The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 63, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1906 Page: 4 of 6
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POULTRY NOTES.
THE FARMER'S CREED.
The following Is suggested hy Prof.
Irby, ol' the North Carolina State col-
lege, as the sort of creed to which
all progressive farmers should sub-
scribe and religiously adhere:
We believe In small, well-tllled
farms: that the soli must be fed as
■well as the owner, so that the crops
shall make the farm and the farmer
rich.
We believe In thorough drainage. In
deep plowing, and in labor saving Im-
plements.
Wo believe in good fences, barns
conveniently arranged, good orchards
find gardens, and plenty of home-raised
thog and hominy.
Wo believe in raising purebred
stock or in grading up the best to be
gotten; they equal the thoroughbreds.
Wo believo in growing the best
varieties of farm crops and saving the
choicest for seed.
We believe In fertilizing the brain
with phosphorus as well as applying
It to the soli.
We believe In the proper eare and
application of barn-yard manure.
We believo that the best fertilizers
are of little value unless accompanied
by industry, enterprise and intelli-
gence.
Wo believe In rotation, diversifica-
tion and thorough cultivation of
crops.
We believe that every farm should
own a good farmer and every good
farmer will eventually own a good
farm.
shade for other children now, putting
out leaves and flowers, and maturing
its berries us then.
At a time when there is so much
call for hedging plants for our subur-
ban homes why would it not be well to
plant more barberries? Hardy, hand-
some, easily cared for and protected by
sharp thorns from the depredations of
stock it seems to me to bo one of the
most desirable plants for the purpose,
while its fruit finds a ready market
wherever known.
RABBIT TRAPS.
WITH THE FLOWERS.
FLOWERS FOR
WEDDING.
One of the Incidents and expenses of
orcharding on a large scale not likely
to be thought of by the casual observer
Is the constant warfare which it is nec-
essary to wage on the rabbits so likely
to work great destruction to young tip-
ple trees. This Is Illustrated by the
operations of Wellhouse & Son, of To-
peka, Kan., who are recognized us the
Apple Kings, as reported by E. D.
Coburn. For their orchard In Osage
county they used a carload of lumber
in the construction of 1,700 rabbit
traps; for their three orchards in
Leavenworth county they have 1,600
ttaps, and in a Miami county orchard
400 traps. These consist of a box 22
inches long, made of ordinary six-inch
lumber, one inch thick, closed at one
end, and with an inward-swinging wire
gate in the other end, which is shut
by contact of the rabbit with a trigger
after ha has fulrly entered. About four
feet of lumber and four feet of No. 12
galvanized iron wire are consumed in
the making of each trap, which costs,
complete, about 12^ to 15 cents. This
trap, as now constructed, is considered
well nigh perfect, cost and efficiency
considered, and is the result of 20
years of experimenting in making
traps, and studying the nature and
habits of the rabbits. In this connec-
tion the word rabbit applies only to
the ordinary cotton-tail and not to the
larger jack-rabbit, which the Messrs.
Wellhouse say is not especially
troublesome to the apple trees.-Ex-
change.
Stir the soil often among estab-
lished plants and keep them free of
weeds.
Stake holly-hocks, dahlias and giadl-
olls before the wind blows them over.
Liquid cow manure is an excellent
fertilizer to make bloom in the flower
garden, when soil is poor. Do not get
liquid on foliage.
Never allow grass or weeds to go to
seed on the lawn; keep the mower go-
ing.
Hellebore dusted on rose bushes will
kill the second crop of worms and
slugs.
Don't let the pansies go to seed; it
will stop their blooming. The same
rule applies to nearly all summer flow-
ering plants.
During warm rains, put the palms,
ferns and all house plants, in fact, out
of doors. The drenching rain will do
them good.
An application of kerosene emulsion
each week to the rose bushes will keep
them free from aphis.
Summer pruning of shrubs may be
made this month. It is easy to keep
back a too luxuriant growth by pinch-
ing off the shoots.
If you want carnations for winter
blooming, nip off the buds now and set
the plant to branching out.
The first blooms on asters, verbepas,
stocks, drummond phlox, etc., should
be cut so as to encourage branching
and more blooms.
You need not expect your hens to
lay regularly if you confine them to a
diet of corn. Vary their food as much
as possible.
There is simply no excuse on any
farm for not furnishing shade and
plenty of pure fresh water for the poul-
try.
Millet seed is the finest food for
chickens as well as older fowls. Scat-
tered among dry leaves it will make a
drove of chickens busy and happy for
hours. Not only is it a healthful food,
but it requires healthful exercise to
get it.
