Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, May 19, 1922, Page 5

. . FE » BIG JOINT FARMERS’ | MEETING Will be held in the I. O. O. F. hall in Cottonwood, Ida. SATURDAY, JUNE 3 at 10 a. m. o'clock When the Community Farm Club of Cottonwood and the Idaho County Farm Bureau: WILL JOIN HANDS FOR THE DAY TO CONSIDER MATTERS OF VITAL IMPOR- rFANCE TO ALL THE FARMERS OF CAMAS PRAIRIE. ONE OF THE LEADING QUESTIONS fO BE CONSIDERED WILL BE THE SE- CURING OF A REDUCTION OF THE PRESENT FREIGHT RATES ON GRAIN SHIP- PED FROM THE PRAIRIE. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED. COUNTY AGENT CARL M. GRAYSON AND OTHER SPEAKERS, WILL PRESENT. LUNCH AT A NOMINAL PRICE SERVED IN THE HALL, Remember the Date BE \ IMAGINATION and VISION The story teller's fancy created Hop-o’- My-Thumb and the seven-league boots— the step of twenty-one miles was the limit of his imagination. Accomplishment as wonderful as the imagery of the fairy tale has followed the vision of Alexander Graham Bell—the instantaneous transmission of the human voice a few feet or thousands of miles. The seven-league boots exist only in the minds of “the little folks.” Over 33,000,000 conversations a day in the United States testify to the value and im- portance of the telephone in the elimina- tion of distance in the social and business activities of a nation. Every Bell telephone is a Long Distance station. The Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company | Poults Hatched Later Than June Do | Not Develop for Thanksgiving Martets. | (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Soon after mating turkey hens be- gin to look for nesting places and usually commence laying in from a week to 10 days after the first mating. the eggs of one litter, but the hens ordinarily mate three or four times be- fore beginning to lay. All turkey hens, it may be six weeks or more from the time the first hen begins to lay until the last begins. Pullets usually com- mence laying a little earlier than yearlings or older hens, say poultry Bronze Turkey Hen. | | specialists in the Unitea States De- partment of Agriculture. } first litter is about 18, although in individual hens it may vary from 12 io 30. Hens that do not have to be set can be broken up on becoming broody and made to lay a second or a third litter. The number of eggs laid in the second litter averages about 12, and in the third about 10, although, there is considerable variation in the egg pro. ' duction of different hens. Some turkey hens can be made to iay four or five litters, but this is not usually advisable, as poults hatched | later than June do not have a chance to develop for the Thanksgiving and Christmas markets and are not suffi- clently mature by the following spring to be used us breeders. A hen that be gins laying in the middle of March will usually finish laying her first Htter early in April, her second litter about the third week in May, depending up. on the number of eggs she lays and the promptness with which she ts | broken up an becoming broody. Hens that are allowed to hatch and raise a brood of poults after laying their first litter often begin laying again in the fall, but poults hatched | at that time are of little value except for broilers, as they require too much care and attention to carry them through the winter. Fall-hatched pul- lets begin laying late the following spring, but they sre immature at that time and poults hatched from their eggs do not develop into large, strong birds as do poults from mature stock. | pala 2 BEST FLOORS IN HEN HOUSE | Disagreeable Condition for Fowls Is | Caused by Moisture Coming | to Surface. The floor in any poultry house of- | fers many problems, A large percent- | age of the moisture in a poultry house comes about through the floor. The moisture rises to the surface of the ground and evaporates, in many In- stances causing a disagreeable con- dition for the birds. The best floor in a poultry house is built with first a layer of gravel or cinders, in fact any open material that has large air spaces, then a layer of hollow block tile, next a very thin layer of cement. A good practical floor can be con- structed as follows: Six to eight inches crushed rock, then a layer of | Disinfectants are cheaper than dis ease. * Keep pure, fresh water always with- in reach. | . Never feed your fowls musty grain of any kind. ee Fowls, in confinement, need a variety of food. ee ers the vitality of towls. es | The early hatched pullet is the one | that begins to lay early in the fall, | when eggs are high in price. ee | . With proper care and food come plenty of