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PESTS INJURE LIVE STOCK
Screw-Worm and Blow-Fly Trouble
tome to Stockmen In Different
Parts of Country.
(Prepared by the United States Depart'
ment of Agriculture.)
Both the so-called screw-worm and
the blow-fly larvae commonly called
maggots, are pests of prime Importance
to stock raisers. The screw-worm is
often confused with the other specif s,
especially during the spring and fall
months. Injury to live stock from mag
gots is more widespread than Is that
due to the true screw-worm. In fact,
this maggot injury may be found
among live stock In any state of the
Union, although it occurs most fre
quently In the warmer portions of the
country. The true screw-worm Inflicts
enormous losses on the stock raisers
of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Ari
zona, and southern California during
seasons which are favcrable for its
development. During the warmer por
tions of the year it is never entirely
absent from this region and may also
cause injury to stock In the other
Southern states, and as far north as
Nebraska.
The screw-worm is a native of the
Americas and has been causing trou
ble to stockmen for many years. No
doubt it is largely due to this fact
that cattlemen accept the pest as a
necessary evil and always count upon
"doctoring" a curtain number of cases
every year.
The seasonal abundance of the
screw-worm fly depends largely upon
climatic conditions. The first ap
pearance of adults in numbers in
spring varies from the first of April
to the middle of June, according to the
latitude and earliness or lateness of the
season. Throughout most of the ter-
Black Blow-Fly, or Common Maggot.
Fly, as Seen From Abovf (En
larged). rltory where it is a pest it usually be
comes numerous during early May,
and cases of screw-worm Injury be
gin to appear soon after. The Insect
then gradually increases in numbers
until the hot, dry weather of midsum
mer, which In Texas usually reduces
the abundance so that the injury is not
severe under normal conditions In the
months of July and August, unless
considerable cloudy and raiy y weather
occurs. It becomes more numerous
again in the early fall, especially when
the weather is warm and showery, and
lt3 activities are terminated only with
the advent of heavy frosts. The abun
dance of this fly, of course, is depend
ent to a large extent upon breeding
places at hand, but It Is also true that
a warm, humid atmosphere is best suit
ed to its development.
GOOD FEED FOR LITTLE PIGS
Scalding Middlings With Some Milk
and Sweetened With Molasses Is
Most Excellent.
When pigs are about three weeks
old they wdll want to eat more than
the milk they can get from their
mother. A small, shallow trough
should be placed where the sow can.
not get it. Scald some middlings,
stir and pour In some milk; if the
milk is sweet, all the better. Put into
the teed about a tablespoonful of mo
lasses. Drive the little pigs carefully
over the trough. They will get the
odor from the molasses, put their noses
to the feed, lap It. and begin to eat.
KEEP DUAL-PURPOSE CATTLE
Popular With Farmer Who Must De
pend on Few Animals for Milk
and Butter for Family.
(From the United States Department ol
The dual-purpose cattle are popular
with the small farmer who keep but a
few cattle and mint depend on them
to produce all the milk and butter
needed for the family and, at the
same time, raise calves or steers which
will sell readily for slaughtering pur
poses. They have not been popstai
with the ranchmen or farmer wht
raise large numbers of cattle.
BEST DAIRY CATTLE BREEDS
In Making Selection Dairyman Should
Take Local and Market Conditions
Into Consideration.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Breeds of dairy cattle differ In both
conformation and general characteris
tics. Each has been developed for cer
tain ends. To make the greatest suc
cess a dairyman In selecting a breed
should take local conditions and mar
keting requirements into considera
tion in connection with the characteris
tics of the various breeds. He should
not allow personal preference to influ
ence his selection if his favorite breed
Is unsuited to local conditions, but
should give careful consideration to
the breed or breeds already estab
lished in his community. In such a se
lection he is benefited In many ways.
Jersey Cow in Pasture.
