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PROBLEM OF BREAKING UP BROODY HEN :. :v<: 1 ’SI . Broody hens seem to be a serious (problem for many, and some people lhave objected to the Orpingtons be cause of this. One man says he has kept both Buff Orpingtons and White Orpingtons and has never had much [trouble with either of them. Of course they will become broody, but is not a hard matter to break up a broody hen if the right methods jare pursued. The principle on which all methods for stopping broodtness must be based to succeed without real cruelty to the hens, is to have something under them that it will be impossible for them to warm up. The easiest Way to provide this is by having the coop so open beneath that the air will circulate up around them. A hen will sit on a board and persist, but she will not sit on a nest with a cavity under it and a screen wire bot tom. She will sit anywhere without eggs under her so long as the condi tions are right so eggs would hatch if they were under her, but instinct seems to warn her when conditions are not right, and she will soon quit, j Another thing noticed is that where hens have been shut up for broodiness there is a tendency to 'HOW TO OPERATE INCUBATOR Temperature of Place Where Machine Is Kept Should Not Vary—Use ! Only Fresh Eggs. Care should be taken that the tem perature of the place where the ma chine is kept does not vary. To secure ;an even temperature it is a good plan to place the incubator in an outhouse, which should be locked up, thus pre venting the opening and closing of the door as much as possible. The build ing should be well ventilated at the top and be free from drafts. In the imiddle of the house is the best place ifor the machine, as this allows the air to circulate around it. It should never be put in a corner or against a wall, as fresh air is essential during the process of incubation. The machine should stand either on a low form or on the floor, as this al lows the heat inside to be regular. If the egg draw r er is but half an inch lower at the front than the back, the front will not be as warm as the back. Fresh eggs, of course, must be used. Where it can be managed, they should be put into the incubator the same day they have been laid. They may be two or three days old, but the most successful results are obtained from new-laid ones. All the eggs should bfe of as near the same size as possible. And very small or very large ones should not be chosen, as they often prove unfertile. HINTS FOR POULTRY RAISERS Insure Uniformity of Product by Keep ing Standard-Bred Stock —Gather Eggs Twice Daily. To Producers —Keep standard-bred stock, thus insuring uniformity of products. Sell only full-sized (two ounce) fresh, clean, uniform eggs. Keep nests clean; coniine broody hens; gather eggs twice daily. Keep in a cool place, free odors of all kinds. Do not offer for sale small, dirty, checked, stained or doubtful eggs. Most of these may be consumed at home at full market value. Fatten all surplus poultry, bringing j’tcck up to standard weight. To Shippers —Pack eggs only in standard cases, with medium fillers, using excelsior, cork shavings, cut straw or corrugated board. 1 Store case in cool, dry place, only free from odors, avoiding heat, droughts and dampness. Ship eggs often, at least twice a week in warm weather, by express or In refrigerator cars. Ship live, healthy poultry in large standard coops; dressed poultry neat ly wrapped and packed in boxes or barrels, to reliable dealers. Pure-Bred Orpington Cock. take them outside and away from the othe/s and often in the open, covering them over with something to keep the rain off them. This method pro vides the seclusion and darkened place just to suit a hen, and then if the coop rests on the ground the con ditions are ideal to her mind, and she cannot be blamed for preparing for a three weeks’ stay. Hens will break up sooner if they are kept in the lot where the others are scratching and feeding and are shut in a coop that will not permit their sitting down and warming up a nest A slatted bottom located in the scratching shed, with nests under it, has been used, and three days was the average time re* quired to stop them, and they some* times began laying in a week. Do not let hens sit on the nests a week or two and then try to break them up. It is much easier to break them at once the first time they re main on the nests at night, for they are not very determined, and often will not persist if kept up one day. Then hens that are broken up at once will go to laying sooner after being broken up than those that are left to sit a week first, and you get the week of extra work also. FEEDING HENS AND PULLETS Profits Decrease Where Young and Old Stock Are Kept Together— Provide Separate Yards. A good many people who might oth erwise be successful with their poul try have their profit decreased because they allow the young arrd old stock to remain undivided in the same house or pen or both during the growing period. At this particular time the young stock needs a great deal of food and needs to be protected