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NOTES fi?on MEADOWBftOOK Thzs TESTING HOGS FOR TUBERCULOSIS Cmoo. mm m xgZ V ! 4 s If - f v i tw ( , IT.' j n .r. ,V . 'if- I. " ... i 1 L U ,. C P Psr r K Aiir.n:44.v v .,' 7 iiiiam rui The cry Is for hogs. Uso only puro-brcd aires. Turn tho snoop In tbo orchard. Scrub cows appear In overy herd. Excessive sweating In a horse Indi cates weakness. A pasture arranged to Include a few shade trees Is 25 per cent, better. If tho potatoes are beginning to sprout In the ground, dig them at once. Exposure to dampness makes the wool harsh and brittle and the fiber weak. , The growth and feeding valuo of the soy bean Is quite like that of tho cowpea. Get a die and stamp your Initials on tho cream or milk cans. Paint will rub off In- time. If you want a lasting cement ubo melted alum. It hardens at once and water does not affect It. oat. The pigs will eat up slick and clean the corn and stalks of that field which Is soft and not fit to crib. Oil meal Is greatly relished by lambs, and helps greatly In obtaining a flno finish for the market. The work of lice is orton mistaken for disease. When a fowl seems to be ailing look for Hco first. The development of the young horse requires the exorcise of the best Judgment In handling him. Ono advantage in keeping feed al ways beforo poultry is that they do not have to hurry to got their meals. Fruit growing and poultry raising go well together. Anyone following either will do well to consider the other. - . Got a harness punch? It costB only a quarter and with a package of copper rivets breaks can be mended in a Jiffy. . The silo today furnishes the most economical, the safest and tho best means of storing tho corn crop for feeding purpose. Wheat bran I3 an excellent feed for dairy cows and calves, but at ?30 per ton or raoro, it is a little rich for most feeders. Although certain pessimists claim that tho dairy market will soon be overstocked, present prices give no in dication of the sign. As a result of the activities of tho reclamation bureau, 14,000 farms are now being watered nnd a million acres are being put in crops. Cabbage will sometimes euro slob ber In horses caused by eating white clover; but it is better to keep tho clover away from the horses. Try putting a pinch of copperas In tho watering trough once or twice a month. Better still, Bcrub out tho trough and spray thoroughly with a copperas solution. The Iowa experiment station has discovered that feeding mangles and sugar beets . to cowb 1b dangerous, and If continued for any considerable period will prove fatal. Will you fepd the hogs in the mud this winter, or build a feeding floor which may cost $10 or $100, accord ing to tho Bizo of your herd, but it will pay for Itself every time. Red raspberries do not thrive In the west as well as we could wish. They seem to like a moister, cooler cllmato better. Thoy are also more likely to winter-kill In the wost than the black Varieties. The best care for a well-developed enso of roup Is the ax. Better lose the Individual bird than endanger 'the entire flock. If wo nip the slight colds in the bud, wo need not fear tho ap pearanco of roup. Tho dairyman may have plenty of chores to do, but ho Is getting an In come every day In the year. He isn't like tho excIuBlvo grain raiser, a mil lionaire threo rnontha In tho yean and a pauper the rest of tho time. Although summer will soon be over there still remain 30 days in which summer heat will at times prevail. While this weather continues remem ber that tho hotter the water the cleaner tho milk things can be kept. lakM'ftl J- 1 fciiiiiii Keep after tho weeds. Prepare a plot for alfalfa. Prune grapo vines In tho fall. Keop all rofuso out of tho garden. Kindness beats gruffncBS in getting work out of horses. If you find an extra good pumpkin or squash be euro to savo tho seeds. Equal parts of corn and oats aro hard to exool as a grain feed for sheep, A pllo of coal ashes and salt will keep the hogs close to any spot whore It lies. Every farmer Bhould havo a small wheel seeder and a small wheel gar den hoe. Sheep are almost essential In main talnlng th'o fertility and cleanliness of the land. Selling all the hay and grain raised on the farm Is a sure method of sell ing tho farm. Ewes that aro broad and long will make good mothers and produce vig orous offspring. Creamery butter has an advantage over all tho othor kinds because of Its greater