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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.