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She prob ably d!dot need it, anyway. 7 didW needli. he pres&Us 'powei The prsdsf powerful, but it is not powerful enJfugh to induce all peopl6 to stop eating with their knives. 1 . ; Since father's bought an auto, mother can never find her sewing ma chine oil can wheri she wants It. Baby trailers for motorcycles. What next? An average motorcycle can easily haul 100 baby carriages loaded. A scientist informs us that he is about to "finish" an "endless" labor, which is certainly some achievement. Many a fluttering genius' heart will get rest. .There will be no more poet laureates in Britain, the king has ruled. The tight skirt may be as sanitary as the Chicago doctors say it is, but the girls are not wearing it for their health. A woman in Illinois attacked a magistrate with a garden hose. This sort of conduct deserved a severe rak ing over. Thanks to the trolley car, the motor cycle, the automobile and the horse, there is still a good deal of outdoors to be enjoyed. Italy is experimenting with an armored automobile. When such au tomobiles become common life will Indeed be cheap. Princeton student admits he corre sponds with sixteen different girls. He would make an ' excellent train dispatcher. Florists seeking to produce a -blue peony should not despair. The world can afford to give them plenty of time to go on trying. A writer says, "The brave are al ways tender." What a bunch of cow ards that last shipment of cattle to restaurants must have been. Germany is thinking about prohib iting rubber mouthpieces on nursing bottles for sanitary reasons. Of course, they might make 'em of steel. So long as the suffragists don't break up the afternoon teas In its offices and business houses, London will try to worry along somehow. This fad for colonial and mission furniture is leping the plain person who pays the bills mighty few places in which to sit and sleep comfortably. A man is judged by the company he keeps, even when he keeps to him self. This is the season when everybody complains of the end seat hog that is, everybody who does not have a chance to be one himself. The hotel guest who telephoned down for soap and towels and re ceived back soup and rolls no doubt blamed It on the central operator. The estimate that we spend $600, 000,000 for music in America might De amended to add that we waste more than half of it for all the music we get. A wife is a woman that washes a man's clothes and cooks his' meals, says a writer. If that's so, lots of women are traveling around under false pretenses. Professor Hansen of North Dakota Is going to Asia to discover something that can be grown on the arid lands of the American west with greater profit than mortgages. no breakfast movement is gain- ength in this country as well here is serious discus- It of a proposition to fe to say it is would be that HEWS OF THE WEEK .1' LATE NEWS OF THE WORLD TERSELY TOLD. SOUTH, EAST, NORTH AND WEST Notes From Foreign Lands, Through out the Nation and Particularly the Great South. Southern. . Three hundred and fifty animals 300 hogs and 50 head of eattle-were cremated at Nashville, Tenn., when the big stock yards of Boiling & Pow ers burned to the ground within 30 minutes after the. alarm was turned in. The fire was discovered shortly after noon and burned so fiercely that the tanks of the Nashville Gas com pany, across the street, were expected to explode. Three streams of water saved the plant when a cordon of po lice forced -the big crowd that had collected out of the danger zone. 1 A small cyclone swept the Way cross, Ga., section. At Hebardville, a suburb of Waycross, the Methodist church was hjpwn down. Between Hebardville and Waycross, five frame houses were taken off of their founda tions and two blown over. Two negro churches, both on the north side, were completely demolished and a third was so' badly twisted that It will have to be rebuilt. Large plate glass show windows and numerous windows of offices in the large build ings in the city were smashed. Harry C. Knight, known as the Hero of the Indianapolis Speedway," was instantly killed and his mechani cian, Milton Michaelis, both of Atlan ta, Ga., was fatally Injured at Colum bus, Ohio, when Knight's front wheel drive car blew a, right tire and turned turtle on the lltOh lap of the 200-mile automobile race. A 50-gallon still was captured eight miles south of Griffin, Ga., by the deputy collectors. The still was lo cated about fifty yards from the home of fa. old lady, 82 years of age, who gave two of the officers a lively" race for a short time. With about 150 judges and lawyers present the fifteenth annual conven tion of the North Carolina Bar associ ation met at Asheville, N. C, in a three days' session. . The principal address of the first session was that of Judge James S. Mannin