-\ l! ._ . _ . . _ .. _' ‘ ~ ‘ iv n »» . f - .' ~ - . - -V-._ . ,__., -., __ . .._ _.. . ' , .<. . ..».. _ ;. -e' " 1.- ’ .' _ -_ °" , H.. \' 1... ._» . ,J . “~ "'. ' » . .,.. .. » ~,.-. .-- _ ,~ . -'f _ .- . - -.,.»» - .. __ I ,-.. __ I . ._.\.-;_» j fF! EBRUARY ¥9» 1910 _ 'ri-in 1.`a'ras'r Naws _ I THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN rmsr or lim. I PAGE SEVEN in ’ 5 _ . 1 e . . .1-=p_f__,_____. _,_._.___ _ POULTRY HOUSE ,PI.iA,N` I ` ` I '...___._.'.i.w._._......,.” . WITH SCRATCHING PEN ‘ °I NCIVWI Plostralion. ~4. “ll/hat did he say is the matter- witb you?" anxiously asked M,-_ li."o\vrl. Hs had waited in a taxicab in front of Dr. 1.iurray‘s house, while Mfg, llrown received medical aqy|ce_ 'r:. Iirown sighed, leaned weakly .- ninat him and murmured that she’d 1 -. him as soon as he had finished di. _ec".`ilg the chauffeur, " tsl u. wonder l'm not in a hospital l'if`hl- l10W. IW HMB." she continued, "I l..° .e missed nervous prostration by a b:iir's breadth, and if I‘m not very, very careful, I'll get it yet. Perhaps l‘ii die, too." A sob left her. I "People are dying lilte everything this sr-ring." she resumed with emo- tion. "from the same thing." "Well, then, now, by hokey, p’rapg youll unit Juggling trunks and lifting booltcases to look for a nickel tbat's slid under ‘em, and act like a woman with at least an ounce of sense!" said Mr. Brown, excitedly, “Lemme get out at a subway sta. tion," said Mr. Brown, “and you go home. and get to bed. And stick there. Don’t: cry like that, Pussy. I'm only repeating what l've said before. You mustnit do so much.” It was 10 a. m. “I‘ll Just stop at the butchers and have it out with him about those un- Slleakably scra\vny chickens he sent," She deillded. "and that's the only job I shall do." Ai'l€l` B- |0115 argument with the butcher she returned home. ‘ “Dr. Murray ordered absolute quiet for nie, Bessie," she informed her maid, “so I shall lie down all day. I Elle” 1159 fight. I need rest We women go on until we drop. Men snip if they have a pain in their little linger." O “And they got very little sympathy for females," said Bessie, dejectedly. “Little they realize how we feel." “They couldn’t _go through with what we do and never even men- tion, because \vc're accustomed to being wretched," continued Mrs. Brown. “They wouldn`t understand, any- way," said Bessie, with angry resent- ment. Twenty minutes after she had re- tired to her room Bessie appeared to report that the tcp of the shower bath had fallen. “l hardly teched it," said she, "an' oi! lt come. it's the thing with holes, what the water spurts outer." Mrs. Brown remained still three minutes. Then she arose and went to look for herself. "it's come unsoidered,” she said; "get the hammer and some string. I'il stand on the edge of the bath and fix it." Half an hour's toil put the shower bath in good shape. iliir. Brown was paying the janitor of their house three dollars a month to do odd jobs/’) ~"Go0d land, look how paint was dripped on the outside of thc tub!"ex- claimed Mrs. Brown. She procured a sharp knife, some turpen_t_ine, and a cloth. After spend- ing 45 ininutes_ with her back bent and her head swimming,she straight- enod and viewed the result. "I've been meaning to take that paint oil for weeks." she remarked. Of course, it don't show, still I knew it was there, and l cannot bear not to have a house as it should bc. Now, I'l_l rest all the afternoon, and you can bring a cup of tea to me." .In-ten minutes the tea was nt her bedside. One sip. and Mrs. Brown dis- covered that the grocer had sentorange pokes instead of English breakfast. She tumbled into a dressing gown and rushed to the telephone, whence, ex- hausted but triumphant after scolding somebody hotly, she returned to bed, bearing ar fashion magazine. “0, goody, panels are coming in!" she exclaimed. "I can change my Nile green by using a net overskirt and _tho cream applique from my old satin, and the panel and sleeves can be of this all-over lace I bought nine years ago. I was sure it would be handy for something. it's in the steamer trunk, under the four big ones, in the spare room. Or it is in the box with the hat trimmings. I put it away in the fall