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CONSTRUCTION OF HEN HOUSE

forly-neven miles. Looks to Suit. "Ranks is broke." "Then no wonder he looks nil gone Many a young man looks upon a dot- d More Fowls Can Be Kept on Small to pieces." Baltimore Advertiser. lar Huved ns a good time lont. Floor Area Under Colony Than on Intensive System.

filch Mfcrtchurlan Coat Mines. Crumb of Comfort. Bllhs Symplpflon- Oh, doarl T found The oonl mines opened lust year if another wrinkle toilny and I'm afrnid HoMlranglwui, Manchuria, In which li.i growing old. And Ido so dread it. J.OOO met arc employed, nre producing Professor Hnrlnut Don't worry, n Rood quality of coal. The length of mlfls. !';"!u(y is only skin deep. It's thes beds Is said i. he nboat sixtythe mind that counts, and your mind is seven miles. It is propoH<>d to build a still that of a child of I mi. liulii railway from the mines to ths Sungart Hverf a dUtanc of about

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ment of Agriculture.) A house constructed for the convenience of the attendant will have enough cubic air Kpace provided 2 to 8 square feet of floor space 1h allowed per fowl. Fresh air should be secured by ventilation rather than by furnishing a larger amount of cubic air space than is required for the con-

(Prepared by the United States Depart-

What is Castorla
is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, ' Drops and'Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant It contains neither \s Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age feJu guarantee. For move than thirty years it has been hi constantuse for therelief of Constipation,Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.

The KindYou Have AlwaysBought, and which hasbeenIn use for over sary amount of floor space depends SOyears, has bornethesignature ofChas. H.Fletcher,andhasbeenmadeunder upon the system, on the size of the his personalsupervision since itsinfancy. Allow noone to deceiveyouinthis. pens, the weather conditions, and the AllCounterfeits, Imitations and"Just-as-Good"aro but Experiments that , size of the birds. More birds can be triflewith and endanger thehealthofInfants and " kept on a small floor area under the j-jtf/V^-f^ 2 Children Experience against Experiment GenuineCastoria always bear* the signature of /<bcc*U4 colony than on the Intensive system, where the colony system Is used In a mtld climate and the hens have free Panama Canal Traffic. Chile Seeks Information. range throughout most of the year.* Chile has created a commission to According to the report: of the govColony houses holding from 30 to 75 hens are about as large as can he Btu]y tho possibility of constructing a ernor of tho canal zone for a recent , lom>Hiidin:il artery for the transmis- mouth, tho number of ocean-going sion of electric power obtained from commercial vchsHs pnsalng through waterfalls through a long stretch of tho t'nriiiinn ninul for the month was/' territory. Mil, exclusive of elht United States government ships on which on tolls Snuff Still In Oemand. were levied, other nnvul Hhlps and During 1017 then; were nude In the i.'iimh'lh'.':. \t t tonnage of the 101 com ifni (c I States 8478,626 pounds of murchil Hhlpft aggregated 480,867* I'asnuff. iiniiiii canal measurement.

venience of the attendant. The neces-

TheChildren's Panacea The Mother's Friend.

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Aircraft \! / to Search Out \ Forest Fires and


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KIDNEYS WEAKENING? BETTER LOOK OUT!


Kidney and bladder troubles don't mnt of the Netherlands yranted A speB(l1 chflrt In dlssppear of themselves. They grow *,l^1 ;- u *Ji upon Jta. slowly but steadily undermining your health with deadly cer- out her "Heal Dutch Drops/' ss shfl tainty, until you fall a victim to in- <lH?totly calls GOLD MEDAL Haarleea * Oil Copules. Their 'ise restores) .^-ki* <ii oa / strength and is reponsible in a great curable disease. Stop your troubles while there Is measure for the sturdy, robust health time. Don't wait until little pains be- of tike Hollanders, come bi| aches. Don't triflo with dis- Do not delsy. Go to your druggist jn j on eaae. To avoid future Buffering begia supply ins you with ft flt treatment with GOLD MEDAL Haar- box of GOLD MKDAL Haarlem OH lem Oil Capsules now. Take three or Capsules. Take them as directed, and four every day until you feel that you jf you Bre not uatimfied with results your druggist will gladly refund your money. are entirely free from pain. This well-knownpreparationhasbeen Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on one of the national remedies of Hoi* the box and accept xu> other. Insealed land for centuries. In 1006 the govern- boxes,three size*

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Outlaw Cotton / / Fields

An Open-Front Poultry House Keeps Hens Healthy.

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BEPOKTS

zone by aerial patrol was officially Inaugurated andhas been In regular process ever since. Two flights were made later In January for the purpose of obtaining a panoramic view of the territory bordering the quarantine lines, to note the character and extent of any forests or wooded areas which might act as a naturalbarrier to the spread of the pink botlworm by flight of the moth, as well as to secure some Idea of the value of aerial observations In connection with entomological scoutIng and mapping. he patrolled by airplanes and protect- spot. These flights were made at an altied by wireless telephone. Experiments made in bombing fires tude of from 1,500 to 2,000 feet. At Time Is a vital factor !n fighting to put them out show the possibilities this elevation on a clear day a disforest fires. They must be detected In this direction. Bombs charged with tinct vision could be had of the counInstantly and combated promptly. suitable chemicals for extingiushing try over a rauge of 30 miles, and culOnce a forest fire gains sufficient fires have been used with good results. tivated fields, buildings, shell roads, headway the flames convert each live At present the only observation bal- railway lines, creeks, and the characpine into a gas retort and the flaming loon used in connection with forest ter of wooded areas, whether pine or itoh, carried by the wind, Jumps far fire patrolling Is the one maintained at deciduous, could be easily distinguishahead of the fire line, to start new the Arcadia field, near Los Angeles. -90, At the normal speed of the airfires. Also, ft forest fire will run up This balloon is sent aloft to a height plane 75 miles an hour the ground a mountain slope with tremendous of about 3,000 feet and remains there moves so slowly Unit the observer has speed, creating its own draft as It from 7 a. m.until 6 p. m. In case of Ore time to get a complete picture of the goes. a report from the balloon observer is area and easily to distinguish cotton Airplane service would instantly de- telephoned to the army balloon school from corn fields. tect h forest fire. It would reach the and transmitted to the forest service Inspector Hensley i enthusiastic In spot promptly, with smothering gas, ui Los Angeles. Another plan to be the belief that the alrplune. will trefirefighters, tools, provisions and ma- tested later In the summer Is trans- mendously facilitate all wuch scooting terials. If the national forests and porting fire fighters by dirigibles from and reconnaissance, work, Including notional parks are worth creating and which ladders can be lowered to the mapping. Similar use cn be made ?f It In othmlniinlsterlng, they are worth preserv- ground ing. The ordinary forest fire Is a caOutlaw Cotton Fields. er agricultural ami forestry surveys, The nlrpinue to spy out hidden cot- which arc analogous to the mapping lamity. The big one is u catastropne. In n twinkling the growth of gen- ton fields has proved successful. It Is and survey use made of It for war purerations Is gone. Where a forest stood the result of on experiment carried out poses. there is desolation which will last for by the federal horticultural board >f The te.sts made lust year, followed nmny a year. The losses In money I the department of agriculture. In by the more important and systematic this season, saying nothing of the southern Texas, where the devastat- utilization of thin new humus of Kurmenace to human life, would pay for ing pink bollworm of cotton has htwa vey and inspection carried out this trying to Invade the United States l>etir, marks probably the firm use of im extensive air service equipment. That there Is n distinct mid Impor- from Mexico, there are cotton-free the airplane In m practical way in agtant place for aircraft In fire protec- zone*, declfi red by la w as bnrr'er riculture, and limy be the starting of tion of tlmberlauds has been regard- j cgninst the progress of the worm. But Ian Important use of thin new means of iml by the forestry official* for lame a few mtsgttlded farmers feel flint transportation find observation for time as beyond doubt. It wus with this ! their rjgtiti bave been Infringed and wonting and Inspection purposes In Men in mind that arrangement! were have developed a tendency to become other fields of rweurcll <>r control m&de to have army airplane* and cap- |CDtlflW cotion planter*. Much of the work: tive balloons cover portions of the na- country is heavily timbered, roads vv Moorish and Arabic Rugs. tional forests of CallforDiu, Arizona. neither plentiful nor good In mnny plaNew Mexico(tad Other states this sum- ces, and It luih been possible* for nn The art of rug weaving is nnld to mer. The patrolling was started early outluw planter to tuck away a few liiivc been ini!-In the Venetians by In Juno and has ho quickly provwl \U acres of cotton In some nook of the the Arab conquerors *>f Spain. Moor* worth, that It wan proponed to extend wood* beyond probability of discovery Ikli runs are Htlll woven by the de~ the service to other points In the East, |by ordinary mean*, though the depart- ftfWidfiutH >f thli r&Ct who live out* including one Dear the White moun- mont of agriculture bun been making Hide tin* Hpanlsh bonier. Arabic rugs tains in New Hampshire. diligent efforts to spot every ntnlk of are woven In the simplest patterns. No difficulty is experienced by the cotton in the quarantine'} areas. nml In straight linen and very bright mnnen In detecting fires In heavy tim- T*HMt year when worker* of the fed* colon* The pattern* ofttn resemble ber from elevations of 0.000 to 10,000 ml horticultural board were on the those of the log eitbln quilt of our While the ftguroH In feet. cpiiml. they tried out the airplane* for grandmothers. At present the forest lervlce retlM scouting work. In thU way liiHpector oriental rug* ettrh Imivu their own for the detection of fires portly on pa- Henslay of the board discovered sev- meaning, we must nut forget iluit ovtrol, usually by men on horses, motor er outluw cotton fields in the heavily ery COlof has Hh own Mlgnlficanre s)M cycles, or railroad speeders, and partly wooded country along tlu> Trinity >'lv* well, which varies lit different eoimon wutchei'H ntatloned on lookout er and around Oalveaton bay wlttrti n-lt'H, (n.si us the ttirurcK do. In ancient Itnbylon scarlet wns tile hviii potnU. Aircraft have ninny points of had eacaped discovery. January of thin year the work of lo- bol of fire, blue of the air, and purple obvious superiority over this method. Lookouts In every brokea country. aitlag cottou fit-ids Id the observation of wutur.

