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SASH AND DOORS 



O. B. Williams Co. 



1943 First Avenue South, Seattle 



Chicken House Sash 



20 in. wide by 25 in. high. 80c 



A dozen different sizes in stock for 

 immediate shipment 



Sky LighU for Chicken Houses 



36 in. by 40 in.; price glazed, $2.00 



This is the size recommended by the West- 

 ern Washington Experiment Station— wt 

 carry them in stock for immediate shipment. 

 Sash and Doors for all purposes at lowest 

 prices. All orders receive prompt attention. 

 Our Urge illustrated catalogue No. IS, 

 showing full line of building material and 

 built-in fiittures for the home, free on re- 

 quest. 



O. B. Williams Co. 



Established 1899 



Arrow Carbolineum 



{Formerly Avenarius Carbolineum) 

 Protects poultry against vermin — 

 Preserves wood against decay. When 

 you buy Carbolineum be sure you get 

 Carbolineum and not something 

 called just as good. Write for prices 

 and circulars. 

 Carbolineum Wood Preserving 

 Company 



222 E. Water St. Portland, Oreg^ 



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STIMULANTS FOR HENS 



A FLOCK of hiying hens In good health has no 

 need for condiments, say poultrymen of the 

 L'nitcd States Department of Agriculture. A hen 

 whose digestive apparatus is in good working order 

 needs no more stimulation for egg production 

 than is provided by a good, well balanced ration, 

 proper care and housing. But when hens are 

 off their feed and look dumpish a little jigger 

 of pepper or something of the sort In the ration 

 m.ay cause them to pick up and run on all cylinders 

 again. 



Various snappy and pungent condiments are 

 used for the purpose, but the following mixture 

 has been found as good as any and may be made 

 up by the flock owner at low cost: Mix equal 

 parts of ground red pepper, ground allspice, 

 ground ginger and ground cloves, and one-half 

 part of ground fenugreek seed. Many of the 

 condiments sold to flock owners are largely fil- 

 ler and sell for a high price. In the mixture given 

 there is nothing but essentials. A tablespoonful 

 of the mixture in 2 quarts of moist mash 2 or 

 3 times a week or a teaspoonful in 1 quart daily 

 should be fed until the birds arc back In good 

 order. 



It is not good practice for poultrymen to feed 

 these things when the flock is in good appetite. 

 When feed attracts hens little more can be done 

 to stimulate the egg organs. 



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REMEDY FOR TOE PICKING 

 'T'O CHECK, and prevent toc-picklng, one auth- 

 ority suggests, first of all, the use of salt. 

 Dissolve one teaspoonful of salt In one quart of 

 water. Place this where It is accessible to the 

 chicks for one-hilf hour each morning for four 

 days. This will be long enough for them to drink 

 and still not long enough for them to take more 

 than is good for them, which will cause inflamma- 

 tion. It takes about four d.iys to cure chicks ol 

 this habit. 



It is also well to use a tablespoonful of epsom 

 salts In the drinking water once a week. This 

 acts differently from ordinary salt and is in 

 some respects a food for poultry. A direct sun- 

 light shining on the toes m.akes them appear like 

 attractive worms. To avoid this place an opaque 

 covering over the windows to diffuse the sunlight. 

 Then provide a litter of straw so that they will 

 be kept busy. This also will hide the toes to 

 some extent. 



Do not keep the brooder house too warm. It is 

 safer to keep the brooder house as cool as possi- 

 ble and at the same time keep it warm enough so 

 that the chicks will not crowd. Provide a plen- 

 tiful supply of fresh air at all times, both day 

 and night. Let the chicks out In runs and on the 

 ground as soon as possible. It is usually safe to 

 do this, weather permitting, when the chicks are 

 a week old. 



Anyone whose business involves person- 

 al salesmanship can profitably use the 

 right kind of advertising literature. 

 Did you ever stop to think, for in- 

 stance, that the printed page can call 

 on your trade at about 2 per cent of 

 the cost of personal selling. 



Why not let one of our representatives 

 tell you more about printed salesman- 

 ship. 



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qu.illty and quantity, your labor is lost. Bear in 

 mind that warmth, cleanliness and fresh, clean 

 drinking water are all necessary in starting little 

 chicks on the right road. 



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NOVEL INCENTIVE FOR HENS 

 TT HAS remained for a California man to de- 



vise the most unusual method of encouraging 

 hens to lay. John C. Hayes of Alameda county 

 has reported success with a novel experiment. Dur- 

 ing his spare time, Mr. Hayes, who looks after a 

 beautiful suburban place near liurbank, claims to 

 have discovered a method which has increased the 

 egg production of his poultry yard 40 percent. 



