-
ing arbors, pruning must be modified
so as to secure a screen from the new
growth as early in the season as prac-
ticable. For this purpose a modifica-
tion of the "horizontal-arm" system of
training will he found most advantage-
ous. By planting the vines closely and
carrying up single trunks to a fixed
height, and from the top of the stalk
carrying out horizontal arms along
which "spurs" are maintained, a short
growth from each spur will be suffi-
cient to give a uniform and sufficiently
dense canopy of leaves for the arbor.
Raspberry and Blackberry.
Raspberries and blackberries both
bear their fruits on short shoots which
arise from canes of the precious sea-
son's growth. While these shoots are
usually axillary shoots, the fruits are
always terminal. In the case of the
grape, which bears Its fruit upon an-
nual shoots arising from canes of the
previous year, the fruit Is produced at
a node, and takes the place of a leaf;
several fruit clusters may therefore
arise from a single shoot of the grape.
Currant and Gooseberry.
In the case of the currant and goose-
berry the fruits are produced on both
old and new wood; the fruits appear
as axillary growths from the shoot It-
"Good Day, Cousin," Said the Spar-
row.
top open should always be kept In se^« an<* w°od three years or more of
mind. Unless the trees are pruned i unprofitable and should be cut
from the very beginning with this ob- uw®y«
ject in view, It Is almost Impossible
so to prune them later In their life
when the tops become dense and
brushy. If the tops are too dense, the
fruit cannot color well and thorough
spraying Is Impossible.
Less pruning Is required, as a rule,
after the trees come Into bearing.
i though It Is just as Important to give
! Ihem regular and thorough attention
J after they begin to bear as It Is before.
Whjle pruning hu's to be modified to
they tried to quurrel. They would
raise their voices and scream at the
Juncos, and the Juncos would chirp
back.
" 'All right, Sparrows. Any wuy you.
say will suit us.'
" 4Oh, do fight,' said the Sparrow ,
Children. 'You're no fun at all. Can't sult the st>le nf training employed
you have n good old scrap?' wI,h fl".v S'v™ P' nt. l'a<-h pwles of
"Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow heard their P,ant b<,"rs ltS fn,lt ln " <,ppuMar man-
children and they chimed in too.
'Yes, Junco chlldreu, can't you amuse
our little ones instead of being so
sweet they can't quarrel? You should
know that they like to quarrel.'
" There, there, Mrs. Sparrow,' said
Mrs. Junco, 'you mustn't start the
children quarreling. If my children
are sweet, perhaps It will teach your
tier, which renders the maintenance of
wood of a certain age and character
necessary in order to secure a crop of
fruit.
Apple and Pear.
In the case of the apple and the
pear, the fruits are borne upon "spurs"
of the previous year's growth only,
| these spurs appear upon wood one
PRUNE BERRY CANES
IN SPRING AND FALL
SELLING EGGS FOR HATCHING
Test Fertility Before Offering Eggs
of Purebreds for Sale—Get Rea-
sonable Results.
. it , , , , , ut I year or more of age. Heading ln or
ch dren to be sweet too and then they shortenlng Pn(.h 8hoot of the season's
wlU be much happier. pn)Wfh thprefor6t mU}at be (lone w|th
The very idea, said Mrs. Spar- j (.are jn order not to reduce the bear-
row, 'of you, Mrs. Junco, telling me jng wood beyond a profitable limit,
how to bring up my children. It s with these two plants, however, the
really most insulting! As if I couldn t ! hearing shoots are not those making
look after my own children.' | (]je most vigorous growth at the ends
"'Yes,' said Mr. Sparyow. 'No one J of the branches, but they are usually
need tell us how to look after our | „u,re obscurely located upon the sides
children.' i of the branches, and make a much
"'1 didn't mean to be rude,' said smaller growth, for which reason they
Mrs. Junco. 'Perhaps I shouldn't have j have been termed spurs.
If you have sufficient breeding-
stock purebreds, to warrant offering
hatching eggs for sale, wait till you
have tested the fertility of eggs from
your yards by running test hatches.
If results are reasonably good and
your fowls continue In good health,
then you are fairly safe in selling
eggs.
said so much.'
