Chills, & Stomach Trouble
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MR. N* A. SMITH, of
Shaw, Mitt., says
he can't remember
being l without Thedford's
Black-Draught lirer med
icine since he and Mrs.
Smith began keeping
house, many years ago.
"When we have chills,
says Mr. Smith, "Black-
Draught is what we use
and we find it just splen- ,
did. I had a bad case of
stomach trouble. I couldn't
eat enough and was very •
weak. Everything I ate
hurt me, formed gas and I
spit up my food. I would
feel stupid or staggery. I
didn't feel like doing any
work. I knew what Black-
Draught had done in colds
and I began taking small
BLACK-DRAUGHT
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SUDAN GRASS MAKES
VALUABLE COW FEED
Thnt sudan grass makes an accept
able substitute, for alfalfa when /he
latter cannot be h#d Is shown by the
results of a recent feeding test with
dairy cows at the Fort Hayes branch
of the Kansas experiment station. Two
lots of four "Hoist eln cows each were
ted through three twenty-day periods
with ten-day transition periods be
tween each of the experimental
periods. During the first twenty-day
period one lot was fed alfalfa hay and
the other su'lan grass hay. The hays
were reverse! for the two lots during
the second twenty-day period and
again during the third period. In ad
dition the cows received thirty
pounds of kaflr silage dally and a
grain mixture In proportion to their
production.
When the cows were fed alfalfa hay
they produced 2.8 pounds or about 13
per cent more milk" than when they
were fed the sudan hay. The weights
of the cows showed no significant
changes as a result of the change in
rations. The cows seemed to prefer
alfalfa to sudan as there was less
waste of the alfalfa hny. Their pro
duction, however, did not fall a great
deal when sudan hay was substituted
for alfalfa.
Sudan grass Is used * great deal as
a hay and pasture crop In Kansaa and
the soutjiwest. It withstands a dry
summer much better than most forage
crops. It Is a very useful emergency
luiy crop In the corn belt Under lowa
conditions fifteen to twenty pounda of
seed per acre are used and the crop
Is seeded In early June. Farmers who
have no hay ground this year can
make very good uae of sudan grass.
. Yields are from- one to two tons per
acre.
Flies in Summer Cause „
Considerable Annoyance
Flies cause considerable annoyance
to dairy cows during the summer and
not only does the Irritation caused by
these flies tend to lower milk produc
tion, but the restlessness of the ani
mals Is ft frequent cause of Inef
ficient milking. A good fly spray cult
be made from 4% quarts of coal tar
dip, 4Vi quarts flsli oil, 8 quarts coal
oil, 8 quarts whale oil and IV4 quarts
oil of tar. Dissolve S pounds laun
dry soup In water, aild Ingre
dients of the spray and bring the
whole up to 30 gallons with lukewarm
soft water. This spray Is guaranteed
to keep oft the flies und prevent the
coats of the animals from becoming
harsh, according to agricultural ex
tension department specialists at lowa
Stat* college.
Spray twice a day, In the morntng
after milking and In the afternoon
when In the barn for sNage or green
food. With a * portable cart, made
from a half barrel with wheels at
tached, and a spray pump and not
tie, two men can spray 40 cows In
Ave minutes. Thirty gallons of this
mixture will spray 40 cows twice a
day for ten days at a cost of one cent
a cow a dav.
Hogs Require Exercise
During the summer hogs out on pas
ture get plenty of exercise. However,
in the winter when hogs are likely to
confine themselves too doeely to their
quarters, this may be sadly neglected.
Some success has been obtained by ar
ranging sleeping quarters some dis
tance from feeding quarters. This
method may not always be practical
because where centralised houses are
used the two may be closer together,
or even in the same building.
•, Rape Cause of Blister
White hogs, and sometimes black
and red ones, blister when running In
rape. There to nothing peculiar about
this crop which causes blistering; the
trouble results simply from the com
bination of moisture, transferred from
the rape to the hog, and a hot sun.
By keeplnf pigs out of the rape patch
until the dew or rain has evaporated
from the leaves of the plsats, blister
ing csn be preventsd. Even a small
patch In a feed lot will save grabs la
raising pigs. __
doses. I certainly got re
lief. It did me lots of good
* "When I go I
look first to see how near
out of Black-Draught we
are, and then get more.
We are a good way from
the doctor and keep our
home remedies ana the
main one is Black-
Draught."
In hundreds of thousands of
homes, housekeepers keep
Black-Draught on the shol*.
handy for use when needed, 1.1
a household remedy to reliev i
const p*.ion, biliousness, indi
gestion, and many other simple
ailments. "A tlore in time
saves nine." A dose of Black-
Draught costs only one cent.
