Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 13, 1908, Page 11

a Bess Fattening Pens of a Modern Poultry Packing Establishments. The chicken that has been crate- fattened has practically the same amount of skeleton and offal as the unfattened specimen, but carries one or two pounds more of edible meat upon its carcass. Not only is the weight of the chicken and amount of edible meat increased, but.the quality of the meat is greatly improved, con- sisting of juicy, tender flesh. For this reason the crate-feeding’ process is oft spoken of as fleshing rather than as fattening. The enforced idleness causes the muscular tissue to become tender and filled with stored nutriment. The fat- ness of young chicken, crate-fed on buttermilk and oatmeal, is a radically different thing from the fatness of an old hen that has been ranging around the corn-crib. The latter consists of a system of tough muscle, to which is attached, in the abdominal region, great masses of oily fat, undesirable as food. Under present conditions it seems likely that crate-fattening will con- tinue to be conducted by those who make it a specialty rather than by in- dividual farmers. Some of the rea- sons for this are as follows: 1. In a cool climate successful feed- ing cannot be conducted out of doors. The farmer who would construct per- manent buildings and coops to fatten STALL ARRANGEMENTS IN DAIRY STABLE Concrete is now entering so large- ly into the construction in dairy barns and other farm structures that the picture here presented is some- what familiar in its application. It shows a part of the new sanitary dairy barn completed last year on the farm of the Massachusetts agricultural col- lege. It is claimed to be one of the best of its class in the country. The stalls are equipped with swinging Ue ei, his own crop of chickens needs to in- vest too much capital for the profits obtained. 2. The farmers would lack the ex- perience of the professional fattener; nor would they have the killing and storing facilities at hand, and crate- fed chickens deteriorate rapidly when shipped by crude methods. Good results in fattening can be ob- tained by farmers, without the use of crates, by feeding a feed of two parts corn and one part shorts. Two or three weeks of such feeding will pay a handsome profit, and can be done in the early fall when farm work is not crowding. Crate-feeding requires most careful and skilled management. If all the chickens to be fed were of uniform. ly good stock and of perfect health, crate feeding would be a simple mat- ter of manual labor and favorable weather conditions. But chickens as received at the plant vary greatly in quality and health. Strict culling is necessary, and keen supervision of the feeding-room is required to detect and check outbreaks of disease. Suc cess in fattening requires both skill in the feeding-room and knowledge o! the stock of the community, while even the best of feeders at times have poor results, due to epidemics of dis ease and bad weather conditions. metal stanchions, and the frame which supports these is made of galvanized iron pipe. The mangers are all ce ment, and have rounded _ bottoms slightly higher than the cows’ froni feet. All square corners are avoidec and the entire floor drains to severa’ outlets. Pipes let water into the mangers. A manure carrier is affixeé to the ceiling, greatly aiding in the work of the attendants. ABOUT THE LAWN After the seed has been sown for a lawn the ground should be rolled and watered regularly. It should not be allowed to become very dry and when watered it should be thoroughly soaked. The rolling should continue every few days after the grass has made some growth. Mowing should follow at regular intervals, never let- ting the grass get beyond the control of the lawn mower. Do not set the mower too low, but cut grass as long as possible on new lawns. When the lawn has become well es- tablished a further application of some fertilizer annually or at least every alternate season is very important. Lawns are often made by sodding with turf from other places. This is desir- able for immediate effect when the ex- pense is not prohibitory and better re- sults can be got than with sowing with seed, when perfectly clean sod can be had. Moreover sodding is necessary ‘on terraces or other abrupt- ly sloping places where the soil is liable to wash down before a turf is formed. It is also a good plan to have a good clean sod for the edges of the jawn along the walks, etc. The ground should be prepared for sodding the same as for seeding. The sods are cut in convenient sizes about 1% inches thick. The ground should be sprinkled ~ DEFECTIVE PAGE with water just before the sod is lai¢ and immediately after, and it is wel to turn the sod wrong side up ané soak it before laying. The best way to sow seed for a lawn in northern latitudes is early in the spring, just as early as the weather permits. It is possible to sow the seeé in early autumn, which will allow the thin portions to be reseeded the nexi spring. In Setting a Hen.