For instance, a market Is established,
surplus stock may be disposed of to
better advantage, co-operative adver
tising may be used and bulls may be
bought co-operatively or exchanged
readily among breeders.
Jersey cattle, the most numerous
breeds In the United States, origin
ated In the island of Jersey. Jerseys
and Guernseys probably had the same
foundation stock, but have been de
veloped toward different Ideals so that
the breeds now differ in a number of
particulars.
Jerseys vary considerably In color.
Shades of fawn, s(;'jfrel gray, mouse
color and very dark brown are com
mon. Jerseys have a highly organized
nervous system and are usually some
what excitable, responding quickly to
good treatment and good feed. Cows
average about 900 pounds and bulls
1,500 pounds in weight. The Jersey
cow gives rich, yellow-colored milk
and is an excellent butterfat producer.
In the Jersey breed, the average of
5,244 cows that had completed yearly
records for the register of merit was
7,792 pounds of milk, testing 5.35 per
cent, making 417 pounds of butterfat.
The ten highest milk producers ran4d
from 19.G94.8 to 1G.G33.2 pounds, an
average, for these ten, of 17,703.4
pounds of milk. The ten highest but
terfat producers range from 999.1 to
875.2 pounds, an average, for these
ten, of 943.1 pounds of butterfat.
HINTS ON MILK PRODUCTION
Cows Should Be Kept Clean and
Milked in Clean Surroundings
Into Covered Pail.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agrriculture.)
After any foodstuff Is produced one
of the important things is to see that
It is put on the market In good shape
so that It will keep for a reasonable
length of time without loss through
spoilage. In this time of need for food
every effort should be made to prevent
milk from spoiling. Cows should be
kept clean and should be milked in
clean surroundings Into a small-top or
covered pall. All utensils which come
Into contact with the milk should be
thoroughly sterilized with steam for at
least five minutes, and milk should be
cooled promptly to 50 degrees Fahr
enheit or less and maintained at that
temperature. Whenever these condi
tions are met, little milk will be
wasted. In this time of terrible de
struction of human life It Is particu
larly necessary that milk be produced
under such conditions as to insure a
6afe food for babies. This must be
done by a decreasing number of men
trained to do it. A great task and a
great opportunity for dairymen are
Involved.
COMFORT FOR YOUNG CALVES
Give Them Sun-Lighted Quarters,
Milk, Sound Grain and Bright
Hay Watch Carefully.
Give the young calf comfortable, sun-
lighted quarters; whole milk the first
two weeks, changing to skim milk
thereafter; sound grain and bright hay
In liberal quantities as It will use them ;
and, withal, the watchful eye and the
liberal hand of the owner, whose in
terest will see that all changes in feed
are gradually mad1.
Poor Roughage for Cows.
Timothy hay Is quite commonly
grown, and Is used despite the fact
that It Is an extremely poor roughage
dalrv cows.
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Little Frocks for Parties and Weddings.
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Just how early in life a satisfaction
In pretty clothes dawns on the eternal
feminine mind, is one of those interest
ing questions that no one has taken
the trouble to get definitely answered.
But we know it is one of the earliest
of our Joys and the most lasting. In
the picture above a little maid of five
seems to be discovering her party
frock. Life Is one continual round of
more or less dainty clothes for her,
and she finds herself on a special oc
casion in something more filmy and
frilly than she has noticed before.
This little party frock is made of
fine white net and trimmed with a lit
tle narrow Val lace Insertion and edg
ing. The skirt Is full, finished with
a hem and tuck at the bottom, and
no other, trimming. It Is set onto a
very short waist having many fine
tucks running from shoulder to waist
band and a flounce extending below
the waistband. This flounce Is finished
with a row of Val Insertion finished
with a scant, frill of Val edging. The
square neck Is finished In the same
way.