uniformity. The value of corn silage to tho beef producer Is not limited to Its use in winter feeding alone. To secure a good brood sow, an oven development Is required from pig brood to maturity. Do you return your saw and ham mer to any particular place when you are through with them 7 No land is so rich that its owner can afford to waste tho manure that Is made by his farm stock. It Is estimated that ten years of single cropping will wear out any but the very richest of boII. The development of tho young horse requires the exercise of tho best Judgment in handling him. Water thoroughly when the soil Is dry to touch, but never "Bprlnkle" roses when they need watering. CropB must.be gathered in proper condition and sent to the market freBh and clean. Caroful grading 1b essential. This Is the month when most of tho fllos In the corn belt aro filled. It costs money to do this now, but next winter the dividends will surely bo collected It Is generally conceded that the best time to sell chickens is from the first of January to tho first of .November. The bright eye, red" comb, smooth, bright, well-kept plumage, activity and a keen appetite. Indicate tho healthy fowl. Good sheep require good care to maintain their excellenco. Poor sheep aro always a burden upon the rest of tho flock. Toss those aggravating rocks from the wagon track before tho freeze-up or you may Just count on Jolting over them all winter long. Alfalfa growers of Kansas consider the best antidote for grasshoppers to bo a turkoy or two to the acre to range over their alfalfa fields. Tho pig is merely a meat-producing machine, and tho moro he Is fed with good Judgment, of course L tho moro meat ho will turn over. Tho man with a clear conscience and patches on his trousers gets more out of this world than the man who goes beyond his means to be fashion able. Rats are an enemy to squabs. Tho pigeon loft should bo made proof against them. Rid the premises of them by the aid of traps as fast as possible Select a breed and stick to it. Con siderable time Is required to build up a good flock and nothing is made by continual changing. Always keep pure blooded stock. Tho time to lay In plenty of winter feed is when you can got It ThiB month Is the one to cut corn and whils you are cutting, cut enough so you will then be likely to have about enough. To Insure tho highest per cent, of fertility" In tho eggs, stock ducks need bathing water, but this does not necessarily mean that they must havo a stream or lako on which to disport themselves. There has been much complaint re cently of the largo perccntago ot spoiled cggB to tho case. Some of this trouble, It Is declared, Is duo to the storage of eggs near onions, oils or other things with pronounced odors. The feed now In slgut will givo you a pretty good Idea as to how much stock you can carry over winter. It Is the best policy to have a little too much feed than to bo a little short; It means all the difference between thin stock and those in good conditio. Tuberculin Test for Hogs, Intradermal Method, Showing Enlargement at Seat of Inoculation Due to Positive Reaction (Dy JOHN Jt. MOHLTCIt.) Tuberculosis in tho numan family has been lessoning materially during the past 15 years, but reports from tho various meat-packing centers ot tho country fall to show tho same encouraging condition regarding tu berculosis In hogs during tho snme spaco of time. It must bo admitted that reports have como from sovoral localities during the past four years showing a decroaso in tho number ot tuberculosis swlno sent to market, but a review of tho collective records ol tho country at largo shows an In crease rather than n decrease In tho number of swlno affected by this dis ease. Tho small amount of money re quired to begin hog raising and tho quick returns on tho capital invested make this industry an attractivo ono to tho small fanner. The hog will make a pound of gain on loss feod than most live stock, and will prob ably utilize wasto food products of every variety If properly prepared for him. As tuberculosis In this species Is chiefly acquired by indigestion, tho significance of tho latter statement is obvious. Tho vitality of hogs or their powers ot resistance to disease are necessari ly loworcd by the unnatural condi tions which frequently obtain In hog raising, namely, the forced feeding for fattonlne and tho small feeding pens In voguo In certain districts. When the enormous growth