from Washington cut up by deep canons or where mounseem to indicate that the tain ridges obstruct the view, oi*4n a air service is going to flat country that affords no good pieces rap!dly from vari- points of vantage, are often unable to ous causes and that Sep- pick up tires quickly by the rising tember will practically smoke, or to locate them accurately. see the last of It. This l For precise location the system in use especially to be regretted depends on trlanguiation through rein view of the recent nu- ports telephoned from separate obsermerous, extensive and dis- vation points. Airplanes, however, can astrous forest fires in the use wireless, or even the new wireless Northwest. The lesson of telephone, and they can locate fires by these fires Is that the na- coordinates In the same way that guntional forests and national parks must fire in war Is directed to a particular

easily moved, but larger numberH may be kept In one Hock In a long house. Flocks of from 60 to 150 are well adapted to the average conditions for the production of murket eggs. Large Walking for Pleasure. numbers require leas labor, fewer The oldrfaafrioned person who oficd fences, and a lower house cost than small flocks, but there Ih a greater to walk mile after mile on plenuunt chance for disease and the Individual Sunday afternoons through the coun1 tryside , in'.- practically disappeared. hen receives less attention. ThlN r- the inevitable conclUHlon driiwn by anyone who si pursue* LOSS ilii- undent juiHliiru* andill who him WAYS TO Bpent Sunday after Sunday drilling by First, Select Pure Breeds That Lay foot OVW iimrudum ami din roa<l freEggs Collect More and Larger quented by uutornobllistw ami un ocEggs Frequently. CHHlonal form hiuid traveling to a

Poor Time to "Butt In." The i>.'i< t'l'iMinmiri In the frock coat bore down on the red-face*^ ramply-halred fellow lying across a Kent on the "down" plntforin.

TEN

PREVENT

"My irifin!," rriMonsfnih'fl the pale nerit ii'PiiMti, "<ff'i you ever reckon np

the blcydo and the automobile and ington*, etc. (Jiving better enre, food, and with the advent of titesfl quicker, euH2. shelter, with dry, clean, vermin-proof ler means of transportation It dropped froiri the human scheme ol' IhlngH with nestft. 8. Confining males except In breed- u dull thud. OmallO News. Ing st'iismi. 4. Collecting eggH frequently, espeHeard in a Store. cially In hot or muggy weather. Firm Simp Olrl Uee! I'd like to 6. Storing eggs lu a dry, clean, cool have been on the K-34 when she mine place. ocroHH. 6. Using small and dirty eggs at Second I.Htto (w)io hud read the home. log) -They eould have lined you, all 7. Marketing frequently, with pro- right, Munie, when they wanted lhat tection at all tlmen from beat. gum chewed to mend the water Jacket. 8. Selling for cash on a basis of Boston KveninK Transcript. size and quality, "losr off" Instead of