It may save yon a big bill for
medicine later on. Keep it on
your shelf. Buy it at your
store.
Get a package today.
Watch Cream Separator
to Save All Butterfat
Cream-* separator that have not
l>eon tested for gome time may be
cheating their owners oat of consid
erable butterfat every time they are
used, warns O. A. Iverson, of the
dairy department at lowa State col
lege. This Is an avoidable loss which
can bfc prevented by testing the skim
milk and then regulating the separa
tor to skim more closely.
Farmers who have the apparatus
for the Babcock test can test the
skim milk at home. A double-necked
test bottle should be used and 20 cu
bic centimeters of skim milk used In
stead of 17.0 "cubic centimeters as In
the case of whole milk. Farmers who
cannot do their own testing can have
It done by their local creamery or can
send a four-ounce sample to the dairy
section at lowa State college. A
charge of 10 cents for the testing la
made by the college.
Basis of Dairy Profits
in Food, Feed and Care
"One cow, well fed and cared for,
will make more milk and profit than
two or more cows poorly fed and
cared for," la the keynote expressed
In Wisconsin Circular 151 by George
C. Humphrey of the animal husbandry
department of the Wisconsin College
of Agriculture.
"Don't be satisfied to buy or raise
anything but good dairy cows.
"Don't try to keep more cows than
It la possible to feed and carp for welL
"Treat the cows kindly. Rough
treatment greatly reduces the amount
of milk she produces.
"reed liberal rations. Make this
possible by Isylng in a store of good
grains such ss corn, barley and oats
and some alfslfa or clover hay. These
fseds make a good combination when
fed with roots or stlage.
♦•Provide plenty of fresh wnter
which Is cool but not too cold. It takes
a lot of water to make milk so It must
be provided.
"Protect the cows from cold, chill
ing father and storms and dampness.
It helps to Increase milk production.
"Give the mother of tho new-bora .
calf a pall of warm wnt —she is
feverish and 4Rs will relieve !>er
thirst
"Her 11 rut feed should be five or six
quarts of ground oats and wheat
bran."
These are but a few of the many
timely suggestion* offered by Mr.
Humphrey In the bulletin, which with
the valuable rations suggested make
this a most desirable little pamphlet
for the dairyman.
Inflamed Udder of Cow
May Be Avoided by Feed
It Is seldom, it ever, necessary to
milk a cow before freshening. If the
bag Is badly swollen und milk drips
from the teats. It Is sometimes a good
idea to relieve the bag by drawing a
little milk but the mere presence of
Inflammation and "cake" In the udder
does not necessarily mesn that the
milking should be done. It Is much
bettsr to leave the cow slone In this
regard as theJsst few days before
freshening the cow secretes a peculiar
quality of mllkfcalled colostrum in her
udder, which is very essential to the
new-born calf as it acts as a purga
tive and helps to deer out his system.
Excessive difficulty from inflammation
and caked udders may be avoided by
giving laxative feeds.
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Not Cnough Forest Protection.
Thirty-nine states contain impor
tant areas of forest Isnd, bat only 27
,have organised state forest protection
on a mora or lees adequate scale.
Systematic Are protection of privately
owned forest lands Is ssdly lacking.
At least 16*000.000 scree of such Isnd
aow receive no protection and oa
msny other areas the protection fur
nished Is' Incomplete snd Inadequate.
An average expenditure of between
two aad one-half and three cents an
acre, or a total of would
fairly protect all of the privately
owned forest land In the United
States. The task Is at present two
thirds undone.
DAIRY
FACTS
CAREFULLY SELECT ✓
DAIRY HERD SIRES
Ninety-flve per cent of the men who
bay herd sires wait until they need
otje, then rush out to buy one ready
for service. They don't know It, but
.they- are following beaten paths. The
successful breeder selects his herd
sire when the general demand Is light
est. As a result he gets a better bull
at a lower price, says J. P. LaMaster,
chief of the dairy divt*iod'nt Clemson
college.
Some people have potatoes to sell
In the seasons when potatoes are high
In price. Some people have real es
tate to sell when the demand Is great
est. But the ordinary man has pota
toes to sell when prices are low, and
Is burdened «*vlth real estate because
he can't sell it. The reason Is that
the ordinary man f-gynws the, beaten
path. The olh'er fellow finds out what
people are dAng generally and he does
something else. He puts In more po
tatoes after a y?i»r when they don't
,sell, simply because he knows most of
the others won't do (hat He buy®
real estate Just when almost every
body else wants to get rid of his; and
he buys a herd sire during the season
when demand Is lowest
Tills Is practically all the difference
between "Just ordinary existing" and
getting ahead. You can find put to
which class you belong by asking your
self this set of questions:
When will I need a new herd sire?
