Newspaper Page Text
TWO
HOW TO SECURE WINTER EGGS
BY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO FLOCK
Care in Housing, Food
Selection and Cleanliness Are
All Important.
Partridge Cochins, of Chinese
Origin, Attract Interest of
Fancy Breeders.
(By J. Harry Wolsieffer.
(Poultry Judge, Lecturer and Author.)
(Copyright, J 914, by The Eugene Me-
Click in Company.)
Winter ecg§ are the desire of every
poultry raiser because they bring best
prices. How to secure them is a big
problem but not impossible to solve.
It has been proven by hundreds of j
poultrymen, engaged in the industry in
a large and small way, that careful at- I
tention to the needs of the flock will
increase the egg yield in cold weather, j
Proper housing, cleanliness, purs
water, selection of foods known to
have an effect upon laying, can all be
employed as agenciee in bringing
about an increased egg production.
The following article tells how to ac
complish this end.
Partridge Cochins, illustrated and
described Herewith by Mr. Graham, are
one of the varieties appealing to
brsedars for recreation and fancy.
Tha problem of obtaining winter
eggs has been and Mill 1h a deep mys
tery to many, especially those still
young in poultry experience And yet
the problem Is being solved all over the
country, from the cold North to the
warm Houth, by those who have been
In the business for a number of year a
It is Impossible for the beginner to ex
pect the same measure of success that
the poultry raiser of years of experi
ence obtains, but any one, even
though a beginner, can obtain a fair
egg yield if the main essentials aro
compiled with.
Th first' essential Is a good, well- j
ventilated poultry building Thin will
not bi* •xprnnlvr but inunt hn ah**i
lutrly titslit on the north, cant nnj
wrnt sides; nol <»\rn r pinhole should
■how tinouhli, The front, tint* I* the
south side, or len degree* runt of south,
ran be hoarded from the floor to thr
lirglit of two or two and one-half
feet, thr reel run hr open, with cur
tainn on Iraßirn to lie lowered (only
when the temperature drop* to 10 de
grees above zero. The lowered cur
tain frame* will keep the heat gen
enitrd by the body of thai fowls with
in the house.
Without a health giving house the
best results In egg production are Im
possible. in fact poultry house con
struction plays a for more important
part than many poultry misers real
Ixe, and should really be considered
the tlrsi essential toward success. The
proper depth of the house should be
front 12 to 20 fcol; If 12 feet wide Ihe
hrlsb' of Ihe house should be fi Vi feet,
allowing the low winter sun ftp pene
trate to the rear sill; If 14 feel wide
7Vy frel lush; if 20 feet wide. 0 feet
high Muslin is handy to havs on the
poultry raisp i | reuilsi • the writer
divides the loti 3 100-fool houses with
muslin pat titlorn* ever' twenty feet,
breaking tit*’ I; t *■ '.*ll winter and early
spring, Ui kins then down in tprli,
thus obtaining ter air tint Inure
during Ihe warti ii VMithei
Select Matching Period.
The second essentia! is to have your
ft>w*ls hatched at the proper si'nson of
the year so they will arrive at the
hatching period 111 winter. Axilla, the
beftnner cannot itlwn.ys hope to secure
the steady growth durlnx the season
that the experienced poultry raiser
oan obtain. Borne accomplish this, but
the majority do not. so it is well to '
take Intpi consideration a few eheeks
or setbacks that the crowing chicks 1
will receive and allow u month more
for complete maturity. Scpnte expert- 1
enerd breeders can obtain a winter
egg yield from fowls hatched the last
of May and durlnx June, but very few
beginners accomplish this feat So the
safe plan la to hatch tn April or tho
first part of May. and If properly
erown these pullets will begin to lay
In October. November and l>ecember.