of Raleigh, the presi dent of the association, which was in the form of a message to the lawyers of the state. J. L. Dempsy, a prominent farmer of Douglas county, Georgia, commit ted suicide by hanging himself with a blanket in the county jail at Doug lasville. He had been temporarily de ranged and placed in jail for safe keeping. General The waving of the American flag in Winnipeg, Man., while thousands of provincial soldiers were parading, pre cipitated a riot during which the flag was trampled and a number of persons received minor injuries, la the fight which followed a number of civilians were hurt, but none seriously. The American whose name could not be ascertained escaped without serious harm, and with the aid of" the police eluded the crowd. The soldiers took no part in the demonstration. Evidence that serious fighting Is oc curring in Macedonia is found in the arrival of large numbers of wounded and prisoners at the various Balkan capitals,v but, owing to the silence at Sofia, and to the conflicting and prob ably biased stories from Servian and Greek sources, it is impossible to form an accurate idea of the struggle. There has been no formal declaration of war and although, it is reported the Bulgarian minister to Greece has been recalled, he has not departed yet from Athens. Five persons were killed and three injured, one probably fatally, when the "Scranton Flyer," on the Penn sylvania and Reading railroad, struck a wagon containing a picnic party at a railroad crossing near Quakertown, Penn. ' Secretary Daniels has discovered how to keep cool. His prescription is : Think of cotton and forget about the warm weather. The , secretary ' made known his discovery wlien some one at the navy department deplored the hot weather in his presence. "Do you realize," he. asked, "that this is the finest possible weather for raising cot ton?" Bravery of the engine, room crew , of the battleship Louisiana helped the vessel out of a dangerous predicament when a valve bonnet blew off, flood ing the starboard engine room. Inci dentally the accident gave Capt, Tem- plih M. Potts, who was dismissed by the naval "plucking board," and re tires, a memorable experience at the close of his service. The rush of wa ter through the pasasge opened by the displacement of the bonet carried the men off their feet and forced them against the machinery, but they stuck to their work. John Nicholson of Vandalia, Mo., pleaded guilty in court to mur dering his wife, Bertie Nicholson, and their nine-year-old adopted son, Hor ace, by pouring' oil over them while they slept and setting fire to their bed clothing. The Atlantic waters which have been allowed to run slowly against the lower gates at Gatun have reached sea level. The large gates are being put to the actual test of the full press ure for the first time. ' Four men were fatally injured in Beattyville, Ky.i by an explosion of dynamite on :a railroad track. Dr. Chao Choy, who arrived in New York from Cuba on his way back to China, declared that he is 149 years old. He was highly indignant when custom officers doubted his word. Doc tor 'Choy is six' feet tald and bald. . The coke Industry In the United States has now reached in good years the $100,000,000 mark. ; The body of George Townsend, a Chicago railroad promoter, will be cre mated and the ashes scattered over the roadbed of the Kansas City, Clay County and St Joe Interurban line, the last railway built by Mr. Town send. True to the conviction that their observance of the one hundredth an niversary of Commodore Perry's vic tory on Lake Erie was more to com memorate a century of peace than to gloat over a fallen foe, the chiming of church belsl and the booming of cannon opened the celebration of the event in Erie, Pa. "Peace Sunday" was the .name given to the occasion, and throughout the day there was no deviation from the title. The settlement oi the strike of the gold miners in the Rand district, in South Africa, which th,e government arranged with a committee of strik ers, has proved ineffective, although comparative order was preserved. Cas ualties resulting from the fighting are now estimated at 110. Two officers, three soldiers and several policemen were wounded. Gustave Hanson, said to have been a. German mining engineer, was shot as a spy by Mexican federals at Tor- reon and Francisco Martinez, an American citizen, has been arrested by the -rebels of Colombia, Coahuila, Mexico, where he is manager of an American-owned ranch, charged witfr giving information to the federals, ac cording to reports reaching . Pieras Morgan. The reports of Hanson's alleged execution came from Carra na sources at Moolova'and were said to have been brought from Torreon by an American refugee. After ten days of fighting more se vere than anything in the last Balkan war. a little lisrht begins to break