of 1899. when l went to Europe-yes, it's the steamer. Bessie! Come and help me." Tho two, each weighing about li5. salliel resolutely to the trunk-room. With apparent ease (how often had they gone through with a ‘similar per- formance) they brought a tier of trunks to the floor and knelt beside the steamer. Bessie went back to her ironing, while Mrs. Brown sat on the fiom' anti cut out the new l>ill1i‘|- Ni’-X' Sh" ripped the Nile-green SOWII “ml b“5““| the panel in place. Glancing up, -she noted that the careless hand of Mr. Brown hull llllf books belonging to various sets in the wrong shelves of the bookcase. it was (good time to rem‘ove all the books. and change them from case to case. ig 0|-dgr to make the room look dif- ferent. _:- . .Mr_ Brown's key sounded in the out- 3 door dll' 'she locked the last hook- , ae. Mrs. Brown. bounded tc lier m and intii lied. She was lyllls zibt and white, as he suftll' PD* tered. .»f"Hew‘g_fethel\'s little girlie?" he queried. tenderly stroking her fever- illh forehead. ;'Mrs. Brown gave ii wenry moan. ' "1 just feel ss ll i dldrrthave ii bit df strength left in my Whille \""'Y~" aisid she. i J .._.`______,.-»_-- _J-.. n dle thr three lim’ AD`Il::st 1§imsLhl`::s. el?°°K¢'°»‘ 9"" _-ni, Prnwge Bros. W.” G _-___ .2-lid:-ii. » ".. By John This 15 H D0lllll‘y house which I think will stand the test of all cli- mates. I think it well adapted tothe cold climate of Alaska. or the bot cli- mate cf Australia, as well as all tem- perate regions, writls John Sorbam in the, Poultry Tribune, _ lt is best to first select a side hill ‘onl which to build, so thdtihe water ivl l not be standing around or under te house during rainy seasons, I have mine built on level ground, but shall remodel it soon, digging away .about 12 inches of ground from un. der the house and replacing it with course sand. I shall also dig a trench around and close to it, two feet deep, _ Fe¢'.'r,_ Best. Located on the Side of n Kill to Avoid Standing Water During the Rainy Seasons-_ _ Sorham. _ _,,___..-_-_ _ _ “Agni/`.. . i . --- - ~~-._-JI.. in the floor through which the hens- may pass up and down. The step (B) is hinged at the back, with a hook in front so it can be hooked up, com- pletely covering the opening in the doors; each pen is arranged this way. The floor is built two feet from the ground and the hens are fed in this lmder story in winter. On this base- ment floor there should (be at least six inches of scratching material to keep the fowls busy. This scratching shed under the building is closed up on all sides excepting the front. Each pen is 8x24 feet, making 192 square feet of floor space in which can he kept a flock of 60 hens. In summer! ‘.1 "_" ' .n-Trl ua , Jia _ I 1,1 .l__ , ' »-‘ i 1 I _ inliif. _ . wi' NW illlll .I I5_,ll.nl= _ "I"-' Poultry House with one foot wide, and shall fill in one foot of loose stones, covering with one foot oi’ ground. Tile would be much better than stones to keep the ground dry around the house. The house which I have planned is 8 feet wide, 36 feet in length, con- sisting of-three pens (although it can be divided into any number of pens) each pen being 8x12 feet. The_house the back, and is built with a cheap grade of lilmber which is not painted, but a layer of building paper is tacked on, over which is placed a. two-ply roofing material. The roof is covered aura ,nf 'fill .YE-_,. Section Through Interior. the same way, excepting the paper is covered with three-ply prepared roof- ing. The iioor is double, with a two- inch dead air space, which contains also a layer of building paper; the lulnber is good shiplap or tongued and grooved lumber. There is an opening is 8 feet high in front and 6 feet at` l\ . - -- I ` a=§;lr‘~fm;1§l§. ~~y;nEn,.=.'. __ »___;____=V; -_ ,L-J \x“m"!