" 'There, there,' said Mr. Sparrow.
'You see we can't even quarrel with
you! I never heard anything to equal
your family! No wonder the children
won't quarrel when their parents
won't. They never hear any quarrel-
ing aud the poor dears don't know
how.'
Peach and Japanese Plum.
With the peach, however, it Is the
wood of the last season's growth upon
which the fruits are directly borne,
and with them hendlng-ln may be suc-
cessfully employed to limit the quanti-
ty of fruit borne by the tree. Japa- I
nese plums bear on both year-old j
wood and spurs; pruning may, there-
Points in Favor of Each of Sea-
sons Named—Early Work Les-
sens Chance for Diseases.
There Is some disagreement as to
when raspberry canes should be cut
out to give the new roots a chance.
Some claim that this should be done
now, or In early spring, while other*
declare that old canes should be cut
out as soon as the bearing season is
over.
There are points in favor of each
of the seasons named. If the old
vines are removed right after the
berry season is done, there will be
a better chance for the young plants
to get a good start, for they then will
have all the room there Is to grow
during the fall months. Then, too,
any diseased plants will be taken out
before the spores of rust or other dis-
eases will have time to mature and bo
scattered. These fungus diseases are
most likely to be found on the old
canes. If pruning and burning is done
early these troubles are lessened.
On the other hand, the old carles
cun be cut out much more easily when
they ute dead and dry, one more easily
sees what he is doing, and there is lens
injury to the young plants, when the
work is done ln the dormant season.
WINTER BERRIES FOR BIRDS
"'Well, I am glad of It,' said Mr. fore, be used to thin the fruit, the
REMEDY FOR SICK CHICKENS HEN MANURE VERY VALUABLE
Epsom Salts Is Most Effective for Ail-
ing Fowls—Half a Teaspoonful
Is Standard Dose.
Epsom salts Is one of our most ef-
fective remedies for sick chickens.
Salts act best If the fowl has been
staved for half a day or so before giv-
ing.
Half a teaspoonful to a grown fowl
Is a standard dose. Sometimes more
i less is indicated.
Analysis Shows Fertilizer to Be Rich
in Phosphoric Acid, Potash
and Nitrogen.
It is claimed that 100 pounds of
fresh hen manure contains 50 pounds
water, 16 pounds organic matter, 58
pounds ash.
Analysis shows that poultry manure
contains 2.43 per cent phosphoric acid,
2.26 per cent potash, and 3.85 per cent
matter.
Junco. 'For we are very happy all the
time.*
" 'Oh, well,' said Mr. Sparrow, 'we
might us well give it up.'
" 'Quarreling?' usked Mrs. Sparrow
In a shrill voice, and the children
stopped to listen with their benks wide
open in astouishuient.
"'Oh, no,' sai£ Mr. Sparrow. 4We
could never give up quarreling, for It's
our nature. Hut we will give up trying
to quarrel with the Juncos, und so
will get our bread crumbs In peace
while we're with them.' And the Jun-
cos smiled as they flew along."
same as ln the case of the peach.
Quince.
The quince bears Its fruit at the ex-
tremity of new shoots of the present
season's growth, in which respect It
differs from both Its close relatives,
the apple and the pear; but as these
shoots arise from wood of the previous
season's growth, pruning must be so
adjusted that the fruit crop will not
be reduced.
Grape.
The grape bears Its fruit on shoots
of the season, which ln turn usually
arise from canes of the previous yeur's
Good That Can Be Done in Providing
Food Cannot Be Overestimated—
Friends of Farmer.
Berries that hung on the trees and
bushes during the winter are especial-
ly desirable. They provide food nt n
time when It Is scarce, and the spare
time of the birds that winter with us
is mostly spent ln hunting for insects
that hibernate on trees.
The good that can be done by pro-
viding food ln this way cannot be over-
estimated. Any inan who allows birds
to be shot on his farm Is losing money.
Just as surely as If he allowed his crops
to go to waste some other way.
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Burke, J. J. The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 214, Ed. 1 Monday, March 26, 1917, newspaper, March 26, 1917; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc113432/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.