OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
HOW TO HANDLE HOG MANGE
Hog mange is caused by h very
small mite, and is spread only by
romact, that is, by one hog rub- i
buig against another or sleeping in
the same nest. These mites are
small and can not be seen without
ihe aid of a microscope. They mul
tiply rapidly, a new generation de
veloping In about 10 to 12 days.
These mites dig holes in the skin
of the animal and cover them
selves up with an exudate which
makes it difficult to get at them
with any kind of treatment. The
disease usually starts on the legs
and gradually spreads over the rest
of the hog. The skin on the sides
wrinkles and the hog becomes thin.
The best treatment Is the applica
tion of crude oil. Crank case oil
rr.av be used, but is not very effi
cient. If a pint of kerosene is add
ed to each gallon of crank case oil,
it will make this oil more effective.
A very good treatment consists of
lime and sulphur dip. If the liquid
lime and sulphur is not available at
local drug stores, the dry lime and
sulphur can be used. This dry prod- |
uct is the same as it used for the ,
spraying of trees, and the solution
is made by dissolving the dry lime
and sulphur In water at the rate of
one pound to three gallons of wa
ter. 1116 best method of applying
either crude oil or lime and sulphur
dip is by the use of a dipping tank.
Small pigs may be dipped in a bar
rel. If a dipping tank is available,
and the crude oil is used, the tank
may be partly filled with water and
then 8 or 10 inches of the crude
oil poured on top of the water. The
hoes should be dipped clear under.
If lime and sulphur is used, then
the solution should be made ac
cording to the directions on the con
tainer. Crude oil may be applied by
the use of a sprinkling can if a
dipping tank is not available. The
pen should be well bedded, in or
der to retain the oil that drips off
the hogs. This treatment should be
applied again in 10 days, as the
first treatment will not get the eggs
of the mites; by the time the sec
ond treatment is given, the eggs will
be hatched.
VALUE OF PURE BRED BOAR
A purebred boar at the head of a
herd of sows will add a value to a
crop of pigs that cannot possibly be
added by the very best of feeding
and management on the part of the
owner of the herd, a value that
could not be expected by the use of
a boar of inferior breeding, says an
expert breeder. There Is an old say
ing that has proved itself to be a
real law in animal breeding to the
effect that “like begets like.” Later
studies in the principles of animal
breeding explain very nicely that
the outward characteristics of an
animal are simply a development of
the inherited possibilities of the ani
mal, and express outwardly the
characteristics that this animal will
pass on to his offspring, provided he
is properly bred. Let us consider
three kinds of boars in use in many
herds of hogs, and study the results
of their use on the pig crop. First,
the scrub boar, which is fast dis
appearing because he cannot com
pete with the good purebred indi
vidual in cost of production and
pork consumers are demanding a
pork chop, roast, bacon and Ham of
first quality. The scrub boar is the
jesult of indiscriminate breeding, or
he is a result of natural selection
under adverse conditions. There has
been no effort on the part of care
ful, thinking men* to improve his
quality so that he will kill out a high*
per cent carcass of first quality
meat. His indiscriminate inheritance
has given him such a variety of poor
dualities that we do not wonder at
iris pigs being narrow between tne
eyes, having narrow backs, tapering
hams, and meat of poor quality. The
offspring of such a boar could not
be otherwise, for good things can
not come from bad combinations in
hog breeding. Second, we will con
sider the class of boars referred to
as crossbred or grade boars. Cross
bred boars are a result of mating
boars of one breed with sows of an
other breed. Grade boars are those
that have a large percentage of
blood of one breed, but still carry
a small per cent of inferior blood.
What may we expect from boars of
this class? Quite often a beginner
in the hog business is tempted to
buy a boar of this class and use
him as a herd boar simply because
he looks nice and can be bought
cheap. The beginner is unfailingly
disappointed when he compares a
crop of pigs sir ed by a boar of this
kind with a crop owned by another
breeder who uses only purebred
boars. Cross-breeding and grading
do undoubtedly produce a large
number of pigs of a desirable feed
ing type, but at the same time this
practrce of breeding mixes up the
inheritance of the prospective boar
io such an extent that his offspring
will have an opportunity to develop
too many variations that have come
into his own bloodlines. This fact
is bor ne out in breeding, for the off
spring of crossbred and grade boars
are inferior to their sires and lack
the uniformity and good quality
found in pigs sired by purebred
poors. When crossbred and grade
boars are used their stock “runs
out.” Third, we will consider pure
bred boars. Purebred boars, if prop
erly brd, sire good pigs, for they
can transmit to their offspring only
such qualities as have been handed
down to them by their ancestors.
