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Shrep dcscrvo good care.
, Asparagus Is n hardy plant.
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Pnlons stand considerable cold.
A kerosene balh for roosts' is urged,
The dairy cow. Bhould essentially be
largo and rich mllkor.
There Is moro or less risk in feeding
ordinary silage to lamba or sheep.
It is a well-known fact that nlfnlfa
doaB not do well upon nn lmporvloufl
subsoil. ""
In feeding dairy, cowb glvo them all
they will clean up at each food but
no more.
Range-bred lambs are far superior
to natlvo-bred lambs for breeding
purposes. ,
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Goslings must be kept out of damp
ness and fed only grass, water and
coarse sand.
Don't fail to divide the buttermilk
between biddy and the pigs. She rel
ishes it as much as they.
The grape root worm has commit
ted extensive depredations among tho
vineyards of Pennsylvania.
A toothbrush and a Httlo naphtha
will clean your volvet coat collars and
make them look new again.
Select one dairy breed and stick to
it. Don't mix up the breeds or you
will spoil tho salo of your stock.
AH fowls, chicks, ducks and duck
lings that are kept in yards should
have plenty of green feed eyory day.
If tho frost kills tho vines of tho
hwect poatoca cut them off as soon ns
possible or the potatoes mny turn
black.
Tho spring colt should bo pretty
well broken by this time; if not, this
Is a good month to get acquainted
with him.
Clean the stock tank, and keep it
freo from moss. ' Then 1111 it with
fresh cool water. The stock will ap
preciate it.
, Tho manager of the dairy farm
must supply tho brain. Tho success
of the undertaking will depend large
ly upon him.
Early Six Weeks Is n good potato
for a Bhort time, but it soon loses
quality. A few rows in tho garden
come in handy.
Let tho cows sleep out in the
pastures until tho very chilly nights
come on. Bettor for them than to
Ho in a stuffy barn.
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If pastures are falling feed a little
fodder each day to tho stock. It
makes them more contented and less
Inclined to try the fences.
Farmers and feeders will this year
welcome full corn cribs. It is risky
business at best -making meat on 75
cont corn and wo will nil welcome
cheaper grain.
Farm orchards seem smaller and
worse neglected than they were ten
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years ago. Perhaps tho reason lleST"
in the fact that small lots of
fruit
hardly over sell profitably.
If the sheep are compelled to dig in
short pastures for thelr-livlng thoy
will eat tho roots of the grass. Rot
ter divide the pasturo and feed ono
part while tho other la catching up.
Tho number of silos in Kansas ha3
nearly if not quite doubled in thelast
year. If they were not profitable do
you think they would bo built? Wc
nro not working for tho fun of It nny
longer.
After tho pigs havo been put Into
the fnttonlng pen in tho fall thoy
should be fed all that they will eat
with n rollsh, for, as a rule, tho
shorter tho fattening period tho
larger the proflts.
A duckling does not know how to
get out of danger. Instead It will
become panic stricken nnd romaln
easy prey for tho enemy. On tho
contrary a chicken is always on tho
alort, Bcamporlng oft to some hiding
plnco the moment It hears somo
strange nolso.
Never fasten Tenclng wlro directly
to growing trees. If you do, in n fow
years tho wire will have become Im
bedded In tho tree and do it permnnont
injury. When you wish to uso a tree
for this purpose, spike a strip of Bound
board securely to tho treo and fasten
tho wire to that. In tlilB way very
little injury will bo dono to tho treo.
Hogs return quick profits.
Frcr.hon up tho poultry runs.
Tho separator is a holpful factor.
Agrlcultuinl fairs uro of nnioli value,
Tho first and groatest law of .bread'
ing is "llko begets like."
A sheop that la in good condition In
tho fall is half wintered. v
Tankage is ono of tho vory bost
commercial feeds in fattening hogs
SUnge and nlfalfa combined mako
tho foundation of tho best dairy ra
tion. Ducks aro vory fond of dnndollons
chopped and"""' mixed with ground
grain.
Cattlo should havo access to water
lit all times when pralrlo pasturo Is
getting dry.
"Too llttlo phospor'ous is tho
causo of many of tho low yields on
corn belt soils.
Have tho .ropes and straps good
and stout when you begin to halter
break tho colt.
There seems to be n good deal oi
prejudlco against millet because it
exhausts tho soil.
Skimp your sheep on good pasture
and they will skimp you on mutton.
Works both ways.
Tho value of corn sllago.to the beef
producorjB not limited to its use In
winter feeding alone.
