Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1912 — Page 6

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POULTRY

CONSTRUCTION OF HEN HOUSE Few Practical Suggestions That Will Be of Much Assistance to the Poultry Keeper. (By J. G. HALPIN and C. A. OCOCK, Wisconsin.) For success in poultry keeping it Is necessary to have a suitable house Which will protect the fowls from inclement weather and from their natural enemies. It must be remembered that from the standpoint of the hen, appearance makes very little difference, but the house must be so built and bo arranged that it will be a comfortable place for the hens to live; otherwise they will not thrive and production "will not be satisfactory. On many (arms the hens are not provided with a house constructed especially for them, but are housed in an old building originally made for some other purpose. As a rule this sort of a house Is not economical, for, unless it is constructed especially for hens, it Will seldom be found possible to reconstruct It In such a way as to make economical production possible. Poultry houses should be located Where it Is dry and well drained. If the ground is not naturally dry, it phould be ditched and drained artificially, for poultry will not thrive In A house when the floor is constantly W©t. A damp location means a damp

Proper Way to Moke Partition.

poultry house all the way through, and the result is that the fowls are affected with many troublesome diseases. ■ j Houses should be placed so that they will not be subject to violent Winds, yet good air and drainage are essential. A house should never be placed in a low, damp spot where early fall frosts are likely to occur. These places are always cold and unhealthy for fowls. One hundred hens will thrive in a pen 20x20 feet, that is four square feet of floor spae per hen, but one hen Will not thrive in a pen 2x2 feet. In a large pen each one a chance to {wander about over the entire floor race, thus getting more exercise. Generally speaking, it is far cheaper %o build a wide house than a narrow lone. A house 20x20 is cheaper than It house 10x40 and contains as much floor space for the hens. A house 80 feet wide, however, will be found Impracticable for some types of roofs land will not be found satisfactory where one wishes to keep a number bf email breeding pens. There are several common types of roofs used on poultry houses. ?ust which style of roof should be rhoaen is largely a matter of personal preference, but the type of roof will

De round to influence the cost of construction to quite an extent. Wherever there is only one poultry house a partition is always advisable as it permits one to keep the hens sep-

Different Types of Roofs Used In Poultry Houses. 1 is a shed roof, 2 a combination roof, 3 a gable roof, 4 a semi-monitor roof, 5 a monitor roof, 6 a slanting front roof, and 7 an Atype roof. arated from the pullets early in the winter and makes it possible later to make up a breeding pen of the best fowls. In a small house, that is one not over 30 feet long, one should use boards for the partitions for about two feet from the floor. Tha rest may be made of wire or cloth except between the roosts of the different penß, where the boards Bhould run to the roof.

Feed for Growing Ducklings.

Growing ducklings thrive best on a feed composed of equal parts, by measure, of corn meal, ground peas, bran and middlings, all made Into thick mash, either with scalding hot water or milk, the latter being the better. The mash is Improved by adding short-cut green grass, clover or some other green stuff, and a few handfulls of coarse sand.

PAY UP AND SAVE TROUBLE

"Malefactors of Great Wealth" Should Take Warning From Harrlman’s Experience. It is time for the malefactors of great wealth to look out The Roosevelt committee is advertising "a popular one-dollar subscription fund to defray the necessary and legitimate expense of securing the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for president on the Republican ticket at the Chicago convention.” This is the same scheme "Bunny Jim” Sherman started in 1906, and it had serious consequenoes for some people. Any malefactor of great wealth wio ever supported Mr. Roosevelt would do well to dig up a dollar at onoe and deliver it in person to the Roosevelt committee treasurer. If he is wise he will not refer to any persona] dealings with Mr. Roosevelt In the past. That is the mistake Mr. Harriman made in 1906. -He refused to give Mr. Sherman a dollar to help elect a Roosevelt congress, and he talked ' about having raised |260,000 tor the Roosevelt campaign fund in 1804 and being sorry for it. It was indiscreet In Mr. Harriman, and very poor economy. If he had paid over his dollar or something more to Mr. Sherman he might not have been branded as an “undesirable citizen” along with Haywood and Moyer. It would have been cheap at a dollar not to be belabored with the big stick. It 1b worth a dollar of the money of a malefactor of great wealth any time to escape Mr. Harriman's experience. Ab a matter of it is safer to call on the committee and save trouble.

