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FEBRUARY 23, 1903.
VUE SUNNY SOUTH’
FIFTH <PAGE
Science Is Used To Prod Hens
^ To Greater Egg-Laying Activity ^
OULTRT raisers i n j
tho United States are \
just now deeply inter- |
osted in the recent ;
highly interesting and sue- :
cessful experiments made !
made by Proffesor George !
W. Gowell, a director in
tiie branch of animal in- ,
dustry at the experimental .
farm of the University
of Maine, which reveals j
the fact that by systema
tic feeding and scientific j
ng of hens, the latter can be
to greatly increase their produc- j
of eggs, and also to improve tile ;
ss and weight of the same, there- i
creasing their market value,
gratifying success thus far attain- :
experiments in the way of increas- i
he egg-producing qualities of cer-
breeds of hens, has made them ;
.il of securing still greater achieve- <
along the same line, In the near
|
the state of Maine today is a proud j
Iwhich has yielded 251 eggs in one j
This champion egg-producer is i
by Proiessor Gowell, who will
lo satisfied until her hensliip yields
W for every day in the year, which
improbable, in the light of what
j en accomplished recently at the
imental farm of the University of
being the result of careful breed-
bid scientific feeding of the pool- .
>wned by uie university.
progress along the lines itnli- !
has been made in Maine than j
y of the New England slales,
Ibly the most important egg-pro- .
Ig section of the United States,
ffessor George W. Gowell, a promt- |
director in the branch of animal j
Btry at the experimental farm of i
University of Maine, admittedly j
the first place In the ranks of the
engaged in this interesting and
liable work, aiul his recent discov-
infiuencing the hen's wonderful
liction of eggs, is claiming earnest
Jtlon among the poultry breeders
|eiy section of the country.
LOGICAL PRINCIPLES,
problem of compelling an egg
s simalar to any question in fin-
and consists in securing tiie great-
America's Champion Hen. She Laid Another Type of Good Laying Hen.
251 Eggs in Her First Year.
I lesser amounts, but with the same ob-
i ject in view—profit on the labor, capi-
j tai and time devoted to the enter-
| prise.
; As only a few men are able to place
! millions of dollars in any scheme lor
j making money, their doings are tele
graphed across oceans and printed in
| every paper. Meanwhile, the farmers,
who expend no more than dollars,
while rich men put out millions, can
; be counted by thousands in every state,
; and being so numerous and so widely
' distributed in the neighborhoods,' no
| one pays heed to their profits or losses.
I It was left for Professor Gowell, em-
\ ployed by the Maine experimental farm,
j to realize and reveal the fact that the
i elements of profit and loss were of as
I much importance to the farmer, who
l lias no more than a few hundred dollars,
i as they were to the capitalist who was
j the owner of uncounted millions.
The elements ol percentage in gain
This Fowl Yielded 240 Eggs Her First
Year.
to hamper him and with all the time |
there was In the almanac to develop egg I
production along tiie lines of least re- j
sistance.
The commencement was made with j
thirteen pens, every pen holding four j
trap nests, twenty pullets of the pre- I
vious spring's hatching, and two cock- ,
erels of the same strain, lie took a j
new notebook in his pocket and went j
forth to learn how much careful feed
ing and close attention to breeding
for a specific purpose could do in the
way of increasing the average number
7 In London’s Social Whirl
CENE; A “boy-and-girl”
dance at Mrs. Ransoms-
Tuit’s house in Cadogan
Gardens. The floor shines
like a looking glass, and
in it are reflected any
number of shaded electric
leaves of palms, the -white
frocks, and, in some in
stances, white ankles of
tall, supercilious, very
elderly young girls, and
tight-fitting dress clothes
of very yomig elderly
j boys. Perched up in this gallery, looking
horridly unmilitary, sit the Mauve Ruri-
tarian band, easily recognized by their
Whitechapel donkey-drivers' twists,
working with indefatigable pluck in
their endeavor to spread the Barrie feel
ing among their guests.
The colonel (discovering the 17-year-
1 old son of a brother in half-ipay lean-
I ing moodily against the door)—Hello,
! 'ello, 'ello! My dear young fella, this'll
: never do!
Eric Minetv (trying to suppress a
■ shudder)—Ah, what is that, sir?
Tiie colonel (not to be damped)—Why,
you haven't got a partner for the next
dance, my dear boy. Come along now.
Buck up. Remember Waterloo.
Eric (screwing up his eyebrows): I—er
—is be. the Prussian juggler, at the Hip
podrome, sir?
