The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1929 Page: 3 of 8
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m mamsontillb gnctmm, Thursday. November u. i 29.
Closing Out Our Hardware Stock-
For the reason that we are going to quit the
Hardware and Implement business we are offer-
ing you our hardware line at a sacrifice in price.
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Now if you are in the market for Stoves, all kinds of Dishes, Lamps, Tinware,
Plows, Plow Points, Bermuda Grass Killers, Disk Harrows 16 and i8=inch Disks,
Riding Cultivators, Wagons or Building Material, now is the time to make
the purchase. Our Cost Mark is Our Price, some things for Less.
We must sell this stock by January 1st, 1930.
Yours to serve,
PARTEN & PARTEN
s
How to
Raise
Poultry
By Dr. L. D. LeGear, V. S.
St. Louis, Mo.
Dr. LeGear is a graduate of the Ontario
Veterinary College. 1892. Thirty-six
years of veterinarv practice on diseases
of live stock and poultry. Eminent
authority on poultry and stock raising.
Nationally known poultry breeder.
Noted author and lecturer.
MATED OR MISMATED—
HOW ABOUT YOUR FLOCK
If You Are Not Giving Due Attention
to Proper Breeding, You Are Los-
ing Money. Success Is Only for
Those Who Realize the Impor-
tance of This Often Neglected
Opportunity to Improve the Strain.
(By Dr. L. D. LeGear, V. S., St. Louis)
I once heard a lecturer remark
that if as great care were used in
the mating of human beings as
most poultry raisers observe in
mating their chickens, there would
be fewer divorces. If he had in mind
only the professional poultry raisers
who recognize the importance of ever
and eternally striving to better their
flocks, I can agree with him. If,
however, he intended this statement
to be as broad as it sounded, I most
certainly cannot agree with him.
Far too many people feel a rooster is
only a rooster, ahd a hen nothing but
a hen. They know in a general way
that the two together are necessary
in order to produce eggs which will
ultimately result in a new genera-
tion. They do not, however, have
the slightest conception of the impor-
tance of proper mating between the
two sexes.
If more poultry raisers could be
made to realize that proper mating
is one of the most essential elements
of success, there would be" fewer
scrub flocks in the country and more
money made from the business. To
be sure, many writers on the subject
have caused it to appear too compli-
cated for the average person to un-
derstand, If one goes into all the
reasons for things that must be done,
the whole affair does get_ rather too
involved for anyone bift the profes-
sional. The man wit ha farm flock
is not so much interested in the
"why" of the question as in the
"how." i shall, therefore, try to
give some simple non-technical sug-
gestions on mating which, if followed
carefully, are bound to result in the
betterment of any flock.
There are many methods of mat-
ing—far too many to be discussed in
an article of this kind. I must,
therefore, limit myself to those that
are practical for the ordinary farm
flock, rather than the professional or
the fancier. I must assume an un-
derstanding of the necessity for
choosing only such specimens of
both sexes as are good size, vigor-
ous, healthy, free from deformities
or defects, and which conform to the
standard requirements of their res-
pective varieties
The most common method of mat-
ing is "Known as flock or mass breed-
ing This consists of mating the
entire lot of hens with a number of
males.
In flock mating there is no way
to study individual members of your
flock. You do not know which ones
produced god layers or good breed-
ers and which did not. Consequent-
ly, have no way of influencing the
nature or quality on to the offspring.
The result may be a steady decline
in the quality of each succeeding
generation.
A desirable alternative to the flock
matin gis the Special Mating Sys-
tem. This system is thoroughly prac-
tical for even the smallest flock.
Eight to fifteen hens are confined
in a pen to themselves, preferably
with but one male bird. Naturally:
only such speciments are chosen as
are known to possess the qualities
desired in their descendants. This is
a scientifically correst course because
it follows the law of heredity that
like begets like.
Furthermore, since you use only
your best fowls in this type of breed-
ing, you will give the necessary care
and attention to individuals and to
the hatching eggs. Consequently,
the chicks will, as a rule, be as good
or beter than their parens. Such
mating gives a chance for real im-
provement because it affords you
some definite data to work with.
Fertility is usually higher from such
matings because the male suffers no
interferences. All of my matings
are special matings. My breeding
pens consist of 8 t olO hens and one
male.
Little would be gained by enter-
ing into the technical phases of such
subjects as inbreeding and line-
breeding, togehter with details of the
laws. to heredity as they concern
proper mating In passing, however,
I should like to explode the popular
fallacy that inbreeding or the mating
of closely related birds is in itself
a cause of decline in quality of suc-
ceeding generations. On the con-
trary, this metho dis regularly used
by the best poultry raisers to main-
tain the purity of a strain once a
certain desired standard is definite-
ly established. This excludes the in-
troduction of ailen blood into a strain
or flock which is often accompanied
by results disasterous t ouniformity.
Generally, where a decline in quality
follows the mating of closely related
fowls, it is due to the use of birds
lacking in vitality or which did not
conform to the desired standard.