Let us suppose you will need a new
one before next March.
When wlll'l look up a herd slreT
(If your answer Is, "Oh, next fall
when I'm not so busy," you belong to
the "beaten-path Rang." Tou will
start out Just when 95 per cent ot the
breeders start, you will buy one of the
"left over" bulls and you will pay all
the bull Is worth.)
Now you have your choice between
a great many good bulls. All these
will be gone before fall to the success
ful 5 per cent If you say, "I'm too
busy now," you are following beaten
paths. If you sit down this very day
and line up your next herd sire, you
can depend upon It, you will buy a
better one than the luckiest in ember
of the "beaten-path gang" will ever
see.
Care and Attention' Is
Essential for Ringworm
The following Is reported as a good
cure for calves with ringworm: Wash
the parta with strong soap and water
to remove as much as possible of the
crusts or scabs and, when dry, rub the
spots with some of. the following oint
ment : Flowers Of sulphur, two ounces;
oil of creosote, two drams; prepared
lard, four ounces. This ointment
should be applied morning and
evening. Painting the affected parts
with tincture of lodine on alternate
days Is also very effective, but this
agent should not be applied near the
animal's eyes. The woodwork and the
walls of the shed In which th«»e calves
are housed should be painted with hot
llmewasb, to which has been rfMed a
couple of ounces of crude caH>oUc acid
With a little care and attention one
ahould soon get rid of the trouble..
Easiest Way to Dehorn
Is by Applying Caustic
The easiest and most really pain
less way to dehorn Is to use caustic
potash inn the young calves. This
f astatic. should b; applied on the but
tons where the" Jioms come out by
the time the calves*fcre a week old.
The hitlr should around the
buttons and the skin around the horns
rub!>ed with vaseline to prevent the
caustic - from burning. The stick of
caustic Is wrapped with paper to pre
vent, It from eating the fingers, one
end of the stick is moistened In water
and rubbed on the horns until they
become white. The caustic should not
be wet enough so It will run down on
the cairn head or Into Its eyes. This
treatment wttl kill the horns, stopping
further growth. i
Clean Vessels and Warm
Milk of Big Importance
A good rule to go by Is never "to
feed a >4lf out of a pall you would
aot drink out of yourself or feed her
any milk you would not be wining
to drink. Feed the milk as warm af
fresh milk from a cow. Keep the
pens dry after calf has had her milk.
After the heifer Is weaned then it
Is weU to put some od meal Into the
grata mixture. "A good mixture muck
uged Is:
IS* pounds wheat bran. '
111 pounds oornmeaL . r,
SCO pound* ground oata.
iee pounds oil meat
This is particularly desirable to use
after weaning. 9
Cause of Bad Flavors
Bad flavors «a cream snd dairy
products are usually caused by care
lessness la the cino of the milk. If
a little dirt falls In tbe mOk It be- j
comes contaminated 'bacteria
%hioh gives It tad flavors and if the
milk Is sllowed .to stand sround the
barn awhile before taken to the house
and cooled it will often take on a
fed flavor. Tbe feeding of some sjcx
of succulent feed will often help to
overcome this; roots, cabbage, and
silage are good.
lAMAirCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, *.' a
Junior Farmers Need Club Leaders
1200tdo^ GROWTH ° F BOVS /,ND omLS ASR,CULTDRA, - CLUBS
1,050,000
/ \ 459,074 249,416
000.000 *hr~~ —DIFFERENT L TOTAL
' £7 \ WYS4GIBIS DIFFERENT
!S] \ ENROLLED, BOYSS6IRLS r
~ 2/ \ ' COMPLETING
750,000 i'-f- j"
' Jk 1 / \ , J \
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COO,OOO ff- V Z7
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450,000 rT *— •
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/ 500,000
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150,000 |
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1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
. That Club leadership must be Increased properly to train tlie bo.VK and
girls of the nation who decide to remain on farms and become tbe bulwark of
American agriculture is shown In a survey of the dub work of the junior
farmers Just completed by Benjamin H. Darrow, director of the boys' and girls'
club work of the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation.
