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You'll appreciate a iy *, ‘ tole, a ¢ , or > ie ' Fe ion . | wee 2 1 HH these cold days rey. ven : eee oe Pes Bg Sample the goodness—the satisfy- re 338 | ing gocdness--of ‘a Hot Beef Tea, | ae ess | Hot Tomato Flip, Hot.Lemonade to - | rE #8.| “Keep Your Blood: Tingling” .. & ven a rt He ro eo 7 m? 4] FRESH FRUIT |/ 3 : 1 Me. i _ Byerything the “; mf ae | Apple a season affords. Orainges . 4 Rc : Sse Newspapers ve dee iS. MORAN # rou : Secee ':|- Seen vad etere Pee gpenen . Th nan ‘get the rig h style. in printing wh in: done . The. -Omineca Herald | , Og, a, OF ce Foy ie i a e using ty “960. see IRIE CSTR | We had better. have a mongrel. of strong. vitality. for starting an ‘egg-producing flock than a chicken line-bred for: fifty latter be impaired. But we need to be-eareful, for a. mongrel, be- iyg in its favor. . Neglect, and poor feeding may have. weakened this bird as well as the line-bred bird, though from opposite caus- ‘All. the records for rapid growth, for profitable poultry. husbandry, for the heaviest egg-| production, individually, are held by pure-breds. Yet for fear that we get conceited in the matter, let us not forget that many mon- grel hens are excellent layers, and rival the line-bred pedigreed hens to no small degree, —— ‘New Female Blood. OO The term out-breeding is under breeding, or the introduction of unrelated blood into the existing flock. The case . of a’ mongrel flock the best plan is undoubted- ly to introduce annually a fresh male bird of a good laying strain; jbut mongrel flocks are always more or less undependable. You may get afew good individual layers-among them, but there i is the lack of. strain, and .conse- quently, while some may be pro- fitable egg-producers, frequently some which will not pay for. their keep, _ and for this reason it is much bet- ter that he should either stick, to a pure breed or first erosses:: It costs.just as much to feed a poor layer-as a good one, hence the obvious loss if there is.ne-depen- dibility of strain,.so that each bird may give ‘comparatively. uni: form results—at least sufficiently so that all may be. profitable. - flock-of good average meritis the desire of the farm. yard. rather than sprinters or an exceptionally ‘heavy layer among -a. number. of mediocre champions, and this is || birth his environment. . should | a henceforth be of the best. ‘There _ you, have it. years, should the vitality, of. the ; cause he is a mongrel,. has -noth- |: ‘if care is exercised i in purchasing there will be value for the money, with considerable prospective ad- Tay be willing | to make: ai: ex- change of | say eight or ten’ ‘pullets or second season birds, to mutual stood to mean the reverse of in-| advertising next. ‘Spring ‘with re-. vest what they have for this: pur- pose. there are many the.veverse, and ‘The farmer-.is one: of ‘the: last’ who should: keep such birds, be. cause he has; as a rule,. not. got |: nen, the time and opportunity to trap- _ nest or otherwise select his layers |. A ‘nines it appears:so nae A ‘easier to purchase a fresh cockeral;’ but there are often certain desirable I traits, such as generally good lay-. ing and: winter egg. production, which can be more satisfactorily and more rapidly ‘produced if. the. - Saddle: Hoses, Single. ‘and. ” day and night—we never sleep: _¢ Senger service to and'fr Double! Rigs. tor Hire, * Prompt and satisfactory. gervice “guaranteed,” Operi ©: im all ress and: pas ~ - AM MOR a out-breeding i is ‘done by bringing = — in fresh pullets, farm where & separate breeding pen can be placed. The, itinal outlay may be a little more, but vantages that’ will make it. pay for the doing. ‘| Morever iti is not unlikely that another breeder of the same variety, who has'a quite unrelated, but equally good strain advantage and if these are mated There is usually a place -on the |— ‘Steamship leaves Prince Rupert ‘FRIDAYS fu Tae, Victoria “and ‘Seattle’ ‘local agent or from.train agent. .- to a home-bred male it’ may be pen Prince Rapert (OL | A TRUNK | Prince Rupert for. Vancouver and Victoria on Sun=: . daya at 6 p.m. ° Buy through tickets from your For information regarding through tickats to, the” East or Old Country via any route, apply to - Albert Davidson, General Agent, . Prince, Rupert possible to introduce. the new|-_~ {blood much more. satisfactorily. This plan i is worth trying. Your Hatching Bees Tf you are intending to do some ference to your: hatching eggs, don’t wait. until:.everyone - has made up their minds where they will. buy, but get busy: now and send in your copy, and get. ‘some of the. cream. yourself. ~ People are. thinking about purchasing eggs now. and are looking:; and for a dealer where they may. in- Advertise ‘now, and have your advt. reach our many’ read- ers interested i in well-bred ‘birds; | HIGH. CLASS. 7 | AND: DESIGNING | ee : REPAIRING mine ‘Aurenarions fall : Malis. : “AN kinds of. Ladies": ‘Millinery’ made: an --I_ make over all kinds of.:-hats ‘and can. Call: and see me;- .:| You-will find Herald ads; valuable}: _ e carry: ou . your, ideas, . A firat-class stock is. now in: Shipm it, MISS MYRA HAM 7 7 TH, AYE, AND. Frecpina Sr, ‘New HAZELTON for the disposal of alimited num- PH yy aa sicln S abla eed ecg pated ber of: sittings. Frosted Combs Fanciers: are very particular} about the. size}. shape and angle of the comb, ‘and it is very im- portant for them to save . the comb if it happens to get frosted. If- the. comb i is treated in time,.it will.. be. aS. bright: red as ever: | First thaw. it. out. with applica- tions of ice water: ors “snow, then take equal, parts of olive oil and camphor, :applying twice é a day for several days, then ‘apply as- eline once a day for a week. This treatment will not only. save ‘the comb in most cases but’ will ‘Save | the bird ‘much suffering. "a | Bu ILDING CONTRACTOR : o a Gat Ready. Now: for Your Building i in ing districts. in British Columbia.” _||| BULKLEY Valley Farm Lands For Sale HESE lands are : Joeated close to the. mai line of the Grand:Trunk Pacific Railway we which is being constructed through: the heart, ‘|: -of the Bulkley® Valley, one of the. best farm-" ; “Steelis” _ Now laid through Telkwa, and_ trains: are“) |” . running from. Priace-Rupert to -this- point. ‘trict, with-a market for. all. produce, ‘We own'all the land. we offer a : ‘There are good roads to, all: parts of the Bulk- .°--[/ “Jey Valley'from Telkwa,.:'‘The Bulkley Valley, is an ideal dairying - ‘and: mixed. farming dis- ss sale, and .can-give-a guaranteed title. ‘2 Our prices, are Tepsonable, and term | ‘h Nort Coast: Land ( - -Paro-UP ‘CAPITAL, §l, 500 000.00 - Suite Ba. Motropeltan Bldg: rompany : 4 Ltd. me .. Our Jands were all very, carefully selected” : “several years ago’ by‘experts-in- the land: bus- - “ines. We sell-in:traecta‘of 160° acres or more _the Spring.