Keep tho laying hens working. To
do this feed them at daybreak and
just beforo sundown.
Walt until cool wenther has ,abso
lutely put tho last fly out of business
before dehorning the cattle.
Instead of using nn old wooden
watering tnnk mako one of cement
that will never decay or leak. ,
The longer the calf is allowed to
suck the cow tho harder It will be to
mako it dMnk from a bucket.
Aftar flaii vork clean tho work
horses moroughly, WTTsh their legs
from tho knees down and rub dry.
Raise horses for big money, cattlo
for suro money nnd hog3 for quick
money, is an old saying, and a good
one.
A year' ago there waB more stock
than there was feed. Now there la
feed for more stock than can bo
found.
In building a wlro fonce for hogs
put one barbed wire at the bottom,
and tho worst rooter in the pasture
won't root out.
Don't be afraid to apply nlr-slaked
llmo to tho cabbages with a blow gun.
It will destroy tho worms on tho head
of the cabbage.
Young fruit trees that were plantod
in the autumn of last year, or in tho
spring of this year, should bo ex
amined carefully.
Tho garden aero should bo tho best
on tho farm. Dest prepared, bost fer
tilized and best cared for. Then it
will glvo the best returns.
While tho orchard la coming Into
bearing try vegetable growing as a
side line. This makes ono of tho sur
est and best sources of income.
Chopped roots, fed nlong with tho
grain, will mako a valuablo addition
to tho ration, especially If winter
graztngor silage is not nt hand.
Keeping any machlno well oiled
and In proper repair not only in
creases efficiency, but decreases tho
amount of power required to run tho
machlno.
Do not allow tho cows to dry up
during the latter part of tho slimmer,
ns this necessitates keeping Ihom
through tho winter, giving a smallor
flow of milk than thoy should.
Lnnd plaster has a very small per
centage of llmo; lump llmo has tho
largest percentage, and hydrated llmo
noxt. Marl Is usually a llttlo richer
In llmo than ground llmo stone.
For tho last six months the hog
feedor has but llttlo moro than brok
en even. If wo nro to Judge tho fu
ture by tho past there Is a tlmo com
ing soon when tho hog feedor will
mako good money.
Tho peunut Is becoming moro Im
portant ns a feed for stock, especial
ly In the southern Btates. Tho vines
with tho nuts attached nro often
cured, and they mako a palatable
hay for all kinds of farm stock.
Tho fruit farmer can always find'
something to do, oithor In tho orchard1
or around tho buildlflgs. Thin bust-'
ness, llko any othor, is ruined by too
much loafing. Keep tho loose ends
well In hand for tho best results.
The groat bulk of tho oat crop of
tho world la produced within the
north temperate zono Including tho
countrlos of Russia, Germany, Norway
and Sweden, Canada, and tho north
ern part of the United States. Russia
produces moro outs than any othor
country.
PROPER ATTENTION TO BREEDING EWE
DURING AUTUMN SEASON IS DESIRABLE
Extra Labor and Care at This Time Will be Repaid Many Timc3
Over at Lambing Time Rape Makes One of Most
Excellent Feeds for Flock.
(By HUM till MKNDKIISON.)
A flock of owes Just weaning lambs
and in thin llcslrat tho time of con
ception arc apt to bo vory poor sub
jects for maternity In tho Bprlng. No
matter hov well tho owo may bo ted
Just previous to thu tlmo of lambing,
eho will not bo In her best condition
to nourish her offspring unless sho Is
In fair condition nt tho tlmo of mat
ing. Tho reason Is at onco apparent. If
a ewo la thin when sho Is bred tho
burden of growing tho young Is too
much of a strain upon her to allow of
hor gaining much flesh. This brings
us to what Is known na "flushing"
among old shepherds.
Flushing may bo deilned na putting
tho owo upon highly succulent and
nutritious feeds Just provlous to mat
ing. I havo said beforo that It was neces
sary to havo tho owe In good flesh at
the mating season. This Is Just tho
object of flushing.
