The Democrat (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1920 Page: 3 of 12
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POULTRY
GOVERNMENT DESIGNS PEACH SIZER
Sash of
SUCCESS IN RAISING SQUABS
Opportunity Is Well Worth Consider-
ing for Those Who Have Lofts-
Produce Meat Quickly.
The hnck ynrd poultry keeper rnn
tonrdIy hope for success with turkeys,
geese, ducks or gulnens. hut for those
who have lofts over a garage, stable,
or coal shed, the opportunity for squab
growing Is well worth considering.
For food purposes pigeons are usu-
ally classed with poultry. Culturally
they are In a class by themselves, pro-
ducing meat only, producing It very
quickly, and nhle to produce well un-
der conditions that do not admit of
growing any other creature used for
food.
While the Ideal arrangement for
pigeons is to have their house on the
ground, and a small covered yard,
called a "fly," connecting with It,
pigeon keeping may he carried on
quite extensively In upper rooms or
lofts, with or without open-air flys.
Many flocks of pigeons are kept In
lar^e cities In quarters provided for
them In the lofts or on the roofs of
buildings used for mercantile and man-
ufacturing purposes.
A spnee six feet square and high
enough for the attendant to stand
erect will accommodate eight to ten
pairs of plgeops for squab breeding,
the poultry specialists In the United
States department of agriculture say.
The birds mate and begin breeding
when six to seven months old. The
male shares with the hen the duty of
Incubation. The young hatch In
about 17 days. At four weeks old,
average squabs will weigh about three-
o.uarters of a pound each. Some of the
larger ones will weigh over a pound at
that age.
A good pair of breeders will produce
six or seven or more pnlrs of squabs a
V*
Lends Variety
The sash Is the thing. This fashion I facturers are excelling themselves t«-
decreed earlier In the season. Rvery-1 meet the demand for lovely sashes,
body seemingly Is charmed with the Among the clever things they have
Idea. It has been many seasons, made are those rlbbonp which match
writes a prominent fashion correspond- fabrics, such as printed georgette
ent, since there 1ms been a big vogue j crepe, foulards nud even cotton voiles
for the old-fashioned ribbon sash. It and gauzes.
seems like a return to the good old Then conies an almost endless series
days of white muslin frocks with blue of lame or metal brocaded ribbons In
or pink ribbon sashes, except that the marvelous colors and patterns. LIU*
sash of today Is much more elaborate wise a whole big family of clre or
than any we* have ever had. waxed ribbons In both plain and fancy
A white frock with a dainty rib- effects Other noyellJe" ^Imle rlV
bon sash has always been a type of j buns of straw, which, "
to the men | may seem, are used as trimming on
AIRY TAli
0 Mary
Dowver
dress infinitely gratifying
of one's family, no doubt because a I
woman looks sweet and dainty in such |
n dress. It Is said that we women
Peach Sizing Machine-Fruit Can Be Carried Along by Conveyor. Whlch
Are Adjusted to Carry the Largeiit Fruit to the End, Whence It Drops
Into the Apron in the Foreground.
Runt Cross and White Runt (Female.)
This yenr a part of the peach crop
may be better graded at less expense
than heretofore by use of a new slzer
developed by government workers. Two
machines were built last year and test-
ed under commercial conditions at
Leesburg, Va., and Mayfield, Ga. In-
formation gained through these tests
was used in perfecting the present
machine, drawings of which nre now
available to all growers or manufac-
turers interested, according to an-
nouncement by the bureau of markets.
The machine has several unique fea-
tures and advantages over existing
types of Bizers which make It possible
to handle fruit with less bruising,
while its construction permits 10 to 15
packers to work at one time, thus mak-
ing possible a run of two to three car
loads of peaches a day from each ma-
chine, the amount depending on the
average quality of the fruit. The over-
all dimensions of the machine are
24x15 feet. It requires an electric
motor of loss than one horsepower ca-
pacity, or a small gas engine, to ope-
rate it. and it can be run at half ca-
pacity if desired. Under commercial
conditions It should be sold at a price
not to exceed $450, according to esti-
mates of the designers.
How It Works.
The peaches from the orchard are
delivered on an Inclined roller convey-
or. on each side of which sorters stand
and pick out culls and damaged fruit.
