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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1915)
I DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. u HAS PREHENSILE FEET ('Back to Nature" Shoes Made Star Pitcher of Benton. RID FARM OF INJURIOUS FIELD MICE GETTING A START Success of New York Giants' New Hurler Due to Discovery of Sane and Sensible Style of Foot- Gear While Working NATHANIEL C. FOWLER, Jr. rLATfcKd ttAVt MlUtU IN ItAMO OUOWLOOJ By I tf Nf I 1 ? Tlioro was some "question as to tho status of Rubo Benton, former Cin cinnati pitcher, until It was finally decided that ho was entitled to wear the uniform of a Now York Giant. Tho pitching ot Mr. Benton contin ues to bo wonderful boyond all belief, gorgeous without a chance of rivalry. Game afior gamo, without enough hits Dff him to shako an ounco of dust out of a carnctl According to ono of Mr. Denton's frlonds, tho pitcher's success Is duo to his discovering a sano and sonslblo style of foot-gear. Down In No'th Calllny they say that Itubo has prohonsllo feet, nnd when ho was tho terror of that roglon ho worked In soft moccasins, enabling him to grip tho slab with his hoofs, and thus get extra leverage on every ball. Ordinary shoes hampered him; he slid off the hill whenovor ho tried to shut his toes, and bo ho wasn't show ing his real versatility. This yoar. Mr. Benton's shoos aro only loather on top below, thoy aro excavated, bo that his little tootsies can peck out, Rube Benton. randor around, and coyly dlvo out and In as. tho occasion may require. When pitching, ho takes a Arm too hold upon tho slab, and thus adds power to tho force of each delivery, as well as giving great assistanco to his control. You have to hand it to Mr. Benton his native ingenuity could not bo restrained, oven by mod ern shoo leather. YANKS WANT CHARMED PENNY Captain Huston Wants to Secure Twin Brother of Stallings Luck Brlnger Rlcs Spurns Offer. A bundle of regular U. S. green back money was offered for tho twin brother of tho penny that won a pen nant and a world's series for Georgo Stallings, chief of tho Boston Braves. Captain Tllllr";hast Huston, part owner of the Yaiuces, mado tho offer. Captain Cushman K'.-co, the foremost American in Cuba anu tho owner of tho penny, spurned il. And now "Cap" Itico fears that "Cap" Huston will bang him on tho knob some dark night and try to take tho penny away from him, or hire someone to burglar Izo his rooms. , Cap Huston wants tho penny so that he can pass It along to "Wild Bill" Donovan, manager of tho Yau kees. "Wild Bill" wants tho penny because ho feols that if ho gets it ho can win a pennant and a world's kg rlcs just as did Georgo Stallings. Cap Blco gave tho ponnyto Stall ings early last summer. At that time tho Braves woro hopelessly in the rut. "Tako this, George, and keep it with you. It'll bring you luck," said Cap Rico. Stallings took tho penny and ev erybody knows what happonod after ward. On tho same day that Stallings got that penny tho Braves won a gamo. Tho next day thoy won an othor. And they contlnuod to win un til thero wasn't any moro use of win ning. They had won everything in sight. Demaree Helps His Friends. Fitchburg, Mass., is tho homo of Pat Moran, leader of the Phillies. When tho Phillies recently playod in Bos ton nearly tho whole town journcyod thero for tho purpose of "whooping 'oi up" for Pat and his squad. Just before tho gamo Pat saw Pitcher Al Demaree at'a writing desk in the hotel, writing on a tolograph blank. "Whatcha doln?" queried Patrick. "Oh, I'm Just writing to a burghu friend of mine in New York," an swored Al. "I'm tolling him Fltchburg is dcBcrted and if ho hustles up hi can burglarlzo tho whole town bofor tho folks return." Giants Sign Fed Star. Tho Federal leaguo has lost out ou Merwln Jacobson, Its star outfielder, who had been getting training with the Brockton, Mass., club, which Is affiliated with tho Feds. Ho turneA against tho independents and Jolneo tho Now York Giants. Tho Brookfeds thought ho was to bo theirs next sea son. Sign Lord for 1916. Horry Lord has signed a contract to manage tho Buffeds for next soa aon. Ho has proved a much botto boss than Larry Schlaflr. hftRfi .m)m jm m WiJi4tfL .YIUJriA jrJL.. H ilHTiT "r 'SA m:.. ai r va un ui8&:. n 15'.