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FRAME AND ROOM MOouLDINGS, PAINTERS’ AND SIGNWRITERS’ GENERAL SUPPLIES... =z [POULTRY] ||DEPARTMENT| | prettier ermsemmarmermerenaet ie - Breeding for Layers Poultrymen have found it a comparatively easy matter to se-. lect the best specimens of a flock in faney points or market ‘quali- ties, but to pick out the best ese producers with any certainty: of having the right ones is quite an- other thing. an egg type by which a good lay- er may be selected, and no doubt there is something in this, but most poultrymen have found out that the use of a trap nest is the only sure way of getting at this question. The time may come when we shall be able’ to select the best layers without the use of the trap nest, but as yet J do not find that any other practical plan has been given to ‘the public. ‘: have found a. good reliable trap nest. a very paying device in breeding up for good layers. « It is frequently the case that one of the very best layers in the flock will be a verv ordinary.look- ing hen and would be about the last: one to be picked as a first class layer. On the other hand it is not uncommon for one of the brightest and most likely looking hens to prove one of the poorest and AVE. - PRINCE RUPERT Demet eme sen eermaem arama rmeermmaemm armas eet ‘ STOP AT THE BIG CANYON HOTEL J. We PATERSON | t- } j General ‘Merchant } KITSELAS, B.C. i A COMPLETE Sock ALWAYS ON Hanp Rt Ra NS ener Fort GEORGE NELSON - VICTORIA DOMINION AND B G LAND | "| SURVEYORS | Lands. townsites, mineral claims surveyed tle tine Bi y STATIONERY, WALL ‘PAPER |, REMINGTON — “TYPEWRITERS © KODAKS AND SUPPLIES , OOKS , 5 Go. wa %, aaa tenia aesemenatens unseen t THIRD AVENUE PRINCE. ‘RUPERT . ma j HAYNER BROS. . RO. }- FURNITURE | Me i ‘Funeral Directors - - Embalmers f #O . ‘ .. “SPECIAL ATTENTION ‘TO » SHIPPING. CASES MO j (Jay an egg. i { f i { € New HAZELTON | ‘GREEN. Bros. BURDEN & Co. i t | t ( t t - McRae Bros, Ltd., “Prince Rupert i : 7 q 7 e layers. _ I have had hens that would go on. the nest regularly, and yet. would only: now and then A flock . which ‘produces an an av- erage of 150. eggs per. year per -| hen. is an: ‘unusually. good laying lot, and i in such a flock the use of. a trap nest is pretty sure to dis- close the presence of hens. that are producing, 200 egps. If a breeder is in ignorance as to his advantage when attempting to Some say there is . levery line, and fresh ergs have ‘best layers he is at a. decided dis- | nest and: inte that care and: féeding do much in. making | good layers, but these|su are necessarily - limited to theit® effect. . gin to give the: returns in milk or butter which ‘the same care and feed: would® bring from. .a. well milking strains, « . At is not: found necessary ‘to use trap nests. all the year round to select the best layers. By or five months. each year the de- sired results may. be easily - ac: complished. Market Eggs There is a great. demand today || for strictly fresh eggs. The no- toriety gained by the storage pro- I) duct last winter has put aban on eating those eggs. ‘People insist on having what they want along come to.their own. This means of course that as long as there is a large “supply. of them the’ price will. be ‘comparatively low, but as soon, as there: ‘becomes. a scarcity up ‘goes the” ‘price. ‘There isa profit:in eggs in: this. country the year ‘round, - but from.now until spring: ‘the poultryman with: lay- ing. hens will be’ very. fortunate. To reap the ‘greatest . benefit. one must keep i in touch with. the mar- ket and ‘cater. to its. demands. Eges should