Feed la the third essential. It should
be remembered that not only must the
fowl's body be maintained In mood con
dition, hut enough feed must be pro
vided to produce egg*. under-feeding
will perhaps keep up the body, but
cannot produos a full supply of egg*
Assn* at the time twice* are the htgh
est. the days are shortest. leavtnx long
•debts tn which the fowls must pro
tect themselves fr*xm cold weather bv
their own body heat. If the fowls are
not well fed the enertry expended tn
maintain warmth la not sufficient to
maintain egg production. More corn
should be fed durlnx cold yveatlier
than at any other time and should be
fed In leas quantities when the wrath- |
er becomes karmer
Corn has l*een rlxhtlv called the
“King of Feeds," an*l on this account
baa been much abused because too
much corn has been fed American hens
tn the past, and perhaps enoush at j
the right time, durlnx cohf weather,
fora Is composed largely of carbohy
drates and acts as fuel for the body j
by the combination of which heat and
energy are maintained Carbohydrates
k'fiti the largest part of all feeds, hut
corn Is highest of them all; therefore
It I* a good winter grain for iKitiltry
As a heater, containing only 1 per cent
of ash or mineral matter and but 9
per cent of protein, corn, alone. U a
jmor egg producer. (Vnacguently It
must t*e fed with other grains higher
tn ash and protein, such as wheat
oaf ■ and barley.
Constituency of Different Foods.
Wheat contains I t per cent ash and ;
10 per cent protein; oats S per cent
of ash and » per rent of iwotetn: bar- j
ley contains 2 per cent, of ash and *.7 ]
per cent, of protein. It will be not I red j
all are etrong In the two essentials
among the gram*. ash or mineral mat
ter. The residue es the feedstuff, after
It has been burned, ta termed ash; It
does great work In making hone Pro-
An Interesting And Popular Bantam
- *• -, ;" v •?;... -i /:■
*
PARTRIDGE COCHIN BANTAMS
Although descended from the 1 itle Chinese Pekin Bantnm this fowl w a.* originated and perfected by the ar
dent Knglish fanciers, on account <> f Its wonderful coloration and markings it is greatly admired and bred both
in England and America, these little pigmies may tie kept In small quarters and are easily reared, thus mak
ing them favorates with those who breed fowls for recreation and fancy. '
By Louis Paul Graham
Copyright 1914 by The Eugene Me-
Guekln Company.
This ts one of the most popular of
our ornamental bantama and is cer
tainly one of the handsomest. Its an
cestors Are Chinese but It whs devel
oped In England. The English bantam
fanciers when trying various crosses
with the original little Ituff Cochin or
Peklnrßantams that had been brought
from Chinn, and from whence It was
unable to obtain any new specimens,
used the larger Cochines and obtained
SHine blacks These varied somewhat
A few were nearly black but had mix
ed In their plnniuge a few red feath
ers. l-’rom these the Black Cochin Ban
tams were produced. Another lot hail
considerable red In the neck and hack,
and the females were brownish. These
were crowned with the large Partridge
Cochins and bred down In size through
successive generations and perfected
by careful and selected matings In
the color of their markings.
loin furnishes blood, flesh, skin, white
of ruga, etc., and Is the one element
sought most, hut must he well hal
iii id with ash ami carbohydrates to
make II most effective.
lint while these desirable elements
arc present 111 the above grains, tile
fowls rould not consume enough
Kiaiiis, digest and assimilate the same
to produce a big egg yield, and the
poultry raiser must resort In addition
to these grains, to the ground feeds,
concentrated and higher In the desired
foodstuff than the grains, such as
hum, n hhlllngs. ground oats, alfalfa,
meal and beef scraps. These mixed to
yiilier and placed In hoppers so the
fowls may eat whenever they feel
hungry during the day are the real
egg linkers and a belter egg yield will
always he obtained when Ihe dry mash
Is used In connection with the grains
than when grains alone are used, one
can give no sot rule for feeding other
than his own flock. lint the founda
tion can he outlined for the beginner.
Results of Experience.
The yvrtter has for a number of years
secured the desired results by feeding
th# pullets equal parts by weight of
oats, corn, wheat and barley (wiien ob
tainable, at reasonable prices 1 with
Just enough millet for an exerciser.