—Before setting “a hen, clean up each nest, scrub it out, and sift a quart of coal ashes into the bottom. Then make a mat of newspa pers, saturate well with kerosene and place in the bottom of the nest; upon this sift another quantity of ashes, and then fill up with bright straw or othe: nesting material. Such nests. wil practically be louse proof. Light Brahmas.—Light Brahm: fowls deserve to be more extensively raised than they are at the presen’ time. ers, the chickens are easily raised ant make excellent broilers even at fou months of age. The old hens are ten der and juicy when fattened. Some men are so charitable thai they are willing to contribute to any good cause every cent they can ge} their neighbors’to give up- hie age Evening Post. The hens are good winter lay |’, The time A complain about paint is before the painter applies it. The man who puts up the money should not shirk the responsibility of choos- ing the paint. True, the painter ought to know paint better than the banker, the professional man or the merchant. The trouble.is, the house- owner too often deliberately bars. the competent and honest painter from the job by accepting a bid which he ought to know would make an honest job impossible; Secure your bids on the basis of National Lead Company’s pure White Lead and pure Linseed Oil and see that you get these materials. No one need be fooled by adulter- ated white lead. A blowpipe testing outfit will be mailed to anyone inter- ested in paint. Address, National Lead Company, Woodbridge Building, New York City, Carrying a Bible under the arm does not prevent carrying poison under the tongue, In a Pinch, Use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE, A powder. It cures painful, smart- ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no sub- stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad- dress A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. It’s hard for a man to be’ honest with his neighbor who is not honest with himself. Garfield Digestive Tablets From your druggist, or the Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 25c per bot tle. Samples upon request. Defined. “Pa, what is a monologue?” “A monologue, my son, is a conver- sation with the only child of one’s own parents.” important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of, ¥ y In Use For Over 30 Years, The Kind You Have Always Bought Many a man busy driving others to heaven is walking backward on the road himself, STACK COVERS, AWNINGS, TENTS, Flags etc. For information and prices, write American Tent & Awning Co., Minneapolis A man may be as good as his word and still not be a saint. SORE EYES, weak, inflamed, red, watery and swollen eyes,.use PETTIT’S EYE SALVE, 25c. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. USE OF ICE IN ZERO WEATHER. Novel Method to Keep a Car Com- paratively Warm. A government expert has devised a novel method of keeping a car or com- partment comparatively warm in zero weather—not by fire, but by the utili- zation of ice. A well insulated car is fitted at each end with four galvanized iron cylinders reaching from the floor to the top of the car. In summer these cylinders are filled with ice and salt to keep the car cool. In winter they are filled with ice to keep the contents of the car from freezing. Ice is nominally at a temperature of 33 degrees Fahrenheit, and is a sub- stance that changes temperature re- luctantly, being a poor conductor of heat or cold. Consequently, when zero weather prevails outside the cylinders of realtively warm ice prevent the es- cape of heat—in other words, they maintain the temperature within the car. Another method whereby ice is em- ployed for protection against cold con- sists in throwing a plentiful stream of water on the car when the tempera- ture is near zero point, which freezes at once and forms a complete coat over the car. The action of this ice is the same as in the case of the cy- linder filled with ice. A similar plan is frequently adopted in the transpor- tation of bananas—a fruit particularly susceptible to cold. CHANGE IN FOOD Works Wonders in Health. It is worth knowing that a change in food can cure dyspepsia. “I deem it my duty to let you know how Grape- Nuts food has cured me of indigestion. “I had been troubled with it for years, until last year my doctor recom- mended Grape-Nuts food to be used every morning. I followed instruc- tions and now I am entirely well. “The whole family like Grape-Nuts, we use four packages a week. You are welcome to use this testimonial as you see fit.” The reason this lady was helped by the use of Grape-Nuts food, is that it is predigested by natural processes and therefore does not tax the stom- ach as the food she had been using; it also contains the elements required for building up the nervous system. If that part of the human body is in perfect working order, there can be no dyspepsia, for nervous energy repre- sents the steam that drives the engine. When the nervous system is run down, the machinery of- the body works badly. Grape-Nuts food can be used by small children as well as adults. It is perfectly cooked ‘and ready for instant use. Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.” Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and eg of human interest. SMART LITTLE COAT GARMENT TO BE UP-TO-DATE 1S WITHOUT SLEEVES. Attractive in Many Materials and Real- ly Is Economical in That It Can Be Adapted to Any Cos- tume. The drawing shown is of a new sleeveless coat, trimmed at neck and waist line with a braided band of material, or else with lace, either eluny or Irish. The sleeveless coat would be most attractive in white lin- en trimmed with soutache braid, or it might even be of some lighter mate- rial—Swiss, dimity or lawn—tucked and finished with insertions of Val- enciennes or of other lace. Then, too, there are many women who last year had jumper dresses, and this year they have become tired of costumes made so long ago and wish to alter them into a more recent style. For these the pattern is admirable, for it may be made of a jumper of last year, using . the material itself for the main part of the jacket, and finishing it at the waist and collar in the manner indi- cated. As most of the jumpers were made entirely without sleeves or with a kind of one-piece, short affair, they will need little alteration. If by any chance the skirt has gone out of fa- vor, it may be used to make one of these little coats. Taffeta or satin might be employed for trimming, if desired. The sleeveless coats are at present the top of the fashion, and the woman who owns a bolero of white will have a coat that is appropriate with almost any costume in her ward- robe. At the waist line the bolero is finished in tucks and placed above the added band, and if braiding is not used, filet net might be embroidered and used on the coat. The little triangular piece at the bot- tom of the front is very easily omitted if desired; in fact, it might be used as a sort of adjunct to the jacket, for when it is to be worn closed the tri- angular piece must be hooked into place, but when the jacket is to be worn open it is unnecessary. The back, of course, is treated in ex- actly the same way as the front, al- though the neck must be higher, and therefore the added piece of the tha terial somewhat broader, while the braiding around the waist may be ar- ranged in whatever way is most be- coming to the figure for which it is in- tended. Thus a new jacket may be made with comparatively little work, or an old jumper may be altered to suit the last dictate of fashion, and, no matter which method is used, the result should be entirely satisfactory to even the most fastidious. POINT FOR THE EMBROIDERER. Good Effect in the Combining of Stitches and Colors. Embroiderers are learning more and more to combine stitches and colors, and the latest idea is to use wallachian with the long-and-short stitch, finished here and there with a little coronation braid. The way this is done is to use the design intended for , wallachian work, and instead of finishing the stitches in the middle, as is the cus- tom, they are carried all the way across, leaving the buttonhole finish at one side and the plain finish at the other. This plain side is then done over again in a pale shade of some other color in the long-and-short stitch, thus giving the flower or leaf the appearance of a light shading, which looks far more attractive than it sounds. Wherever outline stitch is necessary in stems or scrolls, the coronation braid is used, and this is a compara- tively easy way to make a simple de- sign look intricate, for the merest child may learn to do such work. As though this were not enough, a little featherstitching is sometimes added around the border, and, of course, such a combination of stitches would look very patchy were it not that they were very artistically arranged. For Waist Trimmings. One of the prettiest of trimmings for a jumper can be fashioned from medallions of lace, nainsook or other embroidery, each edged with a tiny frill of valenciennes lace. They are then arranged as a band and used to trim the top of the jump- er and the sleeves. The dainty nainsook embroidered medallions are particularly attractive and trim colored lawns and organdies most successfully. NEAT JACKET AND HAT. One of the Prettiest Recently Sanc- tioned by Dame Fashion. The jacket shown is fitting at the back, and in front is loose and double breasted; it is trimmed with two rows of galloon over the shoulders, and the edge of velvet collar and cuffs are fin- ished with galoon. Hat of velvet, trimmed with wings Materials required for each jacket:; Two and one-half yards 46 inches’ wide, three-eighths yard velvet, about three dozen buttons, and 3% yards silk lining. OOOO OO NOD TO MAKE HEMSTITCHING EASY. Device That Will Go Far to Save Strain on the Eyes. It is considered part of a girl’s edu- cation to be skilled in all kinds of fancy work. If