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FINNEY. OF THE FORCE
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Exit Thls Way
"How do you think I'm shaping, cad-
le?" asked the golfing novice after
bitting he ball a few yards In a lot
of strokes.
"Well, you're hitting it all right, but
not in the direction of the hole."
ttole? What hole?"
Safety First
Hotel Clerk--Inside or outside room,
Mr?
Guest (From the Pratrles)--Inslde, 1
fftte. It looks like rain.
/ OUTCLASSING HIM
"I have a foreign friend who is al-
ays prattling about the crown of
wels."
"]Bring him out and how him our
diamond."
Discrimination
Mrs. Brown overheard her seventeen-
year-old son telling his younger brother
about his first dancend the glrl whom
he had been asked to escort to it.
"Didn't you like her, Jimmy?" asked
the younger anxiously.
"Oh, she's all right, I guess, but--
well, you could see your face in each
one of her finger nails but you never
could see it reflected in her eyes."--
Indianapolis News.
They're Looking for Him Yet
Restaurant Manager (sampling a
dish concocted by new eook)--So you
served in France?
Cook--Yes, sir--Officers' cook for
two years--and wounded twice.
Chief--Well, you're lucky! It's a
wonder they didn't kill you.--Illinois
Guardsman.
Quite Unnecessary
A new baby had arrived. "Bobby,"
said hls aunt, "you must have your
face washed; it's so dirty your new
baby brother won't know you."
"Oh, never mind, Atmtle," was the
reply, "he's never seen me, so I'll have
to tell him who I am, anyway."
One Match
She--What are all those men doing
In a circle wlth their heads together
Is it a football team?
He--No, my dear, Just a bunch of
tightwads llghdng a cigarette.
Same Thing
Oiler--You know the difference be
twen a taxi and a bus?
Girl--No.
Oiler--Fine; we'll Just take the bu.
THE BAD NEWS
"Recovered from that attack of grip
yet, old man?"
"Not entirely."
"Why, you look as well as ever2
"Yes, but I owe the doctor $1. -
ECONOMY LOOMS BIG
IN EGG PRODUCTION
Winter Grazing Crops Low-
er Poultry Upkeep.
By R. S. DearstYne. North Carolina State
College Poultry DeDartment,--WNU Service.
Poultrymen who wish to make a
profit durlng the period of low egg
production must eliminate all unneces-
sary feed costs. But the economy
should not be carried so far as to
further decrease egg production.
Removal of unproductive hens from
the flock and liberal use of winter
grazing crops afford the best means
of reducing feed costs and maintain-
Ing a satisfactory rate of egg produc-
tion.
Non-layers and poor layers add Just
as much to the flock cost as do the
good layers, but add little or nothing
to the Income derived from egg sales.
Green feeds, which are less expen-
sive than other types of chicken feed,
tend to stimulate egg production by
providing vital nutrients for the flock.
Them are certain crops winch will
furnish grazing through most af the
winter. Italian rye grass and crimson
clover, or a mixture of these, have
proven satisfactory. Experiments have
shown these feeds to be practical
from all standpoints.
House for Laying Flock
Needs Careful Attention
One of the first steps In an im-
proved system of poultry management
is to provide satisfactory quarters for
the laying flock. A recent mrvey in
the corn belt area, says the Missouri
Farmer, showed that the average poul-
try house was built in 1912 and that
a very small portion, less than one-
fifth, possessed the simple features
• o necessary in a poultry house in
order for it to be satisfactory. The
average farm was attempting to house
60 per cent more hens than the quar-
ters would accommodate. Less than
one-third of the farm poultry houses
had adequate ventilation, and bout
one-slxth were provided qth feed hop-
pers and droppings platforms.
In over half the houses the fronts
possessed no windows or other open-
ings. Under such condilons it is no
wonder that poultry fails to produce
and return the profit one has a right
to expect. Usually the extra produc-
tion when poultry is properly housed
pays liberal dividends on the extra
investment as well as paying for the
house itself.
Types in Cockerels
A great many people when picking
out the more desirable cockerels they
reserve for breeders make the mistake
of taking for first choice those which
develop sexually before others of the
same age. To those who have not
learned by observation that these are
apt to be somewhat below average
size in their breed, such birds are at
this season the most attractive. The
cockerels which show the best devel-
opment at maturity are at this sea-
son larger than those Just mentioned,
and not so well feathered and self-as-
sertive. Until one has learned to rec-
ognize the type as that which grows
into the best type of adult bird, he is
very apt to pass over it and after he
has taken the precocious birds take
the largest of those that remain. In
a stock of chickens in which the stand-
ard weight is the medimn, the largest
cockerels rarely make desirable breed-
ers. Almost invariably they are coarse
"or their kind and slow to mature.
Moist Mash
Moistened mash has its virtues for
both hens and growing chicks. For
hens that are beginning to slow up on
egg production anti go broody rapidly,
a feeding of as much moistened mash
as they will clean up once a day, pref-
erably around noon, will help keep
up egg production and make for lower
broodiness, says a correspondent in
W'allace's Farmer. Growing chicks
apparently desire variety, and like
moistened mash as a change. Fed
plain, moistened wlth water, or better
yet milk, it aids both growth and
fleshing.
Dressing Turkeys
In deciding whether to sell turkeys
alive or dressed one can safely esti-
mate that there Is a shrinkage of ap-
proximately 10 per cent In the loss of
blood and feathers and 25 per cent
in full drawn turkeys. When grow-
ers market dressed turkeys it Is nec-
essary to withhold feed for 18 to 24
hours before they are killed, It is a
good practice to confine them to a
laying house at noon the day before
any of them are killed. A liberal sup-
ply of water should be provided.
BLOUSE SERVING
DOUBLE PURPOSE
Patterns 9132 and 9133
9133
One of the most pleasant things
about tile returning vogue of t
suit i,s that blouses are again hl
style. "Women who pride ttmmselve
upon the ability to nmke a limite
budget go a long way love their
blouses. Think of the same suit, for
instance, with the two different
blouses sketched today. Pattern
9133 Is a shnple affair of tailored
lines with pleats that flare out at the
bottom in a chic little peplum effect.
Pattern 9132 has its becoming sur
p]ice accentuated by a graceful frill
Pattern 9132 may be ordered only
In sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38,
40, 42 and 44. Size 36 requires 2
yards 39 inch fabric.
Pattern 9133 may be ordered only
tn sizes 12, 14, 1(1, ]S, 20, 30, 32, 84,
36, 38, 40 and 42. Size 16 requires
25 yards 39 inch fabric.
Complete, diagrammed sew chart
Included.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coins
or stamps (coins preferred) for this
pattern. Be sure to write plainiy
your NAME, ADDRESS, the STYLE
1NUMBER and SIZE.
Send your order to Sewing Clrcle
Pattern Department, 232 West Eight-
eenth Street, New York.
MISUNDERSTOOD
As the ship was about to leave
the harbor an old lady was knitting
on deck. "Cast off there," shouted
an officer.
"Thank you, officer," said the old
lady tartly, "but I am quite capable
of doing uty own knltting."--Ash-
lngton Collieries Magazine.
The Exception
The Wife---Of course women have
more patience and endurance than
men.
Mr. Peewee--Not always. The
cook has left because she wouldn't
be bossed by a woman, and I've beer,
married to you 12 years.