- m, ) f7?TM2i SQ$z?yJ 2-L ' .g V. v: - Vic Saler and Buck Weaver. Tho Chicago teams In both National and Ainorlcan leagues have boon either on tho top or very closo to tho top of tho pennant races all soaaon, and no two players havo contributed more to tho success of tho rival organi zations than Vic Saler and Buck Weaver. Saler is tho hard-hitting, smooth working first baseman of tho Chicago Cubs. Ho is rated as ono of tho most dangerous men in a pinch In tho older league. Ho is hitting well over tho .300 mnrk and, In addition, leads tho league In long-distanco drives. Weaver Is tho shortstop of tho Whito Sox, ono of tho most sensational fielders In his position In tho American league. Ho is nlso a good hitter, and a base runner hotter than tho average LEARN JOHNSON IS BEATABLE Previous to This Season It Was Cus tom of Opposing Managers to Send Weak Pitchers Against Him. This looks as If it might be about tho hardest year that Walter Johnson has had. Thero aro seven clubs in tho American leaguo that are after him this year. When Johnson was at tho peak of his game he had tho American league rolling over and play ing dead for him. It was tho under standing that when Johnson pitched ho was suro to win, so the managers got into Jho habit of sending in weak pitchers to oppose htm. In those days tho Washington club got runs for Johnson. It's another story now. Tho other seven clubs have learned that John son is beatable; that if one keeps his oyes open and his muscles taut ho is likely to bo ablo to whang tho ball Walter Johnson. back as fast as It comes up. To beat Johnson gives a club prestige. So the attitude of tho seven managers has changed. Thoy used to say when Johnson started pitching. "Well, hero's a game gone." Now they send in their strongest pitchers and fight harder against Johnson than agalnBt any other pitcher. Tho Washington club finds it harder to make runs for Johnson than any other ot its pitchers, and tho Kansas comet 1b learning that tho life of tho conspicuous is not always a happy one. Boy Pitches Remarkable Game. Pitcher Madeen Harris, nineteen years old, ot Dallas, Texas, struck out 20 out of 29 battors to faco him. Ho will ho watched by tho big leaguo scouts for further records. Job for Bill Dahlen. Bad BUI Dahlon has been ordered to bury himself in the bushes and to stay there until ho discovers somo star players for noxt year's Brooklyn Dodgers. Gowdy an Auto Fan. Hank Gowdy of tho Braves has bo como quite an expert automoblllst. Ho is plannin . on making tho trip to California this fall. Fame In One Day. Pitchor Collamoro, who beat Waltor lohiiBon tho othor day In Cleveland, ivon fame In a slnglo day as Hankin fohnson did. Clouts Like a Youngster. Sam Crawford of tho Tigers was thlrty-llvo years old tho other day, out he clouts tho ball as if ho was a .roal youngster. vVlH' SSft iXj. 3LS v f fcsLs Wvi1:HHK I FOOTBALL SEASON NOW HERE Appearance of Annual Guide Sounds Doom of Summer Rough Play Is Eliminated From Game. Summer's doom Is sounded, as It al ways has been for more ycarB than Waltor Camp cares to romomber, by tho appearance of tho annual football guldo from tho pen of Yale's justly famous football alumnus. Tho book is full of now information, not the least of which Is tho codification of tho rules for 1915and tho schedules of practically overy school and college eleven In tho country. As hns been tho case since 1905, when the first great reform wave struck football, tho essence of most of tho changes In tho rules this season has to do with tho elimination ot rough play. Furthermore, tho com mittee has taken a half step in tho direction ot numbering all players on tho field by recommending that num bers bo worn. Tho success which numbering players