GOTE B-b O K LA., OA ZETTE
Easter in the City
POULTRY
FLOCKS 2
COMMUNITY HAULING CONSERVES
FARM LABOR AT BUSY SEASONS
BEST BREED FOR CAPONIZING
flock*, Brahma*, Cochin*, Langshan*
and Wyandotte* Ar* Favored by
Different Producer*.
(Prepared 6y the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
In selecting the breed best suited for
caponlzing, several factors must bo
taken Into consideration, say poultry
«pecialists of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Large ca-
pons bring the best prices. Conse-
quently the breed should be large. It
does not pay to caponize small fowls.
Yellow legs and skin, 6s. in other
classes of poultry, are most popular.
Plymouth Rocks, Light Brahmas, Co-
chins, Cornish, LangBhans and Wy-
andottes are all recommended by dif-
ferent producers, as are also various
I did not know by the reviving grass,
That the old miracle had come to pass;
Nor by the hawthorne trembling In the
lane
Or the light laughter of the rain.
I, in the fevered city's thundering mart,
Heard not the sounds that quickened the
heart.
I hardly knew that Spring was on her
way,
So desolate and empty passed each day,
With never a tree or fragrant cherry-
bloom
To haunt my spirit like an old perfume.
I did not hear the breathing of the
flowers
Amid the tumult of the hurrying hours;
I did not see the ancient beauty come
Unheralded by fife or bell or drum.
But I knew in the clamoring towers,
And the faces of children that blossomed
like flowers:
I knew by a rose at tne end of the street,
And the glaij martial moving of thousands
of feet.
That the mischievous old March, ancient
yet new,
Had come to the city, to me and to you;
And the seed of his sowing had wakened
again
In the hearts and the souls of millions
of men: ^
I knew by the look in the eyes of the old,
That the grass of His growing had cov-
ered the mold;
I knew by the wonder that came to the
town.
The stern, iron city with sorrow weighed
down, , .
That one had arisen who once had been
dead .
And the white Easter message again had
been said.
-Charles Hanson Towne in the Detroit
Free Press.
There are many little tragedies
which happen at Easter time. Some
of them are not without their humor-
ous side. Right on your very street,
possibly in the house next door, there
Is something going on which is tragic
to the person it happens to, and hu-
morous to those who do not suffer
by it. '
Take little Jack or little Mary, for
Instance. Well, we'll take little Mary.
She gets an all-chocolate Easter bunny.
All day long you'll long for a piece of
that bunny—grown-ups call them rab-
bits—and all day long Mary'U hold
It in her bond. Not that she is wise
to the fact that we want a piece of
chocolate, but Just because the bunny
is fascinating. By the end of the day
Mary has no rabbit. Goodness, no!
Nobody took the rabbit from Mary.
She still has the chocolate—every bit
of it—but the rabbit? Well, he Just
melted away Into aw unrecognizable
solid mass.
^ Fourteen-year-old brother has Ideas
oft-hln own about how Easter should be
epent. A certain young lady—thir-
teen years of age-—is the apple of
brother's eye, and it is only natural
linii fitting for a young man about to
venture on the sea of love that- be
should have a certain kind oi necktie
and low shoes. Easter blooms forth
in all its splendor and brother ven-
tures forth to meet his lady fair. But
lo! He figured on her liking his plain
blue tie, and all the time she like* the
regimental stripe tie worn by little
Willie, Green, and proves her liking by
taking her Easter stroll with Willie,
and not brother.
Three weeks before Easter, Just
when the Easter bonnet makes its ap-
pearance In the hat shops, mother
rushes downtown to get herself a hat.
And for three weeks mother is- on pins
and needles waiting for Easter day to
arrive. And when Easter does arrive
she is on more pins and needles wait-
ing for 1 o'clock to strike so that she
can spring a spring hat surprise on
father. Of course, father and mother
go to church on Sunday and she'll wear
the hat. She thinks her pale green
turban a little bit frisky. Father not
only approves of mother's thoughts in
words, but also thinks other things
which will not be put in words.
Grandma also suffered some little
tragedies. Pardon the comparison, but
church services to grandma are the
same as a good personality to a poli-
tician or a fortune to a miser. And
Easter services are always a little out
of the ordinary. You know, special
decorations and all that. But grand-
mother is disappointed with the serv-
ices this year. The young man who
sang the hymns this year did not do
nearly as well—thanks to her memory
—as the young man who sang the very
sarfe hymn 20 year? ago. And the
flowers 1 Not nearly so pretty as
those of 30 years ago I It's a sad
Easter for grandma after the services.
Performing the Operation.
crosses of these. Orpingtons also
make fine capons, but the white legs
and skin are somewhat of a disad-
vantage in this country.
