Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1912 — Page 7

EKSrTfIOI WE SELL K SIMANTEED % In our selection of tools, however, we do not .stop with fine temper and good steel. There is something else just as important for good work, for fast work and for easy work; that the todls be well balanced. A farmer knows that a plow must be adjusted properly to turn an even furrow, otherwise he does poor work and hard work. When a barbee buys a razor, a blacksmith a hammer, ? laborer a shovel or ax, they take this point Remember that we handle only one kind of carpenter’s tools, the best that good materials, care and unlimited skill can produce. ./■ Eger’s Hardware Store Rensselaer, Indiana

Non-Resident Notice. The State of Indiana, Jasper County. In the Jasper Circuit Court, February ' Term, 1912. Jerry, Dugan, et al. vs. Junia Bradford, et al. Complaint No. 7809. * » Now comes the plaintiffs, by Babcock and Parkinson, their attorneys, and file their complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendants Junia Bradford and Mr. Bradford, her husband, and Mr. Bradford, widower of the said Junia Bradford; F. W. Howard and Mrs. Howard, his wife, and Mrs. —— Howard, widow of the said F. W. Howard; Frederick W. Howard and Cyntha L. Howard, his wife, and Mrs. —— Howard, ‘unknown

•wife of Frederick W. Howard, and Mrs. —— Howard, unknown widow of the said Frederick W. Howard; Mr. —— Howard, unknown husband of Cyntha L. Howard, and Mr. Howard, unknown widower of the said Cyntha L. Howard; William Freeman and Laura C. Freeman, his wife, and Mrs. Freeman, unknown wife of said William Freeman, and Mrs. -- Freeman, unknown widow of William Freeman, and Mr. Freeman, unknown husband of Laura C. Freeman, and Mr. —— Freeman, unknown widower of Laura C. Freeman; William D. Lee and Mrs. —— Lee, his ' unknown wife, and Mrs. —— Lee, unknown widow of., said William D. Lee; Charles W. Beeker and Mrs. Beeker, his unknown wife, and Mrs. Beeker, unknown widow of said Charles W. Beeker; Charles Beeker and Mrs. Beeker, his unknown -wife, and Mrs. Becker, unknown widow of Charles Beeker; William Shepard and Mrs. Shepard, unknown wife of William Shepard, and Mrs. Shepard, unknown widow of 'William Shepard; George Brett and Mrs, Brett, unknown wife of George Brett, and Mrs. Brett, unknown widow of George Brett; . George L. Biiett and Mary Brett, his wife, and Mrs. Brett, unknown wife; ,of George L. Brett, and Mrs, —4 Brett, unknown widow of .said George L. Brett, and Mr. Brett, unknown husband of Mary Brett, and Mr. —r- Brett, unknown widower of Mary Brett; John H. Blliojt and Virginia Elliott, his wife, and Sirs. Elliott, unknown wife of John 11. Elliott, and Mrs. - Elliott, unknown yidow or John IH. Elliott, Mr. —— Elliott, unknown husband of Virginia Elliott, and Mr. Elliott, unknown widower of Virginia Elliott; John S. Thacker and Julia A. Thacker, his wife, and Mrs. Thacker, unknown wife , of John S. Thacker, and Mrs. Thacker, unknown widow of John S. {Thacker, and Mr. Thicker, unknown husband of Julia A. Thicker, and Mr. —— Thacker, unknown • widower of Julia A. Thacker; Emma F. Bass and Mr. Bass, her unknown husband; Mr. Bass, unkriowr. widower of Emma F. Bass; Williams Rook and Mrs. —— Rook, h|s unknown wife, and Mrs. Rook, ‘unknown widow of said William Rook; Erasmus M. Weaver and Mrs, — — Weaver, his unknown wife, and Mrs. Weaver, unknown widow of Erasmus M. Weaver; 'William T.- Burgess and Mrs. Burgess, his unknown wife, and Mrs Burgess, unknown widow of William T. Burgess; Edgar A. Brown and Martha J. Brown, his wife, and Mrs. —— Brown, unknown wife of Edgar A. Brown, and Mrs. Brown, unknown widow of Edgar A. Brown; Mr. —— Brown, unknown husband of Martha J. Brown, and Mr. —— Brown, unknown widower of Martha J. BrownMarth Juiian and Mr. —— Julian, her unknown husband, and Mr. •' Julian, the .unknown widower of Marth Julian; Martha Julian and Jacob B. - Julian, her" 1 husband, and Mr. Julian, unknown husband of Martha Julian, and Mr.- Julian, i, unknown Widower of Martha Julian, Mrs. Julian, unknown wife of Jacob B.' .Julian, and Mrs. ——, Julian, unknown widow of Jacob B. Julian; Jesse Cates and -Rebecca Cates, his wife, and Mrs - Cates, unknown wife of Jesse Cates, and Mrs. ——- -"Cates, unknown Widow of Jesse Cates, and Mr. Cates unknown husband of; Rebecca Cates! a ? d T 1 Mr. —— Cates, unknown widower of Rebecca Cates; Jane M. McCully and M r - —— McCully, her unknown husand, —~ McCully, unknown widoWer of Jane M. McCully; John M.