The dry’ mash wittier feeding Is made
up of 200 pounds of bran, 100 pounds
of mceded alfalfa; 7f» pounds of beef
scraps, high grade, are added. This
la thoroughly planed In hoppers and
mnkas a good egg producer. All these
are high In ash and protein, and 15
|ier rent, ts heavy enough tn beef
scraps if of high grade, containing at
leak! 50 tier cent, of protein for all the
heavier breeds of poultry; If one Is
ruining 1 fghurns, IXyper cent, of beef
scraps can be used; once the system
adopted for feeding, stick to it. IHi
not change from yveok to yveck. thus
throwing the fowls off llielr feed amt
retarding laying Instead of hasten
ing It.
Fresh w atrf Is another cssi
intently neglected Orson feed tn some
form should always be ted. If the fowls
do not have range of grass, clover, etc.,
to roam on; cabbage beets and sprout
ed oats are ail good green feeds, and
must be fed tn connection yvlth the
other feeds for best results; oyster
shell, grit and charcoal should he be
fore the fowls all the time llaye a
deep Utter of clean, dry straw on the
floor of the poultry house so that they
can eSercise for the grains thrown In
each morning and night, feeding from
flee to eight quarts to each too fowls.
This would not lie enough If the fowls
did not have the dry food before them
all the time The fowls should clean
up the morning grain, but always hay«
a full supper. The above can be In
creased or decreased according to how
they are eating You will find the
Ris ks consuming more feed when In
full lay They should ne\er be whol*
ly satisfied yvlth the grain feed, for If
stuffed with all the grain at times they
will not consume enough of the dry
mash, the real egg tnaaer.
Kept free from lice, kept working.
Of all the Cochin Bantams the Par
tridge variety is the rno.st richly col
ored. The male has a rich red top
colfir; that Is, neck, back and saddle
and top of wing.* are red, each feather
striped down the middle with s rlosbv
greenish black stripe. The breast, tail
body and wing bar are glossy green
ishhlack, as is also the feathering of
the legs and toes. The females are
reddlng-hrown, the marking following
the outline of the feather. The neck
hackle Is brown at the head, shading
to a golden yellow on the nerk, each
feather striped down the middle with
a black ot d irk brown stripe.
in chape the nearer these little fowls
resemble round balls of feathers the
better. The plumage should be long
and soft. In size they shoulud weigh
24 to 29 ounces for females, 26 to 90
ounces for males, am! the more dimin
utive and fluffy they are, the better.
This Is distinctly a fancier’s breed.
It has no utility value and is bred
In a good house, properly hatched and
grown early enough, the up-to-dato
methods follow’d! by oilier successful
poultry raisers excelrnt results can he
obtained by the beginners. lio not
expect tho old liens to perform as pul
lets Depend always on tho young
stock to produce the winter hen fruit.
Next week Michael K. Boyer. Poul
try Editor of Tho Farm Journal, will
contribute an article on “Marketing
Eggs st Top Prices.” Mr. Graham will
feature “Rose Comb Rhode Island
Reds."
CHINESE MANDATES ARE
EXHORTATIONS TO REFORM
Recent One Says: Gambling
is Extremely Harmful and
One’s Time is Wasted By It.
Peking—Many of the mandatca are
exhortations to righteousness and re
form Some of them deal with seri
ous mutters of state and International
polities, while others read like ser
mons. One which appeared recently
says:
"Gambling l« an extremely harmful
pursuit By It time Is wasted, busi
ness 1s Impeded, families are ruined
rind, what Is worse at 111, the minds of
those persons who Indulge In It are
weakened. Ita deleterious Influence
undermines all virtues and breeds
corruption. I am nnia/ed to And that
at present this baneful habit has a
footing In tile offielal circles as well
rh amidst the people. This practice
was started during the last years of
the Thing Dynasty, when the Manohu
aristocrats and high officials threw
of all restraint. The example set hy
those In high stations was followed
hy Hie people, and today we find It
hard to make the people break away
front this pernicious iiirsult.
