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EVEN PERIODS FOR MILKING
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Cows Thus Milked Gave More Milk In
Evening Than In Morning Ef
fect of Phosphates.
An English experiment station has
lcflnltcly determined that tho total
quantity of milk Is not Influenced by
equal or unequal periods of milking,
hut that tho fat pcrcentngo Is mate
rially altered by the length of time
between morning and evening milk
"ings. Cows milked at even periods
gave moro milk In the evening than
In tho morning. Tho evening's milk
was slightly tho poorer In quality.
In an experiment to determine the
effected of feeding phosphatos directly
to cows, precipitated bono phosphate
wus fed nt the rate of one ounce pel
English Dexter Cow.
day. No appreciable effect was ob
tulned cither on tho quantity or qual
ity of the milk produced. Apparently
this material had no effect on the
stimulation of the nervous system; If
anything, It had a depressing effect
The weight of cows receiving the pre
cipitated bono ash showed n slight
Increase.
Experiments showed no advantago
In milking three times n day was com
pared with twice n day.
Cows fed palm-nut cafie did not Jn
crease In weight as did thoso fed
cotton cake, but they showed a loosei
skin with a glossier look. The palm
nut cuko gave a higher percentage of
fat In tho milk.
TREATMENT FOR LEAKY TEAT
Forty-Penny Spike, Rounded Off to
Point and Applied While Hot Will
Prove Effective.
Many good cows are butchered be
cause they milk so easily that the
pressure In the udder during a big
milk flow causes the teats to leak.
Leaking teats can usually be Iden
tified by the conenve depression nt
the milk opening. Hurd milkers have
n convex surface around the orifice.
To stop a cow's teat from leaking, tho
best method I have found Is to file a
40-penny spike, round off the point,
heat tho end hot enough to sear, and
press it gently into the milk orifice,
says a writer.
Hold In place till the cow Informs
you that you have done enough. It
Is better to repeat the operation than
to do too much at the first trial. The
burn will nearly always cure readily
as the result of the soothing Influence
of the milk, but If it is slow in healing,
grease with salve. When the scar
forms around the milk orifice, it con
tracts tho opening and prevents the
milk from leaking.
CLEANLINESS OF THE DAIRY
Vital Factor In Successful Production
of Milk Rack for Sunning Cans
Is Illustrated.
Cleanliness Is n very vital factor in
the successful production of milk. The
illustration shows a simple sunning
rack for milk cans and utensils. Any
farmer can quickly construct this rack.
All you need Is a few 2-by-4s and 1-by-4s.
The framework is of 2-by-4s and
tho braces are l-by-4s. Tho cut shows
Rack for Sunning Cans.
an end view and the length will depend
on tho number of cans and utensils to
bo sunned. The rack should be ad
justable to the direct rays of the sun.
Tills Is accomplished by tho uso of an
iron bolt In securing the horizontal
pieces at their intersection, with the
upright 2-by-4s forming tho pedestal.
For clean milk cans, wash first in cold
water, then steam (or scald, If steam is
not avallablo), then uso tho sun rack.
THOROUGH COOLING OF MILK
One of Most Important Steps In Its
Care Strain immediately and
Place In Cold Room.
Prompt and thorough cooling is ono
of tho Important steps In the caro of
milk.
Milk should never bo left in the
milking pall for several minutes in a
warm place. It should bo strained at
bnco and put In tho coolest place pos
Bible.
SPRING WHEAT YIELDS
Seventeen Different Stations
Give Returns.
Results Obtained by State Agricultu
ral Colleges, United States De
partment of Agriculture and
by Co-Operation.
Every spring-wheat grower wants
to know whether to grow common or
durum wheat on his farm. A study
of tho dlngram shown will help to
answer tho question.
The dlngram shows wheat yields nt
17 experiment stations- In tho great
plains area. Theso results wero ob
tained partly by tho state agricultu
ral experiment stations, partly by the
United States department of agricul
ture, nnd pnrtly by tho two in co-operation.
For each station tho figure shows
a series of vertical columns, shaded
in different wnys. Tho number of
columns In ench case shows tho num
ber of different groups of whent
grown in theso years. Each column
stnnds-for tho best varieties of Us
group and tho height shows tho yield
In bushels per ncrc. The groups aro
hard red winter (white), durum
(black), FIfo (light slanting lines),
Preston (heavy slanting Hues), and
bluestem (dotted lines).
Tho study of tho illustration tells
somo things very plainly. Hero they
aro:
(1) , Where winter wheat (tho
white column) can be grown safely it
Is a better ylelder, and In many parts
lb
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Average Wheat Yields.
u much better ylelder than any spring
wheat Tho figure shows rouglily
where winter whent can be grown.
(2) Durum wheat (tho black col
umn) has outylelded all other groups
of spring wheat at all of the stations
named.
(8) Fife wheat (light slant-lined
column) Is tho highest yielding common-wheat
Jn the northern and west
ern part of North Dakota. It is also
well adapted to eastern North Da
kota" and South Dakota and Minne
sota. (4) Tho Preston group (heavy
slnnt-llned cdlumn), ns shown here,
contains three different varieties.
Tho only important one Is the Preston.
(5) Bluestem wheat (dotted col
umn) is hardly equal to Fife except
in eastern North Dakota. There and
In Minnesota tho bluestem wheats
nro well adapted and most largely
grown.
MOLES DEVOUR MANY GRUBS
Dill of Fare Also Includes Earth
worms, Cutworms and Other In
sects, but Not Potatoes.
Before you kill the mole let him
have a big dinner of grubs, if you
would follow the suggestion of J. E.
Guthrie of Iowa state college, who has
found that ground moles will cat more
than their weight of grubs In ono day
If they cun find them. The mole's bill
of faro also includes earthworms, cut
worms and various Insects, but not
potatoes which he Is sometimes ac
cused of eating. Of course, severo
measures are necessary and he humps
up tho lawn, but unless ho so con
ducts himself It is evidently better to
leave him to his grub-consuming activ
ities. Ilolllng lawns will often dis
courage the operations of moles.
MACHINES IN PUBLIC FAVOR
Marked Increase Noted In Certain
Farm Implements Corn Huskers
and Shredders Gain.
Census figures between 1009 and
1014 show a marked Increase In cer
tain farm Implements. Corn huskers
and shredders and corn and benn har
vesters show tho xeutest amount of
Increased popularity.
Other implements s.owing n gain
in public favor aro grain drills, spring
tooth harrows and grain harvesters.
CLEANLINESS IS BIG FACTOR
Plenty of Fresh Air and Liberal Use
of Disinfectant Are of Greatest
Impo tante.
Cleanliness is the most important
factor In tho successful raising of
poultry and it doesn't consist alto
gether In tho removal of dirt from
the henhouse. It Includes also plenty
of fresh air and tho liberal uso of. disinfectants.
HAY SUPPLY OF IMPORTANCE
Farm Animals Consume Enormous
Amount During Winter Advantage
In Cutting Small Areas.
On most farms there aro "grass
patches" or small meadows where by
careful work tho manager may savo
considerable hay. After tho general
hay crop is taken caro of usunlly
thcro will bo a demnnd for morq,
Where ono hns considerable llvo stocfe
it will bo rather hard to store and
savo too much hay, for animals con
sume an enormous nmount during the
winter nnd It Is nn easy matter to un
derestimate what they will require.
It will pay generally to find the hay
patches where thcro Is a small urea
of fine grass and save It. It may bo
a little moro expensive to savo small
patches than In the hnyflcld proper,
but If the hay Is needed, ns it gen
erally will be, no complaint need bo
made about the expense.
There Is another advantage In cut
ting and curing tho small areas of
hay. Tho grass is utilized for feed
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nun not icii 10 prouueo seen 10 cnusu
you trouble next year. If the grnss
be Johnson grass, crab grass or other
thrifty growth that Is more or less n
pest there will bo nil tho moro reason
for cutting nnd curing it for hay.
CELERY OF HIGHEST QUALITY
Spraying to Prevent Blight and Rust
Is of Utmost Importance Much
Work Required.
Ono aero of celery properly cared for
represents a lot of work, extending
from tho time of planting tho seed In
tho greenhouses or hotbed, transplant
ing tho plants, setting them In Uie
open field, wntering, cultivating, spray
ing, harvesting, bunching nnd market
ing. But tho returns from a bumper
crop of, say 40,000 head from tho acre,
averaging 50 to 00 cents a dozen heads,
pays well for tho labor and care be
stowed on this crop.
""Spraying to prevent blight and
rust is of the utmost importance to In
sure a good yield of best quality cel
ery." So says Samuel Beach, a Cana
dian truck grower. Ho uses bordeaux
mixture wlienevor there Is tho slight
est Indication of blight or rust. As
Jus cultivates tho crop ho watches for
indications of leaf Injury, ond finds hi?
one-horse power spraying outfit ns nec
essary as his cultivator. The cost of
spraying materlnls Is considerably
higher since tho war began, but Mr.
Bench finds that tho spraying cannot
be omitted, even wero the cost of spray
ing mnteriuls several times as high as
they aro at present.
SERVICE FROM DOUBLE GATE
Farm Task, That for 8ome Reason oi
Other Ib Neglected Easy Plan
Described Herewith.
Tho ranking of tho double gato on
the farm Is a task that for some rea
son or other Is usually neglected. The
double gate gives much better service
than the largo single gato for tho rca
son that tho hinges have only half the
weight to bear that the single gate
docs.
An easy way to make the double
gato Is hero described. It Is presume?
Double Gate for Farm.
that a lfl-foot gato Is to be built, nnd
to doso we build the gate, (as shown),
all' In ono piece. It is then set in place
nnd tho four hinges aro mado fast, the
post well tamped, and the gato Is then
sawed In two In the center (as showr
at A).
This method will bring both gates
on n line, and they will be sure to
close evenly. It Is a good plan to place
tho two center sldepleces about one
half inch apart, and make two saw
cuts, cutting out tho extra half-Inch
which will prevent the rain from swell
ing tho gate, which may prevent Its
closing evenly.
SOIL FERTILITY IN GARDENS
Without It Farmer Cannot Expect to
Realize High Profits Grow Some
Leguminous Crop.
A primary 'oration in every
gardening prr . to mako and keep
tho soil as fei j possible. With
out high fertility we cannot hope to
realize high profits. Uso llmo occasion
ally so thnt the clovers will thrive See
that nn nmplo supply of phosphorous
Is furnished nil crops. Grow green
manurlal crops as much ns possible,
Tako caro of the stable manure pro
duced on your own placo nnd use it
whero it wllfdo tho most good. Buy
stnblo manure when the price is right.
SAVING ALL MANURE VALUES
Whenever Possible Fertilizer Should
Be Hauled to Field and Spread
Soon as It Is Made.
Whenever possible, manure should
bo spread as soon as made. A wagon,
or better, a manure spreader, should
bo placed where tho manure can do
shoveled from tho gutters directly in
to ItHo savo handling twice. As soon
us filled, it should bo hnulcd to tho
field nnd the manure scattered, not
piled In Uttlo heaps for later scattering.
POULTRY
COLD STORAGE IS EFFICIENT
Recommended by Expert of Kansas
Agricultural College as Best Way
of Keeping Eggs.
Cold storage is the best way to pro
servo eggs, In tho opinion of F. E,
Musschl, Instructor in poultry hus
bandry In tho Kansas State Agricul
tural college.
"Many preparations are used foi
preserving cggs,'f says Mr. Musschl,
"but none nro ns efficient ns cold stor
age. Some persons uso sodium sili
cate, commonly known as water glass,
whllo others uso lard or one of the
many commercial preparations to pro
sorvo eggs.
"Theso methods of storing eggs pre
vent decomposition by bacterial action,
but do not Btop enzyme action. Tho
enzymes nrc always present in tho egg
and nro active nt ordinary tempera
tures. With good fresh eggs kept nt
tho proper storage temperature 31
or 82 degrees Fahrenheit enzymo ac
tion as well as bacterial action Is pre
vented. Three months Is n long time
to keep eggs nt room temperature yet
this Is what tho poultry department
has done."
In order to prove tho superiority of
lnfertllo eggs over fertile ones in keep
ing quality, Mr. Musschl kept n dozen
eggs In his ofllco for three months.
When examined nt the end of the
period they showed no signs of decom
position other than a Blight thinning
of the white (UuTyc-lk, and n faint
odor. These chuuges wero duo to tho
action of enzymes within tho egg.
ERADICATION OF RED MITES
All Night Pests Fill Their Bodies With
Blood From Fowls and Then
Hide In Daytime.
Tho red mlto is tho worst enemy
tho poultryman has to contend with,
nnd tho very hardest ono to fight,
This pest is very small and normally
Is grayish In color, but, moro often,
It presents n deep red color, be
cause of tho 'blood with which It Is
Qllcd.
