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That the ordinary grain and
forage rations used for feeding our
hogs arun be supplemented with a
mineral mixture is a fact upon
which all investigators agree.
The ordinary grain ration does
not contain the variety nor a prop
er amount of mineral matter re
quired to rapidly develop a large
frame for early maturing hogs. One
can expect a considerable percent
age of weak, undersized or unthrifty
pigs when no mineral mixture is
used. Without mineral matter sows
are apt to go down In the back,
become weak in their pasterns and
many times become so weak they
cannot get up when nursing a large
litter cf pigs. The milk drains heav
ily on the skeleton of the sow to
supply the proper amount of min
eral to the milk. The constant ad
dition of mineral mateer to the
eow's ration will avoid this ailment.
Hogs are more apt to suffer from
mineral deficiency than other
classes, of livestock."
Buch products as tankage and
skim milk are rich in mineral mat
ter. but under average farm con
ditions they are seldom, if ever, fed
in large enough quantities to sup
ely the amount needed. Those who
ave been carrying ration spring
pigs on a light grain ration this
summer with perhaps a rather
skimpy pasture and who are ex
pecting a feed more gra'n as the
new corn comes on, should not
overlook the feeding of a liberal
supply of minerals. Strong, well de
veloped shoats will be needed this
fall when the breeding reason
opens. If they are weak and un
dernourished at that time they are
not likely to bring healthy, vig
orous litters next spring.
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CARELESSNESS COSTLY
Information has just been re
ceived from one of the big packing
companies showing that a recent
test was made on a special inspec
tion of 301 hogs received by rail
which showed that 55, or 18.27 per
cent, were bruised, there being in
this number 54 hams, 38 bellies and
one shoulder that were bruised.
a t ot nao uiov iiiaut vi u oiuiuui
nature on 270 hogs brought in by
trucks. Out of this bunch there j
were 67. or 2111 per cent, bruised.
In this bunch there were 49 hams,
29 bellies and one shoulder and one
back that showed bruises.
This is a very unusual and serious
condition and the loss incurred in
hogs arriving in this condition is
very heavy, and we would suggest j
that each member of the Exchange I
should embody this information in
Its next circular to its patrons and
caution them to be more careful in
the handling of their hogs as the
loss sustained in bruises of this
character will react detrimental to
the interests of the producers.
Careful handling of hogs, in fact,
all livestock, should be the order of
affairs so far as shippers to all
markets are concerned. Buyers are
bound to penalize offerings that are
bruised and the loss to producers,
if it could be figured, in a short time
reaches large proportions.
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HELECTING TIIE MALE
In selecting and mating the
breeding pens there is a tendency,
too often, to place too much em
pbasis on the selection of the fe
males and not enough o» the male.
It Is true that the females in the
pen are of utmost importance, but
the tendency for many is to leave
everything to the female, not in
tentionally. perhaps, but they cen
ter their efforts on picking out fe
males that come up to their re
quirements for breeders.
But what about the male? He is
often spoken of as being half the
flock. Some breeders say he is the
most important oart of any mat
ing. Too often, he is just selected
from the run of the flock because
he has the best body characteristics,
the most vigor, and so on.
The quickest way for a man to
improve the egg production of his
flock is to mate high pedigreed
cockerels to his females. These
cockerels will influence tI-3 first
generation of pullets? increasing the
yearly flock average as much as 40
to 50 eegs per bird, depending on
the production of the flock before
the mating is made. The higher
tire original production, the less
will be the increase.
neiis wu.ii iiH.piifM.cu icvuiu» uc
hind them are important, but
males with trapnested dams in
back of them are more important,
since the egg production ability is
transmitted through the male. As
he has such an influence on the
progeny, he deserves serious at
tention when it comes to mating.
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DRINK MORE MILK
Chemically, the average man. 5
feet 10 inches and weighing 10
pounds is worth 98 cents according
to scientific research. Here is the in
ventory. The human body consists
of: Enough fat to make seven bars
of soap. Enough iron to make a
nail of medium size. Enough sugar
to fill a shaker. Enough lime to
whitewash a chicken coop. Enough
phosphorus to make 2,200 match
tips. Enough magnesium for a dose
of magnesia. Enough potassium to
explode a toy cannon. Together with
a little sulphus.