Lime is cheap, is a good disinfactant,
is easily secured, and is one of the best
purifiers, and should be used often as
a wash for coops, perches, nest boxes
and the sides of the house. Don’t fail
to sprinkle it liberally and often on the
floors of the chicken house and the
coops.
Go out to the hen house and look
at the pan you have been giving the
fowls their water in and see how full
of straw and other litter it is. Then
take an old cheese box, split it half
way round the side, put the dish of
water on top of that and note the dif-
ference there will be in cleanliness.
The water pan ought never to be
placed so that the hens can dig Btuff
over the edge into it.
If the poultry house Is in surh con-
dition as to allow rats to run under
the floor, the farmer may as well give
up the poultry business. They are
worse than any disease the fowls may
have. When the house is built it Is
very easy to put wire netting such as
is used for the small chicks under the
floors. If you have not done this, an-
other easy way to keep out rats is to
put in a cement floor. It may cost lit-
tle more than fixing up the wooden
floor, but it is safe against rats and
a wooden floor is not. If wire mesh
is put in with the cement when the
floor is laid it will be all the better.
Suggestions for Decoration for a Home
Wedding by Use of a Bay Win-
dow as Background,
Almost any flowers which an old-
fashioned garden affords are lovely
for a summer wedding. A bay win-
dow is often used as the place for
the bridal party to stand, and this
lends itself particularly well to deco-
ration, says the Housekeeper.
The curtains can be drawn together
and edged with delicate vines. Be-
tween each window section, a tall
evergreen tree planted in a large pot,
painted white, can help to make a
most graceful background. A low
table covered with a white cloth can
be set at the back of the bay win-
dow. Upon this may be placed a vase
of blossoms of any desired hue, and
two tall brass candlesticks holding
lighted tapers.
A small white rug upon the floor
In front of the table, marks the spot
where the clergyman is to stand
Curving outward from the front ol
the bay window, small evergreen
trees, also in white pots, can make a
green chancel boundary; leaving an
opening at the center where the
bride and groom will stand.
Another pretty arrangement is to
have screens placed at the back of
the bay window, covered with sprays
of graceful bloom. The ceiling of
the bay window can be covered with
wire netting and massed with laurel
leaves or other dark green; and hang-
ing from this can be numerous
lengths of fine wire or string wound
'American-
HOME
WEA.RADF0RD
EDITOR
It is often said that we have no
American style of architecture, but
that need not worry us because we are
a nation of inventors. This probably
is the very reason why we have no one
distinctive style or manner of building.
Our inventive architects are continual-
ly working for improvement and they
are succeeding wonderfully well.
In my experience I have learned that
comfortable, attractive houses cost no
more to build than the ordinary struc-
tures usually seen in towns and vil-
lages, the only requisite is to know
how to do it. The average American
citizen wants a house that is pleasing
in appearance, but the exterior must
not in an$ way interfere with the com-
fortable arrangement of the rooms.
While a man takes pride in the out-
side appearance, his first thought
usually is for the wife and her life is
spent inside. The good wife has the
housework to do, and American blis-
ter and that each room may be madb
easy of access which is another way of
stating that there is less work in tak-
ing care of the different rooms in a
square, compactly built house.
This design admits of a center hall
with rooms on both sides. -Such houses
may be heated by turning all the fur-
nace heat into the lower hall, but I
am not saying that this is the best and
bands are thoughtful, and they are
with vines, and each holding from its good providers. The most popular
tip end a spray of blossoms—either houses I ever saw were the most con-
roses, snowballs, peonies or lilies
could be used, and the effect is lovely.
White ribbons can form an aisle at
the time of the bridal procession. If
venient.
Dwellings in older countries
heavier, usually in design, mors
pensive to build, not so pleasing
are
ex-
in
wished, these ribbons can be held by appearance, for the same amount of
.
four little girls dressed in white and
crowned with flowers.
DILAPIDATED FARMHOUSES.
HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES.
BULK IN SWINE FOOD.
In driving about the country one
cannot help noticing many places
where the owner’s lack of thrift is evi-
dent in the dilapidated condition of
much about the house, barn or farm.
I ne fences may need repairing. The
sheds may show signs of weakness.
Gates may have lost a hinge and be-
come useless. The evidence of habit*
When peeling onions begin at the
root end and peel upward, and the
onions will affect the eyes scarcely
at all.
To remove fruit stains stretch the
fabric containing the stain over the by adding bay windows, porches or ex-
mouth of a basin and pour boiling wa- tensions and generally the attempt is
rooms they usually cost more than the
ordinary American home. Of course
we have many incongruities. Some of
the residence streets certainly look
very odd. There is room for improve-
ment in every section of the country.