Unless very numerous, the mites nro
seldom found on the hens. Tho pests
work on tho hens nt night, lining their
bodies with blood, nnd hide beneath
tho perches, and in cracks and crev
ices near the roosting quarters during
the day.
Whitewash is not very effective In
fighting tho red mite. A better spray
ing mntcrlal Is coal oil emulsion. This
Is mndo by dissolving half a bar of
laundry soap in hot. water and adding
half a gallon of coal oil. This mixture
can bo diluted with flvo gallons of
wnter. Tho emulsion Is best applied
with a spray-pump, for tho reason
thnt tho pump will put tho "uld in
cracks and crevices thnt could not bo
reached with a brush.
The Job of spraying must be very
thoroughly done. Soino of tho mites
will likely escape tho first spraying,
and for this reason it Is advisable to
repeat tho spraying In a few days, and
again in a week, to destroy tho inttes
thnt hatch from eggs.
WHY LEGHORNS ARE POPULAR
Food Cost Is Exceptionally Low and
Floor Space Is Less Test Made
at Cornell University.
The cost of egg production with Leg'
horns is exceptionally low according
to tests made at the Cornell unlver
slty.
On ono largo poultryfarm .the food
cost in the case of Leghorns Is exeep
tlonnlly low and will average three
cents a dozen less thnn where Inrgo
Flock of Leghorns.
breeds nro used, and in addition to this
the floor space required for Leghorns
is less thnn that required for an equal
number of larger fowls.
Theso birds also cost less to ralsn
to maturity, and all of theso character
istics will result In effecting very im
portant saving in tho cost of food,
labor and equipment.
FREE RANGE FOR CHICKENS
Hens Made Happy and Comfortable
and Encouraged to Lay Free
dom Means Eggs and Health.
Of all the good thlngo ono can do
for his hens to make them happy and
comfortablo nnd so Induce them to Iny
well, nothing is better than to glvo
frco range. If tho freedom of tho
farm cannot bo permitted, at least
fence In ns big a field as possible and
let tho birds roam over It at will.
It means, health, happiness nnd eggs.
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KNOCKOUT FOR MR. BROWN
His Better Half's Story of Experience,
With Lottery Certainly Not
Flattering to Him.
Mrs. Brown hns a special horror of
lotteries, and nt all times and places
sho embraces every opportunity of
holding forth with vehemence concern
ing this pet nhomlnntlon. Her indig
nation will therefore be Imagined
when, one evening, her worthy spouso
came home and proudly announced
that he had Joined a gooso club. For
somothlng llko an hour she poured the
vials of wrath on her unfortunate hus
band's head, whllo he endeavored
meekly to bear it all.
At last tho warmth of tho attack
proved qulto too much for tho long-en-during
John, nnd he decide that the
time lind coir.o for him to fire up In re
turn.
"I suppose, my denr," said he, en-
denvorlhg to bo sarcastic, "you wero
never In a lottery, wero you?"
But, alas for the speaker! Mrs.
Brown turned upon him with wither
ing scorn,
"Once, John, and only once," said
she.. "They say, as you know, that
marrlago Is a lottery. Well, I went In
fOr thnt, and I myself won a goose I"
London Tlt-Blts.
Pimples, boils, carbuncles, dry up nnd
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid.
Adv.
Element of Uncertainty.
"How do you think your stnto Is go
ing noxt election?"
"Wo'ro going to have a walk-over,"
replied Scnutor Sorghum. "But I'm
not qulto suro which of us Is going to
get walked on."
Lots of men have causo to rejoice
because they don't get what they want.
It is always "easy to bo wise for
someono else.
Iron is Greatest of All Strength
Builders, Says Doctor
A Secret of the Great Endurance and Power of Athletes
Ordinary Nuxated Iron Will Make Del
icate, Nervous, Rundown People .
200 Per Cent. Stronger In Two
Weeks' Time In Many Cases.
NEW YOIUC, N. Y. Most peoplo
foolishly seem to think they are going
to get renewed health and strength
from somo stimulating medicine, se
cret nostrum or narcotic drug, sfld
Dr. Sauer, a well-known Specialist v ho
hns studied widely both in tills coun
try and Europe, when, ns a matter
of fact, real and true strength can only
come from tho food you cat. But peo
ple often fall to get tho strength out
of their food becnuso they hoven't
enough iron in their blood to enable
It to chnngo food into living matter.
