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Sfs/ How several prominent poultry breeders care fur
Will J—d feed their fowls to obtain the greatest num-
&§H ber of eggs In the season of high prices. Methods
jffBf of feeding that are effective during the winter.
Sou A hen can no more lay eggs without the necessary
__t| material for their production than a cow can give
H|o| tank if fed on straw alone.
grill The secret of winter eggs Ilea In proper housing,
IBI careful feeding, sufficient exercising, and looking
Barm after the comforts ot "blddle."
(£____. The details of these egg producing secrets are
&___¦_ told by Mr. Nourse, Mr. Bleb, Miss Ellison
!g_B_9& and twenty otberreeognlicd poultry author-
St__fe _E?\ ltles In a very Interesting and valuable
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seem likely that dealers will be bidding for
pelts at prices ranging up closely to those
quoted above.
From the first of December on, all of
these furs except the muskrat are "prime,"
or- of best quality, over practically the
entire country. Along in February, speaking
generally, they begin to decline in value
when the animal starts to shed or the fur
to fade. The muskrat and other aquatic
animals, such as the rarer beaver and otter
do not become fully prime until later in the
winter and retain their quality later in the
spring. For that reason, the trapping of
the.muskrat, among the commoner animals,
should be left until the last. It is at
its best during the month of March.
The quality of fur depends not alone
upon its primeness but also very largely
upon its place of origin. It is hardly necessary
to say here that the farther north
one goes the better does the quality of the
fur become, with the one exception of the
muskrat. The North undoubtedly is the
trapper's paradise. However, there are
fur-bearing animals in the Central States
and in the South, such as the civet cat,
grey fox and opossum, which the northerner
seldom or never sees. So profitable
trapping is not restricted to any one section
or latitude.
The skunk and civet cat are the earliest
of the small fur-bearing animals to become
prime in the fall, and the earliest to shed
in the spring; hence traps should be set
for these animals first. The skunk has a
wide distribution all over the United
States; but the civet cat rarely ranges in
the North, being most abundant in the
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Bedtime
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J VESSEL lies syringing, asleep in the bay,
Swinging, swinging, swinging;
The gay birds are trilling songs over the way,
Singing,"singing, singing.
mal and may be found almost anywhere,
in the woods, along the banks of waterplaces,
or under piles of logs and stones.
The muskrat is abundant in all sections
of the United States, and while more of
these skins have been taken than any
other it does not seem to diminish greatly
in numbers. Its winter home usually is
in houses which it builds in the water, with
the entrance below the surface and the top
projecting above. In some sections it
makes its home in a high bank, with the
entrance below the surface of the water.
It is not difficult to trap, and the skin is in
great demand.
The badger is abundant in the prairie
states west of the Mississippi River, but is
seldom found in other sections. He makes
his home in an underground den having
several passages, usually in a sunny location,
where he hibernates for the winter.
He is very easily caught by trapping, shooting,
or even knocking on the head with a
stick when he emerges on a warm, sunny
day. Because of his hibernating habit,
his fur is not always prime unless it has
been exposed to severe weather.
The red fox and soft-furred wolves are
very valuable skins, but they are not at
all easy to get. Both animals are very
suspicious of man's efforts to take them,
and only careful trappers are successful.
The red fox is found quite plentifully in
the northern half of the country, the best
furs coming from the Northwest. Farther
south the grey fox is plentiful, but does
not produce so valuable a fur. The softfurred
wolves are the brush or buffalo wolf
and the coyote, when captured under the
A/f Y MOTHER is hushing the baby to sleep,
Rocking, rocking, rocking;
The clouds o'er the house-tops are gathering like sheep,
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Swaying, swaying, swaying;
Dear children are kneeling in sleepy-time clothes,
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/¦ Name W W W^k the easiest. They do not fear the nearness rarer furs, such as the beaver, otter and
'I of human habitation, and they will walk marten, although they are extremely val-
into almost any kind of a trap that is set uable. The beaver is still found in the
:| Free Pony V A in their way. Their favorite abodes are North , and even quite far south in the
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^^^ or along the hedge-rows, of in hollow logs, otter is fairly well distributed over the
and frequently they will locate them- entire country where there is water adapted
selves under old buildings on .the farm- to his habits; but neitheroneisatall plentistead.ful.
The marten inhabits only the north-
The raccoon and opossum are generally ern sections and is very scarce.
associated together because of their attach- The commoner furs mentioned are the
ment to the South and because of the fa- furs for which the trade is clamoring, and
vor which their flesh finds as food by some they are furs which can be obtained in
people in that section of the country. The greater or less variety and number in or
raccoon is found in almost every state, near almost any farming community. Di-
but is most abundant in the Central and rections for trapping, skinning and ship-
Southern States. The opossum seldom ping can be obtained from any reliable fur
ranges far north. Their habits are simi- house. The most successful trappers, of
lar, both having a fondness for the woods course, are the experienced and expert ones;
where they can disport themselves in the but no person can become expert until a
trees. The raccoon usually makes his beginning is made. There never was a
home in a hollow tree or log, while the time when the amateur's efforts were likely
'possum seems to have no fixed place of to be so well rewarded as they are this win-
abode.
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The mink and weasel are harder to take Make it a winter recreation , if notabtisi-
in steel traps than any other of the small ness. If the man of the farm can't spend
animals previously mentioned, the mink the time, buy the boy or girl a dozen or two
being especially wary of human designs. good traps and set their feet racing toward
Both are widely distributed over the Unit- the woods and water-places. If there is
ed States, but the fur is less valuable in the neither a man nor a boy nor a girl to go,
South; and only in the North is the pure- get a short skirt and some high boots and
white weasel found that sells as ermine. try it yourself . In these days women are
The mink may be caught along the banks filling many occupations that they never
of creeks, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps and dreamed of entering before—and finding
marshes. The weasel is not a water ani- health and profit and satisfaction in it.
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