upon the obscure operations. The Ser vians have lost more men than in the whole previous campaign, and semi official statements from Belgrade have the appearance of preparing the public for news of a disaster. Des perate fighting is proceeding along the Vardar and Bregalinitz river, and there is heavy fighting between the Servians and Bulgarians in the neigh borhood of Ketchana. Bulgaria's strategy appears to hold the Greeks in check. Angered Pittsburg mothers who had seen an uncontrolled automobile plunge through a throng of several hundred children preparing for a pa rade on the streets of West Pittsburg, almost tore the clothes from the ma chine's chauffeur, Abe Yuengling, be fore he was turned over to the police. One of the children in the throng.-was killed and twelve others were4." hurt. Yuengling declared brakes on his au tomobile refused to work while he was coming down a steep grade. A story of misrepresentation, imper sonation of public men and. organized effort to influence Wall street finan ciers probably without parallel in the history of congressional investigation was unfolded before the senate lobby committee. A prosperous-looking, self- possessed individual, calling himself David Lamar of New York, self described as "an operator in stocks" and admittedly the bearer of several assumed names, was the principal in .the remarkable session. A bill to appropriate $300,000 to drain the swamp and wet lands of the country was introduced by Represen tative Tribble of Georgia. He explain ed that reclamation of the swamp lands of Georgia was important. He stated that if the swamp lands of Geor gia were drained, the state of Geor gia would buy no more corn and the other states would be coming like the children of Israel down into Geor gia to buy corn. . : It is reported that rifle pits and trenches are being dug by federal sol diers on the western outskirts of Jua rez and barbed mire is being stretch ed as an additional defense against attack by the Constitutionalists. An outpost of 100 federals has been sta tioned two miles south of the town, across the Rio Grande from EI Paso, Texas. Logan A. Vilas, an amateur avia tor of Chicago, made the first aero plane flight across Lake Michigan. His trip, made in a hydro-aeroplane, from St. Joseph, Mich., to Chicago,, con sumed one hour and 44 minutes. Denver was selected for the 1916 meeting and W. F. Carter of Peoria, 111., elected president of the Brother hood of Locomitve Firemen and En ginemen convention. Washington Majority members of the senate finance committee decided that all the schedules of the new tariff bill except sugar and wool should become effect ive immediately after the enactment of the measure into law. The waving of the American flag in Aldrich rates until March 1, 1914. Additional revenue was provided for by the committee when it decided, in view of the revenue tax on brandies, used in fortifying sweet wines, to levy a revenue tax of 25 per cent, ad valorem on what are known as "spu rious wines," wines made from pum mis and fortified with chemicals. Uncle Sam closed the fishcai year 1913 with a surplus of $40,083,229, representing the excess of receipts over expenditures, exclusive of Pan ama canal and public debt transac tions. This exceeds last year's sur plus by $3,750,000. The Panama trans actions, however, wiped out the sur plus of ordinary receipts over or dinary expenditures and created a de ficit of $2,149,000! National banks will pay about one hundred thousand dollars Into the United States treasury, as Interest for one month on. deposits of the federal government. This is the .first step in carrying out Secretary McAdoo's re cent order charging interest on gov ernment deposits at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum. The order became effective June Land as the interest will he paid on July 1 and January 1 of each year, the first payment will be for only the month of June. The gov ernment expects to earn more than a million dollars annually in this man ner. ' " '' . Nearly eighty thousand acres of land at the headwaters of the James and Shenandoah rivers were approv ed for purchase by .the national for est , reservation commission. The commission also approved 5,420 acres near the famous Virginia natural bridge, 10,437 acres In the White Top mountain region near the junction of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennes see, and 20,187 acres at the head.of the Monongahela river, upon the Ohio wa tershed. The four areas approved made up the largest set .of Purchases, passed upon at any one time by the eommlRRion. . - SPEECH BY WILSON PRESIDENT ADDRESSES GREAT THRONG. ON THE GETTYS-. . BURG BATTLEFIELD. T PAYS TRIBUTE TO VETERANS Nation Does Not Stand Still, He Says, and Orders of the Day for. the People Are Laws on Statute Books. ( Gettysburg, Pa., July 