of a hog Is con sidered, when It Is realized that In tho short spaco of 8 or 10 months its development Is frequently 250 to 300 pounds a proportionate Increase of IMPROVING PIG CROP BY JUDICIOUS FEEDS More Attention Given by Farmers to Rations and Care in Or der to Secure Profit. By R. Q. WEATIIEItSTONE.) Mnny farmers havo started out this year with tho Intention of doing better by their crop of pigs than thoy havo in the past. By doing bettor, I mean giving closer attention to tho feed problem, nnd tho caro problem, bo that the pigs when mature will have made a favorable growth at a low cost, and at the same time havo de veloped strong frames, especially in the caBo of those pigs which aro In tended to bo kept for breeding pur poses. it will be well for every man who desires to bring his pigs through tho season in good form and condition to calculato to supply somo of thoso foods which are known to havo a favorable Influence on tho develop ment of tho framework of tho pig. It 1b needless, to say that corn alone will not servo tho purpose While It is truo that corn in conjunction with good pasturo makes a diet for tho growing pigs which can hardly bo improved on, It also often happens that tho paBturo contains little to attract the pigs. In thut caso thoy aro sure to Ho around tho yards and stuff themselves with grain In preference to seeking tho grass and exerclso In conjunction, which Is so essontlal to the health and thrift ot the animal. The best bone building foods aro those rich in protein and mineral mat ter. Skim milk perhaps stands at tho hoad of the list, and It will pay to lay In some tankage, shorts and pos sibly some bone meal as well as some pure mlnernl matter. It cannot bo expected, however, that the feeding of foods bearing large nmouutB of protoln and mineral mat ter, such as have been mentioned, will chango tho conformation ot any part of the skeleton or, for examplo, make a pig stand straight. This Improvement will havo to bo mado through selection, using no malo or femalo that Is faulty. It might, too, bo urged that If care ful selection were practiced it would be unnecessary to consider the diet, slnco strong boned breeding stock would naturally impress theso good points on their progeny. On tho contrary, It may be said that men have been trying for years to breed poor hogs out of their herds without giving attention to a balanced ration problem, and thoy aro practi cally where thoy started. Wo generally find that when men feed little or no grain and do not caro to hasten tho growth of their pigs, the quality of tho bone Is gen erally very satisfactory. weight unknown to any other species of domestic animals tho great meta bolic changes which must necessarily occur can bo appreciated. Such rapid development Is very likely to take placo at tho exponso of tho dlseaso resisting powers of tho animal. When tuberculosis results, the le sions usually obsorved aro discrete and of a chronic typo, nt limes retro gressive and at other tlmeB slowly pro gressive, as manifested by calcaerous deposits and fibrous encapsulation. It Is not infroquont, however, that a moro extensive nnd spreading disease la seen, and tho lesions indicate a so vero lnfoctlon and rapid generalization of tho bacilli, which In theso animals may quickly follow the Initial attack. And whether the dlscnso assumes nn acute, sub-acute, or chronic typo, tu berculous growths may soon bo found attacking lymph glands In widely sep arated parts of the body. The Intradermal method of t6stlng hogs for tuberculosis has given ex cellent roBilts. Two drops of tuber culin prepared by evaporating away two-thirds of tho volume of the tuber culin previously prepared for the sub-cutaneous tuberculin testing ot cattlo, Is injected into tho dermal layer of tho skin near tho baso ot ono of tho eara ot tho hog. If tho animal Is not affected, no chango In tho appearance ot tho ear will result, but a I'osltlvo reaction wijl at tho end of 48 hours causo a swelling near tho Boat of their injection. This edematous enlargement may remain visible for 10 to 12 days after tho Injection In caso the animal Is affected with tuberculosis. MAINE HEN HOUSE IS ADVANTAGEOUS Feature of Structure Is Closet Form for Protection in Cold Weather. In tho curtain-front typo of poultry house used at tho Maine experiment station a featuro of tho original plan on which considerable stress was laid was the canvas curtain front of tho