Hayes acted upon the psychology that one hen 

 seeing another in the act of laying an egg would 

 do her best to emulate the act of her prolific sister. 

 He therefore secured a dead hen, had It mounted 

 in a laying position by a taxidermist and placed 

 it in one of the nests in his hen house. The 

 results, Hayes said, were marvelous. 



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TF THE growing fowls are troubled with leg 

 weakness, give them a mixture of bran, cut 

 clover hay, linseed meal and cut green bone and 

 meat. A little slaked lime in the drinking water 

 may also help. 



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THAT CRITICAL PERIOD 



N.XSMCCH as the first three weeks of the 



Jilckcn's life is the critical and uncertain pe- 

 riod, this Is the time it needs the most careful 

 attention. If any of your chicks show leg-weak- 

 ness, give plenty of exercise and get them out of 

 doors in the middle of the day at least. They 

 will be all right after ten days. 



Witch the ch'cks and do not let them huddle in 

 a corner until chilled. At this stage of their lives 

 they lack chicken sense and must be taught needed 

 lessons. 



S'lnu-tlmes a curtain over the window to keep 

 out the direct warm sun rays will help teach them 

 to seek the warmth of the hover when needed. 



Yiiu must have purebred stock and perfect con- 

 ditions for brooding, but if the food is not riglit In 



Statement of Ownership 



STATEMENT of the ownership, management, 

 circulation, etc., required by the Act of Con- 

 gress of August 24. 1912. of the Better Fruit, 

 published monthly at Portland, Oregon, for Aprii 

 1 1922, 



'State'ot Oregon. County of Multnomah — Before 

 me. a notary public in and for the state and county 

 aforesaid, personally appeared C. J. Owen, who. 

 having been dulv sworn according to law. de- 

 roses and savs that he is the business manager 

 of Better Fruit, and that the following is, to the 

 best of his knowledge and belief, a true state- 

 ment of the ownership, management (and if a 

 daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the afore- 

 said publication for the date shown in the above 

 caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, 

 embodied in section 443, postal laws and regula- 

 tions, printed on the reverse of this form to-wit: 



1 That the names and addresses of the pub- 

 lisher, editor, managing editor and business man- 

 Publisher Better Fruit Publishing Company, 



Inc. 281 12th St.. Portland, Oregon. Editor. 

 Ernest C. Potts, 902 E. 27th St. N.. Portland. 

 Oregon. Managing Editor, Jerrold Owen, 281 12th 

 St. Portland, Oregon. Business Manager, C. J. 

 Owen, 281 12tb St., Portland, Oregon. 



2 That the owners are: (Give names and ad- 

 dresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, 

 give its name and the names and addresses of 

 stockholders owning or holding I per cent or 

 more of the total amount of stock). 



Owner, Better Fruit Publishing Company. Inc.. 

 Portland Oregon. Stockholders, Jerrold Owen. 

 281 12th St.. Portland. Oregon; D. L. Carpenter. 

 800 Oregonian Bldg., Portland, Oregon ; E. E. 

 Favillc, 800 Oregonian Bldg., Portland, Oregon: 

 .\. W. Stypes, 800 Oregonian Bldg., Portland, 

 Oregon. , , 



3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees and 

 other security holders owning or holding 1 per 

 cent or more of the total amount of bonds, mort- 

 gages or other securities are: (If there are none, 

 so state). None. . . 



4 That the two paragraphs next above, giving 

 the names of the owners, stockholders and se- 

 curity holders, if any, contain not only the list 

 of stockholders and security holders as they appear 

 upon the books of the company, but also in cases 

 where the stockholders or security holder appears 

 upon the books of the company as trustee or m 

 any other fiduciary relation, the name of the per- 

 son or corporation for whom such trustee is act- 

 ing is given: also that the said two paragraphs 

 contain statements embracing affiant's full knowl- 

 edge and belief as to the circumstances and con- 

 ditions under which stockholders and seciirilv 

 holders who do not appear upon the books of the 

 company as trustees, hold stock and securities in 

 a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner, 

 and this affiant has no reason to believe that any 

 other person, association or corporation has any 

 interest, direct or in.lirect, in the said stock, 

 bonds or other securities than as so stated^by him. 



Business Manager. 

 Sworn to and subscribed before me this f^rst 

 day^ of April, 1922, ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ 



Notary Public for Oregon. 

 (My commission expires April 29, 1925.) 