4. President" Wilson's address today was the chief feature of National day in the celebra tion of the semi-centennial of the Bat tle of Gettysburg. It was heard by a vast crowd of old soldiers and others and was warmly applauded. The president's address follows: Friends and Fellow. Citizemrr I need not tell you what the battle of Gettys burg meant. These gallant men in blue: and gray sit all about us here. Many of them met here upon this ground in grim and deadly struggle, Upon these famous fields and hiilsideB their comrades died about them. In their presence it were an impertinence to discourse upon how the battle went, how it ended, what it signified! But 50 years have gone by since then and I crave-the privilege ot . speaking to you for a few minutes of what those 50 years have meant. What have they meant? They have meant peace and union and vigor, and the maturity and might of a great na tion. How wholesome and healing the peace has been! We have found one another again as brothers and c rades in arms, enemies no longer, gen erous friends rather, our battles long past, the quarrel forgotten except that, we shall not forget the splendid valor, the manly devotion of the men then arrayed against one another, now grasping hands and smiling into each other's eyes. How complete the union has become and how dear to all of us, how unquestioned, how benign and majestic, as Btate after state has been added to this great family of free men! How handsome the vigor, the maturity, the might of the great na tion we love with undivided hearts; how full of large and confident prom ise that a life will be wrought out that will crown its strength with gra cious justice and a happy welfare that will touch all alike with deep content ment! We are debtors to those 50 crowded years ; they have made us heirs to a mighty heritage. Nation Not Finished. But do we deem the nation com plete and finished? These venerable men crowding here to this famous field have set us a great "example of devotion , and utter . sacrifice. They were willing to die that the people mignt live. But their task is done. Their day ie turned into"evening-. They look to us to perfect what they estab lished. Their work is handed on to us, to be done in another way but ot in another spirit. Our day is not over; it is upon us in full tide. Have affairs paused? Does the nation stand still? Is it what the 50 years have wrought since those days of battle finished, rounded out, and completed? Here is a great people, great with every force that has ever beaten in the llfeblood of mankind; And it is Becure. There is no one. within its borders, there is no power among the nations of the earth, to make it afraid. But has it yet squared itself with its own great standards set up at its birth, when it made ttibt first noble, naive appeal to the moral judgment of mankind to take notice that a government had now at last been established which was to serve men, not masters? It is secure in everything except the satis faction that its life is right, adjusted to the uttermost to the standards of righteousness and humanity. The days of sacrifice and cleansing are not closed. We have harder things' to do than were done in the heroic days of war, because harder to see clearly, requiring more vision, more calm balance of judgment, a more candid searching of the very , springs of right. ' . Tribute to Their Valor. Look around you upon the field of. Gettysburg! Picture the array, the fierce heats and agony of battle, col umn hurled against column, battery bellowing to battery! Valor? Yes! Greater no man shall see in war; and self-sacriflcef and loss to the utter most; the high recklessness of exalt ed devotion which does not count the cost. We are made by these tragic, epic things to know what it costs to make a nation the blood and sacri fice of multitudes of unknown men lifted to a ereat stature in the view of all generations by knowing no limit j to their manly willingness tolserte.- In armies thus marshaled from the.' ranks of free men you will see, as-it! were, a nation ' embattled, the leaders and the led, and, may know, if you will, how little except in form its action differs in days, of peace from its action in days ot war. , May we break camp now and be-at' ease? Are the forcefc that fight for the Smashing Force of the' 8ea.l , "The great gales which have4 re-: cently swept the Atlantic have dem-; onstrated in a most emphatic manner; tha force of the sea,, as represented by the buckling, bending and tearing . away of Iron and teel plates from : vessels," Mays the Times Engineering Supplement, - "Within the. last few years, also, engineers have had to witness the ' destruction of seawalls and half completed harbor works yj the storms which have directed the battering forces of the breakers Was Yelling foroth. p V It was at a southern ball