in collego basket ball games and in the fow games in which numbers were used by football teams last fall has achieved, brought tho rules committee around to tho now way of thinking. The presenco of a field Judge on tho gridiron has been mado obliga tory. ThlB means that honcoforth thero will bo threo officials on the field of play and tho head linesman on tho Bidollnos. It Is from the linesman that most of tho duties of tho field Judge have been taken, tho object being to leavo tho former free to ob serve tho particular provlnco of tho gamo which ho is detailed to watch, particularly offsldo play. Already sorao of the college squads have begun work, nnd moro than one small bdy has ushered In tho season on tho vacant lots with bangs and bruises. SPORT NOW DEAD IN CANADA Hundreds of Leading Athletes of Do minion Have Shouldered Guns and Are Fighting In Europe. Sport throughout the Dominion ot Canada is as dead as tho proverbial doornail. Tho reason for It all Is tho war, and until tho great European conflict has passed into history Canadians will bo without sport on a major scale. Ef forts to hold local tournaments and national track and field championships have been fairly successful, but on tho wholo interest has beon lacking. Numbered among tho thousands of Canadians who havo shouldered tho gun and aro now fighting for tho em plro aro hundreds of tho leading nth letes of tho dominion. Many have fallen in battle and lie "somewhero in France," with a small headstono to mark their last resting place. Regular Job for Slsler. Tho report that tho Boston Rod Sox had offered Dick Hoblitzel and a bunch of cash for Georgo Staler of tho BrowiiB brought out a statement from Manager Branch Rickey as to his in tentions regarding Slsler. Tho college phenom will bo played regularly on first base, says Rlckoy, as soon as ho can land another outfielder and a pitcher on whom dependence can bo put. Thero has been somo criticism of Rickey because ho has shitted Sls ler around, but tho managor of tho Browns realizes as weir as any ono elso the advisability of leaving' Slsler In ono position and will put him thoro Just as soon as ho can do so. Pop Bottle Attacks Ended. To prevent tho rccurrenco of po bottle attacks on umpires at tho St Louis National Leaguo ball park, Pros ldont Schuyler P. Brltton of tho local Nationals nnnounced recently that henceforth no soda water will bo sold In tho bleachers. Tho now ordor re sulted from tho action of fans In throwing bottles nnd vogotables ot Umplro Byron In a gamo with Chi cago. Speed of Ball Games. Silk O'Laughlln srr's tho speed with which a ball gamo is playod depends on tho pitchers, but It has always looked as if tho umplrou had n lot to do with It. (Copyright, 1915. by tho McCluro Newspaper Syndicate) THE COMPLAINER. You aro not altogether satisfied with yourself, with, others, with your en vironment, with conditions. ' Nobody Is satisfied. Nolthor ou nor anybody elso will over bo completely satisfied. Full satisfaction loads to stagnation. Tho satisfied inan" Is a fool, Intoxicated with his own satisfaction, never sober enough to do moro than stagger along tho road of llfo. Tho comploto optimist Is no bettor than tho coutontod pig In the well-kept sty. Regulated dissatisfaction, dissatis faction baBod upon fact, Is a forerun ner ot success. Thoro Is, however, a wide gulf bo twoon legltlmnto dissatisfaction nnd that which consumes tho chronic com plalnor, tho dlsreputablo kuockor, and t,ho everlasting kicker. Llfo is mado up of affirmatives and nogatlvca. Ono without tho other Is Incomplete Tho two properly blonded aro part of tho composition of success, Tho habitual complalner Is an cnomy to himself, and ho Is despised by all with whom ho comes in contact Ho is a falluro ot tho stnrt, and will bo a failure ns long as ho indulges in chronic dissatisfaction. Conversoly, tho comploto optimist Is daugerous to hlni3olf nnd a monnco to Bocloty, because liu does not know enough to got out of tho ruts or to keep from