eggs. Remember that “any- thing worth doing at all is worth do- | ing well.” | . } | | If cats or rats bothered you last | year, plan to outwit them this season. Use plenty of inch-mesh wire netting. It does not take many lost chicks te pay for quite a piece of netting. | TURKEYS LAY THREE LITTERS | One mating is sufficient to fertilize all | of course, do not begin laying at the | same time, and in a flock of about 15 | The average number of eggs in the | tar paper and follow that with about | three inches of cement. to do well, | COLD RADIATORS “What’s going on here?” “A fire drill,” said the school jani- tor, who was sunning himself on the jeurb, “ This here edyfice is ’sposed to be a-blazin’.” | “Oh, I see.” “But, of course, it ain’t, an’ if | anybody wants to ask me about it I | can tell ‘ef that there ain’t even a | fire in th’ basement.”—Birmingham | Age-Herald. | PLANS SUGAR IRRIGATION | | The Dominican republic plans to become one of the beet-sugar produc- | ing regions in the world by irrigat- | ing about 150,000 acres of a river valley. | COMMENCEMENT NOTES. | Plans for a school picnic today }Yan amuck a beautiful rain but | examinations that were to have} been held next Monday took the: place and no time was lost. It will be possible to have the picnic next Tuesday and yet carry out the entire scheme. Today then are held the ex- aminations in the several en- glish classes Miss Baker secur- ed such satisfactory results from a goodly number of english clas- ses that such were exempted from taking them. Then the science classes have examina- tions also today. Ns | Next Monday night is senior class night and will be given over to an amusing program consist- ing of class stunts and ceremon- jies. These exercises will be given in the gymnasium. The junior prom is the event of next Wednesday evening and is an invitational affair. Those in- vited will be numerous enough | to constitute quite a concourse and bring the community very | largely together at that time. | This event has been in the minds ;and purposes of the alert jun- iors for several months and will doubtless be a long remembered event of the school year 1921-22 in the Cottonwood high school. On Thursday forenoon the | grades below the high school will |give a more or less continuous | program from ten o’clock until | about noon. These will be given |at the school building also. It | goes without saying that a gen- eral invitation extends to par-| ents and friends of cducy tion for all tl ese ec atertainm: nts save the prom. On Thursday night comes the} |} crowning event of the school| | year: the graduating exercises | | of the Cottonwood high school. | These are to be held in the Orpheum theater, reserved seats | for the parents of the graduates | will be held until the hour of | program shall arrive. While! the students themselves deserve | credit for having reached the} ; point of graduating, the parents | | 096066 S0000000000060000 Le eh ee ee ee ee ee ; 10 pounds of Macaroni 18 pounds of Navy Beans 3 pounds of coffee 11 cans of Hebe Milk | 8 cans of Carnation milk ..... THE ICE SEASON WILL SOON BE HERE. We wish to inform the public that we will be in position to fill all orders, large or small. MADE FROM PURE MOUNTAIN WATER Cottonwood Creamery IRIN ERED), themselves are ones who have sacrificed that this might be done, altho such a sacrifice is the truth of higher living. These are they who are to re- ceive diplomas of graduating: Freda Asker, Mae Asker, Agnes Eckermann, Jeannette Greve, Laura Hattrup, and Karsten Schroeder. It is well to call attention to the fact that, while the exercises from beginning to end will be in- teresting,: the speaker of the evening is Supt. F. E. Lukens, of Grangeville, one of the most prominent educators in the state of Idaho. He has done a won- derful work for the schools of Grangeville while standing act- ively with the leaders in educa- tion thruout the state. We should join with the many in hearing his parting words. No doubt he will bring_a message to the friends of education well worth while. Miss Green is helping the seventh and eighth grade pupils in preparing a play which will be presented on Thursday iso. Exact announcement regarding time and place cannot be given at this time. Frank A. Swanger, Supt. Cottonwood Hotel Dining Room Service Come in Mr. Farmer and give us a trial. We aim to give the best for the least money. J. R. McFADDEN Proprietor oe Specials for i thisweek ve ALL CORSESTS AND BRASSIERS AT One-Half Price | Crowding induces disease and low- | TISSUE GINGHAMS, PER YARD 65 cents eggett Mercantile Co. Where Your Dollar Buys More