According to the report of the Foundation, based on a count by the De
partment of Agriculture, 722,408 projects were begun In 1923 by boys
and girls, a number which Is.less than 6 per cent of the farm youth of the na
tion of club age. Of these projects 429.746 were completed by 249,416 club
members. Girls completing their work outnumber the boys three to two, there
being 150,194 girls and 99,222 boys. The report also Indicates that 05.6-per jrent.
of the enrolled gfrls finished their projects, while only 52.9 per cfent
of the boy* completed theirs. The high point reached jn 1918. as shown by the
accompanying chart, was due to the expansion of club work In connection With
the slogan of the day: "Food will win the war." After the crisis was over
there was retrenchment and club work suffered.'
"Many of "the 8,000,000 boys and girls engage]} in club work hope to leav*
the farm." said Darrow, "but 80 per cent of them will remain In the country,
experience has shown. All who stay on the farm should have the benefrt of
the inspiration and training club work affords. If we are to provide this for
tije junior fnmiers of tbe nation, we moat rapidly increase the number of coun
ty club lenders.". ..
' Buying Power of the Farmer
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'' The purchasing power of farm commodities continues to rise. Latest esti
mates 'show an average of 4.8 points higher for the first eleven months of this
year than during the corresponding months of 1923, according to a report of
the Se»rs-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, based on the new Index numbers
of farmprl ces prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
Farm prices shrita a combined value of 134 on November 1, 1924, as com
pared with 100 In 1913. This combined Index number Includes 30 farm com
modities which present more than 90 per cent of the value of products sold
Jiy farms, the Foundation points out. Using August, 1909, to July, 1914, as 100,
tlio»purcliaslng power of these products stood at 87 on November 1 of this year.
In 1918 the purchasing power was 106, decreasing to 69 In 1921. In 1922 It rose
to 74 and by 1923 the average stood at 78. During the first eleven months of
this year the purchasing power of farm commodities averaged 82.3 as compared
with 77.5 in the same period a year ago.
Advances in grain, which averages about 22 per cent of the total value
■of farm products sold, anJ in price of meat which averages 27 per
„ cent, have been the largest factora,ln the Increase of the farmer's purchasing
power since 1921. The grain farmer received during the early part of this
year prices about 10 per cent above the pre-war five-year average. This had
risen to 30 per cent Increase by July. At the same time the general price
level of commodities tbe farmer has to buy ranges 30 to 80 per cent above the
i 1013 level. .
Bright Outlook for Sheep
EPaa Capita Pkoovction of Snip Has Dkcuneo Oumw ButmYUw
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! | Tbe abeep Industry presents one of tbe 'bright spots In the present agrl
| cultural outlook, according lo the Seara-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation.
The number of aheep in the United Statea haa been Increased for two years,
, but la still far from being back at wartime or pre-war figures.
>! The Uqlted States produces only about 10 per cent of the world's total
i! wool crop, but consumes 25 per cent of It World carry-over stocks of wool
i 1 have been shrinking for four years and are now low. World production laft
[ | year was 66 million pounds below the previous year.
'j I The prices of both wool and lambs have been strong the past two years
H and the outloo': for reasonable profits in aheep Is excellent for several yean to
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MOTHER ? Fletcher's Castoria is a harmless Substitute for
Castor Oil, Paregoric; Teething Drops and Syrups,
prepared to relieve Infants in arms and Children all ages of
Constipation Wind Colic
Flatulency To Sweeten Stomach
Diarrhea Regulate Bowels
Aids in the assimilation of Food, proriioting Cheerfulness, Rest, and
*** Natural Sleep, without Opiates ■
To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of C£aJ d yy/£AcJuA/.
Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it
Variation in Butterfat
Testa Nothing Unusual
The pure-bred dairyman as well as
the commercial dairyman Is Interested
In the tests for butterfat upon their
cattle. Quite frequently these tests
are made either upon the entire herd
or upon individuals of the herds.
these 'tests are compared with tests
made previously, a wide variation or
fluctuation Is noted. times
.when these tests are made within a
few days of each other and the varia
jtion is surprising. Such fluctuations
are often looked upon with suspicion,
while it should be realized that It Is
quite natural for cows to vary In their
tests for butterfat. In fact when this
point is investigated it Is found that
cows vary more In their tests than la
commonly thought.
t Some ySars ago the Michigan Agri
cultural college published a special
bulletin containing the work of Ander
son upon the variations In the percent
age of butterfat of single mllkings of
cms upon test. The seVen-day testa
of 200 cows handled under ordinary
herd conditions were studied as well
as similar records upon 2,000 cows en
tered in the advanced registry of their
respective breeds. Any conclusion*
reached by these Investigations can be
looked upon as being Indicative of the
real condition, as the number of mllk
ings studied Is la(-ge enough t« war
rant this.
