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Gapes can be cured.
Cloan out the sheep fold.
Market tho useless roosters.
Plant some IreeH In tho pasture.
Try koeplng a few aheop on the
farm.
N.
Sit on tho milk stool don't pound
the cow with It.
Hot, closo weather brings lots of
llco to the dirty pen.
Improved breeds of hoga nro Im
proving tho hogs prollt.
Aro there any dead heads In your
dairy? If so weed them out.
First-class fruit will command a
first-class trade at flrat-class prices.
Shorts are a more economical feed
for sows and growing pigs than for
SOWS.
A boy and dog make a poor combi
nation to bring the cows home from
pasture.
In spraying, drenching Is not de
sired; stop spraying Just before drip
ping begins.
He who attends to the repair of ma
chinery before using It saves both
tlmeand money.
When a dairyman learns to use the
Babcock test ho Is started on the way
to his economic salvation.
Frequent cultivation tho remainder
of tho summer will fit tho strawberry
bed for its r.oxt year's work.
The best dairyman is clean, not
because he has to be. but because it
it second nature for him to bo
When tho calf gets old enough to
turn out to grass bo sure and continue
feeding a ration of grain or milk.
As the marketing season advances
tho patrons of co-operative elevator
companies congratulato themselves.
The dairy cow has a capacity for
a great amount of feed and unless this
feed Is provided she cannot do her
best.
Milk may bo tested for buttorfat at
different temperatures. It Is well to
have It between CO and 80 degrees
Fahrenheit.
It Is hard to see where those pigs
that aro growing up in a dry pen aro
going to make very much prollt for
their owner.
If a hog dies on the farm, no matter
from what cause, tako no chances, but
remove tho body a long distance from
the feeding lots and burn It.
Never use crates or boxes more
than once. Neat, clean boxes sell
first even though tho fruit may not
be up to the standard in evory way.
If you are careless or neglectful of
spraying and get poor results this sea
eon don't say that spraying doosn't
pay. It does pay and pays big Inter
est. It Is always safest to take no
chances with a bull, no matter how
good his reputation beforehand. It Is
so often the "gentle" animals that
cause accidents.
A great many fanners do not real
Izo that grass supplies a feed entirely
different from corn and that It Is a
bad practice to change entirely and
suddenly from one to the other.
Too many forget to speak kindly to
tholr horse, henco never have a kind
horse. Got tho affection of your
horse, and you havo taken a most
important step toward getting his best
services.
The grower who will sort his apples
Into two or more grades, packed well,
will get moro money for his fruit than
the one who throws all kinds together
In a barrel and places a layer of the
best ones on top
Tho best time to kill weeds of any
kind is when thoy nro small. Nover
let weods go to seed Stop tho foun
tain of the troublo by planting only
clenn soed. A good fanning mill will
solve tho problem of clean soed.
Tomatoes should bo canned In their
own Juices. The U S. department of
agrlculturo considers that tho addition
of water or of extra Juices Is nn adul
teration, nnd If It makes commercial
canneries observe this rule how much
moro ought It be observed In privato
canning where ono wants tho best for
family usa
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Milk tho cows cloan.
Evory farm needs a silo.
Glvo all farm animals puro water.
Stunted calves don't mako good
cows.
If you can ralso a good steer why
raise a poor ono?
Tho pig eating sow Is usually tho
result of bad foedlug.
Learn to handlo harncs fast, on ami
off, It saves so much time.
Tho world keeps finding now uses
for corn and corn products.
A roadside filled with tnll woods is
a groat harboring place for flics.
Handling and petting tho heifer cnlf
will mean a gentle cow after awhllo.
Get the old hens started for markot
as soon as they havo laid their litter
out.
Tho most eloquent friends tho silo
hns aro those men who havo fed
sllago
One good thing nbout tho Incuba
tor, it never leaves the nost hoforo the
job la done.
A little salt dally for the cows Is
better than the weekly salting on Sun
day morning.
The breeding boar should not only
be n good Individual, but be backed by
good ancestors.