It hns been found by nil practical
shophcrds that a pint of grain In
Soptomber Is worth a quart at lamb
ing time. Tho reason is that the owo
fed grain In the fall has very llttlu
burden to bonr in- tho shapo of tho
growing young, while In tho caso of
tho owo heavy with Iamb" all tho food
caton goes moBtly to nourish the
foetus. It will bo Inferred that If
grain will mako tho difference In tho
;w- . t$? v. -arcs
Flock of Hampshire Downs on an English Farm.
condition of tho owo, grass will do
tho same thing and this (b Just what
happens. Tho ewo that has plenty of
good nutritious grasses in tho fall Is
almost suro to como to lambing tlmo
In good heart and raise a good, lusty
lamb, while tho reverso Is true of tho
ewo that is not given a good chance
Flushing Is especially desirable In
largo flocks whore It la desirable to
havo tho ewoa all lamb at noarly tho
same tlmo.
With many flockmnstora It Is con
sidered deslrablo to havo tho ewea
bred as early as possible so as to
have tho lambs ready for the early
and therefore best market.
It has been found that by flushing
tho ewes thoy may bo mado to breed
earlier than thoy would otherwise, and
most of them will lamb In a compar
atively abort period.
It la well known that owes come In
heat with the coming of cool weather,
and It is probably tiuo that tho fresh,
palatablo grass, by cooling tho sys
tem and Invigorating tho owe by a
fresh flow of blood, Infuaos Into lnr
PREVENTING DISEASE
IS MOST DESIRED
Many Farmers Realize That
When Hogs Are Taken Sick
the Case Demands Quick
Action.
It Is of tho greatost importance In
tho care of the swino that tho" owner
should always havo in vlow thn pre
vention of disease rathor than tho
cure. Hogs aro subject to but few
diseases, and tbeso aro malignant,
epidemic or contagious of th wt
serious typo. It la vory difficult to
glvo niedicino to a sick hog, and this,
combined with tho rapid course of tho
dlseaso which affects them, makes tho
treatment of dlseaso very unsatisfac
tory in BQvero casos of hog cholera,
pneumonia, etc.
Tho average stockman calls every
disease hog cholera whioh affects his
hogs. A well-known professor of Cor
nell gives fifteen dlfforent diseases
that aro generally called hog cholera.
Many of theso diseases nre very seri
ous, and run their course so rapidly
that sometimes n fow days neglect
cuusea tho loss of xjoarly an enUro
herd of hogs. This explains whj onu
farmer will tako a romody and euro
his hogfl, when perhnps his nearby
neighbor will take It and not obtain
such good results. In nine cases out
of ton it will depend on whether tho
farmer Is careful and systematic In
following tho directions not alono In
giving tho treatment, but also In
new vigor which puts hor In much thej
same condition (hat sho Is In tho ad-'
vent of cool weather. .
Whether this Is tho reason or not
rdous not matter to tho farmer It ho
knows whether this or somo other
reason npplles, ho gota tho rosultsJ
looked for, which la of vastly more
Importance.
Oftentimes tho means noarcBt ntj
hand aro tho best and this Is truo In,
our particular casor Tho meadow 1
always nt hind nnd could easily In
used for fnll feed for tho owes. Th
nfturmnth that springs up In llio tal
makes good growth and furnlahoa a
ery nutritious and highly palatable,
food.- If thero Is somo clover In It sq
much tho hotter, nB thero Is no food)
better for Bhoop.
Rape mnkcB n vory excollont food
and I am very partial to It. A BtualU
patch of rapo sown In tho summer
by this tlmo la largo enough to mako,
a lot of good feed. Another way is toj
sow rapo in tho corn at tho last cultls
witlon and turn tho sheep In tho corn.,
It n fow sheep aro turned Into a lotj
of rnpo and corn they may bo nllow4
cd to run thero for boiuo tlmo boforcj
they will In any way damago the!
corn.
Then, loo, this furnishes flno feed,
for tho lambs nftor tho owes aro tak
en out. They may bo allowed to ruii
hero nil fnll nnd will live on tho rnpei
and lower blades of corn, and If tho!
corn is not down too much thoy will
not bother tho oar.
Where It Is Intended to mako rapo
and com servo this doublo purposo oi
pasturing tho owoa nnd tho weanod
lamba It la well to plant a lot o
pumpkins for feed for tho lambs latoit
in tho fall. Thoy will do their own
gathorlng and thoy" aro tho best pos
siblo vermifuges.
However well your fall pasturo Ib IS
la always well to remember that a lltt
tlo grain will not como nmlss, and I
bcllovQ It would pay every sheop own
er to feed a half pound of oatB to hia
sheep overy day during tho fnll ami
winter, even though thoy aro on lux
urlant pasture.
Thero aro many other- ways of car
ing for tho oWes than tho ohqb mem
tloncd. The only point of groat Inii
portanco la to glvo good, green food
and lotB of It. Vlini.tho kind of food
will be, every farmer; can best decldn
for hlmffelf. but this much la certain1.'
