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Don't crowd the pigs.
Keep tlio hen houso clean.
UIvo tho chickens green feed.
Trciri tho bull kindly, but never pet
Urn.
Vjrv. tho farmer war.ts f?om a milk
cow is ret-situ.
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The Jawing mill will pay for It
eelf in ono s&lsuu.
While over-fat hens may, over-fed
hens will net, lay eggs.
A lazy person has no business mix
ing up with the dairy business.
Keep up your feeding experiments,
and note down tho results for your
own profit.
What makes a finer breakfast for
laying hens than wheat warmed in
the ovtn?
Egg production is not measured
so much by the quantity as by the
quality cf tho food.
As a general rule, tho larger the
number cf fowls kept tho smaller tho
expense In proportion.
The farmer who knows how to ralso
a good draft colt always has a buyer
ready when he wants to sell.
Tho chickens that get bono meal
and oyster shells in their feed will
have few cases of leg weakness.
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Tho dust heap is very important
where fowls are confined. If free they
may find tho dust bath for themselves.
Cow testing allows more discrim
ination in feeding, apportioning the
grain according to tho yield of but
ter fat.
Coal tar cannot be beaten for keep
ing out the peach tree borer, but it
will not kill him onco ho has become
established.
If you have any arsenic on hand
feed it to rats and mice and not to
your swine. It causes temporary bloat,
not good flesh.
HogB should always have a yard of
their own away from the other stock,
for It is always found that returns are
better in tho end.
Tho beginner with sheep will do
well to Invest a little money for a
good sheep book. One lost sheep will
pay for several books.
Bo sure that your horses and colts
are free from worms. A horse af
flicted with worms Is never thrifty,
and feed is only waBted.
Any feathers or down on the shanks
or toes of clean legged varieties of
poultry disqualifies tho specimen and
the bird should be marketed.
It Is the fellow who burns tho lan
tern that saves tho early lambs. Be
ing right on tho spot on the dot will
provept great loss during lambing.
The agitation for laws protecting
Bheop from dogs is getting broadly
Bcattered. From coast to coast the
one drawback to sheep raising is the
dog.
The better tho sire you have at thb
head of your herd, tho better the off
spring will bo and that menus tho
greater milk checks you will have In
later years.
Do not plant more apple trees un
less you are taking good care of what
you have. A few well cared for give
better returns than many given over
to Insects and disease.
The majority of the bad hnblts in
dairy cowb can be traced directly to
handling, or to abuses in handling,
that have boon exercised in bringing
up tho calf or developing the heifer.
The peoplo of western cities are
paying $1 each for hens for eating,
30 cents and above for fresh eggs not
always fresh, and still they eat more
eggs and chickens than some farmor'3
families.
It is gsnerally conceded that tho
tendency to large egg production Is
transmitted by the males, rather than
the females. If you are bi ending for
a "bred-to-lay" strain, carefully keep
this In mind. Buy no males except
sons of large producers.
We don't think much of any kind
of ashes on the lloor of the hen
hnrme. Ill tier. rn so apt to get
their feet wet and then t.aik 5n thorn.
You know what comes next or is
apt to sore feet. Wo would far
rather have good earth or dust.
Get a fanning mill.
Plan for a home garden.
UIvo tho lions Bomo charcoal.
Filth and health aro arch enemies.
Poultry and egg checks swell tho
bank.account.
Are tho rabbits and mlco skinning
your young trees?
A good breed permltB tho fnrmor to
convert labor Into profit
Skim milk Is ono of tho best supple
ments to corn now known.
Do not plant elm or other largo
trees lesa than forty foot apart.
Tho oily nature of tho old duck's
feathers provents their getting lice.
Clean utensils have much to do with
tho quality of tho cream they contain.
The ono bett thing to start Improve
ment In a dairy herd Is a puro-brcd
bull.
Variety of feed is ono of tho things
that will keep tho chiSkcns In good
condition.
In poultry breeding utility should
be tho first consideration; beauty
should follow.
Starved, stunted chickens aro the
first ones to catch colds. Thus roup
dften gets a foothold.
Take care of our poultry and eggs,
and tho grocer will owo you more
.often than you owe him.
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Tho farmers' lnstituto In your local
ity ia for your benefit. Don't miss It,
even If you do know It nil.
Dairy cows kept In a comfortablo
condition insures less feed, thrive
better 'and give more milk.
Ten pounds of hay and a few quarts
of grain each day aro much more eco
nomical than 8tufllng with hay.