Sunshine Is nature's best disinfects
ant and the pens and houses cannot'
have too much of It.
Clover Is an exceptionally good
cattle roughage, but at present prices
Its uso Is quite prohibitive.
Roosters of all breeds should bo
separated from hens when they molt.
It takes them longer than hens.
Pigs allowed to mako their beds on
manure piles soon become scuffy and
affected with a dry hacking cough.
It the heifer doesn't show up well
with her first cnlf and give promise of
being a profitable cow better get rid
of her.
There Is no question but what the
thin blanket keeps tho (lies off, but
however thin It may be it makes the
horse warm.
If one of your hogs gets a grudge
against another, put them In sep
arato pens. They will do better and
grow faster.
Removing stump3 certainly pays
They not only occupy space which is
valuable but they also cnuso all sorts
of troublo and inconvenience.
In bunching, alfalfa should be
handled by hand, as bunching with a
rako loses many of the leaves. Rain
is very Injurious to tho cut hay.
Provide shade and shelter for calves
Keep salt and fresh water before
them all the time. Dehorn before fly
time. Halter break every calf whllo
young.
There are two crops which cannot
as a rule bo grown In tho same par
ish, sheep nnd dogs. Sheep are most
profitable but dogs are the favorite
with too many farmers.
When one growth of alfalfa Is re
moved, another one comes on Im
mediately. But If tho first growth re
mains while tho second ono starts,
then tho second suffers.
When the pigs aro taken out of
tho pasturo this fall they should not be
turned suddenly Into the cornfields or
fed all tho new corn they can eat.
Mako tho change gradually.
When strawberries are through
fruiting, remove tho mulch and glvo
cultivation. If the plants have made
a rank growth, mow off tho tops of
the plnnts with tho mower.
It Is the very poorest sort of policy
to store potatoes Intended for seed In
a basement In which thero la a fur
nace as It usually results In a lower
ing of the vitality of tho seed.
To In any way skrlmp tho food of
a growing animal, chicken, pig, lamb,
calf or colt. Is to Invito sure loss. A
thrifty, growing young animal. If
kept thrifty and growing, Is always a
money maker.
Never lntroduco a now bird Into tho
regular yard until It has beon duly
quarantined. Keep It alone for a week
and note Its condition, nppetitc, etc.
Disease Is often Introduced Into n
Hock by carelessness In this mattor.
Tho capacity of the silo must bo
Judged according to tho numbor of
animals which wo havo In our herd
The diameter is tho principal thing
to watch, because of tho fact that In
feeding silage wo must food a certain
lnyer of that sllago off each day or It
will begin to spoil.
Tho fellow who thinks that tho
crossing of a beef animal on a dairy
animal or vlco versa will unlto tho
good qualities of both In tho offspring
does not think of tho chances of unit
ing tho poor qualities, Just thU thing
often happens, bo wo would ndvlBo at
all times against taking chances.
Stick to dairy typea,
CHARACTERISTICS OF
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A Profitable Bunch.
Ono of the first things l look for in
a steer bought for a feeder Is a looso,
pllablo, mellow skin, with a thick
cover of thrifty looking hair. If tho
other points of tho steer nro satis
factory, these indtcato nn animal that
can turn corn into good beef at a
relatively small cost.
In buying feeders In stock pens or
at auction sales, look for Uio short
neck, short legs, deep body and
straight back, says a writer In tho
Farm Progress. Of course, 1 do not
expect smoothness In a feeder steer,
but nolther do I want high thigh
bones and a general appearance of
coarseness.
Try to linaglno how tho steer will
look when fat and ready for tho mar
ket. If his neck is thin, will It become
thicker? If tho back Is thin. Is there
still thickness enough to carry tho
load of fat that you hope to put
there?
It dons not mattor much whether
tho feeder steer Is an animal In which
Angus or Galloway, Hereford or
Shorthorn blood predominates Tbey
aro all breeds In which tho same pur
pose has been kept In mind. They
aro all well lleshcd. early maturing
stock, with a capacity of turn
ing largo amounts of feed into good
red beef at a low cost.