Little dresses of this kind are some
times decked out with gay ribbon ro
settes, but they have been left off of
this one; perhaps this accounts for a
strand of small pearl beads that make
the little wearer very splendid. The
dress Is worn over a lace-trimmed pet
ticoat, with several rows of Val Inser
tion set in a fine lawn skirt and a frill
of Val edging at the bottom. Now
that the requirements of flower girls
and other aouthful attendants on the
June bride must soon be considered,
this little net frock Is especially In
teresting. It can be worn over a col
In Chicago a three weeks' drive for
used clothing, to be sent to the desti
tute Belgians, has Just been completed.
Mr. Hoover, head of the Belgian relief
commission, engaged the help of the
Red Cross organization In making this
drive and it was put through with the
vigor and thoroughness that Chicago
develops when its "I Will" spirit is
aroused. Twenty-two carloads of cloth
ing was the amount asked of this
branch of the drive and Mrs. Samuel
T. Chase was chosen to take charge of
Its collection as chairman of the com
mittee who put the drive through.
Besides the fact that the committee
got what it went after, this drive Is in
teresting because of many Incidents
which show where Americans of all
classes stand In this matter of caring
for the unfortunate and the destitute
In this war. The committee secured a
large downtown storeroom, which was
vacant, and made newspaper and other
announcements inviting contributors
to bring their bundles of used clothing
there. The bundles came by the auto
mobile load where owners of cars con
tributed them for collecting the cloth
ing to the single package brought in
by people on their way to work who
deposited their contributions and went
on to their tasks. Everything from
fur coats and Paisley shawls to sun
bonnets of ancient vintage came In re
sponse to the call, but most of the
clothing was practical and good.
On a bright day a man came in and
took off a very good overcoat, reveal
ing a pair of overalls beneath and
handed over the coat, remarking that
he could spare It. Another Interesting
contributor was an old lady whose son
in the service had sent $2 to buy flow
ers for her for Easter. She contrib
uted these $2 to the Belgian relief as
the better way to use it. Men slipped
in and left contributions of money, re
fusing to give their names.
To sort and pack all the clothing
required many workers. Some of the
big department stores sent over help.
WHffl CAM
i,iafifen fir
A
ored silk slip where color Is Important
as it Is in a wedding procession.
Another little frock of net has a
skirt made in the same way as this,
one, with hem and tuck at the bottom.
It Is set on, with smocking to' a short
silk yoke. The yoke Is cut with low,
square opening In the neck at the
back and front and extended at each
side, under the arms to the waistline,
The net sleeves are full and elbow
length, finished with a flaring cuff of
the silk. For the flower girl In a wed
ding procession this ought to satisfy
the most exacting taste.
A Pretty Dimity Blouse.
A smart blouse of striped dimity 13
cut upon tailored shirt lines, with two
narrow box plaits at either side of the
opening in front. At each side of
these, and also separating them, are
fnserts of wide heavy beading. The
straight rolling collar has lines of
beading Inset In the same fashion, and
Is finished by an Inch-wide hem of dou
ble dimity. Smart little cuffs of alter
nating bands of dimity and lines of
beading finish the tailored sleeves.
Children's Gowns.
The fashion for dressing children In
velveteen has progressed apace,, and
few things lend themselves to little
people's daytime clothes more happily.
The colors range through graduations
of pinks, reds, yellows, blues, greens
and violets. Velveteen Is also adapted
to the hand embroidery which, In lim
ited quantity, Is such a feature of
children's frocks.
Women of leisu're from smart hotels,
from homes, and business women from
offices and shops volunteering to
work after business hours came In.
Fifty post office employees, who had a
half holiday on election day, contrib
uted their brief leisure to the work.
Help came from many quarters which
all goes to Inspire faith in our coun
try's power to do what It undertakes
to do In any direction.
To Wash Pongee.
