The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 8, 1919, Page 10

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Get nghest Market Drlce And Honest Grading “We buy all kinds of fars pand pay highest > market price, sending cash the day shipment is . received. * Experi- enced trappers know our policy, ~%A Square Deal to Every Shipper” means honest grading by experts—&nd top prices on- allgrades. Thirty years of success are the results of this square deal policy. You’llget more money from your season’s catch by ship- M ping to us. ' WE KEEP YOU POSTED Get our price list, free shipping jillytags, and information for trap- Wutage, and SENT FREE. McCullough & Tumbach e 141 N. Main Street, St. Louis, Mo. rappers: Ship YourFursTo AT LINCOLN,NER Big money # sure this season! Fur prices high- est ever knownl Get most net money by shlppm g to Swmgle. His policy is “small l large volume”—h lpl t:" hisprofit g ththotnppa’e. FREE &:forr:wine " *“Great Central Fur M —accurate, valuable, lt is C. \X. SWINGLE & CO 9 get our prices, free catalog and ship- ping tags. 'We can save you money 20 Washinglen Ave., SHIP US YOUR POULTRY ‘and CREAM » We need fat Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Cream, Butter and other farm products. ‘We charge no commission but pay - top market for.grade of goods received. 8t. Paul, Mlnn for Joh g “*Pouls _ fi'!y"xxxnm O Poiute the oy for b profita with chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys. “WRITE . TODAY § s Hnlndy : ome sisen=low. & 'SWINGLE | Swingle is the largest fur buyer, fFUR ~ f Lincoln the greatest furmarket, in the Central West. To keep you post- | edon marketcondltlone we ynnt t.he ?oee. Write for thisReport and Price List, In. Neb. 5 plymouth . rocks, dress furs Rhode Island reds?” %‘nfi'mm %flmfi"mw:w“k or wyandottes. I~ Deatly done, i would venture to Before gending your work elsewhere SquareDeal Tanning Co. === Old Roliable Tanners w== 5! freit, Mina, Miller &Holmesi : BY FRED.A. HARDING mmss | ITH eggs: selling. around fi| 76 cents a dozen retail, “and the farmer receiving upwards of .50 cents, : there is plenty of incen= - tive for making the hens lay. Knowledge of this secret —or | rather the ability. to pujf ‘this knowl- edge into practice—will “do much :to “lift the mortgage. There are three. factors in winter egg production, to wit: : The right bird, the right house and 3 the right food and care. There are eminent poultry experts, who will argue that the purebred hen will lay'more eggs than her cousin and still more distant relations. ‘The argu- “mentis only partially true, as farmers know who have raised purebred: chickens and dunghills as well, : The show: bird with a dxstmgulshed line of ancestors 2 may ‘or may mnot be a good layer. The probabilities are against the “fancy” bird, for ,the showman is apt to.place greater emphasis on color, mark- ings and. shape than on egg pro- -duection, The: . writer oncé pos- - sessed a - white wyandotte. hen that scored 92% but averaged only 50 eggs a year. ® It isn’t the .breed", altogether that indicates:’ egg-laying - abil- ity, although leg- horns, minorcas and other Medi= terranean - varie- ties will stack up - higher in egg pro-. duction ‘than. @ heavier fowls, . such - as the bra-- mahs or even the sets it. eggs. pick'a‘pen of bra- mahs ‘that” would - win in an egg-lay- ing: contest with an . inferior Tot of - Abov.—-One of the non-lgymg type of hen. . Below—The laying type. Note leghoras ~the full breast of this fowl as com- - 16 SEnft. the pared to that of the non-laymg hen. breed . that "pre- s g sents a big-factor in the wmter tlme. It’s. the breeding. .~ Dunghills carefully bred for egg \ production” will ' compare favorably with- purebred hens, @ & : How is one going. to. breed for egg’ production and ‘thereby” acquu'e the “right bird,” the ‘first factor in wmber' egy productlon" i Let’s start our expenmEnt thh a . dozen eggs—eggs from smgle-comb > whxte leghorns; 2 - We will ‘put these eggs in: an incu- bator or. under a broody hen about ;‘ May 15, ¢ i LR Why so late? .