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tull tho owe ;flock.
Ho careful in milking.
Sheep need care and feed.
Good fences aro important.
LI mo may bo applied to the soil at
any tlmo.
Tho beet seed corn Is that grown
on one's own farm.
Potatoes aro as cheap this year as
they will ever bo again.
The dairy cow should essentially be
a large and rich milker.
A coat of-whitewash in tho poultry
houso adds both beauty and pro lit.
Hogs running in the corn field are
healthier than thoso shut in a pen.
To have horscB of endurance glvo
tho colts a chanco to develop their
muscles.
Don't waste your tlmo cutting corn
for fodder after ono good frost
strikes it.
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The only way to mako uheep pay Is
to keep tho best sheep and glvo them
tho best care.
Change of paBture makes fat cattle,
they say. Variety in feed also makes
cows better milkers.
Tho" value of a hog depends upon
his ability to make good pork. This
Is equally true of all breeds!
Aro you keeping tho boys and girls
properly supplied with good "tools"
to do their work in the schoolroom?
Your lambs ought to be big enough
now to bring a good price. Lot thom
go and give tho rest a bettor crance.
The hay stock without a good top
is Just about on a par with the corn
uhock that has nearly twisted down.
Feeding the drop apples to tho
stock will save much grain and act
as a good appetizer for tho animals.
Uecauso a cow is a hearty cater Is
no sign that sho is profitable, but all
largo and profltablo cow3 aro hearty
eators.
Millot should bo cut beforo the
seeds are ripe, in fact, after it is well
headed out it is a candidate for tho
mower.
Don't leavo tho sheep in a dry.
short pasture. Glvo thom a chance
in a fresh pasture or glvo a good
grain ration.
Corn is ready to bo cut for sllago
when tho grain is In tho dent and
glazed but can still bo broken with
tho thumb nail.
If you produco your own seed grain
il is Important to select It early out
of tho best part of the crop and take
good caro of it.
The fatality among pigs during the
abnormally heated spell was In many
cases increased, if not wholly caused,
by putrid swill barrels.
Lung troubles in swine aro fre
quently tho result of duot and filth
snuffed through tho nostrils while
feeding op the ground.
Pigs that have been properly grown
up to Ave months with big strong
framoB, can be rounded up quickly for
market with a ration consisting large
ly of corn.
If more sheep were kopt by farmers
right along, instead of having them
when feed stuffs aro high In prlcoand
sheep vlco versa, more money could
bo realized.
Keep your eye open for a better rani
than you havo boon using. No use
tramping tho same gnund over year
after year. Get a little farther along
the road to better things.
Theie Is no better balancer for
stock wintered on corn fodder than
cowpeau. They furnish Just tho etc
ments that are lacking in nil feeds
llko corn, cane or kaflr fodder and
timothy hay.
Churning troubles appear as toon af.
cold weather sets In. Hut not all tho
churning troubles are duo to cold
weather; tho cow that has been giv
ing milk for a long time Is apt to
furnish cream that is slow to "come."
Feed Is plenty this fall and cheaper
than it has been for some time. This
does not mean that it will stay cheap
all winter for should It bo a hard win
ter tho feed would lossen fast. Tho
tlmo to buy feel, If any Is needed, la
in the fall.
Fly tlmo has passed.
Clean tho poultry yard.
Pigs must havo sunshlno.
Burn tho old no3t!ug nintorlM.
In producing wool and mutton then
Is no 4istc.
A foul dairy makes no producer of
prize-winning butter.
Livestock is tho basis of most farm
ers' bucccsb in farming.
Sharpen and ropalr tho garden
tools for next season's uso.
Feed Is cheaper and more plentiful
thnn It has been for years.
A cork sonked In oil makes a good
substltuto for a glass stopper.
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All fruit should bo graded and crat-'
cd, especially for private marketing.
So far as can bo douo select the
largest, and best sows for breeders.
Corn will dry out better It tho
shocks are kopt down to a reasonable
size.
Deep plowing and tho gas tractor
aro tho Gold Dust Twins of the new
agriculture.
Wrap tho young fruit trees early, to
prevent the rabbits from gnawing and
killing them.
Many of tho troubles with both
young and old horses may bo traced
to bad teeth.
Hogs will' be high next year and It
will pay to give those fall pigs a gcod
start towards winter.
Tho first cold rains are hnrd on tho
cows and they should bo kept in tho
barn in such weather.