_‘ ~\ - #if int, _ \ _ -/4,' 8ub-Scratch- ing Pen. take out the litter and when it rains the fowls all go under the house for shelter. I have two windows in every pen (above the floor, of course), and when but one pen is built, I also have two windows (one on each side), on the sides. The windows should 'all be hinged at the top, so as to admit fresh air all over the house when needed. and there should also be a shutter for every window, to be shut on winter nights. These shutters should be made of tongued and grooved lllm- ber and hinged with loose pin steel butts so they may be taken oft in warm weather and put out of the way. I always like to have plenty of light and sunshine in the'cold win- ter days, but you know the more win- / dows in the poultry house the colder it is at night, thus you sec here is where your shutters come handy. There is also another point in this house which should not be overlooked, that is, the covered roasts. A hinged hood projects over the roosts which keeps the fowls’ combs i’rom freez- ing in severe cold weather. This hood is fastened with loose pin hinges like the shutters and may be taken oil! in the spring. The hoods are also sup- plied with hooks and may be hooked up in day time if desired. The rdosts (C) are above the nests, between which there is a large dropping board, which also makes a covered passage- way (D) for hens to enter the nests. This passageway is open at both ends. You will notice that in my plan I have»only one entrance, this is in the‘ middle pen, while the other pens have a small door for the hens to lass in and out. If you like you may have a door into each pen from single door at the end of the building. ` NlAxlNc_ GATE . lN WIRE FENCE Plan for Making Openini’ that Can Be Varied to Any Size to Sult~By H. H. Bryant. lu making a gate in a wire fence, use Gx6`s lol' the gate posts and 4x4's for the rest of the posts in the fence. The brace shown at A should be a ix-i, and should be placed two-thirds of the height from the ground on the gate post and one-third of the dis- tance from the ground on the second post. At B is shown a brace made of wire which should be placed around the bottom of the first post, and nailed so that it will not slide. The other end is placed near the top of second post from the sate- Hy placing a sticlc in the two strands they can be ” “il m\v_¢| ;\1| \\l ’ ..|!§E>. '|i-'.1 I .‘!!!§\». _ _$55, _ _dial ;|iiil| 5.ié!§» 1 ._ ~ O Cutting Gate ln _Wire Fence. " wistcd anti brought taut. The sec- nd bruce shown at lei should be made 'it oi' ~lxi fusteiicti to the top of the acond post from the gate and secured the bottom oi' the third post. The ite l`i‘ull‘.0 shown ut ll, C and Fshol-lid . miitlt- out of 2lx:; well put together. trctrli the fence wire across the .tt-_ uutl rut iiiter siupiing firmly to _. r..ilr<~ of lin- ;;r.to_ Ot' course. this u mu lu- \';-i-it-tl to any size of _.gill lo suit the builder. spraying Fruit Trees. |;.,,,'| ,s-5,.-ny only the trees from hip), yr," exp:-t-t. to get marketable ill. Sl1I‘i\.i' all lite trees, otherwise .. ¢.~r~.>,g you go to file trouble to r'-_v early in tllv season may become ftihiril lzuvr by the ilnsprayed trees. 0 Money in Sheep. Sutur litcll lliive t'lcill'ed i00 per H: on their lnoncy in sheep for '_,~~; but tlii-so :irc ihv rvzll shep-', `_._.,_ .\'u‘ til-1,v iiiuli has the sliep- » 1,5-;i_t-f; bl.i ut- lllu,v all do bet- i \-- ilu. "Crosse and Blackwell’s OranZ° -»»-- --_»vv\/v\/\,-v-v -------- - V-_‘L-v-v-Av--_A-_-_ _-_ _ _ _A L _ t,-vvvv- , vv~-vv_-____v_,-_-_,V-_-_-_,\,. Corn and Pork. _ The farmer who has a number of Billing pigs ready for the fattening pens should devote a little time to the study of feeds and their influence on the quality of meat produced. When it is desired to produce pork, or rather fat. one kind of feed is necessary. When the desire is to have lard hogs for the market, no other kind of feed should be used. Corn is pre-eminentl' a fat~forming feed, and when the feeder wishes to produce an animal with a great deal °f fat t0 Sllplily the lard trade noth- ing is better than corn. When the de- sire is to produce animals for meat alone nothing can be a poorer feed than corn. The influence of corn on the per- centage of fat should be borne in lnind and the ration mixed to accom- plish tli`e best results. Manure Currants. Were you dissatisfied with the size of your curraiits? Let us whisper u secret. You can improve the fruit greatly by heavy mandring. Now is a good time t0 apply it. The wood is ripe and is going into its long rest. You may pile straw manure about the bushes so heavily that the grass and weeds, if any, will