The rotation of the peaches on this
conveyor, which is obtained without
bruising, enables the sorters to see the
entire surface of the fruit without
touching it. From this roller convey-
GIVE HOME GARDENS
BEST OF ATTENTION
Don't Put Away Rake and Hoe
Too Early in Season.
year. As many as 11 pairs of squabs or tj)e peaches are delivered to two
have been produced, by one pair In a sots of ropes running over pulleys,
year. When production is high the A simple lever arrangement permits
female lays and begins incubation 1llP „dustment of the spaces between
while she has young still in the nest, | these ropes to accommodate any si/,e
leaving the care of them to her mate, j ^ruit js (ipS|red to grade. Although
Raising squabs has been Increasing , t}ip ropPS diverge from each other un-
1n cities in recent years. On farms (]er or(ijnnry operating conditions,
the tendency has been the other way.
Or, a farm a flock of free pigeons, if
not kept down by killing off the in-
crease, soon becomes a nuisance, de-
stroying grain and doing a great deal
of damage, especially on new-seeded
ground.
PLAN TO CARRY LIVE FOWLS j
Bird Wrapped in Cornucopia of News- j
papers and Given Plenty of Air |
Is Quite Content.
Carrying live fowls In a cornucopia
of newspapers, in the manner of car- j
rying a bouquet, is a good idea. The
bird Is laid down on the paper and
the legs straightened out on a line
with the tall; the wings are held In
position at the sides. The newspaper
is then rolled around the bird, making
a cornucopia, and the lower end Is
twisted, which leaves the upper end
open. When carrying the bird in this
manner, the twisted end of the cornu-
copia is held in the hand, allowing
the roll to rest on the arm. The bird
bas plenty of air and seemingly is
•content in its peculiar position.
they may be set nearly parallel to
facilitate the distribution into the bins
of fruit which runs almost uniform In
size. This control is made possible by
a perfected hat rack movement which
is one of the unique features of this
machine.
As the peaches come off the roller
conveyor they roll down a slight In-
cline to tlie ropes on which they travel
until dropped through Into canvas
bins. It Is impossible to congest the
machine because the peaches are fed
one at a time to the moving ropes,
Rome objections to former rope sizers
have been overcome through the use of
a special coupling device, an idler
which serves to keep the proper ten-
sion on the ropes and the mechanism
which quickly widens or reduces the
space between the ropes. The machine,
which was devised particularly for six-
basket carrier packing, can be used
equally well for bushel packs with a
slight'modification of the bins.
Possibilities for Other Fruits.
In announcing' the perfected ma-
chine. which is the work of ti e grades
and standards project and the tech-
nological laboratory of the bureau of
markets, it is stated that the machine
has possibilities for grading other
fruits such as apples, pears and or-
anges, while It may be possible to
modify It to handle sweet potatoes
An application for a public patent
on this slzer Is pending in the patent
office, but the department can give
no assurance that a patent will be al-
lowed on the machine or that some of
the elements covered by the applica-
tion are not already protected by ex-
isting patents. The bureau has applied
for patents on parts of the machine
In order to make them available to all,
and is ready to furnish a set of work-
ing drawings to growers or manufac-
turers for $2. which Is Intended to
coyer merely the cost of labor and
materials.
3
dresses.
A charming dress Is developed In
taffeta, plain nnd fancy, with a big
taffeta sash nt on" side bnlnnelng a
pannier drapery at the other. The
skirt is of a lovely gray >vlth prlnicd
figures In which the dominant note Is
jade green, with a liberal Interspers-
ing of gold and silver lame threads.
The bodice, reminiscent of the old-
fashioned basque, Is of Jade green Viif-
feta nnd ribbon of the same shade. It
has kimono sleeves and the hack Is
cut In a deep point like the front. H.e
ribbon sash Is lined with the brocaded
taffeta.
Perfect Dress for Young Girl.
A real old-timer tlint has come ba-it
Into the limelight of fashion ij the
sweet little white frock with a sash of
Mue ribbon—u perfect dress for a
young girl. The dress, of organdie, Is
in low blouslng chemise style and Is
girdled with a sash of Nattier blue.
The organdie Is heavily embroidered
in white, with a delicate outline trae-
itig in black threads and a shudowy
crossbar background, like the mouli of
BUflH AND FLY.
"You're a queer thing, bush," said
the IIv to tho snowberry bush.
"Why?" asked
t h e snowberry
bush. "I'm sure I
don't mean to be
queer. I'm sorry
you think I am.
I mean to be
nice."
"That is what I
think Is queer."
said the fly. The
fly moved his legs
nIMint and rubbed
b I s small red
head. His black
body with Its si*
black legs looked
very unattractive,
lie didn't look as
though he cared
about bathing or
anything cleanly
In the very least and, Indeed, he did
not. „
"What In the world do you mean?
"Just what I said," the fly answered.