The pure breeds of hogs today rep
resent what the constructive hog
breeders have accomplished through
many, many generations of selec
tion and mating, starting years and
years ago with inferior scrub-native
hogs. These breeders have had in
mind a tyjS of hog that would util
ize feed economically, and put on a
maximum amount of meat on the
parts of the body most valuable lor
human iood. By keeping in mind
this ideal type and selecting lor
b: ceding animals only those indi
viduals which came nearest to their
ideals, and keeping up this system
of breeding generation after gener
ation, these breeders have been suc
cessful in fixing the desired type in
TO GET RID OF ANTS
The only way to ged rid of ants is
to find tlrelr nests and destroy the
queen. With the queen killed, no
more eggs will be laid and the pro
duction of the. worker ante will stop.
Carbon bisulphide will kill the
queen and get rid of the workers. It
may be difficult to find the nest,
and sometimes when the nest Is
found it will be hard to get at, as
in foundation walls. When the col
ony Is located, however, pour an
ounce or two of the liquid Into each
of several holes made in the neat
with a sharpened stick, and then
quickly stop up each hole wit h a slort
of dirt. A heavy wet blanket thrown
•vai the neit help* to the
their herds. In other words, the in
ferior qualities of the early-type
hogs have been culled out again and
again until the inferior qualities in
the immediate ancestory of the
purebred hog have been largely
eliminated. Consequently his char
acteristics are the result of mating
animals of similar characteristics,
and we say the purebred boar is
prepotent. He transmits his good
qualities uniformly to his pigs, De
cause he can transmit only those
qualities inherited from good par
entage. Below I will figure the ap
proximate cost for service per pig,
and estimate the relative increased
value of the pips because of meir
greater possibilities due to good sires.
First we will consider a boar cost
ing $100. Care, equipment, etc., for
four years at $100 per year, $400.
Total, $500. Thirty to 50 litters in
the spring, 30 to 50 litters in the
la.ll, or 60 to 100 litters per year, av
erage six pigs to the litter, making a
total of 360 to 600 pigs per year, or
a grand total of four years of 1,440
to 2,400 pigs, or a cost per pig for
service fee of about 33 1-3 cents. It
would be very difficult to estimate
how much increase in weight and
quality oi pigs would result fiom
tne use of a purebred boar rather
than a boar of inferior breeding, but
a conservative estimate is that at 6
to 8 months of age the pigs from
the purebred boar would weigh 20
to 25 pounds more than the pigs
from an inferior boar. At the pres
et price of pork tins would mean
a difference of $1.40 to $1.75 per
pig, which, on a year's production
of the minimum of 360 pigs would
amount to a grand total of $500 to
$600. In these days when good pure
bred boars are plentiful and reason
able in price, tnere is practically no
excuse for using anything but a good
purebred boar, even though only
grade sows are kept to grow pigs lor
the market. A good purebred boar
will sire a better quality of pigs
than any other kind of boar, and
his pigs will have the constitution
and capacity to utilize feeds to the
best advantage and grow' into mar
ket hogs of the best quality, or de
velop into individuals that will mer
it their- being kept for breeding
stock.
COCCIDIOSIS PREVENTION
While the age from four to eight
weeks is the most dangerous one
for serious coccidiosis infection in
chicks, the d.-sease may lurk about
all summer, attacking the growing
chicks either in the acute or chron
ic form. A second change of range
in early summer even though the
spring range is supposed to be clean,
reduces the menace of both forms
of coccidiosis and of worms. Con
tinuous feeding of milk in some
form is excellent insurance for
folks who know or suspect that
they have coccidiosis on their
farms. Hot weather feeding of liquid
milk is not easy. It attracts flies
which increases the likelihood of
tapeworm infestation. Keeping the
containers sweet and clean is quite
a chore. So is the prevention of ex
treme acidity and perhaps rancidity.
Dried milk mixed in the mash to
the extent of 10 per cent by weight
of the total amount of mash is the
simplest form in which to feed
enough milk to reduce coccidiosis
troubles. With dried milk now re
tailing at about 5 cents a pound it
it not a question of whether or not
It can be afforded as a coccidiosis
preventive, but rather a case of one
not being Justified in running the
risk involved. Of course, if one al
ready has the infection among the
chicks, 20 to 35 per cent oi the
mash should consist of dried milk
until the worst stage is passed, or
about two weeks. Then reduce the
dried milk content to 10 or 15 per
cent for the rest of the season.