stumbling Into holes. Dissatisfaction has a value only when It spurs ono on to hotter effort. When it dendens ono's faculties, as It ofton does, nnd takes tho gimp out of him, bo to speak, It is an ovll ot tho most virulent form. Nobody likes tho constant complaln er. Ho has no friends. Ho docs not occupy any position of responsibility, nnd ho never will. Ho cannot mnnago hlmsolf or command others. Ho hns no respoct for himself and nobody ro spools him. Ho Is no hotter than n dead log floating on tho stream, accom plishing nothing and serving only as a monnco to navigation. Everybody has troubles, and while overy decent man is willing to holp others, ho cannot afford to give moro than a part of his time to listening to complaints, and ho should not give any of his tlmo to thoso which aro not logltlmato ones and which ho cannot assist in remedying. Keop your troubles to yourself or conflno them to your immodlato frlonds. Ninety per cent of troublo doesn't appear. It exists wholly in tho mind. Don't mako a specialty of worrying. Thero is real troublo to worry about, and enough to keep you busy. Kick when thero is something real to kick at. You will strain yoursolf and sprain your log It you kick at nothing. WHEN IT RAINS, LET IT RAIN. It was raining hard, and tho wind was driving shoots of water against the window paues. Tho lecturo room was filled. At tho appointed hour tho professor entered. Mounting tho plat form, ho remarkod dryly, "Gentlemen, when It rains, let it rain." Whereupon ho immediately loft the room. In theso fow words wero both a loc turo and an object lesson, and tho stu dents never forgot tho occurronco. When It rains, let it rain. Why not? If it wants to rain, it will rnln, and all tho ingenuity of man cannot pro vont tho downfall. If it did not rain part of tho time, tho world would tiro ot sunshine. Contrasts nro necessary to progress. The good would not bo good If it woro not in competition with tho bad. Continuous enjoyment broods stagna tion. Suffering has its place, nnd so havo worry and discouragement. Tho great navigator, who, In the glory of his power, stands upon tho bridge of tho ocean greyhound and steers his ship through mountainous wavas and tho wind of tho tornado, would not bo happy or satisfied pilot ing a flat boat on a calm and placid river. If the Road of Llfo woro smooth and without handicaps, men would bo llko animals, without ambition and without incentive to mastor both thorn selves and tho conditions in which thoy found themselves. When it rains, lot It rain. Do not be concerned in stopping tho rain, but bo ever anxious to meet tho downpour nnd to devise means for protecting yourself against It. Tho bravo man, tho man who wins In ovory kind of strife, doos not try to got rid of troublo, but, rathor, arms FAMED TELESCOPE BUILDER Ambrose Swasey Also Nationally Rec ognlzecLas an Expert In Con struction of Machinery. Ambrose Swasoy, who recently gavo $250,000 to start an Engineering Foun dation, which ho hopes will do for tho allied engineering professions what tho Clovoland, Cargonlo, Rockefeller and Sago foundations aro doing, llvos In Clovoland, Ohio, and has an Inter national reputation as a builder of telescopes. Ho built tho Lick Obser vatory and Is now building tho 72-Inch reflecting tolescopo for tho Canadian government. Ho was born at Exoter, Now Hampshire, rocelvcd the usual common school education of his peri od, and learned tho machinist's trade. It Is significant that ho novor bad a technical education, In tho sense as now understood. What ho luarued ho acquired In nurd, prnctlcal work In tho shop. Il had an amazing fuclllty In coiuprohuiidlug tho most minute and imlimiukliiK proQossim or machine communion and ip very fow years n u gu.iiuie, iiujctfliioH whlcli did 1 himself to meet IL Ho nccopts tho night ns well ns tho day; ho loves tho storm ns well ns tho calm; ho uses disaster, if it must como, as an expo rlonco of oxtroma valuo In the race ot his llfo. Ho has no pntlonco with monotony. Ho