be smothered, and all the bettel‘ for the currants. This fruit needs muichillg enough to keep the surface cool. Need of Cream Separators. With average cows and using the cream separator it is estimated that from $50 to $75 per year cnn be saved in butterfat with ten cows. This amount will about pny for a good cream separator, and its usefulness will last for many years, making the buying of one a good investment. Be- ing able to sell the cream without hauling the milk to the creamery also saves much time and labor. ‘ ~ Value of Potato. On account of the starch they con- tain, potatoes are valuable as food. The potato tuber consists lnalnly of a mass of cells filled with starch und encircled by a thin, corky rind. As' stated, the chief value of tht- poluto as an article of diet coniiiits in the starch it contains, and to u less ex- tent in the potash and other salts. The quantity of nitrogen in its com- uosiiion is small. _ _ 7 '- SELECTING STOCK BEEF I Rgady |01' [hg M "' ll Eos Piiorlliilats RETURNS. ' ll* Points to Consider in Choosing Steers for Fattening-Tygf I can First aid t_o the sick and and Size Are Essential-By Prof. 'muted 's "mst 'm' it -. __ _ Thomas _~73?aN¢q_.';l ' ...___,__t ,_ In choosing steers for fattening, one of the most important things is to se- lect those that give indications ofma- 'ng good gains. The steers must have a good, large frame, with capac- ity for consuming a good quantity of feed. This capacity must not he such as to tend too much toward paunchi- ness_ The large framework gives a foundation on which to build. While the compact pony built animals are ready for market earlier and look bet- ter with a small amount of flesh on them, yet the gains made by steers of this form are usually made less than those made by more rangy animals, writes Prof. Thomas I. Mairs of Penn- sylvania, in American Agriculturist. It is necesary, however, to strike a mean between the two. That is, avoid the extreme rangy type and also the I. Mairs. . in large markets with discriminat- ing trade, the hind quarters and back are decidedly the more valuable parts of the animal. This is also true, but to a lei-is extent in the local markets The kind of market, then, to which the steers are to be sold should be considered in selecting them. Heel from the show animals at the Interna- tional would fiiid slow sale in most oi our local eastern markets. This shows that the eastern feeder has this ad vantage over the western feeder, that his markets are not so discriminat- ing and a poorer class of animals may be sold and even sold to better ad- vantage than would be possible in the large packing centers. While the type of steer, so far as carcass is concerned, is less impor- tant in the east than in the west, it does not follow that the dairybren _ 1'. , H; -ar", ni 9;: _T . ir -in in via’-,. Two Magnificent Horefords. Q more compact pony type if the great- est gains are to be made and the steers fitted for market within a rea- sonable time. While tbe brisket is one of the least valuable parts of the animal, so far as the carcass is concerned, yet a wide breast and a low, rather promin- ent brisket are indications of strength and vigor of constitution. These, to- gether with a large heart girth, indi- cate good lung capacity alld ability to assimilate food to advantage. Steers which are narrow just back of the shoulders should be avoided as lacking in lung capacity and constitu- tion. In fattening for the larger mar- kets particularly the proportion of higher-priced meats should be taken into consideration; that is, select steers which will turn out the largest percentage of high-priced clits. When fattening for local markets, especial- ly for many in the east; with afor- eign trade, this is not so important, as the discrimination between the high and low-priced cuts is less sharp. steer is as satisfactory as the beef ani- inal. It is true, however, that steers from good, large cows of the dairy type which are inclined to be fleshy and bulls of a. blocky beef type can be used to advantage. The more dairy blood there is in a steer, as a general thing, the longer it will take to get him ready for market. It is said that animals of the dairy