THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Thursday, June 6, 1907.
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Try the temper of a Keen
Kutter Fork spring it,
twist it, pry with it. After
you've tried it you'll be
willing to Ivork with it.
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farm tools each has a fine oil temper which
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If not with your dealer, write us.
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It is a Troublesome Malady and All Care Should be Used in Order to
Prevent Its Appearance in jthe Flock.
Messrs. Editors: Having answer
ed my last fair correspondent's
queries, I will now turn my atten
tion to the sterner sex. The first is
from Mr. L. T. Ayres, Laton, Cal.,
R. F. D. ( Possibly "you all," mean
ing The Progressive Farmer Family,
did not know that it really does ex
tend from Maine to California.) He
writes: "Please advise me how to
prevent or cure sore-head in poultry.
It takes off nearly all late chickens,
and is quite serious here." f
To give "Harrow" another oppor
tunity to scratch my back, will say
the way to cure it is not to have it,
and the best way to prevent it is to
give for drink two tablespoonfuls
of Epsom salts in half-gallon of wa
ter, twice a week, all during the
summer, and before the disease
makes its appearance. But should it
develop after taking this precaution,
give the head a light coating of pine
tar, or mix and apply thirty drops
of carbolic acid, four tablespoonfuls
of lard and two teaspoonfuls of cedar
oil. ; " -, : .
Another good remedy is to wash
the head with warm water and soap,
to soften the scabs, then apply a
weak' solution of blue-stone v;
Isolate the sick birds, and feed soft
food.! jTo use a dime novel expres
sion, i the ' origin of sore-head is
shrouded m mystery;" some p
trym4ni say it is caused by the ha
of a mosquito; others that it is from
a chiggo (jigger) bite; while again
mostfof us think, it'is due to impo v
erished ; blood and low vitality,
caused I by the hot summer weather,
but where birds have been properly
looked after, housed, fed and gi w n
salts twice a week during hot weath
er, a! case is rarely heard of.
Roup is often called sore-head, as
occasionally the head, or rather the
.skin i under the eye, swells. Roup
is a much harder proposition to mas
ter than sore-hea'd, even if taken in
time,; when the cold, the origin, first
shows itself; but after the nostrils
close 'up, and canker is present, and
a rattling in the throat is heard,
your Father George's keen-edged lit
tle tool is the best remedy, with a
hot fire to consume all that is left
of your feathered pet.
T ' . . : ' UNCLE JO.
Mecklenburg Co., N. C.
Written for The Progressive Farmer,!
Pictures for the
t Whn writing advertisers, please mention this paper.
To Each Room of the Home Assign the Scenes and Subjects Most
Appropriate to It A. Word About Frames and Enlargements.
Usually a few pictures only are
seen in one's hall, for here one sel
dom lingers, so the pictures are
placed in some other, part of the
house where the eye will dwell upon
them, other than in a passing manner,
though if one be so' fortunate s as to
possess a family portrait in oil the
hall is particularly appropriate for
its hanging. There it extends, as it
were, the welcome of the house to
the incoming guest. The charm of
library, music-room or drawing-room
is always enhanced by portraits in
oil. The Coliseum, the Parthenon,
the Campani, etc., cathedrals, I and
ruins, are all suitable subjects '-tor
hall pictures. 5 .
For the music-room choose like
nesses of famous composers, -singers,
artists In any line, scenes from fa
mous operas, particularly from those
you have been fortunate enough to
have heard,, or from those of whose
romances you are particularly fond;
allegorical pictures bearing upon the
subject of music; different concep
tions of the patron saint of music,
St. Cecilia, or any good picture hav
ing the slightest musical note. There,
too, is the place for the dainty water
color, a bit of scenery, of the? whis
pering pine, of the sounding seal In
the living room, where books are in
evidence at all times, especially
where there is no library, hang ;fam
ily photographs, likenesses of one's
favorite authors and heroes, I views
of places one has visited and espe
cially admired, and if one be : inter
ested in anything particular, let the
walls of this room tell of that attrac
tion, be it horses, dogs, wild animals,
the sea, ships, the woods, out of door
life in any form, hunting, fishing,
skating coasting, for in the choice
of pictures you stamp your rooms
with individuality. r j ,
Pictures of cows standing in shad
ed waters, of sheep in some restful
pasture of birds, of poultry, a sketch
of cornfield, such studies as "The
Gleaner," "The Reaper' are ail suit
ed to the spirit of the dining-room.
Do not have reproductions" of dead
game or of fish for dining-room pic
tures; Death in any formTis grue
some: why unnecessarily place it be
fore your eyes and particularly in
the room where you take that which
is primarily to continue the life that
is within you? .
Gibson and Christy have attained
immense popularity. Their pictures
are catchy, dainty, alluring, their
portrayal of youth so captivating
that ' it appeals especially to the
young. ' These dainty sketches ar'3
charming for the best room of the
home, if the room be light in charac
ter, j They are attractive also for a
bed-room, particularly or the bed
room of a young girl. Child life
offers so many opportunities to the
artist that ; we find innumerable
charming conceptions of it, and a pic
ture j of such character 'finds a de
lightfully appropriate place in a bed-
iroom.M ,
When a picture is hung over a
mantel do not place ornaments in
front! of it of sufficient height to
break the line of the lower edge of
the frame. Ornaments underneath
a picture should not obtrude in the
slightest upon the picture. Be care
ful in the choice of frames. Simple,
unobtrusive frames are the prefer
ence! always: the ornate is a thing
of the past; and frames made of pine
cones, shells, bits of leather, or twigs
passed with the passing of wax-flowers
and hair jewelry.
A -word as to enlarged photo
graphWj By all means have all the
photographs you can of every mem
ber of ! jthe family taken by a good
photographer, hut do not patronize
the traveling picture-man. Besides
the podr quality of . work done, the
charges; for enlarging are exorbitant,
and usually It is made necessary to
purchase the frame, which frame is
without exception . an atrocity. In
stead go to your nearest good pho
tographer and he will make a large
photograph either from life or from
a small photograph, which " will be
far more life-like, more artistic, and
in every way more desirable: a pic
ture of j which neither you nor your
children will he ashamed no matter
to what affluence you may attain.
I MRS. WALTER GRIMES.