MILK FROM FOUR QUARTERS.
The relative milk yield of the fore
half and rear half of the dairy cows’
udder is in the approximate propor
tion of 40 to 60. Very close to 20
per cent of the total milk yield is
produced by each of the fore quar
ters and 30 per cent by each of the
rear quarters. Tre yield of the right
and left halves is practically equal.
One location period is not neces
sarily a good indication of the next
lactation's production by quarters.
On the average there seems to be
more variation between the front
and rear halves than between the
right and left halves. The rate of
decline of milk secretion’ during the
lactation period — persistency — in
each of the four quarters is quite
uniform. The variation in the yield
of milk in the udder halves was the
subject of study by Babcock in
1891, Plumb in 18D6, and Beach in
1904. Since that time many others
have determined the yield of milk
from the separate quarters for short
periods, but Turner, of the Missouri
experiment station, who during the
last few years has kept complete
milk-production records of the four
quarters of the udders of 35 cows
throughout two entire successive
lactation periods, is the first to de
termine the permanency of the dif
ference in production throughout an
entire lactation period and from one
lactation period to another, with
the results summarized above.
THAT "AVERAGE” COW
The average cow is an innocent
nuisance. She is the workmanship
of the “average” farmer. She has not
been bred right; she has not been
fed right: she has not been hand
died or cared for as she should be,
and she gets even in wholesale
robbery of the man who made her
what she is.
AN EXCELLENT ROUGHAGE
Sweet clover’s good roughage and
none can deny it. If you've never
frown it. you really should try it.
f coarse clover stems the manger
should fill, try running the hay
through a good roughage mill The
percentage refusal when this is the
plan, will be low enough to please
any man.
and to make fumigation more ef
fective. The liquid evaporates quick
ly and the gas permeates the whole
nest, destroying the colony. Carbon
bisulphidle is highly inflammable
and explosive ana no form of fire
or light should be brought near the
place which is being fumgated
PRODUCING STRONG PIGS
The production of weak and hair
less pigs, due to lack of iodine, may
be prevented by giving daily from
one half to two grains of potassium
i Iodide to the sow during the pe
; riod of gestation, if the ration you
| are feechn* ^oes not alreadv provide
■ vodiae.
HEART OF JACKSON
SHOWN IN LETTERS
Revea! Intimate Feelings of
Great President.
In the fifth volume of the “Cor
respondence of Andrew Jackson,"
published by the Carnegie Institu
tion of Washington, it is remarked
by Doctor Jameson In the preface
Vi at It Is the family letters—clearly
the "products of the President's un
aided pen”—that represent the ac
tual “quality, furnishing* and func
tioning of his mind." The literary
gifts and powers of expression of
of his advisers, manifest In some of
his correspondence In .natters of
state, did not touch these letters,
some 60 or 70 in number. No secre
tary revised their spelling and punc
tuation. They are as he wrote them
with his own hand, and give us "at
tractive and affecting glimpses" of
the weary, harassed President, of
Impaired health and lonely, “seek
ing consolation in the love of n fam
ily to whom he had endeared him
self by every evidence of paternal
consideration, gentleness and warm
affection."
The volume begins with a letter
dated January 2, 1833, to “My dear
Surah" (the wife of Ids adopted wn)
which finds him “left alone,” for
everybody had gone to hear Mr.
Benton replying to Mr. Clay in the
senate and Colonel Polk to Mr. Mc
Duffie in the house. lie sends a
“breast pin” ns a New Year’s gift,
having nothing better that could be
conveyed by mall, with a kiss for
his “dear little Rachel,” Ids Infant
granddaughter, whom no succeed
ing letter falls to mention In an
sflfectlonate manner. On one occa
sion, ill himself—too 111 to go to
church—and seeking to get rid of
his trouble by putting on a “medi
cated Hare skin" for such complaints
ss “Astma * * * dispyspepsla,
&c„" he forgets his own pain In his
delight that little Rachel Is in Im
proved health and has cut two teeth.
But, he adds:
“Whilst we are thankful for the
sift of this charming child let ns not
forget how thankful we ought to he
to lllm who gave her and how ear
nest we ought to supplicate a throne
of grace for her preservation and
that she may live to become an or
nament to society, nml a true disci
ple of her blessed saviour.*’
In every letter to his son, (he fa
ther of Rachel, there Is also the
concern about practical affairs at
Hermitage; the proper caring for (he
slaves, the planting, the saving of
seed for the next year, the selling of
cotton, the breeding of horses, and
above all, the meeting of obliga
tions. In the midst of his second
term, being painfully ill and Ills life
•‘uncertain," Jackson urges the son
to shun “dlssnpatlon" and especially
"intoxication which reduces the hu
man being below that of a brute."