breeds lay on 'their fat internally. while those of the beef breeds mix it ably that between the muscles and among the muscular fibers them- selves, which give quality. Among dairy breds, these later stages of fst- tening are seldom reached, and al- though the animal may continue to v-_-v--_/\. ------------------------ - _-»-_-_-_-_#_-_ LOSS OF SOIL - » BY EROSION Where Surface Washes Away. Well to Plant. Pasture or Some Root. Crop- Ryo is Good. On many farms where the land is hilly or only slightly rolling there is of`ten` a great annual loss ofvgood soil through erosion. There are several ways of preventing this waste. Where the general surface soil cf land washes away it is well to keep the land in pasture, meadow or some crop the roots of which will bind the surface soil together. If the field is cultivated in summer, a crop of rye sown early in the fall will afford win- ter protection. This rye crcp may be turned under in early summer for green manuring and the formation oi’ soil humus, which to a certain extent will prevent erosion. Where a crop of corn is grown on washy land, it is best to cut none of it for fodder, but » to leave all of the stalks on the ground. if there are no facilities for pastliring the stalks when the corn is gathered, then the stalks should be dragged dowli as early in the winter as it is possible to do the work.` If the stalks are pnstured, they should be dragged dowli just as soon as the stock have cleaned the best from them. Corn stalks flat on thc ground during the winter and spring months catch and hold the soil l'roui washing, they catch and hold water for sinking into the soil where needed, and in this position they quickly soften and decay. - Prevent washy land from remaining bare at any seasou,_and especially dur- ilig the winter and spring seasolis. Keep the banks of the t-reeks ami ditches sloping and in good, tough sod. A steep ditch bank cannot easily hold grass, hence it remains bare anti is susceptible to washing. Grassy banks and low grassy places not only prevent local soil from washing away. but catch sediment washed down upon them from higher places. lt is often it good pliln to keep narrow “dl'a\\~s" per- manently ill grass. ln this way the -lrnw gradually beculilcs filled, the held bevomczs more level and the grassy llui.tu\i bccoiiies more fertile each veil-r. iiluilc still is always ritrll soil l Marmalade in botilf” °“d ttixs 'il --W, an ghhwing ,im-gg in all wi. “See our Richmond Street window duced i>|‘l°¢9 this we” A 'ora and pattdrns, from 60c_ to $2.00. fill' "I0 141'-¢8¢ in HPl‘\l\R Bh1l`*»i‘- GOWB- 3°” 5°' °" this p”;l1gd3|_ ,Prowse Bros., Ltd. ' 2-ladai, Prowss Bros., Ltd. 2-18d3l. .cases Use only Plltllill I- _-_-A-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-,-_-,.,.,.___._.___.,__., and grass sod is an efficient factor in Heavy hogs, recently enjoying a substantial premium, are under a sea- sonable cloud, says Live Stock Jour- nal. Packers and shippers are both discriminating against them, and for the first time this season the light hog is on a parity with the fat-back, tlireateningto take possession of the premium within a few days. "No- body with a little bit of sense would put away heavy product for 7 3-4 c. hogs," said a representative of the National Packing Company. "Hams cut now will not be out of cure until I October, when hogs ought to be worth considerably less money. The result is that killers are scrambling for something that can be used up quick- ly. The easiest hogs to sell now are in the 180 to 220 pound class, and this will be the case for two months to The colt must not be neglected at this season of the year. It-must be kept growing and developing. Though what grass there is in the pasture, it the ration all the better, Remember that the colt is growing-or at least should be-every day, and therefore needs increased rations in proportion to the growth and development it is capable of making. Now, as the pas- tures are short and dry. and the daln is giving less lullk. it requires special feeding. its it cannot any longer get ull that is necessary to make proper growtii from these sources. Quickly Made Crate! Shoe boxes are thc right shape and size for