Brahmas and Cochins possess good
size. Some breeders clalnf that Brah-
mas are difficult to operate upon;
others deny this. Plymouth Rocks
and Wyandottes are somewhat small-
er, but sell readily and possess the
advantage of yellow skin and legs.
The Langshan is large and is easily
operated upon. The Cornish is prob-
ably most useful as a cross with some
of the other breed*, thereby improv-
ing the breast meat without material-
ly reducing the size of the fowL
In Massachusetts the Brahma was
formerly tjhe most popular breed be-
cause of the demand for large birds
for roosters. Later, crosses between
the Light Brahma and the Barred or
White Plymouth Rock became quite
popular, while at present pure Barred
and White Plymouth Rocks are per-
haps most widely used.
Autotruck D.liver# Farm.™- Produe. «nd Collect, Purcham at City Station
WINTER CROWDING IS ERROR
Big Mistake to Put Too-Many Hen*
and Pullet* Together In One
House in Cold Weather.
A good many farm poultry raisers
make the mistake of housing too many
hens and pullets together during cold
weather. Hens will lay as well if
yarded and well cared for as If on
free r≱ but they must not be
crowded when they are confined.
If the hens are being fed and forced
for eggs alone, get them Into winter
quarter* In their pens early In the fall
and do not cbtinge them about after
they have been located. Introducing
new hens into the laying pens always
causes more or less confusion, and
this decreases the number of eggs
laid.
DISTRIBUTE BUILDING COSTS
Proper 8hare of Expen*e for Replac.
ing Old Bylldiryj* SJisuld B«
Charged toTncome.
who
An Easter egg by any other name
would taste Just as delicious, but the
world over the people are creatures
of habit, so at Easter and around
Easter only we have the chocolate and
Jelly eggs.
The association of Easter and eggs
goes back to heathen times, says one
authority;
As for the bunny, the chicken and
• \ -jhe kewple, they all play their part in
modern Easter gifts. The bunny or
hare owes its popularity to the be-
lief of the German children that it i 
the hare who lay* the eggs on Easter
day
Easter always brings a profusion of
flowers, with the lily the most popular
ofialL "In the beauty of the lilies,
Christ was born" has an additional
meaning when one sees lilies on every
side. The fact that a Philadelphiftn
introduced the Bermuda lily to this
country adds more interest to this
ever-interesting subject In 1880, so
the story runs,_a young man from the
Bermudas was visiting In that city,
and upon seeing a illy, exclaimed: "Oh,
there is our Illy." However, upon
close examination he found that It
was not a Bermuda lily. This inci-
dent led to a Philadelphia florist visit-
ing Bermuda in 1881 and bringing the
bulbs to this country. We all know
its popularity. No wonder, for it Is
superior to both the Chinese and
Egyptian (or calla); it is a surer
bloomer and more profuse; It also has
a greater fragrance.
Now the lily Industry in the United
States is thriving. Millions upon mil-
lions are grown from Florida to Cali-
fornia. In these climes they are grown
under glass, In fact a veritable lily
king plants a half a million bulb* thtti
way.
A proper share of the cost for re-
placing old farm buildings should be
charged against the farm Income each
year. Buildings may be constructed
to last for 100 years, or they may
stand only a third of that time. H
the cost of y placement Is not charged
Into' the yearly accounts the whole
bill will appear against therlncome tor
a single year. Depreciation charges
for buildings, machinery, or other
farm equipment are merely a method
for distributing these costs over the
period of years in which the equip-
ment Is tn actual use.
(Prepared by the United State*. Depart-
ment- of Agriculture.)
"I'd" almost be money ahead if 1
dumped this milk into the brook this
morning instead of carrying it to the
creamery. With the best horse In the
barn lfs a two-hour Job to carry 800
pounds of milk three miles, and It has
to be done every day. Those straw-
berries simply must be picked thii
forenoon, too. Rain last night and
sunsfiTbe today; aU the berries not in
the cooling room oy noon will be
spoiled."
This farmer had encountered one of
the periods in his farm work when the
proprietor's presence Is desperately
needed In two places at the same time.
Turning to save a profit on his dairy,
he was likely to lose one on hi* straw-
berry crop; If he saved the berries he
lost the milk, for milk and strawber-
ries wait for no man.
8tarts on the Trip.
"Well, I've got the milk ready to go,
but I haven't picked the berries. Here
goes for the milk."
Two minutes later he guided old
Jim and the buckboard around the
maple on the corner and urged the
horse into his best gait when they
reached the main road. Every minute
was valuable this morning. A half
mile from home a forewheel began to
give off slight, complaining sounds.
"A dry axle," groaned the farmer.