Rut "nothing can be more disgrace
ful * * • than the charge truly
made that he has promised to pay
money nt a day oertafn, and violat
ing liis promise.” ‘T.uy nothing on
credit” was also a frequent injunc
tion.
For the burning of Hermitage he
imputed neglect to no one and met
It ns “an act of providence.” "It was
he that gave me the means to build
It, and lie has the right to destroy
It and blessed he Ills name.” And
Jackson straightway sends orders
for "Soantlln and Frick" with which
to begin the repairs. Rut most strik
ing of all Is his "hasty and laconic
reply" to give peace of mind to the
grandmother of the writer of a let
ter:
"I was brought up a Presbyterian
to which I have always adhered
[though he did not join tlie ehureli
till his retirement to the ‘shades of
private life,’ knowing that scoffers
would say that he had done It for
political effect]. * * * Charity
Is the real basis of nil religion.
* * * We ought to consider all good
Christians whose walks correspond
with their profession, he him Pros
beterlan, Episcopalian, Rnptist.
Methodist or Roman Catholic. T.et
it he remembered by your grand
mother flint no established religion
can exist under our glorious con
siltution.”.
He was .00 weak to copy the last
letter that lie wrote before the day
ibut ended Ids “olllclnl curler for*
ever” and Ids next letter, written n
few days later, makes elenr tlmt lie
tins for (lie time being forgotten all
else In Ills concern for Ids very sick
little granddaughter, Rachel Jack
son. —New York Times.
A Book-Mark
Son -I've forgotten how far I’ve
read In this book.
Mother—Just look for the place
the clean pages start.
This Woman Lost
64 Pounds of Fat
Mrs. H. Price of Woodslde, L. I.,
writes: *‘A year ago I weighed 190
lbs. I started to take Kruschen and
now I weigh 120 and never felt bet
ter In my life and what’s more, 1
look more like 20 yrs. old tlinn the
mother of 2 children, one 19 and the |
otliw IS. Every one of my friends
say It's marvelous the way I re
duced."
To lose fat with speed take a half
teaapoonfnl of Kruschen In glass
of hot water before breakfast every
morning—don’t miss n morning—an
85 (tent bottle lasts 4 weeks—get It
nt any drug store in America. If
not Joyfully satisfied after the first
bottle—mono/ back.
Appeal to Ambition
“Tommy," pleaded Ids teacher,
“why won't you practice your writ
ing?"
“Ain't no excitement In being a
bookkeeper.”
"Rut you might get to be a sky
writer."
His Favorite Expression
"Those girls look exactly alike.
Are they twins?”
“Oh, no. They merely went to
the same plastic surgeon."
His Reaction
Judge What did the officer do
when you called him a lobster?
Prisoner—He pinched me.
MercoiizedWax
Keeps Skin Young
0«t an ounrf an i <*•* as directed. Fin* p»rt ir lea of M*d
• kin prrl off until all dd«fta such pimples. livar
■pota, ian and freckle* disappear. 8kin ia then soft
and velvety. Your fare looks year* younger. Mnrcoliaad
Wax brings out the hidden beauty of your akin. T»
ramose wrinkle* use one ouaea Powdarad 8amllt-a
dissolved in one half pint witch haiel. At drug itorea.
Sickness
comes
flies |
Kill them
quick!
Largest ScDer In 121 Countries
Sioux City Ptg. Co., No. 35—1931.
Got Whole Owl Family
At Kinston, N. C., Jacob Dcaver
caught and caged n baby owl, and
parental love resulted in catching tho
owl’s father and mother. The birds
found their offspring In the cage and
visited It at night. Denver trapped
the male owl and found beside tho
eage a mangled chicken, parts of
which had been thrust through tho
cage to the Infant. Denver caged
the old owl and set the trap agatn.
The next morning he had caught tho
mother owl. A dead chicken and a
headless rabbit were close by. Now
the owl family lives In Denver’* cage,
apparently peaceful and contentvd.
A mortgage begins inflating as
soon as it Is made.
DON’T be Misted
Demand the Facts
Know the manufacturer—liis reputation and abil
ity. Know if he has the advantages in buying, manufacturing,
and distributing necessary to build better tires and sell them
at lowest prices. Know if he puls his own name on every lire
he makes and stands hack of it with his guarantee and respon
sibility for service. These are important things to look for
behind the price tag.