crates just as they come emp- ty from the shoe stores. Cui out two strips on each side and put a cross partition ill the luiddle and the crate is complete. This will prove very tisc- ful ln handling the fruit crop or for pntaties, etc. A short strip of wood with the under surface cut out for the fingers nailed to each end will provi- t-oiivenient when handling the crates. Dairy Knowledge. There are so many little details to diilrylng that constant reading is_nec- essary to keep posted. Even if you know. vou are likelv tn forget. l . _ , hmmmqi portant, It may check otherwise serious results. That is why every home should contain a liberal supply of year-oI’d remed #x°I'»".!°4'1.flI1li2 l. s. Joh r i rl x.-__ _ | 55-,L_ QW |l%_-_ 1-?" C I..l i., . i 4 .5 if . ,lonNsoN's Anodyne LINIMENT Cram s, Cholera Morbul, Colds, and many other ordinary troubles are quick relieved and the patient made well by internal use of this 99- For Spmlns, Sealdl,l_5ruises,Cuis, Neurnlgla, etc. ‘, ]ohnson's Anodyne Liniment gives quick relief when affected partsafe thoroughq' 'reviled with li. Pariolib’ Pills sold in :se and sod meta". nnon ls Co.. Boston, Mult- '_ _._ fluu lu suuu , un Nu Nils i iului sluu Exports to tic Mersey, Show increase Over La tYe;r. ST. JOHN, Feb. 16~Duncan, Fm-' ing & Co’s monthly timber circular ____ --- _-_.___ _ *Q [§lHNllNl’S Nllil Bill A cable despatch to the New York lierald from Berlin says: Plnns for the new great naval base of the Ger- man empire at the western end of the Kaiser Wilhelm canal, at Bruens- buttel, have been finished and work will be begun immediately. The to- tal cost will be in thc neighborhood c.i 30,000,000 marks (7,500,000.) When the work has been finally completed, which will__require many years, it will be the greatest, naval base on the North Sea. The new base will rank with Kiel, with its great natural harbor at the northeast end of the canal on the Baltic. has the following about New Bruns-, wick and Nova Scotia spruce and pine deals: The imports during .inn-; nary amounted to 2,470 standards tel Liverpool and B50 standards to Man-' chester. The consumption has been satisfactory, corsidorinf) the small stocks, and the stocks on hand at the end of thc montii amount-ad to only 16,920 standards in thc Luo ports. Values are firm and there is every proi.-ability of enhanced values for the coming seasons shil2'n.'nt_ Far-.nwori.h at .la,rlliii;“s latest wood circular contains thc following on spruce and pine deals and li.-ircb. Tix-_- imporl: to the Mersey diiring the past m-olnth slightly cxcot-ded that of tue corresponding period last year, viz., 5,520 standards against 3.040 S-fanil ards in 1909, chiefly to Liverpool. and alln-ost entirely liu'.r shipments 'Ihc deliveries have Leon fairly sn-tis factory, stocks, 'both here and l Manchester, arc moderate, and vo ltes are steady. Pint Deals.--'lhe-:le mand is rather slow. Birch.-Ol logs, there have been nf- Wl-IERE M,(lNI‘}Y IH TIGHT I _ _ Everybody suffers, when boots are crowd 'nf hoodlums,d agegttthg :gd tight your eorn suffers. hut they °““ <‘rs. take them. han cl' 6 "1 and ai; _ t . uaran e a Corn Extras or ' V ltmprnomd' A hw mn sentences’ arrivals, thc deliveries have pbccli small but stocks are lii<;.lt-l_*.tc, WANTED--RURAL l.")l.i( ' I MR. EDITOR: The ro'.v:`i_vi~.:tii, win ton destruction of li1'fll1'f-"`-Y 1-WI UF-' regard ui our prollibitilm -_cl other laws in the villay.;es alid -intl# nie tricts of this province nie ilie di rect results of the l.:.;k uf ':i-ll\'\l\i°.i‘1 gain, it does not produce an attrac_mmchmnry fm- the ;;_liniiiisi_r-non* .Ji tive carcass. ;0..r statutes for :he lcepmg t,l.l.e peace' ~ H ‘l..,. Qi’ 1 am et househoidtr in .~. \1\-»i-.-- » ce v'hcrc li y-vii iii i:.ul making it. .this movin I ' __ z. "'\ _ -mr-,-, ily have suffered loss .int .»iu\n_\ ii consequence of the unre.st'_‘n.inutl Heavy Hogs Under Cloud. Iljowdyism of 8 Smal] D,-¢p0rti._,n of the community. I find that exCCD€_il1 the incorporated towns, thi K€0Dli\¥~` of the Detach] is c\'ei”iy1l;u;li"S-'°°“S°', uentl no oty's-iius as i qi. prgler before the nearest J.,l’. a .hargc against a gang of lioozllilms and um immediately askfll for a Slim sufiicicnt to covcr Ute GXi>