The Kingsville Record (Kingsville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 10, 1924 Page: 4 of 13
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f~\NE of the most important Industries, and one that
has been thoroughly demonstrated that Kleberg
County is especially adapted to is DAIRYING, and
while this industry is yet in its infancy, we are begin-
ning to realize just what it means to the entire com-
munity.
With a creamery in our midst that has a capacity of
1000 pounds of Butter and 500 gallons of Ice Cream
daily, there is almost an unlimited market for this high
quality of Butter and the man who engages in Dairy
Farming is practically certain of success if he will use
the same business judgment that is necessary in any
other line of endeavor.
We stand ready to co-operate with the Farmers and
the Dairy Industry, and believe we ought to have more
cows and better cows, as the success of this industry
is largely our success.
This Space Donated by The John B. Ragland Merc. Co., Kingsville. Texas
Conditon Birds for Fair
(By Mrs. Baldridge. Home Demon-
stration Agent).
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Fall Hat Day
Next Saturday, September 13th
MALLORY HATS
$500 $600
STETSON HATS
.00
.00
The John B. Ragland Mercantile Company
Great tare must be exercised in sel-
ecting birds to show at our County
Fair. Selection must be made at an
unfavorable time of the year when
weather conditions in the southwest
are against us for selecting, training,
and conditioning birds. Birds will not
stand close confinement this titn** of
the year so allow the birds to stay in
their exhibition coops only a few days
at a time then turn them back into
the yard for a few days. This method
doesn’t check their growth.
Select more birds than you intend
to show when conditioned. For in-
stance. if you are going to show a pen.
four hens and a rooster, select eight
hens to condition as some make tas-
ter progress than others, then you can
easily determine your pen from them.
Try to have your birds in full plumage
at the time of the show. You cannot
always depend on the natural molt to
aet the birds in shape. You can help
me molt by putting birds on heavy-
feed and giving them lots of wet mash
in which there is a liberal amount ot
linseed meal. Remember that a show-
bird must be reasonably fat and In
good condition. Your wet mash will
help make this condition.
If a bird is worth showing at all he
! is worth showing well. To properly
fit your bird for the show room is to
; half win the prize They must not be
j coop shy and must have plenty of
I room in their coops. A piece of muslin
i tacked over the top of the coop will
protect the roosters comb from bruis-
i es.
About a month or six weeks before
jthe show, go over the birds, examine
11he tail and wing feathers; if any of
jthem are broken or show signs of for-
I eign color, pull them—new ones will
take their place by show time If
feathers are not loose and quills not
dried up. it will be advisible to cut
the feathers two inches from the
! body and leave them until they are
dried up. About two months before the
date of the show all the unmolted and
damaged feathers should be removed.
Preparing colored birds for the
show is a compartively easy matter.
They ordinarily do not require wash-
ing. If they are dirty sponge them off
jin tepid water and a «ittle ivory soap,
put them in a pen of deep, clean
i straw and they will do the rest, Go
j over them carefully and remove all
dead and off colored feathers, groom
them carefully to bring out the luster.
This can be done by rubbing with a
soft cloth or with the palms of the
hands. The cloth removes the dirt and
shows the former luster.
The legs and feet should be care-
fully washed in tepid water and ivory-
soap, dried and well rubbed with a lit-
tle vaseline. If this is done several
times before you enter the bird the
\ legs will be well conditioned and re-
pay you for the effort expended. It is
advisable to go over the face, wattles
and comb just hefoie. judging time
with brush and cold water. This will
keep the comb red and add to the
freshness of appearance.
Keep your birds in the shade as
; much as you can as the sun fades the
; feathers.
Postage Stamps
The history of postage stamps be-
gins with the issues made by Great
BrUnlu In 1N40 under the postofflee
administration of Sir Rowland Hill.
Hint immediate success resulted In
Du* adoption of the same device by
'Dior countries including the Uulted
■’totes, before 1850.
Arabs Gave China Opium
Opium for use as a medicine was
introduced into China In the Thir-
teenth century by Arabs. The Intro-
duction of opium smoking was not un-
til the .Seventeenth century and came
I from India. The first edict prohlbit-
I ing this was by the Emperor Yung
! Clieng in 17:").
Have Own Mica Mines
! Mica, the transparent, beat-resisting
mineral, familiar to many through it*
j use for windows in heating stoves,
has now become so essential in elec-
trical industry that the larger elec-
trical-supply manufacturing companies
own and operate their own mines.
Testing Liquids by Sjund
French scientists are using a device
on the order of a telephone to test the
purity of liquids as It is said any
adulterant causes n change in the
sounds heard In the receiver.
Moon Reflects Sunlight
The moon emits no light of its own
says Nature Magazine. Moonlight is
simply reflected sunlight.
cut
Proud of Scars
In Now Holland the women *
themselves with shells, and, keeping
the wounds open a long time, form
scars In the flesh, which they deem
highly ornamental.
It Is Our Hop
and desire to see a fine dairy herd, no
matter how small, on every farm in Kle-
berg County. And, too, we celieve in
Quality over Quantity. Wo feel that a
few dairy cows of the very best type
wil] prove more beneficial than a greater
number of ordinary breed. Let’s give
them a thorough test for another year.
Kingsville Electric & Ice Co.
“COURTEOUS SERTICE”
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