"You mean," said the snowberry
bush, "that you think It Is ulce to be
mean and not to be nice?"
"Exactly what I think," snld the fly.
"Why," said the snowberry bush, "I
enn't believe you are thinking of what
Far From Pleas-
ant
you are saying. I simply cannot be-
lieve that you are. You surely don't
menu It, but are joking with me?"
"I'm not Joking In the least,'"
IPM —„ . the fly. "i love to be mean. It
lllet lace. In blue. The ribbon sash hiv n,,ore )t Au mv family always have.
said
I simply
I AVOID OVERCROWDING CHICKS
Surface of Soil Should Be Lightly
Stirred and Kept Mellow—Finely
Sifted Manure Scattered Over
Seeds Is Excellent.
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
Here is a message for the tillers oT
tbo thousands of home gardens al-
, ready planted in cities and the smaller
I towns, and other thousands in process
of being planted. Let every gardener
remember that his work of food pro-
duction is only begun. Many amateurs
make the mistake of putting away
the rake and hoe as soon as they have
the seeds in the ground. The surface
of the ground should be lightly stirred
with a rake and kept mellow before
the seeds come up. Often a week or
so of extremely dry weather, comes
after garden planting. This is liable
to cause many of the smaller seeds
to fail to germinate, or, if they germ-
inate, they may not have enough
moisture to keep them alive.
There are two or three ways of pre-
venting loss. One Is to use the sprink-
One of Le.-^ring Causes of Range
Losses During Summer Months—
Fresh Air Is Needed.
During the hot summer months the
greater part of the trouble experienced
on poultry plants Is found on the
ranges where the growing stock Is
kept. According to the poultry de-
partment of the New Jersey agricul-
tural experiment station one of the
Frock Having Skirt of Gray Taffeta
With Brocaded Figures of Jade
Green Interspersed With Gold and
Silver Threads, and Bodice and
Sash of Green Taffeta.
wear complicated and elaborate cos-
tumes to Impress other women, not to
please men. t
The sasli alone gives all the needed
variety and novelty to the midsummer
dress. Nothing is more charming than
a dainty organdie, batiste or cotton
voile made in simple chemise or blous-
lng bodice style girdled low with a
wide ribbon sash.
What could be more novel than a
plain georgette crepe dress with a
lovely big sash of printed georgette,
the ground of the ribbon exactly
matching the material of the dress?
This has the advantage, too, of being
one of the smartest styles of the mo-
ment.
Sashes Form Sort of Bustle.
Foulard dresses with huge sash
bows made from foulard ribbon print-
ed in characteristic designs are equal-
ly smart. There are also lovely striped
i taffeta dresses with big sashes form-
ing a sort of bustle or balancing a
j one-side hip extension made from a
ribbon exactly matching the silk,
j As for the wide plain ribbons, the
lovely soft taffetas, the wonderful
, , , , ... : Mmp in iur ltibbon
the birds. There should be a suffici-
ent number of colony houses to ac-
commodate the birds. The colony
houses are used by the young birds j Another means of Introducing black
at night', and if they are forced to ,nto white organdie frocks Is through
crowd together, serious results will n ^ladc tulle Insertion, often em-
occur. Chicks' need a large amount j,roIdered In delicate colors. Ruffles
of fresh air in order to keep growing of b)ack )ace frequently trim white or-
constanfly. If crowded nt night they gam]je.
a somewhat bold plcot edge of niter*
! nntlng black and white loops. A study
; of artistic simplicity in both color ftrtd
line Is seen In this frock.
These embroideries, with touches if
black, are favorites of Mine. Lanvln,
The same model Is copied with a scar-
let sash and a delicate tracing of scar-
let threads back of the embroidery. *n
these colors It Is especially suitable
for a dark-haired girl of Spanish type.
For all Its subtle beauty, there In a
great deal that Is practical in this
model. Variations of it may be triad
by any woman who can sew at n.
A number of things could be sub
stltuted for this elaborate lmnd em
broidery. In the first place, the enMri
dress might be made of one of thrt'
machine-embroidered voiles or orgia'n
dies. Especially beautiful ones have
been created this year, and so hue 1ft
the workmanship that It is difficult tv
distinguish It from hand embroidery,
Or a cotton crepe or voile, printed In
beautiful colors, could be used and
sashed In a contrasting or harmon!c-
Ing color.
Fresh Interest In Elack and White.