be: sorted and well graded, If you have birds that lay - ‘different’ colored eggs they to ‘be. looked: after. : Never: let a ditty. egg £0 to the ‘market, At} looks too much. like the cold stor- age product. The small and: the dirty. eggs can be used at home. It.is poor business to eat the best - Careful. sole tion: with: a trap D gent: mating, of | ¥ specimens of. known ancesters is | tre the only. practical way in which | improvemerit inthe laying: quali- || ties. can. be effected, It is.a fact |t A common cow with the|| ‘best food and’ care would not be- bred ‘animal of one of: the heavy { a keeping individual records “four. a should be sorted;: ‘also. the size. is ré lots of places Where a ice éant be had ' ‘than at when. reselling, the eggs. sumer is the slogan. tolay. a “Hens Big Honey Makers . “Of all the ‘breeds and kind. of -| breeds of pure bred. animals, the 0] try. “More people buy ' pure bred|- - stock for. improving their: flocks cattle or horses. And. there i is a very good reason ‘for it. “The hen is the greatest. money maker on the farm, She. lives largely on the food that ‘would otherwise be wasted. ‘She feeds and elothes the ‘family. and -fin- ally she gives. up her body as the most favored food for the mouttis of:all the nations. - - Poultry is: found ‘on every farm ‘and. in many hundreds ‘of city yards... The ‘tost. natural)} thing; therefore, -is-‘to: improvei|’ the flock by ‘the purchase | ‘of-a rooster, a few hens or some’ eggs for hatching... The amount ‘in- volved in the purchase: of such which eminated from the many thousands . who raise’ poultry ‘is readily turned into a market fer the- broader: "Exe charike.. that. poultry.. culture ‘should be} ; followed on the same. line that dairying i is—giving food and- care to get results—the sooner will build up a strain of prolific layers ‘ PRINCE RUPERT ~ Millinery, Hair Goods: ot Ladies’ Up-to-date Fornishiugs i in Suits, : Coats; ‘Dresses. Blouses, Evening Gawna, - _? Corsets, Hosiery, . Gloves, Neckwear, ~ Hatnennte Peiticoats, ‘eal laces, and all - + Kinds of Fancy ‘Work. 7 FILLED t Demers & Co. JEG OI IIIA III IK epi ou eommnancta tas Cae and sel! what is left.. This may. port FRASER, the new trade center of 4 the Nechaco Valley and ‘the -interior of British’ Columbia, is surrounded byt the larg- est tract of gone agricultural land in British. ‘Fort Fraser. has a fine’ eystem. ” ‘they begin: to reap théir’ profits. SII IIIA IIA I III AIH 4 ‘ook nice when : ente, We ala have warm and. latest . styles, - Our. “Our own. premises. the’ new: ail and are made by "expert tailora on ‘elothes®: a profit on your parehase r al Hotel 77 : Nicholl, B. a EON, most traffic is in pure bred. poul-| “ . Wines - SPIRITS. “ALB”: LICENSEE | ‘Bist Class - ‘Accommodation og Jens aeicen oe eb The Omineca Market . ‘and Ate To Butchers. . and Provision Dealers . Fresh Fish Vegetables | op 1th and Pogstey fle “P.O. Box 8M) stock is small, and the demand|. “The sooner ‘the farmers realize| § } W. Wark ; Z| “Be. N D: 80 N° pe —— “Computing Seal J ‘Heintzman : a vet ~~. abe ia % |NEXT. J EWELRY - “Bost orrice ‘Box | "6. PRINCE, RUPERT | _ BARRISTERS OA. RAGSTAD - ; $ te . 7 WATCHES CLOCKS: } _Harev10n ", . ; ‘National! Cash ‘Registers | { : jeer tenets Ch tee | - Cares’ & BENNerr " PRINCE Rorent we, Be ‘Dayton . Pianoa | | Bert, Wonk Guanan7zen > ‘TO: “PIONEER - HOTEL - a rt tn te: i Po. oss 387 ‘Power. and Télephorie Electric Lighta Supplied and Tnatalled - ELECTRICIAN: : Gesoling Ezines and” Fittings © carried.” a Equipment fire class only. - ! ~ Quotationa and ‘Toforraation siven. ate Easiest ene