"1 learn that many officials sre
sill laddlctetl to this evil habit. Are
lhe\ not aware of the heavy responsi
bilities devolving upon their should
ers? \ new nation has Just been
founded and the vast amount of con
structive work of this new nation re
quires all the energy her officials
can give After office hours they
can profitably employ their time
studying good books and maklug re
searches Pleasure may he found In
Ihe endeavor to advance one's knowl
edge and rultlvate virtue.”
Instructions are given the police
for the arrest of all offender*, no
matter what posts they hold, and to
confiscate the money with which they
gamble, to be used to reward -the po
lice and gendarmerie
I MX I ...,g
DON'T yISS FIRE.
S ut old Silas "A girl has ■ right
to hare arms. hut there Is no excuse
for a man's blunderbuss when he tries
to km a iuf —Ksihuiigs.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
solely for the enjoyment that can be
obtained from the work at first hand.
A Bantam breeder was once asked b3'
a etrlctly commercial breeder of paut
try why he bred Bantams. His re
plv was. “Why do you breed largo
fowls?” To set money.” “What do you
do with the money?” “Buy among
other things, pleasure and entertain
ment with it.” "Well, that’s why I
breed Bantams. The only difference is
that I obtain my pleasure and enter
tainment at first hand, while you
must produce, sell and collect your
money before you get yours.”
The breeders of Bantams are for the
most part doctors, lawyers and busi
ness men seeking a little outdoor rec
reation and a complete , change of
thought. Bantams may tie kept In
small quarters and take but little in
feed and care to maintain them. They
require Just enough attention to afford
a mental relaxation to the busy rnan
after hours or between office hours
as the case may be.
J. G. SPALDING
ON BALL TOPICS
Says Baseball is An Aid to the
Athletic Status of a Country
and the Cause of American
Supremacy.
London.—That baseb.il! Is an aJd to
the athletic status of a country as a
whole and an explanation of the su
premacy of the Americans In athletics
Is the opinion of A. G. Bpiihllng, who
Is now In London after a pleasure
trip of Europe.
While In Germany, Mr. Spalding
vlalled the new stadium erected for
the tills Olympic games.
There Is no stadium In the world
to compare with It," said Mr. Spald
lug. "It will make an Ideal place to
hold the games. Building it has al
ready given a tremendous Impetus to
athletics In Germany, aiul with tho
aid of American trainers and meth
ods the Fatherland -’hould he a strong
factor In the next Olympia.
Greatly Impressed.
•In fart, during m.v trip, T h*vo
t'een grenlly Impressed by the utrlrtr.*
" bleb Continental Kurope Is making
In ntbletlrs. Baseball already has
taken a strong hold In both Franc*
end Germany and the visit of the
New York Giants and Charles Oomis
keys Chicago White Sox Is eagerly
and Impatiently awaited. T believe
baseball Is one of the fundamental
causes for the athletic supremacy of
American.* and should Kurope once
get the baseball erase her athletes
are sure to give a better account of
themselves In all other branches of
sport. I may add, however, that I
have unbounded fntth In mv own
countrymen to hold their own for
many years to come,"
MOST SILENT MEMBER OF
THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
p * r| *—Jules Satirede. Deputy for
Carcassone. who died recently, waa
noted In I “arts as the most silent
member of the Chamber of Deputies
During the sixteen years that he be
longed to the Assembly he had never
ascended the tribune once, and had
been known to make only one Inter
ruption One day there were very
few members In the Chamber, and
attention waa railed to the fact that
there was an Insufficient number to
continue the discussion M. sUuxede
rose, counted those present, and re
marked simply. "Thirty-two" u was
his only parliamentary speech.
POSSIBLE SIEGE
CITY OFJIEJOCO
Could Withstand it For Some
Time, Though. Food Supply
and Dozens of Artesian Wells
Mexico City. —The Huerta adminis
tration has lately come to be frankly
on the defensive. A month ago all
the talk was of successful expeditions
against the rebels, and almost daily
glory won by Huerta’s arms. It was
almost reasonable to hint that the re
bels were making headway, but lately
even friends of the government, and
it has some yet, talk more of the pres
ident’s chances for holding back the
rebels than of making any progress
against them.