When I buy a feeder steer I look for
an animal with a short, broad head,
largo muzzle, heavy, strong Jaw;
smooth, strong shouldors. and a wide,
deep chest, I want no disturbers In a
herd that I am feeding, so I keep
away from tho wild and quarrelsome
sort aB near as I can Of course, when
buying In car load or half car load
Hereford
TRAINING TREE FOR
ANY SHAPE DESIRED
Care Should Be Exercised to Keep
Top Open to Admit Rays
of Sun.
It Is much better to train a treo tho
shupo it is wanted than allow It to
grow wild, thon chop and saw It Into
tho desired shape, says tho Mirror
and Farmer.
If sprouts starting from the body
of tho treo or along the main branches
aro pinched when they nro three or
four Inches long they will ordinarily
form fruit spurs. Aim to get moro
fruit buds near tho body of tho tree
and along tho larger limbs Instead of
tho branches.
As color 1b an important factor,
caro should bo exercised to keep tho
top open so that tho rays of tho sun
can roach to every part at some por
tion of tho day. To accomplish this
It may bo well to do some pruning
when tho treo Is In full leaf; cutting
10 or oven 15 per cent of tho top
away when tho treo 1b In full leaf
will causo no serious Injury.
If the trees aro carefully looked
over nbout three times during tho
growing season, and tho ends of
those spots that are growing too long
aro pinched off, the tree mny bo kept
to tho desired shape. But where a
shoot has been overlooked It Is bet
ter to cut it out when found than
wait until winter. Negllgenco during
tho growing season ls about tho only
logical reason for scero winter prun
ing. Severo pruning whllo the tree Is In
a dormant state, stimulates moro
rapid and abundant wood growth,
about four-fifths of which will grow
whero it la not wanted, necessitating
yet more cutting tho following sea
son. Pinching the sumrder pruning
stimulates the production of fruit
buds, and tends toward hotter ma
turlty of both buds and fruit. Plnn
to grow an abundance of fruit spurs
well distributed over tho whole treo.
Eggs and Meat.
Eggs do not differ greatly In com
position from meat. Tho averago egg,
aa purchased, consists of about eloven
per cent, wasto material or shell. Tho
edible portion consists of about 74
por cent, water. 13 per cent, protein
or musclo-bulldlng material, 10 5 per
cent, fat, and 1 per cent, mlnoral matter
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IDEAL FEEDER STEER
lots you havo to tako tho disposition
for granted.
The chest should bo wldo, especially
at tho bottom, and tho body big
enough to give storago room to tho
corn and tho roughage that you aro
going to put In this machlno that It Is
to turn It Into beef. Tho moro nearly
tho feeder steer approaches tho gen
oral tpo of tho fat bref steer, the
more ho Is worth to the man who
buys and tho man who sells him.
For n good ninny years 1 have been
buying feeder steers shipped Into a
stock) ard. shipping them nbout
eight) miles nnd finishing them on
corn and roushago. Most of thorn are
western cattle. They are a Httlo slow
In starting to take on weight, but fat
ten very rapidly a Httlo later in their
feeding. It Is better to buy them by
carload lots, In order to save money
on tho ynrdago, tho commission nnd
tho freight. A carload of such steers
will run from eighteen to twenty-two
head
Tho change In tho steer during tho
finishing period Is remarkable.
Whero tho heavy muscles nro notice
able fat laycra will appear, giving
smoothness to form. Tho rump, tho
back, the neck and tho shoulder
points will broaden andxround out
Tho feeder steer is valuable to tho
man with ready money for his pur
chase, and tho feed necessary for his
llnlshing up Into n fat steer. If you
are nblo to turn him Into nn animal
that will yield a minimum of waste
and a maximum of carcass, you havo
an animal that will mnke the feeding
of corn that costs as high as SO cents
a bushol prolltnble.
Steers.
PROPER FEEDING OF
MOULTING CHICKENS
Hens Require Extra Amount of Cart
and Attention During
Period.