roosts. ThlB curtain, together with tho back wall of tho house and the dropping board under the roost, formed n closet In which tho blrdB were Bhut up at night, during cold weather. Whon tho curtain-front house was first devised, It was thought os Bentlal to provide such a closet to conserve tho body heat of tho birds during the cold nights when the tem perature might bo well below zoro. Experience has shown, however, that this was n mistake. Actunl test showB that tho roosting closet Is of no ad vantage, even in such a sovero cllmato as that ot Orono. On the contrary, the birds certain ly thrlvo hotter without tho roost cur tain than with It. It has been a gen oral observation among users of tho curtain-front typo of house that when tho roost curtains are used the birds are particularly susceptible to colds. It 1b not hard to understand why this should bo so. Tho air In tho rooatlnc ,closet when it 1b opened In the morn ing is piainiy Dad. Tho fact that It la warm In no way offsets physiological ly the ovlls of Its lack of oxygen and oxcoss of carbon dioxide, ammonlacal vapors, and other exhalations from tho bodies of tho birds. For somo time past It has been felt that tho rooBtlng closet wns at least unnecessary, if not In fact a posltlvo evil. Consequently tho tlmo of begin ning to close the roost curtain In tho fall has been each year longer de layed. Finally, in tho fall of J910, It was decided not to uso those curtnlns at all during tho winter. Consequent ly they woro taken out of the house, or spiked to tho roof, as the case might be. The winter of 1910-11 was a sovero ono. On several occasions tho temperature dropped to 30 do grooB below zoro. During tho wlntor the mortality was exceptionally low, and tho egg production exceptionally high. In view ot this experience tho sta tion has decided to discontinue the uso of tho roost curtain. It would seem to be generally undcslrnblo, or at least unnecessary. Cherrleo Stand Age Well. Tho fourth year nfter a cherry orch ard Is planted it will begin to bear, and by tho tlmo tho orchard is ten to twelve yoara old it is safo to cay wo can pick from threo to four crates ol cherries off each tree. For the next ton or twelve years thoy are equal to a gold mine. HANDY CHICKEN FEED TROUGH Where One Thinks Hopper Best to Keep Before Fowl All Time Qood Plan le Given. One of tho greatest needs In a hen houso Is a dry, clean trough for feed laa shell, grit, bran or the dry ration. Tho man who. has a celled house can try my method and I'll guarantee ho will llko It, writes Mrs. M. L. Dean In the Northwest Farmstead. Cut Trough for Chickens. through tho celling board between the studding nnd tnko out tho board. Put two small hlngCB on It, replace, nnd fix a button to hold It in place. Next cut a silt about two Inches wldo and nearly to tho studding on both Bides, about a foot nbovo tho floor. Insert a trough running back, and slanting to the outsldo clapboards. Allow tho front edgo ot the trough to como a lit tlo above tho opening in tho wall so tho feed will not overrun. With a coal scuttlo tho trough may bo easily filled, and tbo hens cannot waste, or get on top of tho trough nnd foul it. I havo threo In my houso for grit, shell and bran, during tho wlntor. Whcro ono feeds grains and thinks It best to keep a hopper beforo the fowls all tho time, this plan will be liked, ob It takes up no room what ever. If one's houso is not celled the boxes may bo put on tho outsldo of tho troughs running through. Tho tops of tho boxes should slant so tho rain will run off. These, of course, will hnvo to bo filled from the outside With this plant tho feed drops down as fast as tho hens remove it from tho troughs. INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS EXCEL Sometlmee Called Egg Machines and AIo Afford Additional Value by Their Feathers. Although tho Indian Runners art sometimes called egg machines, wo find thoy aro of additional value for feathers, by picking them at moulting time, thus saving tho feathers; and also preventing-thorn from being scat tered over their lots or run, says a writer In an exchange. Whllo thoy aro great foragers In search of food, thoy never fall to re turn homo at night. s Taking everything Into considera tion, thero 1b certainly no other fowl Indian Runner Ducks. that affordB greater profit for the tlmo and expeuso roqulrcd than the Indian Runner duck; and they are not nlono an all-round practical fowl, but ornamental