All extra labor with tho owo flock at
mating season will bo ropald many
ttmos ovor at the lambing poriod.
using disinfectants nnd tho gcnoin!
care,
Many fnrmoni realize that when
hogs nro takon sick tho caso demands
immodlato attention If thoy expect to
tavo any of their hogs. Somo farm-
era aro very careless and wait till
tho dlseaso Is well started, nnd ovon
then do not protend to rollow direc
tions Jt Is surprising that theso,
cnrelcsH farmers aavo any of their
hogs nftor disease starts. v
All theso facts simply go to provo
that tho Bonslblo way Is to handlo
your hogB In such a way no to pro
v.ont dlsenBO. Hulld up nnd Improve;
tho constitutional strongth. This Is
what will save you great loss from,
hog cholora. When your hogs aro
blok with tho Vorst kind of hoir chol-
era wo do not bollovo anything will
help them, and tho safor way in such
casoa Is to tako an ax and "kill thorn
nt onco, and then burn tho remains.
This 1b for tho mallgnnnt form of hog;
cholera. In a majority of casca thoy
do not havo this vory fatal form," and!
thoy can bo cured with tho propor
troatment.
Sets Strawberries Late.
I have had good success sotting
strawberry plants In tho fnll If thoy!
nro sot Into enough and somo miser
ablo fntluros from setting thorn In
August or tho early part of Septem
ber. I think If tho plants nro loft
growing until their crowns aro well
formed nnd then sot out nB lato us
November 1, I havo galnod something,
says n wrltor In an nxchnngo. Unlosa
I hnd tlmo to sot thorn vory oncly In
the spring I would ixwi. to late fall'
setting. t
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MISSOURI CURE FOR GAPES
Disease Most Prevalent In Damp
Weather, Caused by Worm In
Chlck'a Windpipe.
(By MRS. JOHN J. MOOHC. iMIssollll.)
At most common disease among
chickens and ono whioh causes great
loss in the summer la gapes. This
diflense, which Is most provalcnt in
cool, damp weather, Is caused by
worms, which get in tho young chick's
windpipe, causing It to gasp for breath
and if not dislodged, shutting off Its
Biipply of nlr.
Sometimes tho worm can bo twisted
out with A horsehair, but this is a
severe remedy nnd other worms may
tclco its placo.
Tho following Is a preventative and
will check tho trouble at once:
Obtain tho leaves of tho common
woodworm, sometimes called Jerusa
lem oak, a plant which grown wild In
most pl&cco, having an erect shrub
bery stem nnd Bmall, yellowish How
ors. Its leaves when crushed havo
an unpleasant odor and aro used in
tho mnnufacturo of vermifuge and to
protect clothing and furnlturo from
mothfl and other insects.
Mash tho leaves and mix In a small
quantity with tho chicken's foed or
put in tho drinking fountains. '
Or, after tho occdn havo ripened
they may bo used distend of tho
leaves and a quantity gathered for
future ubc.
SIMPLE FEEDER FOR POULTRY
Automatic Device, Shown In Illustra
tion, as Practical ns More Ex
pensive Contrivances.
An automatic feeder for poultry, Blm
plo in design, yet apparently as prac
tical as similar dovlccs of more com
plicated nnd expensive design, in
shown In the Illustration. Tho feeder,
which is hung from any convenient
Bupport, comprises a grain coutnlnor
provided with a dlochargo opening at
Automatlo Feeder.
tho bottom; a scoop pivoted under
neath tho opening, nnd a pendulum
llko nrrangement with a ball nt ita
ond. Tho chickens peck at thin ball,
thus causing tho pendulum to BWing,
which tills tho scoop nnd allows a
certain amount of grain to fall to tho
ground.
Scratching Beds.
If it la possible, do not keep laying
hens or ralso young chlclcu without
this vory necessary article, oven on
tho farm. Placo your coops for tho
llttlo ones near somo shady place and
thero scatter coarso strawy manuro
about threo inches deep, then koop it
moist at the bottom, if there la no
rain, and watch tho llttlo fellows go
down after tho angleworms that
flourish at the bottom, and you will
aco your chicks flourish also. The
currant brush la a good placo.
ULMNOID
Ono of tho beBt wnya to start is to
get clx hens, and grow.
To successfully prescrvo ogga, per
fectly fresh ones must bo selected.