The Colonel: O, blow the Hippo
drome!
j Eric (gently): 1 don't think it would
j be much good, sir.
| The Colonel (longing to punch the hoy
into life): Now, then. Come and be
I introduced to a jolly little gel. X shan't
j let you alone until I sec you dancin' for
all you’re worth.
J Erie: Weil, sir, just to oblige you.
| But—I beg your pardon—will you please
j take care only to introduce me to a gel
who -is really pretty? If a gel isn’t real-
j ly pretty there is no excuse for her.
I The Colonel: But ye gods, my good
; boy, I’m going to introduce you to Stella
Delabole. who is in my humble opinion,
■pretty nearly as pretty as her mother
was, and she, I may tell you. turned the
heads of kings in her day.
Erie (unenthusiastically): Indeed, sir?
Yes, she’ll do, please.
The Colonel: O, she’ll “do,” will she?
of eggs which any given variety ... , . , .. . „ ,
. , ,, ,. , : \\ ell, I m 1 won t say it. but T am.
fowls could accomplish m a series o? „ ’ “ , *
_ jail the same, Stella, my dear, this is my|
J *Vr!? S . , , ,, , , young friend Erie Minety, who is fright-1
The trap nests held in custody every fully k ,. t „ to know you> a .id who is aeh-
| ing to dance. Erie. Stella. Delabole.
i whose mother was
i Eric (quietly): You told me that ai
j moment ago, sir.
j 'The Colonel: O. did I? So I did. I’m;
I sure I beg your pardon. Er—ha-hhmm! |
(He blushes under tiie cold gaze of the l
j “boy” and “girl,” fidgets with his good-)
I naturert feet, and turns away looking j
I horribly uncomfortable.)
hen which entered them for The pur
pose of laying an egg. By consulting
the number engraved on the leg band
of every hen lie could distinguish one
fowl from another and make his rec-
absolutely accurate. As for the
it was a matter of patient wait-
for results, whatever they might
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years its author. Dr. Sproule. 3. A.
-known as a leader among the
philanthropists of North America,
d night and day to discover a perfect,
nent cure for Catarrh. He sacrificed
energy and money to gain his end.
by step he worked his way along new
outstripping his rivals on two con-ti-
At last his efforts wore crowned
with succes! He had discovered what ail
other searchers had long despaired of find
ing—an easy, perfect, permanent c-ure for
Catarrh. With no thought of rest from
his arduous labors, he wrote this won
derful work on the cure of Cutarrh. With
no thought of the wealth it could easily
win him, lie notv offers it free to ail who
ask for It.
THE information in its pages will save
thousands of lives. Written by a man
heart and sou! in earnest in his great work
of fighting disease, its lines fairly throb
•with purpose and truth. With skilful
hand he lays bare tiie beginnings of this
loathsome, treacherous disease—lie traces
all its hidden workings—he shows the
awful dangers 1)o -which it leads—he points
out the way to a safe and lasting cure —
the only one—of tliat terrible scourge of
North America—Catarrh. Fine pictures
by the best artists illustrate the different
phases of the disease in aa exceedingly
clear and interesting manner.
summary of the results shows
of some 2.000 hens placed tin :er
observation for longer or shorter peri
ods during the progress of the work,
about twenty had laid more than 200
eggs apiece in a year, while two hens,
both of Plymouth Hock blood .and
both marked according to standard
regulations, have stood out so con
spicuously for their performances that
they may be counted as among the
most profitable fowls in this country,
j if not in I he world.
The special darling of Professor
Gowell’s heart, and the bird which has
demonstrated the successfulness of his
I untiring efforts and .discoveries to make
; hens produce a larger and better
■ quality of eggs, is a Barred Plymouth
Rock, which yielded 251 eggs the first
year. They are of good size and shape.
She would be regarded as of the egg
type by those people who profess to leli
the egg-yielding capacity of hens by
their forms and markings. A number
j of other hens yielded 245. 243. 238 and
235 eggs for the year ,not one. how*
ever, producing less than 200.
STUDYING RESULTS.
Early in the race Professor Gowell
learned that the Plymouth Rock fowls
made much better egg records than
did the AYhite Wyandottes, which were
kept in pens close by, and so he lately
| has been confining his efforts to noting
the work of the former variety.
His methods of selecting breeding
stock for greatest egg- production is
to sc ve the eggs from the hens of
greatest egg yield and hatch chicks
from these. By this method his ex
perimental pens are now filled with
pullets and cockerels, the ancestors of
which came from stock that had given
200 or more eggs in a year.