from the old ones, which, if allowed to do so, will abuse them more or less. If free range is impossible, provide separate yards and always keep the young in sepa rate buildings, if possible, or in a sep arate room at least. If you haven’t a separate building you can very eas ily provide an extra room of some sort for them to roost in. Pullets getting ready to lay need more feed as a rule than hens which have molted out well, because the pullets need to finish their growth and maturity, as well as make eggs. This is another reason why the young stock and the ol'd should be kept sep arate. The feed question should also be considered as the young hen often needs different rations than the old in order to produce certain qualities which the one has and the other has not. PROVIDE SHADE AND WATER Two Important Factors With Poultry During Hot Days of Summer — Not a Difficult Task. These two factors are all important with the poultry these days and should be always at hand. Watering but once a day will not suffice. Even if supplied in sufficient quantity, it soon becomes warm and unpalatable, for the poultry appreciate a cool drink on hot days as well as we do ourselves. If you don’t think so, try it. Keep the water dishes in shady places and so arranged that the water will not become readily fouled with dirt. No shade is so acceptable to poultry as the shade of trees, bushes, growing corn or other plants. Every farmer almost can provide this easily and it is nearly a sin to fence the flocks from it. But any shade is better than no shade and if no other can be given a shelter from the sun of old boards or any material at hand will answer. Water, shade and plenty of feed are the three absolute essentials for the growing chicks these hot days as well as for the balance of the flocks. See to it that your flocks lack none of them. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. CALOMEL IS MERCURY. U SICKENS! STOP USING SALIVATING DRUG Don’t Lose a Day’s Work! If Your Liver Is Sluggish or Bowels Constipated Take “Dodson’s Liver Tone.”—lt’s Fine! You’re bilious! Your liver is slug gish! You feel lazy, dizzy and all knocked out. Your head is dull, your tongue is coated; breath bad; stomach sour and bow els constipated. But don’t take salivating calomel. It makes you sick, you may lose a day’s work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into sour bile like dynamite, breaking it up. That’s when you feel that awful nausea and cramp ing. If you want to enjoy the nicest, gen tlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced just take a spoonful of harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer sells you a 50-cent bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone under my personal money-back guarantee that each spoonful will clean your CHARITY CLOSE TO HOME Smith’s Seemingly Generous Action Was Not Altogether a Matter of Philanthropy. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas remarked the other day that Philan thropy was not always actuated by a beautiful and generous heart, and told this story to back up his statement: One afternoon a bunch of congenial spirits were talking about the various leading citizens of the town when a parsimonious party by the name of Smith was smilingly referred to. “Speaking of Smith,” interposed an other of the bunch, “I met him yes terday afternoon going around town with a petition trying to collect money for a poor widow that she might pay her rent.” “What’s that!” exclaimed the amazed crowd, all of whom knew Smith. "Collecting funds for a widow’s rent! Watch out for the millennium at 6 a. m. tomorrow.” “Oh, no, it isn’t as bad as that,” ex plained the other. “You see, Smith owns the house that the widow lives in.” DISTRESSING PIMPLES Removed by Cuticura Soap and Oint ment. Trial Free. Smear them with the Ointment. Wash off in five minutes with Cuti cura Soap and hot water and continue bathing for some minutes. Repeat on rising and retiring. These fragrant supercreamy emollients do much for the skin, and do it quickly. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. “Old and Distinguished.’’ "Gerald,” said the young wife, no ticing how heartily he was eating, “do I cook as well as your mother did?” Gerald put up his monocle and stared at her through it. “Once and for all, Agatha,” he said, “I beg you to remember that although I may seem to be in reduced circum stances now, I come of an old and dis tinguished family. My mother was not a cook.” Touch Pre-eminent. "A cozy picture, eh? A man lolling in an easy chair and his beautiful wife leaning over him to light his cigar.” “You haven’t seen the companion picture to it, have you?” “W 7 hy, no.” “It’s the same man savagely chew ing the end of his cigar and writing a check.” —Kansas City Star. To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chili TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50 cents. Adv. Couldn’t Do It. “I want you,” said the fair society leader, “to give me a plain opinion about my latest photograph.” "Madam,” said the gallant cavalier, bowing, “to speak in plain terms of that portrait would be impossible!” Logical. Blobbs—Bjones is the most unlucky fellow at cards I ever met. Slobbs —Then I suppose he Is lucky in love? Slobbs —I suppose so. At any rate, he has never been married. —London Opinion. To stop bleeding use Hanford’s Bal sam. Adv. Beautiful Neutrality. The Venus of Mile explained: “An endeavor to be neutral,” she said; “arms are munitions of war.’ Men who are not used to society are apt to get “balled up” in a ballroom. Art at best turns out a poor coun terfeit of nature. You Look Prematurely Old sluggish liver better than a dose of nasty calomel and that it won’t make you sick. Dodson’s Liver Tone is real liver medicine. You’ll know it next morn ing because you will wake up feeling fine, your liver will be working, your headache and dizziness gone, your stomach will be sweet and your bowels regular. You will feel like working; you’ll be cheerful; full of vigor and ambition. Dodson’s Liver Tone is entirely vegetable, therefore harmless and can not salivate. Give it to your children! Millions of people are using Dodson’s Liver Tone instead of dangerous cal omel now. Your druggist will tell you that the sale of calomel is almost Stopped entirely here. Faded Sentiment. That beautiful sentiment eventually dies a sad death would seem to be demonstrated by a story told the other night by a southern congress man. Smith, who lives in the suburbs, was about to bustle for the commutation train some time since, when his wife followed him to the door as usual to make sure that his shoes were tied and that he hadn’t forgotten his neck tie. "Say, John,” reflectively remarked the good woman as they reached the veranda, “do you know that this is the fifteenth anniversary of our wedding?” "Why, so it is,” returned John, do ing some hasty mental arithmetic. "I will bring you home a nice bunch of roses.” “Roses are very sweet,” was the practical response of mother, “but you had better make it some oysters to fry for supper.” He Hadn’t Been There. “Mr. Daubyn said he would keep house while Mrs. Daubyn was away.” “Yes.” “He wrote glowing letters to her about his experiments in the kitchen and the fun he was having washing dishes.” “Fine!” “When Mrs. Daubyn returned at the end of two weeks Mr. Daubyn, of course, met her at the station and es corted her home.” "And the sequel?” "At the door he discovered that she had taken his latch key away with her the day she left.” Sacrifice for Art. One cold, wet and windy night he came upon a negro shivering In the doorway of an Atlanta store. Wonder ing what the darky could be doing standing on a cold, wet night In such a place, the proprietor of the shop said: "Jim, what are you doing here?” “ ’Scuse me, sah,” said Jim, “but I’m gwine to sing bass tomorrow mornin’ at church, an’ I am trying to ketch a cold.” Extravagant. “Well, my dear,” said the head of the family jubilantly. "I closed the deal for the new house today. I had the title searched and found it perfect ly clear. It cost me a hundred dollars for the search, but —” "Now, isn’t that a perfect shame!” interrupted his better half. “All that money wasted for nothing.” A Change of Luck. Hicks—How do you happen to be going fishing on Friday? I thought you believed Friday was an unlucky day? Wicks—Well, 1 always have, but it occurred to me this morning that per haps it would be unlucky for the fish! A Difference. Angelina—And so you love me with all your heart? Would you die for me? Edwin —No, dear. Angelina—You wouldn’t die for me? Edwin —No; mine is an undying af fection. We hear of new uses of Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh. In dehorning cat tle, light applications help to stop bleeding, making the use of a hot iron unnecessary. Adv. Not Easy to Do. “Why is it that the dog Is always referred to as the most intelligent ani may?” asked the elephant. “Because he knows how to get a good living without doing any work,” replied the horse. > Oh, Pickles! Hazel —I don’t like windy weather. It plays havoc with one’s complexion Aimee —Perhaps you don't get your complexion on thick enough. You can safely place faith In Han ford s Balsam of Myrrh. Adv. A man will sometimes pocket his pride, but a woman can never find her pocket. Becaus* of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use “LA CREOLE” HAIR DRESSING. PRICE, SI.OO, ratalL WANTED TO SEE THE FINISH Small Girl Did Not Consider That the End of the Proceedings Had Been Reached. The short Interval that elapsed be tween the visit of the little girl to a commencement exercise and atten dance at an old-fashioned camp-meet ing may explain a remark 'that she made at the religious event. She went there with her granmother, and, very much Interested in everything that oc curred, asked numerous qnestions which her grandparent attempted to answer to the best of her ability. “Who Is that woman up there and what is she doing?” asked the little girl, referring to a woman who was on her knees in the “amen corner." "I don’t know who she is, but she's going to get religion,” was the reply. Some time elapsed and the woman remained on her