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A good pasture makes a brim
ming milk pail; and silo makes pos
sible good winter pasture.
A little clover or alfalfa mixed with
tho silago when filling tho silo will
prove a profltablo mixture.
Uran is worth more, pound for
pound, a3 a part of a ration for a
work ho:se than nlfalfa meal.
Tho rran who makes a business ot
cow keeping Instead of a chore is on
the right road to better profits.
In tho development of horses,, as
well qs elsewhere, Judgment niu&t bo
exercised as well as tho muscles.
Just how long a breeding sire
should bo kept depends upon tho ex
cellence of the animal in question.
The way to incrcaso tho appetite
of a horse, if such a thing is neces
sary, is to change his diet frequently.
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'Twill soon bo tlmo to bind some
thing around thoso small fruit trees,
to stop rabbits from feasting on tho
bark.
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Baling corn fodder is a now Idea,
but if it works out well It. will save
a good deal ot hard and disagreeable
work.
After all that may bo said in favor
of other pastures, clovor stands at
the head when it comes to right thing
for pigs.
Mulching Isn't to keep tho straw
berries from freezing, but to keep
them from thawing after the ground
is frozen.
Extremes and sudden changos in
feeding, watering and salting will
cauBe acuto indigestion in sheep that
is usually fatal.
Dear in mind that corn fodder, or
fodder corn, must not bo cut early
for it means a loss of a large part of
its feeding value.
Keep all tho rotten fruit well
cleaned up around tho orchard, as
theso constitute the winter quarters
of numerous orchard pests.
Look over the young stock carefully
beforo disposing of It. A prize hoifer
or nn exceptional colt may slip away
and tho credit and benefit go to somo
other man.
In tho rush and hurry to keep up
with tho fall work wo must not forgot
to provldo plenty of bedding for all
stock and seo that It Is dry. Wet bed
ding Is a disease producer.
Every sheep that haB lost one Bin
glo tooth through old age Is a candl
date for tho meat market. Don't stand
In tho way of her getting there; she
may not weather anothor winter.
The most suitable tlmo to apply
lime In.rotatlou Is when preparing
tho land for wheat or hay following
potatoes and corn, or as a top dress,
jlng on young clovor and grass.
Potatoes that navo taken a second
growth aro spoiled for table use and
aro greatly weakened for seed Tho
samo holds good with beets; a second
growth destroys tho sugar content
and makes thom woody and tasteless.
A hog trough Jammed full ,of crowd
ing, squealing hogB means that somo
of them will get cheated out of tholr
share of tho slop, which is but an
othor way of saying that you al3o aro
being cheated by such mismanagement.
SHEEP RAISING AND WHEAT GROWING
FEASIBLE AND LUCRATIVE COMBINATION
Ability to Utilize and Turn Into Account What Would Otherwiso
Be Wasted Products Is Determining Factor First Step
Is to Provide Good Fences.
OJy W. V. STHVKNB, Lto St(ck Com
mlsslorior of Provlnco of Albortn.)
Ab bwIiio growing Is tho natural ad
junct of -dairying, bo Bheep Is tho na
tural accompanlmont of o.xtcnslvo
wheat farming. Tho nblllty to utilize
and turn to nccount what would othor
wise bo wnsto products is tho determ
ining factor In each case.
Tho by-productB of tho wheat farm
aro weeds, volunteer grains nnd
grnsscB, weed seeds, shrlvollcd grntn
and straw. Tho first four, Bheop will
utilize to bettor advantago than will
any othar kind of live stock, nnd only
boef cattlo and horsos will surpass
sheep in turning wheat straw to ac
count. Anothor reason why snoop should
appeal to the extensive wheat fnrmor
h that onco ho has Installed the pro
per equipment such as fenceo, open
sheds nnd watering places, they inter
foro llttlo with his field work. In fact,
It Is very doubtful If tho extra work
they occasion during tho busy season
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is not more than offset .by tho labor
they save op tho summer fallow In
the way of soil packing, wood eradica
tion and tho spreading of manure.
Another fact worth considering is
that tho presonco of a Hock of sheep
on, a grain farm does not necessitate
n material reduction In tho area de
voted to grain growing, but on tho
other hand It never falls to lnsui a
larger yield of bettor grain, and It
makes posslblo tho growing ot grain
for n longer period of years than can
bo done without them, or somo other
kind of livestock.