There Is a cotton crepe, havliR a
white background marked off with lit-
tle bars of gold, that would be effec-
tive. It may be sashed with whltt
voile or plain white crepe, finished
with rows of hemstitching done In y</l-
low threads. Again, such a sash wc.uld
be pretty finished at the ends v.-lth
either n white or yellow fringe of tot-
ton threads.
Typifying the interest In black i nd
white are the new organdie dres.ies
with heavy embroideries In black,
usually ranging In panel form, falling
over foundation skirts of orgfciilie
with white embroidery; the black a.rl
white often being of similar design.
A huge sash of black tulle wi.li
looped bows completes such a dm is
and stamps It as being distinctly if
the summer of 1920. These white o.
trnndle dresses are very short—11 ov
12 Inches from the floor—and one-end
of the tulle sasli hangs several lnch?u
below the hem.
leading causes of range losses during | Swenlng moires all
the summer is the overcrowding of j ^ ^ for att(?ntlon. uibbon manu-
Panel Motifs of Printed Foulards
PURE BREEDS ARE PAMPERED
Supposition That Common Fowls Are
Most Hardy Is Erroneous—Only
Strongest Survive.
Tflie supposition that common fowls
are hardier than pure breeds is not
borne out by the facts. Those who ^ ^ w —-r
batch chicks of the common kinds lose j surface lightly
a large number of then, only the , ling can and^i ^ ^ up An
strongest surviving, and eveiy yea j ^ jg ^ ]ay a bonr(1 directly over
they are more and inore inbred. Th , ^ Qf geeds uutj, they sprout
pure breeds suffer from being pam | ^ ^ just about ready to come
through the ground. It does not do.
however, to leave the boards over the
row too long, as the little seedlings
on coming up against the boards will
be bent out of shape and weakened.
Still Brother method is to scatter a
little Hne. sifted manure. Here, also,
care must be taken that the cover-
ing is not too heavy, or the seedlings
will be injured when they come
through the ground.
A steel rake is one of the best tools
for cultivating the garden, because it
loosens the top inch or two of the
soil Before the plants are up, break
the surface ever so gently over the
rows, with the rake. Afuw the plants
appear, use the rake frequently along
each side of the row to keep the soil
loose and mellow.
are forced to breathe the same air
time after time, a condition which re-
sults In stunted f-rowth and invites
disease. Colony houses with from 50
to 75 birds In each provide much bet-
ter conditions than In cases where
hundreds of birds afe kept in a single
There Is nothing newer than the
printed foulard sash. The dross lias a
one-side crossing surplice bodice and
a strniglrt plained skirt. Into the lat-
ter are set panel motifs of printed fou-
lard. The main feature, however, Is
the big printed sasli of a pattern ex-
house. If several emaciated, stunted act1y matchlng the skirt panels,
birds are found on the ranges, look
first to the colony houses at night.
They are probably overcrowded.
ELIMINATION OF ANT HILLS
peretl by their owners in many in- j
stances, in which cases they do not
compare favorably with common fowls.
SMALL START FOR BEGINNER
Safest Plan for Those About to Em-
bark in Poultry Business—Many
Hard Problems.
The safest way for those who are
about to make their first attempt at
poultry raising Is to start in a small
way with a few fowls and learn the
business thoroughly before making
large investments. Mistakes wi'.l be
made and many difficult problems will
be presented for solution before suc-
cess in any large measure will be at-
tained.
Bear In mind that the sash is not
made from a piece of the silk, but Is
actual ribbon, about sixteen Inches
wide, finished with a ribbon edge, thus
replacing the custom of using a sash
made of the fabric, cut and hemmed.
The ribbon, which Is woven for thi
gette ribbon, has one of the apumi
oversklrts extended slightly nt t n
side with a little wired hoop, wl.it vt
stnrts from a low waistline. The buVe
of the skirt Is balanced by big sn<h
loops of georgette ribbon on the op-
posite side.
While georgette ribbon Is new. lh«
frock might lie quite ns attractlvelj
carried out In a combination of plult
nnd printed georgette, the sasli being
made of the printed fabric and lii.ed
with the plain.
Effective Ptan Is to Punch Holes in e nn(j of exnetly the right width
Mounds and Apply Carbon Bisul- foJ. gupf| n gash |s the result of care-
phide on Cotton. J fn, fitudy on the part of the producer
. t . . of novelties and shows evidence of a
Ant hills may be eliminated by ^ pffort tQ g(ve ug something at-
punching holes in them and placing trB<.Uve nn(J new.
cotton, which lias been wet with car- j A dress of georgette crepe, with a
bon bisulphide, in them. The fumes Rash yoke 0f printed geor-
of this material penetrate the hills and
Capes Are Longer.