knees. Finally, the grandmother of the little girl became tired of the service and announced that It was time to leave. “Oh, let’s not go yet,” exclaimed her granchild. “Let’s wait and see 'em give It to her.” —Louisville Times. Why We Eat Hens' Eggs. "I am a firm believer in advertis ing,” said a great advertising expert. "I impute a great part of my own suc cess to ft.” Here the expert’s sunburnt and healthy face was illuminated by one of his rare and charming smiles. “When a duck lays an egg,” he said, "she waddles back to the duck pond In Indifferent silence. But when a hen lays an egg her frantic cackle makes It known. “The hen advertises. “And that, my dear friends, is why the world eats hens’ eggs instead of ducks’ eggs.” Settling It. They were just about to get married and were discussing the details of do mestic economy. “But I’m afraid, dearest, we shall not be able to afford a servant at first,” he said, looking tenderly at her. "Oh, Harry, whatever will the neigh bors say when they see me doing my own work?” "Why, darling,” replied Harry gen uinely puzzled, "whose work do you want to do?’ One or the Other. "Do I make myself perfectly plain?” asked Miss Fortysmith, who Is intel lectual, concluding her argument. “More so than anybody I ever saw before in my life!” answered J. Fuller Gloom. “Er —er —well, either that or you were born so.” —Kansas City Star. All telephone operators in Egypt are required to be able to speak English, French, Italian, Greek and Arabic. For mosquito bites apply Hanford’s Balsam. Adv. It Isn’t a good plan to collide with a man who is riding his hobby. Children Cry for Fletcher’s CASTORIA The Kind Ton Haro Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of - and has been made under his per rs * ■ onal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good '* are bat Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children —Experience against Experiment. What Is CASTORIA Castoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotie substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation. Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles ana Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought VHC CENTAUR COMPART, new vowc citt. PREVENTION^ better than cure. Tutt’a Pills If taken In tIOM are not only a remedy for, but will prevent SICK HEADACHE, biliousness, constipation and kindred diseased. Tutfs Pills W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 34-1915. CURED OF PELLAGRA; WOMAN IS SO HAPPY Ratliff, Miss.—lda Creel, of this place, writes: “I am enjoying fine health, bet ter than I have in years. My weight ie 116; when I began taking your treatment it was 98. I sure can praise your treat ment; can eat anything I want and it don’t seem to hurt me.” \ There is no longer any doubt that pel lagra can be cured. Don’t delay until it is too late. It is your duty to consult the resourceful Baughn. The symptoms—hands red like sunburn, skin peeling off, sore mouth, jthe lips, throat and tongue a flaming red, with much mucus aed choking; indigestion and nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation. There is hope; get Baughn’s big Free book on Pellagra and learn about the remedy for Pellagra that has at last been found. Address American Compounding Co., box 2091, Jasper, Ala., remembering money is refunded in any case where the remedy fails to cure.— Adv. _ Made a Difference. At a dinner party the other evening, reference having been made to the good old days In the little brick school house, this story was recalled by James L. Rice, coach of the Columbia college crew; The teacher in a public school was giving a demonstration in mental arith metic, and after speaking at some length she turned to a bright-faced boy at the head of the class. “Now, then, Willie,” said she, "do you think that you can answer me a question In mental arithmetic?” “Yes, ma’am,” was the confident re joinder of the beaming youngster. "Well, then,” resumed the teacher, “how old would a person be who was born in 1876?” “That depends,” quickly rejoined lit tle Willie. "Was the person a man or a woman?” Philadelphia Tele graph. For Burnt and Scalds. In case of burns and scalds apply Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh and get relief. Apply It to cool the skin and take the fire out. Have a bottle al ways on hand to use in case of acci dents. Adv. ' Some Drink. “What are you doing?” demanded Marc Anthony, as Cleopatra dropped a priceless pearl into her glass of wine. "I’m Inventing a new summer drink,” replied the queen. "I’m go ing to call it pearl sundae.” s If you wish to Interest an audience tell It a story about a bully being whipped by a pale, studious and retir ing young man. What is worth doing at all Is worth doing well, unless you are going to make a fool of yourself. TRY THE OLD RELIABLE \U|HTERSNITH's ft Chill tonic For MALARIA A FINE GENERAL STRENGTHENING TONIS ■aaa p aa 25 Views of National Capitol with each I IJL E box of oar now oandT laxative wafers, rnr I Send 26 cents for both. Agent* wanted. I IILb R r n CbylcalCa., 1100 7t*.ftaafclagta«», P. C.