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THE RICH MAN IN HELL. Luke vi, 20-26; xvi, 19-31 — May 5. “A man's li'e rondsteth not in the abundance of the things irkich ht posaesseth.” — Luke xii. is. %TOT ALL THE POOR shall lnberit the Kingdom of God. / v We are to notice the setting " of the Masters words. He lifted up His eyes on His disciples, and said. “Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God"—“ye shall be Ailed"—^“your reward is great in heaven." The second part of our lesson is one of our Lord's most striking parables. We read. "He ojtened His mouth in parables and dark sayings, that, hearing. they might hear and not understand." Of all our Lord's parables this one has been most seriously misunderstood. It would 'be unreasonable to suppose that a man would be sent, after death, to torment because he fared sumptuously every day, and wore purple aud fine linen. Nothing whatever is said about tbe character of the man. The Rich Man represented a class. Similarly, the poor man symbolized a class, because no reason is given for his blessing after death, except that he was poor, covered with sores and lay at the rich man's gate. The Rich Man represents the Jewish nation. The bountiful table represents

tbe rich promises of the Law and the Prophets, theirs alone up to tbe time they na tionally died to those favors. The Rich Man's purple represents Toy a 11y they were God's typical kingdom. The "tine linen" of the rich man represented the

justification granted the Jewish nation alone. It was a typical justification. A harvesting of the Jewish people began wi(b our Lord’s ministry and lasted forty years. It ended in A. D. 70, when the Rich Man, as a nation, died at the hands of Titus, the Romau. Nationally, the Rich Man is buried, and will be non-existent until the Lord’s blessing returns to the Jewish pebple, as explained in Romans xi. But though nationally dead, the Jewish people have been very much alive ever since, and have been ostracised, persecuted and tormented.

Although the nation of the Jews contains representatives of all the tribes, it is specially represented in Judah and Benjamin; hence these two tribes constitute the Rich Man. The other ten tribes, "scattered abroad.” propor tionately represent tbe “five brethren.” This thought is confirmed by the statement, “They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them.” None but Israel had Moses and the Prophets.

Lazarus In Abraham’s Bosom.

Lazarus, the poor outcast, who longed for a share of the Rich Man’s favor, represented a class of Gentiles, such as the Centurion, whose servant Jesus healed. >■-

Of the same Lazarus class was the Syro-Phenician woman, who besought Jesus to heal her dnughter. Jesus answered, “It is not proper to take the children’s bread and give it to dogs”—“dogs" being a familiar name for all outside the pale of Judaism. The woman answered, “Yea, Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the children’s table.” In answer to such faith Jesus granted her a crumb from tbe Divine table.

Here we see the Lazarus class, sinsick, covered with sores—because not sharers in Israel’s yearly sin-atone-ment sacrifices—hungry, because all the promises of God primarily belonged to Israel. They were outside the gate of Divine favor—“aliens, strangers and foreigners to the commonwealth es Israel.” This Lazarus class, chiefly Gentiles, had as its nucleus “the outcasts of Israel”—the publicans and sinners. The parable pictures a great change in this Lazarus class—they died to the

Lazarus at the rich man’s gate.

Gospel. These declared to the Gentiles that whereas they were “aliens and foreigners to the commonwealth of Israel,” they were now "brought nigh through faith in Jesus, and the begetting of the Holy Spirit Abraham typified God, the Father of the and the carrying of Lazarus to “Abraham’s bosom” symbolically said that the worthy outcasts of Israel and worthy Gentiles became children of God, children and heirs of Abraham, who typified God. The Jew in his misery has beheld with jealous eye God’s favor toward those he despised. He has even humbled himself to ask that relief might be sent to him through Christian Gentiles, “one drop” of refreshment But no relief will be afforded until the Messianic Kingdom is established; then Israel (dead and living) shall obtain mercy through the elect—ilomaa® n. i-sa ~ .

Bard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom.

conditions wherein they were. They ceased to be poor beggars, aliens and strangers. But Lazarus was not buried; “he was carried by the angels” to Abraham’s bosom. The angels were the Apostles and ministers of the

The American Home

WILLIAMA? RADFORa' Editor^

Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF GOST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 178 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply.