(By PROF. U 8WINEV.)
During moulting tho hens requlro an
extra amount of caro and In fact all
tho attention which can bo given
them. In too many instances moult
ing is considered Just a natural se
quence of poultry keeping. Tho fowls
at this ttmo are Just as bad as a child
cutting his tooth. It is not tho moro
fact of loBlng feathers or pushing a
tooth through as much as tho consti
tutional disturbance that is sot up.
Ono symptom of moulting Is lethargy.
Tho birds, Instead of bolng enrly riBorB,
inopo about on their porches and will
not venture out In search of food that
is so essential to them at this trying
period. Dainty food should bo pro
pared. Warm meal with a dash of
f.plco In It In tho morning and contin
ual chango.
In regard to grain: Corn, wheat,
barley, onts and mashed potatoes with
meal anything to tempt tho appotlto
-two or three rusty nails or a bit of
sulphur In tho drinking wator aro
great helps. In conllncd runs meat
must bo added, and, In fact, scraps of
meat may well bo glvon on nny run.
Two things are essential: (1) Thnt
fairly early each morning tho hen
house should bo cleared of belntcd
rlsors; (2) tho floor should bo swept
at tho same time, as a lot of vormln
como off with tho shed foathors. TIicbo
sweoplngs should ho taken right away
nnd not put on tho nearest manure
heap. Aftor moulting Is over glvo
morning mash of shorts and brnn In
a crumbly condition and feed plenty
of oats.
Benefits of Fall Plowing.
Fall plowing has many advantages.
Perhaps tho greatest one among them
nil Is tho fnct that It does a groat
ueal of helping to avoid tho usual
rush of spring work. In theso days
of labor scarcity, this moana n great
deal Fall plowing Is nlflo very of
Anient In conserving tho moisture sup
ply owing to tho creation of a mulch
at tho surfaco during the winter and
spring months. Tho practice of fall
plowing is not ndaptod to a section
whero tho soil blows badly, but thero
are really few such sections In the
middle west.
to m Miiaitt
SENATOR STEPHENSON,
among ub. We had some pretty rough
and hard inon In tho campB. nnd maybe wo did suffer for wnnt of a
preacher. In tho logging season wo had hundreds of mon, and my princliwl
Job was to keep our crows In good Dhapo. Tho saw and ttio axo mako trou
blo in tho woods, not only for troes. but for men, and I havo been called on
to bind and sow hundreds of wounds."
Mr. Stophenson says thnt a long llfo and n slmplo llfo go hand In hand.
"Aa a young man, I traveled across tho snow twenty odd miles a day, ho
said. "I swung a five-pound axo from dawn till dark. I slept In a blanket
In tho Bnow, nto crackers and r ;k and drank snow wator, and wob art
henlthy as a boar."
CASTRO MAY DESCEND UPON VENEZUELA
Information received In thlB country
by adherents of Clprlnno Castro, de
posed president of Vonezueln. not only
Indicate that ho Is In tho Cnnnry Is
lands, but thnt ho Is completing ar
rangements for nnothor descent upon
Venezuela. Thnt this project may
prove successful this tlmo, becauso of
tho open hostility to President Gomoz,
now dangerously approaching rovolu
tlo'h, Is considered to bo almost cer
tain by Venezuelans who havo mado
Now York city their headquarters for
several months.
It was not generally known that
Castro had left Germnny, whoro, five
woeks ngo, ho submitted to an opera
itlon Ho bpent several days In Berlin
'whllo recuperating nnd then disap
peared, . nplto tho efforts of agonts of Pros
lldont Gomez to locate tho Irrcpros
Islblo agitator, his whereabouts were
not discovered until a fow days ago,
.when his supporters In Now York, nil
of whom havo beon exiled by President Gomoz, received lottors from tho erst
whllo president revenlipg his purpose to roturu to South Ainorlca Incogulto at
tho oarllest opportunity.