(Prepared by the United States DepartWalking for the sake of the walk ment of Agriculture.) Selecting pure breedH that lay hii.s nearly passed out, along with the 1. more and larger effgn, such as the one-horse rig, the glass-incased urtUlWhite Leghorns, Wyandottes, Ply* clul Mowers In the pnrlor and hnlr-covmouth RockH, Khode Inland Ite.ds, Orp- ercd furniture. It had Its day before

neighbor's,

make you Hee 42,300 Htars. I've just had four teeth pulled out nnd you'd better go away before the arithmetic class gets over the ropeH and calls

raiHed himself on one elhow. "No," lie replied. "I haven't figured II out. I'm I'm Homethlng of n calculator, all the same, nnd If you don't go away nhout 137 yards In nine nnd a half seconds I'll hit you 17 tlmeH and
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that If you hiid placed the price of one drink out at Compound Interest at the time of the bflgjnn.liig of the Christian era you would Have $15,400,284?" The red-faced, rumply-halred man

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Flies Anglo-American Flag. Many people In Muneh<tster, Knffland, were pulled recently by a flag seen Hying over the Mollege of Technology In that city. The flag combine*) the IlrltlHli red eiiHlgn with can Bturs and Stripes In exactly equal

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the view of the designer that the new (lag might n. resent the RngftUlMpeaklng world.
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"case count." Excellent Advice. 9. tlHlnK un attractive package. Shnre your happiness with otherH, Combining shipments an a mut10. but. keep your troubles to yourself. ter of economy. Klynu.
Patrick

New Ship.

"Time for ocean voyages." "Yen, Dqj^otjty Is on the qul vlve." "When did that Hall?"

PROPER CARE FOR GOSLINGS


As Young Fowls Grow Older They Consume Considerable Grass and Other Qreen Stuff.
(Prepared by tin- United Status Department "f Agriculture.)

brooding und feeding of golliirk \h not much dlffercnr from that of duckling* except M tll(1 KonllngH grow older thoy COOIOIDJ considerable grasH und other growing Kri*n material ami In that way cut down their fevrt bill. Tboy can b<* allowed free range wben iln-.v an* two wi-rkn old. Gosling* are kcUlou) brooded artificially but will do well with mother geee f hens or even ducks.
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POULTRY NOTES
""" Keed tuble and kltcheu whml*- to the ben** " "* " Give a light feed of gruln la the morning. "*"
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Provide u nest for acb 4 or 5 bens.

POSTUM

Cereal

London Land Values


Tton of London land value*. If kyKcrniHr were to rear their Uagulnty height! In London us In Nw York i* would not only, nays the New tork Kventng Vimt. bolUh the beHUty of London, but would IOCTttM (lie price <tf land, e**peelnlly in th tMftfl of the 4-lty, by about 50 per Not It hmi been nrgued Umt wUere bulldlugn o/ 80

Sir Alfred Minu u|>|>ojhnl predllwv lion fen tue kywTiipt>r ruUw* the quen-

Hturlex ob iiiiiri* nn- triTicil people can wtHI afford to pay more for the land valuta thiin when the buili|tn^- lire of the umiihl London btiHiueKH type of five or nit Mt'irleH. Hut ran anybody linuglne a building of .HO HtorleH lu London? It would dwarf Si, I*nuT and rob tho houite of parliament aud the Abbey of llit-lr ilUtlnctlon. Near the Hank of KnglHiid land limm been Kohl In r'(viil >t*ar Ml 7i per Htjuart' foot, or CUftUXH) per uere; In the Htrand 13 to 20 per square foot U near the figure, while further west, In iloud

Htri'ct, for BlfltAplti IW jut Hcjunrc foot U the ruling price. The pTMOOt value Begin marketing the cockerels an of thf whulr Of Hie liunl In LoOdOO 1* ftOO inllilniiH; n't.l .A\ per OtOj ftotui h thi-y weigh oneltouod or uttafu about weight. him! iln* rntiiliU* valur WOUld jiiniii up a nmrkctuhU* ly iMpi mifJ bOQttdf.

weighing over a pound, net.

A Plungtr. "Wm ttuit young Hrown I kuw Mtrlk Ing you for u loan? Why. Ilu-nrd thut Hggii from "tftoitm" uestn should not only recriilly Ik* fell Into u fortune." marketed; they are of unknown 'TI.Ut'K Mi, I'UL tlf Ml lutO It ho b age and quality and should be usd ai hard that he WVUt right through It," borne. lUnton Truitncrt|il.

When HtihiiK eggM to the country merchaut or cash buyer limUt that the transactionbe ona quality basis.

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