is strenuous as well as cautious, and when ho conquers trou blo ho Is proud ot his ability to win. No succobb worth whllo ovor oc curred on a smooth rond. Men nl power reached tholr positions bocauso tholr pnths wore Btrown with disaster and thoy had opportunity to uso tho ability which Nature gavo them and which thoy dovelopod in danger as well as In safoty. When It rnlnB, lot It rain. Don't think of tho wet of tho rain, hut con corn yourself with mooting it, pro tecting yoursolf against IL Do not al low It to wot your ambition or to soak your onorgy. Whon It rains, lot It rain. When troublo comes, let It como. Whon dis aster moots you, do not turn your back upon It, but faco It llko a man. If theso things woro not nccossnry for tho development of tho human rnco, tho all-wtso Creator would not have permitted them to oxlsL Learn llfo'B affirmatives by not avoiding lta nogntlvos. Thoro would bo no adlrmattvo unions oppoBlto It woro a negative. Whon It rains, lot It rain. It will. FINDS NEW RACE OF INDIANS Explorer Who Is Investigating Brazil Writes That Savages Worshlpod Him as God. Albert Lang, who is exploring tho sources of tho Amazon tor tho Brazil ian government, has Informed F. N. Dollonbaugh, secretary ot tho Explor ers' club, of tho dlscovory of a now trlbo ot Indians, 1,000 miles from civ ilization, Uetwoon tho hondwntors of tho Calrary and Moju rivers. Mr. Lang gives a plcturcsquo description of tho savages, who, ho says, took him for a god, embracing his foot to Bhow their devotion. Tholr tools, ho wrltos, aro of stono, and tholr Ideas so unusual as to suggest their belonging to nnothor ngo. Tho Jew ish cast of tholr features might lead ono to lnfor that thoy were of tho lost tribes did not tholr ignoranco of iron and writing arguo against iL "I am sitting in a maloca (hut)," writes Mr. Lang, "of a curious trlbo of gcnulno savages, arriving horo after taking my six-man canoo above tho hoadwatera ot tho Calrary and Moju rivers, lighting our way through llvo dangerous rapids to got horo. After 15 days' search 1 got in touch with a virgin trlbo, which can bo so do ocrlbod bocauso thoy aro wholly un touched and unspoiled by civilization. They uso stono axes and by tholr aid havo cleared away some 30 acres ot Jungle, and so blunt aro theso tools that tho treoB look as if they had boon chowed off." NATIVES HARD TO EDUCATE France Has a Problem In the Work It Is Doing In the Society Islands. On tho theory that who can add two and two to mako four possesses thu beginnings of an education, tho Fronch Colonial authorities havo causod tho neat gray school buildings oi Tahiti, Socioty islands, to bo cm bolllshed with an imposing signboard bearing tho legend: 2 plus 2 equals 4. Stooped In Inherited superstition this simple symbol ot erudition is re garded with reverent awo by tho na tlvo Tahttlans, To them It epitomizes tho ascendancy ot tho dominant Gaul. Nudo, aavo for tho ubiquitous red and whltu calico parou (kuoo-length skirt), tho lithe brown youths and maidens of this tropical paradlso pro sent a grotcsquo appcaranco at tho modorn school desks patiently grap pling with tho throo R's. Marvolously quick to learn, thoso "sons ot tho sun" aro oven quicker to forgot, and in a majority ot cases, after laborious ly acquiring an education, thoy cast if aside llko an outworn garment and re turn to tho old lifo of easo in tho grass-thatched huts under tho spread ing palms. Tho pomp and circum stance attending tho opera bouffo rulo ot tho French colonial "administra tion" appeals strongly to tho nntlvo taste, and If tho government is lax and inefficient, tho ovor Hghthoartcd and childlike islanders find little fault. King Albert of tho Belgians was born in 1875. automatically tho work which previ ously had required bo much pationt hand labor to achieve. Ono of his carliost Inventions of this character, mado whllo he was in Hartford, was a perfected opicycloldal milling machine for producing tho true theoretical curves from which cuttorB for goar. teeth aro mado. Just Like a Woman. Her Husband Thoy say Rockofollor raakos 25 cents ovory tlmo tho cloik ticks. Ills Wife Morcyl I'd think ho would bo worried for fear tho clock would run down. Water Ways. Church Ever" boon abroad? Gotham Oh, yes. "Visit Vonlco?" "Suro." "Do thoy havo subways In Venlcol "No; submarines." Despised Idleness. "Work has mado mo what I am. I never nto a bit of Idlo bread In mj life." Daniel Webster. a mtwmm,m , .iii.... .