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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. QnT-or-Qammi BLUE GRASS BEST FOR FATTENING HOGS FINDING OUT WHAT CHICKENS LIKE BEST 5? ' WW . 'Vs : : BASIL MILES' NEW WORK hhPfople vj ON BLllE-GRASS PASTURE (By F. B. MUMFOKD. Dean of Missouri College of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo.) Probably no state In the United Stutes has so largo an area ol blue grass ' pasture as Missouri. Certain advantages In this Btato havo led many men who farm, and particularly those controlling large hollies of land, to fol low grazing on permanent pastures. When the price of land was low and the value of grain less than nt present, blue-grass farming was more profitable than rotative farming. A change of conditions makes moro skillful han dling of grass lands necessary. Investigations carried on at the Mis souri experiment station for flvo years, comparing blue grass with ten other rotations, including the- best forage SHELTER ESSENTIAL FOR A SHEEP FLOCK dry Floor, Good Roof, Abundance of Fresh Air and Feed Space xAre Important. It Is Impossible to suggest any very definite sheep barn plans without knowing under Just what conditions the barn is to bo built, but Prof. II. Hnckedorn of the Missouri College of Agriculture makes some general suggestions. He says: "In planning barns or sheds for a breeding flock of 3hcep, n space of 10 or 12 square feet per ewe will give sufficient room. The essentials of shelter for sheep are (1) Iry floor, (2) good roof, (3) nn abun dance of fresh air, (4) avoid drafts (5) avoid narrow doors and passages so ewe heavy with lamb will not bo In jured, and (0) provide sufficient feeding-trough space so all the sheep can sat at the samo time. "We find that a slied 25 or 80 feet vvido and as long as necessary to house the flock gives very good results at the Missouri agricultural experi ment station. It should open on the south and mriy bo built with a feed trough and feed .alley along the north side. Economy of rack space may bo secured by the use of movable racks so arranged as to make as many lots as are needed in tho shed. These par tition racks can be moved out of tho way whenever a wagon is driven in to oe loaded with manure. The shed should be high enough to afford plenty Df ioft room. As we feed baled hay, a loft five feet high at tho eaves gives us room enough to storo a winter's supply for the flock, but If loose hay is put in and fed correspondingly, nore loft room must be provided." BLACKLEG IS MOST INFECTIOUS DISEASE Trouble Is Caused by Seed-Forming Organism Gaining En trance Through Wounds. By A. HAIINER, Idaho Experiment Sta tion.) Blackleg is n specific Infectious dis ease of young cattle, caused by a spore or seed-forming organism that gains entrance to tho tissues through small wounds in tho skin. Cnttlo between the igcs of six months and two and one half years are most susceptible. Tho main noticeable symptom is the occurrence of a large gaseous swelling beneath the skin of tho hind quarters, the shoulder or tho lower portion of tho (neck. Tho swelling crackles when tho hand Is passed over it, and if cut into the muscle Is dark and a yellow ish bloody fluid escapes. Associated with this symptom urc others common rn bacterial Infectious, viz.: Elevation of body temperature, loss of appetite and rumination, dullness, nnu uiiucuu breathing. Tho best method of handling is to burn or bury deeply the carcasses of dead animals, disinfect the spots whore they died, remove healthy stock from Infected pastures and vaccinate tho susceptible cattle. CARING FOR DAIRY VESSELS Wash With Hot Water Into Which Soma Good Alkaline Powder Has Been Added Avoid Soap. Wash all dairy vessels In warm wa ter first, then in water ns hot as tho hands will stand. Into this hot water pat some good alkaline wash powder. Do not J aonp, It may leavo a taste- AJ MISSOURI COLLEGE. crops known for Missouri, show thai tho average return per acre which can be accredited to blue-grass forage foi fattening hogs Is 22.C0 per acre, esti mating pork nt 0 cents u pound, and porn fed at GO cents a bushel. A rota tion of rape, clover, and corn yielded an annual Income of $22.42 per ncra A succession of corn In which cowpens wero planted at tho last cultivation gnvo an annual Income per acre of $10.48. The figures Indicate that it is nol necessary for men who farm to plow up all the land devoted to blue-grass pastures in ordtfr to make it pay a good income even on the basis of high land vnlues at the present prevailing In this state. CARE OF WIRE CUTS AND OTHER INJURIES Practical and Timely Hints Giver by an Expert of Missouri College of Agriculture. (By L. S. BACKUP Missouri College of Agriculture.) First aid Is most