game, and the .visiting northerner was muoh .amused by a .little darkey whqisans persistently, half V under'; his breath: f'DeVa gwlne ter win! Day's" g Vine ter win! Don' I done .tola yer, dey'i gwine ter win?" J' The home team wall making good when the chant began, but it contin ued steadily, quite undeterred v by the changing vicissitudes of play through out, the game. ,7 When, - at t last, the home team was beaten, the visitor no- Nation disposed, disbanded, gone to. their homes rorgetrui 01 uib;w--cause? Are our forces disorganized,, without constituted leaders and the might of men consciously united be cause we contend, not with armies, but with principalities and" powers and wickedness in high places. Are we content to lie still? Does our union mean" synpalhy, our peace content ment, our vigor right action, our ma turity self-comprehension and .a. clear confidence in-choosing what we shall do? War fluted us for action, and, action- never ceases. Our Laws the Orders of the Day.j I have been chosen the leader of the Nation.' I cannot Justify the choice by any qualities of my own, but so it has come about, and here I stand. Whom do I command?; The ghostly hosts, who fought upon these battle fields long ago and are gone? These gallant gentlemen stricken in years whose fighting .days are over, their glory won? What are the orders for them, who rallies them? . I have In my mind, another host, whom these set free of civil strife in order that they might work out in days of peace and settled order the life of a great na tion. That host is the people them selves, the great and the small, with out class or difference of kind Or race or origin; and undivided in .inter est' If we have but the vision to guide and direct them and order their lives aright in what we do. Our constitu tions are their, articles of enlistment. The orders of the day are the laws5' upon our statute books. What we strive for Is their freedom, their right to lift themselves from day to dayand behold the things they have hoped for, and so make way for still better days for those whom they love who are to come after them. The recruits are the little children crowding in. The quartermaster's stores are in .the mines and forests and fields, in the shops and factories. Every day some thing must be done to push the cam paign forward; and it must, be done by plan and with an eye to some great destiny. How shall we hold such thoughts Ka our hearts and not be moved? I would not have you live even today wholly In the past, but would wish to stand with you in the light that streams upon us now out of that great day gone by. Here is the na tion God has builded by our hands. What shall we do with it? Who stands ready to act again and always in the spirit of this day of reunion, and hope and patriotic fervor? The day of our country's life has but broadened into morning. Do not put uniforms by. Put the harness of the present on. Lift your eyes to the great tracts of life yet to be conquered in the inter est of righteous peace, of "that pros perity which lies, in a people's hearts and outlasts all wars and errors of men. Come, let us be comrades and soldiers yet to serve our fellow men in quiet counsel, where the blare of trumpets Is neither heard nor heeded and where the things are done which iaake blessed- the nations of the world in peace and righteousness and love. Properly Rebuked. An excursion party from a promi nent woman's club in Chicago had gone to a rural part of the state, and in 'default of sufficient hotel accommo dations, so-me of the members, were obliged to. seek quarters in a nearby farmhouse;,.' - " Everything was simplicity Itself, "al though scrupulously dean and home like. But as would- be expected, there was a natural abscence of some of the luxuries of high-priced city hotels. Retiring time came and some of the ladies discovered . that there were no keys In the locks of their rooms, and consulted the farmer's wife. That good. woman was undisguisedly surprised. "Why," she said, "we don't usually lock pur 'doors here,; and there's no .one(here but -you. ' But, then," scrutin izing the ladies carefully. "I suppose you know your1 own party best." Har-. per's Magazines. Not on Her List.. Mrs. Vaughn was out. shopping one morning, and upon her return .hoine she asked Annie, her maid,, if there had been any callers during her ab sence. : "Yes," mum," replied Annie. "Who called?" inquired the .mis tress. ' 1. . "Mrs., Cassidy, mum-said the girl. ".Mrs. Cassidy?" repeajte,d ... Mrs. Vaughn, thoughtfully.' "Why, I don't know any Mrs. Cassidy." . ' ' '':-t 'No, mumf V answered Annie,' "She didn't call to- sge yqu, mum; she came to see me." Lippincott's. : ., x.'v-Cause for' Gratltudei -" -Mayor . Gaynor, at -a. luncheon in Brooklyn! -praised New York's abun- dance of amusements! . "New.;(Ytfri furnishes