- g -. Professor A. C. Smith ofth college : of agrictilture of the | Uniy sity of Minnesota says eggs from the: Me ‘terranean varieties, to whigcl horns‘ belong,- should be’ set the ‘middle of May. and:the ~June, so that the ‘pullets will wi Makm ‘ ’Em Lay in the Wmter Time The nght B1rd for Egg Production—It Isn’t the Breed, It’s the Breedmg Makes Good Laymg Hen sufiiclently mature befOre cold ‘weather | f The proper time to set eggs of the American varieties is a month earher, according’ to Professor: Smith. Countmg' ‘eggs’ “before. they are hatched is always dangerous but let | us suppose we are successful in hatch- «ing 10 pullets from the dozen leghorn Given proper feed and care; all 10 pullets survive hce, mites, hawks and kindred menaces and are in fine condition in the: fall. the: flock. Some .of those birds are: only. fit for the frying pan. Being supremely -interested in- winter ‘egg production, we will cull out those pul- lets that do not meet the following in- dications of a good Yayer: 1. Indications of yigor; for example, . the red comb, the bright eye, the well- rounded head the trim body, ete. 2. Indlcatmns of good respiration; ~-of ~capacity - for “ties _a broad back. “‘and pelvic bqnee | ~termine the good- “layers from - the ''of trap nests will: ' zeggs laid* during - ly on proper feed ““and housing. mg purposes in the spring..i. 5 o} -Since ‘'we' are interested in greater : winter egg production, through bréed--| ing an egg-laymg ‘strain, ‘we'will not :-use any of the eggs from the pullets for hatching next spring.’ Instead)we | will set other eggsand keep’ track ‘of the egg-laying abilities of the original ;-flock. “When these birds are two years. old, we will set:the ‘eggs laid by the star performers as shown by the trap-'|. nest records, and in the pullets hatch-: ed therefrom we-will ‘have the bams of’ an egg—laymg stram S Thls artxcle w111 be Iollowed by tw0' ; .others, in- ‘which “tHe right house” and: ‘properfood and. care for winter egg ‘ '%rg;ductlon wxll he dlscussed —-EDI- “Let’s look over “Every Old 'nmer Ships to Taylor’’ Why do successful tra choose Taylor year after ;ggg Because Taylor knows how tosell your furs for bestmar-] = = ket - prices. Tag " your bundle s today to Taylor! e for example,; wedge™ - shaped body;: well-spread ribs; ete 3. Indlcatlons eating and digest- ing large quanti- of. food.: " There must:he ‘a.| | round breast, deep | full . bowl, w1dth, “between legs and tOllll, U.S.A.;‘ Taylor experts always grade -up. They remove ag;a blggsh wlnch would make your pelt takelower. fiZg ? - Better « grading— ; er-ch for you--another'l‘a lor: regularshxppet added toourlongist. i Quick Cash Pay! Afteryouhave worked hard for pelts. 5 : theresnoexcuse Otg‘ha ‘having'to'§ - tis why:-we § Wa“t fox your meney. E Jo Wmtlng— 4, Indications . for sex: develop- ‘ment;-that is’have ‘a femmme head: far apart. ; -To further de- ~mail" your: check same are received and graded.’ nodxsappomtmenbs 5 Today—whxlefur cesareslq 5 §-—is the time to slnp. Play saf: Tag | your furs to Taylor today! F. C. 'I'aylor I-‘urCo. 275 Fur Exehange Building St. Louis,U.S.A. S more ' indifferent, - trap nests must | be used. ‘The use | give ‘the poultry-~ ~man: exact” infor- matlon concem-, ing his floek. - ‘The number of the winter months will depend large- It | = is possible to | force ‘for egg | ! production, but |- ;% i 1t | g * rotaee the sttt The Hule and ity ‘of the flock | § Plll' HNISE “llt Gives Satisfaction sand make ‘them AL fit for: breed- : You scan et the lfixhut prleee ;lox- ‘your Hides and Furs from'this big independent fur house. L We e highest £ tox- your: h!g‘u eng ?unm’(.)k?wgflflwlfl tan ‘make - them leather, robes, coats or ’exchnzmm : 3 then_x for lenfl:er.i 4 : Do not-delay. Get tags a the"" % d sh : 'gflt an ship them ln new while.v ; 'l'win City Hule & Pm'Co.,; 276 Jacksol Pau FARMERS ,.m;, N md‘;un for “tanning. = Hides unnod.?nr suw 15 oo an 8

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