Beginning with a foundation stock,
not one of which had been capable of
| producing 200 eggs In twelve months.
Professor Cowell has eliminated the
culls and infinite liens, until now, as
a result of his discoveries and experi
ments, he lias dozens of hens whose rec
ords for eggs laid in one year exceed
200.
If results gained in the past can he
relied upon to indicate what Is coming,
it Is cgrtainly possible that Professor
Gowell may yet reach the hen which
will lay an egg for every day in the
j yc-r.
If all hens were as profit;Tt>le in their
productivity of eggs as those under me
. care of Professor Gowell. some of which
| yielded 250 or more a year, their own-
I ers would be making a net profit of
about 17 per cent a year, while the 300-
egg hen. which is now possible, would
be giving 200 per cent profit, which is
something far beyond the dreams of
millionaires and akin to miracles.
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ate Dublin University, lre-
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g. BOSTON, MASS., und
rill receive this valuable
ee of all charge.
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j Eric (after a long pause): Er—I must
apologize for the colonel’s youthful ex-j
! utterance. The frightfully keen part ofj
j the business i his, y’know.
■ Stella (pulling her gloves up): O T’m j
| glad. Keenness went out with the tor-!
j toise-shell comb.
| Eric: And as to mv achin' to dance |
| * * * Well, you know the stamp of j
| man the colonel is. AY hat ? He keeps 1
; his fishes stuffed in eases in his smokin'j
j room, and that kind of thing,
i Stella: Kind and clean-lookin', and I’vej
i no doubt a good soldier of the old Pali
I Mall pattern, but O, so willfully early
j Victorian.!
j Erie: Exactly. And yet. 7 hear, his
j son has done his best to educate him up. \
j It’s a hopeless t-ask to refront an old i
‘ buildin’. What? And if one pulls it;
j down and builds another on modern j
I lines one Is hound, so I'b told, to comej
| up against ancient lights,
j Stella (anxiously); You haven't any
! stragglin’ idea of dancin’, have you?
! Eric: Good Lord, no! That is, not if
you
Stella: Oh. T don't dance now. it
went our with the lace frill. Can’t we
sit down somewhere?
, Erie: That’s bright’ Look here. T
i vote we splodge our way through and
; get into a corner of the nail or some-
| thin'. As far away from thl s appalln
j band as possible. What?
| Stella: Oh, do let’s! I can’t tell you
j how those conventional waltz airs dis-
| turh my nerves. 1 can’t sleep after
■ them; they seem lo jar my soundboard,
j Eric: I know. Let’s mizzle before
the colonel commandeers us. Follow me,
w il 1 y cu ?
They make their way through the list
less dancers out into the hall, where
silent couples are sitting hero and there.
Stella (arriving at a dark corner, in
which there are two large armchairs)—
This will do.
Eric (standing hesitatingly): It’s only
honest to tell you that 1 don't flirt now.
Stella (making herself comfortable):
Flirtin' went out with cheese. It n*ver
did amuse me.
Eric (silting): Thanks. Ah! this is
better. Joliy bad, 1 find, to stand too
long. Must be a great strain upon the
spine. Are you all right, Stella?
Stella: I am more comfortable than I
was But. please, don't call me Stella,
Eric: No.
Slellu: I know it was done at these
affairs, but it went out with the panto
mime.
Erie: Oh, yes. Look here, fm sorry,
really.
Stelia: Oh. that's all right. I thought
you might like to know.
Erie,: Goin’ back to pantomime. I was
let in to take a party of old connections
to Drury Lane last night.
Stella (with deep sympathy): No!
Eric: Yes. I don’t ever remember to
have undergone so painful a trial. And
yet every time the funny man sat on his
hat and brought in things about the
twins and the mother-in-law—those time
honored institutions which got Harris
his knighthood, they yelled!
Stella: 'I know. It is really profound,
ly moving, a most eloquent sign of the
times.
The Colonel (coming nearer): Erie!
Eric (shuddering): The early Victor
ian! Don't say a word!
The Colonel: Stella!
Stella: For pity’s sake hold your
breath!
(The colonel pears about. forg»t s the
cozv corner in tbe shadow and goes
back.)
Eric: What a relief! Ho was cornin'
to try to force us to be young.
Stella: Well, now. [ think I will lie
back and close my eyes.
Eric (yawning): Oh. bright!
(They both do, and presently their reg
ular breathing mixes with the forced
hilarious strains of a cake-walk.)
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