the people," he said, withmore amusements of a wholesome and j uplifting ' kind than an? Cither city fn . the' world except Paris. . -: , ' v ; .. "Let iis be. thankful thatrwe live in New York' instead of in one of those gloomy cities whereof the citizens say: ' " " "'The only place our people .have to go to is back to work.' " ' , against vulnerable points In the struc tures, : There -is no. uncertainty about the result's,, but the precise nature of the destructive action, and., the quanta tive measure :ot the foces involved, can scarcely be said . to i have teen submittedfi. to adequate, examination, even. in cases whee the facts were Xavorkble to snch a research." The Isle,,n'of "Man, which has just defeated the work&JLn's compensation bill, 4s one ottthe. most backward por tions off the. British " empire, 1. - tlced that. the. chant was still In prpg resi'.V:'-' , .;: - - :'., , : .ttSay, bub," he remarked, ."isn't It about 'time fyott quit' singing? Which team -old- you think was going to win. taywayr. " . '. ' ' ' ' ' - " s "Didn't make no dlffrence to :nie, boss,".: was the grtnninf answer. "I was Jna' a yelltn' fer "em Ddtb," The bowery branch of" the Toung Men's Christian association in New York -city last- year served - meals to 288418 men, STARTING WITH HOGS Get Pigs From Some Reputable - Swine Dealer. Shade and Fresh Water In Summer and Warm Shed With Dry Bedding in Winter Are Essential Keep the Boar Separated. (By DR. SAMUEL J. SUMMERS.) Let us see what may be done with the hog. You prepare a lot or pen and purchase a pair of pigs. In the selection your choice of the well Known breeds, Chester White, Jersey Red, Poland China, Berkshire, Essex, Yorkshire, Tamworth, etc., and having decided which you like best, do not hesitate to spend enough to get good pigs from some reputable 1 breeder. These pigs should not be too nearly related, that is, it is better not to have them of the same litter or parentage, but we will discuss this phase of the question later. Select the female with -good length, strong back, slightly arched, four good strong legs and feet large enough to support body well, that is, the pigs should stands up well on toes when fat. She should have broad hams and shoulders with plenty Of depth and side lines almost perfect ly even. Head must be broad with eyes-well, apart, with kind expression, but must show life and energy. Avoid the lazy hog as you would the lazy man. The size of .ears must be gov erned principally by the breed, though a large hog will likely have a good size ear. Nose comparatively short, but not too short for good feeding and grazing. She should have not less than ten good teats, 12 are pref erable, or even more provided they are well spaced, not crowded. Back should be broad, corresponding with hams and shoulders. In other words. the female should be roomy and yet have quality. The male should be shorter and more compactly built, but with strong bone, square on legs and toes, square made and somewhat masculine about head, with great size when fully developed. Coat of both should be smooth and preferably thin in this climate. Having secured these pigs, we should feed to develop them for best results. Shade and good fresh water in summer and a warm shed with good dry bedding and fresh water in winter are essential. We should have corn, oats, wheat middlings and meat meal for best results. A good formula is 80 per cent, corn or corn meal, ten per cent, meat meal and ten per cent, oats or middlings. Feed in thick slop just what pigs will eat up clean twice a day." If oats are used, the chaff should be separated. Then we should have during the win ter oats, rye, or rape for them to graze on. I prefer a combination of J rye and rape, or you may cut and feed them. These with pigs running in field on peas, peanuts and sweet potatoes, are ideal, though, of course, when there is enough in the fields they need very little from the barn. Keep the male separated - from the female after three or four months old. Neither soould be allowed to get too fat, but should be given enough ex ercise to develop them strong and hardy. When about twelve months old female is ready to breed, though' are often bred much younger.-. This, however, is a mistake, as it' dwarfs the growth,- and after careful experi ments am convinced that the nursing qualities are not so good. Some breed ers differ on this point, and there are exceptions to the rule. After being bred the sow should be given a good range with plenty of exercise. It is better not to have sows too fleshy when bred, but in good, strong, vig orous flesh. "'She should be well cared for during term and in good flesh at JAPANESE UD0 IS SUPERIOR SAtAD PLANT This illustration is-from the photograph of Japanese Ddo, a. salad plant 4f extraordinary flavor and quality. This plant Is something on the order of chicory, and sprouts are pure White, and ahhost as tender as young asparagus. It possesses a slightly bitter taste, which is jgreatly. relished by most people. It is easy to cultivate and should have a place In every wom An's garden. .. 