Capes, which for several niouUh
have been serving as n part oi
dresses themselves and which were
originally very short, falling only
slightly below the waist, are now long.
Dresses have capes attached th .t: full
almost to the bottom of the frocL It
self. Thefce are very practical fo;
street wear.
Diamond-Shaped Plaids.
A very novel effect is prodnte ! >y
dlamond-shaiKjd plaids Instead oi 'be
usual square.
If we can carry around an Illness
we're delighted to do it. The fewer
flies there are, they say, the healthier
It Is, so you see what we do In those
ways 1
"We like sickness. It doesn't bother
us. We're willing to carry It. We like
to wake folks up In the morning who
are tired. When exhausted people
sometimes on t\ holiday find the time
for a little nap on a summer afternoon
we bother them so they can't sleep.
"We bother Idem at mealtime. We
go flying about and getting a nibble
at the food which Is far from pleasant
for the people, but we don't mind that.
We just adore doing that.
"The meaner we can be the happier
we are. We haven't anything nice
about us. We never do any kind deeds
and we never care for anything that
has kindness In It. We're surprised
at the great number of creature* and
things there are who are nice. Now
take even ttie catchfly plants or flow-
ers.
"You know those, lavender and white
and purple and pink flowers with the
sticky stems? They even try to help
catch us at the same time they are
being beautiful. They want to make
folks happy looking at them and add-
ing to a garden nnd they want to help
folks along still more by seeing If
perhaps one or two of us may be
caught that way.
"That Is the way they are. And
you seem to be kindly and all of that,
too."
"Ah," said the snowberry bush, "In
the spring we have lovely little blos-
soms and the rest of the time our
leaves try to do u great deal of good
work.
"Then In the autumn and even Into
the winter we have little round white
berries which give us the name of
snowberry bush. They're not so very
tiny and they add a great deal of
cheerfulness when there are no other
(lowers. We're glad to do such
things as add (beer."
"Strange," buzzed the fly.
"And In the summer when there Is
n storm and when the sun comes out
later the people
love to look at
us. The rain-
drops stay on our
leaves for quite a
while. The leaves
qre shaped f<tr
that. And with
the sun glistening
down they all look
like diamonds and
people just love
to see us then.
"Then, too, the
birds come and
sip up the drops
of water and have
a beautiful time
and they shake
rain off on their
1111 e feathered
Birds Come.
kill the ants. Keep the material away
from an open flame as it is very ex-
plosive.
INFERTILE EGGS KEEP BEST
Under Normal Conditions They May
Be Stored for Period of Four to
Five Weeks.
Infertile eggs will keep under nor-
mal conditions at a temperature of CO X11C ,
to 80 degrees for a period of four or two widths of material turned over ai
five weeks while on the other hand the top to allow of an elastic band oae
fertile eggs often) become unfit for ta j
ble use in only a few days.
Fastens in Center Back.
The blouse that fastens in the con
ter back Is the favorite of the mo-
ment. Many of these blouses are fin-
ished at the neck in front with old-
t-ashioned frills, either gathered or
accordion plaited, of white net, or or-
gandie when the blouse prop-T is
shown In color, or vice versa.
A Plain Petticoat. 1
The straight petticoat composed of
!:,<-h wide being Inserted is a thing
which even the most inexperienced
sewer can make. Fasten the elastic
with a non-rusting hock and ey<p. Ii
you make the petticoat of washing
material, take out the elastic when
.. i nc it r\ot*i c) iDU i Ti ;
bodies, and they have nice cooling, re-
freshing baths and enjoy us so much.
"Why don't you try, fly. and see
what it is like to be nice? You get
far more fun out of life if you are.
You see such nice things about crea-
tures and you have such a good time
being friendly."
"I'd rather not." said the fly.
"That's too bad." said the snowberry
bush. "I'm glad there are few crea-
tures like you."
Become Peanut Eaters.
_ The teacher was trying to familiar-
the laundry, as it perishes in | \z0 her little pupils with definitions of
.... ix.!...... ♦ c-h/>iil/1 hA i... "foirip "
water.
The petticoat should not be
more" than one yard and three-quurttrs
\ round the hem.
Full Tulle Oversklrts.
Full tulle oversklrts are pretty fu-
ture* (,f newest evening dresses.
the word "tame.
"And what do most animals become
after they have been In the zoo a long
time?" she asked her class.
Up went the hand of the little boy
in the blue reefer.
"Please, ma'am. I kuow," he chirped.
"What, Maxie?"
"Peanut eaters, ma'am."
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