Pongee may be made to look like
new, no matter how many times It is
washed, if it Is washed properly. First
it should be rubbed and squeezed gent
ly with the hands In a suds made of
luke-warm water and a good white
soap. When quite clean, It should be
rinsed also In luke-warm water sev
eral times and the water squeezed out
gently, not wrung out. When perfectly
dry. Instead of sprinkling It, rub or
squeeze the pongee gently with the
hands until it Is well crumpled. This
removes any hard or deep wrinkles.
Iron then with a very hot Iron and
your pongee will look as fresh as new.
Watch Fob of Military Braid.
Anyone who has worn the usual
gros-graln ribbon In a watch fob knows
how short lived it is, and at what In
convenient times a new one must be in
serted. I use military braid for the
purpose, with excellent results, ob
served a woman. It lasts about two
year?, and Its coarse weave Is very
attractive.
Candy-Striped Crepes.
There are some lovely new shirtings
shown for tailored shirts of candy
striped eott crepes, silk-striped ox
ford and corded crepe madras in the
most attractive colorings. They are
so fresh and practical and come from
a tubbing like new.
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Don't you ever stop to realize that
no one Is wholly Indispensable In this
world? Someone can take our places
if we drop out. Why not accept all
that is offered to us and get the most
out of life we can?
SEASONABLE GOOD THINGS.
The fresh rhubarb Is an always wel
come spring fruit which may be served
in various ways.
Rhubarb Sponge.
Clean and cut In half
Inch pieces without peel
ing young, tender rhu
barb, that which has a
pink or rose skin pre
ferred. Stew until ten
der, adding one-fdurth
cupful of boiling water to a pound of
the rhubarb; cook until tender. Soft
en one ounce of granulated gelatin In
a third of a cupful of cold water.
Strain the cooked rhubarb, pressing
out all the Juice and add enough boil
ing water to make three cupfuls. Mix
three-fourths of a cupful of sugar with
a half a teaspoonful of ginger, stir In
the Juice and gelatin, when the gel
atin is dissolved add the grated rind
and Juice of a lemon and set the mix
ture to chill. When it begins to thick
en fold in the beaten whites of three
eggs. Mold. Serve with sweetened
whipped cream.
Head Cheese. Boll three hocks of
a pig until the meat falls from the
bones, season as desired and drain and
cool. Chop .coarsely, add a chopped
onion, pepper, salt and nutmeg, with
the liquor, In which the hocks were
cooked. Mold and when cold serve
in slices.
Belgian Hash. Soak a half cupful
of prunes and a half cupful of currants
over night, add two finely chopped hocks
of a pig cooked until the ment drops
from the bones, add a half cupful of
sugar, three-fourths of a cupful of vin
egar and a fourth of a cupful of water,
in which the fruit was. soaked, half a
grated nutmeg, and a dash of salt. Put
Into the oven and cook slowly until
all of the moisture is absorbed. More
sugar is liked by some, but for the un
initiated this will be sufficient, as sugar
with meat Is an innovation for the
American palate.
Cheese Balls. Season cottage cheese
with butter, red pepper and salt, make
into small balls, roll them in chopped
nuts and set aside to become firm.
Serve with crackers and a plain let
tuce salad.
Nuts in cottage cheese with onion
Juice and cream to soften, with pa
prika and salt to season, makes a most
dainty salad.
And the plowman settles bis share
More deep in the grudging clod:
For he ealth. "The wheat Is my care.
And the rest is the will of God."
FOOD FOR THE FAMILY.
Slice a large onion into one teaspoon
ful of butter and let It simmer. Add
one cupful of cooked oat
meal and cook until the
onion is tender. Add a
scant pint of milk, and
salt and pepper to taste.
Strain, bring to the boil
ing point and serve hot
with crackers.
When making celery
soup always use the leaves to stew
with a few stalks, as there is much
flavor In them. Dried and pulverized,
they make excellent seasoning for
soups or meats.