McKinney and Jennie McKinney, his wife, and Mrs. McKinney; unknown wife of John M. McKinney, and M rs - ~ McKinney, unknown widow of John M. McKinney, and Mr. McKinney, unknown husband of Jennie McKinney, and Mr. McKinney, unknown widower of Jennie McKinney; Quintus C. Mason and Mary B Mason, his wife, and Mrs. Mason, unknown wife of Quintus C. Mason, and M- r s. — Mas on, unknown widow of Quintus C. Mason, Mr. Mason- unknown husband of Mary B. Mason, a po Mr. Mason, unknown widower of Alary B. Alason; Edgar J. Farlow and Eva N. Farlow, his wife, and Mrs. -—• Farlow, unknown wife of Edgar ■J. Farlow, and Mrs. Farlow, unknown widow of Edgar J. Farlow, and Mr. ——. Farlow, unknown husband of Eva N. Farlow, and Mr. Farlow unknown widower of Eva N. Farlow; Walter S. Mason and Lilly Alason, his wife, and Airs. Mason, unkrtbwn wife of Walter S. Mason, and Mrs. —— Alason, unknown widow . of Walter S. Alason, and Mr. Mason, unknown husband of Lilly Mason, and Mr. —— Mason, unknown widower of Lilly Alason; India Adams and W. E. Adams, her husband. and Mr. Adams, unknown husband of India Adams, and Mr. Adams, unknown widower of India Adams. and Mrs! — — Adams, unknown wife of W. E. Aaams, and Mrs. Adams, unknown widow of W. E. Adams; Jennie Williams and W. M. Williams, her husband, and Mr. Williams, unknown husband of Jennie Williams, and Mr. “ . Williams, unknown widower of Jennie Williams, and Mrs. Williams, unknown wife of W. M. Williams, and Airs. Williams, unknown widow of W. M. Williams; Lizzie Al. Greenwood and Mr. Greenwood, her unknown husband, and Mr. Greenwood, unknown widower of Lizzie M. Greenwood; Alice Hoop and P. H. Hoop, her husband, and Mr. Hoop unknown husband of Alice Hoop, and Mr. Hoop, unknown widower of Alice Hoop, and Mrs. Hoop unknown wife of P. H. Hoop, and Mrs Hoop, unknown widow of P II Hoop; Jennie Rout and Charles L. .Rout, her husband, and Mr. —v_ Rout unknown husband of Jennie Rout, ’ and M>',- Rout, unknown widower of Jennie Rout, and Mis. Rout, unknown wife of .Charles L. Rout, and *V 8, , “~r~ Rout, unknown*.* w, .ow of Charles L. Rout; Robert 1.. Mason and Mrs. - Mason, his unknown wife, a ?d Mrs. • Mason, unknown widow 0t i xt rt L. Mason; Eutellus Alason and AettiQ Mason, ms wife, and Mrs. Alason. unknown wife of Liitcliirs Mason, and Airs. Mason, unknown wid °w of Lutelius Mason, and Air. —— Mason, Unknown husband of Nettie Mason, and Mr. Mason, unkoown widower of Nettie Mason; Earl lark i lie and Brick Company; the tin'i known successors, assigns, creditors and representatives of the Ear, Park tile and Brick Company; James L. and Mrs. Mason, his wife, ana Mrs. —— Mason, unknown widow of , Ja l nes L - Mason; Esther Walpole ?! ld Mil Walpole, her unknown Mr. -—• Walpole, unknown widower ( )f Esther Walpole; Luke Walpol.b Akd Mrs. Walpole, his unknown wife, and Mrs, —*- Walpole,, unknown widow of said Luke Walponj; .Lizzie Walpole and Mr: —— Waipole, her unknown husband, and „ V.'alpole, unknown widower, of Sa !f J Azzle Walpole; Maggie Walpole Mr. - Walpole, unknown husband of Maggie Walpole, and Mr. Walpole, unknown widower of said Maggie Walpole;, and all of the unknown heirs, , devisees, legatees, representatives, administrators, executors, successors and- assignees of each and every of the above and foregoingnamed defendants-; and all of the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, representatives, administrators, executors, and assignees of the Unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, representatives, administrators, executors and successors arid assignees of each and every of the foregoing named defendant's are not residents of the State of Indiana. . > a is therefore hereby given said I defendants, that unless they be and ti^ ar / on Ev.- the -r first day of th e next term of the Jasper Circuit Court, to 1 FDhr™™ n P n the second Monday of ' SlT!’ D- >, 1912 > at the Court I Mouse in Rensselaer, in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. rcc-A i V it”® 8 ® Whereof, I hereunto Set t? E ' JT y hand and affix the Seal 1 tni Sa ion,Si OUrt ’* at Rensselaer, Indiaiia, I this 19th day of December, A. D., 1911 Dec.23-30-Jan.. °- WARNER, CWk.