No food except milk contains all
the chemical elements mentioned
above. The only other food that is I
relatively high In lime or calcium i
is leafy vegetables. So everyone who
wants good bones and teeth should
eat milk and green vegetables If ;
more prospective mothers knew this
little fact, they wouldn't have poor
teeth after the baby comes. Lime
or calcium is the chief chemical
Ingredient ir. the body, much of It
tlKAIN RATION PAYS'
Ijick ol proper feed is a greater
cause of low production of dairy
rows during the summer than flies
or hot weather. High producing
cows need grain when on pasture
and Holstein* and Ayrshire* pro
ducing 2A pound* of milk and Jer
sey* or Guernseys producing above ,
20 pounds of milk should have one
pound of grain for each six or sev
en noiimU of milk they produce
In addition to abundant pasture.
<•!’AN It 4L. AI.NwT IHMPNIM
Make the poultry house floor
from »i* to e.rht lnri.e* fughrr ‘
than the outalde ground. This at- .
•urs* good dial nag*. . 1
is needed, and if the mother doesn't
eat foods containing it, nature takes
the lime from the mother's teeth
and gives it to the child. As few
people, prospective mothers or not,
get enough lime in the diet, the
subject deserves attention.
SHELTERING MACHINERY
Whether or not it pays to house
farm machinery may be judged by
the reader after lie has gone over
the following conclusions of a lead
ing agricultural college professor:
A walking plow, according to the
best averages available, last 15 years
if not housed. 20 if housed, and in
either case costs $2.25 tor repairs
A gang plow lasts 10 years ex
posed, 20 housed, and costs $9 foi
repairs.
A corn planter lasts four years
exposed, eight housed, and costs
$13.34 for repairs.
A corn cultivator lasts eight years
exposed, 20 housed, and costs $7.50
for repairs.
A mower lasts sev^n years ex
posed, 12 housed, and costs $14.15
for repairs.
A binder lasts five years exposed,
12 housed, and ccsts $23.34 for re
pairs.
A farm wagon lasts 10 years ex
posed, 24 housed, and costs $20 lor
repairs.
A disk harroyv lasts eight years
exposed, 15 housed, and costs $9.38
for repairs.
These estimates are probably as
nearly correct as it is possible to
make estimates of this sort. They
certainly offer strong arguments in
favor of providing sheo room for
our farm machinery. Think it over.
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DOWN ON THE FARM
Down on the far 'bout half past
four, I slip on my pants and sneak
out the door. Out in the yard 1
run like the dickens, to milk all the
cows and feed the chkkems. clean
out the barnyard, curry Maggie and
Jiggs (mules), separate the cream
and slop all the pigs, hustle two
hours, then eat like a Turk; by
Heck, I am ready lor a full day's
work. Then I grease the wagon and
put on the rack, throw a jug of wa
ter in the old grain sack, hitch up
the mules, slip down the lane, must
gci me nay iu, iwno imb lain,
over yonder, sure as I am born,
cows on the rampage, hogs in the
corn. Back with the mules, then for
recompense, Maggie gets astraddle
the barb-wire fence, joints all ach
ing. muscles in a jerk, Whoop! Fit
as a fiddle for a full day’s work.
Work all the summer ’til winter is
nigh, then figure at the bank and
heave a big sigh. Worked all year,
didn’t make a thing, less cash now
than I had last spring. Some folks
say there ain’t no hell. Shucks!
They never farmed; how can they
tell? When spring rolls ’round I
take another chance, as fuzz grows
longer on my old gray pants. Give
my galluses a hitch, belt another
jerk, by gosh! I am ready lor a full
year's work.
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USE GOOD FANNING MILL
A few hours spent indoors this
winter cleaning seed with a fan
ning mill may save many days in
the hot sun next summer and will
pay handsome dividends in the
form of bigger and better crops. A
fanning mill operated at the cor
rect speed and equipped with the
proper sieves and screens Is cap
able of doing an excellent job of
cleaning clover, alfalfa and other
seeds. Since experiments have
shown that the main object of cul
tivation after the preparation ol
the seed bed Is the eradication of
weeds, and since most weeds are
introduced by means of impure
seed, the use of cleaned seed will
save a great deal of future work.
The value of a good fanning mill
in cleaning farm seeds has been
demonstrated by hundreds of farm
ers.