j It may be expected that 30 per cent
1 of the cows In a herd will yary In the
percentage of butterfat In the milk
produced at Individual mllkings In a
seven-day period 1 per cent or less*
Fifty per cent of the cows during a
like period will vary In their tests
from 1.1 to 2 per cent, 14 per cent will
i vary from 2.1 per cent to 3 per cent,
while the remaining 6 per cent will
Bhow a variation between mllkings of
more than 3 per centi From these facta
we may conclude that it is not surpris
ing to have a cow test 3 per cent at
one milking and 0 per cent at the
next milking. I have actually seen a
cow test 1.8 per cent In the morning
and test over 6 per cent In the after
noon. In a herd of 100 cows the aver
age variation of the entire herd test
would be 1.49 per cent based upon
these" figures.—B. W. Fairbanks, Colo
rado Agricultural College.
Sue den Change to Rich
Pasture May Kill Pigs
It Is quite common for pigs to bloat
and die quickly when suddenly turned
Into green clover when they are very
hungry or not accustomed to such feed.
That often occurs when pigs have been
grazing grass and the posture becomes
so short that the owner decides" a
| change is necessary, and so turns the
J pigs Into a lush growth of clover witb
: out due preparation. Wet clover, as
with cattle, la moat likely to cause
bloat Any green feed may have the
aa&e effect, under similar clrcum
v stances.. The modern, method of rais
ing hogs la toJet thsm grazp a succes
sion of green crdpa from fearly spring l
until late in autumn. Bye, oats and
peas, rape, clover, alfalfa and corn are
the cro>s moat used for this purpose,
and losses from bloat or acute indiges
tion do not occur under this system of
feeding, ■* the pigs become accustomed
to the green feed early -in the season,
and take It dally without becoming in
ordinately hungry.
Changing Sheep Pasture
Will Prevent Infection
Where sheep are kept on the farm
I year after year every precaution
should be exercised not to allow the
flock to gram for long periods on the
same pasture, but alternate frequent
ly as the change la not oply a preven
tive to pasture infection but stimu
lates appetite- and promotes the
Why Mr. N. Windsor (R. I.) Put Up
with Rats for Years
"Years ago I got some rat poison, which nearly
killed our fine watch dog. We put up witn rata
until a friend told me about Rat-Snap. It surely
kills rat}, though house pets won't touch it. Rats
dry up smell. Prices, 35c, wc, vl«w.
Sold and guaranteed by '
gka::am r.;-ro COM pa VY
Stymied at Lunch.
Golf Is a game tliat has a special
vocabulary of its own, and beginners
aie at first a little at sea with re
gard to the- meaning of some of the
terms. You are "stymied," for ex
ample; when your opponent's ball lies
directly in the path'yur oiyn ball
must'take In order to drop into the
hole. Tlie Tatler snys:
A gentleman was playing on a cer
tain links In Scotland wlipn he turned
to his caddie and s:iid: "I say, caddie,
why couldn't that fellow get his ball *
into the hole?"
"He was stymied, sir," wa& the re
ply.
"He was what?"
"He was stymied, sir,'' repeated the
reddle.
"Oh, was he?" replied the other;
'1 thought he looked rather funny at
lunch " —Youth's Companion
PORCELAIN MADE FOR KINGS
Chinawr.re Was So beautiful That It
Was Never Exported, but Was Re
served for Emperors.
The Arabs mentioned porcelain fac
tories and stores ih their writings
about, 800 A. -D. The Arciblan gepg
rapher, Mohnmmed-el-Efridl, who lived
In Sicily at the court of Roger 11, -pub
lished, -uhout 1154, a geographic work
In which he told of the town of DJan
kow, where "Chinese glass" was made,
ne added that there-was "no finer and'
more esteemed profession In Djankow
than that of a potrnnUer or a pot de
signer." Toward the middle of the
Fourteenth century, Il>n Batutn, the ""
Arabia® traveler, 4^es^rlbe«i,
rentmrc afc'the 'nmsr bWtl
world. The Chinese manufactured
dishes and porcelain ware for a very
long time. In the history of the great
Chinese empire one reads that only
certain towns and vlllagfea went In for
porceMlh Industry. The finest china
ware was made In the province of'
BaxlJ. It waa so beautiful and so *
much like the finest crystal Hn» It
never was exported, but was exclusive
ly reserved for the use of the CM***,
-emperors.
Source of Sediment
Moat of the, sediment In milk roiuf
from the bodies of caws and consist*
ot hairs, manure, bedding, etc^
Improve Quality of Milk.
Straining improves the commercial
quality of milk, but doe* not appraaii
ably lmprova its haalthftflnqfc >1