The Messenger. (Earlsboro, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1913 Page: 3 of 10
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IDEAL SOUTHERN FOWL
Indian Runner Most Profitable
Breed of Ducks.
Champion Layers of Large, White
Eggs and Require but Little
Attention Outside of Plen-
tiful Supply of Water.
As the hatching time approaches
special attention should be given the
hen and eggs. Duck eggs require more
moisture than hen eggs. We sprinkle
the eggs with tepid-warm water three
or four times during the hatch. They
should be sprinkled at least twice
during last ten days of incubation.
The shell of a duck egg is porous, and
a lack of moisture will cause the shell
to become brittle, and when this oc-
curs the inner membrane will become
the broken eggshells from the nest ev.
ery few hours. There is danger of
the empty shells slipping over the
ones not yet hatched and smothering
the ducklings.
If the young are properly hatched
they are very easy to raise, and if the
breeders are kept in good condition,
not too fat, have plenty of water and
their laying houses well ventilated,
the eggs will be largely fertile.
We have at times tried nearly all
varieties of ducks, but for profit we
find the Indian Runner takes the lead,
says a writer in the Baltimore Ameri-
can. They have earned the name, the
"Leghorn of the duck family,” for they
are certainly the champion layers of
large, white eggs, and many people
are now keeping them for eggs in-
stead of hena Their eggs being
large and pure white, they are in
great demand. Many persons get an
advance of four to six cents per dozen
over the prices of hens’ eggs.
The Indian Runner duck is sure to
make an ideal fowl for the south, as
they are never bothered by insects,
and the mild weather the year around
will enable one to get eggs from them
almost continually, and where there is
a stream or pond of water a flock of
these ducks will pick up the greater
part of their living. In cold weather
they require a moderately warm house,
not so closely built as for hens, but
require a good, dry bed of straw or
chaff on the floor to roost on, and dur-
ing hot weather they require plenty of
shade.
FASHIONS
OF THE
MOMENT.
FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY
HOSTESS MAY CARRY OUT
j HOW
ORIGINAL ENTERTAINMENT.
Occasion Offers Every Opportunity In
the Way of Realistic Decorations
and Color—Some Good Idea*
for Place Card*.
Over 1,400 years have passed into
the golden cycle of years since the
good St. Patrick dwelt in “ould Ire-
land.”
His memory ever lingers fresh and
J "green.” We delight to honor him
Indian Runner Duck.
tough and thus hinder the duckling
from getting out. The water sprinkled
on the eggs will be converted into
steam by the heat of the hen’s body,
and thus soften the inner membrane,
so when the eggs are due to hatch the
ducklings can easily liberate them-
selves. Ducklings pip the eggs from
24 to 48 hours before they are ready
to leave the shell. The day they are
due to hatch the nest should be
watched closely in order to remove
The Busy Cabbage Louse.
Lice on the cabbage make appear-
ance in the early summer, and re-
main on the plant until late fall.
Clean culture in the garden and
along the fences is necessary. See
that there are no stumps or other
refuse from last year’s crop, before
planting the new. Keroseno emulsion
is the most effective spray, but can-
not be used on cabbage as the taste |
of the oil would be noticed. Whale-
oil soap solution, as well as pyre-
thrum, may be applied. The destruc-
tive work of these insects may be
checked by the use of waiter, forcibly i
applied through a spray pump. In or- j
der for the above remedies to be ef-
fective, prompt and oft-repeated ac
tion is important.
Salt and Linseed Meal
Both salt and linseed meal are valu-
able adjuncts to the fowls’ bill of fare,
but they must be used with discre-
tion.
NEW CABBAGE PLANT WORTHY OF TRIAL
each year upon the anniversary of his
birth.
One does not need to be a native of
Erin to celebrate the seventeenth of
March, and entertaining on this
day becomes more popular as time
rolls on.
Wide scope Is given for originality
in planning a St. Patrick's party.
A visit to the confectioner’s and
favor counter will be a great aid.
Candy is fashioned into the most real-
istic snakes and potatoes. Shamrocks,
quaint Irish faces, clay pipeB and
shlllalahs in unlimited variety may
be made of candy.
The room and table may be deco-
rated with green cheesecloth or crepe
paper. The national flag Bhould be
used lavishly.
The centerpiece of bowers may be
green if desired. Any florist, if given
sufficient time, can provide green car-
nations for this occasion.
In your invitations request your
guests to come prepared to sing an
Pak-Choi, Chinese Vegetable.
Among the new vegetables sent to j the table and may be prepared in the
the United States from foreign coun- same manner as cabbage or cauli-
tries, within recent years, is one flower, and make a very acceptable
called pak-ehoi, a cabbage-like plant substitute for either. H may be used ,
which has been grown with success
by the various state experimental sta-
tions.
Pak-choi resembles the cabbage,
particularly as to the smooth, waxy
blade of the leaf, the midrib of which
in the raw condition, similar to cel
ery, in the making of salads.
This new cabbage is particularly
well adapted for an autumn crop in
temperate climates. The foliage of
pak-choi plants are wide spreading, !
is very large, and nearly white. The 1 and it is well to tie the leaves to- | --
general appearance of the plant gethei with wide strings, for the pur- , irjgjj Bong 0r tell a story. It may be
while growing in the field is like our pose of more thoroughly blanching, as j a C0BtUme party if desired,
cabbage. It. is the pure white leaf the plants approach the time for gath- ' Here are two 'ttttractive designs for
stalks and the smaller leaves with j ering. This plant deserves a place in i place cards
them, making up an Interior similar the home garden as well as the field To dupii(ia,e these, place a sheet of
to a head of lettuce, that are used for ; of the truck gardener |
FOR SPRING DAYS
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Distinctive costume that is stamped
wdth the approval of Paris.
carbon paper between the drawing
and the card or piece of watercolor
paper. Carefully trace the design with
a sharply pointed pencil.
An exact reproduction will be found
upon the card, ready for tinting.
Shamrocks are the national em-
blem of Ireland. Tradition tells us
St. Patrick taught the triune nature
of God and illustrated his discourse
by plucking a shamrock.
This pretty little plant is always
closely associated with the patron
saint of Ireland.
A cluster of three shamrocks is
dainty and artistic. They should be
colored a clover green. Watercolors
are always best for this purpose.
Another design shows a single
shamrock cleverly arranged and espe-
cially pretty when tinted.
A shamrock cut from watercolor
paper and tinted a vivid green is
used for a place card. It is folded
through the center, and when open
discloses the opening verse of that
beloved old song. “ Twas the T^ast
Rose of Summer.”
You will be thoroughly satisfied if
you make you own place cards la
honor of St Patrick.
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Resch, Francis X. The Messenger. (Earlsboro, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1913, newspaper, March 6, 1913; Earlsboro, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc860709/m1/3/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.