What constitutes happiness, Is a question around which hopes and dreams have centered and over which philosophers have exercised their thought since the earth was young. To this day the question is asked, and still there is no unanimous answer. The ultimate springs of happiness are within ourselves. Externals of wealth and luxury are merely incidentals that under certain conditions may enhance happiness, but to depend upon them as the all-essential factors Is an futile as to seek blooming roses on the cheek of death. The happiest people on this earth today, it seems to me, are the homeloving people; and once you own a home of your own, it is wonderful how strong is the attachment that binds you to it. There is nothing else in our life as Individuals or as a nation upon which our happiness depends so much as it does on our home life. A happy home —all our very own—is the most precious of priceless jewels.

Consciously or unconsciously, the design and environment of the house we live in reflects itself in the sunshine or in the clouds and shadows of our lives. For years I have tried to contribute my little part toward fostering that tendency which we nowsee rapidly developing—for the business man of the city to live in the country or in the outlying, near-coun try, suburbs. Here alone can the or-

dinary salaried man or wage-earner find his home ideals capable of realization. Many difficulties formerly in his way have, within recent years, been removed through the extension of rapid transportation facilities, so that it is now possible for the brain worker to spend part of his time amid nature’s surroundings, where he can find relaxation and repose, and take his fill of life’s enjoyment. The growing desire to live in the country or under conditions practically the same as those of the country, and at the same time to be surrounded

First-Floor Plan

by all the comforts and utilities of a city home, has had a great influence upon the design of the modern cottage. For a dwelling to be classed as an ufi-to-date, modern house, there are certain absolutely necessary which it must possess. Money, of course, can put up any kind of house; but where the supply Is limited, as in all ordinary happy home-building, the architect is confronted with a problem of considerable difficulty—namely, that of designing an Inexpensive house, and yet one which shall have characteristics that make ft distinctive and at the Bame time combine all the essentials fend appointments of the up-to-date house. A cosy seven-room cottage home, which, by a display of good taste in choice of exterior coloring and Interior decoration, can be made yary attractive, and which at the same

will meet all the requirements of a moderate-sized family, is illustrated in the accompanying half-tone perspective view and floor plans. This house can be built for from $1,850 to $2,000, depending on the locality. It is 30 feet 6 inches long, by 25 feet 6 inches wide, and will stand well on a lot 30 feet or more in width. A spacious covered porch across the front offers an inviting out-of-door, shaded resting place which may be put to a variety of uses obvious enough to anyone who has been accustomed to sharing the “front steps." Passing the front door we enter a large re-

Second Floor Plan

ception hall opening directly on the left into a commodious living room, with a corner fireplace. Directly back of the living room is a spacious dining room. The kitchen is only slightly smaller than the dining room, and may be entered directly from the reception hall through a small hallway

closed at each end by doors, and opening on the right through a door to the cellar stairway. Access to the dining room from the kitchen, and vice versa, is through the pantry, which opens into the kitchen through a swinging door. In this way the odors of cooking can be but little in evidence throughout the bouse. A closed vestibule, with Ice box accommodation, affords entrance to the kitchen from the back porch. Ascending the stairway from the reception hall to the second floor, we find ourselves in a hall opening directly by separate doors Into the bathroom and Into every one of the four bedrooms. The two front bedrooms, each with Its own closet accommodation, are connected directly through a common door and form a suite extending across the full width of the house. Each of the two bedrooms at the rear, also, has its own closet Every room Is well lighted, and the location of the fireplace and chimney, in the center of th« house. Is calculated to help in the heating by reducing loss of heat through radian tion to a minimum.

The Dead Sea.

There is absolutely no foundation for the statement, sometimes heard in certain quarters, that swimming the Dead sea Is impossible. On the contrary,’ owing to the buoyancy of the water, it is almost impossible not to swim. Equally fabulous is the idea that no animal or vegetation can live near its shores. As to the saltness of the waters of this famous lake, it may be said that in every ton of its water there are 187 pounds of salt. Some idea of whs| this means may he gathered from the fact that in a ton of water from the Caspian sea there are 11 pounds of salt; In the Baltic, 18 pounds; in the Black sea, 26 pounds; in the Atlantic, 31 pounds; In the English channel, 72 pounds, and in the Mediterranean, 86 pounds. The Red sea, the saltiest of all next to the Dead sea, has only 93 pounds.