- i , ,i i ii , ion, , ,u i,,,,,,;. ! J ; """no. I Field Mice A, Meadow (Prepared V tho United States Depart ment ot Agriculture) Flold mice, undor cortnin conditions, mny become oxtraordlnnrlly abundant, and, ns thoy aro Injurious to moBt crops, methods for controlling them aro of lraportnnco. Unfortunatoly most of tholr natural onomlos nro bo ing dostroyed or driven nway from tho farms, so that theso ml'co nro becom ing moro and moro ot a serious pcBt. Altogothor thoro aro somo fifty Bpe cioB of field mlco known to exist in tho United States, but for tho farmer who is concerned only with gottlng rid of them thoro nro only two classes meadow mlco and pino mlco. The runs of moadow mlco aro mainly on tho surface of tho ground, under grass or some sheltering llttor. Those runs lead to shallow burrows which Bervo as winter homes. In summer tho mlco uso surface nests of dead grass. Tho young may Ho brought forth in either Meadow mlco destroy grass, cut down grain, clover and alfalfa, eat grain loft standing in shocks, injuro Ilowors and vegetables in short, do harm in n hundred ways. In the lower Humboldt valloy in Novada In 1907 1908 thoy totally ruined 18,000 acres of alfalfa. Trees and shrubbery aro also attacked and largo nursorios of young apple trees havo beon known to havo boon almost wholly dostroyod by tho mlco cutting through tho bark at or bo low tho surfaco ot the ground. When tho mlco completely girdlo a shrub or young tree and cat through tho lnnor layer of tho bark, tho action of tho sun and wind soon comploto tho destruction of tho treo or shrub, If tho injury is not too extonstvo, prompt covering ot tho wounds will usually aavo tho treo. In nny case ot girdling, heaping up fresh soil about tho trunk so as to covor tho wounds and prevent evaporation Is recommended as tho simplest remedy. To savo largo, valu able trees, howover, bridgo grafting is often resorted to. Pino mlco ordinarily llvo In tho woods and aro not, thoroforo, found on tho opon plains, though thoy llko land that is not frequently cultivated. Thoy tunnol their way from fonco rowa, hedges nnd woods Into gardens aud cul tivated fields, whoro thoy llvo on soeds, roots and loaves. Llko meadow mlco, they also destroy fruit trees, particularly in upland orchards. They attack tho trees bolow tho surface, bo that their work 1b frequently not re vealed until tho treo is dead. Means of Extermination. When tho mice, both meadow and plno, aro in small numbers, trapping Is probably tho easiest method of get ting rid ot them. From 12 to 20 traps to an aero may often bo set with ad vantage in tho mouse runs. Whoro tho mice aro abundant or tho areas largo, poisoning is a quicker means of extermination. Tho following formulas aro recommonded in Farmers' Bulletin 670 of the United States department of agriculture: Dry Grain Formula. Mix thoroughly ono ounce powdered strycbnlno (alkaloid), ono ounco pow dorod blcarbonato of soda and one eighth ounco (or loss) of saccbarlno. Put tho mixture in a tin popper box and sift it gradually over 50 pounds of crushed wheat or 40 pounds of crushed oats in a metal tub, mixing tho grain constantly so that tho poison will bo ovenly distributed. Dr mixing, as above described, has tho advantago that tho grain may bo kept any length ot tlmo without fer montatlon. If it is deslrod to moisten tho grain to facllltuto thorough mixing, it would bo well to uso a thin starch pasto (as descrlbod bolow, but with out strychnine) beforo applying tho poison. Tho starch soon hardens and fermentation is not likely to follow. If