Overfeeding should be recognized as
a very serious matter, sinco digestivo
disturbance is fatal to quick growth.
Wo do not need manure or com
mercial fertilizer on our orchards as
much as light cultivation and perfect
caro.
Breeders should look for quality,
depth, length, width and form regard
less of whether the breed Is black, red
or white.
Making every acre more profitable,
making every acre yield a larger crop,
Is tho solution of increasing tho size
of the farm.
Good horses and mules will always
bo in demand, and It costs no more
to ralso a good one than It does to
grow a scrub.
Squashes should bo stored In a dry
place at a temperature of about 60
degrees. Do not lay more than one
deep on shelves.
The poultry products of tho Unltod
States are worth half a billion dollars
annually, and a million dozen eggs
are imported overy year.
About all the chamois skins on sale
nowadays are oil tanned sheep skins.
But they aro just as good. Tho sheep
need not be ashamed of it.
In 100 parts of trie white of an egg
about SO per cent. Is water, 12 per
cent, albumen, ono per cent mineral
matter and 2 per cent, sugar.
Don't fail to keep tho chicks and
layers active, clean and happy. Like
peoplo they do their best work un
der pleasant and healthful conditions.
A colt wants to be kept eating and
growing and exorcising and anything
excopt fattening, aB long as he has
a time assigned him by nature to
grow.
Tho successful swine breeder needs
to have a thorough knowledgo of tho
value of sanitation, also an Intimato
knowledgo of all tho requirements of
his animals.
Keep the houB03 clean. Clean up
the droppings daily if possible. Clean
liness In winter will mean less ver
mln in summer. Disinfect the houses
at least onco a month.
It takos pationce, grit and pluck to
succeed with poultry this kind of
weather. Failure is generally negli
gence, or Judgment passed by boiuo
one who does not know.
No cow should bo classed as a
dairy cow unless she gives milk in
profitablo quantities. Sometimes tho
cow, however, Is not to blame be
cause of lack of proper feed and
care.
There Is no other branch of farming
which If conducted with a reasonable
amount of care nnd attended to sys
tematically will respond so readily
and with such profits ono year with
another as stock raising.
Many of tho troubles that tho
calves of this country aro holr to can
bo traced directly to unclean sur
roundings. Tho calf should havo a
clean, dry stalls, clean palls from which
to eat and clean, dry bedding all tho
time. Filth breeds disease moro quick-
j ly in tho calf pen than unywhero else.
ENDEAVORING FOR THE BEST BACON TYPE
Excellent
Tho stylo of animal which beat
meets the bacon curer's Ideal has oft
en been spoken about, but tho desired
standard is not always reached, and
this in many cases Is duo to faulty
breeding,
To considor briefly ono or two of
tho indications as to what Is really n
good bacon pig, wo might start first
from tho head.
llerc.length of snout, which partly
includes length of Jowl and tho ab
sece of looso flabblness so frequently
seen thoro, Indicates as a rulo a
lengthy animal. Tho Idea has been to
reduce tho choap parts of tho animal
and to Increase thoBo which aro dear
er. On thnt account a light forehead
is necessary, but It must not bo at tho
expense of width of back or depth in
tho pig.
As a rulo a pig narrow at tho poll
(botweeu tho ears) is not tho widest
on his top, nor is ho tho thriftiest of
feeders. There may bo exceptions to
this rulo, but It can bo applied gen
erally. Tho advantages of a promi
nent eye and a smooth unwrinklod
Jaw or cheek, ' as well as width bo
tween tho eyes, are that they Invaria
bly indicate a smooth, lean-fleshed
animal.
A short heavy head Is invariably as
sociated with a very round body and
a wide and very fat back, altogether
a very wasteful carcass. Tho neck
should not bo too long, otherwlso it
indicates weakness and a short neck
generally goes with a short aldo,
which from tho bacon point of view
of courso Is not desirable It is lm-
PROPER FEED FOR
LAMBS PAYS WELL
Sudden Change in Ration Cre
ates Dietetic Disorders and
Consequent Loss of Life.
(By GEORGE II. GLOVErt, Colorado Ag
ricultural College.)
A small percentage of loss in lambs
in the feed lot is to bo expected, but
this loss in aomo Instances Is far
greater than it should bo. When range
lambs aro placed on a fattening ration
the chango of feed Is so sudden that
dictic disturbances causo a general
disorder and several dead sheep aro
found in tho pens each morning. This
invariably leads to the suspicion that
they are dying of somo infectious dis
ease. In somo cases tho ration la not well
balanced to secure tho best gains and
tho conditions of caro and handling
might bo better, but these things will
account for only a nominal loss.
Tho chango from grass to alfalfa,
corn, barley, molasses and straw, enall
ago, otc, must bo made gradually and
herein lies tho secret of tho heavy
losses of lambs In tho food lotB In
tho early fall. Tho deslro to get tho
lambs on a fattening ration as early
as poBslblo and falling to appreciate
tho danger of too heavy feeding and
change of ration has helped to make
lamb feeding nn unprofitable business
In some Instances. A sudden chango
of feed or overfeeding must bo guard
ed against In the domestic animals, es
pecially is this true with tho horse and
sheep.
FATTENING PIGS
ON SHELLED CORN
Experiment Conducted at South
Dakota Station Shows Advan
tages in Using Milk.
Ordinarily, with all ages of swine, a
bushel of shelled corn will produce nn
i.verago of ton pounds of pork. In an
experiment at the South Dakota sta
tion, on nn average for the two years
of feeding period of sixty-two days
each, a bushel of shelled corn yielded
11.0 pounds of pork. But whon an av
erage of 1G3 pounds of milk was fod
with a bushol of shelled com, an aver
age yield of 17.7 pounds of pork was
produced.
This was a difference of 5.8 pounds
In favor of the milk lots; or, In other
words, tho milk was equal to D.8
pounds of pork. Howovor, it must not
bo understood that this quantity of
milk fed to a pig without tho corn
would yield this amount of gain, but
when fed In combination, as above
Etated, similar results aro to bo ex
pected. Healthy Poultry.
Clean quarters and wholesomo food
,aro worth more to keep poultry
healthy than all the fancy condition
jowders you can Ive them.
Bacon Type.
portant to noto tho character of tho
middle pleco.
The ribs should spring from tho
back, but they should not be entirely
round, Thoy should rather spring
well nnd allow tho animal to bo turn
ed out slightly flat from tho sldca.
There will then bo Iobb waBtoful fat
ou the top without decreasing tho
dopth of tho pig.
What Is wanted is a pig that con
tains n maximum of lean meat and an
undercut with as much streaky as pos
sible. Tho loin should of courso be
covered nnd muscular, becauso so
much deponds on good dovelopmont
there? Tho rump should not b too
straight, othorwlBe the hams will in
vnriably be short. There should bo no
flabblness about the hamB and a well
carried tail puts finish to a pig, which
helps It greatly at the tlmo of salo to
tho butcher.
Tho quantity of bono Bhould also bo
accompanied by strength of bono, be
cause it Is not possiblo to carry a
heavy weight of meat of very flno
quality without substance. Round
bono should bo avoided as It Indicates
lack of breeding and Is Invariably as
sociated with a fat carcass.
The pasterns should not bo weak
and tho pig should bo straight ou Its
legs. This Is likewise of great Im
portance for cxorolae la necessary In
tho production of the best class of
carcass.
Theso may Boem small points yet
they all indlcato particular functions
which tho bacon pig Is suppoaod to
fulfill.
PRACTICAL HINTS
AROUND THE FARM
Ration for Idle Horses Should Be
ReducedGet Cows Into
Good Condition.
A Pennsylvania man had a flno
young horse dio from nothing In tho
world but overfeeding whon not in
work. If ho had cut tho ration down
to one-half while the animal was stand
ing in tho stable idle, It would not
have had azoturla, a disease that Is
almost always fatal.
Whon your horses take cold, a few
drops of oil of tar dropped into the
feed will do a lot of good.
When you put the horso In tho sta
ble, wet from hard work or driving
on tho road, rub down first with dry
straw, then put on a light blanket,
later following with a heavier ono. A
horso cared for thnt way will rarely
take cold.
Scrape tho Bnow nnd litter off your
shoes before bolng Into tho house.
Your wife Is an awfully good woman,
of course, but she often feels tired
when you como in bringing a load of
perfumery on your bIiocb and alt down
at tho kitchen flro and perhaps In tho
nice clean sitting room. Be thought
ful of these things.
If your cows como through skin
poor, it will take you several weeks
after they go to grass to get them up
in condition to do good work. That
will cost you a good deal more than
it .will now to give them plenty of
good feed to bring them up into good
condition
A good sled is a nlco thing to draw
manure out on If you do not own a ma
nure spreader. Have It about ten
feet long, made of good strong stuff
and furnished with a good bottom and
sideboards. By putting the manure
on day by day as made, you cau keep
your yard clean all winter through,
and In tho bargain have your manure
all drawn out when spring comes,
Water runs down hill. Think of
this If you draw manure in winter.
If you spread it on the side of a hill
when the enow comes, It will carry
off a good share of the goodness of
your fertilizer In tho spring. You
can't afford that. If you can, few of
us cun.
Hardy Alfalfa.
Wo do not think that tho value of
tho acclimated Montana or Dakota
seed is as well known an It should be.
Scientists In tho past havo not always
agreed as to the Influence of environ
ment upon plants, says a writer ly an
exchange. Somo hnvo thought that
both plants and their offspring were
affected by poll and climatic condi
tions, other that they wero not so af
fected and that hardy strains would
retain their hardiness, no matter
uhere planted, north or south. Of lato
they seem to bo reaching neutral
ground on this question.
Lary Hens.
Iazy hens cannot now offer tbo
moulting period as an excuso for not
laying.
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PROPER HOUSE FOR TURKEYS
Too Much Care of Foutls Will Reult
In Poor Success Confinement la
Always Hard on Them.
I havo a neighbor who has been try
Ing to ralso turkeys for flvo years now,
and has novcr mado a succcbb of It.
Ho Insists that thoy should bo housed
every night In tho samo typo of shel
ter that ho uses for hta chickens.
I havo grown turkoyB for ton years,
and the only kind of exposure that I
know will hurt turkeys is allowing
tho llttlo fellows to wade through
wet grass and weeds. Whoro thoy aro
running In a woods lot oven thin does
not seem to hurt them, Bays a Ten
nesBeo writer In tho Farm Progress.
My turkcyB aro out of doors practical
ly all tho time.
I never had a turkoy to "catch
cold" nnd go around with head and
wattles all swpllen. Tho wild turkoya
Profitable Specimens.
manage to Uvo through tho bitterest
weather, and I think tho nearer tho
domestic bird la left to himself, tho
bettor ho will do.
A closo houBo la not so good for
chickens as ono whoro there is plenty
of ventilation. Of course, I would
not want to expose nny bird to a wind
that would freeze combs and feet, but
tho open shelter BeomB to bo onough
to keep tbo turkeys from suffering any
such troubles from exposure.
From ono end of tho year to tho
other my turkeys roost in tbo open.
In the spring they deBort tho shed as
Boon as the weathor moderates, and
tako to tho trees and hlgner fences.
Thoy lay well, nnd atnrt nesting at
once. I lose a few young onos whon
they get out In tho wot Holds, but
moat of them grow up hardy and vig
orous. In nearly overy caao whero I know
of turkeys becoming unthrifty and dy
ing off, thoy havo been kept housed,
up through tho winter and most of tho
summer. Tho confinement is hard on
them. They aro naturally a bird of
the open.
I have had a few broods of turkeys
hatched under tho Plymouth Rock or
Brahma hens that liked to roost in
the inclosed sholtora. Thoy nevor did
very much good. Their plumngo was
novor bright and clean looking, and
their wattles and heads always looked
sort of bloodless and unhealthy. It
was easy to pick thorn out from birds
that grow up and roosted out of doors.
Tho turkey is only' a llttlo way ro
moved from hla wild forbears. Ho la
not nearly so domesticated ns tho
chicken. Tho nearer tho turkoy Is
pormlttod to Hvo to nnluro, tho bet
ter ho will grow, and tho moro money
ho will bo worth whon cooped for tho
winter markets.
HOUSE FOR DUCKS AND GEESE
Blrdn Will Stand Low Temperature If
Sheltered From Wind and 8now
and Given Dry Bedding.
(By C. 13. BnoWN, Pouttryman, Crooks
ton, Minn, Experiment Station.)
Ducks and geese will stand rathor
low tomperatures If thoy aro sheltered
from tho wind and snow and tho floor
is well bedded with clean, dry atrnw.
They should be given tholr liberty
whenever thoy choose to go outside.
Their shelter should opon toward tho
south. A houso of this stylo la a splen
did shelter for ducks and goone and
costs very little to build. Tho ducks
and geese run together In the houHO
except at feeding time, whon the ducks
aro fed at a separate trough.
Supplying Fresh Air.
In Bupplylng liens with nocessary
fresh nlr there is no necessity of ox
poBlng them to draughts. Tho mod
ern method of keeping a hen houso
properly ventilated Is to havo what la
commonly callqd an open front. Tho
old mothod was to make them as air
tight as possible To obtain what was
then called ventilation, various forms
of ventilatora wero mado, sorno from
the floor and othera from the top.
Feeding Mashes.
Thb damp mashes, If fod at all,
should not bo fed hot, but simply
warm. If thoy ure fed hot they over
heat tho liens and the reaction mukoa
tbem likely to catch cold.
Ukootw
HENRT HOWLAND
"Oh. father, whnt ti
m I ihl 1 o ngo?'
asked llttlo lUch-j
nrd Hoc; i
'Tvo naked nt lean!
a doscn men, but
no ono scorns to
know;
I've scon It printed
many Union, but
never havo 1 mod
A ponon who no-
knowledgcd li
or she had
reached It yet."
"I'll telt you what
It Is, my son,"
young IUchnrd'e
pa replied J
"It Is the ago nt
which n man ol
fltty turns aside
To give his frlendu
to understand
that ha Is Justi
nu keen
And gladly boyish!
as lio was whoti
ho was seven-
teen. t
"It slio Is tho ago nt which n man ofi
sixty-live
Pretends tlint ho c.xpccta that ho will
presently nrrlvo
Tho ago tho man of eighty thinks hci
reached but yesterday
The ngo nt which a woman throw" bed
powder puff, nwny."
The Genius and tho Poor Stick.
Onco thoro waa a man who had two!
eons. Ono of thorn was a gonitis. Alll
tho nolghbors said ho was. Tle othon
was totally different Ho novcr god
into any kind of trouble Ho would)
sometimes work In tho garden. Ha
was known to refrain from doing footi
lsh things becauso ho know hlB par
enta would not wish him to do them;
and he grow up without getting elthon
of his legs brokon or oven loalng a
linger or an eye. Ho attracted voryj
llttlo attention, nnd nobody laughedi
at ordinary things that wero Bald byj
him.
Did tho boy. who waB not a genius
become tho president of a bank or
tho head of a railway, system? Wo
are compelled to admit that ho did!
not. But it can bo truthfully said thab,
bo is decently supporting n good-sized
family nnd occasionally furnishing
ball for Ills brother.
Stormy Weather for Pa.
"Why, ma, whero aro you going In
mch a hurry?"
"To your pa's office," repllod Mrm
Allrocka. "I Just tried calling him up
by telephone, and heard him toll tho
office boy to 8ay ho waa too buay to
talk to mo. I'll show him what I lot
him havo a toloph'ono in hla offlco for."
Not Disponed to Take a Chance.
"I haven't Boon you out with tho
beautiful young widow lately."
"No. I proposed to her ono evening!
whon wo wero watching tho moon casti
a ailvory path across tho water, and)
sho wanted me to put my offer In writ
ing. I'm afraid sho has hor mind too
firmly sot on buslnoss."
No Trouble at All.
"Mary, did you break this cup?"
"Yea, ma'am."
"Oh, Mary, how could you!"
"It waa aisy onough, ma'am. Wnn.
little knock against the edge of tho
link dono it."
An Open Question.
"Do you tako thla woman for bet
tor or for worso?" asked tho preacher.
"That will depend on whother hor
father Is going to loosen up or not,"
roplied tho absent minded bride
groom, SIZING HIM UP.
"It's my opin
ion," said hor
father, "that your
friend, young Nov
ordrop, la a falso
alarm."
"Ho'a worso
than that, po
lio's a powder-
less fuse."
Resented Caress.
Jennie kissed me when wo met,
Jumping from tho spot sho sat
Jennie's kiss was cold and wet;
With tho hand I ht-ld my hat In
t repulsed her pushed her back.
If you like, you may put that In;
Jonnlo did not mind my lack
Of enthusiasm. Twist mo
On the wheel If It was folly
I exhibited. 1 Jolly
Well defy you to, by golly!
Jeniilo was nn eager rolllo
Jennie kissed mo.
In;
Not Necessary to Look.
"Why didn't you quit trying to live;
on charity and look for work?"
"Geo, ma'am, I don't need to lookj
for work. It's aturlng me in do facet
wherovor I go."
Englewood English.
"Him and you aro good friends,,
ain't you?"
"Not nny more. Wo waa till buay-.
bodies got to circulating Ilea about hoj
snd 1 being engaged."
The Flight of Time.
"How tlmo flies."
"Yes, doesn't it I James Garflelrtj
Smith has a sou who In old enough)
to aliavo and Grovor Cleveland Mig
(rles Is bald-headed."
Middle Aqe
HBHBH
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