Impractical Economics.

"We would save a great deal of time if we didn't say ‘please’ to the telephone.” "Yea, jrat think of bow much more tJjne we qpuld save by forbiddjbog the SturMfr *Thf line la busy now.’ •

X-Ray 29,169. X-RAY 29,169, is a bay horse 15% hands high, weight 1150 Sired by Axtell, 5183;, he by William L„ 2244; he by George Wilkes 519; by Hamibletouian 10. First Dam, Lulu Harold, by Harold 1, by Hainibletonian 10, by Abdallah. Second Dam, Lulu Patcheon, by Mambrino Abdallah 2201, by Mambrino Patchen 58. Third Dam, Big Queen, by Mambrino Boy 844. He will make the season of 1912 at my residence, 5% miles south and 2 miles east of Rensselaer; 6% miles north, and 2 miles east of Remington. Care will be taken to prevent accidentia but will not be responsible should any occur. Terma $lO to insure colt to stand and suck GEORGE WENRICK. Owner and Manager. TOM, Norman Stallion Tom, is a chestnut sorrel with silver mane and tail, stands 16 hands hieh, and now weighs 1600 pounds. Sire Vasi!taS 1 ,^ 799 Vx ou l of 15 ' 16 -Norman mare, wt. 1600. He has good style and action. is well and compactly built an* is an ideal type of farm horse; is coming eight years old. STAND AND TERMS: Tom will stand the season of 1912 at my farm 10% miles north of Rensselaer and 3% south and % west of Kniman, the four last days of each ■week; Mondays and Tuesdays at the Christian Schultz farm. 2 miles north and % mile west of Rosebud church, at $lO to insure colt to stand and suck. Product held good for service. Parting with mare or leaving county or state, service fee becomes due and payable at once. Care taken to prevent accidents, but not responsible should any occurr. HERMAN SCHULTZ, Telephone 524-K. Owner. MAGELLAN No. 5630. Magellan, was foaled April 7, 1908, and imported from Belgium Feb. 6, 1911, by the Maywood Stock Farm Importing Co. of Indianapolis. Ind. He is a dark bay in color, with star in forehead. He has good bone and action and will weigh 1850 pounds. Magellan is owned by the North Union Belgium Horse Co., and will make the season of 1912 at the farm of Paul Schultz, 4 miles east and % mile south of Fair Oaks, 3% miles south of Virgie, 2% miles north of Rosebud church, a\ sls to insure colt to stand and suck. Parting with mare or moving from county fee becomes due and payable at once. Care will be taken to avoid accidents, but will not be responsible any occur. PAUL SCHULTZ, Keeper. Phone .526-0. Imported Percheron Stallion. GIRONDIN. Girondin, No. 72139, imported from France in 1908. Ia registered in t'he American Breeders and Importers’ Percberon Registry and his reoord number is (51855). He will be 6 years old May 15, 1912; is a beautiful, black in color; weighs 2160 pounds; has large bone and heavy muscle; has good style and fine action; extra wide across lungs and deep through heart. Girondin will make the season of 1912 at the Ranfion farm, 2% miles south 9f Pleasant Ridge and % mile south of Crockett 'cemetery, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays; on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at my place at McCoysbung. Terms—s2o.oo to insure living colt. Parties parting with the mare or leaving the county are liable at once ifor the service fee and the get will be held Cor the service. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible Should any occur. C. F. LOWiMAN,

‘ -l-H-H-H-H-l-H I H l-H-H i ; H t. "* a a ! I Rosebud Farm and Mill, two \ | 11 miles east of Parr Phone 507- * • ;; B (Jasper Co.) Rensselaer Es- •• 11 change, P. O. Parr, Ind. ! I • • • • • • Get your Graham flour and • • | * Corn Meal at Geo. W. Markin *' & Son’s General Store, Pleas- !! ;; ant Grove; W. L. Wood, Far- •• !! mer’s Bupply House; Chas. '’ • • Greenlee’s Geenral! Store, Parr, • ■ ;; and Warren Zellers’ General " .. Store, Aix, Ind. Satisfaction !I. •• guaranteed. .. •! —AMOS H. ALTER & SON. ! I •i-niilll i-i-Hllm|..mmull / Subscribe foe The Democrat,