POULTRY

GOOD HOUSE FOR CHICKENS

There Is No Need of Elaborate Structure, but It Should Be Dry and Free From Draughts.

In describing what he deems the best, house for chickens, Air. Glenn T. Sponenbergh of Oswego county!, New York, writes the Farm and Home aa follows:

Front Elevation and Floor Plan.

If concrete is used in the construction of the foundation and floor it will make a rat and water-proof floor that is sanitary and easily cleaned. The rest of the house should be built of wood, as the forms for concrete would cost nearly as much as the siding itself. The frame is 2x4-inch material and the siding and roof boards of yellow pine surfaced both sides. If the sides are covered with roofing paper, it makes a tight and very warm house. The roof .should be covered with some good roofing laid according to directions so as to make it as tight as possible. Shingles are not suitable for a building of this kind, as the roof is apt to be damp most of the time. The curtain front house is the driest and most easily regulated in accordance with the weather., It is cheaper to build, is more easily cleaned and the floor space is more fully utilized than in the scratching-shed type. This house should be built tight so that the ventilation is from the south, therefore no drafts. With the scratch-ing-shed house the roosting room is almost always sure to be damp. But by removing the partition this is eliminated and healthier hens are the result. If any one doubts that a flock of hens stir up much dust just let him stand on the front side of a curtain front house when they are fed. Open the curtain and when he sees the cloud of dust they raise I believe he will think fowls nfeed more ventilation.

A shed roof is best, as it is easier to build, provides greater volume of sunlight and has no peak to become filled with cobwebs. The pens should be deep rather than long and shallow. This places the sunlight on the floor instead of on the back wall, therefore a dried floor and happier hens. The pens should be large enough to accommodate 50 hens and two or more cocks. One 20 feet deep and 12 feet wide will furnish the required floor space.

The accompanying plans of side and front elevations and floor arrangement illustrate what I think is the best house. , This contains pens 12x20 feet, the front being 8% feet and the back 5 feet high. This is as high as is necessary to build and as low as ia easy to work in. The front contains, to ehch pen, one double sash window with the upper sash hinged at the top. This is opened when too cold or stormy to raise the eurtain. A frame 5x5 fqet, with the top hinged to swing in, is covered with muslin or cheesecloth. On the outside of this opening is tacked woven wire to keep the fowls in while curtain is open during the day, except during a hard storm and in very cold weather.

'The platform under the roost is 2V 2 feet from the floor, and the nests are the same height, being entered from the platform. This leaves* nearly all the floor space available to the hens, and every nook and corner Is cleaned with ease. The roosts are 2x2-inch material rounded at the top. For a

Side Elevation Mr. Sponenbergh’s House.

breeding house I would make the pens 12 feet deep and 8 feet, wide, which would hold as many hens as are desired with one cock, but for a laying house the larger size is the better and more economical.

Condition of Layihg Hens.

A hen in the best laying condition has some surplus fat on her body. This means that her bodily wants have been supplied, and there is some to spare. A very fat hen seldom lays well; a poor hen cannot lay well. The first, part of the egg which ia made is the-yolk, which contains 30 per cent, of albumen and 64 per cent, fat. New growth and egg production only conje from the surplus food not needed to keep the body. Corn is an excellent grain, but ia so relished by the fowls that ard liable to overeat. Wheat, with its by-produets, ia the most useful grain to the poultryman. ,y .<7 —v

Hard Runs Bad.

Keeping fowls on Ifiard runs will frequently cause swollen feet and legs. They must have some loose gropnd to scratch over. »

PROPER FORMATION OF TREE HEADS IN MODERN ORCHARDS

How to to Get Best Results Both In Shape and Quality of —Apples and Pears Now Headed Much Lower Than Formerly to Guard Against Any f Loss by Wind Storms.

(By L. C. CORBETT.)