According to Antonio Joso Snnchoz, for mnny years tho prlvnto secretary
,of Castro, and who Uvos in Ne;v York, Gen. A. Plmentol, who was minister
of flnanco under President Gomez, is en routo to that city to Join tho Vene
zuelan Junta now operating thero, not bo much In tho Interest of Cnstro, but
to ovorthrow President Gomoz, who, it is now declared, has dovelopod Into
a far moro dangerous dictator than Castro wns accused of bolng.
POPE PIUS X NINE YEARS A RULER
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nlno yenra would termlnato hla pontificate, a termination possible only with
his death.
Tho popo was deluged with telegrams congratulating him on having
survived tho supposedly fatal period. In honor of his nnnlversnry ho also
received a largo number of cardinals, Vatican ofllclnls and personal friends.
Y0SHIHIT0, NEW
Tho new emperor of Jaimn, tho
Mikado Yoflhlhlto, facoa a gigantic
task as ho steps Into the plnco made
vncunt by hla remarkable father, the
Emperor Mutsuhlto, who died recently
nftcr a prolonged Illness.
Yoshlhlto la tho third son of the d
ceased ruler and was proclaimed
crown prince In 138S. Ho Is n man of
strong character and enviable attain
ments In war and statecraft. Ho la an
officer In tho army and In tho navy
and has seen aovero service in both
bronchos Ho was married In 1900
and has threo children. With all tho
advantages of a modorn education and
In full accord with tho advanced ldoas
of tho late emperor, l'o should prove
a vorthy successor to his father, who,
though nn oriental, was ono of -die
truly great mon ' n0 nB- ',0 'B 'no
one hundred nnd twenty-second ruler
of Jnpan In his lino, which, according
to Jnpancso legend, Is desconded from
the godB
ftUUD.
The beuer in me aivme right of
excuoo for tho tyranny of tho rulers
There tho perou of tho mikado la he
WHO DEFIES AGE
Senator Iaaao Stophenson of Wla
cousin, tho oldest member of elthot
branch of congress, la stnndlng tho
scorching hot woathor of tho national
capital better than any of hla col
lcaguea. In Wisconsin Mr. Stephen
son la known aa "Undo Iko," but
among his sonato associates bo la
familiarly hailed as "Dr. Iko."
Although Mr. Stophenson makes no
pretentions to a knowledge of mcdl
clno aa laid down In the books, and
frequently admlta thnt ho la not
abreast of tho modern medical sci
ence, ho haa had a practical expert
enco which ho thinks flta him to glvo
advlco to tho ailing. Aa far back as
the early Oftlea, Mr. Stephenson waa
healing tho Blck. Ho waa thon In
chargo of varloua lumber campa In
tho Lake Superior region, of northern
Wloconsln.
"For fifteen yeara," said Mr.
Stophenson, "wo woro without a doc
tor, lawyer, or preacher. Wo did not
need a doctor, for I looked aftor the
sick, and aa for a lawyer wo got along
pretty woll, becauoo wo fought out
with our flats tho troubles that aroso
Shattering tho widely accepted be
lief, In which ho hlmsolf shared, that;
ho would not live to eclobrnto nine!
anniversaries of hla elovatlon to tho
Vatican throno, Popo Plua X comploM
od tho other day tho ninth year of hla
pontificate 1
Tho odd superstition that ho
would die boforo waa based on tho!
manner In which hla hollneaB entire,
life haa beon dlvldod Into nlne-year;
periods. Aa plain Gluscppo Sarto he,
waa ordained a prioBt In 18C8 andl
served na a curato for nine years.
Then followed hla promotion to tho
post of pariah priest, at Salzano.j
whoro ho remained for nine years1
more. Next came ntno years as chan
oollor of his dloceao, nine as Bishop
of Tantua and nlno as cardinal and
patriarch of Vonlco.
So firmly was ho convinced that
this division of his llfo would continue
to tho end that ho frequently exprosB
od to friends tho certainty ho felt that
JAPANESE EMPEROR
kings, which so long wns UBcd as ai
of Europe, la still prevalent In Japaa
Id aacrtd.
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