In some of our older villages the
struggle for better houses may be read
in the houses themselves. Improve-
ments are attempted here and there
Second Floor Plan.
most satisfactory way to do. If a
furnace is put in the cellar of any
house, separate pipes should lead the
heat to the different rooms.
This is another one-story house with
bedrooms finished off in the root*
gables, which is a great economy if
rightly managed. Never in the history
of building has this been done to so
much advantage as at the present time.
The scarcity and high prices of build-
ing material as well as the increasing
price of coal combine to make such
economies necessary and they are not
ter on the stain. In cold weather fruit
, , , , spots can frequently be removed by
ual neglect may be seen in many ways haaglng the stalned garments out ot
KILL THE WEEDS.
Swine are by nature omnivorous
feeders. They eat flesh, herbage, ce-
reals, roots and fruits. Their food in
their natural state has a good deal of
bulk. The bad results sometimes ob-
tained by feeders is due to forgetful-
ness of this fact. The salvation of
pigs kept in confinement has been the
general Impression that swill was pre-
eminently a hog feed. This has given
bulk to an otherwise condensed ration.
The pig has to a large extent been the
victim of a wrong system of feeding.
He has been too often confined in a
small space and fed a condensed ra-
tion. As a result disease and death
have cut short the profits of the big
raisers. The feeding of a ration of
cereals is not in keeping with the
natural requirements of the porcine
money maker. It is not a difficult mat-
ter for the swine feeder to increase
greatly the bulk of food fed. Silage,
roots and vegetables can be fed in the
winter. If the farmer have not.these
be can feed clover hay. This should be
cut in a feed cutter and soaked by
pouring water over it. To this may
be added the meal or other concen-
trate that is to be fed.
The best time to root out a trouble-
some weed is the first time you notice
one growing on your land. It will take
but. a minute then, as it is just one
plant, or one little patch of plants.
Some of the meanest weeds that ever
pestered the farmer could be gotten
rid of if every farmer would do thus.
But the farms are large and the farm-
ers are hurried and the weeds are left
growing until there Is more time, and
then the seeds have ripened and been
scattered to the four winds to seed all
the farm and all the farms joining, and
weeds, bad weeds, are increasing all
the time. Such weeds as bull thistles,
cockleburs, ragweeds and burdock
should be rooted out as soon as possi-
ble. They are bad, bad weeds, and
when they get a foothold are very hard
to get rid of. The burdock Is the only
one that the root lives through the
winter, but the seed crop is so large
and not being deatroyed before the
seeds are ripened is the cause of
spreading the above-mentioned weeds.
The average farmer does not allow
these to grow through carelessness al-
together. The main reason is he un-
dertakes too much and has his hands
more than full of work saving his hay,
wheat and oats, and these weeds ripen
and shed their seeds while he is so
very busy. How nice it would be if
every farm could he clear of all the
obnoxious weeds. There are new
weeds being brought into our country
by getting new seeds from other states.
THE BARBERRY AS A HEDGING
PLANT.
Among the many bright spots in
childhood's memory there is none which
gave more pleasure than that of the
barberry hedge which grew near the
old schoolhouse; that hedge which fur-
nished us shade during the hot noon
time play hour. The bushes with their
deep green foliage, racemes of yel-
low flowers and hidden thorns that
prevented their destruction, and later,
the bright scarlet berries hanging un
til late in winter, perhaps the glasses
of barberry Jelly that graced our
mother's pantry shelves and gave
relish to the bread and butter eaten
at school intensify that memory.
This was over 30 years ago, but the
barbe- v Uudvs still stands, furnishing
about the place, and the aggregation
of these little things which result
from carelessness or thoughtlessness
goes to give the farm a run down ap-
pearance w’hich it does not deserve,
and which it would not have if care
was taken to keep things in a condi-
tion of good order.
Go over the potato patch with a
harrow when the young plants are be-
ginning to come up, and you will de-
stroy all the weeds and leave the patch
in such fine condition that but little
hoeing will be needed thereafter. The
potatoes will get the start of the
weeds, and the weeds may then be
kept down with the horse cultivator.
THE STUDY OF BEES.
Nothing on the farm, or anywhere
else for that matter, is more interest-
ing than our honey bee. One can watch
them for hours and never tire in the
least. Nothing Is busier, nothing is
more exact in its work, no mechanic
could possibly be more exact in his
measurements than is the honey bee.
The life of the bee, though short, is
a busy one. They simply wear out
their wings in flight seeking honey,
and then givo out by the wayside and
die. Knowing all this they are con-
tinually rearing more young to take
the place of the ones that die. Thus
It Is one continual workday In one
way or another for the little honey bee.