Important. Quick healing leaves smnller scars. Don't use dust or lime to stop bleed ing. Bleeding that can be stopped with powders will soon stop itself anyhow. Frequent washing irritates wounds, prevents prompt healing and may cause proud flesh. Small concealed stab wounds such as those from nails are the most likely to cnuso death. Find them und keep them clean and well disinfected. Swab out deep cuts with pare tinc ture of Iodine ns soon ns it can be secured and they will take care of themselves then if tho normal pus dis charge is removed. A long continued discharge from o wound Indicates an abcess pocket, a bono Injury, or tho presence of a snag or something else that should not b In tho wound. Call a veterinarian. As soon ns bleeding has been stopped, wash tho wound with a pint of warm water to which two teaspoon fuls of creolln, lysol, carbolic acid, or some similar dlslnfectnnt has been added. A wound should be healed In ubout three weeks. If it Is doing well, the swelling will gradually go down, and tho discharge will ho odorless, thin, und bloody at first, und thicker and whiter later. Antitoxin will prevent lockjaw after null or other puncture wounds. If not so prevented, very few of tho lockjaw casus ever recover. Tho hard crust llriio forhis over tho surface of a-wound favors lockjaw by shutting out the nlr. Bleeding from a leg can always bo stopped by tying a small ropo loosely about the wound, theu twisting it with a stick or small rod. Tighten till bleed ing stops. Apply bandages and re move the cord if possible. If band ages cnnnot;bo applied, prevent seri ous bleeding by pressing the fingers against the cut blood vessels until u veterinarian can be called. STUDY THE MARKET DEMANDS CAREFULLY Farmer Must Strive to Produce Only Best Animals and Meet Needs of Consumer. (By S. T. SIMPSON, Missouri College oJ Agriculture) Wo must study the market demands nnd select good sires of the types that will enable us to meet them. If we find that the butcher or packer likes an animal of extreme beef type be cause that animnl yields a high per centage of tho high-priced cuts, the sires must be selected accordingly. If we find thnt the horse buyer takes tho big, drafly, sound horse In preference to the chunk when his order calls fo: horses for heavy work, wo must secure sires that will get colts of that type. If we ship or sell to a market which demands bacon hogs, then tho boat should ho tho best obtainable lndl vldual of a bacon breed which is in good demand in that market. In any case, wo must strive to pro duce only the best animals and to be sure that they aro uniformly good and thnt there nro among them no mis fits or inferior specimens which do not meet the consumers' needs. ate of tho Unlveivhy of Pennsylvania, Ho wns a master at St. Mark's school, Southborough, Mass., and nfter teaching there for a time ho went to Oxford university and took a post-graduate course at Bnlllol. In 1005 and 1000 ho wns secretary to Georgo von L. Meyer, the nmbnssa dor to Russia, and nfter that was attached to the American embassy at Berlin, lie then wns made superintendent of foreign mnlls at Washington, which position ho resigned In 1018 to Join the staff of tho nntlonnl chamber of commerce. CHIEF OF CONDUCTORS Austin Gurrctson, president of tho Order of Railroad Conductors, is cred ited by many with being the "brains" of tho recent coup by which the rail road brotherhoods forced congress to pass nu eight-hour basic day bill in order to ovoid a paralyzing strike. GarrcuNk is also a big man phy Ically, being tlx feet nnd two Inches In stature. Men who know him Inti mately say that ho is an accurate thinker, n skilled nnnlogist, a philoso pher, a materialist and' a sontlmcntnl lst. IIo likes to gtvo n poetic touch to his speeches and his writings und, although he is not a religious man, reads the Bible at his home, In his of fice and often on his travels. The Blblet he says, covers tho whole range of humnn experiences nnd Is the snfest of all guides, regard less of circumstances or centuries. IIo was a conductor for many years on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rnllr road, and for some time rnn passenger respecting his earnestness nnd ability, Jumped him over the hends of other officers in their brotherhood nnd elected him first vice president, thnt ho might become the chief of their order If Edgar E. Clark should die, resign or engngo in some other business. When Mr. Clnrko becamo n member of the interstate commerco commission Mr. Gnrretson, by the letter of tho program, wns chosen to be his successor, SHOUSE LOYAL ! S I picked up I couldn't help thinking how much superior these thoroughbred outcasts wero to tho riffraff which hud neither breeding nor Individuality to