1 . , . -,.f . - -r;'' y-. ' DmaM for Good Butter. J In spite of the1 fact that there is very little first-class . dairy butter made at the present time any; grocer will , ten you that there la always a demand for such . an -, article far .-beyond ' the 'su plj. A certain, class of people prefer good dairy better" to any other., , One reason for this la that creamery but ter is rarely ever salty enough to sat isfy their taete. That farm bnttenmv kers appreciate . this would appear larrowing time. From seven to ten days before farrowing she should be put In a -small lot with a shed pro tected on north and West, if in winter, and plenty of shade,1 if in summer. Have shed so arranged that you have a piece of scantling, say two inches by four inches, nailed about ten inches from ground and out six inches to eight inches from the wall, so that the sow cannot get up against the wall and mash the pigs. It is well to watch her carefully when farrow ing, as you' may be able to help save eome of the little fellows from being mashed, or even getting out of the bed and freezing when very cold. After pigs are several hours old you may give the sow fresh water to drink, as she suffers from thirst even in cold weather. When pigs are 48 hours old you may give a thin slop of middlings, not more than .one-half 'pint at first feed. This may be grad ually increased until sow is on full feed at end of two weeks. But let me warn you that more harm is done by too early feeding and top much feeding than any other cause. When the sow first farrows her breasts are full and the secretion of milk is as rapid as. the little -fellows are able to take. If you increase the secretion you produce more milk than the lit tle fellows can consume and the milk becomes sour, producing' bowel trouble, also giving the sow fever and destroying her appetite. This con dition injures very much the after se cretion of milk and stunts the pigs so they recover slowly, if at all. Orica the sow is perfectly well and has been gradually brought up to full feed, she should then have what she will eat up clean twice a day, or bet ter, three times a day; When pigs are three to four, weeks old they will begin to eat with the sow and should have a pen with a "flat trough where they may eat by themselves.' Take care to feed only sweet, fresh slop, never more than they will leat up clean. It is better for them not to get quite enough than to have more than they can eat, which will fer ment and cause .trouble. By proper care pigs at ten weeks old will be ready to wean. This is best accom plished by reducing the slop to sow by ' giving only dry feed and giving pigs full rations. The process is then gradual and no harm results to either, mother or pigs. Do not take pigs from sow suddenly, when her breasts are filled with milk, and allow her to dry up. This is cruel to the bow, for she suffers very much, besides Injures her . future flow of milk. The sow should then have four to six weeks rest and get in strong condition again before being bred. If properly cared for sows will prodtiee two strong lit ters a Vear. nme will give five lit ters in two years, but it in not advisa ble to breed so fast.' The boar should be in a good roomy lot, where he can get exercise, and an adjoining grass lot to graze in. This is very important as the exercise and grazing give stamina and vigor. The same kind of feed - used for sows' should be used, except in limited quantity, and sotae oats scattered each day for him to eat He should be kept in good flesh; hut not fat, for best re sults. The offspring of your, sows should be carefully watched and note the milk producing qualities of the dam. Should she not give much milk for-her young when she has proper care' send her to the butcher pen. When you get a good brood sow, one that has a good litter of strong pigs and raises them well, keep her until she is too old to .breed, about seven years. The same may apply to a good male. One serious mistake is made in not keeping the males long enough. A male from three to seven years old jwill give stronger , and -better pigs than a younger male. Yet the' average breeder will kill the male after the second year. from the fact that they usually pro: rde plenty of salt in the product they turn out r .'- Value Of Leaves. . Leaves are nature's, own fertillxeA and the" wonderful richness of torentn and newly cleared land Is due to amount of decayed J Jff ' J table matter in the soR . mn. and- every turner ouf: the value of humus .rZ&fm - s
China Grove Record (Salisbury, N.C.)
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