Every move counts for something.
Every bit of pollen has Its place. You
will seldom see one piece of work un-
dertaken until the last one Is finished.
Each cell is brought to completion and
then It Is all over the section one
after another. From these little work-
ers one can learn many valuable les-
sons that will be of great worth If we
only rut Into practice what we learn
from them.
Axles run dry with surprising quick-
ness in rainy, muddy weather. Look
after them daily, and never apply two
kinds of grease to a wagon. The water,
washes it out faster in some eases, and
in others I have known the two com-
bine in a paste which quickly wears
out and powders, setting the wheel
by heating.
MEDICINES AND POULTRY.
We are convinced that doctoring
poultry Is of little avail. Probably
birds could he cured if they would
have their diseases diagnosed as hu-
mans do and then be put on a regular
course of treatment involving the giv-
ing of medicine several times a day.
But that is not possible to most of
those that keep poultry. Therefore,
the onlj system that is practical is to
kill all very sick fowls, especially if
they have a contagious disease. Then
keep and feed the others rightly, go-
ing through the flock every month or
so and carefully inspecting every one
of the birds to see if they have roup
or other contagious disease. The roup
can bo told by looking into the mouth.
If the roup Is In process of spreading
the little silt in the roof of the mouth
will be clogged with a colorless, thick,
stringy fluid, or there may be little
blisters, called canker, in the mouth.
Don't put a poor fence post in a per-
manent fence
My neighbor is a good farmer in
most ways, but as I passed his horse-
barn this morning, I noticed a large
pile of manure out in the weather. It
was a cool morning, but I could smell
the ammonia arising from the manure
pile for a long distance, lie will lose
one-half to two-thirds the value of the
manure.
doors over night. If the stain has
been fixed by time, soak the artiele
in a weak solution of oxalic acid, or
hold It over the fumes of sulphur.
In buying canned goods examine
the can carefully, and if the sides
bulge reject them, as this denotes the
presence of gas, which renders the
contents unfit for food.
One of the latest ideas is that cel-
ery is a cure for rheumatism. It is
asserted that the disease Is impos-
sible If the vegetable be cooked and
freely eaten. The celery should be
cut into pieces and boiled in water
until soft, and the water drunk by the
patient. Put new milk, with a little
flour and nutmeg into a saucepan with
the boiled celery, serve it warm with
pieces of toast, eat it with potatoes,
and the painful ailment will soon
yield.
The Lancet advocates the use of
! snails as food. The snail, it says, has
been called “the pojjr man's oyster.”
It makes an excellent fish sauce and
may be used for the same purpose as
! oyster sauce. Care must be exercised
in the choice of the snail for food pur-
poses, as it is well known that snails
| feed on poisonous plants, and it is
the custom in France to allow a few
a failure because the new construction
does not correspond with the old. It is
a patched garment, and it shows it.
daya^ toelapae * after" they have been ' The interior usually is damaged in-
taken from their feeding ground in
only necessary but they are desirable.
True economy Is a virtue that should
be cultivated.
If the small green plant-louse, the-
aphis, infests the trees to any extent,
make a solution by dissolving one
pound of whale-oil soap in ten gallons
of water, and spray with this. First
dissolve the soap in a little hot water
and then dilute to the desired strength.
order that any poisonous matter may
be eliminated.
If horseradish is to be grated the
simplest way is to put it through the
meat chopper.
To prevent making a great dust in
stead of improved. In most case3 it
would be belter to fell the old house
for a barn, and build new from the
bottom of the cellar up. Repairing an
old house always is unsatisfactory.
Even in the newer streets in our
best towns there is a wide difference
THE LAOCOON CORRECTED.
Fragment Recently Found Said to
Show That Present Group Is
Entirely Wrong.
Everybody familiar with the famous
sweeping use
moist sawdust on bare in the appearance of the houses. Some group known as the Laoeoon will he
Give soft food, such as boiled oats
or potatoes, mixed with equal parts of
bran, shorts and ground corn twice a
week for breakfast, but not a full
feed of soft feed, as they will eat too
fast and then sit around with a stuffed
crop.
They say that the cow's olfactories
are about ten times as acute as th- se
of man. If this is true, the necessity
of keeping the feeding trough, the
drinking vessel and all the surround-
ings of the cow clean becomes very
apparent.
floors. If the floor is carpeted, mois-
ten a newspaper, tear it into small
pieces and scatter over the floor. The
carpet will look much brighter than
if swept in the ordinary way.
Hot water and soap generally re-
move grease spots. If fixed by long
standing, use either chloroform or
naphtha. Both these must be used
away from tire or artificial light.