Those who have followed develop
ments will not be surprised, however,
if tile swinging forward movement of
the rebels slows down to a dogged de
termination to hold their hard earned
positions, and if Huerta is able to
hold out for many months.
Gambling Judgment.
Foreigners, and a few Mexicans are
gambling their judgment against ac
cumulating facts. If they could make
up their finds just when to get out
they would leave the capital before
the final clash, but a great majority
of those yet left here cannot very
well sacrifice What business and prop
erty they have by abandoning It in
definitely and so they are taking their
chances. Others are working hard on
the defense committees, realizing that
they probably will be among those
within the foreign compound when
trouble starts.
It is realized that Carranza can
bring about the city tens of thousand
of followers once he cleans up- the re
gions outside the Federal District;
that the Papatijtas will join with him
and that thousands for whom he has
no arms and who ever are ready to
join the successful leader, will hasten
to Join him without the city and unite
with his followers for possible loot
within. But Mexico City would be
able to withstand a siege probably for
a long time.
Food Stored.
Stored In one place and another
there is an abundance of food stuffs,
there are numerous small gardens
within the district the defending ar
my should control, and cutting the
light and water lines will not be a vi
tal blow. "There once was a time
when we didn’t have electric lights,"
said Huerta one day, and so far as
the water is concerned, there are doz
ens of artesian wells within the city,
and almost at any point the waters ot
the old lake can be tapped at from six
to ten feet underground. Cutting off
the water supply would undoubtedly
bring about Biieh a state of bad sani
tation that disease inevitably would
follow, but many weeks might elapse
before tills condition became vitally
serious.
CHARGED WITH SELLING
SWEDISH ARMY SECRETS
Stockholm —The arrest of a form
er constable in the Swedish navy,
named Toerngren, and a youth, Hol
stelnson, on the charge of selling
Swedish military secrets to Russia,
has enabled the authorities to un
earth a scheme of organized and
wholesale espionage, the headquart
ers of whlah were in Copenhagen. A
number of Russian officers, including
former military attaches, and other
Russian subjects, are involved, and
many of them have already left the
country, either at the suggestion of
the authorities or for fear of being
arrested. The two Swedes mentioned
and a Danish officer of reserve,
Friedriksen, who was arrested at
Boden, a Swedish fortification on the
Russian frontier, were not 60 fortu
nate. Through them, however, the
authorities ho;« to find exactly how
much has been disclosed to the Rus
sian officers, for whom they are be
lieved to have acted.
Marketing Eggs
at Top Prices
Selling eggs is .just as important as producing
them. When and where to sell them to secure the
best prices is the vital question to the poultryman.
There are general avenues for the distribution of
hen food, principal among them being commission
merchants, hotels, hospitals, and private families.
Next week’s artiel • will deal with this subject coin*
prehensivelv, advising the poultryman kow and when
to ship and suggesting ways for building up a good, re
liable trade.
Look for it. appearing exclusively uext Sunday
in The Herald.
Queen Surprises Guests
At Breakfast Table After
25 Years Absence
t '• ■ v ‘‘iT,
“ v v . ■’ Mb
QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
London. —Queen Alexandra quite up
set her guests at her house party in
Norfolk by appearing at the breakfast
table. This would not have been so
serious had the Dowager been in the
custom of doing so, but it was the first
time she had thus come down from
her bed chamber in the morning for
twenty-five years. The women at the
house party had not brought any
breakfast gowns.
The Queen was much amused at the
perturbation of her guests, but as she
herself appeared in only a dainty white
satin and lace blouse and navy blue
black braided skirt, their plight was
not so terrible.
Offer SIOO Per Game to
Write Expert Reviews
Brickley and Hardwick, of
Harvard, Can’t Simply Sign
Article; Must Compose
Them.