A certain amount of technical
knowledge regarding shoep, their
hnblts, etc., is necessary to success,
but the same Is equally truo of all
classes of anlmnls, and amateurs
should acquire this knowledge wilh a
email flock in order that tholr mis
takes do not cost them too dearly,
Tho first step to bo taken when
embarking in tho business of sheep
raising is to enclose at least ono field
with a coyote-proof fence. Additional
fields similarly enclosed should be
provided as occasion requires, or one's
means permit. An effective dog and
coyote-proof fonco can bo mado by us
ing a woven wiro fence four feet
high and attached to the Inside of the
postB. A strand of barbed wire should
bo run along tho surfaco of tho
ground, and another about six Inches
LIBERALLY FAT
FOWLS IN FALL
Over-Fed Hens Are Subject to
Serious Troubles One Rem
edy Recommended.
(y MKS. C. C. THOMAS.)
Most fowls aro liberally fat in the
fall, particularly those that havo free
range, because tuoy pick up so much
grain, weed seeds, grasshoppers nnd
bugs and as tho grnln in tho field
ripens it Is n strong temptation to
over-feed tho poultry.
Over-fed hens are subject to In
flammation of the egg passage, and
this is'u very soriouB trouble.
Feeding ground peppor or other
stimulating poultry feeds to force tho
laying Is almost certain to produce
Inflammation. Tho so-called egg feeds
advertised are many of them without
value, in fact thoy are harmful.
When tho egg passage becomes
congested tho hon may burst a blood
vessel In her efforts to expel tho egg
and a fow days later she will show
signs of weakness, tho comb will turn
dull, tho temperature fall low nnd
the bird will die.
The first symptoms are tho droop
ing of tlio wings, roughing of the
feathers and loss ot energy.
It 1b a good plan to kcop tho pullotB
nnd tho old hens separated because
the hens fatten much quicker than
tho pullets on the aamo feed.
If a hen la suffering from inflam
mation of tho egg passage, the egg
must bo removed soon or tho bird
will dlo. This may be accomplished
by covering tho finger with vai-llne
and Inserting It Into the egg pimbago,
mranwhllo pressing gently on tho-left
side with the other hand.
Ueually this will expel the egg and
then tho passage should bo washed
out with n weak solution of curbollc
acid by means of a small syrlngo. A
tablet of homeopathic nux vomica
1-100 given In tho water for two or
threo days will effect a complete cure.
Tho hen must, of courso, bo fed very
lightly for some tlmo until her flesh
has been reduced.
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above tho top of tho woven wiro
fenco. Thoso should bo nttachod to
Hie outsldo of tho posts. This ar
rangement mnkos burrowing under
nnd vaulting over the' fonco from tho
futsldo very difficult. A woven wiro
fenco 3G Inches high with ono strand
uf barbed wiro abovu it Is usually auf
Oclcnt for Inside or cross fencing.
Tho next stop Is to secure tho right
kind of shoop. Whon selecting thoso,
two things should bo kopt well in
mind. Thoy miiBt bo of n breed that
uro noted for being quick to get on
'heir feet after boing lambed, clso
'hey will requlro a great deal of at
tention at lambing tlmo, which, com
ing ns It docB In tho midst of soedlug,
tho farmer can 111 afford' to glvo, and
thoy must bo well woolod on tho un
der lino, else they will upend too
much tlmo about tho shelter during
tho winter months; they will requlro
much more hand feeding and bo much
more likely to contract dtscaso than
they would if thoy got out ovory day
on clean ground and in the clear air
nnd Bunlight.
In managing n flock ot sheep It
should bo remembered that a variety
of feed Ib Indispensable. When thoy
are on succulent feed, they should
havo dally access to dry roughago;
when they aro on dry feed thoy should
havo occasional access to somethlug
Micculcnt. A llttlo nttention to this Im
portant matter will prevent loss from
Indigestion which has probably caused
greater lossesamong farmers' flocks
than any other allmont. A field of na
tlvo prairlq or of bromo grass In which
there is a pllo of otraw or a rack of
hay to which thoy can go at will. In
order to got n change- of feed whllo
cleaning tho summer fallow, and an
other field sown to winter ryo early
In August, to which thoy can go oc
casionally for succulent feed during
tho winter and spring months, aro all
that Is necessary.
