The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 January 1955 — Page 3

fHt DAHY BANNER, GREENCATTIE, INDIARA, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1955

M'hen Chi< ken Winner Starte<i in Barnyard By Margaret I^itrobe A v\ nrrlt generation is growing up today which has never seen a pin feather or chicken neck. From ..the supermarket come dainty packages of drumsticks, white meat or whatever piece of meat is fancied. No more gizzards palm' 1 oftjon t * kid-;. No more wings for Tuesday's stew. You name it. and the butcher wraps your selection erf what once was a complete and varied pullet . It was not always thus. Some of us recall the days when "selection" referred to wandering through the chicken yard with an eye on the best-looking bird for noonday dinner. Nobody ate "lunch” except sihoo: children or others regrettably away from home at dinner time. It was a kind of “piecing” done on trains oi picnics. The chickens strutted past, stupidly assuming you were there without motive. Suddenly the right-sized Rhode Island Red appeared, and with deft hand was caught and muffled before her squawking alarmed the setting hens. In those days, women’s work included the fine art of chicken killing. There are several schools of thought on the quickest and surest method for this job. And it I do say so myself, at a very young age ycrui correspondent was considered quite passable as a neck-wringer. Some preferred a large cleaver with which to Fiver the creature’s feathered throat, but tins requited a twosome of intrepid teamwork. And occasionally, even with skilled and willing hands, and accident not affecting the chicken occuired. Although my cousin and I wore encouraged in this feminine art, we were not considered the best judges of the tenderest birds. One morning, however, wishing to perfect our talents, we decided to prove ourselves in the eyes of our aunts. So quite early, knowing it was the day of harvest and that many succulent morsels were planned for the noon-time feast, we hastened to the barnyard for the day's work. We made the common error of confusing quantity for quality, and wrung the necks of six fine roosters. Tough proud, ancient birds who under diffeient circumstances might have lived long and happy lives. The commotion set up was not

confined to the setting hens. The aunts out-clucked them 10 to one. iumbled forever, we were told 0 saddle the pony and get lost. 1 have since not so much as laid i hand on a feathered friend. The white meat, the drumsticks, iie second joints on our table ome wrapped in pristine cellohane. straight from the grocery jtore.

DAMP LITTKK IN LAYING hot si: can bi: prevented

If the litter in your laying louse is wet end trusted, don’t be too quick to blame the weatherman. Instead. Joe W. Sicer, Purdue University, extension poultryman, suggests that you check, first, on the following: 1. Did you start with dry, anorbent litter material such as ild corn cobs, shavings or dry sawdust ? Straw can be used but .1 takes more careful handling and needs to be built, up at the start by adding a little each week. 2. Is your litter at least six inches deep? It takes that much to give enough absorption capacty and to thoroughly insulate the floor. 3. Do you have no more than me hen for every three or four square feet of floor space? The more hens you have, the greater is the amount of wet manure dropped in the litter and more quickly will it cake on top in,tca l of getting scratched down nto the litter. 4. Have you kept the south windows open wid° enough to prevent condensation of moisture nr frosting on the ceiling and walls? For every 100 hens, ibn'it six gallons of water gets into the house each day as drinking water. About one ga!'on is taken out in the eggs but the other five gallons are turned loose in the house either in droppings or in exhaled breath. The only way to remove this large amount of moisture is through ilenty of ventilation. 5. Have you stirred the litter whenever it showed signs of caking around the feeders, watrers or elsewhere? Feeding trrain in the litter and using waterers built to catch the drip water will help reduce the need for frequent stirring. If y’ou can answer, “Yes,” to all those questions but still have damp litter, Sicer recommends that you scatter over the littei one pound of hydrated lime per hen and fork it in well. A decrease in dampness should be noticed in a few days.

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OBITUARY Walter Campbell, son of Buther Campbell and Katherine Bohannon was bora in Putnam county, Indiana, Sept. 1st, 1884. He was called home by his Savior December 18, 1954. He grew to manhood in the Fillmore community with an older brother, Morris, and his sister, Jennie. When but a small school boy on the little farm east of Fillmore his father died, leaving him and Morris to make the living for mother and sister. WT.ile no more than a fifth grade youngster he carried water throughout one summer to a gang of road workers to earn a few cents a day. Work was never too hard for him nor days too long. Later he took a job that was to cripple him and leave him a handicapped man for the remaining years of

his life.

He had scarcely reached manhood when he lost both his limbs under th*^ wheels of a Big Four train. Many a person as young as he and so handicapped would have given up and thrown themselves upon the mercy of others but not Walter Campbell. He was a brave boy and for the remainder of his life he battled and overcame discouraging odds. While a young man he felt the need of a personal Savior and became a member of the Fillmore Christian church. Walter loved his mother dearly and through the years that he lived with her he did everyhing possible to make her life easier and happier than she had ever known. There are perhaps few men in Putnam county so well known an Walter. He was a county clerk at one time and in his business life in and about Gre r ncastle he made the acquaintance of a host of business men, farmers, bankers, and men arnTwomen of all walks of life. One and all respected him and knew him as ."Shorty.” After the passing of Jus mother he desired a home and a wife and married Maude Allen. After a year and a half she was called to her heavenly home. On May 23, 1948 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Effie Allee who has been so good, and kind, and helpful to him in both his work and in his last illness. Without her, life would have been hard indeed. Walter Campbell leaves the wife, sister, Jennie, three nieces. Naomi Bock, Margaret Miller and Vera Jean Vermillion, and three nephews, Glenn, Herschel

and Olin.

The words of St. Paul in his letter to Timothy could well be applied to Walter—“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” p.

ROACHDALE Mr. and Mrs. Chesley McFerran of North Salem called on Mr. and Mrs. Albert McFerran Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Douglas and grandson of Cloverdale called on Mrs. Minnie Douglas Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Ethel Eggers spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Willard Eggers and son Tommy of Danville. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harshbarger entertained Christmas day for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pickle of North Salem and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pickle Jr., of Clayton and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pickle of Ladoga. Mrs. Marjorie Reed and children of Chrisman, Illinois called on Mrs. Minnie Douglas Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wenk of Lafayette and Lou Grider were dinner guests Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. James Grider. Mrs. Walter Worick is visiting several days with friends at Kentland. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hennon left Sunday morning to spend the rest of the winter at Serbing, Florida.

Saralee Young of the Medical Center of Indianapolis is spending the week with her mother, Mrs. Mary Elowene Young.

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• Accumulating savings, achieving the security of debtfree home ownership are two of the ways in which you get ahead. Our business is to help you do both. This brief summary shows the ground we’ve both covered in '54.

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New Savings Accounts Opened .... $ 197,694 Total Funds Advanced to Home Buyers 903,949 Earnings Paid to Savers in 1954 .... 50,121 Reserves Set Aside for Safety 1 28,656

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