Dou’t he misled by the claims of mail order houses
whose special brand tires are made by some unknown manu
facturer as part of a miscellaneous assortment of production
and sold to you without the manufacturer’s name or guar
antee. Buy on facts.
Drive in to the Firestone Service Dealer in your com
munity and see cross-sections cut from Firestone Tires and 4
special brand mail order tires. Make your own comparisons. \
See for yourself the Extra Values Firestone build into their J
tires and give you at no extra cost.
COMPARE PRICES
MAKE OF
CAR
Ford
(Iherrolet
(Ihrvrolrt
Ford..
Ford ..
(llirfroitt
Whipprt..
4.40-21
F.rskltie- 1
Ply mo'tli
('handler
DeSoto
Dodge.|
llura nl
Pontiac
K ouK’vr 11
R i lly • - k
00-2(1
00-21
Buick 13.25-21
Eases_
Naah ._ j5
Olda’hle.J
TIRE
SIZE
50-20
50-21
73-191
t
4.75-20
5.00-19
,5.
Flr«
• tone
Old -
field
Type
Cash
Price
Each
4.18
5.60
5.61
6.65
6.63
7.io
7-15
8
57>n
-M»e>
cial
Brand
Mail
Order
Tlra
4.941 8.60
.60
5.69
6.75 6.75
6.96 6.9H
7.10
7.35
.57
Flra
atona
Old
field
Type
Cath
Price
Per
Pair
10.90
11.10
is.?o
15.14
15.60
13.80
14.30
16.70
Fire
•tone
Sen*
tlnel
Type
Ca>h
Price
Each
*9pe
cial
Grand
Mail
Tlra
4.35 135 8.50
4.78
4-85
f .685.68
5.75
S-9V
• 1CM
6.
6.35
7-57 7.37
4.7
4.8
a
.. 9<l
.. 1«|
6.3.'
Flra
elane
Sen
tinel
.Type
Cash
Prlep
Par
Pair
9.S*
940
11.14
11.2(1
ll.fcfe
ll.fO
12.40
i4.sa
MAKE CF
CAR
Marquette
Olds *!>!<*
Auhurii
Ionian
11 co ........
M arm on .
Oak Ia ml
Stud*b*ftur
(’liry aler
Viking —
Franklin
Hudson
1111 p * rn l>!
LaSalle .
Packard..
Plercc-A 6
Stuta-6
('adtliac.
lintoln
TIRE
SIZE
25-18 7.90
5.50-18
.50-10
.00-18
.00-19
.00-20
.00-21
.50-20
.00-20
Fir*.
•tuna
Old.
r.*id
Typ*
Cash
PricB
Ench
8.75
8.90
ll.SO
11.45
11.47
11.65
15.45
15.55
-fcSpc
oial
Brand
Mail
Ordar
Tire
.'X)
8.7:
8.W
11.2(1
11.4:
11.47
11.6;
13.4:
15.3.
Flr»*
stone
Old
field
Type
Cash
Price
Per
Pair
15-50
17.00
1750
iai
.70
xx.xo
xx.30
XX.60
X5.40
SO
hX9.
TRUCK and BUS TIRES
SIZE
H. D.
.10x5 ....
1i- l6 . .
16x6_
6.00-30. .
Firestone
Oldfield
Type
Cash Price
Each
817-9S
*975
5X.9S
15. as
■^Special
Brand Mall
Order Tlr.
$17.95
29.75
32.95
15.23
Firnttn#
Cldfleid
Typ«
Cast Price I
Per Pair
854-9®
5790
63.70
89.90
COMPARE
CONSTRUCTION and QUALITY
firestone
Give You
More Weight,
pound*. • • •
4.50-11 Tiro
Murt Thirknroti,
| inches .....
Mora Non-Skid
| Depth, incite. .
More PlieslJnder
| Tread ....
Some Width,
Soma Price .
jlfcA “Special 'flrmuf' tiro I* mrde by a manufacturer
tor distributors such ■■ mail order houses. ail companies and
others, under a name that does not identify the tire manu
facturer to the public, usually because ha builds his "beat
quality” tires under hit own name. F'irestone puts his name
on EVERY tire ha makes.
‘Double Quuruntee—Every tire manufactured by
Flreslane bears tha name •'F’IRESTONE" and earriea F'ire
stone’a unlimited fuarantre and that of our l.'i.bUO S-rrire
Dealers and Service Stores. You are doubly protected.
Firestone Service Stores and Service Dealers Save You Money and Serve You Better
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