Whatever system of mating is
used, it is well to know the best time
for mating. Some poultrymen con-
tinue breeding and hatching the year
round. Best results are secured,
however, in the normal breeding sea-
son. This will vary somewhat with
climate. As a rule, pullets hatched
at the proper season—February.
March or April, when al lthe world
is beginingn to show signs of re-
newed life—will be better .stronger,,
and lay more quickly than those
hatched in May, June or July. The
poultryman should so arrange his
hatches so the pullets will be ready
for winter laying. Those hatched
so late that they pass through the
winter without laying cause a dis-
tinct loss.
Some poultrymen allow males to
run with the hens all through the
year. We should swat the rooster as
son as the breeding season is over.
The malesshould be separated from
the females until about two weeks
before the breeding season starts.
This keeps the males from worrying
the hens and also permits them to
produce infertile eggs, which are
preferable for itiarket.
(Copyright, 1929,
by Dr. L. D. LeGear, V. S.)
As his (man's) body is made of
the stuff that shines in the stars, so
his thought and his goodness, his
will and his love, are of the invisible
life which makes the stars shine.
—Dole, The Tthics of Progress.
Fire is a welcome visitor but
ways see it out.
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We Never Expect Hard Luck to Gome j
Our Way But It Generally Gomes Along jj
But come it will, and it may come
to any of us, any day.
Unemployment, sickness, unexpect-
ed expenses—these are misfortunes
that come to all of us—they are
what we must expect in life.
And when they come how fine it
is to have a bank account that you
may be able to fall back upon.
Save a little each month. Keep it
in a savings deposit at this bank.
And then you are prepared to meet
the unexpected.
Farmers State Bank
Madisonville, Texas
NORTH ZULCH NEWS
Miss Bettie Payne spent the week-
end at lier home in Centerville.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Ware were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Fol-
som, Friday night from Normangee.
Oliver Massey who recently moved
! with his parents to Houston visited
friends here the last of the week.
Mrs. George Ellis and little daugh-
ter of Palestine have returned home
after spending several days here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Berry.
J. A. Andrews returned Friday
from Houston where he went on a
Jury summons from the federal
court, but will go back Nov. 11 for
other service.
H. C. Donaho has been engaged
for some time doing some interior
work on Mrs. F. M. Beth's residence
he is a fine workman and will fix
it up in fine shape.
Miss Maggie Stell spent the week-
end here with her parents. She is
teaching at Centerville.
Mrs. Amy Frazier and Miss Currie
of Houston made a brief visit to
North Zulch last week. Miss Nelia
Lipscomb returned to Houston with
them and will visit a while.
Mrs. Ema Ferris and baby of Shiro
have been visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Keefer. Mrs. Ruby
Bottoms returned home with her
Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ford were visi-
tors in Flynn Saturday night and
Sunday.
Rev. C. B. Thompson began his
fourth year of pastorial work here
Sunday. Rev. Thompson is highly
thought of not only by his own
church membership, but those of the
other churches an dthe entire com-
munity at large.
W. T. Taylor who owned the build-
ing where Creigs picture show was at
h&s torn it down. We suppose the
weather was getting too cold any
way for an open air theatre.
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hollis were
visitors in Flynn Sunday.
Several from hero attended the
funeral Sunday of C. J. Pegee at
the Windsor cemetery at Plainview.
Mr. (Kit) Pegee was well known in
this end of the county. He died ver|
suddenly Saturday, although his
health being bad it wasn't so much
of a surprise to his family, but still
it was a shock to them. He was a
member of the Freewill Paptist
church at Plainview.
One of the largest school gather-
ings we've seen in a long time was
Hoollow'een night, when the P. T. A.
put on their Carnival and play.
Every business firm in town had
donated a prize an'd those were
given away. The climax in the pro-
gram came when little Maxine San-
ders impersonated "Little Golden
locks" in the "three bears" the whole
thing was a big success about
$58.00 were raised, which will be used
in the school.
Rev. Bracewell of Madisonville
and Rev. Brown of Bryan filled the
pulpit at the Baptist church here
Sunday. We do not know whether
the church has made any deffinant
call to any one yet or not.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Free
Baptist church, will give an oyster
dinner Saturday, November 9th, free
entertainment for everyone that
comes.
j Just Like An Ottrich
A medical authority Bays that
person who tries to cover up skill!
blemishes and pimples with toilet
creams and powders is Just as foolish
as an ostrich that buries its head in
the sand to avoid danger. Skin erup-
tions are nature's warning that con-
stipation is throwing poisons into your
blood 3tream and weakening your whole
constitution. Itemovo tho constipated
condition and you will strengthen your
Eystem against disease and clear up,
your disfigured skin. The best way to
do this is with a course of Herbine, tha
vegetable medicine that acts natur-
ally and easily, which you can get at
John R. Burtis.
Nothing But Fillers
Watermelons came oridinally from
tropical Africa.
God offers to every mind its choice
between truth and repos^. Take
which you please. You can never
have both. Between these, as a pen-
dulum, man oscillates.
Prevention is "a stitch in time
saves 9999."
JOE E. WEBB
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Knight, J. A. The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1929, newspaper, November 14, 1929; Madisonville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192332/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .