ONE REASON FOR MILK SHORTAGE IN NEW YORK
i - * • • i * * shous rioting at Br**wster. N. Y., one ot the great sources of New York city's xuilk supply. Farmers
who refuse to sell to dairies at the U'Ual price arc attacking and spilling the milk supply of those who are on
their way to the dairies. As a result of the statewide strike of the farmers the milk supply of New York city has
^ been cut in half.
ANTILLA ON FIRE OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES
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Fliotograph shows the Antilla. the Ward line steamer, on fire off the Virginia capes just as the coast guard
cutr.-r Onandaga came to its rescue. Flames were raging so that the crew of the Onandaga found it impossible
to tight them. A number of the crew of the Antilla were badly burned. The crew and passengers were taken
on board the Onandaga.
FINEST HOSPITAL TRAIN IN THE WORLD
A train consisting of ton Pullman cars converted into a complete hospital
train is stationed at Fort Sam Houston for the use of Uncle Sam's troopers
on the border. Though it is no more serviceable than similar trains of a num
ber of belligerent powers in Europe, it excels ail foreign equipments in lux
urious appointments. The photograph shows nurses and an interne in the
surgical dressing compartment.
ACCIDENT IN THE^m^uTRACE
Tliis remarkable photograph taken during the running of the one hun
dredth mile of the Astor Cup race, at Sheepshead Bay speedway. New York,
shows Ruckstall crawling out from beneath his car after it had turned turtle
near the bend of the main stretch of the course. Ruckstall was slighly in
jured, but his mechanician escaped unhurt.
SITS OF INFORMATION
The ordinary year ends on the same
day of the week as that on which it
begins.
Color blindness is said to have been
^ discovered by the famous Doctor
Priestley, in 1777.
No less than 5,000 inventions have
been submitted to the navy board in
seven months.
By an electrical refining process a
plant in Norway is producing 6,000 tons
of zinc annually.
Paris has the largest steam turbine
electric plant in Europe, a street rail
way power station producing 120,000
horse power.
A patented rubber substitute s
made by mixing gelatin with glycer
in and a solution of camphor in ace
tone and treating the mass with sul
phur.
A series of electric buttons, the cor
rect combination of which to produce
results is known only to authorized
persons,, features one automobile
starter.
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;MME. BERNHARDT IN AMERICA
Specially posed photograph of Sarah
Bernhardt, the noted actress, as she
appeared after her arrival on the
steamship Espagne. The photograph
was taken in her suite in a New York
hotel.
Hint for Builders.
The factory inspection department
of the state of -Illinois has issued a
gratuitous suggestion to architects,
builders and factory owners reeom-'
inending the incorporation of an I
beani into the construction of all
!arge%uildings, supported 6y brackets
extending from the upper part of the
building by which scaffolds may be
supported for the use of painters,
sandblast cleaners and others having
occasion to work on the front of the
structure. The beam furnishdS a track
for trolleys from which the scaffolds
are hung, and is a safety feature and
a great convenience, saving a great
deal of valuable time usually spent in
rigging up devices of one kind or an
other to support scaffolding. It al
lows the swinging platform to be
moved rapidly in any direction, does
away with tlirustouts, and the move
ments of the men are not attended
by such great risks as are otherwise
encountered.
On the Chicken Pullman.
The chicken Pullman, so much ad
vertised for shipping both chickens
and turkeys to the city markets, is be
i ing improved this year by the addition
of collapsible steel crates. These crates
are lighter and easier to handle than
the wooden ones and they can be thor
oughly cleaned after each trip. They
[are also more durable. Their crown
ing advantage is the fact that each
! crate can be folded into a package less
I than three inches high, so that the re
| turn shipment of empty crates is re^
I duced to a minimum size.
} BUSINESS PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO DAIRY i
MAN F'EELS INDEPENDENT WHEN HE HAS GOOD HERD.
.Prepared by the t'nited States Depart
ment of Agriculture.'
There are so many leaks in the dairy
j business that only by the use of the
best business principles can it be made
permanently profitable. Individual
cows must each make a profit over the
cost of feed; this can be determined
only by weighing each cow's milk and
the feed that she consumes. The old
argument that the best cows are
known may have some foundation, but
few men know the poorest cows, and
the latter go to make up the average
as well as the good cows. No dairy
is better than its average production.
If this is too low, the herd is not pay
.ng a profit. Business principles must
therefore be applied to lowering the
cost of milk production. Efficiency is
as much a necessity on the farm as in
the factory. Few men feed their cows
In proportion to the quantity of milk
produced, yet what could be more sim
ple and more nearly right? With lit
tle regard for her needs, feed is put
before the cow in plenty if it is cheap,
and in less quantity if the price is j
high. Cows use about 60 per cent of
their feed merely to keep their bodies
working, and it is the quantity that is
fed above this fixed necessity that fur
nishes the material for the milk. Too
jften the dairyman says “I would do
ill the up-to-date things if I had the
time-.” Can the storekeeper afford to
•an his business without keeping
books? Yet that is what the fanner
:s doing.
Benefits of Cow Testing.
Working in co-operation, dairymen
can obtain the benefits of business
methods at a very small cost through
the organization of a cow-testing as
sociation. An organization of this
kind that hires an expert to deter
mine the feed cost of milk or fat pro
duction for each cow in the herds of
the members is easily possible. Such
an expert travels from farm to farm,
spending usually one day at a place.
Each cow's milk is weighed and test
ed, as is her feed. An account is
opened in the ledger for each animal
and at the end of the year the profit
or loss of each one can be ascertained.
The heifers of good cows should be
selected and the poor cows should go
to the slaughterhouse, otherwise they
may be the means of mining the own
er's business. A cow-testing associa
tion is a co-operative organization with
local offices, and one that can be of
use also for advertising the sale of
cattle. The.resuits obtained with such
advertising have often been remark
able. Dairymen and breeders are cer
tain to be interested in such a move
ment for the bettering of the business.
At present about 350 of the organiza
tions keep the records for about 150,
000 cows owned by about 7,500 farm
ers. These men are realizing the bene
fits of co-operation.
The dairy business is well adapted
for co-operative organization, and con
certed effort by dairymen usually
means much greater profits on milk
and cream through the elimination of
waste, the application of more econom
ical methods of production and manu
facture, and the development of more
productive cows.
UTILIZE CORNFIELD
TO PREPARE LAMBS
Light Corn Crop Makes It Neces
sary to Get Most Possible
Out of the Field.
.By H. HACKEDORN. Missouri Agricul
tural Experiment Station.)
The light corn crop this fall makes
.t necessary to get the most possible j
out of the field. The practice of uti
izing the undergrowth in the cornfield
md the lower leaves of the cornstalks
by pasturing the field with lambs has
become quite a common one.
; Firty-three to 0C-pound western feed
ng lambs are used. The lighter lambs ,
are used by those who wish to make a
*0 to 120-day feed, finishing off the
lambs in dry lot the last 30 or 40 days.
: The heavier lambs are used by feeders
wanting to make a 60 or 70-day feed.
Good to choice lambs are commonly
fed. The number of lambs per acre
will depend upon the amount and con
i iition of the forage. Usually 3 to 4
lambs per acre will be sufficient.
; A single-deck carload of lambs will
ae about 150 or 160. Lambs can bo
purchased at the Kansas City, St.
Louis, St. Joseph, and Omaha stock
j yards through any reliable commission
house.
The following is a reliable quotation
from a sheep commission company on
the Kansas City yards: “Lambs have
been fattened very successfully in the
cornfield by a good many of our custo
mers. Conditions may be a little dif
ferent on account of the dry weather,
md no doubt the lambs will require a
30 days’ feed in the feed lot before
they are considered finished.
“We look for a good high market
•ihroughout the fall, and if we are go
ing to make a guess as to the market
the first of December, we would say
from $10.50 to $11.00. There is more
reason for us to expect high prices this
year than last.”
The department of animal husbandry
jf the Missouri College of Agriculture
will be at the service of any Missouri
farmer who wishes help in buying
lambs or assistance in the manage
ment of them.
Mulching—
Prevents the growth of weeds.
Retains moisture in the soil.
Adds humus, one of the necessary
elements.
Short Bite for Sheep.
Sheep will thrive on a short bite,
but don’t let the bite get too short.
Properly Made Collar.
A properly made collar, made espe
cially for the horse that is to wear it,
becomes adjusted to the conformation
of the neck and shoulders.
Stock for Smill Farmer.
The small farmer can keep a variety
of live stock sufficient to produce some
thing to sell and bring In a bit of ready
cash every month in the year.
Sow Rutabagas.
Sow turnips or rutabagas on the
newly plowed strawberry
INFLUENCE OF AGE
ON VALUE OF HORSES
Animal Considered to Be in His
Prime Shortly After He Is
Six Years of Age.
(From the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
Estimates obtained by the depart
ment from about 150 owners indicate
that a farm work-horse is considered
to be in his prime shortly after six
years of age, and that even though
still perfectly sound, he has declined
in value about one-half from the maxi
mum when between fourteen and fif
teen years. The estimates were made
on the basis of a maximum value of
$250, and covered values by yearly
steps from birth to sixteen years of
age. The accompanying table, showing
the rise and fall of value with age in
dollars and in percentage of maximum
value, summarizes the results of this
study.
Influence of Age on Values of Farm
Work Horses.
(Average of 147 estimates.)
Maxi- Per cent
mum of maxi
value, mum
Age. *230 value.