commend them. The European war has been a great benefit to tho United States, us it has taken a lot of worthless breeding material. "What wo need now Is n little intelligence and Inlttntlvu to remedy the mistakes of former generations. Kentucky Is, essentially a horse-breeding stnte, and we naturally look for progress there, but in the same class may bo placed Tennessee, Missouri, Montana, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and it is from them wo must look for tho greatest development.", LANGLEY DIDN'T SPEAK Representative Langley of Ken tucky is n Republican, nnd when he first rnn for congress he went to ranko s. speech in n county thnt was mostly Democratic. Langley had never been In tho county before until he entered Ibo race for congress and know llttlo ' about conditions there. One of the things ho did not know was that the county was noted for its nlmost com plete absence of colored people. Tho people there for years had made a specialty of keeplug out the negroes, Jlmply because they had n prejudice ;n favor of an exclusively white com munity. Thnt being tho case, n Dem jcnitlc politician named Van Zant, ntcr Btnto ehnlrman in Kentucky, nr- -ranged with tho liveryman whero Langley would have to go for n rig, to give him n colored driver. When Langley arrived Innocently m tho scene, nlongsldo of his colored lrlver, Van Zant walked up to him and Inquired In n loud voice: "Which one of you gehtlemen is going to speak first?" Tin crowd thea 'aughed so hard nt Langley that ho was unable to speak nt all. Basil Miles, who for tho last three years has been one of tho chiefs of division of the chamber of commerce of tho United Stntes, has been ap pointed by tho secretary of state to take charge, in behalf of the United States; of military and civilian relief of Germans and Austrlnns in the Itus sian empire. Slnco coming to Washington In 1008 to reside, Mr. Miles, who was born in Philadelphia June 20, 1877, has become widely known there and has been n familiar figure In nil sorts of private as well ns public charity affairs, where his work ns an organizer bus proved of vnluo to many institutions and per sons. lie is tho son of Frederick B. Miles, engineer and philanthropist ot Philadelphia, his mother having been a dnughtcr of Judge Woodworth of New York. Mr. Miles wns educated in Phila delphia and in England. lie Is a gradu trains In Mexico. The conductors, TO THE HORSE Representative Shouse of Knnsns represents a district where there Is nu nutomobllo to every six persons, yet ho Is loyal to tho horse, for ho used to live In Kentucky, where he wug edi tor of tho Farmer und Breeder. "In Kansns we havo tho heavy draft horso at Its best," said Mr. Shouse. "He belongs to tho furm and does his work well. When we wunt to go nnywhere we uso an automobile, but I know what tho thoroughbred means to the country at largo, und particularly to communities in which horse breeding is an economic asset. "In-n recent tour through my dis trict I wns forcibly reminded of n movement which had Its Inception In Kentucky In 1808, when n breeders' organization was formed to purchuso all undesirable or bnrren thorough bred mares and resell them without nnmo or pedigree. When J saw tho sorry nondescripts which wero being w;?? r' ' f'"V HEN PERMITTED TO SELECT HER OWN FOOD. (By II, Ij. KEMPSTEH, Missouri Agri cultural experiment Station.) Perhaps tho best way to find out what hens like is to ask tho hens. At least thnt was tho plan followed by tho Missouri agricultural experiment station In recent tests In which weighed amounts of vr'ouS 'cads were placed before tho hens and what they left of each kind of feed wns weighed bnck so It was possible to tell what kinds of feed they had oaten nnd what thoy had passed by. At tho samo time n careful record was kept of tho number of eggs lnld by each hen nnd her. changes In weight. The test seems to show that tho hen knows better than many people how to select tho food that will help her most In laying eggs nnd keep her In tho best condition. Some old Idens with regard to poultry feeding Wero proved sound and somo others wero discredited by the hens. Thoy nlmost nil showed n decided preference for wheat which Is very generally used ns a poultry feed. Kafir stood next In popularity, followed by corn and cornmenl, but oats nnd sunflowers wero not eaten as much as many peo ple would hav'o expected, probably be PRESERVING EGGS IS SIMPLE i Water Glass Method Is Not at All Difficult Cleanliness Is Very lm portant Factor. (By E. P. LADD, North Dakota, Experi ment Station.) In preserving eggs tho wuter-glass method is very simple. Eggs put up according to it will retain their orig inal flavor. Directions : , Tho eggs must be fresh nnd clean. Wnshlng nn egg spoils Its qualities. Galvanized iron vessels, crocks, jars or wooden kegs may bo used. Tho vessel must bo clean. If; of wood it must bo thoroughly scald ed. Uso a good grade of water glass. Ono llko n heavy white Jelly that flows like cold molasses. Uso one quart of tho water glass to ten quarts of pure wntcr thnt has been belled. Pour into tho vessql whoa cool. Fresh eggs can bo put into It from time to time until tho Jar Is filled. There should bo two Inches of tho solution above Uto eggs. Keep the preserved eggs in a cool pluce, as in n cellar. Tho eggs will contain somo gns and so crack when boiled. This can ho prevented by mak ing u pin holo In tho blunt end of tho eggs boforo boiling them. MORE EGGS WITHOUT MALES . , - 9 Unmated Hens Not Worried and Re tain More Energy to Be Devoted to Egg Production. It hus been quite well established by tests that hens kept separated from inula birds will produce more eggs thun those that run with tho males, In one experiment five hens, five pul lets und n cock wero put In one pen and flvo hens and five pullets In an other All wero of the sumo breed and wero given tho sumo care. Tho experiment continued from January until Steptember. The mated females produced 050 eggs and tho unmated ones 072, a difference of 2ii In favor of tho unmntcd ones. In nn other experiment practically the same results wero secured. The theory is that unmated hens are not worried by Jie male and be ing moro quiet retain moro energy to bo devoted to the production of eggs. LOCATION OF 6HICKEN COOP Place It on High, Wdt-Dralncd Spot Avoid Cool, Damp Air That Ketpo Things Molot. In locating n chick en coop, pluco It on a high, well drained spot. Soil that Is well drained Is less likely to become contaminated with dlscaso germs. Air dralnago is as necessary ns soil aralnngo, so tho coop should not stand In a low placo or pocket where cool, damp air settles and keeps things moist. cause tho hen Is not nble to dlgea inui'h food containing u high percent) ago of crude fiber. Tho hens that did eat sunllower seed were seen cracklus, them nnd eating only tho softer pop Hons inside, possibly because U103 wanted to get rid of tho crude flbe? in tho shell. Bran is often used in poultry fccd lng, but the hens In this test whlct could get other feed nlmost nlwny choso It jnstend of bran. Alfalfa leaves wero tried but not eaten to nnj great extent Aulmul food of some kind, such ni tho beef scrap or sour milk, is gen erally regarded us very necessary foi laying hens, but most of tho hens 1c this test did not cat much moro beel scrap whllo laying thun whllo not lay lng. Two actually uto tnoro of It whci they wero not luylng. Other tests at tho Missouri station havo shown that tho uso of cither bcel Bcrap or sour milk mnkos tho hctfi egg record nt least twlco aB good at though sho wero fed no tinlmnl fecv' whatever, und that sour milk is slight) ly bettor than beef scrap for this pur poso in addition to being cheaper mie1 easier, to jjt on most farms. CLEAN WALL NEST FOR HENS One Shown In Illustration Herewith l Recommended by Kansas Agri cultural College. Roomy, clean nests mean clcnt) eggs. Tho Kansns Stnto Agricultural college advocates the uso of tho nest Bhown. Dirty nests nrc generally caused by tho fowls roosting on tin edge of tho nests nnd allowing drop pings to fall in, or by tho hens wnltlnq at tho edge of their favqrlto nest foi another hen to get through laying; nnd fouling tho side of tho nest wit Wall Nest for Layers. droppings as they wait. In tho nest Illustrated, tho sliding door nt ono end may bo shut nt night. This will liong the birds from roosting on tho ncstn, The narrow board by which tho hens enter the nests allows their droppings to fall on tho floor Instead of nceumu latlng to soil their feet and then tha eggs. Tho rcmovnblo board on the front of the nests makes them conven ient to clean. POULTRY AS INSECT HUNTERS Fowls Will Pick Up Much Food When Turned Loose in Fleldsi-Tur-keys Like Grasshoppers. Tho poultry that Is turned loose In the fields these days will pick up n lot of vnluablo feed that will not cost you a cent. This feed, consisting lnrge ly of insects, mnkes vnluablo poultry feed lu two wuys, as it not only nour ishes tho poultry, but is thereby pre vented from eating und otherwise dc stroylng your crops, Turkey are especially fine -Insect hunters nnd ure among the best hun ters of tho grasshopper. CANDLE AND GRADE ALL EGGS Farmer Cannot Afford to Produce Best and Take Flat "Case-Count" Price for Product. Insist that your buyer candle and grado your eggs nnd thnt ho pay a premium for "llrstB" over "seconds." You cannot afford to produce the best and take a flat "caso-count" prlco along with tho producers of small, dirty, stale, Inferior eggs.