one is efficient in this art it is a great help, for nothing is more dainty or prettier than fine needlework done with care. Hemstitching is in vogue just now, and there are many useful things it can ornament—handkerchiefs, collars, tablecloths, ete., all of which can be made more attractive by a little ex- tra labor. The stitch is easy to learn; the only trouble arises from the fact that it is hard on the eyes as well as the hands. To save both, a comfortable way is to take a heavy piece of silk black velvet ribbon of a dark shade and place it between the finger and the goods. This will show the threads, making it easy on the eyesight and keeping the finger from being pricked. When preparing the work, if one finds that the threads will not draw easily, take a piece of hard soap and rub the material gently with it. This keeps the threads from breaking and makes the work easier and quicker. Washable Shirtwaists. In the washable shirtwaist there is a decided tendency to revert to the colored bodice, but just how much favor this fashion will receive it is as yet impossible to state. Suffice it to say that at present shirtwaists of striped lawn and batiste, the stripe bearing out the color of the costume with which it is worn, are much in de- mand. These waists are made quite severely, with a flat yoke at the shoul- ders and leg-o’-mutton sleeves finished in a lace or turned-back cuff of the material itself, edged with a narrow plaited frill. When a stiff linen collar is worn the double cuff of the ma- terial is generally seen, but when the waist is of fine texture, as batiste or French mousseline, then a high boned collar of lace finished off with a fancy silk lace tie or full lingerie jabot is most in vogue, and the deep cuffs, also of lace, unlined. Even the most elab- orate lace separate waists have now a full-length sleeve, or anyway a three- quarter-length sleeve, for a shirtwaist is supposed only to be worn with a tailor costume, be it cloth, mohair or linen, and all coat sleeves in these materials are now once more full length. Brooch Pendants. There are many new pendants which may be used as brooches or even hairpins. They are made with a golden loop at the top that fits over the chain, but the broochpin and hair- pin both screw into a tiny hole in the back of the middle of the design. © Some cameos, being such heavy ornaments, are arranged so that for pendants they are very large, but when-used as brooches the cameo maybe taken out of the frame and fixed so that it may be pinned on to the dress. Of course, the cameo would not be used as a decoration’ for the coiffure, for such pins are usually of diamonds or some other glittering swece AT A CRITICAL TIME Women Are Likely to Suffer gerous Kidney Disorde: Mrs. John Kirk, R. F. D. No. 3°) troit, Mich., says: “Five years 4 0 a critical time of lif6 I was on the verge of a collapse with kid- ney troubles, back- ache, dizziness, puffy dropsy swellings and urinary irregularities. I lost flesh and felt languid, nervous or unstrung all the time. As my doctor did not help me I began using Doan’s Kidney Pills. In a few weeks all these symptoms left me. I now weigh 163 pounds and feel in ex- cellent health.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Ancestry. Julia—tIs that fiance of Ethel’s a real Spanish nobleman? Mabel—They say that he can trace his lineage back to Castile soap. BOY KEPT SCRATCHING. Eczema Lasted 7 Years—Face Was All Raw-—Skin Specialists Failed, But Cuticura Effected Cure. “When my little boy was six weeks old an eruption broke out on his face. I took him to a dottor, but his face kept on getting worse until it got so bad that no one could look at him. His whole face was one crust and must have been very painful. He scratched day and night until his face was raw. Then I took him to all the best specialists in skin diseases but they could not do much for him. The eczema got on his arms and legs and we could not get a night's sleep in months. I got a set of Cuticura Reme- dies and he felt relieved the first time I used them. I gave the Cuticura Remedies a good trial and gradually the eczema healed all up. He is now seven years old and I think the trou- ble will never return. Mrs. John G. Klumpp, 80 Niagara St., Newark, N. J., Oct. 17 and 22, 1907.” If you have large reserves of re- ligion you will not be without the small change of kindness. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering {t through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip- tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they Will dois ten fold to the good you can possibly de- rive from them, Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured cheney & Co. taken internally, acting directiy upon Sin bined seat qonitows,gartesee ot the: syateeas fin buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the enuine. It i taken tnternally and made in Toledo, io, by F. J. Cheney & ‘estimonials free, Sold by Druggists. 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