THE MEASURING STICK
Everyone has some sort of meas
uring stick, or ruler, with which he
takes the measurements of a par
ticular object in which he is# in
terested. If the object in question
is not of the desired size, the ruler
shows where it must be added to
or taken from to make it the de
sired dimensions.
The poultry keeper has just such
a measuring stick in the form of
record blanks. Records that show
the number of eggs laid, amount
and cost of feed consumed number
of birds in the pen, cost of egg
production, cost of meat production
. poultry meat is produced, over
head erpenses, in tact, all items of
expense and revenue, are measuring
sticks of the poultry keepers’ flock.
It will pay to keei records this
year.
BEES PROFITABLE
My grandfather, a worthy soul,
cared not a whit for books or
schools; but earned enough for his
needs with ninety acres, partly
weeds, a staneboat and a pair of
mules. My father, bless his mem
ory lived life, the weel read gen
tleman's. brought up his family,
content on ninety rods of land, well
spent his days—he kept a flock of
hens. But I more modern methods
try. intensive farming, il you please
with ninety feet content, am I land
fairly fertile, high and dry, you see,
I'm keeping bees.
HANG THE SALT
Hogs should have salt. Some
folks mix in the block. But blocks
unless firmly anchored, roct-ed all
the lot. o guard against this, take
an old bit, bore a hole through the
salt block from end to end, pass
an end-gate rod through It, screw
on the burr below, first using a
block cf wood for a washer, then
hang the the end-gate rad bv its
ring ona hook against the wall in
the hog-house, just high enough to
keep the block of salt on a level
with the pig's noses.
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The most common causes of low
fecundity in sows are lack of exer
cise and too hieh a condition.
ESTIMATING WEIGHT OF PIG
Measure the girth In Inche* back
of the shoulder and the length In
inches from the souxrc of the rump
to a point even with the point of the
shoulder blade Multiply the girth
and length and divide the product
bv 144 Multiply the result bv 11
If the girth Ii less than 3 feet or bv
I# if oyer 3 feet The answer will
be the number of pounds of pork
If lean, make a deduction of ft p:r
cent
MAKE LAND PRitDI'f'K
If il takes ten acres to pasture *
row. better use the land fo.‘ timber.
Re* rrni from timber will foro# ui
quakly. but tney *«U b» cfru*.u.
MMittl_I
Touring - - - *615
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Roadster . - - .685
&
Coupe - - - 695
Sedan - - - 745
Prion /. o. b. factory nut iperltauiom*
intlirt to chant* aiitkoot node* Will?*.
Otnrlund. Ino, IcUdc, Ohio
NEW WORLD’S RECORD!
Setting a new world's speed and endurance record for cars under
$1000, the new Whippet Six in a continuous 24-hour run at the
Indianapolis Speedway, under observation of the Hoosier Motor
Club, averaged 56.52 miles per hour for the entire 24 hours—
Brought to a dead stop from a speed of 35 miles per hour in 49 feet
7Vi inches—Accelerated from 5 to 25 miles an hour in 7.2 seconds—
Records made possible by the most advanced engineering of any
light Six in America!
The new Whippet Six is now on display. See it. Drive it. You
will find it a revelation in value!
WILLYS-OVERLAND. INC.
TOLEDO, OHIO
A Puzzler
North—Yes—certainly I understand
Women.
West—What do they mean when
they hold out their hand in the car
ahead?—Life.
Don't Make aToy
Out of Baby’
-'Babies Have Nerves
By Ruth Brittain
to
Much of the nervousness in older
children can be traced to the over
stimulation during infancy, caused by
regarding baby as a sort of animated
toy for the amusement of parents, rel
atives and friends. Baby may be
j played with, but not for more than a
quarter of an hour to an iiour daily.
Beyond that, being handled, tickled,
caused to laugh or e\en scream, will
sometimes result in vomiting, and in
variably causes irritability, crying or
sleeplessness.
Frett'ulucss, crying and sleeplessness
from this cause can easily lie avoided
Oy treutlng baby witli more consider
ation. but when you Just can't see
what Is making baby restless or upset,
better give bint a few drops of pure,
harmless ("ustoria. It's amazing to see
haw quickly it culms baby's nerves and
soothes him to sleep; yet It contains
no drugs or opiates. It I* purely veg
etable—the recipe is on the wrapper.