If eggs that are to be boiled hard
are put Into rapidly boiling water the
yolks will not become dark on the
outside.—Boston Budget and Beacon.
are very neat and tasty, but others are
very poorly designed, it is not neces-
sary to cut lip a house into odd shapes
to make it look good. Very often a
plain square house built in proper pro-
portions. with a porch across the front
and without further ornamentation,
makes a more pleasing home both in-
glad to know that at last it will
possible correctly to restore it.
The group was found in a vault in
Rome in 1506 and was bought and
placed in the Vatican by Pope Julius
II. In 1796 Napoleon carried it oft
to Paris, but it was returned in 1815.
When the statue was unearthed th»
side and out than a more expensive I tight arm of Laoeoon and the younger
| boy were missing, and likewise the
The eggs ot geese, ducks, turkeys,
guineas and chickens that are shipped
a great distance will hatch well if they
are turned upside down in the basket
and left for 24 hours and then put un-
der a good hen or in an incubator.
Pineapple Jam.
Pare, dig out eyes, cut in small
pieces and reject cores. To each
pound fruit allow three-quarters
pound sugar. Sprinkle sugar over
fruit and allow to stand over night.
In the morning bring to a quick boil,
skim, and then simmer slowly for
three-quarters hour. Put in tumblers
and seal as directed above.
Some farmers sow clover seed twice,
half early and half late, to insure a
stand; but It is a question whether it
is not wiser to sow it all very early. ! mustard and lemon
Salmon Sandwiches.
Mash half a can of salmon to a
paste, taking out skin and bones. Add
a raw egg beaten, one tablespoon melt-
ed butter, two of cream or milk—if
milk, use more butter—salt, pepper,
juice to taste.
In this way the writer has not failed
of a good stand In many years.
Geese and ducks should have water
to swim in during breeding season, ns
they mate better In water than on
land. Scoop out a place with team and
scraper and fill with water, if practic-
able.
Mix thoroughly together and spread
between thin slices of bread, trim and
cut into triangles.
Mate one drake with five ducks, one
gander with three geese, one gobbler
with four to twenty turkeys, one male
guinea with four to eight guinea hens.
For the Bird.
Canaries are fond of green food ana
when lettuce is scarce a substitute is
offered In a little of their favorite seed
planted in snu ll flower pots and al-
lowed to grow. The birds like it all
the better if they are allowed to pick
out tho plants themselves.
right hand of the older boy. The
group was restored by Giovanni
Montorsoli. Even in his day some
doubt was expressed as to the ac-
curacy of his reconstruction.
At last a young German, Herr Lud-
wig Poliak, has been fortunate enough
to chance upon a fragment which un.
doubtedly formed part of a reproduc-
tion of the Laoeoon group and which
makes it possible to correct Montor-
soli's restoration.
The fragment which, according to
the Scientific American, was found by
Poliak in a small Roman soalpellino,
among a mass of other fragments, is
the right arm of a Laoeoon. Poliak
learned that It was found in the Via
Labicana. That was all he could dis-
cover. The stone of which it is made
is a coarse grained Parian marble.
louse of some fancy design. Such a . 'J1 anclent ,lm®* 11 1,ai1 heen broken
house except that the porch Is built " , ° P' r.ep(a‘re<l; The SPr'
in under the main roof is shown in the P . e’ at the timp of tho
illustration on this page. ‘ure' ,but'U "’"volutions can
still be traced. The body of the ser-
This house Is_exactly square, being , pent has the 9mooth BUrface so ohar.
acteristic of the restored group. In
j all probability the scales were paint-
At the Inner side of the
Ground Floor Plan.
36 feet wide and 36 feet long, and
will cost from $1,600 to $2,000.
The greater amount of cubic space I ed.
Give your laying hens milk and
meat scraps every four or five day*.
1 It means more egire
inclosed by a given length of wall is in
circular form; next to this comes the
square. For economy in cons!ruction,
when the amount of room is taken into
consideration, no other plan will equal
the square house and there arc other
economies beside that of first cost. A
square house means square rooms
bunched as closely together as possi-
ble, which means that the rooms in
upper
Cinnamon Flavor.
Cinnamon makes an unusual and
appetizing flavor for gelatin desserts,
one which has the additional virtue
of economy. Serve with sweet cream, such a house are easily heated in win- J to Rome,
plain or whipped.
arm three Indentations are to he seen,
evidently caused by the pick of some
workman.
So different is this fragment from
the Vatican group that it could not
have belonged to It. but to an ancient
replica about one-ninth smaller than
the original. The arm was probably
broken when the statue was removed
from its pedestal in Rhodes and taken
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