crushed oats or wheat cannot bo obtnlnod, wholo oats may bo used, but thoy should bo of good quality. As mlco hull tho oats before eating them, It 1b deslrablo to havo tho poison pone, trato tho kernels A very thin starch pnsto Is recommonded as a medium for applying poIboii to tho grain. Prepare as follows: Wet Grain Formula. Dissolve ono ounco of strychnia sulphnto In two quarts of boiling wa ter. Dissolve two tablcspoonfuls of laundry gtnrch In one-half pint of cold water. Add tho starch to tho strycb Mouse; B, Pine Mouse. nlno solution and boll for a fow min utes until tho starch is clear. A little saccharine may bo added it desired, but it is not essential. Pour tho hot starch over ono bushel of oats in a metal tub and stir thoroughly. Let tho grain stand overnight to absorb the poison. Distributing Poisoned Grain. Tho poisoned grain prepared by cither of tho abovo formulas is to bo distributed ovor tho Infested area, not moro than a toaspoonful at a placo, caro bolng taken to put It In mouse runs and at tho entrances of burrows. Small drain tiles, 1 lnchos in diame ter, havo sometimes been used to ad vantago to hold poisoned grain, but old tin cans with tho odgos bent near ly togothor will sorvo tho samo pur pose Flold mlco may also bo drlvon away by thorough cultivation ot fields and tho elimination of fonco rows. In tho caso of troos, clean tillage and tho re moval from tho neighborhood ot weeds and grass will provo an effectlvo pre caution. Finally, tho farmor shoi'ld remem ber that thero are many animals, birds and snakes around th6 farm which do llttlo or no harm, and aro most useful in keeping down tho numbers ot Held mlco. Ambng theso owls dosorro spe cial notice. Mico aro tho chief diet both ot tho short-cared and tho barn owl. Tho common screoch owl de stroys English sparrows as well as mice. It stays close to orchards and farm buildings and is, thoroforo, a usotul assistant. TREATMENT FOR HOG VERMIN Wlso to Have Dipping Tank and Use It on All Stock, Whether They Need It or Not. Llco-on hogs aro treated: By gottlng the animal In & cornel aud scrubbing him with an old broom dipped in crudo oil. By pouring kerosene on his back with a can (this kills tho lice and ofton pretty near kills the porker). By hanging a blanket saturated with crudo oil In a gap through which tho hogB must pass, thus oiling them auto matically. By setting up a manufactured do vlco which gives the onlmnls an oiled surfaco against which to rub. By providing a hog wallow In which a llttlo crude oil Is poured. By dipping them in a dipping tans filled with a preparation sf id for the purpose. You may chooso to let tto pigs and tho lico fight It out. In this case, you may bo suro, tho hogs will get thft worst of iL Tho stock farji on which wisdom rolgns has a dipping tank In which all the stock aro dipped, "whether they need It or not." LOOKOUT FOR BUMBLE FOOT Often Caused by Fowl Alighting on Hard Floor From High Perch Furnish Ample Litter. Bumble foot is caused by a bruisa on tho foot resulting ofton by a fowl alighting on a cement or othor hard floor without straw from a high porch. This results In tho formation of pus. which, If not freed by lancing, will continue to grow until It is a hard choosy mass undor tho skin. Fowls thus uflllctcd, often die as the result of negligence. As a remedy, first try to romovo tho causo .by having tho floor woll lit torod and tho perches lowered, ot construct ladders from thom so tho fowls may walk down. If tho eiilnrgod foot Is lanced when first noticed and tho pus removed the foot mny bocomo woll, but if allowed to go until it reaches tho hard stago an incision can bo made through the skin and tho bumblo romoved easily. To Test Milk. A simple but absoluto tost as to whether milk is watered, is to dip a stool noodle In a vessel of milk and Immediately withdraw it in an upright position. If tho milk Is pure, soico ot tho fluid will adhere to the needlo; it thoro is water in the milk, It will not cling to tho noodle at all.