In forming the heads of Orchard trees, they should be much closer to’ the ground than those of ornamemal trees. Commercial of apples and pears are now headed much lower than formerly, three feet being a very common height for starting the head, while tpe of peach and plum treWs are started even as low aa 18 or 20 inches from the ground. The reason is that in certain localities where . windstorms are frequent, a low-headed tree is less likely to be broken, and will lose a smaller proportion of fruit, and does not suffer so much from sun-scald, as the low head serves to a certain extent a snade for the body. .During the early years of both ornamental and fruit trees, they should be pruned vigorously, because they make much longer, natural growth during the first ten years, than latep. With pears and apples, the main body branches left at planting time should not be more than eight inches long. At the close of the first season, when pruning time arrives, the growth of that year should again be short-

Top of Tree After Year’s Growth.

fcned to at least one foot, and each of the main bfidy branches should carry not to exceed three subdivisions about eight inches long. Jhe same operation should be repeated. the third year, L'fit the number of branches carried by each subdivision should be reduced to two. The arrangement of these branches should be based upon the same principle as the arrangement of the main body of the trees.

One additional precaution is necessary with trees which have an upright or pyramidal tendency; the terminal bud which is intended to form the leading branch from any primary branch, should be left on the outside rather than toward the center of the tree. By observing this precaution, the plant will have more tendency to spread. On the other hand, if a tree has a tendency to spread and it is desirable for any reason to prune it Into the fohn of a pyramid, leave the terminal bud on the opposite or inside of the branch. With common peach trees, which are shorter-lived than apple or pear

HOUSE FOR TWO SMALL FLOCKS

I have fpund the building shown In the Illustration about the best and cheapest house for poultry, says a writer in the Farm and Home For siding I- use six-inch matched lumber and for the roof ordinary sheeting covered with two-ply prepared roofing. The studdings are 2x3s, which are just as satisfactory and somewhat cheaper than 2x4s. This house can be built for about S2O here. It is built in two units 6x12 feet each, with roosts, nests and droppings boards in the rear. As many units as needed may be> added.

POTATO SPRAY IS PROFITABLE

■ w . Results for Five Years Show Gain of Goodly Proportions in Yield and for Labor Applied. * I ) For five consecutive yeara of testtog potato spraying has proven each year a useful and profitable practice with me, says a writer in the Baltimore American. ' ' The test of three seasons ago was the least favorable of any of the live for the development of-the principal potato disease, late blight and rot, yet even in that year the test showed good returns for the money expended and the laljor applied. v-. The results for five years on sprayed and unsprayed fields show an average gain of 90 bushels per acre on the ■prayed field, which this season is

trees, these precautions are not so important particularly in the pruning. At the time of forming the head, however, this is very important because these trees are much more

A. A five-branch tree at the end of the first season’s growth. B. Relation of root to top In a nursery tree lifted for shipment. C. How the roots are cut at digging time.

liable to split down with heavy loads 6f fruit, than the apple and pear. The general rule in the after-prun-ing of the peach tree Is to shorten the yearly growth about one-half. Of course this is not always necessary, particularly during seasons of heavy crop and sparse rainfall, when the natural growth of the plant is very short. *

Whenever the nprmal growth is under eight Inches little additional pruning is necessary, but whenever It exceeds that amount, heading in will be advantageous, . This serves the double purpose of preserving a compact, symmetrical tree, and at the same time reducing the annual crop of fruit. Thus, the fruit which is allowed to remain on the tree receives a larger

Plan of Tree at Planting Time.

amount of nourishment than would be the case were the full annual growth left and the tree permitted to bear its normal quota of fruit. Tli,e fruit will also be larger and of better quality

The partition is of ordinary two-inch mesh wire netting, boarded up 18* inches above the floor to prevent the maje birds from fighting. Each unit will accommodate 15 birds' comfortably, and 20 birds may be kept if necessary.

Sunflower Seeds Good.

Sunflower seeds are excellent for molting fowls and are quite an assistance to the fowls in loosening the feathers, but they should be fed sparingly. -;/■•■■■■

worth $72 In the retail marjtet at home. The cost of spraying on an average was $2.84 each year. Any farmer can test these figures by planting, one acre of ground for two or three years, so as to allow for the seasons that late blight and rot are less prevalent. ; The whole acre should receive the same attention as to work and fertilization, except one-half must be sprayed anywhere from two to five times. The unsprayed must also be kept free front hugs to warrant a fair test. * ’

Harvesting Sorghum.

Sorghum sown for fodder should not be cut until cool weather cbmes. The Ideal time is Just before the first heavy rrost. If cut before the cool weather, there is great danger of souring and a consequent loss of the crop. Let the sorghum alone until time for th« first frost approaches.

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