Cambridge, Mass. —Following close
on the report that Captain Brickley
and “Tack” Hardwick of Harvard
football team had been offered SIOO
per game to write expert reviews for
newspapers next fall, comes the an
nouncement, that players will be ask
ed not to write signed articles, as
such articles are not in keeping with
the athletic standard of the school.
At a recent meeting held by the
members of the team it was decided
that the men would be asked to dis
continue the practice of signing ar
ticles for publication, although there
was no objection to the football play
ers doing general college newspaper
work.
WHITE SLAVERY CRUSADE
ACTIVE IN COPENHAGEN
Copenhagen —The Society for the
Protection Against White Slavery has
become very energetic here, and is
especially active in preventing the
luring away of girls to America. In
their recent report the Directors de
clare that they have watched closely
the Mormon agitation in Denmark,
for the society considers the Mor
mons a great danger. The society
states that several hundred girls, es
pecially from Jutland, are taken to
American every year.
SUNDAY. JANUARY 11.
BERLIN’S COPS
ABE IN TROUBLE
The People Thoroughly Enjoy
Sight of Seeing Hated Police
Defending Themselves.
Berlin.—The people of Berlin are
thoroughly enjoying the sight of see
ing their hated police defending them
selves, or at least endeavoring to dc
so, against very serious accusations
made in the reichstag.
No person who has not visited Ger
many is able to form any idea of the
ordinary German citizen’s hatred of
the uniformed representatives of law
and order, whose swords are always
loose in their sheaths, and who seem
to take a particular pleasure in crack
ing the heads of peaceful citizens.
Level Headed Member
Heretofore no charge of corruption
ha.s ever been made against the po
lice, and it therefore caused an im
mense sensation when calm and level
headed members of the reichstag de
liberately charged the president of th«
Berlin police, Herr von Jagow, in par.
ticular, and a number of police chief!
of other German cities with maintain
ing or at least being fully aware ol
the existence of an institution where
thugs and bravos might be hired to
provoke duels.
Herr von Jagow at first seemed to
consider it below his dignity to con
tradict the accusations made again.“»t
his department but public opinion at
last became so galling that he inform-
I ally and without committing himself,
definitely "inspired” the press to is
sue the following denial which I quote
from the “Berliner Tageblatt:”
“In contradiction to the express as
sertion that the police have any knowl
edge of the existence of this peculiar
'loan office,’ we are informed on good
authority that the Berlin police have
hitherto had absolutely no knowledge
of any actions of the kind. But an old
trick, although one which it is natu
rally impossible to prove in the ma
jority of instances, is for unscrupu
lous private detectives to place ele
gant and adroit people in the way of
the husband or wife if previous watch
ing has given no positive proof of ust
in an action for divorce.
Provoke a Duel.
"It may also have happened that
married persons have gone to a pri
vate inquiry agent with instructions
to that effect, and that such omis
sions have been effected. Neverthe
less, it remains incomprehensible why
‘married women should have been le i
astray in order to provoke a duel.’ The
opportunity for a duel, for any man
who really wants to fight one, is real
ly easy to find In Germany. It is in
credible that anyone would adopt
such a complicated method, let alone
that a business undertaking could ex
ist on such customers.”
It seems, however, as if Herr von
Jagow will have to do more than “in
spiring” the press to defend him, if
he tvants to silence the accusing voic
es. It is thought that he will have
to ask the minister of Justice to name
a committee before which the accus
ing members of the reichstag w-ill
have to prove the charges they have
made.
PRODUCING RESULTS IN
WESTERN AMERICAN STYLE
St, Petersburg—The stream of col
onization in Siberia is productive of
results in Western American fashion.
M Treguboff, during Ihls recent jour
ney found that three and a half mil
lion colonists settled there between
1908 and 1912. Freight motor cars
now facilitate traffic on stretches up
to 100 miles off the trunk line. On
what was bare steppe only three
years ago wihen the late M. Stolypin
toured Siberia, prosperous towns,
such as Slavgorod, have arisen, with
electrical stations and power-houses,
veterinary and sanitary institutions,
and other establishments of a perm
anent nature.