A word of caution may not bo out
of plnco In this connection. Turning
a hungry sheep on wet ryo 1b very
likely to result in bloating. There
fore If tho sheep do not havo constant
access to tho ryo field, bo Buro thai
tholr appetites aro fairly woll satlB
fled and that all dew nnd rnlndropa
aro dried off beforo tho sheep nre
turned In.
Tho presont Is n favorable tlmo to
sccuro foundation stock, becauso thoy
can Brill bo purchasod at moderate
prices. Tho Bheop ranchers of tho
western states aro reducing tholi
herds becauso of scarcity of pasturo,
and the large numbers going to mar
,kot aro keeping prlceB at a low levol;
but onco this reduction of herds stops,
prices will rise. Thoy will probnbly
not soar as havo tho prlcoQ of cattle
and horses, becauso tho frozen mut
ton of Australia and Now Zealand
will bo drawn on to provent excessive
ly high prices, but tho trade that rc
fusos to accept tho frozen nrtlclo la
sufficiently large to permit of a ma
ferial advanco in mutton prices, and
this advanco Is sum to tako placo as
soon ns tho big ranges havo been do-pleted.
SILO REDUCES COST
OF FEEDING COWS
Huge Tank Is One of Best Means
for Producing Cheaper Feed
for Dairy Animals.
Raising cheaper feed Is ono .of tho
ways to Increase tho profits on ttho
dairy herd. Tho dairyman's first con
slderatlcn is to ralso sufficient feed
to meet tho needs of his cows, then
ho will bo concerned In rnlslng It as
cheaply ns possible. Tho question ot
cheap feed, or cheap production of
any kind, hna not entered into our
system of farm practice nu much as It
should. That la why bo many find
that farming does not pay; thoy nro
llko tho morchnnt who paya all of hla
profits to clerks that aro not efficient.
Tho fault is with tho mannger In both
cases.
The silo Is ono of tho meano at
hand for producing cheaper feed. It
enables tho dairyman or farmer to
savo about 40 per cent of tho corn
plant and to convert tho entlro plant
Into palatable, nutritious, succulent
feed for hiB animals. Then ho may
ralso hay, grain, etc., to balance tho
ration, utilizing every means posslblo
to reduce tho cost of foedlng animals
Tho silo should not bo considered
nB nn expense. It Is an investment
that will pay dividnnds In saving tho
cost of feed and in supplying succu
lent feed, keeping up tho nppetlto of
tho anlmala and saving tlmo In foed
lng. Tho silo Is ono of tho several
ways of reducing tho cost of keoping
animnls and thus increasing tho prof
its in a corresponding degree.
8trlnoy Milk.
Stringy milk sometimes makes lt
appearance enrly In the summor. Tho
trouble is UBually caused by allowing
tho cowu to drink from filthy pools or
to Ho down in filth filled with gormn
or tb wade through mud that comeu in
contact with tho openings of tho
tents. Proventlon Is tho best remedy.
Keep tho anlmnlB in clean quartern
and allow them to drink only clean
water, preferably from a deop well
Wfl llKiWlfY
KING NICHOLAS PICKED TO START WAR
declined to accept responsibility for starting tho flame of battlo. ,
Montenegro was then picked. Sho had a long standing quarrel with Tur- '
koy over tho boundary question and Turkey'B refusal to grant satisfaction
was seized upon ns Justification for Montcnogro'B resort to arms.
NEW FIELD OPEN
B. T. Falrchlld, presldont of tho
National Educational association, and
superintendent of cducntion of tho
atato of -Kaunas, has been tendered
tho presidency ot Now Hampshire
Agricultural college.
Tho practical bonoflts of educa
tion havo been emphasized by Mr.
Falrchlld In his work in Kansas.
Tho conventional treatment of tho
sciences In tho secondary schoolB waa
objected to by Mr. Falrchlld bb un
suited to tho pupil and to his actual
needs when ho got out of school. It
1b his Idea that all text books, espe
cially In high schools, should follow
tho plan demanded by teachers ot
arithmetic that nil tho problems
presented be of things that concern
tho actlvo life of tho child.
"Tho presont toxt books aro for
advanced work and aro not practl-
cal," Mr. Falrchlld said recently.
"Whllo tho books aro written for boyB
and girls of high school ago, still thoy
aro so technical and so full of definitions that often they aro of no practical
uso to children nftor thoy aro through school.