Remember that it In the proflt per
hen that counts, not tho proflt per
flock.
Milk is nn excellent food for grow
ing chicks and, in fact, for any class
of fowls.
It does not require much hard work
to keep a flock in good condition In
tho summer.
Tho simplest form of Intestinal dis
order to wlilchclilckens aro subject is
ordinary diarrhea.
Dotter that tho chicks roost In tho
trees than that thoy be confined In a
vermin-ridden building.
There can bo no question that a lot
of fowls die yearly from no othor
causa than a lack of food.
Tho reputation of giving a squaro
deal to overy customer la as necessary
uh that of breeding birds of good qual
ity. Sklm-mllk is not a dear commodity
In tho poultry yard when its bona
flclnl effects upon tho stock nro con
ildorcd. Body llco will worry a flock to
death, or so nearly so na to destroy
Use usefulness. These 'can ba killed,
but not easily. n
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UNSU?PECTING
Somewhere ho Uvea perhaps across tho
, Btroct
And knows not how to- him npproaches
fata On patient, unrelenting Btcndy feet
That have tho pneo to And lilm soon or
Into.
Somcwhcrp hn l-ll may bo you or mol
(ut doubtlosa fnto will not bo so un
kind, And neither you nor T that day nliall bo
The unsuspecting man whom fnto will
flntl).
Somewhere this innn boos to hla dally
work,
IIo keeps Ida llttlo round of honra and
tnskn,
Undreaming what tho future's tog and
mirk
With cryptic, mystlo stlonco this day
mask.
IIo llttlo knows what In for him In store;
Today ho mnyhnp smiles or limns a
sonff
Dr lounges Idly In somo friendly door
And nods to nil tho friends who pai
nlong,
And still tho linger points unto lilm now,
Though neither you. nor I, nor nnyono
liny seo the hand full-lovelcd nt JW
brow, -May
rtiillzo tho deed that shall bo
done,
Mi, whnt a blinding mo la this our life,
"Wherein wo neither know by sight nor
npeech
Which of us ishal go on In poaco or Btrlfe,
Which ono of uh fato's Iron bund shall
reach!
(t Is but ns n turning of tho road
Today Into tomonow leaps bo soon;
The gnudy 'chnplet changes to a goad,
Tho storm breaks In tho dreaming hush
of noon:
Tho song endn In a breathless, broken
strain,
Tho vision fades Into-n molting mist---Wo
nro tho tare that chnnco vlowa wth
disdain,
That futc fllngH wheresoever sho may
Hat.
And so for him, unknown, wo heave a
nigh
Though praying that K It bo ono of us
Wo may permindo Btern fnto to pass ua
by
And not, forpooth, to overwhelm us
thus.
3omewhoro, all unsuspecting, Uvea tho
man
Who llttlo drenma that It la fato'a de
cree Hint ho Bbftll.bo, within n tern years'
npnn,
Mado ft vlco-presldentlnl nominee!
Man of Capacity.
"What do you think of this?" naku
tho man with tho newspaper. "Horo
la nn item stating that 'Julius Kcsa
lor, of Chicago now holds 30,000 bar
rels of Kentucky whisky.'"
"Why," nnnworcd tho man without
tho nowspapor, "I think that Juliua
will bo trying to hold nil tho head
acho medicine ho can buy ono of thoso
bright und balmy mornings."
An Interruption.
"Canst thou then draw out le
viathan with a hook?" said tho pas
tor, In sonorous tonon.
"Well." oxclaimcd Old Man Piahor,
who had boon napping in a rear seat,
"you ought to havo aeon tho 15-pound
bnas I caught last summer in a mtnnor
not."
How Ho Suffered.
"Docb your husband Buffer much
with tho felon on hia flngor?liwo nak
ed of tho wlfo of tho deaf and dumb
man.
"Indcod," hIio nnsworod, "ho la oft
on perfectly speechless from tho
pain."
Wnrnlnrj Note.
Johnny Pnw, what docs it- moan
when it shya "Bound tho tocsin?"
Mr. Wise Oh, I reckon it'u ono ot
theso fights about antitoxin.
Down to Date.
"Why do you ring a boll every tlm
rou got u coin in your cup?"
"I bellovp in giving the utmost pub
Iclty to nil contributions," answoreil
tho mendicant with a significant
smile.
Inconsistency.
"I shouldnt think such n pronounced
prohibltionlBt as you nro would want
to make a trip to Berlin."
"Why not?"
"Bocnuso it Is always on tho Spree.'..
H