Eirth .*39 IS
6 months . 63 25
1 year . 96 3$
2 years .142 67
3 years .185 74
4 years .220 83
5 years .242 97
6 years .248 99
Maximum .250 1Q0
7 years .——247 99
8 years .241 96
9 years .227 91
10 years .209 84
11 years . 190 76
12 years .174 70
13 years .154 62
14 years .137 65
15 years .119 48 )
16 years .101 40
Trees Starved to Death.
Many fruit trees are just about
starved to death. They show It in ev
ery limb. The soil should be made
richer, so that the roots may find nour
ishment for fruit, leaf and branch.
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Take Care of Pastures.
Pastures, like most meadowlands.
are not given the care and attention
they merit, for no other lands on the
farm will produce such profits as they
if properly managed.
Improves Milk for Pigs.
A little carbonate of soda will keep
separator milk quite s\feet and pal
atable for the pigs.
Swill Sours Quickly.
Swill sours very quickly in hot
weather. Keep the troughs clean, be
cause the pigs never thrive on rotten
feed of any kind.
Thin Overloaded Trees.
Apple trees that are overloaded with
fruit should have much picked off, so
that those left may get all the food
needed.
Capacity of Silo.
A silo 14 feet in diameter and 35
feet high will hold 100 tons of aUafa,
_ Buy materials that last
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Shortening Bird Season.
Pennsylvania is the latest of the
states to take up the question of short
er open seasons on game birds, and
good reasons for curbing the activities
of hunters are presented in a statement
of the game commission now being sent
to individuals and sporting associa
tions.
Birds are being exterminated under
the present laws, and the remedy pro
posed is in restricting the season to
one month and changing the date until
the birds are full grown and better
able to take care of themselves.
What particular hardship would
there be in ordering a close season for
two. three or five years and then seeing
that the law is rigidly enforced? Quai!
and other game birds need more pro
tection than the existing laws have
given them, and if ail the states would
agree upon an adequate program of
conservation the country would he
benefited by the saving of the foot!
products now destroyed by insects.— I
Providence Journal.
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Mexico’s Money.
In spite of tiie increasing price of
paper, the paper money in Mexico gets
no additional value.
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Imagination doth make liars of us ]
all.
A crafty tnun isn't necessarily a
sailor.
SUFFERED FOR FOUR YEARS.
Mr. J. M. Sinclair of Olivehill,
Tenn., writes: "I strained my back
whfch weakened my kidneys and
caused an awful bad backache and
inflammation of
the bladder. La
ter I became so
much worse that
I consulted a
doctor, who said
that I had Dia
betes and that
my heart was af
fected. 1 suffer
Jr. J. 31. amciair. e(j for f0ur years
and was in a nervous state and very
much depressed. The doctor's medi
cine didn't help me, so I decided to
try Dodds Kidney Pills, and I cannot
say enough to express my relief and
thankfulness, as they cured me. Dia
mond Dinner Pills cured me of Con
stipation."
Dodds Kidney Pills, 50c. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodds Dyspepsia Tab
lets for Indigestion have been proved.
60c. per box.—Adv.
Fruit juices make the best drinks.
A $1,000,000 pair
of rubber boots!
“fflPRESS”
WITH THE RED LINE ’ROUND THE TOP
Think back four years. All rubber boots
were black. They wore none too well. Then
Goodrich, the world's largest rubber factory,
decided to build boots IN SOLID ONE
PIECE, WEAR-RESISTING CONSTRUC
TION like Goodrich Auto Tires.
$1 .iKK),OK) was spent perfecting
“Hipress.” Tough, new auto
tire rubber was used. They
were made rich BROWN in
color. 5,000,00) pairs have
The Original . since proved that Hipress
Brown Rubber outwear all others, usually 2 or 3 to 1. All
Heavr*Shoe* Styles—at 38,000 stores.
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The “Self-Made” Rubbers—20,000,000
pairs sold without a lick of advertising.
They give double wear — that's why.
For 10 rears the sales of Goodrich
“STRAIGHT-LINE” Rubbers have
multiplied each year due solely to
their superior wearing qualities. De
mand has al ways ex ceeded supply.
Only through greatly enlarged ^
factory facilities are we now
able to start advertising.
At 38,000 stcves,
ask for
Stylee for mem,
women,
children >
1 STRAIGHT-LINE
3 ^^IIUBBER OVERSHOES
3 . —not just “rubbers”
3 The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio
*29 Makers, also, of TEXTAN—the Goodrich Sole
that outwears leather on leather shoes
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1 Hunting
1 Rifles'
= When you look over
= the sights of your rifle
= and see an animal
H like this silhouetted
= against the back
= ground, you like to
H feel certain that your
= equipment is equal
= to the occasion. The
= majority of success
= ful hunters use Win
— Chester Rifles, which shows how they are esteemed. =
~ They are made in various styles and calibers =
| ARE SUITABLE FOR ALL KINDS OF HUNTING §
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