I.calling physician* prescribe it for
colic, cholera, diarrhea, constipation,
gas on stomach and bowel*, feverish
ness, loss of steep and all other “up
sets" of babyhood. Over million
bottles used a year ahowa Its over
whelming iMipularit».
With each bottle of (Jasiorla. you get
a book on Motherhood worth its
weight In gold. I.ook for Chat. II.
Fletcher'* signature on the package so
you'll it* I genuine t'astorla. There arc
many Imitations,
For Foot Rot in Sli«ep and
Foul* in Hoofs of Cattle
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DON'T suffer headaches, or any of
those pains that Bayer Aspirin can
end in a hurry! Physicians prescribe
it, and approve its free use, for it
does not affect the heart. Every drug
gist has it, but don't fail to ask the
druggist for Bayer. And don’t take
any but the box that says Bayer, with
the word genuine printed in red:
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Rheumatic Pains
12 Days' Free Triad
To get relief when pain tortured
joints find muscle* keep you In con
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more speedily. Get It at any drug
*1*1 In America.
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chest colds, sore nostrils and burn
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Joint-Ease
Machinery Has Freed
Women From Drudgery
It Is u fascinating topic to debate
whether man lives up to his inven
tions, or whether bis inventions fol
low him. One can argue forever to
prove that women today are better ed
ucated and more Intelligent, because
it is necessary for them to know how
to manage tie electrical equipment
which confronts them in both indus
trial and domestic life, or to prove
that the electrical equipment hns pro
vided tlie opportunity to develop the
use of their heads instead of their
hands alone. It Is of small impor
tance what the answer is. The fad
remains that homes are more charm
ing places in which to live, offices are
more attractive places in width to
work, and women are more Interest
ing human beings, because electrical
machinery lias come Into existence to
do the body-breaking mind destroying
routine tnsks, which for so many
years constituted woman's entire field
of endeavor.—Exchange.
The Leglese Daye
A generation ago legs were unknown
except on tables and chairs, although
“limbs were very plentiful, even
though thought to he a trifle Indecent
All women then were good except
maybe one that grandmother had
heard about In tier younger days, nnd
lids one was mentioned in whispers.
Then a divorce suit attracted the at
tfxritti.n r.f (Its* U'luiln fnlintv fur nn f>D«
tire year and n bath was tomething
not to be mentioned except to an In
timate friend, for it not only war, an
unfit topic for general conversation,
hut was no rare us not to be discussed
lightly.—Capper’s Weekly.
X-Rays Find Buttons
New uses are always being found
for X-rays. One of the latest Is that
of searching for hottons and other
solid materials In piles of rags that
are to be owed for paper-making. Seri
ous damage to the pulping machine
Is likely If buttons, hooks, eyes, and
such like are not removed from the
pulp. To prevent tills, endless hands
convey the rags over sn X-ray tube,
where I lie solid materials are readily
detected by fluorescent screens In the
X ray outfit.
Her Off Day
Caller— “You’ve been a hod glel to
: dey." Hetty—“You shouldn't call no
i Tuesday ; that’s my Usd day."
A rich msn with a lot of Pad Ideas
Is supimred to have an artistic leut
( (>er:t merit.
Without PoiMMot
A Mew Butennbutu tfcei to
AbMtatdy Bale to «m A tty wto.mt
Will not Injure human hetngn Hventr**,
dogs. cats, poultry, yet la deadly touts*
mid mice every time.
rshotu arc too tUagswAM
JC-R-O does nol contain ar sente, r>h/»
phot us, barium carbona te or n ny rh adtjf
ponton. Made of powdii«l«niill.»jres~
omir.i nded by the U. 8. Dent, of Api
culture In their latent bulletm on "HM
Control.”
“One of our Bond curt nmer. lust tnM w»i
gutrn n tl Ills d, ad rats no his tetan Swat
using a 2-otwin pnckaiiic of K lt -i>. We*
near of many find ns 30 or til r»*» dhr«
uslnp K H u will. It Is highly «mr«M
nod should please you.” Wotgaasol'alaitaa
Stur, Hu hviuud, D.
JSc at your druggist: large afro itwr
times es much) |i.W Sent |n«i»*rt«5
direct from us if dealer cannot snvyty
you. SOL D ON MONEY HAT-K
GUARANTEE. The JC R O two
ixiiiy, Spi infcficki, Ohio.
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