as well. Their alert, lively nature, their gracoful form; beautiful colors and interesting habits appeal to tho artistic senso ot overy ono. Tho work alono in raising them It very Interesting, becauEo It Is easy, clean and honorablo, and, abovo all, there is big profits In it, which is the greatest lnccntlvo to all business. SOME SYSTEM IS NECESSARY Poultrymen Should Keep Books, Same as In Any Other Line of Business It Stops Leake. Poultry keeping is a business Land should bo conducted along business lines. Some system ot accounting is necessary. Tho poul tryman should keep records of all tho income and expenses of his busi ness in order to know whether It is a paying proposition or not. If It does not pay ho should know it and cither stop tho leak or go out of business. An olaborate system of bookkeeping Is not necessary. If tho poultryman wishes to avoid keeping full uccounts ho can at IcaBt keep rv cash account. This does not express tbo exact finan cial condition of tho business, but Is an excellent help so far as It goes. Raising Chickens, Dy all means ralso chickens. Two hundrou or 300 with plenty of range can bo raised to advantago at very small expense because anything need ed for feed can be rafsed on tho farm. Corn and wheat make a lino chicken feed and for winter cabbago will udd to the valuo of tho ration. . t ,1. tl! - WltPUR P.MESEUT MAUD MULLEP CWCE MOPE Maud Muller on a windy day Went blithely strolling down the way. Her hat wna a two-bushel olio And covered lirr below tho eyes. Bho woro a scarf of splendid fur That wildly wrapped tho form ot her. nut, O, the forward minx and pert! She woro a brand new harem skirt. Tho wind It whooped, the wind It roared, liut Maud walked on la manner bored. About cachankle cllm and trim Tho harem things clung tight and ktIip. And strong men wopt and bared the eyo To catch the specks of dust that fly, Policemen shuddered on their beats And horses pell-melled up tho streets. Tho judge camo walking through tho town And viewed Miss Muller with a frown. Then to tho courthouse straight be stalked And to his bench ho swiftly walked. Ho rapped for order In tho placo And viewed tho room with Iron fuco. He sent for Maud's poor pa and ma And to them both laid down tho law. "fluch harcm-scnreni Barb," bo said, "Should not be scon, nor beard, nor read, "Take Maudla homo und spank her well That skirt unto tho ragman sell." t "-n 1 O. blither than a tra-la-leo Wero his words: "Such things can not ' be." ' Tho harem skirt now drapes a Turk. Who jsolls rugs as his dally work. How It Happened. "nut, Rill," says Shakespearo'a friend. "111 bo bodklnod If I Beo the senso In that song Ophelia sings, not why you put tho song In thero foi hor anyhow." "When you've been In tho show game na long us I have," replies Shakespoaro, still a bit excited ovoi tho first porformnnco of "Hamlot," "you'll know that when tho produce wantB a song in a scene, tho Bonn goes in. Resides, this girl that's play, lng Ophelia wns a hit In musical com edy, and tho mnnnger argued that the public expected to hear her sing, somowhero In tho piece. Let's go ou over to tho Mormnld and buy drinks for tho critics." , t Expressing It Politely. "And so," snld tho member of tho Investigating committee, "you nro the gentleman In charge of tho rogues' gallery?" "Yes, Blr," answered tho pollco lieu tenant, "wo are tho commlttco on weighs and miens." Tho subtlo connection of tho. man agement of tho Institution wlt,fi tho methods of congress raised dark sus picions In tho minds of tho commit too. Consistent. "Mrs. Prcsyselelgh is tho most pe culiar woman I ever know for insist ing upon conforming to tho proper fit ness of things," said tho observant in dividual, "She's a stickler for consistency, la she?" asked tho other part of tho con versation. "Yes, Indecdj. Why, she has rhou mntlsm In her arm, but sho alwnya spanks her children with a palm leal fan." Fame's Candor. Famo gracefully fits a wreath upon tho man's brow. "At last!" slgha tho horo. "A laurel wreath for mo!" "It will seem bo for awhllo," Famo Informs him, "but lator on you will discover that It Is twined ot lemon leaves." Great Prospects. "Cunnel," said tho first South Care llnan, "Tho president nssuahs us that an era of great prosperity 1b oponing foh tho South." "Yes, suh," agreed tho colonel. "I undahstnn' that ho thinks of appoint) In' each of us to an office." 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