'Til have to stop at Yelp's and grease
the wheels."
When he reached Yelp's farm two
more of the buckboard's wheels were
squealing wildly.
"Can I borrow your wagon wrench,
jack, and some axle grease?" be called,
catching sight ofbis neighbor, oddly
muffled in gauze and gloves under a
tree in the orchard.
"Sure! Help yourself," came the
hearty reply. "I'd find the things for
you myself, but Tm so. busy I can't
spare a minute. I'm trying to hive
some of my bees that swarmed th.8
morning, and I've got a dozen crates of
lettuce all packed that musfrgd on the
noon train."
He thouglrt the matter out to a con-
clusion, and that evening drove around
to bis neighbors with his proposition.
He called only at the farms that lay
between his own place and the village,
and to their' owners he made a propo-
sition thkt ran something like this.
«fcow much would It be worth to you
to have your milk and farm produce
carried into town for you every day?
There are days when you have to mak^
a trip that* takes an hour or more of
your time at the busiest season of th^
year Just to haul your milk to the
creamery, and there are other time*
when you'll have a load of things that
you want to send. Suppose I buy a
light truck—would you be willing to
pay me enough for hauling your prod-
duce to make It worth my while?"
"Yes; we'd be willing to do that,
providing your charges aren't too steep.
How would you regulate the prices"'
"I've been consulting a bulletin on
this subject """issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Maryland farmers have already put
an Idea like this into execution, ac-
cording to the department's represen-
tatives. They own and operate a
truck on co-operative basis, and the
rate is 15 cents per hundredweight for
first-class goods. I Believe I can haul
your .produce with a light truck for
20 cents a hundred pounds during the
summer months. The co-operative
idea in Maryland Is not managed to
secure a profit, but I shall have to
make a profit to pay for the time I
am taking from my own work."
"How will we manage when we want
things brought out from town?"
"Telephone your orders and have
the merchants deliver the goods at
the creamery where I can pick them
all up at once and I'll bring them out
to you."
The scheme was adopted and these
farmers found the solution to their
hauling problems.
Where there are only a few farmer*
and the route is short it is sometimes
possible to organize motor-truck serv-
ice in this way, if a farmer can be
found who Is willing to undertake the
work. In most cases, however,, the
volume of business increases so rap-
idly that It cannot be handled by eae
truck or one man, and when this stag*
is readied a co-operative motor-truck
association is the best solution.
Forming an Association.
Such an association can be organised
as a regular stock company. Bulletin
541, United States Department of Ag-
riculture. which may be had on re-
quest, contains Information regarding
the by-laws under which a co-oper-
ative association should he organised,
.and farmers' bulletin 1032 tells bow the
motor-truck route ought to be oper-
ated, how prices are fixpd, and the
Pinning expenses met. >
EXTERMINATING RATS
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
Work is Now Being Carried on in-
ztr Vigorous Manner.
County Agricultural Demonstrator*
and Rodent Control Experts Male
ing Determined Efforts to
Destroy Little Pests.
DETAILS OF N0NLAY1NQ HEN
Knowledge of Uttle Points Not Abso-
lutely Necessary for-Profitable
Job of Culling.
While there are many Uttfe details
I connected with the build and form of
the nonlaying hen that- are well
worth knowing, many of which re-
quire some study and practice,' a
I knowledge of these details is not
absolutely necessary for a fairly good
and paying Job of calling the farm
fleck.
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
According to reports to the United
States Department of Agriculture,
rat extermination work throughout
the country is being carried forward
vigorously under the combined ef-
forts of the county agricultural dem-
onstrators sent out by the states re-
lations service and the rodent control
experts representing the bureau of bio-,
logical survey.
At Blackstone, Va., the home demon-
stration agent and the biological sur-
vey representative Joined lu a rat
^fimpalgn which promised to Bead
12,000 rodents Into the rat hereafter. *
When the final count of rat talla*^
was taken It was found that SO.OOftjJ*;
of the pests had been killed in the \'
one town.
At Fargo, N. D., the citizens were
l,Tl_annoyed by a heavy Infestation of
~ rats. - A bureau representative en-
listed the co-operation of the city com-
mission, the commercial club, the
health department, the boy scouts,
women** club*, and other organiza-
tions, and conducted a very success-
ful campaign against the pest. In this
instance the goison, barium carbonate,
was purchas^yn quantities and used
aB a destructive agent with excellent
results.
Keep Hog* Healthy.
It, is no more our; business to keep
our hogs healthy than it is to allow
them to keep themselves healthy. Pro-
Tide-good sanitary quarters and they,
will do the rest
Competitor* Over World,
Some farmers seem to forget that
they have competitor* over the entire
world,