From their weakened, nervous condi
tion they know something Is wrong
but they can't tell what, so they gener
ally commence doctoring for stomach,
liver or kidney trouble or symptoms
of somo other ailment caused by tho
lock of Iron In the blood. This thing
may go on for yonrs, whllo tho patient
Buffers untold agony. If you nro not
strong or well, you owo It to yourself
to make tho following test: Seo how
long you can work or how far you can
walk without becoming tired. Next
take two flve-grnln tablets of ordinary
nuxated iron thrco times per duy after
meals for two weeks. Then test your
strength again and see for yourself
how much you havo gained, -I havo
seen dozens of nervous, run-down pco
plowho wero ailing all tho whllo,
double their strength and endurance
OASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
Always
Bears the
Signature
of
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
TMI 0KTU OUrAftT. N(W TOR OtTT.
Disappointment.
"What made the man kill tho gooso
who Inld tho golden egg?"
can only guess nt It. Mnybo.food
was costing so mucn mac no got re
sentful because tho bird kept handing
him old metal Instead of regular eggs."
.Wlso Youngster. '
Little Dick What nro you cutting
out of that pnper?
Little Johnny Something' I don't
want mammn to see.
"What Is It?"
"It's an article that says wooden
slippers aro coming Into fashion."
Strong Drinks Irritate
Strong drinks llko beer, whiskey,
ten and coffee, irritate tho kidneys
and habitual uso tends to weaken
them. Dally backache, with head
ache, nervousness, dizzy spells and
a rheumatic condition should be
taken ns n warning of kldnoy trou
ble. Cut out, or nt least moderate,
tho stimulant, nnd uso Donn's Kid
ney Pills. They nro fine for weak
kidneys. Thousands recommend
them.
A Nebraska Cass
"Xvtrt Atftirt
Robert Francy, re
tired farmer, Elev
Till, mi
enth ana Piorco Btsi,
Fremont, Neb., says:
"For qulto awlilla
my kltlncys wero
disordered and I had
a weak and lame
back. My back
aohed steadily and
It hurt mo to do any
lifting. I was
ohllgod to get up
MAvnral times at
night to pass the kldnoy secretions, too.
Doan's Kidney I'll la relieved me as
soon as I took thorn and continued
use rid mo of nil the ailments. I have
felt flno since."
Cl Doaa's at Any Stars, 80s Box
DOAN'S "yffiLV
FOSTER-MILBURN CO- BUFFALO. N.Y.
VIM BMb s1 1 -A-A
A Tola operations. PoiIUt LlTer BlomsoU rtioedr
(No OH) RetalU mrct borne romwlr. Writ to4ar.
UIlil.M Rimr C. ,DeLW.l. Z1S 5.Diriira SL.CUfr
and entirely get rid of all symptoms
of dyspepsia, liver and other troubles
in from ten to fourteen days' time
simply by taking iron in the proper
form. And this after thoy had In
somo cases been doctoring for months
without obtaining any benefit But
don't tako the old forms of reduced
iron, Iron acetate or tincture of iron
simply to save, a few cents. You must
tako iron in a form that can be easi
ly absorbed and assimilated like nux
ated iron if you want it to do you any
good, otherwise It may prove worse
than useless. Many nn athlete or
prize-fighter hns won tho day simply
becauso he knew tho secret of great
strength and enduranco nnd filled his
blood wltii iron before ho went into
tho affray, whllo many another has
gono down to Inglorious defeat simply
for tho lack of iron.
NOTB-Nuxated Iron recommended
above by Dr. Sauer Is not a patent medl
clno nor socret remedy, but one which Is
well known to druggists and wiiose Iron
constituents Is widely prescribed by emi
nent physicians everywhere. Unlike the
older Inorganic Iron products, It s easily
assimilated, does not Injure the teeth,
make them black, nor upset the stomach;
on tho contrary, ft Is a most potent reme
dy. In .nearly all forms of Indigestion, as
well " --for nervous, run-down conditions,
Tli e iUihufacturers have suoh great con
fidence In Nuxated Iron that they offer
to forfeit 1100.00 to any charitable Insti
tution If thoy cannot take any man or
woman under 60 who lacks Iron and In
crease their strength 200 per cent, or
over In four weeks' tlmq provided 'they
have no serious organic trouble They
also offer to refund your money If It does
not at leant double your strength and
endurance In ten days' time It Is dis
pensed by most druggists. If your drug
gist or general store Is without a supply,
ask them to get It for you. Adv.
h Ah