"I bclievo thoro Is n real demand Tor toxtbooks In botnny that shall
abandon, to a degroo at least, tho conventional treatment and that will uso,
as lllustrattvo material, tho plant Ufo about us. It Ib posBlblo to Btudy with
profit tho trees, tho flowers, tho wheat, nnd to loam from thom tho groat
truths of tho vcgotablo kingdom.
"Thoro Is much prnctlcal knowlcdgo to be gnlncd In tho. physics, but in
thoso too much stress 1b laid to tho theories and not onough to tho practical
everyday propositions' which como up around tho farm or tho homo."
1 LE GAGNEUX BREAKS ALTITUDE RECORD
clad but I felt tho chill keenly. Tho molsturo turned to Icicles on my face. Only
by my baromotcrB could I toll 1 waa Btlll ascondlng. At 5.020 yards 1 began
to lnhnlu oxygen, oa I had been advised."
SENATOR T. P. GORE
United States Senator Thomaa
Pryor Goro ot Oklahoma Is known as
"Tho man that novor Bleeps" and
"Tho man that novor forgets any
thing." Ho is ono of tho remarkable
men In American history, bocauBO
from a poor llttlo boy In Mississippi,
blind from tho tlmo ho wns eleven
ycarH old, ho has arlson by his own
effort nnd lndomltablo will and cour
ago to becomo a statesman, a scholar
and n foremost citizen.
"Tho blind senator from Okla
homa" Is known all ovor tho country
and tho pcoplo llko him becauso of
his amiability, his Intelligence, his
high charncter, hla oratory and IiIb
bucccsb as a statesman.
Many persona wonder how ho be
anno blind. His sight is totally
destroyed. When ho was about eight
years old bo was struck In tho left
eyo by a stick which a young com
panion throw on tho ground and
which bounded back. Tho oyo wa
destroyed. And whon ho was cloven yearo old ho was a page In tho Missis
sippi statu scnato. Ho bought an air gun to tako homo as a proscnt for a
brother, nnd at tho hotel whoro ho was stopping several children wero oager
to seo how tho thing worked. Young Goro was Just as anxious to show thom.
In endeavoring to manipulate tho gun a rod becomo stuck In tho barrel
and young Goro "pooked" Into tho barrel with his good oyo to boo what waa
wrong. In somo manner tho gun was dlschurgod and tho rod destroyed tho
right oyo. For a tlmo ho could still distinguish certain objects, but by the.
tlmo ho was fifteen yearn old hla 'sight was entirely gono, and ho has been,
totally blind ever sluco, ''
Declaration ot war ngalnBt Turkey
by King NlcholnB of Montoncgro, foli
lowed quickly by Bevoral sovoro on-j
gagements betweon Montenegrin nndj
Turkish forces, aro regarded morolyi
ns tho beginning ot n gcnornl conJ
flagratlon In tho Dnlkan states.
It Is bcllovcd thnt the othor units!
in tho Haitian coalition will fqllowj
suit na soon ns tho mobilization of
tho armies Is completo.
Thero Is only it fnlut hopo now)
that tho representations of tho pow
ers will avert gcnornl hostilities.
Montenegro's movo Is considered!
by many to bo part of a prearranged!
plan. It 1b nBserted that Greeco wan)
first solocted by tho Ilalkan confed'
oration to force tho Isbuo nnd Inau
gurate tho war.
TIiIb could oiiBlly havo been done,
by Greoco sealing In tho Grook par
liament tho deputies from Crete,
which waa certain to provo a ensuu
belli to Turkey. Greeco, however,
TO' E. L FAIRCHiLD
M. G, Io Gagnoux, tho aviator,
who tho other day at ParlB reached
tho tromondouB height of 7,0(57 yards,
moro than four mllos, whon ho broko
tho rann-flylng record for altltudo.
has given if graphic description ot
his feat nnd acnsntlons.
That IiIb achievement was cvon
grentor than It nt first seemed was
proven by tho ofllclnl and correctod
calculations mado from tho solf-rogls-torlng
Instruments which ho carried
on his marino monoplano.
Lo Gagnoux has gono farther from
tho earth In a flying machine than
any othor. '
Lo Gagnoux says: "In two and a
halt minutos I was 1,500 yards In tho
air. In seven and a half minutes I
was 2.BQ0 yards up, and a llttlo higher
I flow Into n dead catn. At an alti
tude of 3,125 yards I found myself In
n fog so thick that I could seo noth
ing. ' ,.
"It grow very cold. I waa warmly
BLINDED IN YOUTH
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