Creole Rice. Chop one large onion
and a small slice of ham, very fine, put
Into a saucepan with one tablespoonful
of butter and a cupful of cooked rice,
a can of tomatoes, salt and pepper to
taste. Mix well and put Into a but
tered baking dish to bake 15 minutes.
Cover the top with buttered crumbs
before putting Into the oven.
Raisin Pie de Luxe. Stew together
a cupful of raisins, a quarter of a cup
ful of currants (dried), In a pint of
apricot Juice. Add three tablespoon
fuls of butter, two egg yolks, a table
spoonful of lemon Juice, and sugar to
taste; cook until well blended. Put
Into a shell previously baked and cover
with the whites of two eggs beaten
stiff with three tablespoonfuls of sugar.
A tablespoonful or two of oil pickles
chopped fine and used as a sandwich
filling will be found most appetizing.
Emergency Soup. Take a can of
salmon, drain off the oil and rub the
fish through a sieve. Add 1 tea
spoonfuls of salt to a quart of milk,
stir In the fish and four tablespoonfuls
of flour that has been blended with
two tablespoonfuls of oil from the can ;
cook until smooth and serve with a
dosh of red pepper and a sprinkling of
minced parsley on the top of each
cup. Serve with toasted crackers.
Add a small green pepper finely
chopped to any salad dressing; It im
proves the flavor.
Steel Plates.
"John," said Mrs. Jenkins, looking
up from the evening paper, "you know
how many dishes Kate has broken
lately?" "Yes," said John, "what of it?"
"Well," continued the lady, "there is
something in the paper about the gov
ernment and steel plates. I don't know
Just what thej are, but I should think
they might be indestructible."
The Eternal Feminine.
Tramp Yes'm, I wuz nominated fer
president once on de Socialist ticket.
Suffragette And was you elected?
As early as the sixteenth century
Brazil was producing sugar commer-Hallv
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It is just such experiences as that of
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displacements, backache, nervousness,
irregularities or "the blues" should
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and for special advice write Lydia E.
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Sweet Potato Plants Hy Hu ud Fort Blew
POST PAID
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bore 1,000,
Tomato Plants Llrtngatoa Beauty, Iirllut ud Btea
. 600, 11.281 POST PAID
1.000, 1.751 f.O.b. 100, 40o
6.000 at 1.50 f here 1,0003.00
10,000 at 1.26 J
PEPPER PLANTS RUBY KINO
EOQ PLANTS, N. Y. Improved.
600, 11.251 POST PAID
1,000, 2.26 V f.o.b. 1 100, 60e
6,000 at 2.00 J here 1,000, 13.26
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Miriam Field is just past seven, but
she knows there are "bad words"
which little girls do not use. How
ever, she can make her meaning clear
without them.
A few days ago her mother sent her
to the grocery and she returned all ex
cited. "Oh, mother, I got Into an aw
ful row," she said. "Mr. Smith, the
grocer, was awful mad about the food
laws," continued the young narrator.
"Do you want me to tell you exactly
what he said?" with expectation of
using n naughty word by permission.
"Well, no, you need not tell the exact
language," said her mother. "Well, he
said that word In 'Long Boy,'" con
cluded Miriam, which was just as ef
fective as the dash that Is substituted
for swear words in polite print.
But will Mr. Herschell look over
"Long Boy" again and see what "bad
words" he has been using, for "you
bet, by gosh, he'll soon find out." In
dianapolis News.
Honest Reply.
"But s'pose It don't suit me after I
get it home, and "
"Mlzzus Oggy, ma'am," frankly re
plied the proprietor of the Tote Fair
Store at Tumlinville, Tex., "If It don't
prove perfectly satisfactory In every
respect I pledge you my word that 111
take It back and refund your money,
but I'm not liar enough to promise
that It will he cheerfully done." Kan
sas City Star.-
"G" is always In the midst of laugh
ter, and It makes ghosts of hosts.
NO WASTE
IN A PACKAGE Or
Corn Food Good ToThe
Last Flake
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